The trip was arranged by me at 4 o'clock in the morning, that is the time when Yang Shizhong and they will probably go to collect the net, today is Monday, which is also the time of the day I was found, I packed my bags, picked up a borrowed security guard to patrol the night and walked out.

It still belonged to the Sword River in the second half of the night, and the cold breath in the air came to my face, and I tightened my coat, put my hands in my pockets, and hid them in my sleeves. It takes about 1 hour to get from the library to the upper reaches of the Shimizu River, not because I'm slow, but halfway through a residential area that is known for its chaos.

The moonlight shines down through the dark clouds, reflected on the mottled wall tiles, I walked forward step by step with my hand against the stone wall, more than ten minutes away fortunately, I also walked out, the other side of this residential area is the Qingshui River, I walked on the soil soaked with water vapor, feeling the sound of the water flowing, not compared to the trickle in the river, which kind of majestic momentum, the sound is in the ears.

The upper reaches of the Qingshui River is a paleontological fossil group, there have been guards for a long time, I bypassed the gatekeeper's house and continued to walk upstream, at this time my right hand side is the river, and on the left hand side are three stone tablets that confirm the history, which are written on the five rivers section, Cambrian, Loushan Pass Group.

Another distance, I could already hear the sound of the machine humming on the surface of the river, I tried to sweep it with a flashlight, only to see the ripples of the river wind blowing the river, and the sand mining boat fixed in the river by the support, in the distance, I saw a few 6 or 7 meters long fishing rods hanging quietly, I knew, I was coming.

I walked slowly along the path to the shore, there was a small bench next to the row of fishing rods, I looked at the time it was 5 o'clock, and when I looked up, the sky was already white, and I believed that I would see them again soon.

In the past few days, I have also learned about some of the humanities and customs of Yang Shizhong's Miao Village, first of all, the Miao Village is called Jiuyang Township, which is located at the foot of Leigong Mountain, located in the southwest of Jianhe County, with more than 4,000 households and nearly 20,000 people, which is a pure Miao Township.

I thought to myself but was awakened by the sound of a locomotive, at this time, the sky has been completely lit up, behind me is a high mountain, there are many caves on the mountain, but they are all places that cannot be reached by manpower, so it is still an undeveloped cave, some mountain springs in the cave are ticking from the mountain to seep outside, and finally fall into rain, like a curtain of beads.

And what about in front of me? It is the Qingshui River, the river is very fast and very clear. I don't know if it's because of the strong wind, but in a few places there are pits in the river, where the water rushes and the water rushes there, forming a small whirlpool, and on the opposite side of the river bank is another village, where there is a wharf and a few boats are already waiting for people to pass by.

In the distance, the river hovers over the earth like a green dragon.

"It's you." At this time, Yang Shizhong's voice sounded on the dirt slope.

"It's been a long time, but my disappearance must have saved you a lot of trouble." I turned my head and looked at Yang Shizhong and his brother standing there in amazement.

"Do you know someone will come to our village looking for you?"

Shaking my head, I didn't answer his question confronted, but said, "Why do you think I'm leaving?" Will you run? Those people are inexplicably classified as wanted criminals by my appearance by the Qingshui River, and I can fall into their hands for nothing? ”

"I'm sorry." Yang Shizhong said in a low voice, "Friend, but at that time we really didn't know who you were, you brought out the cultural relics from the tomb, you asked me for a knife, you want to kill someone, your thoughts, wife." ”

"If a man wants to kill a dog, why is it not inferior to a dog to bite a man? Can I just watch as the enemy's knife cuts through my own chest? Sometimes it's not cruelty, it's the most helpless self-defense. I interrupted Yang Shizhong's words and said hatefully, "I don't want to do something illegal and undisciplined, but the only thing I need to guarantee in this world is my life." I knocked my hand on my heart and said loudly.

"I know. I knew from the time those people came to the stockade after you left, that you didn't want to bother us. ”

After a moment of coldness, we didn't speak to anyone, and then I said, "I'm going back to Miao Village, and there is one of you there who knows the meaning of my existence." ”

"Impossible." Yang Shizhong immediately shouted: "We never unmasked you. ”

"You think I lied to you? I'm just going to ask about something, and I won't stay with you for long. ”

"No, no, no." Yang Shizhong hurriedly waved his hand, "That's not what I meant." I ......"

"Okay, okay, don't mother-in-law." At this time, his cousin pushed him aside and said to me, "Actually, we are here to find you. ”

"Looking for me?" I raised an eyebrow.

"That's right, Shi Zhong said you know something about that human skin?"

"Human skin?" I thought about it, and then it dawned on me, "The one we saw on the way here?" ”

"That's right." Yang Shizhong took over the topic: "When we came out of the tomb, the human skin disappeared on the mountain road, and I was very strange at the time, thinking that it was taken away by some people, so I didn't take it seriously, until I returned to the village, I saw that person again." ”

"People?" I wondered.

"That's right, it's a person." Yang Shizhong closed his eyes and recalled. "We didn't wait for you that night and went back late. As I passed by the intersection of the tombs, I saw a man standing there, walking forward alone. I didn't care about it at the time because it was dark. But when we passed by his side, I saw his appearance clearly, and it was the human skin we saw that day. ”

"It can't be," I said. "It's dark, and you're seeing it in the car's rearview mirror, so you might not be able to see clearly. It's so unbelievable. ”

"No, I can't be mistaken, and it's either in the rearview mirror or through the headlights. This incident is too impressive, not to mention that the human skin is not walking alone. A hint of horror flashed in Yang Shizhong's eyes. At the same time, I also heard the sound of Ding Ding Dongdong's armor behind him. Like ...... Like ...... There were a lot of people following in his footsteps. ”

"What time is the evening?"

"It's already dark at 8 o'clock, and there is no one around, so I can hear it clearly."

"So?" I held my chin.

"Let's get in the car and talk." Yang Shizhong's cousin opened the car door and made a gesture of please for me to come in. Then Yang Shizhong also came in, and he looked at me, "You don't seem to have changed these days. ”

"Bitter." I smiled, "Greetings are unnecessary." Or do you want to tell me where the last human skin went? ”

"Our car was driving very fast, and we didn't dare to get out of the car to look at those things, like a yin soldier borrowing the road."

"And in the end?"

"Eventually, things exploded in a big way." Yang Shizhong lowered his head, first someone in the village went up the mountain to see the garden disappearing, then someone disappeared directly from the house in the middle of the night, and finally he could only hear the knock on the door when he went home, and there was no one after opening the door.

I thought about it, absolutely this matter is just a simple case of missing persons, there is no need to connect with human skin, right? Then he said to Yang Shizhong: "These two things are connected? ”

"Yes." Yang Shizhong was very firm: "It was unearthed in our village before, but alas, it was not, an ancient tomb was stolen, and the excavation scope of the tomb robbers at that time was very large, resulting in the complete collapse of the entire mountain. Then a mural was revealed in the mountain wall, and it was rumored that the gang had dug up the undead in the mountain, and since that day there have been people and animals missing from time to time, and it has only now erupted in all directions. ”

"The mural is human skin?"

"That's right, a human skin flutters in the air, and below it is a myriad of expressionless people following, like demons in hell."

"I see." I sighed, "So what can I do about this?" But I'm glad I'm going to have a trip with you. ”

A few minutes later, Yang Shizhong and his cousin collected all the fishing rods, and we ran back to Miao Village after a few words, and on the way I saw a gray-haired old woman staring at the direction I had been in, and then watched me leave as the car moved.

"You know her?"

"I don't know." I closed my eyes, "I'll get some sleep first, call me when it's time." ”

Soon after, I was woken up by them, got out of the car, and rubbed my blurred eyes, and in front of me were countless towering ancient trees, dense mountains and forests in the distance, and a stream flowing at the foot of the village. The scent of nature is blowing in your face.

"I'm back." I got out of the car and looked at the familiar sight in front of me and sighed, "There were days when I thought I would never come back and never see this beautiful scenery again." ”

"Aren't you back?" Yang Shizhong smiled, let's go to the person you said first?

On the way, I had already described the appearance and characteristics of the old man to Yang Shizhong in detail, and his actions at that funeral were also quite eye-catching, so Yang Shizhong immediately recalled his appearance, and then cried to me, "Please, that person is my third uncle." ”

I was stunned, really stunned, was my description not strong, or did the turn come too quickly? "Really? Great, so where is he? ”

"He's been home for the past few days." Yang Shizhong's face was almost ironclad, "Don't think anything about my third uncle." ”

"I'm a man." I shrugged my shoulders and said helplessly.

"But the last time you came, the third uncle only looked at you and left, at that time you were still in a coma, I stood very close and listened to him muttering a word." Yang Shizhong meditated, "It's the word 'death', and it seems to have dragged a person's voice." ”

"Dead people?"

"That's what he said, I thought he was saying you're dead, but that's wrong, my third uncle is a retired teacher with knowledge and culture, and he won't open his mouth and shut his mouth to say it."

"Teacher?" Yang Shizhong and I walked side by side, and I didn't know where I was going, but I was a little behind and walked all the way behind him.

"Yes, he is the only primary school teacher we have here, he knows a lot of things, many children here like to listen to him tell stories, he is also the king of children here, and the third uncle likes to travel and write books, it is a family, so I don't know why his first reaction when he sees you is to curse you 'dead', because many people can see that you are in a coma."

"Teaching? Tourism? ”

"That's right." Yang Shizhong pointed to a small house at the bottom of the mountain with a little pride, "That's the school in our village, where the third uncle has been teaching for 12 years?" Then, when he was a little older and felt that he was about to run out of physical strength to go sightseeing, he took a few friends to travel on a bicycle. ”

"Hehe, it's really chic." Yang Shizhong and I walked across a pool of water, and ducks frolicked in the water.

"Yes, he is the first person we have walked out here, and we are all proud of it, maybe the third uncle saw you on the way to travel." Yang Shizhong said with a smile.

"Maybe? But where did your third uncle go? "I was suddenly a little curious.

"Gobi Desert."

Sure enough, it was that place, he didn't go to travel at all, but for something, something that had a fatal attraction for him, and made him trek all the way from distant Guizhou to the Gobi in Inner Mongolia. And it was there that he might have really seen me, as Yang Shizhong said, and I made a deep impression on him.

And this mask.

"What's wrong? Questions? Yang Shizhong asked when he saw that I didn't speak.

"Nothing." I whispered, but my mind kept recalling one thing, those people couldn't go to the Gobi for no reason, there must be something hidden?

Thinking about lowering his head and walking slowly, he suddenly bumped into Yang Shizhong's shoulder in front of him, "Why did you stop?" Arrived? ”

Yang Shizhong didn't speak, I held my breath and felt that something was faintly haunting in my heart, something was like quicksand at the tips of my fingers, and when I raised my head, there was a wooden building in front of me, several women stood upstairs and howled, and a human skin fell to the ground alone, and the shocking blood stains extended into the distance and submerged into the stream.

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