Chapter Twenty-Three: Hiding in the Cave
It turned out that the leopard saw that the two prey were about to escape, and he was even more angry, and tore and bit the remaining rope. The www.biquge.info leopard's teeth are so sharp that they bite off the rope in a few strokes. Liu Yong fell like a kite with a broken string, but fortunately, Dong Yun reminded him in time, although Liu Yong's body was falling, he firmly grasped the rope, and this time he swung towards the pine tree like a swing, passed through layers of thin branches, and hit the trunk heavily.
Fortunately, Liu Yong was only about ten meters away from the finish line at this time, and although the collision hurt, he was not injured. Liu Yong reacted very quickly, hugged the trunk tightly, and did not fall any further. Liu Yong only felt that his palms and vests were full of sweat, and he once again escaped death, which made Liu Yong have to sigh that his life was so hard.
Dong Yun hurriedly climbed down and asked with concern, "Big brother, are you not injured?" ”
Liu Yong saw Dong Yun's worried face, and couldn't help but regret it, people say that "if you walk at night for a long time, you will hit a ghost", it is impossible to have such good luck every time, and you can't take such a risk in the future. Liu Yong endured the pain, and reluctantly smiled: "It's okay." Let's just take a heavy punch from Brother Zhou during training. ”
"Looks like we can't get up." Dong Yun frowned slightly. At this time, Liu Yong's heart was fixed, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that the leopard was still looking at the top of the cliff, staring at this side, roaring again and again, as if he had not given up. Liu Yong's heart was raised, and he raised his hand to the top of the cliff and shouted: "We are here, come down and bite us." The leopard heard the human voice, but could not do anything, and his heart was even more annoyed, his mouth kept growling, his claws were gouging, and a large pile of stones and sand fell from the cliff, hitting the stone wall "crackling", quite a momentum.
Dong Yun smiled, her face gloomy. Although she is young, she has experienced such dangers many times, while Liu Yong is open-minded by nature and can see things openly, and the two look at each other and smile, and the mood is much happier.
"Big brother, it's getting dark, and it seems that we can only go to the cave to rest tonight. As for how to get out of trouble, let's figure it out tomorrow. ”
"Hmm." Liu Yong nodded and said with a smile, "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and there will always be more ways than difficulties." I just don't know if there are beasts, snakes, or anything in this cave? Will there be any danger? ”
Dong Yun comforted: "No." There is no way around this cave, how can the beasts get by? ”
Liu Yong shook his head and said, "There are no beasts, but there may not be snakes. In my experience, there are often bats in such deep caves, and there are often snakes in such deep caves, so we better be careful. So saying, he plucked a few pine cones from the tree and threw them into the hole. The ground in the cave was thickly covered with a layer of pine needles and bamboo leaves, and the pine cones smashed on them silently.
At this time, the sun was already in the west, and both of them felt that the mountain wind was even colder, and there was a chill on their bodies, although they didn't know the situation in the cave, they could only venture down. Dong Yun said: "Big brother, you stay here for a while, and I'll go down and take a look." As he spoke, he slid down the trunk of the tree. Liu Yong said: "I'll go too." "And climbed down.
Under the pine tree was a narrow platform, and in addition to the pine tree, there were several clumps of bamboo, but they had long since withered and yellowed, and half of them were dead. Dong Yun's back basket is specially used to collect medicines, and there is a lid on the top, so although it has been an accident, the medicinal materials and various equipment inside are intact. Liu Yong took out a machete from the medicine basket and chopped a bamboo pole, beating it in the weeds on the ground to drive away snakes and insects that might be hiding inside. Dong Yun picked up the crossbow, mounted the arrow, and guarded the side. This burst is extremely powerful, and there is still no sound inside, is there really no danger?
Liu Yong was still not at ease, and while patting, he pushed the fallen leaves aside and walked cautiously towards the hole. The cave looks dark and unfathomable from the outside, but when you go inside, it looks unusual. It's just an ordinary stone cave, not big, not too deep, the walls are bare, only two extremely fine cracks, extremely dry, neither the poisonous snakes and beasts that Liu Yong originally thought, nor the paradise written in martial arts novels, there is no cave. Liu Yong couldn't help but sigh, and was faintly disappointed.
Dong Yun asked strangely: "There is no danger in the cave at all, why is the eldest brother still sighing?" ”
Liu Yong said: "I think if it weren't for a coincidence, how would we know that there is a hole here, even if we know that there is a hole, we usually don't have a chance to enter here." Since it's not easy, God should give us some surprises. For example, martial arts secret books, rare treasures and so on. How can we be worthy of the fright we are frightened? ”
Dong Yun covered the corners of her mouth with her small hand, and said with a grin: "Big brother, do you still think that there is a beautiful fairy waiting for you here with delicious food?" ”
Liu Yong looked at Dong Yun and smiled: "The food is okay." There is no need for fairies, isn't there one here? ”
Dong Yun said shyly: "Big brother ......" is very sweet in his heart.
Liu Yong saw that Dong Yun looked shy, even more cute, his heart moved, he didn't dare to say any more, picked up the bamboo pole and lowered his head and swept it. There are many thin branches on the bamboo pole, which is a natural broom, and after a while, Liu Yong swept a large open space in the hole.
Dong Yun thought that the fire sickle and flint had fallen, and he could only freeze tonight, so he said: "Big brother, it's still very cold at night now, and it's easy to catch a cold." The difficulties I encountered in hunting before were much more difficult than this time, and I have long been used to it, I am outside, and you can rest inside. ”
"Yun'er, don't worry, we won't be frozen. With your eldest brother here, you can make fire without a fire sickle and flint. ”
Dong Yun didn't know how Liu Yong would make a fire without the fire sickle and flint, but she knew that he often had unexpected actions, so she said, "Big brother, what can I do for you?" ”
"No, you don't." Liu Yong refused very domineeringly, and pulled Dong Yun to the empty space that had just been swept out and sat down against the stone wall, "Yun'er, you can rest, big brother will come by himself." ”
Liu Yong first cut down some dead branches, then found a large pile of dried moss on the stone wall, and found a leeward clearing in the cave and piled it into a small pile. Dong Yun watched Liu Yong busy before and after, her heart was very sweet, and she wanted to get up to help do something, but she was driven back by Liu Yong's stern eyes, so she had to pout and pretend to look at him with grievances.
Liu Yong smiled and cut two dry bamboo tubes, the small ones were just enough to fit into the large bamboo tubes without leaving gaps. Remove the bamboo knots on both sides of the large bamboo tube, stuff the bottom with velvet, and put the end of the bamboo knot into the small bamboo tube, and pull it up and down, just like a pump pump.
Dong Yun asked strangely, "Big brother, is this just starting a fire?" I haven't seen it. Seeing that Liu Yong was panting and his face was swollen and red, Dong Yun felt distressed for a while, couldn't help but take out a handkerchief, and walked over to wipe the sweat beads oozing from his head.
Liu Yong nodded, this is learned from TV, called "simple fire tube", its principle is that compressed air will generate heat, which is relatively much easier than drilling wood to make fire and other methods to make a fire. Sure enough, after hundreds of pulls, green smoke rose from the velvet, and Dong Yun shouted softly, overjoyed. Liu Yong held his breath, clenched his teeth, and compressed his hands dozens of times, and sparks appeared on the velvet.
"Yun'er...... You come to ......" Liu Yong's hundreds of pulls and pulls are extremely physical, all supported by the inner will, and now when he sees the fire rising, his heart relaxes, and his strength is taken off, and his words are not fluent, leaning against the stone wall, he feels soft all over.
Dong Yun hurriedly took the tinder, pursed his mouth and blew lightly, and the velvet ignited. The rest is simple, moss, pine cones, and fallen leaves are ready-made, and some pine branches are chopped, and in a short time, a bonfire is lit. Dong Yun took out the cold steamed buns and roasted meat in the back basket, put them by the fire to roast them, and handed them to Liu Yong.
Liu Yong took a few bites, but he was still angry in his heart, after experiencing this line of life and death, was there really no reward? After resting for a while, he drew a pine wood from the fire and used it as a torch and walked into the cave. The hole was only ten meters deep, so it didn't need torches and it wasn't very dark, and the more Liu Yong looked at it, the more disappointed he became. There were only two narrow gaps in the hole, and it was not easy for even a rabbit to squeeze into it, let alone a human. Liu Yong held the torch and placed it at the slit, if it was open, the flame would be offset to the inside due to the flow of air, but unfortunately the flame was incomprehensible and unmoved. Liu Yong still didn't give up, picked up a stone and knocked around the cliff wall to see if there was a hole hidden in it, and what secrets were hidden.
Dong Yun knew that this eldest brother was curious, he was a master who would not die until he reached the Yellow River, and would not turn back if he did not hit the south wall, and sometimes it was unreasonable to reason, so he did not dissuade him, and let Liu Yong toss there. After a while, Liu Yong really came back.
Dong Yun persuaded: "Big brother, look here, there is no place in the world, there is no way to come and no water source, and it is full of hard stones, who will hide any treasures and secret books here?" ”
Liu Yong nodded and chuckled, "What Yun'er said is reasonable." But I think we're all here anyway, and there's nothing to do, so if we find any gold and silver treasures, we'll get rich. ”
Dong Yun grinned and said, "Big brother is about to fall into the eyes of money." ”
Liu Yong sighed and said: "I don't know the price of firewood and rice, I need money too much." In the final analysis, he is also too deeply poisoned by martial arts novels.
Dong Yun asked, "Isn't the eldest brother making liquor?" Doesn't it say that you can make a lot of money? ”
Liu Yong shook his head and said, "It hasn't been fermented yet, and I don't have much confidence in my heart." Even if it is brewed, what is the taste? It's hard to say whether people will accept it or not. ”
"Yun'er knows that the eldest brother will definitely do it." Dong Yun's tone was firm and authentic.
"Thank you, Yun'er." Liu Yong was moved. Liu Yong was sitting with his back to the cave, and suddenly found that Dong Yun's face was red, as if it was imprinted with a layer of golden light. Liu Yong's heart moved, turned his head, and shouted in his mouth: "Wow, what a beautiful sunset." So saying, he turned over and ran out of the cave, and climbed the branches of the pine trees to admire them.
Liu Yong has been in this generation for a long time, but he has always been busy, and he has no time or opportunity to watch such a dazzling and spectacular sunset. I saw that the sunset was like a huge fireball, the light was no longer so dazzling, so dazzling, but it made people feel more cordial and warm in their hearts. The sunset was setting very fast, and in a moment it disappeared behind the distant mountains. The sun went down, and the sunset came out again. The clouds on the horizon are dyed orange, gold-edged, or dipped in crimson, changing colors, as if there is a very clever painter behind them, how dazzling and colorful.
"Yun'er, do you think there is any difference between sunrise and sunset?" Liu Yong asked Dong Yun under the tree.