At the other end of Xuanwu Island, there are low bushes on both sides of the stone steps, and it is only about ten meters down to be covered, and the three of them have a flashlight, the kind of old-fashioned brass shell large battery, which is also stolen from Lao Xing by Lao Pi, and they laugh that this flashlight is the only household appliance on the island.

If the mentality of the three of them at the beginning was purely for anger and curiosity, then as they walked, Wang Ling felt a little uncomfortable. Why? It was he who found that his hair was a little wet, and gradually, the old skin in front of him also noticed that the range that the flashlight could irradiate seemed to be slowly decreasing.

"In the middle of the night, how can it be so foggy?" Wang Ling frowned and muttered: "Old skin, we are not familiar with this piece, it is easy to get lost when you come to the fog, so don't you go back." ”

"Fourth brother," Lao Pi smiled and said, "You have become less courageous, you can't mess up if you put it down." Saying that, he took out a small metal box from his arms, and with a light press of his fingers, it popped open, it turned out to be a compass, and he said: "With this, you can't lose it, this thing was captured by my father from an American soldier on the Korean battlefield, and it can be regarded as witnessing his half-life career as a horseman, and he gave this thing to me when he left...... "This said, Lao Pi probably began to feel homesick again, and when he thought of this, he was particularly angry about what broke the ban.

The poet also said: "Fourth brother, according to me, it's a bit shameless for us to go back like this, and when Lao Xing comes back, he will be appointed to do us, but what about us?" In this turbulent year, I categorically don't believe that there are any demons and monsters, you see that this step has obviously been built by predecessors, and eighty percent will not have any big trouble, at most some beasts, insects and ants and the like. ”

What any team is most afraid of is disunity, and now that the opinions are two to one, Wang Ling is a smart person, so he doesn't say anything more, just reminds Lao Pi to be careful about his feet.

The three of them walked down the stairs for about twenty minutes, when the downward slope gradually began to change to a flat terrain, and when they arrived, some of the artificially built stones were also broken one after another, and a foul smell began to float in their pores along the wet air.

The further they went, the more obvious the smell became, like the smell of rotting meat, and several people began to have to cover their noses with their hands, but their natural curiosity tended to gradually grope their way in the direction where the smell was coming. After passing through a low forest, a clearing appeared, and in the middle of the clearing was a circle of thatch that had been turned into a fan shape, and in the middle of the thatch was a white-looking mass, and the stench immediately came to the face.

It was a little lamb, the body was only two or three months old, the old leather shined a flashlight on this lamb, its body has been shriveled, especially the belly, the ribs are tightly tightened by the dried sheepskin, it looks like it has been dead for some time.

Lao Pi said: "Da Zhuang said that the batch of sheep on the island ran out the year before last, I think this sheep is newborn, and it will only be a week at most when it dies. ”

"If there are really sheep lost, then they must have known a long time ago," Wang Ling said: "We have to count the little family on the island every day, the sheep are the female intellectuals are responsible, they are careful and categorical will not make mistakes, in my opinion, is it not the baby born after the batch of sheep ran over?" ”

This result was something that the three of them never expected, and although they looked at the dead lamb, they couldn't help but be happy. Why? They are angry and ran over, in fact, they know in their hearts that when Lao Xing comes back, they will inevitably be trained, and they are worried that it will be difficult to explain when they go back, if the five sheep of the year came here to breed and let them all find back, maybe it is still a large group, wouldn't it be a blessing in disguise, and naturally it will make up for it.

With this premise, the three of them suddenly felt that this matter had become interesting, the carcass of the sheep had long become unrecognizable, and even if a little lamb like this was taken care of, it occasionally died of illness, so they didn't care, so finding the sheep became their main task at the moment.

Sheep lost in the wild is not difficult to find, first, the body odor of sheep is large, and the area of activity is easy to leave sheep smell. Second, the digestive function of sheep is very strong, they have found that there is sheep feces around, as long as they follow these dung, they can naturally find the flock. So, under the guidance of these dung, they walked through the thatch, and the fog was getting bigger and bigger, and the visibility was getting lower and lower, so that finding sheep dung also required people to lower their heads and squat down, but they didn't know that this way of walking had made them more and more ignore the changes in the surrounding environment.

When Wang Ling was almost knocked down, he found that many stone tablets that were half high above the ground had emerged around him, because the fog was so thick that when they were deeply immersed in the middle of these stone monuments, they found out what kind of scene they had broken into.

"Old Skin!" Wang Ling tugged at his clothes and said, "Look, these seem to be graves!" ”

"Grave?" Old Skin's eyes widened and he groped with his hand for the cold stone tablet, which was in the shape of a cross, made of two long strips of stone tied together and inserted into the ground, and now it was no longer as solemn and sacred as it had been, and the corner of the cross was tilted into the earth, and it was entwined with moss and vines. What's even more terrifying is that when the poet heard that it was a grave, he couldn't help but be afraid, and took a step back, and then there was a "click" sound, and Lao Pi quickly turned around and shone it with a flashlight, and there was a human head skeleton that had been broken under the soles of the guy's feet......

"Ahh A scream tore apart the tranquility of Xuanwu Island, and on the sea, it was as lonely as a grain of sand falling into a black hole. The silence of hundreds of years is finally about to be broken, but unfortunately, the poet's screams can only stay around them, and Cheng Ye finally gave instructions after seeing the bird: "The big guys go home separately, close the doors and windows, and don't go out before dawn." ”

On the mainland, far away from the island, the Cultural Revolution was in full swing at this time, and in that era of various slogans, people's perception of death was not so fearful. However, this place deviates from the mainland, and there are few people and sparse land, anything that has happened will be remembered by everyone, they firmly believe that the bird is the mourning bird, no one doubts Cheng Ye's words, the blacksmith and Jia Shenyi each hurried back with their families without saying a word, the people on the island were still vowing to catch the group of boys one moment ago, but the next moment they were silent as if they had lost their souls.

Soon, the men were all gone, and only the four bewildered girls remained, reading from their words and actions that something big was about to happen, and that it was most likely related to their male companions. Gu Haili bit her lip and pulled Li Xin's arm, Ye Chun and Yan Yan snuggled up to each other, like two stray kittens trembling under the blowing of the sea breeze, the strange old man Cheng Ye stared at the black bird that fell on the cross for a long time and did not come back to his senses, finally, he sighed and said to the dark sea before his death: "What should come, will come after all." ”

Seeing that the old man was about to take staggering steps back to his hut, Li Xin finally mustered up the courage to step forward and shouted: "Grandpa, are those male intellectuals in danger?" ”

The old man suddenly turned around suddenly, the speed was completely different from the previous drooping old state, his eyes stared at Li Xin, his pupils and eyelids kept contracting back and forth, emitting a sharp light. From his eyes, Li Xin began to feel uncomfortable when he was stared at, why did this old man look at him like this, for a while, she began to slowly retreat unconsciously.

"You are?" The old man finally spoke.

"I ...... My name is Li Xin," she looked around to make sure that Cheng Ye was talking to herself, her language was a little flustered, and she reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said: "Grandpa Cheng, we are the new educated youth on the island." ”

"Educated youth?" Cheng Ye was obviously very unfamiliar with this word, he glanced at the girls, and then asked, "Then you are from outside?" ”

Li Xin pointed to the direction of the sea and said: "Far away, I am from Beijing, and it is Chairman Mao'......"

The old man interrupted him and said, "Did the one who broke into the forbidden land come with you?" ”

Li Xin nodded, Cheng Ye's gaze gradually dimmed again, and his body was no longer so stiff, and he had become the same rickety appearance as before. Turning around, he paused and slowly turned to Li Xin: "If they can come back alive, let them come to me, remember, you must not think about finding someone, it depends on the will of God whether you can come back or not." ”

"Then ......" Li Xin still wanted to ask something, but unfortunately Cheng Ye didn't want to listen anymore, and slowly moved towards his hut......