When the old man heard that we were not reporters, he was obviously a little disappointed, but he still forced a smile and said with a smile:

"Hehe, I thought I could make another profit this time!"

As soon as I heard it, I immediately understood that the reason why this old man Peng Yunlin was so happy to see us was probably because the reporter who interviewed him last time gave him a sum of money, so I pulled Qiu Yan's sleeve, and then said to the old man:

"Uncle Peng, don't worry, although we are not reporters, but how much money the reporter gave you last time, we will also give you the same amount of money, as long as you can answer our questions."

Qiu Yan immediately chimed in:

"That's right, money isn't an issue."

The old man lowered his head and rubbed his calloused hands, and then he raised his head, his eyes flickering back and forth at me and Qiu Yan:

"It's not that my old man is greedy for money, if I want to be greedy for money, I won't live in this broken temple, I take all this money for the second baby, he will marry a daughter-in-law in the future, and he will have to live a long life, it is impossible to live in the mountains like my old man for the rest of his life!"

Qiu Yan and I both nodded in understanding, and then Qiu Yan asked:

"What about the second baby's parents?"

The old man sighed and said:

"Then who knows, oh, it rained heavily, I heard a baby crying at the door of the house, and as soon as I came out, I saw the second baby with a bare buttocks, sleeping in a basket, and I raised him with dog milk."

After listening to this, Qiu Yan and I sighed for a while, these two babies don't look like they are defective, and I don't know what kind of parents will abandon him, but fortunately, Old Man Peng took good care of him and raised him so big.

After that, Qiu Yan cut to the chase and asked:

"Uncle Peng, the last time the reporter interviewed you, you said that Peng Daworm was appropriate, do you remember? Why don't you tell us about it? ”

Who knew that the old man laughed and said:

"Ouch, then where do I remember, what I said that day was all taught by reporters to talk about it, what Peng Da worm is appropriate, I have never heard of Hong Kong."

Qiu Yan was stunned for a moment, then turned her head and looked at me.

"This news reporter taught you to say that?"

Qiu Yan didn't seem to believe it, and confirmed it again, and Old Man Peng nodded very affirmatively.

"But," just when Qiu Yan and I thought that this time we had run away in vain, Old Man Peng spoke again, "There are too many fights that have happened here, and when we were fighting bandits, there were many soldiers who came here, who knows if you are in there?" ”

Qiu Yan shook her head and said disappointedly:

"You are talking about things after liberation, and the Peng Da worm we are looking for is a person from the early Ming Dynasty, which is not the same thing."

"Ming Dynasty?" Old man Peng seemed to think of something, and said as if he was talking to himself, "There seems to be someone from the Ming Dynasty buried in Pujiling." ”

Qiu Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, she put the teacup in her hand on the table, then leaned forward and asked excitedly:

"Who?"

Old man Peng smiled and said:

"Well, that's all heard, who knows if it's true?"

In the end, under Qiu Yan's repeated begging, Old Man Peng still spoke up.

Originally, not far from the Ling'an Temple, there is a legend, legend that hundreds of years ago, a Tujia village owner, in order to avoid pursuit, fled to the Puji Ridge with his family, it is said that the owner of the village chose a cemetery for himself in the Puji Ridge before this, and after escaping this time, his family never walked out of the Puji Ridge.

There are many related theories about this legend, some people say that this village owner was actually a big official in the Ming Dynasty, which angered the local Miao people, so he was hunted down and killed here; Some people also say that the owner of the village is actually a Miao person, saying that there was an internal struggle between several ethnic groups in the vicinity back then, and the owner of the village was driven by the Tujia people; One of the most bizarre theories is that the owner of the village was a Tujia "Tima", who was discovered when he was preparing some kind of evil sacrifice, so he fled here.

Uncle Peng said that there are some other theories, anyway, there are many kinds of opinions, but almost all of them confirm that the people who fled to Pujiling were from the Ming Dynasty, and almost all of them prove that there was a fight between the Miao and Tujia people in those years.

After I listened, I looked at Qiu Yan and asked:

"Did the information you checked mention the matter between the Miao and Tujia people?"

Qiu Yan nodded, and replied with a somewhat stunned expression:

"Yes, there is, but those are all about the respective origins of the Miao and Tujia people and the intersection between them, and I have never heard of a fight between the Miao and Tujia people!"

Later, I asked Uncle Peng again:

"How far is Pukei Ridge? How to go? ”

The old man was stunned for a moment and asked:

"You're going to find the people from Pujiling?"

I nodded.

The old man shook his hand and said with a smile:

"Then there is no need, that handful of Keiling is an old mountain, the government has already relocated all the people on the mountain a few years ago, and you will go in vain."

I also smiled, held Old Man Peng's hand and said:

"Leave that alone, just tell us how to go."

The old man looked down at my hand, then looked up at me and Qiu Yan, and asked with a surprised face:

"You~~ You're not looking for a living person?"

Qiu Yan walked over at this time, then took out a thousand yuan and handed it to Old Man Peng, saying:

"It's a thousand dollars, and it's going to be used as a way fare, and when we get back, we'll be thanked."

Old man Peng didn't shirk either, and after taking the money, he said:

"Can my old man ask, why are you looking for ~~ looking for dead people?"

Qiu Yan sighed, opened her sleeves and told the old man about herself, and after hearing this, Old Man Peng looked at Qiu Yan and said with pity:

"Oh, that's what happened, you said it earlier, it's so dripping, although it is not far away, but after all, it has been abandoned for many years, and those mountain roads may not be visible, tomorrow I will let Erwa take you there."

Qiu Yan hurriedly refused:

"Uncle Peng, we understand your kindness, we don't need the second baby to lead the way, and we can't wait for tomorrow, just tell us how to go, don't worry, I won't lose a penny of you when I come back."

The old man hurriedly put the money in his pocket, carried the teapot and poured another cup of tea for me and Qiu Yan, and said slowly:

"Don't panic, what about the money, I want to earn yours, but I can't make money in vain, you don't look at the blue sky outside now, when you get to the forest, it's dark so fast, besides, there are many wild boars in this mountain, and there are leopards and bears. Let me tell you, rest quietly at my place today, and take the second baby and the three dogs tomorrow, to make sure that it is not right. ”

I looked at my watch, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon, and besides, it was early spring, and it was getting dark quickly, what Old Man Peng said was not unreasonable.

So, I took Qiu Yan aside and told her my opinion, and finally, Qiu Yan agreed to stay here for a while.

After Qiu Yan and I decided to stay, we were a lot more relaxed, at least we didn't have to rush today, so we also had time to talk to Old Man Peng about something else.

According to Old Man Peng, he was never married, nor did he have children of his own, although he had several women when he was young, but they were all unhappy, and later, his parents passed away one after another, and he simply became a bachelor.

I asked Old Man Peng, saying that he didn't make a living or anything like that?

The old man smiled stupidly, and said that his family is specialized in raising dogs, and it is a hunting dog, he said that this business should be put in the past, or a very good livelihood, but now, people don't need to hunt, and those who like to raise dogs have also gone to raise foreign dogs, like the sharp-beaked monkey gills he raised, no one wants it at all.

Speaking of this temple, the old man Peng said that he didn't know whether this was a temple or a temple, in short, when he came, there was only a piece of broken bricks left, he saw that it was quiet, and settled here, relying on a few hunting dogs to hunt for a living, and then, it was the story of his encounter with Erwa.

Chatting and chatting, I heard a dog barking outside, and it didn't take long for Erwa to walk in with a few rabbits, and with him, there were three earth dogs that were scattering joy.

Erwa probably didn't expect that Qiu Yan and I hadn't left yet, and after seeing the two of us, he was stunned for a moment, and then he ordered the dogs to be quiet, and then walked to the back of the house with the rabbit himself.

Dinner was rabbit stewed potatoes, no rice, Qiu Yan and I were like a flower child, holding the rice bowl and hula and eating it forgetfully, this is just a simple cooking of plant ashes, it is simply better than all the delicacies.

Because Qiu Yan and I had our own tents, we didn't need to crowd into the house, and after dinner, we set up the tent with the help of Erwa and Old Man Peng.

The second baby felt fresh when she saw the tent, and kept shouting that she wanted to sleep in the tent, but in desperation, I had to let the tent go and live in the house.

The second baby's bed exuded a peculiar smell, and I always felt that there were insects crawling on my face, and I couldn't sleep after lying with my eyes closed for a long time.

The old man Peng on the next bed was sitting at the head of the bed smoking his dry tobacco pouch at this time, the room was very dark, I could only see his eyes from the light of his occasional cigarette butts, and he seemed to be looking at me as well.

I rolled over and sat up, and when Old Man Peng saw this, he handed his cigarette stick:

"Take a bite?"

On a whim, I actually took it and took a puff, but I didn't expect this dry smoke to be stinky and choking, almost choking me to death, I coughed all over the bed, but Old Man Peng smiled and bent over.

Finally catching my breath, I pointed to the cigarette stick in Old Man Peng's hand and said:

"This ~~ This thing is not smoked by people, how can you stand it?"

Old man Peng took a sharp puff on the cigarette holder and said with a smile:

"I can't stand it, I have to see people come, and I can stand it."

I sat at the head of the bed for a long time without squeaking, and after thinking for a long time, I asked:

"Uncle Peng, you said earlier that the owner of the village in Pujiling is actually a Tima, and he was found here when he was making a sacrifice, so have you heard that he was found to be found in a sacrifice?"

Old man Peng paused obviously, and then asked rhetorically:

"What the hell is this, you ask?"

I laughed and said:

"No, I can't sleep anyway, you can tell me."

Old man Peng knocked the head of the cigarette stick on the edge of the bed and said:

"Those, they're all legends, and once this legend is spread, there's no boundary, and the ghost knows if it's true."