Chapter 220 Three pecks
"Walala...Walala..."
The heavy rain fell in the middle of the night without any sign of easing. The hill where the three foxes were located was about a mile away from the deserted post.
Although the rain curtain affects visibility, with the vision of these three vixen, you can still vaguely see some fire and smoke coming out of Huangyi through the hazy.
"I'm so angry, I'm so angry! We were actually driven away by a group of mortals!"
"Huh...that old man grabbed my tail, almost...scared me to death..."
The fox on the left was still scared. The old Lu almost hit it with his sword. With the fierce image of the pedestal merchants just now, if it was hit, it would definitely be cut to death.
"Hmph, it's all your fault for you two cowards. They're just a group of mortals. They're a little fierce but so what? With the body of the fox, you can easily bite them to death, but you're all panicked. I'm really..."
"Boom...Click..."
Lightning fell on the big tree at the moment when the hills were near the hills.
"Ah..." "Ah..." "Ah..." "Ah..."
The three foxes screamed in a standing position and fled in three directions.
Inside the Huangyi Post, after the previous fight, everyone was tired, but the rest problem is now even more careless, so the number of people watching the night has increased a lot.
Half of the people on the side of the traveling merchant guarded the night and half of them rested, while Yin Qing and the others also slept in pairs. Although the traveling merchants told them to watch for them even though they would sleep, the scholars had grown up a little, after all, they were always wary of others.
When Lei Yusheng woke up early in the morning, there was no sound of rain outside.
"woke up?"
Yin Qing rubbed his eyes and yawned and asked, standing up and moving his hands and feet. Lin Xinjie, who was sitting beside him, was still lying on the low table and sleeping soundly.
Lei Yusheng looked at Mo Xiu beside him. Yin Qing and Lin Xinjie should have woken him and Mo Xiu to replace the night watch in the middle of the night, but now it seems that Yin Qing and Lin Xinjie have been guarding all night, or Yin Qing is guarding it alone in the middle of the night.
"Yin Qing, aren't you sleeping?"
Yin Qing moved his arms and turned around and smiled.
"I'm in a better mood, so it's okay to sleep less."
"That's right, Mr. Yin will teach us books tonight, telling us about the customs and customs of other places. He is in good spirits and has a great knowledge!"
"Not bad, I'm really knowledgeable." "Young and promising."
A traveler who had already stood up said to Lei Yusheng happily, and someone else agreed.
As more and more people got up, the noise became more and more intense. Lin Xinjie and Mo Xiu were also awakened, and the entire wasteland inn began to become lively again.
Old Lu picked out some fine firewood and threw it into the charcoal pile and blew it a few times. Then he regenerated the fire with the remaining charcoal, then set up the pot to prepare breakfast.
Together with the four scholars, each of them had a bowl of corn porridge with a steamed bun that was heated by the fire, and a small spoonful of pickles.
Even Lei Yusheng and Lin Xinjie, who are used to eating fine food, also eat with relish and praise the good skills of travelers.
After everyone was cleaned up, nearly twenty people in the group finally carried baskets and bookcases on their backs and walked out of the deserted post.
After the rain in the mountains, it seems to have been purified. The air is fresh and sunny. Taking a few deep breaths outside makes people feel refreshed.
"Let's go, let's go together. Datong Mountain can only be passed in two days. A few scholars will also go with us?"
Yin Qing and others looked at each other, and Mo Xiu asked honestly.
"Two days? I heard I'll walk for seven or eight days."
"Hahaha, that was twisting around the mountains along the post road. We have our own familiar path, which is hard to walk, but the road is much closer. In the early years, many of the silk fabrics in Wanzhou were transported around like people like us, carrying baskets. How could there be any path!"
I had already encountered a vixen in this mountain, and Yin Qing and others didn't dare to leave by themselves. When they heard Lao Lu's suggestion, they naturally agreed immediately.
A group of people walked along the post road for about half an hour, but did not move forward in the winding direction of the post road, but went straight to the mountain and led the cha to another direction by Lao Lutou.
To be honest, except for Yin Qing, the other three scholars seemed very burdensome at this time, even Mo Xiu, who was not a wealthy family, was the same.
So later some travelers simply put a few not-so-dense bookcases on their backpacks, and then helped them out from time to time, so that the scholars could persevere.
In other words, Yin Qing didn't help him from beginning to end, and he was able to maintain good physical strength and keep up with the pace of the upward foot merchants, which also made the men look at him even more impressed.
"Hu...hu...hu...hu... finally crossed the Wilderness Ridge!"
After crossing a mountain, the leader of the team was also panting because the new rain last night, the air was fresh and fresh, but the feet were muddy. Even if you look for places with many rocks and trampling, it would take more energy than you would on weekdays.
Looking at the back, they all looked tired, and the scholars were even more panting like a bellows that had broken holes.
"Everyone should rest, you don't have to go far, even if you get rid of your hands, someone will have to go with you!"
"Okay." "Oh, rest."
"It's a rest..." "It's going to fall apart..."
Some people joked and complained, and they all looked for dry places nearby and sat down.
A crow flew by, making a scream of "Ah...Ah..."
Lin Xinjie muttered subconsciously.
"Is this crow called it unlucky, right?"
A man next to him who was drinking water with a bamboo tube was also happy to hear this.
"Hahahaha... You scholar, don't many scholars believe this? There are so many birds and beasts in the mountains. If you want to hear a crow, you will be trembling. Should you leave? I have heard the big insects screaming!"
"That is," "This scholar..."
When Yin Qing heard the jokes from others, he immediately became energetic.
"Uncle, have you heard the screams of tigers? What's it like? Was it scared at that time? A friend of mine often heard howling and said that he was afraid of death every time. Is this true?
Several travelers next to him looked at Yin Qing with a strange look on his face, and the person asked curiously.
"Your friend often hears the tiger roar, so he is alive or dead? He is so brave!"
"Hahahaha, he is still bold? He is the least courageous!"
Thinking of Hu Yun's cowardly appearance, Yin Qing couldn't help laughing. Old Gui told him before that the fox looked scared by him.
"I heard my friend say that the tiger roar he heard could shake ten miles, and all the birds and beasts in the mountains were running around. Uncle, tell me the tiger roar you heard!"
When he heard Yin Qing say this, others think that it was his friend who was bragging.
"The big insect's screams are indeed scary, but they are not that exaggerated. Even if we meet the big insect, the beast will most likely not dare to harm others. The knife song is not just sung."
"Yes, actually, we heard the big insects screaming at that time. After going down the mountain, we told the hunters that more than twenty hunters took their guys up the mountain to set traps during the day."
Mo Xiu said blankly, "I don't want it for my life?"
Old Lu shook his head with a smile.
"At that time, the big insect must have wandered over other mountains. There is no way. It is too close to the two villages there. It is not that the hunters want to be scared, but that the family of young and old lives at the foot of the mountain, and they can't let it go!"
"Then did the big bug catch it in the end?"
Lei Yusheng was also curious.
"We had already left at that time. It was a few months later when we went there. It was said that we did not catch the big insect. Several surrounding villages finally raised money to build a land temple and went to the Chenghuang Temple to beg the City God. The old temple prayed to help preside over the rituals and invited a land god back. I'll tell you, that really works..."
This is also an interesting story. Several scholars listened with relish. It was the first time that a few young people who had just joined the caravan team that had a short time to hear this.
Yin Qing was listening, suddenly felt his neck itchy. When he turned around, he found a paper crane landing on his shoulder and pecking him with a small paper beak.
Seeing the paper crane, Yin Qing looked happy, reached out to cover her shoulders, lowered her voice with her face.
"Little Paper Crane, is Mr. Ji here?"
After thinking about it, he said.
"I came in one go, but I didn't come in two."
Paper Heron tilted his head and looked at Yin Qing, and pecked him on his hand that was blocking him three times.
Yin Qing frowned, then asked tentatively.
"Come and leave again?"
This time the paper crane pecked again, then flapped its wings and flew to the back of the bushes on one side. Yin Qing saw it and hurriedly followed.
"Hey, Yin Qing, what are you doing?"
"Don't let it go!"
"Then I'll go with you!"
Mo Xiu was listening to the traveler telling a story when he saw Yin Qing running away alone and hurriedly followed him, but Yin Qing ran too fast, and he was obviously pulled apart for a long time.
Of course, Yin Qing didn't care about Mo Xiu behind him, and kept chasing the paper crane around several bushes and turned to one side of the mountain wall. Then he was suddenly frightened by the things behind him, "Ah..." and said.
A monster covered in fur, wearing a rag jacket, yellow and hunched body stood there, and the paper crane was hovering above its head.
"Xiao, the little god has met Mr. Yin! Xiao, the little god is this Datong Mountain, the mountain god, Zun, Zun Xiansheng..."
"Yin Qing~~~"
Mo Xiu's voice came, Yin Qing looked back, and when he turned back, the monster who claimed to be a mountain god was gone.
Chapter completed!