Chapter 3: The Ghost Gate Pass (II)
"I'll just say I'm not going in the wrong direction!" Wang Xingguo became relaxed instead, turned around and said, "Hurry, we're about to arrive!" ”
After walking in the woods for another ten minutes, the faint crying seemed to be getting louder and louder, Wang Xingguo's feet did not stop, how dare the two of them fall behind, Wang Xingguo was exploring the way in front, Mr. Min was in the center, Chen Badai was broken, the time was a little rushed, and if you can't rest, don't rest.
"Hurry up, out of the woods!" Mr. Min was trying to bypass a boulder in the forest, heard Wang Xingguo's cry in front, looked up and saw that Wang Xingguo was gone, but as soon as he heard that he was about to leave the forest, the two couldn't help but feel the wind under their feet, and they turned over the boulder with their hands and feet.
A dense bush blocked the view, but he could already see that the light here was much brighter, and the presence of shrubs proved that he had reached the edge of the woods, Chen Badai saw a string of traces left by Wang Xingguo crawling under the bushes, and lowered his body to get in.
"It's good to have sunshine...... Chen Badai pouted his ass and crawled for a while, feeling warm on his body, the afternoon sun felt really good on his body, Wang Xingguo turned his head to look at the two people who followed, and pointed to the opposite mountain: "Just now it was the sound of the funeral procession." ”
Chen Badai followed Wang Xingguo's finger and looked over, less than 100 meters away on the mountain road, there was a team of people and horses, and it was indeed the funeral procession.
Wang Xingguo's level is really not covered, this can be found!
Breathing in the fresh air and shining in the sun, the discomfort in the woods just now disappeared, and Mr. Min also felt relaxed.
Wang Xingguo put away the map, took out the GPS and took a look, and was surprised to find that the GPS was back to normal, but now he didn't have time to think about what was going on, and he had to rush to the mountain road before dark.
"Bang...... Syllable...... The ancestors walked all the way, don't look back......" As he spoke, the group of funeral processions had already gone far away, and the leading Dao Gong struck the gong twice every time he went to a corner, shouting such a sentence, telling the dead not to go home and scare the living.
Chen Badai looked at it, and the huge coffin-like top of the mountain was not far to the east, and the visual distance would not exceed 5 kilometers.
However, as the saying goes, if you are on flat land, this 5-kilometer distance is only an hour's walk, but in the mountains, you may not be able to walk for a day. Wang Xingguo slowly found the line along the mountain line and cut down the canyon obliquely, and only after going down the canyon could he find a way to climb to the mountain of the alpine meadow opposite, as long as he crossed this canyon, it was much easier, the alpine meadow terrain was relatively gentle and the vision was broad, and now he found the huge landmark - the top of the coffin, for Wang Xingguo, the possibility of getting lost is almost non-existent.
The ghost gate is closed about 3 kilometers away from the top of the coffin, there is a natural mountain pass, the local people say that the living people are carried here and turn back quickly, they can't turn around to see, the faster they go, the better, if they turn around and see, the dead people will be nostalgic for the life of the yang world, and follow the living people home, then it will be bad luck!
With the help of Wang Xingguo and Chen Badai, Mr. Min finally crossed the canyon, and when he turned into this meadow area, it was already more than five o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Min saw that the mountain road was winding around a small hill, and not far after the small mountain bag was the legendary ghost gate, everyone just sat down and wanted to rest, they heard a chaotic footsteps and the sound of calling friends, Chen Badai strangely wanted to meet the past to see what was going on, and was pulled by Wang Xingguo, and lay down in the grass on the side of the mountain road.
"Hurry up, hurry up...... It's getting dark......" Chen Badai was lying in the grass, but he still couldn't help but look up to see what was going on, only to see a Taoist man wearing a yellow Taoist robe emerge on the mountain road of Xiaoshanbao, carrying his guy in his hand - gong, the hem of the Taoist robe was tied to his body indiscriminately so as not to hinder his movement, this costume looked very funny, he trotted all the way urging, the few young people in front of him were in good physical fitness and ran fast, but there were a few behind him who were using all their strength to eat.
"Ah Gong...... I can't run......" A middle-aged woman bent over, and the trot made her almost unsteady.
"Oops! Hurry up and run...... It's dark but three bends, and there are disasters if you don't bring illness! Dao Gong's words seemed to have swallowed a strong pill for her, and suddenly there was a tiger under her feet......
A group of people hurriedly ran past Wang Xingguo and Chen Badai, not noticing that there were still three curious outsiders lying here, with chaotic footsteps and chaotic appearances, as if there were ghosts chasing behind them.
Dao Gong said that the three bends are not far from the mountain pass, where the mountain road turns into an S shape along the terrain, the three bends are also called the door lock in the local area, it is the place where the ghost is locked and not allowed to go back, but if it is dark and there are still living people through, then the ghost will follow the door, today this funeral team does not know if it is delayed on the road, from the ghost gate to the three bends, it will take more than an hour to trot all the way, now the sun has turned west, it will be dark before seven o'clock, no wonder to run back in such a hurry.
When Chen Badai saw a group of people running past him in a chaotic manner, as if fleeing, when he ran to a grassy slope at the bottom of the mountain, several of them collapsed on the ground panting, and the middle-aged woman who just said that she couldn't run was holding on to a tree and bending over and vomiting, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's not easy for this little old man to make some money!" ”
It is estimated that there are also 60-year-old Daogong, although he is tired enough to choke and can hardly stand on his feet, but he still urges everyone to leave quickly, and a group of people take a step without taking a few breaths, they must reach a "safe" place before dark.
The mountain was deserted all of a sudden, Mr. Min watched the group of funeral people stumbling farther and farther away from afar, his heart didn't know why he sank all of a sudden, and looked back at Wang Xingguo, Wang Xingguo seemed to be fine, after the funeral people left, the next thing was to close the mountain, if there were no people who passed away, no one would go up the mountain. Mr. Min raised his eyes again and glanced at the huge coffin-like mountain top in the distance, which attracted Mr. Min's attention like a magnet.
Wang Xingguo confirmed that nothing had fallen and stood up: "Let's go!" As soon as the words fell, there was a "quack" sound in the sky, and several people looked up, and they didn't know when a few crows were hovering in the sky.
Crows are uncomfortable birds no matter where they are, and appearing in this place at this time can't help but make people associate them with death......
Mr. Min put his hand on his brow, frowning at these undesirable birds, in the legends of many peoples, the crow represents death and irretrievable decline, so many crows gathered, so Mr. Min is very uncomfortable but helpless.
Bypassing the hill, the legendary ghost gate is just a few hundred meters away, the mountain seems to have been split by a knife in the middle of a crack, after five o'clock the sky began to dim rapidly, the black mountain rocks against the sky look a little weird, and the surrounding canyons, woods seem to be silent at this time, there is no sound in the air, it seems that the wind is afraid of the power of ghosts, from here detour, the crows gathered in the sky are more and more, making a chaotic and mad "quack" sound, but they dare not land... …
Autumn season, and night, the temperature is reduced by the emergency drama, but everyone feels a burst of stuffiness, along the mountain road on the meadow, a few people approached the Ghost Gate, this section of the steep slope top is the Ghost Gate Pass, the strange thing is that it is just from here, the outside of the Ghost Gate Pass is a mixed mountain of stone and soil, and after the Ghost Gate Pass, it is mainly a rocky mountain, the Ghost Gate Pass This rock mountain is like a dividing line, the mountains on both sides are clearly distinguished! Perhaps this is an important place for the locals to matter of life and death, this steep stone section has carved out steps, through which the dead are carried to the Ghost Gate, and the living have completed their task, and the next thing is the matter of the dead.
Wang Xingguo and others climbed this steep step and saw the flat ground in front of the ghost gate, the sky was completely dark, the ghost gate was about 30 meters wide, and the length was only a few tens of meters, like a dark passage to the underworld, the living put the body in the middle of the passage, and there was no need to burn any incense, candles, paper money, that is, to turn back quickly after a few worships, and did not dare to delay for a moment!
At this time, Mr. Min saw that the corpse wrapped in white cloth dozens of meters away was lying quietly on the ground, and the crows in the sky had gathered hundreds, as if they were coveting the corpse, but they could not make up their minds to land and feast, and a few bold crows swooped down, and as soon as their feet touched the ground, they immediately spread their wings and flew into the air.
The stone wall on the left is engraved with three traditional Chinese characters of "Ghost Gate Pass", and there is also a couplet engraved on the left and right of the pass: "There is no taboo for the underworld to pass through the spirits and live people, and there are no taboos for reincarnation in the yang world", and some other stones are also engraved with some characters, which look like some runes.
"Lu Wen...... Mr. Min felt that he had come to the right place.