Looking further into the distance, the scenery was blurry and blurry and could not be seen clearly. As for Hetou Village, where he was born and raised, it was only as big as a fingernail and could not be seen clearly at all.
Just when he was sighing that he would be at the top of the mountain and see all the small mountains, Lidong suddenly pointed towards the distance and said, "Look, there seems to be someone there."
Looking in the direction of Lidong's finger, there are a few small black spots behind a pile of rocks in the distance.
Seeing this scene, Chen Xiaobei's heart skipped a beat.
I was just walking on the mountain, but I didn't expect to bring these people to the top of the mountain.
If those people were Sun Jian and the others, then this would be great. If you take them to the top of the mountain, you will lose the value of using them.
It would be fine if Sun Jian just broke off with him and stopped contacting him. He was just afraid that Sun Jian would have other ideas.
Thinking of this, he touched the serial crossbow in his bag again.
"Xiaobei, let's wait here. Let's go down after they leave."
Regarding Lidong's proposal, Chen Xiaobei shook his head, "Have you ever thought about it, there are so many forked roads in Qingniu Mountain, what does it mean that they can appear at the foot of the mountain?"
"You mean they followed us up the mountain." Lidong suddenly realized.
"Yes, they probably followed us all the way here, so their goal is also the top of the mountain, and they are hiding there waiting for us to come down."
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's leave quickly." Lidong was anxious.
Chen Xiaobei unpacked his bag, took out the serial crossbow, and put it in his arms.
The two of them pretended to be nonchalant and walked slowly away from Sun Jian and the others.
Seeing the two of them walking away, Sun Jian breathed a long sigh of relief.
Sun Gui couldn't wait to stand up and rush to the top of the mountain.
Chen Xiaobei and Lidong both took the opportunity to look back several times. They could clearly see a dozen black figures climbing to the top of the mountain. Lidong said with a hint of luck, "You are right, they really want to go up."
The top of the mountain.”
"Yes, if that's the case, those people should be Sun Jian. We have to be careful when we see them in the future." Chen Xiaobei looked worried.
While talking, the two of them arrived at the dogwood forest. It must be said that Sun Jian was still very careful in his work. Even in such a wilderness, most of the traces of their stay were cleaned up.
Chen Xiaobei pointed deep into the dogwood patch and said, "There are several big snakes and ginseng right here."
As he spoke, he took out the snake medicine from his arms.
Lidong didn't hesitate, and immediately reached out and grabbed it, "I'll do the spraying, and you'll be responsible for digging the ginseng."
Chen Xiaobei did not argue with him. After all, Lidong had served as a soldier, and his skills were many times more agile than his own.
Lidong took a branch and walked inside while banging it. Soon he also saw the bright red cluster.
Seeing this red color, Chen Xiaobei felt relieved.
Lidong took another step forward, and soon, two snake heads as big as palms stood up in the grass.
Instead of retreating at the beginning of winter, he took another step forward and stretched out his pole provocatively in front of a snake.
The snake twisted its body and ran forward for more than two feet. Suddenly, it jumped towards Lidong.
Lidong was not in a hurry to take action, but instead quickly took two steps back.
In the flash of lightning, the snake, which was more than one foot long, had landed where he was standing just now.
Lidong raised his hand and a handful of white smoke instantly enveloped the snake.
Seeing this scene, Chen Xiaobei was filled with admiration for Lidong. If it were him, he would have taken action as soon as the snake pounced on him.
Now calm down and think about it, if that is the case, the snake will break through the white smoke of the snake medicine in an instant, and the efficacy of the medicine will be compromised. But now the snake has just landed and cannot continue to attack in a short time. It will only take action at the beginning of winter. The snake
Only then will the effect of the medicine be maximized.
The effect of snake medicine is really powerful.
After a dozen or so snaps of the fingers, the tongue slowly fell to the ground and gradually became motionless.
Having taken down a big snake so easily, Lidong became more confident and continued to move forward.
Chen Xiaobei took out the string that he had prepared long ago, wrapped the snake's mouth tightly, then rolled the snake's body into a ball, and then tied it with the string. This way, even if the snake wakes up, it will be difficult for it to wake up.
break free.
With the help of snake medicine, Lidong quickly took care of four big snakes, and he circled the grass and patted them again.
After making sure there was no snake, Lidong took a long breath and made a face at Chen Xiaobei.
At this time, Chen Xiaobei had already tied up the four big snakes. Without further ado, Chen Xiaobei hurried away towards the cluster of bright red.
What a big ginseng.
This is larger than any ginseng tree I have seen in Hulu Valley. Calculating this, the ginseng must be more than a hundred years old.
What made Chen Xiaobei even more delighted was that around the big ginseng, there were clusters of small ginseng. Although most of them looked like they were only about the thickness of a little finger, there were so many of them, a big one.
Great, if you can take all these back and transplant them into pots, the value they will produce in the future will be immeasurable.
But these are things for later. Today I can only take four large ginseng plants with me, because if Sun Jian and others stand on the top of the mountain, they can clearly see their every move and cannot stay here for too long.
The two of them each carried two ginseng trees.
At the beginning of winter, he cut a branch six or seven feet long, threaded four big snakes through it, and two people carried it away.
Lidong's idea was still more cautious. The branches were very long, so that they were still some distance away. Even if the snake suddenly woke up or even broke away suddenly, people would have enough time to react.
Before noon, they crossed the canyon. In Chen Xiaobei's opinion, if everything went smoothly, he would be able to return home before the sun set.
As they were walking, they turned a corner and Lidong suddenly stopped. He slowly bent down and put the snake on the ground, and then took out the crossbow from his arms.
Lidong was in front and Chen Xiaobei was behind, so Chen Xiaobei couldn't see what was happening in front, but he could feel Lidong was nervous from Lidong's movements.
After standing for a while, Lidong began to retreat slowly. Seeing this, Chen Xiaobei quickly followed suit.
Lidong took a step back, and Chen Xiaobei took a step back. Unknowingly, he retreated more than two feet. At this time, Chen Xiaobei suddenly saw clearly.
At the turning point ahead, three gray shadows appeared.
Wolf.
It's a wolf.
Three wolves.
Seeing these three wolves, Chen Xiaobei's mind suddenly flashed back to the night when he and Da Laohei went into the mountains. There were three wolves surrounding them in the middle of the night.
Could it be the three wolves that night?
Chen Xiaobei recalled what Yang Chun said at that time.
These three wolves must have no companions, otherwise they would not leave so easily.
Thinking of this, Chen Xiaobei said, "Kill them."
After saying that, he immediately pulled the trigger, puff puff, puff puff puff.
The serial crossbow could hold ten arrows when fully loaded, and Chen Xiaobei shot them all in one breath.
The wolves obviously did not expect that Chen Xiaobei behind Lidong would suddenly attack.