"This season, the official road in front of me has not been repaired for decades, and I can only ride horses. Small·Say·· "Zhang Hu nodded affirmatively.

"Okay then." Yuan Mengchen pointed at me and ordered without hesitation, "I can't ride a horse, I'll sit on a horse with you." You're going to protect me then! ”

I was about to object, but I was forced to be speechless by her eyes. It doesn't make sense to reason with her, not to mention that it is cruel to let a girl ride a horse alone for 6 hours. It's much better to have someone behind to protect you.

Pack the luggage you have to bring and put it on a separate horse. A group of three of us rode to Xiawa Village.

The road was even more difficult to navigate, and I was glad I was riding a horse after walking for a while. If you drive, you can only break down.

There was no danger all the way to follow the guide Zhang Hu, although the buttocks were bumpy and painful, but holding a soft beauty in his arms was also a comfort for Liao.

Yuan Mengchen was also unable to stand the bumps, her whole body shrunk into my arms, I don't know what was going on in my head, and often giggled. After walking for several hours, she suddenly remembered something and asked, "Ye is silent, didn't the innkeeper say that Xiawa Village is the territory of a branch of the Oroqen tribe?" What kind of nation is that? ”、

"The meaning of Oroqen is that of the local general, the people of the mountains. They are the last group of people in the country who still go into the mountains to hunt every year. In the whole country, the Oroqen people only have a population of more than 8,000. "The horses were running in the meadow, and it was difficult for me to speak.

"Then I speak Chinese, can they understand it?" Yuan Mengchen was a little worried.

"This gentleman knows a lot." Zhang Hu heard the conversation between the two of us and said, "Most of the Oroqen people can speak Chinese and Mongolian. Every year at this time of year, I go to collect the wild boar they bring from the mountains, and these game meat usually sells for a good price in Gaowa Village. ”

"It seems that you are indeed familiar with the situation around you." I asked, "Do you know about the bridge of death in your village, the whereabouts of those bluestone slabs?" ”

"You know, that thing is not valuable, it is everywhere in Xiawa Village. The villagers use bluestone to build their houses. Zhang Hu slightly recalled: "As for the bluestone of the bridge in vain, most of them were demolished more than 80 years ago as a milestone of the national highway. ”

"How many kilometers of national highways have you built here?" I squinted and asked again.

"Didn't you pass by the national highway when you came, and repaired it to the village entrance of Gaowa Village, section 1297."

"Then when you were a child, did you ever hear old people nagging about national highways? I seem to have heard that the G102 national highway should be repaired to 1375 kilometers. "I started talking nonsense.

Zhang Hu lowered his head and thought hard, and clapped his hands happily, "It seems that there is really such a thing." ”

I was excited, but my tone remained unmoved, "Oh, let's hear it." ”

"I heard from an old man in my village who is over 90 years old that the G102 national highway built at that time did not lead to the capital from here. Instead, it connects the three eastern provinces, which is exactly 1,375 kilometers long in total. The milestones are carved out of the bluestone of the bridge and the numbers are painted with red paint. Speaking of which, the road under our feet now is the national highway that was built at that time. But now I can't see the appearance of a road. People in Xiawa Village rode horses in and out, and no one would repair the road. ”

Yuan Mengchen and I glanced at each other and knew that we had knocked on the right door. The milestones in that strange space were exactly the same as Zhang Hu described.

"So do you know where the milestone of the original G1021375 is now?" I swallowed nervously and looked at his mouth without blinking.

"I seem to have heard of it when I harvested pork a few times ago, and it is said that it is in the original forest farm in Xiawa Village, not too far from the hill where the bluestone was collected." Zhang Hu recalled.

Yuan Mengchen pinched me with his hand excitedly, I didn't care, and immediately asked, "How should I go to the forest farm, you take us there." It's a big deal, I'll give you more guide fees. ”

Zhang Hu hurriedly waved his hand, looking embarrassed, "I can't go into that place." The forest farm in Xiawa Village was closed decades ago, and the small saplings that grew in the past are estimated to be more than 10 meters tall. The road is not that the locals simply can't find it. Moreover, there are many wild boars and dangerous beasts in the forest, and if you want to go in, you can only invite an Oroqen hunting team. ”

"Okay, you can introduce me to some experienced experience when the time comes. Of course, I won't give less referral fees. I asked without hesitation.

Zhang Hu saw that I was so determined to enter the barren and dangerous jungle, although it was a little good, but after all, I was not familiar with us, so he didn't ask too much.

After more than 80 kilometers and almost seven hours, I finally arrived at Xiawa Village at 6 p.m.

Zhang Hu took the two of us to the village chief's residence. After listening to my request, the village chief was not very willing. It is said that the hunting season has passed, and the Oroqen people should stay at home at this time and wait for the snow to melt and plow and sow seeds. I told him to call the experienced hunters of the area, who would go with me. As he spoke, he handed over two hundred dollars.

The village chief of Xiawa Village stuffed the money into his pocket, and without saying anything, he called all the good hunters in the village. In this poor mountain and remote wilderness, 200 yuan is enough to cover half a year's work.

"A thousand yuan, who wants to follow me into the woods?" I make an offer to those hunters.

The crowd was silent, and one of them said quite old, "You have to walk more than 50 kilometers of mountain roads to the place you want to go, and although you can ride a horse, it will take about two days to go back and forth." There are a lot of beasts in the old forest farm, and it takes at least ten people to ensure safety. One hundred dollars per person, this ......"

"A thousand dollars per person." I interrupted him.

Hearing this, everyone was stunned. The cigarette pouch in the village chief's hand fell directly to the ground in surprise. Money can really make ghosts grind, and a thousand yuan in the city is also the money for a stall of clothes, a meal and other steaks. But in this remote village, it is a huge amount of money.

The village chief was moved, he pulled out his shotgun and took a place. The remaining nine places were quickly determined. Yuan Mengchen and I laid out our sleeping bags and stayed at the village chief's house for one night. The next day, when it was light, he followed the newly formed hunting party into the forest.

Xiawa Village is close to the Daxing'an Mountains, and the so-called forest is naturally a certain section of the Daxing'an Mountains. Due to the snow, the road was really difficult to walk, and it took a day and a half and a lot of effort to get to the place.

Along the way, I was pulling at the weeds around me, and the species were becoming more and more similar to the types of wild grasses in that strange space. The anxiety of the heart suddenly subsided a lot.

Finally, we found the milestone of the old National Highway 1375 in a weed pile. The writing that had been smeared with red paint was strangely still brightly colored, like muddy blood, exuding a faint weirdness. The bluestone slabs also reflected the icy light.

I dug it out, and it turned out that there was a groove on the back of the milestone, which seemed to have been inlaid with some kind of rectangular object about 30 centimeters in length.

The old village chief glanced at the milestone, then at me, and said hesitantly, "It's strange, I'm familiar with the shape of this groove." It seems that a clutter in the house just happened to be inserted. ”

"What's that?" I asked immediately.

"It's a brass knick-knack, carved with a lot of ghosts and ghosts on the side, messy and messy. I'll sell you cheaper if you want it. As long as you have two thousand. "The village chief thinks that we are wronged, and we can slaughter it once more, and there will be no such store in this village next time.

"Okay." I grinned and didn't bargain with him.

When I got back, I got all my things, and I happily gave the money and left. Time is precious, especially when a day is a human life. What's more, there was a sword of Damocles hanging above our heads, and we had no idea when it would fall and cut off our necks.

On the plane in Rejuvenation City, I kept playing with the brass medal I bought from the village chief's house. I kept thinking about the clues I had recently gotten.

"Is there anything special about this thing?" Yuan Mengchen looked at me with his chin propped up.

"Of course there is, if I'm not mistaken. Changing the name of the bridge in vain, carving demons and monsters on the bridge, it is just a show. The main purpose was to cover up this bronze plaque set in bluestone. "I can't take my eyes off the object of my hand" This thing is very famous in ancient times, and it is a bronze carved picture of a hundred ghosts that has been opened by a high monk. Specially designed to suppress ominous things. In fact, there is only one piece of hoodoo in the entire bridge of vain death, which is the bluestone engraved with the words g1021775. ”

"But what is the connection between that piece of bluestone and the vacancy in the fifth class classroom?" Yuan Mengchen was still puzzled.

"I don't know about that. There must have been a reason for what happened at that time, since you offended the taboo of the empty seat in Class 5, you will be thrown around that bluestone. There must be a connection between the two. It's just that the contact us hasn't been found out yet. I replied.

"We went back like this, did it work? How do you lift the curse? She took the bronze medal and looked at it, but she couldn't see why, and handed it back to me.

"It's very simple, since Mr. Feng Shui was able to use the bronze carved hundred ghost diagram of Kaiguang to suppress the evil energy of bluestone hundreds of years ago, and the locals have confirmed that it is indeed effective. The curse of the vacancy of the fifth class, which is related to the bluestone, can naturally be suppressed. I said with certainty, "If it had been suppressed, no one would have gone missing, and no more people would have died tragically." ”

"I hope so." Yuan Mengchen sighed slightly.

Can things really be that simple?

After returning to the city, I got off the plane and saw a text message from the old man. The number of people who said the death of the fifth shift has increased to eight. The two of us didn't dare to waste time anymore, put the bluestone and bronze medal in our travel bags, and drove towards Nanxun High.

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