Section 19 The Strange Old Man
The village chief and I expressed our thoughts, and the village chief decided to take us to see them.
The blind man lived in a lumber yard far away from the village, which had long been deserted, and a forest ranger was needed at that time, and the blind man did not want to live in the village anymore, so the blind man was elected.
I didn't know that the blind man had a mysterious temper, but when I went to ask for help, I felt that I couldn't go empty-handed, so I bought two bottles of wine and half a fan of pig's head meat from the village, and I could talk no matter what I had.
On the way, the village chief also told us some strange things.
This Changsheng Mountain is an absolute forbidden area in the eyes of the locals.
When the village chief was young, every time the hunters in the village would organize a hunt, they would seal off several waves of people, and then go to various places to find prey.
There were not many animals in the mountains one year, and if we had continued to follow the previous plan, there was a high probability that there would not be enough prey, so the village planned to go a little deeper into the forest, maybe there would be more prey.
At that time, a wave of the best hunters in the village was arranged to go deep into the deep forest, that is, Changsheng Mountain.
The older generation said that you can't go to that place, don't look at the name of the mountain is called Changsheng Mountain, but that mountain eats people and so on. Although it is said that people have to live, how can they survive the winter without food, and in order to survive, they can only enter the Immortal Mountain.
Just when everyone thought they were legends, something happened.
After a period of time, the teams sent out to hunt came back one after another, only the group that went to Changsheng Mountain did not come back, and there was no news after waiting for a long time, so the people in the village decided to send another group of people in to look for it, if they couldn't find it, it meant that they were all killed.
To say that it is normal for this hunting accident to occur, the man and bear in the deep forest are not a joke, standing up close to two meters tall, patting people's heads is the same as shooting watermelons. There are also fierce animals such as tigers and wolves in the mountains, which are very dangerous.
The group of people sent out followed the originally planned route to find one, and they really found one on the way, and this person was blind.
When the blind man was found, he was covered in blood, his facial expression was very stiff, and his eyes were hollow, and he was greatly stimulated at first sight. When they asked him where the others had gone, the blind man said that they were all dead and eaten by the mountains, and when they asked the others, the blind man could not say a word, but kept shaking.
The team looking for people was going to move on, but suddenly it snowed heavily, and seeing that the snow was about to close the mountain, if they went deeper, maybe their team would also be planted in it, so they withdrew.
When the blind man came out, he fell ill with a strange disease, and his eyes turned white. At that time, some people blamed him for running out on his own, and he didn't want to save anyone else, and they didn't want to deal with him, so he ran away and lived outside the village.
"So it's pitiful to be blind!" I said.
"But it's not, do you think this kind of thing can blame people, who doesn't want to save it, but the key is whether it can be saved, the blind man was seriously injured at that time, and it would be good to come back alive. But some people don't think so. In addition, after returning from Immortal Mountain, he became particularly mysterious, and people became even more alienated from him. If it hadn't been for the rescue of a young man, people would have forgotten that he existed. The village chief said.
"By the way, village chief, before us, have any other archaeological teams been to Changsheng Mountain?!" I asked.
"Hey, I remembered that you asked. This is after this blind man. At that time, some people came to travel, and some hunters were in the business of guides. When it is to go deeper, the higher the asking price, some people have a mystery of money, and they have to bring people to the vicinity of Changsheng Mountain, take one and lose one, but this matter is known to the above, and the tourism here is also banned, and then soon an archaeological team came, saying that it was to investigate Changsheng Mountain. ”
"The people in the village were scared this time, knowing that the place was not a serious place, and they didn't want to be guides, but it turned out that the blind man led the way, and brought people out. If those missing tourists find a blind man to lead the way, maybe they will come back alive, what about our village. ”
This time it seems that the archaeological team has been here, and we are half the success if we find a guide now.
As he spoke, he walked to the place.
A simple wooden house appeared in front of us, the glass on the wooden house had not been cleaned for many years, and the thick dust could no longer see what was going on inside the house.
The village chief stepped forward, knocked on the door, and said, "Senior, senior, are you there?" I've brought two guests to meet you and discuss something with you! ”
After the village chief finished speaking, there was no movement inside, and I quietly asked the village chief, "Are you sure he is inside?" ”
"Where else can you go if you're not here? Is it in the mountains again? The village chief muttered.
I looked at Scarface, who wanted to break in.
I think it's still not good, this kind of thing can't be forced, if you don't want to go, there's nothing you can do.
"Old man, we are an archaeological team, we want to enter the Immortal Mountain, I hope you can show us the way, the money will not be less, if you are at home, you will think about it" I shouted.
We waited outside for a while, thinking that there was no one, and Scarface was about to break in, when a voice came from inside, "Come in!" ”
Damn, I'm really at home, so this old man deliberately made us wait.
The village chief pushed open the door, and we walked in, and the room was quite shabby, with a table, a chair, a stove, a red cabinet opposite the kang, and a clay gun and a mountain knife hanging on the wall.
The blind man was curled up on the kang, motionless, with his back to us.
"Senior, these are the two guests who came, both of them are from the archaeological team, they are also going to Changsheng Mountain, there is a lack of a leader, didn't you lead the way before, this time I came to you, and I want you to lead the way." The village chief nodded and said.
The blind man curled up on the kang and said faintly, "You are from the archaeological team? ”
"Yes, we are an archaeological team sent from above, and we would like to ask you to lead the way." Scarface said.
"Immortal Mountain?" And the blind man said.
"Yes!"
"When are you leaving?"
"As soon as possible, we're ready!"
"The day after tomorrow morning, at the entrance of the village, I will wait for you there, okay, you can go!"
Hey, this old man is really weird, this directly agreed, interesting, this time it went very well!