Chapter 183 Border Veterans Calling Mountain Old Man
Calling the old man the mountain is not an exaggeration. He was born and raised in Xing'an Mountains. When the white storm comes, the mountains and roads are closed, and the sky is blocked by the sun. Basically, there is rarely a chance to pass through the white storm. Even if there is, I must call the old man the mountain.
Won't take the risk.
As he said this, the old man called Shanshan took out a leather map. The map was very simple, but there were many places that should be marked.
The old man who called Shanshan pointed to a mountain range in the middle of the Xing'anling area on the map and said: "This is the Ridgeback Mountain. To the north of the Ridgeback Mountain are all the Snowy Mountains. Where you want to go, you must enter from the Ridgeback Mountain. Here
, where we are, there are still about ten days’ journey from Ridgeback Mountain.”
Feng Yu looked at the leather map. The hinterland of the Greater Khingan Mountains must penetrate behind the Ridgeback Mountain, but even so, the vast virgin forest behind the Ridgeback Mountain was also vast. The old man who called the mountain said that the White Storm would blow for a month, which meant that they would be there within a month.
It is unlikely that it will come out again.
They spent a month in the Snowy Mountains. Let’s not talk about how to find the Immortal King’s Palace. What did they eat and drink?
Zhang Xiuxian then said: "Master Shan, didn't you hear what I said just now? The place we are looking for is burning something to smell the incense of bones. Where can we find something to smell the incense of bones in this barren mountain? I'm watching
There are quite a few wild animals, and the pork ribs are quite fragrant."
The old man who called the mountain recalled: "Eighteen years ago, when Aliman took those people into the mountain, they also wanted to find the palace. The woman who took the lead was very smart, and she also knew that there should be someone who smells the fragrance of bones.
Only by finding things can you find the location of the palace, so she is fully prepared. She has a Guimen Waist Sign, and she can find it by grinding off some of the materials for the Waist Sign to make incense."
Feng Yu was curious about how the old man Shanshan knew, "Uncle, where did you know this? Is that the waist card?"
Feng Yu took out the waist tag sent by Zhang Manyue from his pocket and looked at it. He thought to himself, holy shit, could it be this?
"That's it. I saw with my own eyes that woman used a knife to grind off the scraps of the waistband, and then added it to the incense. She used this method."
Feng Yu began to ask: "Uncle Shan, who is this woman? What does she want to do with the Immortal King's Palace?"
The old man who called Shanshan looked at Zhang Manyue and replied: "Taking people's money and eliminating disasters with others is the rule of you Han people. I shouldn't say it. I won't talk nonsense. Otherwise, how will I behave in the future? Eighteen years ago
I don't know what they are going to do, and I don't have to ask what you are going to do there today. I just want to find Aliman's body. I have owed Ji Na an explanation for so many years."
Feng Yu admired people like this old man called Shanshan very much. In the bandit business, the biggest fear was to meet someone who was unreliable.
Zhang Xiuxian said sarcastically: "I don't know? Don't you know what they are doing? I said, what benefit did that woman give you? I, Zhang Xiuxian, paid double, you tell us, this can be counted as
Use people’s money to eliminate disasters.”
"I was ill and lay in bed for a long time. It was Aliman's fault that I went into the mountains. I really don't know exactly what they went to do. Maybe they died somewhere in the mountains."
Zhang Xiuxian asked again: "Then you always know how many people are in their team, right?"
"Three people, except the female leader
I also have a bearded man and a foreigner. I heard that he is not a Soviet person, but sounds like an Englishman."
Zhang Xiuxian knew that if they were going to steal a fight, there must be at least three or more people. When they heard that there was a foreigner, what else could they do if they weren't going to steal a fight? In these years, those foreigners took advantage of the domestic war and started wreaking havoc.
They resell domestic cultural relics for high-sounding reasons, and the Crescent Hotel is the gathering place for these foreigners.
"Damn it, Old Man Shan, you dare to make any kind of fortune. Don't you know what those foreigners can do? Their consciences are greatly damaged. If Ya'er's bones really fall into the hands of foreigners,
, just wait until you go to the Lord of Hell to atone for your sins."
The old man called Shanshan didn't know what Zhang Xiuxian was talking about, so he asked: "Those people didn't come out after they went in. What did they do?"
"Oh, it didn't come out, that's okay, it means nothing was lost." Zhang Xiuxian didn't have time to talk to the old man from the mountain about breaking the keel, and he couldn't explain it clearly in a sentence or two.
Zhang Manyue took the waist tag and said to several people: "This waist tag is called the Ghost Gate Waist Tag. It is used to enter and exit the ghost gate. It is made of a special material and can replace the material used to smell the incense of bones."
Feng Yu knew that many of these things couldn't be explained, so he simply didn't think about it so much. If he could really find the Immortal King's Palace, he wouldn't have to worry about figuring things out.
The old man who called Shanshan said that he could not leave until Zhang Manyue made incense with Guimenyao brand, and the time was set in two days.
The night in the mountains was so quiet that people were frightened. After everyone fell asleep, Feng Yu began to think about Zhang Manyue's good intentions and the relationship between her and the gang. Since the Ghost Gate Card is the key to finding the Immortal King's Palace
, what does Zhang Manyue mean by sending it so far to Feng Yu? Could it be that Zhang Manyue was sure that Feng Yu would definitely come? What if Feng Yu didn't come? Then she wouldn't be able to get in either? This is one of the reasons.
What is Zhang Manyue's purpose in doing this?
The second point is, how did Zhang Manyue know about the existence of the Immortal King Palace, and how did they know about the group of people from eighteen years ago who appeared inexplicably? Who is the woman taking the lead? Feng Yu thinks this person must be
There is a relationship with Zhang Manyue.
Zhang Manyue's process of making incense sounds simple, but it also looks complicated. She first grinds off the scraps of the Guimen Yao brand and grinds them into powder, then adds the powder evenly into a hard incense stick little by little.
In the middle, due to limited conditions, the palm-long incense stick is about as thick as a fist, like some kind of special existence.
A day later, Yima returned from the original route and asked the old man to tell him that if anything happened to him, he must take good care of Aunt Gina. Seeing this scene, Feng Yu thought of himself. When he left, it seemed like something
I haven't even told my family yet.
The two days passed very quickly, and Feng Yu and Zhang Xiuxian had some rest.
Their location is in the center of Dagangian Mountain in the southwest of the Xing'an Mountains. According to the map, they need to go straight to the northeast. They must cross the Back Mountain before the white storm and enter the vast hinterland of the Da Xing'an Mountains.
Burn the scent of bones to find the location of the Immortal King's Palace.
These links are indispensable. Once they get lost in the middle, or fail to enter Ridgeback Mountain before the white storm, their plan will basically fail. You know, if there is no such thing as the old man called Shan
If they had a guide to lead the way, they might get lost as soon as they enter Xing'an Mountains.
After the date was reached, a group of four people set out to walk in the northeast direction. If Daganguni Mountain is as shy and hidden as a big girl, Xiaoguniang Mountain behind it is even greener and has the feel of Xiaojiabiyu. In half a day, they left and entered Daganguni Mountain.
This is where the Xing'anling area is located in the true sense.
In the forest and snow fields, towering pines and cypresses cover the entire vast area. This is a sight that Feng Yu has never seen before. Although it is July, the temperature here is still dozens of degrees below zero due to the altitude and dimension. In order to facilitate portability
Feng Yu and Zhang Xiuxian put on all the clothes they could wear and carried necessary supplies in their bags.
Zhang Manyue didn't talk much on the road. She hadn't seen her for several years and she didn't have much to say. She was still very cold and indifferent. Feng Yu was also worried. He followed the old man Shanshan and Zhang Xiuxian and listened to their chat.
Although the old man named Shanshan does not speak standard Chinese and has a strong accent, it is clear at first glance that he often shows people the way and acts as a guide. He herds sheep in the Gobi Desert. He must have been making a living as a guide, otherwise Shanshan
Where does the name come from? Is it really free to call the mountain once?
Zhang Xiuxian and the old man called Shan were obviously more open-minded than Yima. They could only brag about their horses in front of their children, but the old man called Shan was different. He had been a soldier on the border of the Greater Khingan Mountains for decades, and both of them talked about it.
Come to think of it, the feelings between veterans and veterans are probably something that only they can understand.
The old man from Shanshan told Zhang Xiuxian what he had encountered on the Soviet border.
“Once we chased a border crosser from the Soviet Union, and we chased them all the way to a break in the snowy mountains. Seeing that they were cornered, the Soviets surrendered. At that time, I felt very strange. I could not clearly feel the roads on the surrounding mountains. I had never seen anything like this before.
There was such a place. Seeing that the Soviets gave up their resistance, our squad leader went up to subdue him. At this moment, the fracture suddenly collapsed, and a total of five people from our squad including the Soviet fell down."
Zhang Xiuxian couldn't wait to ask: "What happened next?"
"We fell into a huge mountain pass. There was a cave at the bottom. After the collapse, there were a lot of bones inside. It should be the burial pit where corpses were disposed of in ancient wars. At that time, the Soviet man was so frightened that he struggled.
, a huge cockroach jumped out of the corpse pit and rushed towards the Soviets. The cockroach was more than five meters high and was huge."
"Holy crap, this turtle must be a corpse cricket. How many people's corpses have you eaten to look like this?" Zhang Xiuxian cursed.
"With just that one click, the Soviet man's head was bitten by a cricket, and he was bleeding profusely. After the cricket was stimulated by the blood, it became excited. It looked at a few of us, and the squad leader fired the light machine gun.
, a bunch of bullets were fired at it, but the turtles were not hurt at all. We were so frightened that our feet felt like they were filled with lead, and we couldn't move."
"A comrade on the side had half of his body bitten off by cockroaches in an instant. Upon seeing this, the squad leader asked us to crawl out of the corpse pit first, but the soil was too frozen and we couldn't climb out. The situation was extremely urgent.
The guns in the hands of the three of us alone are no match for that cricket. This is the first time I have encountered such a place in the snowy mountains. It may not be easy to survive."
