Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 184 178. Visit to Zhangshan
"Hehe...are you a man from outside the mountain?"

In the dark night, the foreign hunter couldn't see the face of the woman on the slider clearly, but her voice was light and ethereal, like that of a teenager, and sounded quite quirky.

However, the hunter didn't have the mind to think about anything else at this moment, so he could only crawl on the ground and tell the truth.

"Yes... yes, I am a foreigner who wanted to hunt some prey to exchange for some money. I accidentally entered this treasure land. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Anyway, no matter what, the hunter will say some nice things first. What if the other party is merciful and lets him go?

"Giggle..."

Hearing the hunter calling her "queen", the woman on the slide smiled particularly happily and seemed to be in a good mood.

"You are an interesting person. How is the situation outside now? How is Yuan Shao now?"

However, the woman asked a strange question. Although the hunter was not aware of state affairs, he knew that Yuan Shao was defeated by Cao Cao more than ten years ago and died of a sudden illness. He could only tell the original words, which made the woman on the slide exclaim.

"So what is the situation in the world now?"

The woman was silent for a while, and then asked the hunter again. The hunter did not dare to hide anything and told her the whole story of the division of the world into three parts. He also said that at that time Jingzhou was governed by Guan Yu, Lord Guan.

The woman did not continue speaking. She seemed to be still thinking, and finally she let out a long sigh.

"Get up now and leave as you please, but don't tell anyone that you saw me today."

The hunter from outside the province had already stood up, but perhaps because he had been kneeling for too long or was frightened, he staggered when he stood up and actually bumped into the man holding the sliding pole in front of him.

“Aye!”

The hunter let out a scream, and then felt his head hit something hard, making a funny "bang" sound.

"Ouch...it hurts so much..."

The hunter looked around and saw that the man in front of him was actually bumped by him. The man just shook for a moment and did not react at all.

Just at this moment the moonlight rose, giving the hunter some vision. He took a quick look and found that the man carrying the sliding pole was not a human at all, but a piece of wood. He had no clothes on his body and was just standing there. No wonder he had no complaints about his offense just now.

"Ah...ahhhhhhhh!"

Thinking of the strange things the villagers had told him when he went up the mountain, the hunter was also frightened out of his wits. Just like Xiao Liuzi that day, he used his hands and feet, without even taking care of his weapons, and immediately ran down the mountain.

To be on the safe side, he did not even return to the village, but ran directly to Jiangling at dawn, panting.

He did not delay and went straight to the city to report the matter to the officials, which was later known to Guan Yinping. However, both Guan Yu and other officials thought the matter was too absurd, so they only sent dozens of people to go to the village with the hunter to inquire.

Afterwards, he took hunters up the mountain to retrieve his weapons, but they didn't see any trace of him. They just thought that he had overslept that day, so they went back to report and get the job done.

"But it's better to believe in this kind of thing than not to believe it. Young Master and Young Lady, you two must be extremely careful when you go up the mountain. Don't offend the god of the mountain."

The old man drank some water beside him, smacked it to relieve his thirst, and at the end he didn't forget to scare the two. However, Guan Yinping naturally didn't believe it, while Feng Xi felt that there must be something hidden. The two of them didn't react too much, and as promised, they gave the last piece of silver to the old man, and then they rode their horses towards Zhangshan.

We arrived at the foot of the mountain and found a secluded place to tie up the horse. The mountain road was rugged and we had to hike up.

"Nerd, you don't really think there is any god here, do you? I'm afraid it's just the ignorant villagers spreading rumors."

Guan Yinping saw that Feng Xi listened to the old man's introduction and continued to come to Zhangshan without hesitation, and couldn't help but ask on the mountain road.

"If it was once or twice, it would be fine, but the fact that the old man mentioned the second question is quite interesting. What kind of mountain spirit would ask Yuan Shao instead of asking anything else?"

Feng Xi laughed. He had never believed in ghosts and gods from the beginning. The second story told by the old man undoubtedly confirmed his guess. This woman was obviously not very clear about the outside world. She asked about Yuan Shao right away, which meant that Yuan Shao was at least the prince she heard most about at that time.

If we put the above and the following together, it means that she had been seeking refuge here for more than ten years, and she did not know that Yuan Shao had died and the north had been settled. So she must be from the north, and fled south to here.

"Wow... you are still so attentive. You can hear so many details from these two stories that sound like rumors."

Guan Yinping couldn't help but exclaim in admiration after hearing Feng Xi's analysis. When Feng Xi was young and served as Guan Yinping's companion together with Zhang Nan, he often thought a lot. For example, whether there might be wild beasts or dangers in the hunting area, Feng Xi always found out clearly in advance.

"But how can we find clues in this vast mountain?"

Guan Yinping thought about it and was still not optimistic about the prospect. In such a deep mountain, the enemy could just find a random place to hide, how could we know?

"When we get to the top of the mountain, it will be afternoon, so we can see if there is any smoke from cooking. If there is smoke from cooking on the mountain, there must be people there. Even if they are not the real ones, we can still get something."

Feng Xi didn't care. No matter how secluded he was, he still had to eat. To eat, he had to light a fire, and there would be smoke. It was impossible for him to live like this for more than ten years, eating raw meat and drinking blood.

As for why the hunters and woodcutters who went up the mountain didn't notice it? Maybe they noticed it, but there were always other people on the mountain, and it was not uncommon to see smoke from cooking. Or maybe they were scared by the rumors and didn't dare to inquire. In addition, many people went down the mountain during the meal, so there were not many witnesses.

The two found a spacious place and hunted a silly rabbit, just in time for lunch.

Feng Xi skillfully skinned and removed the internal organs, rinsed it with water from a nearby stream, chopped off the rabbit's head, picked up two straight branches, skewered the rabbit's body, and lit a bonfire to make a makeshift lunch.

Although the two of them brought dry food, why bother eating cold dry food when they could have hot game to eat?
"Wow, I didn't expect you to be so good at cooking. You can even grill meat?"

Guan Yinping watched Feng Xi constantly turning the roasted rabbit, making the rabbit meat turn golden and grease begin to ooze out of it. The taste was extremely appetizing, and it made people salivate even without any seasoning.

Feng Xi was a cook in his later life after all, so it was easy for him to prepare a roasted rabbit. If it were for the lack of seasoning, making a spicy rabbit head would be no problem at all.

“Chew, chew, chew… Delicious. The cooking temperature is just right, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, but the bloodiness has been removed.”

Guan Yinping picked up half a rabbit and commented on it while eating.

"I just don't know if I will be lucky enough to enjoy your cooking after we get married."

Suddenly, Guan Yinping sighed, which choked Feng Xi and he couldn't help coughing a few times.

(End of this chapter)