Xia Xiang and his entourage avoided the main road in the west of the village, and took the remote road in the east of the village. The path was originally a shortcut accidentally discovered by the old man Xia Laozhong, although it was a shortcut, it was rugged and difficult, not to mention the deep and shallow foot, and it was also scratched by the bushes and hurt.

Fortunately, the children in the mountain village have been solid since they were children, the pain of skin and flesh is nothing, and the difficulty of the mountain road is also a trivial matter, even after nightfall, the unknown insect chirping and all kinds of strange cries coming from all around will not make Xia Xiang feel afraid. The only thing that made him feel distressed was that the green shirt on his body was scratched to pieces, and it was almost out of shape.

The green shirt is a cloth that his mother bought after saving money for a year, and then sewed it for more than a month with another stitch and thread, and it was also the most precious and cherished piece of clothing in his life.

Xia Xiang was secretly annoyed in his heart, he liked the green shirt on his body very much, and it was Xia Lai and Xia Go who praised him for wearing it, and he really became a first-class character who was better than Zi Jian's appearance and Pan An, which made him can't help but be happy in his heart. After all, the heart of a teenager must be both high and beautiful. As soon as the clothes are torn, Pan An is afraid that his perception will be greatly damaged. With such an image, how many little ladies will be disappointed when they arrive in the capital? Don't fail to become Pan An, but become Zuo Taichong.

Pan Yue has a beautiful appearance and gorgeous rhetoric, and is especially good at making inscriptions of mourning offerings. When he was young, he often traveled to Luoyang Road with a slingshot, and when the woman met him, she would hold hands in a circle and throw the fruit to him, so he returned with a full load. Zuo Taichong was very ugly, but he also wanted to follow Pan An to travel to Luoyang Road, but the woman laughed at him and spat on him, so he had to flee in embarrassment.

If Xia Lai and Xia Xiang knew that what Xia Xiang was thinking about at the moment was not how to get out of the endless mountains as soon as possible, but what kind of good image he was thinking about appearing in the capital, the two would cry and laugh. At this time, the mood of the two of them was up and down, not because of the panic of leaving their hometown, but because they walked for a long time before they suddenly found that they were lost!

That's right, the road leading to Lingshou County in the east of the village used to be walked once, first, it was daytime, you can distinguish the direction, and secondly, there is an old man who herds sheep and Xia Laozhong to lead the way. It's night, and there is no Xia Laozhong to lead the way, if it weren't for the luck of the moon, maybe I wouldn't know the southeast and northwest for a long time.

It's just that the moon can't tell the direction, Xia Lai and Xia Qu finally admitted a fact that they didn't dare to face after walking for an hour with their feelings - they overestimated their memory, the mountains and endless mountains and forests in front of them were completely different from the scenery along the path led by Xia Laozhong, there is no doubt that taking the wrong road is still a trivial matter, and it is possible to go in the wrong direction.

Big trouble.

Xia Lai and Xia Go saw the bright moon sinking in the west, it was already the second half of the night, and they knew that if they continued to hide it, they were afraid that something big would happen.

"Don't be afraid of the wrong road, different roads lead to the capital, if the direction is wrong, it will be the opposite direction." Xia Xiang simply tied the hem of the green shirt around his waist, and it was broken, and it was useless to be annoyed, so it was better to put it down, he stopped, looked around, and smiled, "I've been waiting for you for most of the day, and you should have told me that I was lost an hour ago." It's really rare to be able to hold it until now. ”

"Ah, Da Lang, you have already seen that you are lost, why don't you say it? Sincerity will not harm us? Xia Qu scratched his head with a wry smile, "No, you are on the same road with us, we have gone the wrong way, and you have also gone astray." ”

Xia Xiang sat on a stone on the side of the road and wiped his sweat: "An hour ago, when I found out that I had made a mistake, you didn't say it, and I pretended not to know, thinking that maybe I could find a way out with my memory, and now I know that I was also wrong...... " He smiled self-deprecatingly, "The difference between day and night is that there is no sun in night." ”

"Puff ......" Xia Qu burst out laughing, his previous fear of being amused by Xia Xiang's words disappeared, he laughed, "Da Lang is worthy of being a reader, his export is a chapter, the book is not read in vain, and he even understands the truth that the sun does not rise at night." ”

"You can still laugh?" Xia Lai sat on the ground, pulled a piece of grass and put it in his mouth to bite a few bites, and spit it out again, "In the middle of the night, barren mountains and mountains, what if you encounter a tiger?" If there is no tiger, what should I do if I encounter a bandit? What if there are no bandits and wolves? Even if there are no tigers, mountain bandits and wolves, we can't go out, what if we are thirsty and hungry? ”

Xia Xiang lay on the stone with his hands on his head, looked up at the starry night sky, and smiled easily: "Zi said: There is no desire for speed, and there is no small profit." If you want to be fast, you can't reach it, and if you see a small profit, you can't do a big thing...... After walking for a long time, I am also tired, so I will rest for one night first, and it will not be too late to hurry tomorrow morning. ”

"I can't sleep, so I'm going to go around. If I don't come back in an hour, you will leave me alone at dawn. Xia Lai was anxious to get out of the depths of the mountains, he was anxious, he did not have Xia Xiang's calm general style, nor did he have Xia Xiang's temperament to be at peace with what he encountered.

"Don't go far." Xia Xiang lazily responded, he and Xia Lai grew up together, knowing Xia Lai's impatient temperament, he didn't bother to persuade him, anyway, after Xia Lai turned around and found nothing, he would come back, "Remember the way back, the mountains are quiet, and something is shouted." ”

Xia Lai nodded, bowed his head in a muffled voice, and disappeared into the vast night in a blink of an eye.

Xia Qu also lay on Xia Xiang's side, and put the package under his head: "Let him go, I dare to say that he will come back obediently in less than half an hour, Shiyi Lang doesn't know how many times he has hit the south wall, he regrets it every time he hits it, he regrets it after he finishes it, and he will hit it next time." ”

The mountain breeze was blowing, and the whole body was refreshing, Xia Xiang and Xia went without saying a word at first, and then they fell asleep at some point.

I don't know how long I slept, and a scream woke up the two.

"Ahh

The scream came from the front, about a hundred zhang away, and it was Xia Lai's voice. Xia Xiang and Xia Qu woke up at the same time, and the two jumped down from the stone, without stopping, and rushed in the direction of the sound.

The distance of more than 100 zhang is just a moment. Xia Xiang ran in front, almost unable to retract, if it weren't for a big tree, he would definitely fall off the cliff - yes, Xia Xiang's eyes were a cliff, the cliff was bottomless, at a glance, it was like a giant beast's bloody mouth, eerie and terrifying - fortunately, he hugged the tree in time, so he didn't fall.

The cliffs are very hidden, hidden among knee-high weeds, and if you don't pay attention, you can step into the air. Xia Xiang was shocked and stretched out his hand to stop Xia Xiang, who was following closely.

Xia Qu was also frightened, he was a step slower than Xia Xiang and stopped his pace in time. After only one glance down, his legs went limp, and he could no longer stand, and collapsed on the ground.

It's not that he was so scared, but when he thought that Xia Lai fell off the cliff, he would definitely die for a lifetime, and sorrow came from it, and tears suddenly rained down.

"Eleven Lang!" Xia went to cry loudly.

"Don't cry." Xia Xiang was also in turmoil at first, but after taking a few deep breaths, he felt a little calmer in his heart, thought for a while, and shouted towards the cliff, "Eleven Lang, Eleven Lang!" ”

No one answered, only an empty echo.

At this moment, the east is white, and it will be bright in half an hour, Xia Xiang looked left and right, there was no way to the bottom of the cliff, so he tore off the already worn green shirt on his body, twisted it into a rope, and took out other clothes from his carry-on package and tied them together.

Seeing this, Xia Qu also concocted the same method, and the clothes of the two of them became a thick rope about ten zhang long when it was not long. Xia Xiang tied one end of the rope to the tree, pulled hard, and threw the other end of the rope to the bottom of the cliff.

"I'll go." Seeing that Xia Xiang intended to go down the rope, Xia Xiang grabbed the rope, jumped off the cliff with a vertical body.

From childhood to adulthood, he has always been the first to take the lead, he has long been accustomed to taking care of Xia Xiang, since the founding of the country, Xia has always emphasized literature and light on martial arts, and the social atmosphere is also the most noble for scholars, of course, Xia Qu's most real idea is that he respects Xia Xiang very much, when Xia Xiang is his brother.

Xia Xiang was a step late, he and Xia Lai Xia were like brothers, and they were not polite, they looked down, and told Xia Xiang: "Be careful, don't be reckless, the sky is about to dawn, don't worry." ”

"Got it." Xia Qu Urn replied angrily, he was a child of a mountain village, and he had developed a vigorous skill over the mountains and mountains, and after a few jumps, his figure disappeared into the dense trees of the cliff.

The light of the day will be bright, between light and dark, it is not real, Xia Xiang's breathing is rapid and heavy. Under the cliff, the trees are overgrown, and the rocks are lined up, he secretly complained, there is no way to enter the heavens and no door, and he really shouldn't let Xia go down.

"How?" Xia Xiang asked with concern.

"Nothing was found...... Dalang, the rope is running out. ”

"Why don't you come up and talk about it."

"There's a rock here to settle on, I'll take a look at it first."

"Watch out for the beasts, watch out for your feet." Xia Xiang was quite worried, at this time, he couldn't see Xia Qu's figure at all, he could only talk out of thin air, and he didn't know where Xia Qu was and whether it was dangerous.

"Where is there a beast halfway up the mountain, haha, hey, there's a flat ground under the rock, I'll jump down and see." Xia Qu's voice came from the bottom of the cliff, a little indistinct, like hair scattered by the wind, "Da Lang, I didn't come up after an hour, you just have to leave." ”

Xia Xiang hurriedly replied: "What nonsense? How can I leave you alone? I also want you to go to Beijing with me to take the exam, enter high school, and return to ...... hometown."

But there was no response.

Xia Xiang waited for an hour, shouted a few more times, and there was no echo, he couldn't hold it back, and climbed the rope down. The stone wall protrudes like a knife, and the branches are as hard as a sword, needless to say, the rocks are craggy, and there is no place to stay. Fortunately, he also liked to climb up and down when he was young, otherwise it would be impossible to get down with a rope made of clothes.

The rope is at the end, Xia Xiang is hanging in the air, the rising sun is shining, you can see it clearly, there is indeed a platform below, about a square circle, the flat ground is empty, where is the shadow of Xia going?

Xia Xiang was so anxious that he didn't know what had happened, and when he looked around, there was not even a single bird except for the rocks and trees.

"Eleven Lang! Thirteen Lang! Where are you? ”

Xia Xiang shouted loudly, he was swinging in the air, scratched by branches and rocks, and the blood was pouring from his arm, he didn't care, all he was worried about was the safety of Xia Lai and Xia Go.

For more than ten years of getting along day and night, Xia Xiang and Xia Lai and Xia have a deep affection, his heart is like a knife, and he can't wait to replace Xia Lai and Xia Go. He hung in the air for half an hour, until he was exhausted and his voice was hoarse, and he could no longer support it, and then he climbed up.

The sun is good, there are endless rivers and mountains in front of him, but things are not people, when they came, there were three people, and now he is alone.

Xia Xiang endured the grief in his heart, bowed three times to the bottom of the cliff, packed up his things, and untied the rope to restore it to clothes, although it was worn, it could still be worn.

Although he couldn't bear it, but in the barren mountains and mountains, he couldn't save people alone, not to mention that he didn't know where Xia Lai Xia was going, not to mention that he was already hungry at this time, and if he delayed any longer, he would starve to death if he couldn't get out of the mountains. Wiping away his tears, Xia Xiang identified the direction, picked up the package, and strode forward.