ah?
When I heard this, my face suddenly became as painful as a Muggle's. Thinking back to how miserable I was before, I asked myself with a sad face what should I do?
The second uncle interrupted me, took out a prescription from under the pillow, took out a pen from the bedside table, hurriedly wrote down a mobile phone number on the prescription, handed it to me and said,
"Put this note away. Tomorrow, call this number and find the owner of the number. Let him take you into the mountains to catch something called a mandrill. On the mandrill's chin, there are three long green whiskers.
Son, you can pluck out your long beard, use it as a medicine guide, and drink it along with my prescription. It can harmonize the yin energy in your body..."
The second uncle warned him quickly, but his face became increasingly pale and ugly. At the end of his words, he spat out a mouthful of black blood and fell head-on.
…
After settling down with my second uncle, I returned home early the next morning and dialed the phone number on the note.
The person who answered the phone was a middle-aged man with a thick voice. After learning what had happened, he only said one sentence, "I'm in Majiang County. Come quickly!"
After hanging up the phone, I found my parents who were taking care of my second uncle and told them about my trip to Majiang County.
My mother was reluctant at first. When she saw that my complexion had improved, she said that everything was over, why are you still running around? If you are really worried, you can find a hospital for a review. You just found a decent job.
If you keep running like this, you will even lose your job.
The father sighed and said, "Let him go. Compared with life, what is work? I don't know if what the second brother said is true, alas..."
Saying goodbye to my parents, I carried my suitcase alone and arrived at the long-distance bus station.
The station has rolling departures, so you can go as you go.
Yunkai City, where I am located, is only a few dozen miles away from Majiang County by mountain roads. However, this area in southern Guizhou is backed by deep mountains. Outside the city, there is a winding winding mountain road. In just a few dozen miles, the mountain road was bumpy for nearly two miles.
Hour.
On the way, I recalled what my second uncle said to me before he fell into coma, but it still felt untrue.
People of my generation, who were born in New China and grew up under the red flag, always maintain an objective and prudent attitude towards some ghosts and ghosts rumored in the countryside. In my opinion, they are nothing like poisons, monsters and the like.
These are unfounded things.
But it just happened to me.
As I thought about it, I became less and less energetic. After yawning, I curled up in my seat and fell asleep.
I slept quite peacefully this time, and it was already two o'clock in the afternoon when I arrived at the place.
After getting off the bus, I was planning to find a quieter place to make a phone call. Just as I was about to walk out of the station door, someone suddenly patted me on the back. When I turned around, I saw a tall, muscular middle-aged man hugging me.
Stand behind me with your arms,
"Lin Feng?"
I was stunned for a moment. The man was about forty years old, with a thick and crowded beard, a face full of flesh, and a very fierce look. At first glance, he looked quite intimidating.
I was a little nervous and said, how do you know me?
The man smiled and shook his phone at me, "I am the one who talked to you this morning."
"So it's you?"
I breathed a sigh of relief, raised my head in embarrassment, and asked what the other person’s name was.
He looked at me with a smile and introduced himself, saying that his name was Tian Wenguang and that he was a comrade of his second uncle when he was young. He asked me to call him Uncle Tian.
I quickly said, "Hello, Uncle Tian!" He nodded, took the initiative to carry my luggage for me, put it on his shoulders, and walked away. His footsteps were brisk, and I chased him with my hands free, almost missing him.
After leaving the station, Uncle Tian walked straight to a military green jeep, stuffed his luggage into the trunk, clapped his hands, and asked me to get in the passenger seat of the jeep.
Sitting in the carriage, I cast a questioning look at Uncle Tian and asked him where he was taking me.
Uncle Tian didn't answer immediately. He took out the cigarette case and asked me if I wanted one. As soon as I got off the car, my chest felt tight, so I shook my head and refused. He lit a cigarette for himself, took a puff and said, "You want to grab it?"
Mandrills, these things only appear in deep mountains and old forests, we have to go up the mountain before dark."
I said oh and showed a lot of worry, saying, "Where can I catch mandrills in the vast mountains? I don't have much time."
He seemed to have been prepared, shaking his head and smiling, saying there was no rush, there would be a solution when he entered the mountain.
Perhaps it was the soldier's calmness and confidence that made me feel a little at ease. I lowered my head, secretly looked at this rough-looking man, and asked in a low voice, "What on earth is a mandrill?"
Although I was born in southern Guizhou, I grew up in an urban area and rarely went out into the wild. Not to mention the legendary mandrill, I rarely even saw a pheasant.
Uncle Tian explained, "Mandrills are mountain spirits. They grow in deep mountains and old forests. They are good at confusing people's minds, and their temperament is more ferocious than ordinary wild animals. When you enter the mountains, you must follow me closely. You must not be left alone. You know
Yet?"
I said "oh". Thinking back to Uncle Tian's words, I felt weird for no reason, so I asked him in a low voice, "Is the mountain spirit a legendary monster?"
He smiled and looked at me with a playful look on his face, saying, "What, are you scared?"
I was a little embarrassed to be stared at by him, so I subconsciously puffed up my chest and said I wasn't afraid, I just didn't believe there were monsters in this world.
Uncle Tian threw away the cigarette butt, suddenly glanced at me and said, "Did Lin Yuan (my second uncle's name) tell you what he did in the army when he was young?"
I said no. He said oh, turned away, and then said in a dull tone, "Demons have always existed. They either hide in the city or are born in the mountains and forests. They have been with humans for a long time.
It has a history of thousands of years, but it is not as exaggerated as shown on TV, and it will eat people at every turn. In fact, after evolution to this day, most demons are no different from humans. Maybe one day you help an old lady cross the road by the roadside, she will
It’s a monster.”
I smiled bitterly and said, "Since there are monsters in this world, doesn't it mean there are also ghosts?"
Uncle Tian laughed again, shook his head and said, "The truly terrible ghosts are all in people's hearts. Don't old people often say that suspicion gives rise to hidden ghosts?"
I gave him a break and felt a little confused again. I shook my head and said, "Let's get down to business, is it easy to catch the mountain spirit?"
"Hard to say."
Uncle Tian shook his head unhurriedly and said, "All species that walk in the realm of Yin and Yang are somewhat capable, but not every mountain monster is necessarily fierce. Most of them are just larger than ordinary wild animals.
It’s just a matter of luck and one shot.”
I was absent-minded, turned my head towards the window, and fell into a trance.
The people and things I have come into contact with these past few days have made my mind a little confused.
It is very difficult for an off-road vehicle to walk in the mountains. It borders Xiangxi to the east and Miao Territory to the south. It is the gateway to the Shiwan Mountains. You can see potholes and mud roads everywhere. Leaves and grass stretch on both sides of the mountain road. Occasionally there are crawlers.
Passing by, there was a rustling sound of leaves.
After traveling for half an hour, there was no road ahead. Uncle Tian drove the jeep to a wild jungle on the roadside, covered the roof of the car with branches, and asked me to hike into the mountain with him.
As soon as I got off the car, I felt that the climate in the deep mountains was freezing cold. When I looked up, I could only see a dense set of old leaves, blocking the skylight, as if a dark cloud would press down on me at any time.
My heart was heavy, so I leaned towards Uncle Tian and asked him in a low voice, would there be any danger in the mountains?
"What are you afraid of when I'm here?" As if he understood what I was thinking, Uncle Tian grinned, took out a large suitcase from the trunk, and opened the combination lock in front of me.
The box contained two guns, four or five rifles, a military rifle, a fishing net underneath the military spurs, and other items such as glutinous rice and cinnabar, which were neatly stacked at the bottom of the box.
I clicked my tongue and said, "Uncle Tian, ​​you are a soldier and I understand that you carry a gun with you, but what are these glutinous rice and cinnabar used for..."
He smiled mysteriously and did not explain. He just told me to read more and ask less questions.
I held back my words and nodded, saying I understand.
After a long journey, we climbed up a very desolate hill.
It was almost dusk at this time, half of the sun had sunk down the mountainside, the stars and moon cast their shadows slantingly, reflecting the shadowy shadows of the trees, and the mountains were filled with deathly silence and depth.
Uncle Tian took out the telescope from his hiking bag and looked around a few times, as if silently calculating something. Then he took out a palm-sized incense burner from his waist, added some red "bait", and placed the incense burner flat on the
On the ground, a fire broke out.
I don’t know what the spice is made of, but it catches fire and emits a puff of yellow smoke.
The smoke is not poisonous and can be breathed with confidence, but the smell is weird. It is not smelly overall, but there is a strong smell that spreads along the mountain wind and floats hundreds of meters away in a short time.
After lighting the incense burner, Uncle Tian took me and walked to a nearby forest to ambush me.
He covered the place where we were hiding with branches, took out his pistol, and began to correct the aim. Then he lay down, maintaining a prone and aiming posture, and guarded the incense burner motionlessly.
I squatted not far from him and asked softly, "Uncle Tian, ​​what did you order just now?"
"Zhuiyain is a spice that emits a special smell. As long as there is a mandrill nearby, it will definitely be attracted to it. Don't say anything, lest you startle the beast and it won't come out!" Uncle Tian said attentively.
Lying there, like a weathered stone, reminding me quietly.
"Okay!" Although I had some doubts in my heart, I still held back my temper.
The fact that my second uncle can entrust my life to him shows that this person is absolutely worthy of trust. I have never joined the army, so I don’t know how deep the friendship between comrades is, but Uncle Tian really wants to help me. This, I
Can feel it.
We squatted for four hours in total, from about 7pm to 11:30pm, but the target never appeared. I was a little irritated, so I leaned my back against a tree and silently started to stare.
It was already dark, and it was quiet in the deep mountains and wilderness. I could hear the sounds of insects in the mountains, but I didn't feel sleepy at all.
It's strange to say that although I was tortured to death by that thing yesterday, since my second uncle's treatment, my energy has become much stronger. I climbed the mountain road for two hours and sat here until midnight.
In the past, I must have been terribly sleepy. Today, not only was I not sleepy at all, but my mind became clearer and clearer.
What's even stranger is that my night vision suddenly improved. Sitting in the dark and looking at the scene within a ten-meter radius, I could clearly see tiny things, even a grasshopper's legs and a flying bird.
The wings of the moths can be seen extremely clearly.
I was surprised by this change. Just as I was thinking about the principle, there was a soft rustle of grass blades in the bushes.
Uncle Tian suddenly raised his eyes and reminded in a low voice, "Pay attention, they are coming!"
I squinted my eyes and raised my gaze a little higher.
In the bushes near the hill, there were indeed a few outlines of black shadows flashing through, but they were too far away to see clearly. I could only see a series of short shadows coming out of the forest, their hair was very fluffy.
, seems to be green, and can shine under the moonlight. The legs are not straight, they are O-shaped bow legs, but they can walk upright, and are slowly staggering towards the place where Zhui Yaoyin is.
Chapter completed!