Chapter 22: Road Encounters
Early in the morning, before the sun came out and the sky was still bright, Jiang Jiutian and his party woke up.
Originally, according to their thoughts before the picnic last night, they would have to set off in the morning, and they would just nibble on some bread on the way. As a result, I ate a good meal last night, and all their gluttonous worms were hooked out, and the people got up, but they couldn't move their legs to hurry.
Even if it takes a lot of time, you can still do it again if it's a short time. The fish is cooked the fastest and delicious, so of course it is the first choice. So he caught some more fish, treated them simply, roasted them over high heat, ate and drank, and then wiped his mouth and set off on his way.
At this time, it was just the morning glow, and they climbed up the mountain on this side of the mountain, and the sun climbed up the mountain on the other side of the mountain, like a race, so that they were full of vigor on the road. The glow of the sun smears everything, and the scenery along the way is breathtaking. Even when there is no ready-made road to take and the thorns are overcome, the thorns seem to be beautiful and lovely.
Jiang Jiutian couldn't help but secretly think: Sure enough, there are thousands of articles depicted in the book, it is better to be in front of you for a while, and it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. Even if there are countless paths that others have walked in the book, you still can't really understand it until you have walked it yourself. Even if you understand it, what you do in the book is someone else's after all, and what you have under your feet is your own.
They were in high spirits and marched very fast, and in just one morning, they had crossed three mountain ranges. It seems that sharpening the knife is not a mistake for the woodcutter, and it is true that he did not delay anything after taking the time to eat something good. At least they didn't stop on the road for a whole morning, and they were still in a good mood and in good spirits.
Li Feng stopped and took out a rudimentary map, and the others followed suit. Maps are a rarity, and not for the average person. According to Li Feng, at first, he copied a small part of a large map for reference in the travel guide, but when it came to the place he went, the original map was too rough. So he went all the way to add, the first one had already been painted in a mess, so he combed through and redrew a copy, and then because the supplementary drawing made it impossible to see, he drew a new copy, and now he has no idea how many copies he has redrawn. Even so, the map drawn by hand still looks very crude.
But it doesn't matter if it's crude or not, just use it. Several people gathered together, determined the current location according to the map, and decided not to climb over the mountains and mountains, but to approach the main road instead, from the main road to the nearest town, to rest and replenish some fresh dry food by the way.
Jiang Jiutian and his party turned to the main road, because they thought that they might encounter people on the road from time to time, so they slowed down, which was comparable to ordinary people who were in a hurry on foot. They had just walked along the main road when they saw several carts approaching them quickly, including ox carts, mule carts, and donkey carts. But no matter what kind of animal the cart was drawn from, the driver who sat in the cart whipped desperately, whipped the animal pulling the cart in front of him, and shouted "Hurry...... Hurry up......" or something. And the animals that pulled the cart did not seem to be accustomed to pulling the cart in this way, and were urged by the whip, and although they ran desperately, they were a little exhausted, and no matter how much they whipped, they could not go faster.
Jiang Jiutian frowned, seeing the cart and livestock coming over in a rampage, he gave way to the side of the road and continued to walk forward. When one of the ox carts passed them, the woman in the cart shouted at them, "Dead man, don't go that way, kill people!"
The cart pulled by the cattle quickly ran away, and the few of them could not catch up without using their feet to ask what was going on. However, in their opinion, even if something murderous happened in front of them, their own people should still be able to deal with it, so they left it alone and continued to move forward.
After walking for a while, I saw a group of people running towards me. The men were thick in front and thin in the back, and some of them were screaming in horror as they ran, not forming words, but syllables that didn't make any sense. Some people fell and immediately got up and continued to run. Someone fell and got up slowly, and was trampled directly by the person running behind him. The man who had been trampled cried out in pain, but still struggled to get up, stumbled and continued to run forward.
When they passed, some of them also reminded Jiang Jiutian that they should not go over there and run for their lives, but when Jiang Dazhuang asked what happened in a loud voice, no one answered, and no one stopped, so they all ran blindly and frantically by themselves.
Looking at the chaotic backs of those people, Jiang Jiutian looked at each other a few times, hesitated slightly, and continued to walk forward. Even if there is any danger ahead, with their foot work, it should still be possible to escape, and they can't just listen to an inexplicable rumor and mess up their own situation so inexplicably. If you have skills, you should also have courage at the same time.
What's more, in front of Jiang Jiutian, Jiang Dazhuang and Geng Feihua, as elders, and Li Feng, as seniors, feel that they should set an example. Jiang Jiutian is old, Jiang Jiutian often shows a bit of old age, Jiang Jiutian's tall size and gradually heroic silhouette are easy for people to look up to his age, but this is not enough to make the other people really not regard Jiang Jiutian as a child at all. Besides, in the hearts of parents, children are still children until the day their hair turns gray.
However, whether it was the person who relied on livestock to pull the cart or run wildly on his legs, it all made Jiang Jiutian and his party wake up in their hearts. Skills belong to skills, courage to courage, but you can't be too big because of this, if you overturn the boat in the gutter, it's a joke, if you give your life in vain, it's a person who will not be willing to die.
Except for walking for a while, I didn't meet anyone again, but I didn't find anything abnormal. However, the more this is the case, the more Jiang Jiutian and they dare not take it lightly.
From a distance, I saw the bend of the road in front of me, sandwiched between the peaks of the two mountains, I don't know if it was because of the shadow of the peaks or what, it was very dark. Jiang Jiutian felt that something was wrong, so he slowed down and looked towards the sky. Although the sun is already a little westward, the sun's light is still very dazzling, and the sun is slightly burning on the face. But the closer you get to the bend of the peak, the dimmer the light becomes, and if you look closely, there are some dark places that really don't seem to be caused by the shadow of the peak wall or the vegetation on it.
Several people reminded each other to be on guard, and after getting a little closer, they all stopped. Geng Feihua couldn't help but reach out and grab her son Jiang Jiutian's arm under nervousness, while Jiang Dazhuang took a step forward, put one hand on his son's shoulder, and blocked the front sideways.