I asked, "Do you know if there were any outsiders here who did any big projects in ancient times?" For example, cutting wood, digging mountains, etc. ”

The old man of Erhuazhai patted his thigh and said: "Dog day, you say this, Lao Tzu seems to remember, we don't have it here, but there has always been a legend in Fanjing Mountain, which is one hundred and eighty miles ahead, saying that thousands of years ago, I don't know when someone did a big construction in that mountain, and the old people said that there was a treasure there, and people were looking for it in all dynasties, but they had never seen it." ”

I was overjoyed, but I didn't dare to show it on my face. said: "Those are all myths and legends, things that don't exist, how can you believe them." ”

The old man of Erhuazhai nodded and said: "Some of the things passed down by the old generation are amazing, and I don't believe that there are any treasures." That place is all cliffs, which one has no criticism to put what treasure there, it is estimated that it is the dragon gate array made up by some idlers. ”

At that time, Fanjing Mountain was still a completely undeveloped virgin land, and no one knew it in the deep boudoir.

In the afternoon of the same day, a group of people got up lazy, last night is estimated to have drunk more, we said goodbye to the old villagers of Ganu Village and the old people of Erhua Village. I told Lin Xia and Professor Wen about the matter, and everyone was overjoyed, so I drove all the way to Fanjing Mountain, inquired all the way and stopped for a whole day, there were many forks in the mountain, and I came to the foot of Fanjing Mountain in Jiangkou County in the evening.

Fanjing Mountain is the highest peak of the Wuling Mountains, with a radius of more than 700 square kilometers, lying in the three counties of the Northeast Guizhou River Estuary, Yinjiang and Songtao, the traffic was extremely inconvenient in those years, there was only one logging horse road leading to the mountain, it was night again, the whole mountain was wrapped in a thick layer of dense fog, and it rained lightly, and the visibility was less than ten meters.

The more we went up the mountain, the fog became, and the road became steeper, except for us, the whole mountain was empty, and we could only occasionally hear one or two long chirpings of unknown birds, which made people feel creepy.

On Tuesday, Mao said worriedly: "I don't know what mountain spirits and ghosts are in this mountain." ”

Professor Wen smiled and said, "This Fanjing Mountain is the dojo of Maitreya Buddha, what kind of ghosts dare to come to this mountain to make trouble." ”

After another hour or so of walking in the mountains, we finally came to an open field in the mountains, where the lumberjacks should load the timber, and in the distance we could faintly see a row of small tiled houses with fences outside, and we could only vaguely see a little faint light faintly appearing in the thick fog.

That day, the thin man who called us downstairs was called Xiao Hai, walked in the front, saw that the door was not closed tightly, and pushed the door while asking: "Is there anyone in the house?" Suddenly a dog barked, a big white dog suddenly rushed out, stepped forward to bite Xiao Hai, fortunately Xiao Hai reacted quickly, hurriedly closed the door, the big white dog barked in the house, the mountains were already empty, the dog barked more clearly, scared that we were all at the door and did not dare to move.

Xiao Hai desperately pressed against the door and said in a panic: "Is there anyone in the house, this dog is going to bite!" ”

"White Dragon, come here!" Suddenly, there was a loud shout from the house, and the big white dog stopped growling when he heard the master's reprimand, but he still had a nose and grinned and refused to leave.

"Holy shit, come here!" The people in the room were full of energy.

The big white dog put away his posture of attacking this time, and staggered to the eaves and lay down.

An old man with a green handkerchief and a cloak walked out with a long cigarette stick, looked at us coldly and said, "Who are you?" ”

Lin Xia hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Old man, we are engaged in geological exploration, isn't it raining at night, I want to come to your house for a night, shelter from the rain, I don't know if it's convenient or not." ”

The old man looked a group of us up and down, waved his big hand and said, "If there is anything inconvenient, come in and talk!" ”

We followed the old man into the house, I looked at the big white dog with palpitations, the white bristles on the face and mouth were erect, like a needle, it turned out to be a famous hunting dog in Guizhou, and this lower dog is nearly a circle larger than the general lower division dog, and the face is also a lot more hideous, this dog has a particularly sensitive sense of smell, strong limbs, thick soles, fast running speed, strong endurance and explosiveness, born with a strong hunting ability, is a well-known hunting dog breed.

There was only one tung oil lamp in the house, and there was a charcoal fire burning in the fire pit on the ground, roasting two glutinous rice cakes, and the old man was probably sitting by the fire just now drinking in a daze.

As soon as he entered the house, Lin Xia handed two "Hademen" cigarettes to the old man and said, "I'm really sorry to disturb your old man's house tonight." ”

Seeing that Lin Xia was polite, the old man smiled and waved his hand and said: "The old man is used to smoking grass tobacco, and he is not used to cigarettes. The beds are very noisy, and you can sleep casually. There's nothing good to eat in the mountains, so I'll cook some noodles and eat some glutinous rice for everyone. ”

We hurriedly said, "You're welcome, old man, we all bring something to eat, so we won't trouble you." ”

Everyone sat by the fire and ate, drank wine and began to chat. After chatting for a while, I found out that the old man's name was Xiang Liangzhong, who was the head of the logging team, after the death of his wife, his son ran a boat in Wujiang, and his daughter married to the neighboring Songtao County, so he took the mountain as his home, and when he was logging, he took everyone to do the work, and when he was fine, he took the subordinate dog "White Dragon" to hunt.

On Tuesday, Mao asked: "Old man, there is nothing to do when you are idle at night. ”

Old man Xiang Liangzhong smiled and said, "Yes, it's boring on the mountain anyway, what do you want to hear?" ”

On Tuesday, Mao said: "Since you have come to Fanjing Mountain, you can tell us about this Fanjing Mountain." ”

Xiang Liangzhong said to the old man: "If you want to get it, I will tell you about Hafan Jingshan." I don't know anything about this Fanjing Mountain. ”

Tuesday Mao said: "Even if it's not likely, this mountain is thousands of years old." ”

Xiang Liangzhong said to the old man: "Don't you look at this mountain, the old man has been scorched (finished) in the past few decades." ”

Tuesday Mao said: "I heard that this mountain is the dojo of Maitreya Buddha, that is a bit magnificent."

Xiang Liangzhong said to the old man: "Then you think that Emperor Wanli gave it to him in the Ming Dynasty, and his Li Huangniang is said to have practiced here." ”

On Tuesday, Mao said: "That's only a few hundred years." I've heard that Mount Emei is thousands of years old. ”

The old man Xiang Liangzhong looked at Tuesday Mao disapprovingly: "You know how to use a hammer." More than 1,000 years ago, Fanjing Mountain was called Jiulong Mountain, and a few years ago there were also a few experts from Guiyang who went up the mountain to play, and I accompanied them to play, and I heard them say that there was a temple in the Tang Dynasty. But I can't figure it out for years. ”

On Tuesday, Mao said: "I heard a Miao uncle say when I was doing research in Songtao, this mountain is a bit weird, you know that we are engaged in geology, this aspect is more sensitive, I am still a little scared this time." ”

The old man Xiang Liangzhong thought for a while and said: "As soon as you say that, I really want to remind you a few of you, you will investigate and investigate, the mountain behind the golden summit to the side of the Taizi Rock, there is a canyon called Scissors Gorge to the west, and it is best not to enter the turtle place." ”