Chapter 11 Chapter 8 Skeleton Man

In the middle of the night, I was in a drowsy sleep when I heard a sudden roar from outside, followed by a lot of panicked shouts.Before I figured out what was going on, the tent was thrown open, and a strong cold wind poured in, making me shiver from the cold.I couldn't sleep anymore, so I just rubbed my eyes and got up.It was just dawn outside, and the bonfire was extinguished at some point, and the cold wind was blowing, and a little spark was still bursting out from the ashes.I wrapped the army coat that Scarface had thrown at me tightly, but my body was still shivering uncontrollably from the cold.

The whole camp was in disarray, and many people were driven out of their tents, standing shivering in the wind like me, not knowing what was going on.I saw Scarface holding a long knife, roaring like a donkey, opening everyone's tent one by one, driving everyone out, and then making everyone stand in a row and count the number of people one by one. My head was still dizzy, and it took me a long time to figure it out. It turned out that Scarface drank too much wine last night, woke up in the middle of the night to find water, opened a tent, and found that the person inside was not there.He didn't think much about it, thinking that the person might have gone to pee.As a result, he opened several tents in a row, and no one was there.He felt that there was something wrong, but he searched left and right and couldn't find it, so he hurriedly called everyone up, and after a search, he was ashamed, and three more people disappeared last night!

I thought of that strange black figure in the mist last night, and was about to speak, but found Dead Face standing there calmly, as if it had nothing to do with me, obviously not wanting to interfere in this matter.I didn't understand what he meant, so I gave him a wink.His face was tense, and he looked like a dead face. I was so angry that I wanted to die.I thought about it for a long time, but I still suppressed the words that came to my lips, I wanted to see what Dead Face meant before I spoke. The gold-rimmed glasses also came over, his hair was neat and not messed up, and his neckline was tightly tied.What's even more rare is that he is calm and elegant, and he doesn't look like he suddenly woke up in the wild, more like he is attending a grand banquet.

He simply gave Scarface an order: "Find him out." The bonfire was lit again, and the flames were blazing.Scarface directed everyone to quickly make a pile of torches with branches and kerosene, and each person got one, in groups of two.Each group divides a place and thoroughly checks around the tent.We must find out that ghost thing today, otherwise we don't know what will happen in the future. I purposely stood next to Dead Face and got into a group with him, holding the torch tightly in my hand, the flames were blazing.I was a little excited, but also a little worried, wondering if I would encounter that inhuman or ghostly thing.

I lowered my voice and asked Dead Face if the missing people had something to do with the shadow last night. Dead Face ignored me. I had no choice but to say to myself: "This grassland is really fucking evil!" Dead Face said: "If you don't leave, you will see even more bizarre things." I curled my lips: "I have seen some things in the world, okay? I don't believe it anymore. What weird things can scare me?" Dead Face said slowly, "Hell." I was really taken aback and asked him: "Hell? Are you talking about the legendary hell where evil spirits are imprisoned? How can there be hell in this world?"

Dead Face looked up at the snow-capped mountains in the distance, and said flatly, "When you get there, you'll know." There are torches everywhere nearby, and everyone pushes forward together.Not long after, someone shouted: "Footprints, there are footprints!" Scarface ran over and shouted: "Come here! Damn it! Don't let him run away this time!" More than a dozen torches illuminated the ground clearly, and there was indeed a line of footprints walking towards the snow mountain.The footprints should have just been left, quite clear, walking forward firmly.

A little brother said: "It seems, it seems that he walked by himself..." Another person scratched his scalp and said, "Did you go pee?" Scarface hit his head with a torch: "Nonsense! You will go to the snow mountain to pee in the middle of the night?! You are not afraid of freezing your ass!" Everyone walked forward along the footprints, Scarface walked in the front, and said as they walked: "Everyone's recruits are fucking bright, be careful not to get out of the way! Don't let this old boy fly up again later! " Seeing the dawn at last, everyone booed: "I can't run away! He is a rabbit who can dig a hole, and we can poke a rabbit hole for him!"

I followed behind, and my heart was also very excited.The footprints this time were clearly printed on the swamp covered with first dew, and they were indeed the footprints of normal people.Footprints were clearly printed on the river beach, and they walked towards the snow-capped mountains.As a result, no one expected that everyone followed the footprints for a while, and the footprints disappeared mysteriously again. Scarface was so angry that he jumped there and cursed, but the gold-rimmed glasses asked for a torch, carefully photographed the ground a few meters away, and said, "There is still a set of footprints here."

I leaned over and saw that there was another set of footprints on the white grass, completely different from the group just now.It doesn't look like footprints, but it looks like the traces of several big tree branches on the ground, intermittently extending forward.Someone looked to the side again, and couldn't help feeling their scalp tingle.There are also many footprints similar to tree branches, densely packed, almost covering the entire river beach, as if there are many things with tree branches and big feet that held a group meeting here. My heart skipped a beat. Could this branch-like footprint be the footprint of a skeleton?I carefully compared it with my own feet. The densely packed tree branch-shaped footprints on the grass were big and small, and they were really about the size of human feet.Could it be that there were many terrifying skeleton creatures gathered here last night?What are they going to do again?

Seeing such a strange scene, everyone's scalp tingles.Although this team is full of fierce men, licking blood on the knife edge, and has never seen any weird things, but when encountering such a bizarre thing, they don't know what to do for a while.Scarface's throat was a little dry, he cleared his throat, and cursed: "Damn it, I don't know what these ghosts are doing! I ran into it, and I shot it!" No one laughed, and no one spoke.Everyone also felt that their legs and feet were a little weak, and they wanted to drop their things and run back.After a moment of silence, Jinsi glasses asked, "Where did those brothers go?"

Everyone just thought about it, and they came here to find someone.But where did those people go?Why did their footprints suddenly disappear?What is the relationship between their disappearance and these dense ghost footprints?Everyone couldn't speak, they whispered there in twos and threes.Scarface coughed loudly, trying to hide his panic.My mind is in a mess, I just think about so many dense ghost footprints, what did they do last night? At this time, Dead Face said flatly: "It's those skeletons, they carried these people away." Everyone gasped, and their expressions suddenly changed.Someone coughed dryly, and stepped back a few steps. The dead face analysis was correct. If a large living person suddenly disappeared here, there was only one possibility—the skeleton man took them away.No wonder there are so many skeleton people gathered here, it turns out that these skeleton people have teamed up to carry away those big living people! The sun is about to rise, and the surrounding temperature is also gradually rising, but I feel a coolness slowly coming from the bottom of my feet, which makes me shiver involuntarily.It's creepy to think of a bunch of skeletons walking slowly forward with living people on their backs.What's even more frightening is that, according to Dead Face, these skeleton monsters can not only walk upright, but also have full consciousness, and even cooperate with each other.The most frightening thing is, what kind of conspiracy is hidden behind them doing this with great pains? Scarface scolded fiercely: "Mom, it seems that they have carried them away! So many footprints, where did they carry them?" The sun finally illuminated the grassland, and everyone could clearly see the rows of footprints underground.There are all kinds of footprints, some are wandering on the river beach, some are circling in place, some are walking towards the snow mountain, some are walking towards the grassland, and some are walking towards the river, I don’t know which skeleton is walking on their back people. Dead Face glanced at it, then walked straight towards a set of footprints. Professor Xie also looked at the footprints, nodded, and followed. The gold-rimmed glasses nodded towards Scarface, who suddenly waved his hand and cursed: "Damn it, fuck it!" He led a group of people and rushed over behind Dead Face. I looked at this set of footprints, but I didn't see any difference from other footprints, so I followed Professor Xie and asked him what was the difference between this set of footprints. Professor Xie said: "This line of footprints is obviously deeper than other footprints." "Deeper?" I asked. Professor Xie nodded and said, "Look, the soles of its feet are about the same size as other soles, and it should also be a skeleton. But this line of footprints is deeper in the ground, which shows that it is carrying something heavy. What is this thing? What? It should be a dead person." "Ah?!" I couldn't help it, "Could it be that those skeletons can really carry people away?" Professor Xie nodded with a serious face, and said, "At present, I'm afraid that's the case." I said: "How is this possible?! Could it be that they have become bone spirits as it is written in the book?" Professor Xie smiled wryly: "The bone spirit is just a fiction in the novel. How could a dead bone have life? But you have also seen that the only explanation at present is that those skeletons can move on their own and carry people on their backs. I know, This is indeed contrary to common sense, but this is the fact that we have seen so far. However, the final result cannot be confirmed until we find those skeletons." I still couldn't accept this fact, and asked him: "Professor Xie, do you also believe that skeletons can walk and carry people away?" Professor Xie was silent for a while, and said: "I believe in science, but I believe in facts more. Facts exist objectively, and science is just a theory used to explain why facts exist." He took a big step and continued to move forward. I froze in place for a moment, savored the words carefully, and quickly followed. That line of footprints was walking towards the snow-capped mountains, intermittently, and it seemed that they were really walking in big strides.I secretly measured the steps, and the stride distance was about the same as my big strides. Is this really a skeleton walking?And walking so steadily and so fast?If it is really a skeleton, then this skeleton has evolved so perfectly that it can almost be called a human! We followed the footprints for a while, and found that the footprints stopped, and a pile of rotting bones was scattered on the grass.The skeleton turned black, and the skull was so rotten that there was only one third of it left. Could it be this skeleton that carried the person away? I looked around carefully, but there was no more footprints nearby, and the footprints ended here.You Mazai boldly found the foot bones in this pile of bones (the foot bones are still intact), compared them with the footprints in the ground, and the result was tight, and the footprints in the ground were indeed this pile of skeletons." Go" came out.But why the walking skeleton suddenly fell apart, and where the man was carried by it, we don't know. Scarface looked at it for a while, and finally couldn't hold his breath. He picked up the pile of skeletons with a saber, pulled out the skull, looked at it, and cursed: "Damn it, you're still a corrupt official!" I was surprised: "You can see this too?" Scarface tapped the skull with his saber, showed me the skull's mouth, and asked me if I could see it. The skull had a ferocious face, and half of it was rotten, making it even more eerie.I took a few glances, my legs and feet felt weak, and I was too embarrassed to show it, so I said what to look for, but there was nothing! Scarface sighed, and said, "Look, look, a scholar is a scholar! You can't even see such a big gold tooth! Even if a gold ingot the size of a bowl falls on the ground, I'm afraid you won't be able to see it!" Scarface turned out to judge the identity of this person through the gold teeth on the skull, which I didn't expect.But this person is really nervous, and he dares to joke at any time.I reckon this kid just died. When he arrives at the Palace of the King of Hell, he will not forget to make a joke with the Lord of Hell before he will be thrown into the 18th floor of hell. Looking at the pile of rotten bones, I was a little nervous, and asked Professor Xie in a low voice, "Are these skeletons human or ghost?" Professor Xie also frowned and shook his head repeatedly. He said that the reason why people can walk is because some joints are connected to bones, and these joints will affect the bones after exerting force, so that people can walk.But there is no joint connection on these bones, and there is no point of force, so it is absolutely impossible to walk in theory. Scarface sneered at his theory: "Then explain to me, why did our brother come here? Could it be that he ran here with a skeleton in his arms?" Professor Xie's face was flushed, he hesitated for a long time, but he didn't say anything. At this time, Jinsi Glasses asked: "If the skeleton has joints and points of strength, can it walk? For example, if the skeleton is connected with a rope and then pulled by someone, can it walk?" Professor Xie nodded and said, "It is possible in theory, but in fact it is impossible, because there is no rope that can pull a skeleton so flexibly." Jinsi glasses said: "I only need theory now." He squatted down, tapped the skull lightly with the knife, and suddenly slapped the skull hard with all his might.The fragile skull was shattered at once, and a small black arrow flew out from it, flashing a strange cold light, and shot towards the gold-rimmed glasses. The gold-rimmed glasses were originally half-bowed, facing the skeleton, facing the black arrow that suddenly struck, his body suddenly straightened, and then suddenly jumped up, doing a very difficult backflip, barely avoiding it. past. Unexpectedly, the gold-rimmed glasses looked like a frail scholar, but they were hiding something.The moment he stood up, he already had two quick guns in his hands, so he didn't even need to aim, he just shot two shots at the black arrow. His marksmanship was very accurate, and he broke the black arrow into several pieces at once.But something even more frightening happened. The black arrow was interrupted by the bullet, missed the gold-rimmed glasses, scattered from the air to the ground, and shattered all of a sudden. The fragments fell on the grass, and then disappeared. The few of us were dumbfounded. How could a black arrow suddenly shoot out of this almost rotten skull?Why did the black arrow shoot straight at the gold-rimmed glasses, as if it had eyes?Also, after the black arrow was interrupted, why did it suddenly disappear when it fell to the ground? With such doubts, everyone remained silent.A horse boy wanted to please the gold-rimmed glasses, so he ran over cursing and kicked the sand with his feet.The sand was clean, not to mention an arrow, not even a straw stick.Unwilling to give up, he squatted down and dug in the sand with his hands, trying to see if the arrow had penetrated into the soil.As he was digging, he suddenly howled, and then rolled on the ground with his arms folded in pain. While rolling, he yelled and took off his shirt, scratching his arm fiercely.His arms showed a strange black color, and what was even more frightening was that the skin on his arms seemed to have been scalded by boiling water. As he scratched, pieces fell off, dripping with blood, and even exposed the bloody skin inside. muscle. This weird scene happened suddenly, so that none of us thought of it, and we were stunned for a while. His screams became more and more shrill, the flesh on one arm was almost scratched off by him, and the bones of the bones could be vaguely seen inside.There was a strong smell of blood in the surrounding air, which made me almost bend over and vomit. Scarface was the first to react, he picked up a rifle and rushed over, shouting: "Damn it, he's crazy!" He hit the man on the head with the butt of the gun, knocking the man unconscious . Strangely, the man fainted and stopped scratching his arm, but the flesh on his arm still disappeared in pieces.In a short time, all the flesh on one arm was gone, only a few blue veins were left, connecting with white bones. This scene was too terrifying, and a little disgusting.In a blink of an eye, an arm of a living person turned into a skeleton arm. However, this was just the beginning. Immediately afterwards, his clothes gradually shriveled, and then his trouser legs became empty, until finally his two feet gradually turned into bones. This weird scene continued, and someone couldn't help cursing: "Fuck!" and started firing guns at the corpse, followed by a burst of gunshots. Everyone used the gunshots to cover up and vent their uneasiness. But it didn't help. Although the corpse was sieved, it still couldn't slow down the speed at which it turned into a skeleton. In just a few minutes, a living person inexplicably turned into a bloody skeleton in front of us.The most frightening thing was that his body gradually turned into bones, but he was still twitching and making horrible and strange howling sounds. This weird scene was beyond everyone's ability to bear, and the strong bloody smell and this bloody scene constantly stimulated us.Finally someone couldn't help but squatted down and vomited loudly.Vomiting is contagious, especially when the vomited dirt is mixed with a strong bloody smell, which turns into a strange smell, which is even more unbearable. Everyone covered their noses and stepped back step by step, wishing to escape from this place of right and wrong immediately.I also tightly covered my nose with my hands, and my scalp felt tight.After all, it is one thing to guess that a skeleton can walk, and quite another to witness a living person transform into a bloody skeleton in a few minutes.What's more frightening is that although this man died in front of us, we don't know what killed him.What is the black arrow shot out of the skull?Why can't even bullets kill it? First there were walking skeletons, then there were poisonous arrows fired from the skull, and now, under the watchful eyes of a group of us, a living person turned into a skeleton—all this happened right under our noses. It's like seeing a ghost. Although this caravan has traveled all over the world and seen many big scenes, this is really too weird.Everyone seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit. They couldn't help feeling cold all over their bodies, and their legs and feet were shaking.I believe that everyone is about to collapse. Now as long as one person shouts, the whole team will turn around and run away. No one thought that although things had become so weird, the most terrifying scene had just appeared.In just a few minutes, a living person turned into a pile of bones.The pile of white bones presented a complete human figure, still maintaining the appearance of struggling before death.Suddenly someone shouted: "He's moving, he's moving!" Before we figured out what was going on, we saw that bloody white bone suddenly creaked a few times and began to shake violently, then the fingers also shook, then one arm slowly raised up, and finally the other The arm also slowly raised up. Damn, the dead man was resurrected, and it was a skeleton! The crowd exploded at once, and the guns in their hands were loaded one after another, aiming at the pile of bones on the ground, and waiting for an order, they immediately beat the skeleton into dregs. At this time, the skeleton suddenly moved, then moved again, and then shook violently, like a person unconsciously twitching in severe pain.Then it barely turned over, turned over again, and finally propped its hands on the ground, as if it was about to stand up. I gasped and took a few steps back.What the hell is going on here? !This dead man who has turned into a skeleton is alive again! My hair stood up all of a sudden, as if it had been electrified, and I couldn't even press it down with my hands.My two legs couldn't help shaking, and I couldn't move my legs even if I wanted to run.The group of people in the back were also frightened and retreated again and again. Someone fell to the ground and got up and wanted to run out, but was severely scolded by Scarface.He cursed fiercely and fired first.Immediately, everyone's guns rang out, completely breaking up the skeleton. But an even weirder scene appeared, the bones that had been beaten to pieces were slowly put together by themselves.Although some bones were smashed and turned into dross, the remaining bones formed a complete skeleton.This pair of skeletons can not only get up and walk by itself, it can't even be beaten to death, and the bones can be resurrected after being smashed.What kind of evil monster is this? !Could it be that he really hit a ghost? ! The sudden change frightened everyone present, and everyone's nerves were tense at this time.After all, everyone watched a person turn into a dead person, and the dead person turned into a living person again!Anyone who suddenly experienced such an extremely strange scene will never calm down.But there was one person who didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. He stood there without moving, just looked at the corpse calmly.That person is dead face.He was originally standing at the back, but as everyone kept retreating, he became the front. The gold-rimmed glasses were also a little uncertain, so they asked him for advice.Dead Face asked indifferently: "Is there any kerosene?" The gold-rimmed glasses froze for a moment, then turned around and shouted, "Go and get the kerosene!" Scarface turned around, and shouted vigorously, "Kerosene! Kerosene! Go get the kerosene!" Everyone was eager to go back, and several people rushed back to get kerosene.The kerosene was quickly brought, and there was a small bucket, which was handed to Scarface first.Scarface was about to rush over with the kerosene bucket, thought for a while, then backed away, and handed the kerosene bucket to Dead Face with a blushing face. At this time, the movement of the skeleton was getting louder and louder, its arms, legs and feet were constantly stretching and flexing, and the creaking and creaking of its whole body could even be heard clearly, as if it was moving its whole body bones and was about to stand up. Dead Face stepped forward unhurriedly, and poured a bucket of kerosene on him, his movements were calm and calm, not like performing a very dangerous job, but like ordinary watering flowers.We all sweated for him, afraid that the skeleton would suddenly jump up and grab his neck.Fortunately, the skeleton seemed to be very afraid of kerosene, and its swinging posture increased significantly. It crawled crookedly on the ground, as if trying to escape, but finally failed to stand up. Seeing that the dead face had been poured with kerosene, Scarface shouted: "Who brought the fire bag? Set fire, set fire quickly, and burn the corpse!" A boy took out a fire pocket and handed it to Dead Face.Dead Face didn't answer, turned around and walked away.The little pony had no choice but to start the fire by himself, his hands were trembling, and he blew several times without blowing.He said timidly: "Boss... Boss, he may still be alive..." The gold-rimmed glasses snatched the fire bag, and without shaking his hand, he blew on the fire bag and threw it at the man.The flame was not big, but it still burned it, and the flame rushed up all at once. The skeleton actually stood up in the fire and walked crookedly towards us. After walking a few steps, it suddenly fell to the ground, twitched painfully, and never moved again. Everyone still pointed their guns at the skeleton on the ground, for fear that something might happen to it.But until the flame was completely extinguished, the skeleton never moved again. Everyone looked back, and the dead face had already gone away.It seems that he has expected that this thing is afraid of fire, and it can be burned away in one fire. Scarface rubbed his nose vigorously, wiped it on his pants, and looked at the back of Dead Face with admiration: "Damn it, brother Jin is really amazing! No wonder we bought so many kerosene belts It turns out that he already knew that this ghost is afraid of fire!" The gold-rimmed glasses also showed a rare smile, and patted Scarface on the shoulder: "Look, you boy still find it troublesome at first!" Scarface grinned: "I was ignorant before, who knew he was a real person without showing his face!" I also leaned over, pointed at the back of Dead Face, and asked Scarface: "How do you know him?" Scarface said: "Hey, who do you think we were waiting for in the monastery, not him!" I said, "Huh? You are waiting for him?!" Dao Scar's face was full of pride: "Of course I waited for him! But half a month is really worth waiting, otherwise we wouldn't be able to reach the snow-capped mountains!" Scarface What they were waiting for in the monastery turned out to be a dead face, which surprised me a lot.But when I asked him how he knew Dead Face, he was mysterious and refused to reveal anything.He just patted me on the shoulder and told me mysteriously that it was right for me to join them this time. With the skill of my little brother, I am not afraid that big things will fail.If it succeeds this time, it will definitely benefit me greatly!I'm skeptical about this, because Dead Face told me that this trip is particularly dangerous, and even he has some worries.After this incident of the skeleton man, everyone is full of taboos about this place.Scarface was screaming there, urging everyone to pack up and get out of this damned place. I struggled for a long time, but I still didn't follow Dead Face's persuasion to leave. Instead, I chose to pack my luggage and head towards the snow mountain with them.I don't think I can walk out of this grassland alone, so I might as well just follow them.More people are more powerful, even if there is any danger, more people will take care of it more.At the same time, I still have a sense of luck, as long as there is a dead face, there shouldn't be any hurdles that can't be overcome. Dead Face saw me walking with the team, without any expression on his face, and walked forward on his own, as if he didn't see me at all in his eyes.After all, I was a little guilty, and walked behind the team, with Professor Xie who walked the slowest.Professor Xie walked slowly with a trekking stick, and introduced the surrounding environment to me while walking. We are now walking along the winding White River.The Tibetan name of Baihe is "Gaqu", which means the holy water that flows meanderingly from the Daxue Mountain.Gaqu originates from Zhazhen Liangzi and Gawalda Geze Mountain, crosses the vast grassland from south to north, and finally joins the Yellow River near Suokezang Monastery in Tangke Township, Ruoergai County, with a length of about 400 kilometers. Near the Baihe River, tall mani piles can be seen everywhere.Many mani piles are drawn with five-color flags, and the color of Tibet is so strong that I thought I was in Tibet.At this time, the swamp has been passed through, and the grassland begins to reveal its beautiful side.There are large areas of yellow flowers at the bend of the river, swaying gently with the wind, like a beautiful flower lake.Everyone was a little wary at first, fearing that the weird skeleton monster would appear again.Fortunately, perhaps because they were far away from the swamp, those weird skeletons were never encountered again all the way to the snow mountain. This day's journey can be said to be the easiest and most beautiful part of this trip to the grassland, just like traveling in mountains and rivers.I am still secretly glad that the most difficult journey has passed, and the road ahead will become easier and easier. Fortunately, I didn't listen to Dead Face's advice, and walked back slowly by wading through the black and smelly water in the grass.Later, after experiencing the extremely weird scene in Daxue Mountain, I realized how naive my thoughts were at that time.Behind the seemingly calm, the crisis has long been lying down, watching us quietly from the side, but I didn't notice it. Walk along the Baihe River to the end, and you will arrive at the foot of the snow mountain.There is a mountain ridge there, and you can really reach the snow mountain after climbing over the mountain ridge.The group first took a rest under the mountain ridge and had a full meal.Before leaving, Laba solemnly set off a string of firecrackers and threw colored paper in the sky, which is to pray for the blessing of the snow mountain.Because going up from here is a mountain ridge more than 4,000 meters high. After crossing the ridge, you will arrive at the mysterious snow mountain.When you arrive at the snow mountain, you have to resign yourself to fate, and your life and death depend on the mood of the mountain god of the snow mountain. Looking around, under the sun, the Daxue Mountain is solemn and the white mist curls up, like a Buddha's light. While beating his calf, Professor Xie pointed to the snow-capped mountains and introduced them to me, saying that the snow-capped mountains we see now are just the tip of the iceberg, and the real big snow-capped mountains are still far behind.The main peak of Daxue Mountain is Gongga Mountain, which is 7,556 meters above sea level, surrounded by forty-five peaks above 6,000 meters above sea level.Gongga Mountain not only has thick snow, ice, and forests, but also more than ten plateau lakes - Mugecuo, Wuxu Lake, Renzong Lake, Bawang Lake, etc., which are very peculiar.He sighed: "Only such a mysterious land can breed such a magical landscape!" After a short break, we hit the road again.According to Laba's suggestion, we must cross this mountain ridge before four o'clock in the afternoon, because the temperature on the mountain will drop rapidly after four o'clock, and there may be severe weather such as blizzards, and we may be trapped on the mountain ridge. When I started to climb the snow-capped mountain, I was still very excited-this was the snow-capped mountain that the Red Army climbed during the Long March-and urged Professor Xie to leave quickly from time to time.Professor Xie looked at me with a smile and shook his head again and again.Sure enough, after a while, I realized the pain of climbing a snow mountain. It is very hot down the mountain, I only wear single clothes down the mountain, and the climbing speed is also fast.But the higher you go, the lower the temperature.Scarface stopped the team, and everyone put on thick military overcoats.The road under my feet was frozen like ice, and the air was obviously getting thinner.I was gasping for breath, my chest was constricted, and I felt like a fish thrown out of the water. Fortunately, although this snow-capped mountain is high, it is not steep, and people often walk on it. The roads are firmly stepped, and there are stone steps made by people, so they will not slip.When we walked halfway up the mountain, we could already see the clear snow line on the mountain ridge.After passing the snow line, there began to be thick snow on it, and sometimes it would sink into the calf when one stepped on it.Our group followed one by one, and those in front carefully poked the ground with trekking poles or wooden sticks to prevent falling into snow pits, calling for everyone to follow the footprints. When I approached the top of the mountain, I was completely blown by the wind. Although I was wearing a thick military overcoat, I felt as thin as a piece of paper. My head was swollen and swollen, my ears were buzzing, and my legs were as soft as shrimp. , the people in front of them all turned into silhouettes.I was in a trance, taking a step and resting half a step, and in the end I just moved forward mechanically, leaving only a stubborn belief that I must not be left behind. The mountains are windy and oxygen levels are low.I desperately opened my mouth wide to breathe in the thin air, and managed to keep up with the large troops in front of me. I found that everyone was panting and their faces were blue, but they still staggered forward. Scarface led the horse and walked in front.He saw that I was falling behind, and turned back to look for me.He grinned, patted my shoulder vigorously, and shouted: "What's wrong, Xiucai, can't walk?" Breathing heavily, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Can you take a break? Light up a fire and roast it, I'm going to freeze to death!" With a hesitant face on his scarred face, he looked at the gold-rimmed glasses in front of him.But the golden glasses said coldly: "You can't warm up on the snow mountain. Oxygen is scarce. If the campfire consumes more, people will not be able to climb up. If this mountain ridge cannot be overturned, you should go down the mountain as soon as possible. The snow mountain ahead is still there." There are too many!" He looked at the snow-capped mountains in front of him and continued to walk forward. Professor Xie also came over to hold me back and said, "Grit your teeth, I'll turn over in no time, just hold on and it'll pass." As soon as I gritted my teeth, I barely stood up with my stiff legs, holding my scarred face and Professor Xie, and walked forward step by step with difficulty. The higher you go, the stronger the wind, almost blowing people down the mountain.The snow on the hillside is getting thicker and thicker. In some places, a stick was used to poke it in. The one-meter-long stick was completely submerged. I don't know how deep it is.Fortunately, there are also some short shrubs growing on the top of the mountain, and some grass tips are exposed on the snow.We walked all the way along these grass tips, and the snow got stuck in our thighs, and it took a lot of effort to pull out every step we took. Seeing that I was recovering gradually, Scarface took the yak and walked to the front again. At first, he still yelled, but then he yelled "Eighteen Touches" against the bitter cold wind. Roaring.Looking around, the snow-capped mountains are connected together, like a huge valley, which looks vast and mysterious. Over this ridge, there is a valley.I thought they would stop and rest, but they continued walking down the valley.After walking for about half a day, I was so tired that my calves started to tremble, and I wanted to stop and rest several times.But seeing the old professor waiting for me with a trekking pole from time to time, I was also embarrassed, so I had to keep cheering myself up and keep moving forward.I don't know how long I walked, my body is numb, only my two legs are still moving forward mechanically.The line finally stopped.The gold-rimmed glasses stopped, carefully compared the surrounding environment, and said a few words to Scarface.Scarface waved his hand and called a few brothers. They took their knives and slashed wildly at a dense bush under the cliff for a while.After removing the vines and weeds outside, a dark cave was revealed behind the cliff. Scarface became excited, and shouted: "Hey, it's still there!" Called a few people to go up, and brought out many things from the cave, including military coats, thick boots, various cans, and some weird things. Instruments, iron boxes, etc.刀疤脸让人将铁箱子抬到马背上，将罐头都撬开，招呼大家好好吃点儿东西，补一补！ 山谷中很冷，我们冷得直跺脚，都在那儿不住地搓手。刀疤脸先给我们分发了大衣，又招呼人砍倒一些枯死的小树，在这山谷中生起一堆篝火。然后他撬开了一堆堆军用罐头，和着干粮在大铁锅里煮熟，让大家先吃口热的，暖和暖和身子再说。 山谷中竟有一个囤积了军用物资的山洞，这让我很奇怪。我凑过去看，发现那些仪器上布满了各种红色绿色的按钮，看也看不懂。我四下看了看，机身上的文字倒是很好辨认，小日本的！ 我暗暗惊奇，小日本的军用物资怎么被藏在了这里？他们怎么能那么熟练地找到？难道说，这些东西是他们从前藏在这里的？我瞥了一眼金丝眼镜，他正拿着一张破旧的军用地图，上面有各种颜色的箭头和图形。他对着前面的雪山仔细比对着，渐渐皱起了眉头。 我有些怀疑，他们此行的终点也许并不是大雪山，更像是在大雪山的腹地中寻找些什么。但是，他们又要找什么呢？ 再联想起死人脸那天晚上对我说过的话，说我跟着这支队伍可能会更危险。但是后来他就再也没有对我说过这些话，我也放松了警惕。难道他是在暗示我，这支队伍有问题吗？ 我还在想着，刀疤脸却用大勺子敲着锅沿，喊着吃饭了。我顾不上多想，赶紧过去用罐头盒盛了一份。罐头多是牛肉、鱼肉的，味道好，营养足。锅里放了好多辣椒，麻辣辣，热乎乎。大家狼吞虎咽地吃完，出了一身大汗。我躺在干草地上，看着湛蓝的天空，悠悠的浮云，周围弥漫着肉香、吵闹声，身上隐隐有股脱力后的酥麻感，顿时感觉到一种似梦似幻的不真实感。 刀疤脸吃完罐头，折了根木棍，使劲儿抠鞋底下的泥块。见我自己在那儿躺着看天，他跟我胡咧咧了几句，装成不经意的样子，在我耳边小声问：“秀才，你和那老梆子从前认识？”我愣了一下，才意识到他说的是谢教授，不由自主地想往谢教授那儿看。刀疤脸很快地说：“别往他那儿瞅。俺问你，你们是不是从前认识？”我点点头：“是。”刀疤脸咂吧着嘴：“嘿，没看出来，你小子道行挺高，谁都认识！”我见他话里有话，忙问他：“怎么了？谢教授有什么不对吗？”刀疤脸挨着我坐下，摇摇头说：“没啥不对，太对了。” 我说：“那不结了，你问这干啥？” 刀疤脸说：“话不能这么说。咱们这支队伍，都是刀口上舔血的兄弟，有过命的交情，谁都能相信。你是金小哥带来的，我们信。可是这个老梆子，我就是看不明白他的来路呀！” 我说：“那他又是谁带来的？” 刀疤脸冷哼一声：“谁带来的？我们都是被他带来的！” 我不明白了。刀疤脸小声哼唧了几句，好像是说谢教授先去找的他们。这件事情很奇怪了，一个大学教授竟然去东北找胡子，竟然还找着了，而且是直接找的金丝眼镜。经过一下午的密谈后，金丝眼镜立刻清点起人马，亲自带队跟他来到这个兔子都不拉屎的地方。妈了个巴子的，也真是邪门！ 刀疤脸的说法让我很震惊，没想到这行人竟然是跟谢教授来的。那死人脸呢？刀疤脸说，这他就不知道了，估计也是那老梆子联系的吧。他酸溜溜地说：“这次大哥（金丝眼镜）嘴巴严得像个老鼠夹子，屁都没蹦出来一个。不过也对，俺脑子笨，跟俺说那么多干啥？”我想了想，还是有点儿不对劲儿。一个大学教授怎么能找到土匪，还能让一个土匪头子乖乖跟他来这个地方呢？刀疤脸说：“谢教授是由一个地位很高的人介绍过来的，但是这些都不是关键，俺们兄弟也不是谁的面子都卖。这样的黑差，又是这么大老远的地方，人生地不熟，就是玩命，谁的面子都不会给。本来想着随便见一面，说几句场面话就行了。谁知道这老梆子给大哥看了一个铁匣子，大哥当时脸色大变，把他邀请到密室中，当天就决定来这里了。” 我忍不住问：“谢教授给你大哥看的啥？”问完就后悔了，金丝眼镜连什么事情都没告诉刀疤脸，又怎么会告诉他这个？没想到刀疤脸却得意地说，他当时留了个心眼，装着进去送茶，偷看了一眼：“没啥牛逼东西，妈了个巴子的，就他娘的一张老照片。” “老照片？”我也迷糊了。刀疤脸见我迷糊了，高兴起来，说：“是吧，你反正小心点儿！这鬼地方，我们兄弟都死好几个了，连老子都瘆得慌！你看看，这老梆子什么都不怕，爬雪山过草地走得飞快，像是个教书先生吗？你吧，当心点儿，他指不定想要干吗呢！”他说完拍打拍打身上的泥土，哼着小曲走了。 经刀疤脸一说，我也觉得谢教授有点儿奇怪。且不说他为何要来这里，这一路上翻山过沼泽，他虽然拄着登山杖走在最后，体力却很好。好多次我两条腿都打摆子了，他却依然精力十足，还不时停下来等我。看来他真不像一个钻研故纸堆的老学究，更像是一个经常走南闯北的探险家。我上次见他的时候，他还作为右派分子被关在农场里劳改，怎么突然就跑到这里来了？看来谢教授背后好像真隐藏着什么不可告人的秘密，我以后还是得小心点儿为好。 在峡谷中休整了一会儿，刀疤脸又嚷嚷着：“这雪山底下邪门得很，大家别歇了，说不准又会跑出来什么幺蛾子！咱们还是赶紧闯过去，等到了半山腰再他娘的休息！” 我走了半天，腰酸腿疼。尤其是又休息了一会儿，腿脚发软，站都站不住，只能歪歪斜斜地走在后面。 前面的路越来越不好走，到处滚落着破碎的大石头、折断的大树干，像是这里曾经爆发过泥石流或者大地震一样。这里的路虽然难走，但是偶尔还能看到草丛中蹦出一只蚂蚱，或者身上爬上一只蚂蚁。我累得要岔气了，一只手使劲儿按住腹部，一只手扶着摇摇欲坠的背包，汗水顺着额头流进眼睛里，刺得眼睛生疼。我使劲儿眨着眼，还安慰着自己，这里至少要比外面的沼泽好一些，起码有一些生命的迹象。 不知道走了多久，我们已经穿过了那道狭窄的峡谷。前面的道路越来越开阔，也不像原来那么气闷。我刚松了一口气，前面的人群突然骚乱了，有人在那面喊着，然后是砍刀啪啪砍东西的声音。 刀疤脸在后面驴子一般吼起来：“咋的啦？！” “长虫！有长虫！”那边的人慌乱地叫着。 “妈了个巴子，长虫有啥好怕？！”刀疤脸气呼呼地冲了过去，又一下子退了回来，“操，咋有这么多长虫！” 长虫是什么？我一时间没反应过来，赶紧扔下背包过去，探头看了一眼，却发现前面有一个水潭，水潭旁边的泥滩上堆着一堆花花绿绿的带子。我仔细一看，发现那不是带子，而是一条条指头粗细的花蛇，红艳艳、绿莹莹的。蛇实在太多，几乎把整个河滩都给覆盖住了，像是在河滩上铺了层花花绿绿的毯子。最上面的几条吞吐着漆黑的信子，昂着头，怒视着人群。 蛇群势大，刀疤脸一挥手，让兄弟们先退回来。没想到大家刚退了几步，领头的大蛇身子一弓，嗖地一下蹿起，像一支箭一样射了过来。 刀疤脸丝毫不慌，果断地从腰里抽出一把长刀，将大蛇砍成两截。大蛇摔在地上，断掉的身子在地上抽搐着。旁边有个伙计叫声好，说“蛇胆最壮阳”，上去要捡蛇，被刀疤脸吼住了，让他小心点儿：“这大长虫都邪门，有时候蛇头被砍下来还是能咬人。”那伙计傻笑着说没事没事，他不碰蛇头，只把蛇身子捡过来。蛇胆壮阳，蛇身子还能弄盘好菜！ 这伙计刚伸手捏住蛇身子，那蛇腔子中突然蹿出一条白虫子来，顺着他的手腕就钻进了他的衣服里。那伙计脸色一下变了，先用手去掏衣服，接着就凄厉地叫起来，狠狠撕着衣服，满地打滚，看起来非常痛苦。 刀疤脸怒吼着冲了过去，几下将那伙计身上的衣服撕开，那条白虫子不知道去了哪里。伙计的身上像被开水煮过一样，通红通红，浑身上下都是拳头大的水疱。他哀号着，好像浑身奇痒，拼命用手挠着自己的脖子、脸。通红的皮肤被他一把把抓烂了，一股股殷红的鲜血流下来。刀疤脸响雷一般在他耳边吼着，让他别动，别乱抓。但是已经晚了，他身上的红色渐渐变黑，渐渐扩散到了全身，谁都能看出来没救了。 这蛇如此怪异，毒性也如此古怪，让我们大吃一惊。有伙计跟他关系不错，想上前拉他，被刀疤脸一脚踢开了。刀疤脸让大家都离他远点儿，这人已经中了剧毒，待会儿神志不清可能会伤人。 那伙计两只手死死掐住脖子，摇摇晃晃站起来，冲着大家走过来，走了没几步就又摔倒在地上，喉咙里发出咕咕的古怪声音。他朝着大家无助地伸出手，像是要最后抓住一根救命稻草。 大家没想到这蛇这么邪门，蛇腔子里竟然还有这样古怪的虫子，都有些忌惮，纷纷向后退去。大家不怕死，但是这种死法实在是太痛苦，太可怕了。刀疤脸招呼大家赶紧往回退，退的时候要小心，别被这些狗日的长虫给害了。可是河滩上的蛇群却被刀疤脸那一刀激起来了，一团团蛇从河滩上蹿了出来，昂着丑陋的脖子，跟人对峙着。一旦人往后退，它们便像毒箭一样直射过来。 突如其来的毒蛇，让周围的人一下子炸开了。几个人立刻掏出枪，想射击。谢教授脸色大变，叫着：“不能开枪，会有雪崩！”刀疤脸抽出一把腰刀，冲在最前面。他几刀过去，将几条蛇拦腰斩断，又跑回来，在那儿挥舞着刀子，让大家都放下枪，用刀杀蛇。 几个人举着枪不能开，只能不停地往后退。后退的过程中，又有两个人被咬中，在地上痛苦地抽搐着，也不知道是中了蛇毒，还是蛇身上那种古怪的白虫子毒。大家都变了脸色，队伍开始溃散，有人甚至去解马绳，想要往回跑。 我一看大事不好，这群人被怪蛇群吓破了胆。我们的食物什么的都在马背上，要是他们骑着马开溜，我们可就要被困死在这里了。 金丝眼镜稳稳地站在那里，眼镜片上闪过一道寒光，怒道：“慌什么？！都给我站住！”声音不大，却非常有威慑力。我清楚地看到一个正在解马绳的人，两只手不由自主地哆嗦了一下，一下子跪在地上，话都说不出来了，拼命朝着金丝眼镜磕头。 刀疤脸过去甩给他一个耳光，狠狠骂了他几句，又回过头向金丝眼镜赔罪。金丝眼镜这才消了火，轻轻点了点头。那个手下才松了一口气，赶紧跑回来，藏在了人群后面。 这金丝眼镜看起来斯斯文文，但绝对是个狠角色，估计要是动起家法，至少也要弄他个腿断胳膊折。别看刀疤脸平时骂骂咧咧，像个鲁莽汉子，关键时刻竟然愿意为兄弟出头，帮他躲过了这一劫。 金丝眼镜压住现场，转过头，抱一抱拳，客客气气地对死人脸说：“小哥，您看这怎么办？”死人脸看都不看他一眼，淡淡地说：“硫黄。”金丝眼镜点一点头，说：“快把马背上的硫黄拿下来，撒过去！”刀疤脸也一拍脑袋说：“对，对，蛇怕硫黄！妈个巴子的，快给我撒硫黄！硫黄！快撒硫黄！” 几个伙计战战兢兢地从马匹上扔下来一个厚厚的麻包，吓得两只手发抖，怎么也解不开。刀疤脸骂了一声娘，冲过来一刀砍开麻袋，抓着硫黄就往蛇堆里撒过去。 有道是世间万物，相生相克，硫黄自古便是破蛇的物件。在古代，端午节时都要喝一杯雄黄酒，用来驱蛇——那雄黄酒中就添加了一些硫黄成分。一把硫黄撒出去，效果立竿见影。那群蛇本来一直往前冲，势如破竹，被那硫黄一激，顿时像被火烧一般，拼命往后蹿，最后全钻回了水潭中。 硫黄味道太呛，空气中弥漫了不少，呛得我眼睛流泪，直咳嗽，忙用衣袖遮住口鼻，不停地擦眼睛。 刀疤脸见逼退了蛇群，大喜，使劲儿拍着我的肩膀，哈哈大笑，说我真是个细皮嫩肉的秀才，连点儿硫黄都受不了。这要是灌一口白酒，还不得摔个跟头啊？ 金丝眼镜走过来，问死人脸：“金家兄弟，这蛇出来的日子好像不对。” 死人脸冷哼一声：“是不对。” 金丝眼镜问：“是不是有什么变动？” 死人脸看了看天空，又看了看远处烟雾迷蒙的大雪山，眉头渐渐皱紧了。金丝眼镜也有点儿着急，问他：“有什么不对吗？” 死人脸缓缓说了一句：“时间提前了。” 我们都不明白死人脸这句话是什么意思，但是金丝眼镜却脸色大变。他冷冷地叫大家停下，将身上没用的东西都扔掉，只带上随身用品，以及够两天吃的东西就行了，赶紧赶着马往山上跑！ 我以为他疯了，或者是在开玩笑。在这大雪山中，我们身上的每件装备当然都有用，要是扔在这里，一准儿就走不出雪山了。但是刀疤脸他们显然很相信，二话不说，马上开始卸背包，往下扔东西。但是他们扔的时候明显还有点儿犹豫，毕竟是在荒无人烟的大雪山峡谷中，要是把背包里的吃的喝的全扔了，大家还不得活活饿死在这里。 但是金丝眼镜却很坚决，坚持让他们扔下东西，跟他往山上跑。我还有些犹豫，但是看见死人脸都开始扔东西，想着车到山前必有路，他们可能在山上也储备了食物，便狠狠心将背包丢掉，只留下一些干粮揣在怀里，跟着他们往前跑。金丝眼镜虽然让人扔掉装备，但是却不扔掉马。他让人赶着马在前面走，人在后面跟着。 丢掉沉重的背包后，身上明显轻快了许多，我也觉得恢复了一些力气，竟然跑得还不慢，赶上了刀疤脸。我边喘着粗气边问他：“到底是怎么回事，这东西都扔掉了，我们以后吃什么？”刀疤脸也搞不懂，但是让我放心，他大哥被称为长白山小诸葛，从来不打没把握的仗，他这样做肯定有道理的。 正说着，上面突然刮起一阵大风。大风刮得昏天暗地，把我的眼睛都给迷住了。大风过后，天色一下暗了下来，紧接着天上响起轰隆隆的雷声，震得周围的大山都微微颤动。我们还担心会不会发生雪崩，紧接着豆大的雨点就狠狠砸了下来。不知道是不是因为在高原，还是我跑得出了汗，雨点砸在身上非常冷，让我不住打着寒噤。 我正想着这雨怎么说下就下，一点儿征兆也没有，却发现旁边的谢教授脸色大变，说：“糟了糟了，这么大的雨，可能会引起雪崩啊！” 我才明白过来，为什么金丝眼镜那么着急让大家赶紧往山上跑——要是发生雪崩，这大峡谷一下子就会被大雪淹没，只有跑到半山腰才有一线生机。就算是没引起雪崩，这样的大雨也很可能会引发泥石流，将我们砸死在山谷中。我终于明白为什么一路上看到的都是碎石断树了，搞不好都是被泥石流给冲断的。 刀疤脸显然也想明白了这点，在雨中拼命地喊着，让大家赶紧往山上跑。我越跑越觉得心里没底，正想着过去问问死人脸到底是怎么回事，却发现死人脸不见了。我急得要死，这死小子，在这节骨眼儿上又跑哪里去了？仔细回想一下，刚才只看到他慢吞吞地扔东西，并没看到他往山上跑，难道他还在那里没跑过来？我停下来，使劲儿揉着眼睛，用手遮着大雨，仔细查看着山谷。雨水哗啦哗啦汇入山谷，山谷下已经存了不少水，刀疤脸的声音离我越来越远。我犹豫了一会儿，终于一咬牙，开始往回跑，边跑边大声喊着死人脸的名字。 大雨滂沱，电闪雷鸣，雨点形成一道道白亮密集的雨柱，像拉起了一个密不透风的大帘子，一米外什么都看不到。我在雨中被淋成了落汤鸡，不断摔倒在泥地上，不断抹着脸上的雨水，声嘶力竭地叫着死人脸。 我就这样在大雨中寻找了好一会儿，雨水渐渐小了，雷声也渐渐消了下去。我看了看，最底下的山谷已经成为了水潭，死人脸的影子还没有。我心里涌起了不好的预感，他会不会被大雨冲到了水潭里，或者被刚才的蛇群给咬死了？ 正当我犹豫不定的时候，旁边突然传来一个懒洋洋的声音：“这么大的雨，也不知道避一下。” 我的眼泪差一点儿就掉下来了，这个天杀的死人脸，他娘的竟然在这儿避雨，害得老子以为他遇难了，在大雨中被淋成了落汤鸡！我狠狠骂了他几句，问这死小子跑哪儿去了，我还以为他被蛇咬死了呢！他不理睬我，只是径自往山下走，要去查看水潭。 大雨虽然停了，山上却不断冲下一股股雨水，朝着山下的山谷冲下来，山谷渐渐积满了水。我有点儿担心会山洪暴发，或者发生泥石流什么的。死人脸却无动于衷，还在后面慢吞吞地走着。我催了他几次，他还是不紧不慢的，反而劝我不用着急。 我说：“咱们赶紧跑吧，待会儿山洪暴发就完了！” 死人脸冷笑着：“山洪不会暴发。” 我说：“那咱们和刀疤脸他们失散了怎么办？” 死人脸：“他们走不出去。” 我怨恨地看着他，这小子害得老子差点儿被淋死，竟然还敢这么嚣张！老子恨不得飞起一脚，把他给踹到深潭中！没想到他看了看深潭，突然“咦”了一声，然后俯下身子仔细看着水潭。 水潭中浮动着一些花花绿绿的东西，仔细看看，才发现是一条条的蛇在水潭中游动着。想来应该是河滩旁的蛇群，被大雨给冲到了水中。这不就是被冲进水中的蛇群嘛，有什么好看的？ 没想到死人脸眯着眼看了看，却说：“是蛇阵，现在可以走了。” 我说：“什么是蛇阵？” 死人脸没说话，他退后了几步，仔细看着蛇群。群蛇上下浮动，在水里一沉一浮，组成了一些不同的花纹。我看着奇怪，这些小蛇在水中排列得好像很有规律，看起来就像是按照一种古怪的旋律在跳集体舞，有张有弛，有退有进。 死人脸起先不理我，后来被我催得烦了，才说，古人有一种聚鱼成群的方子，在水底下放一些鱼饵，鱼饵吸引了鱼群，鱼群就会上下舞动，形成这阵的样子。 我奇怪道：“什么方子那么厉害？等我以后捉鱼也用它！” 死人脸难得好脾气地给我解释，说这方子出自汉代的《淮南子·万毕术》：“取苓皮，渍水斗半，烧石如炭状，以碎。螾脂置苓皮水中，七日已，置沼则鱼鳖聚矣。”这里说的“碎”，就是用火淬，“螾”就是蚯蚓。简单地说，就是取一斤左右的茯苓皮，倒在一个水盆中，在水盆中放半盆水，然后将烧红的石块投到这个水盆中，一直到水沸腾起来。这时候，用二两蚯蚓在麻油锅里炸成蚯蚓油，将这蚯蚓油倒入放满茯苓的水盆中。待七日后，发酵的茯苓皮和蚯蚓油都会渗入石头里。只要将这石头取出，丢到河水中，那一片水域的鱼虾鳖怪都会聚集在石头旁，打都打不散。 他用一贯的嘲讽语气看着我：“这鱼书还是你们分水一脉传下来的，你爷爷就没告诉过你？” 我撇撇嘴，说：“切，有什么大不了的，不就是用石头块打窝子，引引小鱼嘛！白爷我小时候钓鱼，啥窝子没打过，就没见过这样捉鱼的！” 死人脸气极反笑，说：“捉鱼？你以为这是在捉鱼？” 我说：“不是捉鱼，费劲巴拉弄这些石头干吗？” 死人脸无奈地说：“你说这是为了捉鱼？这些石头的排列阵形都是固定的，吸引小鱼按照一定节奏游动，其实是古代一种特殊的'鱼书'。” 我惊讶了：“鱼书？敢情这鱼还能用来写字？那这些鱼在写什么字呢？” 死人脸出乎意料地有了反应，转头问我：“你想知道吗？” 我下意识地点了点头：“想。” 死人脸说：“鱼书上说，白家这代后人，是个傻子。”他冷笑了一下，径自走开了。 我说：“那也应该是鱼阵，不是蛇阵呀！” 死人脸冷哼了一声，没有说话。 死人脸说的鱼书，让我想起了黄七爷当年告诉过我的，黄河六大家的后人都有驱兽的秘术。他们黄家善于驱鱼，白家善于驱兽，其他几家有善于驱赶鸟兽虫蚁的。不知道这个神秘的蛇书又是怎么回事，会不会也和黄河六大家有关系。 大水很快填满了低谷，然后缓缓朝着上面漫过来。水上漂着一层死老鼠、蛤蟆，成团成团花花绿绿的水蛇在水面上挣扎着，想往岸上游。 我看着这些毒蛇就心里发憷，一路催着死人脸快走。果然，没走到半山腰，就看到刀疤脸一行人在上面焦急地等着我们。 一看到我们，刀疤脸就迎了过来，说：“金家小哥，前面的路被水冲塌了，咱们怎么走？” 金丝眼镜问：“开路需要多久？” 刀疤脸估计了一下，说：“前面的小路整个被大水冲断了，好多大石头滚了下来。要是兄弟们一起动手，估计得两三天能清出来。” 金丝眼镜看着死人脸：“时间够不够？” 死人脸没有回答这个问题，却冷冷地说：“那条路不能走。” 刀疤脸问：“为啥？” 死人脸瞥了我一眼：“问他。” “问我？”我吃惊了。我也是第一次来这里好不好，老子哪知道这破路能不能走？我本来以为这是死人脸的推辞，没想到他却让我睁大眼睛，好好看看周围这是什么地方。 我往四周看了看，这里已经是半山腰，再往上面走一段就是雪线了。前面是一扇悬崖峭壁，上面是一个巨大的雪坡，雪坡上有点点滴滴陷入雪中的足迹。这周围的环境怎么有点儿熟悉？我猛然想起来了，这里，这里不就是猴子脚印失踪的地方吗！上面这条小路我也知道，这分明就是我和死人脸当时去找猴子的地方！ 向导拉巴也认出了这个地方，脸色发青，朝着那里连连摆手，指着那里，用藏语激烈地跟死人脸哇哇了半天，指了指雪山，又指了指我，又哇哇叫着。死人脸说，拉巴说那里是一个不祥之地，藏民都不敢去。上次他坚持去那里，就遭遇到了怪事。上次是他福大命大，佛爷佑护，这次千