After explaining the matter, I, Lin Yin, Monk Forget, Shangguan Weiwei and Xie Daming immediately rushed to the southwest mountain village.

It was evening when we arrived. The sky is full of red clouds, and the weather is slightly cool. More than a dozen elderly mountaineers gathered at the entrance of the village to chat. I took the map and asked them if they knew what the Golden Armor was indicating. The mobile phone circulated among the mountain people, and everyone was at a loss. An eighty or ninety-year-old man suddenly shouted, "Isn't this Ghost Cub Ridge?" ”

"Ghost Cub Ridge?" It doesn't sound like a good name.

As expected, when the rest of the mountain people heard the old man's words, they quickly returned their mobile phones to me, and the collective silence.

I took out a stack of renminbi and said, "This money is a small meaning, so I should treat you to tea." Can you tell me what this Ghost Cub Ridge is? ”

Unexpectedly, when money was not good, the mountain people waved their hands one after another, turned their heads to the side, and collectively ignored me. I asked again with a blushing face. Hey, it's good now, people just get up and leave, they can't stop it!

"What's going on? Are these people stupid in this small mountain village? Don't even give face to money? "My heart is deeply frustrated.

Shangguan said strangely: "The mountains are closed, and the concept of the old man is particularly feudal. Ask a few young people to ask. ”

We continued to walk towards the village, where there were either old people or children, and finally we met a young man driving a motorcycle. We quickly stopped him and asked him about Ghost Cub Ridge.

The young man looked at us with a frown and said, "Who are you?" Inquire about this for what? ”

It's the first time I've encountered this situation, so I simply said, "We are the directors of the TV station, and we heard about the Ghost Cub Ridge, and we came to understand the situation." ”

The young man was relieved, and a little excited, and said, "I see." Our Ghost Cub Ridge is indeed well worth being on TV. But I don't know much about Ghost Cub Ridge, so if you don't mind, come home with me. I'll let the old man tell you about it! ”

I said, "That's a good idea." But we inquired all the way, and the old man in your village immediately avoided us like a plague god after hearing the words 'Ghost Cub Ridge'. Are your old people willing to say it? ”

The young man thought for a moment and said, "I'll just say you're friends from my city." Let them tell you about the history and customs of our village. When the time comes, I will take advantage of the situation to bring the topic of Ghost Cub Ridge, hehe, it will definitely be done! Do it! Come with me! "Young people are complacent.

I sweated silently in my heart, and said in my heart: Young man, can you cheat your family so much?

The young man's family was only his grandfather and grandmother. The old people had not seen any visitors for many years, and our surprise visit made them happy. The old man complained that his grandson had not told them in advance that he was going to bring back the guests and that he had not prepared the food for us.

The enthusiasm of the old man made us very embarrassed. We managed to get the old man to sit down and chat.

The old people don't speak Mandarin, and most of our conversations rely on young people to translate. After asking some questions about the customs of the village, I pretended to be casual and said, "I heard that there is a place in our village called Ghost Cub Ridge. It's an interesting name, how did you come from? ”

The old man, who had been chatting happily with us, quieted down suddenly.

Young people lobby old people at the right time. We couldn't understand their conversation, but after the young man finished speaking, the old man hesitated for a while, but still told us the unspeakable secret of the ghost cub ridge buried deep in the hearts of the older generation in the mountain village.

There is a mysterious group of stone statues on the hill to the north of the mountain village. The mountain was covered with stone carvings ranging from twenty or thirty centimeters to one meter.

Posture or standing or squatting, sitting or reclining; The tall ones are a few feet, and the short ones are only inches; Some seem to be hanging from trees, some are hidden in the branches, some are buried in the ground, and some are lying in the water.

These stone statues have civil officials, wearing high crowns, holding a court, wide clothes and large sleeves; There are military attachés, clad in armor, armed with swords, riding horses or elephants; There are ordinary soldiers, holding swords or broadswords, with serious expressions, half-squatting and resting, as if ready to go to battle at any time; There are even pregnant women, tall and tall, with a bulging belly, holding their abdomen with their hands and a headscarf.

The local villagers could not tell the origin of the stone statues, and some people put forward a surprising conjecture: these stone statues, like the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang, were a large military formation, guarding the tomb of a mysterious and great person, this mysterious figure is Emperor Shun, and a mountain next to the place where the stone statues were found is the tomb of Emperor Shun.

In the northwest direction of the ridge, there is a stone tablet of "Oak Head Water Source Altar Divine Record". The stele was written by a local Xiucai named Xu Yongshu in the 29th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. This is the only written record of these statues in history. What it records is actually the local legend about the stone statue of the Ghost Cub Ridge: "There are strange stones coming out of the soil, all of them are humanoid, the tall ones are less than three feet, the small ones are slightly a few inches, and there are thousands of shapes...... However, it can bring good and good to people, and to live and die...... This Yin soldier also, coming down from the mountain at night, smelling the rooster crowing and fossilizing ......"

It has been said that the stone carvings are like an underground force that does not belong to humans. They were ordered to assemble and operate under the ground, and they ran all night. But before they reached their destination, it was dawn, and with a rooster crow, thousands of troops and horses were turned to stone, and history was forever frozen in this moment......

For a long time, the people of the village have always stayed away from Ghost Cub Ridge. Some of the old people in the village still don't dare to go and take a look. Even mentioning it makes me feel terrified.

Because the stone carved figures are not tall, the locals are commonly known as "ghost cubs". That mountain naturally became the "Ghost Cub Ridge".

The old man mysteriously told us that there was once a person who did not believe in evil and secretly went up the mountain to take a "ghost cub stone statue" home, and the whole family died mysteriously overnight.

Contrary to the old man's awe, the young man translated the old man's meaning and then said to us nonchalantly: "There are no less than 100 stories of revenge for stealing 'ghost cubs' in our village. Even I think it's. You don't have to take it personally. ”

We'll laugh. I asked the young man how to get there. He was taken aback and said, "It's so late, you don't plan to go through the dark, do you?" ”

I laughed and said, "We're in a hurry, we're going back to the city tomorrow, so we can only take a look at it at night." ”

The young man said, "Why don't I lead you there?" "I didn't expect young people to be so enthusiastic. I was grateful, but I had to refuse. If he finds out, we will not only go to Ghost Cub Ridge to "take a look", but will only cause trouble in vain.

I said, "No, no, we're about to leave just after inquiring about Ghost Cub Ridge, and your old man may not be able to guess our purpose." You'd better stay home. lest they be worried. ”

The young people were not reluctant, showed us the direction and told us to be careful.

We said goodbye to the family and headed straight to Ghost Cub Ridge. The Ghost Cub Ridge is majestic, and the ancient trees cover the sun. The night is extremely eerie.

"What's that?" Lin Yin, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped.

"What?" As soon as I spoke, I saw several bright lights flickering in front of me.