Chapter 35: The Long Run
At nine o'clock in the morning, Xue Liancheng rushed to Tiemu Mountain.
Originally, the time agreed with Xue Lihong was noon.
But the three of them couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so they waited until the sky was bright, that is, they went out of the city and went straight to Tiemu Mountain.
Master Sanji and Meng Xu waited at the bottom of the mountain, and Xue Liancheng went up the mountain alone.
Seeing Xue Liancheng from afar, Xue Lihong ran to meet him.
It opened its mouth and licked Xue Liancheng's hand and face, making Xue Liancheng both excited and painful.
Then, the wolf who delivered the news led the way, and "Shuangxue" followed closely behind and descended the mountain together.
When she saw Master Sanji and Meng Xu, Xue Lihong's emotions calmed down.
It scrutinized the two men in front of it.
Especially after his gaze lingered on Master Sanchi for a long time, he showed a hint of caution and fear.
Master Sanji also looked at Xue Li Hong seriously, and wanted to get close to it and touch it to show his closeness, but Xue Li Hong avoided it.
Master Sanji didn't mind, he smiled "haha" and said to Meng Xu and Xue Liancheng:
"Follow the wolf clan, it seems that the horses are useless, let's go on foot. ”
Meng Xu quickly found a family on the side of the road and paid them to help place and feed the three horses.
The family was very talkative, and after the price was agreed, they asked them to pay when they picked up the horses.
After that, this peculiar team set off on the road.
Two wolves in front and three in the back.
All the way to the north, over the mountains and ravines, take their own way, and go straight to the Tongcheng mining area.
The two wolves have been running on mountain roads for a long time, and they are fast and light, and they can go uphill and downhill.
Among the three, the most relaxed is Master Sanchi.
I didn't see how he strode his legs, but his body followed closely behind the two wolves as if he were drifting.
Meng Xu was also unambiguous.
Along the way, he strode up and down, encountered a ditch and a bump, a few feet long, his face was calm as usual, and there was no sign of fatigue.
The most strenuous is Snow Lotus.
At the beginning, he was as light as a swallow, and his forehead was sweaty from ten miles.
Twenty miles, when you encounter a difficult place, you will put your hands and feet together.
After arriving at fifty miles, all the cotton clothes and leather robes he was wearing took off and handed them over to Meng Xu.
After seventy miles, he was only wearing a shirt and pants, and his whole head was steaming, like a hot steamed bun that had just come out of the cage.
"Brother Snow...... Please stop, I really can't run, let's rest and walk again!"
He shouted loudly, and begged for mercy from Xue Lihong.
"You're sweating so much, stop now, you're going to catch a cold. ”
Meng Xu said as he stopped his steps, waited for Xue Liancheng to approach, and stretched out his hand to pull him forward.
Xue Lihong had to slow down.
Everyone stopped running, slowed down their pace, and waited for Meng Xu and Xue Liancheng to follow.
At this point, their group has been running for more than an hour.
Xue Liancheng finally caught up.
He was still panting and sitting on the ground, never wanting to stand up again.
Master Sanji came to Xue Liancheng, squatted down and touched his pulse, and said to Meng Xu with a serious face:
"It is the duty of a martial artist to endure hardships and suffering.
Snow Lotus has good congenital conditions and is a good material for martial arts.
But you are too pampered with him on weekdays, so that he lacks basic training, resulting in a shallow foundation in martial arts!
If it continues like this, I am afraid that after the best age for cultivation, it will delay the doll's future for a lifetime!"
"Yes, yes, it's all the disciple's fault, the disciple obeys the master's teachings!"
Meng Xulian claimed that it was, and hurriedly bowed to Master Sanji.
Xue Liancheng also hurriedly flipped her body, knelt in front of Master Sanji and said:
"The disciple lacks the will to cultivate, please punish the master!"
"Ho ho, Xue Lian has a good understanding and is worthy of a great responsibility.
Today, we are running long distances together, just to let you see your shortcomings, and pay attention to them in the future!"
Master Sanji's expression turned from cloudy to clear, and he touched Xue Liancheng's head lovingly, and reached out to pull him up.
The man-wolf group continued to move forward.
After walking for ten minutes, a large river crossed me.
It turned out that they had reached the bank of the Yellow River.
This is the upper reaches of the Yellow River, with steep mountains, narrow canyons, and turbulent waters.
Although it was a cold winter, the river did not freeze and it was not easy to swim across the river.
The man and wolf had no choice but to look for a ferry along the river bank and plan to cross the river.
At this moment, they saw the majestic Pingbao Suspension Bridge from afar.
This large suspension bridge was built by the local people with their own financing and labor, condensing the wisdom and strength of the peasant masses, and is unique among the many bridges on the Yellow River.
There were a few people on the bridge smoking and chatting.
They watched the strange procession cross the drawbridge and talked.
Some people say that it was two wolves leading three people, and others say that it was three people with two dogs, and no one could convince anyone.
After crossing the river, when you walk out of the mouth of the Ugin Gorge, the view becomes wider and the road surface becomes smoother.
The two wolves and three of them walked along the main road and arrived at their destination in less than an hour, the Tongcheng mining area.
It happened to be noon, and Xue Liancheng felt so hungry, so he asked Master Sanji to get some food first and eat his stomach.
Master Sanji nodded in agreement and sent Meng Xu to purchase food.
The others waited with the wolves in a sheltered place from the wind.
Meng Xu searched for a long time before he found a state-owned catering service company and bought ten catties of braised pork and ten steamed buns.
Xue Lihong was a little disappointed when she saw that Meng Xu had been going for a long time to bring back such a little bit of meat.
It motioned for the three to eat first, and the two wolves to settle the rest.
Master Sanji spent most of his time "avoiding the valley", and considering the amount of exercise today, he ate a steamed bun.
Meng Xu and Xue Liancheng had not eaten since early in the morning, and had run more than a hundred miles of mountain roads on an empty stomach, consuming too much physical energy, and they were already hungry.
Just now, I poured a breath of cold water by the Yellow River, and now my stomach is "gurgling", which is very uncomfortable.
Where can they care about being polite, they immediately let go of their belly, put their hands together, and eat in large pieces.
After the two of them were full, there were still two steamed buns and five or six catties of braised pork left.
Finally, the two wolves stepped forward to eat.
I saw a gust of wind and clouds, and all the food had entered the stomachs of the two wolves in an instant, and there was not even a single bone fragment left.
Xue Lihong said wolf language to Xue Liancheng.
Xue Liancheng understands that it means that the food tastes good, but unfortunately there are too few of them, and she is still satisfied with it.
The wolf that transmitted the message continued to lead the way in front, and the human wolf and his party quickly found the single building of Xu Shoujun's house.
Two or three miles from the building, they stopped.
The terrain is flat and there are no obstacles, and if you get any closer, you will definitely be spotted.
Three people and two wolves gathered together and hid under a slope.
The gray wolf who had been monitoring them spotted them and ran over to them.
It "smacked" and spoke wolf language to Xue Lihong.
Xue Lihong nodded repeatedly as she listened, then stepped forward and licked the gray wolf's face.
Xue Liancheng listened as if she didn't understand.
Master Sanchi's eyes were slightly closed, his mouth was full of words, and he was attentively perceiving the situation in the single building.
After about five minutes, he motioned for Xue Liancheng to come close to him and said to him:
"You go and tell Xue Lihong that the people we are looking for are now in the building, and the task of the wolf clan has been completed, express your gratitude to them, and ask them to leave. ”
Xue Liancheng used a stammering wolf language mixed with gestures to convey Master Sanji's meaning to Xue Lihong.
Xue Lihong nodded in agreement.
He exchanged some more words with the two wolves and sent them away.
It itself remained.
It certainly has a reason to stay.
For it, the capture of "One X Dao" can fail, but Ngawang must be saved.
It wants to save Ngawang himself, and it can't rest assured of others.
Master Sanji saw Xue Lihong's actions and expressions, and already understood its thoughts.
He looked at Xue Liancheng, Meng Xu and Xue Lihong respectively and said:
"Please Xue Liancheng stay here, pretend to play, and keep an eye on Xiaolou.
Please Meng Xu and Xue Lihong come with me to the back of the hill in the north, and let's discuss the specific actions. ”
The two of them made a detour to the back of the hill.
Master Sanchi is profound, and has the ability to accurately perceive things within a five-mile radius of his surroundings.
Previously, he had sensed that there were three people eating on the first floor, and two people were walking to the basement.
At this time, in the small building, Xu Shoujun was already slightly drunk, and Cheng Zhong was supporting him to take a nap in the underground bedroom.
After arriving at the northern hill, Master Sanji said to Meng Xu and Xue Lihong:
"The lunch break was a good opportunity.
I perceived that the old and the young in the basement should be Xu Shoujun and Cheng Zhong.
The three people who are still eating should be Xu Shoujun's bodyguards or family members.
Half an hour later, the three people who ate may also rest.
When the time comes, ask Meng Xu to go out first, try to get as close to the building as secretly as possible, quickly break the iron bar on the window, get into the building, and solve the three people on the first floor first. ”
Meng Xu nodded in agreement.
"As the second echelon, I first approached the courtyard wall and observed in concealment.
If Meng Xu is in danger, he will be rescued immediately.
If Meng Xu's attack went well, he followed him into the building and went down to the basement floor to rescue Cheng Zhong and capture Xu Shoujun. ”
Master Sanji turned his gaze to Xue Lihong again, and whether it understood or not, he opened his mouth and said to it:
"Please Xue Lihong and Xue Liancheng as the third echelon,
You are on top of this hill, and Snow Lotus is on that side.
You have to be responsible for rescuing me and Meng Xu, and you have to monitor the surrounding situation.
If Xu Shoujun has foreign aid, you have to block it.
If Xu Shoujun wants to escape outside through the secret passage, you must find and stop it in time. ”
From beginning to end, Xue Lihong's eyes were wide open, staring at Master Sanchi's mouth, her ears erected, listening carefully to his methodical arrangement.
After listening, it nodded slightly.
Obviously, it has thoroughly understood Master Sanchi's intentions.
Originally, it wanted to go into the building itself to save Ngawang.
However, the wolf clan has an absolutely obedient nature towards the strong.
Coupled with the difficulty of communication, it had to endure its thoughts in its stomach and nodded silently.