Chapter Twenty-Four: A Narrow Victory
Reading Pavilion 『 』, the full text is free to read. Then, I told me about what I found in the names of the people surnamed Bai and the names of the people surnamed Yang, and I said: "The father of the corpse should have also discovered this clue, so he resolutely bought a horse from the county and rode it down the river to the west. I just don't know what happened after entering the mountain. ”
Huzi said: "It's lukewarm now, it's a good time to enter the mountain, and it will be hot in two months, and then we will be overwhelmed with snakes, insects, rats and ants, not to mention the miasma beasts in the mountains." ”
I said, "That's right, within three days we were ready, and the tents for the mountain, the food, including the water bags and other equipment were checked." Then we walked into the mountains. ”
Everyone nodded, and then I looked at Yuwanwan and said, "Miss Wanwan, you can stay here and wait for us." You don't have to venture with us. ”
Yuwanwan said: "Look at the people, it may be an adventure for you, but for me it is a journey. Don't you want to leave me, don't forget, you owe me money. ”
Huzi said: "If that's the case, we will have one less equipment." ”
I said, "I don't need any equipment, I can bring more food and a blanket with Wanwan, and as for the tent, I don't need it, I can squeeze with the corpses." ”
Huzi said: "There is no way to squeeze it, and the county may not be able to buy things like tents and sleeping bags." This thing is too niche, and the supply and marketing cooperatives in this small place will definitely be out of stock. ”
In the next few days, we almost bought all the sausages and bacon in the town, which are resistant to storage and transportation, and the people in the town will go to the city to help us collect the food we want, as long as the food is sufficient, it will not be a problem to go as far as we want in such a season.
The biggest problem we had when we went to Black Dragon Valley was that the season was wrong, just in time for the rainy season.
Now in early spring, it is the season of warm and little rain, which is the best season for adventure.
I prepared a pair of hiking boots for myself, which I prepared when I was in Beijing. But there's no such high-end here, and the best shoes I can buy are high-waisted liberation shoes. I bought two pairs for Yuwanwan, and after wearing them, Yuwanwan said it was good.
I said, "These shoes are a bit soft, and it's easy to break your feet when you go down the mountain, so be careful." ”
Yuwanwan said: "I'm not a delicate lady, don't worry, I won't hold you back." ”
The nine of us set off in the morning, and it was a sunny day with white clouds. The shadows of the nine of us led the way ahead of us, and we went west along the river.
At the beginning, the banks of the river were full of golden rape flowers, and after forty minutes of walking, we walked out of the confines of the farmland, and in front of us was a mountain forest. A path leads into the mountains, as if it would never end.
But the trail eventually disappeared at the ridge.
It was already noon when we climbed the ridge, and when we looked back at the town of Yelang, and then turned our heads to look at the road ahead, I said, "You see, there seems to be a road in this mountain." ”
Huzi pointed and said, "That's right, go down from here, and go up again, all the way to the pass of the high mountain ahead." Presumably, the old corpse also took this path. ”
The corpse said, "Don't rest, let's go." ”
Huzi said: "It's been a long time, people are iron and rice is steel, we need to eat, take a rest by the way." ”
I said, "Now let's eat and rest, and tonight we're going to go to that pass and rest there." ”
Huzi said: "It will be very cold at night at the pass. ”
I shook my head and said, "No, we have tents, we have sleeping bags, and the temperature is not very low now, so we can rest in the mountains." ”
Zhou Tao came to my side at this time and whispered to me, "Lao Chen, can you three girls do it?" You tell them to take off their shoes and see if they have blisters on their feet. If not, it's too late to go back. ”
I hummed and said, "Your concerns are justified. ”
I looked at the figure and said, "Can you three girls do it?" Are your feet okay? ”
The corpse shadow said: "I'm fine, Lu Xueman will be fine, I'm worried about your great magician, no hiking boots, can you wear rubber shoes?" ”
I said, "Why did you pay back my great magician?" Now she's one of us, okay? ”
Xu Hui came to Yuwanwan's side at this time and said, "Can it be done?" Take off your shoes and I'll take a look. ”
Yuwanwan took off her shoes and then her socks, and I saw a thick layer of old clothes on the soles of her feet. She said, "I have suffered more than all of you combined. ”
Xu Hui smiled and said, "I'm relieved." ”
Then Xu Hui walked to the corpse shadow and said, "Boss corpse, I'll look at your feet, this is also responsible for you." If you can't bear it for half a day, it's too late to go back. ”
There is no problem with the corpse shadow and Lu Xueman, I know that these are not ordinary delicate girls.
The corpse shadow said: "Why do you only check our girls, why don't you check Lao Chen and Huzi?" Do you think their feet stink? ”
Xu Hui smiled and said: "I don't need to check, I can know how their bodies and bones are at a glance, they are all children who grew up from snacks, and they have a fishy smell." ”
Huzi smiled and said, "The nose is quite good, and I can smell the earthy smell." When Lao Chen and I repaired the river, that basket of sand was more than 300 catties, and Lao Chen and I had to carry it from the bottom of the river to the riverbank, with a ten-meter-high embankment, and we walked up barefoot. ”
Yuwanwan said: "Why don't you wear shoes? ”
"I can't afford to wear shoes, a pair of cloth shoes, it will break in a day, it is too heavy to lift, and the shoes can't be carried when the feet slip."
Lu Xueman said: "If you buy leather shoes, you can buy this kind of mountaineering boots." ”
Huzi snorted: "If I can afford hiking boots, what kind of river will I repair!" ”
I sighed and said with a wry smile: "Those days are unbearable. Let's get ready to eat, rest for half an hour after eating, and then continue on our way. ”
After lunch, we rested for half an hour, after which we each put on our gear and continued on our way.
Huzi said: "Lao Chen, you said that Tang Seng went to the West to learn scriptures back then, did he just go like us!" It's not easy to go to Tianzhu all the way! ”
I said, "Yes, but it should be much easier to go west from Chang'an than here." There are more deserts and Gobi deserts over there, but there are not so many mountains. ”
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Zhou Tao and they opened the road in front, and the three of them had a firewood knife in their hands, and they were chopping while walking, and it was much easier for us to walk behind.
As expected, there is indeed a hidden path on this route, and even if you haven't walked it for hundreds of years, you can still feel different from the side of it. On the stones beside the road, you can faintly see the marks left by the ancients.
Xu Hui walked in front of me, behind me was Huzi, and behind Huzi was Yuwanwan.
And the corpse shadow and Lu Xueman walked in front of Xu Hui, a little competitive.
Huzi smiled and said, "Lao Chen, have you seen it?" This is the woman who does not let the eyebrows be shaved! ”
Lu Xueman said: "The women's volleyball team will soon win five consecutive championships, and our country's sports industry depends on our women to support it!" ”
I laughed and said, "It's true, Chinese men are really not good at sports, but if they really fight, we won't be convinced." ”
In the evening, we walked to the bottom of a mountain cliff, Zhou Tao raised his head to look at the top and said, "I will go up this ditch, and then put the rope down, everyone go up along the rope, pay attention to safety." ”
I nodded and said, "I'm afraid it's not easy to climb, can you do it?" ”
Zhou Tao said with a smile: "Don't worry, climbing is my profession." I'm a professional mountaineering team. ”
Although Zhou Tao climbed this kind of cliff very quickly, it was very steady, and every step he took gave me a very solid feeling. That's the difference between a professional mountaineering team and a special agent like me, where I'm more focused on speed.
I was thinking about how I could get rid of it as fast as I could if someone was chasing me from behind.
After the rope came down, everyone climbed up one by one along the rope, the strength of the rope can only withstand two people at a time, we can only look at one after going up, there is one in the middle, we can climb another one.
In the end, it was just me and Yuwanwan, and I said, "You're on top, I'm below." ”
Yuwanwan smiled and said, "You mean, can you catch me when I fall?" Don't think so, you can't catch it. ”
I said, "What if I can catch it?" ”
"That's all a lie, I promise, no one can catch a fallen man. If you don't want to die together, if I fall, don't pick me up, just let me die by myself. ”
After Yuwanwan finished speaking, she put on a pair of leather gloves, and after she grabbed the rope, she climbed up as agile as a monkey, and when she climbed to the top, I still looked at her in a daze, and said that this woman should be a monkey. High-quality and free reading is in the Reading Pavilion.