The next morning, Luo Zi took Yu Fei and a few people to his hometown in the countryside.

The two villages of Luo Zi's hometown and Yu Fei's hometown are actually separated by a few mountains, but Luo Zi, like Yu Fei, is also a child who grew up in the county and has not stayed here for long.

The third uncle originally thought that they were just talking, but now when he saw that these city babies were really going up the mountain, he immediately became serious: "It's not a joke in this mountain, not to mention that there may be tigers, even if there are no tigers, you just walk in like this, if you get lost in it, it will be a big trouble."

However, the third uncle couldn't resist a few of them, and finally had to say helplessly: "Since you insist on going into the mountain, then I have to help you find an experienced guide." ”

The third uncle led them to the tallest family in the village. In the courtyard sat a middle-aged man with a beard on his face, weaving a bamboo basket, and when he saw the third uncle, he greeted him: "The third brother is here." ”

The third uncle pulled Luo Zi to the front, pointed to the beard and said to him: "This is the fifth master of Quan, who used to be the best hunter in our village, and once killed a leopard with his bare hands. Then he turned his head and said to the fifth master: "This is the son of the second brother of the county seat, he and his friends said that if they want to go around the mountains, you can help be a guide, and you are the most familiar with the roads in this mountain." ”

Quan Wuye showed a surprised expression on his face, recently the people in the village have avoided and dare not run to the mountain, these city babies actually have to go into the mountain at this juncture, he glanced at the third uncle, and said: "Third brother, don't fool me, now I don't even have a bird, what kind of hunter are you talking about." What's more, it's probably not appropriate to enter the mountain at this time. ”

The third uncle thought for a while and said, "These babies are just going to shoot tigers, so let's go and help you borrow the guns in the village, you go and prepare first, and then take them into the mountains." With that, the third uncle turned around and went down the mountain.

Quan Wuye had to put down the work in his hand, put his hand on his clothes and wiped it a few times, and said to Luo Zi: "Nephew, you and your friends wait for me here first." After speaking, he turned around and entered the house, and after a while, Quan Wuye walked out of the house with a few woodcutters, and carried a bamboo basket on his back, which contained a few bamboo tubes filled with water, as well as a few glutinous rice balls wrapped in dumpling leaves.

After waiting for a while, the third uncle came up with a five-six-type semi-automatic rifle, this rifle is the only gun in the village now, and it is stored in the village committee on weekdays, and it will only be taken out when a wild boar comes to the village to spoil the grain or someone wants to go into the dense forest.

The third uncle handed over the rifle to the fifth master, and repeatedly told him that if he encountered a tiger or leopard, he would resolutely not shoot at it, but only shoot it into the sky and drive it away. While answering the burden, Quan Wuye took the gun and stepped it over his shoulder, and handed the two woodcutters to Luo Zi and Yu Fei respectively, and then whistled towards the courtyard, a big black dog came out of nowhere, and the big black dog ran in front and led everyone to the mountain.

On the way, Luo Zi asked Quan Fifth Master about the incident that happened a few days ago: "Fifth Master, what do you think dragged the cow away?" ”

Quan Wuye said with a serious face: "This matter is really strange, my old black, has been with me for more than ten years, it has followed me in the mountains to meet leopards, old bears, wild boars, etc., every time it rushes to the front, but that day I took it to the pond, it was also trembling all over, has been looking at me with a whining, lying on its stomach and not daring to go, I have never seen it so scared." ”

"Could it be that the tiger took the cow away?" The beast asked.

"I don't think it's too likely, although Lao Hei has never encountered a tiger, but he has smelled the smell of a tiger, and he has never seen it scared like that. And the two buffaloes weigh almost six or seven hundred pounds, although the tiger is fierce, it generally does not dare to rashly attack the adult buffalo, let alone the two big buffaloes, besides, even if the tiger really bites the two cows to death, how can they be dragged away in the blink of an eye? ”

"Could it be that the buffalo spotted the tiger and then broke free of the rope and ran away on its own." Luo Zi analyzed.

"It's possible, but generally speaking, the buffalo should have fled home, but of course it is possible that the buffalo has fled too much into the mountains."

As he was talking, everyone came to a mountain pond, and the fifth master pointed his hand and said, "Those two cows disappeared here." ”

As far as the eye can see, the mountain pond is not big, it occupies an area of three or four acres of land, and it is formed by a stream flowing down from the mountain, and the middle part of the mountain pond is dark green, which looks quite deep.

The fifth master took them to a big tree with a thick bowl mouth, pointed to the two broken hemp ropes tied to the tree, and said, "These two are the ropes that tied the two cows at the beginning. ”

Everyone looked in the direction pointed by Quan Wuye, and saw that the two hemp ropes were the thickness of an adult's thumb, and it would take a lot of strength to tear them off. And on the trunk of the thick bowl mouth, there are also two strangulation marks. Yu Fei thought in his heart: "Tear this rope off, I'm afraid that the cow's nose has been torn and swollen." ”

At this time, Quan Wuye said to himself: "The smell here today is much better, and when I came here on the day the cow disappeared, I didn't know what was wrong, and there was a strong fishy smell everywhere." ”

The speaker had no intention of listening to the heart, Yu Fei suddenly became excited, and hurriedly asked, "Fifth Master, you mean, there was still a fishy smell here that day?" ”

"yes, it's a big smell, like the smell of dead fish, it smells so bad that it smells to death."

"Has this pond ever dried up before?" Yu Fei hurriedly asked again.

"No, never! It is also strange to say, there was no rain for more than half a year in a row, and the mountain spring was almost cut off, and many other mountain ponds were also dried up, and the water in this mountain pond was not lacking at all. ”

Quan Wuye's answer made Yu Fei fall into deep thought: "The fishy smell and the pool that does not dry up, how similar such a scene is." That's right, Blackwater Pool! It's a black pool! ”

Yu Fei couldn't help but be stunned in his heart, could it be that there is also an underground river under this mountain pond, could it be that the fishy smell comes from...... Yu Fei didn't dare to think any further, looking at this mysterious mountain pond, Yu Fei shuddered, and actually took a few steps back.

Leaving the mountain pond, everyone continued to walk up the mountain, and the further they went, the narrower the mountain road became, gradually, the road was basically no longer visible under their feet, the whole fifth master and Luo Zi who walked in front of him held a woodcutter in their hands to cut off the weeds and thorns blocking the road, and the beast who followed behind took the SLR in his hand to shoot around, and the monkey looked nervously left and right, as if he was afraid of a big tiger jumping out of the grass next to him. And Tang Yan, because her body had just recovered, and she was a girl, her physical strength was not very good, so she stopped and stopped along the way, and Yu Fei accompanied her to the rear, gradually opening up a distance from the four of them.