Xiangxi is quite a mysterious place, because of the remoteness, coupled with inconvenient transportation, so the economic conditions are difficult to compare with other cities in the advantageous location, the central urban area is fine, like the mountainous area of the desert in the west, this place rarely exists in many poor mountain villages, because the mountain village people live in one place for a long time, the folk customs are not civilized, most of them believe in the theory of ghosts and gods, and have the habit of worshiping ghosts and gods, which also gives this place a layer of illusory color.

After trekking for several days, the archaeological team finally set foot on this barren land, after some difficulty, finally saw a folk style building, the village entrance has the words Puzhai, the archaeological team entered the village, most of them are huts made of spear grass, it is now more than six o'clock in the evening, but there are only a few chimneys in the village with faint cooking smoke floating on them.

"Old man, is there any place where we can spend the night?" asked Qian 2, pulling out a few red bills and facing an old man wearing a hoop hat who was feeding his chickens outside.

The old man looked at the crowd at the entrance of the village suspiciously, and after a while, Qian Er ran to everyone with a smile on his face, "There is a compound in the village, although the accommodation conditions are not very good, but it is better than setting up a tent in the wild." ”

"yes, I finally don't have to sleep in a tent anymore. "I've been in a hurry in the wild area for several days, and I don't even have a place to freshen up, which makes Fu Qingye unbearable, and now I can have a normal place to sleep, it's too late to be happy.

When everyone finished cleaning up, there were a few tables next to the open space in the courtyard, with fresh meat and vegetables on them, the village people were simple, and rarely saw outsiders.

"Old man, I want to ask the family, before this, did anyone similar to us come?" At the dinner table, Professor Fu asked the old man.

"No old people. The old man who was questioned was quite flattered, the people in the village often do farm work, and they looked much older than they actually looked, and Professor Fu's silver hair and beard explained the year, he hurriedly waved his hand, "There are few people in the village, and there are few outsiders, but there are many people recently." ”

"When did you come here and what does it look like. Fu Zhongbiao on the side hurriedly asked.

"Four days ago, there was a group of about seven or eight people who bought some dried meat here and set off in a hurry. The old man rubbed his beard and said.

Zuo Danyang and Wang Yuan on the side glanced at each other, and continued to listen to the old man's words without moving, "Before that, there were two groups of people who came, but. Speaking of this, the old man began to stumble.

Old Professor Fu's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Did you come here half a month ago?"

The old man nodded, "The things and clothes they bring are similar to yours." ”

"That's right, it's them. Fu Zhongbiao was overjoyed, when he first arrived here, he heard about the traces of the missing archaeological members, and couldn't help but lift his spirits, "Do you know where they went?" However, the old man sank his face, his hands were folded, and his mouth kept chattering, and the people on the table didn't know why, but at this time, the old man was reverently chanting, and Old Professor Fu couldn't interrupt him.

When everyone was full, the old man stopped reciting, but there was a trace of panic on his face, and the money on the side came to the old man's side and handed over a few paper tickets, but this time, the old man refused to accept it.

After the meal, Zhang Fufeng led the armed team to patrol near the courtyard, "The old man must know their whereabouts, wait for me to come to the door to ask." Fu Zhongbiao followed Professor Fu and a few people to discuss, "It's really not good, I'll ask other villagers again." ”

"We should not walk around casually when we first come, the old man seems to be scrupling about something, wait for the next time to go to his place to sit, the people here are simple, as long as they explain the reason, they will definitely not deliberately hide it. Zuo Danyang pondered for a moment and proposed.

"That's it, saving people first, we must calm down and strive to understand the whereabouts of the missing team as soon as possible. "From the loss of the archaeological team to the present, a short period of time has passed, if you still want to save people, then time is an important factor that must be grasped, although anxious, but Professor Fu also understands that now can not panic.

After that, a few people immediately went out of the yard, from the yard to the old man's house only two or three minutes, now it is only seven o'clock, but the farm lights out all the way, almost the courtyard is closed, fortunately, there is still a faint light in the window of the old man's house, a few people knocked on the door, sat down in the old man's house.

The old Han family also has a son and grandson, who are also sitting in the house at this time, "We have no malicious intent, it's just that those people are our companions, and they have been missing for a while, and now we need to find them, I hope the old man can tell us where they went?"

"Go back to sleep. The old man's son was a sturdy farmer, and he urged him into the house.

At first, the old man just shook his head, and after everyone pleaded for a long time, the old man spoke, "You can't go to that place, they don't listen, and now they are kept by the mountain ghosts, and they can't come back." ”

"Which place?" Seeing that the old man was reluctant to speak, Fu Zhongbiao spoke.

"Black Neighborhood. Lu Fan, who had not spoken the whole time on the side, suddenly opened his mouth.

"Can't say. The old man's eyes widened, and he waved his hands in fear.

"Where are you going?" asked the old man's son suspiciously.

"If our companions go there, then we must go and find them. "Professor Fu Lao is categorical.

"There are mountain ghosts in that place, so you can't go there. The old man was frightened, and his mouth kept babbling.

"Maybe you don't know yet, that place is inhabited by mountain ghosts, they will envelop people's spirits, and then control their bodies, once inside, they will become corpses, and they will never be able to come out again. The people of the mountain village believed this, and the old man's son said it eloquently, but everyone didn't listen to it, but only asked about the location of this black village.

Seeing that everyone was unmoved, the old man's son stopped saying, "That place used to be in contact with us, I don't know when, suddenly no one came out, we only know that no one has ever come out from the outside." The old man's son shook his head, as if he remembered something, "There are people in the village who are bold enough to go out of the village, and although they do not go in, they come back with a high fever, and when they wake up delirious, and their mouths are constantly reading the living dead, and since then no one has dared to mention that name again." ”

"What about those people who came a few days ago? Those who bought dried meat, they also went to that place?" Roughly knowing the location of Hei Linxiang, Zuo Danyang asked again.

"They looked for the old people in the village, got the map of the location in the mountains, and heard from them, as if they were going to take a detour somewhere. Qian Er secretly stuffed a few tickets, but the old man's son did not hesitate, told everyone everything he knew, and drew up a map of the location in the mountains and sold it to them.

Returning to the courtyard, everyone studied the map left and right, "Although the theory of ghosts and gods is pure superstition, but such an evil place, it is best not to go if you don't go, otherwise we will bypass this place, anyway, it will not take two more days." Wang Yuan pointed to a location on the map, which was the purpose of their trip.

"No, it's important to save people, the first two groups of archaeological teams are likely to be in this black township, we need to find them first. Fu Zhongbiao reluctantly asked to go to Heilin Township first, "Moreover, if you go here, you can save two days of travel." ”

Everyone looked at each other, but their eyes kept on the faces of Professor Fu and Zuo Danyang, "Superstitious ghosts and gods are vulgar culture, we are highly educated, can we still be frightened by these?" Zuo Danyang took the lead in opening his mouth, "Since saving people is the main task, then we should go to this black hometown to explore the truth first." ”

"I'm not afraid of ghosts and gods, it's just that there must be a reason why this place is in and out. Wang Yuan opened his mouth to argue.

"I agree, I heard that there are tomb robbers in the countryside, and there are undug tombs nearby, so I can't say that Heilinxiang has become a nest of thieves who kill people without blinking, and I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with it rashly. Qian Er also rubbed his hands and accosted.

"Don't worry, we have an armed team, just go in to find out the situation, even if it is a tomb robber, we don't want to have a fight with the armed team, even if we do, it's a big deal to go our own way. Zuo Danyang pinched a piece of model and clapped the board.