Chapter 29: The First Rain
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, a large number of dark clouds drifted over to cover the sun, and the raindrops of beans dripped down, smashing small craters on the ground.
Wu Xiaoxie woke up once halfway, drank porridge and fell asleep again.
"A-Ning" had been lying there motionless, and if he hadn't heard the sound of breathing, he would have thought that this woman had just come out to receive a boxed lunch.
A commotion mixed with the rain drifted into Zhang Qixun's ears.
Zhang Qixun stood up and stood at the mouth of the cave and looked out.
After a while, several figures braved the heavy rain and ran into Zhang Qixun's line of sight.
The fat man held the copper coin in his hand, and he couldn't open his eyes because of the rain, "His uncle, the mark of the wooden fish will be broken here."
Pan Zi wiped the water from his face and looked around, "We have found the last copper coin, which means that the little third master is near here, let's look carefully."
The little brother's gaze passed through the rain curtain, and suddenly locked on one place, and saw Zhang Qixun standing at the mouth of a cave and waving at him, raising his feet and walking towards that side.
"Hey, little brother." The fat man hurriedly followed, "What, you found it?"
The little brother snorted and kept walking.
When he got closer and saw Zhang Qixun, the fat man sighed, "Good guy, it turns out that you are hiding here, so that the fat man and I will find it."
As he spoke, he tried to pounce on Zhang Qixun and give him a big hug.
Zhang Qixun hurriedly dodged, "Don't run around with water, just a dry place like this, and it will all get wet later."
Pan Zi came in and saw Wu Xiaoxie sleeping peacefully by the fire, breathed a sigh of relief, and asked Zhang Qixun, "How is the little third master?"
Zhang Qixun said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, it's just that I'm dehydrated and fainted, add some sugar and salt, just slow down, I've already woken up once, and I've fallen asleep again after eating."
Panzi nodded and smiled gratefully.
The fat man wrung out his clothes shirtless, and managed to get them to hang with a rope.
As soon as the fat man came, the food of several people was significantly improved.
"Now you know the importance of the fat man, you can't even eat well without the fat man." The fat man stirred the vegetable soup in the pot with a spoon, and said triumphantly.
Zhang Qixun gave a thumbs up, "It's a pity that you weren't there when you ate mutton a few days ago."
Wu Xiaoxie was awakened by the fragrance, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the fat man's rough face, reacted for two seconds, and then looked at Pan Zi and the others, and immediately understood something.
", I'm the only one who came with me, right?" Wu Xiaoxie said angrily.
Pan Zi hurriedly explained, and then said: "At that time, the little brother left a message, knowing that you were also with the team, the third master was startled, and then reacted, you must have found the clue through some channel."
Pan Zi smiled bitterly, "The reason why the third master didn't let us tell you was actually because he didn't want you to get involved, and he was also for your good."
No wonder the black blind man who looked cheap often talked to him all the way, quite a little care, and he felt inexplicable at the time, but now that he thinks about it, it is all because of the third uncle.
The little brother also said that he was on his side, and it turned out that the special mother was standing like this.
Wu Xiaoxie was now immune to this sentence, and he didn't say anything more when he heard the words, anyway, he made up his mind not to go back, and no matter how many more cows he wanted, he didn't want him to dispel his thoughts, and only asked, "What about my third uncle?"
"The third master is still behind, and he will catch up after he meets the black blind man, and I will play the striker with the little brother and the fat man." Pan Zidao.
"It's just that I didn't expect your luck to be really bad along the way, and there will be many disasters." Pan Zi handed the lunch box to Wu Xiaoxie, "Little Third Master eat more, rest for one night, no matter if the rain stops, we have to go."
The fat man snorted, "It's also your kid's life, there are wooden fish to take care of you, otherwise you and that girl will be dried before it rains."
After speaking, he raised his head and shouted to the side where "A-Ning" was lying: "That girl, don't sleep, come over and eat when you wake up, the fat man won't charge you money."
Hearing this, Zhang Qixun raised his eyebrows, and the fat man probably swallowed it as ten copper coins, so he was so generous.
"A-Ning" was broken, so he simply didn't pretend, got up and glanced around coldly, "A group of two-faced, it turns out that you have planned it a long time ago, but I have been kept in the dark, and I entertain you with delicious food and drink."
The fat man was not happy, "Miss Aning, don't say it so badly, it's okay, if you admit it, you have to admit defeat, this is a reasonable plan for us, and you don't stipulate that you can't collect money from two families at the same time, who is to blame?"
"A-Ning" walked over and glared at Wu Xiaoxie and Zhang Qixun fiercely.
Wu Xiaoxie touched his nose and stared at the little master, he was also concealed whether he was good or not.
After eating, the rain gradually became lighter.
Wu Xiaoxie looked at the dripping water droplets hanging at the entrance of the cave outside, a little melancholy, "The rain is about to stop, but how can we get out, this place is so big that there is no boundary, no matter how you go, you can't find a way out."
The fat man was amused when he heard this, "You think we are as stupid as you, the wooden fish left a mark on the road when he came to look for you, and we deepened the mark a bit, and we also found a pattern here."
Wu Xiaoxie was curious, "What law?"
The fat man smiled, "Actually, the rocks scattered here are deliberately arranged by someone, and there is a special magnetic field interference in this ghost place, which can be summed up in one sentence as Qimen Dunjia."
As he spoke, he babbled and explained in detail.
After hearing this, Wu Xiaoxie suddenly realized, "So that's the case, no wonder I'm not in the right direction, but I can't get out if I break my leg."
The fat man nodded, "It's not a very clever formation, it is estimated that the Queen Mother of the West came up to defend against the enemy army back then, if you meet someone like me who lacks heart and eyes and is careful, it is easy to see through."
Wu Xiaoxie was surprised, "In that case, the Western Queen Mother Kingdom is really here."
No wonder Chen Wenjin let people say that time is running out, she said in her notes that only in the rainy season, you can find the traces of the West Queen Mother's underground palace by following the water, and the rainy season of Talmuda is in these few days, and if you miss this time, you can only wait for another five years.
After analyzing the next itinerary, Wu Xiaoxie felt that he was so embarrassed and a little shameless to see his third uncle, so he proposed that he also follow Pan Zi and them in front.
Pan Zi agreed after a little thought, instead of letting the little third master follow the gang of muddy people hired by the third master, it was better to follow the little brother and Muyu who had strong combat effectiveness.
After resting in the cave for two days, Wu Xiaoxie and A Ning completely recovered, and everyone set off out of the Devil's City following the mark.
Seeing that the days passed, the bearded foreigners waiting outside were desperate, and they couldn't believe their eyes when they saw a few people coming out alive and intact.
"Oh my! God bless you all." The bearded foreigner burst into tears of excitement and kept drawing crosses on his chest.