Chapter 30: The unicorn is exhausted
The old itch was very surprised when he saw that the Gu worm saw me as if he were a natural enemy, and hurriedly asked me what was going on with my blood. This is the first time I've encountered this phenomenon myself, and I don't know how to answer. Master Liang heard what we said strangely, so he asked what was going on, and the old itch told him what had just happened.
After hearing this, Master Liang was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked me: "Little Angkor!" Have you ever eaten something like a nail? Such a large piece, black sรจ. โ
I was surprised, he asked me, I didn't have any idea in my head, shook my head and said, "So big?" I don't think I've eaten it, how can I say it? Master Liang, what did you think of? โ
Master Liang stained me with a little blood, sniffed it, and said to me, "Listening to what you just said, I think of something. Earlier, I heard an old gentleman say that there is a kind of thing that after people eat it, the blood can drive away evil spirits, and evil insects are not approached, and it is a very rare Chinese medicine. Think about it, have you ever eaten something like that? โ
I snorted, black sรจ's nail flakes? Medicinal herb? This really stumped me, there have been too many things happening lately, most of the time I have eaten in a hurry, I have never had any illness, I have never eaten anything, I have never cared too much. I really can't remember anything when I suddenly ask now.
Lao Itch laughed at me and said: "Lao Tzu has only heard that black dog blood and rooster blood can drive away evil spirits, but I can't imagine it, our old Wu also has this ability." Don't tell me about it, or everyone will borrow blood from you, and you'll be squeezed in a few days. He burst out laughing.
I scolded, "Can you fucking accumulate some mouths, what a shit." Let me tell you, human blood has been the most powerful thing to ward off evil spirits since ancient times, especially the blood of death row prisoners. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. โ
The old itch saw that I was in a hurry, laughed proudly, laughed twice, and suddenly groaned, touched my back, and grinned. I guess I was injured there earlier, and now I laugh so badly.
I said in my heart that I deserved it, ignored him, and said to Master Liang: "You don't want to describe me more specifically, it's light and black, a piece, there are too many things that meet the conditions." What are the distinguishing features of this thing? โ
Master Liang thought about it and said embarrassedly: "I haven't seen it myself, I've only heard other people's descriptions, and it's been a long time." I can't think about it. โ
I couldn't help but be disappointed and sighed.
Master Liang smiled and said, "Little brother, don't worry too much about it. It's not a bad thing, if it weren't for you, we'd be finished. I looked, this is fate, and it is destined in the dark. You think, when you fight in the future, with this capital, you won't be able to fight anything. โ
I didn't feel good when I heard it, this way is like this, it means that my life is cold, and I will fight in the future, probably looking for death. I looked up at it and said to them, "Anyway, I haven't been tested yet, and I don't know if it's really my blood working, or if it weren't." Taking advantage of this opportunity, we'd better hurry up and talk about it after this paragraph. โ
Master Liang wanted to rest again, but when he saw the stupid Gu worms lurking around, he still agreed with my idea. We started to climb a few steps again, and Lao Itch suddenly grabbed my hand, told me to stop, and said in a dumb voice, "Wait...... Wait a minute! โ
When I looked back, I found that his face was pale, his head was in a cold sweat, and his expression was very inappropriate, and I sighed in my heart and asked him what was going on.
Lao Itch grabbed the rock with one hand, touched his back with the other, and said with his teeth bared: "I don't know what's going on, when I smiled just now, my back hurts terribly." Maybe when the rope was broken just now, it hurt my shin a little. You show me, why does it hurt so badly that I can't use my strength. โ
The impact after the rope broke just now was really not light, and I had already felt pain all over my body, but just now the situation was critical, and I didn't have time to feel this, and now as soon as the atmosphere eased, these wounds began to attack. The old itch is at the bottom of the rope, and it hits us much harder than we do, could it be that there is a fracture somewhere?
I told him not to move, and I lifted his clothes, only to see a bruise on the third rib on his back, and it was a little dented. I pressed it, and he suddenly screamed like a pig, and with a bow of his back, he barely knocked me down.
I can't say it in my heart, this injury doesn't seem simple, it hurts like this when you touch it, is it really a fracture?
The old itchy face twisted, turned back with difficulty, and asked me how I was? I frowned, and I didn't know how to say anything to him, so I had to say, "I can't see it just by looking at it." But you hurt like this, we can't climb, it's hard to know if the bones are broken, and then do strenuous exercise, it's not a joke, we have to find a flat place to check it carefully. โ
Lao Itch wanted to go up early, but at this time he was already struggling to get up, gritted his teeth and said: "Check carefully, you can avoid it, our torches and flashlights can't last too long, we can't stop at this place, let's talk about it when we get to it." โ
Master Liang looked at his back, shook his head and said, "No, Brother Itch, Little Angkor is right." Your back is deformed, you must take a closer look, if it is really broken, you have to deal with it immediately, otherwise the bone will easily pierce into the chest, and then it will be over. I still know a little bit about this, and we're not far from the top now, so there's nothing to delay. โ
Lao Itch still wanted to say a few words to him, maybe it was too painful, and the words changed to moan. I saw those small caves on the side, which seemed to be relatively flat, and gave Master Liang a face, and the two of them couldn't help but say, set them up, and helped them into a relatively best cave on the side. I took the torch back and stuck it in the hole to prevent the worms from entering.
The cave is about seven or eight meters deep and less than one meter high, because there is no sunlight for many years, the air is very humid, and there is a layer of spots on the rock wall that have been corroded by mold, and there seem to be some signs of human activity, but it is not obvious. When you go five or six meters, you can see that the bottom of the cave is a rough rock face, and there is nothing else.
I checked to see if there was any danger before I put the gun away. Master Liang made a binder with a paddle and tied it to the back of the old itch with a rope, and the old itch's face eased a little. I said in my heart that this master is different, everything will be, it seems that if there is a backfight, we will also find such a talent.
After Master Liang got it done, I asked him how he was, and he lowered his voice and said to me, "The bone should not be broken, but it must be cracked." I've fixed him for a while, and it shouldn't hurt so much. But little Angkor, you'd better persuade this friend of yours that he must not climb up like this. โ
I glanced at Master Liang and knew that he had something to say, probably to persuade me to go down, and he hinted at me not once or twice along the way. Then again, such an adventure was really very reluctant for him. I could see that he had already had the idea of retreating, but because of the persistence of the old itch, he couldn't bring it up. Now find an excuse for him, and he will naturally use the topic to play.
But in this way, I don't know whether to believe his words or not.
Master Liang saw that I was suspicious, and immediately said: "Little Angs, although I am not with you all the way, but everyone is mixed up in the rivers and lakes, and I will not be sloppy about some things." You have a number yourself, to be honest, you look at the way we are now, if you stick to it, I'm afraid you will really die here this time. โ
I glanced at the old itch, who was suffering from the pain and didn't pay attention to what we were talking about, so he patted Master Liang on the shoulder and whispered to him, "I still have to see the situation in this matter, and you should also go and rest." Now is not the time to talk about this, even if you want to go down, you have to rest enough. โ
Master Liang muttered, * to the side, rubbed his thighs, and stopped talking. I checked what was left, sat down too, rubbed my temples, and began to think about what Master Liang said.
Originally, I didn't have much interest in the "thing" that Lao Itch said, and I wouldn't have any opinion if I was asked to give up earlier, but now that I've climbed here with a lot of hard work, I didn't give up until this time, and I felt a little reluctant and a little retreating. But I knew in my heart that what Master Liang said made sense. Now one of us has broken a bone, one of us is in a very unstable physical condition, and I myself have reached the limit of my physical strength, and it would be unwise to climb up recklessly.
What's more, Old Itch has a rather perverse temper, and I have now confirmed that he still has a lot of things to hide from me. It's not clear what will happen after I get there, and although he won't hurt me, it's hard to guarantee that he won't be happy. Rather than that, it is better not to even give him a chance.
But in this way, the old itch will be very sad, after all, he and I are all the way. Now that he has joined forces with outsiders to deal with him, this friend may not be able to do it. And Master Liang looks like a wretch, but in the end, he is an old Jianghu, maybe this is a trick for him to divide us. If you follow his train of thought, you may end up in his trap, which is really a dilemma.
I thought about it for a moment and had a compromise in mind. I thought to myself, when I had enough rest, I would force the old itch to tell me what was on it. If it's worth it for me to see, I'll go up, and if he doesn't say it or it's not worth my watching, I'll just force him down. When I was in the Lu Palace and the submarine tomb, the guys who were with me all took this choice in an emergency. They have a lot more experience than I do, and I can't be wrong.
Master Liang will definitely have no opinion on this decision, and Lao Itch will definitely have a statement. But if he is injured like this, he is no match for me, and I can knock him unconscious with the handle of my gun. No matter what, the culprit in the current situation is still him, the turtle. However, this matter cannot be said yet, and if you say it, it will inevitably be another quarrel, which will affect the quality of rest.
When I turned my head to look at them, Master Liang was already asleep, he was tired enough, and now he was snoring. The old itch also squinted, but he didn't sleep deeply, probably because of the wound on his back. Although the cave is wet and cold, it is much more comfortable than hanging outside. When I saw that they were sleeping so soundly, endless tiredness hit me, and although I forced myself to sleep, I still fell asleep unconsciously.
I slept very sweetly, and when I woke up, my whole body was soft, and a comfortable stinging pain spread throughout my body. By this time the torches were very weak, and it was clear that I had slept for a long time. Poked his head out and took a look, the Gu worms outside were gone, and only a few were still lying there.
I breathed a sigh of relief, turned on my flashlight and shone it upwards. From here, it looks like we're only about three to four hours away from the top of the Copper Tree, and the stuff on it, almost at our fingertips, is a bit of a shame to go down now.
Thinking of this, I immediately slapped myself again, and said in my heart How can you be so hesitant, now you can't have both fish and bear's paws, and the things you thought about just now can't be repeated, otherwise it's easy to persuade the crooked reasoning of the old itch.
The old itch hasn't woken up yet, but he looks serene and seems to be much better. I turned my head to look at Master Liang, trying to wake him up and discuss what to say later. When he looked at it, he found that the place where he was lying just now was empty, and he was not there.
"Huh?" I was subconsciously stunned for a moment, and I used a flashlight to shine into the depths of the cave, but there was no trace of him, and I said where the person was. At this time, I suddenly saw that the beat that had been fixed for the old itch was gone, and I immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and an ominous premonition hit. As soon as I touched my waist, sure enough, my pistol was gone!
"Bastard!" I yelled. I really didn't expect that such a no-nonsense person would take my gun and run away while I was sleeping! However, why didn't he take the flashlight with him, how could he act without lighting tools? I was in a hurry at this time, and I didn't think about it carefully, so I picked up the torch and wanted to go out to chase him. This guy has a slow footpath, and if he walks for a short time, he will definitely catch up.
As soon as I stepped out of the cave, before I could tell if he was going up or down, there was a sudden flicker in front of me, and a black shadow swung down from above and kicked me in the chest. I just felt a breath of air come up and fell back into the hole. After I fell to the ground, I gritted my teeth and tried to get up, but my jaw hit me again. This hit was very hard, I almost fainted, and in a daze, I saw a big fat man with a cigarette in his mouth entering the hole, holding a short rifle in his hand, and Master Liang followed him with an iron face.
I only glanced at it, and I recognized that the fat man was one of the two Guangdong bosses, but it was not clear whether the surname Li was surnamed Wang or the surname Wang. He pointed a gun at me, asked me to step aside, turned to Master Liang and said, "Old Liang, have you eaten the unicorn in your next life?" โ