Chapter 5: The Mirror

Xiao Hai woke up suddenly, gasping for breath, it was pitch black in front of him, and he couldn't see his five fingers, and he could only hear the "ticking sound" of water droplets falling above his head. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

He didn't seem to have come back to his senses yet, and if those were dreams just now, it would be too real.

Xiao Hai only felt a twitch in his stomach at this moment, he hesitated, took out the last almost melted chocolate from his pocket, bit half of it, and held it in his mouth. The sweet and thick chocolate flowed down the tongue into the stomach, and the pain that suddenly drew out was relieved a lot by the warm current.

Xiao Hai got up and patted the water above his head, and suddenly, as if he thought of something, he quickly ran to the front, groping around in a panic in the dark, stones, stones everywhere! Hole...... Where is the entrance to the cave? Could it be that what he saw before he fell unconscious was real? Did the holes really merge? Where's that woman? What about the pool of blood?

Thinking of the pool of blood, he was nauseous again, and the sour water gushing out of his stomach was forced to hold back, Xiao Hai sat on the ground in despair, and couldn't help but lower his voice and cry bitterly.

The dark stone cave was covered with jagged stone pillars, they were staggered up and down, sharp and sharp, like the fangs of a monster dripping with greedy saliva, Xiao Hai hugged himself, he was like a prey in its mouth, not in a hurry to be bitten, slowly took it in his mouth, hiding somewhere to enjoy watching his pain......

Now, he really can't get out.

Similarly, on the other side, in the dark, Da Lei touched the wall and walked little by little, and whenever he wanted to give up, he would encounter a bend in the road, and the gas new hope continued to walk, but in the end it was still an endless corridor.

But this time it was different, he touched the door. Wet dilapidated wooden door with sand still on the surface. This abrupt touch made Da Lei really stunned for a long time, he didn't know how long he had been walking underground, and he felt the wall in his hand that had always been made of sand, and he was really a little surprised when he touched a door.

After a while, Da Lei pushed the door open.

"Squeak..."

The remnants of old age.

A secret room, with miserable white candles in the four corners, the candlesticks have been corroded and rusted, Da Lei's eyes stinged, and he only felt that his vision was full of small dots of chaos, jumping suddenly!

"Ah.......h Da Lei covered his eyes in pain, it seemed that his eyes couldn't stand the light for a long time in the dark.

After a while, Da Lei felt better, so he barely opened his eyes and looked at the secret room again.

The dimly lit chamber, narrow but high, overhead was a huge fresco, so old that most of it had been corroded and it was impossible to see its contents.

Attached to the dense wall, there is a vanity wooden mirror. Da Lei walked over and couldn't help but stretch out his hand to caress it, this mirror wood, from a distance, black and bright, close to smell the pleasant aroma, easy to Pumu. In this dark and damp secret room, it is so well preserved, coupled with the pattern and color, Da Lei guessed that it should be gloomy golden silk nanmu.

Uncle Xiang was a famous carpenter when he was young, and he often polished furniture for dignitaries. When you get old, you are willing to talk to Da Lei about wood, and Da Lei also knows a little bit, gloomy wood, that is, ebony. There are many kinds, generally mainly hemp willow, cork, yew, sandalwood, nanmu, qinggang, and masang. Generally, the wood is gray-white after burning, but this gloomy wood is gray-yellow after burning, as the saying goes: "A thousand years of carbonization into gloom, long-term underwater water wood, are good trees, many years of spirituality." It is said that this gloomy golden nanmu is grown in the river, underground, formed by thousands of years of mutation, durable and incorruptible, and the longer the age after playing, the more clear the color, it is a rare rare wood.

There are two open jewelry boxes on the table, one box is empty, and the other box is a white jade bracelet, full of color and fine texture, which is valuable at a glance. Da Lei hesitated and put it in his pocket.

Sizzle.... This should be really cool!

Then, Da Lei squatted down, looked at himself in the mirror, and was stunned.

This is a bronze mirror, and although the clarity is not as clear as that of today's mirrors, it can be seen clearly.

Inside turned out to be the face of a female baby! The most important thing is that he has never seen the most beautiful girl!

This girl is only twelve or thirteen, but she is so cute. The bottom of the eyes is like a clear sea, the mist is as charming, the skin is fair, the lips are jade, although the appearance is charming, the eyebrows are delicate, but the delicate bookish atmosphere is revealed. The face is like a peach blossom, and Qingtan is proud like a fairy. With a colorful gold flower hat on his head, a jade bead ring in his ears, and a bright pink dress inlaid with gorgeous gold wire patterns, he is luxurious, but not tacky at all. It is like a freshly blooming peony that has been stained with cold beads in the pond by mistake, and it blooms proudly.

But also lonely.

The picture in the mirror is like playing a movie, flowing in front of Da Lei's eyes.

And the girl seemed to be on the other side of the mirror, freshly groomed and dressed.

She stared at the mirror, as if looking at Da Lei, and then her eyes gradually sank, her face couldn't tell whether she was happy or worried, and her delicate fingers like green onions twisted up a piece of muslin and covered her face, revealing the eyes that fell in at a glance and couldn't escape, exotic mystery.

In the mirror, the maid behind her leaned over, bent over and didn't know what to say in her ear, the girl shook her head, and finally sobbed weakly, the maid hugged her distressedly, but finally took her away.

After the girl was gone, the mirror became empty, and all you could see was the bed in the boudoir, hidden by the gauze tent, with colorful bells hanging on it, and a few dried white flowers.

Da Lei leaned down and stared at the picture in the mirror, there was a screen-like partition next to the bed, on which was carved a huge picture of a bird, the bird spread its wings and waved in the air, opened its mouth and sharp eyes, and roared towards the sky. It seemed to be carrying something, but he couldn't see it clearly.

It's just that this bird makes him feel a little familiar, a sense of dΓ©jΓ  vu, Da Lei squinted forward and pondered carefully, and couldn't help but sink in his heart, this bird ...... Could it be the vulture he saw when he got lost in the desert?

The beasts all looked the same, he didn't dare to guarantee it, it was just a very strong intuition, which came out of nowhere.

At the same time, Da Lei has a question in his heart, although he has no culture, but this bird is an unlucky thing at first glance, why is there such an obscure pattern in the boudoir of the girl's family?

Suddenly, the gauze tent on the bed swayed faintly, Da Lei's attention shifted to the past, and a figure appeared behind the blue and white gauze tent. He struggled to get out of behind the gauze tent and slowly got out of bed. Then after looking around to make sure there was no one, she limped and walked to the mirror.

Da Lei couldn't help but take two steps back, what a ghost-like face!

The old woman in the mirror looked plaintive, and the folds of her old face were numbered, each like a deep ravine in the rock. Her hair was so thinning that it was barely tied into a bun, her scalp was clearly visible, and there were abominable brown spots on it, her eyes were as small as broad beans, and her nose was surprisingly large, like a shapeless dough, and the upper and lower thin lips had shrunk so that they could hardly be closed, and her jagged teeth were leaking, and her eyes became dim, and tears slipped silently, dripping down the folds of her face on the rough placket.

Da Lei began to be frightened in his heart, wanting to leave but unable to move his steps.

The old woman cried and cried, and actually laughed, she laughed too exaggeratedly, the wrinkles on her face trembled and trembled, like a terrible ghost burned by fire, and at the end of the laugh, she held her stomach and shook her head weakly, and slowly raised her face, and simply tidied up her appearance, stared at the mirror, and her eyes were cold.

After a long time, she took out a long object from her coat pocket, and then picked up a golden hairpin from the dresser and pierced her finger, seeping blood into the long shape.

Da Lei couldn't see exactly what she was holding in her hand. I saw the old woman get up slowly, with her back to the mirror and a hump back exposed, walking towards the bed, and she put the long object in the quilt.

Suddenly, he turned back and smiled weirdly in the mirror.

Da Lei shivered all over, although he knew that the old woman was facing the mirror, but he was also looking at the mirror, so it was as if the old woman was kneeling and smiling at him, and his heart couldn't help but feel numb.

The old woman put her hands together, her mouth pulled slightly, as if she was chanting words, and as she read it, the old woman became excited, bent her knees on the ground, and then kowtowed three times violently!

Suddenly, the whole mirror was shaking violently, Da Lei was shocked by it, and fell to the ground unprepared, and when he got up again, the picture in the mirror was gone.

Da Lei stretched out his hand and patted the mirror, he wanted to know what was going on behind him, but the mirror picture turned around, and instead it reflected his appearance!

Da Lei in the mirror was in a huge sand pit, his eyes were glazed, he was clubbed like a lost soul, and he didn't even notice a nosebleed. Standing next to him was Xiao Hai, handing him half a piece of chocolate from his pocket.

Da Lei looked at the two people in the picture, thinking about when this happened, when did he have a nosebleed? When did Xiaohai give him chocolate?

Suddenly, his gaze fell to a figure on the shore of the bunker in the distance in the mirror! The figure waved his hand, then slipped away.

...... There is even a third person in this barren desert?!

Who could it be?

But this mirror seemed to be deliberately against him, just as Da Lei leaned forward, intending to find out what was going on, the figure in the picture became more and more blurred, more and more blurred, and finally blurred into a ball of rust stains, printed on the mirror.

Hey! Evil Door! Da Lei stretched out his hand and knocked on the mirror and wiped it vigorously, but the sudden rust couldn't get rid of it! For a long time, Da Lei saw that there was no progress, cursed, got up and picked up the candlestick lamp in the corner, pushed the door and left, before he pushed the door, he looked back unwillingly, the mirror stood there quietly, exuding a deep luster, but also full of endless temptation.

Da Lei sighed, since the picture in the mirror has not happened, it proves that it is something that is going to happen, God gave him half of the answer, and half of the unknown. Forget it, destiny is hard to disobey, it is destined to be so.

He walked cautiously with the candlestick, the candlelight was limited, and he could only see the road less than half a meter in front of him. After walking for a while, Da Lei found that there was a faint white light in front of him, and as he approached, this white light became brighter and brighter, could it...!

Da Lei rushed there, and sure enough, it turned out to be an exit! He couldn't hide his shock and quickened his pace to run into the light! Raise your head - there is a white sky and a hot sun overhead!

He looked around, and found himself in a huge sand pit, and as he had expected, the candlestick in his hand had become a broken piece of wood, and the exit behind him was gone.

The dark, damp cavern was as sudden as it had appeared that night, and now it had evaporated so that there was not even a shadow.

It's like a dream.

Da Lei squinted his eyes and looked at this bunker, no...... This pit...... Wasn't it the bone-strewn bunker they had spent that night?

Thousands of bones are gone, leaving only this huge bunker!

Sea... Xiaohai! Xiaohai must be nearby!

Da Lei looked around, and finally fell into the shadow of the protruding rock at the edge of the bunker in front of him, a figure that was negligible and curled up. Da Lei walked over, it was none other than Xiao Hai. The wound on his exposed hand was terrible, and the blood on the surface had solidified, turning into a dark brown color and revealing the bright red flesh inside.

Da Lei patted him, it seems that he has also experienced something else, this fat man has lost a lot of weight, and everyone is haggard.

Xiao Hai woke up trembling, and before he could raise his head, Da Lei covered his eyes violently: "Open your eyes slowly!" Beware of the blind! ”

As soon as Xiao Hai heard that it was Da Lei's voice, his mouth was grinning, and he was so excited that he even spoke with a crying voice: "... Elder brother.... It's you, it's you! Then he jumped up and hugged Da Lei tightly: "Great! That's great! I thought .... I thought...."

"What do you think?! Look at your breath! Da Lei said about him, but his hand involuntarily hugged Xiaohai. But this old man who is more than eight meters old man actually hugged him and cried endlessly, and it didn't take long for Da Lei to be a little annoyed by him, and he yelled and scolded the fat man a few times before he stopped. He slowly let go of Da Lei, with a handful of snot and tears, looking aggrieved like a girl.

As if thinking of something, Da Lei hurriedly touched his pocket, fortunately, the bracelet is still there, and when the time comes, when the time comes, leave this ghost place, this game should go back and sell it for a lot of money.

"Brother, this place is too evil!" Xiao Hai wiped his eyes, handed the remaining half of the chocolate in his pocket to Da Lei, and then told him about the strange things he had encountered.

After hearing this, Da Lei was thoughtful, and also said the strange mirror he saw. After speaking, the two of them began to be silent, could it be that in the dark, who conveyed something?

"Brother!" Xiao Hai's babbling voice startled Da Lei, only to see Xiao Hai rudely tear off a corner of his clothes and block Da Lei's nose with the torn strip of cloth: "You bleed." ”

It seems that he is too angry......

...... Wrong!

Nose bleed? Bleed! Chocolate! Bunker!

His eyes widened and he looked around, his current self! Isn't that what it looks like in the mirror?

Wait a minute! Da Lei didn't care about his nose and turned around violently.

β€”β€”β€”β€”Sure enough! There's a figure on the shore of the bunker! After seeing Da Lei and they found themselves, they stumbled and ran away!

At this moment, the place they were in was only 100 meters away from the shore of the bunker, and Da Lei subconsciously chased it!

Before Xiaohai could react, Da Lei suddenly ran over there. Although he was tired these days, he still pushed forward when he saw the dawn of hope.

Where this bird doesn't, there are other people besides them! Maybe he's got a companion! And food! There is water! There is a map! Maybe you can even get out there! Get out of this hellish place early! Thinking about it, Da Lei had the motivation again, and accelerated the pace of his feet, the figure in front of him didn't seem to be able to run, he fell to the ground, Da Lei rushed up with a big stride, grabbed him, and was stunned - it turned out to be a child!

The child was only five or six years old, dressed in herdsman-like clothes, with a tattered felt blanket wrapped around his waist, dark skin and red halo, and his eyes were a bit like foreign hair, and he looked at Da Lei with a smile and was not afraid at all.

Xiao Hai behind him panted and chased after him, and he was stunned for a moment when he saw the child: "How can there be a child here?" ”

After speaking, he squatted down and patted the child's head: "Hey, where are your adults?" ”

Who knew that the child suddenly covered his head tightly with his hands, and said something they couldn't understand, but he could vaguely understand a few words, probably "head....... My head...."

As soon as he heard this, Xiao Hai couldn't help but think of the pool of blood with his head floating in the stone cave, and his stomach was churning again, and he couldn't help retching.

The boy glanced at him, looked up and giggled again.

Da Lei picked up the child, leaned down and said word by word: "Is there anyone else with you?" ”

The child blinked and didn't speak, still smiling.

"Take us there."

This time, as if he understood his words, the child turned around and staggered forward.

He walked in front and hummed a ballad in his mouth, and Xiaohai Dalei followed behind, walking forward with his back to the direction of the setting sun, they didn't know where they were already and where they were going.

The boy sang and looked back at them, dancing from time to time. The song is ancient, the lyrics are unknown to the two of them can not understand, from a distance, two large and one small figures like ants, accompanied by this ballad is frozen in the edge of the desert - Lop Nur.

The song continues, echoing in the glow of the setting sun:

A mud city in the moonlight, a grave by the river

Nyagu by day, Lake of Blood by night

The queen reached out from the dirt, Sensen's white bones

She stroked her lover's head

Kiss his broken eyes

Ah, dear ones

May you forget, Lop Nur's road to hell

Ah, poor man

May you die and sacrifice to our great god