CHAPTER 8 TRUTH
After two hours of walking, we came to a canyon. The snow-capped mountains on both sides stand tall, making us even smaller. The snow was so thick that every step didn't go past my calves, and the two-hour snow walk had almost exhausted my physical strength, so I staggered and followed, stepping on a deep pit, and the snow didn't reach my thighs, so I had to climb on the snow and gasp. Xiao Qi next to me saw that I was physically exhausted, and pulled me out with all his might. In order to ease my emotions, I started chatting with him, "Xiao Qi, just now, it was too scary, did the people of your family know, Brother Dong did such a dangerous thing, and the family didn't care?" ”
"We, since we were children, we know what the family is doing, everything we do is agreed upon by several patriarchs, if it is too dangerous, we will not let Brother Dong go, you have seen those few masters, that is, you sit next to you when you eat together. Among them, the most powerful one is the old man. ”
"But, but this is also too dangerous, I'll go, and Brother Dong won't tell me." I suddenly felt so strange in my heart, could it be that Brother Dong didn't tell me anything? . Xiao Qi then said, "You are strange, we are all strange, our Liu family has not had so many elders together for a long time, and we called you in for dinner." ”
"Really?。。。。 I laughed awkwardly, feeling that I couldn't go on with the topic, so I asked again
"Do you know where the dust wind comes from? I feel like he's amazing. ”
Xiao Qi glanced back at Dusty Wind, turned back and whispered to me.
"He, it is said that he is a rare secret guest, and this kind of person is also a person who collects rare treasures everywhere, and he has great skills. But they are very scattered, their personnel are scattered, and they like to go it alone. Every time you can invite a secret customer, it must cost a lot of money. But some secret customers don't accept jobs no matter how high the price is, and some don't give money and go. The rules are peculiar. "I looked at the wind curiously, Darkman? Is it a big family like Brother Dong's Liu family? It seems that they are all social classes that I don't understand. Forget it, it's a headache to ask too much. So he hurried to catch up with Brother Dong. gasping for breath and said:
"Dong, Brother Dong, are we almost there, we can't walk blindly without a guide, I think those who are chasing us shouldn't be able to catch up. I, I, if we continue like this, we will not be killed by those people, and we will freeze to death on the snow. ”
Brother Dong turned his head and squinted at me, "Uh... Xiaocao, if you were a girl, I would be reluctant to consider being buried here with you. ”
"You've got water in your head." I thought to myself, Brother Dong's brain circuit is really messy.
"Alright, there's a cave up ahead, we'll get there."
Cave? What does it mean? Do you live in a cave for the next few days? I had to follow in a daze. Sure enough, after walking in the valley for another half an hour, I finally saw a small hole in the mountain wall in front of me.
When I looked up, I had already realized how miserable I would be. The cave was about three stories high from where we stood, surrounded by either snow or icicles made of frozen snow, and the entire cliff face was bare with no climbable rocks. I was at the limit of my physical strength, and I watched with my mouth open in amazement. I know, if it's in the movie, this kind of cave is set up very well, the key, the key is that I'm an ordinary person. Where did I get the strength to climb up, when I was 12 years old, I climbed the wall to steal apples, and now I will breathe when I go upstairs.
When my mind was still thinking nonsense, I saw a good hand, throwing the climbing rope with hook claws up, as if hooked, and after holding it down, I watched them climb up one by one with agility, the action was the same as that of a firefighter, grasping the rope with his hands and stepping on the cliff with his feet. Not to mention the dust wind, grabbing the rope, he only kicked twice, and one rolled over and jumped to the entrance of the hole. Brother Dong in the back patted me and said, "Xiaocao, don't be in a daze, go up." I could only nod and watch them climb up easily, I felt that this was not difficult, how could I know if I didn't try. So they learned to grasp the rope with both hands, jumped under their feet, and prepared to step on the rock wall, and their feet just touched the rock wall, ah, the force was wrong, because of inertia, I actually swung away, my feet could not touch the rock wall, and the weight was all concentrated in my hands, and as soon as my hands were released, I sat on the ground with my buttocks, and the rope dangled on my head. The brothers laughed beside me, alas, shameful again, I irritably patted the rope on my head, rolled over and stood up. Brother Dong wanted to come over to help me, but I pushed it away, and his grandfather's, Lao Tzu didn't believe it.
"Well, then you go slowly, I'll smoke a cigarette first." Brother Dong stepped aside, lit a cigarette, and looked at me with a grin.
With mental preparation, after tossing a few times, I was finally able to walk up slowly, the slippery rock wall, several times made my feet keep kicking and slipping, fortunately there was a safety rope, otherwise I would have fallen. Halfway through the climb I already had sore muscles. I tried to keep my balance, but the muscle aches didn't help. It's over, it's almost unbearable. I glanced up at the person above, and his face was distorted from the exertion. "Quick, pull!" , I gritted my teeth and shouted. Xiao Qi reacted quickly, and pulled me up with a few brothers, and I sat on the ground and began to gasp.
"Brother Cao, you just have to say no earlier, you have to go on it yourself" Xiao Qi said to me with a smile.
"I, how did I know it was so hard." Alas, I'll definitely go to the gym when I get back.
After a while, I looked at the cave, and from below, I really couldn't confirm its size, but now it looks like this cave is so big, in addition to the hard black rock, there are many icicles on the top of the cave, and even a conical pituitary that resembles stalactites. This space should be more than enough for us to set up camp. So I opened the package and prepared to take out the camping stuff.
"Xiaocao, what are you doing?"
"Brother Dong, aren't we camping here?" I looked at everyone suspiciously.
"Who said to camp here, our goal is inside." After speaking, Brother Dong pointed to the depths of the cave.
Inside? I looked along where he was pointing, and because the light was very dim, I didn't notice what was inside at first, but after a closer look, I realized that there was a black hole in front of me that was so deep that I couldn't see the bottom at all. Not far from the mouth of this black hole, there are three large stones, two vertical and one horizontal. It forms the shape of a door, and in front of it is a strange stone table, and there are incense burners and other things on it.
I stepped forward, the big stone strip was carved with patterns, because I had taken an ancient architecture course when I was studying design, I knew that this was basically some cloud patterns, and the cloud patterns were not only found in places to worship immortals? There are also some lotus and lotus ornaments, isn't this unique in Buddhism? When I looked up, I saw the stone strips on it, which were also some ornaments, but the stone strips on it were obviously not beams, but like pillars, and it felt like the construction of a certain building, which had been piled up into the current state. And on the stone strip above, a few words were carved out with something like a knife, 'Bailing Niangniang Temple'.
I was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a cold wind blew from the gloomy black hole, and the sound of the wind cut through the mouth of the cave against the cliff wall, forming a howl like a demon, as if it wanted to suck people in. I took two steps back, scratched my scalp, and pressed the numbing goosebumps away. Hurry up and ask:
"Brother Dong, what kind of place is this, with an incense burner ,,, a door? Temple? Is this a tourist attraction? Cave ?。。 "I suddenly thought of something" or ... It's an ancient tomb." Seeing Brother Dong keep his head down and not speak, I realized that something was wrong. Brother Dong, is your uncle lying to me? I cried out against the fire:
“
o,
O, Brother Dong, it's not appropriate for you to do this. We're brothers, right, we're all here, why don't you talk. I thought we should just find a place to hide, why is it now a grave? ”
"It's not called going to the grave,。。。 That ,,, is called scientific research,,", seeing that I was still staring at him, Brother Dong frowned and stroked his hair and said, "I'm also helpless, the main thing is that there is really no way this time, to tell you the truth, the people who killed us have come in several batches." I can't guarantee that we'll get away with it every time. The old man said, according to the person who caught it, there is something very powerful in it. They organized a special person to come and look for it. If we can find it in advance and use it as a bargaining chip, the safety of the two of us can be guaranteed. Before Brother Dong could finish speaking, I interrupted and said:
"Brother Dong, if this thing is really important, I won't stop you, but I really have some scruples, you see that my condition is simply a drag, I will just wait for you here." And also.. Brother Dong glanced at me, and I continued, "You guys, how many things are still hidden from me!" "It's not that I don't trust my friends, it's just that the current development is so strange that I have to ask clearly.
Brother Dong just lowered his head again and didn't speak. And the others didn't mean to speak.
"You have to come along, we won't necessarily go back the way we came," Dustwind's powerful voice crossed my ears, and he was already walking towards the black hole. I quickly looked at Brother Dong for confirmation.
"Xiaocao, you don't even believe me anymore? It's hard to say what the situation is in the tombway, whether it will go on a different path, no one can say, you'd better join us. Only the old man knows this matter best, and when we go back, we will ask him if it is okay. I'll apologize to you then. ”
I couldn't think of a reason to argue for a while, and after thinking about my current situation, it would be impossible for me to walk through the snow and forest alone. So I had to reluctantly nod and follow them.
Xiao Qi walked up to me and said, "Brother Xiaocao, don't be afraid, we have any equipment here, you must have seen too much tomb robbery notes and ghost blowing lanterns, the real tomb is not so complicated." Listening to Xiaocao's words, I instantly felt a little relieved, and smiled self-deprecatingly, I was really timid. I don't know how other ordinary people would react, am I overreacting?
Alas, while walking, I thought, seeing that 2018 is about to pass, and there is such a thing at the end of the year, I must go to the temple to worship when I go back, or I will make a French, in short, it is too unlucky.
My mind kept wandering, thinking about what was happening, and I didn't pay attention to the situation of the surrounding tombs, and the whole tomb had begun to go down, walking deeper, and there was basically no light. We all turned on the flashlights. The stone walls are still very smooth, all black rock. The ground is thick with dust, and due to the low temperature, it is also frozen hard, and the cold ground may be like this.
After a while, the person in front suddenly stopped, what was this doing? I looked up, because it was dark, I could only use a flashlight in front of me, I looked through the gap, and suddenly I saw something on the ground, what is this?
When I got closer, I recognized it as a man,。。。。 Oh my god, what's going on? Is it a dead man? I immediately covered my mouth to block out my surprised voices. Fear made my hair stand on end.
"Dead." Xiao Qi, who was squatting next to the corpse, said.
It's really a dead person, it's terrible, doesn't it mean that it's not dangerous?
I couldn't accept the situation in front of me, in modern society, the sudden sight of a corpse was too shocking to me. I slowly retreated, no, this is not good, I really don't fit to do this, I want to go back!
As soon as he turned around, he met the eyes of Dusty Wind. He looked at me, his eyes were still cold, but there was a warning, he had never looked at me like this, I was a little puzzled. But I wasn't in the mood to dig deeper, so I immediately turned sideways and tried to walk past him. Suddenly, he put his hand on my shoulder, and with great force, not only stopped me in my steps, but I was instantly pulled back by the force, and met his eyes again.
"There is no way back, keep walking." The tone was still light, but there was a hint of command. I was a little short of breath, looked at him, then at the darkened grave behind me, frowned, and closed my eyes. If I leave now, I won't run into a murderer, but if I don't go back, I can only continue to walk.
"Little grass! Calm down! This person should have only been killed in the mountain, don't be afraid, it's very dangerous for you to go back now. Brother Dong shouted. Was it just a mountaineering shipwreck? My mind struggled for a long time, but it slowly turned back. And Brother Dong, they just glanced at the corpse and continued to walk forward. I clinged to the wall on the other side, slowly gliding over where the corpse was. People have a kind of mentality, the more scared they are, the more they want to see clearly, so when I walked over, I glanced at it, and found that it was a foreigner, and I could see that the hair was blonde, and the eyes were still open, and there were no obvious wounds, but why did he die? The skin is no longer bloody. The body is also very shriveled, as if the blood is gone...
Wait, the blood is gone, as if there has been a similar situation somewhere. Yes, Xiao Yan, and the photos of those who have seen the stone and died, exploded in my brain. His uncle, Brother Dong lied to me again, how could this be a mountaineering disaster. I panicked, could it be that the murderer was here? Fear made me unable to calm my mind, and my mind was so confused that I couldn't think.
And Brother Dong, the speed of their march began to slow down at some point, and there was a foul smell in the surroundings, and when we all stopped, the quiet needles around us could be heard. Then it seemed to be the sound of breathing, which came out intermittently. I saw a small man in the team, squatting on the ground and starting to study something, and then whispered to Brother Dong, "Brother Dong, someone came here just now, it should be with that foreigner, the footprints are very new, and according to the size of the footprints, there are a lot of people, from the traces of their footprints, it can be seen that the pace is very large, and they ran in."
I could only look at them, I couldn't do anything. Suddenly, the surrounding breathing seemed to be louder, and Dusty Wind waved his hand to signal everyone not to speak, only to see him and Brother Dong look at each other, Brother Dong nodded, as if confirming something, took out his pistol, and the others did the same. Then Dusty Wind took out a small thing from his bag, and suddenly lit up when he pressed it, I don't know what it was, it felt much brighter than a flashlight, and it became a glowing spherical object. I saw him throw it hard, and our eyes followed the trajectory of the ball of light.
As the light crosses the parabola from near to far, the area in front of you presents a breathtaking scene. I saw a person, two people, three people lying crookedly on the ground of the cemetery, could it be that they were all dead?
My heart was beating rapidly, was this the mountaineering team that Brother Dong was talking about? My mouth opened wide in surprise and I wanted to scream, but I couldn't make any sound from fear. It wasn't until the ball of light fell far away that a light that no longer flickered illuminated an area. Suddenly, on the top of the tomb in the distance, I saw a black shadow holding it, and what made people even more terrifying was that it still had a person in its mouth.