“Whoosh… whoosh…”
The heavy rain showed no sign of letting up even after midnight. The hill where the three foxes were located was about a mile away from Huangyi.
Although the rain curtain affected visibility, with the eyesight of these three vixens, they could still vaguely see some firelight and smoke coming from Huangyi through the haze.
“I’m so angry, so angry! We were driven away by a group of mortals!”
“Oh…that **** old man grabbed my tail, almost, almost…scared me to death…”
The fox on the left is still frightened. Lao Lutou almost hit it with his knife just now. With the ferocious images of the merchants just now, if it was hit, it would definitely be hacked to death.
“Humph, it’s all your fault for being cowards. They are just a group of mortals. So what if you are a bit fierce? With your fox body, you can easily kill them all, but in the end you all panicked. I really… …”
“Rumble…click…”
Lightning struck a big tree near the hill.
“Ah…” “Ah…” “Ah…”
The three foxes screamed and fled in three directions.
Inside Huangyi, after the previous fight, everyone was tired, but the problem of rest was now even more careless, so the number of people keeping vigil increased a lot.
On the foot merchant’s side, half of the people kept watch at night and the other half rested, while Yin Qing and the others also slept in pairs. Although the foot merchants asked them to watch over them even if they slept, the few scholars had grown up after all. After all, it is necessary to be on guard against others.
When Lei Yusheng woke up in the morning, there was no sound of rain outside.
“Are you awake?”
Yin Qing asked while rubbing his eyes and yawning. He stood up and stretched his hands and feet. Lin Xinjie, who was sitting next to him, was still sleeping on the low table.
Lei Yusheng looked at Mo Xiu next to him. Yin Qing and Lin Xinjie were supposed to wake him and Mo Xiu up in the middle of the night to replace the vigil, but the current situation seemed that Yin Qing and Lin Xinjie had been vigil all night. In other words, Yin Qing stayed alone most of the night.
“Yin Qing, are you awake?”
Yin Qing moved her arms and turned around and smiled.
“I’m in better spirits, it doesn’t matter if I sleep less.”
“That’s right, Mr. Yin also gave us a lecture at night, talking about the customs and customs of other places. He is in good spirits and his knowledge is top-notch!”
“Yes, he is indeed knowledgeable.” “You are young and promising.”
A traveler who had already stood up said cheerfully to Lei Yusheng, and there were also people beside him who echoed.
As more people got up, the commotion became louder. Lin Xinjie and Mo Xiu were also woken up, and the entire Huangyi became lively again.
Lao Lutou picked out some fine firewood and threw it into the charcoal fire a few times and blew on it a few times. He used the remaining charcoal to rekindle the fire, then set up the pot and started preparing breakfast.
Including the four scholars, each person had a bowl of corn porridge, a steamed bun heated by the fire, and a small spoonful of pickles.
Even Lei Yusheng and Lin Xinjie, who were accustomed to fine food, ate with gusto and praised the craftsmen for their craftsmanship.
After everyone had packed up, a group of nearly twenty people finally put their backpacks and book boxes on their backs and walked out of the deserted post.
The mountains seem to have been purified after the rain. The air is fresh and sunny. Taking a few deep breaths outside is refreshing.
“Let’s go, let’s go together. Datong Mountain can be passed in just two days. Can a few scholars also come with us?”
Yin Qing and others looked at each other, and Mo Xiu asked straightforwardly.
“Two days? I heard it takes seven or eight days.”
“Hahaha, it was twisting around in the mountains along the post road. We have our own familiar roads. It is more difficult but much shorter. In the early years, many of the silk fabrics in Wanzhou were like ours. Just like a human being, carrying a basket on his back to carry him around, what’s the point?”
We have already encountered vixens in this mountain, and Yin Qing and others did not dare to leave alone. After hearing Lao Lutou’s suggestion, they naturally agreed immediately.
A group of people walked along the post road for about half an hour, and then stopped following the winding direction of the post road. Instead, they went directly to the mountain peak, led by Lao Lutou in another direction.
To be honest, except for Yin Qing, the other three scholars seemed very cumbersome at this time, and the same was true for Mo Xiu, who was not from a wealthy background.
Some travel merchants later simply put a few light book boxes on their own backpacks, and then helped and supported them from time to time, so that a few scholars could persevere.
Yin Qing did not ask anyone to help him from the beginning to the end, and he could still maintain good physical strength and keep up with the pace of the merchants, which also impressed all the men even more.
“Huh…huh…huh… finally crossed Huanggouling!”
Climbing a mountain, the leader of the team, Lao Lutou, was panting. Because of the new rain last night, the air was fresh and fresh, but the feet were also muddy. Even if he found a rocky place to step on, it took more time than usual. Much physical strength.
Looking at the people behind, everyone looked tired, and the scholars were even panting like bellows with holes.
“Everyone, let’s take a rest. You are not allowed to go far. Even if you relieve yourself, someone must accompany you!”
“Okay.” “Oh, rest.”
“It’s a break…” “I’m going to fall apart…”
Some people laughed and some complained, and they all found a dry place nearby to sit down.
A crow flew by, making a cry of “ah…ah…”.
Lin Xinjie muttered subconsciously.
“Uncle Lu, isn’t the crow’s crow unlucky?”
A man nearby who was drinking water from a bamboo tube was also happy when he heard this.
“Hahahaha… You scholar, don’t many of you scholars not believe this? There are many birds and beasts in the mountains. If you want to listen to a crow, you will be trembling. Then why don’t you leave? I still listen. The big insect is screaming! ”
“That is to say.” “This scholar…”
Hearing the laughter from others, Yin Qing immediately perked up.
“Uncle, have you ever heard a tiger roar? What kind of thing was it like? Were you scared at that time? I have a friend who often heard the roar and said that he was scared to death every time. Is that true?”
A few traveling merchants on the side looked at Yin Qing with strange expressions, and the person who was asked also asked a curious question.
“Your friend often hears tiger roars. Is he alive or dead? You are so brave!”
“Hahahaha, is he still brave? He is the most timid!”
Yin Qing couldn’t help but laugh when he thought of Hu Yun’s cowardice. The old turtle had told him before that the fox was frightened by him.
“My friend said that the roar of a tiger he heard could be heard for ten miles, and all the birds and beasts in the mountains fled. Uncle, please tell me about the roar of the tiger you heard!”
When they heard what Yin Qing said, others thought it was his friend who was bragging.
“The cry of the big bug is indeed scary, but it is not that exaggerated. With a dozen of us traveling merchants, even if we meet the big bug face to face, the beast will probably not dare to harm people. The Daozi song is not just for singing.”
“Yes, in fact, we heard the roar of a big insect at that time. After we came down from the mountain, we told the hunters that during the next day, more than twenty hunters went up the mountain with their guys to lay traps.”
Mo Xiu said blankly, “Will you risk your life for the sake of your skin?”
Lao Lutou smiled and shook his head.
“At that time, the big insect must have wandered over from other mountains. There was nothing we could do. It was too close to the two villages over there. It wasn’t the hunters who wanted the skins, but the whole family, old and young, living at the foot of the mountain. I couldn’t let it go. ”
“Have you caught the big bug in the end?”
Lei Yusheng was also curious.
“We had already left in a hurry. It was a few months later when we went there again. It was said that no big insects had been caught. Several surrounding villages finally raised money to build a land temple and went to the City God Temple to plead with them. The city god, Lao Miao Zhu, helped preside over the rituals and invited a land lord to come back. Let me tell you, that really works…”
This is also an interesting story. Several scholars listened to it with great interest, and several young people who had only just joined the team of merchants also heard it for the first time.
Yin Qing was listening when he suddenly felt an itch on his neck. He turned around and saw a paper crane landing on his shoulder and pecking at him with its small paper beak.
Seeing the paper crane, Yin Qing’s face lit up with joy, he stretched out his hand to cover his shoulders and lowered his voice.
“Little paper crane, is Mr. Ji here?”
He thought for a moment and said again.
“It came once, but didn’t come twice.”
Zhi He tilted his head and looked at Yin Qing, then pecked his hand three times.
Yin Qing frowned, and then asked tentatively.
“Come here and then leave again?”
This time the paper crane pecked again, then flapped its wings and flew behind a bush on one side. Yin Qing saw it and hurriedly followed.
“Hey Yin Qing, why are you looking for Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com?”
“Relieve yourself!”
“Then I’ll go with you!”
Mo Xiu was listening to the traveler telling a story. When he saw Yin Qing running away alone, he hurried to follow him, but Yin Qing ran too fast and he was obviously pulled away for a long time.
Of course Yin Qing didn’t care about Mo Xiu behind him. He chased the paper crane around several bushes and then turned behind a mountain wall. Then he was suddenly frightened by what was behind him and said “Ah…”.
A monster covered in fur, wearing a rag, khaki and stooped stood there, with paper cranes hovering above its head.
“Little, little God has met Young Master Yin! Little, little God is this Datong Mountain, the mountain god, Zun, Zunxian Chang…”
“Yin Qing~~~”
Mo Xiu’s voice came, and Yin Qing looked back. When he turned back, the monster who claimed to be the mountain **** had disappeared.