Chapter 10 Chapter 7 A team of gangsters

What I didn't expect was that Dead Face turned out to be in the grassland with a team, which obviously didn't match his solitary personality.What surprised me even more was that it was the caravan led by Scarface and Golden Glasses that we met in Langmusi that entered the grassland with Dead Face.There were more than 20 people in this team, and they were noisy. They pitched a pile of tents on a grassy field under the snow-capped mountains, and seven or eight horses were tied outside the tents. Scarface was lying on a pile of hay basking in the sun. When he saw me, he sat up and snapped his fingers: "Hey, who am I? It turned out to be a scholar! Are you angry?" A group of people laughed.

Dead Face came over and stood beside me.Immediately no one dared to laugh, not even to say a word. The gold-rimmed glasses also came out of the tent, nodded when they saw the dead face, and then arranged with one of his subordinates.The subordinates immediately handed me towels and tea, and served me very attentively.I was so tired that I was about to collapse, and I didn't bother to pay attention to him. I sat down on the ground and didn't want to move. The gold-rimmed glasses came over and discussed things with Dead Face in a low voice.Dead Face was obviously a little impatient, occasionally nodded and snorted twice.The gold-rimmed glasses obviously respected Dead Face, and left politely after seeing Dead Face nodded.

This team is all rough men, well equipped, and sufficient food and grass.Everyone joked unscrupulously, cursing the horrible weather here, and sometimes the two of them would have a fight amid everyone's yelling.This chaotic atmosphere, in this desolate and indifferent grassland, made me feel the warmth of home and a different sense of security.After several days of trekking in this uninhabited grassland, I finally met a group of living people and returned to an environment full of people. I felt like I had returned to the world from hell. Scarface also came over, threw me a cigarette, and asked someone to bring me something to eat, and started talking nonsense with me there.After drinking butter tea and eating some dry food, I felt warm all over and felt my strength return to me.Scarface and I briefly talked about the itinerary, and said that we were separated from Monkey and the others, and were rescued by Dead Face on the way.

Just as he was talking, a person came out from a nearby tent.I was stunned for a moment, and I didn't expect to meet another acquaintance—Professor Xie we met when we were supervising the digging of the Yellow River Ancient Trail in Taihang Mountains. When Professor Xie saw me, he was obviously taken aback for a moment, then smiled self-deprecatingly, shook his head, and then called me to the tent and asked me to wash my feet with the hot water in the tent.It's too cold here, if the feet are not well protected, they may get frostbite, which will be troublesome. When I met Professor Xie under such circumstances, I also had a lot to say, so I hurried to the tent with him.I took off my shoes to have a look. The soles of my feet were covered with blisters. Many blisters were worn away and almost stuck to the shoes.I scalded my feet with hot water while talking to Professor Xie.

Professor Xie asked me what happened to the black coffin last time. How are Huang Qiye and the others?The matter of the black coffin was too weird, and besides, I didn't figure out what was going on, and it was not easy to tell Professor Xie, so I just made up a story and muddled it.What happened to Huang Qiye and the others was even more horrifying, and they couldn't explain a word or two clearly.Professor Xie asked such a question so suddenly that I didn't know how to answer it.I remembered the adventure on the snow mountain just now, and hurriedly told him about the huge monster I saw just now, and changed the topic.

Professor Xie pondered for a while, and said that there is a Dagu Snow Mountain not far from here, and there are many glaciers in ancient times on the snow mountain.It is said that the corpses of some giant beasts from the Ice Age were found in those glaciers. What I saw on the snow-capped mountains at that time may be the huge corpses of ancient creatures. I thought to myself, the bottom here is covered with snow, and it is reasonable to say that it is an ancient monster sealed under the glacier, but I can clearly see that the eyeballs of that evil thing can still move.Could it be that this ice age monster has survived for hundreds of millions of years? !But I only thought about this in my heart, afraid of being laughed at by Professor Xie, so I didn't dare to say it.

When I mentioned the past, I thought of Huang Qiye's death in the city of tortoise burial, and my heart was agitated. I asked Professor Xie if he knew about Huang Qiye's past.Professor Xie shook his head, saying that he had only talked with Huang Qiye once, and he didn't know much about his life experience, only that he was a strange person who didn't associate with anyone, but he knew the secrets of the Yellow River like the palm of his hand. My heart moved, and I asked him if he had asked Huang Qiye about the iron chains under the Yellow River.Professor Xie nodded: "I asked him about this." I quickly asked him: "What did he say?" Professor Xie said: "He is very taboo about these things. Iron chains are not extraordinary things, anyone who moves recklessly will be punished by God'." I wondered: "Anyone who moves recklessly will be punished by God?" Professor Xie nodded and said, "Remember the ghost-eyed man I mentioned to you at that time?" Is it?" I said: "Those mysterious underground three-eyed people?" Professor Xie said: "Yes. I always feel that those ghost-eyed people who disappeared mysteriously should have some mysterious connection with the iron chain under the Yellow River." I I don't understand: "How can the iron chain be connected with ghost-eyed people?"

Professor Xie nodded: "According to the records in ancient books, those ghost-eyed people are very capable. They can not only drive away large beasts to fight, but also find precious metals such as gold. It can be said that they had very strong financial and material resources in that era. Speaking of self-preservation, even invading other small tribes is enough. But they hid these precious metals, and then disappeared in underground caves. Why did their entire nation suddenly disappear during their heyday? And the large amount of precious metals they carried Where did they go? What about the coccyx of their skeletons? These are questions that have remained unanswered for so many years."

I said, "There is indeed a problem. Who wants to live a good life and suffer underground?" Professor Xie said: "So, I have always suspected that they carried precious metals into the underground caves, and there must be some purpose." I asked, "What purpose?" Professor Xie shook his head and said: "I don't know. The thinking of the ancients is different from ours, and it is often difficult to understand. For example, some ancients pursued eternal life and pursued some illusory things. These are things we cannot understand. " An idea popped up in my mind, and I said casually, "Professor Xie, do you think they have something to do with the iron chain under the Yellow River?"

Professor Xie looked at me from above the glasses: "You mean, they made the iron chains under the Yellow River?" I blushed immediately: "I just said it casually, how can I understand these..." Professor Xie waved his hand and said earnestly: "It is always good to have a skeptical spirit. No matter how outrageous the ideas are, they are all commendable. Some people advocate a high degree of unity of thought. I think this is wrong. The truth is that the more you debate, the clearer it is." Yes, history will eventually prove everything right and wrong..." He also felt that he had gone too far, so he waved his hand, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "Once a person gets old, he likes to chatter a few words. Stop talking, stop talking...Xiao Bai, the point you just made is indeed true. Somewhat possible. Let's assume that these ghost-eyed people hide a large amount of precious metals in underground caves, where they cast these metals into many thick and strong iron chains, and then use these iron chains to do some very dangerous things. Things, such as tying up some water monsters, or making something like a sling to hang some huge things. This is very important, and they must do their best to use all their wealth and manpower. But In the end this thing failed, so the whole nation died. Only some iron chains remained on the Yellow River, which is what we see now."

He laughed, took off his glasses, wiped the lenses, and said, "If all this is true, what the ghost-eyed man is going to do is probably unimaginable. This mystery is probably bigger than ghosts." How the eyeman disappeared is even more mysterious." I laughed too, very hard.There are many mysteries in this world that we cannot explain, or even guess.But I never imagined that these mysteries like myths and legends would involve me.The iron chains on the Yellow River, the mysterious abyss cauldron, the legendary Jinmen, the mysterious way of death of Huang Qiye and my grandfather, the true identity of the founder of Jinmen, all these are probably a hundred times more mysterious than that mysterious bastard ghost-eyed man Double it a thousand times! I asked Professor Xie why he came here.He didn't answer this question directly, but just lamented that the world was unpredictable, and then turned to other topics.Since he deliberately avoids it, it's not easy for me to ask again.However, judging from his emotion, he should have some unavoidable reasons, otherwise he would not choose to hang out with this group of people.Because Professor Xie and I didn't confess to each other, the chat became more and more awkward, and then we had to talk about the weather or something.I stayed for a while, applied medicine to my feet, and went out when I found a chance. Monkey and Aunt Song left without saying goodbye, and the mysterious appearance of Dead Face left me with nowhere to go, so I had no choice but to join this mixed team.I thought about going out with them when they left the grassland.This group of people is full of gangsters, and they speak Northeast dialect that tastes like corn seeds, like beards in the mountains of Northeast China.But after liberation, didn't Beard be besieged? How could Dead Face and Professor Xie join this team?The team's goal is obviously also the Snow Mountain, but for some reason, they did not choose the monkey's way up the mountain, but chose to go around the Snow Mountain, preparing to go up the mountain from behind the Snow Mountain. The leader of this fierce team turned out to be a weak-looking man with gold-rimmed glasses.This person usually looks like a teacher, wears glasses and speaks very politely, but the people in the team are obviously afraid of him.The scarred face who is not afraid of anything, his voice will drop an octave when he sees him. When Scarface saw me join the team, he was quite excited, and said that this time he would show me the world well, don't just study hard, study hard!Only Professor Xie seemed to have some concerns and shook his head, as if he wanted to say something, but he still didn't say anything.Dead Face still had the same expression, as if he didn't know me at all, and just regarded me as air. After getting acquainted with Scarface, I secretly asked him why they came here. Unexpectedly, Scarface, who has always been carefree, was very cautious about this question, and just told me vaguely that they were going to enter the snow mountain this time.I asked him again why he went to the snow mountain, and he started to talk nonsense with me, saying that life is alive, eat and drink, you just eat and drink well, and why the fuck did you go to the snow mountain! Scarface aside, I can tell that this team must have some ulterior purpose in going to the snow mountain, otherwise, who would have traveled all the way to come here?But for some reason, they didn't follow the monkey's path directly into the snow-capped mountain, but circled around the snow-capped mountain, preparing to enter at the other end of the snow-capped mountain.But where the monkey is going, I can't tell.Now in my eyes, the monkey is getting more and more unfathomable.He seems to have insight into many things, but he can't tell me, making it mysterious.I'm still a little worried about him. His footprints disappeared at the snow mountain monster. Could something unexpected happen?And when Dead Face came down the mountain, he said that there is another team here. Is that team going to Daxue Mountain? I am becoming more and more curious about Daxue Mountain, and I have a secret expectation deep in my heart, that is, will this team also have something to do with the Yellow River, maybe I can get news about Huang Xiaoli from this trip to the Snow Mountain.Thinking of Huang Xiaoli, I feel sad again.I have mixed feelings about this girl.In fact, our acquaintance time is very short, not many days in total.But from the very beginning, I felt that there seemed to be a deep relationship between the two of us, and there was an inexplicable feeling.Especially Huang Xiaoli looked at me sometimes, as if looking at an old acquaintance with many entanglements.The stunning and mournful look in her eyes when she left at the end made me think, did something really happen between us, but this memory was forgotten by me? I didn't dare to think about it anymore, so I went to chat with Professor Xie.Seeing that I was depressed, Professor Xie introduced the surrounding scenery to me.Pointing to the white line-like rivers in front of him, he introduced: "Although the environment of the Zoige Grassland is very harsh, it also has very unique beauty. It is located at the big bend in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and the geology is very peculiar. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is constantly rising. When it rose, it continued to sink and sink, becoming a unique low-lying land. Because it is surrounded by mountains, it has become the confluence of some large tributaries of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, such as Heihe, Baihe, and Jiaqu. It is cold and humid, and the drainage is not smooth. In the end, a 300,000-hectare, Zoige Swamp, the largest peat swamp in China, was formed in the Zoige Grassland.” He pointed to the front: "Look, the front is the famous First Bend of the Yellow River." I raised my head, and in front of me was the rolling valley, which was gentle and covered with lush grass, which looked like an endless lawn, fresh and beautiful.There are large stretches of brilliant rapeseed flowers and Gesang flowers on the big lawn. From a distance, it seems that the prairie has been divided into large golden and pink grids.In the middle of each large grid, a meandering river flows wantonly along the valley, cutting the grassland into pieces of isolated islands.The river water is clear, soothing and quiet. It is unimaginable that after flowing through the Loess Plateau, this quiet and elegant river has turned into the Yellow River with the largest sediment content in the world, which is as sticky and turbid as cement. Looking at the blue sky and the splendid flower lake, I couldn't help but walk to the river.There are big stones piled up by the river, the big stones seem to be rotten, the outer stone skin is peeling off, and the stone flakes are swirling and blooming, one by one, like flowers. Beside, Dead Face also came over, standing there silently, looking at these stone flowers. Professor Xie nodded at him.Dead Face ignored him, just stood there alone, staring at the stone flowers. I knew his bad temper, so I didn't even nod, and went to find Professor Xie.According to the introduction, this area is composed of all kinds of strange stones, which is called "Stone Mountain".Hundreds of millions of years ago, this was not a grassland, but a vast ocean.After hundreds of millions of years of evolution and geological changes, the former seabed turned into a rocky mountain.Not only that, even the stones are rotten, the interior of the stones has been hollowed out, and the strands are as colorful as mountain flowers, with strange shapes and all kinds of things. Professor Xie smiled: "The mysteries of nature are beyond human imagination!" Dead Face, who has always been taciturn, also said lightly: "Things change, stars move, seas dry up and rocks rot." I looked at him in amazement, wanting to tease him, but saw him squinting at the snow-capped mountains in the distance, with a hint of sadness in his eyes. My heart skipped a beat, what kind of experience did this man have? Professor Xie washed his hands and feet in the river. The water of the Yellow River here is clear and not as muddy as we usually think. He looked up at the jasper-like grassland in front of him, squinted his eyes and said, "Look at how beautiful and full of vitality this grassland is. In fact, it is also one of the most dangerous places on earth. Look, those seemingly lush grass There are a lot of bottomless swamps underneath, and when people step on them, even a blister can't appear, and they will sink into the bottom of the swamp several meters deep. "A man can't sink his head, and a horse can't see his neck." At that time, the Red Army had 20,000 soldiers. During the five-thousand-mile long march, climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands, there were countless casualties. Among them, the most dangerous and deadly place was crossing the grasslands. Diseases, hunger, dampness, and swamps all refer to this Zoige Grassland swamp that eats people but does not spit out their bones. !" Looking at this vibrant prairie, thinking that it once swallowed up so many Red Army, we felt a little depressed.Professor Xie even took off his hat, and faced the grassland in silence, mourning the Red Army soldiers who stayed here forever. The team moved forward at a leisurely pace, without any rush.Everyone fights and fights all day long, and they can't walk much. Seeing that it is still dark, they quickly set up camp and bury the pot for cooking.I even suspect that they don't want to go to Daxue Mountain at all, but are waiting for someone. After two or three days of dawdling like this, the team finally arrived at the foot of the mountain behind the Daxue Mountain.Here, you can already clearly see the white mist lingering on the snow-capped mountains.When they reached the river, Scarface yelled: "No, no! Damn, let's rest by the river today! Let's go to the snowy mountains tomorrow!" Boil water from the river. At this time, someone in front suddenly called out.The team suddenly became chaotic, and several people shouted indiscriminately.Scarface called a few people cursing, and those people still hesitated, and he scolded them severely again, clamoring that as long as there is something under the crotch, they will follow him! After these few days of getting along, the relationship between Scarface and I is already good.Although this person speaks rudely, he is not a bad person, he dares to act bravely, like a Liangshan hero.I went over to ask him what's the matter, Scar's face was a little flustered, and he faltered and said, "Damn it, someone said just now that they saw a brother by the river!" I said, "What's so exciting about that?" Scarface said with a strange expression: "That bitch... that bitch died a few days ago!" "Ah?!" I was surprised, "He's dead? How can the dead come out?" Scarface sighed: "Cough, the mother is really dead, she can't die anymore, and I buried it with my own hands!" I'm still a little confused: "Isn't that right?" Scarface spat fiercely on the ground, and cursed: "Damn it, dead people can't live in this bloody place!" After thinking for a while, he still called those people over and interrogated them again and again: "Is the dog dazzled and sees stones as people? That person has already been buried, how could he come out?!" Those few people were obviously frightened by what they saw just now, and they were a little trembling.After they drank a few sips of wine, they came alive. They all jumped and swore, saying that they went to pee by the river just now and felt someone was behind them. When they turned around, they saw that person standing there. That person, that clothes, were definitely the dead one. brother! One person said that he was so frightened that he almost lost his wits and sat down on the ground, and it took him a long time to recover. "And then..." he said in a terrified, heavily out-of-tune voice, and the man walked away slowly, took a few steps, and looked back.Just this one glance almost scared his guts out.The man wrapped under his clothes turned out to be a skeleton, without even a bit of flesh, and even shook his head at him!Having said that, he was so scared that he sat down on the ground. The gold-rimmed glasses turned to the dead face: "Brother, what do you think about this matter?" Dead Face walked to the river, carefully checked the footprints on the river beach, and said, "There are footprints!" The man trembled again, and said, "Look, isn't it! I said he's here, and he's back!" Scarface was also a little nervous, and asked, "Brother, is this a human or a ghost?" Jinsi glasses snorted coldly: "Ghosts can still have footprints?! Hurry up and take a few brothers to chase after them. I want to see who is trying to make trouble for me!" It was only then that Scarface suddenly realized, and shouted: "Mom, it scared Grandpa into sweat, so he was covered! Brothers, fuck me!" Dead Face also walked over, and said lightly: "Go." I followed him and asked him, "Are there really footprints?" Dead Face said flatly: "Yes, but it's a footprint." I was stunned, and after thinking for a while, I realized that footprints do exist, but they are not human footprints, but a line of bone marks.This shows what?Could it be that the dead person really turned into a walking skeleton?I suddenly remembered the skeleton man I saw in the swamp with the monkey. Could there be any relationship between the two?I just wanted to talk to Dead Face about what happened that night, but he looked indifferently at the snow-capped mountains in the distance, and went back to the tent. I was a little worried about Scarface and them, so I tightened my collar, took a bamboo stick, and hurriedly followed behind them to see if I found anything.The footprints walked crookedly towards the Daxue Mountain, and after a short walk, they suddenly disappeared.Everyone became vigilant and searched around for a while, not to mention a skeleton, not even a bone scum. Things are really evil. First, the dead people somehow turned into walking skeletons. At this time, the skeleton disappeared mysteriously again, as if it had disappeared into the air, leaving nothing behind.We searched for a long time, but found nothing.The gold-rimmed glasses whispered something to Scarface, and Scarface yelled loudly: "Go back, go back to the motherfuckers! Brothers put on bright spots at night, just say hello if you have a situation, don't be a motherfucker!" Got it!" Affected by the skeleton monster, the whole team was tense, and the originally noisy team became quiet.There are many more bonfires than before, and the flames are flying wildly.All had weapons beside them, and whispered around the fire.I originally wanted to talk to Scarface about the skeleton monster incident I experienced a few days ago, but Scarface was called into the tent by the gold-rimmed glasses.Later, Dead Face and Professor Xie were also called in, and they didn't come out for a long time. I sat there bored by myself and slipped out of the tent to find a lonely spot to pee.Suddenly, I felt something was wrong, and when I looked back, I saw a huge black beast squatting in front of me, looking straight at me. I was startled, turned around and ran.The grassland was wet and slippery, and I fell to the ground without taking a few steps, getting muddy all over my body. At this time, the giant beast suddenly called out: "Wow!" I was taken aback, why is the voice of this monster so familiar?I looked back half-believingly, and the black beast turned out to be Huang Qiye's black dog.I was taken aback. Didn't this black dog go underground with Huang Qiye? Why did it come out again?Could it be that Huang Qiye is not dead yet? I hurriedly greeted it, but it looked straight at me, then stood up suddenly, flicked its tail and walked towards the depths of the grassland.I'm shocked, is this black dog taking me to see Huang Qiye?I hurriedly followed it, walking deep and shallow in the grassland.It didn't take long for it to sink into the grass as deep as a person, and it couldn't be seen.I called it in a low voice, only to see the dark grass in the distance, rustling when the wind blew by.Where can I find a dog in this desolate and miserable grassland? After staying in the cold wind for a while, I was also a little dazed, wondering if I had misjudged my eyes.At that time, Huang Qiye's black dog obviously went with him to the crack in the ground, and even if he came out, it was in the Sanmenxia area. How could he come all the way to the Ruoergai grassland? Standing in the cold wind for a while, I tightened my collar and walked back.Suddenly there were several shrill dog barks from the depths of the grassland. The sound was piercing and ferocious, dragging a long syllable, but finally stopped abruptly, like a wild animal whose throat was cut off when it was howling desperately. I was taken aback, thinking that Huang Qiye's big black dog was in danger, so I touched a stone from the ground and followed the sound to look into the distance.In the distance, the moonlight shone coldly on the grassland.Puffs of white mist rose from the water in the grassland, and the mist filled the air, making shadows blurry, and nothing could be seen clearly.In the depths of this seemingly peaceful grassland, there are many crises and secrets lurking in the darkness. In this case, I was worried about Monkey and Aunt Song again.I don't know where the two of them are now, and whether they will encounter any danger. The gold-rimmed glasses also came over at some point, stood beside me, looked into the depths of the grassland, and rarely said a word: "This is the scream of a Tibetan mastiff before it dies." Hearing what he said, I became even more nervous, and asked him: "Isn't it said that the Tibetan Mastiff is the bravest beast on the grassland? Is there anything else that can hurt it?" "Well." He said lightly, "It is said that the Tibetan mastiff is the overlord of the grassland, but in fact it also has fear. Whenever it encounters a disaster that cannot be resisted, such as a giant leopard, a Tibetan horse bear, or an avalanche, it will make such a miserable cry." shout." The gold-rimmed glasses speak in a polite manner, and compared with the lawless people with Scarface, they are people from two worlds.It is really unexpected that such a person would be the leader of a group of desperadoes. The gold-rimmed glasses looked at the grassland in the distance, and there was a faint layer of mist on the grassland.He said lightly: "It seems that there are beasts that even Tibetan mastiffs are afraid of appearing in the grassland." Excited or worried. I shook my head too and started walking back.After walking a few steps, my heart skipped a beat, and I froze for a moment. I suddenly remembered that when I saw Aunt Song for the first time, that Tibetan mastiff was barking like this. Although the sound was not as loud as it is now, the ferocity and madness in the sound were exactly the same as now.At first I thought that this was the cry of the Tibetan Mastiff when it met its owner, but now it seems that it is not, it turned out to be a sound of extreme fear. But, isn't Aunt Song its owner? Why is it frightened as if it has encountered a completely irresistible disaster?It is said that the Tibetan Mastiff is the closest to its owner, even if Aunt Song treats it badly, beats it, and mistreats it, at most it will stay far away, and it shouldn't make such fearful sounds.Could it be that Aunt Song is not its owner?Even if Aunt Song wasn't its owner, it wouldn't make such a desperate cry, would it?Could it be that she is a devil?I stood on the grassland and thought about it for a while, and the more I thought about it, the more nonsense I felt.The wind made my whole body icy cold. Looking at the dark grassland, I was afraid that some monster would come out there, so I simply went back to the tent. There were a lot of fires in the tent. I was looking for Dead Face, but I didn't know where he was, when I was suddenly grabbed by someone.It turned out to be a scarred face. He got an old Kuomintang army uniform somewhere and put it on. I didn't see it just now. He was sitting by the fire, warming himself by the fire, biting open a bottle of white wine, and cursing vigorously: "Damn it, it's really cold in here! Come, come, Xiucai, let's have a drink!" I was also idle, sitting cross-legged by the fire, thinking about what happened just now, in a mess, and didn't say anything. Scarface took a big sip by himself first, it was so hot that he grinned and scolded his mother's hell, he didn't even have an appetizer!At this time, if there is a plate of beef and pig ears, it will be beautiful!He handed me the wine bottle: "Xiucai, how much?" My heart was in a mess, looking at Scar's face full of pride, I also became enthusiastic, thinking about fucking a bunch of shit, no matter what the Yellow River is or not, and simply getting drunk to relieve my worries.I took the bottle, gritted my teeth, and said, "Fine!" I took a big gulp down the bottle.The wine was very strong, like kerosene, burning all the way down the throat and into the stomach, so hot that the throat was hoarse at that time.I coughed for a long time and couldn't speak, and my whole body was as hot as a fire. I leaned over, pinched my throat and coughed vigorously. It felt like my throat was being sawed back and forth by a hacksaw. It was so hot that my throat was about to be broken. Scarface laughed loudly, and raised his thumbs: "You are so damn right to say that you are a scholar! How can you do it if you don't know how to drink? But I like it, and I like kind people!" He snatched the wine bottle, gulped it down a big gulp, and screamed there too.He took off his coat, left half of his arms bare, and rummaged through his bags, thinking if he could find something to eat.His chest was covered with dark hair, and his figure was as broad as a door panel. He looked like a black bear looking for food in the twilight. In the end, he did find a bunch of military cans.I looked at it, and it was written in strange foreign languages.Scarface said that they were all from the Soviet Army. They beat old men in the Northeast before. Their stuff is good, and the canned food should be good too!The two of us drank from cans there, and the wine rolled down our stomachs like streaks of kerosene.My stomach felt like it was on fire, and my whole body became hot.My heart was warm, and I looked towards the prairie. It seemed that a layer of snow had fallen over the vast prairie, and it was white. At this time, I found that in the grassland a little far away, the dead face was standing under the night sky, looking into the distance.I was a little curious, rubbed my eyes, and looked there.Under the hazy moonlight, I could vaguely see a huge shadow in front of me, like a huge monster, that was the snow mountain we were going to.Not sure what he was looking at.In the distance, there were a few strange calls faintly. At this time, Scarface was there urging me to drink hard, drink!I also got excited, imitating Scarface, took off my coat, and yelled in a rough voice. I felt that the surroundings were warm and cute, and even Scarface's big rough face looked much more friendly. Scarface gossiped with me for a while, then spat into the fire, and asked me in a low voice, "Xiu Cai, I've never really understood why the hell you came to this place?" I look at him.He looked straight at me, waiting for my answer. What happened these days was so sudden that I really didn't have a chance to think carefully about what was going on.Suddenly being asked by Scarface, it really stopped me.Yes, what am I doing here?Damn, I really can't answer this question! What do you want me to say?Could it be that I was tricked by a friend and came here in a daze; then my friend met his mother's friends from back then, and they left me and went to Daxue Mountain by themselves?This thing sounds like a fantasy.I guess if I said it, Scarface would think it was a bad joke.I could only look at him, smiled bitterly, shook my head, and said that this matter was ridiculous, and I couldn't explain it clearly. Scarface thought it was inconvenient for me to speak, so he was not angry, and patted my shoulder, pretending to understand me, and said that it was all right, that people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes, and everyone has hard times to say it! I was a little embarrassed, and said: "This... Brother Scarface, it's not that I didn't tell you, I really don't know... Damn, I was pulled over in a daze, but he ran away Yes! What do you call this?" I stammered, feeling incoherent and ridiculous to myself. Scarface didn't smile, he looked up at the sky full of stars, sighed, and said, "They're all pretty damn similar! Who wasn't dragged into this matter without a clue?" I heard that there was something in his words, and at that time the spirit of alcohol was also on the rise, I put my hands on his shoulders, and looked at him directly: "You guys, what are you doing here?" Scarface carefully looked to the side, seeing that no one was paying attention, he spat vigorously into the fire, and whispered: "Oh, this matter, in fact, we don't know why. But the boss said he wants to come, so let's come! But I really can't see any treasures in this lumpy place. Sigh, let's endure it first. I don't know when this broken place will come to an end! This His mother's ghost weather has killed several brothers!" My heart skipped a beat, could it be that Scarface didn't know why he came this time, and was fooled by someone in a daze?What happened to the dead brothers he said?Could it be that they encountered something else on the road that caused casualties?I asked him again, but he was unwilling to say anything, saying that I was not in the same way as them, and it would be bad to know too much.The water is too deep, let me follow behind them obediently, don't ask too much, don't worry too much, as soon as you get out of this grassland, go where you should go, and don't come here again. After he finished speaking, he probably felt that his words were wrong, so he talked about it with me, and talked about a lot of things about their fathers who went to the Guandong and killed tigers and captured bears.As he spoke, he collapsed to the ground and soon started snoring loudly.I couldn't hold it anymore, my eyelids seemed to be falling down.As soon as I staggered into the tent, a hand suddenly reached out and grabbed my leg. I was startled, dozed off and disappeared, wanting to yell.At this time, the other hand tightly covered my mouth, and a familiar voice sounded in my ear: "Shut up!" I was startled by him, and asked in a low voice, "Deadface, what are you doing?" He didn't speak, squeezed his body, got into my tent like a fish, made a silent gesture, opened a corner of the tent, and looked out. I lost all drowsiness all of a sudden, and hurried over, thinking what is this kid looking at? ! I followed his line of sight, the moonlight was misty, the sky was dark outside, the river was rushing in the distance, the fog on the grassland was foggy, and it was blowing with the wind. It seemed that there was no problem.What's this dead face kid doing in such a sudden surprise? I just wanted to ask him, but he pressed my head and pushed me hard to the ground.I was furious, thinking about this grandson, why did you treat me like a monkey? !I struggled desperately, raised my head vigorously, and was just about to punch him, when I looked up, I saw a vague shadow suddenly appearing in the confused mist.我一下子停止了挣扎，紧张地趴在地上小心看着那个黑影。黑影像是一个人，从雾中缓缓走过来，身影越来越清楚，身子摇摇晃晃，像是一个喝醉酒的人。 这个人又是谁呢？ 我看了看死人脸，他面无表情地看着那个黑影，手也渐渐放松，让我可以抬起头来。 我死死盯住这个黑影。能让死人脸这么忌惮，说明这个黑影肯定不一般，甚至有可能是草原上的怪物，或者就是游荡在草地上的僵尸、骷髅怪之类的。 我觉得刺激极了，虽然很可怕，但是我一路来也见了几次，并不觉得太害怕。而且有死人脸这样的高手在这里，我也很放心。特别是宋姨说过，这些东西虽然古怪，但是只要我们的篝火不熄灭，它们是不会上来攻击我们的。我看了看外面，篝火还很旺盛，应该不会有问题。 但是我想错了，那个黑影并不是所谓的怪物，而是一个喝醉酒的人，在那儿骂骂咧咧地撒了泡尿，就回帐篷里了。 我有些摸不着头脑，死人脸是不是疯了，难道半夜三更让我偷看别人撒尿吗？ 我看看他，他还是死板着脸，却用手指了指黑影身后的地方。那里是光秃秃的草地，除了几块大石头，什么也没有。我使劲儿揉了揉眼睛，往外看去。再远处就是广阔的草原，草原上飘荡着一些白雾，朦朦胧胧，什么也看不到。这草原那么深远，他想让我看什么呢？ 我忍不住小声问他，他却指着旁边那块石头，说：“那块石头。” 我狐疑地盯住石头看了看，月光透过云层，一层清淡的光晕铺在石头上，令石头显得光洁圆润。但那就是一块牛头大的圆石头而已，这里多的是，有什么好看的？我有些恼火，这家伙半夜三更把我弄出来，难道就是为了邀请我在月下赏石？况且这月光、圆石也不美，赏个屁石头啊？ ! 死人脸却淡淡地说了句：“石头上有一个影子。” “影子？什么影子？”我一愣，神经一下子绷紧了。 我再仔细看过去，那块光秃秃的石头上果然有一块比其他地方暗了不少。我使劲儿睁眼看，才发现石头上确实像是印了一条影子，形状看不清楚，就像是一条巨大的爬虫趴在石头上。那条影子的颜色比石头稍微暗一些，要是不特别仔细去看，肯定会认不出来——就算觉得颜色有点儿不同，也会觉得是石头上的花纹。我往周围仔细看了看，周围都是光秃秃的草地，连稍微高一点儿的杂草都没有，更别说小树了，那黑影又是哪里来的？我使劲儿揉了揉眼，又仔细看了看，确认那块石头周围没有任何东西。那肯定不是什么东西映射在石头上的影子，那影子是单独存在的。 我又回想了一下，白天我们去寻找骷髅痕迹时，我专门仔细看过那块石头，石头上干干净净的，绝对没有影子。难道说，那影子是个有生命的东西，它不仅是独立存在的，还能自由移动？ 想起宋姨说过的影子怪事，我浑身的汗毛都竖起来了。那东西会不会真像宋姨说的那样邪门，能无声无息地把人吞噬掉？我想了想，自己也觉得有些荒谬，影子怎么可能吞噬掉人呢？ 我紧张地问：“那石头上好像还真有条影子，那是什么鬼玩意儿啊？” 死人脸点点头，没有说话，只是眯着眼看着那个影子。 我见他那样子就生气，但还是忍不住问他：“那影子那么淡，你怎么看到的？” 死人脸淡淡地说：“我看到它从水里走出来，一直走到石上。” 我浑身的寒毛都起来了，看来那影子还真是活物，而且连水都不怕。我用手摩挲了一下头皮，使劲压了压，紧张地问：“那东西……会不会过来？” 死人脸略带些嘲讽地看了看我，说：“他怕火，不会过来。” 我这才稍稍放了心，心里还是大有疑问：“那东西到底是不是鬼？” 死人脸不耐烦地说：“它怎么可能是鬼！” 我更加惊讶了：“不是鬼，难道还有这样的影子人？” 死人脸像看傻子一样看着我：“你见过这样的人？！” 我的脸有点儿挂不住，怒道：“不是鬼也不是人，那是什么人不人鬼不鬼的东西？！” 死人脸的脾气却意外地好了，他点了一下头，认真地说：“它就是人不人鬼不鬼的东西。” 我看这死小子是修炼成仙了，雷打不动；又看着那黑影还趴在石头上一动也不动，想着要不要趁着死人脸这样的高手在，冲上去把那黑影给活捉了，看看到底是什么东西。 死人脸仿佛看透了我的想法，淡淡地说：“没用，它是抓不到的，也杀不死。” 我更加紧张了，这究竟是什么鬼东西，捉不住杀不死？难不成它是一颗煮不烂、砸不碎的铜豌豆？这时我想起刀疤脸还在外面睡着，不行，得赶紧叫醒他，别被那黑影害死了。没想到和死人脸一说，他却不屑一顾：“没事，找的不是他。” 我问：“那找的是谁？” 死人脸露出了一个古怪的笑容：“找的是你。” 我吓得舌头都打结了，说：“啊，是我？怎么会是我？！” 死人脸说：“也可能是其他人。” 我说：“啊，那到底是谁？！” 他温柔地看着我，笑容诡异，缓缓地说：“你猜？” “我操！”我一下跌倒在地上，连吐血的心都有了。死人脸这小子，开始看起来冷冰冰的，没有什么话也没有什么感情，跟他认识久了我才发现，他越来越有人情味儿了，甚至有时候也会跟人开个玩笑，但是都很冷，冰冷，冷死人不偿命的那种！ 不过他每次开玩笑，我还是挺高兴的，毕竟这样更像是一个活生生的人，而不是一块冷冷的冰、一块死硬的石头，或者是一个从深渊中爬出来的人形怪物。但是他开玩笑的情况很少，他一般只偶尔说一句，然后又恢复那种冷冰冰的样子。 那古怪的黑影在石头上趴了一会儿，然后开始慢慢移动，先从石头上下来，又在石头周围徘徊了一阵。我使劲儿睁大眼睛，能看到草地上有一块人形的黑影在缓缓移动。我屏住了呼吸，紧张得要命，想着它要是胆敢靠近刀疤脸，我一定要冲出去，先救人再说。好在它也许是惧怕着篝火或是其他什么，在篝火外徘徊了一会儿，终于摇摇晃晃地移开了，最后消失在黑暗中。 我才松了一口气。死人脸站了起来，示意我跟他走到小河边。看着月光下的流水，他问我：“你怎么来这里了？” 我觉得有些奇怪，死人脸为何突然问这样一个问题。他在山上遇到我时为什么不问？而且这死小子的表情还那么严肃，好像老子欠了他八吊钱一样。他娘的，现在是个人就问我为啥来！你问我，老子问谁去？ 没等我回答，死人脸却淡淡地说：“明天要去雪山了，你回去吧。” 我吃惊了：“回哪儿去？” 死人脸说：“你爱回哪儿回哪儿，就是别留在这里。” 我说：“我自己怎么回去？走不到一半路，就肯定得死在路上。” 死人脸说：“我会给你一张地图，你虽然很笨，但是应该还不至于饿死。” 这死小子明显就是不想带我走，我一下子怒了，叫道：“那么危险的话，你为什么还在这儿？谢教授为什么还要在这儿？” 他看着雾气凄迷的河水和远处迷蒙的草原，眼神中有些忧伤，好久才叹息道：“好多事情你不明白……我们是早命中注定的。你快回去吧……” 我很少见到他这么忧郁的样子，刚想安慰安慰他，他却转眼间又摆出了那副没有任何表情的死人脸，让我这种弱者最好赶紧回去，不要拖了他的后腿。我看着他那副臭脸色就来火，索性不再问他，自己噔噔噔地回去了。 费了死劲，我才将刀疤脸拖到他自己的帐篷里。刀疤脸睡得像摊烂泥，呼噜打得震天。直到我把他安顿好，他还没醒过来。折腾完这些，我回到帐篷，临睡觉前专门看了看，死人脸依然孤单单地站在水边，忧郁地看着远方。远处是雾气迷蒙的草原，再远处就是神秘的大雪山。巍峨高大的雪山在黑暗中隐隐露出一个轮廓，月光照在雪山上，像是一匹潜伏在草原中的巨兽。