"When I knocked you unconscious in the virtual tomb, I already searched your backpack. When I saw this box, I concluded your purpose of coming here."
I admired him and said, "Uncle Qu is really awesome. Otherwise, ginger is still hotter than old. What the hell is this smoke thing of yours? My head still hurts."
"Hahaha, it's just hemp powder and black sawdust." Old Man Qu said with a smile, "This girl is smarter than you. She covered her mouth and nose with a wet towel, so less smoke entered, so she woke up without much trouble. .”
For a moment, I hesitated. Indeed, some of Lin Xiaoyu's performances were a bit surprising.
I didn't think much about it, and then asked: "But I still don't understand. Why do you want to stun us? Why don't you just tell me? You have to let me suffer." I complained, "I This head, hey-"
Uncle Qu stood up and poured me a glass of water and said, "It's for your own good to stun you. The tomb in the back mountain is very dangerous. When they were buried, several workers who repaired the tomb died mysteriously, so this tomb... The repairs have never been completed. I thought that after sealing the soil, everything would be fine, but I didn't expect that after the back mountain was washed out, something went wrong again."
"Oh?" I looked at his expression and thought, "Is there another sign?"
"Today I saw people died on the beach. These people died very strangely. They were missing arms and legs, and they died miserably."
"We already saw this when we entered the tomb last night!"
"Really!" Old Man Qu opened his eyes wide. He usually only had a slit in his eyes, but now they suddenly widened in a scary way, "I suspect-"
"What do you suspect?"
"Something escaped from the tomb, so at that time, I wanted to knock you out quickly and get you out quickly."
"Hey, old man, you are looking down on us too much. There are so many things in this real dragon that can't do anything to us. Even if we really encounter that thing, we won't be afraid."
"Yes, the old man is really blind. I heard this girl talk about it. Your surname is Li, right?"
"Yes, we can be considered traveling companions after all!"
"Hey, this is different. I heard my ancestors talk about it. Touching the golden acupuncture point, Taibao looking for the dragon, moving mountains to worship, surrendering to the mountains, and not coming out. Who can compete with me? It shows that you are not an ordinary person!"
"Those are all rumors and cannot be believed at all."
"Believe it!" Mr. Qu raised his voice, and this voice was enough to stop me. "You said that if you were ordinary people, you could come out of the real dragon? Look at these people on the beach, they don't even have a foot. I didn’t even walk in.”
I looked at Lin Xiaoyu who was snickering on the side, and I didn't know what to say, so I had to smile and said, "It's just good luck between us." I pulled Lin Xiaoyu's hand, handed him a color, and whispered: "Hurry up and smooth things over, it will get darker and darker later."
Lin Xiaoyu immediately understood and said: "By the way, Uncle Qu, what are you going to do next? Our tomb has also come in and caused you trouble. Now there are still lives outside. What do you say-"
Old Man Qu thought deeply for a while and said calmly: "It's okay. We come here for travel, adventure, and treasure hunting. Anyway, there are a lot of them. It's the bundled business run by the big soldier in the village. This matter needs to be investigated. I can’t find them on your head. When you go back later, go to the village and call the police, saying that you found them while climbing the mountain.”
"Then you have to go back to the police station to take notes."
"Why is it so troublesome!" Old Man Qu said with a smile, "It doesn't matter if you don't make this call in these deep mountains and forests. Besides, it's not like there are no understanding people outside, do you think this matter will ever come to light? ?”
"That's true, but -"
"I know what you two are worried about. After all, so many people have died."
"Not only that, I'm even more worried that the thing you mentioned may come out to harm others if it's not fully protected."
Speaking of this, Old Man Qu couldn't help frowning, "Now we can only take one step at a time. In the end, this is the old man's mission. The old man knows what to do, so don't worry about it."
"But--"
"Hey, I said it, this matter is settled. You two can return to the village before the sun sets while it's still bright."
"Old man, it's not that we look down on you. You are old after all, and I also see that your legs and feet are inconvenient." Lin Xiaoyu said with concern. She also gave me a wink and asked me to talk and stay to help Old Man Qu.
Unexpectedly, this old man Qu had a very stubborn temper and would not listen to anything he said. He even tried to drive us out after we tried to persuade us too much. He said angrily: "You two, please leave quickly. If you don't leave, the old man will drive us out." !”
After saying that, he picked up a broom from the wall and hit my bed. I was so scared that I immediately jumped out of the bed, grabbed Lin Xiaoyu and ran out quickly.
"What did I say we were running for?"
"You didn't see the old man driving us away!"
"Then let's just leave. Are we really not going to help him?"
"You have to believe me. This old man can snatch that flying corpse out from under our noses and hang it to death. It shows that he is quite capable, so you can relax."
"What you said seems to make sense."
"Really." I wiped my sweat, "This sun is so poisonous, it will kill me!"
"We have to leave quickly, otherwise we'll have to sleep in the open!"
After walking for about three or four hours, the two finally returned to Dabing's farmhouse. Dad Bing just came back from outside, met us, and took us into the house. When I got back to the room, I took a hot shower to wash off the body odor, and then went downstairs to have dinner together.
I asked Dabing’s father about Mr. Qu from the back mountain. Dabing’s father was very puzzled and said, “How did you meet that strange old man? He is an old widower who scavenges and lives alone with no children.”
"A chance encounter, a chance encounter."
"Everyone in our village avoids him. This old man has a bad temper and often curses, so no one here cares about him."
"So that's it."
After dinner, I asked Dabing’s father to help find a car to go to the city. I paid double the money so that someone would give me a ride. Before leaving, I asked Lin Xiaoyu to use Dabing’s landline to make an emergency call. .
The driver was the dog guy from the antique market. When he saw Lin Xiaoyu and I, the dog guy became happy and said that we were destined to be together. Lin Xiaoyu still looked a little nervous and had no intention of chatting. I didn't have anything to worry about. I asked Brother Dog for a cigarette, and the two of them started smoking next to the car.
I waited for about half an hour, threw three cigarette butts on the ground, and cursed secretly: "The police are so irresponsible now, they are still serving the people with this efficiency!"
Not long after, a rapid siren suddenly echoed on the road down the hillside, breaking the tranquility of the night.
"Brother, do you think the police officers took the wrong medicine today? Why are they still on duty in the middle of the night? Listening to the sound, there are at least a dozen police cars."
Lin Xiaoyu opened the car door and got in. "Li Rui, are you leaving?"
"Go, of course!"
"Brother Dog, I'm sorry to bother you!"
"It's okay. You are paying for my service. I will definitely serve you wholeheartedly."
The sirens were getting closer and closer, and the whole village gradually became lively. The villagers came out of their houses to see what was going on. Suddenly, young and old men and fellow villagers started talking about it.
As soon as the police car drove into the village, Brother Dog's car drove out. The red and blue flashing lights shone on the glass windows and on our faces. When Brother Gou was sitting in the car, he didn't forget to say hello to the policeman on the other side. He opened the car window and reached out for a cigarette.
The policeman outside didn't think much about it and took his cigarette regardless, saying hello to him and saying where he was going so late. Brother Gou smiled and said, "Go to the city for entertainment." He gestured to Lin Xiaoyu and me behind him.
The policeman peeked inside, smiled and said, "I understand, go quickly, the nightlife in this city has just begun."
The car went further and further away, and the sirens became softer and softer. The car was driving on the long road, with the crowd behind it. Lin Xiaoyu looked out the back window. The police lights were flashing, but they were gone in the blink of an eye. There was only the siren, which seemed to be heard from a long distance away.
We got out of the car halfway down the road, sent the dog brother away, and then returned to the station. When we got back, Lao Ji was almost going crazy with the waiting. As soon as he saw me, he scolded me, probably because he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to communicate with my father when he went back.
Then I told them what happened on the mountain, and also explained the ins and outs of the copper box. Although it is a waste of water, it can be regarded as eliminating a wrong option.
Yan Yunshu had no interest in the copper box at first, but after learning the truth, she even scorned Lao Ji, and the two became increasingly difficult to deal with.
With Lao Ji's temper, he would naturally not spoil Yan Yunshu. As a result, the two people also secretly competed with each other. Early the next morning, the two led their teams separately and set off towards the top of Yinshan Mountain.
The hills in this area are slightly different from the surrounding areas. Because of the higher altitude, there are fewer traces of human activities. Tea trees are planted at the foot of the mountain. After reaching the middle of the mountain, there are basically no roads for people to walk. The shrubs are very dense, and the ground is covered with a thick layer of corrosive soil. The mud is so black that it can sometimes reach your knees when you step into it. We cut off a few branches to use as crutches and explored the path while walking, walking very carefully.
My grandfather did not record the route to the Medicine Corpse Tomb in his notes, so we had no reference and could only explore on our own. In the past two days, Lao Ji and a few guys had already hit the front station, but they stopped when they explored the road a hundred meters away from the top of the mountain.
Why can't it go on? Because further up, there is a cliff. Unless you go around to the other side of the mountain, the only way out is to climb up. However, climbing during the day is easy to expose, but climbing at night cannot use lights to avoid exposure, and can only be climbed blind, which is too dangerous.
Finally, Lao Ji decided to take a gamble and everyone took advantage of the moonlight to climb up.
