Chapter 31 Passing through a century-old metasequoia forest

Shen Wudao is a ruthless but affectionate threat, Ning He immediately closed his eyes obediently, and behaved extremely well-behaved, "Listen to the eldest brother." ”

After a pause, he smiled again, "Big brother, is there a way to make my eyes get better as soon as possible, this eye can't see, it's really too inconvenient!" ”

"Humph!" Shen Wuxuan snorted coldly, "You did it yourself, what does it have to do with me." ”

Rather bitter: "......" alas! I did it myself, and it's too late to regret it.

The next moment, he was coquettish and cute, "Big brother, this time is different from the past, if my eyes can get better as soon as possible, when I accompany my eldest brother into the mountain tomorrow, it will be much more convenient, and it will not drag you down." ”

In the dark, Shen turned around meaninglessly, far away from Ning Hequan, disgusted and impatient, "Who said that I was going to enter the mountain tomorrow, as far as you know a lot, do you think you are a jack of all trades?" Sleep ......"

Following

The sky will show a trace of blue and white, and Shen Wuwu has quietly gotten up, ready to go to the mountain behind Feisha Village to have a good look.

As soon as he went out, he saw Ning He carrying the ink sword, returning to his usual attire, and standing by the gate with a smile on his face.

There was also a person standing behind him, it was Uncle Xi's son Dashuang.

Shen Wuwu knew that Ning Heku was going to follow him no matter what, but he didn't understand why there was one more person.

"It's annoying enough to let your kid follow, why bring him."

Ning He took Dashuang's arm, "I'll let Dashuang show us the way." ”

Shen snorted and thought, "Joke, I'm a normal person, can I use a blind person to lead the way?" ”

So, he replied categorically: "No need." After saying that, he turned around and left.

Ning Hebitter heard the disdain in his words, his face was still like a spring breeze, and he patiently explained while following up: "I know that my eldest brother has traveled north and south alone, and he has seen a lot of things, and a dense forest of poisonous bees or something, it is not your business at all." However, what we are facing now is a cat's eye poison, and he has been coming and going in the dense forests of the back mountains all the year round, who knows what kind of poison he will plant anywhere? Open guns are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are difficult to defend against, so we have to guard against them. ”

Shen didn't say anything, so he continued to lobby: "Before Dashuang went blind, he often went to the back mountains to pick honey and mushrooms, and he was very familiar with all the road conditions there. In particular, he was more familiar with the place where the poisonous bee colony was called. ”

Shen senselessly glanced back at him, understanding his delicate heart, but his mouth was still unforgiving, "You kid is young, how can you be so verbose?" If you have to be preached and nagged like this by you all day long, won't you be annoyed to death, shut up? ”

He also indirectly agreed, and Ning He brought the big pair with him.

"Brother Ning, you wait for me, and I will also go into the mountain with you." As soon as the three of them opened their legs, someone shouted behind them, and then hurriedly chased after them.

Brother Ning and Brother Ning's are so intimate, there is no second person in this mountain except for the nerd gentle manners.

Ning He had to stop and smile warmly at the people who came, "Brother Wen, what are you doing?" ”

Wen Wenli's face was upright and responsible, "I'll go into the mountains with you to find out the truth." ”

Ning and bitter: "...... What to look for? ”

"Brother Ning, don't hide it from me, Xiao Wu heard everything you said last night. Now that I know this, I will not sit idly by, but I will do my best to go with you and find out the truth. Wen Wen Li also rolled up his sleeves to show his determination.

Rather bitter: "...... Don't you, a scholar, don't see, don't listen, speak, and move if you're incivil? Why do you still learn from the little ones to eavesdrop on the corners of the wall? ”

"I didn't eavesdrop." Xiao Wu, who came later, opened a pair of clear eyes and protested solemnly.

"Yes, he didn't eavesdrop, and I can testify." Gentle and polite are also righteous and stern, and suddenly the words changed, extremely arrogant, "Our Xiaowu's hearing is very good, and he can catch all the loud and small sounds around him." Last night, there was only a wall between you and me, and it was hard for him to hear if he didn't want to! ”

I see!

Ning He stroked his forehead hard, and looked at Xiao Wu, whose face was like a peaceful lake, and barely squeezed out some smiles, "Your Xiao Wu is really versatile, Ning admires it." After laughing, he suddenly counted his eyebrows, "In this way, it is best for Brother Wen and Xiao Wu to stay in the village." ”

Gentle and innocent, "Why?" ”

"Because if even you are gone, then there will be no one to take care of and protect Su Niang's mother and son and the villagers?"

"Brother Ning is talking about me, us?" Wen Li's fingers pointed at himself and Xiao Wu in turn, and he suddenly took on a heavy responsibility, a little overwhelmed.

"Hmmm! It's the two of you! "Why bother with righteousness," since Brother Wen heard the inside story, he knew that it was the wicked person yesterday who harmed Su Niang's mother and son and the villagers of Feisha Village, in case he went and returned, wouldn't Su Niang's mother and son be in danger? Aren't the villagers in danger? ”

"So what?" Wen Wen Li instantly became highly vigilant.

"So, the soldiers are divided into two routes, we go to the mountains to find out the truth, and the two of you stay to protect Su Niang's mother and son and the villagers, they need you more than us." Rather and bitter, clear thinking, and good persuasion.

"Okay, just act according to Brother Ning's plan, don't worry, Xiao Wu and I will definitely do our best to protect the villagers, and wait for you to return safely." The gentle etiquette is innocent and innocent, and it should be inherited in one bite.

Ning He nodded and pulled the big pair and ran, and finally caught up with Shen Wuxian in front, who glanced at him, "That nerd is as simple as a three-year-old child, easy to fool, as for you to be verbose for half a day?" ”

Big Double: "......"

"Alas!" Ning Heku covered his chest slightly and sighed, "Exactly, he is so pure and kind, he always feels a little sorry for telling him so many lies!" I can't bear it, I can't bear it! ”

After he finished saying the word "sorry", he slipped under his feet, and if it wasn't for the big pair on his side, he would definitely have fallen.

"Look, retribution is coming, isn't it?" A rare smile appeared on Shin's gloating face.

Ning didn't bother to smile brightly at the big pair.

The three of them came out of the village and walked along the mountain road halfway up the back mountain for more than half an hour before completing a long and winding path.

As soon as he turned a hill, he heard Shen Wusense's "huh".

Ning He felt the rustling of the wind blowing the thin leaves beside him, and blurted out, "Is there a large dense forest ahead?" ”

Shen squinted at him meaninglessly and didn't make a sound, and raised his feet to walk into the forest, but was immediately stopped by Dashuang's voice, "Can't go." ”

Ning He reacted very quickly, grabbed the corner of Shen Wuwu's clothes, and the latter was dragged by him to take a few steps back, and glanced at Dashuang angrily, "There is no road around, there is a neat and upright cedar forest in front of you, and the forest is spacious, we can walk sideways, why can't we go?" ”

Ning Heku still didn't let go, "Don't worry, listen to Dashuang first." ”

Dashuang opened his gray-white eyes, and he didn't care about the strange-tempered Shen Wusense, "Don't blame sir, what he sees is indeed just a whole flat cedar forest, but there are many, many things he can't see." ”

Since Dashuang and the others knew that Ning Shen's identities were not ordinary, they all changed their names and called them "Mr."

Shen Wusensei angrily scolded in his heart: "Dare to love me, a person with normal eyes, and you are not as blind as you can see many things?" ”

He thought so, but he didn't say it directly, but yin and yang, "Then tell me, there are many, many things I haven't seen, and what is it?" ”

Dashuang may know that all capable people and strangers are people with strange tempers, so he didn't care about Shen's meaningless tone at all, and still replied with a good temper: "What Mr. saw was one tall cedar tree after another straight up, the distance between the trees was very long, and the trees were covered with fallen leaves, and the forest was spacious, although the forest was very deep, but at a glance you could see that the road ahead was flat, and you felt that there was no danger, right?" ”

Shen glanced at Dashuang uselessly, and then at Ning Heku, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, "These two boys are very verbose, how did they all meet me?" Annoying! ”

The next moment, he said coldly, "Don't talk nonsense, just say the answer." ”

Dashuang smiled, still not in a hurry, "Sir, I don't know, the fir tree here is not an ordinary fir tree, but a metasequoia tree." ”

"Metasequoia trees?" After repeating the first three words, Ning Hebo had an epiphany, "You mean, this cedar forest grows in water?" ”

Shen Wusense: "......"

He opened his eyes and looked carefully at the cedar forest in front of him, and was very unconvinced, "The towering giant tree, with clear roots, is sprinkled in the forest, the leaves are all over the ground, there is no thorns and weeds, and the forest road is flat, so where does the water come from?" ”

Hearing his depressed question, Dashuang replied carefully in the breeze: "Metasequoia trees can only survive in water." Especially these metasequoias, which have been grown for more than 100 years, need a lot of water to nourish. So, I guess the water under this metasequoia forest must be at least a foot or two deep. Maybe a little deeper? ”

Shen Wusense: "......"

"But Lao Wu said, he only saw the fallen leaves in the forest, and he didn't see a drop of water at all, why is this?" Although Ning Heku couldn't see it, from Shen's meaningless description, he naturally painted the scene in the forest.

"Yes, there is not a shadow of a drop of water in the forest, not only the gentleman can't see it, but no one can see it." Dashuang turned out to be unfathomable.

Ning He thought about it for a while, and then had an epiphany again, "I understand, since this metasequoia forest has grown for more than a hundred years, year after year, the fallen leaves return to their roots, and they all float on the water. In addition, this forest is in a huge and deep mountain col, and there are fallen leaves on the mountains on all sides, and after heavy rain and torrents, they all merge into this mountain depression, covering the entire huge water surface.

Therefore, the shadow of a drop of water can not be seen in the forest, but creates the illusion of a flat land in the forest. ”

"Yes, that's right." Dashuang nodded, and before he knew it, he remembered the old things.

He said in a low voice: "My father said that when he was ten years old, he went into the mountains to play with his friends, and when he saw that there was no road in all directions, he went straight into the forest, and then fell into the deep water, but fortunately, he was clever, grabbed the metasequoia tree pole under the water, and then slowly climbed up with the cedar tree pole with his breath, and then held the tree pole on the water surface, and stayed in the forest for a day and a night, before he was rescued by the family who came to find him.

But the man who was with him sank forever into the woods, and his bones were never recovered. ”