Lao Wang asked, "Isn't it?" There's a plague outbreak, huh? ”

Su Rui shook his head and said, "This may be very small, I have carefully observed the corpse in the burial ground, and there are no lesions." Writing, fun, and pavilion www.biquge.info In addition, if it is a plague, it is usually a burial. ”

Ziyang said: "They are afraid, as if they are afraid of someone or something. The middle-aged man kept looking out while he was eating, as if someone was going to rush in and hit him. ”

"And I can see from the gesture of his toast, it is a little unnatural, it seems that there is a wound on his right arm."

Lao Wang said, "Hey, you still know behavior analysis?" ”

Ziyang ignored him and continued, "What are they hiding. If they are really holding some ceremony, although they don't need to put up lanterns, but at least they have to dress up and prepare, but along the way, every household seems to have no festival at all, and all the doors are closed and the lights are blown out as soon as it gets dark, and there is no one on the street, even if there is no entertainment at night in remote areas, it is not so exaggerated, right? ”

Lao Wang said, "Lao Li, don't pretend to exaggerate, I'm a little scared when you say this." ”

Zi Yang was a little upset by his successive stubbles, and said impatiently, "You are not afraid of dead people, you are afraid of a ghost!" ”

Lao Wang shrunk his neck, "I'm just afraid of ghosts ......"

As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Ah Chong, who remained silent and stared coldly at the firelight.

Su Rui said, "Listening to Ziyang's analysis, I also think that this place is full of weirdness, why don't we go investigate it while it's dark?" ”

Ah Chong said, "You can't go, someone is watching." ”

When everyone heard this, their necks were cold, and they all looked around, where could there be a figure in the barren mountains and mountains......

Looking into the village, it was also quiet and there was no sound. But for Ah Chong's words, everyone thinks that there is an irresistible magic, Ah Chong said that someone is watching, that is, someone is watching.

Ziyang said, "Don't take risks, many tribes in Tibet have their own customs and etiquette, we must not break their rules, this barren mountains and mountains, it will be difficult to conflict with others." ”

"Tomorrow, I'll go with Su Rui again in the open. You might be able to see it more clearly during the day. And we've already been in the village once before, and they're not going to force it. ”

At that moment, everyone entered the tent and the car to rest.

Early the next morning, a cold wind suddenly rose, and snowflakes fell in the sky. It seems that Luorong Demba is right, and it is really about to change.

Everyone hurriedly washed up, Lao Wang, Ziyang, and Su Rui all looked haggard, and it seemed that they hadn't slept well at night. Ah Chong's usual expression was cold, Qingwen was still stunned, and Xiao Hei was dazed and ignorant.

Everyone packed up their things, drove away from the village, and slowly drove in another direction, driving for more than half an hour, after confirming that no one was following behind. The crowd stopped the car.

According to the plan discussed last night, Lao Wang, Xiao Hei, Qingwen, and Ah Chong stayed in place on the Land Cruiser, and Ziyang and Su Rui drove the jeep back.

A few hundred meters from the village, the two turned off the fire, got out of the car, and walked towards the village.

According to the details discussed last night, they had to tell the villagers that the fresh water and food they brought on the road might not be enough, and they needed to buy some from the Tibetans.

Strangely, there was no one at the entrance to the village - not even a single figure. It seems that the people who are watching have walked away.

The two of them walked down the path towards the village, and every house seemed to be empty.

When I was about to reach the other end of the village, I suddenly saw a large crowd of people gathered in front of me, as if some grand ceremony was being held.

The two glanced at each other and walked forward slowly, the middle-aged man in the crowd turned his head to find them, and said a few words to the two juniors, and the two posteriors with big shoulders and round waists rolled up their arms and sleeves, and walked over in a flash, it seemed that they wanted to practice these two guys who rushed in.

At this time, Luorong Dengba in the crowd also saw them, drank the two young men in Tibetan, and did not look at Ziyang and Su Rui, turned his head and continued to stare at the things in the crowd.

Su Rui saw that the old patriarch was supporting him, and pulled Zi Yang's hand, and the two of them walked forward more and more boldly.

Walking to the edge of the crowd, the two men stood on tiptoe and craned their necks to look in from the shoulders of the crowd.

In the middle of the crowd, a huge coffin lay impressively.

In Ziyang's impression, most of the coffins and the coffins outside are about one meter in diameter and about two meters long. But the huge coffin in front of me is more than three meters long and more than one and a half meters wide! It can be described as a giant coffin.

The coffin rested on the ground and looked bulky. The coffin is neither polished nor lacquered, and seems to have been simply spliced together with huge logs, a size of giant wood that is extremely rare in Tibetan areas.

There are several thick ropes on the coffin, as if the coffins are "tied together".

There are several buckles on the rope. Six stout young men stood on either side of the coffin, threading three wooden bars the thickness of the bowl through the rope buckles. Squat down and place the wooden pole on your shoulder.

One of the leading men gave a command, and the six men shouted in unison, and the coffin was staggered off the ground, all the weight pressed against the wooden poles by ropes. The tremendous pressure caused the ropes to creak together, bending the thick sticks of the bowl.

It seems that this giant coffin is afraid of a thousand catties.

As soon as Luo Rong Demba waved his hand, the crowd immediately dispersed.

Six strong men staggered out carrying the coffin, and several other men of equally strong stature followed behind them with tools.

The crowd of onlookers next to them looked at the back of the funeral procession, whispering and pointing.

Zi Yang whispered to Su Rui: "Yesterday they didn't let us enter the village, is it because of this coffin?" ”

Su Rui nodded: "It should be, it looks like this coffin stopped here last night." ”

Seeing the giant coffin and the funeral procession gradually disappear at the entrance of the village, Luorong Demba turned around, his eyes swept over the crowd of onlookers, and everyone turned their heads and walked away, each going back to his own home and doing his own work.

Su Rui walked up to the middle-aged man and Luorong Demba and explained the meaning in Tibetan, the middle-aged man looked at Luorong Demba, the old man nodded and said a few words.

The middle-aged man motioned for Ziyang to go with him to get something. Su Rui stayed to talk to the old man.

The middle-aged man led Ziyang to a mud house, motioned for Ziyang to wait outside, went in and turned over for a long time, and after a while, he carried a heavy big cloth bag and stuffed it to Ziyang.

Ziyang felt that the big cloth bag was heavy, and he was afraid that there were thirty or fifty catties, and it seemed that there were a lot of things.

Hurriedly took out a roll of money from his pocket and gave it to the middle-aged man, about a few hundred yuan. The middle-aged man waved his hand to signal that he didn't want money, Ziyang thought he was being polite to himself, and insisted on giving it. As a result, the middle-aged man grabbed his wrist and pushed it gently, almost knocking Ziyang to a stumbling ground. Hurriedly put the money back in his pocket, and no longer dared to push him back and forth politely.

Zi Yang put his pocket on his shoulder, followed the middle-aged man to the place just now, and saw that the velvet denba had left, and Su Rui was standing there alone, looking at him with his hands behind his back and smiling.

Seeing the middle-aged man with a black face behind him, he immediately withdrew his smile again. Folded hands and bowed.

The middle-aged man grimaced, pointed to the entrance of the village, and motioned for them to leave.

The two walked towards the entrance of the village under the surveillance of the middle-aged man, and the people of each family looked at them silently, although there was no expression on their faces, but there was obviously something strange in their eyes.

Zi Yang lightly touched Su Rui's arm, and from a family appeared a funeral master dressed in black, carrying a person wrapped in a white cloth. Step by step, slowly walked towards the entrance of the village. It is in two directions from the funeral procession just now, and it seems that it should be going to the burial ground where they passed by yesterday.

Su Rui nodded, covered his mouth with his long sleeve and coughed lightly, and said a few words softly in an imperceptible voice.

Zi Yang turned around and saw the middle-aged man following unhurriedly a few meters behind them.

Zi Yang vaguely heard a slight electric sound coming from Su Rui's sleeve, and he couldn't hear it at all if he didn't listen carefully.

Walkie-talkie!

The two walked out of the village, got into a jeep, and drove all the way out, and from the rearview mirror, they saw from a distance that the middle-aged man had been standing there until the entire village disappeared behind him, and only the mountains were left in his view.

When he came to the predetermined location, he found that the Land Cruiser was gone, and Ah Chong, Xiao Hei, Lao Wang, and Qingwen had also disappeared together.

Su Rui turned off the engine and said into the walkie-talkie, "Lao Wang, Lao Wang, how is the situation?" Over”

Lao Wang's hoarse voice sounded in the walkie-talkie, there was a murmur in the walkie-talkie, and the signal was a little weak.

"We have caught up with the funeral procession in the direction you indicated, and we are following from a distance. Over”

"Be careful, don't be discovered. Over”

"I know, I'm looking at them from afar with a telescope right now. It's safe at this distance. Over”

"Okay, return as soon as you determine the location and coordinates, and don't contact them. Over”

"Okay. Over”

Zi Yang looked at Su Rui, and Su Rui also looked at him, as if waiting for him to ask a question.

Ziyang didn't take the bait, took out a handful of beef jerky from the pocket given by the middle-aged man, put it under his nose and smelled it, stuffed it in his mouth and chewed it.

Snowflakes were floating outside, and Ziyang wrapped her clothes tightly, lowered her chair, and lay on her back, staring at the roof of the carport in a daze while eating beef jerky.

Su Rui took out his laptop, connected the radar transceiver, reached out the window, and placed the receiver on the roof of the car. The computer screen lit up, and Su Rui's fingers danced rapidly on the keyboard.

That transceiver is about the size of a washbasin, and when folded away like a folding umbrella, it looks like this thing has a lot of power and can directly receive satellite signals. Su Rui was sending and receiving emails while consulting information, and the windows on the screen flashed one by one, which was very fast.

Zi Yang saw that Su Rui was busy concentratingly, took a towel and covered his face, planning to squint for a while, he really didn't sleep well last night.

When he woke up, he found that it was almost afternoon, and Su Rui had already put away his computer and was looking out of the car in a daze. Seeing Ziyang wake up, the two of them took some compressed biscuits and energy bars, and simply had lunch with the dried meat given by the middle-aged man.

Zi Yang asked Su Rui: "Have you ever seen a funeral model of this specification?" ”

Su Rui said: "No, I deliberately searched the Internet just now, but there is no relevant information and records. ”

Zi Yang said: "I was thinking just now, who is in such a huge coffin?" ”

Su Rui was about to answer when he saw the Land Cruiser return from a distance.

When the car drove closer, Lao Wang and Qingwen got out of the car, and greeted Su Rui and them: "Hey, I'll go, it's taken me so long to finish." Have you eaten yet? I'm a little hungry. ”

Su Rui smiled and took out a bag of military rations and threw it to him.

Then hand Qingwen a copy.

Lao Wang tore open the package and chewed it heavily.

Zi Yang looked at the Land Cruiser and wondered, "What about Xiao Hei and Ah Chong?" Why aren't they with you? ”

Lao Wang's mouth was stuffed and he said: "Ah Chong received Xiao Su's signal and followed the undertaker on foot with Xiao Hei. ”

Zi Yang remembered that Su Rui used his sleeve to cover up the signal in the village, and it turned out that he was reporting the location to Ah Chong and them.

I looked at my watch, it was already more than 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and asked, "The burial ground is so far from here, how long will it take for them to go back and forth?" ”

On the map, the place where they parked was exactly a triangle with the burial ground and the village, and the distance in a straight line would be close to twenty kilometers according to the location.

"Do you want to drive to pick them up?"

Su Rui shook his head slowly: "Tibetans often appear on that route, and I'm afraid we'll show our feet when we drive over." Just be careful, let's wait. ”

Lao Wang muttered: "What are you worried about, both of them have unique skills, one fights eighteen, and they have both practiced light skills, and their feet are much faster than ours." Xiao Hei performed a light skill, and he followed the head for 108,000 miles......"

Su Rui looked at his watch and said, "Wait for another half an hour, and if you don't come back, we'll drive to pick it up." "It seems that she is also a little worried.

They brought a total of two walkie-talkies, one for each of the two cars, and Ah Chong and Xiao Hei did not bring walkie-talkies, and they could not communicate in real time.

As he spoke, two small black shadows appeared on the horizon in the distance, and it was Ah Chong and Xiao Hei who had returned.

Lao Wang started the car and went over to pick them up.

Zi Yang handed Xiao Hei and Ah Chong a pack of military rations each, and Ah Chong waved his hand, looking like he had no appetite. Xiao Hei took his share with him.

"How's it going?" Su Rui looked at Ah Chong with concern.

Ah Chong said, "Those corpses are problematic. When the undertaker arrived at the burial ground, he hung the body on a tree, cut the skin with a knife, and left. When he had gone away, I went up to examine the body and found that the body was a young man, with no obvious lesions, but a broken neck, which should be the direct cause of death.

I also examined several other corpses that had just been hung up in the past few days, and they were in the same situation, with fractures of the sternum and leg bones, and some of them were rupture of internal organs before death, as if they had suffered some kind of heavy blow. ”

It was rare for Ah Chong to say so many words at once, but his tone was cold, making people shudder.

Su Rui said to Lao Wang, "What's the situation over there?" ”

Lao Wang stuffed a handful of beef jerky into his mouth, and said while chewing, "The group of people carried the corpse for more than ten kilometers, and when they arrived in a relatively desolate place, they dug a pit and buried it casually, and there was no ceremony of beating gongs and drums, and there was not even a monument on the grave. I followed your instructions, didn't follow, and came back after jotting down the coordinates with GPS. ”

Ziyang was dissatisfied with his report, "What is a desolate place, what is a pit and buried casually, can you be specific?" ”

Lao Wang was also dissatisfied, "Lao Tzu, this is called concise and to the point, without adding oil and vinegar, and reporting the situation truthfully." You are awesome, you have good literary skills, you describe to me how to report. ”

Zi Yang didn't interfere with him - if he followed Lao Wang's train of thought, the topic would become more and more biased.

After thinking about it, he asked, "Was the pit dug in advance or dug on site?" ”

During the day, when he was in the village, he noticed that the group of people who followed the funeral procession carried a lot of iron tools and tools.

Lao Wang thought about it carefully and said categorically, "Digging temporarily, I can be sure that a few people have been digging for most of the day, and the efficiency is too low, otherwise we wouldn't have come back late." ”

"Are there any other tombs or anything like that?"

Lao Wang recalled vigorously and said, "No, I guess not, I didn't see it anyway, did you see it?" ”

Qingwen looked at the other place as always, not taking his question seriously at all.

Lao Wang shook his head angrily, "It's really useless, it's a pure waste of food with you." ”

Zi Yang asked Su Rui, "When I went to get food with the middle-aged man, how did you talk to the old man over there?" ”

Su Rui also reported, "I asked about Luorong Demba, and the deceased was a strong man in the clan named Tashi Dorjee. It is said to be infected with the plague.

Before us, a tourist team came to the village and said that they wanted to climb the mountain and asked for a guide here, because Tashi Dorjee had experience in leading a group to climb the mountain before, so he went with them.

After more than ten days, a man came back, and when he came back, he got sick and died within a few days, and several people in the village were also infected.

The old man said that he had something unclean on his body, and he must have done something that violated the sacred mountain, causing the gods to blame, and the reason why the old man didn't want outsiders to enter the village was that he didn't want outsiders to be infected.

He also advised us not to go to worship anymore and to let us go back early. ”

"After Luorong Demba walked away, I asked a child in the village again, and it turned out that this Tashi Dorjee is not only a strong man, but also won the championship of the Beiga wrestling competition for a second time, and is a well-known warrior and is respected by the clan."

"That's why his funeral is of such a high standard, and he chooses to be buried differently than others, right? The coffin is so big, there must be a lot of funerary goods inside! The old king next door was proud of his reasoning.

"No," Su Rui shook his head, "this is what confuses me, in their tribal customs, burial is a burial method used by robbers, murderers, or people suffering from disease, in their concept, burial will make people's souls absorbed by the land, and they will not be able to ascend to heaven, so they cannot be reincarnated, so it is regarded as a punishment, and is considered the most dishonorable burial method." ”

"This, this, this," continued to reason after a long time, "it must be because he infected the other people in the village that he was punished like this." ”

Ziyang said, "But the other dead people in the village didn't die of the plague." And why is it that everyone else is buried by birds, and he is the only one who is buried? ”

Zi Yang looked at Lao Wang with interest and blushed and turned white for a while.

Su Rui nodded and said, "Yes, I feel that Luorong Demba should be hiding something from me. ”

Seeing Zi Yang's confident expression, he wondered, "Could it be that you already know the truth of the matter?" Well, our big Mr. Holmes, give us some reasoning. ”

Zi Yang waved his hand again and again, "Reasoning is not counted, let me talk about a few of my doubts." ”

"I'll summarize the information based on the information we have so far."

"First of all, since it's an indishonorable burial, the funeral must be simple, right?"

"But it's such a rare coffin."

"Judging from the burial situation, it is understandable that it was not buried in the cemetery of the clan, and it is understandable that the location of the tomb is far away from the tribe, but the address is not booked in advance, and even the pit is dug on site. It seems to be in a hurry. ”

"The biggest suspicion is that the specifications of his coffin are extremely high! Although I don't understand the customs of the Tibetan people, in a place like Tibet, such a huge coffin is very rare, even in the mainland, such a coffin is rare, right? ”

"I looked closely, and the whole coffin was very thick and fastened with thick iron nails. But the exterior was very rough, barely polished, and the logs were spliced together, and in some places there was still bark attached to them—as if four trunks had been split, and then hollowed out and put back together. It should be said that the preparations were very hasty. ”

"I don't feel like they're burying the dead, they're like seals, as if they're afraid that the people in the coffin will come out."