"Okay, let's find a place to rest first and then leave tomorrow."
After lighting the bonfire and still eating delicious game, Chen Xiaobei began to think about it.
If you always find yourself on such a rocky bottom, you have to find a way to climb up again.
Only by climbing up can you determine where you are.
Early the next morning, Chen Xiaobei put forward his own idea.
When I heard that I had to climb up, Taiping laughed.
"Young man, don't be impatient. As the saying goes, people go to higher places and water flows to lower places. It's normal for you to think this way, but look."
Chen Xiaobei followed the direction of Taiping's finger.
There are some shallow marks on some gravel, which are soil marks.
It looks like it has been washed by water.
"Look, everyone, this is a trace of the flow of water. As I said just now, the water flows to the lower place. If we follow it, we will be out. Why bother to climb this cliff again?"
Master Taiping's words suddenly became clear to Chen Xiaobei. It is said that having an old man in a family is like having a treasure. This is true. These words also gave everyone renewed confidence.
Just as they moved on.
Chen Lidong, accompanied by Ma Xiaoyi and others, had already forced themselves into the chain bridge.
Soon Sima Wushuang got the news that mountain people had come up the mountain again and headed straight for the chain bridge.
Just when he was thinking about how to deal with it, the Taoist Taoist next to him said, "As the saying goes, a man who is too petty is not a gentleman, and a man who is not poisonous is not a husband."
"I really don't know whether this is a mountain man or Liu Rumei's person. It's better to just do nothing."
Sima Wushuang hesitated for a moment, "If they are really mountain people, we are afraid."
The Jueding Taoist laughed, "So what if it's really a mountain man? Everyone is dead. Who knew it was us who did it? We even said it was Liu Rumei who killed him."
After listening to his words, Sima Wushuang finally nodded.
"Okay, it all depends on what the Taoist priest says."
Ma Xiaoyi, Chen Lidong and others were obviously unaware of the approaching danger.
While walking, we also chatted.
Chen Lidong pointed to the woods in the distance and said with a smile, "Brother Ma, do you still remember that woods?"
"Of course I remember when the cable bridge was built, we lived there for a while."
At this moment, Ma Xiaoyi suddenly heard the sound of a sharp blade cutting through the air, and he instantly reacted, "Not good."
The words just fell.
Puff, puff, two short arrows had already pierced his chest.
Ma Xiaoyi endured the severe pain and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Run quickly."
Unfortunately, it was too late. Short arrows kept coming. Although Chen Lidong had served as a soldier, he was still half a beat too late. He was hit by several arrows and fell in a pool of blood.
Ma Xiaogang, who was walking at the end of the crowd, heard the shouting and looked up. Everyone in front of him was hit by arrows and fell to the ground. He turned around and ran away without saying a word.
Although his kung fu was mediocre, Ma Xiaogang's feet were very fast. Three strokes, five divisions, and two strokes actually allowed him to escape the attack range of the serial crossbow.
Seeing someone escaping, Shi Gang quickly ran to report.
Sima Wushuang was so angry that he glared, "If you don't succeed enough, you will fail more than you can."
The supreme Taoist smiled slightly and said, "Master Sima, why are you so angry? Mountain people will never run so fast."
"You mean it was Liu Rumei's person who ran away?" Sima Wushuang was stunned for a moment, then laughed.
"That's fine, let's leave a few people behind and help Taiping collect the body when the time comes, so as not to feed wild dogs in this barren mountain." After saying this, the two of them laughed again.
Noon passed in the blink of an eye, and Chen Xiaobei and the others finally reached the end.
But the scene in front of him still made Chen Xiaobei feel a little surprised.
This canyon is actually a dead end at the end. There is a steep rock wall in front of it, and you can only leave the canyon by climbing up.
Seeing this scene, even Master Taiping was amazed, "I never expected that such a long canyon would end up being a dead end."
Liu Rumei raised her head and looked at the canyon. It was at least twenty feet high and only a dozen feet wide.
I couldn't help but sigh, "If Sima Wushuang sets an ambush here, I'm afraid none of us will be able to get out."
Everyone nodded after hearing this. You are right.
The task of climbing up naturally fell on Ma Biao.
Taking a long rope and slinging it on his shoulder, Ma Biao climbed up the steep rock wall and began to climb up.
It took Ma Biao a full hour to climb up the stone wall that was more than 20 feet high.
Seeing this scene, Chen Xiaobei felt lucky in his heart. If there was an ambush here as Liu Rumei said, none of them would be able to escape.
After Ma Biao climbed up, he tied the rope and threw it below. With the help of the rope, everyone climbed up faster.
But even so, it took Chen Xiaobei nearly half an hour to climb up.
After climbing up, Chen Xiaobei looked around and realized.
I've been walking for several days and still haven't reached that big steep slope yet.
Even Liu Rumei was surprised when he saw this scene.
"We have walked for so long, but we only walked this little distance."
Returning like an arrow, Chen Xiaobei took them back to Hetou Village before dark.
Cui Hongyu felt a sore nose when she saw Chen Xiaobei coming back.
Regardless of Huang Ying and Shen Ziyan's presence, they threw themselves into his arms.
"Husband, you are back."
"Yeah, I'm back."
Chen Qiaoer also hugged Chen Xiaobei's thigh without saying a word. Shen Ziyan was a little envious of this rare family reunion.
At this time, Huang Ying next to her looked a little embarrassed, and suddenly coughed slightly and said, "Sister Hongyu, the meal is ready, let's eat first."
Only then did Cui Hongyu come to her senses and hurriedly got out of Chen Xiaobei's arms, "Oh, yes, let's eat first."
I picked up my rice bowl and was about to eat when I heard a dog barking. I turned around and saw that it was Qiu Mei, the daughter-in-law of Lidong, who had arrived.
"Zhang Xiaobei, why didn't you come back at the beginning of winter?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiaobei frowned.
"Lidong, where did he go?"
"He went into the mountains." Qiu Mei told him about the situation that night when Ma Xiaoyi went to find him and asked him to lead the way into the mountains.
Chen Xiaobei heard that the secret passage was not good. If Lidong and the others walked to the Iron Chain Bridge without realizing it, they might encounter Sun Jian and the others.
Chen Xiaobei didn't even have time to explain, and ran out.
He had to find Liu Rumei.
At this time, Liu Rumei had just returned to her residence.
As soon as he entered the door, he glanced at the two guards guarding the house and asked, "What happened in the past two days?"
"By the way, where did Ma Xiaoyi go?"
The two guards looked at each other and said, "Miss, Ma Xiaoyi led someone into the mountain. Didn't you meet him?"
When Liu Rumei heard this, she was stunned, "What did you say? He went into the mountain?"
"Yes, miss. Just two days ago we received a secret letter from the capital, saying that the second master's coffin had been robbed."
"Ma Xiaoyi was anxious to report to you, so he went into the mountain overnight."
When Liu Rumei heard this, she was instantly stunned.