Chapter 63: The Hunt
The convoy of Abu's gang left Chang'an City overnight and headed south.
They traveled day and night, in a hurry to catch a certain place, took turns to catch a car, took turns to sleep, did not untie their clothes, and did not sleep in a store at night.
Du Sanye dodged all the way, quenched his thirst with water, and filled his hunger with wild fruits, which was unspeakably miserable. I bought a horse halfway through, and I finally didn't fall behind.
On May 12, Du Sanye followed the convoy over a mountain ridge, and arrived at a small town in front of him.
There is a boundary monument on the side of the road, and on the boundary monument, the three big characters of "Taodu Ridge" are eye-catching.
The sunset shines on the mountains, and Taodu Ridge is bathed in a sunset.
Taoduling Old Street is bustling, full of businessmen doing small business, noodle stalls buying food, gentlemen who are idle and basking in the sun, mothers who are chattering about the east and west families, and villagers who are around throwing dice and gambling on small love.
The sun is gradually turning west, the crowd is scattering, and the streets that have been noisy for a day are gradually calming down.
The convoy stopped in the middle of the street, apparently in no hurry to cross the street.
Du Sanye, who was hiding in a dead corner, breathed a sigh of relief, this was the most arduous long journey in his life, and he took this opportunity to rest.
The pedestrians on the street are basically gone, and the businessmen who have set up stalls along the street for many years are in a hurry to go home.
Those gentlemen basking in the sun, the mothers' gangs with short families in the east and the west, and the villagers who gambled a little, their eyes were full of questions, and they were curious that the carriage coming from afar would suddenly be lazy in the middle of the street, and there was no intention of staying, and no one came down to ask for directions.
As the afterglow of the setting sun faded and the streets darkened, the locals withdrew their gaze, and they didn't bother to care about the whereabouts of the strangers, and went home one after another.
Abu's gang watched them leave the streets. When the last figure disappeared completely, they moved quickly, their hands and feet clean and orderly.
The most incredible thing Du Sanye saw was no less than his yin and yang water failing at the dead-end murder scene on the night of the first day of the new year.
It seems that time has passed, and the deserted streets just now are lively again:
The idle and panicked gentleman continued to bask in the sun, the chattering mother gang was still short of the family, and the villagers who gambled were still around and rolled the dice, of course, the noodle stall to buy food.
The gang recreated the scene of the previous street bustle as if by magic.
Du Sanye was dumbfounded, almost thinking that he was in a dream, but fortunately he was hungry, confirming that everything in front of him was not a nightmare, and the dreamer did not know that he was hungry.
Abu's gang climbed mountains and waded through rivers, and they worked hard to do tricks on the streets of remote Taoduling, which made Du Sanye, who had been hungry and cold for ten days, unable to figure it out.
The sun went down completely, but the gentleman who basked in the sun looked satisfied and had a very pleasant sun. It's getting late, and the villagers who roll the dice are gambling more and more, how can they see the count? Who does the noodle stall sell its noodles to? The empty mountain is lonely, is it sold to the mountain ghosts who are about to come out to wander?
A group of chariots and horses came down from the direction of the boundary monument, and when they saw that there were people in the town in front of them, three men in strong suits on horseback shouted:
"Catch the Nine Moons."
"Next time I go to the ghost gate."
"Mobei Horse Gang."
Jiu Xiaoyue's convoy finally came to Taodu Ridge.
Taodu Ridge is close at hand, and Jiu Xiaoyue thinks about it: this time, whatever you say, you have to let the boss lady comply, let the red silk rope on the wrists of the two people be intertwined, and if you are a little more anxious, you will exert more strength on the boss lady.
Jiuxiaoyue's heart was full of joy, and when she grabbed the saddle, she rushed into the town first.