At three o'clock in the morning, the old ruffian and I opened our eyes at the same time, sat up and prepared to wake up the third master, only to find that the third master was lying on the bed at all and did not sleep, the three of them checked the equipment again, and after confirming that it was correct, the old ruffian and I each carried a backpack, and the third master was carrying an empty bag, and when he came back, he was carrying the loot.

After the three of them went out, they walked on their toes all the way to avoid making loud noises, and they did not return to their normal pace until they left Shijiazhai, and they were very excited in their hearts, and they did not stay for a moment, and went straight to the back mountain out of the village.

At this time, although it is night, the bright moon in the sky is like a disk, a field of stars, and the moonlight is sprinkled and reflects the surrounding things very clearly. The back mountain is not too far from Shijiazhai, and the three of them walked out of the village without stopping, and from time to time they also added trotting, and they arrived at the edge of the back mountain in about forty minutes.

It was only after walking here that the three of them stopped for a while, and the old ruffian became a habit of being a soldier, and kept walking around and watching. My master and I didn't move in the same place, observing and identifying the terrain, and it was important to hurry at night to avoid taking the wrong road.

The third master was also familiar with the road, and it was easy to find the way into the mountain, and he called the old ruffian to him, and said to the two: "Enter the mountain from the road in front, and after climbing the hillside, there is a stable dense forest, and go forward over a hill, and then cross a small river, and then turn over a hill to the vicinity of the original secret post. ”

After listening, I asked, "Third Master, how long will it take to walk along this way?" ”

The third master calculated for a moment and said, "It takes a day and a half to walk normally, and if we hurry up, we should be able to get there in a day." ”

The three of them continued to walk along the mountain road pointed out by the third master, and after a while, they climbed up the hillside and entered the dense forest. The old ruffian drove the road in front, and the third master and I followed behind.

Shi Sanye pointed to the surroundings while walking and said: "When the Yellow River was flooded, we climbed this hillside and took refuge in this forest. ”

I looked around, a dense forest, overgrown with weeds, the traces of that year have been completely erased by time, and asked the third master: "Third master, back then, you had a large group of people, eating and drinking in this forest, and you suffered a lot." ”

The third master laughed a few times when he heard this, and said with emotion: "At that time, the big guys were in a hurry to run for their lives, where was there anything to eat and drink, at first they were still catching a hare and pheasant in the forest, and then they couldn't catch anything. ”

The old ruffian drove the road, turned his head and said, "Then what are you eating, is it possible to raise your head to drink the dew and look down for Guanyin?" ”

Guanyin is actually Guanyin soil, which is said to be the soil brought by Guanyin Bodhisattva from the sky, and the soil is relatively delicate, white, and looks almost the same as flour. In times of famine, people are so hungry that they can't stand it, and they will use Guanyin soil to satisfy their hunger as a last resort, but most of the people who have eaten Guanyin soil will be raised to death, and only a few people can survive by luck.

The third master didn't take the old ruffian's words as a joke, and said seriously: "Later, all the grass roots and bark that could be seen were eaten, and many people were starved to death one after another. ”

Although I have heard some of the tragic situation back then, but when the third master said this, I still feel a little cruel, looking around at the dense forest, the people who entered here back then were similar to those who entered the Hades Palace alive.

In the early morning, there is a faint mist in the woods, and there is a slight cool breeze blowing through the trees, mixed with the woody fragrance emitted by various plants and dead branches, which feels very comfortable on people's faces, and their spirits will be shaken.

I walked in the forest and observed the surrounding scene, when I entered the forest, I could still find some gaps in the trees, it should be cut down when the people of Shijiazhai were chopping firewood, this time I only entered the forest for less than an hour, and there was no trace of man-made, not only felt strange, but asked the third master: "Third master, the people in your village cut firewood, how did they enter the mountain so small, and now it is still in the shallow part of the forest, why there is no trace at all?" “

The third master sighed when he heard this, and said after a while: "Alas! Speaking of the same year, there were too many people who died back then, and at first the corpses were thrown in place when no one cared about them, and then someone got sick, so the big guys gathered the corpses together and threw them into a big pit, until more and more people died later, and the pit was filled, which was called a mass grave. Later, he thought it was too unlucky, so he buried it with earth, and just ahead, and the people of the village would rather take a long detour than come this way, for fear of getting bad luck. ”

The three of them continued to walk forward, but the old ruffian was driving the road in front of him but suddenly stopped, turned his head to me and the third master and said, "Is this the mass grave of the year, I feel that the yin qi is so heavy, and the temperature seems to have dropped." ”

I heard that I took a few steps forward, stood with the old ruffian, and looked forward, there were almost no trees in an area of dozens of square meters in front of me, and the weeds grew extraordinarily luxuriantly, some even taller than people, and the morning breeze in the mountains was already a little cool, but here it was even more shady, and there was not even a worm call, and the silence gave people a strange feeling.

The third master walked up to him and said: "This is a mass grave, it is an exaggeration to say that it is ten thousand people, but there must be at least a thousand people inside, and it is normal for the yin qi to be heavy." ”

The old ruffian said: "When we were fighting, there were more people buried, and we didn't see anything different, this place is really strange. ”

I took out the compass from my backpack, walked along the mass grave to take a look, frowned, and said: "The tomb generally pays attention to sitting in the north and facing south, but this place is in the east-west direction, which staggers the emperor's throne. The surrounding dense forests are clothed, the perennial wind is blowing, and most of the people buried are starving to death, the resentment is great, and the accumulated evil qi cannot be dispersed, it is a fierce place, and there will be disasters over time. “

When the third master heard my words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "I didn't expect that Brother Qin still understands such a profound yin and yang feng shui principle at a young age. Then he said: "When I passed this place a few years ago, I also observed some mistakes, but I had also become a mud bodhisattva at that time, and I didn't dare to talk to people about this place anymore. “

While the two were talking, the old ruffian waved his hand and said to the two: "This is not a good place, let's talk about these things later, let's hurry to find the treasure is the important thing." “