Chapter 60: Lost in the Mountains
"Childe, after turning over the mountain in front, we will reach Mengjin Pass, and when we reach Mengjin Pass, we are still half a day's journey from Luoyang."
"Well, tell the brothers to pay attention, the mountain road is not easy to walk." Tang Zheng said to Zhang Chao.
"Cheer up, after this mountain is Mengjin Pass, everyone must pay attention not to take it lightly." Zhang Chao said to everyone.
"Don't worry, we were all born in Orion, and who else is more familiar with us in the mountains."
"Everyone should pay attention to one thing, the safety of the son is important, don't take it lightly."
The group checked their equipment again and began to make their way to the mountain. At this time, the mountain was not artificially developed like later generations, and it was generally easier to walk up the mountain. At this time, there was no road at all in the mountain, and there were half-man-high weeds mixed with these low shrubs.
"I think it will take us at least three days to get out of the mountains like this." Tang Zheng said to Zhang Chao beside him.
"It can't be helped, Childe. To Luoyang, only this road is the closest, if we detour to Changshe through Yingchuan, we will have to walk for another half a month to reach Luoyang. ”
"Forget it, since you have already gone up the mountain, don't talk about it, the mountain road is rugged, so everyone must pay attention to safety." Tang Zheng said.
At this time, there was an exclamation from the front: "Be on guard, there are tigers." "At this time, a colorful tiger jumped out of the forest in front of him, and it was visually measured to be four or five hundred catties." Protect Childe, quickly, everyone in a circle. Tang Zheng was surrounded by everyone in the middle, this was also the first time Tang Zheng had seen such a big tiger, much bigger and more fierce than the one he saw in the zoo in later generations. The tiger looked at the people in front of him and roared, and Tang Zheng could smell the fishy smell coming from the tiger's mouth from afar.
Everyone looked at the tiger vigilantly, and no one dared to make a rash move, and at this time, the tiger jumped towards everyone. People have a subconscious action when facing danger, which is just an instinctive reaction of the body in the face of danger. Everyone was no exception, and the few people who surrounded Tang Zheng at the moment when they were facing the tiger pounced turned sideways and exposed Tang Zheng in front of the tiger. Tang Zheng looked at the tiger in front of him, and instinctively trembled, the tiger seemed to know that Tang Zheng was the leader of the group of people in front of him, and looked at Tang Zheng with fierce eyes, and approached Tang Zheng step by step. Seeing that the tiger was getting closer and closer to Tang Zheng, Zhang Chao was the first to react and stand up in front of Tang Zheng, at this time, there was a sound of breaking the air, and then the tiger roared. The crowd looked at it, and a feathered arrow was stuck in the tiger's face, and the tiger fell to the ground and died. Everyone looked in the direction from which the voice came, and saw a big bearded man walking out of the forest.
The person who came hugged his fists and said to everyone: "I'm really sorry to disturb you. I was chasing this tiger just now, and I accidentally let him escape from the forest and disturbed all the nobles, I'm really sorry. ”
"Where is the strong man, if it weren't for the arrow of the strong man just now, I am afraid that I would have died in the mouth of the tiger, and I would like to thank the strong man for saving his life. These are guards, we want to go to Luoyang, in order to take a shortcut to go up the mountain, but we don't want to get lost in the mountain. Tang Zheng stood up and said to the big man.
"It's not a life-saving grace, the tiger was kicked out and disturbed you, this is a fault, and it's just a matter of making up for it. How to save his life, the son did not pursue the fact that he was already going out to meet a nobleman in the next place. I don't dare to disturb you, so I will leave. After saying that, the big man carried the tiger and prepared to turn around and leave.
"Wait." Tang Zheng stopped the big man who was about to turn around and leave, and said to him: "I don't know if the strong man knows the road in the mountain, don't hide it from the strong man, I will get lost here for a day and I haven't found the way out of the mountain, if the strong man knows the way, can you take me to wait." ”
Dahan looked at Tang Zheng and saw that his expression was not like to act, and they were not Chen Liu's accents. Dahan carefully looked at Tang Zheng and his party, each of them had weapons, and judging from their words and deeds, these people were all soldiers who had seen blood on the battlefield, but they didn't know why they had to pass through this deep mountain and old forest when they went to Luoyang.
"If you go out of the mountains to Luoyang, you have already taken the wrong road, this road is the way to the mountains. In this way, it is getting late today, if you don't dislike the simplicity in the mountains, please come to my house to rest for one night, and tomorrow morning I will lead you out of the mountain, what do you think? Dahan said to Tang Zheng.
"Then it's troublesome for the strong man, in the lower Tang Zheng is the right Beiping Nongdu Lieutenant went to Luoyang to report on his work, but on the way because of some trivial things delayed the trip, in order to hurry up, he took the road to Luoyang, who would have thought that he got lost in this mountain, fortunately, he was able to meet a strong man and be rescued by a strong man, and I am grateful."
"The little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, I don't know if it's Lord Duwei, if there is any neglect just now, don't blame Lord Duwei."
"Where is the strong man, the official was saved by the strong man, and now he has to bother the strong man for one night, and he has to say don't blame the official."
The big man whistled suddenly, and in a moment a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy came out of the woods with a bow and arrow half a man high. Everyone looked at the child warily. Dahan hurriedly said to Tang Zheng: "My lord, this is my kid who follows me up the mountain to hunt." After the big man finished speaking to Tang Zheng, he then said to the child: "Man'er is not going to meet Master Nongduwei soon." ”
"Boy, meet Captain Nongdu." The child saluted Tang Zheng. "No need to be polite." Tang Zheng stepped forward to help the child and said: "It's really a tiger father without a dog, he dared to follow his father to hunt in the mountains at a young age, and his future is limitless when he grows up, by the way, what is your name, how old are you this year." ”
The child glanced at the big man, but the big man said to the child, "The adults asked you something, but they didn't answer." After speaking, the big man said to Tang Zheng again: "My lord, this is my kid named Dian Man, who is twelve years old this year." ”
Tang Zheng's eyes widened after hearing this, if he remembered correctly, Dian Wei's son seemed to be called Dian Man, that is to say, the big man in front of him was Dian Wei, the fierce general who was called evil by Cao Cao.
"If I'm not mistaken, this strong man should be called Dian Wei." Tang Zheng looked at the big man and said. The big man looked at Tang Zheng in surprise and tightened the bow and arrow in his hand. He thought that Tang Zheng had discovered his identity and came to arrest him. "The strong man doesn't have to panic, speaking of which, I still have a relationship with an old man of the strong man, this time I went to Chen Liuben to be entrusted to visit the strong man, but we went to Chen Liupu and delayed the trip to Luoyang, we just went up the mountain to take a shortcut, who knew that we got lost in the mountains but met the strong man."
"The deceased? Who is it? There are no people I know who are from Beiping, so please make it clear to Lord Duwei. ”
"I wonder if the warrior still remembers a horse bandit called Flying on the Grass? He said you still owe him a drink. ”
"Flying on the grass? How did you know him? You are an official and he is a bandit, how do you know each other? Dian Wei looked at Tang Zheng in surprise, he had a deep memory of Wu Yifan flying on the grass, if it wasn't for the drag of his family, he would have followed Wu Yifan to be a horse bandit.