Chapter 101: Escape from Death
At the moment when the torch at the door was about to be extinguished, Ye Beichen's direction suddenly lit up, and a burning thing was thrown by him to the door.
For a while, the faces of the white-haired orangutans at the door were illuminated clearly, and the girls were so frightened that they took several steps back.
I almost missed an arrow too.
"Close the door. Ye Beichen said.
I came back to my senses, quickly carried my bow, and stepped forward to push the stone door, I exerted all my strength, and the stone gate finally loosened a little.
The third brother knew that I had a lot of strength, so the three of them went to push the one on the right, and some dust began to slide on the two doors, and I don't know how many years this door has been open.
"Don't be stunned, help. I said to the frightened girls.
The women hurriedly divided into two groups, and the strength of the people was great, and the two stone doors finally closed slowly.
Then, in the faint light of the few remaining torches, I saw the deadbolt behind the stone door, and looked around, leaning against the stone behind the door.
The four of us lifted the stone together and put it on the deadbolt, and as soon as the deadbolt fell, there was a violent impact outside the door.
Presumably, the fire that Ye Beichen threw out had been extinguished.
"Hurry up and make a fire. I said in a deep voice.
John Paul quickly removed the firewood from his horse, piled it up in the doorway, and I took a torch that had not yet been extinguished, and finally succeeded in renewing it.
The stone door was not tightly closed, there was a gap two fingers wide in the doorway, and the impact outside the door finally stopped.
I sat down on the ground and let out a long breath.
This time, it was really on the verge of life and death.
"What did you just lose?" I asked, looking at Ye Beichen.
"Rags stained with animal oil. Ye Beichen said.
"It's good to have you. I said.
"What do we do now?" asked Liu Yue.
"Rework the torch and see what's going on here. I stood up and said.
After saying that, I looked at the black face next to me, and it didn't show hostility to these orangutans all the while, which made me puzzled.
And until the appearance of the orangutans, I could not perceive their existence, whether it is this place or these white hairs, it makes me a little more awe-inspired.
The torches were wrapped in oiled rags again, and the fire was lit up again, the space in it was not large, but it was enough to accommodate us, and there was wind all around, but there was no wind outlet to be seen, let alone an exit.
"This door is probably the only place where you can leave here. I said as I stood at the campfire in front of the door.
"Do we still have a chance to go out?" Ling Han said.
"After tonight, as long as you live, there is hope, don't scare yourself. I turned to the crowd and said.
"We've just lost a horse, so don't give up. Ye Beichen said.
"I'll look at your hands. Xia Yun said to Xia He.
Only then did we remember about Xia He's hand injury, and quickly surrounded the past, but fortunately, it was just a bruise, and it was no big deal.
Ye Beichen took out a strip of cloth from his bag, cleaned Xia He's wound with water, and then wrapped the strip of cloth around Xia He's hand.
"Thank you. Xia He whispered.
"You're welcome, it's fine, it'll be fine soon. Ye Beichen said.
"Will there be a scar?" Xia He asked.
"I don't know if you'll have a scar, but at least your life has been saved. Liu Yue said to Xia He.
This girl said what I wanted to say.
Xia He lowered his head and stopped talking, Xia Yun stepped forward and patted Xia He's back gently.
Sometimes I wonder, why doesn't this girl grow up?
"Let's take a break, let's get something to eat. I said to the crowd.
It was empty, there was nothing superfluous, and I always felt as if this place was reserved for those who had come here to take refuge.
But this strange thought only passed on to me, for I myself found such an assumption somewhat impossible.
After eating, everyone finally calmed down a bit, and sat around the campfire and began to analyze the behavior of the orangutans.
"The big lizard is for the orchard. Liu Yue said.
"Those baboons are for the territory. Ling Han said.
"Not exactly, I saw some fruit trees on the baboon's territory, and although I hadn't seen one of them, I thought they should be edible. I said.
"And if it's all for food, what are the orangutans here for?" said John.
"There's nothing to eat here, it's all in the rainforest outside, and if they're food to be guarded, why aren't they in the rainforest?" Paul said.
"Diamonds, they guard diamonds. Ye Beichen said.
When Ye Beichen said this, I instantly felt that it made sense, because before the girls picked up the diamonds, these white-haired orangutans were just peeping from a distance, and they had no intention of approaching us.
It wasn't until the women were full of joy with the diamonds that the orangutans began to show hostility towards us.
"Did any of you not throw away the diamond?" I asked, looking at the women.
The women looked at each other and finally looked at me and shook their heads.
"We were all scared stupid at the time, if we didn't want to die with diamonds, we would have lost them a long time ago. Ling Han said.
"I lost it too. Liu Yue said.
"I'm still throwing it a long way away. Luna said.
One by one, the women explained that they had indeed lost the diamond.
But I noticed that a man had not spoken, and was playing with his fingers with his head down.
"Xia He, what about you?" I asked out loud.
"I... I..."Xia He stammered, unable to speak for a long time.
"Did you bring the diamond with you?" Xia Yun asked excitedly.
Everyone suddenly focused on Xia He, Xia He bit his lip tightly, trembled and put his hand into his pocket, and slowly took out a diamond.
At the same time, the white orangutans outside the door suddenly became agitated, so that it was even more certain that these white orangutans were guarding these diamonds.
"Are you trying to kill everyone?" Liu Yue's temper came up at once, pointing at Xia He and said unceremoniously.
"What's the use of you taking diamonds in this place?" Rumeng echoed.
Seeing Xia He's two lines of tears sliding down his face, standing on the side, Xia Yun didn't dare to speak for her, just looked at everyone with a painful expression.
Seeing that the posture of the women seemed to continue to count Xia He, I hurriedly spoke out to stop it, if there was any more infighting at this time, it would not be good for us at all.
"Okay, okay, don't argue, none of you picked it up?" I said to the women.
"But we're all lost. Liu Yue said.
"Yes, she picked up the diamonds first. Rumeng said.
"Well, you're still talking to her, we're you—" Luna said that something was wrong, and she didn't say any more.
The girls understood what Luna was trying to say, and they all blushed and stopped talking.
"I'm here to help but not to help. I said to the crowd.
In fact, everyone knows my relationship with the women, and I say this to give the women a step, which shows that they are my relatives, and also shows that I am reasoning with them now.
It's hard to reason with a woman, but it seems that my pun has worked.
"Anyway, it's not right for her to keep the diamonds privately. Liu Yue pouted unrelentingly.
"Well, before that, none of us knew that these orangutans were guarding diamonds, not to mention that your eyes lit up when you saw diamonds one by one, and now you are talking about others. I said.
Seeing that the women were still not convinced, and they were still confronting me, I continued: "We are a family, it is not easy to get to this point together, things have not reached the point of no return, you are blindly blaming Xia He now, what problem can you solve?"
When this sentence came out, it finally blocked the mouths of the women.
"Alright, don't make any noise, return the diamonds tomorrow and see if those orangutans can let us go." Ling Han, who had not spoken, spoke.
"Yes, don't get excited, Xia He doesn't know if this will happen, let's see the situation tomorrow. Qiu Xue, who has also never spoken, is in line with the Tao.
Only then did the women calm down, and one by one they walked to Xia He's side and began to comfort Xia He.
"Give me the diamonds. I walked up to Xia He and said.
Xia He cried and handed the diamond to me.
"Whoever has it on it, take it out quickly. I looked at the women and asked again.