Chapter 2: The Uninvited Guest
The old man in black stared at the shadows of the house in the distance with his gloomy eyes, and stood silent.
"Master, why don't we go, after turning over this mountain, we will reach the boundary of Yan'erling, let's ...... three times five divided by two" The thin-faced man who was traveling with him said impatiently.
"Shut up, old five, you are in a hurry, listen to Master!" A scarface behind him interrupted the fifth child's words.
The old man in black silently took out the dry tobacco pot from his cuff and filled it with a mouthful of Kanto cigarettes.
The flickering light of the fire rose and fell in the night, and under the cold moonlight, a misty smoke dispersed all around.
"The earth dragon swallows the sky, the blood comes out of the mountain, there is no return, a great omen."
Half-loud, the old man in black spit out a few words.
Several people behind him looked at each other, but Lao Wu was full of disapproval, which was completely inappropriate.
Scarface paused, leaning into the old man in black and whispering in his ear.
"Master, we have been preparing for this trip for so long, and besides, this is not also dangerous every time, go up the knife mountain and down the oil pot, let's not also break through, it should be fine, at most, let's keep some snacks at that time, and keep our hands and feet steady."
The old man in black glanced behind him, but he already roughly understood that several people behind him had the same idea, and sighed in his heart, it was really a group of uncompetitive little rabbit cubs, throughout the ages, how many people were just ruined on a greedy word, and in the end, it was not a bamboo basket to draw water, but also lost a small life in vain. shook his head again, laughing at himself, how could he not be like this, most of his life has lived on the tip of the knife, but people are getting older and older, and his courage is getting smaller and smaller.
"Forget it, anyway, I'm not worried about this trip, everyone be careful, and make an idea (exploration) in front."
As soon as the old man in black was suitable, a group of people disappeared into the vast night.
Fertilizer plant warehouse, duty porter.
Director Liu yawned and pushed the chessboard impatiently.
"Come on, come on, Lao Duan, I see that you are Zhu Bajie wearing glasses and pretending to be a college student, and being tortured by you like this every day, I am really worse than dead."
No longer caring about the old Duan who pretended to be esoteric with a chess game, he picked up the teapot and drank it with a bang, but he didn't even bother to write down the old Duan's new debt.
"Lao Liu, life in the world, you have to have a little fun, you talk about you, every day is either cynical or complaining."
The words choked Director Liu and didn't take a breath, and the tea sprayed Lao Duan's face.
Lao Duan finally put down the chess game in his hand, and his face was loveless.
In the middle of the sound, the bored Director Liu began to pull the topic from the county magistrate's wife to Widow Chen in the loading workshop, talking about foaming and dancing.
Often at this time, Lao Duan feels that Director Liu has come back to life again, looking at your lively appearance, just your little broken mouth, the factory director sent you here is light, worthy of your nickname Liu Big Mouth.
"Old Duan, have you heard, in the past two days, the county public security bureau has cracked another big case, a group of cultural relics dealers in Fenyang have planted it, I heard that this time there are some amazing big objects, all of which are things from our territory."
After that, pretending to be mysterious, he drew an eight with one hand, "You know, such a big one, it's worth this number!" ”
"Lao Liu, where did you get all this gossip?"
"How is it gossip, this is what my nephew who worked in the county public security bureau said last time I went home on leave, and it is absolutely true, because this case has been collectively rewarded."
"We have so many people in this place." Lao Duan looked ignorant.
"You don't admit that you have no culture, we were a treasure of feng shui in ancient times, how many big officials have been produced, do you know the birthplace of pre-Qin culture" Director Liu got the opportunity and pointed at Lao Duan's nose and ridiculed.
"You have to got, you are always educated, let's just sit quietly." Lao Duan begged for mercy.
As he spoke, the elm leaves outside the window were blown by a gust of wind.
"Wow..."
The crow's cry was abrupt in the woods.
The corners of Lao Duan's eyes suddenly jumped, his brows furrowed, and he interrupted Director Liu's endless talk with his hand.
"Someone looks like it."
"Huh? Who? Lao Liu looked left and right, except for the vast night, how could there be a little ghost shadow, wondering if you old boy had been staying for a long time, he had auditory hallucinations, who came to this place where birds don't in the middle of the night, and was about to speak.
saw Lao Duan turn around and pull out his flashlight, and in a blink of an eye, he had already appeared outside the hospital.
Lao Duan leaped forward, and the dim light in his hand had already swept around, but a black shadow could be faintly seen flashing into the shadow behind the tree at the moment when the light swept by.
"Who's there?"
Lao Duan didn't say anything yet, but Director Liu had the courage to shout, but his voice was obviously lacking in breath and out of shape.
The words were about to fall, but an old man in black leaned out, clasped his hands into fists, and said with a simple face.
"Comrade, I'm from Wu Caixiang, and a few nephews are in a hurry at night, and I lost my way, so I'm tired of asking how to get to this Huang family platform?"
Lao Liu Ding saw that it was an old man, with a dry tobacco pot inserted in his waist, and several people behind him were also dressed as peasant men, so he immediately lost his vigilance and shouted at the top of his voice.
"Yo, uncle, you said that if you have anything urgent, don't rush to the night road at night, don't say that this direction is not accurate, this is not in the front of the village and there is no store, what can you do if you meet a beast?"
The old man smiled dryly and waved his hand.
"Don't worry, don't worry, we villagers are used to walking at night, and we haven't seen anything."
"Uncle, you still be a snack, the mountain road is difficult, you go along this road all the way, turn over the mountain beam in front, you can see the place where the three big locust trees are located, it is the Huangjiataizi." Lao Liu was warm-hearted, and pointed to the mountain peaks in the distance.
"Comrade, thank you so much, farewell." The old man led a few people and was about to leave.
The flashlight in Lao Duan's hand shook twice in the direction of the road, and the dim light swept behind the old man in black who turned around like an awl, but the old man in black seemed to have eyes behind him, seemingly moving left and right intentionally or unintentionally, and no light fell on his body, but what happened in this moment was that Lao Liu did not see through.
Lao Liu snorted, pulled Lao Duan to turn around and return to the house.
"Lao Duan, what are your kid's ears made of, it really blinded you, the vigilance of this revolution is not bad, it is worthy of praise."
Lao Liu half-jokingly teased Lao Duan, but found that Lao Duan didn't say anything, but was just thinking about something.