I opened the door, and there were Zhu Hongjun, his son and daughter-in-law, and Cai Xiaocai standing outside, and everyone arrived. Zhu Hongjun looked at me tremblingly, wanting to ask but not daring to ask, Cai Xiaocai said directly: "How is it?" ”

"The poison has been cleared." I said tiredly. Tiredness is not pretended, and after tossing with the Yin Snake all night, it is really sleepy.

I opened the door and let them in, and several people from the Zhu family hurried over to see the children. The child's face was ruddy, and he was still asleep, and everyone could see that his complexion was much better.

The mother cared about the child and said anxiously: "Why hasn't Xiao Ning woken up yet?" ”

Tired and unwilling to explain, I slumped in my chair and rubbed my temples. Cai Xiaocai quietly came to my side and whispered, "Thank you." ”

I smiled wearily.

At this moment, the unconscious child opened his eyes, looked at us, and said, "Mommy." ”

When the mother cried "wow", she hugged the child and did not let go, and the drop of blood on the child's head had been rubbed almost invisible. I didn't see it well, so I hurriedly went over to stop her and asked Cai Xiaocai to bring the knife over, and I cut another hole in my palm, squeezing blood from it and dripping it on the child's eyebrows.

"W-what's going on?" Zhu Hongjun leaned over and asked.

I briefly talked about the poisoning and killing of the Yin Snake last night, and told them that the child is not out of danger now, and the bad guy who poisoned the poison was eaten by the Yin Snake, and the child's three souls and seven spirits are needed to clean the poison, and the danger will follow. The blood on the child's head is to seal the soul out of the body, and the most dangerous thing is these three days, just get through it.

Several people in the old Zhu family looked at each other, they saw that the child had woken up, knew the effort I made last night, and believed what I said.

Zhu Hongjun's son and daughter-in-law are ordinary local people, and they have no concept of such a thing, so they are so frightened that their faces are white, they are trembling, and they don't know what to do.

"Otherwise, let's call the police." Zhu Hongjun's son said.

I shook my head: "It's useless. The poisoned bad humane is mysterious, elusive, and it is useless to use ordinary means to protect the child. And now that he has done it on his own, he has been forced into a desperate situation, and he will definitely fight to the death. ”

Zhu Hongjun said: "Xiao Feng, what should you do, we will listen to you." ”

I thought for a while: "In the past three days, it is best to take the child where he can hide, in the wilderness and the like, don't stay in the city, my old fairy and I will protect him." "I don't have a subtext, I actually want to use this kid as bait to catch the poisoned person to show up. When the time comes, the man will really come out, and there will be a vicious fight, and it will be too shocking in the city, and if something really happens, I will not choose to trouble.

Zhu Hongjun said: "This is easy to do, I will take the child to the old man's ditch." ”

"Dad......" The daughter-in-law is unwilling.

Zhu Hongjun glared: "It's decided." Xiao Feng and I are here, I see which donkey grass dares to touch my grandson! Xiao Feng, do you see the old man's ditch? I also have shotguns and explosives, all sorts of iron traps, his grandmother's, breaking ground on my head! ”

I nodded: "Okay, let's go to the old man's ditch." ”

The child is just right, and he is about to be separated, and his parents are reluctant, and they want to follow. I persuaded them that it was useless to have too many people, and that they would add to the chaos when the time came.

Cai Xiaocai whispered to me: "I'll go too, don't you want to leave me." ”

In the end, it was agreed, and immediately set off to the old man's ditch. The child was just right, his body was very weak, the wind of spring was still quite hard, the parents covered him tightly, wearing a small hat, Zhu Hongjun carried his grandson, and we went out of the hotel.

From Jiagedaqi to Laomangou, you need to take a special small train in the Northeast. Zhu Hongjun has a particularly good relationship with the local railway department, and he takes this car in and out of the mountains and forests all year round, just say hello.

The platform was empty in the early morning, Zhu Hongjun's son and daughter-in-law had already been sent away, and there were only four of us: Zhu Hongjun carried his grandson on his back, and Cai Xiaocai and I followed. No one spoke, the atmosphere was grim, the danger was not over, and there was a sense that a more intense moment of crisis was coming.

After a short time, an empty train entered the station with a whistle, we got on the locomotive, Zhu Hongjun greeted the station attendant, and the train traveled all the way along the train track.

In recent years, the Northeast has begun to control the deforestation of mountains and forests to protect the natural environment, and you can see green trees along the train tracks, and the ancient trees are towering and lush, which is really refreshing.

After walking for two hours, the car stopped on a platform, Zhu Hongjun beckoned us to get off the train, and I saw a sign hanging on the platform, with the words "Old Man Ditch" written on it.

Going out from the platform, there is a small town outside, although it is not as good as the city, but it seems to have begun to take shape, Zhu Hongjun is familiar with the road to find a donkey cart, we got on the car, the owner of the car shouted all the way, the donkey cart creaked to the mountain.

The trail is lined with birch forests on both sides of the road, and sitting in the car is like dancing on a bumpy road. After walking for a long time, we came to a forest farm, and around the forest farm, we could see the towering uncle and the endless mountains, and the air was full of primitive game.

After walking for a short time, the donkey cart stopped, Zhu Hongjun and the villagers said goodbye to the cigarettes warmly, and the villagers drove the donkey cart to the forest farm, and the rest of the road had to be walked on iron feet. I asked Cai Xiaocai if she was okay and if she didn't need to carry her. Cai Xiaocai couldn't laugh, punched me, and said You look down on me like this.

Zhu Hongjun took us to an independent courtyard, surrounded by fences, all of which were thorny fences, and there were five wooden houses inside, which looked simple and rough, but in fact they were extremely strong, Zhu Hongjun introduced us and said that these houses were built by him and the villagers with one stone and one wood, warm in winter and cool in summer, and it didn't matter how much snow fell in winter.

As soon as I entered the yard, a big dog with black hair ran over from the corner, Zhu Hongjun snorted a few times, and the dog whined, lying on the ground to look at us, which frightened Cai Xiaocai.

Zhu Hongjun said: "It's okay, Da Hei is smart, he is my right-hand man, and he is very sensible." He said to the big black dog, these are all guests, you have to be obedient, don't rush the guests.

The big black dog ran over and sniffed the smell of me and Cai Xiaocai. Cai Xiaocai was afraid of dogs, so she was so frightened that she grabbed my arm and almost fell into my arms.

There are groceries in these rooms, and there are three rooms that can live, Zhu Hongjun and I are in one, and Cai Xiaocai is arranged to be in the other. The facilities in the house are rudimentary, but they are all available, and the worse thing is that there is no internet, but it doesn't matter.

The house was sheltered from the wind and warm, and the child took off his clothes and rested on the bed. His mental state was much better, and he asked his grandfather to tell him stories in the mountains, Zhu Hongjun made an embarrassed gesture to me, he took care of his grandson first, and after a while, the child fell asleep.

Zhu Hongjun made me hot tea, which was very fragrant, and the tea was wild tea in the mountains. I held a cup of hot water and looked at some of the old photos hanging on the wall, dusty from all ages. At this time, his eyes fell on an old photograph of a soldier in a cotton suit, holding a gun, and the background was a vast snow-capped mountain. The reason why it caught my eye was that the color of the photo was dull and even uncomfortable, and the face of this soldier was a little blurred.

I leaned over to take a look, and the camera was actually quite close to this person, but the face was just unrecognizable, which was very strange.

"This is my dad." Zhu Hongjun came over from the back and said.

I didn't say what I felt, that would be rude.

Zhu Hongjun said: "The keel is what he left me." ”

I was taken aback, and when I looked back at him, Zhu Hongjun took a sip of hot tea and said: "Before he died, he told me that the keel was very important, and let me swear to defend it with my life." ”

Now that I've said that, I'm wondering, "As for it?" What is the use of a dragon bone, even if it is a dragon's bone, it will not be defended with human life, right? ”

Zhu Hongjun looked at the photo: "My father is a very strange person, he has been on the battlefield in Korea, if it weren't for this experience, it is estimated that he would have to fight a bachelor for the rest of his life and could not find a wife." At the beginning, I thought that he was a soldier, but my mother followed him and suffered a lifetime of sin. ”

I cautiously asked, "Could it be that he is beating people at home?" ”

Zhu Hongjun shook his head: "My father never beats women, and when he sees two people arguing outside, he goes over to beat people up when the man does it." ”

I laughed: "That's stuffy?" Don't like to talk. ”

"In those days, the social atmosphere was so tense, and if you talk too much, you will get into trouble, and if you don't talk about it, it's nothing." Zhu Hongjun said: "Xiao Feng, you are the lifesaver of our family, I'll tell you directly." When my dad was alive, he used to dream. ”

"Dreaming? What's so strange about that? I smiled curiously.

Zhu Hongjun said: "Listen to my mother, he was quite good before he went to North Korea, but since he came back from the Korean battlefield, he has changed. He often has nightmares, and he takes them as reality. If there is any scene in the dream, you have to do everything possible to find that place. ”

"Can you find the scene in the dream?" I wondered.

"Who knows." Zhu Hongjun said: "He originally came down from the battlefield and was assigned to a good unit, and at that time he was the head of the security section of a large enterprise in Harbin. He doesn't cherish such a good job, in order to chase his dream, sometimes he takes a leave of absence for half a month, where he goes, what Guangxi or Shaanxi goes, just to find the scene in his dream. At that time, the unit was not bad, and there was no such thing as being laid off at that time, at most his official son was lifted, but he still ran out every once in a while, and sometimes he even went into the mountains alone. ”

"The family didn't talk about him, or took him to see a doctor? Is it that after the battlefield, there is something wrong with the psychology. I asked.

Zhu Hongjun shook his head: "Look, it's useless." It's time to run, my mother wants to get a divorce, until that day, he brought back something. ”