Chapter 407: The First Exploration
Prepared, Fang Shi finally decided to carry out a formal exploration operation, the goal is one of the six targets circled by Lou Jingzhong, according to the past meteorological records in the mountains, it is basically not snowing here, generally speaking, it may be better to wait until winter to enter the mountains, Fang Shi originally came early, so he was not in a hurry at all.
Li Shuya arrived early in the morning, and was holding a steaming steamed bun by the stove and nibbling on it, and the big steamed bun with sausage was called a fragrant one.
Fang Shi peeked in from the kitchen door and beckoned to Li Shuya in the steam, and Li Shuya immediately ran out with a smile on his face.
Fang Shi pulled Li Shuya aside and asked in a low voice, then nodded, patted Li Shuya's shoulder and turned away, Li Shuya also walked out while nibbling on steamed buns. Xia Yuxin saw this scene on the stairs, and muttered secretly in her heart, I don't know what kind of ghost the Dao Fangshi is doing again, but she doesn't have time to pay attention to this now, Xia Yuxin's heart is now full of the adventure activities that are about to start.
The borrowed hound was already very familiar with Fang Shi and the others, and he was very happy to see Fang Shi and the others coming, sniffing and arching around everyone, like a child.
The people in the village are also very familiar with Fang Shi and others, and they greeted each other along the way, and at the entrance of the village, Li Shuya said a few words to a group of bear children, and then divided their things, the children walked to the Liu Clan Ancestral Hall in the direction of the mountain, and Fang Shi and they walked to the depths of the mountain forest with the withered yellow grass leaves that had fallen frost.
"How can there be bees?"
Xia Yuxin curiously watched a few wild bees fly by not far away, it was already quite cold at this time, and they were all wearing thick clothes. There are still bees at work. The question is. Are there still flowers?
Li Shuya nodded very affirmatively: "Under the leeward southward cliff, even in winter, there are flowers blooming, listening to the seventh grandfather of the village beekeeper said that when he was young, he would transport the beehive to the stone cliff in the mountain to hang it in winter, and in the spring, he could harvest the winter osmanthus nectar, which was the best in honey." ”
"Really?"
Fang Shi smiled and said, "Yuxin, what's so strange about this. Isn't it strange that there is a place where luck gathers in such a big mountain? ”
Fang Shi didn't understand climate and geography, he explained it from Feng Shui, Xia Yuxin accepted it at once: "Also, there is also a Four Seasons Valley on Qingcheng Mountain, which is like spring all year round, but that's because there is a hot spring." ”
"Hot springs? Isn't that the reason for the convergence of luck? Fang Shi asked with a smile.
Xia Yuxin smiled: "I don't know what to do, you can go and see it yourself when the time comes." ”
"Where is Qingcheng Mountain? I've only heard of Luo Xiao Mountain, oh, and Tarzan! ”
"Huh. Qingcheng Mountain is in Shuzhong and is our hometown. ”
"Oh. Far away? I don't know if there is a chance to see it. ”
"The world outside is big, you can take your time to see it when the time comes." Fang Shi patted Li Shuya's shoulder, and Li Shuya grinned and nodded vigorously.
Soon a few people entered the depths of the mountains, the wilderness was no way to walk, they could not chat leisurely, although the weather was cold, the snakes and insects in the mountains and forests seemed to be less, but on the sunny slopes there were still traces of their infestation, after encountering a few poisonous snakes basking in the sun, they were all careful.
"Sir, look here, this stubble is new, no more than a day, and then look at the stubble spacing, at least three or four people have walked by."
"Three or four? In front of us? ”
Fang Shi's eyes narrowed, and he looked up at the vast mountain, this was noon on the second day they entered the mountain, according to the itinerary, they would probably be able to reach the scheduled destination at noon tomorrow, but in this kind of deep mountain, a companion suddenly appeared, always looking a little surprised.
"Could it be that they are collecting medicine or hunting?"
Xia Yuxin looked around again and again, and asked casually, Lou Jingzhong bent over and looked at the ground for a long time, searched around again, and said with some uncertainty: "There are no hunting dogs to follow, it shouldn't be a hunter or poacher hunting, maybe it's here to catch birds, it's hard to say about collecting medicine?" ”
"It's not a medicine pick." Li Shuya shook his head affirmatively.
"What are you doing?" Xia Yuxin bent down slightly and looked at Li Shuya with a smile, and Li Shuya's face was a little red.
"Because, because the medicinal materials are still there in the places they pass by, you see, that yellow essence has been around for some years, and they don't pick it, it's definitely not the medicine."
Fang Shi glanced at Li Shuya appreciatively: "It's not for collecting medicine, it's not for hunting, everyone be careful, in this barren mountain and wild place, anything can happen, pay attention to the surroundings later, don't move along the ridge." ”
"Understood."
Lou Jingzhong replied solemnly, Li Shuya also nodded vigorously, his expression became serious, he grew up in the mountains, and naturally knew some things that were not so good.
Xia Yuxin inadvertently approached Fang Shi and said in a low voice, "Is it so serious?" ”
"This is really a barren mountain and a wild mountain, and a few people have disappeared, who knows what is going on? Also, we don't know who the other party is, and we don't know what equipment they have, so it's right to be careful. ”
Xia Yuxin nodded and shook her head: "Could it be that when you go to these places, people's wildness is exposed?" ”
Fang Shi smiled: "Definitely, the wildness that does not restrain people will definitely explode, don't you look at the chaos on the Internet is a living example." ”
Xia Yuxin blinked, and subconsciously moved closer to Fang Shi, Fang Shi smiled secretly, after all, she was still a girl, and she knew that she was afraid!
Their advance was even slower, Lou Jingzhong was always looking around with a telescope, and Li Shuya carefully searched for traces in the woodland.
"Tree boy, have you found anything?"
Li Shuya frowned and thought about it, and said with a certain certainty: "Sir, what does it mean if there are too few traces?" ”
"Shows that they are deliberately hiding their tracks." Fang Shi frowned: "Can you be sure how many people it is?" ”
"Three, with three inconspicuous shoe prints, and a cigarette butt."
Fang Shi thought for a moment and said, "Jingzhong, can we change directions, it seems that they have taken the same road with us by coincidence." ”
"Otherwise. I'll catch up and take a look? ”
Fang Shi understood what Lou Jing meant. If only it were three ordinary people. Lou Jingzhong was indeed able to deal with it easily, on the contrary, these people deliberately set up an ambush, or if Fang Shi sneaked up at night, they would be passive.
Fang Shi took out his Beidou mobile phone and looked at it, and the signal was normal: "Yes, you catch up as soon as possible, we will use our mobile phone to contact, if you lose contact, you will return directly to Lijiazhai." So do we. ”
"Understood."
The materials in the personal backpack were evenly distributed in advance, which was originally to prevent the preparation after separation, and now there is no need to redistribute the materials, Lou Jingzhong quickly chased in the direction of the trace.
Xia Yuxin moved her lips, but she didn't make a sound obediently, Fang Shi took out the map, and quickly looked for a new route near the original route.
"Let's go carefully, be careful not to leave traces, the trees open the way, and the rain is in the center."
Fang Shi picked up the hound. He was worried that the hound would leave traces of passage, and the hound obediently kept silent. Li Shuya led the way in front, trying to walk on hard land and rocks, careful not to trample on the grass, and did not dare to use a firewood knife to open the road, so he had to slowly bypass the bushes, so cautious, Li Shuya had to plan the route before the action, and the speed of their advance slowed down.
Turning over a ridge, the sky gradually dimmed, at this time Fang Shi had already found a camp behind a large stone on the hillside, leveled the ground a little, Fang Shi stopped Li Shuya's move to use medicine to repel insects, but took out a bamboo tube made of Xiu bamboo from his backpack, about the thickness of his thumb, one end is a bamboo joint, and the other end is open.
Under Li Shuya's surprised gaze, Fangshi gently used a bamboo tube to beat the stone quickly, slowly, lightly and heavily, and a clear sound of 'Bangbang' spread in the woods, and then, Li Shuya saw countless insects and ants coming out of the cracks in the stones and under the blades of grass, and quickly ran around, this scene was strange and spectacular, and Li Shuya's scalp was a little numb.
Xia Yuxin also frowned, girls naturally hate these insects, not to mention that these insects are not good-looking, and they are in groups, which is really disgusting to look at.
Li Shuya watched the insects disappear into the grass in the distance in a daze, and then turned his somewhat stiff neck, and looked at Fang Shi dumbfounded: "First, sir, you, are you, a great witch?" ”
"Even if it's okay, don't talk nonsense."
"I don't know what I said, I will never say it, and I won't say it if I die."
Li Shuya's eyes were full of jealousy, watching Fang Shi start to clean up the ground and spread moisture-proof plastic sheeting, he hesitated for a while before trembling forward to help, Xia Yuxin smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, he is also a human, not a ghost." ”
"Yes, yes, but Sister Yuxin, Dawu is very scary."
Li Shuya secretly looked at Fang Shi, leaned into Xia Yuxin's ear and whispered.
Fang Shi rolled his eyes, and said in his heart that the cute and beautiful sister next to you, she is also a big witch, why don't you think she is terrible?
Xia Yuxin smiled and asked in a low voice, "Why is it terrible?" ”
"They, they will collect the souls of the dead, they will raise Gu worms, and they will hear that some great witches will eat people's hearts?"
"Ha Lu Ha nonsense, this is all a lie, do you see Fang Shi has done anything terrible?"
"Well, I don't think so, but"
"That's just a profession and a science, you're thinking too much, okay, help me set up a tent."
Fang Shi's voice sounded behind Li Shuya, Li Shuya was frightened, and hurriedly jumped up and ran over to help, Xia Yuxin grinned silently and laughed very happily, forgetting the crisis they might face for the time being.
It was dark in the mountains and forests very quickly, they didn't light the fire, they ate some dry food with cold water behind the stones, looking at the dark mountains and forests, there were all kinds of insects and beasts, a gust of mountain wind blew, Li Shuya shivered, and couldn't help shrinking in the direction of the ashlar.
Suddenly, there was an owl's cry in the distance, Li Shuya was startled, but Fang Shi pushed Li Shuya: "Do you know how to learn the owl's call?" Also scream. ”
"Why?"
"Don't ask, just call if you want to."
"Oh. Goo ~ Goo Goo ~ Goo Goo ~ Goo (To be continued......)