Chapter 56 Survival
"I staggered forward, and found two or three carcasses of blue-maned horses halfway down the road. I recognized it as the strength of the legs of the gentleman's car.
When I walked to the mouth of the round ditch, I saw the car of the monarch's mother, the indigo chariot lying sideways on the ground, the wheel of the car was stuck in the soil, and only half of the wheel on one side was left, and the body had already been broken.
"I went around the Indigo car and checked it carefully, but I didn't find anyone inside or outside the car.
"Suddenly, I heard a clatter, like something was hitting it.
"Before I could react, a voice came from among the bushes not far away: 'Don't move what's in the car, get out of the way, or my slingshot won't be long.'" ’
"As soon as I heard this voice, it was clear that the three pots were full.
"At this time, I didn't care about the taboo of the mountain walkers, and shouted loudly: 'Is it full of three pots?'
"In the darkness, a figure stood out from the bushes that had just made a sound, and deliberately lowered his voice and asked, 'Who are you?'
"I said, 'I am the Buddha. ’
"Three pots of full three steps and two steps ran out of the bushes and ran in front of me.
"He carefully examined me from top to bottom, and after confirming my identity, he said eagerly and slightly reproachfully: 'Buddha, where have you run in the past two days, everyone is in a hurry. ’
"I was thinking about my mother, and I didn't have the heart to answer his question, so I pointed to the car in front of me and said, 'Don't ask me where I've been, where did this car come from?'
"Sanguo looked at the car and said, 'Who knows where it came from, we are all strange.'
"'Today at sunset, the people who went up the mountain to pick logs have not yet returned, and Sancai and I were sawing the boards, when suddenly a strong wind blew in the ditch and blew over two tents.
"'We stopped working and were about to re-set up our tents when we heard a rumbling sound at the mouth of the ditch, as if something had hit the ground.
"'Sancai and I hurriedly ran towards the ditch, and saw the car lying here.
"'The companions who happened to be picking logs also rushed over, saying that they were halfway up the hill just now, and saw the car fall from a high altitude, and the wind carried the umbrella, and drifted diagonally to the mouth of the ditch. ’
"I asked, 'Is there no one in the car?'
"Sanguofeng said, 'Before I could say anything, you interrupted me.
"It was already dark, and a few of us slowly approached the car to see.
"'Suddenly, an old woman in a shroud crawled out of it, with blood all over her face.
"We thought it was a ghost and took a few steps back.
"The old woman climbed out of the car, shouting for help.
"'She saw that we didn't dare to come forward, so she said let's not be afraid, she is not a ghost, and the clothes on her body are the clothes of the mountain people, not the shrouds.
"'We dare to move forward slowly.
"By the time we got to her, she was unconscious.
"'It's better to be bold, saying that it doesn't matter if it's a human or a ghost, it's important to save your life.
So saying, he picked up the woman and went back to the camp. ’
"Knowing that my mother was not dead, my heart relaxed a little, but when I heard the news that she was unconscious, my heart began to worry again.
"I followed and asked, 'What about then?' Did the woman wake up?'
"Sanguo said, 'I didn't wake up. ’
"He looked nervous at me and asked, 'Why are you so concerned about the car and the old woman, do you know where the car and the woman came from?'
"I shook my head and said, 'Shouldn't you inquire about something so weird?'
"Sanguo was full and no longer asked, and said: 'Go back to the camp quickly, they have been worrying about you, and everyone is still talking about whether you were photographed by a blind bear at dinner.' ’
"I said, 'Then let's go.'" ’
"Sanguofeng said: 'I can't go back, Jianli arranged for me to watch the car here. This car looks so gorgeous, with all these shiny things on it, although we don't know what it is, but it must be very valuable, if someone steals it, we can't tell if the old woman wakes up. ’
I told the three pots to be careful, and then I went into the ditch and came to the camp.
"Everyone was overjoyed to see me, and they all gathered around me and said that everyone thought I was dead in the mountains.
"Then he asked me where I had been in the past two days.
"At this point, I knew I couldn't fool around anymore.
So I made up a lie: 'That night, I went to look for the three pots to be full, and when I went out of the round ditch, I didn't see him.
"'I walked more than ten miles when I heard the cry of a child in the woods.
"I followed the cry and saw a child of eight or nine years old, who said he was the child of the mountain people, and that he had been separated from the adults during the day.
"'I thought that a child who was alone in the forest at night would be very lucky, so I asked him where his house was.
"He said his house was near there, and I followed his description and led him to his family.
"The family was so welcoming that they insisted on letting me stay at his house for two days to thank me.
"'But I didn't, so I stayed.
"'After dinner tonight, they won't let me go, I said my companions are still waiting for me, and they will be in a hurry if I don't come back.
"'The family had to let me come back. ’
"Everyone believed it when they heard it, but only your master was thoughtful, and looked at me suspiciously: 'No, there are mountain people living in the mountains, which is true, but this forest only has mountain villages on the edge. Now we are in the heart of the forest, how can there be mountain people? Even if there is a mountain people's child left in the forest, it will take at least a day and a night to send him to a place where there are mountain people's villages. ’
"I explained: 'That family was a hunter who lived alone in the mountains and hunted. As soon as the summer came, they entered the mountain, and the family lived in a stone cave halfway up the mountain, and they would return to the village in a few days when it was cold. ’
"After your lord heard it, he believed it.
"After talking about my disappearance, I had the opportunity to ask my mother's condition: 'How is the woman you saved?' ’
"Jianli said: 'I've been unconscious, just now we poured some water on her, and her face looks a little better. - By the way, Buddha Dai, you and Cunli went to Shouyang Mountain to learn martial arts, didn't you also learn some medical skills, just go in and take a look. ’
"When I entered the tent of the king's mother, I saw her lying on a mat on the ground, covered with the quilt of a mountain walker, and there was a wound on the right side of her forehead the size of a copper coin, and the wound and the blood on her face had been wiped away, and her face looked slightly ruddy.
"I checked her pulse and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Judging from the pulse, the monarch should not have suffered internal trauma except for the external injury on her forehead, and the coma was only caused by shock and exertion.
"I went out of the tent and said to the people, 'It's all right, sleep all night, and you'll wake up tomorrow.'" ’
"I thought that Ran Xiang was still waiting for news in the field, so I lied again: 'I'll go and see if the three pots are full, if someone hits the idea of the car at night, he is afraid that he will not be able to deal with it alone.'" ’
Without waiting for everyone's reply, I ran towards Mizoguchi.
"When I arrived at the mouth of the round ditch, I deliberately went up the hillside, bypassed the three pots far away, and ran all the way to the place where the army of the Drought Devil was waiting.
"When Ran Xiang saw me coming, he greeted me and asked, 'How is it?
"I said, 'Don't worry, Mother is safe, she was saved by my companions, and is now lying in the hut in our camp.' ’
When Ran Xiang heard the word lying down, his face immediately became very nervous, and he asked worriedly: 'Lying down, is Your Majesty injured?'
"I reassured, 'Don't worry, it's just a minor injury. Also, I was a little frightened, and I was too tired, and now I am in a coma. But get some sleep and wake up tomorrow. You lead the soldiers back to the mountain first, and tomorrow, when the time comes, you will bring people here to wait, and I will send the monarch over. ’
"Ran Xiang squatted on the ground with a sad face, and after a while, she suddenly stood up and said, 'No, I'm going to pick her up from the old man's house on the mountain, and there is an imperial doctor in the palace to take care of it.' In this barren mountain wilderness, I really can't rest assured that she will stay in a tent. ’
"I said, 'Junmu is still in a coma, you take her up the mountain now, can she bear the bumps along the way? ’
"Ran Tho took my hand and said, 'Then please. ’
After speaking, he took the soldiers of the Drought Tribe to the nearby tunnel. ”