Chapter 12: The Cry
When Ning Xiaomei said this, not only me, but even Lao Wang and Zhang Momo, who usually had a cold and arrogant face, became nervous. It can be said that the four of us are at this point today completely thanks to Old Man Liu.
I've been looking for Old Man Liu for more than two years, but I never thought that I didn't find him, but he found me.
He said...... He is the old man surnamed Liu...... "Ning Xiaomei was a little stunned when she saw me, and quickly stuffed the phone into my hand: "You ask...... What the hell is he going to say......"
Ning Kitten and the three of them were very nervous, I didn't tell them about the relationship between me and Old Man Liu, in the eyes of these three people, Old Man Liu was just a person who existed in a nightmare. But when Old Man Liu really called, they couldn't accept it.
I made up my mind, and I still had the same idea in my heart, since a thorn has emerged, then dodging is not a way, I can only face it.
"I'm Lian Chengfeng." I picked up the phone and put it to my ear, and all the excess emotions were suppressed.
"Your phone doesn't work."
"Yes, the phone is dead." I tried my best to control my emotions, but when I heard the voice on the other side of the phone, my brain was still buzzing.
In the past, I didn't usually go back to my hometown in the countryside, but I was from the same village as Old Man Liu, and no matter how bad the relationship was, I had dealings with him. What came from the microphone must have been Old Man Liu's voice, and I would never hear it wrong.
I held my phone in my hand and started to shake slightly. Before that, I didn't think too much about it, I just felt that the initiator of all this was Old Man Liu, and everything was caused by him. It was only when I actually heard his voice that I suddenly realized, is this possible? Old man Liu is a man who has been dead for two years, and the people in the village have done a funeral for him two years ago, and they all know that he is dead.
I can't describe how it was like to be on the phone with someone who had been dead for two years.
"You've been looking for me for two years, haven't you?" Old man Liu said on the other side of the phone: "There are some things that you really want to know, aren't you?" ”
"I just want to ask you......" I did have something to ask, but as soon as I opened my mouth, I didn't know where to start, and unconsciously, there were more and more mysteries accumulated in this matter, borrowing life, longevity box, left ear, one-eyed monkey, the person who dug my father's grave, plus Ning Kitten, the messy questions were mixed up, and I couldn't ask.
"You, and the three of them, should hit the road."
"On the road? On what road? "I immediately remembered the words of the old man Liu in the nightmare and hallucination, and that sentence was like a shadow, lingering.
"A path you should take, if you don't go on the road, all three of them will die."
I was speechless at once, although Old Man Liu's tone was calm, but there were threats and warnings in his words. What's worse is that I don't think Old Man Liu is exaggerating.
"What does this have to do with them?"
"What should have happened, everything happened, and since it happened, it must be related." Old man Liu always maintained a light tone: "The three of them will die, and you, will be more uncomfortable than dying." ”
"Where are you? Can we meet and talk? ”
"Want to meet and talk? Yes, you can come to me. ”
"Where are you?"
"Baklang, there is a place called Danmeng, and I will wait for you here."
"Bucklang ......"
Before I could say anything more, the phone was hung up, and I quickly dialed back, but the other person's phone was already turned off.
I couldn't help but be stunned, Lao Wang and they looked at me from the side, and after a long time, Ning Xiaomei asked me next to me: "Old man Liu...... What did Old Man Liu say? ”
"He wants us to go somewhere to find him."
I didn't hide it, and told them what Old Man Liu said. Because I've been to Buckrang, I'll tell you about the situation in Bucklang by the way.
"What is that Buck...... Bakrang ...... Isn't it scary? What if we don't go? What will happen? Ning Kitten was already afraid, and asked tremblingly, "What will happen?" ”
"He said we're all going to die."
There was silence in the room again, and if I told anyone else what I said, they would think I was insane. However, Ning Kitten was victimized by Old Man Liu, and they should be able to judge that if things really develop in a bad direction, perhaps, it will really affect their lives.
I said a few words briefly, and told Lao Wang and Zhang Momo about the face behind Ning Xiaomei, and then the four of them separated to check each other. I was in a group with Lao Wang, and this product was very cooperative, so I took off my shirt and showed my bare shoulders.
The old king is very strong and dark, and the hairs on his back are heavier than my beard. I looked at it carefully, looked at it, and then my heart chuckled.
On Lao Wang's swarthy back, there were faintly imperceptible black lines, which were exactly the same as the black lines on Ning Kitten's back, and all the black lines outlined a blurred face.
I took pictures of these and showed them to Wang. Lao Wang couldn't accept it a little and kept complaining to me that he was not married and had not lived enough.
In my opinion, since the four of us have the same experience, it is equivalent to a grasshopper wearing a rope, and everyone will have it. However, when Lao Wang examined me, he almost scratched the skin on my back, and he didn't find the black lines that were not easy to detect.
As soon as the results of the mutual inspection of the four people came out, I was a little blindsided, Lao Wang, Ning Xiaomei, Zhang Momo, all three of them had a blurry face on their backs, but I didn't.
"You're a little unparticular about this." Lao Wang's voice had a sour taste in it, and he said, "Why do all three of us have it, but you don't?" What kind of science is this? ”
Having said that, but my heart is not easy at all, what Old Man Liu said to me on the phone, I still remember it vividly. He said, Ning Kitten and the three of them may die, but I, it will be more uncomfortable than death.
I felt like we had to go to Baklang, to that place called Danmeng. I said what I thought, Ning Xiaomei had no idea when he encountered things, Zhang Momo was used to being taciturn, and after thinking about it for a while, only Lao Wang took the lead in expressing his position.
"Old man Liu said, if you don't go, you will die, then fight hard, love to fight to win, Momo, do you say?"
"In that place of Baklang, the natural environment is very harsh, we don't know what the specific situation of Danmeng is, if the terrain does not allow it, the car will not be able to drive in, so many supplies, we have to carry it ourselves."
"It's okay, I have the strength." Lao Wang patted his chest: "The big waist that I can't usually sell has made me a man, and my body is very good." ”
"I said, why do you smell like a kidney when you get close."
The plan to go to Baklang was thus decided. I've been to Baklang, but I'm really not familiar with it, and besides, I can't go to Blind San'er to ask, if I ask him, he will probably think that I still want to fight the idea of the Changchun wooden coffin.
I can only collect information from other places, many places on the ancient Silk Road have been inscribed on the World Heritage List, and many mainland travelers often go there. Bucklang isn't a big place, but I feel like I'm sure I'll be able to find a guide nearby.
The expenses for the trip were shared by four people, and Lao Wang said that he was poor and only paid part of it, and asked for a mortgage for the rest. We purchased some things, my car is a sedan, not suitable for self-driving travel on the deserted Gobi, Zhang Momo is very methodical, and borrowed two cars.
Four days later, we set off, and I still remember the route from Huayang to Baklang, with stops and stops in between, and the journey was quite smooth.
That evening, when we were resting, I calculated the distance, and if nothing happened in between, we would be the closest county town to the ruins of the town of Bakrang tomorrow afternoon. When you arrive at the county seat, you can replenish a little water and supplies that have been consumed along the way, and more importantly, you have to find a reliable guide.
We usually rest in the car, I am with Lao Wang, Ning Kitten and Zhang Momo together. Because Lao Wang didn't have a driver's license, I was always driving, and I was so tired that I was dead and alive, and after chatting a few words in the car, I fell asleep.
Thankfully, I didn't dream, so I slept pretty soundly. However, in the middle of the night, I was awakened.
When I woke up, I heard a soft sobbing sound around me, and as soon as my eyes opened, I saw Lao Wang crying.
It's hard for me to imagine a man with a long beard crying alone in the middle of the night, because I was scared by nightmares before, so when I saw Lao Wang crying, I couldn't help but reach out and pinch my thigh, I had to find out my current state first, whether I was dreaming.
When I pinched it so hard, my thigh hurt, and it proved that I was awake and not dreaming.
"Lao Wang, what kind of plane are you doing?"
Lao Wang turned his head to look at me, with tears in his eyes, he told me with a crying voice, he didn't want to be five big and three thick and full of beard, he said that his heart is very soft, not as rough as it seems on the outside, and he is not very bold.
"Lao Wang, my brother, don't you want to do this?" I have a headache, and I think he should confide in Zhang Momo.
"Really, I'm really not very bold, I'm actually very afraid of death, very afraid."
"Everybody is afraid of death." I sighed secretly, and suddenly felt a little sympathy for Lao Wang, he was just an ordinary person, and it was estimated that the mental pressure he had been under for so long had exploded at this time, and I comforted him and said: "We came here to solve problems and seek a way to survive, the action has not yet begun, don't be so pessimistic, think about the good." ”
Lao Wang listened to my words, lowered his head, but the sobbing still did not stop, and after a long time, he raised his head and looked at me in a daze: "Do you know how I died?" ”