The road in the rainforest area is more difficult than the mountain road when entering Sichuan.
This is a more sparsely populated and civilized area, located in the area south of the junction of Bashu and Yunnan.
Miao Caihe said that if you pass through this rain forest, you will reach the territory of the Southern Barbarian tribe.
This Southern Barbarian tribe has some blood connection with the Miao tribe, but this connection is very slight. They are a semi-civilized people and have always brought disaster to the southwestern region of Bashu.
If it were not for the dangerous terrain of Bashu, the southern barbarian tribes would not be able to break out of the high mountains, otherwise the harm would be more serious than that of the barbarians in the north.
Just a few years ago, the southern barbarian tribe organized the largest turmoil in history. The barbarian army swept through most of the Bashu region, and 70% of the entire Yizhou fell into the hands of foreigners. The news shocked the world.
It was precisely because of this incident that the emperor personally conquered the Southern Barbarians and was injured by the poisonous arrows of the Southern Barbarians, which caused the consequences and caused his body to decline day by day. This led to the current situation where the capital is fighting for its sons and the world is in chaos.
In the minds of many Central Plains people, the culprits responsible for the current situation in the world are these Southern Barbarians.
Therefore, in recent years, the hatred of the Central Plains people towards the Southern Barbarians has even exceeded that of the Northern Barbarians.
Miao Caihe also said that in this rainforest, you are likely to encounter old Miao people, and you may also encounter southern barbarians.
It's okay to meet the Miao people, but it will be troublesome if you meet the Nanman people, because those people have no reason to explain, and if we meet, you will die or I will die.
The Nanman people also know that the rainforest is rich in supplies, and many small tribes like to enter the rainforest to find supplies.
Such as prey, medicinal materials, fruits and vegetables, etc...
After entering the rain forest, I didn't feel much change at first. After two days, Xia Shang gradually felt uncomfortable.
Here, we didn't encounter the old Miao people or Nanmanzi that Miao Caihe mentioned, nor any venomous snakes or beasts, but the ubiquitous mosquitoes gave us a headache.
Fortunately, Miao Caihe is very experienced and knows how to repel mosquitoes in the rainforest, what can be eaten, what water can be drank, and where to rest is safer. This is why this group of people can persevere.
Perhaps he noticed that Xia Shang and others were in poor spirits.
At noon on the third day, Miao Caihe led the team to find a rainforest stream and suggested resting for half a day before leaving.
Then he went to the creek to catch fish, then made a fire and made fish soup.
Xian'er found that there was a lot of water in the creek and it was very cool. After looking at the dirt on her body, she asked Miao Caihe if she could take a bath?
Miao Caihe said it was no problem, and then took Xian'er upstream to the back of a big rock.
Seeing that Miao Caihe was not there, Xia Shang looked at everything around him that had been tidied up. He looked a little confused and asked Zhou Jianren next to him: "Hey, what is the origin of this woman? Doesn't it mean that she left when she was nearly eight years old?
Miao Jiang? Why does she still know so much about all this?"
"Sir, this is a person from the Spring Textile Department. How do I know this? But I heard from others that this woman has been stationed in Bashu since she joined the Spring Textile Department. Because the relationship with the Metropolitan Procuratorate is very wide, and she has close ties with the Miao border area.
There is also a certain connection. Among the Twelve Divisions, she is not the only person from Miao territory, but she has had to deal with Miao people in her previous missions. She should have returned to Miao territory before, so it is not unexplainable.
"
Xia Shang nodded: "That's good."
"Sir, what are you talking about?"
While they were chatting, Miao Caihe came back alone.
"How many days do we have until we can reach the old Miao village you mentioned?"
"If all goes well, we're already halfway there."
"Do you often come to places like this?"
Miao Caihe smiled lightly: "It's okay, I won't come back when I don't have a mission. After all, who would want to come to such a ghost place often?"
Xia Shang wanted to ask something else, but Miao Caihe suddenly interrupted: "The water has been boiled. I will make fish soup for you to warm your stomach."
As he said that, a man ran to the makeshift stove.
After eating dry food for two days, it would be good to have a hot meal. If there is still a mouthful of thick soup...
Xia Shang was a little excited when he thought about it.
But Miao Caihe did not throw the fresh fish into the pot immediately. Instead, he tore off many leaves from a palm tree on one side, woven it into a large roof to cover the pot, and then dug a pit on the side.
Not only Xia Shang was curious, but Zhou Jianren also felt strange. He got up and walked over: "Hey, sister, what are you doing?"
Miao Caihe was respectful to Xia Shang, but it was different for Zhou Jianren. Perhaps he heard many people calling him bitch Zhou, so he didn't take him seriously and glanced disdainfully: "What do you know! In the rain forest
Be careful and don't think that if you can't see anyone, there really is no one. Always be prepared to deal with emergencies. The scent of fish will spread far in the quiet rain forest, and palm leaves can not only block smoke,
It can also absorb excess smell. No matter what position you hold in the Twelve Divisions, as long as you enter the rainforest, you must obey me in everything, do you understand?"
"You are so young, no matter how old you are. If you weren't in front of the first adult, believe it or not, I would kill you?"
"Shh!" Miao Caihe's expression suddenly changed.
"What are you doing? Don't be mysterious and scare people!"
Miao Caihe ignored him and kicked over the fire in front of him, then grabbed a handful of sand to cover the smoke, and finally walked to the stream and stared at the flow of the stream.
Seeing this scene, Xia Shang also stood up and walked behind Miao Caihe: "What's going on?"
Miao Caihe stared at the water and suddenly said: "Someone is coming from upstream!"
After saying that, he turned around suddenly and quickly threw all the things he had prepared to cook the fish into the previous pit.
Zhou Jianren was startled: "Oh! Is there any mistake? You can tell someone is coming just by looking at the water flow?"
Xia Shang slapped him: "Can you have some brains? Look in the water!"
Xia Shang pointed, and Zhou Jianren saw a smoking stick floating in the water.
At first glance, it was obvious that they were used to make torches, and they had just been extinguished, which proved that the person using the torch was very close to them.
Zhou Jianren shouted: "Hide quickly."
Xia Shang thought of Xian'er and quickly ran behind the stone not far upstream.
Xian'er was nowhere to be seen in the water, and I felt nervous, secretly thinking that something had happened, right?
At this moment, a pair of hands patted Xia Shang's shoulder.
When Xia Shang turned around, he saw Xian'er hugging his clothes, naked and covered with dew.
Xia Shang wanted to speak, but Xian'er made a silent gesture by sitting down, then grabbed Xia Shang's arm and pulled it down violently, making both of their bodies press against the stone.
Xian'er pointed to the water outlet of a redwood forest further upstream: "There are people over there."
Xia Shang looked in the direction, and sure enough he saw a dark figure two hundred meters away.
They were too far apart to see clearly, and I don’t know exactly how many people there were, but there were at least ten of them, walking in the direction of Xia Shang and the others. (To be continued)