Chapter 28: Closer

"The soul of the jade spirit?" I don't know what Liu Songming said.

Liu Songming looked away, turned around and walked back towards the tractor. He beckoned me and said, "Eat, I asked Bai Huo to buy canned beef, I heard that it tastes good." ”

I'm used to this way of talking, and I have a hunch that if we get to that place, Yanagi will tell me everything he knows.

The so-called time has not yet come, right?

Returned to the tractor and hid in the shade for a meal.

"It's not far from that, isn't it?" Liu Songming took the wine jug and said to Uncle Yang, "I'll pour you a little bit." ”

"Not far away, not far away. Listen, you can already hear the sound of rivers and waterfalls here. Uncle Yang was anxious to show his sincerity, "There are a few travelers' bags I buried in front of me, but I don't know if there are anything valuable after a year." ”

Liu Songming gave a bottle of wine to Uncle Yang and greeted: "Come, often canned food." ”

Uncle Yang ate a little and then hid aside to drink, and after a while, he squinted his eyes and started to drink.

Bai Huo laughed a few times, saying that this wine can be drunk without drinking enough to bring down the old drunkard. After that, Bai Huo briefly told me about his experience over the years, saying that before he received Liu Songming's order, he had been trading jadeite on the Sino-Burmese border. Bai Huo boasted exaggeratedly for a while, from the drug trade on the border to the proliferation of guns, and from human life to the shrewdness of Chinese businessmen, and finally it was because of Liu Songming's order that he came to Guangxi from Yunnan.

Liu Songming took a bite of rice crackers and explained vaguely: "These people are scattered all over the country on weekdays and do their own small business, and they will only be summoned when Qin Wuye needs to deploy personnel. Naturally, each of them is a good hand in one aspect, but the matter of going to the ground - they are too big and easy to die in it, so they are only responsible for some small things such as backup supplies on the ground, collecting information, and dealing with the aftermath. ”

"I came out at night to rob my house and house, and during the day I became an honest peasant...... "I muttered, but I didn't finish my words, leaving some morality.

Liu Songming glanced at me, thought for a moment and nodded: "What you said is right." Mrs. Hu mentioned to you the catastrophe of your old Qin family in the early years, although the two former princes and the local stewards who had experienced that era were silent, but there is no doubt that this world is no longer the era of the squires and clans in ancient times...... Fifth Master Qin also often told everyone not to fight with the official family, even if they were dismissed on the spot or only some elites were retained, the ancient precept could not be forgotten, he still had to get that thing......

"Ancient precepts?" I can't help but think of the will that Grandpa Li Gui left me before he died - his grandson personally revealed: the clan elder knew that he was going to be arrested and assassinated during the Guangxu period, and he stored 64,000 taels of silver in the ticket number of Changde Hall in Shanxi. Now I have repeatedly verified that there are still Changdetang ticket number heirs in Datong, Shanxi, and I hope that future generations will not resent the aspirations of our predecessors, and I will uphold the legacy of our ancestors. Burn the letter when you see it, Shanxi Datong Shangyunguan, this is the great benefit I left to you before I died.

Those four were helplessly still in Datong Mountain, and I forgot about it. Two years have passed in a flash, and although the fat man and I are busy, at least we have no worries about food and clothing, but we don't have the heart to remember those four helplessly. It seems that this is the case, and I still have to go to Datong.

I thought about it, and Liu Songming stretched out his hand and shook it in front of my eyes: "Young master, I see that the place surnamed Yang is talking about is the Peach Blossom Stream mentioned by Qin Wuye." Although his words are not enough to be believed, there should be more than one or two dangers, I originally thought that it would be good for the two of us to go in, but I thought again, it is better to wait until we go in, and let Bai Huo inform Wu Dongqiang to let him send someone to answer. ”

"It's all up to you." When I say this, my heart is like a mirror. It's good that this Qin Wuye is still alive, if Qin Wuye is dead, then there will definitely be Liu Songming and Wu Dongqiang who are vainly trying to make that old guy's family business. Qin Ya's reminder was still vaguely in my ears, and from Liu Songming's expression of extravagance and fear on the jade pendant on my neck, I knew that I was still safe for the time being, and I was still a very important part of someone's plan.

Liu Songming nodded and told me to wait for the sun to go down a little before continuing. He pulled Bai Huo aside, thinking that he wanted to explain some of the things that followed.

At the beginning, Grandma Hu said that it was difficult, but in fact, in my opinion, the location of this peach blossom stream has always been under the control of Liu Songming. It's just that he didn't say it, and I didn't bother to ask in detail.

If I had been asked to take the jade pendant along Guangxi into Vietnam to look for that place, I would have been able to discover not only He's Bi, but also Guang's Bi and Viet Shibi. I just don't know if I will be eaten alive by snakes, insects, rats and ants in this place surrounded by mountains and dense water.

The environment here is humid and mosquitoes breed. Although Liu Song asked me to apply some unknown potion, it still couldn't stop what would bite me.

I saw many familiar insects, all of which were larger than the beetles and butterflies of the north, until I saw a thin snake covered in bells and whistles, and I hurriedly set off with Liu Songming, regardless of the image.

In fact, I don't have the ability to survive in the wild, which is much worse than Liu Songming and Bai Huo's calm response to me, not to mention Uncle Yang, who is accustomed to it and sleeps soundly.

After waking up Uncle Yang, he muttered something in the dialect of his mouth, but he obeyed us with a smile on his face.

I seem to see the same people on the streets of Beijing last year, speaking Chinese and greeting their ancestors with a smile and a grin. I glanced at Bai Huo, Bai Huo didn't show any special reaction to Uncle Yang, obviously people like him who have been on the border all year round didn't understand what language Uncle Yang spoke.

Liu Songming was a little impatient, but he still tried his best to promise Uncle Yang some benefits again, and even took out a hundred yuan and shook it in front of his eyes.

At this time, Uncle Yang stopped muttering, and immediately refreshed, beckoning a few of us to follow him and walk forward.

From the spare box in the back seat of the tractor, Bai Huo took out a few sickles and gave one to each of us, and then he picked up the bag and followed Uncle Yang closely, asking Uncle Yang to lead the way.

I imagined the difficulty of the journey, as two men were driving the way ahead of me and I had to chop down the extra bushes. According to Bai Huo, holding the sickle in his hand and waving it constantly is also so that the animals hiding in the grass and trees can consciously stay away from us, and constantly remind me to pay attention to the top of my head, and be careful that a snake will suddenly fall. Liu Songming was behind me and chatted with me one after another: "During the American-Vietnamese War, those big-headed soldiers in the United States could not defeat those Vietnamese monkeys, and the guys who were good at jungle warfare in North Vietnam brought the essence of guerrilla warfare into full play. It is also because of this that China has used tanks, aircraft, artillery, and the full cooperation of engineering troops since the beginning of the war against Vietnam...... In fact, if you really want to dig deeper, my country's jungle special forces are still trained by Lao Maozi. ”

I know that Liu Songming has nothing to say, and I just respond to him with "um, um, ah, ah".

Walking and walking, Bai Huo suddenly said: "Everyone squatt, there is someone in front." ”

As he spoke, he pressed Uncle Yang down, and Liu Songming, who was quick with his eyes, pressed me down almost at the same time. Liu Songming made a silent gesture to me, and moved to the front with small steps. He looked up a few times, turned his back to me and beckoned to me.

I skipped Uncle Yang to the front and glanced along the grass.

Liu Songming whispered: "There are at least a dozen people." ”

I nodded. There were more than 10 men and women in the front group, most of them under the age of 30, sitting around the tree in twos and threes, talking and laughing. I can't name the trees here, but most of them are tall but not dense, like the long bones of an umbrella handle, and they all try to hide in the shadow of the trees, and they seem to be very comfortable.

"Looks like a picnic tour......," I whispered.

"Otherwise......" Liu Songming thought for a moment, "Bai Huo you go over and ask." ”

"Ahh Uncle Yang let out a terrible scream from my side, but as soon as he spoke, Liu Songming suddenly made a move, bypassed me and covered his mouth, blocking his voice.

Uncle Yang's eyes bulged and he said vaguely: "It's that girl......" The horror is self-evident.

"Girls?" Yanagi and I looked at each other, and I saw the same answer in his eyes.

"Let's stand back, go around, and live in vain." Liu Song's name is beyond doubt.

Liu Songming and I dragged Uncle Yang in front, Bai Huo in the back, and we only breathed a sigh of relief after we withdrew for 100 meters.

Uncle Yang was still in a state of panic, and Bai Huo said, "What's the matter, why don't we just follow them?" ”

Liu Songming waved his hand and said, "It's not time to meet yet...... Looks like we're going to get in as soon as possible. Since they were not far from there, the gang should be there in the next day or two. Liu Songming grabbed Uncle Yang's arm and said softly deliberately, "Brother Yang is still going to have a meal, let's get to the place, this is yours." He took out a wad of money from Bai Huo's backpack at random, about two or three thousand yuan, and stuffed it directly into Uncle Yang's hand.

Uncle Yang's eyes immediately lit up, and he counted the money with a sigh of humor, and immediately agreed: "Lose his mother, go, go now." ”

I have to doubt Uncle Yang's character, after this money was stuffed into his pocket, the road he led again was no longer a deserted wild road, but a slightly biased path. The road under my feet was much smoother, and the speed of walking naturally increased.

We walked through the low hills, bypassing the group and traveling with Uncle Yang to Vietnam on a forest trail - I saw a stone monument on the border line, and there were many vague or clear names engraved on them. There are many mountains and rivers, and I don't know how many times I have walked through the river, where there are only a few smooth boulders to make the road, and the rumbling sound of the water is loud.

"It's coming, it's coming." After two or three hours of rapid travel, Uncle Yang walked faster again after saying this.

I stopped Liu Songming and took out the jade pendant to show him. Sure enough, the light of the jade pendant has become more and more obvious.

"Put it away carefully, I have a handkerchief here, you wrap it." Liu Songming handed me a handkerchief and instructed, "The place should not be wrong." It's tightly packed, and it's best not to let it shine through. It's better to be cautious. Wrap up and keep up. ”

Liu Songming didn't stop waiting for me, but trotted a few steps after Uncle Yang and Bai Huo's steps.

I wrapped the jade pendant in a few layers of cloth and tied it up according to my words, and then trotted after Liu Songming's back.

The faster they got to the place Uncle Yang said, the faster the group was traveling. I don't know if this Uncle Yang is enchanted, I feel that my physical strength can't keep up with the consumption, but his physique persevered.

It was still in vain that Uncle Yang was stopped, and we sat down by a big river with rolling waves to rest for a while.

Uncle Yang pointed to the river and said, "Below this river is Linshui Village, I escaped death from the front and floated down the river to that village and was rescued." This is below and there groundwater figured out. Uncle Yang thought for a while, and then said, "There are many waterfalls along this big river, and that place is next to a waterfall, and there is a big cave there. ”

"It's not far off, is it?" Liu Songming asked, "Can you get there before dark?" ”

Uncle Yang nodded, his eyes revealing some trade-offs: "I'll send you there." Well, I'm not going to go in with you. That place...... I'll go back when I'm older. ”

Liu Songming nodded: "That's your business." ”

After a short break, our group set off again.

Uncle Yang pointed out to us that most of the paths that had been trampled out by man. The lawn toppled down the ground in a haphazard manner, and it looked like people often walked past it.

Didn't Lu Xun say, "In fact, there is no road on the ground, and when there are more people walking, it becomes a road."

Before he had gone far, the rumbling sound of flowing water was getting louder and louder, and Uncle Yang stopped in front of him, turned around and shouted, "It's the waterfalls." With that, he went into the woods again.

We hurried to follow, and went around the woods with him, and from time to time we had to climb up low hills through the woods.

It's the first time I've seen a waterfall so really, and I've always seen it in books like a magnificent waterfall, but in fact, some small waterfalls don't flow quickly, and they pass through the top, so as long as you are careful, there is no danger, and the difference between the top and bottom is only three or four meters to eight or nine meters.

Near five o'clock in the afternoon, at the edge of a large waterfall that dropped dozens of meters from the top of the head, Uncle Yang pointed to the water curtain of the waterfall and shouted: "It's behind that (water curtain)." ”

The waterfall is a three-mountain waterfall that is crowded together, and the mountain with the water flowing in the middle is in the shape of a cascading shingle, and the gray-brown rocks are exposed around it, so it is really not worth seeing.

The water crashed loudly, and we were huddled together with Uncle Yang. Liu Songming leaned into Uncle Yang's ear and shouted, "Behind this? Are you sure? ”

Uncle Yang nodded one after another: "You can swim directly from here." ”

Bai Huo pulled me, and his originally loud voice was like thunder in my ears: "Why did this become the water curtain hole of Sun Monkey, right?" ”

I pushed him and shouted to him on tiptoe: "That's Nuorilang Waterfall in Jiuzhaigou." ”

At this time, a consensus was reached between Uncle Yang and Liu Songming, and Liu Songming instructed Bai Huo and Uncle Yang to find a place outside and wait for the night, and then leave after we were sure that we had entered the place.

After explaining, Liu Songming pointed to the waterhole in front of me and said, "Do you know how to swim?" Xiao'er. ”

I frowned for a while, thinking that I might have to swim over, but I, a natural landlubber born in the north, had never seen much water, and at most I was just touching a loach in the lotus pond.

Liu Songming made a clear expression and asked Bai Huo to take out a thing - this thing is rare here, and Bai Huo also stuffed two life jackets in his backpack.

Bai Huo put on my clothes full of anger, with a proud face. After careful questioning, I learned that this was the result of his discussion with Liu Songming, and they had expected that they might encounter water, so they prepared these two life jackets.

I was still talking nonsense with Bai Huo, and Liu Songming, who was going to urinate under the pretext of urinating, walked in front of us wearing a life jacket.

I immediately rolled my eyes, it turned out that he couldn't swim either.

Liu Songming couldn't help me to say, took the backpack from Bai Huo's hand and dragged me to prepare to go into the water.