That little fly

Chapter 20 Inherited Courage Trial

Straw Hat Town was originally a small town in the mountains, but today, it has developed into a medium-sized county seat.The father and son found a nice hotel and stayed overnight. Early the next morning, they left the town and headed for the mountains.

The place where Shui Zhuang mainly took his son was called 'Hundred Flowers Butterfly Valley'. This name fit Shui Qingqian's fantasy very well, but he suspected that his father made it up to deal with him.Because none of the guides who sold maps mentioned this place.They were all talking about the left side of the mountain gate, about the mountain road that went around the big peak, the second peak, and the third peak... a total of seven days and six nights, and along the way, there were litters of wild boars, wild wolves, wild cats, and blind bears. It is much larger than the normal model, and you can imagine how dangerous it is. If you don’t hire a bodyguard team of more than a dozen people, you don’t even think about coming back alive.The most important thing is that the compass is not easy to use here. Without a guide, you will get lost once you enter the mountain.But everyone thinks this is the right path, and they call it 'Fei Tian'er's Courage Test'.

What, you're just here on a pilgrimage to say goodbye?

Go out of the town and turn left. There is a temple at the entrance of the mountain gate.

The water owner took his son and dog to the expedition, and he also carried a tent sleeping bag. He looked like an outing, but the route he walked was completely different from those selling small maps outside. While walking, he described the difficulties he would encounter later. .

"The trail is about a hundred feet long, and the withered blue leaves are evergreen all year round and are poisonous. It will hurt if you touch your body, and then it will paralyze your nerves, and then you--" The owner of the water made a gesture of wiping his throat.

Shui Qingqian was startled, "Fei Tian'er too?"

"should be."

What kind of answer is that?Shui Qingqian was a little apprehensive, a little excited, "We have a special method?"

"If you're on the right track, you won't run into them."

It's an organ!For example, like the Eight Diagrams Formation, Shui Qingqian couldn't tell whether she was excited, excited, or excited.

"Remember the "Grass and Insect Illustrated Book" that your mother gave you? The one about companionship. Also, the "Large Numbers" chapter in Shushu?"

"Wow." Shui Qingqian didn't expect that the arithmetic he learned on weekdays would come in handy.

"Knowledge is always useful."

The owner of the water village took his son to talk and chat in the woods, and spread the knowledge of the original ecology in the woods. Without knowing it, he turned over two small hills and made his way to the valley entrance of the Hundred Flowers Butterfly Valley.At this moment, the sun has not yet reached the mid-heaven.

"We have arrived."

The water is clear and shallow, look around, there is no way.There is a gable in front, ordinary weeds under the root of the wall, and trees beside it, and then look up along the gable, all kinds of old ivy, where is the valley?

The valley is behind the ivy.

The owner of Shui Zhuang pawed vigorously, and Shui Qingqian saw the light coming out of it.If you carefully identify it, you can see that this small gap is artificially chiseled out, and it should be the handwriting of the ancestors.Extruding these few steps of the mountain wall, the inside is suddenly open, sunny, serene, and full of fragrance. The patchwork woods are full of flowers, a place like a paradise, if you ignore some poisonous ivy.

"Luzi, this is it, do you want to try it yourself, or come with me?"

"I want to try it myself." Shui Qingqian was eager to try.

"Then I will show you a demonstration first." Master Shui rushed in with his luggage and his might.

Withered blue leaves are always accompanied by jade yao flowers, but yao yao trees and cat's claw grass are mutually restraining. Using this principle of mutual growth and mutual restraint, they are planted according to the directions of Qimen's gossip, so that the seemingly chaotic wild land actually has traces.Then you extrapolate and everything will work out.Shui Qingqian watched his father's back in the distance, and after his father turned a corner and disappeared, he did the calculation again and simulated it.Shui Qingqian took a deep breath and walked over...

Shui Qingqian observed all the way and pinched his fingers to count. Halfway through, he lost his mind for a moment, and the back of his hand touched a dry blue leaf, and it hurt like a needle prick. He was so frightened that he quickly concentrated his energy, and walked over smoothly.His father was standing in the clearing waiting for him.

"Daddy, I'm here."

"Hmm." Master Shui also breathed a sigh of relief, although he knew that his son should be fine.

The formation is just a gate to block trespassers. After passing through the formation, there is still a large area of ​​deep green mountains and old forests in the range of vision, and the edge cannot be seen with one eye. Walked, walked for another hour, stopped by a small stream, and had lunch.

"Shall we catch fish, father?"

"We didn't bring enough dry clothes, no."

The master of the water village planned a trip of three days and two nights. They were well prepared, but walking in the mountains was still full of dangers. Among other things, if the clothes were wet and the clothes were not changed, and the night was heavy with dew, they should catch the wind and cold. It is no joke at all that he could not go out and died silently in the mountains and forests.

"Then let's go hunting?" Luzi asked more excitedly.He was here for camping, and he fantasized about meeting a bear, and fantasizing about his father rushing up and killing everyone.

It is unrealistic to encounter a bear on this road, at most a rabbit or something, the owner of the water village touched the dagger at his waist, looked at the majesty lying on the grass basking in the sun, then raised his eyes to look around the quiet forest, thinking After thinking about it, I still feel that it is too difficult to beat a rabbit.

"Son, do you want to eat field mice?"

The water is clear and shallow: ...

In the end, the two of them ate the meat buns with cold water.

"It's not as good as the back mountain of our house, Dad, I can hunt rabbits at home."

"Well, your group of little bandits can plow the mountain eight times a day, thanks to the rabbits in the mountain behind our house." Otherwise, they would have been caught and extinct.

After lunch, the two walked for another two hours. When they encountered a small mountain stream again, the owner of the water village decided to stop and set up camp.

The climate in the Straw Hat Mountain area is dry and the temperature is relatively low. It doesn’t feel like the miasma forest in the south covers the sky, so the water is clear and shallow. It’s strange to camp at this time, the sun is still high, and the woods are not dark at all, according to his understanding. , at least one more, half an hour will do.But the owner of Shui Zhuang obviously has his own considerations, but avoids the important and sighs with emotion, "If the son wants to eat game, father will spend more time setting traps."

"Oh, oh, catch the rabbit!" The attention shifted instantly, Xiaoniao waved the cat hero in his hand and ran around, showing all kinds of domineering sideways.

This is a deep mountain and old forest. Although the owner of the water village believes that there should be no bears here, wolves, snakes, wild cats, wild boars... His baby bird is only seven years old.

Snake powder, wild boar traps, laying traps, and digging two trenches, Father Shui was very busy.

The seven-year-old boy took the dog to collect firewood. He didn't think it was dangerous at all, and he walked around within a hundred feet without encountering anything.After half an hour of busy work, one person and one dog dragged and dragged a large bundle of dry branches back.Seeing that he was about to enter the camp, he heard the owner of Shuizhuang yell, "Stop!"

One two three, wooden people.

Shui Qingqian pulled the pile of firewood with his back, kept stepping with his right foot on the ground, just raised his left foot, turned his head to look to the left, remained motionless, and responded, "What's the matter, dad?" Shui Qingqian glanced over and found several There are camouflaged traps, some are crudely arranged, and some are not easy to find, maybe there are some that he hasn't seen... Oh, his father is pasting talisman papers on their tent doors now- ouch!It is like an iron wall, which can not only guard against wolves, tigers and leopards, but also against demons and goblins. The little bird expressed great appreciation for his father's foolproof camp.

After finishing the talisman paper, Master Shui walked coquettishly around to his son, and told Shui Qingqian to put down the firewood first, "Go with dad twice first, remember those traps, don't step into them by yourself."

In just a few steps, Father Shui planned a safe route for his son, and Shui Qingqian walked it twice in a daze, feeling really...

"You can't go out and run around, you will be cheated to death by our father, do you understand?" Shui Qingqian told Wei Wu tremblingly.Even if he went to the edge to relieve his hand, Shui Qingqian was afraid that a trap would jump up on the ground and bite the little bird.No wonder people in the town said that blind bears and wild boars lived in litters, and they couldn't come in without more than thirty guards. "Father, is this forest really, really dangerous?"

"Oh, no, it's nothing." The owner of the Water Village dragged the firewood in, clapped his hands casually, and put his waist in satisfaction, "Aren't we hunting? How can we hunt things if we don't dig a few more traps?" A net was dropped in the creek.

All for game!

However, all this is of no use.

A quiet night passed, not to mention wild boars and wolves, not even a field mouse was caught.The fishing nets in the river caught a few small fish, which were too small to cook some fish soup for drinking.

"I want to eat meat." The bird looked disappointed at the overnight results, chewed dry food with fresh fish soup in disappointment, and muttered in disappointment.

"I won't collect the things. I hope that prey will come in during the day." The director of Shuizhuang and the others set up their camp there, and started the journey for the next day as lightly as possible. "We have to come back to stay at night."

"Is it close?"

"Hmm." The owner of Water Villa raised his hand and pointed at the distant mountain wall, "That's right there."

"Ahhh? That's over there?" Shui Qingqian didn't know what kind of expression she should put on.Then they are very close!He saw it yesterday!There is a mountain over there, so tall and big that you can see it from afar.If he knew that there was his destination yesterday, why did he have to rest here for the night?Just walked around yesterday and arrived.

The owner of Shui Zhuang led his son on the road, while Shui Qingqian just stared at the distant cliff without returning to his senses.He's observing, er, it doesn't look like anything special, although now he thinks it's towering and tall, it's just because of the closeness.I don't know how many people are taller than it along the way.After careful observation, it seems to be a cliff, thin and long, not even a mountain, so why did it become a place of inheritance, and why didn't they go directly yesterday?

As the road got closer and closer, there were fewer and fewer things that could block the line of sight. Shui Qingqian thought about this place of inheritance all the way, so he saw more and more things.The more I saw, the more disappointed I felt.What the hell!It is bare, and the surface is covered with messy gullies, and occasionally there are some climbing vines and moss. It is not very magical. Uh, if there is any difference, maybe, that cliff looks a little brighter and darker?

Shui Qingqian was disgusted by all kinds of things along the way, and she stared intently, disgusted while watching, and then, the owner of Shuizhuang suddenly stopped and did not leave.

"Ouch." The little bird didn't look at the road and bumped into his father's leg, "What's wrong?" Shui Qingqian raised his eyes to look around, he knew that they were very close to the bottom of the cliff, and they had to go around the rock in front You can see the whole picture of the cliff, but Dad stopped here, what's the situation?

"Ahead..." Master Shui obviously hesitated, "I'm afraid there are some bad things ahead, I'm afraid I'll scare you." After finishing speaking, he looked up to the sky and muttered, "I didn't see a crow, so it should be okay Bar."

Clear water: What do you mean? "

"The route that Dad took you to is of course a shortcut. The route that is more widely circulated in the Jianghu has to climb several mountains and walk for seven days and six nights..."

Ah, it turns out that what those peddlers say is true!

"...their destination is actually the top of this cliff after making such a big circle in the mountains." Village Master Shui pointed to the cliff in front of him, then paused abruptly, before continuing, "You know How did they accept the inheritance test?"

"I don't know." Shui Qingqian shook his head, but in the middle of the shaking, an idea suddenly popped up: the top of the cliff, the cliff, something very high, it can't be... (T﹏T)

"Jump down." Master Shui raised his eyebrows.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" "Then won't that fall to death?"

"It is said that if you can be recognized by the inheritance, you will not die."

Shui Qingqian's face was full of confusion.

Do you have the courage to jump off the cliff instead?The water is clear and shallow to think...

Then do you still want to accept the inheritance?In fact, he is very satisfied with his current life.

Shui Qingqian was thinking wildly, but embarrassingly noticed that his father took out two more charms from his sleeve pocket, the ones for exorcising ghosts and keeping safe, and handed them to him, "Take them."

What does it mean?

Shui Qingqian took it in a daze. Yesterday in the camp, his father laid out a big formation. At that time, Xiaoniao was curious about their camp like an iron wall. The mighty, mysterious and unpredictable formation, in order to catch the prey.But at this moment, such a ghost exorcism talisman obviously indicated that he had overcompensated himself yesterday.

The little bird's head was flexible, and his IQ was on the line, and then he was so excited that the hairs on his back stood on end.No wonder what his father said about crows, with spells... He feels a gust of dark wind blowing now: those who have challenged the inheritance test all the year round but failed in the end, the bones of those who fell to the bottom of the cliff, turn a corner later, Can you see it directly?

Ah ah ah ah ah ah!

"Are you afraid?"

"Hmm, um, um..." After a long and long thought, Shui Qingqian struggled to utter two words with a pale face, "It's okay."

fine?Are you afraid or not?

"How about this, Dad will go there first, if there is anything wrong, clean it up first, and you just stand outside and wait. Okay?"

Don't pass = can't see dead people = okay.But after thinking about it, his father is not around, he wants to be alone, and then there are ghosts around him at the bottom of the valley... "I don't want to..."

"We Luzi are seven years old, we are big kids. Be brave."

"Yeah." Holding the corner of his father's clothes, he didn't mean to let go at all.

"Then you are waiting here?" Father Shui asked again.

Shui Qingqian struggled for a long time, but she didn't say anything, and she didn't let go.

"Look, Luzi, this test of Fei Tian'er, people have to go through nine or eight difficulties and they may not succeed. We only have this test, and you take it as a test for yourself. You have to be brave no matter what, right?"

"We have talismans, fuck, ghosts don't dare to go out, right?"

"You can't let your ancestors see jokes, you'll embarrass your ancestors."

The mouth is about to talk dry, but all this is useless.In the end, Shui Qingqian still hugged his father's thigh, tearfully said, "I don't want it."

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." The owner of the water village picked up his son, kissed him, and then smoothed the little bird's hair. "Go in with dad, maybe dad is just worrying about it. Jumping off the cliff is not about dumpling, it may be ten years." One in eight years. Maybe there's no one at all. How can there be so many fools in the world. Right?"

"Father, woo woo woo..." Shui Qingqian hugged his father's neck tightly, buried his face in his father's arms, even if he grows up in the future, he doesn't want to come alone!

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