"Grandpa, how can you be sure that the mountain ghost came last night?" Hotaru asked. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"The fish here are gone!" The one-eyed old man was still looking at the abandoned houses in front of him.

This leaves us puzzled.

"Old man, are you stupid!" "How can there be fish in an abandoned house? Your boss, tease me! ”

"After talking to you yesterday, I remembered that the fish is still in Wollongpo. By the time I got back to Wollongpo, some of the fish had already died! "So I put the live fish in the lake, and the dead fish at the door of the house, and then I left!" Right now...... Now all the dead fish are gone! Do you think that if someone really came to steal the fish, they would steal the dead fish first? The one-eyed old man looked at Fat Baby.

"Could it be that those mountain ghosts are afraid of waste, so they eat the dead fish first, and then eat the live fish?" Fei Bao said sarcastically.

"It's possible that the mountain ghost will eat the easily obtainable dead fish first, and then go back to the mountain when he is full!" The one-eyed old man said.

"I'm convinced!"

"Could it be that the beasts of the mountains came down and ate the fish?" Hotaru said.

"As far as I know, there are no large carnivores in the mountains that can eat up a dozen carp of more than a dozen catties each! There are a few wild dogs on the mountain at most! ”

"Maybe those wild dogs won't be able to finish eating and pack them up and eat them again!" Fat Bao said with a smile.

"Fat Bao, don't make trouble!" I said, "Let's keep going!" ”

We comforted the old man and told him to stop thinking nonsense. Then we moved on. We passed through Wolong Lake to the back square, which is also sparsely planted with longan trees. The back square connects the way up the hill. This place has been renovated by the government, so the road up the mountain at the beginning is made manually, all of which are cement stairs one by one, although there will be some vines blocking the road from time to time, but the walk is quite smooth.

We rarely spoke along the way, firstly, because there were outsiders and it was inconvenient for us to discuss. Second, there are so many mysteries here that I need to reorganize.

Although the stairs are all concrete, they are very steep, with an estimated slope of fifty or sixty degrees. The first ten minutes were okay, but the more difficult it was to walk in the back. The stairs above go around and around, and you can't see the end at a glance.

After walking for thirty minutes, I couldn't take it anymore, and my feet were a little weak. I'm also worried that Hotaru-chan's physical strength won't be able to withstand it, so I asked the one-eyed old man to take a break. The one-eyed old man walked with us for a few more minutes to a pavilion in the mountains to rest.

"It's really useless!" Fat Bao said to me, "As a girl, Xiao Hotaru didn't shout tired, you shouted tired when you walked those few steps!" ”

I raised my middle finger at Fat Bao. I'm out of breath now, and I don't have the heart to quarrel with him.

"Ordinary people climb Longtou Mountain for the first time!" The one-eyed old man said, "Because the stairs of Longtou Mountain are steep!" The one-eyed old man only looked slightly panting, and it could be seen that he had a very good physique when he was young, "It seems that your big guy not only has a powerful mouth, but also has some ability, and you are okay after walking for so long!" ”

"Brother is working out every day!" Fat Bao said as he flexed off the muscles of his arm and pretended to be there.

"I'm okay!" Hotaru said that she looked a little better than me, "I usually run at school when I am out of school, and it is okay for the time being!" ”

"Look at you!" Fat Bao continued to taunt me, "It's not even as good as Hotaru!" ”

"Shut up!" I said dissatisfied. At this time, I also feel embarrassed, and the physical strength of the fat treasure who works out every day is certainly not his opponent. But there is also a one-eyed old man in his sixties and seventies and a little girl of eighteen, both of whom are in better physical strength than mine. I really regret that I didn't listen to my mother. Since graduating, I have been working as a stockbroker, and I have stayed at home every day, eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, and sometimes going out with Fat Bao at night. I haven't exercised much, and of course my physical strength is not good. My mother told me to go out to exercise all day long, but I just didn't listen to her, and as a result, my physical strength is not as good as that of the old man and the little girl, and my head hurts!

Fat Bao, that slut, I used to laugh at him all day long for being a pig's head, and now whenever I have the chance, he laughs at my poor physical fitness in turn. It's really feng shui in turns, turn to where is where!

I looked at the map just now, and there were three ways up the mountain, and the one-eyed old man took us to the nearest one on the far right. This pavilion is called Bailong Pavilion, the pavilion is very simple, and there is no scenery around it. The neighborhood is overgrown with weeds, but there are not many trees, and it takes a few large trees to be seen at a distance, probably because of the fire 17 years ago, which burned the nearby trees to the ground.

After a few minutes of rest, we continued our uphill journey. All the way there are stairs made of concrete, and the stairs go around the hill. We walked for a while, rested for a while, and walked for about two hours, and we reached the top of the mountain.

At the top of the hill there is a flat field covered with marble, and on the flat ground is covered with a decent two-story pavilion. The pavilion is called Yingxu Pavilion. The pavilion is hung with a pair of wooden couplets, on which is written "Thousands of wisps of three rivers in the smoke and haze, half a pavilion and a pillow of sunshine". This couplet is so poetic, I don't know what it's trying to say!

The pavilion is facing the staircase up the hill. Two tall cypress trees are planted on either side of the staircase. Pavilions, cypress trees and staircases paint picturesque scenes.

Looking down from the pavilion, you can see Wolong Lake, the front and back squares, and Wolong Slope.

At this time, the four of us, except for Fei Bao and his strength, everyone else was a little overwhelmed. We all sat in the pavilion to rest. After taking a few sips of water, I asked Hotaru about her condition. Hotaru's situation is better than mine, and I think it's better to take care of myself first, so as not to drag everyone back.

Fat Bao only sat for a while and then ran around, he ran up and down the pavilion, and walked around, he seemed to be demonstrating, showing that his physical strength was good, what a mistake!

"Old man, what is that place?" I saw Fei Bao standing on the right side of the pavilion and pointing to the distance below the mountain, "There is a big pit there, and there is a white forest in it." ”

Hotaru and I walked over curiously. The one-eyed old man also came over, and when he saw the place where Fat Bao was pointing, his face suddenly changed, and he said, "It's nothing! It's just an ordinary pit! ”

"Uncle, your face tells me that you are lying!" I stared at him closely.

"This ......," the one-eyed old man looked at me, "it's better that you still don't know!" He said and turned back.

"Old man, doesn't your words arouse people's curiosity even more?" Fei Bao said.

"If the old man doesn't want to say it, don't force him!" Hotaru said.

"I didn't force him! Just say it! Fat Bao grinned and sat next to the one-eyed old man, patting the one-eyed old man on the shoulder like a good brother, "Old man, you often only talk half of the story, do you know that this is very cheap!" arouse people's desires, but do not meet their requirements, just like the women in miniskirts and low-cut clothes on the street, they ......"

"Fat Baby!" I stopped Fat Baby, he had yellow metaphors in his mind, and he didn't listen to them. I motioned for Hotaru to be there and asked him not to talk nonsense.

"Brother Jiabao!" Hotaru said, "You're full of bad things!" ”

"No, no!" Fei Bao smiled and said, "Old man, how is it, you should tell us!" I don't die until I don't have the heart of the Yellow River, and I will always pester you. ”

"You little devils are so annoying!" The one-eyed old man said.

"You old man is annoying too!" Fei Bao said.

The one-eyed old man sighed softly and said, "Since you must listen, let me tell you!" But it's going to be a little scary, so be mentally prepared! ”

"Wait a minute!" I said, "Hotaru-chan, you better cover your ears!" ”

"No way!" Hotaru looked at me dissatisfied, "Why can you listen to it, but I can't listen to it, I'm very bold!" I'm not afraid! ”

I looked at Fat Baby.

"What are you looking at me!" Fat Bao said, "Don't push it on me what you can't do!" ”

"Say it! Go ahead! I said helplessly.

"That pit is called the Dead Boy Pit!" The one-eyed old man said, "I told you yesterday that the development of industry near the Longtou Mountains polluted the water, causing many babies to die at birth. The people in our village were very superstitious at the time, thinking that we had offended the mountain god and that was why we got this retribution. Later, the villagers dug a large pit on the mountainside and put the dead babies inside, hoping that the mountain god would take the dead babies away and that the dead babies would appease the wrath of the mountain gods. ”

"What's in that pit is ......," I asked.

"Bones of a newborn baby!"

I shivered from head to toe. Hotaru also looked uneasy.

"You have no conscience!" Fei Bao said, "If the baby dies, it will not be buried, and the corpse will be violent." ”

"Some villagers have even more conscience!" "I've heard that some pregnant women have babies that have been born to strange shapes because they have drunk contaminated water nearby. At that time, we were all poor, and we didn't have the extra money to support someone who couldn't work and had to be taken care of, so most of our parents didn't want it. They'll throw the strange-looking babies into the pit of the dead and let the babies die there!"

"How can those people do this!" Hotaru said, "That's life, too!" ”

"So there is a lot of resentment near the Dead Pit. Don't go over there! The one-eyed old man said, his expression became more nervous, "In the past, some villagers used to hear the cry of babies near the dead pit at night, and the sound was very terrible! ”

"Old man, don't be scary here!" Fei Bao said.

"What I said is true!" The one-eyed old man said, "I told you just now, it's better that you don't want to know!" ”

"What a dead pit and a live pit, this has nothing to do with us!" In order to ease the tension, I said, "Our purpose is to find the ruins of the Dragon Ancient Temple, even if it was burned down by fire, we still have to go and see it!" We're not out of rest, so let's get going! ”

"I'll send you here!" The one-eyed old man said, "I'm old, and I can't go any further!" This is already at the top of the mountain, and you can see the Dragon Ancient Temple if you walk along the ridge! He pointed to the jungle behind the pavilion.

"Thank you, old man!" Hotaru said politely.

"Don't die!" The old man said, "I don't want to be a murderer indirectly. ”

"Your boss's! Can't you clean your mouth, old man? Curse us all day! Fei Bao said.

"No matter what, you have to go down before dark! Yongtou Mountain at night is dangerous! Even if you don't believe in mountain ghosts, beware of wild beasts! ”

"We will! Thank you, uncle! I said, "Let's go!" ”

Then the three of us walked to the jungle behind the pavilion. I turned my head and motioned for the old man to go back. The old man kept watching us from the pavilion, like watching a loved one who was about to go away. I saw endless loneliness in the old man's eyes. Perhaps, he stayed alone in the mountains for too long!