The bright moon hung high above his head, and a young man with oily skin and medium stature lay on the edge of a knife-like steep cliff, looking down with his eyes, trying in vain to penetrate the tumbling sea of clouds and find a way to escape.

The boy stroked the cliff and sighed softly, the cliff was smooth granite, everything under the cliff was covered by white clouds, a cloud rushed up, the boy took a deep breath, and the water vapor in the cloud was very heavy.

The boy moved along the cliff, looking back from time to time.

A waist-thick provincial vine, with roots deeply rooted in the vegetable furrow more than three meters away from the cliff, and the thick branches of the arms are entangled and coiled to the cliff.

The boy tugged at the vine hard, not moving. The boy was about to climb down the vine when a tall, thin boy suddenly appeared and grabbed him tightly.

The tall and thin man whispered: "Brother, it's all my fault, I hurt everyone, if you want to go down, you should let me go down first." If you want to die, I should die first. ”

The young man who was called Brother stared at the thin and tall eyes, pressed his lips with his middle finger, and whispered: "Feng, don't blame yourself, stealing things at the bus station, I know you are just out of chivalry, just pay attention in the future." I have a promise to our whole family, how to bring the three of you out, how to bring you home. ”

"Brother, I'm sorry, I'm used to stealing things, and when I see someone who doesn't like my eyes, I want to steal his things. Electricity is fighting to help me, don't blame him. If you want to be punished, you will punish me one. The tall and thin man said.

The young man who was called brother said, "Don't say anything, I'll fight too." The three of us are the same age, and I'm just taller than you. Brothers in fights, fathers and sons in battle, we have to help each other when we go out. You are watching here, if the old Taoist priest comes, you will call me softly. I'm going down to find the way, we can't get stuck here. ”

The tall and thin man said, "Why don't I go and kill the old guy with Dian?" ”

The boy who was called Brother grabbed the thin and tall man by the collar and yelled in a low voice: "Fart! Murder pays for life! That's a crime! Okay, you stay up there, I'll go down. After so many days of searching, I found that this is the only place where you are most likely to get to the bottom. ”

The young man who was called Brother had the noble feeling that I would not go to hell and who would go to hell, and bravely climbed down the vine slowly. The tall and thin man was lying on the edge of the cliff, looking behind him, and whispered, "Brother, you must be careful." ”

The boy who was called brother, named Zhang Lei, is the son of the Zhang family. The tall and thin man is named Zhang Feng, who is Zhang Lei's cousin, who has practiced superb stealing skills since he was a child and is extremely alert. There are also two cousins sleeping in the stone house, five big black and three thick, named Zhang Dian, who is a strong man, although he has a simple mind, but he has a good martial arts. The short one's name is Zhang Yu, who graduated from junior high school, three years younger than the three of them, and he is timid and has little strength, but the slingshot in his hand is so small, he can often hit it.

Zhang Lei is the eldest, Zhang Dian is the second, Zhang Feng is the third, Zhang Yu is the last, and the four brothers are ranked by the elders according to the thunder and lightning.

At the long-distance bus station, when Zhang Lei took the old man Zhang Yu to the stall to buy drinks, Zhang Feng couldn't get used to a rich middle-aged man kicking and screaming, and stole the middle-aged man's mobile phone in the past. After Zhang Lei found out, he naturally did not hesitate to join the battle group.

When the fight was inextricable, Zhang Lei suddenly felt dizzy, his body rushed up, and when he came to his senses, he came to this vegetable garden shrouded in clouds and mist.

Fortunately, the four brothers did not separate, and they all came. Unfortunately, this vegetable garden is like a lonely island in the sky, and when the four brothers come here, it is like they are in prison.

Only cabbage and leeks were planted in the garden, and an old man, like a demon, forced them to carry water to water the vegetables, and if he found them lazy, he would beat them with a whisk.

How did it come about? What is this place? The four brothers no one figured it out. Who is the old guy? No one even figured it out. Everything is a mystery, everything is like a cloud.

In Zhangjia Village, deep in the mountains, every household lives in a building, has a television set, and many have mobile phones and motorcycles. This place is extremely primitive and backward, not only is there no electricity, but there is not even a shadow of modern electrical appliances. Vegetables are grown using a sickle and hoe, and watering the ground requires drawing water from a well, carrying a bucket in both hands, and watering it with a scoop.

Without a grain of rice or a handful of noodles, when hungry you can only eat raw vegetables from the field, and when you are thirsty, you can drink cold water from the well. Omnivores can only live the days of herbivores. There are no insects in the vegetable garden, if there is, Zhang Lei will definitely catch them and eat them, the boy who grew up in the mountains since he was a child, has eaten all kinds of insects, the protein content of insects is very high, and some insects taste quite good even if they are eaten raw. This place is so weird, not to mention that there are no bugs, not even dust.

Zhang Lei thought that if he didn't escape, everyone would not starve to death, but would suffocate to death.

The four brothers couldn't beat the old guy like the foreman, the first day the four brothers came here, they had a fight with the old guy, the stick in the old guy's hand was too powerful, as long as he waved it lightly, even Zhang Mao, who was as strong as an ox, couldn't bear it, and the four brothers were beaten to a blue nose and swollen face, and could only give in temporarily. And the old guy was extremely alert, and slept with one eye open, and there was almost no chance of plotting against him.

After many days of searching, he finally found this stout provincial vine, and Zhang Lei immediately decided to climb down the vine to explore the way.

The risk factor is extremely high, once the strength is not enough, the hand slips, and it is possible to die. But as the eldest brother, he has a strong sense of responsibility, and he feels that he must take the risk, even if he dies, he has to die first.

Zhang Lei grasped the branches with both hands, and his feet worked hard to step on the tangles of the branches, moving down little by little.

Soon, Zhang Feng's reminder could not be heard, and there were clouds around him that could not see his fingers.

Zhang Lei felt like he had entered a black hole, his hairs stood on end, ignorance would produce fear, his hands began to weaken, and his feet that stepped on the tangled branches began to shake.

In order to escape, Zhang Lei could only insist, could only grit his teeth and continue to move down.

As long as he can save his three cousins, if he dies, he thinks it will be worth it.

I don't know how much distance I moved down, just when Zhang Lei's desperate heart was generated, and his hand could no longer grasp the rattan, the slightest ray of sunlight penetrated into the clouds, Zhang Lei's spirit suddenly lifted, and he quickly accelerated the speed of moving down, he thought that the bottom of the mountain was about to arrive, and the opportunity for the four brothers to escape had come.

Zhang Lei's back touched something hard, and he quickly looked back, Zhang Lei was so frightened that his soul flew away, his hand loosened, and his body fell down like a kite with broken strings. The stiff thing that I touched turned out to be a human skeleton.

When the body fell rapidly, Zhang Lei involuntarily shouted "help", shouting help is extremely embarrassing, Zhang Lei has a strong personality, quick response, is the unyielding lord who would rather die, he has been mixed in the mountains since he was a child, what danger has not been encountered? Faced with a wild boar weighing more than 200 catties, Zhang Lei did not shout for help, but on the contrary, with the strength of one person, he led the wild boar into a trap and killed it with sharpened bamboo, so that more than ten members of the Zhang family ate wild boar for several days. In the face of wild wolves, Zhang Lei has never been afraid, because he has the awareness of protecting wild animals, otherwise if the wild wolf dares to attack him, not only will it not hurt Zhang Lei, but it will be killed by Zhang Lei.

Zhang Lei grabbed the rattan with both hands, grabbed the rattan with his right hand, and his body echoed in the air.

The right hand slipped, and the body fell at a rapid speed again.

Zhang Lei's hands grabbed the rattan and kicked his feet wildly. The strip-like muscles of his arms bloomed, his face was bruised, and his teeth were clenched.

The soles of the feet are empty void, and the feet that are kicking around can't find any point of focus.

A lonely moon hangs high in the sky, as if it is a gloating eye.

All around were craggy bones bound with rattans, there was no sound, not even a trace of wind, and the air seemed to freeze. Zhang Lei's frightened eyes widened, and he felt like he had come to hell, and 38,000 hairs stood on end.

The instinct to survive prompted Zhang Lei to hold on to the rattan tightly and scream in his heart: "Lao Tzu hasn't lived enough, Lao Tzu doesn't want to die!" Help me! Help me! ”

At this moment, the rattan shrank upward, Zhang Lei hurriedly raised his eyes, and saw a hand as crumpled as rattan skin pulling the rattan upward.

Zhang Lei was ecstatic, quickly held his breath and concentrated, and tried his last bit of strength to grasp the rattan.

The owner of the crumpled hands appeared, and it turned out to be a shriveled old man in a white cloth shirt and hair like artemisia.

Zhang Lei found that there were two rattan knots beside the old man, and hurriedly swung over to sit on it, panting for breath.

Zhang Lei looked at the old man with courage, the old man who looked like a dried zombie was bound by rattan at his waist, hanging in the air like a gourd, his face did not have a trace of flesh, as if it was an air-dried orange, only a round of eyes in the unkempt hair, and a little bit of vitality remained. The old man's chest rose and fell violently, and he was still coughing gently, he was definitely not a ghost, he was not a ghost, so there was no need to be afraid. Even if it's a ghost, it's useless to be afraid.

Zhang Lei asked in a low voice: "Thank you, who are you?" How did it end up here? ”

The old man opened his deep coal cave-like mouth, sighed and said, "I am a native of the Qing Daoguang period, a vegetable farmer here, my life is over, and I am tied here by the vegetable garden to die." ”

Zhang Lei's hairs stood up again, and he asked in a low voice, "What kind of place is this?" Is it a prison? Are you ancient? How can you survive until now? ”

The old man said: "This is the place of heavenly burial, above is the heavenly vegetable garden, you are the same as me, you are all wicked, you can only be a slave of the gods in this life, grow vegetables for the gods for a lifetime, my today is your tomorrow, one day, you will also be tied here to be eaten by the gods." See the bones? Some are my colleagues, some are my seniors. ”

At this moment, a large black shadow moved over, and the old man's body disappeared into the shadows. Zhang Lei was frightened, and hurriedly looked back, and the dense crows croaked like locusts.

Zhang Lei hurriedly climbed up desperately, feeling a pain in his heart, he didn't need to look at it to know that he must have been pecked by a crow, if he escaped slowly, he would definitely become a snack for crows. The density of pecking on his back is getting bigger and bigger, and his arms and legs are also pecked continuously, Zhang Lei moved to a place where the rattan is more dense and continues to climb up. After a while, Zhang Lei was surrounded by crows, Zhang Lei struck with one hand, and the crows dodged.

At this critical moment of life and death, a hole in the steep granite cliff appeared in Zhang Lei's eyes, and Zhang Lei hurriedly jumped over desperately. Because his feet couldn't focus and he didn't jump far enough, he just grabbed the cave wall with both hands, Zhang Lei's back was attacked by a dense crow's beak, Zhang Lei endured the severe pain, tenaciously closed his arms, and tried his last strength to climb into the hole.

Zhang Lei lay on his back with numbness in his back, his lips were chapped, and he felt that his soul was slowly flying away from his body, so he wanted to close his eyes and get a good night's sleep.

At this moment, there was water dripping between his lips, Zhang Lei stretched out his tongue and licked it, and another drop was in the same position, his mouth was full of relish, and his limbs and bones felt very comfortable.

One drop, two drops, three drops......

Zhang Lei's eyes widened, and there was a fist-sized white bud-like object on the top of his head, and water was dripping from the tip of the bud.

Zhang Lei, whose flesh and blood were blurred, slowly got up, the tip of the bud was level with the top of his head, and he could see it completely clearly when he looked up on his face, it turned out to be the tender roots of vines. Zhang Lei didn't care about 3721 hands and grabbed the buds and broke them, they were very brittle, and they broke with a little force.

Zhang Lei, who grew up in the mountains, often eats such shoots to satisfy his hunger, and in this case, when he encounters the shoots, he can replenish his strength and restore his vitality, so that he can climb up after the crow flies away.

When you bite into it, it feels sweet and silky, similar to the taste of water chestnuts.

Zhang Lei ate the sprouts in three or two bites.

Zhang Lei was shocked and inexplicable, thinking that he had eaten a bad stomach, because his stomach seemed to be full of gas, and it was extremely swollen and uncomfortable.

Zhang Lei looked at his arms and legs, and a miracle occurred, the wound pecked by the crow disappeared, and when he touched his back, there were only dense holes, but there were no wounds. Touching the belly, the stomach is not swollen, it just feels bloated. It seems that there is no major problem, as long as after a while, the feeling of bloating will disappear after digesting what you have eaten.

Zhang Lei was ecstatic, jumped involuntarily, hit his head on the top of the hole, felt a little pain, and heard the crisp sound of metal objects falling to the ground in his ears.

Zhang Lei looked at the top of the cave, it was actually a gossip map, there was a small round hole in the center of the picture, Zhang Lei reached in with his right index finger to touch it, it was not deep. Looking down, there is a black metal piece on the ground, pick it up and watch, it is black and not slippery, there seems to be a concave and convex pattern on it, but I can't see it clearly, there is nothing special, Zhang Lei stuffed it into his trouser pocket without thinking.

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