Wanqingsi

Chapter 82 Escape
It turned out that the way of death was different, and the feeling was also different. My chest was swollen with pain, and my eardrums felt sharp stabbing pains due to the pressure of the lake water. I almost thought they were about to be pierced.Suddenly, someone flipped his hand, and the rope that was tightly wrapped around his wrist loosened for some reason.I opened my eyes in surprise, and saw that the rope in An Yuanxi's hand had also been untied, and he was holding his breath to untie the hemp rope from the bamboo cage.I didn't have time to think about how he broke free from the rope. He had already untied the rope from the bamboo cage cover, and my sanity was awakened by his movement.He turned his face to look at me, the bottom of the water was too dark, his face was close at hand, his face was pale, but his eyes were radiant, he held my waist tightly and pushed me out of the bamboo cage.Following the force of his push and the buoyancy of the water, I kicked out of the bamboo cage, turned around in the water, and saw An Yuanxi swimming out of the bamboo cage.He stretched out his hand and pointed upwards, probably wanting to say try to float as much as possible, I nodded, I can swim, but the water quality is not very good, my physical strength and endurance are not good, every time I can only swim half the distance in the swimming pool, I have to stop Take a break, but at this moment, the desire to survive has made my body exert its maximum potential.

I pushed on the water desperately, swinging my legs and arms to try my best to float up, but I found that it was far from easy as I imagined. The grassland lake in spring is still freezing cold.After being soaked by the lake water, the thick and warm robes on my body became heavy and heavy, as if there were dozens of catties of boulders hanging on my body.My body was so cold, the lake water pierced my skin like needles, and I was terrified of pain. I held my breath for too long, and my mind was a little blurred. I soon lost my strength, my eyes gradually turned black, and my body began to sink in the water again. Shen.

Suddenly my body was tightly grabbed by someone, someone hugged my sinking body, my lips were covered by someone, and a breath was slowly passed into my mouth, my mind suddenly regained two points of sanity, I opened my eyes, An Yuanxi His face was right in front of my eyes, his lips pressed tightly against mine, seeing that I was awake, he let go of his lips, hugged my body tightly, and swiped upwards desperately with the other hand.

His movements became slower and slower, and his pale face turned pale from the cold of the lake. Even so, he still grabbed me and did not let go. My arms and legs, which had long been disobedient, suddenly developed a little strength because of his actions.Ye Haihua, you are not dead, you have not done your best, you have not done your best!My hands and feet moved again, An Yuanxi looked down at me, there seemed to be a smile on his face, the visibility of the lake was getting higher and higher, indicating that we were getting closer to the lake, and my whole body was numb from the cold I can't feel the cold or the tingling pain. I just use my thoughts to move up and down mechanically. I feel that my body is no longer my own. It's like flying from the bottom of the water. .

"Wow!" An Yuanxi and I broke through the water on the lake. As soon as we touched the air on the lake, we immediately inhaled and gasped, and turned to look at An Yuanxi. Wet stuck to my face, I gasped and laughed at the same time: "An Yuanxi, we are not dead."

"Hush..." he said softly, raising his head to signal forward. I turned my head and saw that the place where we got out of the water was a long way from the shore where we were thrown, but the place on the shore of the lake The light of the fire and the smoke from burning paper money can still be vaguely seen in the twilight.I looked around and found that the nearest lake shore was two to three hundred meters away. I whispered in frustration, "It's so far away. I don't have the strength to swim anymore."

"We have to swim across." An Yuanxi held my chin and looked at me firmly. I have never found that this nerd has such a tough side, "Unless you want to die in the lake."

He held my chin and led me to swim towards the shore, swimming very slowly. I gritted my teeth, adjusted my posture in the water, and kicked my legs.The shore of the lake is right there, it won't get longer, no matter how slow I swim, I will reach it, I told myself in my heart.Seeing that I moved by myself, An Yuanxi let go, and he swam beside me. We stopped talking and swam desperately to the shore. We stopped and rested a few times on the way. It was already dark, and the shore of the lake was getting closer and closer to us. The closer I got, the closer I was, and there were still more than ten meters away from the lake shore. Finally, I felt as if I had hit a stone under my feet. I tried to stand up, and was delighted to find that my feet could already step on the lake bed.An Yuanxi also stood up, held my arm, and slowly trickled towards the lake shore. When the two of us were completely separated from the lake, we immediately collapsed like two puddles of mud into the reeds by the lake.

After panting for a while, the cold wind by the lake blew our drenched robes, and my already numb body felt the chill again.I barely stood up, turned my head to An Yuanxi and said, "An Yuanxi, we have to get out of here quickly, it's not safe here."

He didn't seem to hear me, his eyes were tightly closed, and his swollen face was horribly swollen after being soaked in the lake water.I was startled, moved to his side, put my hand on his nose, breathed a sigh of relief immediately, and patted his face: "An Yuanxi, you can't faint, we have to get out of here."

He opened his eyes, his dark eyes were piercing, and he focused on mine: "I'm not dizzy."

"It's scary, why are you closing your eyes if you're not dizzy?" I frowned, and said in fear, "Don't close your eyes from now on."

"Can't you close your eyes even when you sleep?" He seemed to be smiling, but his face was so swollen that it was impossible to distinguish his expression.I rolled his eyes at him, this nerd is still in the mood to joke with me at the moment: "I can't sleep now. Can I move my body?"

His physical strength should be more exhausted than mine. I feel weak, so he should work harder.An Yuanxi barely propped himself up, shivering: "It's very cold."

"There's nothing you can do about the cold, you have to get out of here first, and then find a way to dry your clothes." I struggled to get up from the ground, my feet were so weak that I couldn't stand, and I knelt back to the ground, An Yuanxi barely got up, and put me He got up from the ground, looked around, and said in embarrassment: "It's so dark, I can't tell the way, which way are we going?"

"Go back to the direction of Cangdu." I was weak and leaned on him, feeling that his footsteps were a little unsteady.

"How do we know which way is the direction to go back to Cangdu?" An Yuanxi looked at the dark surroundings, the moonlight shone coldly, and the surrounding scenery could only be seen as a rough outline. The tall reeds were me and An A good concealment from a distance.which way to go?I looked up at the sky, in the black and blue night sky, on the back of the tail of the constellation Ursa Major, the spoon-like Big Dipper was shining brightly.I was confident, pointing to the sky and laughing: "Follow it."

"The Big Dipper?" An Yuanxi looked up at the seven brighter Huan Xing in the night sky, with a smile on his swollen face: "The girl is so smart."

I saw him look relieved, blinked his eyes, and said with a smile, "You know him? Do you know stargazing?" I thought this nerd didn't know anything except mere rote.

"A little while." He looked up at the seven stars in the sky and said, "The Big Dipper is composed of the seven stars of Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Yaoguang in the northern sky. Composition, if they are connected with a line, it is like the shape of a wine bucket, so it is called Beidou. Among them, the four stars of Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, and Tianquan form the body of the bucket, which is called Doukui, also known as Xuanji; The three stars of Heng, Kaiyang, and Yaoguang form a bucket handle, which is called a bucket, also known as Yuheng. Draw a line between the two stars of Tianshu and Tianxuan and extend it five times, which is the Taiyi star, which is also called Beichen. It is a sign of the north. The Taiyi star is in the middle, and the Big Dipper rotates from east to west, and it rotates to the twelve stars. The Big Dipper is mainly used to indicate the direction and determine the season. Waiting for the pathological mechanism to turn."

I looked at him tongue-tied, but I didn’t expect this nerd to talk endlessly. The "Taiyixing" in An Yuanxi's mouth is where the north direction lies.An Yuanxi lowered his head, saw that I opened my mouth stupidly, and smiled, I came back to my senses, my face was slightly hot: "Then do you know the direction we should go?" I pointed the direction to Big Dipper He said he knew it but didn't know why, but he didn't expect this nerd to be an expert.

"Yeah." An Yuanxi nodded and said, "As the saying goes, 'the bucket handle points to the east, and the world is spring'. It is spring now, and the direction the bucket handle points to is the east, which is the direction we will return to Cangdu."

"Huh? Are the handles still divided by seasons?" I asked in surprise. I thought the stars were fixed. Fortunately, I didn't say anything in front of him just now, otherwise I would lose face to the Pacific Ocean.

"That's right, the handle guides the summer. The handle points west in autumn, and the handle points north in winter. The Big Dipper revolves around the Taiyi star." An Yuanxi explained to me, and I stared at him blankly: " Is this what you read from the book?"

He was startled, with a hint of confusion on his face: "I don't even remember where I knew it, probably." I remembered that his head had been broken, and his mind was sometimes a little confused, so I stopped asking him. He laughed and said, "It seems that the phrase 'a scholar who is useless' has to be rewritten."

An Yuanxi came back to his senses, knew that I was teasing him, and smiled embarrassedly: "You must think of it first."

"Come on, then let's walk in the direction pointed by the handle." After talking for a while, my body seemed not as soft as before, but the cold was unbearable, and An Yuanxi was not much better, but we had no time to take care of it. In this wet suit, it is the best policy to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

We don't know how long we walked, how far we walked, the lake has long been out of sight, the vast grassland makes us feel particularly insecure, and we always feel that we will be discovered at any time, and we are frightened by any disturbance. In the lush birch forest, we walked into the woods, and there were shelters and shelters, which made us a little relieved. Immediately, all kinds of feelings of fatigue, cold, hunger, and panic came to me, and my feet softened and melted to the ground. , An Yuanxi supported me: "Miss Ye..."

"Let's rest here, this place should be far away from the lake." I fell into his arms, shivering, "I'm so cold..." After soaking in the lake water for so long, walking in wet clothes for so long Lu, I feel like the whole world is chilling.

He helped me to sit under a birch tree, and said in a low voice: "I'll find some branches to make a fire, you should rest first." I leaned softly on the trunk, watching An Yuanxi go into the woods, I feel dizzy and cold, will I get pneumonia if I continue like this?Wei Lanxue's body is very delicate. I thought that my strong body in my previous life would not catch a cold for a few years, but when I was on Wei Lanxue's body, I was always sick and suffering.

"Miss Ye..." An Yuanxi came out excitedly from the woods, "There is a small shed abandoned by herdsmen in front of me, I will help you to rest there." He helped me up, grabbed my hand, and ate Surprised, he put his hand on my forehead again, and said anxiously: "Miss Ye, are you feeling unwell? Your body is so hot."

I leaned softly on his body and whispered, "Is it hot? I just feel cold, my head is so heavy..."

He stopped talking, bent down and picked me up, staggered into the woods, and carried me all the way to the small shed he mentioned.I managed to open my eyes to look around, and it really was a small shed. It was a herringbone-shaped shed built with branches and worn-out sheepskin felt, only half a person high, and could barely squeeze two people in. The shed was covered with thick withered grass, and there was a An old and dirty wool blanket, there are traces of fire outside the shed, there are abandoned barbecue grills, and leftover firewood.An Yuanxi bent down and put me in the hut, found two flints in the corner of the hut, quickly gathered the branches into a pile, and lit a fire at the door of the hut.

Our clothes hung over the barbecue, and I was naked, wrapped in the dirty and torn woolen blanket, and the clothes on the barbecue formed a barrier, blocking the door of the small shed, An Yuanxi and I are separated.I curled up in the shed and shivered, while An Yuanxi stood by the fire outside the shed to dry clothes.After nightfall, the temperature on the grassland became even lower, and a thin woolen blanket could not resist the cold. I saw that the skin on my hands was turning blue from the cold, my body became more and more stiff, and my head became heavier and heavier. Difficult to support, sanity sank into darkness, and finally passed out.

——2006, September, 10
(End of this chapter)