"The Tomb of the Deep Lake: Chapter 12: The Lake Deep in the Mountains"
Two days later, our group embarked on the journey to the tomb, because the location of Jiuhua Township is on the outskirts of Changsha, and we brought a lot of luggage. So after deliberation www.biquge.info it was decided not to take the bus that got there. The fat man got a van from somewhere, and then prepared to drive to the location of the tomb.
Along the way, I chatted with Da Zhuang relatively openly, the fat man didn't chat with us too much because he was driving, and Ren Ke, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was sleeping vigorously, as if the purpose of this time was like a tourist vacation for him. Because the fat man had told Da Zhuang about Ren Ke before, Da Zhuang also observed this guy a lot along the way, but because he always slept, Da Zhuang didn't talk to him.
Because he was afraid of meeting the police on the road, the fat man also chose a small road, although it was safer, but the time was wasted a lot, and the road opened by the fat man was too broken. After more than ten hours of bumpy driving, I finally arrived at the location of this time, Jiuhua Township.
I just got off the bus and looked at the village, which was not as dilapidated as I thought, but still had a modern atmosphere. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, it looks like a small mountain village on vacation. The fat man looked at his surroundings and said to me, "It's getting late today, so why don't you rest today and talk about it tomorrow." ”
I have no objection to this, I'm just a newcomer, and they are clearly better at this than I am when it comes to fat people. Because the fat man and Da Zhuang are still a little hostile to Ren Ke, so many things are conveyed by me as an intermediary, Ren Ke looked at the sky and nodded after listening, obviously agreeing to spend the night here tonight.
Because this is a village, there is no place to stay like a hostel. We randomly found a fellow countryman's house, gave them some money, and rented two houses. As soon as I put the things away, the fat man shouted that he was hungry, I shook my head and walked out, gave the owner 500 yuan, and asked them to get us something to eat.
Because there are only two empty rooms, and the fat man and Da Zhuang don't treat Ren Ke very much, it is natural that Ren Ke and I live in the same room. Because it is close to the mountains, and there is a river at the head of the village. After Ren Ke packed up his things, he said that he wanted to walk casually and left.
After eating, Ren Ke had not returned, so the fat man called me to his house and said, "We will go to the grave tomorrow, and we must prepare before we go." After saying that, the fat man took out a pistol from his duffel bag and threw it to me, so that I could put it on my body to defend myself in case of any emergency.
Then he spread out the map in his hand, because the bronze piece was too valuable, so when he was about to set off, the fat man remade a new map according to the lines on it, and he pointed to the middle area and said: "If I guess correctly, the location above this should be the stream at the head of the village, so the general direction should be that there is nothing wrong here." ”
I grabbed the map in the fat man's hand and asked, "The Shang Dynasty has a history of thousands of years from us, and if this river had existed at that time, it may have disappeared long ago." ”
Da Zhuang laughed for a moment and said: "Just now the fat man and I have inquired with the people in the village, this stream has been there since their ancestors established the village, and now it has a history of hundreds of years, and behind this village is a big mountain, this stream has not dried up for hundreds of years, which proves that there must be a bigger river in the deep mountain, that is to say, the stream in front of the village is just one of the many branches of that river, so the general location should be here is not wrong." ”
I bit my lip and thought for a moment, then said to the fat man, "Do you mean that as long as you find that stream, you can find the location of that ancient tomb?" This mountain is so big, I heard from the people in the village that there are some unclean things in this mountain, and no one has ever entered it. ”
The fat man took the map from my hand and patted me on the shoulder with a smile and said, "You just listened to what others said, and besides, it's just that no one has been to the mountains, and you haven't said that you can't get out of the mountains, aren't you a college student, and you still believe in these things?" ”
After a casual fuss, the fat man looked at the time on his watch, and then asked me to hurry back to the house to rest, and I will leave a little earlier tomorrow morning. After I agreed, I picked up the pistol that the fat man had just thrown at me and returned to my room, and when I entered the room, I found that Ren Ke was also back. By this time he was already lying down, as if he had fallen asleep. I didn't wake him up, turned off the lights and went to bed.
At about five o'clock in the morning the next day, Ren Ke woke me up and asked me to clean up quickly. I rubbed my eyes and realized that I hadn't woken up yet, and when I cleaned up, I realized that the fat man and Da Zhuang were already waiting for me in the courtyard. The fat man looked at me who was a little dazed, and I smiled maliciously and said, "Did you have a spring dream last night, and you don't have any energy at all." ”
We first came to the brook at the head of the village, and according to the fat man's meaning, the source of the brook was the location marked on the map, and we followed the stream all the way, and sure enough, it was in the mountain. People living in this village say that usually only a few young strong men go into the mountains to cut firewood in order to make a living, but every time several people go in gangs, and they do not dare to go deep on the edge of this mountain.
The fat man doesn't believe in these things, he just believes that there must be an ancient tomb in this deep mountain, and there must be something he wants in the ancient tomb, it's that simple. The entrance to the mountain is very easy to find, and the road is easy to walk, because those who often go into the mountain to cut wood have already repaired part of it, so that they can use it for their own convenience.
After walking for a while, I found that the road under my feet suddenly became muddy, and there are some deep pits around, if you don't pay attention to your feet, you may fall on your heels, the fat man walked in front of us and signaled us to be careful, and then walked forward, the road we walked under our feet simply can't be called a road, just look at where there is a vacant place to step on, just keep a general direction unchanged. The surrounding rocks are also a little loose, and there are often some gravel falling from them and falling into the stream. The surrounding trees also grow, and they are planted crookedly without any regularity.
After walking for more than an hour, the fat man discovered the source of the stream, which was a huge lake, and it was hard to imagine that there was a lake in the middle of a deep mountain. The fat man waved his hand and ran over on his own, and I was so tired that I fell to the ground and screamed. Speaking of which, I really admire the three of them, such a difficult road has been walked for so long and there is nothing at all, I really don't know how long their feet are.
The fat man came to the edge of the lake and looked at it for a while, then looked at the map in his hand again, and then affirmed: "Yes, this should be this place." ”
Ren Ke looked at the surrounding scene, and then said to the fat man, "Have you noticed that this place is a little unusual?" ”
After hearing this, the fat man also looked around carefully, and suddenly frowned tightly and said, "It seems... Yes, but I can't say why? ”
Ren Ke bent down and touched the stone on the shore with the palm of his hand, and then threw a stone into the lake, only to hear the sound of "touch", and the lake surface was flushed with a trace of ripples and then returned to calm.
It wasn't until the last layer of ripples disappeared that Ren Ke stood up, clapped his hands and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this lake is not naturally formed, but built by people. ”