Everyone looked left and right, but there was no trace of Li Youwu, and I recalled the last time I saw him, that is, when we had each other, when we had each other, I saw him walking towards a bush.

"Did this kid squat there and make it big?" Jin Facai scratched his hair and muttered to himself.

"Well, it's possible, after all, it's only been eight minutes, maybe it hasn't been cleaned yet. Or let's go there and look for it, and you can wait here for a while. ”

Ah Hu put down his backpack and waved his hand to Ah Leopard, and the two shouted "Shaodong!" Less proprietors! The ground walked in the direction of the bushes.

When Company Commander Wang saw the two of them drifting apart, he shouted, "Don't go far!" If you can't see it, come back quickly! ”

I saw that Company Commander Wang's face was ugly, so I comforted: "Don't worry, that person is very smart and has good skills, so he should be fine." ”

"I hope so." Company Commander Wang raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said to his team members: "The next action, you must completely obey the command, not to mention being a minute late, not a second, even if the hand is not untied, retract the remaining half for me, and lift the pants to assemble." If you are unorganized and undisciplined, you can only eat defeat, do you hear it! ”

"Yes!" The fighters replied in unison.

But everyone could hear this, and these words were not spoken to them. Ah Zijin and I looked at each other and smiled, and we didn't say much.

After about seven or eight minutes, the tiger and leopard brothers came out of the bushes and waved their hands at us: "It's strange, I haven't seen any human figures." ”

Jin Facai said: "Could it be that this kid is shy, runs far away to solve it, and runs too far and gets lost?" ”

I couldn't think of any other explanation in my head, so I had to look at Company Commander Wang again, not knowing what he would arrange.

"It's just nonsense! We waited for him for the last ten minutes, and if he didn't come again, we didn't wait, and continued up the hill as planned. Company Commander Wang raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said indignantly: "It's 3:10 now, let's wait for him until he reaches 20 minutes, this person is too undisciplined!" ”

Since it was an ultimatum, it was inconvenient for us to say anything more, so the two teams sat down on the spot, while Ah Hu and Ah Leopard went to the roof of the car to unload the folded simple tent and other utensils, and added them to their respective backpacks.

I tried to call out to Lee Yoo-go on a walkie-talkie, but there was no reply.

Jin Facai boredly plucked a straw and chewed it in his mouth, and said to me casually: "I said big official, do you think that kid slipped away?" ”

When I heard him say this, my heart was tight, after he rescued him from Xiaobailou, he was inseparable from us, and he really had no chance to leave, if he took advantage of this operation to escape suddenly, it really caught us off guard.

But then I think about it, it seems that there is no need for this, with his ability, if he wants to run, then in the middle of the night when Jin Fa Cai sleeps and dies, he can go, why bother to follow us so far away, to this barren mountains and forests and then run?

"I don't think so, if you want to run, you don't have to wait until now." I replied.

Ah Zi was watching the time frequently, and I knew that she was most anxious at this time to hurry over the mountain and return to the cottage, and now that she had dropped the chain in this first link, she must be worried in her heart.

I was just about to say a few more words to Ah Ziduo, when I saw Company Commander Wang stand up and shout, "Assemble!" Ready to go! ”

Two jeeps stopped at the bottom of the valley, and Ah Hu hurriedly took pen and paper tape from the car, wrote a note: "Shaodong, we will go up the mountain first, you will catch up later", and pasted it on the windshield.

The group waited, each carrying their own bags, and walked into the jungle in the direction of the mountain.

Maybe it had just rained heavily in the mountains before, and the rain that had not yet dried up from time to time dripped from the crevices in the high part of the dense forest, the ground was slightly damp, and there was a good aroma wafting in the whole air, like the grass and trees and soil, and like some kind of flower and fruit smell, faintly, faintly sweet.

The soldiers walked vigorously, lined up in a neat squad, and opened the road steadily in front, and a few of us were able to keep up with the speed in front at first, but we didn't reach the halfway point of the mountain, except for Ah Hu and Ah Leopard who were still steady, Ah Zi and I were already walking a little crookedly, and our calves were gradually sore.

Looking back at the blonde Facai who was humming and half-walking and half-crawling, he was already sweating profusely with heat, and a pinch of golden retriever was lying on the top of his head as if he had just washed his head.

"Ouch...... Ouch...... Slow down, I'm ...... I'm about to get heat stroke......" Seeing that we were looking back at him, he waved his hands and gasped, "Shouldn't we rest in place, how many hours have we walked?" ”

"It's only halfway up the mountain, you have to rest, and you have to rest on the top, otherwise when it gets dark, there are all kinds of wild beasts in this mountain, and you are not afraid that they will use your pile of fat meat as dinner? Hehe. Ah Zi smiled.

"You...... You...... Don't blow it, who are you scaring about...... If there really be some beast, Grandpa Kim, I'll ...... I'll reward them with two bullets, and when the time comes...... Let's have a barbecue dinner...... Hey, who makes whose dinner doesn't know yet! I ......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a strange cooing overhead, and when he looked up, it was a big bird flying through the trees, fluttering its wings and disappearing, and he did not see the specific appearance.

Jin Facai shrank his neck, looked up at the height of the dense forest, looked back again, and followed two steps to catch up: "I'm not afraid of any beasts!" But with that said, I'm still a little hungry now."

"Hey! Hurry up! Keep up with the big troops! Company Commander Wang turned around in front and shouted: "Don't get separated, there are old bears and wild boars here that will hurt people!" ”

Ah Zi raised his eyebrows at Jin Facai: "How about it, I didn't lie to you, there are a lot of wild animals here, not to mention old bears and wild boars, even if you meet a big snake, it is enough for you to choke." ”

"Hmph, hmph, I have a gun, I'm afraid of a bird!" Jin Facai patted his belt, and although his mouth was still quite hard, he also quickened his pace and chased after the troops in front with us.

As we go deeper and higher, the fragrance in the air becomes more and more intense. The distance between the trees before was still relatively loose, and now the eyes are full of towering dipterocarp and Borneo trees, a few of us have no leg strength, after crossing the middle of the mountain, we often have to rely on a big tree to borrow the strength to go up, occasionally encounter a stream, bow your head to wash your face and wipe your sweat needless to say, even if it is the front of the troops, will follow our wishes, stop and adjust slightly.

A group of several people stopped and walked to a half-mountain flat land, where there is a bend in the clear spring down the mountain, forming a waterhole here, where the flowers and plants are luxuriant, and small groups of unknown swimming fish can be faintly seen playing in the water.

Seeing that it was already evening and that we would definitely be able to reach the top of the mountain before dark, Company Commander Wang motioned for us to stop here and rest for half an hour, and settle dinner by the way.

Several soldiers had already laid down their burdens, took off their shoes and socks to soak their feet in the water, filled the kettle with water, and ate the dry food they had brought with them.

Jin Facai sat down with a sigh of relief, and lay on his back on the ground, panting for breath again and again.

The mineral water we brought with us hadn't been drunk yet, and Bingbing had told us not to drink and eat the water and fruits in the mountains and forests until we had to, so under my leadership, a few of us just ate our own water and compressed biscuits.

Ah Hu and Ah Leopard came over and sat around the water's edge with us, and when they saw Jin Facai in a collapsed state, they asked with concern: "Boss Jin, do you want to eat something to replenish your body?" ”

Jin Facai slowed down for a long time before he sat up and said, "Oh, Mom, this broken mountain road is exhausting to death." How cool it would be to be able to drink two cold beers and nibble on half an old hen now. ”

When he said this, I also subconsciously swallowed my saliva and said with a smile: "Let's work hard now, wait until we get to Ah Zi's village, find their parents and villagers, and kill chickens and cattle to eat again." Now, just nibble on a few biscuits and close your eyes to the smell of meat. ”

Ah Zi listened to my words, obviously his eyes were also full of longing, but there was another touch of worry between his eyebrows, I know that the previous words are just to cheer everyone up, but everyone understands what kind of result this trip will have, I am afraid that the probability of unsatisfactory is greater.

Ah Hu grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted Li Shaodong's house a few times, but there was still no response, but it caused Company Commander Wang to come over: "Don't call that person anymore, I think he is a deserter halfway, I'm afraid he won't come again." ”

A Leopard said: "Our young owner has died in the Golden Triangle, his kung fu is good, and his experience is enough, this little thing will never scare him, I think he must be lost, or...... Or ......"

Halfway through what he said, he didn't seem to find a better explanation, so he shook his head: "I hope nothing happened to him!" ”

And of course in my heart, I also hope that he will not have any accidents, although it is far-fetched to say that he is lost, but it is better than saying that he escaped, after all, this time into the mountains to find Ah Zi's parents is only a halfway thing, the most important task of our trip to Yunnan is to bring this Li Youwu back to Shencheng, to verify the identity of my father.

But now, within two days of finding him just now, he disappeared inexplicably, and I always felt that something was wrong, but I didn't know what to do.

"Zang Daguan, don't you know how to tell fortunes? Can you calculate, is this brother in sunglasses dead or alive now, where is it? Seeing that I was looking down in contemplation, Ah Zi asked.

How did I not know that this hexagram is the quickest truth? But before I was halfway up, I had already taken the stones and leaves under my feet as hexagrams according to the scenery along the way, combined with Li Youwu's eight characters, and secretly made a hexagram in my heart.

At that time, it was concluded that a hexagram "Heaven and Earth Tai" should have the sign of Antai, and the hexagram changed to "Di Ze Lin" also responded to the meaning of returning, and the words had "leaving must return", and the time should be able to return to us safely before dark, but it was already evening, but there was no news, so I did not dare to guarantee in my heart.

"I think he should be not far from us, maybe in this mountain, but whether he is lost or some other reason, I don't know, if he is lucky, he should be able to find us today......" I looked up at the sky and continued: "Actually, I have already calculated a hexagram before, don't worry, there should be no danger." ”

Ah Hu, when they heard me say this, they praised me again and again, and Jin Facai and Ah Zi naturally believed in my words.

It's just that when the company commander Wang saw me say this, he laughed: "You guys are really interesting, what era is this, you are still engaged in this feudal superstition, if it is really so effective, then the comrades of the Public Security Bureau are afraid that they will have lost their jobs a long time ago, and if they arrest fugitives and report their disappearances, they will all directly find a few fortune tellers to calculate?" ”

Company Commander Wang took out his walkie-talkie and continued: "You see, our walkie-talkies have a GPS positioning system, and I have asked the logistics comrades to search for signals beforehand, but I have not gotten any information. ”

After listening to him, I remembered that Li Youwu also had a newly bought mobile phone, so I immediately took out my mobile phone, turned on the voice, and dialed the number, and the reply I got was always "The number you dialed is temporarily unreachable." ”

"Look? Isn't it? Am I right? Let's stop taking chances! Since you are afraid of hardship, let him go! Company Commander Wang stood up, patted me on the shoulder with a smile, and walked back.

I watched Company Commander Wang's back gradually leave, so I turned back and prepared to comfort them for a few words, but when I turned around, I saw that Ah Zi was still staring at Company Commander Wang's direction, her eyes were motionless, but the muscles of her face had a hint of stiffness, and then I looked at her eyes carefully, but her eyes were full of fear.

I didn't dare to be careless, so I looked back in the direction she was looking, and I just saw a few comrades from their unit laughing by the stream.

"Hey! Ah Zi! What happened to you? I waved my hand in front of her eyes.

"Look! Look! Her voice trembled, and she raised a finger and pointed behind Company Commander Wang.

Kim Fa Cai also leaned over and looked at her fingers: "What? Nothing......"

Ah Hu and Ah Leopard also leaned over when they heard the sound and looked at the finger. I was about to open my mouth to ask, but I heard Ah Hu shout: "Not good! There is a miasma! Five-color miasma! ”

"Five-color miasma?" Jin Facai didn't seem to understand, and looked back at Ah Hu.

But my scalp was already tight, and I knew that this five-color miasma was very powerful, and then I looked at it from a distance, and sure enough.

I saw that in the dense forest about a hundred meters away from us, across the stream and the meadow, wisps of pastel-colored smoke were slowly rising from nowhere, spreading leisurely in the dusk mountain breeze, and were slowly drifting towards us......