The afternoon sun was blazing bright, and the room was exceptionally bright, the old man was sitting at the table shirtless and shorts, and the big yellow dog was lying at the bottom of the table. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info I told him about the fat man's disappearance and what happened when he was looking for him, and he reacted quite loudly after hearing it, his originally rickety body became erect, and his somewhat cloudy eyes also became bright, and his face was solemn, just like a different person.

I never imagined that a person's temperament could change so much in an instant, I looked at him with some astonishment, only to hear him say with some excitement: "It's not strange that your friend disappeared in Maoerling, there have been many disappearances over the years, and there is little hope of finding someone." It's not easy for you to be able to cross Maoerling at night and then rush out of Hu's house. DID YOU KNOW? It's been twenty years since fifty-eight years, and there are very few people who can get out of the Hu family safely, although you have also suffered some hardships and suffered a little injury, which is nothing in comparison. I really can't imagine that you have such a profound Taoism in your primary grade. ”

I looked at him puzzled, although Maoerling and Hu Jiachong were weird and evil, they wouldn't be so dangerous, right?

"Don't believe it. You are young, and you are not local, of course you don't know about the big things that happened here back then, and at that time you were afraid of causing panic, so you put a gag order on it, except for us locals, you really don't know much. You are hundreds of miles away from here, and I'm afraid even your grandmother has never heard of it. The Hu Jiachong disappearance case was a sensation, and 20 years have passed, and the truth has always sunk into the sea, which is the old man's biggest heartache! ”

I was even more confused when I heard it, and before I could ask, he waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I can let the old man see hope when I meet you, and I will tell you if you don't ask??"

The poisonous sun was swaying outside, and the house was still shady, and the old man shook the broken pu fan, drank strong tea, and slowly told me a piece of the past.

The owner of the large courtyard that almost buried me alive is called Hu Shoukang, who was once a big local celebrity.

Hu Shoukang is famous because of his skills. Don't look at him who built such a big yard, but he is not a rich man, he is just a dock singer.

Hu Shoukang's family was poor at first, and his parents died when he was five years old, and his uncle brought him up. My uncle was also a poor man, with a large family living in two thatched huts, with no land, no soil and no mountains and forests, and he made a living by burning charcoal and selling firewood as a helper. When Hu Shoukang was fourteen years old, he went to Yangdong to sell firewood and never returned, and after more than ten years, he came back to Hujiachong for the first time, invited the family and villagers to have a table of wine, and told everyone that he had learned some skills outside and made a small fortune, and now he is the head of an opera troupe. During the banquet, the wine was drunk, and he showed a skill under the plucking of others, he could fly to the roof more than a zhang high, and he could throw more than 300 catties of stone mill out of a zhang away, and finally he was still happy, holding a long stick, and asked someone to pour water on him, only to see him dancing the long stick, a basin of water was splashed, he did not have a drop of water on his body, that ability shocked everyone, and the stunned old man did not return to his senses for a long time.

This time he was famous, and the biggest local rich man, Mr. Wu, came to visit him in person and wanted to invite him to teach his son and be the head of the nursing home, but he politely declined. After staying at home for a few days, he handed a box of silver dollars to his uncle and asked him to ask someone to repair the house, and then left. This trip took another three years, and three years later he came back with his two wives on horseback in a sedan chair, followed by more than a dozen men and women.

At that time, the world was in chaos, thieves were rampant, and everyone privately speculated that his money might not come from the right way, and it was probably just a cover to sing with his skills. But no one dared to say that the thieves around him were afraid of his skills, and no one dared to attack his idea.

Then his singing skills are very valuable, especially singing martial arts, which is really fascinating. The team he brought back sang in Yangdong for three days, and the crowds of people watching the play almost collapsed.

In the following one or two decades, he took the team to the north and south, rarely returned home, it is said that during this time he also encountered an accident, the team was scattered, the money earned came and went with the left hand and the right hand, and the purchase of land promised to his uncle in the early years has not been fulfilled.

At the end of 1949, Uncle Xie from his hometown, Hu Shoukang came back again, at this time he was already a young man, wandering for more than 40 years, he was tired, and wanted to return to his roots and enjoy his old age in peace.

To say that he has been prosperous in his life, he has married several wives, but for some reason, the heirs are not prosperous. The eldest wife Mo Kai was pregnant and died of illness in her forties, and the second aunt gave birth to a boy and a girl, but she died in her teens. The second aunt was too sad and soon chased after her children. He married another room before he became pregnant, and was blown up by the bomb of the devil of the day. Now he was followed home by a woman of less than thirty with a pair of young children.

Hu Shoukang was a little depressed when he returned home this time, it is said that he was first attacked by bandits and then robbers on the road, and behind him was a wife and child, who was held against more than a dozen steel guns, he had no ability but did not dare to move. I could only grit my steel teeth and watch my luggage be ransacked.

This is an unfortunate thing, but it has become a good thing if you don't want to, as the so-called Saion loses his horse, and he knows whether he is blessed? Because of the robbery, when he returned home, he was penniless, except for a large compound, which had been inhabited by his uncle and two cousins, and he came back to live in only a few main houses, which were of course peasants at the time, and were given him land.

He has been wandering all his life, planting and digging in the fields, not knowing anything about farming, and because of his long-term practice, although he is full of flowers, his body is still tough, and his physical strength is no worse than that of his later life. He and his cousin formed a mutual aid group, and with his cousin, who was proficient in farming, worried, he was able to get by.

In 1952, the first National Opera Observation and Performance Conference organized by the Ministry of Culture was held in Beijing from October 6 to November 14 after the National Day. Chairman Mao wrote an inscription for the conference: "A hundred flowers bloom, bring forth the new." Premier Zhou also made an important speech at the closing ceremony. The Hunan team of the Central South Bureau participated in the Hunan Opera "Hunan Opera Pipa on the Road" and "Flower Drum Opera Bangs Chopping Wood" both won the second prize. Hu Shoukang, as a local opera celebrity, cities, counties and districts all came to invite him out of the mountain, but he went out and returned to Hujiachong, organized several of his nephews and neighbors to set up a flower drum opera troupe, trained in the slack time, began to rehearse the play after half a year, and performed on stage ten months later, it became popular all over the surrounding districts and counties, and became a professional troupe in the district.

In 1958, the land law was launched to make a large number of iron and steel smelting, and it was a nationwide movement, and the enthusiasm of the common people was unprecedentedly high, and every household actively contributed iron and steel to the socialist construction.

Steelmaking requires a lot of charcoal, and the ancient trees on the mountain can be robbed, there is a sound of felling everywhere, there are several charcoal kilns in the villages, and the fire is raging day and night.

Maoerling, which is close to Hujiachong, is a mysterious primeval forest, with ancient trees towering to the sky, and nature is the first to bear the brunt and become the object of felling.

The actors of the troupe also returned home to participate in the vigorous charcoal-making movement, and Hu Shoukang, who was in his sixties, naturally had to work hard and devote himself to the steelmaking movement.

It was the morning of October in the golden autumn, that day the autumn was crisp and the sun was shining, and more than 30 male members of the newly established Victory Brigade drove into Maoerling, axe splitting and sawing, and after a while, with the sound of "clattering" trees breaking and lodging, several big trees were put to the ground one after another.

One of them is a big catalpa tree that two people hug together, and after putting it down, it is found to be hollow, and it is flowing with pus and blood-like juice, just when everyone is amazed, the dark clouds cover the sun, the wind rises suddenly, the sky and the earth are dark, at the same time, a big red fox is drilled out of the tree hole, and the arrow rushes to the dense forest on the mountain.

It is also appropriate, Hu Shoukang is more than sixty years old, he was originally arranged to do the easy work of managing materials, and he did not need to go up the mountain to cut down trees and trees, but he refused to accept the old man on a whim, and Hu Jiachong's cousin and nephew also went up the mountain together, when they were standing above, the fox was facing their position when he fled, he didn't think about it, the sharp axe in his hand was thrown, and the fox was in the back of the waist, and the animal was paralyzed on the ground, bleeding like an infusion, but he did not lose his breath, and let out a miserable wail, stabbing everyone's faces to change color, and covering their ears with their hands. He went over and picked up the axe, cut the fox in two, and shouted that it was a pity to have a good skin, and picked it up and brought it home, and stewed it in a pot, and the people in the village were blessed.

There was no moon in the night, the nearby villagers heard the fox monster screaming on Mao'er Ridge for most of the night, the crisp voice was high-pitched and sad, one by one listened to the creepy, the next day Hu Jiachong until noon no one came out, everyone didn't care, the team held a meeting at night to study, Hu Jiachong no one was present, sent a person called Hu Liu to call, but he never returned, and no one came back when the meeting was dismissed, the cadres were very annoyed, the next morning he personally went up the mountain, met Hu Liu on the road, but saw him covered with scars and rags lying at the intersection, but people were crazy, When I arrived at Hujiachong, every house was empty.

Hu Jiachong's people are gone, men, women and children in their twenties, disappearing silently, this is a big deal, the brigade stopped work to find someone, all the relatives and friends who knew about it have been searched, and the nearby mountains and ravines have also been searched, and there is no body in life, no death, no body, just can't be found.

People from the commune, from the district, and from the county searched for three days, but found nothing, but two more people disappeared in Maoerling.

For a while, rumors spread everywhere, people were panicked, and the people in the surrounding villages closed their doors early and did not dare to go out at night. The above sent people again, it was said that they were from the province, and a special task force was also set up. They suspected that it was the class enemy or enemy elements who were engaged in sabotage, so they sent in the garrison to search the mountains, but there were no clues, and they had to evacuate after half a month, and the matter had to be stopped.