Chapter 15 Choice
I stopped and asked Doji to point the skull of the animal nailed to the ground to him and asked him if this had any special meaning?
This made Doji a little surprised when he saw it, his expression seemed very unnatural. He stammered for a moment and told me: "This is left by poachers and used to indicate the distribution of animals. Every year, many poachers go into the mountains to hunt antelope, argali, snow chickens, even brown bears and snow leopards."
I heard what Cai Rang Doji said, nodded, and he continued, "Poachers generally do not attack people, but be careful of being injured by accident. In short, be careful, but it doesn't matter, I know you have guns too." As he said that, Doji took my shoulder and continued to walk into the canyon.
I don't know why, but I don't believe him very much. I always feel that he has concealed something about this matter, but I can't think of a reason for him to conceal it. Could he be robbed us here? This seems unlikely. We have four people and we have guns, and he only has one person. For a moment, I can't figure it out and can only continue to move forward with him.
After entering the canyon, the wind was indeed much smaller. It has been five or six hours since morning. Everyone felt hungry. Everyone sat in the corner of a stone wall to rest and eat something.
After recovering some physical strength, I looked around and the white snow was rising along the mountain. Against the backdrop of the blue sky, it was like the white waves on the sea, the exposed mountains, like black reefs. The beautiful landscape made me unable to help but admire the charm of nature, and also forgot the difficulties in the wind and snow just now. The desire to explore came naturally again. This was really a contradictory and entangled feeling!
"It's so cold! I'd love to set up a fire!" Yuanxiao said while chewing a piece of jerky.
"This is a good idea." I looked around to see if there were any dead woods or branches, but after searching around, I only found a handful of hay.
Yuanxiao held a lighter and looked helplessly at a handful of hay in my hand, "Brother Ran, are you teasing me! The two grasses you found, the flames you lit out are not as warm as the lighter!"
"Don't stand and talk, don't have a back pain. Look at it yourself, look around the mountains and fields, how can this happen..." Before I finished speaking, I was attracted by the situation above. I saw a dark gray cloud in the depths of the canyon spread outward at a speed visible to the naked eye. And as the area of the gray cloud increases, its thickness also increases. Gray clouds gradually turn into black clouds, sweeping over, the sky suddenly becomes dark, and the wind suddenly increases, as if a pair of big hands slowly cover the main canyon with a black cloth.
Others also discovered the abnormality and all looked up and watched. This scene was very spectacular, and the scene was comparable to the Hollywood disaster blockbuster. I vaguely felt that this was probably not a comparable problem, and this might be a disaster.
"What's going on! The sky has changed!" Kong Xue looked up at Heiyun and said nervously.
"Oh no! My God!" Torgi murmured, and then shouted to us: "The blizzard is coming! Hurry! Walk into the canyon and find a place to hide from the wind and snow! Hurry! Hurry!!"
We realized the seriousness of the matter and quickly packed up our things. We followed him and asked Doji to hide in the depths of the canyon. "Damn! It's a change this day! A little thought..." In the middle of the Lantern Festival, the strong wind poured into his mouth, and scraped the second half of his words back into his stomach, choking him to cough.
"Haha, Lantern Festival, you are called "not doing good at home, and you're going out to get a strong wind!" As we said, we quickly put on windproof masks and goggles.
We moved inward along the canyon, and the wind and snow became heavier and heavier. The biting cold wind was mixed with large snowflakes, and then the snow on the ground was filled with snowflakes. Even though we were wearing goggles, it was still very ugly to see the road ahead. I felt like I had fallen into a bucket full of goose wool.
There were several dead trees on the hillside. Under the shaking of the strong wind, with a few "cracks", some branches were broken and rolled down from the mountain, almost hitting Kong Xue's body. She was so scared that she exclaimed and hid behind us.
The cold wind kept whistling and hit the mountain walls on both sides. The wind direction was erratic, blowing us around and tilting us around, blowing the already thin oxygen even thinner, and we were all breathless. The roar of the strong wind seemed very miserable, like some kind of wail, which made me feel uneasy.
We couldn't tell the direction and route clearly. Fortunately, there was no second road in the canyon, so we just needed to move along one direction. As we went deeper, we felt that the wind seemed to be a little weaker and we could see the direction clearly. But at this time, a choice was placed in front of us and we came to a fork in the road.
This fork is divided into two directions, one road goes up along the canyon and one small road goes down along the other canyon. We have differences on the question of choosing which road to take.
Cai Rang Doji said: "We should walk up the canyon. At the end of the canyon, there may be caves smashed by hunters or herb collectors, where you can hide from the wind and snow!"
"Maybe there? What if there isn't?" Yuanxiao disagreed, "The higher the pace, the more the wind and snow are, if there is no cave at the end of the canyon, we will all be frozen into popsicles! I don't want to take that risk. I think we should continue to go down, the wind and snow will get smaller and smaller, and I think there is a greater possibility of a cave below!"
"No!" This made Doji wave his hands repeatedly, "The wind and snow are so strong, and there will be more and more snow, which may cause an avalanche! If it is below, you will definitely die! And..." This allowed Doji to look at the dark path. Since he did not wear goggles, I could clearly see his eyes, which made Doji's eyes full of doubt and a hint of fear. "And I have never walked this path, and even said that I have never seen this path, and I don't know where this path leads to!"
"You haven't walked before, it's hard to walk without taking that. Maybe it's a shortcut, it's all uncertain. I want to take my life in my own hands. Even if it's a dead end, I won't regret choosing it!" Yuanxiao turned to us and said, "What do you think?"
"Damn! At the critical moment, what the boy Lanxiao said makes some sense." I felt that Lanxiao was not as careless as a rich second generation. He had his own opinions and principles in many things.
The key is that after I received a text message from my second uncle, I felt that the person I trust the most was Lantern Festival.
"Cai Rang Doji was the guide I invited, so I have no reason not to listen to his advice. I chose to continue up the canyon." Kong Xue expressed his position. Shi Tao nodded apologetically at Lanxiao and stood beside Kong Xue. We were not surprised by his choice. The subordinate relationship made him have to make such a choice.
So everyone focused their eyes on me. I looked at Kong Xue and then at Lantern Festival, and smiled softly, "I believe in my brothers! Lantern Festival and I go down the path! Life and death are fate! I admit it!"
When Lanxiao heard this, she pulled down her goggles and looked at me steadily. Her eyes were actually wet. I hammered his shoulders, "Okay! Be careful that your eyes are frozen!"
Yuanxiao smiled and raised his hands, and our hands hit each other hard. At this moment, my blood was boiling!
When Kong Xue heard my choice, she suddenly turned her head and looked straight at me. She was wearing goggles. I couldn't see her eyes, but I guess she must be staring at me. She said, "I didn't expect you..." Speaking of this, Kong Xue shook her head, as if she was disappointed, "You must know that even if you escape the wind and snow without a guide, it would be difficult to find a way back. If you don't follow us, you will die miserably!"
"Yes, yes!" So Doji echoed next to him, "You will definitely die!"
When Lantern Festival heard this, she "cut" and turned her head to look at the sky, as if she was too lazy to talk nonsense to them anymore.
In fact, I don’t know why, since I entered the canyon, I felt distrust of Doji. I looked at Doji and said to Kong Xue: "You follow the guide, maybe you die faster!"
"You..." Kong Xue wanted to refute again.
Chapter completed!