Although it is spring, the night temperature in the mountains is still low, and it is really a bit unbearable to wear a down jacket.

I didn't sleep well that night, and the father and son took turns keeping vigil, mainly for fear of being attacked by fierce beasts.

The next morning, after eating a few more bags of snacks, the two continued to hurry down the mountain.

By about noon, the cliff in front of us was more soothing, and it had become a slope of less than 60 degrees. The slopes of the mountain are still densely vegetated, and all kinds of thorny vines block the way, which must be split little by little, and the sweater on Zhu Ming's body has been scraped out of many holes.

Zhu Guoxiang was similar, he left his down jacket in the car, wearing a woolen sweater, which was dirty and torn at this time.

As he walked, Zhu Guoxiang suddenly squatted down and used the dead branches he picked up to dig the ground.

"Why?" Zhu Ming stood next to him and asked.

Zhu Guoxiang pointed to the plant in front of him: "Wild yellow essence is not only a traditional Chinese medicine, but also a disaster relief food. The cliff was too steep to dig in, but now we have to gather food, and the snacks in our backpacks are not enough for us to eat. ”

Zhu Ming felt that it made sense, and pulled out his sword to help dig up the yellow essence.

There is not much food and must be resupplied along the way.

If he crossed alone, it is estimated that he would not be able to walk out of the mountain, and he would either starve to death without food, or be poisoned by eating wild vegetables.

Putting the dug yellow essence into the backpack, and after more than ten steps, Zhu Ming pointed to a weed: "Can this be eaten?" I remember when I was very young, my aunt cut this grass to feed the rabbits. ”

Zhu Guoxiang immediately popularized science: "Bitter endive, you can eat it, clear heat and detoxify." But it is best to blanch before eating, otherwise the taste will be very bitter. ”

"As long as you can eat, you can endure the bitterness." Zhu Ming wielded his sword to cut wild vegetables.

Father and son gather food as they overcome obstacles.

Suddenly, Zhu Guoxiang shouted in a low voice: "Don't move!" ”

"What's wrong?" Zhu Ming was puzzled.

Zhu Guoxiang brushed aside the weeds in front of his knees, revealing a large pile of feces. He lay down and sniffed, and then looked closely: "There are beasts around here." ”

Zhu Ming also squatted down to study the feces: "It looks like the pulled by a large animal." ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The feces of carnivores are more smelly, and you can see that there are still bones in this feces that have not been completely digested. I'm afraid this piece of was either pulled by a wolf or a tiger. And the beast wasn't far away, and the water from the hadn't completely dried up. ”

Father and son became alert, clenched their weapons and proceeded cautiously, trying to avoid the beast's path left behind.

Zhu Ming used his sword to cut off a branch and cut off the branches and leaves to make a walking stick for his father. It is convenient to go down the mountain with a cane, and it can also be used as a weapon when encountering fierce beasts.

Walking further down the mountain, before you know it's approaching evening, the dense vegetation makes the sky even darker.

"There is a voice!"

Zhu Ming's body has not only changed back to when he was a teenager, his physical strength and eyesight have improved a lot, but even his sense of hearing has become more acute.

Zhu Guoxiang listened carefully: "No." ”

Zhu Ming said: "Just in front, there was movement just now, but now it is suddenly silent, it is estimated that it is ambushing us." ”

The father and son stopped moving, and stood quietly.

After a stalemate for at least half an hour, the guy hiding in the shadows finally couldn't help but show up.

"Boom!"

A low, loud roar came from the bushes ahead.

Zhu Ming swallowed his saliva and turned his head to look at his father: "It seems to be a tiger, I heard it in the zoo." ”

"Go back?" Zhu Guoxiang's face turned pale with fright.

It's too late to go back.

This is a Qinling tiger, which belongs to the branch of the South China tiger, and is more than two meters long. It comes out in the morning and evening, which is equivalent to patrolling the territory, and the main hunting time is at night.

The huge tiger body walked out completely, opened its bloody mouth, and roared at the two humans: "Boom...... Roar! ”

Zhu Ming held the sword in his hand, and his legs were inexplicably weak.

Zhu Guoxiang's hands were also shaking, holding a cane to confront the tiger, his throat was dry and he couldn't speak.

No matter how loud the keyboard is beaten, no matter how loud the is, I really met the king of beasts, and I was left to resign myself to fate.

Suddenly remembering the allusion of "poor donkey skills", Zhu Ming barely mustered up the courage and ...... viciously towards the tiger Learn to call the donkey: "Ang~Ang~Ang~"

Zhu Guoxiang also stomped his feet and shouted: "Ha! Ha! Ha! ”

This Qinling Tiger may have encountered humans for the first time, and he couldn't figure out their details, so he cautiously took half a step back.

Zhu Ming swung his sword and slashed at the branch next to him, and the small branch broke off in response, showing his attack power.

Startled, the tiger leaped forward diagonally, and circled to the side to continue to observe the humans, as if there was some curiosity in his eyes.

The two of them are a tiger, and they face each other in situ.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and he couldn't spare time to make a fire, Zhu Ming held a sword in one hand, took out his mobile phone with the other, and quickly turned on the flashlight function of the mobile phone.

The sudden light made the tiger more vigilant, retreated a few steps and hid in the grass, and lowered its body to prepare to pounce at any time.

Zhu Ming's heart was beating wildly with fright, and his palms were full of sweat.

Zhu Guoxiang also took out his mobile phone, quickly turned on the flashlight, and whispered to his son: "You slowly retreat, I'll stop this beast." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, you can't run away, whoever escapes will lose momentum." Zhu Ming had never dealt with fierce beasts, so he could only guess. However, his father's words still moved him a little, so he didn't leave his son and run away alone when he was in danger.

I don't know how long the confrontation lasted, but the tiger in the grass continued to retreat.

Zhu Ming heard the squirming movement, and said boldly: "We will also retreat." ”

The father and son retreated cautiously, and as soon as they retreated, the tiger suddenly stepped forward from the grass and continued to roar at them, and they were immediately too frightened to move.

After repeating this many times, the tiger finally walked away and disappeared into the bushes.

It is estimated that there is plenty of food in the mountains, and the tigers are usually very full, so they don't need to risk fighting with humans.

Sure that the thing had gone away, Zhu Ming only felt that his legs and feet were weak, and he sat on the ground with his buttocks, muttering in his mouth: "Fuck, fuck, who dares to say that a slide can kill a tiger, Lao Tzu crawled over and hacked him down the network cable!" ”

Zhu Guoxiang bent over and rubbed his calves, he was already so frightened that his legs and stomach cramped.

After a long pause, the two decided to go down the mountain overnight.

They walked in the opposite direction of the tiger, and because they were too nervous and it was dark to make their way, they stumbled several times and rolled down.

At dawn, Zhu Ming's mobile phone ran out of battery, so he took out a power bank and connected it.

Zhu Guoxiang panted and said: "Huhuhu, running so far, it shouldn't be in the tiger's territory." Wait until dawn, I can't run. ”

They were all tired enough, and they didn't care about the beasts, so they lay on their backs and rested on the ground.

finally survived until the morning sun rose, and Zhu Ming found that his sweater was rotten and full of holes, with many abrasions and bruises all over his body, and even a big bag came out of his forehead.

Zhu Guoxiang also had a blue nose and swollen face, and he was shivering with cold, anxious to pick up dead branches and leaves to make a fire, the low temperature in the mountains would kill people.

They only had two bags of instant noodles left, took out one bag and divided the dough cakes, and swallowed them with mineral water. I didn't care about this stuff at all, so I took out the yellow essence dug up along the way, roasted and ate the stems of two yellow essences, and the instant noodle packet was just sprinkled on it for seasoning. Even the oil packets of instant noodles are baked and smeared on yellow essence.

Finally, I fooled my hungry stomach and continued to walk down the mountain.

The terrain became more and more gentle, and by the time we reached the bottom of the valley, it was already noon, and a small river appeared in front of me.

There are still no traces of human activity on both sides of the river, there is no fertile land, and it is full of thorns and weeds.

Zhu Ming asked, "Which way to go?" Upstream or downstream? ”

"I don't know, my mind is a little messy, I have to analyze the situation." Zhu Guoxiang said.

Frightened by the tiger, the father and son felt even more in danger and began to work together to find a way out.

"If, I mean if," Zhu Ming forced himself to calm down and analyzed, "Before we crossed, we were at the boundary of Xixiang County, and it was not far from Hanshui. If we travel to the ancient Xixiang County, then the small river in front of us is likely to be a tributary of the Han River. ”

Zhu Guoxiang didn't know anything about history and asked: "Han water belonged to commerce in ancient times, right?" ”

"Yes, several dynasties were important trade routes," Zhu Ming said, "and we followed the river downstream, and most of us reached the edge of the Han River." There are merchant ships coming and going, and you are sure to meet ancient people. Let's talk to them first, ask which dynasty it is, and then take the next step according to the actual situation. ”

Zhu Guoxiang breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good to have ideas for doing things, you can't toss blindly, and you can go downstream to find someone after a while." ”

Zhu Ming sat on a rock and said to himself: "It's not fun to cross, it's too torturous, so it's comfortable to sit at home and shoot videos." ”

Zhu Guoxiang lifted the hem of his clothes, observed the large abrasions on his waist, got up with a cane and said, "I'll go get some herbs." ”

"Do you really know about herbs?" Zhu Ming thought it was amazing.

Zhu Guoxiang was happy to show his ability in front of his son, and said with a smile: "I came from the countryside, and the local dogs in the countryside were injured, and they all knew that they went into the mountains to find herbs. ”

This sounds weird and awkward, Zhu Ming pondered carefully, is this scolding himself for not even being as good as a dog?

(Update three chapters on the first day, too lazy to update in the afternoon, throw it out at once.) Today's three chapters will be more than 10,000 words, and tomorrow will start two updates a day. ）