Chapter 57: Over-cautiousness
In front of everyone, there was a raging river, nearly 100 meters apart.
The river was turbid, Jiang Chen tentatively threw down a stone, and knew from the sound of the water that the river was bottomless, and conservatively estimated that the center of the river was at least twenty meters deep.
He faintly felt that this underwater turbidity, located in the deep mountains, had excellent living conditions, and Lin Jiu had said before that this was the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon leyline, which was extremely pregnant with demons.
Maybe there's something terrible under this water.
The other patrols have also retreated a little, do you want to continue now?
Lin Jiu couldn't help frowning at this moment.
He knew that this area was the Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger, and this turbulent river was like a jade belt, across the dragon veins.
The river linked to the dragon vein must not be measured by common sense, he thinks that it is very likely that something unusual may appear in this river.
Lao Wang looked at Lin Jiu and stopped, and couldn't help but speak: "Lord Lin, how are we going to cross the river, do we want to cut down trees and make a raft to cross the river?" ”
But seeing Lin Jiu shaking his head, he closed his eyes, and there were words in his mouth, then he opened his eyes and looked around, and soon he found something and pointed to the top of the river.
Jiang Chen followed the direction of Lin Jiu's fingers, staring intently, and the internal force converged on his eyes, which could enhance his eyesight.
His eyes were like telescopes, and he saw a rusty chain bridge above the river.
"Everyone went in the direction of the upper reaches of the river, and the governor found a chain bridge that we could pass through." Jiang Chen hurriedly spoke.
When Lin Jiu heard this, he glanced at Jiang Chen thoughtfully, and Shao Lin also cast a gaze full of meaning.
When the eyes of the two met, they both saw the surprise of both sides.
"Great, with the chain bridge, we don't have to cut down trees to make rafts, this river is fast, if we fall, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Zhou Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.
"Without further ado, let's cross the river." Lin Jiu took it away in front, and everyone said yes one after another, and followed him one after another.
So, everyone rushed up the river to the chain bridge.
"Jiang Chen, it's been an hour, could you be mistaken?" Lao Wang had some suspicions that Jiang Chen was wrong, but he had no evidence.
They always felt that the chain bridge was not far ahead, but they had not seen the shadow of the chain bridge after walking for more than two hours.
"Hurry up, there's movement ahead!" At this moment, a sharp-eyed patrolman pointed four or five hundred meters ahead and spoke happily.
When everyone heard this, their eyes showed excitement, and they didn't seem to feel tired anymore.
Soon you will reach the chain bridge, which spans the river bank and is covered with decaying wooden planks.
"Great, let's hurry across the river so that we don't have too many dreams at night."
Zhou Zheng wanted to step on the chain bridge, but his shoulders were held down and he couldn't move.
His eyes changed, and when he turned his head to look, he saw Jiang Chen pressing his shoulder with a solemn face, and the huge force coming from his hand made him unable to move at all.
Sensing this terrifying power, Zhou Zheng was shocked in his heart, but his face was full of puzzlement.
"Jiang Chen, what are you doing!" Zhou Zheng spoke in a low voice.
"Zhou Zheng, don't be in a hurry to cross the river first, look at the planks of this chain bridge." Jiang Chen pointed to the chain bridge and said.
"What's wrong with this plank. You don't have to worry that this board is too rotten and easy to break, don't worry, I think this board can withstand our weight, it's not a big problem. ”
Zhou Zheng came to the chain bridge, squatted down, and patted the plank with his hand.
The planks look rotten, but they are actually very hard.
Jiang Chen shook his head and said, "I'm not questioning the plank, but there is such a chain bridge near here, why is no one walking?" Have you thought about it? The bridge was built for people to walk, but the wooden planks here are rotten, and no one has repaired it, which means that no one walks on this bridge, and I always feel that there is a very strange feeling, it is better to be careful. ”
Zhou Zheng said with a grin: "What's so strange about this, there are sparsely populated here, so naturally no one walks on this bridge." ”
Wang Er looked at Jiang Chen, who had a solemn face, and also spoke in time to persuade: "Zhou Zheng, the boy's big grin is about to be changed, listen to the opinions of Lord Lin and Miss Shao first, it's better to be careful!" ”
But Zhou Zheng changed his previous cowardice, he blushed and said loudly: "I'm also afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid of a hammer, then when will we be able to complete the task, isn't it possible to fall, if it really falls, just swim up." ”
When other patrols heard Zhou Zheng's words, they also echoed him.
"yes, isn't it just overboard? We can all swim and there will be absolutely no problem. ”
Along the way, they were all very aggrieved, and they couldn't wait to go to Changgou Village as soon as possible and complete the task as soon as possible.
At this time, Shao Lin's voice came: "Falling down is not as simple as swimming up." ”
Everyone turned their heads, but saw that Shao Lin was already squatting on the bridge at the moment, stroking the iron rope and pondering.
Zhou Zheng asked: "We have excellent water quality, we will definitely be able to swim up." ”
saw Shao Lin snort coldly: "I bet that you will never be able to swim up if you fall." ”
Shao Lin touched the iron rope and spoke again: "There is a faint smell of blood on this iron cable, don't you think it's strange, why is there a smell of blood on the bridge?" Could it be that a passer-by fell? Or vomited blood on the bridge? ”
"The smell of blood?"
Everyone was shocked, there would be a smell of blood on the chain bridge, so why couldn't we smell it.
Jiang Chen also looked at Shao Lin, he thought that Shao Lin could smell the earthy smell of the big snake before, this woman's sense of smell must be unusual.
Lin Jiu also spoke up, he pointed to the woods behind him and said, "Go and cut down the trees first, don't take the iron cable, use a wooden plank to lay on the iron cable before walking." ”
"How long will it take, it won't be so troublesome at all. We ......" Zhou Zheng muttered in a low voice, but he caught a glimpse of Lin Jiu's cold gaze, and his heart was shocked.
Only then did he remember that the Venerable Demon Slayer of Lin Jiu in front of him had doubted his judgment, and if he killed himself in anger, it would be more than worth the loss.
Although Lin Jiu was silent along the way, everyone could also feel that he was not so difficult to get along with.
Once a person is approachable, there is no majesty, he naturally feels that Lin Jiu will not do anything to him, at this moment, seeing Lin Jiu's cold gaze, his heart suddenly trembled, and he hurriedly bowed his head and said yes.
"Jiang Chen, you take the other brothers to cut down the tree, and I, Chen Tiancheng, and Zhou Zheng are responsible for processing the wood, and then laying planks on the two iron cables to replace the decaying wood before."
"Yes."
Ten people immediately went out, Jiang Chen's black knife was very sharp, and the thigh-thick tree was broken as soon as the knife went down.
Half an hour later, there was a large pile of thick planks at the head of the chain bridge.
Zhou Zheng and Chen Tiancheng began to lay wooden planks.
Just then, an untimely sound came.
"Wait a minute!"