I went out of the house in a daze, and found that the little lama who had just led the way had stood outside the door at some point, and continued to walk through the temple with me, wondering as I went, who had left it? Or did it point out to me, and that there was such a big face to be deposited here in Khenpo Silon ? The only thing that is certain now is that this man has gone to Ali.

Turning around, I finally stopped outside a room, the room was brightly lit, the door was wide open, the little lama nodded at me, I entered the house curiously, only to see Li Ruhai and Yuanshou standing on the side of the bed, and the second master with a pale face lying on the bed.

I hurriedly stepped forward and stood on the side of the bed, the second master reluctantly smiled at me, and wanted to speak, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he began to cough, Li Ruhai waved his hand lightly at him, and said to me: "According to the news I just received, there is a situation on Ali's side, and we must rush over immediately." ”

"When are you leaving?" ”

"Tonight. ”

: "That ......", I look at the second master, look at Li Ruhai, I don't know what to say.

"Don't worry, I have already arranged for Cui Da to leave here, and someone in the temple will take care of him." ”

Although I knew in my heart that Li Ruhai had no room for negotiation, I couldn't help but feel worried about the second master, Yuan Shou came over and patted me on the shoulder and said, "He will be much safer here than us." ”

The second master suddenly struggled and said: "Knife", I nodded, reached out and took the knife placed next to the bed, back behind him, he nodded, Li Ruhai stepped out of the house, Yuanshou pulled me to follow closely, and the little lama waited for us to come out and close the door.

The group went out of the temple, returned to the small dilapidated house, four horses had been tied up outside, hastily cleaned up, according to Li Ruhai's instructions, except for the most necessary applications, the rest of the things were not taken, and they traveled lightly, I was secretly surprised, this kind of practice in sparsely populated Tibet, it was simply a fate, what happened on Ali's side, which would cause Li Ruhai, a person who was so calm that he was terrible, would make such a rash decision.

Originally, they did not bring much of what they carried, but after throwing away most of them, everyone brought only simple rations and cooking utensils, sheepskins to protect them from the cold, and the necessary weapons and ammunition, and whipped their horses and drove straight to Lhasa.

Nearly half of the journey, the sky is bright, the calm and clear lake water around the reflection of the distant snow-capped mountains, the mountain is snow-capped, the clouds and mist are shrouded, it looks solemn and sacred, along the way I saw a lot of stone piles hanging with colorful flags, some stones are engraved with some words similar to scriptures, Yuanmei told me that it is called Mani pile, the word Mani is the abbreviation of the Sanskrit Buddhist scripture "Six-character Mantra Sutra" "Om Mani Horn Mi Moo", because there is Mani carved on the stone and called Mani stone, Mani pile is piled up by these stones, Tibetans believe that Mani pile can pray for blessings and eliminate disasters, It can also be used as a signpost to remind passers-by, which is a very sacred thing.

It wasn't until noon that we arrived at Barkhor Street outside the Jokhang Temple, where the crowd was full of people, Yuanmei looked at the people on the street, and excitedly said to me that the herdsmen in white robes were herdsmen from northern Tibet, and the heroes were from the Kham mountains, and what did the prayer wheel in the old woman's hand mean, etc.

The locals also looked at us with curious eyes from time to time, found a small tavern, and had a simple lunch, the meals in Tibet have been meat-based, and there are no chopsticks, all rely on knives, although they are not used to it, but look at a tavern people are wielding knives, as if they are desperate with the meat in front of them, the momentum is really shocking.

After eating, take a break, continue to get on the horse and hurry, just out of Lhasa, Li Ruhai ran up uncharacteristically, Yuan Shou didn't say a word towards my horse's butt is a whip, the horse's hooves were in the air, a neighing like an arrow from the string jumped out, their brother and sister followed, this sudden whip scared me, lying on the horse's back, for fear of falling, I couldn't help but be annoyed, which one of these three people played? I don't say hello in advance.

Thinking about it, I couldn't help but look back at Yuanshou, intending to ask for an understanding, as soon as I turned around, Yuanshou made a boo gesture at me, and then looked back, I nodded, looked past him and looked back, except for the dust raised by the horse's hooves, I couldn't see anything behind, but looking at his serious expression, it didn't look like he was joking, so I had to continue to urge the horse to gallop in confusion.

In this way, he ran out of more than ten miles, until there was no road ahead, he stopped the horse, everyone turned over and dismounted, Li Ruhai looked at the mountain in front of him and said, "Rest first, prepare to go over the mountain." ”

I hurriedly asked Yuanshou, "What was the situation just now?" Run when you say you run, stop when you say stop".

Instead, he looked at me with a puzzled look and asked, "We are being targeted, and you don't notice it at all?" ”

I shook my head and asked, "When did you get your eye on it?" ”

"I started when I entered Lhasa, as soon as I entered Barkhor Street, I didn't feel right, I paid attention to it when I ate, and I didn't find anything, but as soon as I got out of Lhasa, this feeling became more and more intense, and finally I ran away, which proved that my previous feeling was right." ”

"And now? When I asked this, my hand couldn't help but press the box cannon in my waist, to be honest, the second master didn't come this time, and I always felt bottomless in my heart.

"At the moment, you can only look at the meaning of the other party, whether it is an enemy or a friend, sooner or later we will meet." ”

After hearing this, I stared at the avenue with full vigilance, and after a full meal, there was no one, Yuan Shou came over and patted me on the shoulder, I turned around and asked him, "Do you feel wrong?" ”

He smiled and pointed to the mountain not far away, put his hand on the pergola, facing the dazzling sun, squinted his eyes, there were four or five black shadows on the mountain, the horse's head was facing us, people and horses only had a simple black outline in the sun, and everything else could not be seen clearly, I couldn't help but shudder, it turned out that our every move was always under the watchful eye of others.

Yuanmei and Yuanshou looked at me and smiled, Li Ruhai said: "Okay, let's go on the road, it is estimated that it is the people on the ground, everyone does not interfere with the river water, we have to hurry." ”

I led the horse stupidly, followed at the back of the line, and looked back at the people on the hill step by step, and when they saw us set off, they turned their horses' heads and left in turn, remembering that they had just stared nervously at the avenue in full view of everyone, it was so embarrassing.

This mountain is much bigger than imagined, step by step, endlessly, at first from time to time will pass through one or two Mani piles, the more you go the Mani pile, the less you go, and the stronger the wind, this time from the Tibetan Scripture Temple, Li Ruhai's mentality is obviously much more anxious than before, until the sky is dark before he ordered to find a shelter to camp, said to be camping, this time even the tent was thrown down, only two rolls of oilcloth were brought with him, at this moment the wind was sandwiched with snowflakes rolled down from the top of the mountain, falling to the body wet a large piece, and at this time the horse suddenly refused to go, with hooves to land on the ground.

Having previous experience, I asked Yuanshou worriedly: "Could it be that there is another wolf?" ”

He frowned and looked up at the sky, ignoring me, but shouted at Li Ruhai in front of him: "Master, it's going to be hail this day, right?" ”

Li Ruhai neither stopped nor looked back, just stretched out his hand and waved it back and forth, and Yuan Shou shouted to me: "Keep your eyes bright, see if you can find a cave, hail is coming!" ”

When I heard this, I didn't dare to slack off, and looked around, so did the Yuanshou brothers and sisters, constantly pointing and pointing, and shaking their heads in denial, only Li Ruhai, against the wind, walked forward firmly, as if this coming hail had nothing to do with him.

In the end, it turned out that Jiang was still old and spicy, and at the same time that I received the first hailstone the size of a soybean on my head, Li Ruhai took the lead in finding a cave large enough to accommodate all of us, and the three of us followed him and led the horses to run in.

As soon as the front foot stepped into the cave, there was a crackling hail outside, at first it was only the size of a soybean, gradually like grapes, and finally it was like a quail egg.

Fortunately, the hail did not last long, but as soon as it stopped, the wind rose again, and it blew more and more, carrying the moisture of hail, making people feel cold all over the body, like falling into an ice cellar.

There are traces of fire in the cave, it seems that someone has stayed here, I see that the hail stopped, so I and Yuanshou two against the wind, with a flashlight to go outside to pick up firewood, this mountain only grows in the stone crevices of the grass, at a glance there is not even a leaf, I had to pull out some dry grass, and picked up a few pieces of yak dung, Yuanshou finally found a dead tree in the crack of the mountain, the tree is only waist-high, bent and curved, we even planed and dragged, it took a lot of effort to get it out, together with the cow dung and brought back to the cave.

used an oilcloth to cover the entrance of the cave simply, unsaddled the horse, rushed to the entrance of the cave, and used another oilcloth to build a simple shack for Li Ruhai in the innermost part of the cave.

As the fire slowly rose, the cave gradually warmed up, Yuanmei put the copper pot on the fire to boil water, added barley noodles, made a paste, with dried yak, everyone had a full meal, Li Ruhai got into his shack after eating, Yuanshou took out the skin, opened it and poured it and handed it to me and said: "Drink some, otherwise it will be easy to catch a cold." ”

I took it and smelled it, it turned out to be barley wine, "Where did it come from?" ”

"When I ate on Barkhor Street, I bought it from a restaurant. ”

With a of his neck, a mouthful of strong liquor with the aroma of barley rushed straight to his throat, and when he reached his stomach, he instantly turned into a fire, gritted his teeth and shivered from the inside out, feeling that his body was no longer so tight, and handed it to Yuanmei with a small sip.

Yuanmei took the leather bag and poured it into the bowl and took a sip, I sat on the sheepskin, leaned on the saddle, held the knife and smoked, Yuanshou walked to Li Ruhai's shack, muttered a few words, turned around and said: "Ye said, there is no need to keep vigil tonight, everyone hurry up and rest." ”

As soon as they heard this, as if they were about to be amnestied, everyone found their place, and in less than a cigarette when they lay down, the snoring sound was already heard in the cave.

When I was woken up, the outside had just been brightened, I got up very reluctantly, cleaned up, the group didn't even eat breakfast, led the horse to continue to climb the mountain, and was blown by the biting mountain wind in the early morning, the whole person was refreshed, sleepy, but the fatigue on the body was not reduced at all.

Until noon, Li Ruhai didn't even mean to stop to eat, I asked Yuanshou puzzled; "Shall we be in such a hurry? Don't eat at all? ”

Yuan Shou said: "I want to rush to the Jima Meadow before dark, where there is an old acquaintance of the master, and that is the last stop to enter the Ali region. ”

I couldn't help but complain in my heart that Li Ruhai was unreasonable, how could it be as easy as walking over the mountains and mountains, and he didn't eat for a day, this was a desperate rush, I knew that he was this kind of person, and he wouldn't get on his thief ship when he said anything.

Complaining is complaining, after all, I am an outsider, I really can't say anything, I bite the hard yak dry, and follow helplessly with my head down.

It wasn't until the afternoon that I finally came to the end of the mountain, standing on the top of the mountain and looking down, I saw that surrounded by mountains, there was a huge grassland, like a piece of green velvet, a pool of lake water was like a crystal on this velvet, clean, clear, shining dazzling in the sun, Li Ruhai nodded and said to himself: "It's here." ”

Coming down the mountain to the lake, Li Ruhai allowed everyone to take a break, we picked up the cold lake water, washed the dust on our bodies, and the horses wandered around to gnaw green, looking at the lake and mountains in front of us, and suddenly wanted to raise some cattle and sheep, set up a tent, and live here forever, and never quarrel with the world.

After everyone rested, followed Li Ruhai, got on the horse and whipped up, and went straight to the hill by the lake, when there was still some distance away, I heard a dog barking from behind the dirt slope in front, the dog barking resounded through the valley, deafening, and there seemed to be more than one, I couldn't help but be startled, how big a dog can call this kind of movement?

Li Ruhai heard the barking of the dog and reined in the horse, signaled everyone to dismount, walked slowly, walked about a few hundred meters, two big dogs rushed straight over, one of them was golden, shining golden under the sun, like a heavenly dog descending to earth, the other is black with red, like black iron gold, the two dogs are similar to me, the hair on the body is extremely thick and heavy, especially the mane on the neck is flying in the wind, so not majestic, piercing the eyes like a whirlwind has come to the front, at this time even the native Tibetan horse is frightened to kick the ground neighing, shaking his head and retreating.

In addition to Li Ruhai, the three of us quickly drew our guns, and when we were loading, there was a loud whistle in the distance, and the two dogs immediately stopped their steps, turned their heads and ran back, at this time, a man in a black Tibetan robe came down from the dirt slope, Li Ruhai handed the reins to Yuanshou, and looked at him quietly with his hands behind his back.

When this person approached, he glanced at us with extremely cold eyes, and said lightly to Li Ruhai: "Coming?" Li Ruhai nodded expressionlessly.

This can't help but surprise me a little, since I followed Li Ruhai out, anyone who saw him either nodded their heads or was far away from Gao Ying, which way of the fairy is this? Dare to speak like that? And looking at Li Ruhai's expression, there was not the slightest displeasure, I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, could it be that this person is also Li Wanshan's apprentice?