Volume 1: The Storm Rises in the Western Regions Chapter 46 Over the Mountain
Wangshan ran a dead horse.
If you want to get to Chagan Tologai, you have to climb over this Daban to get there.
The closer you get to the mountain, the more difficult the road becomes, and it's all steep boulders.
These rocks were washed down by the summer melting snow, and I don't know how many years they have been piled up here. Walking on it is like street juggling of a charlatan, and it is difficult to grasp the balance if you are not careful.
Some of the stones were even bigger and stronger than Simon, and they stood there like a door, blocking the way.
There was no way to ride horses on this road, so the three of them could only dismount and walk, while carefully holding the reins, leading the horses and carrying their bags, and slowly following behind them.
It didn't take long for them to collide with two large rocks, leaving only a small gap in the middle.
Yuan Kexin and Ye Sanniang were slender, and it was not difficult for the two of them to get through from under the arch of the two boulders.
Zhao Rang measured the width of the gap with his eyes, and felt that as long as he untied the knife on his waist, he should be able to get by!
Only Simon is strong......
This gap can be stuffed with one leg of his legs, and he can't even think about getting through it!
The brothers looked at each other and laughed out loud at the same time.
"I said earlier that you would lose weight, but you didn't listen, and now you know it's uncomfortable, right?"
Zhao Rang is worthy of being a big brother, and he is full of training people, and he can't raise his head when Ximen Dazhuang says.
"Brother Zhao, don't talk about him, let's see if you can bypass from the side!"
Yuan Kexin didn't know why, he always felt that Ximen Dazhuang was a little pitiful.
At this time, seeing that Zhao Rang was training him again, he hurriedly spoke out to relieve him.
Zhao Rang couldn't figure it out, and felt that it was really strange...... If he is considered a poor man, and the others are not allowed to commit suicide? Early reincarnation, hoping that the next life will be stronger than this life......
But if you can't figure it out, you can't figure it out, and the road still has to be taken. It's dark early in the mountains, so it should be difficult to arrive today. When the time comes, I have to find a suitable place, set up camp, and spend the night in the mountains, so I don't dare to delay.
However, the road to Chagan Toluogai is a business road that is endless, and it stands to reason that it shouldn't be so difficult to walk, and for a while, Zhao Rang felt that Ye Sanniang was not taking the wrong road. But Yuan Kexin checked the map and found that it was not wrong, it was indeed here.
Zhao Rang followed the pile of stones and looked into the distance for a while, and found that these stones should have just been washed down by the current. As summer approaches, the temperature rises sharply, the snow on the mountains melts faster and faster, and it takes time to repair the blocked roads. If they had set off a few days earlier, they should have been able to avoid it, but unfortunately, people are not as good as heaven, and no one can predict such a thing.
Seeing that there was no other way, Zhao Rang could only turn his head and say to Ximen Dazhuang:
"Can you jump off these two rocks if you step on horseback?"
Simon was too strong to be able to carry him by an ordinary horse. The temporary borrowing should be okay, plus his height and long legs, he should be able to step over the boulder in one step.
"Okay...... I'll try ......"
Simon said timidly.
Zhao Rang then remembered that this brother of his had a very serious fear of heights!
When he was a child, he didn't ride a horse, not because he was lazy, but because he was afraid to sit on horseback. Letting him leap from a great height now is no different than killing him.
Zhao Rang had to enlighten on the side:
"It's okay, you step on it with one foot first, and I'll hold your leg. Then you close your eyes and jump forward! ”
Ximen Dazhuang licked his lips, but he was still muttering in his heart.
"Aren't you looking for danger? See, this is the danger, it's too late for you to regret going back now! ”
The agitation method is useless for Ye Sanniang, but it works very well for Ximen Dazhuang!
I saw him grit his teeth, stomp his feet, and rub on the horse's back.
The huge force pressed down, Zhao Rang saw the horse's legs trembling, and the next moment he was afraid that he was about to kneel on the ground, and hurriedly shouted:
"Jump!"
Simon's large, fat figure cast a shadow on the ground.
Although the posture in which he landed was really embarrassing...... Fortunately, a fat body played a role, so that he only stained his clothes and was not injured at all.
"Brother Jean, come here!"
As soon as he went over and stood still, Simon Dazhuang was stunned again.
Zhao Rang came as soon as he said that, then untied the knife and threw it through the gap first. Then he scurried around, and passed the two boulders that blocked the way.
As for the other four people from the Western Regions who followed Ximen Dazhuang to Tongbao Money Village to exchange for flying money, they were even more sensitive. They had long been accustomed to this kind of road conditions, and one by one they helped one by one, and they turned over one after another, and even pulled the horses over.
The road ahead was still difficult, but there were no boulders like this as far as the eye could see.
The group walked slowly, but there was no danger and passed smoothly.
Not long after entering the mountain, Zhao Rang felt that something had fallen on his eyelids. I reached out and wiped it, and found that it was water.
Look at the sky, the clouds overhead are black, and it is indeed a scene of rain!
The people from the Western Regions who were traveling with him also noticed the change in the sky, looked nervous, and began to talk nonsense.
Yuan Kexin's Western Regions dialect is the best, and after listening to it for a long time, he understood the meaning of these people, and translated to Zhao Rang:
"They said it was going to rain, and when it rained, there would be flash floods! At that time, large rocks will be washed down from the mountain, which is very dangerous. We need to find a high place as soon as possible and take shelter for a while! ”
Fire and water are ruthless, and no one can compete with such a great force of nature.
Even if Ye Sanniang has already ascended to the realm of the Three Rank Great Grandmasters, it is only able to mobilize the momentum of heaven and earth.
This transfer is the meaning of "borrowing".
And the true power of heaven and earth is actually something that mortals can grasp?
Unless there is really the legendary immortal, turning his hand into the clouds and covering his hand into rain, and the end of the world is close at hand in the blink of an eye, it is possible to have the power to resist.
"Ask them if they know where they can take refuge in the mountains."
The four Westerners were all herdsmen in the vicinity, and they often traveled back and forth between Chagan Tologai and their own pastures, buying and selling cattle, sheep, horses, and other livestock. The topography of this mountain should be very clear.
Although Zhao Rang didn't believe in the people of the Western Regions, the crisis faced by everyone at the moment was the same, so he had no choice.
After Yuan Kexin translated Zhao Rang's words to the people of the Western Regions, the four of them nodded one after another.
It's just that these four people pointed in four directions, and a quarrel broke out because of this!
Zhao Rang thought they were discussing, but as he listened, he found that the voices of the four of them were getting louder and louder! One of them was grumpy, relying on himself to be half a head taller than the other, and the one who went up and punched him had a nosebleed!
The raindrops have fallen more and more densely, and there is no time to delay!
Zhao Rang made a color to Ximen Da Zhuang, and he walked in front of the four people with understanding, impartially, one person slapped each other, and their brains were "buzzing", and then he covered his face and quieted down.
"You know why it's always messed up here, right? You can even show the way, what else can you expect them to do......"
Zhao Rang sighed.
"Take us to the nearest place, just avoid it for a while!"
The people from the Western Regions who had been punched before took the initiative to stand up and walk in the front to lead the way.
Just now it was because he said that the place he knew was the closest, but the person who beat him insisted that the place he knew was the best! As soon as it was close and good, the conflict between the two broke out.
But the place where the beaten man led the way was very close.
The sky was dark and the mountain roads were rugged, and it was difficult for Zhao Rang to judge the time.
At most, everyone walked no more than a cup of tea, and then stood in front of a naturally formed cave.
Ximen Dazhuang was about to go in, but was held down by Zhao Rang.
"Don't worry, you can throw a bigger stone into it first to explore the way!"
Such a naturally formed cave is the best shelter, but people will think so, and so will some beasts! Zhao Rang was worried that there might be wild beasts entrenched inside, so he asked Ximen Dazhuang to throw a quick stone as a temptation.
Ximen Dazhuang picked up a huge square stone, raised his hands high, and smashed it towards the dark place in the cave!
"Boom!" There was a loud bang.
The interior of the cave gradually brightens.
"Brother Jean, it seems that something has come out!"
Simon Dazhuang said excitedly.
Although he was not good at horseback riding, he was very keen on hunting! I like to take all the girls in the city in one breath and send them to the hunting ground of Ximen's house in the suburbs, and watch him chase foxes on foot and catch deer with his bare hands!
At this time, when he saw something strange in the depths of the cave, he couldn't help but feel his blood gushing, and secretly found a fist-sized stone, pinched it in his hand, and threw it vigorously when he saw it more clearly.
No matter what it is, smash it first, and then pounce on it and punch it indiscriminately, and you will be able to slow down the fragrant barbecue tonight!
But the white shadow soon stopped, and no more was found.
Ximen Dazhuang felt strange and couldn't help but stretch his neck inward.
But Zhao Rang's speed was faster than him, and he rushed to half of his body. After seeing it clearly, he withdrew and said with a complicated expression:
"There's nothing in there, let's go straight in."
Then he beckoned Yuan Kexin and Ye Sanniang to go first, and he himself was in the middle, separating the people from the Western Regions. Because Ximen Da Zhuang was too fat, he could only squat at the entrance of the cave.
"Brother Jean, is there nothing in the cave?"
Zhao Rang glanced at him and said:
"Next time you throw a stone, put it away...... You're almost smashing the mountain through! ”
The white shadow that appeared in the cave just now was indeed not a beast of prey.
It's because the boulder thrown out by Ximen Dazhuang is so strong that it collapses more than half of the back of the cave!
The depth of the cave became shorter, and the light from the outside naturally shone in, hitting the rock wall at the bottom of the cave, and everyone saw that it was white, and they thought that something was going to come out.
Entering the cave at this moment, Zhao Rang pointed to the bottom of the cave and said to Ximen Dazhuang:
"Look, it's all embedded! If you try a little harder, we'll have to wait outside to be swept away by the flood! ”
Simon scratched his head embarrassedly.
Just let him throw it, and he didn't think about it that much. Who knew that this mountain was so unsmashed?