During the meal, Dai Laohan told a story to everyone.

It is said that there are three old hunters who went into the mountain to dig Ganoderma lucidum fairy grass, and they didn't see anyone come out for several days, and the people outside were so anxious that they couldn't do anything, so they sent three people into the mountain to look for it, and they didn't want to go for another seven days, but only one person came out and went in last.

When everyone saw it, the man was covered with scars, and he only repeated one sentence in his mouth.

The phrase is that there are ghosts in it, and not long afterward, people also die.

"The person who came out kept repeating this sentence before he died, and since then, no one has dared to go into the mountains to collect medicine again," Speaking of this, Dai Laohan sighed, "I don't know how my child and her mother and the big bear's sister got in, they must have been hooked by the ghosts in the mountains, but I was left with a big bear less than a year old to rely on each other......"

When Zhou Xiaolong heard this, he interjected and asked, "Uncle, how can you be sure that they are in that big mountain?!" ”

Dai Laohan wiped a handful of muddy tears, stiffened his neck and replied: "That day, on the mountain pass path, someone saw them go in with their own eyes, and shouted several times, but neither of them agreed, as if they had fallen into an evil spirit, and when they looked closely, they had disappeared into the mist...... So, the man was kind enough to come down the mountain and inform me, and I immediately called a few people to look for it, but the deep mountain was full of fog and miasma, and no one dared to take a step forward...... I could only wait at the mountain pass for more than a month, but I didn't see anyone, but I was afraid that the two of them would be in trouble...... After that incident, I didn't want to live in the same place anymore, because I always missed my child, so I simply moved away with the big bear, and came here where I was young, and I knew a little carpenter's trade...... Later, I heard that the people on the mountain had also moved out one after another, but as for where they went, I don't know, and I am afraid that the village has been abandoned for many years......"

"It's deserted, is there no one living there?!" Professor Cui thought for a moment before asking.

"No, the land in that place is very barren, the traffic is even more inconvenient, the mountain roads are rugged, and there is a perennial fog, that is, there are more herbs, but if you want to pick some herbs out for food, you have to walk for most of the day, and you can't make a lot of money by picking herbs, and as more and more young people go to work in the city, there are no people in that place." Dai Laohan said briefly.

"Does that mountain have a name, what is its name, Lao Dai, do you know?!!" Professor Cui asked again.

"Tsk, how can you not know it," Dai Laohan sighed, "It is said that there are fairy grass Ganoderma lucidum in the deep mountains, but they are all guarded by pythons, so some Ganoderma lucidum can grow for thousands of years, so that mountain is called Python Mountain." ”

"Python Mountain, why isn't it called Lingzhi Mountain?!" Ouyang Lei asked curiously.

"It's called Python Mountain, naturally there is a reason for it," Dai Laohan smiled before saying, "I think it's probably to give a scary name, so as not to make people easily enter the mountain, if it's called Lingzhi Mountain, then there must be more people who die to dig Lingzhi!" ”

"yes, that makes sense!" Professor Cui said in agreement.

……

After dinner, Zhou Xiaolong and Ouyang Lei lived in the same room, and Gu Lili's girl's family naturally lived alone, and after the room was assigned, they went to rest.

Zhou Xiaolong finished washing up and was about to go to bed, but Professor Cui walked into the house with a cup of tea.

Ouyang Lei, the little fat man, was used to being pampered, so he was afraid of being tired, so he was already asleep on the bed, and he snored.

When Zhou Xiaolong saw Professor Cui coming in, he asked, "Professor Cui, why don't you sleep yet?!" ”

Professor Cui smiled, "Xiaolong, I can't sleep, why don't we have a few words?" ”

Zhou Xiaolong nodded, "Okay, what are you talking about?" ”

Professor Cui took a sip of the wild tea picked in the mountains and smashed his lips, as if he was enjoying it.

Professor Cui said: "Xiaolong, listen to what the old man said, on the python mountain, there are clouds and mist all the year round, and there are few people, and some people will inevitably get lost when they go in, but there is one thing I don't understand very well, since it is so dangerous, why do you have to go inside to collect medicine?!" ”

Zhou Xiaolong nodded and said: "I also noticed this just now, it's a little weird, maybe it's all for a living, as the saying goes, people die for money, birds die for food?" ”

Professor Cui said to himself: "That village must have known since ancient times that the python mountain is inaccessible......

Zhou Xiaolong asked, "Professor Cui, what do you want to say?" ”

Professor Cui on the other side was looking down and thinking, and suddenly said: "It can only explain one problem, that is, there is something on the mountain that makes the villagers fear or something more important than other things, Xiaolong, what do you say?" ”

As he spoke, there was a knock on the door.

Zhou Xiaolong went over to take a look, it turned out to be Dai Xiong, he heard that a few guests hadn't rested yet, and came over to ask if there was anything missing?

Seeing that Dai Xiong didn't sleep, Professor Cui came to the spirit and had to pull Dai Xiong to chat.

"Brother Big Bear, the village before you, you know the other side, can you tell us more about it?" Professor Cui asked step by step.

"What is there to say about that village before, listen to my father, saying that the fruits of sweet potatoes grown in that place are at most the size of pecans, and they are very barren, and I don't know how those ancestors lived in that place for thousands of years......"

Dai Xiong's sentence was very light, and he didn't care at all, that is, he said it casually.

But who is Professor Cui?

As soon as Professor Cui heard that a small mountain village where poor birds don't poop can have a history of thousands of years, he immediately came to his senses!

"Thousands of years? You mean, your village has been around for thousands of years? Professor Cui asked Dai Xiong.

"Yes, it is said that there are still many stone men and stone horses in the village, and I don't know which dynasty and which generation left them, but I heard my father tell me when he was a child, although the village is remote and small, but the history is a thousand years......" After speaking, Dai Xiong also showed a very proud energy.

"Stone man and stone horse? Professor Cui, what do you think?! Zhou Xiaolong looked at Professor Cui and asked.

Professor Cui, who was sitting opposite, was already starting to get a little excited, and couldn't help rubbing his hands and saying, "Oh, if there are really these things, it means that there must be some historical relics there, Xiaolong, then we really found the right place for this trip, no, we have to go to the ancient village tomorrow to have a look!! ”

Those who study archaeology are no less sensitive to these ancient relics than Ouyang Lei is to delicious food.

Not to mention Professor Cui, an archaeology fan, in fact, even Zhou Xiaolong himself, he also wants to go to the ancient village to have a look.

(End of chapter)