Chapter 131

Zhang Xiaohua walked for a whole morning, but the snow seemed to show no signs of stopping. The more he walked, the more inconvenient it became. From time to time, there was a tendency for him to slip. Zhang Xiaohua could only carefully rely on the small walking stick.

In the forest, the world was full of snow and branches. In addition to the falling snowflakes, there was only the squeaking sound of Zhang Xiaohua's feet stepping on the snow. In this environment, it was actually impossible to distinguish between north and south. Not to distinguish between north and south, but to Zhang Xiaohua, who had no sense of direction, there was not much difference. He only needed to look up at the small mountain. After not looking for a while, he suddenly looked up and found that he was much closer to the small mountain.

However, Zhang Xiaohua's interest was not in the mountain, but the animals that could be eaten. After walking for a long time, he did not find the wild rabbits that were commonly seen on the mountain of Guozhuang House. Even the squirrels jumping on the trees were rare. How could he catch them to eat?

Zhang Xiaohua was more and more surprised. However, if the squirrels hibernating in the tree hole knew Zhang Xiaohua's thoughts, perhaps they would collectively wake up from their hibernation and bite him together. We usually dance on the tree. It's fine if you admire us. Now that the snow has sealed the mountain, we are sleeping. You want to eat us? Do you want us to live?

If Scholar Li Jinfeng knew, he would secretly give him a copy of "Man and Nature" and then secretly feel ashamed. It was because of the teacher's laziness that he did not teach strictly.

Zhang Xiaohua looked around just like this as he ceaselessly moved forward. As he walked, his eyelids suddenly twitched, and he immediately stopped moving. When he narrowed his eyes and looked ahead, he couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart. Wasn't there a grey colored and plump wild rabbit a few tens of steps away from him?

Was that not the braised rabbit leg that he had been yearning for day and night?

Since she had found her prey, Zhang Xiaohua began to carefully move forward. She moved lightly, afraid that she would disturb the dazed rabbit's state of mind.

Unfortunately, even though Zhang Xiaohua had the experience of chasing chickens and rabbits when he was young, it was just a child's play. When it came to real hunting, he was far from being able to catch this silly rabbit in the snow. Look, when he was only a few feet away, the rabbit's long ears shook, and it immediately broke free from the state of being one with the rabbit. It was no longer a silly rabbit. At this moment, it had inherited the glorious tradition of the rabbit spirits. The souls of Bugs Bunny, Roger Rabbit, and Zhang Xiaohua were all possessed at this moment. At this moment, this silly rabbit was no longer a rabbit facing Zhang Xiaohua. It was all the rabbits that were being hunted. At this moment, it ran away, quickly distancing itself from Zhang Xiaohua.

Rabbit, run!

How could Zhang Xiaohua let the braised rabbit leg that was right in front of his mouth escape?

He immediately chased after it, throwing the situation of his body's injuries to the back of his mind. Alas, sometimes, the human body could still control the body.

Thus, the man and the rabbit began a chase in the snowy wilderness.

That rabbit was clever, running very fast, and changing directions from time to time, making it very difficult for Zhang Xiaohua to chase. On the other hand, although Zhang Xiaohua did not run very fast, he had the advantage of continuously exerting his strength. This Horse Stance took half a day, and his physical fitness was not for show. After chasing for a while, he did not feel anything. It was just that the injuries in his body had not healed, and there was pain from time to time, which did not allow him to exert his full strength. He could only maintain a certain speed, chase after the rabbit, and wait for the rabbit to be tired, and then capture it in one fell swoop.

Zhang Xiaohua's little abacus crackled loudly, and his strategy was also very correct. Indeed, after chasing for a while, the rabbit's footsteps slowed down slightly. Zhang Xiaohua laughed in his heart, and put more strength into his feet.

But as he chased, Zhang Xiaohua's eyes suddenly lit up. In front of him was a flat open ground, and not far from the flat ground was the small mountain that he had always wanted to see. It turned out that during the chase between the man and the rabbit, he had already unknowingly run out of the big forest.

However, with the prey in front of him, Zhang Xiaohua did not have the time to admire the scene of a dancing silver snake in the field, and only chased after the rabbit that was also slightly dazed.

The rabbit was also not careless. Hearing the sound behind it, it put more strength into it, and ran diagonally towards the small mountain. Not long after, it ran to the front of the mountain. The rabbit also changed its speed from just now, and ran slower. It must have been exhausted by Zhang Xiaohua's chase, but the mountain in front of it was not as high as the slope behind the Cottage. It was very steep, so how could the rabbit climb up?

It originally thought that it was a way to escape, but when it got closer, it found that it was a hopeless situation. The rabbit paused for a while, and ran along the mountain in a direction.

Zhang Xiaohua naturally chased all the way.

The rabbit ran slower and slower, and Zhang Xiaohua was getting closer and closer. Just a few more steps, Zhang Xiaohua could reach out and catch it.

However, at this moment, the rabbit suddenly stopped, and sniffed around with its nose. Its long ears turned, and it looked back at Zhang Xiaohua, and then turned its head and ran towards the mountain.

Zhang Xiaohua saw this from behind, and could not help but be amused. Could it be that this silly rabbit had become stupid after being chased by her?

Running into a rock by itself?

The ancients said that the cloud could protect the tree and wait for the rabbit. They really did not deceive her!

However, what happened next made Zhang Xiaohua's jaw drop.

The silly rabbit ran into the mountain rock, but it did not die as Zhang Xiaohua had imagined. Instead, she felt a faint light flash, and the grey rabbit, the rabbit that Zhang Xiaohua had been chasing for the whole morning, actually disappeared!

Zhang Xiaohua ran closer, and rubbed her eyes in disbelief, wondering if her eyes were playing tricks on her. If it was not for the traces of the rabbit running through the snow, Zhang Xiaohua really thought that she was dreaming this whole morning.

Zhang Xiaohua foolishly walked in front of the mountain rock where the rabbit disappeared. He did not dare to touch it with his hands, and only used the small walking stick to poke at the mountain rock. He did not find anything unusual, and the walking stick did not disappear, so he poked at the nearby stone wall again. Sure enough, he soon found something unusual. The place where the rabbit disappeared was in a circular area about half a person's height. Although there was no abnormal feeling when the walking stick poked it, but there were no snowflakes floating down, nor were there any gravel or mud falling down from above. And to the side, it was the same as Zhang Xiaohua's understanding. It could be brushed off the snowflakes, but if one used too much strength, some mud would fall from above.

It was clear that if something was out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy about it.

Then, Zhang Xiaohua used the walking stick to test the bottom. In the place where the rabbit's traces disappeared, there was an area about one foot square that the walking stick could reach. It was as if there was an invisible hole here. Seeing his small walking stick easily reach into the stone wall, Zhang Xiaohua still could not believe that this was the truth.

The walking stick was about to reach the end, but the hole was still bottomless. When the stone wall was close to the hand of the walking stick, Zhang Xiaohua stopped, hesitated for a moment, and then reached in. He knew that his hand had disappeared, leaving only his wrist stuck in the stone wall. Only then did he truly believe that there was a hole here.

When Zhang Xiaohua withdrew his walking stick and hand, he stood in the snow and carefully thought.

What exactly was inside this thing?

Should he take the risk and go in to take a look?

Zhang Xiaohua was no less curious about the young man. However, if he had to go into an unknown hole just for a wild rabbit or a trace of curiosity, Zhang Xiaohua would never do it. He knew that curiosity killed the cat.

However, if he went back to the Cottage empty-handed, Zhang Xiaohua was also not willing to do it. After thinking for a moment, Zhang Xiaohua returned to the forest arrogantly. However, when he was about halfway, Zhang Xiaohua bent down, crawled on the snow, and quietly poked his head out. Just right, he could see the stone wall.

Zhang Xiaohua started to make a living by waiting for rabbits.

However, after waiting for a while, the wild rabbit still did not come out. Zhang Xiaohua was a little annoyed. Maybe the rabbit was too smart. It hid in there and then it was free. Maybe it was dangerous inside and the rabbit had already died. Maybe there was another way out and the rabbit had already run away?

Thinking that the rabbit had already run away and he was still foolishly crawling on the snow, Zhang Xiaohua thought of something. But at that moment, a wild rabbit's head suddenly popped out of the hard stone wall. From afar, it looked very strange. The wild rabbit's head had long ears. It looked left and right before shrinking back. Then, it jumped out of the stone wall and ran off into the distance along the small mountain peak.

Seeing the wild rabbit run out, Zhang Xiaohua did not immediately chase after it. Instead, he crouched there and waited for a while. After making sure that nothing else would jump out of the stone wall, he slowly walked over.

In fact, when Zhang Xiaohua was crouching on the snow just now, he had already made up his mind. If the rabbit could come out, it would not be dangerous. Moreover, there was no other way. It was very likely to be a closed place. Moreover, the hole was only one foot wide. A slightly bigger animal would not be able to get in. Therefore, there should not be any danger.

If the rabbit went in and did not come out, then Zhang Xiaohua did not have the courage to go in and play around.

When he got close to the stone wall, Zhang Xiaohua stopped again. He crouched down and reached in with his walking stick again. This time, he wanted to see if it was a long and narrow passage or a space that could allow a person to stand up. Sure enough, when his hand reached in, he exerted force and the walking stick stood up. It did not encounter any obstacles. Zhang Xiaohua knew what was going on.

Then, he took out the small sword from his pocket and held it in his left hand and the walking stick in his right hand. First, he reached in and shook it for a moment. Then, he gritted his teeth and crouched on the snow, climbing stiffly towards the one-foot wide stone wall.

Zhang Xiaohua, who was crouching on the ground, only felt his vision blur. Then, he entered another place. Wasn't this a cave?

He was crouching on the snow in front of the cave.

When Zhang Xiaohua stood up and looked carefully, there was something like a thick fog behind him. There was light coming in from the outside, but he could not see the scene outside. The snowflakes were still as big as outside, falling from the top of his head through the fog. On the snow, there were still traces of the rabbit's jumping.

In front of him, there was a small cave that was commonly seen on the mountain peak. It was slightly taller than Zhang Xiaohua, but it was pitch black inside. He could not see clearly. The traces of the rabbit led to the inside. It was very messy. The rabbit must have entered and exited several times.

Seeing such a scene, Zhang Xiaohua's heart tensed up a little.

However, he still threw the walking stick in his hand into the cave first. When he heard a "dang" sound from inside, there was no other sound. He then took out the fire starter from his pocket and carefully lit it. He held it in his right hand and the small sword in his left hand in front of his chest. Step by step, he walked into the pitch black cave.

When he walked into the cave, he carefully looked around with the fire starter. Only then did he feel completely relieved.

This was an ordinary cave, the size of a small house. In the innermost part, there was a rectangular stone strip. Next to the stone strip, there was a stone table. There were a few small stone benches around. On the stone table, there was a money bag and a small square stone. The rest was empty. Then there was the small walking stick lying on the ground.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Zhang Xiaohua secretly frowned. What was this place? It was so mysterious. There was nothing inside, only a money bag?

He was not in a hurry to take the money bag. It was on the stone table. Sooner or later, it would be his. He could take it according to his mood.

Therefore, he still did not give up. He took the fire starter and carefully looked around the cave. He even picked up the walking stick and knocked on the stone wall. However, other than seeing some spherical pits on the stone wall, he did not find anything. That pit was a little high. Zhang Xiaohua's fingers could not reach it. He deliberately used the walking stick to poke at it, but he did not find anything. Only then did he give up and came to the front of the stone table.

Zhang Xiaohua took the small sword and picked up the money bag. He moved it. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, he moved the small square stone. It was also normal. Only then did he put the small sword back into his pocket. He picked up the stone with his left hand and looked at it carefully with the fire starter in front of his eyes. However, when he looked left, right, up and down, why couldn't he see any difference between it and the pebbles by the river?

Could it be because of the different shape?

Zhang Xiaohua angrily threw the stone back on the stone table. He picked up the money bag full of expectations. However, when he picked it up lightly, his heart immediately floated. The enthusiasm in his heart turned into snow. He thought that this money bag would at least be filled with a few pieces of silver. It would be best if it could be filled with a few pieces of gold. That would be good. However, the first feeling in his hand told him that it was empty.

Zhang Xiaohua did not give up and squeezed with all his strength. However, he did not pinch anything out of it. He then shook it down, but he did not shake out a single rabbit hair.

Zhang Xiaohua could not help but be filled with regret. If he had known earlier, he would have caught that silly rabbit first. At least he could have a good meal at night. This was great. An empty money bag, a broken stone, nothing to do, and also a lot of time to crawl in the snow.

Zhang Xiaohua curled his lips. Just as he was about to throw the money bag back to the stone table, he twisted it with two fingers. He felt that the cloth of the money bag was not bad. It was quite delicate. Besides, he did not have a money bag. The silver that the master gave him was still in a piece of cloth. Now it was just right. Zhang Xiaohua put the fire starter on the stone table. He took out the scattered silver from his pocket and poured it all into the money bag. He tied the mouth and threw it up and down in the air. Then he caught it. The feeling was quite good. Hehe, at least this trip was not in vain.

After that, Zhang Xiaohua was about to take the fire starter from the stone table. At this time, his eyes fell on the stone. You said that if this was an ordinary stone, would someone be bored enough to put it on the table?

Perhaps there was some mystery inside that he could not see through?

Forget it. He would rather see wrongly than let it go. How could he have the time to return to a treasure mountain?

Even if it was a small stone, he would still take it away.

Thus, Zhang Xiaohua picked up the small square stone again and threw it into the money bag. He put it into his pocket and then picked up the fire starter.

He looked around again and then slowly walked out of the cave.

Zhang Xiaohua looked at the inconceivable thick fog in front of the cave. It was very strange. In such a mystical place, how could there be nothing mystical left for him?

Even if there was a bag full of gold, he would not be surprised. But it just had to be an empty money bag.

Suddenly, he thought of a problem. Why was there a one foot hole in the fog that he could enter?

Someone must have been here. Since someone had been here, how could there be anything left for him?

This empty money bag must have been taken by someone and casually thrown down. And that small white square stone must have been thrown away by someone. Zhang Xiaohua sighed in his heart. Forget it. His luck was not on his side. Even if he picked up a money bag, it was not bad. At least it was worth his scattered silver.

After calming himself down, Zhang Xiaohua prepared to go out. The snow at the entrance of the cave was even heavier. The traces of him entering were almost covered up. Zhang Xiaohua picked up his walking stick again and bent down. He slowly drilled out of the invisible hole. Then, an inconceivable scene appeared on the stone wall outside. First, a stick poked out from the hard stone wall. Then, a young man's head poked out. Then, he slowly crawled out until his whole body came out.

Luckily, there was no one else in the wilderness. There was no need to shock the world.

When Zhang Xiaohua crawled out, he looked around. It was already late. The forest was still the same. There were still no wild rabbits. Zhang Xiaohua patted the snow and mud off his body. Looking at the stone wall behind him, which was no different from the other parts of the mountain, he followed the footprints that were not covered by the snow and went back the way he came.

After Zhang Xiaohua left, the snow became heavier. Not long after, the falling snow covered Zhang Xiaohua's footprints. Before dusk fell, there were no traces left. Only a plain empty space was left.

At this time, poor Zhang Xiaohua, who had no sense of direction, could still vaguely recognize the footprints that were about to be covered by the snow. He quickly ran towards the Cottage. As he ran, he secretly prayed that he would not get lost.

Perhaps Zhang Xiaohua's prayer was effective, or perhaps it was because he had been to this forest many times before. When dusk fell, Zhang Xiaohua saw a high slope in front of him.

Zhang Xiaohua could not help but rejoice in his heart. His tense mood relaxed, but at this moment, his right foot suddenly kicked something hard. It did not look like a rock, nor did it look like a branch. When Zhang Xiaohua picked it up with his hand and brought it to his eyes, he vaguely saw that it was a frozen wild rabbit.

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