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The sound of dogs barking came from the east, closer than before.

The monkey stood up and walked upstream instead of running downstream.The water downstream is slow, so the footprints are not easily scattered; the water upstream is fast, and the stones stepped on are smoothed away by the water in the blink of an eye.When he was hiding from officials in Yuezhou City to search for people, he waded across the city river and got under the bridge. The dog wandered on the bank all night without smelling him.

After walking for half a mile, the creek branched.To the left toward the cliff, the terrain is high and there are many gravels; to the right toward the downstream, the water is slow and the forest is dense.He chose the left.It is not easy to leave footprints on gravel.

He stepped on a few clear footprints on the mud at the fork in the road, heading to the right.He squatted down again and plucked the gravel road on the left a few times with his hands, making the stones even more chaotic.I stepped on the rubble and walked up, looking back every step I took. The footprints were not visible at all on the rubble.

When he reached the bottom of the cliff, he squatted down and re-smeared the mud at the bottom of the stream.The face, neck, and wrists were all covered, leaving only two eyes exposed.The mud was mixed with rotting leaves and moss and smelled like a swamp.

Hunters in Yuezhou City smear mud on themselves before hunting.Wild animals cannot smell humans, and neither can dogs.Although Guanshi Liu's wolfdog is fierce, it is not a hunting dog raised by hunters. It has not been trained to distinguish between mud and human smell.

He squatted at the bottom of the cliff without moving.The barking of the pursuing soldiers came from the direction of the fork in the road.Two dogs barked at the same time, in different directions. One was heading towards the dwarf pine trees, and the other was heading towards the gravel slope.There is still a group of people who are still standing and should be guarding the fork in the road.

The monkey picked up a fist-sized stone from the ground, weighed it, and threw it toward the dwarf pine on the right.The stone hit the tree trunk, bounced, and rolled into the pile of dead leaves, making a series of clattering sounds.

Two dogs barked at the same time.

"Over there!" someone shouted.When the monkey heard it, it turned out to be the wretched manager Liu of the palace.

The sound of footsteps and the barking of dogs rushed toward the dwarf pine.The monkey took advantage of this moment to slide down the side of the cliff, got into a dwarf pine forest, came out from the other end, and walked to higher ground on the gravel.While the chasing dogs were still circling around the dwarf pine trees, he had climbed over the cliff and penetrated deeper into the old forest.

There is a narrow gap on the side of the cliff, just enough to squeeze through.He pulled a few vines to cover the gap and squatted inside to listen.

The pursuers searched Dwarf Pine for most of an hour.The barking of the dog slowly faded away.

The monkey emerged from the crack and continued up the cliff, over the ridge and down to the valley on the other side.

The barking of the dog could not be heard.Only the sound of the stream and the wind were left.

He squatted down by the stream, drank a few mouthfuls of cold water, washed the dried mud off his face, and applied a new layer of wet mud.The pursuers should not turn back tonight.But he knew that he would have to keep running as soon as daylight came.

"Little Shitou, I've been hungry all day. It's worse than in Yuezhou City. You have to protect me from this disaster."

The monkey randomly ate some wild fruits to satisfy his hunger, but he didn't care that they were so bitter that he would vomit.

"Damn, these bastards have been chasing me all day!" He spat and muttered, "Little Shitou, your brother's life was almost decided in this mountain."

He found a boulder leeward and sat down on it to rest. When he looked up, he realized that it was completely dark.

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