"Hey, yes~~"

"Guanshan's horse is broken, and the wind and rain are snowing!"

"Send Brother at the entrance of Jienian Village, a black-haired and white-faced girl."

"Driving the horse back to look for my sister, I don't know the black face and white hair."

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The mountain song is loud, and the horse bell is tinkling.

A long procession of horses and mules, coming out of the cliffs, appeared on the rugged path.

The whole team is like a string of notes blown by the wind, walking between the ups and downs of the melody peaks and valleys.

When we got closer, we could see the oily coats of the horses and mules in front of them, and the brass buckles of the bridles glittered in the sun. The whip was loud, the horses' hooves clicked, and every few horses and mules walked a horse driver. One by one, the horsemen wrapped cloth scarves around their heads, and their sleeves were rolled up high, revealing their strong arms. Sometimes they shouted, sometimes they flicked their whips, and drove the horses forward.

Xie Yucheng and others walked in front of the team with Liu Dascar, at the beginning everyone was still interested in pointing out the scenery, but after a few villages together a total of about twenty or thirty miles, as the sun came out, the road was blocked and long, and everyone sweated on their foreheads, and when they were gone, they were thrown out of the clouds.

The back of the horse's head and mule was shaking in front of him, and the hooves in his ears were clicking, and the bells were tinkling, occasionally accompanied by shouting and whipping. Walking and walking, Liu Dascar shouted in front of him, "There is Wulong Gorge in front, everyone stop and check the horse goods", and the horse gang team stopped one after another.

At that time, the sun was shining brightly, and the summer heat was steaming. The mountains and rocks beside the road are protruding, the shrubs are overgrown with weeds, the green mountains are towering on all sides, and the white clouds and dogs in the sky are uncertain.

After walking for a long time, Niu Er kept muttering, saying that the horse gang was not going the wrong way, this road is not easy to walk, it is not easy to walk. Because he heard his deceased father say that this Oolong Gorge is extremely dangerous, and ordinary old hunters have to gang up to dare to go deeper.

You must know that from Qingluo Village to Tanghuwei, there are three avenues and two small roads, no matter the big road or small road, you can always see some people along the way.

As a well-known caravan on Luoxiao Mountain Road, why did Da Scar Liu come here with a caravan?

Xie Yuzhen deduced from common sense that Liu Dascar would definitely not be road blind.

However, out of caution, Xie Yucheng couldn't help but ask Liu Dascar for confirmation. How did he know about this secret path? After all, not even the locals know much about this road.

Liu Dascar smiled, didn't speak, and was forced to be tight by Xie Yucheng, so he had no choice but to chew the words and spit out: "Go into the water to know the nature of the fish, and know the sound of the bird near the mountain." Mr. Xie is forced by his livelihood, and it is not a good way. ”

Hearing this, Xie Yucheng felt that the seemingly rude man in front of him was definitely an intellectual in this era of low literacy.

Of course, the problem is still unsolved.

Xie Yucheng didn't let him dodge: "Master Liu, I won't compete with you for business, so it's okay to tell me." How about this question of a big ocean? ”

Liu Dasa still smiled, Xie Yuzhen directly touched out a piece of the ocean, and saw that Niu Er's eyes almost fell out.

Liu Dasa didn't pick up the ocean, he looked at Xie Yucheng, and spit out again: "You have to walk in the direction, the direction is right, pay attention to the water potential of the mountain, as long as you have a good foot, you can always get out of the way." ”

After speaking, he turned his head to Niu Er and said, "Second Brother Niu, there are militia groups blocking the road in Huling Trail, you know what kind of virtue those people have." ”

Only then did Niu Er understand that there were nine times out of ten prohibited items in the caravan, so Liu Dascar got into the thorny ground and took the dangerous road that this beast didn't want to take.

He wanted to tell Xie Yucheng about the situation and suggest that a few people go back, but after thinking about it, he had been gone for most of the day, and he had gone back for more than half a day, and the time for this day was in vain. Hey, whatever, the horse gang can go with so many goods, and our group is afraid that we won't win them if we go empty-handed!

Niu Er thought of this, glanced at the revolver on Xie Yucheng's waist, and stopped talking.

Xie Yucheng saw that there were forests on both sides of the mountain road, and the left side was a little shorter, and when he walked over to take a look, it turned out that there was a steep slope next to the road, and the dense forest thorns and flowers spread down the slope, so deep that he could not see the bottom at a glance.

I saw dense and layered dark green vegetation vibrant in the sun. The sound of water came up from the bottom of the canyon, and the sound was quite loud, vaguely implying that it was rushing.

The horsemen hurried around the horses and mules. Some tugged at the harness of the mule with their hands to see if the width was appropriate; Some bent down to pick up the legs of the horses and mules, one by one, to see if the farriers were loose........ In a short time, some horsemen with quick hands and feet had finished the inspection, grabbed the horse material in their hands, and held it to the mouth of the horse and mule, hoping that the horse and mule would have some strength before taking the dangerous road.

After a short time, the big scar Liu shouted and set off, and saw him dragging the bridle of the mule, walking in front, leading the way to the forest bushes beside the road on the left.

Before arriving at the steep slope, Liu Dascar stopped the horse and mule, stopped and turned his head, and shouted to the horse drivers: "People walk the horse aisle on the edge of the forest, drag the tree and step on the stone and the tail tip", and then, carefully looking for a foothold, separating the branches and leaves, and going down.

"Mr. Xie, your burden can't be tied like this, come, untie it first, and I'll help you tie it again." Liu Tou's voice sounded beside him, Xie Yucheng saw the formation of the canyon below, and he didn't dare to hold it up, so he hurriedly untied the burden obediently and handed it to Liu Tou.

"People walk the horse aisle on the edge of the forest, drag the tree and step on the stone and the tail tip", the horse riders behind them distanced themselves from each other, shouted one by one, and passed the same content backwards until the whole team.

Amid the shouting, the caravan swerved down the steep canyon. A few of the earth dogs who followed the gang did not flinch, shook their heads and tails happily, barked lightly, swished, and ran into the woods.

Liu Tou wrapped the burden diagonally around Xie Yucheng's shoulder, Niu Er took the burden belt in front, tied a knot on Xie Yucheng's chest, and whispered: "Wait a minute, try to walk the gap between the woods next to you, don't grab the road with the horse, don't panic when you can't stand, you can drag it casually, it is a branch, and you can stabilize it." ”

Xie Yucheng nodded.

"Follow me, Mr. Xie!" Niu Er took the lead, Xie Yucheng followed, and the two went into the woods. After walking for a while, Xie Yuzhen didn't pay attention, his feet swished down, he hurriedly grabbed a branch, but unfortunately, it was a small twig, only to hear a snap break, and his whole person continued to slide down for several feet before stopping, and the mud and rocks splashed down one after another.

provoked the peers Niu Er, Liu Tou and others to exclaim:

"Be careful, Mr. Xie, slow down, look, hold the branch like this, go down slowly. Descend slowly. ”

Xie Yucheng stabilized his mind and found that in just a few moments, the horse driver who walked in front had disappeared into the dense branches and leaves, and only the sound of tinkling horse bells and kicking hooves faintly came up.

Looking back at the canyon, the faces of the horseheads and people in the forest were crowded, and the noisy shouting and scolding were endless.

As far as the eye can see, it is lush and green, light like grass and grass green, and deep as ink and dark green. There is also a kind of green, thick like a stone, like a mountain rock, so thick that it can't be dissolved.

Although the gorge is steep, there are bare rocks everywhere for you to settle on, and there are trees everywhere, which is easy to start with. In this way, stepping and slipping, holding and pulling, hanging, occasionally exclamation, accompanied by the sound of broken branches, Xie Yucheng followed Niu Er and walked very fast. The further down the water became, the louder it became, and when it came to the end, it simply roared, and Xie Yucheng knew that he was about to go down to the bottom of the canyon.

At this time, the trees began to thin out, and the slope of the cliff eased slightly, and it began to be less effortless, and Xie Yucheng gradually breathed a sigh of relief. The midday sun peeked through the gaps in the foliage, spilling through countless specks and swaying under the dark forest.

It was going down, and suddenly it suddenly opened up, and a white wave roared in front of me.

I saw that it was like a vigorous white dragon, violently colliding and biting between the vigorous cliffs, roaring, galloping, and in a blink of an eye, it broke free from the iron-cast cliffs on both sides, turned a corner not far ahead, and disappeared between thousands of mountains and mountains.

Xie Yucheng was stunned for a while before coming back to his senses. Look at the downstream direction, the cliffs are like axes and machetes, and it is difficult to pass. Looking at the upstream direction, although the general steep wall is high, but the slope of the bank is slightly gentle, leaving room for a trail of beasts, looming among the sparse trees.

In the deep forest on the high bank, there were a few owl cries. A horseman whistled, and a few dogs rushed out to the forest path, digging up mud and dust.

A few horsemen were drinking as they drove their horses upstream. After walking for two or three miles, there was a sudden bang in front of me.

"Master Liu, what's wrong?"

"What's the situation, Fourth Brother."

"Liu Dascar, what kind of fame?"

Several horsemen hurried to stop their horses, took weapons of various lengths from their shoulders, and rushed forward with shouts.

After a while, the continuous sound of guns suddenly became louder, and through the layers of trees, the voices of Liu Dascar and others sounded not far in front, the sound of wind, water, guns, people shouting and dogs barking, and the symphony generally echoed in the canyon.

The sound of the guns continued for a while before stopping.

"Oops, it's got to be the prey! Let's go, Mr. Xie. Go quickly, you won't be able to divide the head crust when it's late. Niu Er listened carefully for a while, shouted excitedly, and rushed into the jungle in front of him like the wind.

Xie Yucheng pulled out the revolver and followed, only to see Liu Dasa and others holding long guns and short guns, and those gunners were hurriedly loading ammunition. It turned out that I suddenly encountered seven or eight jackals.

In a hurry, Liu Dascar pulled out a short hammer from his waist and bombarded it. However, the jackals were not afraid of people, and they were still blocking the road and coveting them even a little away.

It wasn't until a few horsemen arrived that they didn't use their rifles, but only fired them with earthen guns, which scared them away.

The air was filled with the smell of nitrate. After firing so many guns, he only hit the hind leg of one jackal, and the rest slipped away.

Now, the injured jackal was limping into the dense forest, and Xie Yucheng only saw a back. Its broken leg was dangling, and the dripping blood left a trail of blood on the shallow grass.