Chapter 137: The Aftermath of the Catastrophe
On this day, in the breeze, there is still the smell of earth and flowers after the rain. Smelling it, it makes people feel refreshed.
The weather finally cleared, and after experiencing more than ten consecutive days of torrential rain, the Sichuan-Shaanxi border area finally broke through the sky, and the morning ushered in the first ray of sunshine in more than ten days.
"Fuck, the weather is finally clearing. If it rains like this for a few more days, it is estimated that Lao Tzu's bones will be moldy......" A man in yellow standing under the eaves of the simple grass and reeds narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the eastern sky on the other side of the mountain, and said as if he was muttering to himself.
"Hehe, Du Laoqi, what are you grunting this morning? There was nothing wrong last night, right?" Behind the man in yellow, a slightly young voice suddenly came.
When the man in yellow Du Laoqi heard this, he immediately turned around and replied: "The second son got up early......!
"What? Could it be that something went wrong last night?" At this time, in the grass hut behind Du Laoqi, someone suddenly squeaked and pushed open the simple wooden door of the grass reed, and a man who looked like an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy came out of it.
When Du Laoqi heard this, he knew that his words were not clear enough, so he immediately added: "No...... Everything was fine last night, please rest assured!"
"Oh, I'll just say it...... It is located on the edge of the deep mountains and old forests, and it is inaccessible! And there are Fengyun guards on duty in turn...... How could something go wrong?" the young man glanced at the man in yellow who was called Du Laoqi, and said lightly.
"What Childe said is exactly ...... It was because he didn't say it clearly just now, which made the second son worried. Du Laoqi said embarrassedly.
At this time, the boy walked out of the simple grass reed, he looked at the sky in the distance, and his face also showed a hint of joy.
"That's right, Seven...... Do you see my sister?" the boy asked.
Du Laoqi suddenly heard the young man's words, and immediately replied: "I came from the dart goods just now, and I didn't see any trace of Miss! I thought Gongzi knew the whereabouts of Miss Ludao......
"Oh, maybe my sister was worried that it would make me rest in the morning, so she deliberately didn't make any noise when she went out, so she went out first...... the boy said thoughtfully.
Du Laoqi also nodded, agreeing with the young man's guess.
At this time, a gentle female voice suddenly came from outside the jungle: "Brother Yun, are you and Lao Qi looking for me?"
The young man and Du Laoqi turned around suddenly, and sure enough, they saw a beautiful woman like a clear water hibiscus taken out from the edge of the jungle.
"Sister, where did you go early in the morning?" Lao Qi is here to ask you, what are the arrangements for our next trip?" the young man said.
The beautiful woman glanced at Du Laoqi beside the young man, and immediately showed her face lightly, and said with a smile: "Lao Qi, you go and inform the people in the dart workshop, and if you eat early, you will pull the flag and go to the road, let's go straight to Ningcheng......"
Du Laoqi listened to what the beautiful woman said, and said respectfully: "Yes, I will go and inform them as soon as possible......
The beautiful woman nodded, Xu Laoqi didn't say anything, and immediately turned around and went straight to the other part of the jungle.
About half an hour later, the Sichuan-Shaanxi ancient road began to have a bustling gallop of people and horses, after all, the ancient road here has always been the only way from Sichuan and Shu to Shaanxi, it can be said that there are passers-by day and night, but after the mountainous area enters the rainy season, the road is not easy to walk; now it has encountered heavy rain for more than ten consecutive days, which is a serious obstacle to the people on the road along the way.
Near the ancient road, the footprints have long been scattered, and the dry wind last night dried up a lot of the muddy trickle on the ancient road, which is indeed convenient for pedestrians.
At the end of the sky, the morning glow was already full, the air was so fresh that it was intoxicating, and the sound of several unknown birdsong pierced the silent sky, as if it was also excited by the beginning of this new day.
Finally, there was a noisy catharsis of people and horses on the ancient road not far away, and soon I saw a large group of people and horses under the guidance of several large flags.
When I got closer, I saw that on the red and yellow flags, there was a big "dart" written on the two yellow flags, and the word "Fengyun" was written on the other red flags.
In fact, as long as you have a little experience, you can naturally see that this is known as the first dart game in the northwest - Fengyun Dart Fang, and the people in the dart shop are here with heavy darts.
I saw a man and a woman riding a horse slowly, the man was chic and the woman was beautiful, and they were all young.
Both of them held long swords in their own hands, staring forward and backward like cold stars, looking like veterans of the long-term dart business. Behind the two men, there were six men and women riding horses, all of them silent, obviously calm and relaxed, and they didn't look like ordinary people.
It turned out that this beautiful woman was Chu Yingfeng, the eldest daughter of the current head of Fengyun Dart Fang, and the young man was naturally his youngest son Chu Muyun. Although these two people are not very old, their kung fu has been passed down by their father, especially the seventy-two road Fengyun swordsmanship inherited by the family has quite high attainments. And it is rumored in the world that Fengyun Dart Fang has been able to sit firmly on the throne of the first dart in the northwest for many years, not only because of his father Chu Fengyun's martial arts outstanding Xiong Town, but also because of its eighteen martial arts elite Fengyun Guards, all of whom are equipped with unique skills, some are proficient in swords and fists, some are proficient in internal and external skills, some are proficient in hidden weapons and poisons, and some are proficient in medicine...... In short, these eighteen people have different skills, but they are desperately effective for Fengyun Dart Fang, which is known to many people in the world.
It's just that this time the dart is very special and important, and the journey is long, and there are too many uneasy factors along the road in the troubled times, so Chu Fengyun, the head of the Fengyun Dart Workshop, sent the eldest daughter and the second son and the six Fengyun guards under the seat to escort them personally. As for what the escorted dart was, only the Chu father and daughter knew.
"Brother Yun, at our current speed, I'm afraid that we won't be able to reach Ningcheng even if it's dark!" At this time, the beautiful woman Chu Yingfeng said to the young man Chu Muyun on the side.
When Chu Muyun heard this, he rode his horse and looked back at the speed of the people in the dart workshop, and really sighed and said, "That's good! Then I'll urge them to go faster......
Chu Yingfeng heard this and nodded. Ignoring the people behind him, he rode forward and quickened his speed.
But the group had not gone a few miles before they reached the slope of an ancient road. The mountains overlapped and the fog was rising, and a stream in the mountains turned into a muddy river channel formed by a torrent of rain after several days of heavy rain.
The rolling torrent is loud and loud, and the momentum is not amazing.
When the water potential formed by the mountain torrent passed through the ancient bridge and culvert under the ancient road, there was a slight earthquake on the road surface when people and horses marched on it.
Chu Yingfeng took the lead, and when he saw this kind of mountain torrent momentum, he was also secretly taken aback.
When she rode the horse to the ancient bridge, the horse under the seat was also a little afraid, and did not dare to take a step. Chu Yingfeng saw that the horse was still a little uneasy and frenzied, so he reached out and patted the horse's head to show comfort.
Chu Yingfeng chuckled unconsciously, and simply jumped off the horse. She was already planning to take a closer look at the torrents and feel the natural scenery here.
Looking at the mountains in the distance, I saw the hazy mountain fog lingering, only covering most of the mountains, like a shy beauty who covered her face.
When I got closer, I saw the surging flood that gathered in the ditches of the mountain roads, and the momentum that fell from the mountain was as fierce as a tiger and a wolf, and as fast as an eagle bird, and when it pounced in front of me, it was thunderous and terrifying. The bursts of smoke rushing in front of him and scattering in the air give people the illusion of being in a fairyland.
It's just that once upon a time, fairyland became like this?
Chu Yingfeng quietly admired the foreground, and his face was full of relaxed leisure. She had grown up in the north since she was a child, and although she was also well-informed, if she hadn't traveled thousands of miles to the southwest this time, she really hadn't seen such a beautiful scenery?
Along the top of the mountain to look down, and along the huge mountain torrent canal to enjoy everywhere, this mountain full of scenery, the beauty of the mountains and mountains, all the beautiful eyes of Chu Yingfeng.
Suddenly, Chu Yingfeng's originally extremely soothing and leisurely face flashed with a solemnity, and then when he saw her beautiful eyes blinking, he stared at one place without blinking.
"Hey, that's weird...... What is that? It seems to be a person......" Chu Yingfeng stared at the bottom of a big tree not far from the mountain torrent ditch, and said to himself.
At this time, the other people who were on the road from the Fengyun Dart Workshop also arrived one after another. These people also heard the roaring torrent from afar, and when the group got closer and saw the majesty of the torrent, they couldn't help but take a few more looks.
"Sister, what are you looking at? Aren't you really infected by the scenery here? But it's true, how have we ever seen such an imposing scenery in our north......" Chu Muyun asked with a smile when he saw that Chu Yingfeng had been staring intently at the rushing flood momentum in the mountain flood channel.
"Well, Brother Yun...... Do you see if there is a person lying there?" Chu Yingyun did not answer when he heard this, but pointed to the side of the torrent channel not far away and said.
After Chu Yingfeng's reminder, Chu Muyun really followed the direction of his sister's finger and saw that there was a bowl-thick tree next to the rushing torrent channel not far away. Although most of the roots of the tree were exposed after the continuous erosion of the flash floods, and the whole tree began to show signs of shaking, there was indeed a figure with tattered clothes and pants lying on the exposed roots of the large tree......
"Hey, it really looks like a figure...... But looking at the motionless situation, I just don't know if I am dead or alive?" Chu Muyun said lightly.
"And it doesn't matter if he is dead or alive? Why don't you send two people over to see it first? Since we have encountered it, we can't turn a blind eye, right? It is also a life to stay in a good place, if he is alive, he will be saved, and ......if he is dead, bury it on the spot," Chu Yingfeng said.
Chu Muyun has always listened to this sister's words, and since Chu Yingfeng said so, he didn't say anything more, so he called two of his subordinates to go over and investigate......
It didn't take long for the two men to come over with a man with a dirty face and a disheveled head. When I looked closely, I saw that this person's hands and feet looked very different from ordinary people, not only the hands and feet were purple and red, not to mention, the meridians on the back of the hands were slightly prominent, and the skin may have been soaked in water for a long time, and began to appear red, black, and blue and unusual.
Especially the two subordinates of the Wind Cloud Dart Workshop, after carrying this strange person, both of them could clearly feel a strange cold power and a fiery breath in their limbs soaking their skin......
"Huh, that's weird...... He...... Why is this person's limbs and body extremely cold for a while, and hot for a while......" A subordinate of the Fengyun Dart Workshop said puzzled after coming into contact with the body of the strange man who was rescued.
When the Chu brothers and sisters saw their subordinates carrying people to a place beside the road to put them down, they also walked over, and naturally they also heard the incomprehensible words of the subordinates.
The rescued man's clothes had been soaked in the water for a long time, and many places had been torn, his hair was scattered, his face was covered with mud, and he seemed to have a strange injury, which made it difficult to distinguish whether he was alive or dead.
It turned out that this person was Ling Xingnan, who was swept out by the earthwater torrent in the depths of the abyss.
"How is it? Is this person dead or alive?" Chu Muyun asked first when he walked over.
When the two subordinates heard this, they were originally puzzled, but one of them had to reply truthfully: "Childe, this person's body is very strange...... When I probed his snort just now, it was clear that he was not breathing, but when I lifted him just now, I accidentally touched his wrist, and I noticed that this person's pulse seemed to beat more vigorously than the average person......"
The Chu brothers and sisters listened to what the subordinate said so strangely, and both of them really looked at Ling Xingnan in amazement......