[Chapter 42] The Adventures of the King (3)
When I was 19 years old, I started following my old friend to the mountains, and I have been doing it for more than 30 years now. In fact, it is not a good way to get rich. Not only is it difficult to make a fortune, but it is also very dangerous. There are many people who go to the mountains.
Never came out again.
The most dangerous thing was a mountaineering expedition when I was in my twenties. The leader at that time was named Zhao, and we all called him Brother Zhao. Brother Zhao was in his forties at the time. Not to mention he had rich experience in mountaineering, he was still young and energetic.
When he is strong, he has good physical strength, high energy, and is upright and trustworthy, so many people hope to help him in the mountains.
On the sixth day of September that year, Brother Zhao led eight of us, a group of nine people, which was an auspicious number to go to for singles and doubles. In order to take advantage of this good season to dig more big sticks, we walked into the depths of a big mountain.
A group of nine people took pots, pans, food, etc. and plunged into the dense forest where there were no human beings.
That trip was really not going well. On the second day after entering the mountains, one of the guys was bitten by a Qian Chuan Zi. Ordinarily, for us mountain rangers, seeing Qian Chuan Zi is a good sign, indicating that we will definitely get something from this trip.
The mountain god took good care of him, but the money string was poisonous! The young man’s calf was swollen to about the same thickness as his thigh. Although Brother Zhao was experienced and had snake medicine, it was impossible to achieve immediate results after all. We were just a few of us along the way.
They took turns carrying him on their backs!
After walking for another day, we finally stopped on the edge of a cliff facing the sun. Brother Zhao thought this place was good, so he built the Laoye Mansion (Mountain God Head Temple) with three stones there. Using grass as incense, he knelt before the Laoye Mansion.
We prayed in front of the house and asked for blessings. Then we built a shack (shack) in that place, using wooden poles to support thatch bark to prevent rain, and spreading grass and roe deer skin inside to serve as our temporary home.
Although the weather was very cold, the mosquitoes were still very powerful. We lit a fire in front of the shack to drive away mosquitoes, prevent wild beasts, and warm ourselves up with the moisture. After chatting around the fire for a while, Brother Zhao asked us to get it quickly.
Go to sleep and start climbing the mountain early tomorrow morning!
After breakfast the next day, we carried out mountain climbing according to the request of the boss, Brother Zhao. Perhaps the mountain god was very kind and took care of us. Not long after, we heard a young man shouting excitedly, "Bangchui!"
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Brother Zhao, the boss, quickly picked up the mountain and asked: "What kind of goods?" The young man actually shouted "Bapiye!"
When I heard that it was Bapiye, not to mention us young people, even the well-informed old leader Brother Zhao, his eyes lit up with excitement, and he shouted excitedly with us: "Hurry up! Hurry up!"
"Dang!", this is called Heshan, which means smooth, auspicious and congratulations!
Because this wild ginseng has more than five leaves, which is considered a big stick! Six or seven leaves are extremely rare, not to mention this guy actually said it has eight leaves!
We all gathered around, eager to see this rare eight-leaf old ginseng. Brother Zhao, the boss, was even more worried about the young man. When we went over to take a look, ha! That young man was really good. He had already pressed the button
Boss Zhao's request, use a mallet to lock the lock
There lived the extremely rare eight leaves - a red string with big coins (copper coins of auspicious years) tied to both ends, wrapped around the main stem of ginseng in the middle, and the two ends of the big coins were respectively placed on the rope sticks inserted in the ground.
, to prevent the Baicao King from running away!
Brother Zhao relaxed a lot when he saw this. While kneeling on the ground to thank the mountain god for the gift, he excitedly told us that this stick is not an ordinary old mountain ginseng. You see, its leaves have two layers, one layer.
There are four leaves, and there are eight leaves on the two floors. This is the rare "eight leaves on two floors" in the legend!
Everyone became even more excited after hearing this, and even the young man who was bitten by the money string screamed with joy! After a burst of celebration, Leader Zhao regained his composure and asked us young people to stand aside and leave him alone.
Lift the mallet himself! The older Huang put a fire on Zhao's head in the upwind position to smoke out the mosquitoes, so that Zhao could concentrate on the task of lifting the mallet!
Lifting the mallet is indeed a very complicated job. I saw Zhao using his hands to remove the tangled grass and leaves around the eight leaves, and then cut out a large plate. After cutting off the roots around the mallet with a quick saw,
Use a skewer made of deer bone to carefully remove the dirt around the mallet.
Zhao raised his head cautiously, and we were also sweating in our hands, because we all knew that as long as it was not starched, this extremely rare two-story eight-leaf leaf would definitely sell for a big price.
All nine of us will become rich!
At this critical moment, for some reason, a strange gust of wind suddenly blew, blowing like sand and rocks that made it difficult to open our eyes. Several of us had to squat on the ground, lowering our heads and closing our eyes.
This strange wind came and went quickly. As soon as the strange wind stopped, we heard Zhao Baotou scream: "Oh my God! Where has this mallet gone!" We hurriedly opened our eyes to take a closer look, and several people suddenly
It was as if they had been struck by lightning. They all stayed there motionless, with their mouths half open and unable to say a word!
It turned out that at this moment, the eight leaves that were the lifeblood disappeared!
As the saying goes, dragons follow the clouds and tigers follow the wind! It's not true at all. Just when we were staying there and didn't know what to do, we only heard a tiger's cry of "roar", and a tiger with big eyes and a big white forehead came out.
The tiger was standing not far from us, staring at us with its soul-shaking tiger eyes. It opened its mouth, bared its teeth, and leaned down to prepare for the attack.
Although seeing a tiger is a good omen for the mountain rangers! But it is just across the cliff. We did not bring hunting rifles this time. Firstly, the mountain rangers must not hunt, and secondly, they brought self-defense weapons.
Several knives were also placed in the sword behind the tiger. If we had gone back to the sword to get the knives, we would have eaten them first! What we had in our hands at that time was just the rope stick used to press down the mountain.
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Facing the man-eating mountain king tiger, we were so frightened that we ran away in all directions, even running away from each other.
I was originally behind the crowd, farthest away from the tiger, but as soon as they in front escaped, I was the only one facing the tiger. It was impossible to escape to the side like they did, and as soon as the tiger roared
Roaring, flying into the sky, and rushing towards me like an eagle catching a chicken, I had an idea, took a step backwards, and jumped off the cliff of unknown depth.
I don't know when, I found that I was lying on a big pine tree. My whole body ached, and my head and face were pricked by pine needles. It was very uncomfortable. After a while, I slowly woke up and remembered what I had done before jumping off the cliff.
All these things happened, I couldn't help but feel lucky and scared at the same time, but when I looked up, I was lying on the tree, at least two feet high from the cliff. It would be easier to go up on this steep cliff than to climb to the sky.
Chapter completed!