Chapter 6: The Passage by the Lake
Angu moved his short body, changed his comfortable position, and drank a sip of water to moisten his throat: "After the light cavalry fell in, the others heard the sound and went down to save him, fortunately, he was slightly injured, but the horse fell to his death, and the other people who originally wanted to save him fell into the cave because they stepped on the soft soil at the edge of the cave, and they all fell in, and a team of 7 people, including people and horses, fell into that cave......"
After the 7 people fell into the cave, because they could not return, they had to try to find the exit in the cave, and then what they never expected was that they walked in the cave for two days before they found the exit, and when they walked out of the cave, they found that they were in the snowy mountains, not far from the station of the Golden Eagle Tribe.
7 people walked out of the cave, and found the golden eagle hovering overhead, knowing that things were not good, they immediately pulled out their legs and ran, ran for a while, knowing that running like this was not a way, and sooner or later they would be caught up, so they left 6 people to ambush the pursuers of the golden eagle tribe, and the remaining person fled lifelessly along the snow-capped mountains towards the grassland.
Speaking of this, Angu paused: "You must be asking, why don't they go back safely along the cave, right?" That's because ......"
"That's because if they could go back down the cave, they wouldn't have eaten enough to go around the cave for two days, because they wouldn't be able to climb up from where they came down." Xingshu frowned and said, "Don't talk so much nonsense, hurry up and talk about it." ”
Mo Duqiao looked at Angu with a mocking smile, Angu deliberately pretended not to see it, and then said: "The remaining 6 people are not the opponents of the Golden Eagle Tribe at all, and they were wiped out in an instant, but they didn't find the remaining person, and the remaining person is also very smart, this guy is hiding somewhere around the ambush circle, waiting for the army of the Golden Eagle Tribe to leave, and then follow them down the mountain, do you know why?" ”
Mo Duqiao said impatiently: "If he runs first, he will leave his footsteps, and it will be easy for the people of the Golden Eagle Tribe to follow the footprints, so he hides, and when the army of the Golden Eagle Tribe passes, he will step on their footprints and go down, relatively speaking, it is safer, but let me ask you first, this person finally returned to the Ural Khan tribe alive, right?" ”
An Gu said: "Yes, that's for sure. ”
Mo Duqiao asked again, "Then since this person was not caught by your tribe's people, how do you know that this guy is hiding around, and how do you know that he followed them down the mountain?" ”
Torture and even Jiuqi looked at Angu with a smile, waiting for his answer.
An Gu said: "Why do you talk so much?" Isn't it okay for you to listen to it, legends are legends, where did so many why, anyway, this person went back alive and told the Ural Khan tribe that there was a passage into the mountain, so the Ural Khan gathered a large army, and there were hundreds of people, and they went down from the cave, and under the guidance of the survivors, they passed through the cave, trying to sneak attack the Golden Eagle Tribe, but as a result, they were fooled......"
After the Golden Eagle tribe discovered the cave, they expected that the Ural Khan tribe would attack from there, and they sent a large army, so the Golden Eagle tribe set up an ambush at the entrance of the cave, and at the same time sent a large army down the mountain.
Two days later, when the army of the Ural Khans crossed the cave and reached the entrance of the cave, they were almost slaughtered......
Speaking of this, Angu took another sip of water: "I'm done, that's it." ”
"Two questions, two critical questions." The torture technique raised two fingers and shook them in front of Angu's eyes, "First, that cave is so close to the Golden Eagle Tribe, why haven't they found it for hundreds of years, and second, the Golden Eagle Tribe attacked the Ural Khan tribe station without an army, and also ambushed the Ural Khan's army coming out of the cave, isn't it equivalent to the Ural Khan tribe being wiped out?" Now that the tribe has been exterminated, why are there so many people left in the tribe now? ”
Angu put on a sad face: "I said, why are you so much?" This is a legend, so you can listen to it as a story, okay? ”
After speaking, Angu saw that Moduqiao raised his gun again, and immediately said: "Okay, okay, let me answer, the reason why the Golden Eagle tribe did not find the cave entrance is because the location of the cave is because the cave entrance is not big, and it is under the foot of the Four Seasons Mountain, on the other side, there are few people there, it can be said that it is a forbidden place, the second question, there were at least a few thousand people in the Ural Khan tribe back then, and now there are hundreds left, isn't this equivalent to extermination?" ”
Lian Jiuqi coughed and asked, "Since the location of that cave entrance is in the forbidden land, why did the people of the Golden Eagle Tribe go there to ambush against the rules?" ”
Angu looked at Lian Jiuqi, so angry that he couldn't say a word: "Hey, do you all have a problem with your brains?" Even if it's a forbidden place, and you find out that there are enemies there, and you analyze that the enemy will come out of there, do you go to ambush them, or do you wait for death in the tribe? ”
Lian Jiuqi couldn't help laughing: "Okay, even if what you just said is true, then there is still a problem......
Angu immediately raised his hand and said, "I'm hungry, I'm really hungry, I'll starve to death if I keep talking, let me eat something first, okay?" ”
Di Lie and Gu Lie brought the barbecue in, except for Angu, everyone else ate very slowly, after a meal, Angu ate at least five servings, and the torture technique wondered if this buddy had never eaten enough before going to the Ural Khan tribe.
However, in Mo Duqiao's eyes, Angu's approach seemed to be similar to the previous behavior of "not being a starving ghost" in the tribe - I'm afraid Angu knew best in his heart that it was not easy to get through that cave.
Even Jiuqi's question was not asked again after the meal, and everyone was tired from the long journey during the day, except for Di Lie and Gu Lie, the rest of the people fell asleep after eating, and slept until the early morning of the next day, then they got up and continued to rush towards Dada Lake.
When they arrived at the edge of Lake Dada, they discovered that Lake Dada was actually covered in ice, a strange phenomenon that surprised everyone except Dilie, Gulie, and Angu.
Xingshu looked at the green grassland under his feet, and then looked at the frozen lake, and wondered, "Is the temperature so low?" I remember half a month ago, when we were camping with the Cusco company by the lake, Lake Dada was just freezing on the edge of the lake. ”
Angu Road, who was riding on a horse, said: "It was a snowstorm, and that night snowstorm directly froze the entire Dada Lake, and it happened that the temperature dropped again later, and it became like this." ”
Mo Duqiao raised his hand and looked at the thermometer on his watch: "Impossible, it's only about minus 10 degrees now, you see the ice surface, it's all frozen to death, you can also see the crack you passed just now, it's more than ten meters deep, that is to say, the entire Dada Lake is frozen, this is not minus 10 degrees Celsius, it should be the relationship of the snow storm." ”
Xingshu said: "Yes, even in Harbin, the temperature of minus ten degrees is not enough to make the Songhua River so strong. ”
Lian Jiuqi looked at the lake: "Angu, where is that cave entrance?" ”
Angu turned his head to look at Di Lie, and after saying a word, Di Lie raised his hand holding the horse whip, pointed to a pile of rubble by the lake in front of him, and said a few more words.
Angu translated: "He said, just behind the pile of rubble, there is a human head stone, and horses can't get in, but people can enter." ”
When they arrived at the back of the human head stone that Di Lie said, Di Lie and Gu Lie worked together to remove the stones blocking the entrance of the cave one by one, and then a cave less than two meters long and one meter wide appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The torture technique turned on the flashlight and shone it inside: "This is it?" ”
Angu looked at Di Lie and asked, "Really?" ”
Mo Duqiao frowned and kicked on Angu's body, "Hey, what about you, don't you know?" What do you ask him for? ”
Angu looked at Mo Duqiao angrily, "What are you kicking me for?" I said, all I know are legends! ”
As soon as Angu finished speaking, Mo Duqiao directly aimed at Angu with a gun, and also opened the insurance, and his finger was also buckled on the trigger, and he snatched the gun from the torture technique, and Mo Duqiao actually raised his hand directly and gave Angu a punch, knocking Angu directly to the ground.
Di Lie and Gu Lie didn't stop them, nor did they come forward, they didn't see what they did, and they didn't want to meddle in their affairs.
Lian Jiuqi pulled away from the Mo Dui Bridge, looked at him and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”
Xingshu also looked at Mo Dui Bridge strangely, he and Lian Jiuqi felt that Mo Dui Qiao's performance during this time was very strange, as if he had changed a person.
Mo Duqiao suddenly smiled weirdly: "It's nothing, maybe I'm tired and can't control my emotions, I'm sorry." ”
As he spoke, Mo Duqiao leaned over and was about to pull Angu, who was so frightened that he was punched, and climbed back several meters.
Mo Duqiao sneered, looked at the entrance of the cave and said, "Let's go, but I suggest that it is best to let Angu take the lead, after all, the road is his choice." ”
Xingshu and even Jiuqi looked at Angu, Angu didn't speak, just got up silently, looked at the entrance of the cave, and then took the torch prepared by Di Lie and Gu Lie, lit it, and threw it in.
At the entrance of the cave, everyone saw the torches falling, illuminating the ground below, the ground was relatively flat, and it was covered with gravel, which seemed to have been repaired by the people of the Ural Khan tribe, and the position from the entrance of the cave to the landing point was not high, and there was no need for ropes.
Everyone looked at it for a while, and saw that the torch was not extinguished, indicating that there was enough oxygen below, so they said goodbye to Di Lie and Gu Lie, and jumped down from the hole one by one with things on their backs.
Before going down the cave, Di Lie and Gu Lie were gesturing there, telling them that they would wait here for them to come back, but they only waited for seven days, and after seven days, they would return to the tribe, which was equivalent to telling Lian Jiuqi and the others that they only had five days, and if they did not appear at the entrance of the cave after five days, it meant that they had failed.
Lian Jiuqi nodded: "Don't worry, in five days, we will appear here on time." ”
Di Lie and Gu Lie nodded, watched Lian Jiuqi jump down, and then worked together to simply seal the entrance of the cave.
After Lian Jiuqi landed in the cave, he turned his head to look at Di Lie and Gu Lie who were sealing the entrance of the cave, and patted the shoulder of the torture technique and said: "Now there are only four of us left, I will take the lead, Angu will follow me, after the torture you and Mo Du Bridge will take turns, when the punishment is broken, Mo Du Bridge can take a break." ”
In the process of walking, three of the four people must have three people's nerves are tense, and the remaining one person walks in the middle of the team, so that he doesn't need to concentrate too much, even if he is "distracted", he can relax himself, so as not to keep the four people's physiology and psychology at the critical point of exhaustion.
After walking almost a few dozen meters in the cave where Lian Jiuqi was not spacious, Lian Jiuqi stopped, touched the cave wall and said: "This hole was re-dug later, and the traces are still there, otherwise, the people of the Ural Khan tribe would not be able to bring the war horses in, and if they walked again, maybe the front would be spacious." ”
Nearly twenty minutes after Lian Jiuqi said this, they finally walked out of the smaller cave and came to the edge of the widest cave inside.
Lian Jiuqi stood at the edge of the hole, took a glow stick, threw it at his feet, and calculated the distance from his position to the landing point of the glow stick: "About ten meters, not too high, there are also climbing places around, everyone be careful, Angu, you are okay, right?" ”
Angu shook his head, his expression was very nervous, and he kept looking around.
After the four of them went down from the edge of the cave, Lian Jiuqi turned on the flashlight: "Twilight Bridge, put out the torch, use the flashlight, burning stick and glow stick first, and then use the torch if you have no choice." ”
Angu was puzzled and asked, "Why?" Shouldn't you use a torch first? ”
"In this environment, torches that glow are the best things, much better than flashlights and the like, so we have to save them for last, let's go, this hole is very wide, and we have to find out where the exit is on the other side." ”
The four of them walked in the dark for a long time, and suddenly the torture stopped, signaled the others not to move, and after listening carefully for a while, they asked, "Have you heard any sound?" Like something is tapping rhythmically? ”
The other three pricked up their ears and listened for a while, and they all nodded, although this cave was large, but after all, the range was effective, and because it was extremely quiet, the sound of percussion would only echo in the cave.
"The sound source is over here." Torturer walked in the direction of the source of the sound with a flashlight.
Angu was on one side, looking around: "Why are we looking for that voice?" Wouldn't it be nice if we just found the exit? ”
Lian Jiuqi said: "If the sound source is in danger, it is better for us to find it early than later......
Even Jiuqi hadn't finished speaking, he stopped and stood still, stunned, and the Angu and Moduqiao beside him were also stunned, and the three of them all looked up like the torture in front of them, looking at the ancient sailing ship in front of them.
"How could it be ......" the flashlight of the torture technique moved slowly on the hull, illuminating the already tattered and rusty hull, "It looks like a Song ship, how can there be a Song ship here?" ”
Even Jiuqi, Angu and Moduqiao didn't care about what they had agreed before, and they all took out flashlights and looked at the ancient Song ship that "suddenly" appeared in front of them.
After a long time, Lian Jiuqi found the entrance of the boat, jumped off the rock next to him, and stood there and continued to watch: "If this is really the Song boat, the only reason why it may appear here is the Gongjin boat." ”
Xingshu said: "You mean, the diversion of the Jinliao Song Dynasty to pay tribute to the golden boat?" ”
Mo Duqiao frowned and looked at it: "However, this ship is so big and the draft is also very large, from the Central Plains to here, unless you go to the sea, otherwise, it is completely impossible to let this ship sail here?" Could it be that there is a huge underground river that leads from the Central Plains all the way here? ”
Lian Jiuqi shook his head: "Impossible, if it was really like that, the underground river would have been discovered a long time ago, and there would be no need to wait until now." ”
As Lian Jiuqi was talking, the four of them heard the sound of knocking coming from under the hull of the boat, and the torture technique immediately squatted down and listened carefully, pointing to the bottom of the hull and saying, "It's coming from below, but I don't know if it's from the outside of the boat or from the inside of the boat." ”
Lian Jiuqi pondered for a moment, and shouted loudly towards the position of the hull: "Is there someone down there?" ”
After Lian Jiuqi finished shouting, the tapping sound below became a little rapid, but it sounded so weak.
Lian Jiuqi glanced at the torture technique and asked again, "Are you injured?" If yes, just knock three times? ”
Soon, the sound of percussion came again, and everyone counted it, and sure enough, it was three, so it was basically certain that it was not an animal or an accident that was striking, but a person.
Lian Jiuqi asked again: "If you are outside the hull, knock once, if you are in the bilge inside the hull, you will knock twice." ”
After Lian Jiuqi finished speaking, the four of them heard a heavy knock from the bottom of the hull, and there was only one sound.
Lian Jiuqi said: "It seems that someone fell and was injured, and the injury was quite serious, there is no way to speak, I have to go down to see who it is, I guess it should be someone from Cusco Company, because if it is local, it must not understand what I say." ”
Torture nodded in agreement: "Yes, on the day the snowstorm came, we were on the edge of Lake Dada, and our current location should be under Lake Dada, so it is very likely to be the situation you said." ”
Torture and Mo Dusk Bridge tied the rope to the rock, grabbed the rope and slowly lowered Lian Jiuqi, and threw a light stick to the distance of Lian Jiuqi under the boat in advance was about fifteen meters, but after landing, it was found that the deviation was three meters, from the bottom of the boat to the bottom of the boat was almost twenty meters high, but this did not represent the height of the hull, because under the hull, there was a huge rock protruding.
Lian Jiuqi shouted towards it: "In the end, it's okay, I'll take a look." ”
Torture responded, "Be careful. ”
Lian Jiuqi turned on his headlamp and shoulder lamp, and with a flashlight in his hand, he began to look carefully in the trench below, but after walking less than ten meters, he saw a skinny woman lying in the distance, and a foul smell emanating from top to bottom.
Lian Jiuqi cautiously stepped forward and asked tentatively, "Were you knocking just now?" ”
The woman raised the stone in her hand weakly, and Lian Jiuqi saw that under the stone, there were several discarded pieces of iron, and the sound should have been made by the stone hitting the iron.
Of course, Lian Jiuqi didn't know that the woman in front of him was the reed flute that was pushed off the boat by Tang Sirong half a month ago.
"Can you speak?" Lian Jiuqi stepped forward to carefully check the reed flute's injury, and found that one of her legs had been completely broken, and took a flashlight to shine up, and saw that there were several protruding rocks, and the reed flute should have fallen on top of those stones, and the cushion of the stones plus some rags and hay below would not make her fall to death on the spot.
After Lian Jiuqi looked at it for a while, he looked at the reed flute and said, "The main thing is that the leg is broken, and the other parts are basically bruises and abrasions, how do you feel about other places?" ”
The reed flute replied weakly in a very low voice, "Not good. ”
Lian Jiuqi heard the reed flute's accent and asked, "Are you a Mongolian?" ”
The reed flute let out a hard "um", and Lian Jiuqi took a closer look at her deformed leg, knowing that even if she was able to send her to the hospital now, this leg would definitely not be saved.
Lian Jiuqi carried the reed flute to the rope, first asked the torture and others to pull the reed flute up, and after Lian Jiuqi climbed up again, he found that Angu was carefully checking the injury of the reed flute, and at this time, the torture technique that put away the rope also rushed over, and after taking a look at the reed flute, he immediately said: "I know her, her name is the reed flute, she is a helper hired by Tang Qianrou, and she is a famous scholar who studies Altai culture." ”
Lian Jiuqi nodded, watching An Gu slowly touch various parts of the reed flute's body with his hands, and after a long time, An Gu shook his head and said: "It's a miracle that she can survive until now, it seems that this girl has more experience in outdoor survival than ordinary people, otherwise, she would have died a long time ago, looking at her injuries, it will be at least ten days." ”
"It's been almost half a month since the last snowstorm. ”
Lian Jiuqi Lian'an Gula stepped aside and asked, "What if we bring her back to the tribe now?" ”
Angu shook his head: "Even if they bring it back to the tribe, at most they will send this girl out of the no-man's land, and the rest will depend on her luck." ”
Torture asked, "Can you save her?" ”
Angu still shook his head: "I just said, it's a miracle that she can survive so far, what I can do now is to calm her nerves and replenish her qi, at most let her last a few more hours, maybe you can take advantage of this time to ask her about the situation of the others." ”
Even Jiuqi and Torture looked at Angu intently, Angu was anxious: "I am a witch doctor, that is, a doctor, I can't see death without saving her, I really can't save her, even if I send her to the nearest hospital immediately, all the doctor can do is to let her hold on for a while longer and leave some last words." ”
As they spoke, Mo Duqiao, who was taking care of the reed flute, waved to them: "She woke up, as if she had something to say." ”
Lian Jiuqi and the others immediately gathered around the reed flute, and Angu took out a green pill from the leather bag, crushed it in his hand, mixed it with water and fed it to the reed flute, and said at the same time: "After eating this, you can rest for a while, eat something, and then you will have the strength to speak." ”
After Angu finished speaking, he subconsciously glanced at Lian Jiuqi, and Lian Jiuqi could see from his eyes that Angu's pill was estimated to have the same effect as something like a stimulant, which could only alleviate the pain of the reed flute and make her hold on for a while. 2k reading web