Chapter 18: Mountain Ghosts
"Your boss's ......" Fat Bao was about to get angry, but was stopped by a look from me. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The one-eyed old man completely ignored the fat treasure, he was indifferent to a muscular man who was ready to go crazy, maybe this is the fearlessness and calmness unique to the age after seeing the wind and waves! But what makes me wonder is, since he is such a person, why was he scared like this just now?
"Uncle, what do you know, can you tell us?" I asked.
"Seventeen years ago, a group of people claiming to be the national archaeological team came to Longtou Mountain. At that time, I also heard them mention the words Nine Palaces Prison Cow. They seem to want to solve the mystery of the Nine Palaces Prison Cow just like you! ”
"What!" I looked at the one-eyed old man in amazement, "Someone came seventeen years ago?" Also want to unlock the Nine Palaces Prison Cow? So how many of them are there? How did they find here? The result? ”
"There should be forty or fifty of them!" The one-eyed old man said, "They have found a guide in our village, and their purpose is also to find the Dragon Ancient Temple. Later, no one could come out! The government sent thousands of police officers and villagers from nearby villages to form a huge search and rescue team. The search and rescue team searched the Yongtou Mountains for a month without success, and finally came to nothing. ”
We all looked at the one-eyed old man in amazement.
"Forty or fifty people, and none of them came out?" Fei Bao said in surprise.
"Could those people have come out of the Dragon's Head Mountains from somewhere else?" Hotaru said.
"If you go out of the mountains, there won't be thousands of policemen looking for you!" I say.
"That'...... So where the hell did they go? Hotaru said.
"There is a saying among the people!" The one-eyed old man said, "Winters in Guangzhou are particularly dry, so it is the season when wildfires are susceptible. Seventeen years ago, on the second day of the archaeological team's entry into the mountain, there was a fire in the history of Longtou Mountain, the fire burned most of the pine trees in Longtou Mountain, although it has been 17 years, but now Longtou Mountain is not as lush as it was back then. Some people say that the fire was brought by the archaeological team, and they inadvertently burned Longtou Mountain, which angered the mountain god, and the mountain god sent mountain ghosts to eat them all. ”
"Where did the mountain ghost come from!" Fei Bao said disdainfully, "They must have all been burned to death by that fire." ”
"At that time, the police searched the entire Longtou Mountain Range and found no human body. But a charred corpse of a mountain ghost was found! The one-eyed old man said.
"The corpse of a mountain ghost?" I was surprised and said, "How can there be mountain ghosts in this world?" ”
"I also joined the search and rescue team back then, so I also saw the mountain ghost who was burned to death. It was a humanoid monster, and although it was scorched all over, it was certain that it was not human! Because its two hands are particularly long, its feet are very short, and it has no eyes and ears. There is no nose either, just two holes! Later, the mountain ghost was transported away by the police! The police also want us to keep this matter a secret! ”
"No, no!" "Didn't you say that the thing was burned, and the eyes and ears were burned. ”
"The surprising thing is that his eyes are not burned, but they are completely absent. The place of the eye is a bone. The one-eyed old man said.
"Is there such a thing?" Fei Bao said in surprise.
"Due to industrial development, the nearby water source has been polluted, and many people in our village have suffered from various degrees of diseases, and also affected newborn children, so many newborn children in our village have died due to various strange diseases. I'm also blind in my right eye from drinking the water here! Later, the situation became more and more serious, and the government took it seriously. In the end, the government closed down the factory, and the water quality of Longtou Mountain gradually improved! The one-eyed old man's right eye was covered with a layer of white stuff, which looked a little disgusting, "But in the past, people were more superstitious and thought that the mountain god punished us, so we would take tribute to the Longgu Temple every day to worship." At that time, there was a villager who saw a mountain ghost with his own eyes on the mountain. The man described a mountain ghost that was exactly the same as a charred mountain ghost. The mountain ghost quickly crawled towards the villager, but fortunately the villager ran fast, otherwise he would have been eaten by the mountain ghost. ”
I was taken aback and said, "Didn't you say that the mountain ghost was crawling and running?" ”
"Yes!" The one-eyed old man said, "Listen to the villager, the mountain ghost has about the same length of limbs, and it climbs very fast!" ”
"Are you sure it's not a monkey?" Fei Bao asked.
"There are no monkeys in Longtou Mountain." The old man said, "And the villager said that the mountain ghost has no hair and is bare!" ”
I looked at Fat Bao and Hotaru for a moment.
"Fat Bao, Ah Ming seems to have been captured by humanoid monsters in Baiyun Mountain that night, right?" I asked.
"Ke Shao, do you mean that Ah Ming may have been captured by the mountain ghosts?" Fei Bao said.
"How do you know if it's a mountain ghost! But it may have something to do with the humanoid monsters here! I said.
"Why does my brother have anything to do with these things?" Hotaru said worriedly.
"This is also the most puzzling." I say.
"What are you talking about?" The one-eyed old man asked.
"It's nothing, we're just talking about our friends!" I said, "Uncle, please continue!" ”
"Look at your reaction, it seems that you don't believe that there are mountain ghosts!" The one-eyed old man said, "I'll tell you one more thing." At that time, the tribute we put to the Longgu Temple every day was gone the next day, and they were all eaten by the mountain ghosts. ”
"It's barren mountains and mountains." "Maybe it was eaten by wild dogs and wild boars." Those wild dogs and wild boars saw food in the Dragon Ancient Temple every day, and they formed a habit, and they came to eat it every day, so you didn't see the food the next day. ”
"Ever since the mountain ghost was burned to death." The one-eyed old man said, "In the village, there are often domestic animals that are missing, and sometimes even people are missing. Everyone said that the mountain fire burned the mountain ghosts, and the mountain god was angry and wanted to punish the villagers. At that time, the whole village was panicked. Later, everyone moved away. I was the only one left in the village. ”
"Old man, you're right." Fat Bao said, "Then why haven't the mountain ghosts come to eat you for more than ten years!" Aren't you living a good life? Do you have a leg with the mountain ghosts, so they don't eat you? ”
The one-eyed old man glanced at Fat Bao with disdain and said, "Because I regularly offer food to the mountain ghosts, they are full, so they don't come to eat me."
"You look like you, can you still climb the mountain with sacrifices?"
"I have been bringing tribute to the Longgu Temple a few years ago, but in recent years, I have been old and have not gone. But I will regularly put the fish from the fish pond into Wolong Lake, and the mountain ghosts will eat them themselves at night! ”
"What?" I was surprised and said, "Then the carp you saw on the Wolong Slope just now was poured by you?" ”
"Yes!"
"Old man, are you fed?" "Why do you want to scare us by dumping fish on the hillside?" We thought the fish had jumped out of the pond on its own. Don't tell me you're growing fish there! I won't believe it if I die! ”
"What a fish! At that time, I heard movement near the lake, and I thought it was a mountain ghost who came out to find food. So I hurried away! ”
"Did you think we were mountain ghosts just now, so you hid in the house?"
"Yes!"
"Make no mistake! Where are we like mountain ghosts. You see this little sister is so cute, she doesn't look like a mountain ghost! Fat Bao pointed at Hotaru.
Hotaru slapped Fat Bao's hand away with her mouth flattened.
"Usually no one comes here. When I suddenly heard a movement, I would definitely want to go to the mountain ghost! ”
"Uncle, please tell us the way to the Dragon Ancient Temple!" I say.
"Are you still going?" The one-eyed old man said in surprise, "I say so much because I want you to know that there are many dangers in Longtou Mountain and Longgu Temple. Treasure your life! The fire that year also involved the Longgu Temple, and now there is nothing left there. ”
"We're going to have to take a look. We swore that we would find out who killed our friends! I said, "No matter how dangerous it is ahead, we're going to go." Please let us know! ”
"You two big men are not afraid of danger, you have to look at the little girl next to you!"
"Hotaru-chan, or ......"
"No way!" Hotaru said resolutely, "I will follow you to the death." We grew up together, and I thought you were your brother for a long time. Brother is like this now, I don't want you to have anything to do. No matter what happens, we have to face it together! ”
I looked at Fat Baby, and Fat Treasure looked at me. I've never been able to do anything to Hotaru. And Fat Bao can't do anything about Xiao Hotaru, who has a wayward disease. Of the trio, only Amin has a way to deal with Hotaru. But Amin is not here, and we have nothing to do.
I sighed softly and said, "You can come along, but you must listen to me, otherwise there will be no next time!" ”
"Hmm!"
"Uncle, you heard it too." I said, "We came here with a lot of determination." ”
The one-eyed old man pondered quietly for a while, and then said, "It seems that you have a painful past! Okay, I'll take you there, but at your own risk! ”
"Really! Thank you, grandpa! Hotaru said happily.
"Old man, didn't you say that you can't go to the Dragon Ancient Temple if you don't have good physical strength?" Fei Bao said.
"Uncle, don't be reluctant, just tell us the approximate location!" I say.
"I'll send you to the nearest hill! Although the Longtou Mountain Range is vast, the Longgu Temple is not far from here. It's about half a day's journey. Exactly one day back and forth. But time is running out now! The one-eyed old man said.
"Your boss's, isn't it far from a day back and forth!" Fei Bao said.
"You walked from the beginning to the end along the Longtou Mountain Range, and then you called away, little ghost!" The one-eyed old man said.
"We'll go now." Fei Bao said. "Wouldn't we just come back later?"
"Mountain ghosts haunt at night, and they can't stay in the mountains after the sun goes down."
"You know that your so-called mountain ghosts will haunt at night, so why do you think they are mountain ghosts when you hear our voices just now? Throw the fish away and run back? Fei Bao said.
"There is a first time for everyone, and I don't know the height of the sky!"
"Cut! Are you leaning on the old and selling the old now? ”
"Come here early tomorrow morning! Get ready for something contingency! I'm not responsible if something happens! ”
"Alright, alright, it's none of your business if we die, alright!" Fei Bao said.