Following the memory of last night, I drove towards the mountain not far away.Why did the old man leave me a ring?What did he do?What's the point of letting the dumb follow me?Who is the old man, and how could he have this ring?
"Tiantai Mountain" - the words on the roadside signs flashed before my eyes.The mute was touching this and that curiously in the back seat.Xiaotao didn't know what she was communicating with him by using sign language.
"Crossing this river," Xiaoru directed from the side, "is where we went up the mountain last night."
"Master Yu, look." Xiao Ru suddenly pointed to the front on the co-pilot.Not far away, two army green off-road vehicles are coming towards us.I was shocked, why are there troops here?
"Be careful," I yelled through the walkie-talkie, "there are soldiers."
The two military vehicles were getting closer and closer to us, and suddenly slowed down.We heard the voice of the megaphone, "Three cars on the other side, please pull over."
When it was over, my heart skipped a beat. Among other things, we have guns in the car.I'm really afraid that something will come, but I can't stop.I pulled over and stopped the car, and whispered into the intercom: "Be safe, don't be impatient, don't cause trouble."
Two military vehicles stopped slowly opposite us, and a soldier got out of the vehicle, holding a Type 95 in his hand and wearing a special forces combat uniform. "What should I do?" Xiaoru on the side asked me in a low voice.
"Don't do anything." I looked at the soldier walking towards us, and my heart moved, I waved my hand at Xiaotao, "Xiaotao, Xiaotu, brother is coming when you two are needed. Get out of the car with me and follow some soldiers." My brother is acting like a baby."
"I don't!" Xiaotao pouted, "Why? Tell me to betray my appearance? I won't do it. Xiaotu, don't listen to him either. Who told him to bully us?"
Seeing the soldier getting closer, I had no choice but to stare at the two of them helplessly, adjusted my clothes, opened the door and got out of the car, and saluted the soldier with a playful smile: "Hello, Chief."
"What are you doing?" the soldier asked me seriously.I peeked at his epaulettes, and was surprised that he was a school officer.
"We are traveling from other places." I smiled, "What instructions does the chief have?"
"Tourist?" The school officer looked me up and down, "Don't you know that this area is engaged in military exercises?"
I shook my head and pretended to be puzzled: "I don't know."
"I don't know? What's in the car?" He walked to the trunk of the car with a gun in his hand, just about to open it.
Xiaotao suddenly opened the car door and got out, wearing only a small shirt, yawned and stretched, revealing a white waist, and said sleepily to me: "Brother, are we here yet?"
"No, no, the chief wants to check." I winked at Xiaotao.Xiaotao glared at me, pretending to have just seen the soldier.She shook her head, covered her mouth, and said in surprise: "Wow, that's so cool. Is this a real gun?" She reached out to touch the 95th style in his hand.
The soldier was only in his early 20s, he had rarely seen such a battle, his face turned red, he was afraid to look at Xiao Tao, and stammered: "Yes... yes..." It seems that he has completely forgotten his original mission.
I secretly gave her a thumbs up, Xiaotao curled her lips, opened the car door and said, "Xiaotu Xiaotu, come down quickly, look at this soldier brother has a gun..."
Immediately afterwards, the little rabbit with an excited face also jumped down. It seemed that he didn't know how long he had been holding it in: "Wow, really..." Then the two guys surrounded the soldier and started chattering, touching the gun for a while, and for a while Touching his clothes, it made the young man blush so cutely with his thick neck.
"Don't... do this." He blushed and couldn't speak clearly.As the saying goes, "Being in the army for three years, a sow can compete with Diaochan", let alone meeting such two beautiful guys?
"You are not allowed to go forward." He looked at me with a red face and added, "The road ahead is closed, if you want to go, just go around."
"Oh, yes, yes." I responded with a smile at him, and then pretended to ask casually, "What happened in front?"
"Military secret, please turn around." He blushed and forgot to check, just gave me a standard military salute, looking vigorous.
"That's fine, let's turn around." I quickly winked at the two of them, and the two girls spared the little officer.
Just as I was about to get into the car, I suddenly felt a chill on the back of my neck, as if someone was spying on me.It's a familiar feeling, the night I lost the jar when someone followed me.I turned around suddenly, only to realize that the feeling came from one of the military off-road vehicles.It's just that the car windows are covered with film, so it's not clear who is inside.
"Turn around and go." After I got into the car, I yelled a few times with the walkie-talkie, and the three cars started to turn around at the same time.The two military vehicles stopped in place, as if to watch us disappear from their sight.
I breathed a sigh of relief when I could no longer see the military vehicle, and turned around to praise the two girls.
The two of them were still discussing how handsome and imposing the soldier was.Maybe the military's mighty military appearance has a natural attraction to girls, and Xiaoru who is on the side is jealous.
"Xiao Ru, did you walk this way yesterday? How could you be a soldier?"
"It should be." Xiao Ru looked outside, "That's right, it's this road."
"Then why didn't I meet you last night, but today?" I frowned and thought for a while, with a vague premonition that the person staring at me in the car must know me and be very familiar with me.
"Old Wang, this group of soldiers is new." I shouted through the walkie-talkie, "We have to hurry up, I wonder if they have discovered anything."
"Do you still know how to get across that small bridge last night?" I asked Xiao Ru.Xiaoru frowned and thought for a while, then replied: "I remember, but if we go there, people will find us immediately. Think about it, I drove towards the streetlight last night."
"Then you haven't recruited yet?" I slammed the steering wheel, feeling a little annoyed.
"Abaa..." The mute who had been sitting quietly at the back suddenly spoke out, and gestured to us a few times.
Xiaotao waited for him to finish gesturing, and said to me: "Brother, he knows how to go up the mountain and walk from the sea."
"From the sea?" I glanced at him in the rearview mirror in surprise, "How?"
"He said he worked in a shipyard and had ships."
"Isn't it sealing the sea?" I asked.
A sly smile appeared on the dumb face, and he gestured towards Xiaotao a few times.
"He said he had a secret passage."
"Go to the shipyard!" I immediately said to them on the walkie-talkie.
Following the guidance of the mute, we came to a small shipyard. The shipyard was built in a small pier. It is more appropriate to say that it is a shipyard than a shipyard.In the factory, some wooden fishing boats are parked by the pier and rise and fall with the waves.There were not many people in the pier, and it looked a little depressed.It was about dusk at this time, and the shipyard looked a little dark.We parked the car around a corner.
The mute took us to find a small wooden boat.The tung oil painted on the boat has not completely dried.The mute patted his chest proudly, which meant that he made the boat.I took a look at this boat. It is a typical offshore fishing boat with a small carrying capacity and powered by a diesel engine.At this time, a person came from a distance and asked us, "What do you do?" The mute stood up and made gestures with him.
"Oh, is Chaosheng's friend?" The man looked at us and smiled, "Are you here to buy seafood?"
"I heard that the boats made by Brother Chaosheng are good, let's try the water." Wang Fugui smiled and took out a cigarette and handed the visitor a cigarette, "I plan to buy a few." , never blink.
"Oh, that's not bad, Chao Sheng's craftsmanship is considered top-notch here." The man smiled and said to Chao Sheng, "You can show them casually." After speaking, he left.
Seeing him go far away, the mute hurriedly called us to push the boat from the slide rails into the water, loaded all the equipment on the boat, pulled up the motor and turned a few times in the dock.Wang Fugui held onto the side of the boat tightly, his face was sallow.I asked him what's the matter, he shook his head and was about to speak, but he spit it out with a "wow".Xiao Wai quickly helped him beat his back.
"Are you seasick?" I frowned, "Can you? If not, you can go back and wait."
He shook his hand at me with difficulty, resisted vomiting and said to me: "It's okay, I can hold on."
The dumb man steered the boat, passed through the boats at the pier for a while, then turned around and turned into a river.I just discovered that there is still a river estuary hidden here.
"Where is this going?" I hurriedly asked him, "Isn't it going from the sea?"
The mute smiled at me and said "Abba" a few times.Xiaotao said for him: "Secret passage."
Entering the river, the boat gradually stabilized.I don't know the name of this river. It is about fifteen or six meters wide, and there are some tall trees on both sides.It was late autumn, and the fallen leaves of the trees fell into the river, gradually covering the river surface, and slowly flowing into the sea with the current.After driving forward for about half an hour, a fork appeared in front of the river.The mute turned the rudder, and the boat sailed into the forked channel.After a few minutes, it suddenly became clear that the fishing boat rushed out of the river and entered the sea again.
"Brother, look!" Xiaotao stood up suddenly, pointing to a cliff in front of her and said.The cliff stood facing the sea, it was actually a cliff.The cliff is as smooth as a mirror, and there are some petroglyphs in the shadows, which are painted with a layer of gold in the afterglow of the setting sun. It looks like the mountains below the cliff extend into the sea, encircling a small piece of the sea into a natural harbor.Looking up, you can see a lush hill.That is Mount Tiantai, facing the sea on both sides in the southeast and surrounded by mountains on both sides in the northwest.
"It's here." I licked the seawater splashed on my lips, it was salty and bitter.
It was high tide, and the mute took advantage of the tide to carefully steer the boat into the harbor, hid it behind a few rocks and anchored.Then, he quickly climbed up the reef on one side, and then pulled us up one by one with the rope.
Wang Fugui was so seasick that he couldn't stand up anymore. After being dragged up by us, he lay on the ground and didn't dare to move, and he wouldn't let anyone touch him.We were afraid that there would be patrol boats at sea, so we didn't dare to stay on the reef, and we didn't care whether he vomited or not, so we let Ah Wu and Xiao Wai carry him up the mountain.We didn't stop for a while until we got into the woods.At this time, it was already dark.
"Take a break and eat something." I told everyone, "It takes strength to go up the mountain later."
Together with Xiao Ru, Xiao Wai took out some food and shared some with everyone.Wang Fugui calmed down a bit, but his face was still a little unsightly. He couldn't eat anymore, so he drank a few sips of water.
Ah Er stood by the edge of the woods, held a gun and looked at the mountain indifferently, the bandage on his neck was faintly stained with blood. "Second brother, can you do it?" I asked him worriedly.He took a bite of the jerky in his hand and smiled at me, "I'm not made of mud. How can I be so lazy after taking your money?"
"Second brother, you are slapping me in the face. It's not about money." I looked at the bandage on his neck and felt guilty, "I was negligent last night, if..."
"It's not your fault." As he spoke, the scar on Ah Er's face from the corner of his eyebrows to the base of his ears trembled a few times.
I suddenly remembered the "sorry" he said when he was in a coma. Who would he say sorry to?
I tried my best not to let myself think about it, maybe he felt sorry for his family.
While talking, Lao Jiu came towards me cursing.I asked him what was the matter.He told me: "Damn it, don't worry, just a few days after I came out, my house was ransacked."
"what happened?"
"Damn it, my Buckingham was seized by the anti-pornography team, and there were problems with several other businesses." Lao Jiu pinched the phone with a gloomy expression, "Even the brothers were arrested in No. 40."
"What?" I was taken aback. "What's going on?"
"It looks like someone is going to punish me." Lao Jiu held the phone in his hand with a gloomy expression.
"When did it happen?" I frowned and asked him, feeling faintly that something was wrong.
Although Lao Jiu is a gangster, he has a well-recognized popularity, and there is basically no one who can't get along with black and white.Although he has a few enemies, there is no such capable person there who can dispatch the anti-pornography team and criminal police team to arrest people.One year, when the local government cracked down on pornography and gangsters, nine out of ten bathing centers, KTVs, and clubs in the city were closed. Only Laojiu's nightclub was still busy with traffic.Therefore, if something happens to anyone, it is very unlikely that it will be Lao Jiu's turn.
Xiaoru heard Lao Jiu yelling at him, and quietly asked Ah Wu, "What's wrong, Brother Jiu?"
Ah Wu squinted his eyes, spat out the stick in his mouth, and said in a disapproving voice, "It's just that a few businesses have been copied. This can't be suppressed."
"Ninth brother, don't worry. Find out who is messing with us first." Xiaoru roughly understood what happened.After that, he walked aside holding the phone and started calling.
"Why is there no news about such a big incident?" I handed Lao Jiu a cigarette, "Have you offended anyone recently?"
"Offended someone?" Lao Jiu calmed down a little at the moment, leaned his head over and lit the cigarette, "When will I not fucking offend someone?"
"It's definitely not an ordinary person who can make such an action." I frowned, guessing that this matter is not as simple as it seems, and it has gone beyond the ordinary sense of fighting the underworld.Normally, if there is any trouble, a big hooligan like Lao Jiu will always get the news through various channels and make some preparations in advance.But this time it was obviously different from the past. For such a big event, Lao Jiu hadn't heard any news beforehand, and in just a few hours, he was quickly seized and arrested.What kind of character has such a great energy?
"Does fourth master know?"
"I believe he must know. It's just that the old man usually doesn't interfere with this kind of thing."
He took a deep drag on the cigarette, threw away the cigarette butt, crushed him to death with his boots, and said, "If even this kind of thing has to disturb fourth master, I've been fucked for nothing all these years."
"Ninth brother," Xiaoru walked over after making a phone call and said, "I have some clues."
"Huh?" Lao Jiu frowned and looked at him, "What eyebrow?"
"It seems to be the case. This time, it's not the city that wants to punish us," Xiaoru paused, then continued with some concern, "It seems that the person who punished us came directly from Beijing."
"People from Beijing?" Lao Jiu frowned, "When did we offend people there? Is the news reliable?"
"Do you still remember that there used to be a note surnamed Zhang?" Xiao Ru said to him, "It was the one who lost money in our venue and borrowed usury, but later failed to pay, and was pursued by Lei Zi and the others." . Later you found out, and you let him go."
"Well," Lao Jiu nodded, "I remember. Oh, it's him."
"He also participated in this operation," Xiao Ru frowned, "but he can't do anything, so let Brother Nine understand him."
Lao Jiu nodded: "Thank him for me."
"When did this happen?" I asked him, "Why did you get the letter now?"
"One hour ago." Lao Jiu squeezed the mineral water bottle in his hand "creaking".He looked up at me and pointed a finger at me: "One hour, from the beginning to the present, one hour. I broke forty brothers, and four businesses."
"Tell me, how long did it take for them to deploy in this hour?" I looked at him, "If it was a sudden intention to hit you, it would be too neat. Those people are not so efficient. What's more, Xiaoru said that he came down from Beijing. But if it wasn't a temporary action, why didn't they act before you and I came to Rizhao?" Lao Jiu listened expressionlessly, not knowing what he was thinking.I continued: "Could it be that they are waiting for you to leave? I don't think so. Shooting people first shoot horses, and catching thieves is the king. They have made such a big move, and they didn't just beat you to death. Do they have to wait for you to go back?" Take revenge on them?"
"So, don't be impatient." I patted him on the shoulder, "Why don't you go back and check the situation first? It may not be as bad as what you said on the phone."
Then the phone in his hand rang again. "Fourth Master?" Lao Jiu looked at the caller ID with a look of shock on his face. He hurriedly wiped his hands on his clothes, picked up the phone and walked aside, and changed his tone of respect, "Fourth Master, I'm Xiao Jiu."
The whole call was very short, only Lao Jiu nodded and said a few "good" words, then he hung up the phone and took a deep breath.
I asked him, "Does Fourth Master know?"
Lao Jiu nodded: "Yeah."
"Then what does he mean?" I asked him.
"He said..." Lao Jiu let out a breath, looked at me and said, "He said, let me do the work at hand first."
"Xiao Ru," he turned his head and called Xiao Ru over, "Call Lei Zi and let them live in peace recently. They will seal it if they want, copy it if they want, and let them do it. Brothers who go in If you have a bottom, go out first, and if you don't have a bottom, don't worry about it for now. They can't find anything to complain about, and they can release it within 24 hours. If the remaining few transactions have not been checked, they will close their doors and go out of business for a holiday. .”
Xiaoru nodded: "Okay, I'll do it." While talking, he had already started to contact the outside world.
"Well, and," Lao Jiu added, frowning, "Let Leizi give 20,000 yuan to each of the brothers who went in."
Ah Da was still playing with the small hunting knife in his hand, walked over and patted Lao Jiu on the shoulder, smiled at him and asked, "Do you need help?"
Lao Jiu smiled and shook his head: "How can you help me with this matter? Let you see a joke."
Ah Da patted him: "The enemy army is besieging thousands of times, but I will not move. You have done a good job."
I was a little surprised at Lao Jiu's attitude towards these three brothers.Although Lao Jiu also expressed the meaning that the three of them have a lot of background before, but seeing that he dared not work for such a big thing now, I still couldn't help wondering where they came from.
What was even more shocking was that it was not easy for the fourth master to completely calm down the enraged Lao Jiu with just one phone call.This fourth master is an old dragon in the local rivers and lakes, with a reputation for both black and white.I have only heard many legends, but I have never seen a true God.After all, I grew up listening to his stories.Lao Jiu is doing so well now, probably because of the fourth master's shadow.It's just that in these years, the old gentleman has long been out of the world.But his name is still there, not to mention some gangsters in this province, even white people will raise their fists when they mention his name, and call him "Fourth Lord".It's just... why do I feel so unreliable in my heart?
"What are you thinking?" Lao Jiu handed me a cigarette.
"It's okay." I shook my head and stared into his eyes, which were flickering at the moment.
"Chaosheng," I called to the mute who was eating dry food, and asked him, "Do you know what kind of cave is there in this mountain? Where is it?"
He pointed at the mountain and gestured for a while, but I couldn't understand it.Xiaotao came over and translated: "He said, turn over this mountain, it's on the other side of the mountain."
At this moment, I don't want to delay any longer, I'm afraid that if the delay continues, I don't know what will happen.Wang Fugui drank some water and calmed down, cursing at Xiaowai.
"Let's go!" I tightened my belt, and the weight of the backpack on my back made my wound burn.
The big iron gun was also brought over, and I put it in my bag, adding more than thirty catties of weight out of thin air.
"In the wilderness there is a mountain called Tiantai Mountain, where the sea water enters. Outside the southeast sea, between Ganshui, there is the country of Xihe. There is a woman called Xihe, the wife of Emperor Jun. She was born ten days old and bathed in Ganyuan. .”
About this Tiantai Mountain, I didn't know much before, and only from this paragraph
Only then did I know that this mountain has such an important position in ancient mythology.
I chased the little bear up the mountain last night, but I didn't expect that this is the place where the legendary sun rises.Now I am sure that Yishan Yang deliberately lured me here, but I don't know why he didn't tell me what secrets are hidden here.Old sheep, no matter you are a man or a ghost, I am still the brother you worshiped after all, am I right? Do you need to be so embarrassed with me?What the hell are you trying to tell me?
It was completely dark, and there were many strange rocks and trees around us. We followed the mute and struggled to climb up.I searched all the way for the small temple where Ah Er had an accident last night, but I didn't find it again. I don't know if it is on the other side of the mountain.
"Abaa..." The dumb man who was walking in front suddenly stopped in front of a boulder and called me a few times, as if he had discovered something.I hurried over to check, and saw that the boulder actually looked like a huge stone statue with a human head.I turned on the flashlight and took a look, and saw that there was a pedestal under the boulder, on which was engraved a huge sun with a character in the middle, which was vaguely decipherable.
"He said it was a statue of Patriarch Shi." Xiaotao translated the mute's sign language.
"Old Ancestor Stone?" I frowned and looked at the boulder, but for a moment I couldn't remember where it came from, but seeing the sun pattern, I guessed that it should be a statue of a great god of the ancient Dongyi tribe.
The mute put on a pious expression at this moment, bowed respectfully to the stone man's head three times, and then said "Abaa Aba" a few times, as if he was praying for something.After he finished, he waved to us, which meant that we should also say goodbye.
I bowed slightly to the stone statue, which was regarded as my obeisance.Every mountain in this world has its own gods, and worshiping the gods on the mountain is not all about asking for something, but more about saying hello to it, just like you have to say hello and report to someone when you arrive at someone's place. It's the same as doing things cheaply.
The mute saw me bow, smiled and gave me a thumbs up, and then led us to move on.After walking a few steps, he saw an open space in front of him.At this time, the moon was just rising, and a cold glow sprinkled on the mountain, and there were scattered stones in the open space, and a few stone pillars were erected.There are some ancient totems engraved on the stone pillars, some in the shape of birds and beasts, and more of them are sun patterns.Everything here tells us that this mountain is closely related to the sun.
"Old Wang." I called out Wang Fugui who was dying at the end of the line.He was forcibly dragged up the mountain just after he got seasick, and he seemed a little exhausted at the moment.Xiaowai supported him, and he staggered over and sat down on a rock on the ground, cursing, "Damn it, I'm going to be ruined."
I didn't care whether he was useless or not, and pointed to the pile of rocks in front of me and said excitedly, "Look at this."
"What are these?" Wang Fugui gasped and looked at the scene in front of him.
"The sacrificial place of the Xihe tribe." I walked slowly into the pile of chaotic stones, touching the totem poles, as well as the stone chairs, stone tables, and stone stoves.These things have been honed for tens of thousands of years, and some of them can no longer see their original appearance.In fact, this mountain has been developed into a tourist attraction a few years ago, but for some reason, it has not been very prosperous.The local government is quite protective of these things. In addition, this mountain has belonged to the private property of two local families in the past dynasties, and these objects have not suffered too much man-made damage.
"Brother, is this the site of ancient human activities?" Xiaotao took out her camera and kept taking pictures, "The people who worship the sun totem should be Dongyi people? Is the Xihe people you are talking about the Dongyi people?" ancestors?"
"Yes, this is a typical site of Dongyi people." I walked while watching.The moonlight sprinkled on those totem rock paintings from ancient times, and I walked through them, feeling a little dazed for a while.
I imagined the scene tens of thousands of years ago: our ancestors walked out of the cave, lived chasing the sun, and finally came to this mountain after untold hardships. They discovered that the sun rose from here, so they began to worship this mountain. The gods who fill the world with light, bring warmth, and make all things grow have also left behind these imprints that can still be remembered by future generations after tens of thousands of years.These stone pillars and stone tables are the real fetishes, no matter what valuable antiques, they can't compare to the slightest of these things.
"Come and see," Xiaotao suddenly stopped beside a mountain wall and called to me, "What is this writing?"
I dragged Wang Fugui over there. After all, the people of our group who are really in the antique business are me and him.When we got closer, we found that it was a stone wall with two pictographs written on the stone wall. The handwriting was still clearly visible, and we don't know which dynasty carved it.
"Soup..." Wang Fugui squinted his eyes and tried to identify it, then tilted his head, pointed to a word below and asked me, "What's under this? Why is there a dick? Cock soup?"
"What dick?" I held up the flashlight to take a picture without laughing, and saw that the words below did indeed look like male genitals.Xiaotao blushed and didn't dare to look any further.After seeing the word clearly, I couldn't help laughing and cursing: "What dick, this is a valley character."
"Tanggu?" After that, Wang Fugui and I were stunned for a moment, and quickly took a photo with the flashlight, and we couldn't help but soaked in cold sweat immediately.It turned out that two meters ahead was a cliff, and there was a faint sound of water coming from under the cliff.Wang Fugui's legs gave way, and he sat on the ground, cursing, "I almost fell off the fuck."
"This is Tanggu?" I bravely walked to the edge of the cliff, stretched my neck and looked down, and saw a mountain pass below, faintly steaming with mist, it was really like a pot of white soup.
"Brother, listen." Xiao Tao tilted her ears as if she heard something.
"Listen to what?" Apart from the occasional wind blowing and the faint sound of water, I couldn't hear any other sounds.
"Little Bear," Xiaotao said excitedly, grabbing my arm, "Little Bear is down there."
I listened intently again, only to find that the sound of water coming up from the valley was mixed with a few barking dogs, which sounded like the barking of a little bear.I was also excited, and the little bear did not have an accident.But how did it get down there?Through the water vapor, I could only hear the cry, but I couldn't see where it was.
"Is it possible to go down here?" I asked the dumb man, "We want to go down."
The mute hesitated for a moment, seemed to be a little embarrassed, but finally nodded, turned and walked to the side.
Let's hurry up.
Tiantai Mountain is not too high, with an altitude of about 230 meters. Compared with the majestic mountains and mountains in other places, it is pitifully small.But it is this place that gathers many qualities that majestic mountains do not have.
The climate here is suitable and the light is sufficient, which is suitable for the reproduction and activities of ancient humans here, so there is the largest city in the world 6,000 years ago at the foot of the mountain-Yaowang City.
The Xihe tribe, which first appeared here, is the origin of oriental civilization. "I order Xihe to be festival-going, to look at you without compulsion." This is a poem in "Li Sao", which is about Xihe.Xihe is Dijun's wife. She gave birth to ten suns for him. Every day, she pulls a sun in a carriage to rise from Tanggu and set in Yuyuan.It goes round and round, so there are changes in all things in this world.The sun rises and the sun sets, let people follow her footsteps to work at sunrise and rest at sunset.
Xihe is the sun god in the eastern world, and there is also a temple of Xihe's mother on this mountain.
When I saw that temple from a distance, I thought it was the one where Ah Er had an accident last night, and I felt a little disappointed when I came closer.This temple looks like it has just been renovated, and the building is much more magnificent than the temple last night.Although there is also a stone tablet in front of the hall, a tall statue of a goddess is enshrined inside.That statue is the legendary mother of the sun—Xi He.
The mute took us to the temple for a short rest.I just learned that Bear is fine, and I feel much better.
After climbing the mountain for more than two hours, everyone was exhausted.Xiaotu sat on the ground and complained about the pain in her feet, while Xiaoru massaged her feet with a flattering expression.I made fun of him and said, "You're already begging the little bear." He didn't say a word, just shook his head, then turned his head and stretched out his tongue towards the little rabbit, panting like a male dog in estrus. want to laugh.
Soul Sealing Pot Lao Jiu sat with Ah Wu, looking sullen, and took out a bottle of Xiao Erguotou from nowhere, and drank it by himself.
I walked over and snatched the Erguotou from his hand, and took a sip in my mouth. The fifty-six-degree spirit was like someone slapping my throat, and it flowed into my stomach with a hot feeling.I suddenly felt a lot warmer on my body.
"Still unhappy?" I asked him.
He sighed, and asked me somewhat dullly: "Brother, do you still want to be a zoo keeper?"
I laughed dumbfounded, and returned the bottle to him: "Why did you think of asking this? Then do you still want to talk about cross talk?"
"I want to, I really want to." He poured another sip of wine into his mouth.
"If you really want to talk about cross talk, I will definitely support you." I smiled and patted him on the shoulder.He looked at me, we sighed at the same time, then looked at each other and laughed, we both know that we can't go back, he can't talk about cross talk, because he still has a group of brothers like Xiaoru waiting for him to take care of the meal ;I can't be a breeder either, because I can't even feed the cubs well.Today, those simple ideals have long been far away from us, and the hardships of life have made us embark on a completely different path. Today, the future is uncertain.
"Golden and white biscuits buy songs and laugh, and become a prince after getting drunk. What about his mother?" I put down the wine bottle and asked him, "Is there any news from Fourth Master?"
"No." He shook his head, put the wine in his hand aside, and suddenly there was an inexplicable tiredness on his face.After staying for a while, he looked up at the stars in the sky again: "Brother, I'm tired."
"It's just being seized," I comforted him, "it's not like someone set fire to it. Besides, as far as your business is concerned, the money you earn is not a good source. It's a pity that it's gone, and it doesn't feel bad if it's burned. "
Lao Jiu shook his head, sighed, and said to me: "It's not because of this matter. I don't pursue money much. How much money can I spend? If I care about those industries, I also care about them. After all, they are brothers. If you say you don't care, you really don't care, as you said, it's not a good way to come."
He lit a cigarette and took a puff, puffing the smoke from his nose: "It's just old fish, do you think this matter is really as simple as cracking down on pornography?"
I shook my head, squeezed the cigarette in his hand, leaned on the steps of the main hall and took a puff, and said to him: "I don't think it's that simple either, I always think it's like a warning." I looked at the sky in the sky. A crescent moon, "I'm afraid I got you in trouble, right? If I hadn't let you come, I guess this wouldn't have happened."
Lao Jiu smiled and shook his head: "What's the trouble? I just think it's a bit unexpected." He paused and continued: "Who do you think would do it? Can people be moved from the capital? ?”
"What are you two doing here?" Wang Fugui limped over and asked, "Master Jiu is still bothered? Tell me, spend money to eliminate disasters, if not, I'll buy a few things for you , send it up, and it will guarantee peace in the world. Your kiln should be opened and still open... Get two more beautiful girls, and send them to their beds, and the big thing will be gone in one piss."
"Haha, Lao Wang, you are right." Lao Jiu put on a smile when he saw Wang Fugui approaching, "It was just a matter of urinating."
I looked at my watch, we rested here for more than five minutes. "Second brother, can you still hold on?"
I asked Ah Er who was sitting on the side resting his mind.
When Ah Er heard me asking him, he touched the gun and stood up: "It's okay, let's go."
I secretly praise it, as expected of a tough guy!I asked myself that I couldn't do what he did. I had just been in a coma for more than ten hours, and when I opened my eyes, I was alive and well.This kind of person may only be seen on the battlefield.
On a small hill behind the Xihe Palace, the mute led us to stop in front of a mountain road, and gestured "Abaaaba" a few times.This time I don't need Xiaotao to translate for me, I also know what he means, he means going down from here.
I looked at the mountain road and realized why he was frowning.Right now is another cliff, which is slightly different from the previous one in that there is an extra 40-50 cm wide road beside it, which leads obliquely down the mountain, and there are no guardrails on both sides.It looks like it was excavated by hand, and the stone is covered with traces of cutting with knives and axes, but the age of construction cannot be seen.
"Aw... ow..." Standing here, the cub's cry could be heard more clearly, and there was actually a little impatience in the cry.My heart tightened, what happened underneath?
"I'll go down and have a look and bring it up. You wait on it." I hurriedly took out a climbing rope from my backpack and tied it around my waist. The coiled rope was connected a few more lengths.
Just as I was about to take action, Ah Wu put the gun on his shoulder and said in a low voice, "I'll accompany you down."
"That's all right, I'll go down and have a look first. I'll call you when it's over." I fixed the walkie-talkie on my shoulder and carefully walked down the path on the cliff.
我把身子紧紧地贴在山崖上，不敢往下看。有些地方的路早就断开，我只能靠着绳子荡过去。虽然我很想直接顺着绳子滑下去，无奈这山崖并不平坦，不时有树木探身出来，最终只能作罢。一段路，我竟像是走了一个世纪那么久，抬头一看，只不过比来时低了十几米，还能看到上边一群人都在伸着头看我。
“哥，小心。”小桃在上面一脸担心地说。
我有些尴尬地朝他们摆摆手，脚下突然踩到了一块石头，身子向下一滑险些摔倒，惊得我一身冷汗，不敢再继续乱动，只得像一只大壁虎般贴着石壁慢慢往下移。一阵山风吹过，绳子被吹得一阵摇晃，我就像被吊在了绞刑架上，生怕自己将在彷徨与孤独中死在这黑暗里的峭壁上。
耳朵里听着身下的水声越来越近，小熊却早已不再叫唤。我心中忐忑，不知道它出了什么事。
又不知道往下走了多久，鼻子里忽然传来一阵恶臭，扶着岩壁的手一下摸到了一个黏糊糊的东西，我忙打开手电筒查看。待看清楚刚才摸到的那东西时，我感觉头皮一下就炸了——死人！
是的，我眼前出现了一个死人，我的脸几乎都要贴在他那张半腐烂的脸上了。迎面扑来的恶臭让我一下吐了出来。我想往后退，可双脚却像钉子一样被钉在原地不听使唤。
“出什么事儿了？”对讲机里传来王富贵的声音。
“死人，他妈的有死人挡道了。”我捏着对讲机歇斯底里地大叫。
我不怕鬼神，就算荒坟中突然跳出来的小鬼我也没感觉多恐惧，可我却见不得死人，我害怕那种来自于同类的冰冷的死亡气息。
眼前的死尸与那晚梦中的小路一样让我感到恐惧与无助。
“死人有什么好怕的。”王富贵在对讲机里说道。
这是我第二次听到这句话，第一次跟我说这句话的人是阿二，就在他说完这句话的几十分钟内差点也变成死人。
“嗷……”我身下突然传来几声小熊的吼叫。我知道它已经看到我了，正在等着我下去找它，所以它在用吼叫替我驱走压在我身上的恐惧。
就在这时，我感觉双脚又有了知觉。我迅速从死尸跟前退开，深呼吸了几口冰冷的空气，脑子清醒了许多。在手中狼牙手电筒发出的强光下，我惊讶地发现，面前小径上竟然多出了一个石檐，那死尸就是被一根长棍从胸膛上插入，钉在石檐下面的岩壁上的。尸体面朝东方，不知道摆在这里多久了，还没有完全腐烂。他的表情狰狞恐怖，像是死时遭受了极大的痛苦，原本是眼睛的地方变成了两个黑漆漆的空洞，手脚凭空耷拉着，如同一个飘在空中的人偶，被风吹得轻轻摇晃着。那情景无比诡异。
我强压着内心的惊恐，心里止不住发凉，这里怎么会有死人？这个人是什么人，怎么会被钉在这里？看样子，他竟像是生生被那根长棍钉死在这上面一般，他身后的岩石上还留着一大片暗红色的东西。
虐杀！我完全可以想象出当时的情景，这个人被钉在山上时可能还有知觉，他无力地挣扎着，鲜血喷溅流淌在身后的岩壁上，只能任凭前来寻食的贼鸥啄下他的眼睛……“报警！”这是我清醒后的第一个反应。我无法想象在现代社会还能出现这样的事情，那需要多大的仇恨才能如此残忍？
“嗷……嗷……”小熊的声音却叫得越来越急。我一时进退两难，若是报了警，估计我们这伙人就什么事儿也做不了了，但伊山羊怎么办？
我愣了神，横下心，对那死尸说：“兄弟，老鱼今日从此地路过，恰逢你沉冤于此，无奈此际我要下谷寻人。等我下山之日，必定会帮兄弟一雪冤情。”
说罢，我一咬牙，双脚蹬住石壁，想从它身上跳过去。等我刚刚弹起时，蓦地惊觉绑在身上的绳子一松，还没反应过来，我便一下悬空着从山崖上急速坠落下去。
“操！绳子断了？”我惊怒交加，在空中没有着力点，任凭我如何挥动手脚，也无法阻止下坠的速度有增无减。
“难道我就这么死了？”这是我最后的想法。对讲机里传来的喊叫我已经听不清楚，耳边只有呼呼的风声，脑子里一片空白。
不知道坠落了多久，我耳边听到“啪”的一声巨响，身体一阵剧痛只觉得五脏六腑都要震烂了，紧接着眼前一黑，身体传来一阵刺骨的冰凉。
我本能地张开嘴，便觉得一口齁咸苦涩的液体呛进喉咙。water? !
还没等我反应过来，我又陷入到无边的黑暗中，随着从空中掉下来的巨大冲力，继续往下沉。水的浮力让我的坠势减缓了许多。我无力反抗，只得先憋住呼吸，任凭身体继续下沉。四周的压力越来越大，一直压得我耳膜生疼。又下降了半分多钟，脚下还没有触底，我此时已经快要憋炸了。肩上的背包沾水之后也越来越重，就像一座大山般拖着我往下沉，我想把它卸下来，水里的暗流却冲得我无法动弹。我感觉力气与肺里的氧气一起在逐渐耗尽。求生的本能刺激着我，我想呼吸，我必须得呼吸！
就在我绝望、准备放弃时，突然觉得绑在腰里的绳子一紧，像是岸上有人一下拉住了我。我的身体稳了一下，开始慢慢往上浮。我心里一喜，有人来救我了！
快要浮出水面时，脚踝却不知道突然被什么缠住了，我的身体停在水中，岸上的拉力与那个缠住我的东西陷入僵持。我开始有些急躁，使劲儿蹬了几下也没有挣脱纠缠，睁开眼睛，想看清楚缠住我脚踝的究竟是什么东西。
此时距离水面已经很近，借着今晚满月透入水中的光线，我模模糊糊地发现在我身下有一团长形的黑影，却看不真切到底是什么物体。
我咬着牙，从腰里摸出伞兵刀，弯腰朝缠住我的东西刺过去。那东西像是活的一般，见我刀来，一下子便松开了我的脚踝。我使劲扒拉着水，往上一蹬，只觉头顶上一轻，终于浮出了水面。
我大口大口地喘息着，从没想过呼吸原来是一件这么美好的事情。
腰上的绳子继续把我拉向岸边，我往岸边看去，就见一条巨大的白狗正死死地咬住绳子，一点一点地把我往岸边拉。
“小熊。”我一张嘴，又被一口苦咸的水灌倒嘴中。
好不容易挣扎着上了岸，我瘫倒在地上大口大口地喘息着。小熊晃着脑袋走过来，哼哼着舔了我的脸几下。我鼻子里立刻传来一阵淡淡的血腥味儿。我一摸脸，指头上是一抹鲜红，扭头再看小熊，只见它的嘴里正沥沥拉拉地滴着鲜血。原来它刚才奋力咬住绳子的时候，把嘴巴给勒坏了。
“好儿子！”我心疼地扒开它的嘴巴检查，发现它的牙齿断了几颗，嘴角也已经磨烂了，血淋淋的。它把脑袋在我怀里拱了几下，示意让我站起来。
我挣扎了几次，才勉强坐起来，浑身的骨头仿佛都要断了。也不知道这山谷到底有多深，从刚才坠落的时间来算，估计从我跌落的地方到这里有超过三十米的距离。我暗自庆幸自己刚才没在水面被摔成八瓣儿……我舔了舔嘴唇上残留的味道，并不是海水，兴许是谷中的一条河流在这里回旋形成的一个小湖吧，有被海水倒灌的半咸水。
突然，小熊警惕地歪着头听了一下，猛地蹿到我的身前，把我护在身后，对着水面大叫了几声，喉咙里“呜呜”地作出一副要进攻的架势来，像是水里有什么让它觉得危险的东西。
我艰难地从地上爬起来，尝试着活动了一下筋骨，还好没有骨折。
我习惯性地想摸肩膀上的对讲机，却一把摸了个空。
对讲机丢了，不知道在刚才一番惊险中被掉到了哪里，连原本横在行军包上的雷明顿猎枪也不见了踪影。这下糟糕了，怎么跟上面报信儿？
他们大概以为我已经坠崖身亡了吧？
我把腰里的绳子解开，把背包卸下来扔到一边，握着伞兵刀小心翼翼地走到水边，小熊紧紧地护在我的身前，一步不离。
来到水边，我往水里看去，水面看起来很平缓，我却知道这表面之下有多少涌动的暗流。借着月光，我看到就在方才我爬上岸的地方，水下有一团模模糊糊的黑影停在那里，似乎就是刚才抓我脚踝的那个东西。
我轻轻从脚下捡起一块拳头大的石头，“嗖”地朝那处水面扔过去。
“嘭”的一声，石头落入水中，那东西在水里晃了几下，慢慢消失不见了。
看它最后消失在水里的影子，竟像是一个人形。
那什么东西，一条大鱼么？
我找了一块大石坐在上面，掀开裤脚查看起来。当看清楚脚踝的时候，我只觉得头皮发麻。原来，我脚踝上竟整整齐齐地现着五个青黑色的指印！那到底是个什么东西？是人，还是水鬼？
我赶紧带着小熊离开水边，一刻也不想在水里久留。能在水里待那么久不上来的，一定不是个什么善茬。里的鲮鱼，墓中的小鬼，生死不知的伊山羊，还有方才被钉在崖壁上的死尸……不断在我脑子里乱撞。
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