Ping Xie's Life and Death Qi Kuo

The next three hours will be "traveling mountains and rivers", and the group has already reached a state of collapse.Of course, except for Zhang Qiling and Heixiazi, after walking for so long, they are still blushing and heartbeating, even the two Gu brothers are a little out of breath.At the beginning, everyone was talking and laughing, but in the end, it was basically Douzi who was talking and they were listening with their ears.

"If the bosses don't mind, you can stay at my house for a night first, how about it?" Douzi looked at the people who were about to fall to the ground, and smiled wryly.

The fat man wiped the sweat off his face, gasped and said:

"It's good to have a place to sit. If you go any further, Fatty will meet Marx."

Wang Meng smiled and joked:

"Older people just don't exercise!"

The fat man said "hey" twice, and slapped him on the shoulder. Wang Meng's legs were already weak, but this time he knelt down.Then the fat man ruthlessly mocked: "Young man, no!"

Wang Meng gave him a blank look, but he had no choice but to continue bickering with him, so he buried his head and walked his way.The same goes for the fat man, he found it difficult to even say a few words and simply stopped talking.

It was cold again for a while, and the sound of the donkey's "pat-pat-pat" footsteps and heavy panting intertwined, which was harmonious.

Wu Xie exhaled and asked:

"Bean, how long is it?"

To be honest, he was tired too.In recent years, I have rarely been to the ground, and I have been driving everywhere. Naturally, walking on mountain roads like this is unbearable.Wu Xie sighed: It seems that I still have to go to the gym!

Douzi looked into the distance and said with a smile:

"It's not far, it's not far, it's almost there!"

After listening, the fat man wanted to give him a kick, and opened his mouth to scold his mother:

"Damn it, you said it wasn't far three hours ago, but it turned out! It's almost catching up with the Red Army."

Douzi smiled awkwardly. He knew that this road was nothing to him. After all, he had traveled thousands of times, but it was different to them.

"Several bosses bear with it, and when we arrive, I will let you taste our Tujia specialties to relieve fatigue."

The fat man became motivated when he heard how much he ate, and said:

"Then what's the point, let's go!"

So they walked successfully for another half an hour, and in the words of the fat man, he knelt down directly.

Niudongping is a Tujia village hidden in the deep mountains. The mountains here are relatively gentle, so there are many terraced fields.The adobe tile-roofed houses and bluestone roads are dotted sporadically in a green sea. They are old and simple. At this moment, there is a sense of seclusion under the Dounan Mountain.The exhaustion that came along the way disappeared with the mountain wind, and even Zhang Qiling couldn't help but see a gleam of light in his eyes when he saw this scene.

"It's beautiful here!"

Jingyu is a girl, and she is naturally full of girlishness.

Qi Yu smiled:

"It's a good place, let's go!"

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The Tujia people are hospitable, and Douzi's parents are not unfamiliar when they see guests coming to the house. They serve tea and water, and they are busy, which makes Wu Xie and the others feel embarrassed.The house is a traditional adobe house, although there is not much decoration, it is very neat.At this moment, a long-lost feeling of home fills his heart. It can be seen that the owners of the house are carefully maintaining their love nest.The size of the house does not matter, there is love is a home.Thinking, Wu Xie glanced at Zhang Qiling, my home is where you are... (Wu's father and Wu's mother fainted in the toilet)

The place is good, but it's a bit small, just three mini rooms.The reason why it is called mini is because the space of the room is too small, and a bed occupies almost half of the space. Suddenly, a word comes to mind, "dwelling house"!Douzi's family of five usually doesn't feel crowded, but this time there are ten more people, which is inevitably not enough.Wu Xie and the others wanted to simply live in the guest house in the village, but the Douzi family refused to say anything, so they had no choice but to be respectful rather than obedient.

Dad Dou divided the rooms according to the number of people.Jing Yu, Sister Douzi, and Dou Ma were in one room; Wu Xie, Zhang Qiling, Qi Yu, Blind Man, Xie Yuchen, and Wang Meng were in one room;But fortunately, their bed is big enough, sleeping sideways can barely squeeze everyone in, and the three women are naturally the best.

After drinking and eating, it is inevitable to chat about some homework, and the group chatted around the fire, just asking why they came here for a trip and so on.

"What does Boss Wu do for a living?"

With that said, Daddy Dou added another glass of homemade rice wine for him.Qi Yu took the cup, smiled lightly and said, "Open a small antique shop and make a living."

After listening, the others gave him contemptuous looks: You are so low-key, local tyrant!And Qi Yu ignored their gazes very well.

"Antique shop! Boss Wu is so young, he didn't expect to be in the business of antiques, what a formidable young man!"

Dad Dou had studied in the private school in the village for several years when he was a child, and he spoke in a somewhat civilized way, which is rare in this small mountain village.

Qi Yu waved his hand and said:

"It's just inheriting the mantle of my ancestors, not my ability."

Daddy Dou smiled, and added a few pieces of wood to the brazier. The night in the mountain was colder, and said, "Hey, Boss Wu is being modest. It can be seen that you are also a person with real talents and practical learning."

The fat man on the side picked up the conversation, patted Dad Dou on the shoulder, and said with a smile:

"That's right! My brother! He's not an ordinary person, with sharp eyes. As long as any goods are placed in front of him, the truth will be immediately apparent!"

Wu Xie glanced at him, signaling him not to say more, but the fat man drank too much, so he didn't understand his little eyes at all.

"so smart!"

As he spoke, Papa Bean was silent for a while, before hesitating to speak.Seeing this, Qi Yu knew that he had something to ask for, so he said, "Father Dou has something to say, just say it, you don't have to be polite!"

Seeing that Qi Yu opened his mouth, Daddy Dou didn't care about any taboos, so he said:

"Boss Wu is a sensible person, and I won't hide it from you. It's like this. A few months ago, when my Doudou went to the mountain to cut firewood, I picked up something. I didn't know what it was. Whether it was auspicious or not? Take it out, I'm afraid it will cause some dirty things. Since Boss Wu is an expert, why not take a look to see if it is something unlucky, so that we can rest assured!"

Qi Yu took a sip of his wine, raised his eyebrows and said:

"Oh? What?"

Daddy Dou sent Douzi back to the back room to take out the things.Taking advantage of this gap, he glanced at the people around him, as if he was listening to a story, even Xie Yuchen put down his phone, but Zhang Qiling, for the first time, didn't look up to the sky, but stared at Wu Kailing (that is, Wu Xie) intently.Qi Yu smiled wryly to himself: Is it just that I have no sense of existence?Anyway, I'm still wearing his mask!

Suddenly, Dou Zi came out, holding something wrapped in black linen in his hand, and handed it carefully to Papa Dou.Everyone's eyes are focused here. Although they have seen countless treasures, it stands to reason that there will not be any treasures here that can make their eyes shine, but people are always curious, this is their nature.However, when Daddy Bean opened the package, everyone gasped.

With a bang, the wine glass shattered.

Wu Xie felt his eyes go dark, and he almost fainted. Fortunately, Qi Yu secretly reached out to support his back, and squeezed his palm secretly, reminding him to restrain his emotions.He could clearly feel that Wu Xie was trembling and he was afraid.

What Dad Dou took out was a bronze branch.

The picture of Qinling ten years ago flashed through his mind.Old itching, resurrection, materialization... Those memories are a terrible nightmare for him, and the power is so weird that his scalp goes numb.

"Where did you get this thing?" It was the blind man who spoke, and the others were already stunned.

Seeing their reaction, Papa Dou was sure that this thing is an evil thing, and he was also drumming in his heart, and said, "How many bosses recognize this thing?"

The black blind man hooked his lips and said:

"This thing is not a good thing."

Xie Yuchen glanced at him, meaning: How do you know?The blind man just smiled and didn't continue talking.

Daddy Dou's complexion was even darker now, since he picked up this thing, some strange things happened one after another at home.One morning, he actually saw his old mother who had been dead for many years, which frightened him half to death, but later found that it was just a hallucination.But since then, strange things have happened one after another, the chicken disappeared for a while and the duck was lost for a while (this has nothing to do with the branch==).Everyone in the family said that the branch was an ominous thing, but they didn't dare to throw it out for fear of causing a greater disaster, so they had to wrap it with a black cloth and bury it in an earthen jar.

After listening to his narration, Wu Xie could almost conclude that this bronze branch had the same ability as the bronze sacred tree in Qinling.Dad Dou said that he saw his old mother who had been dead for many years. It was not a hallucination, but the result of materialization, but for some reason he failed to materialize successfully.Thinking of this, I feel a chill in my heart.It seems that this Niudongping is not as simple as it seems on the surface, how many unknown stories are buried under the picturesque scenery.

"Father Bean, I hope you can sell this thing to us. This thing has a lot to do with us. I'll tell you, it's really not a good thing. But if you think I'm lying to you, you can choose to deal with it yourself it."

When Daddy Dou heard that someone was willing to take this thing away, he was so happy, he didn't even care about making a move, and hurriedly said: "Don't, don't, Boss Wu, I trust you. This thing looks weird to me, and I feel guilty. I’m very frightened, take it away if you want it, and don’t want any money or no money.”

Speaking of this, Mama Dou pushed him with her elbow, while Papa Dou looked embarrassed.Qi Yu saw it, and said with a smile: "How about this, let Dou Zi tell us the process of how to pick up this branch, and we will treat it as if we heard about the book, how about we pay you after we finish talking? This is not considered buying you." things, don’t be afraid of making taboos.”

Daddy Dou sighed: Wu Xie really understands people.So he asked Douzi to tell them all about that night's experience.

From Douzi's narration, they probably knew the whole story.

There is a well-known Chinese herbal medicine in the area of ​​Shennongjia called "a bead on the top of the head".According to legend, Shennong's family collected medicine in the deep mountains and old forests was attacked by a group of poisonous snakes, and the Queen Mother of the West sent a blue bird with an elixir to rescue him.After Shennong woke up, he thanked the blue bird. As soon as he opened his mouth, the elixir fell to the ground, and immediately took root and sprouted into a green grass, and a red bead that looked like an elixir grew on the top of the grass.However, with the over-harvesting in recent years, the wild "grass above the head" is extremely rare.When the Douzi family has no farming work, they will go to the nearby old forest to dig some herbs to supplement the family.That day, because there was no harvest after searching for a long time, Dou Zi chose to continue going deep into the forest.

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