When we reached the left slope, the snowy peaks disappeared from our sight, replaced by a very low hill, and the tall pine trees grew together so tightly that they blocked the sunlight and gave the soil on the slopes a dull gray-brown color.

Li Renfeng bypassed the pine forest, took a path overgrown with weeds, and gradually quickened his footwork.

The vapor from the hot springs could not have spread here, but the surrounding fog was still heavy, and in this mist, you could faintly smell a smell similar to that of gunpowder burning.

I asked Li Renfeng what was going on with the fog here, and Li Renfeng just shook his head and said he didn't know.

After a while, the smell in the mist changed, and it smelled more like the smell of oil smoke coming from the kitchen.

The fog was getting thicker and thicker, and gradually, the visibility had dropped to a distance of three or four meters, and we had to walk together in a compact way to prevent anyone from falling behind.

When passing by a hill, Liu Shangang quickly approached me, pointed to the left side of the hill, and said in a low voice, "Someone is coming." ”

As soon as his words fell, I heard someone shouting in the mist: "Yin soldiers borrow the way, mortals don't approach!" ”

I immediately beckoned Liu Shangang and them to dodge, but Li Renfeng leaned in the direction where the voice came from, and I stepped forward in three steps, trying to pull Li Renfeng to retreat, at this moment, several figures appeared in the fog, and they were coming towards us.

I can see them, and they can see me.

Realizing that it had been exposed, I gestured to the hilt of the Qinggang sword, but saw the person opposite waving his hand at me: "Mortals, don't approach!" ”?

The man was wearing the unique costume of the Jiufeng Mountain Gate people, and he was also wearing a black high hat on his head, but this person's face was not powdered, he seemed to have not taken good care of himself for a long time, and he had a scruffy beard on his chin, and he looked a little older than his actual age.

Seeing that I didn't move, the man waved his hand at me again: "Stay out of the way, the Yin soldier excuses!" ”

I pulled Li Renfeng to the side, and the man walked past us, and I saw that he was followed by a few Jiufeng Mountain Gate people, all of whom were holding a long wooden pole in their hands, and a paper figure was hanging from the top of the pole, and when they were moving, the paper figure kept swaying with the wind, looking like a group of hanged ghosts floating in the air.

Jiufeng Mountain has always been hidden, except for the people of Jiufeng Mountain, few people in the entire industry know where Jiufeng Mountain is. We were all dressed in civilian clothes now, and we could tell at a glance that we were coming from outside, but the people just now didn't seem to be guarding us at all, which made me very puzzled.

I watched these people go up the hillside, and it wasn't until their figures were about to be completely obscured by the fog that Li Renfeng asked me, "Why don't you go over and have a look?" ”

I glared at him, "What did you just run?" ”

Li Renfeng looked a little stunned: "I heard someone talking, so I wanted to go over and take a look." ”

This guy has no experience of walking outside at all, so I sighed in my heart and said to him: "From now on, you and I must keep a distance of less than two meters, and you must not be too far away from me!" ”

Li Renfeng nodded reluctantly: "Okay." ”

I let out a long breath and shouted to Liang Houzai's side: "Houzai, thin monkey, you come first." ”

After a long time, no one responded to me, and there was no sound of Liang Hou's footsteps on the other side.

I couldn't help frowning: "Thick load? ”

Still no one answered.

At that time, I had a bad premonition in my heart, so I grabbed Li Renfeng and hurried to the place where Liang Houzai and them had just stayed.

The fog was so heavy that I could only take a few steps forward intuitively, and I saw some empty bullet casings scattered on the ground, but they didn't know where to go.

I squatted down, picked up an empty bullet and looked at it, it was the armor-piercing bullet brought by Liu Shangang, in addition, the nearby grass was also trampled, showing dense footprints.

In just these two minutes, Liu Shangang and the others should have experienced a fierce battle, but I was so close that I didn't hear a sound at all.

Li Renfeng looked at the bullet casing in my hand and asked me, "Brother Liu shot just now, why didn't you hear the movement?" Heck, they can't be killed! ”

Seriously, I don't want to deal with him now, but I still say, "There is no smell of blood, and the three of them should not be injured." ”

Li Renfeng: "It can't be Luo Youfang's black hand, right?" ”

What he said is what I'm worried about right now.

I sank my mind and stood up, Li Renfeng was still chattering next to me: "Uncle Shi, what should we do now?" ”

Do you know you're in a hurry now? If you hadn't been running around just now, Liang Houzai and the others might not have disappeared!

"What to do, what else to do? Find the three of them first," I glared at Li Renfeng and yelled at him with anger: "You follow closely!" ”

As I spoke, I clung to Li Renfeng's clothes, and then slowly groped my way along the footsteps in the grass.

The footprints first became denser, then sparser, but at the same time, they also became more organized and less scattered.

At the beginning of the battle, Liu Shangang and the others seemed to be caught off guard and panicked for a moment, but they quickly came back to their senses, and retreated rhythmically while fighting back, until they found a vacancy, and then took a quick step to evacuate.

At first, I suspected that Luo Youfang suddenly attacked Liu Shangang and Liang Houzai, but in the grass, there were three footprints of different sizes, and the three of them should have escaped together.

But there is one thing I don't understand, since Liu Shangang and they fought here, didn't the attackers catch up after they fled? Why are there only three human footprints in the grass?

In a place covered with broken sand, Liu Shanang's footprints disappeared, and I speculate that Liu Shangang deliberately concealed their footprints in order to prevent the pursuers from discovering their whereabouts.

Li Renfeng squatted on the ground, pinched up a small pinch of yellow sand, frowned, and said to himself: "How can there be yellow sand on such a mountain?" The sand was so fine that it looked like sea sand that had been broken on purpose. ”

When he said this, I paid special attention to the sand on the ground, and indeed the sand was so fine that it was like finely ground flour.

Liu Shangang: They were in a hurry just now, and I don't know if they left me a signal.

I was about to step into the sand, but Li Renfeng grabbed me from the side: "Uncle, you can't enter this place." ”

"Why can't you get in?" I asked him with a frown.

Li Renfeng said: "This sand should not have appeared here, I guess someone may have done feng shui here." The fog was too big, and I didn't know what kind of game lay ahead, so I was afraid that it would be dangerous to go in. ”

I have been in contact with Li Renfeng for so long, and it is the first time I have seen him speak so solemnly, and I can see that his nerves are also tense now.

I pointed to the sand in front of me: "Liu Shangang, they should have gone in, and we have to find a way to get them out." ”

Li Renfeng: "Then I have to let the fog clear first, I can see clearly what kind of bureau is in front of me, and then I know how to save them." Uncle Shi, this matter is urgent, let's ...... Let's go to the top of the mountain first, when the snow peak just disappeared, I took a general look at the terrain, as long as we can get there, I have a way to clear the fog. ”

When Li Renfeng said this, he was a little guilty.

But I have to say that his words do make sense, now that the fog is so heavy, it is really difficult for us to come out if we strayed into the game done by others.

I let out a long breath, nodded, and asked him, "Can you still see the direction?" ”

Li Renfeng shook his head at first, and then said, "Walk along the edge of the sandy land, and you should be able to find the top of the mountain." ”

I don't know what the basis for what he said this, but I didn't understand the set of things that feng shui is good for, so I didn't ask too much, so I pulled Li Renfeng and walked forward along the edge of the sand.

Regarding Liu Shangang's disappearance, Li Renfeng has always been a little unable to let go, and while walking, he still muttered: "What's the matter, why didn't you hear the sound just now?" There has to be some movement when you shoot, right, why didn't you hear a sound? Besides, it only takes a few tens of seconds, why are there no people? ”

He kept saying this, and I didn't answer his words, and I kept an eye on the situation in the neighborhood the whole time. The fog was so thick that we had no way of knowing what was hiding behind the white mist.

In the distance, I heard a sound in front of me, which I didn't really sound real, but I could make out that it was the sound of the beating of gongs and drums in the welcoming procession.

I patted Li Renfeng to silence him, and then carefully identified the location of the sound source, and I could confirm that the sound was slowly approaching our side at this time.

In view of the fact that those people did not fortify us when I met the Jiufeng Mountain Gate people just now, I also planned to take a gamble this time, standing in place, waiting for the sound from the opposite side to slowly approach.

After about ten minutes, several red figures appeared in the fog.

I pulled Li Renfeng and quickly got up.

Li Renfeng was obviously afraid of those figures, he followed behind me, and said timidly: "Those shadows...... Is it human? ”

"If it weren't for people, it's fine." I replied briefly.

After that, Li Renfeng and I didn't talk anymore and walked forward silently.

As the people in front of me got closer and closer, I noticed that they were all wearing red coats, some of them were beating gongs, some were blowing suona, and a woman who was also wearing a red jacket took out a handful of red paper money and threw it on the ground.

These people are mixed together, and they are very lively, but in such a thick fog, this lively atmosphere gives people a very strange feeling.

I approached a suona player, and when he saw me walking up to him, he smiled at me.

It was noisy, so I raised my voice and asked him, "What are you doing here?" ”

He replied loudly, "Send your relatives." His face was full of joy when he spoke.

I glanced at the procession, but I didn't see the sedan chair, the only adult woman in the whole procession was the woman who threw the paper money, and at the end of the procession, there was a little girl who was about eight or nine years old.

I couldn't help frowning: "Who to send a kiss to?" ”

The man turned around and pointed to the little girl who was following the end of the line: "This still needs to be asked, of course it is to send a kiss to the saint." Oh, you go back and get ready, we have two more wedding banquets tonight, if you don't go back now, things will be delayed. ”

It seemed as if he knew me well, but I was sure that I had never met him before.

The person who followed him also said, "Yes, Xiao Wu, go back quickly, the village chief is waiting for you." ”

I asked, "Who is Little Five?" ”

He pointed to me: "You kid, why are you messing around again, aren't you Xiao Wu?" ”

After speaking, he yelled at Li Renfeng again: "Isn't this a, your father has been looking for you for the past two days, and he is about to go crazy!" ”