On the morning of the fourth day, while I was still sleeping, I was woken up by Lao Jia's exclamation.
Lao Jia's yelling made all of us shout.
"Oops, there's a donkey missing." Lao Jia shouted.
When I heard this, I quickly got up. There were only a few donkeys, and each one was of great use. If one was missing, it would be no small matter.
I hurriedly followed him out of the tent, but when I saw it, I saw Lao Jia's anxious face, and not far away, the donkeys that were originally tied together were missing one.
"What's going on?" I asked.
Lao Jia said: "As soon as I woke up, I found that a donkey was missing."
I looked closely and saw that at the feet of several donkeys, the ropes were still there, but the donkey that was originally tied was missing.
Vaguely, I thought that I heard a donkey braying in my sleep last night. At that time, I thought it was nothing. But now I see, nine times out of ten, the donkey must have been braying at that time.
thing.
"Old Tie, what should I do?" Zhou Xiaoshe said, rubbing his sleepy eyes.
"Look around, donkeys recognize life. If they are still alive, they shouldn't be able to run too far." I said.
The missing donkey was ridden by Zhou Xiaoshe. Seeing that his mount was missing, Zhou Xiaoshe became very angry and yelled all over the mountains and plains.
Lao Jia, Zhou Xiaoshe, I went around to look for donkeys, while Monk Zhangzhi stayed behind to look at things with Su Jin and Ah Qiao.
The three of us searched in a circle, and finally I heard a voice coming from Zhou Xiaoshe. It seemed that he should have made a discovery.
I hurried over to Zhou Xiaoshe, but I saw Zhou Xiaoshe stunned on the spot.
"Where's the donkey?" I asked.
Lao Jia also rushed over.
After Zhou Xiaoshe was stunned for a few seconds, he pointed at the weeds not far away.
I walked over and pushed aside the grass, and suddenly a strong smell of blood hit my nostrils!
And in the grass, the little donkey that was alive and well yesterday is now lying in the grass, with scars all over his body, all scratched and bitten, each scratch is very shocking, the wound is extremely deep, and the forest inside is white.
The bones have been exposed...
When I saw this, I was stunned!
Although this donkey was not a human being, it died in a very miserable state. Its eyes were wide open and its body was bloody. It was obvious that it had been scratched and bitten to death.
"Is it a beast?" I couldn't help but ask.
But immediately, I rejected this idea outright.
It’s not uncommon to see wild beasts in this mountain forest, but there is absolutely no such thing as one that catches a donkey to death but doesn’t eat it!
Zhou Xiaoshe was filled with grief and anger. This little donkey had been his little friend for the past few days. They ate, drank, and had sex together. Now that it was dead like this, it immediately gave people a creepy feeling.
I unconsciously glanced at Lao Jia next to me who had never spoken, and found that he was silent, but his old face clearly looked a little ugly...
A few minutes later, Lao Jia anxiously took us back and said, "Don't stay here, we'll leave immediately."
Lao Jia urged me very urgently this time, and I didn’t know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd. After a few words, everyone quickly put the things away under his supervision, and then left here with the remaining donkeys.
Among the few people, Zhou Xiaoshe, the only one without a mount, initially wanted to get together with Su Jin, but he was reluctant to do so, so he had no choice but to sit with Monk Zhangzhi.
Fortunately, in the past few days, we also consumed a lot of rations, which invisibly reduced the burden on the donkeys.
Lao Jia was still leading the way, but compared to the past few days, he was walking in a hurry, wishing that he was riding a war horse, and then he galloped wildly, with the poor mule underneath him
From time to time, he made bleating sounds of protest, but Lao Jia turned a blind eye.
That day, we drove for five or six hours at a stretch. As we went deeper and deeper into the mountains and forests, at a glance, there was no end in sight in the vast jungle, just like a sea, and we were just a needle in the water.
, small and weak.
We kept traveling during the day and didn't have much time to rest. At night, we thought we would be able to rest, but to our surprise, Lao Jia had no intention of stopping.
In the dark jungle, the leader, Lao Jia, held a torch, and we followed behind. The road ahead was long, and only the hissing sounds of swaying leaves and the snorting of donkeys could be heard in our ears.
In the silence of the night, Lao Jia stubbornly continued to lead the way without saying a word.
We followed behind. After a tiring day, we inevitably felt a little unhappy.
Zhou Xiaoshe couldn't help but said: "Old Jia, should we take a rest? We have been traveling all day."
Lao Jia turned a deaf ear.
After driving forward for more than ten minutes, Zhou Xiaoshe suddenly became unhappy when he saw that he hadn't stopped yet.
"Old Jia, you can't walk on the trail and you are still rushing at night. Are you sick?"
Zhou Xiaoshe pulled the donkey. As soon as his donkey stopped, the donkeys on Su Jin's and mine's side also stopped. The three donkeys snored and looked exhausted.
Even livestock are in this state, let alone humans.
I glanced at A Qiao sitting in front of me. This little girl was already drowsy, her head was leaning on my chest, and she seemed quite comfortable.
When I saw this, I also said: "Old Jia, why don't you take a rest here first, everyone is exhausted."
Lao Jia squinted his eyes and looked around, thought for a moment, and then reluctantly said: "Okay, let's rest here."
A few donkeys and mules were tied up, and we quickly took out the rations to share the food. As for Ah Qiao, the little confused boy, as soon as he sat down, he had already fallen asleep before he could even eat the big cake in his hand. It looked like that
Extraordinarily cute and cute.
A Qiao fell asleep on my body. After seeing it, Zhou Xiaoshe also wanted to imitate A Qiao. He moved a little closer to Su Jin and wanted to sleep like a little bird, but his head just hit.
As soon as he got closer, Su Jin quickly revealed a bright dagger, which scared Zhou Xiaoshe out of his wits...
Among the several people, only the monk Zhangzhi seemed relatively calm.
This guy has always been a man of few words, but right now, he was chewing hard cakes and reading scriptures that I didn't understand.
I couldn't help but curiously asked: "Monk, what are you reciting?"
"Yeah, I see you have been reading for a whole day, but you are not very energetic." Zhou Xiaoshe also said.
Monk Zhangzhi raised his head and said with a serious look on his face: "The young monk always feels as if something is following us today, so the young monk has been reciting the Hinayana Rebirth Sutra today. God has the virtue of good life, and the young monk hopes to influence it...
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After Monk Zhangzhi finished speaking, Zhou Xiaoshe and I looked at each other, then blurted out and asked: "Then have you been influenced by it?"