I quickly woke up Qiu Yan and the others and told them what had just happened.

After Qiu Yan listened, she looked at me and asked:

"You mean it's this white-haired monster who knocked on the door in the village?"

I nodded and replied:

"That's right, no wonder this guy didn't dare to go into the house, it looks like he's even more scared than we are."

The second baby touched her chin and said:

"When you say that, I seem to remember, when I was a child, I saw this thing with Tina Ta, and Tina said that it was a mandrill, a god, and it should not be offended."

I was stunned for a moment and asked:

"Have you seen that? At Ling'an Temple? ”

Erwa nodded and continued:

"Yes, I was very young at that time, and I remember that it was a white thing, and I remember when you were in Hong Kong just now, and he often threw out the dog's unfinished food, and he said that the mandrill would come to eat."

Erwa's words, through a lot of details, so it seems that the tiger is familiar with this white-haired monster, so there is no vigilance, in fact, from this handful of Keiling to Ling'an Temple, although the three of us walked for nearly a day and a night, in fact, the straight-line distance is very short, for the ape, an animal that can use both hands and feet, it is equivalent to going out and lying down.

I smiled and said to Qiu Yan:

"Hear me, it's a monkey, so don't be intimidated by superficial phenomena, everything can be explained by science."

Qiu Yan glanced at me and smiled disdainfully:

"Really? Who was scared the night before? ”

"Well, I was frightened, I was startled by the sudden appearance of my eyes, which is not the same thing as being afraid."

I saw Qiu Yan smile secretly, then got out of the tent and said:

"Okay, let's not talk about that. Now it seems that no matter what the white-haired monster is, it is not a threat to us, what we have to figure out now is why this white-haired monster is not affected by the corpse rotting fungus, doesn't the white-haired monster need to breathe? ”

I shook my head, indicating that I had no idea, Qiu Yan knelt on the ground and thought for a while, and finally shook her head.

Erwa took out a few strips of dried meat from the cloth bag, and distributed them to the dogs to eat, and then said to take the dog to find a hare pheasant or something, I took some snacks to Erwa, and told him not to run far, and never get close to Pujiling, Erwa nodded, took the snack and ran away with the three dogs.

It was still cold in the morning on the mountain, so I lit the fire again, Qiu Yan turned out the camping pot, and we cooked a few packets of instant noodles for breakfast.

During the meal, I saw several times a white head poking out of the crack in the distance, and it seemed that the thing was attracted by the fragrance, but it did not dare to lean over.

Walking with Qiu Yan this time, it is obvious that she has more words, and I think it may be because we explained our life experiences to each other, so that she is no longer wary of me.

So even if the two of us were alone, there was no embarrassment before, after breakfast, we talked a lot, the air on the mountain was very fresh, the mountain we were in was also very open, and the body and mind were happy, so we also talked happily.

It wasn't until we talked about the old man, the mysterious old man that Qiu Yan's father met back then, the provider of all Qiu Yan's current clues, the barefoot Langzhong who only left the landline number of the commissary, that the atmosphere of the chat suddenly became dull.

I have always doubted the motives of this old man, and what worries me the most is the identity of the old man - why is it that with the clues that the Qiu family's financial resources and manpower cannot find, this old man is accurate, what is his origin?

I said my thoughts, Qiu Yan sighed after hearing this, and said:

"Actually, what you suspect is exactly what I suspect, but suspicion is suspicion, this old man did lead us to find a lot of clues, and I have no choice but to believe him now."

I gently grabbed Qiu Yan's arm and said:

"It's not that I don't want you to believe him, I just want you to have more eyes, if this person has any crooked thoughts, you can be on guard."

Qiu Yan looked at me and smiled slightly:

"Zimu, thank you, I'll have more eyes."

Qiu Yan's eyes gave me a lot of information: gratitude, trust, etc., I couldn't help but want to touch her cheek, but my hand was halfway up but I couldn't lift it, she has thousands of family wealth, she has Xiang Wei, what am I?

......

Qiu Yan used a satellite phone to contact Xiang Wei, Xiang Wei's convoy needs a day to reach Longshan County, another day to rush to Ling'an Temple, and finally has to climb a day's mountain road to get here, so I estimate that we will be able to see Xiang Wei in three days at the shortest.

But I didn't expect that we had only been on the mountain for two days, and early on the third day, Xiang Wei arrived with a few people.

It turned out that Xiang Wei did not follow the route I planned, as soon as he entered Xiangxi, he was separated from the large army, he asked a person in charge to take the large army to Li Xianfu's house, and he took three people and some equipment from another shortcut road directly to Ling'an Temple, they found Old Man Peng in Ling'an Temple, and then went to the vicinity to buy a few mules and horses, and then came after a night's rest.

Qiu Yan was very happy to see Xiang Wei, and surrounded Xiang Wei like a little girl and asked him what good things he brought, Xiang Wei pinched her face for a while, and then reprimanded her with a straight face, I really couldn't stand this scene, so I turned around and helped other people unload their luggage.

Xiang Wei came with him, in addition to the three mules and horses, there were four other people, one of whom was the old man Peng, who sat on a wooden box and beckoned to me.

I stacked the boxes in my hand neatly and walked over.

"He boy, where is my second baby in the house?" Old man Peng took out the black cigarette stick from his waist and asked.

"Oh, he's gone with the tigers to catch the rabbits." I sat down next to the old man and replied.

"Oh, hehe, yes, aren't you looking for an ancient tomb? The ancient tomb is on the other side of the mountain, and the second baby didn't take you there? ”

"The tomb has been found, and these people are here to dig the tomb."

Later, I explained to Old Man Peng why I couldn't get close to the ancient tomb, and then asked about the white-haired monster.

"Oh, hehe, that thing, you see my old man is so confused, he forgot to tell you about it.

I'm with you, it's a mandrill, he's been in this mountain for years, he was there when I first moved to this mountain, I used to hear about the people's port in Xiawan Village, this thing has been older than their village.

But, he doesn't hurt people with this thing, he eats meat if he has meat, and he eats fruit and wild vegetables if he doesn't have meat, and the people of Xiawan Village used to treat him as a fairy, and they made some pig brains and pig's trotters to bring to the mountain to pay tribute to him during the New Year's Festival, I guess that's why he touched Xiawan Village. ”

I asked the dog again, and the old man Peng said that in the years when he first moved here, the white-haired monster often went to Ling'an Temple, and he couldn't figure out what it was at that time, but later he understood it after listening to the people in Xiawan Village, so he often put the dogs' uneaten things outside, even if it was a tribute to the mountain spirit.

Old man Peng also said that at that time, Huzi and they were still pups, and it is estimated that the white-haired monster will be familiar with it after going there too many times.

However, when I asked about the crack and the cave in the crack, the old man Peng didn't know, he was very surprised and asked me, saying that he had never heard of any caves here, I said that maybe he was less here, so he didn't hear about it, but the old man Peng said that it was not like that, he said that even the villagers of Xiawan Village did not know that there was a cave on this mountain, and there were still those furniture and corpses in the cave, and he said that if one villager found it, then the whole village would know, and it would be impossible for Old Man Peng not to know.

Old man Peng asked me again if I could take him to see it, and I said wait a minute, wait for a few of them to rest, and then put on their equipment and go over.

After unifying the things he brought, Xiang Wei called everyone together, and then formally introduced everyone.

Xiang Wei brought three people this time, all of whom were transferred from the security department of Qiu's company, one was older and named Xu Jinshan, and two were younger ones, one was named Liang Wen and the other was called Long Quan.

I shook hands with the three of them one by one, and when it was the turn of the man named Long Quan, he grinned brighter than the sun.

Although all three of them are in good spirits, for some reason, I like that dragon a little more, maybe because of his smile, I think this person is quite sunny.

After introducing the person, Xiang Wei introduced the equipment again, these equipment include oxygen masks, mountaineering rope suits, folding shovels and hoes, headlamp helmets, glow sticks, air detectors, etc., I looked at the many categories of these equipment, and I thought that there were not many estimates that could be used.

After introducing the equipment to Xiang Wei, he talked about the use of various equipment, and finally under Qiu Yan's urging, we each dressed up neatly, and then set off towards Pujiling.

Originally, this time there was no plan for Old Man Peng, but fortunately, Xiang Wei prepared two more sets of oxygen masks in order to have no worries, so Old Man Peng was able to go to Pujiling with us.

We first stopped at the place of the tombstone for a while, Qiu Yan compared the approximate size of the tomb, and told the people how to dig it, and then we went to the cave together.

I was worried that the white-haired monster would be frightened and hurt when I saw so many people, but when I entered the cave, I didn't see the shadow of the white-haired monster, so I looked around, but I couldn't find any nests.

I didn't see the white-haired monster, so I relieved my heart, and then turned around and walked to the bed, Qiu Yan and the others had already surrounded me.

Because it was just a quick glance before, Qiu Yan and I were worried about corpse rotting fungi so we didn't look closely and left with the second baby, so when I saw this cave for the second time, I still kept the freshness.

I saw Qiu Yan and the others standing about a meter in front of the bed, standing there stupidly and refusing to take the test, so I walked over and asked:

"What's wrong?"

Xiang Wei turned his head and said:

"Be light, things here are hundreds of years old, and they're exposed to the air, maybe they will turn to dust when touched, so we have to be careful."

"But those corpse rotting fungi~~" I asked, pointing to the corpse rotting fungi around the bones.

Xiang Wei interrupted me and said softly:

"I know, I saw it too, no matter what, let's be careful, we finally have such a clue, we must not ruin it because of carelessness."

I nodded, silent.