Chapter 16: Danger but No Danger

The old side is very biased. In Huilong Village, Xiaoliangzhuang and Taijiwa in the Buhan Hua'er Note is not more than 30 miles, according to Zhang Xiaoju said that this road was a village road in the fifties and sixties, and a new road was built after the township was opened, and it became a special line for transporting timber, if there was no such need, I am afraid that this road would have to be abandoned.

It's just that it's not as good as the abandoned roads in other places, and the mountains are full of potholes, and everywhere are bare ravines and stones washed by the rain. It can only barely be counted as a road, and the car dealer is not driving on the road, but jumping on the road. Yes, jumping "is like driving a bouncing car upside down, people sit on the saddle of the car is up and down, left and right, even Zeng Nan, who has adapted to the mountain road, began to get sick again. Fortunately, Jian Fan drove carefully all the way, the car drove fairly steadily and not fast, stopped twice halfway, and walked for more than an hour and a half for thirty miles.

When he arrived at the ground, the first to jump out of the car was Xiao Chenggang, who was in the back of the car, moving his legs and buttocks, scolding and saying what the hell is this, as soon as the words fell, the group got out of the car, and the scene in the eyes immediately agreed with this sentence, it is indeed a ghost place, it is simply a veritable ghost land, everyone's eyes are on Zhang Laolian, who led the way, and even his son Zhang Xiaoju is now a little suspicious of his grandfather's words.

I saw that this place is sandwiched in two mountain cols, the highway is a long road, look at the foot is weeds and stones, the ravines and ravines do not know how deep there are, look up to see that the mountain towers into the clouds, the wall stands thousands of miles, the highway is almost chiseled out along the mountain, followed Zhang Laozhuan a few steps forward, a few people stand under the roadside, along a slope up the mountainside can see the faint courtyard on the top of the mountain, Zhang Xiaoju explained that it is the Jade Emperor Temple, I don't know that year built. I don't know how many years it has been abandoned, the gentle slope is full of pine forests that cover the sky, a slight breeze blows, you can hear strange sounds in the forest sea, slightly close to the forest, even in the middle of summer, it is also cloudy and windy, which makes people shudder.

Jian Fan's sleeves moved, and when he looked back, Zeng Nan, who was a little nervous, held his hands and leaned to the side, his face was slightly embarrassed, and asked softly, "Why am I a little scared?"

"Psychological effect" Now that the weather is hot, as soon as the sweat falls in the forest, as soon as the temperature drops, the chill will come up, "It's okay, there are ghosts, and they are not afraid." Now the most afraid is people, not ghosts Jian Fan smiled and comforted, Zeng Nan pursed his lips and smiled, but subconsciously leaned on Jian Fan's shoulder.

Xiao Chenggang was originally a little chilly, but looking at Jian Fan and Zeng Nan's ambiguous posture. I looked at it and hiccuped in my heart, and secretly scolded Brother Guo for taking up everything in the pot and bowl, it's really not a thing, and the coolness gradually dissipated.

The countrymen don't care, Uncle Zhang Lao Lian stood under the curb and pointed to the place, ahhhhhhh

"My father said, just get off here, now there is no one on this road, there used to be a lot of people. "Ask your grandfather, what time did she get out of the car at that time?" Jian Fan asked.

Zhang Xiaoju asked with his hand, and turned around to explain: "My father said that after noon, it will be autumn, and when he and my grandmother return to Xiaoliang Zhuangtian, it will be dark." ”

Then she said, is her home here? Jian Fan suddenly asked, this question Zhang Xiaoju was also a little puzzled, dozens of miles before and after, there is a natural village, but it will definitely not be here, sure enough, asked the old man, the old man shook his head, look at Jian Fan, you don't need to turn Ze to know: no.

"What do you remember? Ask your grandfather, whatever she remembers, tell me what she said and did at the time, as long as she remembers." Jian Fan asked in a pleasant voice.

Zhang Xiaoju kept gesturing to his grandfather, the old man stroked his forehead as if he had recalled for a long time, his eyes were a little hollow forward for a while, and he shook his head for a while, it is estimated that this age is too long, so long that even the old man who lives in the memories can hardly remember the fleeting past in his life, but he still gestured something to say to his grandson, Jian Fan stared at the next and listened to Zhang Xiaoju turn around and say:

"It's nothing, just say that the merchant's daughter-in-law placed my grandparents when she left, no one knows her here, don't tell others that I've seen her, "My grandfather and my grandmother are also sincere, and I didn't tell anyone else" Oh, my grandfather said, that day it may be to go up the mountain to the temple to burn incense, and people used to come here to burn incense on the fifteenth day of the first month, but now they don't believe this

Said weakly, still providing fragmented information, Jian Fan's eyes looked at the temple looming in the forest on the top of the mountain, it should be a very small temple, half a century ago, the woman she was looking for, with a little bit of floral baggage on her arm, wearing bright white and good new clothes, came here from the township in a donkey cart tied to Zhang Lao, maybe standing where she was standing now, walking in front of her eyes You can see this path,

Unconsciously fell into speculation and speculation about the long-sealed past, just like indulging in that confusing case again, which made Jian Fan's thoughts fly back to half a century ago, and his thoughts at this time were stuck in one question: Could it be that this was a special trip to burn incense, but it was just a coincidence that he met an old man?

Barren mountains, old trees, dense forests, weedy paths, winding and twisting, falling in the eyes of different people is a different feeling, Zeng Nan, who was also listening to Zhang Xiaoju's words, leaned on Jian Fan, looked back at Xiao Chenggang and said: "Why do I listen to more and more like a ghost story?"

"Well, it's quite like" barren mountains, beauties, I haven't seen anyone since I appeared, this is not made up, we can dig up all the places we can find in front of six or seven people, and there is no trace at all, you said that it appeared in this temple?" Xiao Chenggang grinned, half-jokingly, and frightened Zeng Nan solemnly: "Sister Zeng, Zhang Lao has stared at you several times, maybe that female ghost looks like you." Summoned you decades later. ”

"Well, I'm going to die" Zeng Nan raised his leg to kick, Xiao Chenggang dodged with a smile, Zhang Xiaoju was stunned and listened for a long time, and waited for the two of them to stop talking before asking weakly: "Sister, what is talking about fasting?"

At this moment, Zeng Nan was amused again, and forgot to be afraid, a few jokes woke up Jian Fan who was in contemplation, and said with a smile: "Chenggang, have you thought about it, it lacks reasonableness, the youngest son will be fifteen when he is four or five years old, and it should be 1956 when he sees him here, and Yin'e should be almost over half a hundred years old, this is also called a beauty?"

"That's maybe, Sister Nan, she is definitely a beauty in her fifties, isn't it, Sister Nan. Xiao Chenggang smiled cheekily, and immediately made Zeng Nan laugh, but when he turned around, he looked at Jian Fan, look, you are far from Chenggang. The implication is to complain that Jian Fan can't speak well. It's okay not to say it, after complaining like this, Jian Fan found out that Zeng Nan was half leaning on his shoulder, and the two were as intimate as a couple unconsciously, which made Jian Fan not ashamed, and quickly broke free of Zeng Nan's crookedness, blushing and smiling, so that he couldn't even speak.

Frozen here. The two of them sat and smoked a cigarette from Xiao Chenggang. After a while, it was impossible for the old man to think about it in such a long time, and it was still going around in circles, Zeng Nan saw Jian Fan walking a few steps away and meditating alone. This is a little unhappy and sat down with Xiao Chenggang and Zhang Jiaye, the two of them said a few words, but it was still a little embarrassing, they spread a big net for a week, spent tens of thousands of yuan, and the net came back with such a seemingly chicken rib information, what to do next, it is really at a loss.

It is not false that Zhang Laozhuan and the old man have known and dealt with each other, but this is not a relationship between relatives and just a few sides, just with these scattered information, I don't know how to outline Yin'e's life curve, and even what makes the two of them even more incomprehensible is that until now, Jian Fan has not mentioned the name of Jian Erdonkey, and everything is still so far from the goal.

For a while. Jian Fan came back from the mountain road not far away, and he had that expression written on his face. It was also at a loss, but he beckoned Xiao Chenggang and said: "Chenggang, let's divide the work, you Zeng Nan will take Uncle Zhang and Xiaoju back to the township, invite the two of them to have a meal, and then send the two of them home" Remember, this road is not easy to walk, drive carefully, don't forget to give Xiaoju money."

"Huh, what about you? Zeng Nan was not happy when he heard this, so he stood up directly and asked in surprise.

"I'll go up the mountain to take a look, don't look at it, I'm not giving up, Jian Fan said with a smile.

"That's not good, I'm going to go Zeng Nan without saying a word, just run over, standing in front of Jian Fan, and I'm afraid that Jian Fan won't bring himself, he pulled his arm and was going to follow up the mountain, Xiao Chenggang was happy for a while, eating and laughing, what the two of them were talking about, and they also had a slight smile on their faces, and they regarded these two people as a couple. Jian Fan was embarrassed, and persuaded earnestly: "Oh, no one has walked this road for decades, I have to take care of you with me, what do I have to do?, obedient, follow Xiao Chenggang back to the hometown and wait, ah" Why is this so? Obedient, you haven't been up the mountain at all, it's not so fun to go up and down the mountain,"

Weakly persuaded for a long time, Jian Fan was resolute not to lead people, Zeng Nan was angry and had to get into the car and follow Xiao Chenggang, the group was divided into two pulls, and Zeng Nan also stretched out his head to place Jian Fan uneasily, then you be careful, come down early, we will come back to pick you up later, this. waved goodbye and listened to Xiao Chenggang's tooth root pantothenic acid, and hurriedly started to leave, but Zeng Nan sat back in the car and asked Zhang Xiaoju uneasily: "Xiaoju, there is no danger on this mountain, right?"

Zhang Buju replied as if he was afraid that Zeng Nan would not be worried: "There will be snakes in summer and wolves in winter." "Huh?", then this", Cheng Gang, if you don't stay, I will drive them back Zeng Nan was so frightened that he couldn't sit still.

"Hey, yes, who is Brother Guo? That's the kitchen god who came to the world, and the bad seed turned into peace, you are afraid that he is in danger, it would be good if he didn't chase the wolf and the snake." ”

Xiao Chenggang said grinningly, he didn't care at all, Zeng Nan was even more unhappy with this non-derogatory and non-praise words, chattering Xiao Chenggang, while walking Xiao Chenggang explained that Jian Fan had been wandering around the mountains since he was a child, and he was more familiar with going up the mountain than on the way home, so there was nothing to worry about at all. Besides, now that the thread is twisted together, Jian Fan needs to think about it quietly and think about it, and this is the case when he was a policeman. After some rhetoric, Zeng Nan was a little relieved, drove back to the township, invited the Zhang family and his son to have a meal, and pulled a few boxes of noodles and liquor, and sent them back to Huilonglao Village, and then went back to Houliugou to prepare to pick up Jian Fan.

It's easy to say, but it's hard to do, Xiao Chenggang's frizzy driving is much worse than Jian Fan's, I don't know if it's a psychological effect or it's really dangerous, every time Zeng Nan screams, that old road makes Zeng Nan complain all the way. Walked from here at less than three o'clock, and when he came back, it was already six o'clock in the afternoon, and it took more than three hours on the road, and when he arrived at the bottom of the Jade Emperor Mountain in Houliugou, Zeng Nan couldn't wait to get out of the car, and was dumbfounded.

The mountain, the tree, the forest and the temple on the mountain are all there, but I don't see Jian Fan here, and when I saw that the time was here, I shouted in a hurry, Jian Ji, Jian'er, where are you, and shouted a few echoes in the empty valley, but they were louder than shouting, and the echoes were shocking. No matter how you look at it, it looks like a fierce forest in front of you, and no matter how you look at it, it looks like a place where tragedy is interpreted, Zeng Nan, who was in a hurry, turned around and knocked on the car window and called Xiao Chenggang: "What should I do?

"Can't you lose it, aren't you annoying? It's not dark yet. Xiao Chenggang rested on the back of his chair. Said impatiently, Zeng Nan ignored it angrily, complaining that Jian Fan should not be allowed to go up the mountain alone, touching the mobile phone to pull it out, and the blind sound sounded for a long time, and when he looked at the screen, he knew that there was no signal here at all, and he was in a hurry to drag Xiao Chenggang up the mountain to find someone, Xiao Chenggang said that he would wait for an hour, if he didn't come back, let's go up the mountain to find it, in case he was going to go stubble, wouldn't it be troublesome?

Thinking about it, Zeng Nan sat back in the car with anxiety in his heart, and only then did he feel that among the four people, Jian Fan had faintly arrived at the position of the backbone, he said where to go, everyone would follow there; he said what he was going to do, it seemed that there was no objection; now that he was not in front of him, it was difficult for the opinions of the two to be unified, and eight out of ten sentences of what he said in the car were to complain about Xiao Chenggang. The remaining two sentences were complaining about the fat man Fei who was still lazy in the township, and Xiao Chenggang was upset by the chatter, saying that his stomach hurt and he was urinating, so he got into the grass and quieted his ears for a while.

A round of remnant sun like blood, gradually sinking from the sky, the red color gradually touched the top, and then went down from the top of the mountain, seeing that the sky gradually darkened, the huge forest looked more eerie and terrifying, the obscure mountain looked like the world in a ghost story, Zeng Nan, who had never been in contact with the night in the mountains, became more and more flustered. At this time, he couldn't sit still anymore, and dragged Xiao Chenggang up the mountain together, Xiao Chenggang also said to wait a while, Zeng Nan shook the car door angrily, and walked up the mountain by himself.

Just walked a few steps, but I didn't know what terrible things I encountered, Zeng Nan in front screamed in shock, "ah", ran back, drilled behind Xiao Chenggang and shrank his head, and pointed to the front in horror: "There are ghosts, there are ghosts, ghost shadows."

Xiao Chenggang fixed his eyes on it, behind the mound of dirt on the hillside, there were faintly a few gray shadows jumping around, and he turned around angrily and said: "Oh, little aunt, you save it, this rabbit was eaten yesterday."

The color of the mountain rabbit is particularly gray, in this kind of sky, if you stand on the mound of earth with two long ears dangling, it really scares people, when you hear that it is the rabbit Zeng Nan is not afraid, he snorted heavily in his nose, and sped up his steps and walked a few steps, and after walking a few steps, he felt quite inappropriate, so he simply turned around and walked behind Xiao Chenggang and pushed it, commanding: "You," you go forward

"Sister Zeng, why are you like this? Don't you usually think it's really dangerous, just this place, it's much safer than walking on the streets in the city. Xiao Chenggang walked in front, and Zeng Nan followed with his clothes behind, and said with palpitations: "No, how scary is this black goo in the middle of winter?"

"No, Sister Zeng is so bold, I remember that you have practiced for two days, and you can handle two moves as a big man. Xiao Chenggang asked, Zeng Nan said nervously: "I'm not afraid of people, I'm afraid of ghosts" This barren mountain is strange and scary, I won't come next time

"Don't you scare yourself?, is there a ghost?", yo, it's broken, it's going to be dark immediately, what should we do if we can't go down the mountain without lights?" Xiao Chenggang was stunned, and thought of a serious problem, and Zeng Nan was stunned, and scolded Xiao Chenggang for being confused, and then worried, this Jian Fan hasn't come down from the mountain yet, this is going to be dark, what should I do if something happens? and said that it was okay!?

People are afraid of alarmism, the east and the west are talking about ghosts, Xiao Chenggang also burped in his heart, and then the sky is really getting dark, and then he took a few steps hard, but it was in the forest with pine shots on both sides, and as soon as he stepped in, it was a black hole, and even Xiao Chenggang nervously slowed down his pace, just slowed down his pace, and Zeng Nan, who was looking around with an awe-inspiring heart behind him, screamed again: "Brother Horn..."

As soon as he screamed, Xiao Chenggang looked left and looked at his heart, and he was so frightened that he shrank back. The faint fire in front of him was getting closer and closer, and a wisp of ghost fire floated in the darkness, what is around the ghost, I am afraid it can be associated with the most terrifying thing in my thoughts, startled, gasped, pulled Zeng Nan and shrank back from the tree, shrunk and touched a big stone from the ground and whispered comfort: "Don't be afraid" Don't be afraid, it doesn't matter if he is a human or a ghost, kill him

"Are you afraid?" Zeng Nan asked in a whisper behind Xiao Chenggang.

"Don't be afraid. Xiao Chenggang responded to himself, and he was really a little weak in his heart when he was so alone and risky. "Then what are your hands shaking?" Zeng Nan asked, pulling Xiao Chenggang's left hand that kept shaking like chaff. As soon as Zeng Nan said it, he didn't tremble, and he was about to make a surprise attack with a stone egg in his hand, but after the spark walked a few meters away, it was a vague figure, still talking:

"Hey, what are you two nervous about? What the hell, I heard it from afar, and no ghost was shouted out by you and..."

"Oh yo" oh "Oh" Xiao Chenggang's hand loosened, the stone fell, I heard clearly, it was Jian Fan, and then I saw that he was still carrying a burden behind his back, bare-chested, and he dared to treat his clothes as a baggage, and he didn't ask what kind of car he was, Zeng Nan was not afraid, and went straight forward, holding a pine branch torch in his left hand and a burden made of clothes on his right shoulder, his whole body was already black and dirty, but it was not who Jian Fan was. I didn't see him for a few hours, and I was going to make a few words when I stood in front of me, but when I looked at Jian Fan, I stretched out my hand and rubbed the dust on my eyebrows on my face, and then I saw that my pants were torn, and my bare shoulders were covered with gray hair and dirt, and the whole person was like a gray mouse coming out of the stove, so I couldn't help laughing, I squinted and laughed until I smiled and bent over, Xiao Chenggang and others saw it clearly, and they also laughed with their mouths open, and asked what the pot was stealing.

"Let's go, let's go, don't you wait on the road, I count the time, it's just going down the mountain after dark" Jian Fan said, walking ahead, Zeng Nan and Xiao Chenggang followed, Zeng Nan was unhappy, and complained: "People are worried about you", what kind of nerves, stop alone. ”

"That's right, Brother Guo, if you don't come back, we think you've been dragged away by wolves. Xiao Chenggang was relieved at this time, and the strange words came again.

"That's good, so I don't have to worry about you. Jian Fan lost his sentence. Zeng Nan saw the person, and returned to the original state, laughing hehe, revealing the embarrassment of Xiao Chenggang's frightened arm just now. Turning around, he asked with concern where Jian Fan had gone, who had he met after going for so long. The temple is not far away, why did it take so long to come back. Xiao Chenggang was concerned about what Jian Fan was carrying on his back, so he reached out and touched the stone egg and the stick with the thickness of his arm, and sneered at Jian Fan who was afraid of walking at night, and he still had a weapon on his back. Jian Fan was impatient with these two questions, and only stopped when he was in front of the car, and looked back with a mysterious smile:

"I said that I was looking for the place where the truth was drowned, and I could find Jian Erdonkey the day after tomorrow, do you believe it or not?"

"What?" Xiao Chenggang was taken aback, asked in disbelief, Jian Fan repeated again, this made Xiao Chenggang stunned, look at Zeng Nan, both of them didn't believe it, but Jian Fan didn't explain much, Bang Bang threw the things on his back into the car body, got into the car, and honked the two stunned before getting into the car, only to find that it was completely different from the helpless expression when he went, Xiao Chenggang, who knew Jian Fan best, had a flash of inspiration at this time, and the car started from the back seat and stretched his head straight over and asked: " Brother Guo, did you find anything?"

"Of course there are discoveries, and there are more than expected" However, it can be said that nothing has been found, or I have a complete guess about the whereabouts of Yin'e and Jian Erdonkey. Jian Fan drove the car and said confidently.

"Speculation?" Zeng Nan asked in surprise and strangeness.

"Yes, speculation" Don't look at speculation, the most used in criminal investigation is speculation, reasonable and careful speculation to reproduce the scene of the crime is the basis of detection, so why don't I say speculation to restore the life experience of Yin'e, the mother and son? Jian Fan asked.

"Brother Guo, have you met someone who already knows the result and fooled us?" Xiao Chenggang also speculated on a possibility.

"The conscience of heaven and earth, there is not even a ghost shadow on this mountain, in fact, the truth has always been in front of us, but we lack the eyes to discover the truth, if you go the right way, it is very simple, and if you go wrong, I am afraid it will be more difficult than climbing to the sky, in fact, whether it is simple or difficult, it is because it is too inconspicuous, and we have ignored many details, by the way, have you figured it out? In fact, Yin'e has always been in Jianbao Township, and his son Jian Er Donkey is also here, in Fei Fatzi's words, maybe the third generation has been bred "Both of them shut up,

Jian Fan said that he was driving the car, and the car was driving slowly, very smoothly, just like his speech, just like his state of mind, and when there was such a problem, his ears were also quiet, so that Xiao Chenggang and Zeng Nan were stunned and recalled, and their hearts were full of strange questions.

Neither of them believed it, they were still twisting it a few hours ago, and after a few hours, they solved the mystery of sixty years, and they didn't believe it, and if they really solved it, it would be a hell of a thing."

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