The Emperor Shun Zhishi

Chapter 8 Lei Ze Fishing and Hunting

Shun rode Xiaoguai, stopping and going all the way, eating when he was hungry, and sleeping when he was tired. He walked like this for more than half a month, and the terrain gradually became higher. He saw a high mountain in the distance blocking his way.Since Shun, who was only 20 years old, left the territory of the Youxin clan for the first time after joining the Youxin tribe, he was relatively unfamiliar with the surrounding geographical environment.He didn't know how high and how long this mountain was, and where to climb over this mountain.

Compared with Shun, Xiao Xingxing is a talented student in the 21st century, so his life experience and geographical knowledge are naturally much richer.It’s just that most Chinese people in the 21st century use some software search and satellite positioning to assist travel, but now is the ancient times. Without these auxiliary tools, Little Star can only rely on the knowledge he has accumulated.He looked at the high mountain in front of him, and based on the location of the Youxin family, he roughly guessed that the mountain in front of him might be the Qinling Mountains.If you go east, you will enter the territory of Henan, and if you go west, you will enter the area of ​​Gansu, which is the sphere of influence of the Xirong barbarians.Go north into Mongolia, and go south into Sichuan and Chongqing.Of course, in China in the 21st century, there are beautiful scenery in any direction, and there are various possibilities, but Shun lived in China 300 years ago, and the total population of China may not exceed million.Henan is the birthplace of Chinese civilization, and Shun's only direction was to go east and enter Henan, so that he could participate in the establishment of Chinese civilization. Of course, this is also recorded in history.

Inspired by Little Xingxing, Shun rode Xiaoguai all the way east.After walking like this for another half a month, they crossed the Qinling Mountains, and Xiao Xingxing calculated that the situation he entered at this time should be equivalent to the territory of Henan in the 21st century.However, Shun encountered a problem at this time. The dry food they brought was almost exhausted, and they had to solve the problem of food and clothing if they wanted to move forward.However, this was China 300 years ago. The Chinese civilization was still in an uncivilized era, and there were wild lands everywhere. Let alone find a market with people to get some food, it was difficult to meet anyone.

The most uncomfortable thing for Xiao Xingxing is that after crossing the Qinling Mountains, although the terrain is gradually flattening, there is still no road around.There are rolling hills everywhere, and many tributaries of the Yellow River form a network of water to block their way forward.After wading through more than a dozen unknown rivers, the height of the mountain became smaller and smaller, and an endless plain appeared in the distance.Little Xingxing realized that this should be the North China Plain where Henan is located.

Fortunately, the North China Plain at this time is not all bare, there are still many forests.It was early autumn again, and some wild fruits could be picked in the forest. If a trap was set in the forest, some small animals could be hunted.In this way, after wandering in the forest for another half a month, the weather gradually became colder and the fruit became less. If there was no market with people again, Shun would starve to death.

One day, Shun ran into the forest as usual and met a hunter.The hunter was very surprised to see Shun, because he saw that Shun's decoration seemed to be different from that of his tribe.Shun went up to inquire, and reported his name, and learned that the man was from the Huaxu tribe.

Shun was not surprised when he heard Huaxu, it was just an unfamiliar name, because this was the early stage of Chinese history, and the history was not even recorded in writing, so it was normal for Shun not to have heard of Huaxu.But Xiao Xingxing felt very kind when he heard this name, because the history books say that the reason why the Chinese are called Huaren may have something to do with the Huaxu family, and the name of Huashan has a lot to do with the Huaxu family.The hunter of the Huaxu family told him that fifty miles to the east is the boundary of the Lei family, and there is a large lake called Lei Ze, and forty miles to the north is the boundary of the Huaxu family.The hunter invited Shun to the Huaxu clan and told him that the Huaxu clan was very hospitable and that Shun might be able to find a wife in the Huaxu clan.

Shun hasn't made up his mind yet, but when Xiao Xingxing heard about Lei Ze, he immediately became excited, because he remembered the story of the Hua Xu family who followed Lei Ze and gave birth to Fuxi.

"Lei Ze? Is there a huge footprint there? Did a woman in your Hua Xu family step on this footprint in Lei Ze and give birth to Fuxi?"

Inspired by Little Xingxing, Shun asked the hunter.Unexpectedly, the hunter's face turned dark suddenly, and he murmured a lot of words that Shun and Xiao Xingxing didn't understand.Although I couldn't understand, but from the tone of the hunter's words, he could feel that he was very angry. Shun's words seemed to offend him.

Little Xingxing thought that perhaps the hunter thought that Shun's words had insulted Hua Xu and made him angry, but he was very puzzled as to how the insult was.

After the hunter left, Shun continued to walk towards the east. No matter what, it was always right to go east.What's more, Lei Ze is one of the birthplaces of Chinese culture, the place where Mrs. Hua Xu was pregnant, this is the most original world cultural heritage, Little Xingxing thought, she must go and see it.

In this way, Shun rode Xiaoguai, stopped and went all the way, rested while hunting, and walked for another half a month, only [-] miles away, and finally saw a large lake in the distance.

It is said to be a big lake, but in fact the water level of the lake has dropped by at least 50 meters. From Xiao Xingxing's point of view, the lake was at least [-] square kilometers at its largest, but at this time, it is less than a quarter of Hangzhou West Lake.

The area of ​​the lake is not only small, but also divided into many small lakes. As can be seen from the surrounding bare mountains, soil erosion is very serious.Little Xingxing stood on a small hill and looked into the distance, trying to find the legendary footprints, but he couldn't see it.Most of them are dry riverbeds and sun-dried fish and shrimp carcasses.

No matter what, arriving in Lei Ze can be regarded as a safe place.Shun took out the Hetu Luoshu and studied the fishing knowledge passed down by Fuxi, which contained examples of how to weave fishing nets.

According to the records in Hetu Luoshu, Shun used some bark to make thin ropes, wove them into fishing nets, and went fishing in Lei Ze.What surprised him was that, let alone big fish, Lei Zezhong had very few dried shrimps.

Little Xingxing was full of sympathy for Shun's suffering, and often looked at Lei Ze and sighed loudly, wondering how Sima Qian would feel if he knew that Shun had no fish to catch in Lei Ze.

Seeing that Shun was about to starve to death, he had to go hunting in the distant forest and pick some wild fruits to satisfy his hunger.

One day, Shun was hunting in a small forest three miles away from Lei Ze, and was caught by a group of unknown natives.They painted their faces with red paint and wore animal skins, looking like uncivilized savages, which made Little Xingxing puzzled.

"How come there are barbarians in the ancient Central Plains?"

Shun wanted to resist, but he thought that if he acted rashly, he might form enmity with certain tribes, and he thought that if he wanted to do great things, he must form good karma.Shun never made a move, but let them tie him up.

The group of people babbled and caught Shun in a village.Shun saw that the village was not big, no more than seventy feet from north to south, and there were probably dozens of families.A long-haired man in a drape is dancing Nuo dance in an empty square. In the center of the square stands a three-meter-tall puppet, which can be vaguely seen to be a portrait of a person.

Little Xingxing couldn't tell who the portrait was, or which god it was from the ancient times, but relying on his ancient writing skills, he vaguely recognized a character similar to oracle bone inscriptions on the forehead of the portrait——雷.Seeing this word, he immediately understood that this tribe was the legendary Lei family who lived in Lei Ze, and they were also descendants of the Hua Xu family.He also immediately understood why the hunters of the Huaxu clan were so angry before, because they were also descendants of the Huaxu clan, and the Lei clan was obviously still in a barbaric state, and Xiao Xingxing said that the Huaxu clan gave birth to Fuxi in Lei Ze, which was misunderstood by the hunters as Little Xingxing regards him as You Leishi.It was a great insult to that hunter.

The middle-aged wizard, after dancing the Nuo dance in front of the Thor puppet, muttered words, which neither Xiao Xingxing nor Shun could understand, but relying on Xiao Xingxing's knowledge of classical literature, he still vaguely heard that Lei's tribe caught him. Shun's reason.It turned out that because Lei Ze was dry and there was no fish to catch, they planned to capture a living person to sacrifice to Lei Shen.

Seeing that the sorcerer was about to disembowel Shun, Shun was about to make a move to teach these uncivilized people of the Lei clan, but Xiao Xingxing suddenly had an idea and gave Shun a sense.

Shun suddenly seemed to have lost his mind, and laughed wildly at the wizard with Lei's family.Everyone was startled by his laughter, not knowing why he laughed wildly when he was dying.

"Boy, what are you laughing at?"

The wizard looked at Shun, suspecting that he was laughing at himself, and suddenly became a little angry.

"I laugh at you for being so stupid. Grandpa Lei Shen doesn't even eat people. If you kill me, can you make Grandpa Lei Shen happy?"

"We have banned fishing in Lei Ze for eight days, and there is still the last day. It turned out that you were fishing in Lei Ze. You ruined our major event. Today we must arrest you to sacrifice to Grandpa Lei Shen."

The sorcerer held the knife in his hand, sharpened it twice on the whetstone, and pointed the blade at Shun, but Shun showed no fear.If it wasn't for Little Xingxing's desire to solve the problem peacefully, Shun would be able to get out of trouble as long as he used the bone shrinking technique taught by the two immortals Xuansu, let alone escape.

"Did Lei Ze just dry up today?"

"Sweet words, you are determined not to survive today."

The wizard raised his knife and was about to chop Shun's head, but was stopped by a man behind him.Seeing a burly man walking out of the crowd, he was wearing an animal skin. Seeing the respectful attitude of the others, Little Xingxing realized that this man might be the leader of the tribe with Lei Shi.

"Since you are so arrogant, you must know why Lei Ze dried up?"

"do not know."

"Oh, what are you laughing at?"

"I'm just laughing that even if you kill me, it's useless to sacrifice to the God of Thunder. The problem is not with the God of Thunder, but with yourself."

Listening to Xiao Xingxing's words, the middle-aged man was thoughtful, and seemed to think that what Xiao Xingxing said made sense, but he still didn't quite believe it.

"So what's wrong with us?"

"I said I don't know either. If you give me a little time, I can definitely track down the problem."

"how long?"

"Three months."

In fact, the time given by Little Xingxing is not just talking nonsense, because even modern geologists and environmental scientists need at least half a year to find out the time for Lei Ze to dry up. The three months given by Little Xingxing are already Very few.The important thing is that besides giving Shun enough time to investigate, he can also find opportunities to escape.After three months, even if the reason can't be found, it's okay to let Shun find a chance to escape.

"Boss, is this kid cheating?"

The wizard reminded the man not to agree to Little Xingxing's conditions, but the man still nodded and agreed.

"Okay, three months is three months."

The man said nothing more, motioned the wizard to let Shun go, and then left alone.Before leaving, he gave the wizard a wink, and the wizard immediately knew it.

The wizard took out a portion of herbal medicine from the bundle, smashed it, and poured water into Shun's mouth.Although Shun didn't know what he was drinking, but the medicine was extremely bitter, so it must be a chronic poison.

"Prevention is indispensable. This medicine is Huntian Ziwu Heartbroken Grass. It will attack every midnight. I have controlled the dosage for three months. If you dare to escape, after three months, It breaks your heart when it happens."

"Despicable and shameless, since I promise you, I will never run away."

The sorcerer didn't care about Shun's insults, he just untied Shun and left.

(End of this chapter)