Chapter 5: Falling Rocks
The Miao man said that his Han name was Lu Qiang, and he took us to a small hotel to stay, and said that he would leave early tomorrow morning, and then he left.
We are all a little suspicious of Lu Qiang's origin, but Lu Chengshan said that the Xuanming Sect is very secretive and low-key, and the number of people is very small, and it is unlikely that an ancient and mysterious Taoist sect will be able to plant eyeliner so far away, so Lu Qiang is just a snake on the ground, just trying to get a little more money from us.
The accommodation in the shop was frighteningly expensive, but it was clean and tidy, and nothing special happened at night. Lu Qiang came early the next morning, and found a station wagon, and even the driver took the car for eight hundred a day, and really began to slaughter us.
Lu Qiang doesn't like to talk very much, let alone introduce the scenery and customs along the way, the driver only cares about driving and doesn't talk much, fortunately, we are not real tourists, it doesn't matter, talk about yourself.
It didn't take long for the car to start going up the mountain, and the mountain road here is more than 18 bends? The big bend is set over the small bend, and the small bend is connected to the big bend, and we are dizzy. Next to the mountain road is a bottomless cliff, if the driver loses his mind, or the car has a little problem, the consequences are unimaginable. When we reach the top of the mountain and look down, the winding mountain road is like a folded white belt, a few clouds float in, like a drizzle, extremely refreshing, we seem to be along the ribbon thrown by the fairy to the fairy world.
I felt that Gao Feng was a little hostile to me, and the reason for the hostility was that Lu Qingwen was very attentive to me, or very caring, putting good dishes in front of me during meals, giving me a good seat when I was in the car, and handing some snacks or drinks from time to time, shushing the cold and asking for warmth. Actually, it's nothing, I'm the captain, and I'm better than her, and she respects me like this. She knows that Lin Mei and I are a couple, and the relationship is very deep, where is the meaning of interfering? This can be proved from her very calm expression and movements, Xiaoxue and Gao Feng both want to be crooked.
When chatting the day before, I already knew that Gao Feng was a closed disciple of Lu Chengshan, and Lu Qingwen's parents were not Taoist priests, but they were officials in the court, so I don't know what the specific official position is, and it may also be a secret department. Lu Qingwen followed her grandfather to practice, so she called Gao Feng her senior brother, strictly speaking, Gao Feng was her junior uncle.
It doesn't look far on the map, but the car has been walking for a day and has not yet arrived, and the night is spent in a rural area. There is only one inn in this village, Lu Qiang glanced at the door a few times, but said that he couldn't live this one, looking for it, Zuihou insisted on taking us to the most remote villager's house at the end of the village. Because one family couldn't live there, he divided us into two villagers' homes, and he and the driver spent the night in the third family.
We were all a little alert, Gao Feng was very unconvinced, and asked Lu Qiang to theorize: "Weishenme has a hotel that doesn't live and let us live in a farmhouse?" ”
Lu Qiang said expressionlessly: "There is not a single guest in that house, which means that the conditions are not good, and you can't be allowed to spend money in vain." ”
Gao Feng said: "This is not a scenic spot, there are not many people passing by on this road, of course, there are few guests, how do you know that the conditions are not good if you don't go in?" ”
Lu Qiang glanced at him impatiently: "I said a long time ago that you will completely listen to my arrangement, and if you don't listen, you will turn back, or you will ask for another master!" ”
Gao Feng was very angry, but he didn't dare to really provoke Lu Qiang, so he had to look at me standing in the distance, I shook my head slightly, indicating that I didn't have to worry about him. These tour guides and guides are all linked to specific inns and restaurants, maybe Lu Qiang has some disagreements with this family, right?
Xiaoxue said: "There must be something wrong with this big yellow tooth, you have to be careful tonight." ”
"Hmmm......"
We ate dinner at the house of a Tujia villager, the meals were all agreed between Lu Qiang and the host, the dishes were a little different, but the portion was sufficient, the original taste, we ate a novelty, and we were satisfied.
After the meal, Lu Qiang went to the trunk of the car to get some things, and when I came back, I found that he had tied a new belt, and a scimitar was hung on it, and the handle of the knife belt was about 80 centimeters. He was already quite fierce and powerful, and if he took this knife again, the killing machine would come to his face.
Damn, does this kid want to rob money, or does he want to move?
According to my observation, Lu Qiang knows one of these three families, but he only knows each other, not like an accomplice, so there are only two people plus the driver, so there is no need to worry. He just wanted to do it, and he wouldn't commit a crime in the village, and he wouldn't take out a knife right now, so although I was puzzled, I didn't say much.
I'm really calm, Kompasu doesn't care too much about having no money and no girlfriend, everyone else is a little nervous, and they are obviously hostile to Lu Qiang and the driver. Lu Qiang should have also noticed that we were nervous, but he didn't explain anything, told us to go to bed early, not to run out, and then walked out with the driver.
"Wait, my room smells weird, I'm going to sleep with you." Ling Fengpiao said suddenly, and followed without allowing Lu Qiang to refuse.
"Yes, it smells, I'll go with you." Gao Feng also stood up and walked out. Both of them wanted to be flower messengers, so they volunteered to follow Lu Qiang to spy on him.
Lu Qiang had an angry look on his face, and snorted: "You two are really troublesome, do you think you are staying in a five-star hotel?" ”
"Anyway, you still have a bed over there, change it!" Ling Fengpiao put on a laipi look, he is not very old, but he is also an old man, and his face can be used as a chopping board.
Lu Qiang didn't speak anymore and left with the two of them. In fact, these three families are not far away, Xiaoxue can monitor it, and there is no need for the two of them to live with them, so it will startle the snake.
I live alone, Lin Mei and Ouyang Zhenfei live in one, and Compass, Huang Yilan and Lu Qingwen live in two rooms in another household. Although I was practicing at night, I was very alert, and Xiaoxue had been paying attention to the movements around me.
Lu Qiang probably didn't sleep much, because when there were dogs barking outside a few times, he immediately got up and stood by the window to look out. I wondered, did he still have a helping hand, and he would have to wait until he arrived?
To my surprise, nothing special happened all night, and when I woke up the next day, almost everyone was not in good spirits, apparently they had not slept all night and were in high spirits.
After breakfast, we continued on our way, and soon set off on a steep mountain road. The road is between the cliffs, the cliffs above are abrupt and the bottom is so deep that the width of the road is only enough for a small passenger car to pass, and sometimes the wheels are less than a foot from the edge of the overhang! And many sections of the road are loosely paved with gravel, and in some places there are small waterfalls rushing down, potholes, slippery ground, and the wheels may slip and fall off the cliff at any time.
Lu Qiang was dozing, the driver was calm, our hearts were hanging in our throats, and cold sweat broke out in our palms. If this falls, we will have earth-shattering spells and invincible magic skills, and we will also fall to pieces. Suddenly, I found that 800 yuan a day was worth it, and when I arrived in a big city, I couldn't hire such a good and daring driver for 8,000 a day, so it was no wonder that the tour guides in the city were reluctant to come here.
The car walked for more than half an hour, and there was no danger, and we gradually relaxed, when suddenly Xiaoxue yelled at me: "Stop!" ”
My warning to Xiaoxue has always been to do it first, and immediately shouted: "Stop!" ”
The driver was startled and braked so hard that the front of the car almost hit the stone wall. The driver turned his head and wanted to scold me with an angry face, but then there was a loud "boom" sound in front, and a boulder on the cliff that was three or four meters wide and five or six meters long fell with a small amount of gravel, and smashed on the road with a terrible sound, and it was a loud "boom", which collapsed most of the road surface.
The boulder hit us less than 10 meters away, and the flying debris smashed the windshield in two places, and if it hadn't been for the brakes, it would have been smashed squarely. Everyone was stunned, no one spoke for a while, and it was extremely quiet, only the rubble outside the car that had not yet settled made a rattling sound.
Xiaoxue didn't show up in front of Lu Qingwen and Gao Feng, but she didn't care about it at this time, and rushed out of my head and flew into the air through the car window.
"Scared the hell out of me!" Only then did the crowd scream and be afraid.
We hurriedly opened the car door and quickly got out of the car to check. The boulder fell from a height of about 20 meters above the ground, and it was impossible for people to stand up and down in that place, and there were no obvious signs of man-made damage, and it seemed that the rock had loosened and fallen on its own.
Xiaoxue turned into a white light that ordinary people couldn't see and came back to me, and said to me: "Before the boulder fell, I vaguely sensed the fluctuation of yin qi, so it is possible that people or ghosts have moved their hands and feet, but when I go out to investigate, there is nothing, shouldn't I escape so fast?" ”
I gasped, could it be that someone from the Xuanming Sect knew that we were here and killed us? With our strength, ordinary ghosts don't dare to approach at all, so it can only be artificial. Our group of people is too eye-catching, I'm afraid that we have already attracted the attention of the Xuanming Sect, if we use a boulder to smash our cars and people into meat sauce, we will be completely solved, and we can get away with it......
I looked at Lu Qiang and the driver, the two of them were sitting on the stones on the side of the road and smoking violently, their faces were pale, and their hands holding the cigarettes were trembling slightly. If they were hit just now, the two of them would not have escaped death, which shows that they did not plan this incident.
I looked at Lu Qingwen, and she happened to look at me with doubts and uneasiness: "Someone wants to harm us?" ”
I shook my head: "Not sure." ”
In order to show that he was better than me, Gao Feng hurriedly said: "Obviously I fell off by myself, and this kind of road section often landslides." ”
Everyone nodded one after another, only Lin Mei looked at me with a sad look in her eyes, and only she knew me best, and understood that I couldn't be sure that I was actually sure.
The driver asked me, "How do you know if a rock has fallen?" ”
Of course, I can't say that there is a vixen who reminds me, but I just said lightly: "I have better hearing, and I heard something wrong in front of me." ”
The driver threw his cigarette and jumped up, bowing to me again and again: "Thank you brother, for reminding me, otherwise my life would have been lost here today." If you come to Jishou in the future, you must come to my house as a guest, I can't charge for this car......"
He said that he took out 800 yuan and was going to stuff it into my hand, but I refused, and he took it back after arguing for a while, but he resolutely did not want today's car money.
Lu Qiang also threw his cigarette butt and stood up: "Today is unlucky, don't go any further, go back." ”
If I were a real tourist, I would indeed have turned back when I encountered such a thing, but I came to avenge my master and mother and look for the jade talisman, how could I give up halfway? My time is limited, every second counts, I can't wait for the next time, no matter how dangerous it is, I have to keep going.