Chapter Seventy-Two: The Barren Valley of Hidden Love

Judging from experience, Shoko judged that at least five or more horses were running towards this direction from a distance of five hundred meters.

It's not the first time I've dealt with bandits, and it's not the first time I've dealt with Shoko.

and the master with the dart to stake the goods, although the master does not let him easily get blood on the muzzle of the gun, but that kind of battle, he is not uncommon.

So, unhurriedly, he picked up two rifles and a cartridge box, and quickly hid behind a boulder on the side of the road.

After a while, at the bend in front, there were indeed people and horses, with a total of six horses in front and behind.

The people on horseback vaguely look like the Ha people.

With a rifle in his hand, he shouted something "wow".

Although Xiangzi didn't understand, it seemed that they were running for this carriage.

I saw the one running in front, shouting and raising his gun, and blindly fired a shot at the carriage.

The bullet grazed the side of the car, splashing a puff of dirt on the ground.

Xiangzi spotted the man, and shot him with a "horn", and the man's fur hat flew to the ground like a bird that had fallen.

The group suddenly became nervous.

Hurriedly reined in the horse, spun in circles, not daring to rush forward.

At the same time, there was a burst of "chirping" sounds.

Shoko fired the gun, and immediately hid her body, quietly changing the firing position.

Peeking in, he saw that the group seemed to hesitate, so he shot at it and hit a flower hat.

The group became even more panicked.

Suddenly, as if frightened, a horse galloped in this direction.

The man on the horse, pulling at the reins with all his might, tried to turn the horse's head.

But the horse still ran nearly 100 meters.

At this time, Xiangzi could clearly see that he had dark skin, blue eyes, and a fierce face.

Just when Xiangzi was stunned, the man also seemed to have discovered Xiangzi.

He didn't care about the horse he sat down, he was still spinning stubbornly, and he raised his gun and shot at Shoko.

Shoko hurriedly turned sideways, and the bullet hit the top of the stone, splashing a fishy spark.

With a sharp whistling, it flew into the distance.

Shoko slammed the spirit, and saw that the man was sitting down and getting off the horse, and he hurriedly pushed the bullet to load.

Seeing this, Shoko suddenly felt angry.

He turned around and raised his gun with lightning speed, and the bullet hit the man's left arm.

I saw the man scream strangely, and he carried his gun upside down, and turned his horse and ran back.

Shoko felt incomprehensible and hated the man's hat again.

The man was so frightened that he crouched on his horse, and ran like a big horse monkey.

Seeing this, the group also waved their hats and swarmed away in panic.

Xiangzi looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh, and when he saw that it was not early, he quickly hid the rifle in a convenient place.

From the waist of the man who had given the account, he removed the pistol holster, took out the * full of bullets, and pinned it to his waist.

After everything was taken care of, he drove the carriage back.

After walking less than two miles, I saw a man lying on the side of the road.

Xiangzi hurriedly jumped out of the car to take a closer look, and the man's body was already cold and hard.

There was a bullet hole in his chest, and a large patch of blood oozed from his back, and the color was not so bright.

Shoko knew that this was the person who fell out of the car.

So, he picked up a straw in the car, carried the man into the car, covered the straw, and continued to hurry forward vigilantly.

As soon as the sun turned red, Shoko found the fork of the ditch.

He got out of the car and carefully checked the ruts, the fetal flower marks. Confirmed, it was the fork that the man was talking about.

He glanced warily back and forth, and then quickly drove into the ditch.

Facing the south Erli Road, the car can't continue to go inward.

The snow washed the bottom of the ditch, and a pit was connected to a depression, and the stones the size of a bull's head fell horizontally in front of them.

Judging from the car prints on the ground, Shoko said that the charcoal kiln was nearby.

He glanced around, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

Then the cat bent over his waist and followed the vaguely visible footprints, and slowly walked forward.

Turning over the dirt slope on the left, a half-hidden hole appeared at the root of a protruding cliff.

In the rock wall behind it, there is something black and shiny.

Xiangzi was happy in his heart, this is the charcoal kiln that the man said.

So, I couldn't wait to remove the stones blocking the entrance of the cave, and a black hole that could accommodate one person in and out appeared in front of Shoko.

He cautiously leaned down and looked in, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything.

He thought about it, those three people must have something like foreign fire on their bodies if they went down.

So, he turned around and touched the three of them. Sure enough, I found a box of foreign fire.

Shoko carefully stretched out her legs and poked into the cave, and when the light at the entrance of the cave was hidden in the darkness, Shoko lit the fire.

By the faint light, I groped my way forward a few steps, but was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a small oil lamp on the stone tablet in my right hand.

Xiangzi lit the oil lamp with some excitement, and a dim light appeared in the cave.

Shoko walked forward by the light, and saw that the alley in front of him had been sealed by the collapsed rock, and glanced back, and the entrance of the cave was like a mirror, and he was looking at himself blankly.

Shoko smiled happily and said to herself, "What a good place to hide." ”

Xiangzi suddenly came to his senses, and carried all the boxes in the car into the cave in one go, leaning against the cave wall for a while.

Looking at the wooden boxes of various sizes, Shoko's heart itched, and she couldn't help but want to open it to see what was going on.

So, the cat turned over and opened the boxes one by one by the light of the oil lamp - oh my! It's exactly what the man said.

The brand-new guns are tightly wrapped in oiled paper, and the machine guns, Shoko is still the first time I've seen them.

He stacked the box neatly, hesitantly took the one left by the bandits, the Mosin Nagant 762 rifle, and looked at it for a while.

Still a little reluctant to put it into the wooden box, only secretly brought the shell gun.

When Xiangzi came out of the cave, the sun was already red on the western peaks, and the gray and yellow soil slopes became rich in color.

Shoko stretched lazily, and then, with a quick movement, moved over several large rocks to block the hole.

I looked around for a while, and saw that not far from the slope, there was a flat land covered with green grass.

He walked over in three steps and two steps, looked back again, and decided to bury the three of them on the slope by the mouth of the cave.

After making up her mind, Xiangzi carried the three of them to the slope in turn and placed them neatly.

After that, he said with a sincere face: "Brothers, I can only bury you here.

In the wilderness, I can't get you a coffin, so I have to grieve you temporarily.

When I have the chance, I will try to rebury you. ”

As I said, Xiangzi simply went bare-chested, carried a shovel, first compared and drew lines on the slope, and then gnawed and dug up.

Wait for Xiangzi to dig the pit, spread straw, and move the three people into the pit.

The thin moon that rose late, when it was gone, quietly set in the dark blue ceiling.

Together with the stars, it has made a beautiful pattern.

Shoko, sitting beside the earthy scent of the mound, stared sadly at the straw in the pit, shimmering in the moonlight.

The voice said softly: "Brothers, you can only do this, when you have the opportunity, I will definitely get you a coffin, don't blame me, go on the road with peace of mind!" ”

A mouse, frightened for some reason, suddenly ran under Shoko's feet.

It made him smack violently, and his hair couldn't help but stand on end.

After finishing the work on the grave, Shoko was tired and hungry.

He mixed the horse's legs and laid them down the slope to graze. I lay lazily in the car for a while, then cheered up, took out the dry naan cold water, and ate it indiscriminately.

As soon as I filled my stomach, a strong feeling of sleepiness pressed my whole body.

Shoko shook his head vigorously, he didn't dare to fall asleep. Horses graze on the slopes and are afraid of wolves on the hills.

So, dragging his tired body, he picked up some straw that had fallen on the ground and clamped it under his armpit. Carrying his robe, he walked towards the horse.

A few early crows, as if they smelled the smell of blood left in the car, lay on the gang and "croaked" non-stop.

It was as if he was about to cry out a piece of meat that could be eaten from the dried bloodstains.

That voice makes people feel bored when they listen to it.

Shoko was forced to wake up from her deep sleep by this piercing and irritable scream.

The white light pierced the eyes, and it was difficult to open them for a while.

He rubbed his eyes a little frustratedly, got up, picked up a stone, and threw it angrily at the carriage.

The crow was frightened and screamed and flew out of the ditch.

Shoko saw the well-fed horse, lying on the slope basking in the sun.

He lazily got up and glanced at the slightly bulging mound.

Picking up a shovel, he leveled two ditches, removed a few stones, and finally made a sidewalk that could barely get up the empty car.

He drove the wagon to the dirt bags not far from the grave, filled them with earth, and pulled them to unload them onto the grave.

A few round trips, the mound has turned into a high mound.

He brought stones and made a strict circle around the grave, and in front of the slope he dug up a mound of grass and planted it at the head of the grave.

Only then did he turn around and come to the mouth of the kiln.

After looking at it carefully for a while, he felt that something was wrong, so he picked up some stones and put them at the entrance of the cave. Two more cartloads of dirt were poured on it.

The correction is completely integrated with the surrounding landscape, and those who don't know it can't see any traces of the barrel mouth at all.

Then he let out a long breath and came to the grave.

He bowed deeply and said, "Brothers, I'm leaving." Please keep these goods well, your spirits in heaven, and maybe they will be useful in the future. ”