Chapter 72 [Reinforcements Arrive] (Part 2)
Luo Lie stared at Lu Weilin's eyes and said, "What if you need to choose?" If you choose between the Qibao Wind-Habiting Tower Talisman and the Sparrow, you would choose the latter without hesitation, but Lu Weilin could not guarantee it.
Lu Weilin said: "There will always be a way to be both good. Before the wild geese were caught, they began to think about how to cook. Are your worries a little unnecessary?" He paused for a moment, came to the corpse not far away, lifted his foot and lifted the corpse, and stepped on the chest of the corpse: "These people are all from Xu Beishan's elite troops. The Cangbai Mountain is the barrier between the two major warlords of Xu Beishan and Zhang Tongwu. Whoever these bandits in the Cangbai Mountain will eventually lead to will control the favorable situation and have the possibility of occupying the entire Manchuria. What happened in Lingtian Castle is not only as simple as it seems. There are many forces behind it fighting openly and secretly, including Ye Qinghong, but fortunately Xiao Tianxing was killed, and the final result can satisfy her. The only shortcoming now is that the Seven Treasures of the Wind-Habiting Tower were lost again.
The appearance of Lu Weilin also proves that Ye Qinghong has never received full trust in Luo Lie. From the beginning, there was a second set of alternatives. Lu Weilin's main task was to snipe Xiao Tianxing. When Luo Lie was unable to complete the task smoothly, he would take over this task, find and grab the seven-treasure Wind-Hailing Tower Talisman, and send it to Ye Qinghong.
Luo Lie was also a little puzzled about this. After the incident at Liu Mansion in Yingkou, he once believed that Ye Qinghong's real purpose was to avenge his revenge. As for the Qibao Wind-Hailing Tower Talisman, it was just a cover she used to hide her true intentions. Now it seems that the Qibao Wind-Hailing Tower Talisman seems to have equally important significance to her, otherwise Lu Weilin would not choose to stay and take risks after Xiao Tianxing's death.
Lu Weilin said: "Have you considered it?"
Luo Lie said: "I'm just a little curious. What exactly Ye Qinghong uses to threaten you to work hard for her?"
Lu Weilin laughed: "You'd better not worry about my affairs!"
Shuanzi buried his father's body behind the house. Luo Li and his men counted the corpses in the forest. There were as many as seventeen. They gathered the bodies in one place. Arnold poured gasoline on it and lit it. This is also the most appropriate solution. The deceased should have dignity and cannot allow their corpses to be eaten by wild beasts in the mountains.
The other three people did not express their opposition to Lu Weilin's joining. After all, if Lu Weilin had not secretly helped this gun battle in the early morning, they would have suffered heavy casualties and had little chance of turning defeat into victory.
Although the group of people who ambushed them all came from the elite troops of Xu Beishan, Yan Tianxin did not dare to be careless. She temporarily gave up the idea of going up the mountain from the front and chose to go around the back mountain, and turned to the path called Guijianchou from the back mountain. This road was once left by the ginseng pickers in the past. Even when the flowers bloomed, there were few people. What's more, it's the snowy tide of winter. The assassination on Cross Slope made Yan Tianxin no longer optimistic about the situation on the mountain. She had to avoid everyone's sight and quietly return to the mountain village. She didn't know what the situation was on the mountain, and how many subordinates were betrayed by them. She wanted to catch those betrayers with ulterior motives in the mountain village off guard.
From the cross slope to the back mountain, they had to cross nearly sixty miles of snowy ice fields. In the early morning, they not only lost Lao Tong, but also the lives in the kennel. More than a dozen good dogs were shot and killed before they had time to escape from the kennel. Although they had sleds, they could no longer use them because they lacked the drag of sled dogs. According to Lu Weilin's intention, they originally wanted these sled dogs to exert their remaining heat and could at least eat a hot meal of dog meat in this cold and frozen season, but considering Shuanzi's feelings for these animals, he finally gave up.
Shuanzi took out the homemade snowboard from the cellar behind the yard, which was an unexpected surprise for Luo Lie. Although this snowboard is hand-made, it has a very exquisite craftsmanship and can be used normally.
Among the few people, except Lu Weilin, all received ski training. Luo Lie studied in North America for nine years and loved sports. His skiing level was already professional. Arnold came from Europe. He had received special ski training before joining the army. As for Yan Tianxin, these skis were made by her own drawings and handed over to her subordinates. Of course, her skiing skills are not to mention. Shuanzi is also one of the first batch of people in Lianyun Village to learn how to ski.
Although Lu Weilin can't ski, he has learned to skate and has an excellent ability to master physical balance. With the help of Luo Lie, he has mastered several basic movements of skiing in a short time. There is a process of going from the cross slope to the back mountain. Most of them are slow-down slopes. With the help of snowboards, their speed of travel has undoubtedly increased several times.
They left the Cross Slope at 10 a.m. because the journey was always downhill and they were walking with the wind. The journey started very smoothly. After all, Lu Weilin had just learned to ski. At the beginning, he fell several times because of his greed for speed. However, under Arnold's patient guidance, he began to get better.
At noon, the wind stopped and the snow stopped. There was no cloud in the blue sky. The sunlight shone directly onto the snow field, and the snow was dazzlingly white. The distance between the five people was very far apart. Luo Lie and Yan Tianxin were already far ahead. Shuanzi was in the middle and about a hundred meters away from the two. Behind him were Lu Weilin and Arnold. The two were thrown away by Shuanzi for nearly half a mile away. Fortunately, the snow field was empty and there was no one around. Moreover, the sunlight was excellent at this time, and they could find their respective locations at a glance.
Luo Lie became more and more curious about Yan Tianxin. Originally, he thought Yan Tianxin was just a female bandit who was lying in the Pale Mountains and occupied the mountain as the king. Perhaps she hadn't walked out of the mountains much, but she didn't expect that she could not only read the original English Tagore collection, but also had such skillful skiing skills. If she hadn't known Yan Tianxin's identity in advance, Luo Lie would even think that Yan Tianxin had the same experience as herself in a foreign country. He and Yan Tianxin were moving around on the snow field, like two butterflies flying on the snow. Luo Lie looked at Yan Tianxin with a pretty face, blushing. At this time, she was so beautiful that she was like the snow light everywhere, which made others dare not look directly at. Because Yan Tianxin brought the only sunglasses among everyone, she couldn't see her eyes, and couldn't help asking: "Have you ever stayed in a foreign country?"
Yan Tianxin glanced at him and said, "I will tell you after catching up with me!" He supported the snow pole and rushed towards the slope ahead.
Luo Lie laughed and looked at Yan Tianxin's beautiful figure traveling left and right on the snow. He couldn't help but feel competitive. He pushed the snow pole behind him, and his body rushed forward like an arrow from a string. When Yan Tianxin came to the middle, Luo Lie had already narrowed the distance with her. Yan Tianxin praised Luo Lie's skiing skills while using his body to turn around to block Luo Lie's route in order to interfere with him.
A huge rock appeared in front of him, and Luo Lie reminded Yan Tianxin, "Be careful!" Then he dodged to the left, while Yan Tianxin gently circumvented the huge rock in front to the right.
After the two of them walked around the boulder, they came to the snow path almost at the same time. They both entered the final sprint. After waving the snow poles continuously, they gained enough power. They both clamped a pair of snow poles under their arms, leaned forward in a half-squat position, using inertia to slide down the snow slope.
Luo Lie's height and weight advantage determines that the process of converting potential energy into kinetic energy is more favorable. Although Yan Tianxin's skills are incomparable to him, Luo Lie still rushed to the bottom of the slope first, returned in a casual manner on the snow, and then stopped the momentum of rushing forward. The position he stopped deliberately blocked Yan Tianxin's route of rushing forward. If Yan Tianxin could not stop in time, he would inevitably rush into his arms. The snow pole on her left was lightly tapped, her feet slightly changed angles, and then cleverly bypassed Luo Lie, circled a large circle on the right side of his body, and then stopped behind him.
Luo Lie turned around, and his eyes had already begun to become a little brighter because of the long-term stimulation of the cold wind and snow light.
Yan Tianxin praised: "No, you won!"
Luo Lie smiled and said, "I haven't answered my question yet."
Yan Tianxin shook his head and said, "No! I have never left Manchuria!"
Luo Lie was stunned for a moment: "Then where did you learn English and skiing?" He thought Yan Tianxin didn't tell the truth.
Yan Tianxin couldn't help laughing. He had a lot of problems. He looked up and looked up. Shuanzi had begun to slide. Arnold and Lu Weilin had just appeared at the top of the slope. The angle of the slope was a bit steep. It was estimated that Lu Weilin might not be so smooth.
Sure enough, Lu Weilin slid halfway through the road because of his speed, he couldn't control his body, fell on the snow, and then rolled down the slope. Lu Weilin had not been so embarrassed in his life.
Luo Lie proposed a temporary rest, one to make a mid-way adjustment, and two to take the opportunity to take a break from the eyes that were reflected by the snow. Yan Tianxin did not express any objection to this. In fact, she most often respected Luo Lie's opinions.
After Shuanzi arrived, he found a branch and raised a bonfire in the shelter, and then filled an aluminum pot with snow and melted water to boil. Yan Tianxin carried the tea with him and asked him to boil Pu'er tea directly in water.
The most tiring of the five people was Lu Weilin. After all, he had just learned to ski and was far inferior to others in terms of skills. He didn't know how to save energy to the maximum extent. He often took twice as much effort to complete the same journey than others. He fell several times and suffered a few bruises. However, for him, today's itinerary also benefited a lot.
Chapter completed!