Chapter 2 Uninhabited Villages
In the jeep, I watched the scenery constantly regressing, and my heart beat a drum.
"What did you find? In such a hurry? I asked, the second brother really remembered that one came out of the other, and he was not afraid of anything.
The second brother didn't look at me with a cigarette in his mouth, and handed over the photo: "Look at the tree in the photo"
I took the photo and observed it carefully, yesterday I also took a general look at these trees at all, after the second brother said so, I began to pay attention, the tree in the photo, the trunk is slender, dense, but what interests me is that on the ground, there is no weed, and combined with the appearance of the trunk, I thought about it for a while.
"It's eucalyptus!" I blurted out that eucalyptus is a poisonous plant, and there is no grass growing in the place where it is planted, not only robbing the water in the land, but also growing rapidly, and the state has completely banned the planting, where will there be such a tree?
The second brother looked at me with a smile and nodded, "You're finally fucking smart, I've asked someone to find out about the place, in an uninhabited village in the mountains of Jurong City, this time let's find out."
"Why do you care about this? Do you want to go there in person? "I'm a little unsure why, this place in the photo looks like a deserted place where birds don't, besides, this strange figure in the photo, and a patch of poisonous eucalyptus, we just have such a reckless past, what good thing can be?
"You kid knows a! Can Li Wanjin be a fuel-efficient lamp? I've already contacted the victim, and we've taken the deal. The second brother lowered the window a little and threw the cigarette butt out.
"Can the two of us do it? What if something happens? β
The second brother was directly happy, "Yo, I haven't touched such a thing as ghosts and gods, but haven't you kid never believed in these things?" How? Scared? β
Seeing that I didn't speak, the second brother explained: "You, don't blame me for being reckless, yesterday you said that Li Wanjin came to inquire about our father, I felt that something was wrong, our mother left early, this trip is not good to find out the whereabouts of his old man, the owner asked not to be quiet, of course, the fewer people who know, the better." β
What happened to my father's previous operation? It is even more puzzling that he disappeared a few years after he returned from retirement, even if he has reported the case, but there has been no news for almost 20 years, and I have long lost hope.
I looked at my second brother's face as he focused on driving, and asked, "Just say it, how much money did the victim give you?" β
The second brother was stunned at first, as if the trick had been seen through, and smiled awkwardly, "It's not much, 100,000." β
"So much! That must be dangerous! Otherwise, why didn't he go himself? I couldn't help but exclaim.
"I said, can you kid stop babbling, what are you eating with my second brother! Don't people like our craft? Rest assured! It's going to be fine," the second brother and the old god were driving the car, and he didn't seem to care about the next encounter at all.
I said in my heart that I haven't seen your craft, it's nothing more than to look at feng shui and step on the point, and then look at palmistry and play some psychology? I don't eat your set.
Come on, since I'm on this thief ship, I can only arch forward, and even if I let him go alone, I really can't rest assured.
I don't know why the highway is surprisingly congested today, the original journey of several hours, it was only arrived in the afternoon, after getting off the highway, it was a winding mud road, my ass couldn't stand it for a long time, this winding path must lead to the mountains, it seems that the next road is not easy to walk.
After driving for another hour or so, occasionally you can see the old farmer driving the ox cart waving a long whip and passing by our car, and you can see a field of considerable scale on the side of the road, which is the season of rice planting, and many villagers in the field are working hard, but after seeing our car, they have stopped their work and started to exchange something, as if they were very surprised by our arrival.
"Tsk, it seems that these villagers don't seem to welcome us," the second brother muttered.
After arriving at the village in front of us, we learned that this is not our destination at all, we are going to Huangcun, the car can't get in at all, the village in front of us is surrounded by mountains, the mountain peaks are covered with green trees and white mist, it looks so spectacular from a distance, I took out my mobile phone and clicked to take two photos.
"The scenery is really damn good, the air is good, there are a lot of ruts on the ground here, it seems that it is still a good place to travel, there are already many travel enthusiasts who have been here" The second brother parked the car at the entrance of the village, got out of the car and took out his backpack.
After getting off the bus together, we walked into the village to find a homestay, and the villagers we met along the way looked at us strangely and made people feel very uncomfortable, I didn't think too much, just followed the second brother.
After opening the room, the proprietress asked with a complicated expression in front of the door, "Are you here for a tour?" β
"Ah, yes, we're here for a tour." I chimed in.
The proprietress shook her head and said, "You guys aren't going to Huangcun, are you?" β
The second brother smiled and said: "How is it possible, let's just come and see it casually, haven't we heard that it is haunted there, who dares to go" The second brother didn't tell the truth, but there was no need to tell the truth.
After hearing this, the proprietress leaned over and said mysteriously: "It's not, there have been people from other places who have come here to travel here over the years, but the recent batch is different, four or five people are men and women, and they want to go to Huangcun by name, or I led the way!" Who knew that this time I never came out again, the rescue team went in and searched several times but didn't see anyone, I guess, it was really hurt by the ghosts of Huangcun" This boss lady is really a typical image of a rural woman, and she can't keep her mouth at all.
The second brother and I glanced at each other, and the second brother smiled and lit a cigarette to make a clichΓ©: "What are those people doing in Huangcun?" β
The proprietress took out a handful of melon seeds from her pocket and knocked them up to herself: "I really don't know this, but I saw this group of people holding a photo in their hands, as if they were looking for something, I asked them not to go in, who knew that this group of people stretched out their hands and had a few tickets, and I didn't dare to ask more." β
Photo? Could it be that those people have the same purpose as us? It made me even more curious.
After hearing this, the second brother smiled and said, "Okay, thank you boss." β
The proprietress lowered her voice and said, "I advise you to stay away from Huangcun when you play, that village has been abandoned for decades, but it is evil." β
I asked curiously, "How did that village become so desolate?" β
"I don't know much about this, I heard that there was a plague and died overnight, it's too miserable, it's too miserable." The proprietress shook her head and swallowed the melon seeds, seeming to be a little regretful.
After sending the hostess away, we sat in the room and fell silent.
It seems that this business is really not so easy to earn, and someone has already gone to explore the way ahead of us, but the result is that life and death are unknown.
The second brother took out the photo and observed it carefully, and the cigarette in his hand was about to burn out.
"It's too late to regret it now," I looked at my second brother and quipped, it turns out that this guy is also afraid.
The second brother didn't say anything, and looked at his watch, "It's 3:40, and the photo shooting time seems to be around evening, pack up your things, and let's go." β
I looked at him in surprise, it turned out that this guy was really calculating the time, I smiled helplessly, since you think it doesn't matter, then I have to fight.
Walking to the front of the car, the second brother opened the car door and began to pack up the equipment, this time he was really accurate enough, bringing a lot of wilderness survival tools, including tent sleeping bags and the like, the two of us carried huge backpacks, at a glance I really thought we were enthusiasts who came to travel.
The second brother didn't know the location of Huangcun, so I proposed to ask the proprietress just now, but the second brother refused.
"Why are you so brainless after following me for so many years? That woman just now looked like that kind of long-tongued woman, maybe as soon as the front foot entered, the back foot rescue team came to us, and this thing could not be done? If you want to find it, you have to find a more reliable one. β
I replied yes, yes, you are the team leader, everything is up to you.
As soon as we walked out of the village, we met an old man driving the sheep towards us, and the second brother took out a cigarette and greeted us with a smile.
"Uncle, let me ask, how to get to Huangcun?"
"What are you doing in Huangcun? There were only people missing, and an order was issued to dissuade you people from traveling to Huang Village! "Is this the thing? It seems that the proprietress didn't make it clear.
The second brother smiled and said, "I understand. . . Understood"
As he spoke, he took out a few tickets and stuffed them, the old man looked around, stretched out his hand to take them, put them in his pocket, and then pointed to a small road not far away: "Follow this road for half an hour." "This is really money to make the devil grind, there is really no problem in this world that money can't solve, if there is, then more.
"Don't blame my old man for being too talkative, what are you doing in Huangcun?" My second brother and I were just about to leave when the old man asked.
The second brother cleared his throat: "We have important matters, and I hope you can keep it secret." β
After hearing this, the old man said a little nervously: "You, you can't be the police, right?" β
My second brother and I glanced at each other, this old man really gave us a suitable identity, I quickly entered the role and said seriously: "That's right, we are on official business." β
The old man immediately took out the second brother's money, "Comrade Public Security, you should take this money back, in fact, the road to Huangcun is the one behind me, and the road just now is a dead end, and it can't be taken." β
My second brother and I laughed at the same time, this old man really responded to the call of **, and he didn't do anything practical after collecting the money, but this can be regarded as a kind of protection for those enthusiasts who come to travel.
The second brother waved his hand and deliberately scared him, "Forget it, you can keep the money, but if you leak it, you will be detained."
"Definitely, definitely" the old man nodded, his face full of smiles.
Walking along the road behind the old man, the backpack behind him is indeed heavy enough, and I already feel that my shoulders are sore before I get to the place, on the other hand, the second brother is calm and relaxed, and the atmosphere is not panting, it seems that I should also exercise.
Sure enough, in about half an hour, a village appeared in front of us, and we were located on a high position, just overlooking the whole village, and the view was excellent, but no matter how you looked at it, it seemed that this village was not quite right.
The second brother took out the binoculars on the side and looked at them and said with a smile: "Damn, this kind of feng shui layout, no wonder the whole village can't survive, what is the problem?" β
I also turned out to look at the village below with a telescope, but I couldn't see anything for a long time, I just felt that the whole village was black and lifeless, there was a small river in the middle of the village through the village, and not far away was a large eucalyptus forest, it seems that this time I really came to the right place, but I really didn't find any feng shui problems, I just felt that there was an invisible sense of oppression on the whole.
Seeing that I didn't speak, the second brother scolded: "I know that you kid can't see it, come here." β
I leaned over, and the second brother pointed and said: "It is also surrounded by mountains and the village we just now, but the difference is that every household is built in the direction of due south, and the mountains in the east block the sun's irradiation, resulting in no sunlight at all except at noon, and eucalyptus trees are planted all around. β
I could only nod my head in the clouds, seeing that the sun had not yet set, should I really go in? Before I knew it, my heart was beating wildly.
I looked at the village below and started beating drums again: "Do you really want to go in?" "Although I don't know what happened to the team before, my intuition tells me that if I enter this village, I may be really lucky."
The second brother looked at me and smiled: "You kid is too timid, there are no ghosts in the world, the tent sleeping bag is enough to go back, and I will live here tonight." β