Chapter 92: The sun sets and walks to the stronghold
"Haha......" Xiao Jianxia endured the gunshot wound and said with a smile: "Brother Erhu, I know that you are in a hurry to see your sister Xinghua." Besides, it is getting dark, and tomorrow I will send someone to take you to Kuaihuotun, a place you have not been to before, and I am afraid it will not be easy to find. ”
Seeing that Xiao Jianxia was so gracious, Erhu had no choice but to agree to go with him. He asked again, "Brother Xiao, is your old camp in this camel's neck?"
"No, no, no, my old camp is not here, in Cuiping Mountain, deep in the grassland. ”
"Cuiping Mountain?"
"It's a paradise with mountains and rivers, your sister Xinghua has been there and stayed for a night. ”
"Oh, then you have a camp here at the neck of the camel, right?"
"Yes, in order to facilitate the contact with Lan Zhentian, and also to preserve the strength of the team, I have established a secret base here, not far from there, and it is estimated that the brothers are coming soon. Before he could finish his words, he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves from far and near, and a group of men and horses ran towards this side, and the red horse that had returned to report the news was in the front.
The second tiger looked at the true god of the horse, and sure enough, he brought the letter to him.
Suddenly, a frightened yellow sheep ran from the nearby woods to the deep grass on one side. When the two tigers saw it, they hurriedly bent their bows and arrows, only to hear a "whoosh" sound, and the arrows flew out, and then saw that the yellow sheep was stuck in the grass barley and did not move.
"Good archery!" Xiao Jianxia stretched out his thumb and exclaimed, "It's really extraordinary!" As soon as his words fell, five sturdy men ran in front of Erhu and Xiao Jianxia.
The five men dismounted. Xiang Xiao Jianxia hugged his fists one by one and asked, "Great Chief, are you injured?"
"Great Chief, you shot a yellow sheep?"
"Hahaha...... The brethren are coming so fast, can you still pull the bowstring when you see me like this? This little hero shot it, go and pick it up. Xiao Jianxia said: "This is what I often tell you, the little hero who shot the steppe wolf in the middle of the night in Xiaogushan, Fangcao Town, Shaling County." is also Zheng Erhu who once saved my life, he saved my life again today, everyone come and meet the little hero Zheng Erhu!"
"Meet the little heroes!"
"Meet the little heroes!"
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At this time, a person picked up the yellow sheep that was shot dead by the second tiger, brought it here and said: "Great leader, you see that an arrow has hit the neck, and the shot is too accurate!"
"Okay, let's hurry up and help the little hero clean up. Let's go back to the secret stronghold right away. Xiao Jianxia said, and someone immediately carried him to the horse, and brought the yellow sheep that the second tiger shot to death. Then everyone got on their horses and walked to a secret location.
The sun was about to set in the west, and a touch of red afterglow shone on the steps of Xiao Jianxia and Erhu as they got off their horses.
Xiao Jianxia and Erhu's horses walked side by side, only to see the road under their feet potholes. Take the sandbag ramp for a while. After a while, it passed through the shallow water bubbles, and then it entered the thorny meadow......
Erhu said: "The road around this camel's neck is really not easy to walk!"
Xiao Jianxia smiled and said: "Yes, anyone who has just come to the neck of a camel is like entering the ecstasy array, don't look at the bubble, look at the other side of the river in front of you, but if you don't know how to walk the road, it will be difficult to go to the other side, and if you don't get it right, you will get lost." Some places look like roads. But you can't walk to the end, and as you walk, you will encounter sandbags or blisters blocking the way, and some places are not like roads, but you can get out of the road. This is the mystery of walking on the neck of a camel. ”
"Oh. Erhu seemed to understand, and said, "No wonder I haven't walked out of Lu for most of the day." ”
Xiao Jianxia said again: "Actually, as long as you have been in this area for a long time, you will naturally be familiar with it." You see, the road we are taking now leads to our secret stronghold, and this road is a very special road, and it has a kind of sign, as the saying goes, 'Follow the seven fairies to the end, and you will reach your destination', which means that if you go down the seven little elm trees that twist and turn Nana on the side of the road, you can find our stronghold, otherwise you can't say where you will go. Hehe, it's top secret, you didn't just tell you about it. ”
"Oh......" Erhu has a good memory, and he has gone into the mountains and grasslands to hunt since he was a child, and has developed a good habit of remembering the Tao, he recalled it and said: "But isn't it, we really passed by seven little elm trees on the way just now." ”
At this time, a brother behind him patted his horse and asked, "Great Chief, we are about to arrive at our stronghold, do you follow the rules?"
Xiao Jianxia waved his hand and said, "Excuse me, the two tiger brothers are their own family, hurry up and send a letter to the inside and welcome the distinguished guests into the door!"
"Yes!" the brother agreed, and took off his bow and arrows, only to hear a "whoosh" shoot an arrow into it. After a while, suddenly some people held three or five torches in their hands, only to hear the "crunch", and before the two tigers could see what was going on, they were less than a hundred paces ahead of them, and suddenly opened a gate, and the group walked across a small wooden bridge, passed by a forest, and walked into the gate.
With the help of the torches in the hands of those people, Erhu saw that there were seven or eight small earthen houses inside, and some of them were still lit up. This place is surrounded by large sandbags more than two feet high, forming a natural barrier wall. There were some artificial defenses reinforced around the wall, because it was too dark for him to see very clearly, and there were figures shaking, it must have been mobile sentry.
The large sandbag was in the shape of a horseshoe, abruptly rising above the rest of the ground, and was surrounded by a large forest, outside which was a large natural blister. The second tiger looked at it and felt that this place was very hidden. In fact, it's the land in the middle of the bubble, and you can't find out that this place is actually inhabited by people from the outside!
Erhu was invited into a larger house by those people, and saw that the people inside were busy with their work, serving food, wine, and rice to several large tables......
After Xiao Jianxia was carried in, he sat down at a large table and hurriedly beckoned everyone to the table to prepare for the opening of the banquet to welcome the distinguished guest Zheng Erhu. 、
There were three large tables in the room, and about thirty people were eating, all of whom were young, strong, hard-working, and simple peasant boys.
Before the banquet, Xiao Jianxia looked around at the people eating, and because of the gunshot wound, he cheered up, cleared his throat, and said, "Everyone be quiet, I will say a few words." The little hero sitting next to me is the engong who saved my life twice, Zheng Erhu, a college student and hunter from Xiaogushan in Fangcao Town! Everyone welcomes the little hero to our horseshoe stronghold!" he took the lead in applauding his ...... (To be continued......)