Mountains and seas close at hand

"We, ours just want to see if there is anything valuable." The old man stammered, and the driver squatted on the ground with his head in his arms and said nothing.

"How about something valuable? Are you going to steal it or grab it!" Ji Bao stepped on the overturned bench, holding a gun and looking murderous, and even more righteous words to bluff people, "If you don't tell the truth, I will kill you immediately. Already! This is called self-defense, do you know! At most, you will lose a few dollars!"

The old man hurriedly said: "I will tell you! I will tell you everything! If there is anything valuable, I will take you into the mountains tomorrow. Monkeys in the mountains will snatch bags. You can't blame me if the monkeys rob them. After you leave, I will take things to tell you." monkey change."

I was a little puzzled when I heard it, so I took off the gas mask and asked, "You raised the monkey?"

"No, no." The old man shook his hands again and again.

I don't think he seems to be cheating, so I thought: People say that monkeys are smart monkeys, and the monkeys in this mountain are really smart.This is not Mount Emei, there are not so many tourists making it practice grabbing bags.

Ji Bao asked again: "Where is that person who came before? Did you kill him?"

"No! He followed the old crab into the mountain." The driver raised his head suddenly, which startled me.He stood up and pointed outside, "It's dawn, I'll take you to find it."

Ji Bao put away his gun and said with a sneer, "Okay, I told your village party secretary to ask him to find a few people tomorrow and take us around the mountain. You guys can go together."

I don't intend to go into the mountains. Hearing what Ji Bao said, the village party secretary looked for someone.Feeling quite relieved, she turned to Miss Bai and said, "Go to sleep, we two will watch over."

"Come on! I'll sleep for a while, you guys watch it." Ji Bao casually threw the gun to Miss Bai, and lay down on the bed with big characters.

I quickly took the gun from Miss Bai, and pushed Ji Bao to let her move out.Miss Bai patted my arm: "Let her sleep, I'm not sleepy."

I looked at my watch, it was 4am.

Ji Bao didn't sleep for long, more than an hour at most.We took turns washing up and eating something.The village secretary came with a man, a young man with a simple and honest face, Manda.

"We went into the mountains this time to find some cultural relics, and to find our missing comrades." Ji Bao started running the train again, "The funding for this event was approved by the Central Ministry of Culture and Education. If we find someone, we will The unit will give money, 500 per person. Sites and historical relics, the money will be given according to the specifications. It ranges from 200 to 1000."

When they heard the money was given, all four of them beamed with joy.

The driver proposed to go to Dunzi Mountain first, and the other three nodded.The village party secretary said that there are many stone piers in Dunzi Mountain, all of which are engraved with paintings, much like the ruins we mentioned.Besides, there is no other place like ruins around their village.

That rabbit went there nine out of ten times, and we decided to treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor.

With the cock crowing, we entered the mountain.

After walking for two hours on the mountain road, I couldn't take it anymore.Turning around to look at Miss Bai, her expression was not very good either.I immediately proposed to rest for a while, but Ji Bao gave me a sideways look and didn't object.

We sat down among the weeds, and I unscrewed the mineral water bottle and handed it to Miss Bai.Miss Bai took a sip and asked me softly, "Banyan, are there ancient tombs in this mountain?"

"This place is far away from the Central Plains. The old emperor will definitely not be buried here." I looked around, pointed to the opposite mountain wall and said, "Look at the high mountains and steep slopes, deep valleys and steep walls. The concealment is very strong. But the rock mass Broken, ravines intertwined, it is not considered a geomantic treasure.”

"Do you know why this place is called Luding County?"

Miss Bai looked at me, smiled and shook her head.

I took a sip of water and continued: "You know about the Luding Bridge by flying over it. It is said that during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, the governor of Sichuan allowed the construction of an iron chain bridge on the Dadu River. After the bridge was completed, Kangxi named it 'Luding Bridge'." "Lu" refers to the river. When the bridge was built, it was misrepresented that this river was called Luhe. "Ding" means that the Luhe area has been stabilized after the "Xilu" chaos was put down. The name of Luding County comes from this."

"Hey, it's no loss that you are a cultural person!" The village party secretary gave a thumbs up.

I'm a little embarrassed, just wanted to continue.Ji Bao and the driver came back from exploring the road, waved their hands and said, "Let's go, the wooden bridge is not broken."

We set off with our bags on our backs, and I didn't find out until we walked to the wooden bridge.What kind of wooden bridge is it? It's two big logs across the rushing stream.The stream flowing down stream hits the rocks, stirring up white splashes.I walked across the wooden bridge and my right trouser leg was completely soaked.Fortunately, it is September, and it is still on the tail of the autumn tiger.

Arriving at Dunzi Mountain, looking from a distance, there are indeed some pier stones on the top of the mountain.I was overjoyed, and my lead-filled legs felt a lot easier.When I climbed to the top of the mountain, I was disappointed.

There are indeed many stone piers, but they are all weathered to the same extent.The so-called patterns are mostly natural weathering imprints.This result made me feel more at ease. I squatted on the ground to study one by one while talking to Miss Bai.

Ji Bao and the others decided to rest on the spot, the village party secretary and the honest young man lit a fire to cook, Ji Bao and the driver went to check around, and the old man came to help me weed.

"It looks like the pattern of a fish." I was talking, when suddenly there was a shrill sound above my head, and when I looked up, it was an eagle flying by.

I didn't take it seriously, the moment I lowered my head, I heard the old man muttering something.It was in some dialect, and I didn't understand a word of it.I really don't like this kind of poor old troublemaker.Although I was curious, I didn't want to ask what he said at all.

"What are you talking about?" Miss Bai asked in an extremely polite tone.

The old man glanced at her, then at me, pulled the weeds with his head down, and said, "Who brought the bad news about death? It's the feathers on the crown of the eagle's head." Luckily, he spoke very slowly in blunt Mandarin.

Miss Bai and I looked at each other, and Miss Bai continued to ask: "It sounds like a legend, can you tell us about it?"

Because of the old man's words, my heart was clouded.Whether it's true or not, it's not a good sign.I pulled Miss Bai aside and said to her in a low voice: "We'll go back after dinner. Even if we can't go back to Luding County today, we should at least stay in the village for one night. It's too unsafe here."

The plan couldn’t keep up with the changes, so when Ji Bao came back, he pulled me aside and said excitedly, “Banxian’er, I found the mark left by the rabbit. Let’s follow the mark after we finish eating.”

I'd love to say, let's go back and call the police.

Thinking about the shotgun in Ji Bao's backpack, I decided that silence is golden.

After eating and resting for half an hour, we packed up and set off.This time the formation was changed, Ji Bao was at the front, then the driver, and behind me, Miss Bai, the old man, the village party secretary, and the honest guy.I was afraid that the driver would do something wrong, so I kept holding the dagger in my pocket with my right hand.

The mountain road was rugged and steep in the morning, and there was no way to go in the afternoon.Fortunately, someone helped to carry the things, otherwise I would have collapsed to the ground.

Follow the sign of the rabbit, trek all the way.Pushing aside the miscellaneous trees of the primeval forest, a mountain lake appeared before our eyes.Surrounded by three mountains, the lake is shimmering.Clear water and blue sky, like a fairyland.

"I grew up so big, I didn't know there was such a lake in the mountains." The simple and honest boy Manda was deeply moved, and walked to the lake with his legs and feet.

The beautiful scenery in front of me made me feel refreshed. I sat on the stone by the river and rubbed my calves.Watching Ji Bao instruct the village cadres to collect firewood and make a fire, preparing to spend the night here.I think of a sentence I heard before - don't use bean buns as food, and don't use village chiefs as cadres.

Money can make ghosts turn the millstone, and money can make cadres work.

Miss Bai sat beside me and handed me a piece of chocolate.I was very pleasantly surprised and asked, "Do you also hide snacks?"

Miss Bai smiled and said, "It's a gift from the hotel."

I just remembered that we booked a hot spring hotel.After entering the room, there are Yunnan coffee and chocolate on the table.The main producing areas of coffee beans and cocoa beans are areas within about 20 degrees south and north latitudes of the equator in Africa and the Americas.The environment in some places in Yunnan is also hot and rainy.Therefore, this economic crop has been introduced locally and made into a special product recommended to tourists.

Just as I put the chocolate in my mouth, Ji Bao came over: "You are quite comfortable! Get up and work."

I said with a chocolate in my mouth, "We are both vulnerable groups. Besides, haven't you made arrangements? Look, there is obviously a surplus of labor."

Ji Bao snorted: "I didn't find it, you're pretty good. Go, put up the tent."

I can do it even if I think about it. If you don’t work, you can’t eat.

He turned out the tent bag from his bag, and when he looked up, Ji Bao actually walked away.I quickly shouted: "Hey, where are you going? I can't do it alone."

Ji Bao said without turning his head, "I'm going to pick some elm money and eat it at night."

Miss Bai and I took out the inner and outer tents, brackets, ground nails and ropes one by one.As soon as the first bracket was connected, a loud "plop" was heard.I looked towards the sound, and saw the waves rippling on the originally calm lake.It is estimated that someone is cheap and threw a big stone into it.

"Come here! Stay away from the lake! Quick!" Ji Bao hissed.

The village party secretary was also yelling there, and the anxious dialect came out.

As soon as I heard something bad, I quickly stood up and ran back with Miss Bai.When several people got together, I realized something was wrong, one person was missing!

Where did that honest boy go?

Goosebumps all over my body stood up, and I turned my head slowly.The surface of the lake has returned to calm, like a mirror inlaid in the mountains.The mountain wind blows small waves and beats the pebbles on the shore.And on the pebbles, there is a pair of shoes.

"Mandata...he..." The village secretary's face was pale and he couldn't speak clearly.Staring at the lake, tossing and turning, he whispered Manda's name.

I asked Ji Bao in a low voice, "What's going on?"

Ji Bao shook his head and looked at the lake: "I didn't see it, but I saw a black shadow."

"I saw Manda rolled up his trousers and went to the lake to wash his face." The driver looked unhappy, picked up his backpack and said, "Let's go. The eagle took Manda away, and he became the king's servant."

go?

I was shocked, not to save people!

I was flustered in my heart, looking at the faces of several people, and looking at the calm lake surface with thin smoke rising.If you open your mouth to save people, you can't say it.

Live people, blink of an eye and disappear.Such a sudden disappearance made me feel sullen and frightened.Everyone was depressed and walked back along the way they came.The only sound in the woods is the sound of birds.

"Wait." Ji Bao called to stop everyone, her voice was very low.

I went into cardiac arrest and knew nothing was going to happen.Before Ji Bao could speak again, I also noticed something was wrong around me.There seemed to be countless pairs of eyes in the dense woods, looking at us through the gaps in the leaves of the mountain elms.