I kept running forward with the incense stone, but there was still darkness in front of me, and there was no light projected from the outside, and my heart gradually lost my confidence, I didn't know where this place was leading. The fat man coughed again and spit out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, the situation is getting worse and worse! I thought to myself that if I went on like this, I would be dragged to death if I didn't get tired to death. And soon a very large mouse rushed up, and I shuddered at the sight of the lamb-like figure.

But at this time, the fat man suddenly slammed the butt of his gun on my chest, and a surge of blood in my body during the run almost vomited out, I didn't understand what the fat man meant, but my steps still couldn't stop, and now everything was chaotic, and the only thing I could do was to run desperately.

"Wait a while, no matter what you hear or see, don't look back." The fat man suddenly said to me, "Blood is in your mouth, don't swallow it, you know?" ”

I nodded vigorously, I knew that the rat spirits behind me would not let us go out with this stone, but the fact that they were so forced also showed that this path was probably the way out. But is that really the case? "Non-mainstream, non-mainstream." Suddenly I heard a voice coming from behind me, hoarse and unwilling.

It's Wang Lei. I thought of it, this is Wang Lei's voice, I don't have much contact with people, but he also died because of me, the memory of his death brought to me by the short death reappeared, I thought of his death, the moth, I thought of a lot of things, that sense of guilt came to my heart again, whether this person is the enemy of me or not, he is my savior!

"Don't look back," the fat man reminded me again, everything is empty, everything here is a false illusion, and if you turn back, you will never be able to get out.

But can we really get out? I thought in my heart, but the voice in my ears still lingered, "I saved you, and you can't bear to leave me?" Are you so sure I was dead? Are you so sure I can't be saved? Why did you leave me. Wang Lei's voice became more and more sharp, like a ghost, "I knew that I really shouldn't have saved you, you killed me." ”

I, I was confronted with this theory, and once again, I couldn't control it, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of my mouth.

The fat man saw my movements and immediately stopped, he slammed the butt of the gun on my mask again, I only felt a shock to my head, and the whole person was dizzy, and then the fat man's voice said, "If you want to kill me, it will not be the butt of the gun that will greet you later, but a bullet." ”

"I didn't." I said in a stupor.

"You amnesiac person, don't think about it so much, it's all an illusion you gave yourself."

"I see." I bit the tip of my tongue with all my heart, a pain spread all over my body, relying on this only pain I ran forward fiercely, but it didn't take long for Wang Lei's voice to sound again, like a ghost hidden in the jungle, like a mermaid lurking in the ocean, that kind of voice penetrated into my ears with sound waves, "Why don't you dare to listen to me, I just want you to look back at me." ”

"Just a glance? So you don't bother me? "I don't know what exactly is behind it, rats or ghosts, but it shouldn't be a problem just to glance at it, right? I thought to myself.

"I just want to know if you're sorry."

"I have!" I rushed into the cave with my eyes closed, and the Hanzhong incense stone in my hand emitted bursts of fragrance, penetrating people's hearts and lungs.

"You're lying."

"I didn't lie to you."

"Then you turn back." The voice whispered, "Look at me." ”

It's okay at first glance, right? I took a breath, the smell told me I wasn't hallucinating, I quickened my pace and looked back.

There was a "snap", and just as I was looking back, something suddenly tripped me.

My whole body fell, and the piece of Hanzhong incense stone also rolled to the side, and the sound behind me became louder and louder, and I felt the oppression after only being delayed for less than 2 seconds.

"It's a stone statue, it's a carved stone statue." The fat man shouted, "Hurry up, we're about to get to the exit, and in front of us is the jackal ditch." ”

Stone? Is that the stone statue that the villagers used to attract souls? No wonder we will find some clothes in the cave before, hurry up and don't turn back and run, the fat man picked up the gun and picked up the incense stone on the ground, and ran not far away, a little light floated in and came out, and it was going to come out! I scrambled up from the ground and rushed towards the light.

Finally, the feeling of the wind was blowing slowly from outside, and when I looked up, a bright moon hung in the sky.

"Come out, we're out." The fat man laughed on the side.

I ran away for a distance to stabilize my figure, and looked around, this is a barren valley, there is no grass and trees around, a crooked stone statue is quietly placed there, the moonlight has plated those "figures" with a layer of transparent tulle, as if the essence is flowing, I take a closer look at the water droplets after the rain, the humid air is full of rotten smell, and the soft soil under my feet, I look back and see that all the rats at the entrance of the cave have stopped at the mouth of the cave, and a pair of shining eyes look at me.

"Don't look back, watch out for some mice."

"Didn't they come out?"

"There are some old rats who are not afraid of any weather, and it is better to be careful at night."

"Where is this?"

"Jackal ditch." The fat man said that it was a valley, and on both sides of the valley were slopes with a slope of 90 degrees, which was impossible to climb, and the bare patch of the mountain wall was lifeless, only some low vegetation was covered with it, and it was absolutely impossible for us to climb over it. The road ahead is a winding road, and the path is mostly made of stones, which are very smooth, especially on the night after heavy rain, and the water droplets cover it, and even the smooth edges can be seen. This is a remnant of a river channel, probably because a landslide blocked the flow of water, so it was deserted, right? Otherwise, it stands to reason that this place could not have been a tall cedar pine.

After a while, the situation still did not change, and the mountains and fields were basically stone carvings, and after walking a few steps in the stone carvings, I finally couldn't stand sitting on a stone jar. "Why are there so many stone carvings here? Do they believe that rats will follow the stone carvings to know who the dead are? ”

"Maybe it's the stone carvings that awaken the souls of the dead! Because these stone carvings were originally carved by those people themselves. ”

"That's, do you think the villagers are full and have nothing to carve by themselves?" I kicked the stone tank under my feet, this is a stone carving water tank of the Ming Dynasty, the front of the water tank is a folk relief, a small space is fully used by the craftsman is very perfect to depict a picture of people's livelihood and people's interest.

"This is a product of Quyang, Hebei Province, those people who died in other places used this thing to recall his soul here, and brought it back to Hebei with the technique of expelling corpses."

"How do you know?"

"Because Chinese stone carving is basically divided into 6 major locations, Jiaxiang in Shandong Province is the fine product of the government to pay tribute to the imperial court, Wenling in Zhejiang Province is to do stone lions, stone screens, stone tablets, stone waist drums and other stone handicraft patterns, Fujian Province Hui'an is to do more large-scale dragon and phoenix carvings, shadow carvings, Qingtian in Zhejiang Province! Qingtian stone carving is more famous for its exquisite craftsmanship, fine carving, ingenious workmanship, and Puli, Taiwan Province is very directly excluded, only this Quyang, Hebei Province remains, the fat man said that there is a such folk song in Quyang at that time, "up to ninety-nine, down to just go, the small hammer jingles, the courtyard out of the factory, to say that carving, everyone has a hand." What does this mean? It shows that the relief culture of Quyang is very popular, so such a water tank that is stored and watched by ordinary residents can be carved with such a pattern. ”

As soon as the fat man said this, I immediately saw some other stone carving items, and sure enough, they were all miscellaneous things with no beauty at all, only this one, it can be said that it was a flower under the knife, so according to the fat man's meaning, the stone carving here is divided into 3 parts. 1: Those stone carvings that resemble human shapes are used for the soul of rats; 2: It is because the stone carving utensils are made by craftsmen, and why do these craftsmen gather here? One is that the belief in stone carving here allows them to make a lot of money here, and the other is that they will also use this place as a waste disposal station for stone carving. 3: It's this special and beautifully crafted utensil that the fat man and I saw.

"Did you hear that we're going to go to Jackal Gully and have to pass through a stream?" The fat man said suddenly.

"That's right, it seems that the stream was formed by the change of course after the river was blocked."

"That's right! Look, we don't seem to be far from there. The fat man put his hand to his ear and whispered.

"Really?" I calmed down as I spoke, but when I heard this, I heard a voice that I hadn't heard for a long time: "Take me, take me with you!" "It's Wang Lei, why is he here, thinking about it, I subconsciously turned around.

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