Liu Shiye looked at the leaves in the yard that were swept by the wind and was silent for a long time, judging from his gradually solemn expression, he seemed to be extremely reluctant to mention this matter, and then said a sentence from his mouth: "It's all because of those ghost mountains." ”

"Do you mean Yan Shengshan, isn't that for coaxing children? Don't you want to fool me! Wang Yuan heard the words "Ghost Mountain" and unconsciously aggravated his tone, he thought that Liu Xingye was going to make up nonsense to deceive him, but he didn't expect that the next words and what happened after completely subverted everything for him.

"You'll know if you're talking nonsense, you're sixteen years old, right?" Liu Xingye asked.

"Hmm."

"That's not more, it's been exactly twenty years, when your dad met your mom." Liu Shiye looked at the mountain outside the courtyard and said thoughtfully.

Wang Yuan's father, Wang Chengqiu, was a medicine picker in Yansheng Village, because Yansheng Village was located in a remote area, there were no professional doctors in the village at that time, and most of the people in the village who were sick looked for medicine pickers.

And the place where the herb pickers collect the herbs is exactly what the villagers of Yansheng Village almost never dare to set foot in: the remaining four mountains of Yansheng Mountain.

It all started at noon twenty years ago.

"Chengqiu, Chengqiu, my father let the snake bite him in the ground! Go check it out. A young man about twenty years old rushed into Wang Chengqiu's courtyard and called, this young man was none other than Li Fangzheng, who was now raising Wang Yuan single-handedly.

"What! Uncle Li let the snake bite? I'll take a look. Wang Chengqiu threw away the half-eaten cake, picked up his medicine box and ran down the mountain with Li Fangzheng. The place where Wang Chengqiu lives is the old house halfway up the mountain where Liu Shiye now lives.

When the two arrived at Li Fangzheng's house, Li Fangzheng's father was lying on the kang, and after hearing that Li Fangzheng's father was bitten by a snake, many villagers also came to visit, including Liu Shiye. For a while, Li Fangzheng's family also gathered a lot of people. Wang Chengqiu saw that Li Fangzheng's father's lips had turned white, and his bitten calf had begun to swell and purple.

"Uncle Li, bear with me, I'll help you deal with it." After Wang Chengqiu tied it with a strip of cloth, he began to squeeze the poisonous blood outwards while letting people wash it with cold water.

"Is my dad alright, huh? You're talking, you're dying! Li Fangzheng also stomped his feet on the side.

"It's not too much of a problem, the snakes near our village are not too venomous, don't worry." Wang Chengqiu comforted, but there were some doubts in his heart. It stands to reason that he has also been wandering around the mountains since he was a child, and he has been collecting medicine for a few years, at least there should be no poisonous snakes on the mountain where the crops are grown.

Li Fangzheng listened to Wang Chengqiu's words before he put his mind at ease.

"You'll have to come with me to the back mountain." Wang Chengqiu said to Li Fangzheng, obviously the severity has exceeded Wang Chengqiu's expectations.

"I ...... Going to the back mountain? Li Fangzheng seemed taken aback.

"Yes, come with me to pick some herbs, I don't have the herbs I need, and I have to find someone to help." Wang Chengqiu set his eyes on everyone.

Everyone present unanimously set their eyes on Liu Shiye, who is usually nosy.

"Both...... What do you want me to do? I'm not going to go to the ghost mountain. Liu Xingye stammered.

"You usually don't blow the ghost on your Yansheng Mountain, you put it up." "That's right, I didn't expect Liu Daring to be scared too." Everyone, you and I joked about Liu Gongkai one by one.

Liu Xingye also began to hesitate a little, thinking to himself: "The two young people are not afraid, if I don't go, how will I mix in Yansheng Village in the future." ”

"Lao Liu, go, only those who are disrespectful to Yan Shengshan will incur misfortune, you are going to save people, Lord Yan will help you." A woman in the crowd said.

When Liu Xingye heard this, he felt like he was beaten with chicken blood all over his body, and said: "Okay, since Xiaohui said so, I, Liu Shiye, will help them today." ”

"Haha, do you old bachelor want to beat someone Xiaohui's idea?" The crowd began to laugh again.

"Go, go, what an old fool, I'm only in my thirties." After saying that, Liu Shiye urged Wang Chengqiu and Li Fangzheng to set off, and told the two of them not to drag themselves back as they walked.

"Fangzheng, be careful on that mountain, don't talk nonsense! Listen to Xiao Wang. Li Fangzheng's mother instructed.

"Got it, we're not going to talk nonsense." Li Fangzheng shouted as he walked.

In this way, the three of them went to Wang Chengqiu's house, got some things, and set off in a hurry.

For this entry into the mountains, the three of them were not calm in their hearts, after all, there were too many things on those mountains. Not long ago, Li Gouyu in the village ran to Yansheng Mountain for some reason, and he didn't come out for a few days, and few people in the village dared to go in to find it. In the end, the village chief called a few herb pickers to go into the mountain to look for it, and after a few days of searching, there was no trace, after all, the mountain was too big, and few people were really familiar with the situation in the mountain. In the end, Wang Chengqiu found him and carried him back to the village. After returning to the village, Li Gouyu became crazy and died two days later.

The three of them quickly entered the front mountain, but judging from Wang Chengqiu's many years of experience in collecting medicines, there were almost no herbs on the front mountain, and if they wanted to find anti-snake venom herbs, they could only enter Yan Sheng Mountain. "Oh, that's right, Xiao Wang, let's not be bored and hurry, the road is still long, tell us how you found the leftover dog in the village before?" Liu Xingye didn't speak when he saw the two of them hurrying, he couldn't stand it when he usually talked a lot.

"No, with Brother Liu's temperament, what I told you today will be known to the whole village until tomorrow." Wang Chengqiu smiled and said.

"Huh? You just look down on your brother Liu. Although I usually like to talk, when it comes to confidentiality, I can guarantee that I will never say it. Liu Xingye patted his chest and said.

Li Fangzheng also seemed to be quite curious about this matter, because no one in the whole village knew how Wang Chengqiu found the dog leftover, so he said: "That's right, Chengqiu, tell us, how did you find him, if Brother Liu goes out to talk nonsense, let's tell Xiaohui to go." ”

"No, no, no, I'm not going to talk nonsense." Liu Xingye hurriedly said.

"Okay, then I'll tell you about it, but keep it a secret." Wang Chengqiu's eyes became solemn.

"Hmm." Li Fangzheng and Liu Shiye immediately agreed.

"That day ......"

There are a total of three herb pickers in the village, in addition to Wang Chengqiu, there are two Li Tieshi and Zheng Yang, Zheng Yang and Wang Chengqiu are the same age, they were both twenty years old at the time. Li Tieshi is the master of Wang Chengqiu and Zheng Yang, both of whom originally followed Li Tieshi into the mountains to learn the skills of collecting medicines. At that time, Li Tieshi was in his fifties.

Although they were looking for someone, because the mountain was too big, the three of them decided to look for it mountain by mountain. Three days ago, they searched the front mountain and a mountain next to the front mountain, but there was still no trace of the dog, which was also expected, after all, finding a person in the mountains is no different from looking for a needle in a haystack, and it is still a question of whether Li Gou is left on the mountain.

When they went to look for it on the fourth day, the three of them understood that the possibility of finding it was almost none, but seeing the bitter pleading of the dog's family, the three of them still decided to look for it.

The first three days of searching made the three miserable, because there was no movement on the mountain, there was no road, and the three of them could only open the way with the scythe in their hands. In the past three days, the three of them were covered with scratches, especially Li Tieshi, who was over fifty years old, and his body was already a little overdrawn for this continuous search. The three of them usually take the day's dry food, go up the mountain from the foot of the mountain in the morning to find it, and meet at the bottom of the mountain in the evening.

By the time the three of them arrived at the foot of the mountain, it was already morning. However, although the three of them felt tired, they were much more down-to-earth after searching in the past few days, and they had never walked through this Yan Sheng Mountain so thoroughly, and they used to collect medicine only in some areas that they often walked, and in the search of the previous mountain, they found that this mountain was far from the rumored and terrifying Yan Sheng Mountain, and the rumors on the mountain were very likely to be false.

"Let's look for the last time today, let's look for it carefully, whether we can find it or not, we have to give an explanation to the dog's family." Li Tieshi looked at the mountain he was about to set foot on and said. As soon as they had said this, there was a rumbling sound from the mountain, which must have come from the inside of the mountain to be exact, for they felt the ground shaking under their feet. "There's nothing to be afraid of, it's another mountain earthquake." Li Tieshi said, apparently he seemed to be no longer surprised. But Wang Chengqiu and Zheng Yang still have palpitations, they have heard sounds from the mountains in the village before, but it is the first time for the two of them to experience this big mountain.

The three of them started their search as they had done the other day. Wang Chengqiu looked for it along the mountain to the southeast, and at first there was nothing unusual, and he walked towards the mountain while shouting the name of the dog. There are weeds and vines everywhere, and Wang Chengqiu is also thinking about whether Gou Yu can really enter this mountain alone?

After about half an hour or so of moving forward, Wang Chengqiu noticed something abnormal. What surprised him the most was that there was a road ahead. Although it is still covered in grass, you can see the outline of a winding mountain road at a glance. "Definitely someone has been active here!" This was Wang Chengqiu's first reaction.

I've been collecting medicine in the mountains for a few years, so why haven't I found anyone on the mountain? Wang Chengqiu walked along the road towards the mountain. The woods were surprisingly quiet, and Wang Chengqiu used a sickle to carve marks on the trees beside the road as he walked, so as to prevent him from getting lost due to a fork in the road ahead. Who is this mountain? With the extension of the road, the gravel on the road gradually increased, the size was different, just like a rain of gravel, after walking a distance, the road was gone, at the end of the road was a huge cubic rock, the rock seemed to emerge from the ground, the road was cut out of thin air, the bulge was five or six meters high, and the left and right sides were seven or eight meters long. Although Wang Chengqiu was a little puzzled, his curiosity still swayed him, and he slowly approached the rock. As he approached, Wang Chengqiu noticed that there were several outlines of these rocks in the dense forest further up, he had never been here before, and it was the first time he knew that there were these stone pillars here, who built them here? Or did it come out of the ground......

"What is this?" Wang Chengqiu walked into the rock and found that the surface of the rock was carved with strange symbols, and the surface of these symbols was also covered with dense brown lines, no, these lines were more like ...... Suddenly, Wang Chengqiu suddenly heard a voice that made him creepy. It's laughter... The laughter of people, Wang Chengqiu began to be a little frightened, and he clenched the sickle in his hand. Is it on the back of the stone? He moved towards it step by step, is it a dog?

"Dog leftovers?" Wang Chengqiu exclaimed tentatively.

The laughter continued, not so much laughter as crying, in short, this voice had already made Wang Chengqiu a little upset, these few short steps had completely made Wang Chengqiu lose his confidence, what was it?

When Wang Chengqiu walked to the back of the rock, he almost fell to the ground with fright, only to see an unkempt man lying on the back of the rock, constantly grasping the rock with his worn hands, the rock has been covered with large and small strips of blood, this person is holding the rock while licking the blood stains he left on the stone with his tongue, constantly making a "hehe" sound.

Wang Chengqiu kept telling himself to calm down, but his body still began to disobey. "Damn, are there really ghosts? I'm going to die here today. He wanted to run, but his feet were completely out of his way. He suddenly noticed that the man didn't seem to care about his presence, the figure ...... Is it dog leftovers? Right! Can't be wrong, it's a dog leftover, Wang Chengqiu slowly walked to this person's side, and the constant laughter had made the hairs on his body stand up, it's a dog leftover!

"Dog leftovers!" Wang Chengqiu pulled him aside, but the creepy scene in front of him still made Wang Chengqiu can't believe it, Gou Yu looks like he has gone completely crazy, his hands have long been worn out, his tongue has been completely worn out, and his whole body is covered with blood, no wonder he can make that kind of hehey sound. Gou Yu suddenly looked at Wang Chengqiu, stared at Wang Chengqiu with an extremely frightened look, and seemed to struggle with all the strength of his body, and then closed his eyes and fell to the ground.

Wang Chengqiu tried his pulse, he didn't know how to take the pulse, but at least he was relieved that he was still alive. Wang Chengqiu felt more and more that this place was too weird, looking at the countless blood bars on the rocks, there were countless crazy people constantly scratching and licking in his mind, thinking of this, he shook his head desperately and walked back on the road when the dog was left.

After listening to Wang Chengqiu's narration, Li Fangzheng and Liu Shiye had nothing to say, and after Wang Chengqiu finished speaking, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"So, there are ......really ghosts on Yansheng Mountain," Li Fangzheng stammered. Why are you taking us to that mountain? ”

Wang Chengqiu said: "Don't worry, this time we are not going to that mountain, we will go to the mountain next to the front mountain." Wang Chengqiu pointed to the mountain in front of him.

"I feel a little creepy just listening to you, how did you feel at the time?" Liu Xingye asked.

"To be honest, the moment I saw the left Li dog behind the rock, my pants were almost wet. But in hindsight, it should have been fine, if there really was a ghost, I shouldn't have been able to get out at the time, but I still took him down the mountain safely, although the dog died soon after. Wang Chengqiu's eyes flashed a trace of sadness. Li Fangzheng and Liu Xingye knew that after all, as a doctor, he didn't want to see people die no matter what. "There must be another reason for his madness, at least I feel like it's okay on the mountain." Wang Chengqiu said again.

However, Liu Xingye did not agree with Wang Chengqiu's words: "Xiao Wang, don't look at me who usually likes to brag, but I think there is something wrong with your way of thinking about this matter, you are looking at this matter from your own standpoint, your safe return does not mean that the mountain is really clean, if you stand in Li Gouyu's standpoint, what do you think can scare a person crazy?" Even if it's not frightening, it's driving madness. I went to see it when the dog came home, and it was absolutely completely insane. ”

Wang Chengqiu was silent, to be precise, Liu Shiye's words revealed the side he was unwilling to face. "Whatever it is, it shouldn't affect us at all." Wang Chengqiu said.

Liu Xingye looked at the mountain in the distance, and they had just reached the top of the front mountain. "There's still a long way to go, so let's analyze it." Liu Shiye wiped the sweat on his forehead, part of the sweat was hot, and the other part was also scared by Wang Chengqiu's narrative.

Li Fangzheng said: "It's okay, I also think this thing is a little strange. ”

Liu Xingye said: "You say, could it be that Yan Shengshan's so-called legends about the arson of Hades and those ghosts since ancient times were all fabricated by people?" ”

"Fabricated? Why are you making this up, there's no reason for it?. Wang Chengqiu was obviously a little surprised by Liu's assumption.

"Maybe it was fabricated to prevent the people in the village from going up the mountain, maybe there is an ulterior secret on the mountain, and the dog left went crazy because he accidentally entered the mountain and found something." Liu Industrial said.

"I don't think it's like a human can do it, there must be ghosts. Although we haven't seen it, there are so many legends on Yansheng Mountain, and there are events again and again, sometimes you can't believe it, and things are there. Wang Chengqiu said with a frown.

Li Fangzheng had been silent, listening to Wang Chengqiu's words, he seemed to have something to say, but he swallowed it again. Liu Shiye seemed to notice Li Fangzheng's expression and said, "What's the matter, Xiao Li?" ”

Li Fangzheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Haven't you heard some strange things about the legend of Yan Shengshan?" ”

"Huh?" Liu Xingye and Wang Chengqiu stared at Li Fangzheng at the same time.

"Actually, I admire you herb pickers, who often go in and out of Yansheng Mountain alone, but in fact, I heard the old man in the village once say something." Li Fangzheng said.

"What's the matter?" Liu Xingye asked.

"When I was about thirteen or fourteen years old, I happened to hear some of the older people in my village chatting, and because I liked to listen to stories, I sat down next to them. At first they were talking about some of the things they had when they were younger, and I thought it was funny. After talking for a while, their topic turned to Yan Shengshan, I can't remember the specific conversation, but I remember that they said that the fire on Yan Shengshan was uncommon when they were children, but because of one thing, they were called ghost fire. In the past three years, a Japanese army had entered Yansheng Mountain, but because of a fire, it never came down, and since then, whenever people from other villages enter the mountain, an inexplicable fire will be ignited, so gradually people began to call it a ghost fire, or that the king of Hades set fire to the mountain. ”

"What?! Are you saying that the old man in our village didn't have the legend of the king of Hades setting fire on Yansheng Mountain when he was young? Liu Xingye asked in surprise.

"Have the Japanese devils been in there?" Wang Chengqiu said.

"The fire in Yansheng Mountain seems to have been a legend in the village since ancient times, could it be some natural phenomenon? For example, the vegetation on the mountains is more likely to cause fires or something. I still remember the fire in '74, it was very big, but it didn't seem to have died. Liu Industrial said.

"Well, it was because there were no deaths in the fire that I believed that the legend of Yan Shengshan was all rumors. But I remember that after the fire in '74, two people went missing in our village, and in the end nothing came of it. Li Fangzheng said with a frown.

"Because in '74, the village was in turmoil, so basically no one went to look for it." Wang Chengqiu said.

"That's a bit weird." Liu Xingye scratched his head.

"But at least in the past few years since I collected medicine, I haven't encountered anything weird except for the dog leftovers, so it shouldn't affect us." Wang Chengqiu pretended to be brisk and said. However, judging from the fact that there were two more people to collect medicine this time, Li Gouyu's incident not long ago still caused a great shock to him. Li Fangzheng and Liu Shiye are very clear about this.

For the rest of the trip, the three of them fell silent at the same time, and no one wanted to interrupt. Soon they arrived at the foot of Yan Sheng Mountain.

At this time, none of them thought that this time they entered Yan Shengshan and completely changed their originally peaceful life.