The train crushed the tracks like a long dragon, and the whole long car came with a snapping sound, accompanied by a whistling wind, very harsh, and the scene outside the window was interspersed and changed, and the endless farmland, mountains, and lakes in the whole country were in a kind of high-speed construction busy.

On June 30, 1997, China's supreme leader Jiang stepped into Hong Kong for the first time to carry out the handover of power, which was a great moment that shocked the whole world.

What a thrilling thing it was, but at this time I couldn't be happy anyway, the yellowed parchment map in my hand was reflected in my eyes, and my thoughts gradually drifted away.

My surname is Chu, Chu Liang, this is my name, I still have a word, Chu Cunsi, in fact, in this era, there is still someone who takes the word, but this is what my grandfather insisted on setting for me when I was sixteen years old, saying that there is a big variable in my life, and taking this word may be avoided.

I have great respect for my grandfather, he is pedantic, especially for Zhou Yi gossip familiar with reading thoroughly, can cut off people's fortunes and misfortunes, in my memory, there are local big people who come to my grandfather's Meizhuang to see, this is very remarkable, after all, at the moment people like my grandfather are to be nominated and criticized, whether they can survive depends on whether the body is hard or not, but grandpa not only has nothing to do, but also was crowned by the county public opinion as an old fairy.

It's a pity that my grandfather passed away a month ago, and he didn't tell me the truth about the disappearance of a large number of members of our family sixteen years ago, and I was only three years old at the time.

Thinking of my grandfather's expression before he died, I still have a deep mind to this day, it was an extremely strange look, like fear, like confusion, his eyes that gradually dissipated the light as if he could see something that did not exist, which made people's souls tremble.

Thinking of this I couldn't help but come back to my senses, focusing back on this parchment map, this is undoubtedly a very old thing, I can feel a sense of the vicissitudes of time when I rub my fingers, this is something that my grandfather didn't take out when he died, locked in his lockbox for many years, it is said that it was still the imported password safe of the United States of America at that time, and the box could not be opened without the correct password, and if it was forcibly opened, it would immediately touch the reamer device set inside and destroy everything inside.

Grandpa's will was that the safe would be buried with him, but I didn't do it, because my intuition told me that the family's disappearance case, the clue is likely to be in this box, finally, it took me three days and four nights to crack the password of the box, it was actually my initials and birthday upside down, which contained two things, a sheepskin map, and the other was a pendant hanging around my neck now, I don't know what material, shaped like a wolf tooth, milky white, engraved with some crooked patterns, like tadpoles, The tail is a circle of pitch-black meteorite, the same engraved with many runes, wearing it makes my whole body cool, clear, and there seems to be a steady stream of qi in my body that is mobilized and rushes straight to the heart of my brain and the soles of my feet, making me feel as if I am out of my body, and my body is as light as a swallow between actions.

I knew it was the effect of the jade pendant, because when I took it off, the feeling disappeared immediately, and I was even more convinced that what my grandfather had left behind was a clue to the disappearance.

This parchment map is strange in that there are no names of places at all, just those particularly complex latitude and longitude lines, and then some locations are marked with very small dots, and in some places the strength of the lines is deepened and the colors are deepened.

Through my research, I finally found my destination, and all the explicit hints on the map pointed to a direction, which was the end of my trip!

Qinling!

That's right, the map indicates that the destination is in this place, and there is no need to describe this place, the Chinese know the meaning of its existence.

At this point, the map didn't do much, so I put it away, ate a bowl of hot noodle soup outside the train station, and hit the road again.

Finally, when it was almost dark, I arrived at the foot of Xiong'er Mountain in the middle branch of the border of Shaanxi and Henan, where there were some mud tile houses, dozens of families lived, some of them had turned off the lights and slept, and a few of them had some candlelight, I exhaled, walked up to find a family, cleared my throat and knocked on the door: "Is there anyone?" ”

After a few consecutive knocks, a childish voice asked, "Who?" ”

I stood outside the door and couldn't see the situation inside, and replied: "Hello, I am a tourist from Zhejiang, I can't find a homestay, can I take the liberty of asking can I spend the night?" ”

"You wait." The immature voice shouted: "Abba, Auntie, someone is staying overnight." ”

After a while, the door opened, and in front of me was a strong man in his thirties, with dark skin and a very tall and strong figure, who looked me up and down a few times, perhaps because of the neatness of my dress, so he let me in.

"Thank you." I was inevitably a little embarrassed, so I hurriedly thanked and introduced myself: "Hello, my name is Chu Liang, I am from Taizhou, Zhejiang, I am here to play, I want to spend a night with you, I can pay." ”

"It's okay to stay overnight, but you don't have to spend money." The strong man was not good at words, and the two children at the dinner table on the side stretched out their heads to look at me, and when they saw my eyes, they immediately retracted again, as if they were a little afraid of me.

They were eating, which made me even more embarrassed, and at this time, a woman came out of the room, in her early twenties, dressed plainly, her face was very beautiful and kind, she held a bowl of rice in her hand and put it on the table, looked at me, and said with a smile: "At first glance, it is a child from a big city, sit down, don't run around so late, it's not safe at the foot of this mountain, just rest assured to live here, by the way, you must be hungry, come and eat together." As she spoke, she glanced at the man and said, "You man, why are you so rude, and you don't invite this child to come over for dinner, and you will be the door god." ”

The woman is hospitable, and the man seems to be a little afraid of this woman, so he hurriedly scratched his head and changed his smile to a smile and said: "Yes, yes, little brother is not polite, he is a guest from afar, and meeting is fate, you just listen to my mother-in-law, stay in peace, come, eat first, eat first." ”

Seeing him like this, I was not so confused, trying to make myself natural, sitting on the table and eating with them, although it is not a particularly hearty dish, but the farmer's local dishes are also very tasteful, I ate three bowls in a row, during which I also learned that this family of four is a local, the man is called Lin Shan, the woman is called Su Xiaomei, and the two children, have not yet taken a name, usually call them big eggs and two eggs.

Su Xiaomei took the two children into the room after eating, and the two of us and Lin Shan were still chatting, and it was completely dark, and few people at the foot of the mountain were electrified, so he lit a candle and continued to ask: "Brother Chu, what does the city look like now, I heard that the buildings there can be as high as five or six floors, there are cars everywhere, and everyone has a phone, and they can talk and chat at any time from a long distance?" ”

In the face of Lin Shan's so many problems, I didn't have the slightest impatience, on the contrary, my grandfather passed away for so long, and I rarely chatted with people like this, I smiled and said: "Not every family can build such a tall building, and cars are only bought by large families, as for the phone, you mean this, right?" I took out a child's palm-sized thing from my bag, flipped the lid open, and said, "This thing is now called a mobile phone, my brand is Motorola, as long as there is a signal, it is indeed possible to dial other people's mobile phones anywhere to talk, but others also need to have such a mobile phone." ”

Lin Shan's eyes immediately showed a look of envy, and he looked at me expectantly: "I, can I take a look?" ”

"Absolutely." I handed him the phone, he quickly wiped his hands with his clothes, carefully took the phone and looked left and right, especially when he saw those small numbers, he was actually excited, and tears appeared in the corners of his eyes: "Motherland, I have finally become strong and rich, so my father's death is worth it." ”

He was uncomfortable for a while, and carefully returned the phone to me, it turned out that his father was a soldier, and unfortunately was hit by a bullet and died on the battlefield in the front-line battle, I don't know how to comfort this, after all, I was born until now, I have been living under my grandfather's plump wings, rich food and clothing, and have never suffered any hardship, even now, I have directly inherited the huge inheritance left by my grandfather, which is probably the money I can't spend in my life.

However, Lin Shan quickly recovered, and he said: "Seeing that you are the child of a rich family, how could you think of running to this poor place to play, and if you are single, your family is not worried?" ”

Now it's my turn to be sad, but I don't want him to see my strangeness and quickly cover it up: "My parents have gone abroad, and my grandfather has just died, and if I want to come out to relax, I will pay attention to safety." ”

It's not a lie to him, after all, even if I study the map and know such a place, but the disappearance case has been so long, even if this place has been found, it has long been a matter of fact, I just don't understand why grandpa has to hide it from me, several clan uncles are also afraid of the country, especially grandpa's expression before he died, I still can't forget, my inner subconscious told me that I must come here to see, just let myself die, and then live a normal life alone.

After talking for a long time, it was late at night, Lin Shan went back to the room after arranging my accommodation, I was lying in the firewood room that was temporarily cleaned up, my head was blank, but at this time, I heard the voice of Lin Shan and his wife next door.

"Xiaomei, what do you say about our Bears Ears Mountain recently, so many foreign tourists have come, it seems to have made an appointment."

"Whatever, the country is strong, and these rich people are idle and boring."

"Yes." Lin Shan said again: "But I always feel weird. After a pause, his voice became much quieter: "You say, could it be related to the archaeological team more than ten years ago?" I thought it was strange at the beginning, so many people went into the mountains and never came out again, do you think this time will it be ......?"

"Shut up and sleep!" Su Xiaomei's voice was a little sharp and unhappy, and then she was completely silent.