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"Sunny September 1992, 9"

"It's the golden monkey's breeding season again. Usually the administrators don't let us go up the mountain at this time. Hey, it's difficult, it will be winter soon, and the monkeys on the mountain are hiding and refusing to come out, and then we will have to live in a hurry."

"Snow on December 1992, 12"

"It's snowing today. It hasn't snowed in Yicheng for almost ten years. When I went up the mountain, I saw a female monkey freezing to death by the side of the road, and the baby monkey in her arms was still suckling. It's a pity that I was smoking next to it." Half a pack of cigarettes didn't catch it in the end. But after returning home, other people laughed at it, saying that even if we didn't catch it in this terrible weather, it wouldn't survive, that's all!"

"Sunny September 1993, 1"

"As expected of my troubles, Lao Xu actually gave me a cage of little monkeys, and there are two golden wires in it! The monkeys are all close to him, and it's much easier to catch than us. The family bought two or two taels of meat, and the children were starved to death, and the Chinese New Year is almost here, so at least I can get some oil and water to go back."

Seeing this, Su Li paused.

He frowned and asked, "Is this old Xu one of the administrators on the mountain?"

Jin Hua nodded: "Nine out of ten."

They continued to scroll down, and the entire diary was written in pieces, and the time span was often based on months or even quarters.

But a diary entry in June 93 was somewhat different.

"It's been a few months, and the top-quality goods that Lao Xu gave are finally available for sale. I contacted the boss, he is a rich Vietnamese guy, and he came to Yicheng himself for this batch of goods, and he sold them generously, just looking at the cage We paid the full price for the photos, and even said that we would invite Lao Xu to have a meal together. But when we got to the place, we found out that he actually invited us to eat raw monkey brains!"

"I've been catching monkeys for nearly ten years, and this is the first time I've eaten this kind of thing. Anyway, it's a monkey that has been raised for a few months. No matter how you say it, it has feelings. The golden monkey must not be killed. He is in front of me and Lao Xu. Three macaques were caught, saying that everyone has a share. I pinched my nose and tasted it. I really didn’t think there was anything delicious, and it was bloody. But Lao Xu didn’t eat it. He said that the macaque usually I have the best relationship with him. It is thanks to him that he caught this cage of monkeys, so he asked the boss to let it go. To be honest, this kid is a little ignorant, obviously he caught these monkeys himself, but now he is still Became a saint. The boss was not happy about it, but in the end, to smooth things over, he let it go... However, the way this macaque looked at us at the end was really penetrating."

Cang Yuan stared at the crooked handwriting on the diary, and said awkwardly: "So, that macaque that was let go..."

"It should be Boss Sun." Jin Hua affirmed.

"The old man in the cave just now said that he saved Boss Sun's life before," Su Li murmured, "I didn't expect it to be such a rescue method."

"Boss Sun broke the law, but he is the same. He is both an accomplice and a benefactor, a victim and a perpetrator. It's sad and deplorable."

Jin Hua let out a long sigh, feeling infinitely melancholy.

"So, what should we do now?" Cang Yuan asked Su Li, looking at the monkeys "covered with corpses" on the ground, "According to your theory, in short, it was because of that formation that these golden monkeys became Is it like this? How to save them?"

Hearing this, Jin Hua also looked at the boy, waiting for him to make up his mind.Unknowingly, Su Li has become the backbone among them.

"According to common sense, it is very difficult for someone to find a flaw in such a formation that has existed for thousands of years," Su Li thought about what the old man had said to him before, "But Boss Sun obviously has his own way. The old man told me before that he was fed a kind of snake venom by Boss Sun, so he was able to maintain a clear consciousness in the cave."

"But young master, you are not poisoned, so you are also sober?" Jin Hua asked doubtfully.

Su Li was stunned for a moment, and then laughed dryly: "That's not necessarily true. I was bitten by a snake once when I was a child, and I almost died. I guess I had antibodies at that time."

"I see." Jin Hua nodded, without thinking too much, "So do we need to find this kind of snake venom now?"

"Where can we find it?" Cang Yuan curled his lips, and couldn't help saying something sarcastic, "Just catching snakes on this mountain, I don't know what year and month it will be, and what if the snake is a foreign species? Woolen cloth?"

Su Li and Jin Hua were silent for a moment.

Although it was quite depressing, they had to admit that what Cang Yuan said was indeed reasonable.

"However," the young man straightened his thoughts, and said slowly, "I think, in fact, we don't need to think too complicatedly."

Jin Hua and Cang Yuan stared at him blankly, a big question mark appeared on their heads at the same time.

"You think, Mrs. Sun is already pregnant. It is impossible for Boss Sun to put such a dangerous thing at home." There is only one property under his name, so could it be that Boss Sun put the snake venom in the most convenient location for him?"

Cang Yuan involuntarily turned his head to look at the dark cave beside him: "You mean..."

"That's right," Su Li nodded, "I guess, nine out of ten, Boss Sun put the snake venom in this 'Water Curtain Cave'."

"That is to say, we have to go in again?" Cang Yuan immediately shook his head like a rattle, "I won't do it! I accidentally died in my dream."

Su Li said, "I'll go."

"No!" Jin Hua stopped immediately. To Su Li's surprise, his attitude this time was extremely fierce, "Even if it was fine just now, it doesn't mean it's fine now. Young Master, your logic does make sense, but Once you guess wrong, this thousand-year-old formation will definitely activate its defense mechanism immediately and crush you to pieces!"

Su Li was taken aback by his loud voice, this was the first time he saw the young man get so angry.

"Jinhua, you, what's wrong with you?" He asked cautiously, "Even if you disagree... there's no need to be so angry, right?"

Jin Hua's expression was slightly startled, and only then did he notice his gaffe.

He lowered his eyes, reached out and rubbed the center of his brow.

"……Feel sorry."

The fact that he failed to catch Su Li before and caused him to fall off the cliff had indeed had a great impact on him.

The way the little fox looked at his face with trepidation made the young man's heart soften for a moment, and he couldn't help but relax a bit.

"But if you insist, young master, there is nothing I can do." He reluctantly said, "But you must pay attention to safety, and run away as soon as you notice something is wrong. Don't force yourself, do you hear me?"

Su Li thought to himself, whether it's Lin Su or Brother Wei, what's the matter now that even Jinhua treats me like a child.But he still agreed very obediently and sweetly: "Don't worry, I'll keep it in mind!"

Before entering the cave, the boy looked up at the starry sky above his head.

Jinguo Mountain is located in a remote area, with no heavy chemical industry around, and the air quality is very good.

Tonight, the moon and the stars are scarce, and it is a fine and sunny day, but there is always a lingering haze in his heart.

I don't know where the forest bureau is now?The little fox couldn't help thinking, he should still be looking for him somewhere on the mountain, right?Obviously still injured...

When you get the snake venom, go find him immediately!

Su Li swore secretly in his heart, then took a deep breath, and walked into the cave again.

The lamp oil in the cave hadn't been burned yet, Su Li thought to himself that Boss Sun is also a modern monster, why doesn't he know how to install an electric lamp.The old man in the corner saw him go back and forth, let out a cold snort from his nose, but didn't say a word, obviously unwilling to talk to him.

Su Li asked him, "You don't want me to rescue you?"

"Go out?" The old man sneered, "I'm old and disabled, I have no source of income, my family is gone, what can I do when I go out? I can't even afford a place to live!"

"No, I can't afford it either." The young man couldn't help complaining, "Now the housing price is not what it was 20 years ago. In big cities, it's more than [-] per square meter. I can't afford it even if I sell myself."

The old man was obviously shocked by this number, he stared, muttered a series of incomprehensible swear words, and finally murmured: "Then I'll just stay here, even drinking poison is better than a blunt knife It's a pleasure to cut flesh."

Although Su Li even agreed with him to a certain extent, fortunately, he still remembered his mission.

"Do you know where Boss Sun put the snake venom in the cave?" He asked tentatively, trying to trick the old man.

Unexpectedly, after hearing his question, the thoughts in the old man's mouth suddenly stopped.

"What, what's wrong?"

The old man stared at Su Li with cloudy and yellow eyes, and a creepy laugh suddenly came out of his throat.

"Who do you want to save?" He asked sharply, but then showed a strange expression, "Forget it, anyway, it's none of my business. What you're looking for is over there."

As he spoke, he gestured with his chin for the location of the stone throne on the other side of the bridge.

"As long as you sit on it, the mechanism will be triggered, and you will be able to find the snake venom." He winked and said, "But little monster, do you dare to sit?"

This kind of yin and yang attitude is really irritating, thinking of what he did in the past, Su Li's face also turned cold.

He didn't believe that this man had such a kind heart, that he would casually show him the way.

But the boy still walked over, he didn't sit down, but checked the throne carefully.

Just like its appearance, this is a seat carved from a single block of stone. It is very rough, but the atmosphere is simple and imposing, and it is also the style of the Monkey King.

Except for the armrests.

The position of the handrail was forcibly embedded with a white hard object, the shape was irregular and uneven, and it was obviously not built at the same time as the stone seat.After looking at it for a while, Su Li always thought, why does this thing look like the spine of some kind of animal?

But if it was really a spine, this creature would be too big. He thought, such a thick spine must be two or three meters high.

……Wait a moment.

Su Li suddenly thought of the nightmare skull he saw at the bottom of the cliff, and countless clues were connected in an instant——

Could this be the spine of Nightmare! ?

This guess made the little fox's heart thump.He stared straight at the bone, as if fascinated, slowly stretched out his hand, and touched the position of the armrest——

The world suddenly went dark.

Surrounded by noise, Su Li woke up in a daze, only feeling a splitting headache, as uncomfortable as his brain was about to explode.

...and feel a little nauseous.

In fact, he actually threw up.

Because anyone who opened their eyes and found themselves lying on a pile of smelly feces would do it.

The pungent smell made him almost vomit the gall. Even though the little fox used to be poor and had no money to buy new clothes and sleep in a big house, he still tried his best to clean himself up. crime?

And after he finally got used to the taste of making a demon ascend to heaven, Su Li realized that he had turned back to his original form, and was locked in a dirty and narrow iron cage together with a group of shivering little monkeys!

These little monkeys are as small as cat cubs, and the bigger ones are about the same size as adult monkeys.All of them were terrified, staring wide-eyed, trying to huddle themselves into a ball as much as possible to keep each other warm.

As for the person who was walking down the mountain with a cage, although he was much younger, Su Li could recognize his familiar eyebrows at a glance——

It was Lao Xu who was imprisoned in the cave by Boss Sun for many years, and who used to be the administrator of Jinguo Mountain but kept himself in prison!

And when he saw the young Xu, the little fox was finally able to calm down and think.

This must be a hallucination, he thought angrily, the bones of the nightmare actually have the effect of inducing hallucinations, he was really careless.

He is not good at deciphering illusions, but the little fox has heard that there are two mainstream methods to try:

First, the strength is sufficient, direct brute force cracking, pass;

Second, follow the development of the illusion, find its flaws, and rush out with a firm mind.

In the final analysis, such things as illusions do not exist. As long as the people staying in them always believe that it is false, it will not cause any damage to the spirit.

However, the most difficult thing is precisely to maintain one's heart and not be shaken by illusions.

In the end, the little fox decided to wait and see what happened.

He was also very curious about what the truth was back then.

Old Xu was humming a little tune, obviously in a good mood, even when he was going down the mountain to rest, he deliberately poked the little monkeys in the cage with a branch: "Don't be afraid, I'll give you some fruit when I go down the mountain."

Full of nonsense!

The little fox glared at the guy angrily, but was poked several times by the branch.

"Sun Dasheng, aren't you very capable?" Old Xu said with a smile, "Unfortunately, no matter how capable you are, you can't turn up my Wuzhi Mountain. Speaking of which, I have to thank you. If you didn't trust me so much, I wouldn't be able to make it Your whole family has been wiped out in one go? Hahahaha... Don't worry, when I get the benefits, I will remember to burn incense for you!"

It turned out that the role I played in the illusion was Boss Sun?

The little fox tried his best to maintain his sanity, but the person in front of him was really embarrassed, and his brazen appearance really made people angry.

After you get out, you must kick him!

The little fox felt the pain from being poked by the branch, and thought bitterly.

After a while, Lao Xu stood up and continued to walk down the mountain.He started making phone calls with people, calling them brothers and sisters very enthusiastically: "Hey, Lao Li? Oh, yes, it's me, Lao Xu, by the way, I have a good thing here, do you want it? Oh, no money, no money, We are all brothers, talking about money is so vulgar..."

He laughed loudly, and the little monkeys in the cage became even more frightened when they heard the sound.

Even though he knew it was fake and the real little monkeys had already been reincarnated, the little fox couldn't help stretching out his paws and touching their little heads.

"It's okay," he comforted. "When I go out, your brothers and sisters...ah no, it should be nephews and nieces. They will all be saved."

The little golden monkey that had just grown fine fluff looked at him timidly, then slowly stretched out its hand and hugged his big tail.

"Gee~"

It let out a soft cry, clinging to the big fluffy tail in its hands.

And the little fox who understood what it was calling froze instantly:

Hey, I'm not your mother!

But there is no way, the terrified little monkeys regard him as a role similar to a mother. The little fox, who is not yet an adult and has no partner, can only recognize these monkey sons with tears, and reluctantly offers his tail to keep them warm .

He didn't know why he was obviously a fox, but Lao Xu and Lao Li in the fantasy world regarded him as a monkey.

As recorded in the diary, they were handed over to the old hunter. In the old hunter's gratitude, Lao Xu took a few cigarettes with satisfaction, and walked away swaggeringly. Before leaving, he left a word : "Lao Li, I know you have a lot of contacts, if you find a way to ship, don't forget to recommend that boss for me, we can make money together!"

Old Li smiled and said: "Yes, yes, of course, how could I forget Brother Xu."

scum.

The little fox was lying in the cage, surrounded by a group of little monkeys, thinking gloomily.

He had seen it just now, and the cage was locked with iron chains, which was different from ordinary fence locks.It is estimated that these guys know that the monkeys have a high IQ, and they are so cautious because they are afraid that they will escape.

He was very anxious: the date of shipment in the diary is still several months away, so is it possible that he really has to stay in the cage for such a long time?

But it turned out that the little fox's worries were unnecessary. After the old hunter brought them home, the time in the illusion began to pass quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it was June.

"Hey, little ones, today is the last time I will feed you," the old hunter sighed standing in front of the cage, "Don't blame me, my baby has to go to school too. When you are reincarnated in your next life, remember to reincarnate yourself Tire, feng shui turns around, I will also be a cow and a horse for you!"

The little fox squinted at the skinny little monkeys scrambling for the pile of rotten melons and fruits, and didn't even care about what such people said.

If they really knew that there is an afterlife in this world, they probably wouldn't have said such flirtatious words, right?

The old hunter borrowed a camera and took a few photos of them, but the little fox knew that the protagonists were actually the two golden monkeys, and the other macaques were just optional additions.

After another two days, it finally came the day of shipment.

In the big hotel, he finally saw Lao Xu again.

The man is obviously not used to this kind of magnificent place. Although he is wearing what he thinks is the best clothes, he still can't hide the timid temperament on his body. As soon as he enters the private room, he starts to be timid, talking to the boss Sometimes he hesitates to speak, and he keeps nodding and bowing to flatter the other party. The height of 1.7 meters seems to be a little shorter for no reason.

What a shame.

The little fox couldn't help showing contempt for him.

The boss from Vietnam can speak Chinese, but he was very satisfied with Lao Xu's attitude. He laughed and asked him to sit down, then mysteriously lifted the tablecloth on the table, and showed them the baby he specially made. .

Both Old Xu and Old Hunter were taken aback. They could tell that the boss wanted them to eat monkey brains.

The old hunter looked a little uncomfortable, but he didn't say anything; but Lao Xu's eyes fell on the table next to him involuntarily——

The little fox couldn't help becoming nervous, he knew that the man was looking at him.

In other words, he was looking at the former boss Sun through himself.

In Chinese with a slight accent, the boss triumphantly introduced to them the method of eating monkey brains raw: fix the monkey’s head with a wire in the middle of the dining table, knock the skull open with a hammer, and then eat it directly with a spoon——Speaking , he called people in, ready to serve the "big dish".

Although the little monkeys didn't understand what happened, their animal instincts told them that disaster was imminent, and they screamed shrillly, trying to avoid the chef's hand, and huddled in the corner of the cage.And the little fox was too focused on what was going on at Old Xu's side, and was pulled out by the tail by the fat cook.

"Chi! Chi Chi Chi Chi!"

The little fox hanging upside down in the air cursed angrily: Are you blind?Can't you see that I'm a fox!

He gasped for breath, trying to calm himself down.

This is all an illusion, he said to himself, you can't believe it, it's all fake, if you get excited, you will be finished...

When the little fox was fixed on the wire, he finally couldn't help crying.

Although, he seems to be finished soon!

The wire around his head was so tight that the little fox almost thought his head was going to explode. He struggled desperately, but the result was that his head was gradually congested with blood and his vision gradually blurred.

It hurts...it hurts!

And at this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the tools brought by the chef.

The cold knives reflected/reflected a chilling light under the bright light of the hall, no matter how calm the little fox was, he couldn’t help being frightened at this moment—the sense of pain is reserved in this illusion, the sharp and long awl, If it really gets stuck in your own head, then use a hammer to chisel it one by one...

Help, he's going home!

In fear, the little fox thought of the records in the diary, and couldn't help turning his eyes to Lao Xu who was beside him for help.

According to the diary, at this time, Lao Xu should open his mouth to intercede for him.

but.

The man just looked at him fixedly, with a trace of unbearable expression on his face.

But after seeing the enthusiastic expression of the boss opposite, he closed his mouth again and looked away.

The little fox stared at him dumbfounded.

Why...why is it different from what was written in the diary?

Seeing the chef approaching step by step with the awl in hand, he couldn't help trembling all over.

The world is gradually blurred by fear and tears. The triumphant laugh of the boss, the grim smile of the chef, and the flattering smiles of the other two are distorted into indistinguishable color blocks before the eyes. Picking up the hammer, just as it was about to fall, the little fox finally collapsed completely.

He closed his eyes in despair, waiting for the severe pain to come.

Suddenly, there was a whistling wind in my ears.

Accompanied by the sound of the illusion shattering, everything in front of him instantly disappeared into nothingness.

Su Li opened his eyes suddenly, instead of a disgusting smile that made him dizzy, there was a broad chest in front of him.

... It's Lin Su.

The boy gasped desperately for the rest of his life, and the hyperventilation caused by panic made him almost dizzy.

He tugged at the man's collar and raised his head with tears in his eyes.

The flames illuminated Lin Sufeng's dusty appearance, and he didn't look very well either, his eyes were bloodshot and his breathing was unusually rough/heavy.

But he didn't say anything else, just lowered his head and stared at Su Li without blinking, his fiery gaze seemed to penetrate the young man.

"...Are you okay?"

Although the eye sockets and nose were still red, the little fox burst into tears instantly.

He pursed his lips and shook his head vigorously, but smiled, the tears in the corners of his eyes could not help but flow down again, and finally turned into uncontrollable crying.

Lin Su sighed.

The man stretched out his hand, and embraced the pale, tear-stained boy on the stone seat into his arms, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Sorry, I'm late."