You are unlucky and I am tough

Chapter 144: Another Baboon Attack

Wei Qinglang slept well that night. The first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to look at his arms. Seeing that she was still asleep, he carefully took her hand away.

Then he reached into the quilt and tried to pull her legs under. As soon as he touched Cheng Shuang, she suddenly turned over and turned to the other side.

Wei Qinglang sat up and quietly leaned over to take a look. Seeing that her eyelashes were trembling slightly, he immediately realized that she was awake.

He didn't expose the truth. After sitting for a while, he reached out and pushed Cheng Shuang, pretending that he didn't know she was awake and asked her to get up.

"Good morning..." Cheng Shuang rubbed her eyes and sat up. After stretching, she turned around and greeted him naturally. Then, fearing embarrassment, she asked, "Um, I don't sleep well. Did I kick you last night?"

Wei Qinglang looked at her and said, "No, she slept quite well and hardly moved."

She used him as a pillow all night long without changing her position. By midnight, half of his arm was numb, so he simply pulled it and let her sleep directly on his chest.

Cheng Shuang touched her nose guiltily, "Everyone outside seems to be up, you should put away the quilt."

Wei Qinglang nodded and began to fold the quilt in silence. Cheng Shuang stole a few glances at him and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he didn't say anything.

After collecting the quilt, Wei Qinglang led his men directly into the space to wash up. Then the two of them came out and pretended to go to the river to wash their faces.

The sounds of various birds were heard in the gradually awakening forest. As County Magistrate Zheng also stood up, the officials began to dismantle the tents and pack their bags.

Master Lin loudly conveyed Magistrate Zheng's order, "Everyone, hurry up and pack up. Take advantage of the cool morning to make as much progress as possible."

Everyone responded in unison and moved faster and faster. After cleaning up the camp and eating some dry food, the team continued to move towards the mountains.

The journey lasted more than two hours. At noon, the sun was high in the sky, and the sunlight penetrated the dense leaves, casting tiny spots of light.

Wei Qinglang, who was leading the way, had been secretly paying attention to the compass. Calculating the time, he thought they should be arriving soon, so he suggested finding a cool place to rest and eat something before continuing on their way.

The team responded in unison. Suddenly, there was a rustling sound from the treetops, like wind blowing through leaves, but even louder.

Someone craned his neck to look up the tree and shouted, "Look, there are some monkeys in the tree."

It sounded like a normal sound, and I thought it was just wild monkeys from the mountains coming out to look for food.

Wei Qinglang and Cheng Shuang were both startled when they heard this. They thought of the group of baboons they met last time they went into the mountains, and both looked up at the tree.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a baboon.

Wei Qinglang shouted, "They're not monkeys, they're baboons that can attack people. Ignore them and don't look up. Hold on tight and let's go."

The atmosphere in the team suddenly became tense, and they quickened their pace to try to get rid of the things above their heads.

But they seemed to be following them, chasing them relentlessly, and there were more and more of them, and the leaves above their heads fell down.

Wei Qinglang had a bad feeling in his heart. Could it be that these baboons remembered the grudge from last time and wanted to take revenge on them?

Cheng Shuang also thought of something and frowned, "Could it be the same group we met last time?"

Wei Qinglang drew the dagger from his waist with a serious expression and held it in his hand. He turned around and said to the people behind him, "This person is not friendly. Everyone, hold your weapons and watch your heads."

Then he reached out and held Cheng Shuang's hand, saying seriously, "Hold on to me."

He Zhou immediately looked around vigilantly and ordered his two trusted followers, "You two take half of the people and protect the master and the others."

A sharp howl echoed throughout the mountains and forests in the distance. The originally quiet forest became boiling. Large flocks of birds were startled and rushed out of the woods. The leaves in the distance shook violently.

Everyone drew their weapons and stood ready. Zheng County Magistrate Lin and two mining engineers were surrounded and protected by a dozen officials.

Wei Nanxing also took the self-defense dagger given by Wei Qinglang in his hand, looking a little nervous.

Cheng Shuang held a dagger in her hand. At the critical moment, she thought of Wei Nanxing and turned to He Zhou and said, "He County Lieutenant, please take care of my brother for a while."

He Zhou nodded, stretched out his hand and pulled Wei Nanxing behind him, then pulled out the other long sword from his waist and called out to Wei Qinglang, "Brother Wei, take the sword."

Wei Qinglang raised his hand to catch the sword thrown to him. The sword was shining with silver light and looked extremely sharp. He looked at He Zhou.

He Zhou said seriously, "Brother Wei, protect Madam Wei. I will take care of Nanxing."

"Thank you!" Wei Qinglang accepted He Zhou's kindness. He had learned a lot of Taekwondo and free fighting in his previous life. Since he was better at close combat, his self-defense weapon was a dagger.

But in this case, long weapons are indeed more advantageous.

The creepy cries of baboons filling the forest affected the mules and horses, and they began to pace anxiously, trying to escape. At this moment, a large black baboon suddenly swooped down from the tree and landed on the mule's back, raising its sharp claws to hit the mule under it.

The officer who was nearby reacted very quickly and swung the long knife in his hand. The black baboon flew out and fell heavily to the ground.

With the first one taking the lead, in an instant, countless baboons howled and suddenly rushed out from the treetops and bushes in all directions, like a raging flood, rushing forward with bared fangs and claws.

That scene was enough to make Cheng Shuang unforgettable. If they just stood there and waited for death, she believed that these baboons would tear them all to pieces.

She was completely stunned, and only felt herself being grabbed and pulled around.

Wei Qinglang didn't use any particular techniques with the long sword in her hand. She would chop down the baboon as soon as it pounced on her. With a light swing of the sharp sword, she could cut off the baboon's claws, protecting her tightly all the time.

Cheng Shuang held the dagger but didn't make any move, but blood had already splashed on his clothes. After an unknown amount of time, the strong smell of blood in the air filled his nose, and Cheng Shuang came back to his senses from his dazed state.

She watched as Wei Qinglang stabbed a baboon with his sword and kicked it out. Looking around, she saw He Zhou's kung fu was quite good, and the officers were no slouch either, chopping at the baboons that kept coming like melons and vegetables. Blood splattered everywhere, and the remains of the baboons flew everywhere.

But the baboons continued to rush forward, seemingly without any fear at all. The scene was extremely tragic.

The sharp and piercing sounds continued to echo through the forest. It seemed that more and more baboons were gathering here. Cheng Shuang felt that this could not go on any longer. There was no telling how many baboons there were in the mountains. If this continued, they would be exhausted to death no matter how good their kung fu was.

She calmed down and looked up at the trees, and finally saw a white-haired baboon howling in a tree.

These crazy baboons are listening to his commands, so he must be the leader.

Cheng Shuang spoke very quickly, "Wei Qinglang, there's a big white baboon in that tree over there. That must be their leader. He's been giving orders the whole time. Only when we get rid of him will the baboons retreat."

Wei Qinglang looked up when he heard this, and seeing that the distance was not very far, he stuck the sword in his hand into the ground, quickly took out the bow and arrow behind him, and shot an arrow at the white baboon.

The arrow missed and hit the tree trunk next to it.

The white baboon looked at the arrow, growled, and quickly jumped to another taller tree.

Wei Qinglang didn't have time to shoot the second arrow. He kicked over a baboon that was rushing towards him, drew his sword, killed it, pulled Cheng Shuang and turned around to run away.

He ran in the direction of Wei Nanxing, shouting loudly as he ran, "Nanxing, there is a white one in the tree behind you, shoot it down."

Wei Nanxing and He Zhou turned back to look at the tree at the same time. After seeing the white baboon, Wei Nanxing quickly pulled out an arrow from behind.

He fired an arrow and missed, and shouted, "No, brother, it's too high and it's too difficult to aim."

He Zhou quickly looked around and shouted, "Climb the tree." Then he jumped up onto a tree and waved his sword to drive away all the baboons on the tree.

Two officers ran over, lifted Wei Nanxing up the tree, and He Zhou reached out from above and pulled him up.

After Wei Nanxing went up, he continued to climb up. When he reached the appropriate height, he stood on two tree trunks of different heights.

He drew his bow and arrow on the tree and began to look for the white baboon. He was very nervous and sweat was already oozing from his forehead, but his hands were very steady.

It took a long time to find it. Wei Nanxing held his breath, concentrated on aiming, took a few deep breaths, and then suddenly let go.

With a whoosh, the sharp arrow pierced through the gaps between the heavy leaves and branches and hit the white baboon's neck directly. More than half of the arrow went through the neck.

The white baboon who was giving orders suddenly stopped talking and fell straight down from the tall tree. After being caught by the branches below for several times, he fell to the ground with a bang.

Without the leader's command, the baboons began to cry in panic and anxiety, the attack suddenly weakened, and some of them began to slowly retreat in all directions.

Before long, all that was left at the scene were baboon corpses all over the ground and a strong smell of blood.