The rain on Xiaonan Mountain fell all night.

The streams surged, the surrounding tree pits were filled with rain and the ground was muddy.

Zhao Yan hid under a big rock that could shelter from the rain. Although he was not wet with the rain, the wet feeling still made him feel uncomfortable.

However, he cannot withdraw.

As the emperor, if he said he would quit, he would immediately leave here, go back to the palace to take a hot bath, and then have a hearty dinner.

But the emperor is the example of the world, and he doesn't want to be chewed, thinking that he can't endure hardship.

The path you choose must continue no matter how difficult it is.

In the morning, Heiwa picked a few sour wild fruits from somewhere, and everyone was filling their stomachs.

Xiao Zijie has started to carry wood since he woke up in the morning.

Zhao Yan originally thought that he was preparing to burn the fire, but he never thought that in less than an hour, he piled up branches three meters high on the grass beside him. And some branches were as thick as calves, wet and big, so they could not burn the fire at all.

"Xiao Zijie, why have you found so many branches? You can't burn them all!" Zhao Yan asked in confusion.

"Your Majesty, I forgot to report to you. According to the current weather, it will be raining in the past few days. I am going to set up a tent here for everyone to live in!" Xiao Zijie said seriously.

"You can also set up a tent? When will it be set up?"

Xiao Zijie thought for a while and said, "My third uncle is a carpenter. I learned it in his house for two years when I was a child. I will be able to get the mortise and tenon technique. If Heiwa and Feipeng help, I'm expected to be ready tonight."

Zhao Yan looked at the gloomy sky and said, "Okay, I'll help too."

With such a fickle weather and hungry days, Zhao Yan and his men were naturally unwilling to look for their enemies.

I immediately built a house here.

When it was really done, Zhao Yan discovered that Xiao Zijie was still somewhat capable.

Pull the bark into silk and knead it into hemp rope.

and mud to replenish the gaps between branches and leaves.

Use sharp stones to cut two pieces of wood into complementary shapes to form a mortise and tenon structure...

The tent that Xiao Zijie wants to build not only can shelter from wind and rain, but also has aesthetic characteristics.

He also carved several patterns with gravel on top of several large vertical columns in a very good manner, which looked very beautiful.

Under the command of Xiao Zijie, Heiwa and Yue Feipeng were also very excited. Although the tools were simple, they completed the task completely with standard no matter whether they were digging a hole or burying the soil.

As dusk approaches, the tent is finally set up.

It is better to call it a tent than to call it a cottage.

The top of this hut is completely mixed with branches and leaves and soil, and is very tightly bonded, so that rainwater cannot fall in at all.

The main part is supported by eight thick trees, which are rotten trees that fall into the woods, but after being wrapped in soil, it is still more than enough to support the hut. Living for ten days and half a month is not enough to collapse.

What wraps the main part is dense branches, which are woven very finely, making it pleasing to the eye.

There is also a small door woven with branches, which is very exquisite.

As for inside, a layer of soft branches was first laid, then a leaf was laid, and finally some soft yellow grass that was not wet, and it was more than enough to lie on four people.

Zhao Yan couldn't help but remember the words of Xiao Jingye's evaluation of Xiao Zijie at the end of the year: My son is full of problems and doesn't even have anything to do.

If you return to the palace, Zhao Yan must tell Xiao Jingye: There is no useless person in the world. Although your son is not well-written in the poem, not very well-joined in the army, not very well-joined in the officialdom, and even less well-farmed, he still has some advantages, such as building a house.

The weather is beautiful.

Not long after the house was built, heavy rain came again.

Zhao Yan and the other two were lying in the hut, feeling that they had never been so happy.

Yue Feipeng murmured, "I don't know what happened to that guy Kong Ze. If he comes back now, he can still squeeze."

Xiao Zijie smiled and joked: "It is probably either hidden in a certain bush or eliminated!"

On the third day, it was still raining in the morning.

The Xiaonan Mountain is covered with fog, and Zhao Yan and the others' small house is very conspicuous.

As soon as the four of them woke up from their sleep, they heard footsteps coming from outside.

The four of them rushed out of the house in an instant and found six imperial soldiers wearing blue cloth shirts holding long wooden sticks in front of the house.

The tall imperial soldier in the lead looked at the four of them and said disdainfully: "Hmph, you only four of you dare to build a house here blatantly. I don't know how they died. Should you take off your armbands yourself or wait for us to do it yourself!"

Zhao Yan and the other two slept very well last night. Now is a good time to exercise their muscles and bones. Since prey is delivered to the door, how can you not eat it?

Heiwa and Yue Feipeng looked at each other and suddenly took action.

Bang! Bang!

Two long fists, one punch, and only hit the chin, knocking two out in an instant.

The tall imperial guard was stunned and rushed over with a long stick.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

This tall imperial guard obviously had some skills, but he actually entangled Heiwa for a moment.

But the other three are not very strong.

Yue Feipeng, Zhao Yan and Xiao Zijie each took one, and in almost a moment, they took down the three of them and then took off their armbands.

"Bang!"

The tall imperial guard raised his long stick, lifted up the falling branches on the side, and then turned around and ran away.

After Heiwa knocked off the flying branches, the tall imperial guards were gone.

"Oh, I will definitely take him down even more!" Heiwa sighed.

The others were very happy, after all, they easily got five armbands.

Now, they already have seventeen armbands in their hands.

On the sixth day on Xiaonan Mountain, Zhao Yan and the other two were so hungry that they looked a little star-stirring.

In the past few days, I can only eat some sour wild fruits and grass leaves, which no one can stand.

And at this moment, below Xiaonan Mountain.

The battalion commander Wei Datou looked in the direction of Xiaonanshan and said, "The rain has been continuous these days, and the fight has not been intense enough. How many people are there on both sides now?"

"According to statistics this morning, there are 53 remaining in the imperial guards and 52 remaining in our army, and their strength is basically the same as each other." Zhao Dutou, who was standing beside him, replied.

Wei Datou thought for a while and replied: "You go and discuss with the imperial guards over there. The current situation of the war is not fierce enough. We must add a fire to let them fight today."

After saying that, Wei Datou told Zhao Dutou about his thoughts.

"Haha, commander, you're still bad enough!" Zhao Dutou couldn't help laughing. This idea was really too dark.

"Cough... cough... how do you say?" Wei Datou thrust his chest.

Zhao Dutou immediately changed his words and said, "No...no...you are wise and magical, and have a clever plan!"
Chapter completed!