The next morning, Mu Xiu had completely recovered his spirits, and when he talked about last night, he just said lightly: "It doesn't matter, everyone must pay attention today." ”

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The three of us walked out of the courtyard with our equipment on our backs, only to see that today's weather was completely different from yesterday, the sun was shining, and there was a layer of clouds and mist on the top of the mountain in the distance. Due to the rain yesterday, there were still a few puddles of water on the ground, and at this time in the early morning, under the sun, there were shimmering waves from time to time. When passing by the farmhouse, a ray of sunlight happened to hit the windows on the second floor, and a group of green grass grew on the broken fence of the courtyard. It is particularly bright and bright in the sunlight.

Walking along the road in the village towards the back of the village, looking at the dilapidated village and the western-style buildings along the way, it is embarrassing. The further back you go, the more weeds there are on the road, and some of the weeds grow tenaciously in a crack in the center of the concrete road.

Just when we thought there was absolutely no one in the village, we suddenly turned a corner along the road and were at the end of the road, and further into it was the dirt road that led to the back mountain.

In the distance of an old house, a trace of cooking smoke could be seen rising. It couldn't help but shock the three of us. Unexpectedly, there was still a family living in this deserted village, and when we got closer, we heard a few old coughing sounds coming from the house, which seemed dry and deep.

"Let's go, let's ......go in and have a look," An Xiangfei said and walked forward.

"Anyone?" Knocking on the wooden door frame, An Xiangfei shouted into the dark room.

After a long time, an old man slowly walked out of it, dressed in tatters and with gray hair. The rickety body coughed vigorously from time to time, as if it might fall to the ground at any time.

The old man glanced at us with cloudy eyes, and then bent down again, and said in a hoarse voice: "A few young people, what are you looking for?" He coughed violently again. Seeing this, I quickly helped the old man to sit on a bluestone next to him. Then he asked, "Grandpa, why do you live here alone, when all the people in the village are gone?" ”

The old man suddenly raised his low-hanging disclosure vigilantly, looked at me with his cloudy eyes for a long time, and then slowly said: "The old man is 86 this year, and he has been in this Fengling for 86 years, and he can't walk, and he doesn't want to go." As he spoke, he groped around his waist for a long time, then took out a bag of sweat cigarettes, then lit a pot of sweat cigarettes, and began to spit out clouds.

"Alas, uncle. I ask you something. Is the road behind the mountain easy to walk? Mu Xiu suddenly asked in a long voice, how do you know, as soon as the old man heard the son of the back mountain, his face immediately became unpleasant. didn't speak, deducted the sweat and smoke, and walked into the room tremblingly. Seeing this, the three of us glanced at each other, and the uncle's actions obviously showed that there was something wrong with the back mountain, and the second uncle must know something.

An Xiangfei saw the old man enter the house, and quickly followed him with a smile. An Xiangfei and I also followed. As soon as I entered, I found that this house was not of the same grade as the houses in front of the village, and it was dark everywhere, and the smell of rotting wood was everywhere.

At this time, the old man was sitting on a Taishi chair in the room, and there was a kerosene lamp on the table next to him. And this Taishi chair is out of place in this dilapidated room. There is obviously a back room next to it, but because the room is too dim and blocked by a black curtain, you can't see anything when you look inside, but look behind the black curtain to give people an inexplicable sense of mystery.

Seeing that the old man was a little angry, An Xiangfei immediately had a smile on his face, took out a large stack of RMB from his pocket, and then gently put it on the table, and then slowly pushed towards the old man, and said with a smile: "Uncle, don't misunderstand." We don't mean anything else. We're just adventurers of climbing. So I'll ask you about the trail behind. ”

I stood aside and suddenly hated the face we had now, looking at the lonely old man in front of me, we were still shamelessly lying to him. But it seems that only An Xiangfei is feasible now, after all, a little more information about that tomb may be able to save our lives.

The old man looked up at us for a week, then sighed slowly and said, "Young man, if you listen to my advice, go back quickly." This mountain is not something you can go to casually. I've lived here all my life, so there's no need to hurt you. Just listen to me. Saying that, the old man handed the money back to An Xiangfei.

"Uncle, just take it, we really don't mean anything else, this money is for you to improve your life. Uncle I know you are for our good, but can you tell us what is going on in this back mountain, so we can't go.? Seeing this, I hurried forward and took the old man's dry hand. Said emotionally. To be honest, I thought of my grandfather at that moment. Looking at the old man in front of him, he suddenly felt a sense of kindness in his heart.

The old man looked at me, as if he was also slightly moved, and patted my head with his other hand, and suddenly showed a hint of kindness on his face. After a long groan, he said: "Well, I have kept this secret all my life, and I am about to go into the ground." No one knows anymore. Come with me. Saying that, the old man got up, and I quickly helped the old man up. I saw that the old man's trembling body trembled slightly, and his forehead seemed to tremble even more at this time.

Seeing a few rays of light pouring down from the ruined roof, the three of us followed the old man slowly into the back room. The old man slowly opened the heavy black curtain with his trembling hand, and I was instantly wrapped in a strong sandalwood fragrance behind him, and walked in to take a look, only to see that the cigarette smoke was filled inside, and on one side near the wall, there was a huge table with tablets of different sizes on the top and bottom sixteen floors, and a copper incense burner was placed in the center of the table, which looked like the age should be something of the Ming Dynasty, because I still know something about antiques, so I will know it at a glance. At this time, the incense burner was filled with a thick pile of incense ashes, and there were a few unburned incense sticks on it.

Just when the three of us were stunned by the scene in front of us, we saw the old man light three incense sticks with his trembling body, and slowly inserted them into the incense burner, and suddenly a few wisps of green smoke spread, and the old man trembled and knelt on the ground and kowtowed reverently.

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