Chapter 64: A Pool of Blood

Surrounded by a thick fog, in front of which is a mountain path looming in the old forest, on the road a group of people dressed in linen and filial piety, babbling and walking, in the front position, several people carrying a thin wooden coffin swayed and disappeared into the fog......

I stood at the entrance of the village, watching Uncle Lao Gen's funeral procession, until the fog engulfed the last person in the procession, and I still stood there, and the doubts in my heart were as thick as this fog, so that I couldn't see the distance, the surroundings clearly, and I couldn't see myself clearly.

I asked Lao Liu early this morning, and Lao Liu was also stunned, saying that there were only six people in the exploration team that year, which was not like hiding it from me.

I peeked at my father at dinner this morning, and found that he had aged much more overnight, and he didn't chase me away again, and he didn't say a word about yesterday.

Who was that guy last night? Who is Wu Huan? I thought about it several times until my brain hurt a little, and I still couldn't come up with a reason.

"Child, there is still a long way to go, but you have to remember that many things, even if you see them with your own eyes and hear them with your own ears, are not necessarily true, and everything depends on yourself to find and judge the real answer." My father stood behind me at some point.

I was stunned, and the thoughts in my mind suddenly stopped, and my father's words were like a farewell instruction.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?" I asked my father, looking at his face, a little stunned.

He had worked in the land all his life, and his face was dyed the color of the earth, and even the wrinkles on his forehead were like cracked land in the dry season. He didn't say anything more, just looked at me and smiled, and smiled very sincerely, as if he had put aside all the gloom.

In the days that followed, Uncle Root's death cast a shadow over the village, as if to echo the people's mourning, and in the following days, the fog not only did not disperse, but became thicker and thicker, and the reckless mountains behind the village were no longer visible.

The days are always like this, there is always excitement after the bland, there is always sadness after the happiness, for a few days, I stayed at home with the ghost hand Lao Liu, they didn't go anywhere, they didn't do anything, they were dull, and even the rhythm of life slowed down.

There is a saying that is right, people in this life, after all, is a boil, we have survived these days, people, it is so strange, a busy day is tired, a day idle until late is still tired, I feel that the whole person is scrapped, the body is rusty, but I know that the current calm is like the eve of a storm, after tonight, they are going to act.

Two days ago, the people of the Mo family came, in order to reduce the movement, they came quietly and inserted into the team of the Zhang sisters, the ghost hand is the Mo family's people I already knew, but he didn't go directly to meet the Mo family, just like a person who has nothing to do with me and Lao Liu stayed together, didn't speak, always squinted on weekdays, and looked like he would never wake up.

"Don't go tomorrow." Ghost Hand squinted at me and said suddenly.

I shifted my gaze from the darkness outside the door to Ghost Hand's face: "Why? ”

Ghost Hand didn't answer me, his half-squinted eyes slowly opened, and he looked at me fixedly: "Don't go tomorrow." ”

"Why? Either you tell me why, or you leave me to find out on my own. I looked him in the eye and said.

The ghost hand looked at me for a few seconds, his eyelids slowly closed, and he said no more, and the atmosphere fell into a familiar dullness again.

I had no dreams all night, and I had a rare good night's sleep, and when I woke up the next day, I looked at the fluorescent meter, it was already afternoon, I rubbed the back of my head that was a little sore, and jumped off the bed all of a sudden: "Ghost hand your uncle!" ”

That's right, that guy knocked me out, and he really did it! He is the only one who can do it!

"Dad, mother, ghost hand Lao Liu, where are they going?" I pushed the door open and shouted into the room.

The room was empty, the food was warm on the stove, and only my own voice echoed in the enclosed space.

I realized that I had missed an extremely important matter, so I quickly found a piece of cloth to wrap Lu Banqi and walked towards the entrance of the village. The village is the same as usual, each busy, in the thick fog is not a few unrecognizable figures, I found a few people casually, asked them where my father and mother went, they all shook their heads blankly, said that they might work in the field, I saw that I couldn't ask the news I wanted, I pulled my legs and ran to my own field, to my own acres of land to take a look, except for the fog or fog, there was no shadow, I knew that I couldn't ask the villagers about the whereabouts of the Zhang family sisters and their party, Zhang Mo and the two families must have set off before dawn, their whereabouts were hidden, I won't let the villagers know.

I was dazed in the fog, and a figure was getting closer and closer, and I didn't recognize him until he came to me, it was a pillar.

"You ......" I didn't know what to say for a moment, and from what happened the other day, I knew that the pillar was not as simple as it seemed.

Zhu Zi grinned: "Shi Yanzi, those people who came with you went to the old forest behind the village, it looks like the direction of Jiguanling." ”

"You...... Who the hell are you? Why should you believe you? "The pillar's words rekindled my fading hopes, but I was a little resistant to him.

"You can not believe me, but do you have any other choice?" The pillar was still smiling, but it was very cold, and I seemed to see a hint of mockery.

Looking at the pillar that gradually turned into silhouette and disappeared into the thick fog in the distance, I felt a bitterness in my heart, yes, do I have any other choice......

When I got home, I took a firewood knife, a flashlight and a few dry batteries, turned around and walked towards Jiguanling, in the thick fog, I never felt so lonely. It's already afternoon, and according to the departure time and speed of their journey, they have already arrived at Jiguanling, and I have very little hope of catching up with their team now. But the more doubts I had in my heart, the more I wanted to find answers, the more I wanted to catch up with them, and even if there was only a glimmer of hope, I was not willing to give up.

On weekdays, an hour's journey, I just finished it in forty minutes, and I didn't care about wiping my sweat, looking at the outline of the cockscomb in front of me, that is the cockscomb ridge, fortunately, from the traces along the road, the pillar did not lie to me, which gave me some confidence, follow the traces, and always find the team.

I breathed a sigh of relief, and kept climbing up, the cockscomb ridge is a mountain, the outline is similar to the cockscomb, there are many protrusions, it is a mountain on one side, and a crack on the other, and it is bottomless, as if it was split with an axe. The older generation said that there is a big snake in this crack, and when the State Land Bureau came to plan in the past, it was detected that there was a gold mine in the ground, so it made a hole and conducted in-depth sampling and investigation, and put down five or six people, only one person escaped, and the people who escaped were covered in blood, and the body was only half cut off, he said that there was no movement here, there was a big snake below, and the head was as big as the head of a truck, and he swallowed his breath after speaking.

There are legends in many mountains that there is a big snake under the mountain, which is ridiculously big, but there are few who have really seen it, and the words of the older generation cannot be fully believed, but almost everyone says that this place is haunted, and when someone rushes to the night road, he is dragged down by the ghost claws that stick out of the cracks, and I have not seen it, but now I look at the cockscomb ridge in the thick white fog, it is like a huge black centipede crawling there, which really makes people a little frightened.

I swallowed, shook out the messy thoughts in my head, tightened the Luban ruler wrapped in floral cloth in my hand, and walked up with my feet up.

I clinged to the mountain on the right, reached out and grabbed the vines and depressions on the stone wall, and walked forward cautiously, the road under my feet was only about forty centimeters, and below was a horizontal crack, ten meters wide, and it was a dull darkness inside, I don't know how deep, and strangely, the thick white fog seemed to emerge from the cracks, constantly turning up.

Don't...... All this fog is coming out of this crack? I looked ahead, and I didn't know how far the crack had extended, and a large part of it was no longer part of the scope of Jiguan Ridge.

I held my breath and moved forward against the cold mountain wall, it was very quiet, not even the insects and birds chirping, only the sound of my slightly heavy breathing and the friction of my body in contact with the mountain wall.

Wrong! I froze, lying motionless on the mountain wall, pricking up my ears and listening carefully to the movements around me! But just now, I seemed to ...... A man's voice was heard!

One second, two seconds, three seconds...... A minute passed, I didn't hear any sound, I was a little relieved, and I was about to continue walking, when suddenly, a cough came from under my feet!

But...... How can there be people underground?!

I feel a little hairy in my heart, and my movements are a little stiff, and I secretly scold myself for why I am so nervous, if I am careless, I can't hear it, and there are not so many things, some things, why should I be so serious, is it not good to be a little confused, but many times, many things, the more you want to fool the past, the more you can't fool it.

I put my heart horizontally, gritted my teeth and moved forward faster, and after walking for more than ten meters, a pool of red blood suddenly appeared on the already narrow road in front of me, which was so red that it was bewitching! It's eye-catching! It's breathtakingly red!

Something must have happened to the team here, this thought in my mind is extremely strong, and immediately, I immediately smelled a trace of danger, there must be no shortage of masters in the team of Zhang Mo and the two families, but they are still red here, which can only show that the position I am in is extremely dangerous!

I felt like I was standing on a soldering iron, and I couldn't be afraid, so I hurriedly held on to the stone wall and walked forward, trying to get out of Jiguan Ridge as soon as possible and get away from this crack.

Just as I stepped out, out of the corner of my eye, I suddenly saw a figure under the crack, and suddenly floated out from under me, like a ghost! At the same time, a coughing sound was heard again from the cracks in the thick fog!

The voice was like a death knell, listening to my ears, cold in my heart, the green tendons in my forehead jumped violently twice, and a fierce man rushed forward, running to the end of the cockscomb ridge as if he was dead.

When my feet landed on the heavy bluestone slab, my heart returned from my throat to my stomach, and when I looked back at the crack, I felt that it was a huge mouth, as long as I walked on it, it would be swallowed at any time!

After a while, I didn't dare to slack off, and I had to hurry up to catch up with the team, I searched around, looking for clues left by the ghost hand and their group, and after looking for a long time, my face turned pale, and my eyes looked at the dark cracks, and they ...... Didn't come!!