Chapter 6 Seventy-Six: Into the Mountain
We had to work together to carry the old horse into a nearby house, as we have seen before, the village is very remote, the old house is not sheltered from the wind, the tiles are broken all over the floor, the stove in the house is almost half broken, all the furniture is moldy, and it smells foul, presumably it has been abandoned for many years.
Fortunately, the four walls were still standing upright, and I was able to withstand some of the wind, so I got a dagger, tore open the old horse's trouser leg, and then leaned down to check, and good fellow, there was a big black mark on his ankle, as if it had been dyed with thick ink, sticky, and black, and it looked very scary.
Zhang Qiang squatted beside the old horse and said Xiaoye, what is the situation with this special mother, does the mandrill also have corpse poison, why did the old horse get infected after being caught for a while? I couldn't make up my mind, so I went back to look at Anzanji, who said that this was not some corpse poison, it was a demonic spirit, and anyone who was infected by this black toxin was like being marked by a mountain spirit, and they would be unlucky wherever they fled.
Zhang Qiang couldn't stop pumping cold air, and hurriedly asked him if there was a way to expel these demonic qi? Anzanji said that he was trying to figure out a way, once the old horse was imprinted with the abomination mark of the mountain spirit, he could not follow us into the mountain, because the abomination mark would release a breath to remind the mountain spirit of where we were, and taking him into the mountain would be equivalent to walking on the plain with a lantern in the middle of the night, and the target was too obvious and especially easy to expose.
So Anzanji must find a way to get rid of this demonic energy, it really can't work, and it can be covered with medicine, in short, we can't let these demonic qi expose our whereabouts.
Zhang Qiang gently pulled me and whispered, "This is not good, since everyone has discussed how to end these mandrills, we must find a guide to lead the way, what happened just now scared the old horse enough, can he agree to lead the way after he wakes up?" ”
I frowned and said that this is not easy to say, it mainly depends on himself, to be honest, Wufeng Mountain is by no means a good place, if the old horse really wants to follow us into the mountain, I am afraid that the probability of coming out alive is not large, what we have to do is very important, but it cannot affect the innocent. Zhang Qiang sighed and said Are you stupid? Obviously, he himself asked to lead the way.
I didn't argue with Zhang Qiang about anything, I was busy all day, to be honest, I was already very tired, so I found a wall to lean on, closed my eyes and recuperated, Anzanji was busy dealing with the place where the old horse was caught, and I didn't have time to deal with us, Zhang Qiang turned out an iron pot under the stove, and boiled a pot of hot water after a simple cleaning.
Everyone was busy with their own work, and there was no time to communicate, until the sky was getting brighter, and we spent the night peacefully, at this time the old horse also woke up, but refused to speak, lying on the straw mat in the corner, facing the wall, silently wiped some tears, I saw that it was not a way, so I took the initiative to go up and discuss with him, and said the old horse, or you draw a sketch for us, and leave alone after dawn, and run for your life.
The old horse refused, struggling to get up, with hatred in his eyes, "I won't go, these monsters have killed my little nephew, I have to seek revenge on them!" ”
I smiled wryly and said you can think about it, everything is unknown when you enter the mountain, and I don't know what will happen, if these monsters are too fierce, then you will be in danger......
No matter what I said, Lao Ma still said the same thing, viciously saying to the wall that he wanted revenge, and I saw that I really couldn't persuade him, so I had to give up. I sat down again, took a sip of hot soup, and waited, and when it was about dawn, we heard footsteps coming from the entrance of the village, and Anzanji woke up at once, got up and asked me, who is it?
I shook my head and said I didn't know, but it was definitely not the villagers who dared to enter the mountain at such a time, maybe it was Liu Mei who found people after they called the police.
"Go out and have a look!" Zhang Qiang said as he walked outside, walking almost twenty meters, a team gradually emerged in the dense fog, I recognized it at a glance, the person walking in front was Chen Hu, Chen Hu was behind a team, there were about a dozen people, everyone was armed with guns and ammunition, armed to the teeth.
Seeing us, Chen Hu immediately walked up quickly, I was very excited, because the helper finally arrived, and I was about to catch up, but unexpectedly, Chen Hu slashed his head and covered my face, "Xiao Ye, let me say what is good about you, the last case was just concluded, you immediately found something for me again, I am a public servant of the people, not your personal assistant." ”
I knew that Chen Hu had been unhappy with me recently, so he laughed and said, "Aren't I also the people?" ”
Chen Hu interrupted me impatiently, "Don't be poor, let's talk about what the hell is going on, I didn't believe it when I listened to Liu Mei, how could a monkey in the mountains run out and kill people?" ”
Zhang Qiang hurriedly said that it was not a monkey, it was a mountain spirit. Chen Hu looked at me suspiciously, we roughly told him the situation, Chen Hu was stunned when he heard it, even the platoon of armed policemen behind him looked at each other, out of discipline, these armed policemen did not say anything, but Chen Hu pushed me aside and whispered that these are true, monkeys can also become essences?
I reiterated it again, saying that it was not a monkey, it was a mandrill, and it was a mandrill that had cultivated the climate, and I don't know one or two, if you take these people into the mountain with me, you must be careful everywhere, so as not to get into the way, understand?
Chen Hu was very disdainful, holding a cigarette holder and saying, "Xiao Ye, I found that you are getting more and more inflated now, you don't know what modesty is at all, what I brought is the elite of the police force, do you know where these brothers are recruited from?" As long as they're flesh and blood, hurting and bleeding, we're going to be able to take them down. ”
I smiled bitterly and said hopefully, in short, I have said everything that should be said, believe it or not. Chen Hu pointed to the old horse and asked me, who is the guy who is squatting in the corner of the wall to sharpen the knife, how can he see that everyone looks like he owes him five million?
I sighed, and said that you can be considerate, that person's name is Lao Ma, he is the guide we are looking for, and he is also the person who contacted us to go up the mountain, his nephew was captured by a monster, last night, a monster pretended to be his nephew to deceive us, and almost killed him, Lao Ma is holding back a belly of fire, you better not provoke him.
Chen Hu nodded to indicate that he knew, and turned his back to make a strategic mobilization to the group of young armed policemen, Zhang Qiang and I stood aside and watched, after some enthusiastic words, Chen Hu told us that we can go, this time to lead the team out There is also a time limit, at most two days, this vote of the armed police brothers will return to the team, we had better solve the problem within this time limit.
I can only say as much as possible, and then implore the old horse to lead the team to walk in front, in the deep mountains for nearly three hours, the old horse took us to find the first place where the monster was found, it was a hole the size of a brick kiln, I opened the grass outside the hole, and was about to go down with Anzanji to have a look, suddenly heard a scream from below, and then there was a chaotic gunshot, Chen Hu shouted what was wrong, hurriedly pulled out the pistol, and looked around nervously.
"Down there!"
I don't know who shouted, but I looked up and saw all the people around me running down the slope with a bang.