The moment he saw Pu Lian's brother-in-law, Kuang Nuochuan immediately recalled the words left by his grandfather. What happened many years ago was not made up by the old man. The two of them were stunned. They had never imagined that those things had already happened.
A scene that took place decades ago will be replayed before our eyes.
Pu Lian was even more panicked than Kuang Nuochuan. After all, this was his wife's cousin who had not yet married him. If something unexpected happened with him in the woods, he didn't know how to explain it when he got back. He shouted his brother-in-law's name loudly,
Then he walked quickly towards the other party. His grandfather had told this matter countless times, and Kuangnuochuan's father had also told it many times, so Kuangnuochuan felt that it would be inappropriate to walk over so abruptly, but Pu Lian
Regardless of everything, Kuang Nuochuan had no choice but to follow after a moment's hesitation.
"What's wrong with you? What's wrong?" When the two people walked up to the brother-in-law, they discovered that the other party was not completely unconscious, because the brother-in-law obviously knew that Pu Lian was calling him.
The brother-in-law was naked and slowly turned around. His eyes were hollow, as if he was lifeless. Pu Lian hurried to pull him and wanted to take him away from here first. Kuang Nuochuan went over to help. When they touched his brother-in-law's body,
It felt like touching a burning coal, it was so hot that it burned your hands.
"Come on, let's get out of here first. We won't dig old ginseng anymore. We're going home now." Pu Lian couldn't think about anything at the time, so he pulled his brother-in-law and left.
At that moment, Pu Lian might not have noticed, but Kuang Nuochuan clearly saw the look in his brother-in-law's eyes. The other person's eyes, which had been completely empty, suddenly seemed to have a reaction. Kuang Nuochuan felt that at this moment, his brother-in-law's heart
Actually very scared.
Immediately afterwards, Kuang Nuochuan found that his brother-in-law's eyes were empty again. Starting from his face and facial features, it seemed as if something was suddenly blown into him. When he breathed in, he swelled up. The expansion speed was quite fast, and it spread rapidly downwards.
, from chest to lower abdomen.
"Leave him alone! Let's go! Let's go!" Kuang Nuochuan's panic reached its peak at this moment. According to what his grandfather left behind, he knew exactly what would happen.
Pu Lian refused to let go, and Kuang Nuochuan dragged him back. After they ran a few steps, they heard a low sound from behind, as if a bubble had been burst. Looking back, the brother-in-law
It exploded from the lower abdomen. Although the internal organs did not splash everywhere like Kuang Nuochuan's grandfather said, the blood and the internal organs spattered all over the floor.[
The two people were dumbfounded and stopped. Pu Lian screamed like crazy, but they were held back by Kuang Nuochuan. Then Pu Lian sat down on the ground and sat there blankly for a long time. Kuang Nuochuan persuaded him,
Because they felt that there were indeed disturbing things around and the danger was unforeseen, the best choice they could make was to leave immediately. Pu Lian was very scared if his life was lost and worried that the marriage would fall through. He suddenly lost control of his emotions and followed Kuang.
Nuochuan grumbled like a cry for a long time.
They waited until Kuang Nuochuan comforted Pu Lian. When they turned back to look, they were shocked again. The body of the brother-in-law was gone. There was only a large pool of green stuff left where he died. He had just recovered.
The emotional Pu Lian started crying again. Now he couldn't even take his brother-in-law's body back, let alone how to explain it.
Kuang Nuochuan really didn't dare to stay any longer, so he pulled Pu Lian away without any reason, and hurried back to the village as quickly as possible along the original road. As expected, the family of Pu Lian's unmarried wife was furious, and not only canceled the marriage,
He also came here several times to cause trouble and beat Pu Lian up.
From that moment on, Kuangnuochuan made up his mind that he would never go to Yuantou Mountain again in his life.
After hearing this, I felt very embarrassed. Kuang Nuochuan was unwilling to lead the way, so we could only fumble our way there by ourselves, wasting time. If we really got lost along the way, we would be in big trouble.
Baiyin looked at us. He knew that since Jin Pingmei contacted him and asked him to help, it meant that we had something very important, so Baiyin turned to discuss with Kuang Nuochuan and said that we were willing to pay a high price.
"This is really not a matter of money." Kuang Nuochuan was also in a dilemma. He felt that he had refuted his friend's face, and lowered his head and said: "If you go to other places, I haven't mentioned it. Yuantou Mountain is very weird. You have never been to the forest.
People may not know that there are many strange things in the old forest. If you are unlucky and encounter one, you may never get out."
Having said that, Baiyin couldn't help us. I thought at that time, if it really didn't work, I could ask Kuang Nuochuan for the approximate route, but I knew that was actually the same as not asking. I was not familiar with the specific terrain in the forest.
Even if people know the route, it is still difficult to walk there.
"Brother, that's it." Zhao Yingjun's expression suddenly became serious, and with a little mystery, he whispered to Kuang Nuochuan: "We encountered something fatal, and we must go to Yuantou Mountain to save someone's life.
Shengzao Seven-Level Pagoda, we are all righteous people. Although I have never been here, I have long heard that Oroqen men are the most bloody men, and there is no reason to refuse to save others."
"This..." Kuang Nuochuan was slapped with a high hat by Zhao Yingjun. He didn't know whether he was happy or what, so he forced a smile, trembling but unable to speak.
"Do you think this is okay?" Zhao Yingjun continued: "We will not lose a penny of the money we have to pay. I heard from my friends before coming here. Brother, your life is a bit tight. You must not give up this. You must
Accept it. Then, how about you take us to a place that is still one day away from Yuantou Mountain? The remaining one-day journey is not likely to be too complicated. You stay where you are and wait for us, and we will go there on our own."
Zhao Yingjun is very good at deceiving, especially when meeting a simple and upright person like Kuang Nuochuan who has no scheming ideas. Kuang Nuochuan couldn't refuse anymore. He promised to take us to a place closer to Yuantou Mountain.
But Kuang Nuochuan kept trying to dissuade us. He had learned from the past and felt that we should not take the risk.
"We are sensible, it's okay, brother, thank you in advance." Zhao Yingjun was very happy and paid Kuang Nuochuan at that time.
Usually there are almost no outsiders in the village. When a family comes, they are the guests of the whole village. That night, Kuang Nuochuan took us to enjoy a game dinner. We didn’t dare to drink more. When we woke up the next day, we were all in vain.
Yin left, and Kuang Nuochuan prepared some things. In addition to the shotgun, he also carried a hand crossbow. It was made of old wood, very heavy and powerful. This thing is used when it is inconvenient to use a gun.
, Kuangnuochuan Road, can shoot a person within thirty steps.
Kuang Nuochuan kept his promise, and since he had promised to do something, he would do it with great care. Before entering the old forest, he burned a kind of cattail outside the forest according to local rules, and then turned to us and said: "The three of us
Individually, the number of people is just right. The rules of our mountain walkers are to go in groups of three to five."[
This is a tradition that has lasted for many years when walking in the mountains. When walking in the mountains, the number of people must be an odd number. This has two meanings. First, the hikers go into the mountains to hunt and dig ginseng, and the prey they harvest is considered a "person".
, going in with an odd number and coming back with prey is equivalent to coming back with an even number, which means good things come in pairs. On the other hand, old mountain walkers believe that it is unlucky to go into the mountains with an even number, and the things in the forest will try their best to kill the number of people.
If it becomes an odd number, it means that something will happen if you enter the mountain with an even number.
Although this is just a trivial and baseless stereotype, it has been believed by all generations of mountain walkers. Therefore, after Kuang Nuochuan entered Shanguo for the first time, Pu Lian would drag his brother-in-law over and force the number of people to be rounded up to an odd number.
I felt a thump in my heart when I heard this. This unfounded stereotype actually made me feel vaguely unsafe. Duoji had always been hidden. Even I couldn't see him, let alone Kuangnuochuan. Kuangnuochuan didn't know at all.
There is also an invisible Dorje in our team.
But there was no need to explain anything to him at this time. Kuangnuochuan paid homage to the mountain as usual and officially took us into this green forest that seemed to be on the edge.
If we were guided by someone like Kuang Nuochuan who is familiar with the road, it would take us about five days to reach the vicinity of Yuantou Mountain. Kuang Nuochuan would take us four days, and we would have to walk for one day on our own. The first day to a day and a half
There should be nothing going on here. People in the village will come here to hunt or pick mountain mushrooms. This season is when there are the most things in the forest, so we hardly need to use our own supplies. It is my first time to enter such a primitive old forest.
There was a sense of freshness, and at the same time there was an indescribable panic, and I always felt like I was being overwhelmed by something.
In this way, on the second night of the thrilling journey, Kuangnuochuan chose a more suitable place to camp, set up a fire to roast the dried venison, and picked some small berries from a bush in the gap between the woods, but
It was very sour. After eating, the three of them arranged a night watch shift. Since they had nothing to do, they planned to take a rest.
Kuang Nuochuan volunteered to guard the first shift. Zhao Yingjun and I lay down and chatted for a while. It was impossible to sleep deeply in a place like this, so we could only rest in a light sleep. Anyway, I never fell asleep.
We closed our eyes and rested our minds. Probably around ten o'clock, Kuangnuochuan suddenly and quietly woke us up.
"Don't make any noise, look." Kuang Nuochuan pointed behind him.
The sky was cloudy that night, and there was almost no moonlight. The direction Kuang Nuochuan pointed was blurry. He carefully turned on his flashlight, and when he shined it, the scenery became clearer.
The place where we slept was on a slightly higher ground, so looking down from above, I saw two people walking slowly, one behind the other, beside a very thick tree not far away.
"This..." I asked Kuang Nuochuan in a low voice: "Is this the hiker who got lost in the woods you talked about?"
"That's not quite right." Kuang Nuochuan made a careful distinction and said, "There seems to be a woman."