The route planned by Zhuang Ning is similar to that of Boss Dong, which is also to Shangqiao Village first, and then enter the mountain, among the known hiking routes, Shangqiao Village is the closest supply point to the deep mountains, compared to going directly into the mountains, you can go further from here with the same provisions.

Along the way, the four of them really met a lot of hiking enthusiasts who returned to the city along the way, Lao Liu Tou and Qin Ge definitely have a 100% return rate, and even a few good people insisted on taking a photo with the two old men, but without exception were kindly rejected by the cunning old Liu Tou, the reason is very simple, the purpose of this trip is to save people with treasure hunting, not to exercise, as the so-called not afraid of 10,000 is afraid of what if, when the time comes, if one does not hold it, take the sheep and take a small piece or something, in case the east window incident happens one day, This photo may be a naked testimony in court, if it is really because of this little thing, it will not be guaranteed.

The scale of Shangzhi Village is not large, there is only one supermarket in the village, but the business project is very comprehensive, it is clear that it is specially opened for hiking enthusiasts, as a supermarket in the village, it actually operates professional tools such as camping flashlights and trekking poles, but the quality is generally higher than that in the city. After buying enough supplies from the supermarket, the four of them prepared to eat something outside the supermarket before continuing on their way.

"Zhang Zhangjiao, Mr. Liu, I suddenly feel that things are a little strange......" On the square table outside the small supermarket, Qin Ge spread out the map, then took out Tong Guohu's GPS locator and pressed it crackling, and finally took out a pen and made six crosses on the map against the locator.

"What's the matter?" Old Liu Tou sat on the stool opposite Qin Ge with mineral water.

"There are six coordinates recorded in his locator, and there is a gap of one to two days between each positioning......" Qin Ge frowned, as if he was a little hesitant, "But between these coordinates. It doesn't seem like it takes that long......"

"Shangxian, I think you are old and confused, right?" Old Liu Tou smiled, "People are not like us, the coordinates are ready-made, and people have to find them one by one!" Find a place. Don't take the time? ”

"However, I clearly remember that Yi Cheng said that he had already found the treasure! It's just that I didn't go in at the beginning! Qin Ge shook his head and simply handed the map to Zhang Guozhong, "Zhang Zhangjiao, you look at these six coordinates." Will it be like the 'Chisel Dragon Formation' in Bashan back then, what kind of formation is it? ”

"It's not like ......" Zhang Guozhong took the map and looked at it over and over for a long time, only to see that the arrangement of these five coordinates can be said to be roundabout, and there is no law at all. I've never seen such a formation. ”

"I heard from the innkeeper that Mr. Tong went out for more than a month last year, and this time he went out for nearly two weeks...... Qin Ge looked suspicious, "I think that if you already know the place and go directly to pick up things, you shouldn't have to go to so many places, let alone take that long." Zhang Zhangjiao, do you think it is possible...... This treasure is indeed guarded by a side-door formation, that Mr. Tong originally. It's not that you didn't take the crown, but you didn't destroy the protective formations, but you just want to wait for the right time to break these formations? And this time he traveled, he just wanted to break these mechanisms that guarded the treasures one by one, but it was only because of a momentary mistake that he made it like this? ”

"Probably not, right?" Old Liu Tou thought thoughtfully, "First of all." During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the really fatal formations were almost extinct. Taking a step back, even if there are still sporadic evil formations. But that kid didn't have a car accident in the mountains, he was already in the city when he had an accident, and I carefully examined his hands and head when I was in the hospital, but there were no external injuries in all exposed places, Shangxian, when you were in Bashan, you also saw the power of the 'Chisel Dragon Array' those towns, break that line, but if you miss, you don't have arms and legs, it's all light, how can you get out of the way? Even if he ran out with his legs and feet, his two big bags of luggage weighed dozens of pounds, if he really ran away, how could he run away with so much luggage? ”

"I think there is also a possibility that his ability is not enough to crack those formations, so he gave up the trip!" After listening to Lao Liutou's analysis, Qin Ge was noncommittal, "This can also explain why he didn't bring the crown back!" ”

"The fuck won't be...... Let the taxi driver take it, right? Speaking of this, Lao Liu Tou was immediately suspicious.

"It's unlikely to ......" As soon as he heard Lao Liu Tou suspect that the crown was stolen by the driver who caused the accident, Zhang Guozhong immediately shook his head, "That family is not like a ...... with that guts" To tell the truth, in the hospital, although Zhang Guozhong said that he didn't see the driver who caused the accident, he had seen his wife, with an honest face, a typical three-legged kick that could not be a wilting type, the wife is like this, and the husband must not be strong, according to Boss Dong's description, when the driver sent the room card to the hotel on the day of the accident, he was so frightened that he couldn't even say a whole sentence, Later, when I heard the doctor in the hospital say that the patient was unconscious, he simply sat on the ground and cried.

"Mr. Zhang, I asked the supermarket owner just now, Guohu doesn't seem to be taking this route......" At this moment, Zhuang Ning walked out of the supermarket with a bowl of hot noodles, "The boss said that he hadn't seen him!" ”

"Oh?" Hearing Zhuang Ning say this, Zhang Guozhong was also stunned, although the supermarket owner has to meet with many customers every day, and he may not have an impression of everyone, but if he grows into a customer like Tong Guohu, he must have an impression no matter how bad his memory is, "So there are other routes?" This is the location information displayed on the GPS he carries, you look at this! With that, he handed over the map that had been crossed by Qin Ge.

"If you go to these places...... As far as I know, there is no other better route......" Looking at the map, Zhuang Ning was also a little confused, "By the way, Mr. Zhang, do you know what industry Guohu is engaged in?" Mapping? Or exploration? ”

"What does he do, you don't know?" Hearing Zhuang Ning ask this, Zhang Guozhong almost squirted, and said in his heart that this woman's object is too casual, and she doesn't even know what people do, how did she fall in love with them? You don't even know about it, can we know?

"I ......" Zhuang Ning pursed his lips and shook his head, "He said that he is a freelancer...... what exactly does he do." I don't know...... Mr. Zhang, what do you do? ”

"We?" Zhang Guozhong smiled, "I am a pig farm, and Mr. Liu is my senior brother and a retired worker." Mr. Qin is a professor at Yale University in the United States......"

"I'm retired too......" Qin Ge smiled slightly.

"Oh, then he's also a retired worker...... Mr. Zhang added.

"Raising ...... Pig raisers? Yale professor? You guys...... Isn't it Mr. Feng Shui? Although Zhuang Ning couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't continue to ask, "I think that since the national tiger is not taking this route, should we return to the city." Looking for other clues? Zhuang Ning seems to be more concerned about Tong Guohu's whereabouts than professional issues, "Guohu is a very cautious person, he doesn't take this route, he should have his reasons!" ”

"Forget it. Since you come, you will be safe, since you are here, you might as well go into the mountains and have a look......" Qin Ge simply handed over the map and GPS to Zhuang Ning, and sighed, "Mr. Liu...... Our trip is no better than before, we don't have any professional equipment, and we don't have enough information and information to refer to in advance, the most important thing is ......" Qin Ge smiled slightly. "The bodies of you and me are not as good as before, especially in this low temperature and oxygen-deficient environment, I hope you can walk with energy!"

"Pull it down!" Old Liu Tou looked disdainful. "Shangxian, when I was in Bashan, Guozhong and I saw that the yellow flagpole was unstable, so we ran back, and we didn't look at it, you old boy pulled out his gun and rushed inside. I will go back with Guozhong to save you and put your life on the line; Forgot? When you go to Egypt and Gansu, when is it not you who is in trouble? "Say it. Lao Liu Tou unzipped the mountaineering bag, revealing the seven-star sword tightly wrapped in the sheets. "Besides, what is professional equipment? We've brought all the equipment here, you old boy got all those bells and whistles, when did it really come in handy? Tell you, let's come back here, we don't have a stretcher with us, and even if I do, I can't carry you! ”

"Hahaha......" Qin Ge smiled, leaning on his trekking poles and looking at the mountains not far away, "Mr. Liu...... I just want to remind you that our mission this time is to save people, and to do something other than saving people......"

"You don't have to worry about this, I have a sense of proportion!" Old Liu Tou also stood up, "Girl, those coordinates, the closest to that?" ”

"Oh, let's go to this first...... It's not the closest, but if we get here first, we can climb a lot less ......," Zhuang Ning smiled, "I'll try to take the route at a lower altitude......"

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Facts have proved that Lao Liu Tou really underestimated the difficulty of hiking at an altitude of 3,000 meters, and overestimated his physical fitness, to say that the mountains of Yunnan, and the original Bashan is not the same concept, although Zhuang Ning has focused on the issue of altitude when planning the route, but a considerable part of the distance still needs to cross the snow line, the huge amount of exercise and the lack of oxygen at high altitude, the old Liu Tou tortured to survive and die, and even said that if it was not for the fear of Qin Ge to see the joke, it was really even the heart to go home.

"Probably this is it!" Near evening, the four of them came to a relatively wide plateau meadow area, next to a stream, Zhuang Ning took out the GPS, and after turning around on the meadow, he locked a rock pile next to the stream, "It should be here!" ”

"What is this?" When he first stepped into the meadow, Zhang Guozhong felt that there was something wrong with this stone pile at first sight, and a stone pile was yarded out on this kind of inaccessible meadow.

"Don't move yet...... Lao Liu Tou washed his face with the stream water, and took the compass to the front of the stone pile, and his eyebrows immediately twisted into a pimple, only to see the compass pointer in his hand as if he had committed a big cigarette addiction and shook endlessly, in the past, if it was an ordinary animal grievance, the pointer was small, and the real climate was at best a big pendulum, and if it really happened that the pointer could turn around like an electric fan, he had to run away, and in this current situation, the plate pointer trembled at high frequency like a seismograph, and he had not seen it for decades since his debut, "National ...... Guozhong, what do you think is going on? ”

"Huh?" Taking over the compass from Lao Liu's hand, Zhang Guozhong also felt fresh, "This ...... Is there any magnetic field...... "To be honest, Zhang Guozhong's concept is much more fashionable than Lao Liu Tou after all, and the first reaction when he takes the plate is for physical reasons, in Zhang Guozhong's impression, it seems unlikely that this will happen in the realm of Taoism.

"Magnetic field?" Qin Ge also came over.

"Mr. Qin, look ......" Zhang Guozhong also showed Qin Ge the compass.

"What does that mean?" Looking at the high-frequency shaking pointers, Qin Ge also seemed to feel that something was wrong, "What does this mean?" Got yin? ”

"If you don't understand, don't guess!" Lao Liu took back the compass. "Holy, it's all up to AC power......"

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Liu and Mr. Qin seem to have a contradiction? I think they don't pay attention to anyone along the way? Zhuang Ning called Zhang Guozhong aside and whispered.

"They have been ...... like this since the day they met," Zhang Guozhong smiled helplessly.

"What the hell is that pile of stones? The totem of the ancients? Zhuang Ning seemed to feel that Lao Liu Tou and Qin Ge were not very easy to contact, so he could only use Zhang Guozhong as a savior.

"I don't know...... You have to observe it first......" Zhang Guozhong gestured for Zhuang Ning to retreat, and he stood in place and opened his eyes. In the discerning eye, I saw that there seemed to be a thin layer of black and blue qi floating around the stone pile, and from the color analysis alone, it seemed to be a very difficult thing, but this layer of black and blue qi was not very obvious, as if it had been diluted by something. It is very different from the resentment that those powerful ghosts and evil spirits carried in the past, which often give people a sense of oppression, "Could it be that this thing has been broken by Tong Guohu?" ”

"Guozhong, what do you see?" Seeing Zhang Guozhong's frowns, Lao Liu Tou was also very curious. I hate myself for not being good at opening my eyes......

"It's hard to say!" Zhang Guozhong took a deep breath and opened his eyes, "It seems to be a climate-like thing, but it doesn't seem to be capable...... I wonder if it's been broken by Tong Guohu......"

"It's not like a broken ......" Lao Liu squatted next to Zhang Guozhong, "If this kind of thing is broken, it must be cut down and eradicated, leaving a little tail is a scourge, it is impossible for the person surnamed Tong not to know this!" This thing doesn't look like a Daomen thing at all! Guozhong, do you think it will be ......?"

"Mr. Liu. What do you mean...... Yunnan's Gu Technique? Without waiting for Zhang Guozhong to speak, Qin Ge took over the words first, "Could it be that you say?" Gu art still has to be a stone pile? ”

"It's hard to say...... Lao Liu Tou pouted and shook his head vigorously, "No one has ever seen that thing...... According to Lao Liu Tou's words, the legendary "Gu Technique" is the same as the "Mao Technique", which is one of the six ancient techniques, but because the extinction is earlier than the Mao Technique, there is not much formal written record. It's just that a few words have been mentioned in some wild histories, and the big guys know that there is such a thing. In an ancient book called "Guanglin Miscellaneous Records"1, there was such a sentence about Gu art. It is already the most detailed description of Gu art throughout the ages:

"Raising insects is Gu, and Gu transmitting yin is a technique. punish the other and harm oneself, and refuse. ”

It means that the insects raised with (special) utensils are called "Gu", and this kind of insect transmission of yin qi (method) is used as (Gu) technique, and the loss of oneself is not much smaller than that of the other party, and the absolute killing of one thousand enemies and self-loss is ninety-ninety-eight, (because the cost performance is too low) so it is extinct.

It is not difficult to see from this record that in some respects, the Gu art is very similar to the principle of action of the foreign evil art that created the "Furry Disease 2" in the Xuzhou Theater during the Anti-Japanese War, both of which use a certain organism as the medium to spread yin qi, so as to achieve the purpose of harming people invisibly, the only difference is that the medium used in the external evil art of creating "Furry Disease" is "rush grass", while the Gu technique uses insects. Compared to "rush grass", insects can crawl and move, insects can move, and evil magic will move, in this regard, the power and destructive power of Gu magic are obviously superior, but because of the premature records of extinction, there are too few records, although everyone knows that there is such a thing as Gu magic, but no one knows how to use this thing.

In some martial arts or films, Gu magic seems to be a trick to let poisonous insects bite people, and in some side history legends of Daomen, it is the opposite, most of the insects used in Gu magic are non-poisonous, even if they are poisonous, they will not be fatal, and their destructive power is only in the special yin qi carried by the insects. According to the theory of Taoism, all small animals with weak yang energy, including insects and even bacteria, are extremely sensitive to yin energy, so the greatest mystery of this witchcraft is how to make insects sensitive to yin energy immune to excessive yin energy and be able to carry yin energy to attack others.

According to Lao Liu Tou's understanding, the early Gu art was based on the core theory of the traditional yin and yang five behaviors, and the Central Plains witchcraft was rooted in Miao Hong, until Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries and cultivated the "Yan Dao 2" into Yunnan, this witchcraft was introduced to the "Southwest Yi" region dominated by Yunnan and was respected by some minority wizards. Since the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, this kind of evil art gradually disappeared in the Central Plains, but it is still inherited among ethnic minorities, which has caused some misunderstandings to later generations, thinking that this magic is a native of Yunnan, and the principle of action is to secretly throw insects at the enemy, biting one to death is counted as one.

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Note:

1 "Guanglin Miscellaneous Records": "Guanglin" is a history book of the Liang Dynasty, because it is a historical book, so many of the accounts on sensitive topics such as politics, military, and religion are relatively obscure, while "Guanglin Miscellaneous Records" is a manuscript that circulates among the people for an in-depth interpretation of the content of "Guanglin", and its specific time and author information are no longer verifiable.

2 Furge: For details, see Chapter 42 of "The Immortal Legend of the Descendants of Maoshan Mountain": "Furry Disease".

3 Yan Road: also known as the ancient road of Yunnan and the five-foot road. It is the oldest official road connecting Yunnan with the mainland. (To be continued)