There was nothing to say all night.

At four o'clock on the second day, we packed up collectively, equipped neatly, and followed the hotel owner to Ecstasy.

Since the owner of the hotel left his house, he seems to have really stepped into the role of "tour guide", not only taking us through the rough paths (if that is the road), but also introducing us to the local culture from time to time, which I listened to with relish anyway.

He cut off a bush blocking the road in front of him with a firewood knife and said, "Listen to the old man in our village, it was a long, long time ago...... For so long as no one knows what age it is, our residents here live around Wawu Mountain. It was very scattered, there were not many families in a village, and then I don't know when everyone moved together, as you see now, on the east side of the mountain. ”

Team Yu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly said: "Why is the location of your group not on the sunny side of the mountain, but in the east?" ”

Zhang Genhuo interjected: "I've always had a sunny side because only a house has a sunny and a negative side, and does the mountain have it too?" ”

Tony continued: "Since ancient times, the south of the water is yin, and the north of the water is yang; On the contrary, the south of the mountain is yang and the north of the mountain is yin. ”

Zhang Genhuo seemed to know something amazing, nodded excitedly, and didn't know if he remembered it.

Tony asked, "What is the west side of the mountain?" ”

The owner of the hotel said, "Isn't this taking you west?" You'll know when you arrive, so don't be scared. ”

After that, he laughed heartily twice, as if he was laughing at us young people who had traveled thousands of miles to endure hardships.

I also laughed, and said in my heart, you, a restaurant owner who has never seen the world, don't you know how much money the master can make after suffering this crime.

I asked, "Boss, it's not too unusual for people from outside to get lost here, it stands to reason that you locals, born and raised in this area, are already familiar with this territory, what are you afraid of?" ”

The owner of the restaurant shook his head and said: "For a long time, we have been relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, and I have to say that this Wawu Mountain still feeds a lot of people." But every year, there are always some people who strayed into that ecstasy, and less than one in ten people go in and come out. It has to be said that you didn't walk deep and found it in time, plus you were lucky, so you could get out. It has always been like this in the past, but the past was not as developed as the current news, unlike now, losing a few people is a big deal. ”

He cut down a tall grass in front of him, and then said: "A few years ago, two men went into the mountains to collect medicine, and they vaguely saw a very large Ganoderma lucidum, so they ran over to pick it. As soon as they arrived, the Lingzhi was gone, and the two of them tried to go back again, only to find that there was a fog and they were lost. Later, one of them broke his foot while hurrying, and he couldn't walk, and the mountain road was rugged, and he couldn't carry people, so that person could only wait for death. So they waited until the fog cleared, only to realize that they were actually in the same place where the Ganoderma lucidum was found, spinning in place. Fortunately, they didn't go deep, so they decided to let the person who could go go back quickly, and go back to the village to find a few more people to come and rescue him. But when the man brought people back, they found that the person with the broken foot was gone, and everyone searched around for a long time, but they didn't find any trace. And it was very dangerous inside the Ecstasy, and no one dared to go, so it was tacitly accepted that this man would die inside. ”

The owner of the hotel took another sip of water and said, "Later, some travel enthusiasts like you also died inside. At that time, an expedition team went in to investigate, and they found a body that was almost decomposing, and finally verified that it was one of the travel enthusiasts who had entered the mountain before. However, the expedition eventually got lost, and they escaped by cutting a path with their knives rather rudely...... There are a lot of things like this, plus the current media and the Internet are too developed, and it didn't take long for the things in this place to spread, and people gradually knew the horror of this ecstasy. I think that the publicity of the horror of this place was originally intended to warn you, but on the contrary, it attracted more and more people to explore here, and after a long time, this place has become a scenic spot, don't you say? ”

The owner of the restaurant turned to look at me, and by the look in his eyes, he felt that we were going to die.

I smiled and said, "Boss, don't worry, none of us will have any mistakes, when you go back from here, we will go to your place for dinner in two days, and see you then." ”

The owner of the hotel just replied lightly: "The young man doesn't know how expensive his life is......"

After another hour or so of walking, we finally crossed this damn rugged path and came to the west of Wawu Mountain.

I asked, "Boss, why do you have to take us around to the west?" ”

The boss said: "There are only roads on the east and west sides to go to the Lost Soul, and now the east side is blocked, but fortunately, the west side has not been developed, so you can only go to the west side." Oh, it's the road ahead. ”

I looked at it carefully for a long time and didn't find any way, so I had to take out my binoculars and look at it.

After focusing the telescope, I saw that there was a path paved with bluestone slabs in front of me, which looked very narrow, with nine twists and eighteen bends. It seemed that no one had walked in a long time, and the slate was green and looked like moss.

I looked around again, and there were a lot of small bulges around, and I pointed to them and said, "I seem to have found something, let's go and have a look." ”

With that, I walked briskly, and everyone followed.

When I got closer, I realized that it was actually a small house made of bricks, a bit like a tomb bag, but it was much larger than an ordinary tomb bag.

I approached and looked closer, and Yu also walked over, and after a while, he said to everyone: "Come and see, the masonry of these things is very special! ”

One of the team members behind him asked, "What's so special?" ”

Team Yu continued: "Normal buildings, no matter how big or small, are supposed to keep their surfaces flat, but the surfaces of these things are uneven, and the degree of damage is not the same, and they look like ...... It's like ......"

The owner of the hotel replied, "It's like it took a long time to build it." ”

Team Yu suddenly said: "Yes! That's right! ”

I have to admire that these mercenaries are really professional and observe so carefully.

The owner of the hotel sighed and said: "This brother is really careful, he guessed about the same, these are all graves, and each tomb will take a year from construction to completion, and they are called clay pot graves." ”

"Clay pot graves?"

Everyone shouted out in unison, but they didn't expect these little drum bags to be really graves.

Tony opened the folding fan and said, "Crockpot grave...... I didn't think this kind of thing really existed......"

Zhang Genhuo ran up to Tony again and asked like a curious baby, "Brother To, do you know anything?" Tell me about it......"

Tony said: "We also read this from the book, and it is said that it was a custom in some remote areas a long time ago. In fact, the clay pot tomb can also be called the 'sixty-year-old one-foot tomb', which means that the people in the tomb are all sixty-year-olds. When the old people in the family reach the age of sixty, the son will build a grave for them, as we have seen. The old man had to live in it while he was alive, and every time his children came to deliver food, they would bring a brick and build it to the exit of the tomb. Until the clay pot tomb was completely sealed, the old man died inside. ”

The owner of the hotel said: "This friend is right, there was indeed such a custom a long time ago, as for which dynasty this is a matter of which dynasty, it is impossible to find out, it is said that when our ancestors first came here, these tombs already existed." As for why our ancestors knew the origin of the clay pot tomb, we are not very clear, anyway, these rumors have been passed down from generation to generation. ”

I scolded, "Damn, how can there be such cruel things in the world? Are those kids crazy? Actually did this to his parents. ”

"In ancient times, there was a lack of productivity, which led to food shortages, and people over the age of 60 could no longer afford to engage in production, so they could only continue to consume food that was already insufficient," Tony said. So whether the old people want it or not, the race will let them die out of the group, which is probably the product of a distortion created in that context......"

Everyone gasped, they didn't expect that in the ancient feudal era, there was such an inhumane behavior.

Tony looked around again and said thoughtfully, "This place ...... It seems a little strange......"

Except for Weiyang, everyone listened to Tony's words and all looked around, and the atmosphere was a little weird for a while.

I said: "Brother To, if you have anything, you can tell me directly, you look at the current atmosphere, you were scared half to death before you entered the Ecstasy." ”

Tony smiled and said, "Think about it, this place, the south of the mountain is yang, and the north of the mountain is yin. ”

Zhang Genhuo jumped out again and said, "I know, I know, Brother To, you just said it." ”

Tony smiled and continued: "Shandong is a place for people to live in groups, and Shanxi is a place for corpses to be buried. Popularity is yang, corpse qi is yin. Integrating the four directions of east, west, north and south, yin and yang reject each other but balance each other, and the breath counteracts but is endless, which is really wonderful......"

Everyone was confused, not knowing what he was talking about, but it sounded like it made sense.

I said impatiently, "What the hell do you want to say, Brother To?" ”

Tony said: "What we want to say is that everything here seems to be natural, but if you think about it, such a coincidence, I am afraid there is no such coincidence in the world, this is more like someone deliberately made it, such a big formation!" ”

"Formation?"

There was another commotion in the crowd.

I said, "Brother To, you have been talking for a long time, does it have any effect on us going in and looking for something?" ”

Tony said: "There must be an impact, as for the extent of the impact, we don't know, and we have no way to crack it, we can only go in and see......"

Are you a big fool when you co-author?

This time, even Zhang Genhuo couldn't listen to it anymore, and said: "Brother To, I can't stand on your side this time, you are clearly a bottle less than half a bottle, fooling people here......"

Tony just smiled and didn't speak, as if to say, "You'll know what you're going to know in a moment."

After such an episode, everyone's interest seemed to have weakened a lot, and they were just tired all the way, and there was no laughter or laughter.

There is a lot of moss on the bluestone pavement, and it is a little slippery to walk, but it is much stronger than when I came.

After walking for about forty minutes, the owner of the hotel suddenly said apologetically: "I can't go forward, there is a small waterfall in front of me, called Lanxi Waterfall, after passing Lanxi Waterfall, basically not far can be regarded as the range of Ecstasy." I'm sorry, but I'll have to get you here, and you'll have to walk the rest of the way yourself......"

I smiled, patted the hotel owner on the shoulder, handed over a thousand yuan, and said, "Don't worry, boss, I'll go back to you for dinner!" ”

The owner of the hotel took the money, looked at us deeply, and just said lightly: "Good luck!" ”

Then he turned and left.

I looked at the endless green in front of me and felt a little emotional. To be honest, the rumors told by the hotel owner really made my heart shaken a little, but I have come here, 800,000 are beckoning to me, and I have to send it!

Lao Ma quipped: "Shopkeeper, you are the leader of this trip, give orders!" ”

I took a deep breath and said with a pride in my heart, "Forward!" ”