Qin Ya didn't eat with us, but was arranged in another room.

I had a hunch that they would still talk about their plans for the trip during the meal.

At the dinner table, Liu Songming briefly introduced me to the arrangement. I prevaricated and nodded, thinking a lot as I pulled through my meal.

After eating, Liu Songming said, "Young master, let's go." Wu Dongqiang sent a car to send us to Daxin County first. You've finished explaining what you and that girl should have accounted for, right? ”

I said "um".

Apparently, Liu Songming noticed my anomaly, but he didn't bother with it for the time being. After he asked me, he explained many aftermath matters to Wu Dongqiang and Bai Huo, and only after explaining did he call me to leave.

Saying goodbye to everyone, I saw Qin Ya standing by the fence on the second floor looking at me, so I waved my hand at her. I don't know what year or month we will be able to meet again.

When I got into the car, Liu Songming sat in the back seat with me. He took out the bronze dagger and returned it to me, and said, "Lu Fengqin has buried a lot of eyes and ears in Xinxian County, fortunately, this dagger is still there, at least before they react, we should have arrived at Peach Blossom Stream." ”

I took the dagger and glanced at Liu Songming, then turned my head and said, "The golden bird is on you, do you still need to show this dagger?" ”

Liu Songming smiled dumbly: "This dagger is a token of the Southern Sigong, and because the Southern Sigong has been by Qin Wuye's side all the year round, naturally this thing is also in the hands of Qin Wuye." The group of people who are being replaced now are too young to recognize this golden bird. As he spoke, Liu Songming took the golden bird out of his sleeve and wiped it carefully, "Qin Wuye took away my golden bird three years ago, and I think I also want to re-establish the northern prince." Young master, after you succeed to the throne, I want to do it for a few more years, after all, the gang in the north is different from the gang in the south, they only believe in people, and I have to transfer them to you slowly and little by little. ”

"It's all right......" I chuckled and turned to look back at Liu Songming, "I went to that peach blossom stream this time, I want to go home and rest for a few days, I'm tired." I shook my head and turned my head to look out the window. By this time, the car had entered a deserted path, full of all kinds of shrubs and trees, as well as barren mountains in the distance.

"yes, okay." Liu Songming nodded.

I've asked a lot of people about your dreams, from childhood to adulthood. They grew up with all kinds of dreams about being a scientist, I wanted to be a teacher, I wanted to be a pilot, I wanted to be a doctor, and then these dreams gradually changed to I want to get into a good university, I wanted to have a beautiful boyfriend and girlfriend, I wanted to get better and better day by day, I wanted to find a good job that I thought I could do, and finally I wanted to be rich and I wanted to have power.

People are so realistic and need dreams, so many people have had similar thoughts to me - one day and one moment, maybe you are shopping, maybe you are arguing with people, maybe you are just walking on the way to work (home), a super luxury car fleet appeared in front of you, from these cars walked down countless bodyguards in uniform black suits, and an old but gentle official got out of the car and walked in front of you through the neat crowd, and said softly: "Young master, we will take you home." ”

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had a benevolent brother named Liu Chan, and he also had him in natural history. Ill-fated, he almost died at the hands of his father to soothe the hearts of the soldiers. After Liu Bei's death, he suffered from the name of weakness and incompetence, and he could cite scriptures, but no one could prove that he was mentally retarded. Comparing the heart, how much is the difference between this Liu Chan and Liu Xie, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty who was coerced by the Son of Heaven to order the princes?

Knowing this, I might as well go and cultivate with Li Laodao...... No matter what kind of immortal Dao sect he is, it is better than the current man for the sword and I for the fish and meat.

The car walked in the woods, and the road was quite bumpy from time to time to cross the mountains.

The atmosphere in the car was unusually dull, and Bai Huo spoke under the hint of Liu Songming. Bai Huo smiled and said: "I have stayed in Daxin County for some days, and there is an old and interesting thing in this Gada. I'll tell you about it. ”

Liu Songming nodded and said, "You said it to the young master." In the 70s and 80s, the Chinese government asked the cultural departments of the county governments to inquire, summarize and compile a number of local folk tales, which was also a compilation and continuation of the folk tales passed down by the older generation. ”

Bai Huo answered: "I inquired with someone, and I heard about such a thing. In the past four or five years in this Daxin County, many people have disappeared inexplicably, saying that there is a very beautiful female monster who tricked people into the mountains to eat...... Some of these people came back alive, saying that they saw people being led into the mountains in droves, and when they entered, they could never get out. I heard that the mountain is haunted......"

I looked at Bai Huo and said, "Your story is more broken than your mouth." ”

Liu Songming suddenly said: "Cannibalistic mountain? ”

"Hmm."

"What about the living?" Liu Songming asked.

"I heard that the boss was an alcoholic, and he lived not far from that small restaurant. Half-crazy, half-stupid, I have seen it once......" Bai Huo replied, "This man is uncomfortable looking at me, and when I ask him, 'What are you looking at?' he muttered, as if to say, 'Look at you'." I kicked him. ”

"Do you remember the place?" Liu Song famously said.

"Then how can you forget, it's not a long day."

"Okay." Liu Songming said flatly, "Finding that person may be able to find that place, it's much better than looking for a needle in a haystack." ”

Liu Songming glanced at my chest, intentionally or unintentionally, and I knew that he was alluding to the reaction of the jade pendant I was wearing.

Chongzuo City is 523 km from Guilin and Daxin County is 541 km from Guilin. The driver sent by Wu Dongqiang was obviously very familiar with the ground, and the journey through the trails and villages was almost saved by more than 60 kilometers. But despite this, the car was driven for almost a day.

I finally realized the after-effects of over-emptying my body, and the fatigue of the journey meant that I always slept and woke up for a while, and even almost got on the table during a meal on the way. Whenever Liu Songming saw me wake up, he chatted with me about something.

Until I arrived in Daxin County, it was already evening. Bai Huo led us to a guest house, opened a room, and went to the market to buy some beef and vegetables.

Although the hostel had a bathroom, the four of us were crammed into a room with two bunk beds. The house smells musty, but the fan is windy.

After eating, everyone went to sleep, and when they woke up, it was already early in the morning of the second day. When I woke up in the morning, Bai Huo and the driver were still asleep, and when I looked at Liu Songming's bed again, I didn't know where he had gone. I got out of bed and opened the door to the outside of the room, and without hesitation, I went up the stairs to the rooftop.

Climbing onto the rooftop, Liu Songming was boxing against the rising sun. I didn't think much of it, and followed his fist after him.

After a set of punches, Liu Songming praised: "Young master, you have already touched some doorways." Faster than I thought. ”

Xu is the daily practice has brought me endless benefits, and I started to punch a second time, and I didn't answer to Liu Songming.

"Be steady, and don't be in a hurry. The feeling that the calm air will merge with nature. Liu Songming mentioned on the side, and just like on the train, he saw that my move was not right, so he corrected it vigorously.

After this set of punches, I finished the fight, and fine beads of sweat were already appearing on my forehead.

At this time, Liu Songming opened his mouth again, and there was quite appreciation in his tone: "Young master, I think you have already realized the existence of qi." I'm glad you've been holding on for almost a month. ”

"Take a breath of inner practice, is that what you mean?" I wiped the sweat from my forehead and leaned against the fence on the rooftop to look at Liu Songming.

"It's not very important." Liu Songming shook his head and continued, "Martial arts practice is not fundamentally different from anything else. Maybe you can be strong, but it's just a slight advantage in fighting with others. The martial virtues of Xi Wu are the same as those of people who work hard for any aspect of existence, and what it cultivates is a kind of perseverance and upright character that a person should have. Perseverance can make people grow, and uprightness will make people not have so many gaps in the world, but live more brightly and directly. ”

I smiled dumbly and shook my head slightly.

Lin Songming said: "Time can verify everything. Isn't everyone fighting for what they think is the right direction? Without time to verify, who can deny that anyone is right or wrong? Moreover, from ancient times to the present, there has been a time in history that was not written by the winners, and who cares about the feelings of the losers? ”

I agreed with that, so I nodded. I turned my head and leaned on the fence, took out a cigarette from my arms and lit it, looked at the crimson morning sun and sighed: "Some people desperately want to fight for a future, and some people are born with a future, can these two things be the same?" ”

Liu Songming walked behind me, gently pressed his hand on my shoulder, and squeezed it a little harder: "Young master, I know what misunderstanding has arisen between us, but I don't want to explain. There is no time to verify, and no one knows who is true and who is fake. But one thing I can tell you for sure is that the future is fought for by oneself, and no one person can influence the future of another. The future is created by one's own hands. ”

I flicked the cigarette out of the rooftop, turned to face Liu Songming: "No matter what, this time, I promise you and cooperate with you." After this incident, I just want to go back to the small village where I was born and raised, and spend my life quietly with my parents. I think the money I've saved is enough for me to live a lifetime. ”

Liu Songming took a step back and bowed to me very solemnly: "Young master, it's still the same sentence, only time can verify everything, including loyalty." ”

I said angrily: "You are loyal to Qin Wuye, and my surname is Li, and my name is Li Xiao." It's just a victim who has strayed into this whirlpool for a while! Do you understand how I feel? ”

When I asked about it, Yanagi was uncharacteristically silent.

I made the appearance of life and death, but in fact I was extremely afraid of this silence, for fear that my panic would provoke Liu Songming's nerves and anger him.

My hands trembled slightly, but I still kept lighting a cigarette. To be honest, since I started smoking, I never smoke more than three cigarettes a day. And at this moment, I have lit two cigarettes in a row.

I leaned on the fence and smoked a cigarette, nervously waiting for Liu Songming to speak.

Liu Songming sneered suddenly, breaking the silence: "Young master, is it important that your surname is now?" The fact that one person does not admit it, as long as two people on the side agree with it, then the matter is true. Now that there is no way to retreat and no way to hide, even if this Qin Wuye is fake now, so what can it be? ”

I opened my glasses wide and had an absolutely surprised expression: "You...... You say Qin Wuye is fake? Are you saying that there is no such person as Qin Wuye at all, or is Qin Wuye already dead? ”

Liu Songming sneered, noncommittal.

This was the first time I saw Liu Songming sneer, and there seemed to be deep disdain for what I said in that look.

This further confirms my conjecture about Qin Wuye, is that really a god? Miracle man God?

"Alright, that's the end of the conversation. It's time for us to wake up Bai Huo and meet that drunkard. Liu Songming couldn't help but say that he stepped forward and dragged the cigarette from my mouth away and fell to the ground, "Smoking is harmful to health." ”

I glanced at him: "A spark can start a prairie fire." "Extinguished the cigarette butt that was still burning.

Liu Songming and I returned to the room together, and at this time Bai Huo was already sitting at the head of the bed and wiping the tears that had not woken up in the morning.

"If you wake up early in the morning with a handful of snot and tears, can you have a little fun?" Liu Songming didn't have a good airway.

Bai Huo stood up straight and hurriedly said, "Big brother, I'm sorry, I was drunk and delayed." ”

Liu Songming waved his hand: "It's not that serious, it's just 7 o'clock now." Hurry up and wash up, and let's go meet the drunkard. ”

Bai Huo should be afraid of Liu Songming from the bottom of his heart, and it took less than a minute for him to go out to the toilet to wash up and return to the room. When he returned, he beckoned us to come with him.

Before leaving, I pointed to the driver who drove us and said, "What about him?" ”

"Wu Dongqiang's people, he will go back and report to his master when he wakes up, so we don't need to worry about it." Liu Songming's words are concise and to the point.

The hotel Bai Huo said is not far from the guest house where we live, and at the door of this small hotel, Bai Huo also focused on the Zhuangxiang mugwort, chicken skin fruit and longan meat made in this hotel.

"Shall we have a bite to eat when we come back? Take a critical look and see how he is doing! "I summed up Bai Huo's words, and at this time, Liu Songming's face was getting worse and worse.

Bai Huo retracted the introduction of various special snacks with interest, and led us through a small road and into an old housing area.

It is true that this place is not very wealthy, and according to Bai Huo when he came, the so-called trading places on the border between Vietnam and China still have the habit of bartering. The two sides have different national monetary policies, and cautiously the peasants are not willing to sell their goods for money.

After walking a short time in the old housing area, he pointed to a mountain in the east and said, "Look, that's the Xiaoming Mountain Range." ”

Bai Huo pushed open the door of a house facing the street and shouted, "Uncle Yang, Meng Di, Meng Yu." In fact, this was just a polite greeting, and no matter whether the person Bai Huo was referring to was not there, he had already held back his strength and pushed open the door of the inner courtyard of the house.

"Cantonese?" I asked Yanagi Matsuna.

Adverbials. Hello. Liu Songming replied, "In fact, the Zhuang people are more direct and rarely say the word 'hello'. ”

I slapped my head, but no, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

"Mother, just breaking in like this won't cause any ethnic contradictions, right?" I worried.

Liu Songming glanced at me: "Nonsense, it doesn't matter what nationality he is, breaking into a private house in China is enough to sentence." ”

When Bai Huo opened the door, a foul smell came from the house. The stench was mixed with the rotten smell of food and the stench of alcohol.

Liu Songming and I withdrew from the room almost at the same time, and only Bai Huo walked to the head of the bed and picked up the old man sleeping on the bed with one hand.

The skinny middle-aged man shouted "help" in at least three different languages, and only used Mandarin until the fourth. His neck was bloated with a large bag due to years of drinking, and the sound of his throat was very small, not even ten meters away.

"I'll answer you." Liu Songming stepped forward and stared at the old man who was lifted up by Bai Huo.

"Uncle Yang, you can say whatever my eldest brother asks. I'll buy you some grain and wine in a while, and I'll give you a jar of it? Bai Huo thought about it for a while, and added another explanation, "Okay?" Good no good? A vat of grain wine. ”

The middle-aged man nodded hurriedly, and twisted his body to break free from Bai Huo's hands.

"Let him go, live in vain." Liu Songming promised, "A vat of liquor, in exchange for a few words for you." ”

The middle-aged man was put down and sat on the ground. He covered his head and closed his eyes in pain, and said, "While I'm still awake at this moment, hurry up and ask." Remember, the wine must be delivered to me, otherwise I will definitely go to the government to sue you foreign Han Chinese. ”

The middle-aged man's words were meaningful, and Yanagimatsu captured this as much as I did. Liu Songming said: "More than three months ago, have you ever seen a man in his thirties who is holding a folding fan, polite and speaking Beijing dialect from time to time come to your place? ”

The middle-aged man rubbed his head and nodded, "Yes." I've seen him. ”

"Where are the man-eating mountains you are talking about?"

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, his eyes full of horror. He pointed to the west and shouted with all his strength a barrage of languages that he didn't know where......

Liu Songming frowned, obviously he didn't know what kind of dialect this middle-aged man spoke.

"To the west?" Liu Songming asked.

"Yes. Herds of tourists are led deep into the mountains, like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. They entered through the waterway and were swallowed up by a hole in the mountain. The darkness licks its black tongue, and no one survives it. That woman is the devil! The man-eating devil! The middle-aged man trembled like chaff, his body was extremely straight, and he fell to the ground and kept foaming at the mouth.

Liu Songming hurriedly bent down and opened the middle-aged man's mouth, and ordered me, "Go and get a stick." This man has epilepsy. He'll bite off his tongue. ”

I hurriedly searched around, but I still couldn't get through it. Bai Huo grabbed a handful of chopsticks and stuffed them into the middle-aged man's mouth, and there were words in his mouth: "Passing ghosts, gods, spare your life, there's nothing wrong with this guy, don't come to harm him......"

Liu Songming glared at Bai Huo, but his hand didn't stop. He unbuttoned the middle-aged man's collar, turned his head to the side, and instructed Bai Huo and me to find some clean cloth or paper.

I never thought that Liu Songming still had this hand, and after ten minutes, the middle-aged man was already grateful to Dade for kowtowing to Liu Songming and us.

The middle-aged man said: "Anyway, my life was picked up, and I will take you to that place." ”

Liu Songming didn't rush to agree, but pointed out to the middle-aged man who was similar to him: "There are many ethnic minorities in Guangxi, and there are also many witch doctors in various ethnic groups, so it is not difficult for you to cure this disease." Brother, if you believe me, I will give you a home remedy for a barefoot doctor in the north, a bowl of sparrow brains cooked, once every seven days. In three months, you will be cured of your madness. ”

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "Okay, okay." I'll definitely try. I'll try it when I get back. So you ...... Don't stand still, go and sit in the house. ”

Liu Songming hurriedly waved his hand, turned his head sideways to me and Bai Huo and ordered, "You two go and bring a few boxes of wine." Now that we're out of the talk, we'll have to do it. ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly shook his hand, but the longing in his eyes could not be erased.

Bai Huo and I went out to buy wine as promised, but Bai Huo was unconvinced: "He has to repay us for saving his life!" Why do we have to carry wine for him? ”

Originally, I was going to listen to the story of the middle-aged man who escaped and ascended to heaven after encountering the man-eating mountain, but I also knew that I was also arranged to move wine with Bai Huo. Hearing Bai Huo speak, I said angrily: "Keep your promise...... When all the words are said, should you fart? National unity is more important than Mount Tai. ”

I moved the wine from the supply and marketing cooperative, and Bai Huo volunteered to move my share of wine for me. This white and fast 1.90 meters figure is really not white long, and the three boxes of wine are still walking like flying in their hands.

When he returned to the middle-aged man's home, Liu Songming had already had a good conversation with the middle-aged man, and it was obvious that an agreement had been reached. When Liu Songming saw us coming back, he immediately asked Bai Huo to get a car to come back, and he set off immediately without delay.

I had already learned Bai Huo's skills more than two years ago, but in this small city on the border and surrounded by mountains and rivers, Bai Huo got back a tractor.

I covered my eyes and didn't know how to express how I felt when I saw the tractor.

Liu Songming was also speechless, but he had to send the arrow on the string, and he didn't care about waiting for Wu Dongqiang's support, Liu Songming immediately shouted that Bai Huo drove the tractor off.

I, Liu Songming, and Uncle Yang had to stand in the body of the tractor to be baptized by the warm wind, and as soon as I sat down, I could feel the absolute truth of why the butt was formed in half.

According to Uncle Yang's recollections, we marched along the mountain road to the Sino-Vietnamese border, and from time to time, he also introduced the names and legends of the surrounding mountains.

I interrupted Uncle Yang's chatter and asked, "What's going on with that man-eating ghost mountain you said?" ”

Uncle Yang replied, "It must have been more than a year ago. ”