Doomsday rat

Page 164

Hearing this, Hong Tao immediately grabbed the nun's left hand holding the knife. It was cool and slippery, as if he was holding a piece of suet jade.But without any hesitation, he pointed to the lower reaches of the water pool, and then called Fang Wenlin to point to the upper reaches of the water pool.

"Uncle Biles, the water is too cold..." Camilla was the first to respond to the call, but she hesitated when she ran to the edge of the pool and touched the water temperature with her hand.

"Here, you don't have to take it all off, just wear your underwear and rub it with soap together, don't be afraid of the cold if you don't want to be caught by the Redeemer, you are the older sister, you have to set an example for the younger brother!" Hong Tao took out two black things from his backpack Passed it to Fang Wenlin and Camilla, and continued to squat by the pool to cut their hair, without any intention of avoiding it.

"...Is this the Kazakh Kalasaben?" The first to be persuaded was not the little girl Camila, but the older girl Zhumabayi. When Hong Tao went to get the soap, she had already untied the cloth strap on her leg. .When he saw the soap that Hong Tao took out, his beautiful big eyes cast complicated light again.

"I did it myself. Is it because I am more like a Kazakh?" There are still people who know the goods, and Hong Tao still has a bright smile even though he still has a lot of things he can't figure out.These two black things are indeed called Kalasaben, which is a Kazakh transliteration, and translated into Chinese is black soap.

It is true that I did it myself. Of course, Kerim is the teacher.But he only taught it twice, and he was better than blue, and the soap he made had better detergency and better appearance.In fact, the method is not difficult. It is boiled with several kinds of plant ash and water, then mixed with sheep oil according to a certain proportion, heated and let it dry.

There are two functions: the first is soap, the detergency is not bad, you can wash your face, take a shower and wash your clothes.Pure natural without additives, even if it gets in the eyes, it won't hurt, and it has little irritation to the skin.

The plant ash formula added can also play a certain therapeutic effect. For example, dozens of plants such as Nepeta, camel thorn, white dragon flower, astringer, gray grass, nettle, sunflower, etc., can target different diseases through different formulas. skin disease.

The second is to remove body odor, or cover up.In fact, Kerim only knows one recipe, which was learned by his grandmother and Kazakh herdsmen.This formula does not cure any skin disease, but it will mask the body odor emanating from the human body with an indescribable faint smell.

Why use it?It is useless at ordinary times, but it will be of great use in the deep mountains and dense forests.Neither the Kazakh nor the Kirgiz herdsmen used to live purely on grazing, and they had to hunt along with them. Nomadic hunting is a complete set.

But people have body odor, and the more intense the activity, the greater the odor.This kind of smell may not be a big deal to people, but animals have a keen sense of smell, and they can't wait to smell it a few hundred meters away, which greatly affects the hunting effect.

Based on thousands of years of experience, Kazakh herdsmen have figured out several special plant ash formulas.Use it to make soap, wash your body and clothes at ordinary times, and it will not cause animals to be too vigilant after entering the mountain.

Redeemer checkpoints have hounds, and presumably the military has them too.It is not reliable to rely on people to search in the wild forest, and hunting dogs will definitely be used to assist.Hounds are animals too, and this soap certainly works.

It wasn't Hong Tao's guess, every time he passed the Redeemer checkpoint, he would be sniffed, and then the hound's eyes were not quite right.I guess the dogs are also very puzzled, obviously seeing that you look like a human, why is there no trace of humanity in your body!

After cutting his hair short, Hong Tao gave up on shaving. Instead, he ate alone by the tree trunk and watched the beautiful women come out of the bath.

What Beauty Can Eat might be talking about is here and now, and just now he told others to eat less, but he rounded up all the things placed on the tree trunk by himself, stretching his neck.

"You can't wear your underwear anymore, let's make do with it, and I'll help you find new ones in two days!"

When the two beauties, one big and one small, got into the woods, Hong Tao didn't intend to let go, so he found his underwear from his backpack and chased after them.He said he was blocking it with a cloak, but how could it be possible to hold the cloak in one hand?

"I have a curse on me, aren't you afraid?" Zhumabai's reaction was also quite strange, he didn't deliberately dodge, he just frowned at the man's high-sounding reason and the thief's eyes, but blocked Camilla with his body .

"This curse is limited to women, and most men are not afraid of it! I want to ask one more question, why didn't you serve men like other red-robed nuns in the base?" Not to mention, Hong Tao did see the curse, swollen There were two big pieces, obviously the curse was not light.

Then the question came, 80% of the men couldn't help it just by looking at their faces. If this pair of severely cursed figures were added, would the managers in the Redeemer base be able to hold back?It seems unreasonable!

"...I am a saint, destined to be dedicated to the true God in the future, and the ceremony will take place in two months!"

This question seems to have touched Zhumabayi's heart, and the demeanor of "I love whoever I am and I will take you all as air" immediately weakened a lot, and all I could do was to grit my teeth and stick my chest out, and now the cursed place became more conspicuous up.

"Put it on. My underwear has also been cursed by the Hygiene Goddess. It's very clean." After being single for more than seven years, Hong Tao felt that kind of urge for the first time.

As for whether the allure of this body is too strong or my own pursuit has been reduced, it is not easy to judge. After all, I have never seen a woman seriously in the past seven years, and I still don't wear clothes.

"Camilla, you and Yu Jia collected all the things we used and put them in bags." But it was only a physical impulse, and did not affect reason and emotion. Originally planned to leave in 10 minutes, now it is enough I stayed for more than 40 minutes and could not delay any longer.

"Uncle Bigas, why did you put the bag in the water?" The two children were full, and although they were frozen by the cold water for a while, they were still very interested, and they wanted to ask anything they didn't understand.For example, Hong Tao filled the plastic bags containing garbage with water, stuffed them with stones, tied the mouth tightly, and sank into the pool.

"In order not to let the bad guy's hunting dog smell it, the dog has a very good nose... Camilla, Yu Jia, come and have a look, this place hasn't been cleaned up, even a little piece of paper will make the bad guy catch up to us."

Is it safe to just rely on two children to clean up?It must be impossible, Hong Tao just took this opportunity to teach the two children, and at the same time let the two adults hear, so as not to make the same mistake in the future.

"...Oh, I got it. Uncle Bizes and Sister Zhuma dug pits and buried us when they led us up the mountain!"

Camilla took out the scraps of wrapping paper of the compressed biscuit from the gap in the tree trunk. She didn't think this piece of paper, which was not as big as a fingernail, was so important, nor did she think that sinking the plastic bag to the bottom of the water was the best way.

"That's why you will be found by the villains... Don't wear boots, walk over the stones, be careful not to slip... Go, get on the horse and set off!"

Hong Tao turned his head to look at Zhumabayi who was tying cloth belts on his legs, shook his head and gave a very low evaluation.Afterwards, Camilla and Yu Jia were carried on the back of the horse, and they waded across the stream barefoot with their boots in one hand and the horse in the other.Fang Wenlin tidied up faster, but now he had to take off his boots.

Chapter 507 Nettle

After dawn, the mountain road is much easier to walk, not because the road is really easy to walk, but because the eyes can see clearly, and the muscles of the whole body no longer need to be tense to prevent slips at any time, which saves a lot of energy in comparison.

But the speed of the journey also increased significantly. Hong Tao walked ahead almost without stopping, and Zhu Mabayi and Fang Wenlin also had to follow closely behind.

Fang Wenlin's legs and feet were not good. Sometimes Hong Tao would take the two children down and walk for a while, and let him get on the horse to rest.But Zhumabayi was never allowed to get on the horse, even if Fang Wenlin and Camila interceded for help, they were ruthlessly rejected.

"Practice more now to increase the chance of survival. After the two children are settled, the following journey will be more difficult."

This is the reason given by Hong Tao, he has roughly figured out the way out.Camilla and Yu Jia took them back and handed them over to Kerimu to take care of them for a period of time, and then led Fang Wenlin and Sister Zhumabayi to take the Shate Ancient Road to southern Xinjiang.

If he succeeds, he can come back and pick up the two children.As long as the two adults are not around, no one will doubt the identity of the children, even one after another.Anyway, I have nothing to do when I'm idle, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda.

It doesn't matter if you fail, the three adults died on Tianshan Mountain, and one of them was accompanied by a pure natural beauty, which is not a loss at all.Let Kerim bring up the two children. Anyway, he does not lack these few bites of meat. In a few years, he will have two more good helpers for grazing.

"No, Camila must be with us!" But Zhumabayi immediately objected when he heard that the child was going to be sent away. His tone was very decisive and his attitude was very firm, as if she was the child's mother.

"Yes, yes, Camilla can't stay... She is, yes..." Fang Wenlin was not so decisive when he saw Hong Tao turned his gaze to himself, but he hesitated for a long time without saying why. From the look of his expression, he is more inclined to the opinion of the nun.

"...She is the daughter of a certain important person in the rebel army?" Hong Tao guessed a possibility without too much effort. If this conjecture is true, it would explain why Zhumabayi insisted on fleeing with Fang Wenlin's family.She must know the secret and doesn't want to leave Camilla as a bargaining chip to the Redeemer.

"It's true that their parents died a long time ago..." Fang Wenlin's answer was too artful, leaving Hong Tao speechless for a long time.

"There is one thing I must explain in advance. Taking the children will definitely kill them. If you don't want to kill them, you'd better separate temporarily. It will be much easier to find a way to send someone back to pick up the children after you are safe. Think about it carefully." In fact, Hong Tao Didn't want to know who Camilla was, just to make sure of the number of participants.

If you have to take your two children to southern Xinjiang, then you can only say goodbye.As the ancients said, don't do porcelain work without diamonds.Rather than watching the two children die in his own hands, it is better to see nothing.

"...Do you have a way to take us through the blockade and enter the southern border?" Seeing Hong Tao's resolute words, Fang Wenlin and Zhu Mabayi had to think carefully about the child's problem, and whispered together a few words as if they had reached an agreement. A certain consensus was reached, and this time it was the nun who came forward to ask.

"I can't guarantee it. The success rate is half to half." At this moment, Hong Tao didn't dare to brag. If he left alone, he would be 80.00% sure that he would be able to pass.

Although he has never seen the Shatter Ancient Road, he crossed the Altai Mountains in winter. There are many cliffs, high mountains, ice caps, Daban rapids and waterfalls, and the temperature is even lower. Even if the altitude here is slightly higher, the difficulty should be Not too much.

"...Can you tell us how to cross the blockade?" Zhu Mabai turned his head and looked at Fang Wenlin, quite satisfied with the success rate, but then he had doubts about the method.

"No, it's best not to ask!" Hong Tao replied decisively.

"Bice, we should trust each other even more at this time..." Zhu Mabai didn't say anything, but Fang Wenlin felt that it was necessary to discuss the issue of cooperation. How could people feel at ease without even saying where he was going.

"No, if I had trusted you, I would have become a prisoner of the Redeemer long ago. If you had a way, you would not use me as an outsider to help you. Now you need me, not we need each other, so everything must be done according to my method .Or just break up, and you can figure it out on your own, there is no third choice."

But his lecture was interrupted at the beginning. Hong Tao didn't want to play with rights, freedom and equality at this time.

"..." The savior suddenly became overbearing, which made Fang Wenlin a little uncomfortable, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"When can I go to southern Xinjiang?" At this moment, Zhu Mabai interjected. The question is very simple and crucial.

"It will take about ten days, and I need to prepare some tools. Today I will send you to a safe place first, then take the children away, and set off when you come back!" Hong Tao did not desperately hide the schedule, of course, he did not Say it too clearly.

"Teacher Fang, just listen to Biles, he is more familiar with the terrain." Zhu Mabai felt that the time was acceptable, so he went to seek Fang Wenlin's opinion.

"Bijs, is the child really safe?" Although Camilla and Yu Jia are not biological, Fang Wenlin is not inferior to his biological parents at all. The first concern is not his own safety but the two children's.

"Well, it's much safer than us. I'll let my younger brother's family take care of it." This time Hong Tao didn't choke on others with a straight face. It's only natural for parents to worry about their children.

"...Still can't I ask where?" Obviously, Fang Wenlin didn't completely trust this shepherd who didn't even know his real name. In fact, if it wasn't for the life-saving grace just now, he wouldn't even have basic trust. The emotion that shouldn't be had and is the deadliest is trust.

"I want to ask, if you are caught by the Redeemer, can you two resist the torture and not confess? If you can, I will try a few first, and if you resist, tell the truth."

Well, the situation that had eased just now made this problem messed up again. Hong Tao can understand human nature, but he doesn't quite understand why people always only care about their own human nature, but seldom consider others.

"Okay, Bires, you saved our lives anyway, and we died once anyway, so it doesn't matter..." Fang Wenlin became more free and easy after being stunned speechless, and stopped asking any secrets , as if resigned to fate.

Hong Tao didn't say anything, and everyone fell into silence for a while.The two children may not have slept well these days, and as soon as they relaxed, they swayed on the horse and fell asleep. The adults didn't hear anything.

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Zhu Mabai went up to share the ride with the children.

Fang Wenlin and Zhumabayi didn't say anything, and got on the horse obediently.This walk is a steep and slippery mountain road for most of the day. I am already tired, and I am too embarrassed to stop and rest too much. It is good to get on the horse and sit for a while.

"Cover your hands with your sleeves, and be careful not to get pricked... ba, ba, ba... Hurry up and be careful of being whipped!" Hong Tao didn't have such good intentions, he was not being considerate of others, but was trying to play tricks again.

He didn't go directly up the mountain along the sparse vegetation, but grabbed the reins of the two horses tightly, pulling, yelling and cursing into a large thicket of lush vegetation that was as tall as half a person.

"Bijs, stop quickly, that's nettle, it's poisonous!" Even though Jumabayi is a young girl, with thin skin and tender flesh, she looks like a city dweller, but she is really familiar with mountains, not only walking on mountain roads I didn't complain and knew a lot of plants, but I just reached out and grabbed a leaf and exclaimed.

In fact, there was no need for Zhumabai to say that the two horses had already had abnormal reactions.Their emotions were a little irritable, they kept shaking their heads and stomping around, and they were very unwilling to move forward.But the reins were pulled by the villains, and the eyes were covered with cloth, so he had to bite the bullet and keep up.

"Of course it's poisonous...Camila, Yu Jia, uncle's debut test questions, why do you think you came here on purpose?"

Hong Tao didn't explain it directly, but took this matter as an exam question and gave it to the two children.

"Don't let the bad guys catch up!" Yu Jia spoke quickly and gave the answer first.

Chapter 508

"That's not right. Bad guys can wear thick clothes and they won't be afraid of being pricked." Hong Tao shook his head. Although the age difference between the two siblings is very small, they have very different personalities.A little boy is very courageous when he goes straight, but a little girl is more careful and brainy.

"Is it to block hunting dogs? Dogs don't know how to wear clothes..." Sure enough, Camilla thought for more than a minute before carefully giving the answer.

"Well, yes, if the bad guys want to find us in the mountains, the only way is to use hunting dogs. We bathe in the pool and clean up the horse manure along the way, so that the hunting dogs will not find it easy to find the smell."

"But this is not enough. If you encounter a well-trained hunting dog, you may be able to find it. But they have nothing to do when they get here. This plant has a strong smell, thorns and poison. Dogs are even more afraid if they don't have clothes. "

Hong Tao turned his head and stretched out a thumb to the little girl, and began to explain the reason for doing so.In fact, it is not all for educating children, but for two adults to understand.

"Bizes, I have sent people to watch you, but I lost them every time in the mountains. Have you always been so careful?" Zhumabayi obviously understood, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

As a red-robed nun, she really doesn't play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting all day long. Not only does she have to participate in military training, but her level is quite high. Sometimes she simply trains with the adjudicator, with Wacker as the instructor.

The guy from the Russian Army has a lot of research on mountain warfare, and there are many mountains near Yining, so courses in this area are naturally indispensable.But compared with this shepherd with a strange background, Waker's set of things seems to be not enough.

"Be careful, there is no big mistake...Why did you send someone to follow me?" Now that he mentioned this matter, Hong Tao still wanted to figure out why he had aroused the suspicion of the red-robed nun.

"The passport cannot be issued casually. According to the regulations, you must find out your identity. I just want to know where you are staying... Don't you feel hurt?" Zhumabayi looked at the tall figure walking in front, and couldn't tell what was in his heart. What's it like.

He's so good at acting, I didn't doubt his identity at all when I was stunned.His words were so unpleasant, and he hardly gave him a good face along the way.But even if you put aside the grace of saving your life, it seems that you can't hate it.

I, Fang Wenlin and the two children were all riding on horseback, and could rely on height to avoid nettle stings, but this guy walked ahead and led the horse, not only did not hide, but also pushed aside the branches blocking the way with his hands.It was covered with sharp thorns, and the painful face twitched but went its own way.

What is it like to be pricked by nettles? Everyone has to try it when participating in mountain combat training. It is so hot that it can hurt for more than a day.

"...I want to improve my memory, every time I do something good, it will hurt!" Hong Tao said the truth, but it was incomplete.

He is testing whether his body can gradually become immune to or get used to the poison of nettles. If he can, he will have another life-saving skill in the mountains and forests in the future.If you are really desperate, you will burrow into the nettle bushes. No matter people or animals, they dare not go in easily.

"..." But the words were a bit harsh, and the topic was immediately ended, and even the two horses stopped snorting to protest.I guess they understand it too, what's the use of protesting against someone who is so ruthless to them, bear with it, this is fate!

As dusk approached, the first stop of the trip finally arrived. It was a small ranch hidden in a ravine, with a fence and two wooden houses.The owner naturally turned into a zombie and was killed by Hong Tao. The body was buried in the fence, and four small stone piles were erected.

This place was accidentally discovered a few months ago. The environment is very secluded and can be used as a temporary foothold.Afterwards, every time he went to Yining base to deliver mutton, Hong Tao hid his weapons and equipment in the cellar behind the house.That place is more secluded and overgrown with weeds, and even if someone finds the hut, there will be no loss.

"Don't go wandering in the mountains, even if there are no enemies, there will be beasts. Don't go to the north, there are zombies. You can't light a fire, and if you don't have a lot of food, it's enough. Remember to keep someone on duty when you sleep at night, and have someone from time to time during the day Use the binoculars to observe the surrounding situation!"

After confirming that the animal traps around the ranch had not been touched, Hong Tao opened the cellar, took off the sheepskin jacket and changed into a camouflage uniform, adding equipment to his body one by one, not forgetting to tell Fang Wenlin and Zhumaba to stay according to.

"...you are definitely not a shepherd!" Seeing that the familiar shepherd suddenly turned into a well-equipped warrior, not only Zhumabayi became suspicious, but even Fang Wenlin frowned.Most of the guns, body armor, tactical vests and complex electronics have never been seen.

"You have natural discrimination against shepherds. Why can't shepherds advocate high technology? I left the children and went to live at Uncle Bizes's house for a while, and I will come back to pick you up after getting rid of the bad guys and finding a new foothold!"

Looking at the clothes all over his body, Hong Tao also felt that he did not look like a shepherd.But so what, I said yes, those who agree are alive, and those who disagree are dead.This is the benefit of living alone. You don't need to ask anyone's opinion, and you don't need to care about anyone's emotions. You can completely let yourself go.

Camilla and Yu Jia didn't cry and were reluctant to leave their father. On the way, the two little guys knew the direction of their fate, and they also knew that if they didn't leave their father for a while, everyone would die.

Children living in the new world are more precocious, and will be forced by life to understand some truths that only adults can understand, and their minds are more tenacious.Children who cry and cry at every turn are not only disliked by adults, but also have a short life span.

"Oh... Uncle, you have so many good things!" Two days later, by the bank of Sailimu Lake, the two children stood at the door of the hut, looking inside as if they saw a mansion, and they dared not take a step.

"Boil hot water, take a bath and change clothes, and then go in." In fact, even if the children dare to go in, Hong Tao has to drag them out.Throwing the ax to the door to chop wood and light the fire, he himself went to the hillside behind the house.

There is a cellar hidden there, filled with all kinds of weapons and equipment.Some were brought out from the Revival Alliance that year, and some were collected from various places over the years.Everything from knives and bullets to mines and mortars, all sealed in grease for emergencies, can now be unsealed.

"Avanti, who are they?" As usual, as long as someone enters the lake area, the shepherd dog who does not know where it is hidden will run back to the mountain at the fastest speed to notify the Crimea, and then the real shepherd will ride The horse appeared.But this time he didn't ask for wine first, but looked at the siblings who were chopping firewood with some anxiety.

"My friend's children... you can help take them for a while, I may not come back until spring. Come, take these things, and teach them how to live in the wild when they are free, and then practice marksmanship."

"If I don't come back, everything here will belong to you... Don't be sad brother, there is no feast that never ends. You also know that I am not a shepherd, and I am destined not to live an ordinary life. I will leave sooner or later."

Two Mossberg 500 shotguns and several M92 pistols were found in the cellar, and two boxes of bullets were handed over to Crimea.This herdsman is also stubborn. He is only used to using a shotgun and doesn't like other weapons, and he is still unwilling to learn.

"I can also kill people. I will lead your enemies to the mountains and we will kill them together. This is our home!" Kerim is also a person who is not very good at expressing inner feelings. He wanted to say something to persuade him, but he held back for a long time. I didn't think about it, but instead came up with a vicious idea of ​​a Jedi counterattack.

It's been eight years, and it's not an ordinary neighbor. From a spiritual perspective, it can be regarded as eight years of mutual dependence. He is unwilling to lose this mysterious friend, even if they take risks together.

"Killing will always kill people. If you die, who will take care of Sa Ren and the children, and have the heart to let them freeze to death and starve to death? Go back and get some horse intestines and cheese. I have to hurry, and I will drink and eat meat when I come back."

Without Sa Ren, Hong Tao might have taken Kerim to visit southern Xinjiang.With this shepherd who knows the Tianshan Mountains like the back of his hand, he can save himself a lot of trouble.Even if you encounter dozens of enemies, you don't have to hide around, and you won't suffer any losses by relying on your equipment and terrain advantages.

But herdsmen are herdsmen after all. They have a family and a business. It’s not like eating enough for the whole family by yourself. There is no need to throw away your family and business for others’ choices.

Three hours later, Hong Tao, who was fed, drunk and armed, bid farewell to Kerim and his two children, and left the lakeside hut again with two pack horses.There are four large 80-liter backpacks on the horse's back, and they are also full of bits and pieces.

It has been agreed with Crimea that the two horses will be abandoned under the snow line in the central Tianshan Mountains in a few days.If it is lucky and smart enough, it may be able to find a winter pasture to live a free life, otherwise it will definitely become a meal for snow leopards, black bears, and wolves.

Chapter 509 Unlucky Egg

"What's going on, why stop moving forward!" Vaker, who was dressed in a dark green camouflage uniform of the Russian Army and had a cold mask on his head, stood on the ridge and roared again as he watched the somewhat tired team in the mountains and forests.