The light of the fire became brighter and brighter, and it was getting closer and closer to us, and my heart was much more steady, and my heart, which had been restless a moment ago, was much more settled. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At that moment, I felt something furry sweep over the back of my hand, and then it actually shook my hand. My nerves, which had just been relaxed, tensed up again, the hairs on my body stood on end, and both legs froze in place.

Uncle Liu saw that I stopped, and shone a flashlight at me, I turned my head to the left by the faint light of the flashlight, and saw a thick willow standing beside me, the dry bark was like the folded head lines of a centenarian, in this dim environment, those branches were bent and unfettered like ghost claws, and the wisps of willow were swinging in the wind like a female ghost with a cloak, which was extremely weird.

A few small wickers were somehow held in my hands, and the palms of my hands were scratched by the thatch, which was hot and scorching, and I felt a strange comfortable feeling when I was touched by this cold and moist wicker.

As soon as Uncle Liu saw this willow tree, he immediately exploded, and shouted at me, "You don't want to die?" Let go, you dare to touch this thing! ”

I was about to say that the wicker came into my palm by itself, when he continued: "This mountain forest is full of pine and fir trees, and it is not normal for such an old willow tree to suddenly appear! ”

As soon as he said this, I immediately realized that yes, wild trees in the mountains have a characteristic, most of them grow together in patches of the same species, and few individual species can grow so big. And I remembered that my grandmother told the story of my grandfather, and I once mentioned the story of my grandfather making a soul card to raise a ghost wife, in which she mentioned that willow trees and locust trees belong to the shade-gathering tree species, and it is easy to attract unclean things. In the mountains and forests at night in this kind of night, the yin qi is already extremely strong, and the sudden appearance of such an old willow tree is indeed quite terrifying, not afraid of 10,000 in case, thinking of this, I quickly shook off the wicker, shivered and said: "Hurry up." ”

Yu Aiting suddenly said in surprise: "Mark, mark, you see, this is the mark left by my uncle!" ”

She used her mobile phone to shine at the bottom of the tree trunk, Uncle Liu leaned over and rubbed his eyes, took a breath and said, "Huh? It seems to be true. ”

A piece of bark had been stripped from the bottom of the trunk, revealing a yellowish trunk with an arrow carved with a knife, pointing in the direction of our right, the opposite direction to the cliff.

Uncle Liu picked up a whole piece of bark under the trunk, touched the edge of the bark with his hand, and said in silence: "It's a little strange, I suggest that we go back to the fire and rest for one night as originally planned, and talk about it tomorrow when the fog clears." ”

Because of listening to my words before, I brushed shoulders with death several times, and I was still a little embarrassed to speak again, Yu Aiting glanced around, and said with a frightened face: "What about the fire?" Why is it gone? ”

Hearing this, Uncle Liu and I were taken aback, and quickly glanced at it, and there was indeed no trace of the fire.

Uncle Liu slapped his thigh and said, "It's broken, it must be carried by the five ghosts, let's evacuate quickly!" ”

We didn't know what he was talking about the five ghosts, and seeing that he was so nervous, we didn't have time to ask more, so we quickly followed him around and walked in the direction pointed by the arrow.

Uncle Liu used a flashlight to shine on the road conditions, while Yu Aiting used her mobile phone to check the trees on both sides.

After a while, Yu Aiting suddenly shouted in surprise: "Look, there are also marks here!" ”

Uncle Liu and I quickly stopped and looked along the tree she was pointing to, and sure enough, there was an arrow symbol, which was exactly the same as what we saw just now.

I was a little excited, as long as I followed the marked direction, I would soon be able to reach the pigeon farm, and I would never have to sleep here again.

Uncle Liu frowned, as if he was thinking about something, and said after a while: "Why do I always feel that something is wrong?" ”

At this time, I was like an arrow, and I pulled the two of them and continued to walk forward, saying as I walked: "Let's not scare ourselves, is it possible that my father will still harm us?" Let's go, don't waste time. ”

"Well, let's look in this direction again, there will definitely be a mark." Yu Aiting nodded, and her original nervous look was swept away.

Sure enough, every other distance on the tree carved an arrow mark, because the mark can only be carved in a smooth and flat place, so the carved place of the bark has been uncovered, the light shines, the smooth side of the bark will reflect a pale yellow light, in this foggy day to find a lot easier, I can't help but admire the wisdom of my father.

After walking so slowly for about ten minutes, the ground in front of our feet suddenly became a flat bluestone slab, which stretched downward in a stepped pattern, and on a tree next to the staircase, there was also an arrow mark, which pointed diagonally downward, and needless to say, this must be a pigeon farm.

I finally breathed a sigh of relief, took Uncle Liu's flashlight and walked down first. The two of them grabbed my clothes and followed.

I roughly estimated that there were about sixty or seventy steps of the stairs, and the two sides of the stairs were made of flat rocks, perhaps because the temperature below was higher, or it was drier, and the further down the stairs became, the thinner the fog became, and under the light of the flashlight, I could already see the place five meters away.

Uncle Liu suddenly pulled me, and I asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Don't you think it's strange? Who would build a house in a col? If it rains and snows, won't it flood it all? ”

"Didn't you come here last time? Isn't it here? I asked, a little curious.

He shook his head and said: "The last time I came, I only went to the place where the pigeon carcasses were piled up as the farmer said, and then Boss Xiao said that the pigeon farm was not far ahead, and then it was a little late, so he took me to the county seat to pick up the wind and wash the dust for me." ”

I see, I nodded knowingly.

But by all indications, the pigeon farm was here, and I refused to give up, so I said, "Maybe there is some drainage?" Besides, it is good to build in a col, at least leeward and warm, maybe this environment is the most suitable for raising pigeons. ”

Seeing that what we said made some sense, Yu Aiting interjected: "Oh, don't fight, it's all here, is it possible to return again?" Besides, this is the place where the mark is indicated, Uncle won't lie to us, right? I suggest going down and having a look. ”

Uncle Liu saw that the two of us agreed on the same opinion, so he didn't want to say anything, so he just said 'be careful' and then moved on.

When I reached the lowest floor, a large double-opened iron door blocked the way, and I was about to knock on the door and shout, but found that the door was not locked, but only hidden, so I pushed the iron door, and the iron door made a 'squeak' sound, and slowly opened to both sides.

As soon as the iron door opened, there was a very large house, the scene in the courtyard was simply blind, I saw that there were several tables in the courtyard, each table was placed with steaming food, a large group of people around the table to eat and drink, and there was a candlestick like a drying rack on the side of the table, this kind of candlestick I have only seen in the larger temples, there were dozens of candles lit on it, although the light of the candles seemed a little dim in this huge courtyard, but there was no problem with it to eat.

Uncle Liu shouted: "May I ask if this is Boss Xiao's pigeon farm?" ”

Everyone looked back at us, and the light was too dim to see them clearly, only to see them nodding.

At this time, an old woman came over with a smile and said something in a whisper, anyway, I don't understand anything, it is estimated that it is the dialect of this place, I looked at Uncle Liu suspiciously, he spread his hand and shrugged, indicating that he didn't understand either.

The enthusiastic old woman dragged us to a table without saying anything, poured a glass of wine for each of us, pointed to the food on the table and said something, presumably to let us sit down and eat something first.

Seeing that the old woman was about to leave, Uncle Liu hurriedly grabbed her and asked, "Where is Boss Xiao?" ”

The old woman smiled and pointed to the farthest table, Uncle Liu glanced at it and nodded, ready to get up and go over to say hello, the old woman pressed him, poured herself a glass of wine, and then made a gesture to clink glasses with Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu thought this was a local custom, so he quickly picked up the wine glass and touched a glass.

During this time, I looked at the table in the distance, and saw a person whose back was exactly the same as my father, and he should be right, and he turned back to me and nodded, and I was relieved.

The old woman raised her glass and toasted Yu Aiting and me again, and then simply sat down beside us, pointing to each dish on the table with chopsticks and introducing us.

I couldn't understand what she was saying at all, Yu Aiting and Uncle Liu were probably also confused, but because of etiquette, it was not easy to interrupt, and they couldn't leave their seats at this time, otherwise they would be considered disrespectful to each other.

I was a little flustered with hunger, looking at the table full of dishes and couldn't help but swallow my saliva, I wanted to sandwich a piece of meat to relieve my hunger, but I was glared at by Uncle Liu, so I had to give up and endure hunger to listen to the old woman talk about the book of heaven.

At that moment, a candle lit up in a corner of the courtyard immediately attracted my attention. I saw a white curtain slowly opened, and there was a platform set up there, and suddenly a gong and drum sounded, and a flower girl wearing flowers and branches walked out from the side with small steps, and posed a beautiful shape in the middle of the stage, which immediately caused the whole house to applaud!