Chapter 849 A bowl of oil tea and two bottles of loess
Under the fiery red sunset, it passed through the gaps in the forest, and then passed through the dense trunks of two camphor trees, and finally sprinkled the afterglow of the stars on the clean red jade stone tablet.
Ten meters away from the stone monument, a cast iron pot was placed on three bluestones, and three gas tanks with stove heads were placed under the pot.
Beside the pot, Wei Ran, who had washed his hands, opened the bamboo tube containing the meat oil, used the long-handled bamboo spoon inside to dig out a big piece of meat oil and threw it into the pot.
When the oil was hot and smoking, he immediately imitated the way Tan Shouzheng had done before, took out the bamboo tube from the basket on his back, and poured a large handful of golden rice into the pot.
During the repeated flipping of the frying spoon, the grains of Yin rice turned into fragrant rice flowers, which were then immediately poured into four bamboo bowls.
He threw a small handful of tea leaves into the pot and continued to stir-fry. When the aroma of the tea leaves spread, Wei Ran immediately took out a few bottles of mineral water from his bag, unscrewed the lids and poured them all into the pot.
Putting the wooden lid on the pot, while waiting for the pot to boil, Wei Ran followed his memory and added fried yin rice, sesame seeds and crushed peanuts to the four bamboo and wooden bowls.
As the aroma around it became stronger and stronger, the tea soup in the pot gradually boiled. He opened the lid and simmered for a few more minutes. Wei Ran sprinkled some coarse salt into it, and then stirred it repeatedly with a bamboo sieve until it boiled.
When the coarse salt in the pot melted completely, he used a sieve to isolate the tea residue, and used a frying spoon to pour the fragrant tea soup into a bamboo bowl.
"This is my first time cooking oil tea. Please bear with me if my skills are not good."
Wei Ran muttered to himself, while respectfully placing three bowls of oil tea on the altar, and then placed a pair of bamboo chopsticks on each bowl.
"crop!"
In the dense water vapor, he seemed to hear Qin Shouzheng's voice in a trance, and seemed to see Squad Leader Liang in the uniform of the expeditionary force, and countless shadows behind him holding large celadon bowls.
"crop"
Wei Ran raised the British army's kettle with a little bit of local cannon wine left in it, put it to his mouth and took a big sip.
When he swallowed the wine in his mouth and turned his sight to the stone monument again, the three celadon bowls on the altar were empty. The three bowls of freshly made camellia and the bamboo bowl containing the camellia were also empty.
They disappeared together without a trace.
"Say"
Wei Ran wiped the corners of his eyes, touched the kettle and the stone tablet lightly, raised his head again and took a sip from the boss.
"Say"
After the third sip of wine, the kettle had been emptied, and Wei Ran choked on the last sip of wine and coughed up uncontrollable tears.
After a long time, he finally regained his composure, holding the only remaining bowl of camellia alone, sitting on the thick trunk of the camphor tree, drinking in small sips - just like in the cabin of the crashed plane.
Just like the dragon boat flowers next to the temple entrance after the war.
Only this time, he was the only one drinking the camellia. Those who were as young as him were hiding on the other side of the thick stone monument, thinking about their homeland across the Savage Mountains from morning to night.
After an unknown amount of time, Wei Ran drank up all the camellia oleifera in the bamboo bowl. The setting sun in the distance was also blocked by the continuous canopy of trees, leaving only a bloody halo on the horizon.
In front of him, the only source of light was the three gas cans still burning under the pot.
He stood up and put the last oil tea left in the pot into a bamboo bowl, and added a handful of oil fruits and a handful of chopped peanuts. Unfortunately, when he drank the bowl of oil tea again, it had two flavors.
But even so, he still drank the rest of the camellia oleifera, and then carefully cleaned up the scene.
Almost at the same time as he finished his work, Qin Er's call came from the walkie-talkie that had been hanging on his shoulder.
“Wei Ran, can you hear me, Wei Ran?”
Rubbing his face vigorously, and then clearing his throat, Wei Ran pressed the launch button and responded, "I can hear it."
"How is the situation over there? Do you need Brother Yang to pick you up?"
Qin Er asked with concern, "It's not safe in these deep mountains and old forests. It's too dangerous for you to spend the night alone."
"fine"
Wei Ran paused for a moment, pressed the launch button again and said, "Second, at dawn tomorrow, let Brother Yang follow the traces I left and rush to the first valley.
Then walk along the valley to the left, making sure to leave enough visible traces to go as far as you can."
"Switch to channel 5" Brother Yang's voice came out.
Hearing this, Wei Ran immediately switched to channel 5, and then heard Qin Er asked, "Wei Ran, have you found it?"
"found it"
Wei Ran paused and said again, "Brother Yang, at dawn tomorrow, follow the traces I left to the first valley, and then walk along the valley to the left. Be sure to leave enough conspicuous traces.
Go as far as you can.”
"I understand." Brother Yang answered very simply, obviously guessing what Wei Ran wanted him to do.
"Second, you will go find Mr. Zhou for help later."
Wei Ran continued, "At eight o'clock in the evening, take his helicopter into the mountain. I will use lights to guide you to the location. Once the location is confirmed, return immediately to make preparations. In addition, please ask Mr. Zhou to organize enough people to take the ride after dawn tomorrow.
Helicopters went into the mountains to establish landing sites.”
"I didn't say yes..."
When Qin Er was halfway through speaking, he obviously noticed Wei Ran's intention and immediately changed his tone and said, "I'm going to see Mr. Zhou now."
"That's it, we can contact you via radio at any time."
After Wei Ran finished speaking, he stood up holding on to the tree trunk, walked towards the distant water pool without looking back, led the mule back down the mountain, and finally stopped in the valley between the two mountains.
The gravel was laid out to create a ditch large enough for the fire, and then dead wood that could be used as fuel was picked up from the surroundings and placed in the bonfire.
At the same time, at the edge of the jungle outside Mo's village, Qin Er, who was sitting in an off-road vehicle, looked at Brother Yang in confusion, "What is Wei Ran's plan?"
"Can't you tell?"
Xia Shushi, who was also sitting in the car, lit a cigarette and said, "Wei Ran is obviously guarding the people from Mo's village, and didn't I say that in the suicide note of the monk Sehao, he was waiting for those from the expeditionary force?"
After the body was sent home, it was hoped that he could be buried in that cave.
Regardless of whether the villagers in Mo's village were interested in the cave, Wei Ran's actions at least fundamentally avoided the possibility of those villagers discovering the cave along the road we drove. In disguise, it also made those people
Master Sehao will not be disturbed in the future."
"When did you become so smart?" Qin Er sarcastically asked.
"It's not like you, pretending to be confused while pretending to understand." Xia Shushi lowered the window and looked at the village in the distance, "What should we do now?"
"Of course, I did whatever my good brother Wei Ran said." Qin Er flicked the cigarette butt away, "Brother Yang, let's go, let's go see Mr. Zhou."
"Sit tight." Before Brother Yang could finish his words, he stepped on the accelerator and turned the car.
At 7:58 p.m., Wei Yan, who was waiting in the valley, opened a titanium alloy oil drum filled with fuel, dragged the bottom of the drum with his hands, and along the laid out firewood, drew a path on the gravel beach at the bottom of the valley.
Big x.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Wei Yan put the oil drum back into its metal book, took out a retro trench lighter, lit a torch made of bamboo wood and a towel soaked in kerosene, and then ignited the firewood in front of him.
With a roar of "boom", the flames followed the kerosene and spread all the way, igniting all the firewood easily.
Taking out a strong flashlight from his bag and adjusting it to strobe mode, Wei Ran placed it on a boulder and pointed the lamp head at the starry night sky.
"Crack!" With a crisp sound, Wei Ran loaded the gun with a bullet, then sat on a stone the size of a millstone with his gun in his arms and waited quietly.
In less than ten minutes, the roar of the helicopter propellers came from far to near, and the strong air flow also made the tree crowns on both sides of the valley roar. Qin II's call also came from the radio channel.
To his expectation, the helicopter dropped a rope after circling for a short time. Immediately afterwards, figures slid down the rope one by one. With absolutely professional cooperation, they landed in front of the helicopter.
A circular defense circle was established below.
A moment later, Qin Er, who was screaming, and Xia Shushi, who was also screaming, were rappelled down by ropes by people in the cabin.
Before the two cargos who hit the ground first could stand still, another wooden cargo box was pushed out of the cabin and slowly landed in the center of the defense circle.
Central.
In less than five minutes, the helicopter cut the rope from the cabin and took off. Then it turned off its navigation lights and disappeared into the night sky.
At the same time, Qin Er and Xia Shushi were also helped up. They patted their buttocks and shouted excitement as they met Wei Ran, who was walking up empty-handed.
"Why are you two here?" Wei Ran asked in confusion.
"Aren't you worried that you will be snatched away by a tigress?"
Qin Er patted Wei Ran's shoulder affectionately, pointed to the wooden box that was being eaten and said, "I'll bring you some food and drink by the way. I told you in the morning that I will definitely let you do it every day."
Eat something hot and drink something ice-cold.”
"It cost you money"
Wei Ran followed the two of them and stepped aside, raising his chin towards the people carrying poles and busy unpacking boxes, "These are..."
"Brother Yang's brothers, they all work for a security company."
Qin Er held up a strong flashlight and touched Chu who was looking around with Xia Shushi. At the same time, he kept asking, "Brother Wei Ran, where is that cave?"
"Halfway up the mountain"
Wei Ran picked up the flashlight in strobe mode, switched it to a beam and pointed in the direction of the mountainside, then moved the lamp head sideways and said, "There is a waterhole there. It can be reached by walking in more than half an hour. Why don't everyone work hard and go there?"
Let’s set up camp. This is a valley after all. Although it’s the dry season, if it rains, we might all be washed away.”
"Brother Yang, what do you mean?" Qin Er turned around and asked.
Only then did Wei Ran notice that Brother Yang was among the people who followed him down, but he had been wearing a mask and his back was turned to him, so he didn't recognize him.
"Just follow what Mr. Wei said."
Brother Yang waved his hand, and the other four people who came with him immediately carried various supplies taken out from the wooden boxes on their backs.
"Early tomorrow morning, there will be two other teams randomly exploring confusing directions along our route into the mountain."
While Brother Yang was talking, he had already carried a small fuel generator on his back. By the way, he also helped Wei Ran catch the mule that was blindfolded by a T-shirt.
"In that case, let's set off," Wei Ran said, holding a flashlight and walking at the front with Qin II and Xia Shushi, who were looking at the strange things.
"Wei Ran, how did you find it?" Xia Shushi asked curiously.
"there"
Wei Ran pointed at the two mountains in the distance that were only vaguely visible in the night with his flashlight, and said perfunctorily with the excuse he had thought up in advance, "When I walked here, I saw those two mountains. They are
It’s almost the same as what’s in the photo.”
At this point, Wei Ran paused deliberately and then asked, "Do you remember what was written in the photo album, right? Back then, Zhou Guochang and his group also discovered a small waterfall next to the cave and caught a lot of fish there."
"Remember, there is such a description." Xia Shushi nodded.
"So I fed the mule a lot of salt and gave it a chili pepper."
Wei Ran pointed at the mule held by Brother Yang behind him and explained casually, "It was very thirsty, so naturally we found a creek with it. I followed the creek in a big circle before I found the source.
waterfall, and then found a cave near the waterfall.”
"Can it still be like this?" Qin Er asked in surprise.
"It's just a coincidence"
Wei Ran lowered his voice slightly, gestured behind him and asked, changing the subject, "Second, you come here tonight, who will bring those reporters tomorrow?"
"I'll take the helicopter back to pick up those reporters early tomorrow morning."
Qin Er said nonchalantly, "By the way, Mr. Zhou will also come. He originally wanted to come tonight, but Brother Yang said that it is so late that the helicopter may not have the conditions to take off and land. He is so old, like us.
It would be troublesome if he lowered his waist with a rope, so I persuaded him to stop."
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Wei Ran nodded, quickened his pace slightly, and chatted all the way to the edge of the waterfall.
"You are really... really powerful, you can find everything." Qin Er said breathlessly.
Compared with the rainy season, the water flow of this small waterfall is much smaller, coupled with the dense surrounding
It was obscured by the bamboo forest, and if Wei Ran hadn't used a flashlight to guide him just now, he wouldn't have even realized that this was the waterfall he had been talking about on the way.
"The light is better during the day, so it's certainly easier to see than at night." Wei Ran turned around as he spoke, "Brother Yang, I'll leave it to you to set up camp."
"Don't worry, you guys need to find a place to rest first."
While Brother Yang was talking, he tied the mule to a bamboo, then took off the generator he was carrying, greeted the few people who came with him, and set up a camping light that was bright enough as quickly as possible.
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While they were setting up the tent, Wei Ran also took Qin Er and Xia Shushi to take a look at the cave not far away.
"May the British souls return to their homeland at a time when the country is rich and the people are strong."
Qin II and Xia Shushi read the words on the tombstone together, and then bowed in unison.
"I came a little late, but luckily it's not too late."
At this time, Qin Er had long lost the playful smile he had just on the road. Even while mumbling, he took out a bottle of Maotai and three large bowls, as well as a knife of yellow paper and a box from his pocket.
Incense stick.
While Wei Ran watched silently, Xia Shushi also took out a large pack of toffee and two cigarettes from his bag, unpacked the outer packaging and placed it on an enamel tray.
When Qin II lit the white candle, Xia Shushi actually took out an incense burner from his bag. Then, the two brothers each took out a small glass bottle from their bag and poured the soil inside.
Pour it into the incense burner.
It seems to be to explain to the people on the other side of the tombstone, or maybe to explain to Wei Ran who is watching.
In the night filled with the sound of insects, Xia Shushi screwed on the bottle cap and said, "This bottle of soil was dug from the top of Zijin Mountain in Jinling before I set off. That place is the highest point in Jinling. When the weather is good, it can
You can clearly see the whole city.”
"This bottle of soil was dug from the flowerbed on the roadside of Andingmen in the capital."
Qin II also put away the empty glass bottles, "My grandfather said that in the past, the troops who returned to the court after winning the battle all entered the city through Andingmen."
"The old days when any cat or dog can bully us is over."
As Xia Shushi spoke, he lit a handful of incense with the white candle beside the stone tablet, divided it into three parts and handed them to Qin Er and Wei Ran. Then he bowed respectfully and planted the incense in his hand.
An incense burner filled with moist soil.
"I will take you home tomorrow," Qin Er said, and put the incense stick in his hand into the incense burner.
"You can definitely feel relieved now..."
Wei Ran muttered something in his mind, bowed in the same way, and put the incense stick in his hand into the incense burner filled with two-color soil.
