Chapter 44: Revisiting the Old Land
After sending Lin Yi away, I suddenly remembered another thing.
There are still a lot of things that I couldn't carry with me in the off-road vehicle that I abandoned on the top of the mountain, and I can't throw them away, and it should be of some use to get them back, and the things that can be used still have to be used to make them work.
I will do it when I think of it, anyway, there is no important official business for the time being, so I immediately called Lian Jun and asked him to summon Zhuang Qian, Yue Chang, Liu Huang, and Ling Feng to go to Zhongling Mountain with me, and prepare two more horses, so that I can transport some things when I come back.
I explained to Lin Yi, He Shoujie, and Guo Zhun again, and decided to come back in about three days, and then arrange for someone to prepare dry food for horses.
The weather in May is already relatively hot, just like the early arrival of summer, and it is overwhelming. I streamlined my clothes, deliberately put on tight clothes, and carried my complete set of mountaineering equipment, and the group quickly headed towards Zhongling Mountain.
On the way, I made up a reason to tell them that the strange man who had saved me in Zhongling Mountain had already instructed me to go there to get some things in the future. Since I haven't had any free time, I waited until today.
Several of them have always believed in me, so there is no reason not to believe me.
Following the familiar path they had once walked, the group went through a difficult trek and soon came to the small stone house where the champion Li Yi died.
Although the scenery is still the same, things are not people, and the champion Li Yi has already returned to the earth and left this world forever.
I stood outside the small stone house and silently prayed for him, wishing that his heroic spirit would rest in peace soon and his soul would return to the Pure Land. I will also be blessed with a smooth and safe future, and I will do my best to help him fulfill his unfulfilled wishes.
Dejectedly leaving the hut, we moved on. The road ahead was getting more and more bumpy, and soon no trace of pedestrian traffic was to be found.
By this time it was close to noon, and after two hours of travel, we were all sleepy.
After resting for a while, standing on a high hill, I took out my binoculars and searched carefully, and finally found the eye-catching sign not far in front of the left—the figure of my car on the top of the cliff. He still stands high on the top of the mountain, and although his color has changed greatly in the wind and sun, he still sticks to his post like a dutiful sentinel.
I shouted excitedly, and led the puzzled crowd to lead the horses and quickly drove to the place.
The last time I walked from there to the small stone house, it took me more than a month, although I lost my way many times and took a lot of wrong paths. But I also know that Zhong Lingshan is so big, and last time it was just like a fly without a head, which took a lot of time.
And now that we are going back to the old road, we have a very clear goal, and three days should be enough.
By the morning of the next day, our group finally arrived at the foot of the mountain where the buggy was. Standing at the foot of the straight and steep cliff, I looked up at the top of the mountain, which was more than 200 meters high, and had a strange feeling in my heart, this was my first foothold in this time and space country!
Those two days and three nights of hesitation and hesitation were the dividing line between me and my previous life, the bond of this life, and all of this, probably starting from this watershed, which completely changed my life.
I didn't have time to think about it anymore, but immediately took out my mountaineering equipment and told everyone to get ready for climbing.
As a good mountaineer, as long as you have physical strength, this altitude is not a problem, but because the slope is too steep, it is the biggest difficulty I face, and if I can't reach the summit in the end, I have to leave the work of climbing the mountain to someone else.
For the sake of insurance, I studied the mountaineering plan with everyone, and the best Lianjun first climbed to the top, and then put down the climbing rope, so that Zhuang Qian and I could climb up, with the help of the rope, the mountaineering would be much smoother.
Yue Chang and Ling Feng stayed at the bottom of the cliff to guard so that they could respond at any time. When I spoke my mind, the crowd questioned my ability, but I did it one by one.
Seeing that Lian Jun had easily climbed up the mountain, I neatly put on my mountaineering equipment, stepped on the pair of mountaineering shoes full of spikes, carefully adjusted the rope buckles, and made all the preparations.
Although the people felt a little strange when they saw my finely crafted equipment, they did not show too many doubts, perhaps I had already brought them enough surprise before.
The first to set off was Lian Jun, he carefully tied the climbing rope, fixed it on his back, and then rose up, with the help of the protruding rocks on the cliff wall, and quickly climbed up with both hands and feet, it seems that the height of more than 100 meters is too small for him.
In less than a cup of tea, his figure disappeared into the top of the cliff.
After a short while, a rope hung down the mountain wall, and I grabbed the rope and threaded it on my lock buckle, allowing Ling Feng to find a place to hold it in. Then I climbed to the top of the mountain with the help of the rope step by step.
And Zhuang Qian doesn't use ropes at all, and it is said that his light body kung fu is no less than that of his junior brother Lian Jun.
But he didn't rush to the top, but followed closely behind me and did a good job of protecting me.
With the help of the rope and advanced mountaineering tools, coupled with my strong enough physique, it took less than a stick of incense to reach the top of the mountain quickly and smoothly, and finally saw my car again a few months later.
Standing on the top of the mountain for so long, this car has been exposed to the wind and sun for dozens of days and nights, and it still maintains its original appearance, except that the tires have been completely deflated, and the body is covered with dust and moss, and even the glass windows have not been damaged in the slightest.
I took out my keys and struggled to open the door, and the familiar scene inside the car came into my eyes again. The contents were still the same as I had left, and almost nothing had changed except for a thick layer of dust.
Lian Jun and I skillfully searched for useful things, and in a short time we gathered two large bags.
There are two large bottles of brand-name shampoo, a few bars of soap, a large bag of toilet paper, three travel glasses, a few pairs of shorts, two woolen sweaters, two raincoats, a pair of rain boots, an umbrella, as well as sunscreen, skin cream, cooling oil, several National Geographic magazines, a '36 strategies and wisdom', a medical encyclopedia, an emergency ambulance encyclopedia, etc., all collected and bagged, and even a few plastic mineral water bottles that drank no water I was reluctant to throw away, one by one packed.
After picking up these, I thought about the tools that come with the car, chain hoists, jacks, tripods, and other tools, which are very useful in this era when there is no electricity, and I can't pull them down, and I have to take everything I can take away.
The three of us tied the items to the rope in batches, tied them all to the bottom of the cliff, and then all of us slid down smoothly.
Although I brought two more horses with me, it was obvious that I still didn't have enough luck, so I had to tie the big bag of toiletries to my horse's back, and the others each brought some things.
We rested for a while, ate some dry food, and then the group embarked on the journey back to Ningzhou.
Zhongling Mountain is magical and handsome, the primitive and reckless atmosphere is intoxicating, and there are refreshing and pleasant scenery everywhere, which makes people forget to return.
Although everyone was a little tired along the way, they were still full of interest under the stimulation of such a beautiful scenery.
After walking for a while, Lian Jun, who was walking in front, seemed to have discovered something, beckoned to us behind him, and guided us forward.
On the side of the mountain trail not far ahead, a red pony was tied to a tree and bowed its head to eat grass, and a small red and green bag was tied to the horse's back, and a sword was hung.
On the green stone under the tree, a beautiful girl in an apricot yellow shirt was holding her cheeks with both hands, sitting there in a daze, thinking about something.