Chapter 3 Chapter 12 Weird Pool

At that time, the whole country was engaged in a large series of trains. It didn't cost money to take the train, but it was difficult to squeeze into the train.I simply packed some luggage, and when the monkey got better, I squeezed on the train to Lanzhou with him.Fortunately, everyone went to Beijing, and there were not many people going to the southwest. Monkey and I managed to catch up well, and even got a seat.This kind of old-fashioned green leather train takes two days and two nights to get to Lanzhou.After we put our luggage away, we filled two large tea mugs with boiling water, sat down next to each other, and neither of us spoke.

This time I went to Zoige Grassland, the monkey must have something to hide from me, and I was too embarrassed to ask, so the atmosphere was a little awkward.I absent-mindedly flipped through the newspapers in the car, and the monkey kept looking out the window, avoiding my eyes, and I guess my heart was in a mess. The train jingled, and I stared at the endless farmland outside in a daze. The farmland and adobe houses kept passing by outside, and I could see revolutionary slogans painted on the wall from time to time.My heart was in a mess, and a lot of things kept popping up in my mind.The monkey's face also flickered with the light outside. For a while, I couldn't tell whether the one sitting in front of me was a monkey or not.

"Monkey..." I said, but I didn't know what to say. But the monkey stood up and beckoned me to follow him to the junction of the carriages. The train rattled, and the monkey lit a cigarette by himself, and the cigarette butt flickered in the darkness.He finally said, "Old Bai, do you want to know what happened at that time?" I nod. The monkey took a deep puff of the cigarette, as if he had finally made up his mind, and asked me, "What do you want to know?" I thought about it and asked him, "What did you find after you dived into the water?" The monkey was stunned for a while, and finally said slowly in the dark: "Old Bai, you may not believe it if you tell me, what exactly did I see under the water..."

I looked at him and said firmly: "I believe it. Because you are my only brother." The monkey was obviously agitated. He shook his head mockingly, exhaled slowly, and then said hesitantly, "I saw...I saw myself." "Yourself?" I exclaimed in surprise. The monkey smiled wryly: "Now you know why I didn't tell you. I actually saw myself under the water. Is there anything more absurd than this in the world?" I thought for a while and asked the monkey: "What was that 'you' you saw?" The monkey's face gradually became serious, and he said, "The 'me' at that time was with another person."

I hurriedly asked him, "Who is the other person?" The monkey shook his head and said, "I was very scared at that time, and it was dark under the water, so I couldn't see the appearance of that person clearly." I thought about it, also, anyone in that situation at that time would be scared to death, how dare to take a closer look at who the other person is? I asked him again: "You said at the time that you found Huang Qiye's purse in the cave, is that true?" The monkey turned pale and said, "Of course it's true. As I said, I never lied to you! If I don't tell you, as long as I say it, it must be true!"

I asked him again: "Then how can you lift such a heavy knife?" The monkey said: "Actually, I haven't told you, but I think you should be able to guess. My ancestor Ou Zhizi is a famous master swordsmith. We descendants of the Ouzhi family have forged iron since childhood, and their strength is stronger than ordinary people. Besides I have learned the art of swords and swords since I was a child, so it is not unusual to be able to lift Tang Dao." I said, "That's not right, you fought when you were young, why couldn't you beat me?" The monkey snorted coldly and said, "That's why I let you do it on purpose. We, Ou Zhijia, are good at making swords, but swords are sharp weapons, and most of the swordsmiths don't die well, so we don't want others to know our identities, so we pretend to be ordinary people." Same."

Monkey's words are reasonable, Ouzhi's surname is really unusual, I never thought I'd been fooled by this dead monkey for so many years.I asked him again: "Then after you came out of the pool, why did you say 'no time' and go all the way in?" The monkey looked serious and said, "Old Bai, I saw a person underwater." I asked, "Who?" The monkey looked straight at me and said, "You." I said, "Oh, it's me? So what am I doing?" The monkey paused and said, "You... you're dead..." I got angry all of a sudden, and said, "You kid is so fucking bad! You saw me dead, and you stood aside cheerfully! Why didn't you see yourself dead?"

The monkey turned pale with anxiety, and said, "Look, I knew you wouldn't believe it...forget it, then I won't say anything..." I grabbed him and said, "Don't tell me, tell me quickly, tell me quickly!" The monkey said: "I saw Huang Qiye under the water and collapsed the Guibu City. There was a huge vortex on the water surface, and you fell into the water. A dragon jumped up and swallowed you up in one bite." It's..." I widened my eyes and couldn't help cursing: "Damn it, I dare to love you. I died a miserable death, or was it eaten by a dragon?"

The monkey smiled awkwardly, and said, "Old Bai, you can scold me or beat me, but that's what I saw at the time." I was so pissed off by him, I waved my hand and said, "Okay, okay, then you go on, go on...damn it!" The monkey was a little hesitant. He squinted his eyes and recalled: "At that time, I didn't understand what was going on. It was like a movie in front of my eyes, one after another. It seemed that a lot of people came out of the water all at once, and I didn't know them. They all ran out, shouting while running—" I interrupted him suddenly, and said, "They shouted 'It's too late'?" The monkey's face changed drastically, and he asked, "How do you know?" I said: "At that time, after you got out of the water, you ran under the ancient mulberry tree like a bewitched man, and kept chanting this sentence."

The monkey smiled shyly, scratched his head, and said, "So it was I who said it, so it was I who said it..." I curled my lips and said, "Look at how promising you are, if it were Master Bai, I would rush in and catch that dragon's tendons and bones. It's just right to eat hot pot!" This was originally a joke, but the monkey got nervous, stood up all of a sudden, and said in a daze, "That can't be done!" I looked at Xiemen and scolded: "Jiaolong is not your grandfather, why are you protecting it so much?" Only then did the monkey come back to his senses, and smiled embarrassingly.

I was a little puzzled, the monkey is usually very clever, it seems that he must have been smashed by a big turtle shell under the water this time, and his speech was neurotic.But seeing that he was finally willing to talk, I also breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again: "Yesterday, you boy dragged me to death and told me to 'don't go, don't go', where are you going?" The monkey became nervous all of a sudden, and asked, "Did I really say that?" I nodded: "You must have said it, and said it several times." The monkey looked gloomy and asked, "What else did I say?" I said, "You dead boy, you died just as soon as you said this, and I haven't had time to ask!" The monkey laughed a few times, and the smile was a little weird, which made me a little confused. I asked him: "What's wrong?" The monkey said, "It's okay, it's okay. I didn't expect that I would say this at that time." This is a bit strange. What he said himself, I still feel strange. I think it's almost strange.So I sneered: "Hmph, you're not an ugly person! Come on, what do you mean by that sentence?" The monkey said casually: "It's not interesting, I just said it casually." I cursed, stood up and stretched, suddenly remembered something, and asked him: "Yes, in Turtle Shell City, what did you say about Kunlun Yinshan, and what happened to that?" The monkey looked at me sincerely and said, "Old Bai, I can't tell you about this matter. But I promise, I never thought of harming you. I will tell you after this matter is over, but not now. I I don't know how to explain this to you, because I don't know what's going on now, I hope you can understand." Speaking of this, what else do I have to say, who doesn't have a secret in their hearts?But I'm also a little annoyed, I've been cheated by this grandson for so many years!I punched him, and I laughed too. All the suspicion and scruples I had about monkeys for so many days disappeared at once.At this time, my throat suddenly felt a little dry, and after holding it for a long time, I finally couldn't help asking him: "Monkey, you were in the cave, did you really see... Huang Xiaoli?" Monkey nodded heavily. I stopped talking. The monkey pressed my shoulder and said after a long time, "Old Bai, forget about her..." I understood what the monkey meant, so I nodded vigorously without saying a word. The monkey handed me a cigarette, and I lit it and took a few puffs vigorously.The smoke was drawn too fast, and it made me cough.I coughed hard for a while, and tears flowed down my face. The monkey kept persuading me: "Old Bai, I know you can't let go of Huang Xiaoli's matter. How can I say this matter, if you can't let it go, you have to let it go. Why don't you have a wife! Let's come out to mess around. What are we messing around with? It's loyalty!" As soon as I heard this, I was annoyed, and I pushed him away: "Go to hell!" I turned my head away, wiped my eyes vigorously, took a deep breath, and asked the monkey, "Where are you going this time?" The monkey squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, and said, "Zoige Grassland." "Zoige Grassland?" I had never even heard of this place, so I asked him, "Why did you go there?" The monkey turned around and said in a strange and slow tone, "Because the 'I' I saw was standing on that grassland." When the monkey said this, he seemed a little afraid of the cold, tightened his collar, and said: "I saw 'he' standing on a vast prairie. There was a tall snow mountain on the prairie, and there was a stone monument in the snow mountain valley. I I'm going to see that stele." I laughed and said, "This is really interesting, seeing yourself! What were you like, are you still so skinny?" The monkey was stunned, as if recalling something terrible, and said hesitantly: "I saw another me at the time, and I was also stunned. I didn't know if I was dreaming or what was going on. At this time... at this time... ..." I was anxious when I heard it, and urged him: "What's the matter at this time?" The monkey looked at me with a pale face, and said in a strange tone: "That man, he, he seemed to be able to see me... At that time, he suddenly turned his head to face me, and then...then he gave me a fucking smile !" I couldn't help shivering, and the hairs on my body stood on end. The monkey also smiled wryly: "Old Bai, now you know why I didn't tell you..." I took a deep breath and slowly recovered, recalling the scene at that time.No wonder the monkey seemed to be a different person after coming out of the water, and he refused to say that he had experienced such a terrible scene underwater. Under such a weird water pool, anyone who encountered such a scene would probably be so frightened that his legs and feet would go weak, and he would be speechless.What's more, seeing "myself" underwater sounds like a fantasy.No wonder Monkey didn't tell me, even if he told me, I wouldn't believe it. However, was it really what the monkey saw at that time?This is too nonsense!Besides, if according to the monkey, "he" is standing in a place he has never heard of, how can the monkey insist that the place is the Zoige Grassland?Is not this contradictory? I couldn't figure it out, so I asked the monkey.Monkey couldn't tell either, he said he just knew it was Zoige Grassland.Later, when I asked him urgently, he simply pretended to be stupid with me, saying that he would go there to have a look no matter what, and if I didn’t want to go with him, I would get off the car as soon as possible, and the two of us broke up!When I saw that he was playing a rascal, I was furious, and I wished I could jump out of the car window and leave this grandson here by myself!Thinking about it later, forget it, this brat was a little crazy after he came back, why should I have the same knowledge as this psychopath?Regardless of his mother's situation, let's talk about it after I go there first! Seeing that I didn't speak, the monkey thought I was angry, so he hurriedly talked to me carefully.After talking a lot of gossip, he said, "Well, that's how it is. The more you try to figure it out, the more you can't figure it out. When you stop thinking about it, one day you'll suddenly understand it yourself." I wanted to laugh at what he said, but he looked at me seriously, as if the words had a lot of meaning. I was so blocked by his words, I wanted to find a cigarette, but I couldn't find it.Supplies were scarce that year, and Houzi still stole the pack of cigarettes from his father, and there were not many in total.Now I am addicted to cigarettes, and I feel uncomfortable.At this time, the train slowly stopped on a platform, many people were anxious to get on the train, and many people were anxious to get off, all of them blocked the doorway.I was squeezed into the crowd, unable to get down or get out.At this time, a person next to him flickered and disappeared in the crowd. I was taken aback for a moment, why did that person look like a dead face just now? I quickly stretched out my head to look for him. There were bustling people everywhere, but there was no sign of him anywhere.And I just glanced at it just now, and didn't pay attention to whether he was going to get out of the car or get in the car, so where can I find him! I smiled wryly, maybe I was dazzled by myself, everyone looked like a dead face.That night at the foot of Taihang Mountain, I still thought I saw him, but in the end, didn’t I not see half of him? Just thinking about it like this, I was dazed, and someone bumped into me lightly from behind. My body froze, and then quickly returned to nature. The person kept his head down, said "I'm sorry, I'm sorry", and then quickly walked into the crowd, I didn't see the person's appearance. I told the monkey to go to the toilet, and when there was no one around, I opened my palm, and there was a note lying inside. This note was stuffed into me by that person just now. I unfolded this note and found that there was a sentence written on it: Be careful with him. My heart sank suddenly. Watch out for him? "Who is he?Is it a monkey?Damn, someone is following me! I thought about it for a long time, and finally decided not to tell the monkey about it, but to see the situation.But at the same time, I also expected that this journey will not be easy. I looked at the field outside, the car lights shone on the vast field, and the field was covered with a layer of white mist.The mist filled the air like the Yellow River, making it impossible for me to see clearly ahead. In the distance is endless darkness, a few lights are flickering on and off, and the rumbling train is driving lonely in the barren darkness.I tightened my collar, wondering whether I was getting closer to the truth or farther away? Back on the seat, the monkey was flipping through a tourist brochure with a torn edge.My heart was in a mess, and I was afraid that the monkey would talk to me, so I tilted my head to one side and pretended to be asleep.I squinted to see the outline of the mountain looming in the darkness, the uninhabited grassland, and the flickering lights, thinking wildly.I was a little uncertain. The reason why the monkey asked me to come to the Ruoergai Grassland at that time was so ridiculous that it was nonsense at first glance.But why did I agree right away without even thinking about it? The deep friendship between me and the monkey is certainly the main reason, but to be honest, deep down, I seem to have an inexplicable familiarity with it, as if I have been there before.In fact, there is a secret reason deep in my heart, that is, I still have a glimmer of hope, hoping to find Huang Xiaoli there. Among all the characters and incidents experienced these days, Huang Xiaoli is the one that confuses me the most.It can be said that from the first meeting until the weird words she said before she left, I was completely puzzled.I wanted to get something out of the monkey's mouth, but this kid didn't know anything about her, only that she was born in a military family, and her father was a leader of Shino.She only came to the Yellow Council a few years ago, she is very low-key, and rarely talks about family affairs with others, so the monkey doesn't know much. I was alone there thinking about it and thinking about it, the more I thought about it, the more I couldn't understand it, so I simply didn't want to think about it.The train was rumbling, and in this monotonous environment, I gradually couldn't lift my eyelids. I shrunk my neck into my collar, leaned on the seat, and fell asleep snoring.Sleeping on a hard seat on a train is the most painful thing. Just as you are about to fall asleep, your head tilts and your body almost falls to the ground.While half awake and half asleep, I saw the monkey stand up, take out a dilapidated notebook from the luggage, and examine it carefully.I muttered in a daze, and he was so frightened that he quickly hid the notebook and smiled silly at me.I cursed indiscriminately, then fell asleep.