Chapter 5 Rock Climbing

Gu Xiyan's injuries recovered quickly, and two days later, I taught her how to use exercises to help the children heal. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info lasted seven or eight days, and we finally got the kids almost all back. The medicinal material base was also built smoothly, and the address was chosen on a vacant land and hillside in the back mountain, and the old village chief led people to clean up the land and attract mountain spring water. When the rainy season is over, you can send the seedlings and seeds. Since things were pretty much done, I decided to come back.

Just the day before I was about to come back, I was talking to the village chief when the daughter-in-law of villager Chen Suo came to the village chief crying and told him that Chen Suo had gone to dig herbs and had not returned for three days. Ask the village chief for help in finding it. The village chief asked her if she knew where she had gone? She said in a hesitant manner that she might have gone to Longtan.

Why haven't I ever heard anyone talk about Longtan? I remembered that this is called Longtan Village, and it turns out that there really is a Longtan! Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the village chief say angrily: 'How can I go there!'

I hurriedly asked what was going on, and the village chief calmed down a little and said, 'There is a deep pool in the mountain, and the older generation people say that it is a dragon pool, and there is a dragon in it, and no one dares to approach it, and people and animals who approach it will be missing.' So we have always warned people not to go there, how dare he go there. How good is that!'

I said, 'Now that the matter has happened, you have to find a solution, village chief, you should find some strong men, and I will go with you.' ’

The village chief said, 'This is not good, you are a distinguished guest of our village, the mountain road is not easy to walk, you must not make a mistake.' ’

I smiled and said, 'Don't worry, if I don't have that ability and can't be strong, you can find someone quickly, we can hurry up and save people.' ’

The village chief listened to my words and hurriedly asked people to find five men, two of whom I knew, one was Lao Li, who was preparing for the medicinal material base, in his forties, and the other was Chen Xuan, who had also met him at the base, and then I knew that he was Chen Suo's younger brother. The village chief prepared some more things: flashlights, dry food, ropes, hemostats, bandages, etc. I didn't let the village chief follow, but the village chief insisted on going, saying that he was the only one who knew the way, so we set off with a group of seven people.

When I was passing by the elementary school, Gu Xiyan happened to be playing with the children on the playground, and when he saw several of us men standing in a line, he called out to me and asked us what we were doing. I said casually: 'Go to Longtan to save people.' And he went on.

The road headed east at a fork in the road, not on the side of the tomb. The mountains are quiet and verdant on all sides. From time to time, there are cheerful birdsongs, and the fresh air has a strong smell of leaves and earth, which is refreshing. I was so immersed in this world that I almost forgot that I was going to save people, and I just wanted to sit down and be one with the green mountains.

Suddenly, I felt someone approaching me, and a wind was blowing on my right shoulder. I flashed to the side, and then looked closely, it turned out to be Gu Xiyan, who was pouting because she was pouting. I glared at her, 'What are you doing here?'

She raised her face and replied arrogantly, 'Help!'

The village chief and a few of them heard us talking in the back, stopped, and looked at Gu Xiyan in surprise, Gu Xiyan had already changed into a set of heroic apricot yellow sportswear. The village chief said with a bitter face: "Teacher Gu, what are you doing here, we are here to save people, so don't make trouble." ’

Gu Xiyan smiled and said, "Old village chief, don't worry, I grew up in the mountains, and I am familiar with the mountain roads, so I will never cause you trouble." ’

I knew what she was capable of, so I helped her out: 'Village chief, it's important to hurry, so take her with you.' Okay, you'll be behind me and you'll go back if you fall behind. ’

When the village chief saw me talking, he reluctantly continued to walk forward, and everyone followed. There was a person about the same age as us who came over to talk to Gu Xiyan, and she pushed him back. Then he whispered to me a little excitedly, 'I've made an iron dragon pendant, but it took a lot of effort, and we'll try it together when we go back.' ’

I looked at her: "Go by yourself, you won't be afraid that I will rob you of any rare treasures, martial arts secrets or something." ’

She gave me a blank look, and then suddenly said, 'You're talking about ironwork to tease me.' ’

I sneered: 'Why, you can try it.' Maybe the door will open, but if not, there is a way. ’

She was overjoyed: 'What way?'

I mysteriously whispered to her: 'If the door is not opened, you shout three times at the stone door to open the door, and the door will surely open.' ’

She realized that I was teasing her, and she was so angry that she ignored me. After walking for a while, I whispered, 'Why did you come along, not just to join in the fun?' ’

Gu Xiyan whispered with a little excitement and said, "Longtan, big brother." ’

I wondered: 'What's wrong with Longtan, you know there are dragons there?'

Gu Xiyan shouted loudly: "What, is there a dragon in Longtan?" Everyone looked back at us, and I glared at her angrily. She actually grabbed my arm and asked after me. I walked quickly to the front of the line and ignored her. Everyone walked forward in silence, the road behind was getting more and more difficult to walk, and I didn't have the heart to look at the scenery. A few times I couldn't help but look back at Gu Xiyan, she actually walked steadily, and sometimes she could pull others.

Finally, after more than three hours of walking on the mountain road, we came to the bottom of a cliff. This cliff stands there abruptly like a knife and an axe, like a barrier in front of us. Large expanses of yellow rock are exposed, and only one place still has normal soil and slope that can at least be climbed.

The village chief pointed to the cliff and said to us, 'After this cliff, the other side of the mountain is where the dragon pond is. It's just that this cliff is too high and steep, since I was the village chief, I haven't heard of anyone climbing here, and according to the ancestral teachings, no one will come to climb, but now it seems that there is no road in other places, and there is no encounter with Chen Suo on this road, which can only be the only way, but the current situation is worse than I thought, Chen Suo may not be able to come here, so if you are not completely sure, don't climb up. By the way, we should look under the cliff to see if there are any signs of people climbing up. ’

After all, the old village chief is the old village chief, and he can think so thoughtfully, so everyone looked for more than ten minutes below, and there were no traces, but I found that under the cliff that is easier to climb on one side, someone has stepped on it, and judging from the traces, it is a matter of the past few days. It seems that Chen Suo is very likely to go up. Then we can climb easier as we follow where he walks. Those five men refused to show weakness, so everyone suggested that the village chief and Gu Xiyan stay in order to receive us. How could Gu Xiyan stay, I saw that she didn't make a sound, and started climbing along the previous tracks. The village chief shouted: 'Teacher Gu, come down quickly, it's dangerous!'

Gu Xiyan turned around mischievously, smiled and waved his hand, and continued to climb up. Soon, her apricot figure was at a distance from us, and I had no choice but to let the youngest villager stay with the old village chief, and we went up.

Several men watched Gu Xiyan move forward bravely, not to be outdone, and climbed up. Fortunately, I have been at the base for the past few days, and the clothes I wear are more casual, at least I can still use the mountain climbing, and I should bear the brunt of it, while climbing up, I tied the rope to the sturdy trees, but these trees do not grow densely, and I am not good at performing kung fu in front of everyone, so I have to use the gecko seven style in the 'sucker hand' and 'jump up' together. Gu Xiyan's posture of climbing the mountain is also very strange, I don't know if she used martial arts or climbing skills she has practiced since she was a child. She's pretty nimble anyway, so I'll leave her alone and let her get out of the way ahead of us, and I'll just tie the ropes.

When climbing, we kept walking along the previous traces, Chen Suo did not tie the rope, I don't know if the rope is not long enough, or I don't want to use it. He must have used a tool with a hook, and along the way I saw where the hook had been caught, and where there was something like an axe where it couldn't stand. However, when they were almost halfway up the mountain, two men began to be timid. This cliff is not only high and steep, but there are no protruding rocks to draw on, and there are not many strong trees to climb. Even people who have practiced rock climbing do not dare to go up with their bare hands without tools, let alone them.

I asked them to give me the emergency backpack and told them to pull the rope and go down the same way. I asked Lao Li and Chen Shuan not to go up either. But neither of them would not. I thought I could, but I asked, 'Are you sure it's okay?'

Both of them said that there was no problem, and Chen Shuan said: "I have been climbing mountains with my brother since I was a child, and I can go up wherever my brother can go, and besides, I have to rescue my brother back." ’

Lao Li also said: "Although Chen Suo and his two brothers have learned the kung fu of climbing mountains from his father, we have a rope, and we will not be worse than Chen Suo." ’

I nodded, one more up is always good. Looking up, Gu Xiyan was almost at the top of the cliff. I shouted at her, 'How do you feel, can the two of them go up?'

Gu Xiyan replied loudly: "Yes, but you have to tie the rope well, safety first!"

Gu Xiyan's words seemed to have magical power, and the two men didn't wait for me to speak, and then they started to climb up again. I had to quickly tie the rope to make sure they were safe.

Finally, Gu Xiyan took the lead in climbing to the top of the cliff, and after a while, I only heard her shout: 'Attention!' actually threw down a very thick and long rope, although I was surprised where she got the rope, but I still caught it, pulled it hard, it was very strong, and let them both catch it, when I jumped up the cliff, I found that the rope was firmly tied to a big tree. After I pulled the two of them up, I went to look at Gu Xiyan, and saw her standing there with a solemn expression.