After pondering for a long time, I still didn't understand what Qinggu told me.

"Alright, Lu Yuan, it's time for me to go!"

The old king slowed down for a while, stood up and picked up the black travel bag again.

I knew he had made up his mind.

I was stunned for a moment, and said to the old king: "Then, let me send you out!" ”

The old king didn't speak, and walked straight outside.

When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he looked back, with a trace of reluctance on his face, "I have lived in this place for nearly thirty years, and I can't imagine that I will have to leave ...... in the end."

I said, why do you have to leave if you are reluctant?

The old king glanced at me with a wry smile, but still resolutely turned around and walked down the path.

I followed him closely, maybe this farewell is eternal life, the old man is somewhat kind to me, and now I am suddenly leaving, I am inevitably a little lost in my heart.

The old king didn't say anything along the way, and when he was close to the highway, the old king asked me to go back.

He said that he had to say goodbye to him for a thousand miles, and he had to go his own way.

I nodded and told him to take care all the way.

Then, he turned around and walked back.

"Lu Yuan, you wait!"

I had just walked a few steps when the old king suddenly stopped me.

I turned around, and the old king was already near.

"Lu Yuan, if you want to know something, there is a place you can go to see, maybe it can help you."

I was overjoyed and hurriedly asked him, what is the place?

"That place is in Wanfu Town, and it used to be called Cockscomb Rock."

After speaking, the old king took a passing car and left.

Looking at the car in the distance, I was stunned for a long time.

Before the old king left, he told me about such a place, and he probably made a lot of determination.

Although he didn't say it directly, I'm sure that that place is definitely related to Qinggu and the iron abacus!

After much deliberation, I hitched a ride to Wanfu Town.

There are some things I have to see for myself!

After all, it's a matter of life and death, what is Qinggu's idea of me, I just want to find out as soon as possible, whether it is a blessing or a curse, at least it must be clear.

On the way, I called Wang Ling'er and said that I might have to go back later in the evening, so I asked him and Wang Blind to go first.

On Lu Le's side, I also made a call and asked him to help take care of Li Yue.

Lu Le asked me if I was in a hurry?

I made up a random excuse that the archaeological team had news from my dad and asked me to come over.

I can't say anything about Qinggu, so I can only investigate it behind my back.

Towards noon, we arrived at Wanfu Town.

I ate a random bowl of noodles, and then I asked people everywhere about the place of Cockscomb Rock.

But after asking several people in a row, they all shook their heads and said that they had never heard of such a place.

I was suddenly anxious, it is impossible for the old king to lie and deceive me, right?

After thinking about it for a while, I think I must have asked the wrong person, the people I asked before were all young, and this matter should be asked to the older generation.

In rural areas, some place names have several names, which are best known only to the older generation.

So, at that moment, I went to the street to find some old men, and the old lady asked.

Fortunately, this time, it really had some effect.

An old lady selling vegetables told me that she knew a little about Cockscomb Rock.

I quickly asked her, where is that place?

The old lady thought about it for a long time, and then she said to me slowly, "Young man, what are you doing in that place?" It's long gone! ”

I asked her, what was going on?

The old lady recalled that Jiguanyan was more than 20 miles away from the town, and it was originally called Caotou Village.

There is an old temple on it, and before liberation, there was a bandit entrenched in the mountain all year round.

Later, for some unknown reason, all the people above died overnight, and it is said that they were caused by some kind of plague, and even the neighboring villages below were not spared.

The old lady said that her mother had told her about it before, and that not many people knew about it now.

I asked her, where exactly can I get there?

The old lady gave me a rough explanation, and then she urged me not to go to that place, saying that it was not clean.

I thanked her immediately, and when it was still early, I called a motorcycle out of town.

Walking to Lao Magou outside the town, I got out of the car and paid, and according to the road pointed out by the old lady, it was not far from Jiguan Rock when I got here.

After getting off the bus, I went to the neighborhood and asked several villagers to find a general direction.

When these villagers heard that I was going to Jiguanyan, their faces changed and they persuaded me not to go, saying that it had been abandoned for a long time, and no one dared to go.

I ignored it and walked straight down the rugged mountain road in the direction of Cockscomb Rock.

In this area, there are mountains almost everywhere, and you can't see the end at a glance.

After walking down in one breath, I climbed halfway up the mountain.

I was gasping for breath when suddenly there were dark clouds over my head, followed by a series of strong winds.

Seeing that the situation was about to rain heavily, I cursed in my heart and hurriedly looked for a place to shelter from the rain.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for me to find a small cave, and as soon as I stepped into it with my front feet, it began to rain heavily.

I was glad that I had to crouch in the cave and wait for the rain to stop.

But the rain was several hours, and seeing that the sky was getting darker outside, I had no choice but to call Wang Ling'er and say that I would not go back tonight.

asked them to find a way to heal Li Yue's injuries first, Wang Linger didn't ask much, and simply hung up the phone.

As soon as he put the phone down, suddenly a man in a straw hat rushed in.

I was startled and quickly leaned to the side.

"Hey, hey, young man, don't be afraid, I'm here to take shelter from the rain!"

When I saw that it was a thin old man in a sleek robe, I breathed a sigh of relief.

But I still wonder in my heart, why did this old man come in to shelter from the rain even though he was wearing a robe?

Maybe seeing that I was puzzled, the old man smiled and said: "Young man, I often come to this place to take shelter from the rain, and there are unforeseen storms and clouds, so you don't have much heart." ”

I nodded slightly.

The old man then asked me if I wanted to go up the mountain.

I hummed, nodded and said, "Yes." ”

The old man laughed, and a wrinkle appeared on his shriveled face: "Coincidentally, I happen to be going up the mountain too, and the rain will stop and walk together." ”

I hesitated for a moment and asked him, "Uncle, why are you going up alone at night?" ”

"Of course I'm going home at night, why don't you do it?" The old man's tone was calm.

I immediately wondered, "Is there anyone living up there?" ”

"Of course someone lives!" The old man replied angrily.

It didn't take long for the rain outside to finally stop.

The old man patted me, "Let's go, young man, the rain has stopped, I'll take you on the road!" ”

I smiled awkwardly, and walked up the hill after the old man.

At this time, it was already dark, and the mountain was cool and quiet, because it had just rained, and the mountain road was very laborious to walk.

Finally, I finally climbed to the top of the mountain.

"Look, young man, that's my house." The old man suddenly pointed to a vague place in the lower part and said to me.

I looked over and saw that there was a faint light in the place where the old man was pointing, as if it were indeed a room.

And, depending on the situation, there was far more than the old man in that col.

I suddenly became puzzled, the old lady and the villagers who had shown me the way before said that this place has been abandoned for a long time, why is there still people living here?

If you think about it carefully, it is impossible for the old lady and the villagers below the mountain to lie to me, there must be something wrong with the mountain or the old man who brought me!

So, I hurriedly looked at the old man beside me.

But at a glance, he didn't find anything wrong, and the old man's feet clearly reflected his own shadow.

I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, there is nothing wrong with the old man!

Inadvertently, I shook my head and looked at my feet again, but it was this glance that I almost screamed!

How can it be?

I immediately "chuckled" in my heart.

I don't have a shadow of myself......

Could it be that I'm already dead?

The older generation said that ghosts cannot see shadows at all, and only a very small number of ghosts have shadows.

The old man has a shadow, which proves that he is most likely not a ghost, and I myself have no shadow, does it mean that I am a ghost at this time!

But on second thought, how is this possible?

Something must have gone wrong!

I'm obviously a big living person, why did I suddenly become a ghost without a shadow here?!

After all, the old man and me, who is the ghost?

I was completely confused, and my mind was in a mess......

"Oh, by the way, young man, what are you doing here at night?" The old man took off his straw hat and looked at me directly.