Chapter Sixty: Acting Crazy and Selling Stupidity

  Today is the seventh day since Wang Xu left Changsha! These days, he has been very leisurely, and his daily task is to take a hundred brave warriors to "tour the mountains and rivers" in the forest, wandering around! The food they brought with them was finished several days ago, but he had made preparations earlier, ordering the soldiers to bring out a lot of salt, plus the flint and tinder that he had been carrying on his body, so the animals in the forest became the first victims of Wang Xu's actions this time!

  At this moment, Wang Xu was leaning against a big tree with his eyes closed, enjoying the tranquility of the forest.

  "Husband, it's already the seventh day today, why haven't you taken action? It hasn't rained for over ten days now, if we wait any longer, what will happen when it rains and we can't set off fireworks?"

  Listening to Xu Shu's inquiry again, Wang Xu lazily picked up a handful of wild grass from the ground, looked at it, and then smiled faintly: "I'm also helpless! Although the weather has been clear and the air is relatively dry during this period, after all, the snow has only melted for less than a month, and the ground is still not dry enough. At this time, if there is no wind, our plan will be greatly affected!"

  "Ah! The fire of the Long Society in history was good! In early summer, it doesn't matter if it rains or not, as long as the sun shines on the ground and dries it out, and then a breeze blows, you can set fires at will!"

  "Huh?" Upon hearing this, Xu Shu stared at Wang Xu in surprise: "You can still understand the celestial phenomena?"

  "I roughly understand! I roughly understand! Only roughly understanding..."

  "Stop pretending!" Seeing Wang Xu's self-satisfied nodding and shaking of his head, Xu Shu couldn't help but give him a big white eye.

  "Alright, I won't tease you anymore. Seriously speaking, I estimate that we'll have to take action by tomorrow night at the latest!"

  "Why?"

  Through the dense pine needles of the forest, Wang Xu looked at the sky seriously before slowly responding: "Since the last snowfall half a month ago, it has been clear skies until now. And in the past two days, the cloud cover has become thicker and thicker, the dazzling sun has clearly weakened, the stars at night have gradually decreased, the northerly winds have increased significantly, and occasionally there is even a light southerly breeze blowing by. What do you think this represents?"

  "Is it going to rain?"

  "That's correct. And it's very likely to be the first front rain of this year, the cold air from the north forces the occasional warm and humid air flow from the south to rise! So it will rain soon!"

  Hearing this, Xu Shu became even more perplexed, blinking her lovely big eyes, and her long eyelashes also trembled slightly before she asked with a puzzled expression: "Then why don't you hurry up and take action? How can we set fire in the rain?"

  "Fool! Before the formation of the front rain at this time, there must be a strong cold air coming, which is the north wind we need. And this strong cold air, that is, the arrival of the north wind to form precipitation will take some time. This period of time has been enough for us to use, and the east wind that burned the Red Cliff in those years was actually the strong warm and humid airflow from the sea before the formation of the summer front rain."

  As he spoke, Wang Xu couldn't help but reach out and scratch Xu Shu's nose bridge. After she pouted with her red lips and moved away in dissatisfaction, he continued with a smile: "So, it's about time we find a suitable spot to set up an ambush. As soon as the north wind picks up, we'll ignite the fire at top speed! Let's burn Bo Zhong to ashes..."

  But before Wang Xu could finish speaking, Gao Shun's voice suddenly came: "General Wang, I found a young man while hunting earlier! He seemed suspicious and not quite normal, so I caught him."

  Wang Xu furrowed his brow, turned around and looked at Gao Shun who was walking quickly towards him. Suddenly, he noticed the young man being held in mid-air by Gao Shun. However, the young man's appearance was extremely disheveled - his clothes were tattered, his hair was messy, his body was covered in mud, and even his face couldn't be seen clearly.

  "Gao Shun, you'd better find some water to wash his face clean! He's really too dirty, I reckon even if he fell into a cesspit it would be an improvement!"

  "Alright!" He nodded and didn't say much more. With one hand holding the youth, Gao Shun turned around and walked towards a nearby small stream.

  After seeing Gao Shun leave, Xu Shu immediately couldn't help but ask: "Husband, who do you think this young man is? Could he be a scout for the Yellow Turbans?"

  "I don't know, but it shouldn't be a young man disguising himself to gather information, and the possibility of conducting reconnaissance alone is relatively small. Such things are usually done by people with experience and expertise."

  As he spoke, Wang Xu's tone changed and he continued in a puzzled manner: "But it is strange for a young man to appear alone in this mountain forest, and looking so disheveled. There must be a reason for it. In any case, I have to ask clearly."

  Two people chatted for a while, and Gao Shun soon brought back the wet boy, it was clear that this boy had been washed in the water by Gao Shun.

  Although he kept his head down, Wang Xu could still see the boy's face because of being held in the hand by Gao Shun. Thick eyebrows and big eyes, high nose bridge, although not extremely handsome, but also counted as having a clear brow and bright eyes, if dressed up properly, it would be a little handsome guy.

  After a moment's consideration, Wang Xu finally spoke up and said: "Gao Shun, you'd better put him down first! There's nothing going on here, go take care of your own business!"

  "Hmm! Good. But joining the army also requires extra attention, this kid's martial arts skills are not weak!"

  "It doesn't matter, he can't do anything to me anyway, you go ahead and don't worry!"

  "Alright! I'll go distribute the spoils first." After saying that, Gao Shun bowed to Wang Xu and then turned around to leave.

  Wang Xu saw Gao Shun walking far away, and only then did he turn his head to look at the young man who was sitting on the ground with a slightly dejected expression, asking: "What's your name?"

  But unexpectedly, the young man looked up with a bewildered expression and stared blankly at Wang Xu, without saying a word!

  Seeing this, Wang Xu looked at the young man with a strange expression and asked again in a heavier tone: "I'm asking you what's your name? Did you hear me?"

  But little did he know, the young man's face changed several times in an instant after being asked like this. After a moment, he suddenly went crazy and slapped his own head, with a crying tone, and shouted loudly incoherently.

  "What's my name? Ah... what is my name, anyway? I don't have a name? Then who am I? Ah... who am I, after all? Why am I here? Who am I, anyway?"

  After finishing, he suddenly jumped up from the ground and launched a fierce attack on Wang Xu with his right fist. On the side, Xue Shu saw this and immediately glared with her phoenix eyes, circulated her internal energy in her legs, and kicked out a beautiful spinning kick!

  After kicking the young man flying, he angrily said: "How dare you play this set in front of us, it's been eight hundred years since we learned it!"

  Having said that, she was still angry and didn't give up. She puffed out her small mouth and rushed forward again, swinging her fist at the young man who was slowly getting up from the ground.

  "Wait a minute!" Wang Xu felt something was off in his heart and immediately jumped up, stretching out his hand to grab the fist that Xue Shu had punched out.

  But the young man also stopped in his tracks at this moment, and it was unclear whether he had been attacked. He looked even more crazed! His face was ferocious, not to mention that his eyes were bloodshot, filled with red threads. Although his body appeared extremely weak, he still shouted and swung his hands to attack Wang Xu.

  Seeing this, Wang Xu's eyes narrowed, and he pulled Xu Shu behind him with one hand! His body slightly tilted to the side, dodging the punch.

  Without waiting for the other party to receive the move, he immediately gathered his right hand and violently grabbed the young man. Before he could react, he controlled the youth's body, constantly rotating and moving! His left hand took advantage of the opportunity to quickly pat the youth's acupoints and joints several times.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang......"

  After being beaten for a while, when Wang Xu stopped, the boy's body suddenly softened and fell to the ground! The crazy color in his eyes faded, but he returned to a confused state, almost completely unfocused!

  Seeing this, Wang Xu slowly withdrew his power and quickly squatted down, lightly tapping the boy's wrist with his fingers to take his pulse!

  After a long time, Wang Xu suddenly let go of the boy's hand. Under Xu Shu's puzzled gaze, he quickly brushed aside the boy's disheveled long hair and began to search carefully!

  "Husband, what are you looking at?" Xu Shu couldn't help but ask strangely as she saw Wang Xu rummaging through things with his head down.

  Wang Xu didn't rush to answer, instead he furrowed his brow and thought for a moment before slowly standing up and sighing: "He's not pretending to be crazy, it seems like he really has amnesia..."