After getting off the fishing boat, Wang Caoyu found the river patrol and handed the fishing boat to them to watch for a while. On the north bank of the Yellow River, these river patrols at this time are still the father and son in the past, but their father has long since passed away, and the youngest Yudan'er is almost fifty years old at this time, leading his son to continue to do the work of patrolling the river by the river.

After settling the fishing boat, my grandfather and Wang Caoyu got on the donkey cart stored on the shore of Baiyue Mountain and set off on their way.

This tethered horse village is about 300 miles away from Sanwangzhuang, in the direction of the north of Sanwangzhuang.

Because they were on the road at night, the donkey cart did not go fast, and by the time the three of them arrived at the foot of the mountain, the sky was already dark.

The mountains here belong to the remnants of the Taihang Mountains, running east-west, and there is only a little bird's-eye view from the map, but when you are in it, you will feel that it has endless peaks and peaks. In the past, it was under the jurisdiction of Weihui Mansion, in the 2nd year of the Republic of China, the National Government abolished the government and set up a road, and Weihui Mansion was changed to North Henan Province, in the 3rd year of the Republic of China, North Henan Province was renamed Hebei Province, and now it is under the jurisdiction of Ji County, Hebei Province. Because the poor countryside here is sparsely populated, the government rarely sets foot in it, and even on the map of the national government, this village has never appeared from beginning to end.

After returning the donkey cart to the family at the bottom of the mountain, the three of them began to enter the mountain along a winding upward sheep intestine path, which was not steep, but it was twisted around the waist and walked up, which made people upset.

For this kind of mountain road, Bai Yueshan and my grandfather are better, Bai Yueshan grew up in this mountain since he was a child, and taking this road is equivalent to commonplace for him. My grandfather is also good, when he was young, he walked a lot of mountain roads, and until now he still practices martial arts every day, don't look at his early fifties, and his physical fitness is better than some young people in his twenties.

Compared with the two of them, Wang grass carp is a big difference, he grew up by the river since he was a child, in the river he is a fish swimmer, as soon as he arrives on the mountain, he will be numb, just like a fish stranded on the shore, plus this is the first time he walked the mountain road, he regretted not walking out of the two miles, and kept shouting, "No, no, this old arm and old leg, it's not as good as now, I said you two slow down." ”

On the mountain road of more than ten miles, because of taking care of Wang Caoyu, the three of them stopped and stopped until dawn before they arrived at Lianma Village.

Passing through the mountain pass, my grandfather raised his eyes and saw that the tethered horse village in front of him was a village, one in the east and one in the west, one in the high and one in the low, and I didn't see which two houses were next to each other.

The courtyards of those houses were all made of stone, low and low, and the roofs of the houses were slightly ridged, and they were haphazardly paved with grass and branches, and they looked inferior to the stables of their Three Kings Village.

My grandfather has also been to a lot of mountain villages, but they are all villages in the mountains in the south, most of the houses are wooden, looking quiet and chic, and the houses in the north have also been seen, but I have never seen them like this, to put it mildly, this village is not a place where people live, it is difficult to imagine how these people live here in Baiyue Mountain. There is a small stream in the west of the village, a mountain stream flows down in the north of the village, the stream is clear and clear, and you can hear the cheerful and pleasant sound of flowing water when you walk in, which is the only place in the village that looks a little energetic.

Bai Yueshan didn't care about the kind of compassionate eyes that my grandfather and Wang Caoyu showed when they saw their village, and politely greeted my grandfather and the two of them, still leading the way in front of their heads, and the three of them soon came to the door of Bai Fugen's house.

Before the three of them entered the door, they heard the cry of a woman in the courtyard, Bai Yueshan didn't greet my grandfather and Wang Caoyu, and ran into the courtyard.

When I went to the courtyard, I saw a woman with a big belly in her early twenties, sitting under an old jujube tree in the courtyard, holding the jujube tree in her arms and crying bitterly, and an old woman about fifty years old next to her was persuading her with a sad face.

Bai Yueshan walked up to the old woman, looked at the jujube tree, and asked the old woman, "What's the matter, Fugen people?" ”

This old woman is Bai Yueshan's old wife, Hu Shi, who had been persuading the pregnant woman on the ground before, until Bai Yueshan opened her mouth to ask her, and she found Bai Yueshan and my grandfather.

Hu Shi looked at Bai Yueshan, and then at my grandfather and Wang Caoyu standing behind Bai Yueshan, his lips trembled twice, revealing a look of fear, and said to Bai Yueshan in a trembling voice: "Every night, the black old Fugen'er is still tied up on the tree, and when he comes together early in the morning, everyone is not wrinkled." ”

Bai Yueshan heard Hu Shi say this, and yelled at her a few words.

My grandfather walked to the jujube tree, looked at the ground, and saw a few straw ropes scattered on the ground, my grandfather bent down to pick up one, and after looking at it, asked Hu, "Big sister, did you hear any movement last night?" ”

Hu Shi glanced at my grandfather, didn't speak, and shook his head quickly. My grandfather picked up a straw rope from the ground again, looked at it, and said to himself, "This is strange, this rope is obviously broken by some wild beast." ”

When Bai Yueshan heard this, he turned his head to look at my grandfather, and was about to say something, when Wang Caoyu took the first step to speak, and Wang Caoyu asked, "Uncle Bingshou, how do you know that the rope is for the beast to bite off?" ”

My grandfather threw a straw rope to Wang Grass Carp with his hand, "If it is broken by strength (the fourth sound of den), the end of this rope should be scattered, if it is cut by a sharp weapon such as a knife, the end of the rope should be aligned, and now these rope heads are not uneven and scattered, hairy, and obviously broken by the fangs of the beast." ”

Bai Yueshan hurriedly asked at this time, "Is it a fox?" ”

My grandfather looked at Baiyue Mountain, "Do you have foxes in this mountain?" ”

"Yes! Yes! Without waiting for Bai Yueshan to answer, Hu Shi spoke, "There are several fox holes in the north of our village, or I will take you over to have a look." ”

When Bai Yueshan heard this, he immediately pulled his face down and shouted to the Hu family: "Don't be noisy here, hurry up and help Fugen's daughter-in-law inside, the ground is cold." ”

Hu Shi hurriedly said "hey", picked up the pregnant woman on the ground, the pregnant woman was no longer crying at this time, after being helped up by Hu, she looked at my grandfather with expectant eyes, as if she realized that my grandfather was the master invited by his uncle.

My grandfather turned to Bai Yueshan and said, "I guess your nephew is still alive now, why don't you take us to the village to look for it first." ”

Bai Yueshan hurriedly agreed, and walked out of the house with my grandfather and Wang Caoyu.

As mentioned earlier, their village is not big, with only a dozen families. It took less than half an hour for the three of them to go up and down the whole village, but except for the three of them, there was not a single figure from beginning to end, and the whole village seemed lifeless, empty and quiet, like a dead village that had been abandoned for many years.

At this moment, Bai Yueshan seemed to think of something, his face suddenly became ugly, and he said to my grandfather in a trembling voice: "Brother Liu, will Fugen'er have jumped down from the mountain a long time ago?" ”

My grandfather frowned when he heard this, and hurriedly said to him, "Let's go, take us over to have a look." ”

Bai Yueshan trotted in front to lead the way, and my grandfather and Wang Caoyu followed closely behind him. After a short time, the three of them came to the valley in the north of the village, where Widow Zhang fell to her death.

When he ran to the middle of the valley, Bai Yueshan suddenly stopped, breathed a sigh of relief, and pointed to a place not far in front of me and said to my grandfather: "They all fell here." ”

When my grandfather looked at the place, the hard rocky ground was uneven, and there was a large dark brown mottled patch on it, like a sauce-colored dye that had been poured on it, and it was evident that the blood stains left by those who had fallen had dried up at this moment.

My grandfather looked at the pool of blood, and was about to ask Bai Yueshan, except for Widow Zhang's corpse, which may have been eaten by the beast, how the corpses of several other people were handled.

Before he could say anything, he heard Wang Caoyu whisper, "Why does it seem that there is a person over there?" ”

When my grandfather heard this, he glanced back at Wang Caoyu, and saw that Wang Caoyu's eyes were staring into the depths of the valley, and my grandfather followed his eyes to look into the valley, and saw that not far from them, there was really a person in red clothes, not tall, a little thin, walking towards the valley with his back to them.

At this moment, Bai Yueshan shouted, "Fugen'er!" Without waiting for my grandfather and the two to react, Bai Yueshan spread his legs and chased after the man in red.

It turned out that the person in front of him was Bai Yueshan's nephew Fu Gen'er, and my grandfather hurriedly greeted Wang Caoyu, "Chase!" ”

Bai Yueshan ran at the front, my grandfather and Wang Caoyu followed closely behind him, and the three of them quickly chased after the man in red.

Friends who live in the mountains must be very clear that looking at the mountain and running a dead horse, obviously looking at the distance is very close, but when you run, you will find that the actual distance you have run is much farther than the distance you have visually measured, this is mainly because of the visual illusion caused by the height difference in the mountain, and the distance you visually measure is actually far from the actual distance, which also leads to you clearly seeing, obviously feeling that it is close at hand, but you can't run ahead.

At this time, my grandfather chased the man in red and there was this kind of visual gap, obviously looking not far from him, obviously watching the man in red walk not fast, but he couldn't catch up.

The man in red quickly left the valley and turned back and climbed along a path on the mountainside to the top of the mountain.

Because Baiyueshan was familiar with the path in the valley, he quickly got rid of my wife and the two of them, and chased after them, shouting while chasing back, but the man in red didn't look back as if he hadn't heard, and walked straight along the path towards the top of the mountain.

After a bag of cigarettes, my grandfather saw the man in red climb to the top of the mountain from a distance on the mountainside, followed his body for a while, and soon disappeared on the top of the mountain.

At this moment, my grandfather suddenly heard a cry in the shouting of Baiyue Mountain in front of him, and secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, and he used full speed under his feet.!

Immediately after, there was a pop in the valley, and the amazing falling sound echoed in the valley like rolling thunder, and it did not disperse for a long time, and Baiyue Mountain, which was chasing in front, screamed "ah" and cried completely.

When my grandfather heard this, his body was immediately beaten, and the whole person was like a deflated ball, and he secretly screamed in frustration, it was too late, it was too late......

He stopped running, and walked heavily along the path to climb towards the top of the mountain, at this time there was no point in running again, just by the sound of the fall just now and the cry of Baiyue Mountain now, the answer was already obvious, he was very unhappy at this time, he was competitive all his life, the most unacceptable thing was failure, and the most intolerable thing was to watch others die in front of his eyes but he couldn't do anything, just like the Eight-Nation Alliance back then.

When my grandfather came to the top of the mountain, Baiyue Mountain sat on the edge of the cliff, howling at the bottom of the cliff like an old ape, and the old voice echoed in the valley, listening to it was extremely desolate and tragic.

My grandfather walked over and looked at the bottom of the cliff, the bottom of the cliff was very deep, and there was a pool of red in the extreme place......

My grandfather squatted down and patted Bai Yueshan on the shoulder, Bai Yueshan glanced back at my grandfather, and said while crying, his younger brother and younger siblings died early, Fugen'er This child is pitiful, he hurts him more than his own son, I didn't expect it to ...... The child's life was as bitter as his parents'.

Something to say, saying that my grandfather almost didn't shed tears with him-The Last Ghost Hunter-