Chapter 9 The road is facing the sky, and I will go the other way
The official road they took before was the road to Shandong Mansion, but now the position they are standing on should be at a distance of ninety degrees from the official road, and Tie Niu doesn't know where it will lead.
Yang Bo thought for a long time and stood up, and pricked the belt of his trousers hard, and he could see his skinny body through the tattered clothes. The knife wound on his back was still twitching hotly, and those who wanted to cross should really see his current miserable situation.
"Iron Bull, let's go? We're not going to take the road, we're going that way," Yang Bo folded a stick and tried the length of it in his hand, and the direction of the stick was an endless mountain......
Yang Bo finally made up his mind.
"Well, let's go!" To Yang Bo's surprise, Tie Niu stood up without any objections.
"Iron Bull, why don't you ask where we're going?" Yang Bo watched with some confusion as Tie Niu carefully learned to find a crutch by himself, and did not forget to try the length.
Tie Niu touched his head a little stupidly and smiled: "That...... Where are we going? ”
"Into the mountains!" Yang Bo finally understood that he, the Iron Bull Brother, was not a person who liked to get to the bottom of things.
Yang Bo turned his head and said categorically
"What are you doing in the mountains?" Tie Niu followed closely behind Yang Bo
"Tie Niu, do you think we can go to the Gunzhou Mansion like this?" Yang Bo asked patiently
"Then I really don't know......" Tie Niu shook his head, today he has half a piece of bread to eat, but Brother Yang's situation is not easy to say, after all, he is still injured, and it must be harder to enter the mountain than to walk the road.
"Do you know how long we have to enter the Shandong Territory?" Yang Bo asked again
"Probably soon, right?" Tie Niu replied hesitantly, he couldn't be sure why Yang Bo gave up the official road and didn't leave, there were still a lot of relief waiting for them in the Gunzhou Mansion?
"Well, think again. Now Henan has been hit by the disaster, and so many people have flocked to Shandong. Can I get relief? Yang Bo saw that Tie Niu didn't understand, so he changed his words: "That is, even if we go to Shandong, what if those officials refuse to help?" ”
"Can't you? We are all dying of hunger," Tie Niu was startled, "Our officials and masters there have said that as long as we get to the Gunzhou Mansion, we will have a way to live." They also said that the emperor had put up rice and grain in the Gunzhou Mansion, and as long as he arrived, he could receive ......"
"Hmph," Yang Bo sneered. It is not surprising that these officials hope that the people under their rule will die or die somewhere else, and they are not willing to take responsibility, but such a naked deception is really unforgivable. Looking at Tie Niu's surprised look, I'm afraid that he still really believes that there is relief waiting for him ahead?
"What a kind man!" Yang Bo sighed secretly in his heart: "You have long been abandoned by the so-called imperial court, but you don't know it yet, right?" ”
"Big brother, what should we do then?" Hearing that there was no food relief, Tie Niu began to panic
"Into the mountains, into the mountains to find some way to live...... Yang Bo pointed ahead, and in the blurred outline in the distance, several towering mountains stood there.
"Also, there are too many soldiers and bandits along the way, and our young and strong heads are worth a lot of money," Yang Bo added.
"Why are our heads worth more?" Iron Bull couldn't figure it out
"Isn't that easy?" Yang Bo smiled: "Whether you are pretending to be a Tartar or a rogue, you can't take the heads of those elderly or women and children, right?" ”
"Well, that's right...... But big brother, there's nothing in the mountains? "Iron Bull is obviously in a bit of a dilemma
"Yes, there's nothing on the hill on the side of the road, but what about the back? What about the mountains? Diversion, you don't know what diversion? In short? We can't just try our luck with them," Yang Bo explained for a long time, and it seemed that Tie Niu still didn't quite understand.
"What the eldest brother means is that instead of pinning his hopes on those corrupt officials, it is better to rely on himself!" Yang Bo saw that Tie Niu was not enlightened, so he didn't say more. Now that people have arrived here and encountered such a situation, complaining and self-pity obviously have no effect.
His only goal now is ---- solve the existential crisis first! If the food is gone, he may be able to survive, but if the head is gone, he can't take it back, and Yang Bo is no longer willing to rely on luck to take risks.
"Tie Niu doesn't understand this, but the eldest brother will go wherever Tie Niu goes" Tie Niu is obviously not a more serious person.
"Good brother!" Yang Bo stretched out his hand and patted Tie Niu's shoulder, "Let's go, Tie Niu, let's try our luck in the mountain!" ”
Soon, Yang Bo began to regret making this rash decision,
Two days, they walked for two days!
The original plan to find some food in the mountains obviously failed, and when he was so hungry, Yang Bo even grabbed a handful of grass roots and swallowed it like this, if it weren't for the desperate support of Tie Niu, he would have fallen down long ago.
But when they looked at the towering and desolate mountains in the distance, the hearts of the two men swelled with despair, and they had no strength to climb over these mountains.
"Brother Tie Niu, put me down...... Yang Bo gently patted Tie Niu's shoulder.
"Tie Niu will definitely be able to carry his brother over, and after crossing this mountain, he will be able to find some food, and my brother must support it," Tie Niu said stubbornly while panting.
Yang Bo's eyes were a little red, "Good brother, let's go over there to rest first, right?" ”
Hearing Yang Bo's calm tone, Tie Niu relieved his heart, since yesterday Yang Bo has fallen into a state of madness from time to time, and said something he didn't understand, which made Tie Niu very scared.
Under a withered yellow tree, the Iron Ox sat beside Yang Bo. Looking at Yang Bo's distracted eyes looking into the distance, he had something in his heart that he wanted to ask but didn't know how to say.
"Iron Bull Brothers......"
"Hmm, big brother?"
"I'm afraid I won't be able to get out......" Yang Bo was silent for a long time and said softly
Tie Niu was startled, he was about to speak but was interrupted by Yang Bo.
Looking at Yang Bo's concerned eyes, Tie Niu's eyes suddenly turned red and choked: "No, let's go out soon, just go over this mountain...... Woo."
Yang Bo smiled miserably, no matter how much knowledge he had in this extreme environment, he didn't eat anything in the past two days, and he didn't even drink a few sips of water in such a hot weather, although Yang Bo ruthlessly used red-hot wood charcoal to detoxify the purulent wound on his back, but he has been lingering for the past two days without closing his mouth, not to mention that this body is extremely weak, even if he is an iron beater, he can't bear it even if he walks here.
"Tie Niu, do you believe what I said?" Yang Bo smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and gently touched Tie Niu's head.
"Faith!" Iron Bull cried even harder
"That's good, Iron Bull, you know what? The further I went in the past two days, the grass on the ground became more and more lush......"
Tie Niu stared at Yang Bo, he didn't understand what Yang Bo was talking about.
"Iron Bull, as long as you keep moving forward, you will definitely find a way to live! It's just that the eldest brother is afraid ......"
Yang Bo's mental state is getting worse and worse, Tie Niu is a kind person, and he can't drag him down anymore. As a modern person, Yang Bo has his own bottom line that he needs to adhere to, and it is also his last bottom line, maybe he can live a few more days by cutting a piece of dried meat on a hungry person and eating himself, but he would rather die with dignity than do this......
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