Daomu Biji

I almost ran out of the house and recovered from the disgusting scene.

Jude stood behind me and handed me a bottle of beer. I took a few sips before calming down.

"Do you have any thoughts?" he asked me.

I looked at him, not knowing the specific meaning of his question. He said: "Chinese people like to beat around the bush. I have some bad habits. I'm sorry, but I'm asking, do you want to cooperate?"

"cooperate?"

"I don't have much time. The next step is your world. I am always an outsider in this land and will not be favored by this land. Cooperation has always been my choice. You can consider my proposal. ." Judecao said.

"You don't have to speak loudly, I understand what you mean." I said, "What do you want?"

"We have explored all the four-hour journey inside, but behind the black door, no matter what method we use, we can't break through. I can provide you with all the information." Judekao said, "But, there is One condition, you must bring one of my men in.”

I thought about it in my mind. Pan Zi seemed to want to refuse, so I immediately pulled Pan Zi and said, "Wait a minute, I think it's acceptable."

"Third Master, they are all a mob. The information they can get is not ours. This kind of condition is of no value to us."

"Not necessarily." I said, "Since Mr. Qiu said before that he never does a deal that cannot be made, he must be very confident in his conditions. The information he mentioned should be different from what we thought."

Judecao nodded: "My idea is not that simple. The reason why I propose this cooperation is that I hope you will not make unnecessary sacrifices. Without this information, at least one of you will die during the four-hour journey."

"That's because you are useless." Pan Zi said.

Judekao laughed. Then he shook his head and said: "Forget it, you won't believe anything I say. You have to go in to find out. What kind of place is this ancient Zhangjia building? I'll prepare four coffins here, waiting for you. Sit down and talk again.”

Parted on bad terms. Pan Zi winked at me. I actually wanted to cooperate, but Pan Zi also had a point, so he had no choice but to nod and say, "Then we'll talk about it then. Mr. Qiu, please do it."

Pan Zi and I sat by the stream, pondering what the old immortal foreigner had just said and what we had seen. Pan Zi said: "It seems that the inside of this ancient family building is extremely weird. I originally thought that Jude would be able to test their ability to enter the building after all our troubles outside. I didn't expect that so many people had died in so many days. The building was nowhere to be found.”

"I'm sure,

Does this ancient building have to be in the mountains? "I asked.

"Shiwandashan has many legends since ancient times. Only here is the legend of the Ming Dynasty fire. Many things have happened in modern times. In the past hundred years, I don't know how many people have entered this remote mountain village. These people must have Purpose. There must be a lot of clues pointing to the Zhang family's ancient building in these mountains. But I saw that you were distracted just now and almost betrayed the gang. Did you think of something just now? "

I looked into the distance in the darkness, and I knew there was a huge no-man's land, deep mountains and old forests.

I lit a cigarette and told Pan Zi about the terrible patient I just saw and the shadow I saw in the photo of Agui's family and my third uncle. "This is definitely not a coincidence. I think there is a possibility that the shadow may be of the same nature as the person we just saw."

"Tell me more about it." Pan Zi obviously didn't understand.

I said: "We don't know what happened to that man in that gap. But, let's assume that if he survives this time, what will his body look like? You can imagine it."

Pan Zi nodded, and the man just stood up, his shoulders basically melted, and the whole person was extremely weird. This kind of deformity is absolutely impossible to cure.

I said: "And the photo that Brother Chu gave me, and the strange shadow I saw on the second floor of Agui's house before, are too similar to the way that person stood up just now. I believe that in this village, there is a person , he encountered the same accident as that patient, but survived and became deformed." I took a puff of cigarette, took a deep breath, and thought more, "This person is probably an archaeologist twenty years ago. People on the team.”

Pan Zi remained silent. I told him what I had experienced in Banai, but he might not understand everything. In fact, I was just sorting it out for myself.

"Suppose that the archaeological team that year entered the mountains, whether before or after the package swap, and conducted archaeological activities on the edge of the deep mountain lake. Given the time and scale of the team at that time, they must have discovered something. They would have discovered something. Maybe after entering the cave, something unexpected happened. Some people died, some survived, and some disappeared. After they left, a person who they thought would die after being caught by the trap climbed out of the cave on his own. He survived, returned to the village and settled down." I said, "This man has lived here for decades. He knows many secrets and does not dare to return to the world outside the village. He thought he would be in this world. He died in the village, but what he couldn't imagine was that the incident was not over. Decades later, the conscious successors of the previous archaeological team appeared in the village again. "

"You made this up yourself, right?" Pan Zi said, "Then how do you explain the photo Brother Chu gave you?"

"The background of that photo is the nursing home in Golmud. The weird shadow is behind the screen. The little brother was also found in this village. They are all on the same line in time. Although I don't know the specific relationship, but this This small village obviously has more secrets than I imagined." I said.

Pan Zi said: "Then don't sleep tonight. Let's ask Agui what's going on? Go to the second floor of his house and find him?"

I shook my head: "No need." I thought of the fire in Menyoupin's "former home" before. It is very likely that he lived in Menyoupin's house before. He discovered it as soon as we showed up and burned it down immediately. His own house, everything was destroyed.

So he won't find anything on Agui's second floor. This man is not a pathetic person, after so many years. With this performance, he still showed an extremely high level of vigilance and execution ability.

Why?

During the time Jude Kao appeared here, he must have erased all the clues. And, now. He won't be in the village.

If it were me, I would definitely be in the mountains, near Judekao's camp.

"Do you think they found the Zhang Family Ancient Mansion back then?" Pan Zi asked, "Could the iron-like objects they took away at the end come from the Zhang Family Ancient Mansion?"

I shook my head. I still don't know where this person stands, but he burned down the house of Mengyoubo. It shows that he doesn't want the past things to be exposed. I don't know if he doesn't want to expose himself, or if he doesn't want to expose everything. But I have a very bad feeling.

This premonition may have something to do with Menyoupin's house being burned down. I was just a little bit closer to seeing those photos, but due to a moment of negligence, someone took advantage of me.

"Pan Zi! The team is not resting. Can we set off?" I asked Pan Zi.

"Okay, I selected these people. They can handle it without sleeping for three days." Pan Zidao, "What? What do you think?"

"We need to go into the mountains immediately. I think something might happen." I said. "Tell them to rest in the mountains before tomorrow night. We must get to the lake."

My sudden decision caught everyone off guard. Fortunately, Uncle San's intimidation was here. In a strange atmosphere, everyone packed up their unpacked baggage and asked Agui to prepare dogs and mules overnight and headed into the mountains.

Even so, it was almost three o'clock in the middle of the night when the mules were finally set off. In the dark night of the mountain forest, the ground is full of mosquitoes. I was extremely tired, but my heart was suffering from internal fire. Even though I knew my anxiety might be in vain, I still couldn't help but feel anxious.

Along the way. I walked in front of the team, following closely behind Agui. Agui led three dogs to clear the way. Behind him, Pan Zi and a few guys drove the mules, covering a long distance.

It wasn't until dawn that we took a break and set up the first supply point. We marked it along the way. After walking through the dense canopy, we saw Judeka's team not far away. They were all big blue tents. We ignored it and kept walking.

There was nothing to say all the way. When we arrived at the edge of the demon lake, it was already the evening of the second day. The sun had only one tail left, and only a trace of misty light was reflected on the calm lake, which looked extremely dim.

But on the beach on the other side, the bonfire was brightly lit, and a series of red firelights reflected an incredible scene.

There are bonfires everywhere, cooking is happening everywhere, and there are many makeshift shacks among the rocks, covered with thatch leaves. There were twenty or thirty people, mules, dogs, and even ducks, mixed in among these people.

A tape recorder was playing music, and beer cans and Coke cans were scattered among the cracks in the stones.

Under the firelight, those people in twos and threes played cards, were in a daze, and drank. It was a very leisurely modern pastoral scene.

"The bosses on the stone beach couldn't lie down in their sleeping bags, so they built shacks. The ducks were raised for food. It was too troublesome to bring them in one by one. Each family caught a dozen of them and raised them in the lake first. Anyway, the ducks can't escape from the lake." Agui said: "In a few days, I have to get some deck chairs from outside to come in. What day does the boss want to take a bath?"

"Sunbathing." Xiaohua said from behind, patting me, "Everyone is like this, and those who work in this industry naturally like to enjoy themselves in time."

I looked at two foreigners, a man and a woman, sitting on a big rock by the beach and kissing, and I couldn't help but sigh.

No one paid attention to us. When we walked into their campsite, everyone looked at us with an indifferent attitude. Pan Zi passed by a place where beer boxes were piled up and threw a few cans to us, and no one protested.

"It seems that they regard us as one of their own." Pan Zi said, "Jude's damn test is unreliable. He doesn't even have a sentry."

"It's not that there's nothing wrong with it. People who are good at art are bold." Xiaohua looked at a place, took a sip of beer and pointed. I turned around and saw a little spark on a tree in the forest outside Shitan, as if someone was smoking on it.

"On a?"

"Just one." Xiao Hua said, "I guess he has a guy in his hand with good eyesight."

"Let's stay away from them." Pan Zi said, "It's smoky and crowded." He pointed to the other side of the lake, which was pitch black. To be continued