Chapter 42: Missed Calls
Ma Jun raised his hand to interrupt me and nodded slightly, "Needless to say, I already know." As he spoke, Ma Jun handed us a torch, "Take this, on the way out, I have already made a mark, you should leave quickly!" ”
"Good!" Lantern Xiao nodded busily, Yuan Xiao and I turned around and just took two steps, Yuan Xiao suddenly pulled me, and then said in a low voice: "Why do I think this Ma Jun is talking so normally?" Is he really a madman? ”
When Lantern Xiao said this, I was stunned, and when I thought about it, it seemed that this was really the case. I was so happy that I escaped death just now, but I didn't even notice it.
Lantern Xiao and I turned to look at Ma Jun, only to see that he did not come with us, but walked into the stone door.
We immediately ran back again, "Uncle Ma, where are you going?" ”
Ma Jun turned his head and smiled at us, "I'm going in!" ”
Lantern Xiao asked, "What are you doing in there?" ”
Ma Jun turned his head and looked at Lantern Xiao carefully, "I'll go in and do what I have to do!" As he spoke, he turned his head to look into the depths of the ancient city.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lantern Xiao glanced at me and said to me with his mouth: "It's not like a madman!" ”
At this time, Ma Jun turned his head back, and Lantern Xiao then said to Ma Jun: "Don't go in, it's too dangerous inside!" ”
Ma Jun listened to Lantern Xiao's words, and smiled again, "Senior brother is too worried, he has his own way for his brother!" ”
Lantern Xiao and I were stunned for a moment, "What junior brother?" Lantern Xiao still wanted to speak, but Ma Jun raised his hand to stop him, "You go back and tell Senior Brother Sha and Master, let them rest assured, my grandson has his own way to get out, you leave quickly!" ”
If it weren't for the fact that the occasion wasn't quite right, otherwise I would have wanted to laugh. I took two steps closer and wanted to pull Ma Jun, but he suddenly shook his hand and pushed me and Lantern Xiao out, "Hurry up!" Then he took out a bag of things from the cloth bag he was carrying, raised his hand and stuffed it into the crack in the wall next to the stone door, and before we could see what it was, Ma Jun pulled it suddenly, and a fuse sticking out of the bag immediately burst into flames.
"Not good! It's dynamite! Lantern Xiao pulled me suddenly, and the two of us fell to the ground at the same time, and at the same time, the stone door behind me made a strong muffled sound, followed by dust.
We got up and looked up to see that the original stone gate had been sealed. We stared blankly at the falling dirt and stones, and for a long time, Lantern Xiao muttered to himself, "I'll go, let me tell Senior Brother Sha and Master, I'm Bajie!" After saying that, Lantern Xiao immediately shook his head, "It seems that Ma Jun is still really crazy!" ”
I looked at the sealed stone gate and couldn't help but be a little worried about Ma Jun, "He won't have an accident!" ”
Lantern Xiao shook his head, "Although he is still crazy, he is very organized in some things, such as saving us this time." Since he just said that he has a way to get out, nine times out of ten he really has a way, I think your second uncle has long expected this situation, there must be a corresponding way, I don't think we need to worry too much. ”
Regardless of whether this is the case or not, I can only think like this first, I nodded, "Let's go, let's go out first!" ”
Ma Jun was right, he did leave marks in the passage ahead, and we followed these marks and soon found a hole to get out. A rope hung down from above, and when I looked up, I could faintly see some light coming through.
But there is a new problem in front of us, Lantern Xiao's hand stung by a scorpion in the underground ancient city, at this time it is very swollen, and it is impossible to hold the rope at all. How to go up has become a very serious problem.
I discussed it with Lantern Xiao and decided to use a rope to connect the two of us first, and then I was on top and Lantern Xiao was below, so that I could hold him and he could barely climb with one hand.
Theoretically, this method is feasible, but the reality is always cruel, because Lantern Xiao's weight is too large, I can't pull him on it at all. After several attempts in a row, they all ended in failure, and finally Lantern Xiao launched a ruthless attack, grabbed the rope with one hand, and then used his mouth instead of the other hand to bite the rope to death, so that he could free his hand and grab it again.
He used this method and I was able to give him some strength by pulling from above, and in short, we actually managed to climb out.
At the end of the rope was a hole, and there were some planks and dead branches on the outside of the hole, and I reached out and pushed it hard, and it was all pushed open with a "bang". Suddenly the dust was flying, and the hay and dirt hit me in the face. The Lantern Festival below me was even more miserable, biting the rope with my mouth open, and I didn't even dare to move with a mouthful of grass and mud.
I looked at Lantern Festival, and at this time he was whining and shaking his head, meaning to make me move faster.
I wanted to laugh but I was embarrassed to laugh, so I grabbed the rope with my hand and pushed it up hard and got out. After going up, I turned around and pulled the rope, and it took a lot of effort to pull the Lantern Festival up again.
As soon as Lantern Xiao came out of the hole, he took a few sips, raised his hand to wipe the hay in his mouth, took out the kettle from his bag and began to rinse his mouth.
I gasped for breath, feeling like my strength was overdrawn, numb and unconscious. I leaned on the ground and didn't want to move.
Looking at the sky, it should have been past noon at this time, but the weather was a little gloomy, and the sun was hiding behind the clouds.
After a while, I struggled to get up, and realized that we had come out a short distance down from where we had entered. The numbness in my body slowly faded, replaced by a pinprick-like ache all over my body, and a bitterness in my mouth.
I also took out the water bottle in my bag and rinsed my mouth. Since it was going down the mountain in a while, there was no need to stock up on water, so I drank all the water left in the bottle.
At this moment, Lantern Xiao turned his head to look at me, "Why do I think my mouth hurts so hotly!" ”
I only glanced at Lantern Xiao, and the water in my mouth before I had time to swallow it squirted out at once. Lantern Xiao looked at me, quickly took out his mobile phone and turned on the front camera, and when he looked at it, he exclaimed, "Damn!" My lips are swollen, they were all sharpened on the rope just now! ”
Since the rope we climbed up just now was an ordinary hemp rope, and it was extremely rough on it, Lantern Xiao's mouth was red and swollen at this time because of the bite on it just now. The current image of Lantern Festival reminds me of Ouyang Feng played by Tony Leung in the movie "East Becomes West". Although not as exaggerated as in the movie.
I smiled and stepped forward to pat the Lantern Festival, "The Lantern Festival is not righteous, how can you steal sausages behind my back!" ”
Lantern Xiao slapped my hand away and glared at me angrily, "Get out!" ”
After resting for a while, we re-covered the hole and hid it again. After that, I went down the mountain with Lantern Festival.
We looked at our grizzled and embarrassed appearance, and we were really worried that if someone asked, we would not be able to answer. So we didn't dare to go back to the village, and after going down the mountain, we went around the outside of the village and went straight to the county seat.
After entering the city, it was already dark, and the first thing we did was to take the Lantern Festival to the county hospital and hang up an emergency department. The doctor treated Lantern Xiao's hand that was stung by a scorpion, and gave some medicine to Lantern Xiao's red and swollen lips.
Everything was dealt with, and I found a hotel with Lantern Festival to stay.
In the evening, Lantern Festival and I were lying in bed, chatting about what we had experienced that day. During the period, I took out my mobile phone casually, and found that I didn't know when the phone was turned off again, I damn it! This broken phone must be replaced when it comes back.
I charged my phone and turned it back on. Soon a lot of text messages with call reminders popped up. I looked at the number written on the text message, it was a landline number.
When I looked at it, I was shocked, I was not familiar with this number, this is the phone number in the second uncle's pharmacy. Could it be that the second uncle has news?
So I quickly called back, but no one answered. I looked up at the wall clock on the wall, the hour hand was almost pointing to 10 o'clock, no wonder, at this time, the second uncle's pharmacy had already closed!
I felt a little uneasy in my heart, and even wanted to go to my second uncle's pharmacy to have a look. The guys in the second uncle's shop generally don't call me easily, unless it's related to the second uncle. I also dialed my second uncle's mobile phone, but it was still turned off.
Lantern Xiao saw that my expression was a little strange, so she asked, "What's wrong?" Is there something wrong? ”
I shook my head, "I don't know very well, the second uncle called me several times in the store, but I didn't receive it, I don't know what the hell is going on?" As I spoke, I continued to look through the text messages, and suddenly one of the text messages alerting me caught my attention, and the number on it was not a landline in the second uncle's store, but a mobile phone number.
With the mindset of giving it a try, I dialed back. After a long "beep" sound, a young man's voice picked up the phone, and his tone seemed a little impatient, "Hey! Who is it! I was just about to speak, when the person inside suddenly shouted, "Someone shot from behind!!" "I wasn't mentally prepared, I was immediately startled, I didn't react at once, and I said that this can't be a criminal gang! But I don't remember who I had a holiday with! How could you provoke such a person.
I was just about to hang up the phone when I heard the person inside continue, "Damn! He's dead! The network manager has a bottle of Coke! Then another voice came over the phone, "Hey, who's that!" Speak! ”
I was immediately displeased, startled, and asked me who I was! Coupled with what I had just experienced, it made me feel a little irritable, and I couldn't help but scold, "You TM called me, you ask me who I am now, and I TM still ask who you are!" ”
The person on the other end of the phone was stunned by me, was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly said, "Isn't it Brother Ran!" ”
I didn't expect this person to know me, so I said, "Yes, it's me, who are you?" ”
The person on the other side of the phone smiled, "Guess! ”