Adventures in Heaven (novel) Zhang Baotong

When she heard that I was ill, the princess rode to see me. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoAt this point, my illness has been cured. On this day, the sky was very good, and the long wind of early summer with bright warmth had penetrated deep into the mountains and fields. The sun is shining brightly, looking from the Liangchuan River on the side of the Qinghe River towards the North Mountain, there is a towering mountain peak in the distance, under the summer afternoon sun, showing a remarkable kind of lonely emptiness and primitive wilderness that is unique to ancient times. This mountain is called Tianzhu Peak, which is the highest peak of the North Mountain, and it seems to be about ten miles away from Liangchuan. Being in Liangchuan, I could see Tianzhu Peak as soon as I looked up, so I always wanted to climb to the top of the mountain to see it, but I couldn't do it because of the weather or other reasons. Today, the sky is so good and there is a lot of time, the princess insisted that I take her on a trip to see the scenery, so I decided to take her to climb the Tianzhu Peak with me.

When the princess heard that I was going to take her to the Heavenly Pillar Peak, she was very excited, so she took me by the hand, stepped on the exposed stones from the shallow part of the Qing River, jumped over the small river, and walked towards the depths of the North Mountain. There is a path half-covered by grass to Beishan, which was trampled by the students of Xuecun and Lang Zhong when they went into the mountain to collect medicine. The path twists and turns, and sometimes disappears, winding towards the Tianzhu Peak. One time up the mountain, another time down, and there are many woods in the mountain, the road is very difficult to walk. However, walking with the girl you like makes you feel that the harder the road is, the more interesting it is, which will make you feel more like a man.

Passing through the forest, up to the mountain beam, walking and walking, the majestic and protruding Tianzhu Peak is close in front of you, in the bright golden light of the afternoon, showing the vast and simple forest. I looked towards the top of the hill for a moment and looked at the sky. By this time, the sun had passed overhead. I said to the princess, "Let's go back, it's getting late." "Because she had to get back to the palace before dark.

The princess turned her head and said with some stubbornness, "I finally came out once, why not have a good trip, but give up halfway?" "I don't think her words are unreasonable, why don't I want to be able to spend more time with her. Besides, I had made a wish to take her to the Heavenly Pillar Peak, but I was worried that it might be too late to return to the top of the mountain, but I thought that if it was really late, I would simply send her back to the palace. With that in mind, I took her hand and walked towards the mountain beam.

The air in the forest is fresh and green. Looking at the princess's delicate and excited look, I felt intoxicated, and I felt that walking with such a woman was a kind of happiness even if I traveled to the ends of the earth. We walked briskly forward up a mountain ridge and down a valley from the beam. The trees at the bottom of the valley were getting denser and denser, and the light seemed to be darkening, and the sky was unsettlingly overcast. There are no paths left in the mountains, so you can only walk along the ravine that has been washed away by the rain. Behind him has been blocked by mountain beams, and I can't see the way back to Liangchuan clearly. At this point, we really began to feel a little uneasy, so we stopped, and kept looking up at the clouds fluttering in the sky overhead.

While we were hesitating, the wind began to blow in the woods, and from time to time flocks of crows rose in the mossy old woods, making terrifying cries. After a while, Tianzhu Peak was shrouded in thicker and thicker mist, and the milky white mist seemed to fall from the sky and swept in with the wind, permeating the surroundings of Tianzhu Peak. In an instant, the whole mountain was darkened. I was startled and said to the princess, "Oh no, it's going to rain." The princess was a little overwhelmed and asked me what to do. I said find a place to hide first. I know that the rain in the mountains comes and goes quickly. Then he took the princess by the arm and ran down the hill.

The dark clouds soon pressed down, and the big drops of rain fell with it, getting denser and denser, and the rain became more and more urgent. Immediately, thunder and lightning exploded on the top of the mountain, flashing with a terrifying lightning light. The princess and I ran down the slope in the rain, but found that the world had changed, and instead of the woods and mountain roads we had walked on, we had a mountain stream full of strange rocks. We stopped under a sloping wall by the stream to take shelter from the rain. Our clothes were already soaked in the rain, and we shivered when the cool breeze blew.

The rain was falling rapidly, and there was a dense splash on the surface of the water. We stared at the rain curtain, and our hearts began to grow heavy. After waiting for a while, the rain still kept falling, and the sky was getting dark. I don't think we can just wait, because if the rain keeps falling like this, we won't be able to go down before dark. Besides, the princess could not return to the palace at night, and the people in the palace did not know how to be in a hurry. When I said this, the princess nodded, looking weeping and bewildered, as if she had entrusted me with everything she had. We had just run from the stream to the bottom of a cliff sheltered from the rain when we stopped. The rain was so heavy that the fog was so thick that it was impossible to discern the direction. I stood on the edge of the cliff by the stream and looked around for a while, then walked over to a small tree and judged the direction of the south from the leafy stems of the small tree.

Having determined the direction, the princess and I followed the stream southward, in order to find the path we had taken. The princess has been in the palace all the year round, and she is very unfamiliar with the deep mountains and wilderness, and when she encounters this situation in front of her, she seems to be a little frightened and panicked, and holds my hand tightly. We walked up the stream, because I remember that we had just run down from there to escape the rain. However, after walking against the current, he came to the middle of two mountain cliffs. The stream was no longer walkable, but fortunately the water was shallow, so we walked on the mossy rocks and the steep slope beside the stream. After walking for a while, the rain gradually stopped, and as the clouds cleared and the fog dispersed, the sun flashed a clear golden light in the sky. But it didn't give us much comfort, because the sun was already setting in the west, and we were lost, and we couldn't find our way back. If we can't find our way home before dark, we'll have to spend the night in the middle of the woods. Our clothes had already been soaked in the rain, and the night in the mountains was very cold. It's hard to imagine.

We walked along the stream for a long time, but we never found our way back, and I wonder how we had just descended from the ridge to the edge of the stream. Maybe it was because I was in a hurry to shelter from the rain, or because the rain and fog were too much. Walking further forward, we came to a bend, and a loud roar of the waves came immediately. We climbed a smooth stone slope and walked in, only to see a huge waterfall falling from the top of a cliff dozens of meters high, falling into a deep pool, splashing several meters high, making a thrilling loud noise. The surrounding stone walls stand like knives and axes. Obviously, the path we chose was a dead end.

Looking at the waterfall falling from the sky, I felt bitter in my heart. I grabbed a rock and threw it at the cliff at the edge of the waterfall, then turned around, panting and said to the princess, "We need to get out of here." The princess sat down on a damp stone and rubbed her feet, and said to me in a pleading tone, "I can't walk." I got annoyed and shouted, "You don't want to live anymore?" So saying, he pulled her up from the rock, and returned the way she had come.

The sun had been obscured by the opposite peaks, and the mist spread over the side of the mountain with a twilight gloom. The mountain wind rose suddenly, and the leaves shook violently in the air high above the cliffs. Our clothes were already soaked, and we shivered with cold when the wind blew them. Because I didn't eat lunch, I walked for most of the day, and my stomach was rumbling. As soon as we are hungry, we feel tired and weak, but at this time we dare not have the slightest relaxation, because this is a breakthrough in life.

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