Chapter 12: Search and Rescue
The rain gradually weakened, and Laiwang, who was half-immersed in the puddle, was blown by the cold wind, and woke up first, although he fell violently, but because of the mud on the ground, he slipped all the way down, but did not bump into it, but fainted in fright, fell into a shallow puddle, and fell into a shallow puddle, and fell into a coma for a while.
He climbed up from the puddle, wiped the rain covering his face, and looked up, the big brown-gold python had long been gone, he had palpitations, and he didn't dare to go uphill to check, just circled in place, let go of his throat and shouted: "Second son, second son, young lady, where are you?" β
After a round of roaring, he pricked up his ears and quietly listened to the movements around him, but except for the sound of wind and rain, there was no human voice.
Lai Wang vaguely remembered the moment the head of the giant snake hit, the second son sitting next to him flew straight out of the hillside, and it should have landed near here, he broke off a tree trunk from the broken girl next to him, knocked on the broken branches and weeds on the side of the road, and continued to shout loudly: "Second son, second son, where are you?" β
A faint response came from the wind and rain: "Laiwang, Laiwang, I'm here"
Lai Wang was overjoyed, followed the sound to find it, picked up a bunch of broken branches and leaves, and found that the second son was lying motionless on the edge of a tree, and he hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the son.
Luo Junxi's eyes seemed to be closed, his hair was scattered, his body was full of broken leaves and mud, a deep wound was cracked on his forehead, and blood was constantly oozing out, mixed with rain and flowing all over his face, Lai Wang was in a hurry, and hurriedly tore off a piece of his sleeve, wrapped the wound for the second son, and barely stopped the bleeding.
Luo Junxi was still unconscious, confused and let Laiwang fiddle, Laiwang kept calling "Second son, second son, then you don't have to sleep" but he only responded weakly and then did not react, Laiwang saw that Gongzi's breath was dying, for fear that he would die of serious injuries, and he didn't care about the rain and fog blindfolding, so he carried Gongzi on his back, and walked down the mountain with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
"Where is the little sister?"
"Second son, don't be anxious, you are injured, I will send you down the mountain to heal first."
"Where is the little sister?"
"Laiwang didn't know that we had just been thrown down by the divine dragon, and Laiwang didn't have time to go up to check."
Luo Junxi suddenly came to his senses, he touched his buzzing head, pressed Laiwang's shoulders with both hands, and shouted, "Put me down, you go up and see what's wrong with the little sister?" β
Laiwang's footsteps paused, and said in a trembling voice: "The second son is not greedy for life and afraid of death, but in that legless beast may still be on it, I can't do anything at all, let Laiwang send the son down the mountain first, and then entangle the manpower, and go up the mountain with torches to check, second son, you are seriously injured, if you can save one, it will be one!" β
Luo Junxi's eyes were red, and he hissed: "No, I can't leave my little sister behind!" Go up and check it out. β
He slid down the ground with Lai Wang's back, panting and said: "No matter what, I have to look for it, I want to see people in life and die to see my little sister, if I encounter misfortune, I won't live anymore."
Lai Wang looked at the blood stains that kept oozing out of his forehead, gritted his teeth, and attached him to his back with his backhand: "Second son, wait for Lai Wang to send you to a safe place first, this mountain is evil, it is not suitable to stay for a long time, Miss is blessed, she will be safe and sound, you can rest assured." β
Luo Junxi only felt that his heart was beating suddenly, cold and panicked, although there are many cemeteries on this mountain, the terrain is open, and there are many woodcutters, hunters, and medicine pickers who make a living here on weekdays, and it has always been a peaceful feng shui treasure land, but today there was a storm for no reason, leading to a demonic python, could it really be that in response to Laiwang's words, during the Qingming Festival, a hundred ghosts came out of the hole and brought up the demons in the underworld?
"Where's the snake?"
"The slave doesn't know, Childe, think about it carefully, how big is that tree, how can such a huge snake inhabit? Besides, over the years, we have never heard of a giant snake on the mountain, which must have been a demon that fell with this rainstorm, so we left here quickly, waited for the rain to stop, and then searched the mountain. β
"Little sister, what should I do with my little sister?"
Laiwang didn't dare to reply, just lowered his head and walked down the mountain step by step.
Luo Junxi felt a buzzing in his head, and his eyes were dark, he knew that he was extremely injured, but he abandoned his sister and left, he only felt inexplicable guilt in his heart, and he bumped in Laiwang's back for a while, but he couldn't withstand the fatigue caused by the injury, and finally fell asleep.
Lai Wang stumbled about a mile with Luo Junxi on his back, and finally saw more than 20 black-clothed men dressed as family members wearing awnings, holding iron rods and running towards the mountain.
"Laiwang is ahead!"
"Second Son"
According to the custom that the surviving people do not go to the mountain grave to worship, today's Qingming Luoshan people stay at home to mourn their deceased wives, wait for the return of a pair of children who enter the mountain to worship, and then perform the worship ceremony in the shrine at home.
Waiting for noon, the rain increased, Luo Shanren could not rest assured, sent a few servants to the bottom of the mountain to answer, but two hours passed, still did not see the children and horses return, he looked at the rain pouring down along the eaves, thinking that it might be the heavy rain blocking the mountain, blocking the mountain path, the carriage was trapped on the mountain and could not go down, worried that the children were frightened, so he sent the housekeeper Luo Fu to bring twenty servants to answer.
Later, this group of people quickly whipped up, half an hour later to the foot of the mountain, found the first four servants in the tea house at the foot of the mountain, Luo Fu blamed the four for why they neglected their duties, did not go to the mountain to find, the four people who were wet knelt down to plead guilty, said that the rain was too strong, tried several times to force the climb were beaten back by the heavy rain, it was really impossible to do anything, only to wait for the rain to rest a little and then go up the mountain to find.
Luo Fu was anxious in his heart, but what they said was also the truth, so he could only sit and watch the sky in the tea house with everyone, and finally waited for the rain to weaken, he was worried that Miss Gongzi would be frightened and cold on the mountain, so he ordered everyone to go up the mountain to search......
When Laiwang saw that the rescuers were coming, he was overjoyed and shouted: "Come here, the second son is injured." β
After some turmoil, Luo Fu immediately made a decision and decided to escort the second son down the mountain for treatment by six domestic servants, and more than ten people led the way to find the young lady.
Lai Wang held an iron and eyebrow stick in front of the road, he whispered to Luo Fu: "Butler, the incident happened suddenly, and before I could react, I was hit downhill by the demon snake, I only found the second son at the bottom of the slope, and the three of Miss and Cui Xi Lan Shu are only afraid that they will be more auspicious." β
Luo Fu's face was awe-inspiring, and he shouted: "Close your crow's mouth, Miss is a blessed person, and she will definitely be killed and return safely." β
Laiwang looked frightened, compared the size of the snake, and said in a trembling voice: "That is by no means an ordinary snake in the mountain, we often come to this mountain, the snake has seen a few times, but I have never seen such a big snake, even if it is a horse, then the beast can swallow it alive, butler, you say, this is not a monster and what is it?" β
Luo Fu said: "Maybe it's blindfolded by heavy rain, it's not necessarily wrong for you to see it, don't talk nonsense, lead the way quickly, if the young lady has any mistakes, don't do it with the master, I'll peel off your skin first!" β
Laiwang didn't dare to say more, took an iron rod and led the way in front, and everyone went up the dirt slope, looking at the broken trees and dead horses in front of them, they were all stunned.
There was indeed a pungent smell in the wind and rain, and there were one or two golden scales about the size of the mouth of a teacup standing at the root of the big tree that was broken off at the waist, and everyone looked at the two scales in a dazeβaccording to the size of the scales, the size of the snake was indeed very, very, very huge, as Lai Wang said.
Luo Fu is a shrewd man who has followed Luo Shanren to the north and south for many years, and immediately sobered up after being shocked, and shouted: "What is cold, go and find Miss." β
Everyone was drunk by the butler, and immediately came to their senses, and hurriedly moved the tree that was holding down the carriage away-"Butler, the young lady is not here. β
"Butler, the carriage of the carriage is not here."
"Butler, Cui Xi and Lan Shu are not here either!"
"Butler"
Luo Fu's eyes were shining, and the heart hanging on the side of his throat suddenly let go of most of it, and said loudly: "It's not here?" It's a good thing, every three of you are scattered everywhere to look for it, and you have fire folds on you? Let's light it first, if the snake is really a monster, I'm afraid and will be afraid of open fire, go ahead! β
Laiwang mentioned in a low voice: "Butler, the rain hasn't stopped yet, and this fire can't be lit!" β
Luo Fu's face was dark, and he shouted: "If you can't order it, you have to order it, you can go on your own, come to Wang, come to Qi, you two follow me to the west to look for it, quickly." β
The rain stops and the wind collects, and water droplets drip down from the trees.
This shout echoed in the foothills: "Miss, Miss, Cuixi Lanxi" The sky was overcast, and they had been searching the mountain for more than an hour, but still found nothing.
Luo Shanren heard the report from the domestic servant that a pair of children had encountered a giant snake on the mountain, the second son was seriously injured, and the whereabouts of the young daughter were unknown.
Chen Ye, the leader of the green forest, had received a lot of rice and cloth from the Luoshan people on weekdays, and when he heard that Miss Luojia was in danger, he immediately gave an order, and the more than 200 strong men in the cottage came to search and rescue with shovels and hoes in their hands.
The news spread quickly, and half an hour later, Zhao Wenxiang, the lord of the state capital, also heard about it, and also sent fifty catchers with six hunting dogs to join the search.