"I was too young at the time to understand anything, and now that I think about it, I still feel scared for a while!"

"There are ghosts in this valley that can eat people!"

With the old man's narration, Chen Tao and Uncle Long finally understood what happened at that time!

The old man used to be called Li Gouyu, but later he thought it was not good, so he changed it to the current Li Guangsheng, who was born and raised in Liangzikou.

The story takes place decades ago, when he was just a seven or eight-year-old child.

It has always been rumored in the local area that there is a man-eating valley in the mountain, and there are ghosts in the valley who will eat people.

On this day, Li Guangsheng followed a group of children to wander outside, bored and didn't know where to play, and suddenly saw that he had walked to the foot of the mountain, so a child suggested that he should go in and have a look.

After hearing this, a few timid people immediately said that they would not go, and their parents said that there were ghosts there who would eat people.

A few bold ones laughed at those who didn't dare to go too cowardly. In the end, a group of children divided into two groups, those who went, those who stayed, and those who did not dare to go, returned home amid the ridicule of the rest.

Li Guangsheng said that there were five of them who went in at that time. The eldest one, named Wang Hu, is the child king of this group of children, and they all call him Brother Huzi.

The other two boys, one named Ah Gui and the other, are called Tiedan. There was also a little girl, named Erya, who also followed.

"Brother Huzi, do we really want to go in?" Agui asked.

"What, are you afraid?" Wang Hu asked rhetorically.

"I ...... I'm not afraid! Agui replied.

Several children laughed, Wang Hu took the lead and swaggered into the mountain. The little girl named Erya pulled the corner of Li Guangsheng's clothes and whispered:

"Brother Dog, I'm afraid of ......"

Dog leftovers is Li Guangsheng's nickname. He took Erya's little hand and whispered, "Don't be afraid, there is Brother Huzi here, we will follow him." ”

After entering the forest at the foot of the mountain, all the way up, this is a wild mountain that is uninhabited all year round, overgrown with wild grass nearly half a person high. A few boys picked up dead branches, each of them used one as a weapon, and regarded the wild grass of all sizes as enemies, imagining that they were in the midst of all armies, charging into battle.

A few people fought while walking, and while opening the road, they shouted and shouted to kill, and they were not too tired. Erya followed behind, cautious at first, but later also played, holding a small short stick, and also followed the beating, and the barren grass and dead trees along the way were all beaten in a mess.

I don't know how long I walked, people were tired of playing, and the excitement had passed, and a few children walked listlessly like autumn wilted persimmons, kicking up a few leaves from time to time.

Seeing a dead grass blocking the road in front of him, Li Guangsheng took the branch and raised his hand to hit it, but unexpectedly, the branch was broken.

He casually threw away the broken branch, looked around, and saw that not far ahead, there was exactly a small section under a big tree, so he walked over to pick it up. When he walked over to see that it was just a rotten branch, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart, so he raised his foot and kicked it over.

Li Guangsheng only felt a weight under his feet, picking up a few rotten leaves, and at the same time, something was kicked out and flew straight to the back of Tie Dan's head.

"Ouch!"

Tie Dan screamed, and when he looked back, it was Li Guangsheng, and he raised his hand and shook the branch in his hand:

"What are you doing with the dog!"

Seeing this, Li Guangsheng hurriedly dodged: "I'm just careless, are you okay?" ”

Tie Dan grinned and touched the back of his head, but at this time, Erya's voice came.

"Huh? What is this? ”

Er Ya squatted down and pulled the rotten leaves, picked up the thing that had just smashed into the head of the iron egg, and saw that it was a jade plate, but Er Ya didn't know that it was a jade plate, and thought it was a stone.

"This stone is so beautiful!"

When the children heard this, they all came together.

After all, Wang Hu was bigger than several of them, and recognized that it was jade, and he had seen his mother wearing a jade Buddha around her neck, which was also of this color.

"This is jade, it's worth a lot of money! Take it back, you can exchange it for candy with Biandanlang and eat! ”

Bian Danlang was the merchant who walked in the township town at that time. At that time, it was just a small mountain village in the middle of nowhere, and there were not many shops nearby. Every once in a while, there will be a flat man who will come here to sell the goods. The villagers don't have much money, and most of the time they barter. Exchange some sweets, ointments and other gadgets for some game and wild goods in the hands of the villagers.

When several children heard that they could change sugar to eat, they were all interested, and Li Guangsheng snatched the jade plate in Wang Hu's hand and said, "I found this!" ”

"What do you mean, Li Gou!"

Tie Dan and Ah Gui couldn't help but be a little red when they saw that the jade card was robbed by Li Guangsheng.

Seeing this, Li Guangsheng was so frightened that he hid behind Wang Hu, and the second girl didn't dare to speak, but watched quietly from the side.

"I saw it first!" Li Guangsheng shouted.

"Then it hit me, it's mine, you have to compensate me!" Tie Dan was not convinced. Seeing that he was not reasonable, Ah Gui also shouted with Tie Dan on the side.

"That's right! It's iron!"

The three children were chattering and arguing, and seeing that they were about to fight, Wang Hu shouted:

"Okay, okay, what's the noise!" Seeing that Brother Hu Zi spoke, the three of them stopped arguing, and looked at Wang Hu together, waiting for him to speak. As the child king among several people, Wang Hu is still very in charge of things in their hearts.

"Why don't we look for it again, maybe there will be more, find it out and exchange it for sugar, everyone has a share!"

"Okay! Listen to Brother Huzi! Several children listened and agreed. In their eyes, this jade brand is sugar, as long as there is sugar to eat, you can do anything.

In this way, Li Guangsheng put the jade card in his pocket, and several children excitedly stabbed around with branches, trying to find some more jade cards, but who knew that this time, it was a big disaster.

Seeing a pile of barren grass in front of him, Wang Hu took a branch and inserted it directly, only to feel that his hand was heavy, as if he had pierced something, and he heard a miserable howl, which sounded like the cry of a little piglet.

Wang Hu hurriedly brought the branch beast back, and saw that blood was dripping from the branches. Wang Hu only felt a chill in his back, and said in his heart that he was afraid that it was a little wild boar cub that had been pierced into the wild boar's nest!

Before he could come back to his senses, he heard an angry roar behind him, and in an instant, a black and strong figure rushed towards him. Wang Hu couldn't dodge, only felt a pain in his back, and was knocked out in an instant.

I saw a black and strong behemoth rushing into the barren grass pile, and then with a roar, a huge wild boar rushed out of the barren grass pile, staring at several people with blood-red eyes, and the sharp and long fangs glowed with a cold cold light in the sunlight.

On the other side, Wang Hu struggled to get up, touching his back in pain. When I saw my hands, there was blood all over them. The flesh on the back is broken.

When the wild boar saw Wang Hu get up, he turned his head and howled at him and rushed over. Before Wang Hu could stand firmly, he saw a huge black shadow rushing towards him, and in a hurry, he hurriedly rolled on the spot to avoid the wild boar's blow.

Seeing that Yipu was not next to anyone, the wild boar roared angrily again, and pounced directly towards Li Guangsheng and Erya.

At this time, Li Guangsheng and Erya were already scared stupid, and they knew how to hide. When Wang Hu saw this, he picked up a broken branch and struck at the wild boar. Who would have thought that this wild boar had rough skin and thick flesh, and the branches were directly broken into two.

But this still had some effect, and the wild boar was suddenly attacked by the branches, although it could not prevent it from pounceing on Li Guangsheng, but it also made it deviate.

"Dog, run!" Wang Hu shouted anxiously on the side.

The broken branch smashed into Li Guangsheng's body, and he reacted, pulling Erya and running. Seeing this, Ah Gui and Tie Dan didn't care about the direction, crying and shouting and ran towards the depths of the woods.

Seeing that the attack was missed, the wild boar finally went berserk, and with a roar, he turned his head and pounced on Wang Hu. Wang Hu knew that it was going to attack him, so he grabbed half of the dead branch and threw it at the wild boar, and ran in the direction of Li Guangsheng and Erya. I could hear a crackling sound behind me, and the wild boar chased after me like a madman.

After all, Wang Hu was several years older than Li Guangsheng, and he caught up with them after running a few steps.

"Dog leftovers! Come on! It's catching up! Wang Hu shouted while running, ran forward desperately, and soon surpassed Li Guangsheng and Erya.

Erya is still a little girl after all, and after experiencing this kind of thing, she was already frightened, crying and shouting and running forward. Seeing that the wild boar was about to catch up with the two. Li Guangsheng thought to himself,

It's over, it's going to die!

But it didn't stop at all.

Unexpectedly, the wild boar did not attack the two, swished past the two, chasing Wang Hu to death, Li Guangsheng saw this and hurriedly shouted:

"Brother Huzi, it's chasing you!"

Wang Hu was still a child after all, and when he heard Li Guangsheng shouting from a distance, he hurriedly turned around and saw the wild boar following him, his eyes were full of blood red and madness, and his legs were so frightened that he was about to weaken.

Seeing that the wild boar was getting closer and closer to him, he couldn't help but cry out.

"Run! Run! Yes! I don't want to die!! ”

He exerted all his strength, but he could only watch himself run slower and slower, slower and slower, and finally he was not paying attention, and his foot tripped and fell to the ground.

At this moment, the fear of death instantly spread in this teenage boy.

When Li Guangsheng ran up with Erya, he only saw Wang Hu in front of him stumbling to the ground, and the wild boar behind him pounced in an instant.

"Brother Huzi!! Brother Huzi!! Li Guangsheng shouted hysterically.

Li Guangsheng didn't know where he got the courage, so he rushed up and grabbed the broken branch on the ground and threw it at the wild boar.

"Let go of Brother Huzi! You let him go! Li Guangsheng cried, but it was useless. The boy in front and the boar rolled and twisted together. The ground was full of bright red bloodstains, which was Wang Hu's blood.

A man and a pig were tumbling and scuffling, and suddenly they fell into the air and fell.

Li Guangsheng and Erya in the back caught up and took a look, a big hole appeared under the pile of leaves in front of him, and by the light of the hole, Li Guangsheng saw the scene under the hole, and he was so frightened that he sat on the ground.

It was a big pit of four or five meters, pitch black, and by the sunlight passing through the entrance of the cave, Li Guangsheng only saw a piece of white flowers at the bottom of the cave.

That's bones all over the ground!

I don't know if it's human or animal. Wang Hu and the big boar fell a pile of bones, and the broken bones were scattered and splashed in all directions.

The boar was impaled through the belly by a broken bone and collapsed on the ground, twitching and wailing. Wang Hu fell on the boar, but fortunately he was not pierced into a sieve by broken bones.

His body was covered in blood, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

Li Guangsheng and Erya lay at the entrance of the cave and shouted: "Brother Huzi! Brother Huzi! ”

The young man in the cave moved his hands, and barely squeezed out a few words from his mouth: "Quick...... Come on! ”

"Brother Huzi! Brother Huzi, don't move, I'll go back and call Daddy to save you! ”

"With ...... With two ....... Fast...... Come on! ”

Wang Hu coughed violently, his internal organs were severely shaken, and he was panting weakly on the wild boar's body.

Li Guangsheng shouted at the entrance of the cave, and suddenly saw that at the edge of the light, a black shadow was slowly flying towards Wang Hu and the wild boar at the bottom of the cave.

"Brother Huzi! Brother Huzi! Tiger ......." Li Guangsheng shouted to the bottom of the cave as if desperately.

Before Brother Hu Zi shouted at the end, he saw that the black shadow had crawled on the body of Wang Hu and the wild boar, and the whole person and the wild boar were wrapped in the black shadow, and he heard the painful screams of one person and one pig, Wang Hu was rolling underneath, and the half-dead wild boar was fluttering violently.

Before the terrible screams stopped, Li Guangsheng saw that another mass of things crawled out of the dark depths against the ground, and it was pitch black, and it was completely covered with Wang Hu and the wild boar.

"Ah!!h

From below, the heart-rending screams of Wang Hu and the wild boar were heard. The blood spread along the white bones on the ground, and Li Guangsheng stared at Wang Hu and the wild boar in the cave as they were wrapped in the two black shadows and turned into two bloody skeletons.

In that last moment, he only heard Wang Hu's weak voice from under the cave: "Dog leftover, ..... quickly Come on! Hurry up ......"

The two black shadows at the bottom of the cave were still squirming, and at this time, Li Guangsheng's whole person was already frightened, and he trembled all over his body and looked at the white bones in the pool of blood at the bottom of the cave, unable to say a word.

Erya collapsed after all, at a young age, where could he withstand such stimulation, screamed, cried and ran behind him.

The shout woke up the frightened Li Guangsheng, and when he turned around, he saw that the second girl beside him had disappeared.

"Erya!"

Li Guangsheng shouted, his voice echoing in the open woods, he couldn't stand it anymore, screamed and stumbled in the direction he came, and lost his shoes.

It should have been his fate, and after running for a while, he found the wild boar's nest, and ran out of the man-eating valley that made him tremble along the crooked dry grass road that had been beaten along the way.

When he saw the familiar country road again, he rushed out like crazy, and collapsed to the ground, unable to even stand up. At the end of the day, he's just a kid.

After all, he couldn't hide it, and he later learned that he was the only one who came out that day. Brother Huzi, Tiedan, Erya, and Agui all stayed in it forever.

When Li Guangsheng's father found out about the incident, he beat him severely. The families who had no children endured the pain and moved away from this terrible place, and Li Guangsheng never dared to step into the valley again, not even those mountains.

The jade plaque was still in his pocket, and when he came out, he didn't dare to tell others, nor did he take it to find Biandanlang to exchange sugar, so he kept it until now.

Every time he saw that jade plaque, he couldn't help but think of that incident back then, the thing that he would never forget for the rest of his life.

"Alas...... Brother Huzi, Erya, Agui, Tiedan, they will never come back, I often have nightmares, I dream that he is standing on the valley mouth and waving to me, and his whole body is full of white bones!

Every year during Qingming, I go far away towards the mountain, towards the valley of the dead, and kowtow to them, hoping that they will not be reborn in such a terrible place in the next life......"