Chapter Seventy-One: The Adventures of the Ancient Road
Bypassing Bogda Peak, you will reach the boundary of Fukang.
Monk Guangzhi said that when you get to Fukang, you can go to the official road.
Xiangzi sat down under the old elm tree by the creek, poured half of the cool stream water, took out the dried naan and beef jerky, and began to chew heavily.
With something in the stomach, the person suddenly became much more energetic.
Looking north along the slope ditch, a long yellow belt winds vaguely between the scattered cottages.
Shoko confirmed that that was the official way.
I don't know which bird that doesn't have long eyes, pulled down a little gray and white, and with a crisp "click", it landed on the naan cake in Xiangzi's hand impartially.
The burnt yellow dried naan suddenly looks like a beautiful flower.
Shoko glanced at the tree in disgust, broke off the fishy flower, and threw it into the stream in frustration.
Looking at the stream, happily holding the naan, it disappeared in a blink of an eye at the bend where the "whoosh" sounded.
A mysterious smile squeezed out of the corner of Shoko's mouth, picked up her luggage, and walked briskly forward.
The sun was in the west, and the blue sky seemed to have been washed by water, without a trace of variegation.
The sun, which did not diminish her enthusiasm in the slightest, was still persistently roasted on her body.
Xiangzi was in a place, resting and wiping his sweat under the eagle's beak stone cliff, and suddenly heard two crisp gunshots from behind the cliff.
He quickly hid behind the stone to watch the movement, and from far and near behind the cliff, the sound of horses' hooves was gradually heard.
Shoko stuck her head out vigilantly, glanced behind the cliff, and saw a carriage rushing towards her.
The person who drove the car, as if injured, was half-crawling, holding his stomach with one hand.
In the distance, two horsemen in fancy fur hats were hurrying after them.
Xiangzi boldly showed her body.
The people in the car, as if they had seen him, waved their blood-red hands and shouted hoarsely: "Help me! Help me! ......”
Immediately, his body was leaned limply to the side.
The reins were loosened, and the driving horse came to a slow halt.
The man struggled to straighten up, held up the bloodstained shell gun, and said weakly, "Shoot him with a gun, bandits......"
Shoko suddenly understood, and rushed over with an arrow step, reaching out to take the gun.
At this time, the people chasing ahead were only a dozen steps away.
When Xiangzi saw the visitor, it was the Kazakh ethnic group, an ethnic minority in Xinjiang who rioted.
When Xiangzi was stunned, someone seemed to have discovered him, raised his gun and shot at Xiangzi.
I saw Xiangzi dodge a shot, the bullet hit the stone wall, and before the splashed stone powder landed, Xiangzi turned around and raised his hand to shoot, aiming at the man's left arm.
With a "clang", the spear fell to the ground. The man grinned at Shoko and ran back.
At this time, the person chasing after him had already met with the person who was robbed.
The two of them said something that Shoko didn't understand, and the man raised his gun and shot at Shoko.
Xiangzi was about to return fire, but when he saw the bolt, he stretched his neck deadly. Shoko knew that the gun was out of bullets.
He dodged the other party's two shots in the carriage, and when he saw the space for the other party's bullets, a carp rolled forward.
Pick up the rifle that fell on the ground and raise your hand to shoot it.
As the gun rang out, the man's hat fell to the ground.
The man was stunned for a moment, turned his horse's head, and hurried away.
Xiangzi jumped up, subconsciously glanced at the rifle, and decided that it was a rare good gun.
Shoko leaned the gun against the stone wall, and when she saw the people in the car, she was holding her stomach and crooked to the side.
The slightly undulating body proves that he is still alive.
Xiangzi gently helped the man up, only to find that there was still a bend of bloody intestines between the man's fingers.
Bright red blood, like a few well-fed earthworms, squirmed all over the back of his hand.
The man slowly raised his head, looked at Xiangzi with his eyes blank, and said, "Brother, I can't do it, these things are yours."
I want you to find a place to bury the three of us, so that the wolf doesn't tear us apart. ”
Shoko did a cursory inspection, and the bullet was fired from the back of the waist, tearing a bowl-sized hole in the stomach, and people were afraid that they would be hopeless.
Seeing Xiangzi looking at himself suspiciously, the man smiled miserably, and said in a weak voice: "God is really going to destroy me!" I can't hide from it. ”
After a pause, the person seemed to gasp heavily.
Shoko took the water bag and fed the man some water, and the man seemed to have a little energy.
He licked his chapped lips and continued: "Three months ago, I took a platoon of soldiers to the Ganhezi outpost to transport weapons, ammunition and clothing.
Who knows, it is less than ten miles away from Ganhezi. Suddenly rushed out a group of bandits and blocked the way.
At the time, I was in the last car with my two brothers.
Because the wheels were broken, they fell short of the car in front of them.
From a distance, we saw a rush of earth surrounding the carriage and horses in front of us.
Thinking that something was wrong, I quickly got the car into a ditch on the side of the road.
After a while, gunshots rang out.
We lay on the ground and didn't dare to stretch our heads, and when there was no movement, we touched the front and looked, Mom! The whole platoon died.
Not to mention the materials that were snatched, even the clothes on his body were stripped off.
I know that if you lose your supplies, you will die.
I discussed with the two brothers together, and first hid the goods in the car in the waste charcoal kiln in the ditch.
When the rumor passed, I got the goods out and sold them back to my hometown.
I got to the buyer and picked up the goods early this morning.
As soon as we got out of the ditch, we met two bandits, who raised their guns and shouted at us when they were far away.
As soon as I saw that the situation was not good, I urged the horse to run.
The two brothers sat in the back of the car, ready to return fire.
Unexpectedly, the bandits' marksmanship was accurate.
Two or three hundred meters away, one shot at a time, the two brothers were crushed, and they didn't even have a chance to return the gun.
Then, he gave me a shot in the waist, and my intestines came out. ”
The man said, with a pained expression, and ripped a bloody bag from his waist and handed it to Shoko.
The voice was even weaker, "There are a hundred oceans here, and I don't need them."
There were 30 brand-new Type 79 rifles, 2 Czech light machine guns, and 5 boxes of 2,000 rounds of ammunition*.
If you want to find a good buyer for these things, they are worth at least a few thousand oceans, and they are all yours. ”
Only then did Shoko notice that under the thick straw, there were several green lacquered wooden boxes of various sizes, a corpse, and a Type 79 rifle.
It turned out that the two people sitting in the back of the car, one was shot and planted in the car, and the other fell in the car, bumped and covered with straw.
The man gasped for a moment, stared at a somewhat dull eye, and said,* "Go back five miles, and there is a fork in the south."
Inside Erlidi, there is an abandoned charcoal kiln where you can hide your goods.
Halfway through, there's a brother, don't leave him behind......"
The voice of the speaker has been mixed into a faint breath*, and the chest rises and falls violently.
Xiangzi hurriedly helped him to lie on the car, and said sincerely: "Don't worry! I will definitely take care of the aftermath of my brothers.
I ask you, do you believe in Buddhism? ”
The man's eyelids moved sleepily, and he said vaguely, "I've heard of ......"
Xiangzi said with a little excitement: "Don't think about anything now, just follow me and chant the Buddha in your heart, this is the only way to save you." ”
The man's already gray eyes suddenly flashed brightly, and he nodded sincerely.
So, Shoko folded his hands and faced the west, and said word by word: "I wish to be reborn in the Western Elysium and pray for the mercy of Amitabha Buddha." Amitabha, Amitabha......"
After reading for less than half an hour, Shoko heard a string of faint and muffled sounds coming from the man's mouth. After that, there was no movement.
Shoko looked at it carefully for a while, and felt that the man was gone.
So, he gently took the pulse on his neck to confirm that he had choked his breath, but his face was serene.
Shoko sighed deeply, a feeling of relief and solidity, like a warm breeze swept through her body and mind.
He picked up the rifle leaning against the stone wall, pulled the bolt, and saw that there were still two rounds inside.
He took the rifle under the straw and saw that it was full.
The man who died in the back of the car had a cowhide cartridge box around his waist.
Shoko took it down and saw that there were twenty or thirty rounds of ammunition inside.
He hid his gun and corpse under the straw, picked it up, and was about to turn his horse's head and walk back.
Suddenly, I found that at the end of the road, a thick wave of dirt flew up.