Chapter 51 Landing
The hot air balloon slowly lowered in the cold wind, and Li Jie and others felt that they finally came to life. Although the weather was still cold in February, it was much warmer than in the sky, and their breathing felt smoother.
"It's not far from the ground, everyone is ready to land!" Li Jie looked at the ground below, and then ordered the three people in the hanging basket. Although they were a little nervous, they were still calm.
It was almost dusk. If you don’t land again, it would only be more dangerous until dark. So from the beginning, they were accelerating the decline, but they couldn’t let the hot air balloon drop too quickly. They would light the fire every once in a while to slow down the speed of landing.
There is a plain area under your feet. Although there are some high and low mountains, most of them are small hills. The plains are full of cultivated farmland, and villages and towns that can be seen from time to time. However, Li Jie and the others don’t know where this place is. After all, they have been in the sky for most of the day, and they know where they have already floated to?
Li Jie selected an area of farmland and then lowered the hot air balloon further. As the hanging basket was about to contact the ground, he also shouted: "Be ready to touch the ground!"
"Bang~" Li Jie only felt that the hanging basket hit the ground hard, and they were almost thrown out the hanging basket. Fortunately, Li Jie had designed a safety rope long ago, and several of them were all fixed in the hanging basket.
Even with the help of the rebound of the ground, the hot air balloon rose a distance again, but then the second and third touched the ground, Li Jie felt as if he had fallen into the drum washing machine and had completely lost control of the hot air balloon.
Finally, the hot air balloon was suddenly beaten. Li Jie and the others felt that they flew out of the hanging basket all at once, but they were pulled back by the safety rope. The hot air balloon finally stopped. However, at this time, the hanging basket was already lying horizontally on the ground, and the huge airbag slowly faded.
"It's successful...you...how do you...how do you guys feel?" Li Jieqiang, who was dizzy, asked in a spirit. The landing of the hot air balloon was too violent, no worse than a tragic car accident. He now felt that his eyes were dark, and he was completely lost. He didn't even know whether he was injured.
"I...my legs seem to be injured." A weak voice said, and Li Jie, who was confused, could not tell who it was.
"I'm bleeding." Another voice said, which made Li Jie's heart sank.
"Wow~" The third one was a violent sound of vomiting, and a strong sour smell filled the entire hanging basket.
Li Jie, who was forced to get angry, climbed up and hung the basket, then dragged the three of them out one by one. The one who vomited was Yuan Jianzheng, but he was lucky, just like Li Jie, and he was not injured. Guo Zhenglin had a bruise on his forehead, but it was not serious. Maha's numb legs were smashed by something. Li Jie briefly checked and found that there should be no fracture.
Seeing that everyone was fine, Li Jie finally felt relieved and turned his head to look around, but was stunned for a moment.
Just a dozen steps ahead of them, several farmers carrying hoes were standing there, staring at them with a stunned look on their faces, as if they were imposing their bodywork.
"you……"
Li Jie was about to come forward to say hello and ask where it was, but he didn't expect that an old farmer in front of him suddenly woke up, immediately threw down his hoe and knelt down on the ground and shouted: "God!"
The old farmer took the lead and others woke up and immediately knelt down and shouted at the gods. This made Li Jie laugh and cry. But it was normal to think about it. People were carrying hoes and singing songs, and were about to go home. But when such a big thing suddenly fell from the sky, and someone came out. For the ancients, there was no other explanation except for gods or monsters.
"Don't be too polite, father-in-law!" Li Jie quickly stepped forward to help the old farmer in charge, and then asked as kind as possible, "Where is this?"
"This is..." The old farmer was so scared that he shivered. He thought about it halfway through the time he returned, and then he said firmly, "Human world!"
Li Jie: “…………”
"I'm asking what the name of this place is?" Li Jie asked again. It seemed that they really regarded themselves as gods and descended to earth.
The old farmer seemed to have noticed that he had answered wrong, so he thought about it again and said in a more firm tone: "Ming Dynasty!"
“…………”
Both sides are not on the same channel at all.
Fortunately, Guo Zhenglin and the others came over at this time, and after revealing their identity to the old farmer, they asked about the situation here again. Only then did Li Jie realize that they were in Dantu County, which belonged to Zhenjiang Prefecture. In fact, Zhenjiang in later generations was quite far from Nanjing.
"We actually drifted so far!" Ma Hama said with disbelief at this time. Even if he used a fast horse, he might not be able to get here from the capital in one day.
"Stop talking about this, let's find the local government as soon as possible and report to the capital. I guess the Jinyiwei had already lost us." At this time, Yuan Jianzheng, who was pale, spoke, and the bitter galls he vomited when he landed on the ground just now came out.
Li Jie also woke up when he heard this. When they had just flew into the sky, the northeast wind blew on the ground, and they also drifted to the southwest. However, when they reached a certain height, the wind direction changed. The Jinyiwei probably had chased the wrong direction and could not expect them to find themselves.
So Li Jie and the others discussed for a while and immediately asked the old farmer to find the local Baozheng. Then Baozheng notified the Dantu County Government to send someone to pick it up. First, Maha's numb legs were injured, and second, the hot air balloons also needed to be transported away.
The county government also sent people soon. They were a little suspicious of Li Jie and the others' identity, but when Li Jie and the others revealed their identity, the local county magistrate also came in a hurry. After all, Li Jie and the others all had official positions. Even Li Jie, who was the lowest-grade, was also from the Zhan Shi Mansion. He, a small county magistrate, dared not neglect it.
That night, Li Jie and the others rested in the local inn for a night, and the county magistrate also sent people to the capital to report the news overnight. At noon the next day, a large number of Jinyiwei immediately arrived. What Li Jie didn't expect was that Qianhu, the leader, turned out to be an old acquaintance.
"Son-in-law, I haven't seen each other for many days, I miss you so much!" Hu Jiang, who is so majestic, is wearing a flying fish suit. When he sees Li Jie, his eyes lit up. He screams and goes up to hug Li Jie, as if he is afraid that others will not know about their relationship.
Chapter completed!