The next day, before dawn, the fat man and I snuck out of the cottage, so carefully in order to get rid of the mysterious man who was secretly following us.

Yunnan here is not only beautiful scenery, because of its special geographical environment, all kinds of cold and tropical wild plants and animals, can thrive here. During the day, the woods are very dark and humid because of the dense foliage and opaque light. Although it is winter, the dense forest on the mountain is still very hot.

The sky was getting brighter, but the mountain was still foggy, and the lush green leaves, pale brown and dry bark, hanging vines, fangs and claws of the branches, and aerial roots (roots exposed to the air) that looked like dried corpse arms poking out of the ground, made the road even more difficult to walk, and this is the appearance of the banyan tree, which is the most abundant tree growing on the mountain.

Personally, I hate the banyan tree the most, it looks ugly, because it is not as straight and vigorous as the pine and cypress, unlike the fruit tree that can bloom and bear fruit, and it is the most typical and famous "strangled" plant, that is, it will parasitize its own seeds on the roots of other trees, rob other plants of nutrients and water, grow to a certain time, and finally block the host's nutrient supply, so that the host dies, and its vicious nature feels a bit similar to Gu poison. But the difference is that the Gu poison will also die after the death of the host, and there will be a very small number of people who can survive by luck, while the banyan tree completely deprives the lives of other plants and completely survives. The ground is full of its bare aerial roots, covered with thick fungus, and the ground is full of waterlogged, making the forest road up the mountain even more difficult.

The fat man and I walked through the dense banyan forest, and the fat man took the lead in front, because there was no road in the dense forest, and the fat man had to cut the branches and shrubs blocking the way with a knife, which was very tiring. He tied his coat around his waist, wiped his sweat vigorously with his hands, and patted mosquitoes from time to time. As he walked forward, he repeatedly asked me, "Is it in the right direction?" ”

I had the map in my hand and kept telling him where he was going. Although several maps record the same, but there are a few forks in the road still have to try to move forward one by one, until the road is impassable, I have to walk anew, repeatedly delayed a lot of time, my hand is soaked in sweat, the map has been densely drawn with ×.

The fat man kept fiddling with the branches in front of him, and muttered impatiently: "It's been more than three hours, and it's time for lunch, how long will it take?" ”

I had to comfort him and say, "Hold on for a while, and it's almost there." ”

The fat man stopped, and I had to compromise and say, "Take a break, finish lunch and continue." ”

The fat man chewed bread and sausages in his mouth and asked me vaguely, "Lao Zheng, are you pointing in the right direction?" Why have we walked for so long and haven't reached our destination, I'm almost at the top of the mountain. ”

I took a sip of water and replied, "We have not traveled far because it has taken so long because of the difficult journey. After I said this, I saw the fat man's eyes widen, and hurriedly comforted him and said, "Don't worry, the map in my hand shows that we are very close to our destination, and it won't be long before we arrive." ”

The fat man nodded in complete conviction, and I actually had no score in my heart, so with a few maps drawing the approximate location, trying to find an underground mausoleum in the primeval forest was undoubtedly like a blind man touching an elephant, which was more difficult than looking for a needle in a haystack.

After we had filled our stomachs, we walked in the forest for about two hours, and saw that the sun was about to set in the west. The fat man finally couldn't help but ask me: "Lao Zheng, you are honest, are we lost now?" ”

I replied in a firm tone, "I didn't get lost." According to the indication on the map, there is still a short distance to reach the destination. However, the small distance drawn on the map should be very far away in reality. Now that it is dark, it will be very dangerous to walk in the woods again, it is easy to get lost, and I don't know if there are any dangerous beasts in this deep mountain and old forest. I think we're going to spend the night in this jungle tonight. With that, I looked around the gloomy and misty woods, and saw a sparsely wooded hill not far away, so I walked over and unloaded my backpack and set up camp at the bottom of the hill.

By this time, it was completely dark. The temperature difference between morning and evening on the mountain is too great, the day is hot and humid, but the night is full of cold wind, although it is very wet and cold, but you can't make a fire here to keep warm. The trees here are so dense that the slightest spark blown away by the wind is enough to set the prairie on fire. I spread my raincoat on the floor, sat down, rested on my backpack, and ate something to fill my stomach.

The fat man wrapped his clothes tightly and lay on the grass and said to me: "Lao Zheng, look at the sky, it's so fucking beautiful." ”

I looked up at the sky, the stars in the sky were like the Milky Way, close to my fingertips, looking at the starry sky and meditating, my body suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

I was intoxicated with the beautiful night sky, but the fat man next to me said to me with a broken interest, "Before I go to bed, I have to go and relieve myself." ”

I said to him, "The smell is great, stay away, and bury it in the soil when you are done." He let out an "um" and ran away with his stomach in his hands.

Looking at the vast starry sky, I thought about it, and I couldn't help but worry about the safety of my master, and I didn't know what happened to him in the strange and dangerous tomb of King Xiang. Master is getting older, and without the two of us by his side, the more I think about it, the more worried I become.

As a result, when my thoughts turned back, I found that half an hour had passed, and the fat man had not come back, and I couldn't help but look at the direction where the fat man left with worry, and said in my heart: Even if it is constipation, it should have been over a long time ago, why hasn't I come back for so long. Suddenly, I remembered the mysterious person lurking, could the fat man be in danger? I couldn't be calm now, and immediately shouted a few times in the direction where it was convenient for the fat man to go, "Fatty, fat." ”

As a result, there was no response except for my shouting. I said in my heart: It's over, what are you afraid of, the fat man must have had an accident. I immediately got up from the ground, put my backpack on my back, flashlighted, and looked down for the fat man's footprints in the direction he left.

The dense grass, puddles of varying depths, tree roots bursting out of the ground, and limited light made it even more difficult to find the limited traces, and I was not sure which marks were left by the fat man.

I was so anxious that I was like a headless fly, searching everywhere for traces that might have been left by the fat man, my shirt was soaked with sweat, and I thought complainingly: Dead fat man, how can you go so far with your hands?

Walking through the dark woods at night is very strenuous, and if you are not careful, you will trip over the roots of the trees that are exposed to the ground. The silent jungle is full of enchanting tree shadows, dark and pervasive dotted between dark greens, and the gloomy atmosphere highlights the strangeness of the jungle at night, making people always feel that there will be mountain spirits and beasts, which will suddenly burst out of the darkness in the distance, pounce you to the ground, and then bite your throat mercilessly, and the moment the blood spurts out, it will also drown in this darkness.

I held on to the trunk of the tree, stepped over the puddle, stepped over the roots, and proceeded cautiously. As I walked, I noticed that the light of the flashlight, which had been blocked by the trees, actually passed through the trees and shone into the distance. It turned out that there was a small green meadow in the woods not far ahead.

In a vague trance, I seemed to see a black rumbling thing on the grass in front of me, so far away that I couldn't see whether it was lying on its stomach or squatting on the grass, but I saw it very strangely staying on the grass, motionless.

Since I captured the big mouse essence in Chenyu Village, my courage has grown, so I calmed down and took a gentle step forward vigilantly. Due to the limited light from the flashlight, which shone in the dense woods, I couldn't see what was dark in front of me.

I had to whisper to the black shadow: "Is it fat?" It was the fat man who gave me a reply. "I'm not very far away from the shadows right now, and if I were fat, I would have been able to hear my voice and answer me.

But the thing lying on his stomach in front of him was still motionless, and there was no response. I couldn't help but think: weird! Isn't that black thing a living thing? Since it was a dead thing without life, my courage suddenly increased. So he straightened his waist and walked forward briskly to see what was in front of him.

I was getting closer and closer to the black shadow, and when the light of the flashlight shone on the entity of the black shadow, I saw the fat man's face, and I couldn't help but be very angry, and I was so angry that I jumped to my feet and scolded: "Dead fat man, I've been worried for most of the day, why did you come here?" You don't answer when you call you, what kind of big-tailed wolf is here. ”

When the fat man heard me scolding him, he didn't even talk back, and he still didn't move. I immediately sensed that something was wrong, and the light of the flashlight shone on the fat man's face with horror, and his mouth seemed to whisper something. I hurriedly stopped my steps and swept around with my flashlight. But there was only a quiet forest around the meadow, and there was not half a human figure, and there was no sound.

I had no choice but to bend my waist and continue to move towards the fat man with a flashlight, looking around vigilantly with every step, for fear that a dark shadow would come out of the darkness. As I moved, I lowered my voice and whispered to the fat man, "What's the matter?" Why are you squatting on the grass and not moving? I didn't hear his answer, so I bent over and continued to move forward alertly.

It wasn't until I got closer to the fat man that I realized that something was wrong. Why did the fat man only have half of his body exposed on the ground, as if he had been buried alive, I hurriedly stopped moving forward, in order to avoid being discovered, I lay on the ground, and asked the fat man uneasily: "What's the matter?" How did you get buried alive? ”