Burning fire

For eight years, Zhang Jueming and Zhou Yi have been looking for the murderous claw, but they have not been able to find any clues.Why is it suddenly showing up here?

The blood paw prints on the ground were left by the spell, and the opponent was not there. ——This is almost provocative.

Zhang Jueming's heart tightened, he had to hurry back to the waterfall. ——Back to Zhou Qizun.

"How is it?" Seeing Zhang Jueming coming back, the team leader hurried over to ask.

Behind the team leader, Xiaoying also looked over anxiously.

Zhang Jueming's face was very pale, he first took a look at Zhou Qizun, seeing that he was doing well, then shook his head at the leader, but didn't speak.

Xiaoying was taken aback.She must have been frightened by the bloody thing on the glove, the little girl's nose was sour, and she wanted to cry: "What to do, what to do..."

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." The team leader hastily turned around to Gu Xiaoying.

It's no wonder that he himself is anxious like an ant on a hot pot, his calf is about to twist, and he has to suppress the place.Leading the team for more than three years, he has been to many mountains, including Xiaotai Mountain no less than a dozen times, and has never had any serious accidents. This is really embarrassing.

The team finally became agitated, everyone talked to each other, and the sound of falling into the waterfall was mixed with everyone's chatter, completely messed up.

Just now I thought the sound of the waterfall was melodious and exciting, but now I just find it very noisy and disturbing.

"I'll go and have a look, I can't find it!" The team leader froze, turned around and was about to run into the bushes, but was grabbed by Zhang Jueming.

"Don't go." Zhang Jueming dragged him back, "I've looked for it, but there's no one there."

The leader's expression was distorted: "Have you looked carefully? Did you call her?"

Zhang Jueming had nothing to say.He was ruthless, and said hard: "I can't find it. We have to go down the mountain."

As soon as he said this, everyone was silent for a few seconds.

The air was cold and hard, and the waterfall was pounding hard on the stones.

"Going down the mountain?" It was Xiaoying who broke the silence. Her voice was too low, and she could hardly hear the movement being washed by the waterfall.

But from her eyes, Zhang Jueming understood her words - "We are going down the mountain now, what should Yaoyao do?"

"Yaoyao doesn't know where it is yet." Xiaoying put her hand into her pocket subconsciously, and touched Yaoyao's glove, but she didn't dare to touch it.

At this time, the blood on the glove should be...is it blood?Should I speak up?But Xiaoying just didn't dare to mention it, as if once she said it, something would really happen to Yaoyao.

She is just a little girl, she just went out to play with her best friends during the holidays, and came to the village to play around, how could she think that she was lost?

At this moment, her mind is blank, she doesn't turn left and right, and it's normal to speak incoherently. She just looks straight at Zhang Jueming: "Don't go down the mountain, you can't leave Yaoyao alone..."

Her voice became weaker, almost out of breath, repeating: "She can't be left to herself."

Zhang Jueming couldn't handle this.What he was most afraid of were people's eyes.Those fearful, but hopeful eyes.

Seeing this, the team leader walked up to Zhang Jueming and discussed with Zhang Jueming in a low voice: "Going down the mountain now? Is it really impossible to find her? She got lost in the bushes, so she shouldn't be far away?"

The previous silence was too strong, and everyone exploded again.

A few enthusiastic ones felt that it was still early in the day, and the person was obviously left nearby, so they could look for it again, and it was too dangerous for the little girl to be alone.However, most climbers are rational and self-conscious. It is futile to say that it is futile to go down the mountain. They should contact the rescue team and let professionals come up to search and rescue.

A team was divided into two factions, each with their own reasons. The leader was dizzy and out of breath, wishing to break himself into more than a dozen pieces and cover the mouths of these fragments one by one.

Unbearable, the team leader yelled, "Okay! Everyone, don't panic..."

Zhang Jueming lowered his eyelids to look at the person in front of him, it was a mess.Except Zhou Qizun.He saw Zhou Qizun standing on one side, without opening his mouth from beginning to end, only his face was calm.

Zhang Jueming suddenly raised his leg and kicked heavily towards the tree trunk beside him.

There was a muffled "boom", and everyone was choked.The big tree was also considered thick and strong, but it was shaken by Zhang Jueming, and the branches of the bare tree swayed.

"Calm down." Zhang Jueming ordered, "Everyone must go down the mountain immediately."

It was an order, and his tone was firm, like a heavy hammer, and it was not allowed to be questioned.

A young voice came from Dantian, calm and stable: "In order to ensure everyone's safety, we must go down the mountain before four o'clock. If we delay any longer, it will be dark, let alone looking for someone, we can't see the way clearly, and we may fall to death .”

He was taciturn, quiet and polite along the way, and suddenly he lowered his face and spoke seriously, which really shocked everyone.

"Yes, yes...Let's listen to the guide, don't panic." The team leader wiped his forehead and palms of cold sweat.

"I'll call the police and contact the rescue team. The missing partner will definitely be found..."

Zhang Jueming didn't listen to what the team leader said. His lungs felt as uncomfortable as if he had a lump of iron and lead.Zhang Jueming took a few steps back and leaned his body against the cold stone.

He put the Changsheng Bell in the inner pocket of his clothes, just against his waist, and he could feel the Changsheng Bell trembling uncontrollably.

Zhou Yi was angry and scared.

Zhang Jueming thought calmly, this matter is not ordinary.But at the moment, he can't be distracted, let alone looking around.

That thing should still be on the mountain, maybe even nearby.This group of people, he had to bring them down quickly, so that no more mistakes could be made.

"Zhang Jueming."

This voice made Zhang Jueming tremble violently, and he couldn't help trembling all over. He looked sideways and saw that it was really Zhou Qizun.Zhou Qizun called him by name.

Zhou Qizun wanted to ask a question, but was caught off guard by Zhang Jueming's red eyes, and was speechless for a while.

A pair of beautiful eyes on the opposite side were so red that they were almost bleeding.

Zhou Qizun was silent: "...Are you okay?"

"...Hmm." Zhang Jueming misfired and gasped for breath.He got up from the big rock, stepped out, and walked straight to the leader, "Hurry up and go down the mountain."

Zhou Qizun turned his head, against the light, he squinted his eyes to see Zhang Jueming's straight back.

"Very worried?" Bai Yuxing came over and asked Zhou Qizun.

Zhou Qizun sighed, looked up at the sky again, and said, "It's a correct judgment."

.

Having lost someone, Zhang Jueming vented his anger heavily again, and the atmosphere became rigid.

It was still Zhang Jueming who led the way down the mountain, and everyone lost the interest they had when they went up the mountain. They lowered their heads and walked down, one by one.Even Sun Feiteng's face turned into a pig's liver.

Without Yaoyao, Xiaoying is alone.Zhou Qizun looked back at her for a while, pondering in his mind.

It was only on his front foot that he discovered the unlucky deeds of Sun Feiteng and the others, and he got lost after a long while.But Sun Feiteng and the others were at the waterfall when Yaoyao was lost, and these two things have nothing to do with each other.

coincide.But what kind of bad luck is this?What a coincidence, today must be an evil day for the underworld.

Just as he was thinking, Bai Yuxing suddenly gave Zhou Qizun a round and round little warm treasure.

"Give it to her." Bai Yuxing said, "I just charged it with a power bank."

Zhou Qizun's face was frozen numb, and he couldn't make an expression: "Is that bag of yours a treasure bag? You have all the hand warmers?"

"I originally wanted to go down the mountain and use it when I was in the car." Bai Yuxing raised his chin towards Xiaoying, "You can take it there, the little girl is so pitiful."

Zhou Qizun: "You are quite good at pity and cherish the jade. Why don't you go by yourself?"

Bai Yuxing pulled Little Red Riding Hood down on his head: "I can't be happy with your sister-in-law."

It was a teasing remark, but there is no taste at this point.At this point, Zhou Qizun had no choice but to take two quick steps while pinching the hand warmer to catch up with Xiaoying in front of him.

Zhou Qizun handed the hand warmer to Xiaoying: "Do you want to use it?"

When Xiaoying turned her head, Zhou Qizun gritted her teeth.The girl didn't say a word, just pursed her mouth, tears filled her eyes.

"..." Zhou Qizun simply stuffed the hand warmer into Xiaoying's hands, "Take off the gloves and hold the hand warmer."

As soon as she lifted the gloves, the corners of Xiaoying's mouth became more puckered, she sniffed listlessly, and the crying look on her face became more obvious.

Zhou Qizun and Xiaoying walked down side by side, and when they reached a steep place, he reached out and tugged Xiaoying's sleeve: "Don't be afraid."

"Brother." Xiaoying poked her chin into the scarf, her head lowered lower and lower, her mouth also stuck into the scarf, her words were vague, "Where did Yaoyao go..."

"Every year there is shame on the mountain, but many people are recovered safely. The rescuers have received professional training and are better than us. Xiaotaishan is not too big, so it should be easier to find."

No wonder Zhou Qizun can't comfort others, he really can't guarantee anything with Xiaoying like the team leader.First, he knows that the world is impermanent, and the danger is likely to be buried in the calm days. Second, he understands better that under this situation, everything is guaranteed to be false. It is better to let the reality go, which is more reliable and solid some.

Xiaoying held the hand warmer tightly and couldn't stop sniffling, but she didn't move, and the cold snot still dripped down.

The little girl was ashamed and immediately lowered her head.Zhou Qizun turned his eyes away from her and didn't speak any more, he just took out a pack of tissues from his pocket and handed it over.

"Thank you." Xiaoying finally laughed.She took a tissue and wiped her nose clean.It was probably due to her emotions getting here, she suddenly lost her shame, and said to Zhou Qizun, "Brother, when Yaoyao comes back, can I add you on WeChat?"

The girl breathed out a warm white breath: "Yaoyao wanted your WeChat a long time ago, but I'm sorry."

Zhou Qizun: "..."

Zhou Qizun felt a little helpless.He never provoked little girls, let alone little girls, he was covered in blood, and he never thought of provoking "people" again.

But it's not easy to refuse right now after this trip.Zhou Qizun sighed, and was about to coax people to come down first, when Bai Yuxing behind him suddenly groaned.

As expected of a good brother, Bai Yuxing rescued the siege so well, this idiot stumbled on the sole of his foot, and unexpectedly threw himself on the ground from behind, and fell headfirst.

Zhou Qizun quickly ran back to help Bai Yuxing up: "What's wrong with you? Don't you look at me when you walk?"

A group of people stopped, and the climbers around said a few words of concern.The team leader rushed up from the rear, and Zhang Jueming also came from the front.

"I stepped on something and stumbled." Bai Yuxing fell all over, grinning.

Zhou Qizun wanted to pick Bai Yuxing up from the ground: "Where did you get hurt?"

"Hey, hey, leg." Bai Yuxing sat up halfway and then sat back, "The right leg hurts."

"Let me take a look." While speaking, the team leader had already come over.

Bai Yuxing wore two layers of trousers, and it took a lot of effort to roll up the trouser legs.The team leader held his arm carefully, and as soon as a part of his calf was exposed, he saw blood.

"I broke my leg," said the team leader. "It needs to be dealt with."

"I'll do it." Zhang Jueming leaned over, took out an emergency medicine kit from his bag, and wanted to help Bai Yuxing treat his wound.

"Is anyone else injured?" Zhang Jueming asked, while squeezing in from Zhou Qizun's side.

"Others should be gone." Bai Yuxing said, "Just break the skin, it's fine."

"Let's deal with it, there is still a long way to go down the mountain. It will be soon." Zhang Jueming said.

Zhou Qizun glanced at Zhang Jueming's side face, then moved up to the side to make room for Zhang Jueming, and stood behind to watch Zhang Jueming work.

Zhou Qizun took off the gloves by himself, his fingers were very stiff, and they were too slow to move, but Zhang Jueming, even though he didn't wear gloves, his fingers were still flexible, and he handled the wound deftly.

After looking at it for a while, Zhou Qizun found something at his feet.Bai Yuxing said earlier that he stepped on something and slipped his foot, so it should be it.

Zhou Qizun pawed twice with his toes and found it was a mobile phone.The back of the phone was facing up, and it was kicked by Bai Yuxing. It was covered with wet, cold and dirty dirt, which was very unclean.

Zhou Qizun knelt down, picked up the phone, and patted it with his hands.

"This is Yaoyao's phone!" Xiaoying recognized it, and squatted down opposite Zhou Qizun.

Zhou Qizun raised his eyebrows slightly, and turned the phone over.The screen is shattered and I can't turn it on.The cracks are embedded with black mud and mottled bright red, which is very bright in the sun.

"What is this?" Xiaoying trembled, "It's...blood again?"