"Husband, the man is here!"

Mr. Lin glanced at Wu Feng indifferently and sneered, "The top scholar is coming to the forefront, the Lin family is very honored!"

Wu Feng looked a little embarrassed when he heard this, and bowed: "Mr. Lin, it was my fault before. Today I sincerely come to propose marriage. I hope Mr. Lin can forgive my previous offense."

"Ha, offend, what is Wu Zhuangyuan's identity? How could he offend me?" Mr. Lin sneered.

Having said that, Mr. Lin still likes Wu Feng very much. This young man is definitely an outstanding talent among his age. The technique of cutting the circle he developed was even praised by Wang Lang.

However, this kid had lost his face before, and he still wanted to let out this sigh in his heart.

"Mr. Lin was joking. You are an important minister of the court. I am just a backward student. In front of you, I can only be a junior." As he said that, he looked at Ruby Lin kneeling beside him, and suddenly knelt beside her and said, "Mr. Lin, Mrs. Lin, I really like Ruby Lin. Please betroth Ruby Lin with me."

Mr. Lin narrowed his eyes, stared at Wu Feng, and said, "You go back!"

Wu Feng's face darkened when he heard this.

Ruby Lin knelt in front of Mr. Lin and begged: "Father, please help us."

"Shut up!" Mr. Lin glared at Lin Xin coldly.

"Wu Zhuangyuan, it's not that easy to marry my daughter." Mr. Lin said in a deep voice.

"Please ask Mr. Lin to make a clear statement!" Wu Feng bowed.

"Ha, if you can make great contributions to the court within two years and be appointed as the fourth rank, I will fulfill your wishes."

After hearing this, Wu Feng suddenly felt that Minister Lin was deliberately making things difficult for him.

He is now only a fifth-rank official, and he has skipped two levels in two years. This is something that has never happened in the history of the Xia Kingdom. The difficulty can be imagined.

The fourth-rank official is a senior official of the government, and the promotion is a court official. Those are the most noble people in the Xia Kingdom. How can they achieve such a high achievement in such a short period of time?

Seeing Wu Feng's surprised expression, Mr. Lin narrowed his eyes and said, "If you can't do it, there is no need to talk more. Don't harass Ruby Lin again in the future. For the sake of being an official in the same dynasty, I won't make things difficult for you, go back!"

Wu Feng gritted his teeth and felt a pain in his heart when he saw Ruby Lin looking at him with anticipation.

"Mr. Lin, don't worry, I agree to this condition. Wu will definitely become a fourth-rank official within two years." Wu Feng said solemnly.

Mr. Lin didn't say anything but sneered.

Wu Feng slowly stood up and bowed to Mr. Lin and Mrs. Lin: "Mr. Wu said goodbye, I hope you will keep this promise."

He glanced at Lin Xin and said, "Xin, don't worry, I will marry you."

Ruby Lin smiled and nodded.

Wu Feng bowed to Minister Lin and walked towards the courtyard gate with a serious expression.

Mr. Lin looked at Wu Feng's leaving back, his lips curled up, and murmured to himself: "Good boy, I want to see how you do it."

Western grassland.

Zhou Yu's team walked a long journey and didn't know how far it had been.

The mountain range doesn't look far on the map, but it's extremely difficult to get there.

The exhausted expedition team has been staying by a stream for three days. The food they brought before departure has already been eaten. During this period, the team members can only hunt while moving forward, and life is extremely difficult.

A fire was lit by the stream, and the team members sat together, silently eating the fish caught during the day, no one spoke. After dinner, the team members on the night consciously held weapons and were alert around.

Zhou Yu was lying on the ground and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. Looking at the starry night sky, Zhou Yu got up and called his backpack, and took out the diary that the Ministry of Rites sent to everyone.

With the fire, Zhou Yu began to write:

"On the eleventh year of Taichu, May 3, we have basically left the scope of Xia Kingdom's activity. It is deserted and there are terrible beasts everywhere. We don't know how long it will take to reach our destination. Li Qiang got sick yesterday. According to our judgment, he must have had a cold. He took some medicine during the day and his condition improved a little. I don't know if these companions can still survive when we go back. The wild world is so terrible. I don't know how people in the past survived in this environment. Now we have sharp weapons. It's extremely difficult to deal with those terrible beasts. We will have to stay here for a few days in the next few days. When Li Qiang's illness is cured, we can continue to move forward."

Zhou Yu closed the diary, put his careful experience in his backpack, took out a book, and read it carefully under the flames.

The team members didn't say much about Zhou Yu's behavior. They were all students and they all hoped to be on the gold list in the future. Although this exploration and discovery plan can add points to themselves, what is more important is their own knowledge level. When resting, old books exchange learning experiences became a way for the team members to enjoy themselves.

In the early morning, the breeze blew by, and the people who had been lying on the grassland all night were inevitably stained with dew. When the breeze blew, they felt cool.

Zhou Yu shivered, got up and walked to the river to wash his face, so that he could wake up.

"How is Li Qiang?" the captain asked Zhou Yu.

"I just looked at it and the fever seemed to have subsided, and it was probably getting better." Zhou Yu said slowly.

The captain nodded and said, "We will rest here for another day and replenish our supplies. We will continue to rush tomorrow. You will stay here with four people to guard the camp. I will catch some prey with the others."

"Captain, don't worry, I will be optimistic about this place."

"Well, let's call everyone up, we will act after dinner."

The breakfast was very simple, one roasted fish for one person and a few roasted bird eggs, which barely filled the stomach.

The captain left two other people and Zhou Yu and Li Kun to guard here, and took most of the men out to hunt.

There are many wild animals on this grassland. Since humans occupied the east, a large number of wild animals have begun to migrate to the west, making the species here suddenly richer.

Of course, everyone would not look for ferocious carnivores as their hunting targets, and there were a large number of herbivores wandering around here.

The groups of animals are like delicious food that is within your reach.

After searching for a long time, a dozen expedition members finally found a small group of wild beasts. These beasts are small mammals, about the same size as wild boars. As long as one is captured, it will be enough for the team members to eat for several days.

After this period of life in the wild, everyone's hunting skills have been greatly improved, and hunting this animal can be said to be no difficulty.

Several archers were responsible for shooting prey, and spearmen and sword shields were responsible for chasing prey.

More than a dozen hunting beasts lurked in the grass and approached their prey carefully.

The beasts are very alert. As long as they find abnormalities, the prey they get will fly.

The captain raised his hand and signaled everyone to stop, pointing to a target in the group of beasts.

The three archers nodded, and the rest scattered and prepared for the pursuit.

The archers bent down and tried their best to hide their bodies. When there were more than 20 meters of prey left in the bureau, several people suddenly rushed out of the grass.

"Swoosh swish swish!"

Three arrows roared and headed straight for the target.

Although the three of them had much inferior archery skills than professional soldiers, at such a close distance, and with the three of them attacking a target together, everyone knew that they had succeeded with a cry of wail.

The frightened prey began to flee in panic. The prey that was shot, with blood, followed the team in a hurry to escape.

The lurking team members, after a loud whistle, began to pursue with their weapons.

The injured prey was gradually left behind by the group of beasts due to continuous blood loss, making a series of desperate cry.

The team members accelerated their speed and quickly shuttled through the waist-high grass jungle.

Gradually, the prey could not run away, and he lay on the ground and looked at his companions who were gradually moving away, his eyes full of despair.

When everyone saw the prey stopped, they were delighted, and the speed increased a little, and more than a dozen people surrounded the pitiful prey.

Such a fat prey greatly boosted morale, and the captain pulled out his waist knife.

"Get a kettle over, the blood cannot be wasted. We have to save some salt." The captain said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, one person quickly took an empty kettle from his waist and handed it to the captain.

The desperate prey wanted to struggle to stand up from the ground, but the two arrows inserted on the back were lost, which made it unable to stand up at all. Faced with the impending death, he could only cry out in a tragic voice.

Asked several people to hold the prey firmly, the captain cut his throat with a sharp waist knife, and made people quickly put the kettle at the wound.

The blood that gushed out flowed into the kettle, and the bright red blood splattered the man's hands.

After receiving two kettles of blood, the blood gradually became much less.

The team members quickly opened the prey and took out the field, leaving only the heart and liver, and the rest of the internal organs were left in place.

The internal organs taste too troublesome, and now there are no good conditions, just roasted, so the taste is hard to swallow.

The prey with internal organs was only more than 100 kilograms left. After tied up the limbs of the prey, they were carried by two team members and walked towards the camp.

They dare not delay here. Over time, the flesh-eating beasts will smell bloody, and there will be trouble at that time.

The individual beast team members are naturally not afraid, but some carnivores appear in groups. If they encounter hyenas, wolves and dinosaurs, they will not be able to fight back, but unless there is no way, no one is willing to fight back.

The camp was safe and sound, and Li Kun's health was well recovered. It seems that there is no problem at all.

The hunting team had a good harvest. Everyone started to take action together, leaving the food they had eaten today, and smoking the rest of the food in smoke, which would allow the food to be preserved for a longer time.

By this stream, the expedition spent the last night and continued to move towards the west.

The grassland is very vast. Apart from the sporadic sight of some strange trees, there is almost no change in the surrounding scenery.

There was still no mountain range ahead, which made the team members feel a little discouraged. There would be no valuable things found on the grassland. These wandering animals were not necessary to record except to become supplies for the team members. The breeding industry in Xia Kingdom has developed, and every household will raise several domestic animals. The existence of wild animals is just a supplement to food.

After walking for more than ten days, the surrounding scenery finally changed a little. There was no longer a constant grassland ahead, and there were more trees. Although it could not reach the level of a jungle, the density was quite considerable.

In this hot weather, with trees shading, the team members finally didn't have to endure the scorching sun.

Seeing under a big tree, Zhou Yu opened the kettle and drank a little water. There was not much water in the kettle. Before finding a new source of water, he had to save money.

While everyone was resting, the captain took out the compass from the bag, looked at the direction, and used a charcoal pen to write something on the blank booklet.

Zhou Yu glanced over there and then withdrew his gaze. He knew that the captain must be recording the route and discovery he took during this period. This is the obligation of each expedition captain.

After everyone rested for a while, the captain called the team members to his side and said, "Today is May 14th. We have been away from Xia Kingdom for almost two months. I just calculated it. The direction we were heading is correct. Now we are about 300 miles away from Dingbei City. There are several small hills in front of this small forest. If I guess correctly, if I cross these hills, we should have reached our first target point."

When they heard that they finally arrived at their destination, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Although they were still in the wild, they could build a place to live as long as they got there. As for exploring the surroundings, that was later, and at least it would be more comfortable than lying on the grass.

"Captain, how long will we stay here?" someone asked.

"This depends on the situation. If we find useful things in this area, we will naturally stay for a while. If within two months, we have nothing to discover, we will leave here, record the terrain here, and continue to move towards the west. It is said that there is a very wide river in the west. After crossing that river, it is the farthest place we have arrived in Xia Kingdom before. No one knows what the situation there is. Let's talk about these things later. It's getting hot now. We will rest here tonight. We will go to that mountain range tomorrow to see it." The captain said slowly.

Seeing that everyone had no objection, they ordered the team members to prepare things to spend the night around them. When the fire was lit, the fear in the team members' hearts decreased a lot. The beasts were afraid of the flames. In the dark night, the safest place was near the fire.

Zhou Yu continued to write his diary while he was at night. He had already used a thick diary for half of his use. He knew that he had to save on using it in the future.
Chapter completed!