Yang Wuping's gun rang out, and three shots in a row hit the devil in the face, and the devil never got up again. Yang Wuping threw down the gun, walked over, hugged Jiang Feng's body, and shouted, "Instructor, you can't die!" Can't die! The War of Resistance has not yet been won! We haven't heard enough of your songs! Instructor—"

Verse 41: Chapter 7: The Trap

Hu Cuigu's tears rolled down with the rain. She saw the daisy again, and Jiang Feng's blood soaked it...... 33When Zhang Xiuxiu walked to the chain bridge, she glanced back at Phoenix Village in the sun. She looked at the cemetery on the mountain behind Phoenix Mountain again. It is the place where the ancestors of the Zhang family have buried the dead for generations, and it is the holy place of Fenghuang Village. Zhang Xiuxiu suddenly thought, will she be buried in that cemetery after she dies? This strange thought made a cold air bubble up in her heart. Zhang Xiuxiu saw the new grave in the sun. That was Zhang Changfa's grave, and Zhang Xiuxiu thought again, if Zhang Changfa's biological father and mother took him away later, then where would he be buried when he died? This is a question that no one can answer. Zhang Xiuxiu entered the plum blossom tip with this question. The sky, which had been sunny just a moment ago, was soon obscured by a thick fog. Zhang Xiuxiu followed the path, groping her way through the thick fog. Although she is from Fenghuang Village, she can't climb the mountain several times a year, and she rarely walks the mountain road, even to the town to study, and she also takes a tractor to go back, and under special circumstances, she only walks back to the village, which is a very rare thing. At the annual mountain festival, she followed behind the adults, and did not remember any roads, and when there were many people, she walked the mountain road, and did not feel hard or difficult, as if she was playing. It's different now, she went up the mountain alone to find Shen Yuyu and them, feeling uneasy, always feeling that something unexpected was waiting for her. The thick haze smelled of mold. Zhang Xiuxiu heard his grandfather say before he died that the tip of the plum blossom a long time ago was not locked by dense fog for many years. When he was a child, he often went to the forest of Meihuajian with a group of friends in the village to pick wild fruits, and the scenery of Meihuajian at that time was infinite, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, not as silent as now, shrouded in thick fog, and eerie. Zhang Xiuxiu heard from her grandfather that after the battle at the tip of the plum blossom in August 1944, the thick fog gathered at the tip of the plum blossom, and many years passed and it did not disperse. Zhang Xiuxiu didn't know how tragic the battle of Meihuajian was that year, she only knew that many people died, and dozens of New Fourth Army troops never came down after going up the mountain, including Zhang Changfa's biological parents Yang Wuping and Hu Cuigu. A few years ago, some people came from outside the mountain to develop plum blossom tips. The so-called development is to cut down those towering trees in the plum blossom tip jungle for money. Zhang Datou and the villagers of Fenghuang Village didn't let them cut it, but there was no way, they took the red-headed document on it, and the public security guarded them. As a result, the felling team drove into the tip of the plum blossom. The sandy road leading from Qingshi Town to Fenghuang Village was also built at that time. Originally, when the development was completed, a decent cement road would be built, but this plan fell apart along with the plan to develop the plum blossom tip. Because of the dead. One person died on the first night of the deforestation team at the tip of the plum blossoms, and a worker inexplicably fell off a cliff and died; Cutting down the first tree, the tree was sawed and it didn't fall, they tried their best, the big tree just couldn't fall, the workers had no choice, just as they were sitting in a safe place to discuss countermeasures, the sawn tree made a loud noise, and pressed down on them, those workers couldn't dodge, and two workers were crushed to death on the spot...... Within a few days, the logging team had withdrawn from the tip of the plum blossoms. Zhang Xiuxiu heard that there was actually a terrifying detail, which was not disclosed to the public, saying that when sawing the big tree, the splash was not sawdust, but bright red plasma, and the workers also heard the human-like screams of the big tree. Thinking of this, Zhang Xiuxiu's scalp was numb. There are too many weird legends in the tip of the plum blossom, and she doesn't dare to think about it now. She walked all the way, looking at both sides of the path, hoping to find the Shen Yuyu fish intact as far as her eyes could see, and then happily descend the mountain with them. Zhang Xiuxiu walked through the dense foggy mountains and forests with good intentions, but she walked for more than two hours and didn't even see their shadows. Zhang Xiuxiu also called Shen Yuyu's name as she walked, and there were echoes in the mountains and forests, but she didn't see Shen Yuyu's real answer. The ominous feeling in Zhang Xiuxiu's heart became stronger and stronger, and they might really encounter something unexpected. If so, what's the point of her looking for it? No, maybe they're lost and are now waiting somewhere for her to guide them out of the fog. Zhang Xiuxiu thought like this and continued to walk up the mountain, although the wind was gusting in the mountains and forests, Zhang Xiuxiu's sweat was still soaked through her underwear. It was getting dark. Zhang Xiuxiu didn't expect it to get dark so quickly, and the bright sunshine in Fenghuang Village gave her the illusion that it was too early to get dark. Zhang Xiuxiu was a little overwhelmed. She thought to herself, is it going back? Despite her thoughts, she kept her steps forward. Then, Zhang Xiuxiu thought of a pair of helpless eyes, which were full of tears. That's Shen Yuyu's eyes. Zhang Xiuxiu's heart was distressed, she didn't know why she was like this, she was sad for a stranger, and she wanted to help her so much. Zhang Xiuxiu said to herself: "You can't go back, you must find Shen Yuyu and them." Zhang Xiuxiu mustered up the courage to walk up the mountain. After taking a few steps, she saw a blue branch sticking out in the haze, full of thin young leaves. She was startled and dodged it. She knew very well in her heart that this beautiful cyan branch had a terrifying danger, if it was broken, it would flow milky white mucus, as long as the human skin was stained with this milky white mucus, it would blister and fester, and if it was not treated for a long time, it would cause blood necrosis...... Zhang Xiuxiu knew that the people in the village called this plant sumac, why they called it sumac, Zhang Xiuxiu had not gone to research.

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Zhang Xiuxiu never thought about what the tip of the plum blossom would look like after it got dark. The jungle soon fell into darkness. After the darkness fell, Zhang Xiuxiu found that she could not walk at all, and the huge loneliness froze her in the jungle like darkness. The seventeen-year-old girl remembered many horrific tales about the tip of the plum blossom, and her fear became so concrete when she was alone in the darkness of the jungle for the first time. Zhang Xiuxiu stood there, motionless. The jungle was silent in the dark, not even a hint of wind, not even the slightest sound. Zhang Xiuxiu, who was in silence, tried to keep her eyes open, but she couldn't see anything. Zhang Xiuxiu felt that there was something hidden in the silent jungle, and a pair of terrible eyes were watching her in the dark. Zhang Xiuxiu felt the cold, the cold through her skin. Her teeth chattered, and her whole body trembled. At this time, how she wished that her father and the villagers would come with torches and take her away from this place. Zhang Xiuxiu regretted it. She really regretted it, she shouldn't have come up the mountain alone, she should have waited for her father to wake up, and then let him bring someone up the mountain to find Shen Yuyu and them. Cry? Yes, it's the cry. In the boundless silence, she could hear the cry vividly. It was a woman's cry, and judging by the voice, it was the cry of a young woman. The cry of the young woman came from the jungle, as if it was not very far from her, just a few dozen meters away from her. This is Shen Yuyu's cry? As far as she knew, there were only two women in the plum blossom tip now, one was herself, and the other was Shen Yuyu. Although Zhang Xiuxiu's eyes were hot and she felt like tears, she hadn't cried yet. Then, this cry must have come from Shen Yuyu. Thinking of Shen Yuyu, Zhang Xiuxiu seemed to see some kind of hope, at this time, it was not her who came to save Shen Yuyu, but Shen Yuyu became her dependence. Zhang Xiuxiu groped in the direction where the cry came from. There were thorns that cut her face, and she didn't feel pain, she only had a simple goal, to find Shen Yuyu quickly, as long as she and Shen Yuyu were together, she wouldn't be afraid. ___Zhang Xiuxiu got closer and closer to the cry, her heart was beating wildly, and accidentally, the soles of her feet slipped and she fell to the ground. Ms. Zhang's hands and body were covered in slimy, rotting leaves and bedding. The cry was still coming desolate not far away. Zhang Xiuxiu couldn't care much more, she shouted loudly in the direction where the cry came from: "Yuyu, I'm here, I'm Zhang Xiuxiu, do you hear my voice-" Zhang Xiuxiu couldn't hear Shen Yuyu's answer, but heard that the cry continued. Maybe Shen Yuyu cried so dark because she was scared that she couldn't hear her shouting. Zhang Xiuxiu continued to grope in the direction where the cry came from. Zhang Xiuxiu emboldened herself: "Zhang Xiuxiu, don't be afraid, you will be with Sister Yuyu soon, don't be afraid-" However, when she felt that she was close to the place where the cry came from, the woman's cry suddenly disappeared. The jungle fell into a terrible silence again. Zhang Xiuxiu stood there, her hands and feet were cold, and her heart was also cold. What about the cry? What about Shen Yuyu? Could it be that the crying was her hallucination? If that was the case, she couldn't imagine why she was hallucinating. Zhang Xiuxiu shouted in despair: "Sister Yuyu, are you there?" I'm Zhang Xiuxiu, I'm looking for you, you come out! Sister Yuyu-" Zhang Xiuxiu was at a loss. Shen Yuyu did not appear in the dark. Zhang Xiuxiu didn't know what to do, and the cry rang out in the jungle not far away. In order to prove that the crying was not her hallucination, Zhang Xiuxiu pinched her thigh vigorously, and she felt pain. The cry was so real. Zhang Xiuxiu thought, could it be that Shen Yuyu is playing hide and seek with herself? Zhang Xiuxiu was helpless, so she had to stumble and grope in the direction where the cry came from. As she walked, she suddenly stepped on a pile of soft grass, and her feet sank as if they were being dragged by a pair of invisible hands. 34 When eating dinner, the seventh sister-in-law found that her daughter Zhang Xiuxiu was missing. Because there were a lot of leftovers at noon, the seventh sister-in-law called some people who were more helpful in Zhang Changfa's funeral to eat, otherwise those dishes would be spoiled until tomorrow. After starting to eat, Zhang Hongliang's wife suddenly asked about Xiuxiu, and the seventh sister-in-law went to the room to take a look, but Zhang Xiuxiu was not in the room at all. The seventh sister-in-law said, "Where will this child go?" She walked out of the house and looked around the village, but she didn't find Zhang Xiuxiu. The seventh sister-in-law was in a hurry, and quickly dragged Zhang Datou, who was still asleep on the bed, up: "You still have the heart to sleep here, Xiuxiu is gone!"

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Zhang Datou wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, and said in a rough voice, "What did you say?" The seventh sister-in-law said anxiously: "Xiuxiu is gone!" Zhang Datou said: "How is it possible, such a big person, how can he disappear if he can't say it!" The seventh sister-in-law punched him: "Why are you like this, don't you find a way to find someone soon!" Only then did Zhang Datou feel the seriousness of the problem. He thought for a moment and said, "Will Xiuxiu go to the grave of the long hair?" Zhang Datou picked up the flashlight and went out the door and walked to the back mountain alone.