Chapter 386: The Adventures of a Teenager
(Two in one, back to the countryside, the update is late, forgive me.) That night, after dinner, Lin Jue called Lin Hu to his room, wrote a letter on the ink and paper and handed it to him, and gave him detailed instructions. Lin Hu went back to his room and slept for a while, got up in the middle of the night, unloaded the horses pulling the cart, and rode out of the town overnight to the north. This scene was seen by the innkeeper, and the innkeeper came to Lin Jue early the next morning to ask about the situation, and Lin Jue told him that he had a friend in Ruzhou, and he had no time to visit him this time, so he ordered the little guy to send him a letter.
The shopkeeper was relieved and secretly told Lin Jue that if he wanted to go into the city, he couldn't take the road in Ruzhou, and he had to detour to Xiangcheng from the official road east of the town and go north to be safe, because the bandits in Funiu Mountain were not easy to mess with. Lin Jue pretended to be frightened and surprised, regretted staying here again and again, and complained that he had to wait for the little maid to come back here. The shopkeeper rolled his eyes and walked away, and said in his heart: Such a person dares to run around to do business, it is not a loss of mind. Sooner or later, they will be slaughtered by the robbers.
A day passed, Lin Jue was sitting on pins and needles in the inn, and his heart was always not at peace. Shen Tan's convoy set off two days after him, which meant that they would arrive here two or three days later. The timing of the action was actually very harsh, and the best result was that on the night of Shen Tan's arrival, Gao Muqing and the others who got the news happened to arrive, and then they started that night. Because Shen Tan's people will only stay for one night, it is impossible to delay for a day for no reason. And the hands-on time can only be at night, and it will be full of flaws and difficult to operate during the day. As for Gao Muqing and the others, they can't stay outside the mountain for too long, every moment they stay, there is a moment of danger of revealing their identity, and there is a moment of being discovered and reporting to several places where officers and soldiers are stationed, thus being surrounded here.
What made Lin Jue anxious was that these were all things he couldn't control. Because it was impossible to get in touch with Gao Muqing in advance to communicate, Lin Jue didn't even know if Gao Muqing's people could come here. There is no control over when and how they arrive, and there is no guarantee that this will be a real success. Lin Jue hated this feeling of not being able to control the progress of things, he liked that everything was under his control, so that things could develop step by step according to his plan. But it is clear that this is a delusion.
After a torturous night, in the early morning of the next day, Lin Jue woke up in extreme cold. When I opened my eyes, the brazier in the house had long been extinguished, and the room was as cold as an ice cellar. The snow was bright on the window paper, Lin Jue thought that he had overslept, and wondered why Lu Wu didn't come to wake him up, muttering that the little girl was too tired and overslept.
However, when he got dressed and got up, he called the door, and was stunned and speechless. I saw that in the courtyard of the guest room in front of me, on the corrugated, on the branches and flower beds, there was a thick layer of snow. Overnight, quietly, it snowed heavily.
Lin Jue's heart sank, this was another thing he didn't want to see and couldn't control. It snowed heavily, and that was the last thing it should have happened. Although I know that this is the time of year, snow can fall anytime and anywhere. But Lin Jue still prayed that the heavy snow would come again after the plan was completed. However, the weather did not fulfill the wishes, and the snow fell.
Although the snow scene is beautiful, in Lin Jue's opinion, this is a big trouble. This snow will make it much more difficult to complete this project. It will not only delay the arrival of Shen Tan and others, but also delay the arrival of Gao Muqing and others. Moreover, Lin Jue was even more worried that this heavy snow would make it impossible for Xiaohu to reach Luoyan Valley smoothly. If something happens to Xiaohu on the road, then the whole plan can be said to be in vain before it has even started.
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Between the thick snow-covered mountains, Lin Hu's small figure walked the snow. In the night a day ago, he set off from the town to the Luoyan Valley on the east side of Funiu Mountain, and the son solemnly explained himself before leaving, and the trip must find the Gao Da Zhai master within two days, and hand over his letter to the Gao Da Zhai master, and he must complete the task assigned by the child.
Originally, Lin Jue told Lin Hu that he was going to Luoyan Valley in person, and asked Lin Hu to accompany Lu Wu to wait in the town. But Lin Hu insisted on taking this trip for his son, because Lin Hu thought that this was what he should do for his son. Lin Hu admired Lin Jue very much, and when Lin Hu came to Lin Jue's side a year ago, he was still a somewhat ignorant teenager. But it wasn't long before he saw Childe and Midori Dance as a family. When he was exposed to it, and watching the earth-shattering things that Gongzi did, Lin Hu, an ignorant young man, had some strange thoughts in his heart.
Childe was bullied in the Lin family, and he saw it. He watched how Childe repaired the audacious Lin Quan. In Lin Hu's opinion, this matter is unimaginable. Lin Quan's son in the third room, that is the person who used to hide and go, but the son is not afraid, he just dares to do it. And he was involved in the whole process of that incident, and when he did it, Lin Hu didn't understand why Gongzi did this, but when Lin Quan was kicked out of the Lin family, Lin Hu suddenly understood that all kinds of means were for this final result.
That's not all, what Gongzi did later made Lin Hu feel even more incredible. Although few people know about his invasion of the bandits' nest on Guishan Island, in private, Lin Hu and Green Wu already know all about it. The bandits came to retaliate, and Childe killed people on the mountain road, but he witnessed the whole process. After that, Gongzi went to suppress the bandits again, and forcibly exterminated Hai Dongqing, who the people of Hangzhou didn't even dare to mention his name. Not only that, but Childe can also write poems and take the exam.
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Lin Hu saw this kind of thing in his eyes, and his admiration for Gongzi in his heart was indescribable. In his opinion, Childe is as great as a god, and he should become a person like Xiang Childe. Wise and brave, fearless and fearless.
But Lin Hu also understands that he can't become a person like Childe, but at least, he can do something for Childe. Childe's work can be done with his own participation, which is also a kind of pride to do. I may not have been able to help with those things before, but now I must help.
This fourteen-year-old boy has been by Lin Jue's side for more than a year, and he is actually very different from before. In the past year, his mental growth has already surpassed that of any teenager of the same age.
Lin Hu originally chose to walk in the middle of the night, in order to prevent others from discovering his traces and checking himself, he exposed his stuffing. But he soon realized that it would take too much time. However, walking on the official road on horseback during the day, Lin Hu was worried that he would be discovered by the officers and soldiers on patrol. So he decided to travel day and night, but left the official road and took the country road.
As a result, the journey is more difficult, but much safer. He wasn't worried about going the wrong way, after all, Funiu Mountain was ahead, and it was always good to go in that direction by himself. In this way, a day later, Lin Hu finally arrived at the foot of a mountain southeast of Funiu Mountain.
Lin Hu was tired, but he only rested for a short time before deciding to continue on his way. According to Lin Jue's explanation, he should go north along the road to the east of the mountain, walk to the east of the Luoyan Valley and then enter the mountain. But Lin Hu rode his horse and walked in the dark for less than an hour, when he was blocked by a checkpoint in front of him. It was a sentry set up by officers and soldiers to check on all those who came out of the valley, and it was also an outpost and alarm station to prevent mountain bandits from going out to attack and harass.
Lin Hu knew that he would definitely not be able to pass smoothly, and with his age and identity, riding a tall horse in such a place would be extremely suspicious. Moreover, I still have the letter from my son. On the letter was the detailed plan that Gongzi had told the lord of Gao Dazhai, and these things were incomplete by himself. This is something that must be handed over to the owner of the tall village. If it is searched, everything will be over, and if it is thrown away, there will be no evidence when you see the tall village owner. Therefore, Lin Hu immediately made a decision, abandoned the road on the side of the mountain, inserted it directly into the mountain from here, and walked through the mountain forest. He completely forgot what Childe told him, never go into the mountains after dark.
Lin Hu paid the price for his bold but unclear decision. He overestimated his own abilities and underestimated the power of the lofty mountains of Funiu Mountain.
At first, I walked along the ravine into the valley and walked along the tree line, but I didn't have much difficulty. Although the mountains and forests were pitch black, and the roars of wild beasts in the forests were terrifying, a young man with strong blood was not afraid of these. Especially when he first entered the mountain, the road in the valley was still very smooth, and he could even ride a horse, which made him think that he had made a wise decision.
But it wasn't long before he went deep into the mountains and soon ran into trouble. First of all, he found that the road under his feet was getting harder and harder to walk. The flat valley turned into a rugged mess of rocks. From time to time, there are cliffs to block the way, and the dense forest is in the way, and the horse naturally cannot be ridden, so he can only lead the horse to move forward step by step by the faint light. If you're not careful, you might fall into the air or plunge headlong into the black thorn bushes.
That's not all, something worse than the difficulty of the road happened, and he was lost. At night, the mountains are pitch black, and the surrounding peaks all look the same. The valley circled back and forth, and after circling for a while, Lin Hu lost his sense of direction. He knew it was going north, but he lost his reference and didn't know where it was. I wanted to look at the stars in the sky to discern the direction, but I found that the sky was dark and gloomy, and there was no starlight at all. In this situation, Lin Hu was confused.
However, Lin Hu quickly found a way to deal with it, and an hour later, when he stopped to catch his breath, he suddenly remembered something when he heard the roar of the dense forest on the surrounding mountain peaks. The north wind blows in this season, and in this case, isn't walking towards the wind going north? There's nothing wrong with that. Thinking of this, Lin Hu was extremely excited. But he forgot that this was in the mountains, and the wind was passing through the valleys, and the direction was unpredictable. Soon, the way he had found his way to find his way had left him in even greater confusion.
In a valley, he was faced with two intersecting valleys, and there was a cold wind in the valley, and he was completely stunned.
The weather was frighteningly cold, but in this case, Lin Hu was actually sweating profusely and soaking through his clothes. In the dark night, in the vast mountains, a young man stood in the valley exhausted, not knowing where to go.
But it was impossible to stop, and Childe said that he must arrive at Luoyan Valley within two days, otherwise it would be a big deal. I volunteered to do this, how could I ruin Childe's big thing, so how can Childe believe in himself in the future. Lin Hu gritted his teeth and chose a valley and walked in, at this time, it was no longer reason that controlled his actions, but an intuition. At this time, the best thing to do was to find a place to rest and wait for the dawn, but this stubborn teenager who wanted to prove himself chose to continue walking.
However, a heavy snowfall fell in the middle of the night. As Lin Hu walked, he found that the surroundings were already snow-white. The snow was so great that the stones, the grass, the woods, the slopes, were covered with snow as he struggled forward. The vast expanse of the four fields is snow-white, which increases the difficulty of moving forward. Because, the snow covers the ground, covering some dangerous places. You think it's a safe place, but it's actually a crack or a small cliff down there. Lin Hu was crawling and rolling in the snow, falling countless times, and he didn't know how many injuries he had on his body, and he felt pain in his heart.
The worst of the calamities came at dawn. The exhausted horse he was leading took a step into the air and slid straight onto the rocks under the snowy slope. And Lin Hu was dragged by the reins and fell, but fortunately his body fell on the horse that had fallen to his death, saving his life. But one of his legs was broken by the horse's corpse, and the heavy carcass pressed one of his legs, making him unable to move. At first, the temperature on the horse's body warmed his body, but soon, the horse's corpse froze stiff, and the falling snow covered the immobile Lin Hu and the horse.
The young man felt unspeakable remorse and self-reproach, and he realized that he was afraid that he was going to die in this barren mountain and wilderness. He scolded himself for being too stupid, how could he go into the mountains at night, and end up like this. He regretted that he shouldn't have listened to Childe, and now that he died here, he would have delayed Childe's major affairs. I thought I would be an omnipotent person like Childe, but in fact, I couldn't do anything. Realizing this made the teenager's heart even more sad.
The sweaty body is getting colder, and the body is getting stiffer. Although he tried his best to shake off the snow from his body, there was no one between the open valley in front of him and the dense forest of white mountain peaks in the distance. In such a mountain wilderness, there is no possibility of being rescued at all.
What's even more terrifying is that not long after, the howl in the snow made Lin Hu creepy. A few wolves, perhaps smelling the blood of the dead horses, rushed out of the forest, and the cats bent over the empty valley and galloped towards them.
Lin Hu cried, this young man rarely cried, he hated cowards who shed tears, but at this moment, he couldn't stop crying. I thought I would freeze to death here, but now I know that I was going to be chewed up by a wolf and eaten in my stomach. If you die, you can't even keep the corpse, and there is nothing worse in the world than this. In the future, they will not even know that they are dead, because their bones are gone. Childe is afraid that he will think that he has escaped.
Seven or eight wild wolves approached, and they smelled the smell of blood from the fallen dead horses. But when they got closer, they saw a human sitting there staring at them. The wolves were startled, but they soon realized that the human was not a threat because he was going to die too. They smelled the dying scent of the human. For the leading wolf, today's luck is really good, and he can eat human flesh. In the past few months, the humans in the valley have been fighting around, killing many people, and giving it a taste of human flesh. Human flesh tastes very delicious, and the head wolf misses that taste. At this moment, there is a human being here, and he can taste the delicious taste of human flesh again. The head wolf's eyes glowed green, and he raised his head to the sky and howled, and seven or eight wolves rushed towards Lin Hu.
Lin Hu, who couldn't move, saw the vicious eyes and sharp fangs of the wolves, he couldn't do anything, closed his eyes in pain, and greeted the bite of the wolves.
The stench in the mouth of the evil wolf, the fishy scorn on the fur rushed into the nostrils, and Lin Hu's face even felt the hot air spurting from the mouth and nose of the evil wolf. Everything seems inevitable.
However, at this moment, a strange noise came from the mountain forest at the side of the head. Several wolves pricked up their ears and looked nervously at the sound, and the next moment, they scattered and fled, galloping away. Lin Hu struggled to open his eyes, and his eyes blurred by the ice and snow vaguely saw the figure running on the snow, and the sound of sharp things flying out of the air. The snow let out the howls of a wolf after being injured, and a wolf was hit by something flying in the distance.
Lin Hu felt a burst of excitement in his heart, he wanted to shout loudly and wave his hand, he wanted to shout to the black shadows running in the distance, he wanted to attract their attention. However, he also made a single sound, and he couldn't move a finger. His whole body was already stiff.
"Hey, yes, yes. Luck was good. ”
"Brother Zhang, it's amazing. This shuttle dart is so accurate. ”
"What is this. Unfortunately, only one was killed, and the rest went up the opposite hill. Damn, the shuttle dart doesn't work, if you have a bow and crossbow in hand, shoot at least four or five, and everyone can have another meal of wolf meat to eat. ”
"Isn't it? But it's not bad, and it's good to kill one head. Just run to the opposite hillside, we can't chase it, it's not our territory, it's very dangerous. Brother Zhang, let's hurry back with the wolf. After arriving at the cottage, peel off the wolf skin and dedicate it to the owner of the village, and it is not bad to make a wolf skin chair for the owner of the village. The owner of the village must be very happy. ”
"Hahaha, that's right, it's a good idea to make a wolfskin for the master of Dazhai. By the way, what did these wild wolves attract just now? Didn't even smell us after the track? Let's go, look, maybe a wild deer was captured by them, so wouldn't we take a big advantage, haha, another meal of venison to eat. ”
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The voices of a group of people came into Lin Hu's ears in a daze, but Lin Hu couldn't support it anymore, his head was tilted, and he didn't know what to do.