Kuang Haige firmly believed in what my father said, so without any hesitation, he followed my father and started walking on foot. They were walking towards the north, that is, towards the mountains. The weather was a little cold at the time, and if he drove all the way, he would be injured at any time.
We can find towns, but fortunately, walking like this in the mountains without human traces is a bit uncomfortable anyway. But my dad has prepared everything I need to bring.
"I think this is not the first time No. 1 has been to that place."
The reason why I say this is because Kuang Haige felt that my father was very familiar with the mountain road there. It definitely didn't look like he had walked there once or twice, but like he had walked back and forth many times. But Kuang Haige was tight-lipped and didn't ask any questions.
Follow along.
They walked for four days in a row. Both of them were very energetic at that time. They walked for four days non-stop. It was already a long, long way. At the beginning, they could occasionally meet in a nook and cranny in the mountains.
We arrived at a small village, but as we walked deeper, the surrounding area became a deserted place, and it was extremely desolate.
How desolate was that place? In Kuang Haige's words, it seemed as if no one had walked in for ten thousand years. Kuang Haige felt that if they continued like this, they would end up in Shanxi. But on the fifth day they walked in here
, a village miraculously appeared in front of Kuang Haige.
"A village?" I interrupted: "What kind of village?"
"I don't know." Kuang Haige said, "I've never been close to him at all."
The village is at the foot of a mountain surrounded by three mountains. It can be seen from several directions over the mountains. This may be my dad's final destination this time, but he was very strange at the time and did not approach the village.
, just stood on the top of the mountain and watched from a distance. Kuang Haige didn't know what he was going to do, so he just stood aside and waited.
They stood there for a full hour, then my dad turned around and said quietly to Kuang Haige: Go back. Kuang Haige thought it was strange. They drove for several days and walked hard on the mountain road for several days to get here.
After standing still, do you want to go back? But how can I put it, Kuang Haige is not stupid, but he is a bit roundabout. He always obeys unconditionally what my dad says, so as soon as my dad turns around, he follows me.
They returned the same way and drove back. This was a relatively nonsense trip, which left Kuang Haige speechless. On the way back, my dad told him not to mention this matter to others.
As time passed, Kuang Haige was busy and gradually forgot about this matter. About five years ago, that is, some time before my father attended the party for the last time, Wang Bingwen officially left the team, and two old members died.
He was out of town, so my dad felt depressed again. He took Kuang Haige for the second time and ran to the village again along the old road he had walked a few years ago. He stood on the top of the mountain and looked out. It was the same as the first time.
The same thing, after looking at it for a while, they came back, but when my dad turned around and went down the mountain, he said, don't come to this place again.
He seemed to say this to himself or to Kuang Haige. Anyway, Kuang Haige remembered it in his heart. From then on, until my father left, he never mentioned it again, and Kuang Haige also
Keep that sentence in mind, don’t mention that place to anyone, and don’t go there yourself.
An extremely remote village deep in the Taihang Mountains. Where could it be? But I knew that it must be a place that my dad was familiar with.
"You still remember the road, right?" After listening, I thought about it for a while and said to Kuang Haige, "Take me to see it."
Kuang Haige hesitated for a moment, maybe he still remembered what my dad said at that time, but after all, it was my request, so he hesitated, and finally agreed.
"It's a more convenient route." Li Fusheng had been listening without commenting. After we finished speaking, he said: "If you are looking for the next place to lift the curse, you must go northwest and just pass by that village."
It seems that not only me, but also Li Fusheng is also very interested in this place. I think that if a deep and reserved person like my father goes to a place more than two times in a row, it means that there is something there.
It attracted him. In fact, Kuang Haige said these words too late. Even if my father had been there after leaving this time, he had probably already been there. If we rushed there, we might be in vain.
But I still hold a glimmer of hope in my heart. Apart from the clue provided by Kuang Haige, I really don't know where else to look for him.
After we discussed it, I simply tidied up the house and put the old photo album back into the drawer of the cabinet intact. Maybe, I still have fantasies in my heart, dreaming that one day, my dad will come back by himself, silently
I sat down and continued to look at the old, yellowed photo album.
We left overnight. When we walked down the dilapidated stairs, I couldn't tell whether I would ever return to this home where I had lived for more than 20 years. I stood downstairs and looked at the balcony on the second floor. This home
It didn't leave much impression on my mind, but at this moment, for the first time, I felt that it was warm, warmer than any other place.
After dawn, I took the risk of taking my household registration book and ran to the police station. My ID card had long been lost in the mountains. When we were away from home, it would sometimes be very troublesome for the three of us who were gangsters without anything to prove our identities. I
I got a new ID card and a temporary identity certificate, then ran to buy a phone and get a new mobile phone card. I called my dad and Jin Pingmei as usual, but none of them got through.
After doing this, we immediately left the city, took the bus and then the minibus, and came to the small county town. This mountain area is indeed very barren, with low vegetation coverage, and in the past few years, the people who built the mountain and mined mines had blown up the mountains outside.
It's a mess and has no value for tourism development. If it's not someone with a real purpose, maybe no one will go inside in a hundred years.
Kuang Haige vaguely remembers the journey he took back then, but after all, he only came here twice, and he followed my father, so the walk is not so smooth now. In addition, the three of us each carried a big bag, carrying a lot of money.
We walked relatively slowly. After walking for ** hours, we found the small village that Kuang Haige said we passed along the way and had a meal there. This showed that the route was correct.
The next step is to hurry up. They walked for more than four days back then. We walked for six days and we still haven’t reached it. Li Fusheng said that if someone died in the village there, and the relatives and friends outside went to the funeral, they would wait until they arrived.
It's already past seven.
On the morning of the seventh day, we finally arrived. When we climbed over a hill and stood on the top of the mountain, we saw the village in the distance. The distance was too far and we could not see clearly the current situation of the village, so I took a telescope to see
, this village seems to have been isolated from the world for many years. The buildings inside are dilapidated and dilapidated. Judging from the architectural style, it seems that it has been out of touch with modern times for at least two centuries.
"Let's go." I put away the telescope and said, "Go down and have a look."
"Wait a minute." Li Fusheng waved his hand. He stood motionless, squinting his eyes and looking carefully at the village down the mountain.
I thought to myself, what can I see from such a distance? Even if there is an elephant in the village, I can't see clearly from this distance.
"What are you looking at? It's all blurry." I said, "When you get closer, won't you see everything clearly?"
"I'm not looking at something." Li Fusheng opened his eyes, pointed to the village below, curled his lips, and said with a half-smile: "This village has some tricks up its sleeve."
"What do you mean? What did you see?"
"What I'm looking at is the layout of the entire village. It's hard to tell how many years ago this village was built, but one thing is certain. The person who was originally responsible for planning this village was definitely an expert." Li Fusheng said: "
If you don’t believe it, you can try it. If you walk in now, after dark, you will find that all the paths you took during the day have changed. You can’t leave this village even after walking all night.”
"What do you mean? This village is a maze?"
"Not a maze."
Li Fusheng explained. He was full of blabbering words. I didn’t quite understand what he said, but from what he meant, the overall layout of the village should be related to Qimen Dunjia, and similar to the gossip of Zhuge Liang in the legend.
Formation, a few piles of rocks can trap thousands of troops, it is very mysterious anyway.
"Look." Li Fusheng then pointed downwards and said: "Every house and every path in this village seems to have no rules, but when they were built, they went through very rigorous calculations and layouts. I guess the earliest planning
The people of this village must have left an iron rule for future generations. No plant or tree in the village should be tampered with. If a certain family demolishes their house or changes a certain path without authorization, the entire layout will be disrupted.
"
Planning the entire village into such a layout is not a big deal. The person who built the village was an expert. In fact, Li Fusheng was proficient in these things a long, long time ago, but after so many alternative reincarnations, he retained them.
The most important thing is the goals and beliefs in thinking. As for these things, I have forgotten many, many, but I still have good eyesight. You can see it if you look carefully. The biggest use of this layout is defense, whether there is a thief in the village or a thief.
If the bandits are defeated, as long as the villagers can find a way to stay up until the night, under the dark light, the strangers who come in will be completely confused, unable to distinguish between south, south, north and south, and will be easily dealt with.
"It's terrible." I felt a little confused. Fortunately, there were people like Li Fusheng following me. Otherwise, if I didn't know the situation and stepped in, there might be problems: "Are you sure you can recognize the road in the village at night?
"
"Now that I've figured it out, we can't be trapped."
"That's good, but you have to be careful. You can see the weirdness before entering the village. Is there anything else mysterious about the village itself?"
"This is not the most important thing." Li Fusheng still looked at the village down the mountain motionless. After looking at it for a while, he narrowed his eyes again and said slowly: "Why does the layout of this village look familiar?"