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It wasn't until midnight that the four of them looked for the inn to stay, and the next day on the third day, the three of them woke up, counted the money of the store, and the monkey man said to them: "You go all the way, it is estimated that you will be able to get to Gujiazhuang before noon, I am going to another place, let's say goodbye." ”

Saying goodbye to the monkey man, A-Ning was quite reluctant to give up on the little monkey, and hugged and stroked it for a long time.

Walking on the road, A-Ning looked a little gloomy, and Hu Xuan said: "It's almost time to arrive at your uncle's house, you should be happy, the terrain here is remote, and it is not easy for soldiers and bandits to arrive, you can stay for a few more days, and then go home after the war disaster." ”

A-Ning hesitated and said: "But, if you send me to you, you have to leave, and besides, your hometown is thousands of miles away from here, and I don't know if I can see you again." After that, tears fell from his eyes.

Shi Suo said with a smile: "People say that the girl's family has a lot of tears, and it is really not bad." ”

Hu Xuan also comforted: "Although it is far away, it may not be that there is no time to meet, and the world will be peaceful in the future, and it is very convenient to take the train." He said that, but he knew that the world was peaceful, and he didn't know what year and month he would get, so he couldn't help but shake his head slightly, and his heart was also stunned.

The three of them walked silently, the atmosphere became dull, and Hu Xuan deliberately found some jokes to say, wanting to make A-Ning happy, but A-Ning always had a disappointed look on his face. After walking for a long time, I asked the farmer in the field for directions, and the farmer pointed to a village in front of him and said, "That's Gujiazhuang." ”

Looking from afar, there seems to be a group of people gathered at the entrance of the village, the three of them quickened their pace, rushed to the entrance of the village, saw those people noisy and shouting, a look of anger, there was a middle-aged woman crying inside, next to a few old women were persuading, and then look carefully, a middle-aged man in the crowd was lying in the arms of another person, unconscious, and the person holding him was pinching others with his hands.

Hu Xuan and Shi Suo approached the crowd, and before they could understand what they were doing, suddenly A Ning exclaimed: "Uncle, uncle!" ”

The woman was crying and crying, and when she saw A-Ning, she opened her teary eyes and said in surprise, "A-Ning, why are you here?" ”

Aning said, "I'm coming to you...... What happened to my uncle? Running over to look, the middle-aged man who had fainted was wrapped in a strip of cloth on his head, and a blood stain had flowed down to his chin, which had not yet dried up, and was obviously freshly bandaged.

A fast-talking woman next to her said: "They are a family of three, working in the field, suddenly a group of horse gangs, indiscriminately, robbed the child, oh, it's your cousin, your uncle stepped forward to stop it, was beaten down with a stick, robbed people and ran, fortunately there are people in the field next to them, just rescued back." ”

Hu Xuan hurriedly said: "The horse gang shouldn't have gone far yet, hurry up and chase it." ”

The fast-mouthed woman said: "There are two or three young men in the village, who have already found their way to chase them, but the road ahead is forked, and I don't know if they can catch them." ”

Shi Suo stood up and said to Hu Xuan, "Let's chase after it too." ”

"Yes," Hu Xuan said to Aning, "You stay here to take care of your aunt, and we will chase after you." A-Ning said, "Aunt let the villagers take care of it, and I'll go with you." The fast-talking woman next to her said, "Yes, yes, the more young people go, the better, and you don't have to worry about the house." ”

The three of them asked the path, quickly got up and rushed forward, this area is a small hill bag, high and low scattered, like a piece of chess pieces scattered indiscriminately, the road under the mountain bag, are all extending in all directions, around a bend, it is not easy to track, Hu Bolt said: "Fortunately, the goal of the horse gang is big, several people, several horses, all the way to inquire, you can always find it." ”

Ah Ning said to Hu Xuan and Shi Suo as he walked: "I didn't know what blessings I had cultivated in my previous life, but I could meet the two of you. ”

Hu Xuan said: "Don't say that, to be a man, you have to be kind to others, who will stand by when you encounter such a thing?" For example, Zhao Ming and Boss Wang, whom we met on the road the day before yesterday, were suffering from a cold at the time, so didn't they immediately lend a hand? Now what will happen to your uncle's family if they are allowed to encounter it? ”

Shi Suo patted his chest next to him and said, "Then Boss Wang will definitely not say a word, hurry up and chase after him." ”

Hu Xuan continued: "Lao Zhao will also immediately analyze the whereabouts of the horse gang, and then start the rescue without hesitation. ”

A-Ning nodded, "That's right, these days, I'm like a dream, first suffering, letting the bandits catch and almost humiliating, and then meeting the two of you who saved lives, and later, I met Lao Zhao, Boss Wang, these rare good people, I heard so many truths, and my parents didn't teach me before." ”

The three of them walked for a long time, already tired, but relying on their youth and strength, they still quickened their pace, and identified the direction as they walked, and when there was a fork in the road, they had to look for the horse's tracks, or ask people, and suddenly Shi Suo pointed to the front and shouted: "There are horses carrying goods, is it a horse gang?" ”

Looking ahead, sure enough, the shadow of a horse flashed, turned into a valley, and Hu Xuan said, "Chase." The three of them trotted all the way, chased forward for a while, and saw the horse turn left and right, flash into a canyon, and walk towards the mountains. ”

"Maybe there's something else ahead, and we're the last one to see." Shi Suo said.

After chasing for a while, I met a pedestrian, asked him if he had met a horse gang, he shook his head blankly, he couldn't answer, and then went forward, but no pedestrian was encountered, the three of them chased for a while, and gradually entered the deep mountains, fortunately the path in the mountains, the forks in the road gradually fewer, when the figure of the horse reappeared, it was already much closer, and it was able to catch up with it if it was hard to muster up.

Turning a corner, there is a cliff in front, and below is a valley, steep as a chip, there is a small bridge in the valley, leading to the opposite side, but the bridge is made of several iron cables, and there are wooden planks on it, and the wind blows, swaying, and the three of them walk a few steps closely to the side of the bridge, and the stone lock points to the opposite side of the bridge, "You see, there is a pack in there." ”

Sure enough, on the opposite side of the bridge, there was a pack thrown on the grass, but the people and horses were gone, the three of them were anxious, a gust of wind crossed the small bridge, the bridge carried people, swayed slightly, the stone lock was in front, A-Ning was in the center, Hu was bolted behind, the three of them held hands, and walked cautiously, fortunately, the bridge was only more than a zhang long, and they walked over in a few steps.

When they rushed to the pack, they saw no man, and they searched back and forth, but there was no sign of men or horses. Shi Suo wondered, "Strange, where did the people go?" Ay...... What are you doing? ”

Hu Xuan and A-Ning heard him scream, turned their heads and saw that there was a person on the small bridge, who was uncovering the wooden planks on the bridge, the planks were not nailed, and the pieces were tied to the iron ropes with brown ropes, he untied the brown ropes, threw the planks on the opposite side, and dismantled them while retreating, the bridge was not long, and the planks had been dismantled in half.

Three people rushed to the bridge, but the man was not in a hurry, hehe smiled, continued to dismantle the bridge, the stone lock wanted to stop, but there was no way, the plank here is gone, only the suspended iron cable remains, can not stand, the stone lock picked up the stone from the ground, to smash the man, the man did not fight back, while dodging the stone, while dismantling the bridge board, Hu Xuan and A Ning also followed the stone lock, take the stone to smash, for a while the three people of the stone rained, the man was hit by several pieces, but did not stop, with a wooden plank to protect himself, endured the pain to dismantle the bridge, and then retreated, from a boulder behind the horse pulled, Ran away in a puff of smoke.

"It's a pity it didn't hit him on the head." Shi Suo said regretfully.

"It's a trick," Hu Xuan said, "he is one man and one horse, just to lure us here to cross the bridge, we are too careless." ”

A-Ning said, "What should I do? I'll have to find a way back to the front. ”

"That's the only way to go, but it's a waste of time." Hu Xuan said.

After discussing it, there was no other good way, and after checking the donkey, there was nothing inside, and the three of them discerned the direction and groped their way forward.

2

Walking forward along the way, Hu couldn't help but be annoyed, saying that it was too sloppy, in fact, there were a lot of doubts at the time, and it was only because he was in a hurry that he was fooled, Shi Suo shook his head and said: "What do you do to sell that regret medicine, what is it, since there is a road ahead, you can get out." ”

"Yes," A-Ning also said, "At that time, I was chasing after Jinggu, who would think so much?" ”

The mountain road follows the mountain, high and low, I don't know where it leads, Hu Xuan said: "You can't go like this, you have to find someone to ask for directions, if you go farther and farther, it will be more difficult to go back." After searching around for a while, he found a thatched hut on the hillside in the distance, and Hu Xuan said happily: "You wait a while, I'll go over and ask for directions." ”

He went down the mountain and walked up the hillside, where there were weeds and rocks, and suddenly, when he stepped into the grass next to a big rock, he felt that his feet were empty, and his heart was not good, and before he could react, his body fell down rapidly.

At this time, A-Ning and Shi Suo were only more than ten zhang away from him, and when they heard him scream, they hurriedly rushed over, and saw that Hu Shuo had fallen into a cave.

Hu Shuo's body fell in, there was no way to borrow, fortunately the cave he fell into was not high, and when he landed, he rolled and fell to the ground. Looking up, above his head, a small hole, through the light, Shi Suo and A Ning had already rushed to the entrance of the cave, shouting downward, Hu Xuan hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I'm here, it's okay." ”

Ah Ning heard Hu Shuo speak, desperate, jumped down, Hu Shuo hurriedly shouted: "Don't worry," the stone lock grabbed her hands, "Wait, I'll go first." But A-Ning's legs had already gone down to the hole, so Shi Suo had to pull her arms, slowly put her down little by little, and when she was high from the bottom, as soon as she let go, A-Ning fell and fell to the ground.

Hu Xuan rubbed his legs, not seriously injured, just muscle and bone pain, saw A Ning come down, and said: "Why are you so reckless, look at it and go down." ”

A-Ning didn't get up, so he asked anxiously, "How are you, did you break it?" ”

"Nope."

At this time, Shi Suo lay down at the entrance of the cave above and said, "You wait for a while, see if you are injured, don't move, I'll go around and look around, find something, and pull you up." ”