Chapter 40: The Devil's Forest (text)
"I'm definitely going to go, that big guy is also my relative, and it's more dangerous to get off the boat here."
"Believe me, don't get off the boat until you have to, even if you do, you have to be near the riverbank, not too far from the riverbank!"
Lai Zi seemed to know a lot of rumors about the river god waterway, but he didn't want to say much about him like that, and Zhang Meng didn't ask too much.
Now their relationship with this guy is a little vague, they are both enemies and friends, Zhang Meng is not stupid, he doesn't want to disgust this guy for no reason.
"But let me warn you, what I told you earlier was not a joke." Lai Zi said sternly.
Zhang Meng was stunned, but he immediately remembered what Laizi had told them before: This fork in the road is absolutely not allowed to enter, and there are indeed people in the village who will never come back after entering the fork.
"Little brother, you can help turn the bow of the boat with peace of mind, when the bullets and bullets rushed over, Lao Tzu didn't blink, these hanging dead things are almost the same as scaring that baby!" Zhao San held a cigarette gun in his mouth, took a sip at Zhang Meng, and put Zhang Mengqi's hair on end.
Lai Zi smiled bitterly, looking at the two of them who were about to make trouble again, this is really a pair of superb living treasures, all the old and the young.
The bamboo pole in Zhao San's hand was propped up, and several people joined forces, and the boat slowly turned around and entered the fork in the road.
At first, the water was relatively smooth, the wind and waves were calm, and there seemed to be no undercurrent at all, but gradually, several people began to struggle, Zhang Meng felt that the boat was moving forward at a turtle speed like an ant, and there was an undercurrent under the river to push the boat back, which was a real boat against the current.
Several people gritted their teeth and rowed for half an hour, Zhang Meng's face was flushed, and finally he couldn't help but throw down the folding shovel in his hand, panting heavily, looking at Lai Zi and Zhao San, the chests of the two of them also rose and fell sharply, and they also consumed a lot of body.
"No, if it goes on like this, wait for the strength of the two of you, Xiao Ge and Lao Zhao, I'm afraid we will definitely have to rush back to that ring road, and stop this boat first!" The sick man shook his head and said.
Although Laizi was reluctant to go ashore, there was no way to do it at this time, and the sick ghost was telling the truth. A few men gritted their teeth and rocked the boat to the side, tied the half of the hemp rope to a tree trunk, and then jumped to the shore.
"The grass here is so lush, be careful of snake bites." The sick ghost reminded.
A few people carried their bags and found a camphor tree, this camphor tree is very tenacious, the root system can absorb all the nutrients, and even the weeds are sparse underneath them. Zhang Meng and several people collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath.
"Goo-goo."
Zhang Meng was a little embarrassed when he heard the screams of his stomach, Zhao San stood up and said, "I'm also hungry, wait for me to hunt two pheasants to make barbecue, and swallow your fingers with your fragrant food." ”
"Don't!"
Lai Zi jumped up in fright, and hurriedly grabbed Zhao San to prevent him from leaving: "Wait a minute, if your fire gun rings, you will definitely have to cause some trouble, isn't there a compressed biscuit?" Just eat this. ”
"Lao Zhao listen to him." The sick ghost said softly, it is not wrong to pay more attention in this kind of place.
Zhao San, who originally wanted to have a delicious meal, could only come back stupidly and eat the dry compressed biscuits.
"This cookie is really hard to swallow, I'll have to change the flavor next time."
Zhang Meng took a sip of water and threw a compressed biscuit into his mouth. This biscuit is fully fermented with flour and then compressed to the extreme, and the thumb-sized biscuit can be chewed until the mouth is full of flour. This is a necessary thing to go out to do soil work, with this thing, a small box of such things is enough for a few people for three or four days, but the taste is really bad.
"Third uncle, you can save it, you will snicker when you eat it, and there is so much nonsense."
Zhang Meng ate all over his mouth, and said vaguely.
"I said this can't be done, this kind of undercurrent, I'm afraid we will have no strength to row for ten minutes, and I don't know how long this fork is, how can we go?" Laizi said helplessly, even if the big guy is on their side, I'm afraid it won't last long.
"Could there be something hidden here? I always felt that this undercurrent was man-made. ”
Zhang Meng thought about it and said with some uncertainty.
He has seen it in a geographical magazine, this kind of undercurrent, there must be a hole at the top of the river that connects to the sea, so that there will be an undersurge, and it is rumored that Dayu used this method when he controlled the water. A thought came to his head, could there be something at the end of this fork in the road? It was in order to hide this thing that the undercurrent of this fork in the stream was opened.
"But the wind here can be used."
The sick ghost thought for a long time, and suddenly said out loud, Laizi's eyes lit up, and he shouted loudly.
"That's right! I didn't think of this stubble, with this wind, let's just make a sail, anyway, the things you brought just happened to have a canvas. Raiko said excitedly.
A few people said to do it, and took out all the mess of ropes, canvases, and nails, Zhao San gestured, found a suitable small tree, and shoveled the trunk with a few sapper shovels, and Zhang Meng and the sick ghost helped clean up those branches and leaves.
Putting a sail on the ship is no small thing. Fortunately, several people are familiar with it, and it is easy to do it, otherwise they would not be busy all day.
After almost two hours of work, the renovated ship was finally on its way, although it was a little difficult, but with the help of the wind, it was finally much easier and could continue to move forward smoothly.
After eating the compressed biscuits, a few people also had spirits, and after rowing like this for a long time, there was still no shadow of the boat, and the silence here was terrible, and if it was only one person, it would be driven crazy.
"There seems to be no tributary in this fork in the road, there is only one road, don't wait for another circular return road!"
Zhang Meng was a little afraid, if this fork in the stream was also a return, then he would have to scold his mother.
"No, the road is straight, and there are no detours yet." Zhao San waved the compass in his hand, he didn't want to fall twice in the same matter.
After an hour of walking, it was finally completely dark. Zhao San looked at the endless river with some helplessness, he glanced at the sick ghost, as if asking him to make up his mind.
"It seems that we can only continue to travel tomorrow, so late, I'm afraid they won't be able to see even the lame, let's sleep here today."
"I'm going to spend the night in this devil's forest!" Laizi's face changed, and he seemed very reluctant.
"You can also choose to spend the night on a ship." Zhang Meng said to him with a grin.
"Get out!"
The shore where the ship docked was a camphor forest, so there were no lush weeds, so Zhao San decided to deal with it on the shore for a night.
Zhao San lit a fire, and the sick ghost carefully sprinkled a circle of sulfur powder around them, this smell is not liked by most poisonous snakes, insects and ants, and can be used to repel snakes and mosquitoes. After each of them ate one or two compressed biscuits, they began to yawn, after all, there was too much force today, and as soon as they relaxed at this time, their bodies involuntarily became sleepy.
"I'll keep watch for the first half of the night, Laizi, you and Ah Meng will keep watch for the second half of the night!"
Zhao San waved his hand and signaled a few people to hurry up and rest, and they will continue to rush tomorrow, if they don't rest, they will definitely not be energetic.
Zhang Meng was very sleepy at this time, so he got into the sleeping bag and fell asleep after saying hello.
Although Zhang Meng felt uncomfortable, he still fell asleep deeply, and when he got up, he felt that he had slept for more than half a century.
He quickly looked at the watch in his hand and found that it was already past two o'clock, he quickly got out of his sleeping bag, and a voice sounded from the back of his head, startling him.
"Woke up?"
"Well, why didn't you call me just now." Zhang Meng stretched his waist and asked with some confusion.
Lai Zi said with a smile: "Your third uncle sees that you are sleeping so soundly, let me not call you yet, but tonight is calm and there is nothing to do, you can go sleep for a while." ”
"Don't sleep, don't sleep!"
Zhang Meng has developed a habit since she was a child in Hong Kong, no matter how sleepy she is, she has to get up as soon as her eyes open anyway.
"I'm going to pee."
Zhang Meng felt a little urgent, he told Lai Zi and walked a few steps towards the river.
"Don't go too far." Laizi reminded him later.
"Let me go and not go." Zhang Meng muttered, found a place, and began to put the water.
Knock ......
Zhang Meng's ears suddenly sounded a muffled sound, as if someone was drinking water, and the sound was very close to him. Suddenly, the chill in Zhang Meng's heart exploded, and he wanted to shout out loud, he held his heart that was jumping in his heart, pressed his chest calmly, and played with the thatch next to him.
On the shore not far from him, a relatively small boat slowly sneaked away, I don't know if it was his own illusion, Zhang Meng felt that the head of the person on the boat flashed, and the person disappeared.
"Dry