It was almost 5 o'clock, and Chen Zhijun looked at the reckless mountains in the prefabricated house on the mountainside, and there was a special taste in the rain and fog. He took out his mobile phone and took pictures of the mountain scenery from multiple angles, and then leaned back comfortably on the chair and reveled. Before he could finish enjoying the misty scenery, a call came in from his father, Professor Chen Lianshan.

"Zhijun, I have already reported the situation of your discovery to the institute, in order to be able to witness this discovery for the first time, and for better protection, the institute decided to let me lead the team to rush over tonight, and send you the flight later, and you can arrange someone to pick you up at the airport in the evening."

Professor Chen's tone at this time was no longer excited, but very steady, just like usual, it was useless to say more.

"Okay, a few people will tell me on WeChat, and I'll arrange the car."

It's as simple as that, and the call is over.

Chen Zhijun immediately thought of the archaeological stories his father told him in the past, but none of them were so efficient, this time Professor Chen's speed made him feel strange to his father, after all, his father has always been very steady. And this time, the response speed can almost be described as impatient, which also made him even more confirmed: there is definitely a big article behind the iron birch!

Vice Mayor Zhao came, accompanied by Director Feng of the museum. After a brief repetition of the course of events, the group came to the tunnel.

Director Feng's name is Feng Weiguo, who is a well-known figure in the province, and he has always loved to make messy things, and he is also bold. He is actually not a local, his hometown was originally in the mountains of Gansu, and he came to this place with his father after graduating from junior high school. Behind Feng Weiguo's old house is a primeval forest, because of local customs, many minors died and were thrown into the forest and could not be put into the ground. The children of decades ago didn't have much to play, and they were naughty, a few of them were brave enough to go to the forest to set up an agency to catch hares or something, Feng Weiguo They loved to pick up a person's leg bones and wait to go back to scare the little girl to play, and slowly they were called Feng Daring. And Feng Daring's real fame is that in the movement of educated youths going to the mountains and going to the countryside, several educated youths in Shanghai were assigned to them, and there were a few incidents that happened.

One of the Shanghai educated youths is also surnamed Feng, named Qingguo, and he is one word different from Feng Daring. In the village, the hairy guy was not familiar with his life, and he slowly became familiar with Feng Daring, who was not a few years old. At that time, the food was poor, and it was good to have a full stomach. The educated youth are young and vigorous, and they know that there can be many hares, pheasants, etc. in the forest behind the village to hunt, and they often go into the forest to hunt in their spare time, because they never eat the prey privately, but bring it back to the whole village to share, so the village will turn a blind eye to them and acquiesce to them. After the late autumn in the mountainous area, there is nothing to do in the field, and idleness is idle, and the frequency of those educated youths entering the mountains is even higher. But after all, they are outsiders and don't know much about the forest, so every time they either set traps and bury traps not far from the forest to hunt, and occasionally fool a villager to lead the way to the depths of the forest, and Feng Daring and a few of their naughty children naturally become ideal guides.

Feng Daring has many legends in the forest behind their village, and when the adults in the village scare the children, they often say that there are wild people in it, and they will catch disobedient children to eat. But another statement is scary: there is a small town of the Song Dynasty in the forest, which used to be very prosperous, but all the people in that town disappeared overnight, leaving only those houses there, and slowly became a ruined wall, and those who disappeared will reappear every year when the moon is full in the Mid-Autumn Festival, but those people don't speak, they only cry.

Feng Qingguo and the other 5 educated youths, under the leadership of Feng Daring, carried ropes, woodcutters, flashlights, animal traps, and compasses into the mountains early in the morning. After walking for about two hours, there was no road at all, only a slightly wider tree trip, (the distance between the two trees is called a tree trip) Feng Daring said that this was the official road in the past, anyway, he didn't know whether it was true or not, and he followed Feng Daring through the barren and grassy forest. After walking for nearly an hour, we came to a river, and some low mounds of earth could be faintly seen on the hillside on the other side of the river. Feng Daring pointed to the mound in the distance on the other side of the river and said, "That's the town that the adults said, I often hear pheasants crowing over there, shall we go there?" ”

Feng Qingguo looked at the opposite side and asked Feng Daring, "Have you been there?" ”

Feng Daring flashed his big eyes and replied, "None of us have been to the other side of the river, and they dare not go with me when we hear that there are ghosts." ”

Feng Qingguo glared at him and shouted, "It's all ghosts and gods, where did Lang Lang Qiankun get those things?" Since there are a lot of pheasants and so on, let's go there, and by the way, we will see what the ghosts are like. After speaking, as soon as he discussed with the other educated youths, he took the lead to wade to the river and led the team to the mound.

When I got closer, I realized that the mounds were actually formed after the collapse of houses in the past. After everyone walked around the ruins first, the educated youths found a low slope on the north side of the ruins, and found a few places where the footprints of wild beasts were messy and set up mechanisms. Hunting is a long wait, and after the traps are set up, the intellectuals set up camp in temple-like stone buildings to the east of the ruins. The stone walls of this building are about two meters high, and the roof has long since collapsed, leaving only the stone walls and the musty smell emanating from the depths.

Everyone frolicked, and soon it was dark, and as the moon slowly climbed overhead, the cries of various insects and beasts also began, stretching endlessly. Looking at the cold moonlight, and then looking at the ruins around him, the atmosphere became more and more panicked. The late autumn night in the mountains was very cold, and I don't know if it was due to the weather itself or the psychological reasons caused by the environment, everyone felt unusually cold that night. I couldn't sleep when I was cold, so Feng Qingguo simply asked the two intellectuals to find some dry wood to make a fire to keep warm, and the weirdness began from there.

The two intellectuals who were looking for dry firewood had been out for nearly an hour and had not yet returned. Feng Qingguo felt a little abnormal, so he discussed with the other three educated youths, and divided into two groups to look along the outskirts of this deserted town, Feng Qingguo and Feng Daring were in a group of two, and the others were in a group, one group went from north to west, and one group walked from south to west, shouting while looking for it. But after turning around and meeting on the west side of the ruins, I still didn't find the two intellectuals. Feng Qingguo was worried that the two intellectuals had encountered a beast attack, so he asked Feng Daring what kind of beast there was. After learning that there were no other beasts except wild boars, wolves and leopards, Feng Qingguo thought about it calmly: Even if it was a beast attack, it couldn't revolutionize the two of them at once, right? There should be time for a cry for help, right? If you pick up dry firewood, there are dead branches on the side, etc., so you don't have to go to the forest, and then the two living people who are gone for no reason are missing?

Puzzled, they couldn't find it, so they got some dead branches themselves, lit a big fire and fell asleep, until they were woken up.