Origin Chapter 67: The burden of the Taoist priest

After waiting for so long, Abo finally walked out of the sheepfold. Wu Zhongyuan rubbed his hands excitedly, fearing to disturb them, so he didn't dare to get too close, so he could only follow carefully from a distance.

But Apo didn't go far. He stopped and walked all morning, only wandering around the sheepfold.

"It seems to be a little unprofessional." Zhao Ying smiled.

Wu Zhongyuan shook his head helplessly. The two of them didn't do anything else this morning. Light hid behind the haystack to peek at Abo's hooliganism.

"It's noon, let's go and go back to eat." Zhao Ying said.

"Go back and eat, I'll be here to watch." Wu Zhongyuan waved his hand.

Zhao Ying nodded, got up and left.

Shortly after Zhao Ying left, Abo also took the little girl home, leaving Wu Zhongyuan alone to sit under the haystack and feel depressed.

Not long after, Yao Zhongyi came, delivered meals to Wu Zhongyuan, and said goodbye to him by the way. Yao Zhongyi had a long time off and had to go back to school.

As soon as Yao Zhongyi left, two herdsmen came. In the past few days, there are always herders who come to recommend their own sheep, to be precise, Mao Sui recommends sheep. They all think that Wu Zhongyuan and Zhao Ying are here to find hybrid sheep.

This is also Wu Zhongyuan's rhetoric and reason for staying here. There must be a reasonable excuse to stay in someone else's village.

Wu Zhongyuan naturally won't leave here, and sent them to Zhao Ying. The reason why the herdsmen recommend themselves so enthusiastically is that Zhao Ying's behavior is too high-profile. This guy is unhappy living in Yao's house. I bought a computer for Yao's family today. The Yao family will be replaced tomorrow with a refrigerator, and the whole village will know that she is very rich.

Abo had to take a nap as usual in the afternoon, the young couple slept in the sheepfold, and Wu Zhongyuan stood guard for them in the distance.

According to Yao Zhongyi, the outliers of Abo are mostly in the morning when the sheep are out of the circle, and usually do not go far in the afternoon, but Wu Zhongyuan is worried and guards outside in the afternoon. dinner.

The sheep's night vision ability is very average, and they usually don't leave the pen at night, but when Wu Zhongyuan came back from dinner, he found that only the little ewe was left in the sheep pen, and Abo was no longer there.

Wu Zhongyuan broke out in a cold sweat instantly, and looked around, but there was no sign of Apo.

I eagerly searched around the sheepfold, but there was none. Where did this guy go at night?

I was anxious, so I ran back to Yao's house and asked Zhao Ying to come out and look for it together.

Zhao Ying took out a telescope from her bag, "Don't worry, I have a night vision telescope here."

"Why didn't you take it out earlier?" Wu Zhongyuan took the binoculars, turned and ran out.

Climb up the haystack and use the telescope to look around, but the telescope is complicated and has to be tuned, he can't.

After Zhao Ying followed, she adjusted the telescope and looked around slowly. When she looked to the southwest, Zhao Ying seemed to have noticed something. After making some adjustments, she handed the telescope to Wu Zhongyuan, "There."

Wu Zhongyuan took the telescope and looked to the southwest. Through the telescope, he found Abo. Abo was moving in the southwest direction, not walking slowly, but running fast.

"Where is it going?" Wu Zhongyuan asked eagerly.

Zhao Ying didn't answer, because she couldn't answer Wu Zhongyuan's question, only he knew where Abo was going.

"What do these numbers mean?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again. There are several columns of numbers on the lens of the telescope, some are fixed numbers, and some are constantly changing.

"The bearing and distance, as well as the speed of the object," Zhao Ying said. "It is now five kilometers away."

"You stay here, I'll chase." Wu Zhongyuan slid off the haystack and ran to the southwest.

Wu Zhongyuan has night vision, but Zhao Ying does not. When she got off the haystack, Wu Zhongyuan had disappeared into the darkness.

Wu Zhongyuan performed light work and ran with all his strength. It is currently unknown where Abo is going, but one thing is certain. Since Abo is running, it means that its purpose is very clear. place to go.

In the past few days, the moon has been deteriorating, the surrounding is very dark, and the night vision ability can't see very far. Therefore, every time he runs a few miles, Wu Zhongyuan will pick up the telescope and take a look to determine the approximate direction of Apo's movement. Judging from its route, its destination is likely to be the three peaks in the distance.

After running for more than ten miles, Wu Zhongyuan stopped. The motorcycle he had abandoned before was still under the hillside.

After thinking about it, he continued to run. He didn't ride a motorcycle. One of the reasons was that he was worried that the sound of the motorcycle would disturb Abo. Another reason was that he was not sure whether there were any positioning devices installed on the motorcycle by those people.

There are not only the three mountains in the distance, but also some smaller soil mountains. After more than ten minutes, Apo disappeared behind one of the small soil mountains.

Seeing this, Wu Zhongyuan ran quickly and rushed to the top of the mountain. He found that Abo was not around. He used the binoculars to look again, and saw that Abo had already run to the foot of the northernmost mountain.

At this time, the distance between the two is about five kilometers. Previously, he only knew that goats can run faster than sheep, but he did not expect them to run so fast.

Abo arrived at the foot of the mountain and began to turn westward. Although the three peaks were not much vegetation, there were also shrubs and weeds. Before he could chase after him, Abo had disappeared on the edge of the northernmost mountain. west side.

Wu Zhongyuan exerted his Qinggong to the extreme and ran desperately. At this time, he was able to confirm that the destination of Abo's trip was where the clues were.

Ten minutes later, Wu Zhongyuan rushed to the foot of the mountain on the north side out of breath. Just as he was about to turn to the west, he found that Abo had appeared on a piece of bluestone not far away.

The location of the bluestone is definitely not the destination of Apo's trip. This guy should have done what he wanted to do, and then turned around and came back.

When Wu Zhongyuan saw Abo, Abo also saw him. Wu Zhongyuan has been taking care of him these days, so Abo is not very wary of him. After seeing him, he wagged his stubby little tail at him. Then jump off the bluestone and run back.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't follow Apo anymore, this guy must have gone home.

There was a time difference of ten minutes between when Abo disappeared and when he came over. During these ten minutes, Abo must have gone somewhere and done something. He must be sure at this time. Where did Apo go and what did he do?

With Apo's moving speed, it can almost go to all areas on the west side of the mountain within ten minutes. With such a large area, it is extremely unlikely that he will find anything by searching aimlessly.

After spending half an hour looking around, I didn't find anything unusual around here, no deep pits and no caves.

He didn't expect to find anything, since he didn't even know what he was looking for.

You can imagine the mood on the way back, depressed and regretful. If you don't go back for dinner, then you can follow Apo to find the clues he needs.

In addition to being depressed, I am more confused. What is Apo doing here at night?

After these days of contact, he also has a little understanding of Apo's temperament. Apo is very smart. When he encounters danger, he will even pretend to be dead, but his IQ does not exceed the limit of the goat's IQ. At least this guy Didn't know that playing dead in a slaughterhouse is actually useless for birds.

In addition, Apo is not the kind of goat with high spirits. If he is a human, he must be a thick-skinned and profit-oriented old fried dough stick.

This kind of sheep is definitely useless, and if there is no benefit, it will never run out at night.

Wu Zhongyuan's first thought was food. Could it be that there is any food on the mountain that Apo likes?

However, he quickly rejected this idea of ​​his own. There were three reasons. First, Apo only stayed on the mountain for ten minutes. In such a short period of time, no matter how good the food was, he couldn't eat a few bites. The second is that Abo has been enjoying the treatment of sick children recently. He eats concentrated ingredients, so he should not be hungry. The last reason is that Apo's mind is not on food at all. Now is the goat's estrus season, and he is thinking about playing hooligans all day long.

I can't think of a reason, so I can only give up. This trip is considered a waste of time, not only in vain, but also has a negative effect, because Abo knows that he is following, and when he comes again in the future, Abo will be more cautious.

Wu Zhongyuan did not go back directly, but took a detour to the east bank of the Tang River. The middle-aged Taoist stayed under the tree for a long time that day, and the baggage he carried was probably hidden there.

This is a poplar tree, which is very common in this area. The poplar tree has a great feature. This tree has few branches and is relatively tall. This poplar tree has a thickness. Twenty or thirty meters high.

Because he came to look for it purposefully, Wu Zhongyuan's first thought was whether the burden would be hidden in the tree by the middle-aged Taoist. A thing, because there are many branches around, it is not very real.

Wu Zhongyuan can climb trees, but this is the first time that he has climbed so high. It is more than twenty meters, which is equivalent to the height of a seven-story building. Fortunately, he did not climb in vain.

Go down to the ground, open the bag to check the contents, the first thing you see is the iron ball that Mr. Li said, unscrew it, and there is a white jade inside.

In addition to the iron ball, there is a change of clothes in the bag, as well as several pieces of gold jewelry and some cash.

The things in the bag are quite miscellaneous. Among them, there are three small bottles, one is a jade bottle, and the other two are porcelain bottles. They look like old things. Shake it, and they are filled with granules. thing, unplug one of them, smell it, it smells like medicine.

In addition to these, there are two books in the bag, both modern books, one is "Rare Metal Metallurgy", and the other is "Metal Exploration", both books are worn, which Daoist Nian should have read it often before.

After checking, put everything in the backpack and go back.

Back to the village, Zhao Ying was anxiously waiting. Seeing Wu Zhongyuan coming back, she hurriedly greeted her, "The sheep have been back for a long time, where have you been?"

"I went to the other side of the river." Wu Zhongyuan said.

Wu Zhongyuan had mentioned this to her before, so Zhao Ying knew what he was looking for, "Have you found it?"

Wu Zhongyuan nodded.

Zhao Ying didn't ask what was in the bag, but pointed at Abo and asked, "Have you found the clue you need?"

Wu Zhongyuan shook his head and briefly told her what happened before.

After listening to Wu Zhongyuan's speech, Zhao Ying was also very puzzled, "In your opinion, why did it go there?"

Wu Zhongyuan shook his head again, "I'm not a sheep, how can I know what it's thinking?"

Zhao Ying was willing to help, and said several possibilities for Wu Zhongyuan's reference, but what she said was what Wu Zhongyuan had thought of and ruled out before.

Finally, Zhao Ying thought of another possibility, "Is there any plant on that mountain that has medicinal effects similar to Viagra?"

Wu Zhongyuan frowned at her.

"What do you think I do? You see it hasn't been idle for a few days. It's normal for kidney deficiency." Zhao Ying laughed.

Wu Zhongyuan will naturally not believe Zhao Ying's speculation, "Okay, it's getting late, go back to sleep."

Zhao Ying smiled, took the binoculars, and turned away.

Wu Zhongyuan sleeps next to the haystack as usual.

Waking up early the next day, he continued to wait for observation, but the result of the observation made him frown. Before that, the little ewe had never been very close to Apo, but for some reason, his attitude towards him was obviously much better today...