Chapter 16: The Swift Orchestra Chase
The breeze is melodious, the cold moon rises suddenly, the ten miles of lush forests are blind, and the jackdaws chirp!
The trees are shady, and the moonlight penetrates the cracks in the treetops, and the spots hit the ground where the dead leaves are piled up.
It was very quiet, except for the sparse sound of the breeze blowing the treetops from time to time, only the unknown bird looked at the moon and cried.
The deep blue sky connects the forest, and half of the crescent moon is hidden in the thin clouds, and the exposed half illuminates the heavens and the earth, but also brings a slight cold.
"簌簌~"
Suddenly, there was a slight noise in the woods, and following the sound, it was a group of people leading horses and stepping on dead leaves, one foot high and one foot low, and even the dead leaves in some places could not remove their calves.
A middle-aged man who walked in the head frowned, while paying attention to the road under his feet, while looking at the situation ahead, it seemed that he was about to reach the end of the forest, and the mountains gradually appeared at the end of the sight, but at a glance it was several miles away.
At this time, a person quickened his pace and came to his side, also looked at the road in front of him, and couldn't help but ask.
"Head, we're not wrong, why haven't we seen any trace of that kid after chasing for so long?"
The middle-aged man slapped the speaker angrily.
"Shut your stinky mouth, when will Lao Tzu take the wrong way, we followed the horse's hoof prints along the way, didn't you see that there were traces of someone falling into the tree pit just now, this kid is eighty percent in the valley in front!"
As he spoke, the middle-aged man raised his hand and pointed to a few small hills not far away, which were connected from the large mountains in the distance, but they were only a few dozen zhang high, and they were unfortunately wrapped in the forest.
The man naturally didn't dare to say anything more when he saw that the middle-aged man was angry, but if he thought about it, it was true, they were afraid of losing it along the way, but after checking carefully, almost all the possible routes were checked one by one, and this convergence came to the last road, and this road could only lead to the hill, and it was impossible for the flat forests on both sides of the hill to the stretch.
was scolded in vain, and the man had to retreat to the back stupidly, daring to be angry and not daring to speak, who called his strength inferior to middle-aged!
The middle-aged man didn't pay attention to him, paused for a moment, then turned around and said,
"Brothers, let's speed up, let's go to the flat land in front of us and rest a little before entering the mountain, that kid is hiding in the mountain, everyone must be vigilant, but we can't fall into that kid's way!"
"Yes!"
The crowd responded.
The middle-aged man didn't say anything more, and continued to walk forward one foot deeper and one foot shallow.
And his guess was good, at this moment, in the middle of that hill, in a very narrow canyon, a small fire was being lit, fortunately far enough away from the mountain pass, but there was no need to worry about being seen by people outside.
Liu Chuan and Xiao Douzi are sitting by the fire to keep warm, although it is the middle of May, but this perennial dense forest is still a bit of a cloud after all, that is, ordinary martial arts practitioners will inevitably not catch a cold after staying for a long time, not to mention two ordinary people with thin bodies.
Little Bean folded her knees, her chin rested on her legs, staring straight at the fire in front of her in a daze, the light of the fire reflected in her eyes, but it looked a little melancholy.
Yanagawa was holding a wooden stick and roasting something on the fire, and there were a few sharpened wooden sticks scattered around him.
The crackling sound of the fire was the only sound in the canyon.
I don't know how long it took, Yanagawa glanced at the squeaky pieces of meat that had been roasted, and handed them over to the little beans.
"Let's eat!"
Xiaodouzi subconsciously took it, was stunned, and was about to ask Liu Chuan why he didn't eat it, but before she could speak, Liu Chuan, who had insight into her thoughts, got up and walked aside.
"I still have something to do, you can eat it first, don't forget to bake a piece for me."
Little beans were stunned again, roasting by themselves?
But before she could react, a wooden stick with a piece of flesh was handed to her.
Liu Chuan walked to the side and sat down alone, dragged the tragically dead carcass of the wild beaver to his side, looked up and down, and in the next second, he directly looked at a place and tore it in his mouth.
"Phew!"
Liu Chuan's disgusted spit came from time to time, Xiaodouzi looked sideways, but he was frightened, and quickly turned his head and didn't dare to look directly, anyone who saw that in the dark night, a person was holding a beast and chewing, such a bloody scene was really difficult not to make people feel a chill down their spines.
But Liu Chuan was also helpless, and the only dagger on his body was also thrown out when he stopped the group of guys before, and he had no sharp weapon at the moment, so he could only rely on this mouth.
Knowing that time was pressing, Liu Chuan didn't dare to delay too much, quickly tore off one piece of flesh and blood, removed a few bones, and then skillfully pulled out one of the wild beaver's tendons, held it in his hand and pulled it, and nodded with satisfaction.
Although the tendon is not as good as that of other beasts, it is perfect for him now, after all, no matter how strong the tension is, he can't pull it open.
That's right, he was going to make a simple bow out of the beaver's bones, which was easy for him after years of exile, and he began to assemble it quickly after preparing the materials he needed.
Fix the bones with tough rattan and put on the long tendons, and you're done!
Although it is easy to say, it is still not easy to actually do it, and it is not easy to fix the bones to withstand the huge tension, and it took an hour to make Yanagawa make a simple bow.
After weighing the weight, the corners of Liu Chuan's mouth unconsciously twitched, looking very satisfied, and then looked at the wooden stick that had already been sharpened beside him, and immediately pulled his bow and arrows and tried it.
Glancing at a jerky fruit on a tree in the distance, he loosened the tightly pulled string without hesitation.
"Whoosh~"
The sharp wooden stick instantly pierced the fruit, and flew out more than ten zhang directly with the crumbs.
Seeing this, Liu Chuan nodded with satisfaction, and then tried a few more times, and after roughly determining how far this bow could shoot, when it was the most powerful, and how big it was, he picked up the dozen or so "arrows" he had prepared again and walked back to the fire.
Xiaodouzi had already eaten the barbecue clean, although she was still a little unsatisfied, but she knew the tension of the situation, so she had to suppress that craving.
Seeing Liu Chuan coming, she seemed to want to hand over the barbecue in her hand, but she seemed to have some scruples and seemed quite hesitant.
Liu Chuan was a little puzzled and couldn't help but ask.
"What's wrong?"
Xiaodouzi hurriedly shook his head, "No...... It's okay......"
Yanagawa didn't know why, but he didn't bother with it, and immediately reached out to ask for the barbecue that was hidden behind Xiaodouzi.
Xiaodouzi struggled for a long time in his heart, and then slowly took it out.
At this time, Liu Chuan understood why this girl was entangled, and dared to scorch both sides of a piece of meat black.
Seeing Liu Chuan staring at the burnt meat skin, Xiao Douzi blushed and immediately retracted his hand.
"Why don't I re-bake another skewer......"
But before he could withdraw his hand, the wooden stick was snatched away by Yanagawa with him.
"It's okay, just eat it!"
As he spoke, Yanagawa really took a big bite of the blackened flesh, and there was no superfluous look on his face, as if he couldn't eat it at all.
This scene stunned Xiaodouzi, and by the time she came back to her senses, Yanagawa had already quickly eliminated the piece of meat in two bites.
Standing up, Liu Chuan casually picked up the bow on the ground, and then said a word of advice to Xiaodouzi.
"I have something to do now, you just wait for me here, don't let the fire go out, if I haven't come back after dawn, you can climb up from here to find a way to leave, and then life or death is your creation!"
After that, without waiting for Xiaodouzi to respond, Liu Chuan turned around and ran directly towards the outside of the canyon.
Xiaodouzi stared at a pair of panicked eyes and stood up, but looking at Liu Chuan's back gradually moving away, she opened her mouth, but she still couldn't say anything.
The wind rose, and a wolf howl sounded from nowhere.
Xiaodouzi subconsciously shook, hurriedly squatted beside the fire, and buried his head between his legs.