Chapter 30: Peace Charms

Master Cao led me on, and two hours later, we saw the fourth tomb.

It was still piled up by thick soil, and nothing could be seen, and not far in front of the mountain bag, there were also a few incense sticks that had been burned, scattered with paper ashes and chicken feathers.

It was already starting to get dark, and we both had to pick up our pace, but the clue was broken in a rock-strewn gully.

There was no trace of anyone walking on the stone, but there was no path on the opposite side, and Master Cao walked up and down for a while, trying to see if he could find the traces of someone walking like before, but there was no result.

We can only start descending the mountain.

"Master Cao, what kind of game do you think it will be?" It was more difficult to go down the mountain than to go up, but that was on the premise of ensuring that I didn't fall, and I couldn't be saved anyway, so I just slipped down directly to the ground in many places, which was a lot easier.

"I can't see it, but tomorrow I'll go to the one you dug up first, maybe there's something to be gained."

"How many do you think there will be?" I asked again.

Master Cao shook his head and did not answer.

It had been more than an hour since I got down to the place where there was a road, but I couldn't recognize where I was at all, Master Cao took out his compass to identify the location and led me down, but it wasn't until fifty minutes later that we met the first car.

A very old farm vehicle.

"Where are you going?" The driver was very helpful in stopping the car next to us.

"Hewei Village, do you know big brother?" I asked happily.

"River tail?" The driver said in surprise. "Hewei Village is behind the mountain! How did you get here? ”

Master Cao had already put away the compass at this time, I looked back at him, and said, "We are from the Heihezi Power Station, and we have come here somehow along the mountain to see the line." ”

"Heihezi Power Station? You're not there ......," the driver's eldest brother stopped talking, and finally shook his head and said. "You're lost, aren't you? It's too far for me to go. I'll drop you off at the fork in the road, and you'll have the construction site car pick you up. ”

I laboriously pulled out my phone to dial, and the driver's brother looked at me in amazement, probably wondering how I managed to get my hands like this.

"Big brother, where should they pick us up?"

"Speaking of the eighteen bends, they should know."

My hands shook a little.

"Eighteen bends?"

"That's right!" The driver's eldest brother replied, his expression was very innocent, as if he didn't know anything.

We got into the car, and the farm truck drove slowly forward, probably less than 40 kilometers per hour.

After talking to Boss Xie on the phone, I cautiously asked tentatively, "Big brother, I heard that there have been a lot of things going on in this place of Eighteen Bends?" ”

"You're talking about the big accident the year before last?" The driver's eldest brother said indifferently. "How can there be an accident on a mountain road? The car is not good and drives fast, of course, it is prone to accidents. It has been more than ten years since the eighteen-bend road was built, and there have been three or four accidents. ”

I didn't expect his answer, and I thought he was going to tell a whole bunch of stories like the security guard.

"Big brother, you're a local?"

"I'm from Invention Village, just a few kilometers ahead."

I chatted with him for a while, and to my surprise, Master Cao didn't talk to us, but closed his eyes to recuperate.

"Is there something wrong with you?" The driver's eldest brother finally couldn't help but ask.

"You've heard?"

This kind of thing has always spread quickly, but I don't know what it will become?

"I heard that more than a dozen people died, and even several mages from the provincial capital died, is it true?"

I was completely speechless.

"It's not that exaggerated." Boss Xie specially greeted us, and before the conclusion came out, he was not allowed to talk nonsense outside, but he asked such an outrageous question, I really couldn't bear it. "Four people died on the construction site, and the rest are in the hospital, and they are fine."

"It's all said to be an evil one, isn't it true?" The driver's eldest brother asked excitedly.

I really don't know how to answer.

"This peace charm of yours is very chic, where did you ask for it?" Master Cao said suddenly.

I looked up and saw a small wooden sign hanging from the rearview mirror, which looked familiar.

"Everyone else thinks it's a decoration, how do you know it's a peace charm?" The driver's eldest brother was a little surprised. "My mom begged for me when I bought the car, and it's been hanging for almost eight years."

"Can I take a look?" Master Cao asked.

The driver's eldest brother nodded indifferently, and Master Cao carefully held it in the palm of his hand and carefully observed it for a while.

I sat between the two of them, Master Cao's hand holding up the peace charm, right in front of me, I focused on opening the Eye of Heaven and found that there was a very faint white light on it.

What surprised me even more was that its style and the monsters carved on it were exactly the same as the ones I saw in Zhang Laogen's hut!

"It's interesting, where did you ask for it? Is there a temple near here? Master Cao asked casually.

"The old man's business, she let it hang." The driver's eldest brother said. "There are no temples nearby, just a few mages, but the elderly will know about it."

He dropped us down at a junction, and by this time it was already getting dark, and on the opposite hill, the winding mountain road was shocking.

"Master Cao!" I took out my phone and flipped through the photos to show him, the resolution of course can't be compared to the camera, but I can probably see what it is.

"Do you think it's the same thing?"

The wood carvings in Zhang Laogen's house are obviously much older, but I think they should be carved with the same kind of monster.

"Quite possibly." Master Cao did not make up his mind immediately, but looked at those photos repeatedly.

"What is this carving?"

"I don't know." Master Cao shook his head. "Ordinary things are nothing more than dragons, phoenixes, unicorns, lions, bats and the like, and I have never seen anything like this."

The previous wood carving was too old to see clearly, but this one on the car is different.

The knife technique is simple, but it is clear that the carved thing has four wings and six legs, and has a dog-like head.

"When you go back, you take me to see it again, and I'll take some pictures and send them to some old friends, and they might find out something."

While the two of us were talking, the sound of a car sounded under our feet, and then Boss Xie's off-road vehicle drove up from the winding mountain road below.

"How did you get here?" The driver came down to open the door for us, and I felt hungry and thirsty at this time, but fortunately, his car was stocked with pastries and mineral water all year round, which relieved our urgent need.

"You went through the eighteen bends when you came?" I asked after taking a big sip of water.

"That's the way up." The driver's face was a little unsightly. "Let's rest before we go down."