Chapter Ninety-Four: Tracking
Early the next morning, everyone packed up their equipment, said goodbye to the Zhuzhu family, and began to march towards the mountain. The three mountains we want to climb are actually a whole, and the shape of the mountain resembles three steamed buns connected together, and the difference in the middle is not large.
When we set off, we didn't see the Guo family's gang, and although I didn't know what they were doing, I knew very well that they would definitely follow. Everyone climbed all the way up the mountain, sat down and rested for about ten minutes when they were tired, and ate some compressed biscuits when they were hungry, but fortunately, we were all used to long journeys, and we didn't feel the first day.
This mountain is deep and densely forested, and it is actually a primeval jungle, but it is not the same as the ones we have seen before. Most of the trees here are not too thick, but they are very tall, and the abundant groundwater in the mountains makes it extremely quiet and humid because you can see the spring flowing from time to time. The surrounding tree trunks are covered with moss, the leaves are green or yellow, green or red, and the mountains are covered with all kinds of small shrubs, red berries, purple vines, gray rabbits, pheasants, and squirrels that flash among the shrubs, making the whole mountain vibrant.
We walked through it without feeling tired, and walked all day in one breath, until about five o'clock in the afternoon we set up camp next to a small stream, and a vigorous bonfire was lit, and some sulfur powder was sprinkled around it.
This qiē everyone did it skillfully, and the camp was quickly set up. Because it is close to the stream, Tofu nibbles two mouthfuls of compressed biscuits and said that he has no appetite, so he said that he wanted to catch fish, although the fish was not caught, but he caught a bunch of green shrimp.
Immediately afterwards Tofu found a thin slate, washed it in the stream, put it on the fire, and said to me, "Hurry, I am dying of hunger." "I squatted by the stream to kill shrimp, the internal organs of the shrimp are in the head, and there is a dorsal meridian on the back, which is actually the intestines, and people who are generally particular about these two things will remove these two things. When I used to sell barbecue, customers asked for shrimp to be killed most of the time, so it was very easy to sit up. The big yellow duck on the side saw me and my tofu partner and said with emotion: "You guys are out camping, right?" This is also starting to make a barbecue. ”
Tofu washed the shrimp I had killed, and spread it on the stone slab that had been burned, and then I heard a sizzling sound, and the fragrance of shrimp meat came to my nose, and he turned the shrimp with chopsticks made of wooden sticks, and said: "You don't understand this, what are we doing, inverted bucket!" How dangerous it is in this fight, if you don't pay attention, you will whine, so before that, we can't treat ourselves too badly, don't you say it, you have to be a full ghost to be a ghost, I don't want to die when I die, my stomach is full of compressed biscuits. ”
When the big yellow duck heard this, he gave a thumbs up and said, "Takami, why didn't I think about this before. It's too monotonous to just eat shrimp, you wait. After that, he ran into the woods, ten minutes later, he wrung a wild pheasant back, the numb disemboweling belly plucked the feathers, then skewered on the fire to roast, for a time the fragrance overflowed, the whole chicken was golden, the oil was shining, everyone was tired for a day, eating biscuits, drinking white water, this smell is not good.
Only Hu Ye frowned, saying that we were messing around, and this smell was not afraid of attracting any fierce beasts.
The big yellow duck patted the gun next to him and said, "What are you afraid of, come one to die one, come two to die a pair." Tofu ate the chicken leg and slurred his words: "We must protect wild animals." While talking, I saw that the lazy man was still sleeping, our roasted shrimp and chicken, this kid didn't eat a bite at all, he ate half of the compressed biscuit in his mouth, held it on his lips, as if he forgot to eat the other half, and was sleeping again.
Tofu thought about it and quietly asked the big yellow duck, saying if the lazy man had any disease and how could he sleep so well. The big yellow duck coughed dryly, and said in a low voice: "When I met him, he was like this, it will never be like never waking up, you don't have to worry about it, don't ask, anyway, he is not bad, and he has a unique job, with him, we can find any danger in advance." "I remembered the scene of the lazy guy cutting the snake last night, and I couldn't help but nod slightly.
Tofu said, "Isn't his ear particularly sensitive?" So you can spot the danger around you with your eyes closed? ”
The big yellow duck shook his head and said, "This is someone else's unique skill, how do I know." ”
"Didn't you three go all the way?"
The big yellow duck rolled his eyes and said, "We are just doing things under Bai Ye's hands." Who knows so clearly that they do their own things on weekdays, but I remind you, I don't know how this kid compares to Hu Ye, anyway, he is definitely better than me. You guys, don't provoke him if it's okay, as long as you don't disturb him sleeping, this person is still very easy to get along with. While they were talking, they ate and drank to their heart's content, washed themselves by the stream, and soaked their feet on the mountain road for a day.
The water in the mountains is relatively cold, but there are a lot of green shrimp at the bottom of the water, and as soon as the feet are stretched in, these shrimps will come and bump, which is like a massage, and the thief is comfortable. We arranged a vigil for one shift, Tofu here I don't feel at ease let him guard alone, according to the past records, he is really unreliable, so the first shift by me and Tofu together, three hours of watch, longer.
Everyone shrank into the tent to sleep, and Tofu and I sat by the fire, and there was nonsense about not having a match, and after a while, the boy was talking and talking, and his head was little by little, apparently asleep. I was speechless for a while, it seems that my decision just now was right, I really can't let this kid be alone, let him keep vigil, we might as well bring a big yellow dog when we go on the road. Thinking like this, I didn't bother to wake him up, so I took out the map that Bai Sanye gave me.
Although Hu Ye is the palm eye of our team, this map is a feng shui map, and he can't read it, so it went directly to my hands.
The place names on this map are too old to judge, and Jingquan Mountain is only a possible target. What is the truth about the secret that Puzhen guards? Why did he put so much effort into collecting related things? If there are things left by Puzhen in Jingquan Mountain, then how many are left, and where are they placed?
These thoughts swirled in my mind, but there was not the slightest clue, I looked at the sleeping tofu, maybe just like Bai Sanye said, too much time has passed, all the clues have been washed away by the torrent of history, even if the person is powerful, it is impossible to restore the truth.
And the only one who can know the truth may be tofu.
I don't know how the situation is progressing on Bai Shuang's side, if there is really hope to remove the thing from the tofu's body, the matter can be over. As for Lu Su, how they want to toss, that's their business. The clue to the curse has been broken, and I don't want to continue chasing it and let the people around me follow me and take risks.
I hope that Bai Shuang will bring us good news by then.
I don't know how long it took to think about this, but at this time, I heard a sound of footsteps behind me, and I immediately turned back.
When I saw it, it turned out to be a lazy thing, squinted at me, and then went into the darkness to the side to see the appearance of him lifting his pants, eighty percent of them were going to release water, so I didn't care. But for about ten minutes, I didn't see the lazy goods come back, and I couldn't help but think to myself: Could it be that something went wrong? But if that's the case, at least there's a voice, right? Could it be that this kid is doing something else behind our back? Thinking of this, I immediately woke up Tofu and said, "You are guarding here, I'll go and see." ”
As soon as Tofu heard me, he came to his senses and said, "I have long felt that something is wrong with this kid, you should be careful and see what tricks he is doing." I nodded, grabbed my flashlight and gun, and headed for the Lazy Lion's position.
By the light of the flashlight, I could see the traces left by the lazy man, he could not hide, and after following these traces for a while, I suddenly saw a fire in the distance.
It was clearly a man-raised bonfire.
Suddenly I realized that eighty percent of the lazy people were aware of the movement, so they came to check.
I only felt frightened, and I didn't know if the lazy man did this, whether it was intentional or coincidental, if he slept in the tent, he could actually know that there was someone in the distance, then this kung fu was really terrifying.
Thinking of this, I turned off the lights and cautiously leaned towards the distant firelight, and just as I was about to get closer, I suddenly felt a pain in my head, as if I had been hit by some small stone. It was so dark that I couldn't see anything, so I couldn't help but look up, and then in the faint light, I noticed a dark figure crouching among the branches of the trees overhead.
Lazy?
I didn't speak, but the man in the tree gestured at me, obviously telling me to go up.
I knew that this man was a lazy man, so I did not say anything, but climbed up the tree, and in a moment I came to him. The lazy guy didn't look at me much, but kept staring at the location of the firelight. The so-called standing high, seeing far away, squatting on the tree at this time, I immediately saw the situation in the firelight, and it was the Guo family.
Because of the distance, in my eyes, they are just a few small figures, and they also set up a few tents. There were two people on the watch, and they seemed to be playing poker or something. I lowered my voice and asked, "How do you know they're here?" ”
The lazy man's eyes were always half-squinted, and when he heard this, he yawned and said lightly: "Why did you come with me." ”
I said: "I thought you were going to pee, but I didn't come back for a long time, worried that you were bitten by some jackal, tiger and leopard, it seems that I was too worried." The lazy man said lightly: "I don't follow you, but don't get in my way." I was a little surprised to hear him say this, and said, "What do you want to do?" ”
The lazy man shook his neck, made two clicks, and the sleepy eyes that had been half-squinted were all opened in an instant, staring sharply at the firelight, and the whole person suddenly jumped forward, like an ape, and silently jumped onto a tree in front of me.