When they arrived at the mountain temple, Sun Gui and others were already waiting there.
Seeing Chen Xiaobei, everyone nodded and said hello.
Sun Jian was quite interesting and asked someone to bring some food over, "Come on, brother Xiaobei, take a bite before you leave."
Chen Xiaobei said to himself, this can be considered as winning people's hearts. But I will get lost anyway.
At this time, Chen Xiaobei did not realize that his decision had inadvertently saved his life.
Following Chen Xiaobei up, Sun Jian gently pulled Sun Gui to the end and whispered: "As soon as you find the dragon head, kill Chen Xiaobei immediately. You understand what I mean!"
Sun Gui chuckled, "Don't worry, brother, I will lift the knife and drop it, click."
After walking for four or five miles, we basically lost sight of the road. After all, no one walked there all year round.
Chen Xiaobei can only judge where he can walk and where he cannot walk based on the height distribution of gravel and weeds.
In this way, the speed will naturally slow down.
After walking forward for another two miles, there were fewer weeds and gravel beneath our feet.
In front of us, there are four or five branches, and a few winding roads are vaguely visible.
When they came here, Sun Jian and others looked at each other and all stopped.
Chen Xiaobei stood here, hesitating about which way to take.
In his mind, he remembered what his ancestor said. He first took a few steps to the leftmost path, then looked here and there, pretending to be hesitant.
Well, we can’t see the top of the mountain here, so that’s ruled out.
He looked at each road one by one. Finally, he pointed to the rightmost road and said, "Let's take this."
Upon hearing this, Sun Jian and Sun Gui looked at each other, full of surprise.
Yes, this road is correct, and the rest are dead ends. This is the result they verified after walking for many days.
But, this Chen Xiaobei can handle it easily.
This shows that there is indeed something about this mountain child. Sun Jian became even more determined that this person must not be kept.
After Chen Xiaobei led everyone through a few more forks in the road, he felt a little unable to move.
Although I went to the county town a few times and developed some foot skills, flat roads and mountain roads are completely different things.
Besides, I had walked more than ten miles up from the mountain temple, and I really couldn’t walk anymore.
Seeing four more forked roads ahead, he knew that the time had come.
When you take the first fork in the road at Chen Xiaobei Station, you can vaguely see the top of the mountain in the distance.
But he remained calm and walked through the other forked roads one by one, and finally pointed at a random path and said, "Go here."
Sun Jian and others immediately followed him without any doubt.
After walking for about two miles, there was a hill in front of us.
It looks like it's only a dozen feet tall.
Going up the road and reaching the top of the mountain, everyone was dumbfounded.
Ahead, there is no road and there is a bottomless cliff.
this.
Chen Xiaobei sighed secretly in his heart. It seems that what his ancestors said is absolutely right. If you can't see the road to the top of the mountain, you can't walk.
He pretended to be disappointed and sat down on the ground.
"Brother Sun, I'm sorry, I went the wrong way."
Sun Jian was very tolerant, "It's okay, let's rest here for a while."
After resting for a while, eating something and drinking some water, everyone returned to the original route.
Chen Xiaobei thought to himself that he might as well fight it to the end. He had chosen the wrong path again.
After walking less than five miles, there was a large forest in front of us.
Looking at the dark woods, Chen Xiaobei was a little frightened and didn't know whether to continue walking inside.
Sun Jian was very cautious. He called out to Chen Xiaobei and then looked at Sun Gui.
Sun Gui understood the idea and immediately stepped forward, climbed up a big tree in front of him, and observed the forest from a height.
After watching for a long time, Sun Guicai slipped down from the tree and said, "Brother, this forest is so big that you can't even see the end at a glance."
Sun Jian's expression became serious.
He turned to look at Chen Xiaobei again, "Brother Xiaobei, are you sure this is the path?"
Chen Xiaobei shook his head, "I don't know, I've never been here. I just take whichever road has less gravel, but this trick doesn't seem to be working."
Nonsense, these roads are made of whole rocks, where did the gravel come from?
Sun Gui and the others all looked at Sun Jian.
At this time, Sun Jian wanted to get angry and scold his mother.
He obviously believed it, but he didn't expect that Chen Xiaobei's method of leading the way was so strange.
But now, Chen Xiaobei has begun to step down from the altar again.
Taking the wrong path one after another made Sun Gui lose his patience. He pulled out a dagger and came to Chen Xiaobei, "Chen Xiaobei, did you do this on purpose?"
Chen Xiaobei looked at Sun Jian with a panicked look.
Although Sun Jian was also very angry at this time. However, before it was time to kill Chen Xiaobei, they had tried hard for a long time and had not gone so deep. Chen Xiaobei's performance had exceeded his expectations.
Therefore, we must continue to coax.
"Brother Xiaobei, do you have any other ideas?"
Chen Xiaobei shook his head, "I'll go back and ask the old people in the village if they have any new ideas."
Sun Jian naturally heard that Chen Xiaobei wanted to go home.
"Okay, then let's go back, tomorrow..."
Before he could finish speaking, Chen Xiaobei had already shook his head, "Not tomorrow, I have to go to the city to sell vegetables tomorrow."
"Your vegetables are nothing, it's delayed the affairs of the Imperial Master..." Sun Gui was halfway talking when Sun Jian coughed hurriedly and stopped him, "Okay, it's not easy for Brother Xiaobei to grow some vegetables. How about we come back the day after tomorrow?"
?" After saying that, he looked at Chen Xiaobei with inquiring eyes.
Chen Xiaobei secretly complained, this damn thing is like dog-skin plaster, it can't be shaken off.
However, Sun Jian's words just now served as a reminder. Didn't the Liu family want to see the mountain by themselves? Isn't this an excellent excuse?
"Brother Sun, don't worry. I will arrange for someone to guard the foot of the mountain as soon as possible. When people come in and out, they will question you carefully so as not to delay your business."
Sun Jian was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, "Okay, okay, cross-examine carefully, cross-examine carefully."
As the saying goes, it is easier to go up the mountain than to go down. By the time Chen Xiaobei returned to Hetou Village, it was already completely dark.
Cui Hongyu had also taken Qiaoer and hid in the side room in the west courtyard.
Cui Hongyu almost cried when she saw Chen Xiaobei coming back.
"Husband, have you eaten?"
Chen Xiaobei shook his head, "Sun Jian is such a bitch, he didn't invite me to dinner."
"Husband, what do you mean by dog's day?" Cui Hongyu asked seriously.
This question made Chen Xiaobei very embarrassed, "Oh, I just meant to praise him for being smart."
Cui Hongyu burst into tears and laughed, "This word is really weird. If you say it like that, your husband is also a bitch."