Chapter 16 Overnight in Broken Bridge Town
After the excitement, there is always a return to tranquility. No matter how many friends you have, there will be times when you travel alone, not to mention people like Zhang Zhen who don't have many friends. There is an old saying: "There is no feast in the world." "No matter how long you can live, or how early you die, in the end, you will eventually walk up to the Nai Nai Ho Bridge alone and drink the Na Meng Po soup. The beginning and end of a person's life are like fixed and cannot be escaped.
I don't know how many tunnels I have passed along the way, which surprised Zhang Xin. The wisdom of the people is endless, digging tunnels across the mountains, building bridges between the mountains, making the railway like a flat road. The ancients Zeng Yun: "Even the peaks and the sky, the birds can't pass." "It's about the landform of Guizhou, I really didn't expect there to be so many mountains, it's really flat. Although there are many mountains and tunnels, they have all passed, the train gradually stopped, and Guiyang Station arrived. "I've come to a strange city again, and I don't know when it will end." Zhang said heartily.
Zhang Zhen got out of the train station, and saw this magical city, there are mountains in the city, there are houses in the mountains, there is a road in front of the house, there is a mountain behind the house, the road is narrow and winding, and the terrain is uneven. "I didn't expect that there are people living in this kind of place, and the people living here should work much harder than in Nanjing." Zhang Xinxin said, after he found a guest house to stay for one night, and got up early the next day, Zhang Zhen didn't sleep well all night, it rained heavily last night, and the thunder was very loud, lasting for three or four hours, he had never heard such a huge thunder before.
"I didn't expect that where there were many mountains, the thunder was also loud and scary, and the lightning came in different shapes, and it was like a wicked person who did something bad and was thrown to the top of the mountain to be punished by heaven. You have to hurry up and have some breakfast, find someone to ask Anshun how to get there, you can't waste too much time here. Zhang said heartily.
Then Zhang Zhen found a restaurant, ordered a Huaxi beef powder, and then said to the boss: "Boss, how to go to Anshun?" ”
The boss said: "Go to the bus station and take a car, it will be there in a few hours." ”
Zhang Zhen asked, "Then can I still buy a ticket now?" ”
The boss said: "It's so early, I can buy it, and there are several trips a day." ”
Zhang Zhen said: "Thank you, boss, ask again, how to get to the bus station?" ”
The boss said: "You're welcome, there is one near the train station." ”
Zhang Zhen said: "Okay, thank you boss!" ”
After eating breakfast, Zhang Zhen returned to the vicinity of the train station, found the station, and then bought a ticket to Anshun. I was lucky enough to get the last ticket for the 8 o'clock bus. Zhang Zhen got into the car, and the one was by the window in the last row, and after a while, the car drove away. The car left the city and headed southwest. There were many curves along the way, Zhang Zhen shook left and right in the car, and began to swell his head back, and the car just crossed the Hongfeng Lake, Zhang Zhen opened the window, stretched his head out, and vomited up, and vomited in his stomach. Zhang Xin stretched his head back, kept the window open, and suddenly felt much better.
"When I was in Xi'an, I also sat on the bus for several hours, and I never felt dizzy, so I thought that I didn't get motion sickness, and I didn't buy motion sickness medicine. Now it's good, this winding mountain road, this way has something to bear. Zhang said heartily.
Then he asked the man next to him: "Brother, how far is it to Anshun?" ”
The man next to him said: "It's still early, and it's not half the way yet." ”
Zhang Xin continued: "Is this the kind of road here? ”
The man said, "Listen to your accent, it's a foreigner." The roads on our side are like this, with many curves and ramps. ”
Zhang Zhen said: "Yes, I came from Chengdu, and it's not easy for you to do anything here." ”
The man said: "There's no way, the place is like this, it's not easy to do, life has to go on." ”
"Yes, no matter how difficult it is, life has to go on!" Zhang Xinxin said, Zhang Xinxin looked out of the car window, and all he saw was uneven hillsides, and the hillside was not very high, one or two thousand meters. The mountains are densely wooded, and in addition to the mountains, the scenery is actually quite good. After a while, Zhang Xin fell asleep, and when he woke up, the car had entered the urban area of Anshun, which was not much smaller than Guiyang, but it was more peaceful.
Zhang Zhen dragged his tired body out of the car, and said in his heart: "It seems that I can't get to Guanling today, so I will stay in Anshun first, the car here is not generally difficult to sit." ”
The next day, Zhang Zhen felt much better, so he asked someone how to get to Guanling, and then got on the bus. However, this time Zhang Zhen took motion sickness medicine and did not vomit again in the car. After a few hours, I don't know how many turns I turned, how many slopes I went up, how many slopes I went down, and finally I finally arrived at the goal of this trip. In the surrounding area of the mountains, there is a small county seat, which is not much bigger than a town.
"This place is really backward, I don't know how many such backward places there are in a large area of the motherland. I admire these people so much, if I were here, I guess I wouldn't be able to live. After walking a few steps, you have to climb a hill, and you are tired to death when you look at it. Zhang said heartily.
When Zhang Xin got out of the station, it was important to find a place to live first. There was no guest house near the station, so Zhang Xin had to continue walking, and he didn't know where he was going, and he walked for more than half an hour before he found the guest house. "There are not many guest houses in such a county, and it seems that few outsiders come to play." Zhang thought heartily.
Zhang Xin fell asleep for a long time, and when he woke up, it was already noon, and his stomach was rumbling. "I slept so soundly, and it was rare to have such a quiet environment. This kind of place is not only harder, but it is actually quite good! Zhang Zhen said to himself. Afterwards, Zhang Zhen had lunch and asked the boss about the location of Shajia Mountain. Listening to the boss's description is similar to what Xu Tiandao said, Zhang is no longer in a hurry.
After returning to the hotel, Zhang Xin lay on the bed and said in his heart: "Have a good rest today, go to explore the road during the day tomorrow, and then find a chance to go to the middle of the mountain to see, maybe there are any clues." ”
The next morning, a ray of sunlight shone into the house through the window, and Zhang Xin was awakened by the dazzling sunlight. Then Zhang Xin had breakfast, bought some dry food by the way, and set out on the road to Sunjia Mountain. If you are in Nanjing, this season will be very hot, but here it is different, very cool, even if there is sun, the temperature is more than 20 degrees, really pleasant. According to the boss's description, Zhang Zhen first went all the way down the mountain road to Broken Bridge Town. Zhang Zhen went all the way down the national highway, and his feet were a little fast unconsciously, and he said: "At this speed, it is estimated that it will be able to arrive at noon!" ”
He walked for about two hours to the town of Broken Bridge, looked at his watch, it was only a little past nine o'clock, and smiled: "It's still early!" Looks like I'll be back today. ”
After speaking, he continued to walk forward, and after passing the town of Broken Bridge, there was a mountain road, and the mountain road winded up. Zhang Zhen walked for less than two hours in one breath, he kept panting, his feet were a little weak, and the two-day drive still made his body a little unbearable, and he basically never walked such a mountain road. Zhang Xin decided to sit down and rest, it was almost noon, the sun was shining, and it was still a little hot, but there were gusts of wind blowing.
Zhang Xin sat on the stone bench on the side of the road, eating biscuits, drinking water, and muttering to himself: "Unknowingly, it's been almost a month since I left home, and I always feel that I have been out for several years, I don't know what is going on at home, is the second brother coming out?" ”
Zhang Zhen looked at the town below the mountain and took in the town, the town is very small, and it seems that there are only a few hundred families. The houses in the town are distributed on both sides of the national highway, uneven heights, the highest is only four floors, and the whole town is along the national highway for more than ten kilometers.
After resting for more than ten minutes, Zhang Zhen got up and continued to go up, stopping and stopping along the way, and finally could see the stone wall of the Book of Heaven, but he couldn't see the words on it clearly.
"It doesn't seem to be far away, keep it up!" Zhang said heartily.
After walking for about another hour, he finally reached the halfway point of the mountain, Zhang Xin looked at his watch, and it was almost two o'clock.
Zhang Zhen took a deep breath and said, "After walking for nearly seven hours, it's still a bit far!" I see that I can only go to the town below for one night tonight, I don't know if there is a guest house, if not, it will be embarrassing! ”
Zhang Zhen slowly approached, and at that time, there were patches of brown stone walls, and there were many words carved on the stone walls, saying that it was a word, but it was better to say that it was a symbol. Judging from the traces on the stone wall, this is a character that has a history of at least 1,000 years, and the marks are still so deep under the wind and sun of the new year, as if they have not been worn.
Zhang Zhen saw the right from a symbol on the left, looked at it for nearly an hour, didn't recognize any of them, and then sighed: "Sure enough, it's a book from heaven!" I originally wanted to take a hard look at these words to see if I could find some clues, but now it seems that nothing has been found. ”
Zhang Zhen walked around the mountain for more than an hour, and found nothing else except this book of heaven, Zhang Zhen said strangely: "Uncle Xu obviously said that he saw the zombie coming out of this halfway of the mountain before, but this halfway up the mountainside, except for this book of heaven, there is nothing else at all, and there is no one in the cave, strange!" So where did the bloody corpses and zombies come from? Forget it, let's go back first, come back tomorrow, or see how it goes from the town in the evening! ”
Then Zhang Xin went down the mountain, and when he arrived in the town, it was already past six o'clock, and he thought to himself: "It's getting dark, it seems that I can't go back tonight, so it's okay, let's see if there is any vision on the mountain at night." Zhang Zhen first found a small restaurant, ate a bowl of local rice noodles, and then asked the boss: "Boss, is there a guest house here?" ”
The boss replied: "Keep going to the right, there is a guest house, but the environment is very poor, I'm afraid you won't be used to it." ”
Zhang Zhen said: "It's okay, you can only sleep." After eating, Zhang Xin walked to the right, and when he was almost at the end, he finally saw the guest house, which was very small, three floors, with small old-fashioned tiles on the outside. The name of the guest house is written in a piece of cloth, it is already very vague, I don't know what is written, it is estimated that the business is not good, and the boss does not care about this. Zhang Zhen asked for a room, and the room was on the third floor. Then he casually asked the boss: "Boss, what time does it usually close here!" ”
The boss said, "It's going to close at ten o'clock, you want to go out?" ”
Zhang Zhen said: "I haven't eaten yet, I want to go to eat first, and take a walk to get acquainted with the town, it's closed so early?" ”
The boss said: "The town is so big, and there are no outsiders, so I close the door early and go to bed early." ”
Zhang Zhen said: "Okay, thank you boss." ”
The boss said: "You're welcome! ”
Then Zhang Zhen went up to the third floor, entered the room to see, the environment was really poor, it seemed that no one had lived in it for a long time, the owner of the store did not clean much, there was a lot of dust, "I can only live for one night" Zhang said sincerely.
Then Zhang Zhen walked out of the guest house and looked around, if there was any good position to see the mid-mountain. Finding that the nearby location is not good, some deviations, it will be blocked by the opposite house, Zhang Xin walked forward, looked back at the guest house, and then said happily: "Why didn't you pay attention to the third floor, the houses opposite are only two floors, maybe you can see the situation on the mountain from the window." ”
Zhang Zhen took a turn on the national highway, and the location of the guest house was better, and then he returned to the guest house. Said to the boss: "Boss, can you change the room for me?" ”
The boss said, "Change rooms? ”
Zhang Zhen said: "Yes, I want to change to a room next to the national highway." ”
The boss said, "Okay, no one lives anyway." ”
Then Zhang Zhen changed the room, closed the door, opened the curtains, looked at the opposite side, and then said in his heart: "Sure enough, I can see the halfway up the mountain, I don't know where Uncle Xu and their formation were back then, this town should have existed for a long time, and it shouldn't be near this town." It was getting dark, and Zhang Xin lay on the bed, quietly waiting for time to pass.
In the blink of an eye, it was twelve o'clock in the morning, Zhang Xin ran to the window, staring at the halfway up the mountain, and there was no movement. Zhang said sincerely: "Uncle Xu, they just saw the changes in the Book of Heaven by mistake, there is no pattern to find, and there are no zombies, what should I do?" Have you been waiting here all this time? After thinking about it for a long time, there was no good way, and after a while, Zhang Xin muttered in his heart: "Just go up there for the night, see if there is any movement, and go to bed tonight." Zhang Xin was about to close the curtains and sleep, only to see a golden light flash in the middle of the mountain, the golden light accompanied by a faint red, I can't see it if I don't pay attention, and it disappears into the air after a few seconds.