Chapter 25 is rusty

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The campfire crackled, and I woke up from my sleep in a daze, not knowing what time it was, but I felt that the night was very thick, and the starry sky above me was very bright.

I got up and looked around, and found that Gao Peng's snoring was already very loud, but compared to Gao Peng, what surprised me was that Ryazan was also sleeping soundly at the moment, although we were still under the control of Chen Bing's group at the moment, but Ryazan didn't seem to care, of course, there was no way to do it.

I looked at the group again, and saw that the young man named Shu Jingcheng was also asleep at this time, and now it was the emaciated man who was constantly filling the bonfire. As soon as I stood up, he glanced over to me.

Maybe the man's face was too cold, and I was so nervous by his glance that I said in a small voice, "I want to go." ”

He nodded at me and didn't say anything. I got up and took two steps into the woods behind me, when he suddenly stopped me and said, "Bring your knife." ”

I was stunned for a moment, and then I realized my carelessness, this deep mountain and old forest is rampant with wild beasts, in case I meet a wild wolf or something, I have no self-defense at all, I'm afraid I don't even have a chance to escape. So, I hurriedly said "Xie Lu Xie", picked up the long knife and walked towards the forest.

I squatted down in an overgrown area, and my butt hurt from the weeds, and I had to get up again, stomp the weeds flat, and squat down again.

Although there are not too many mosquitoes in this season, in the forest, all kinds of mysterious sounds are never interrupted, and the sound of rustling surrounds me, and I don't know whether it is the sound of the mountain wind blowing the branches of the trees or the sound of the belly rubbing against the weeds as something crawls on the ground.

I can't help but think of the wild ghost in the mountains during the trip to Yunnan, I can't help but feel a little scared, I felt a cigarette and lit it, and then the lower abdomen was forced, but when I heard the sound of "poof", even I couldn't help pinching my nose and scolding: "Damn, the things pulled out of eating compressed biscuits are so stinky." ”

While squatting in the pit, I couldn't help but think of Bu Jin, and said in my heart where did she go in this vast Shennongjia primeval mountain forest? I noticed that when I was rescued from the swamp by the mountain boys, there were many, many fewer mountain children in the surrounding fir trees, and I thought to myself, could it be that those mountain children took Bu Jin away?

When I was wandering around, the weeds around me suddenly shook violently, not loud, but very sudden, I couldn't help but be startled, and almost lifted my pants and left.

I subconsciously stepped into the long knife and shouted in a shudder into the black rumbling grass, "Who? ”

After a while, a Henan accent came from the grass, and said, "You stinky boy, why is the shit so stinky?" ”

As soon as I heard the voice, I unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Mr. Yuan, is that you?" ”

"It's me, it's me, don't make a noise." Old man Yuan's voice was very low, he pushed away the grass, revealing his thin black face, and what left me speechless was that his two nostrils were stuffed with weeds.

"You're coming to the pit too?" I asked.

"No, no, no, the old man came to discuss something with you." Old man Yuan said.

I frowned, growing up, I hated it when I was in the pit and someone stayed aside while I was squatting, because it would directly cause my constipation. So I was dissatisfied: "I said Mr. Yuan, can't you say anything in another place?" ”

"Shh Old man Yuan vigilantly reminded me to keep my voice as low as possible, and said: "I haven't slept since the beginning, because I was afraid that those mandrills would come to attack us at night. ”

"Lewi? Is that the man? I asked.

Old man Yuan nodded and said, "It's him, I came here from the other side, hey, little brother, do you still have any cigarettes, the old man really can't stand the smell." ”

I reluctantly took out a pack of cigarettes from my pocket, simply wiped my butt and lifted my pants, and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Although I deeply admired Yuan Baqian's knowledge, and I also knew that he must not be a simple person, but I don't know why, as soon as I saw his obscene face, I couldn't help but be on guard, and I was always more inclined to keep a certain distance from him. I think this is one of the weaknesses of human nature.

Yuan Baqian habitually stroked his mustache and said: "Well, time is pressing, and the old man will no longer beat around the bush, what I want to ask is your man named Ryazan." ”

"Ryazan?" I was very puzzled, and I said that this old man Yuan was so interested in Ryazan since he woke up Ryazan, so I couldn't help asking, "What are you asking him for?" ”

"The stakes are high, you can't do it if you don't ask." Old man Yuan said.

I said impatiently: "If there is anything at stake, you can ask quickly, but I tell you in advance, if you want to know what kind of old witchcraft that Lu Dao is, I don't know anything, and besides, you don't want to spy on any information from me." ”

Old man Yuan waved his hand and said, "Cough! What kind of information am I spying on you, Chen Bing and I are not in the same group at all. ”

"And how do you walk with them?"

"I was kidnapped." Yuan Baqian sighed and said: "Since a few years ago, when I was still in Henan for a good time, I didn't have anything to do to show others palmistry and fortune telling, but I don't know what happened to Lu Dao, and I forgot what day it started, there was always a group of people I didn't know came to me, saying that they wanted me to join an organization that specialized in Chinese metaphysics. Of course, it's not the old man who brags about himself, I still know a lot about Chinese metaphysics, but as soon as I heard that I was going to join some organization, and it seemed to be affiliated with a government department, I was very reluctant. But the gang pursued me so hard that I had to flee everywhere, and in the end I couldn't get rid of them. ”

"They're looking for you to study metaphysics?"

Old Man Yuan shook his head and said, "They want me to help them complete this expedition to Shennongjia, that is, to find a real old man's cave in the back of the legend." Speaking of this, Old Man Yuan said again: "Hey, don't change the topic, we can't delay it for too long, you have to answer my question." ”

"Just ask." I said.

Old man Yuan's eyes rolled around, and then said, "How did you know that person named Ryazan?" ”

How did you know Ryazan? I thought back to the scene of meeting the cat Gu demon woman in the old apartment in Yunnan, and thought of Duan Yuwen's entrustment to me, in fact, I have always known that my acquaintance with Ryazan was very abrupt, and I knew far less about him than he knew about me.

However, I don't want to tell everything about it, although I'm not an old fritter yet, but I've learned to keep an eye on everything, so I said, "I met through a friend's introduction." ”

"That's not the point I'm concerned about," Old Man Yuan seemed to have seen the concerns in my heart at a glance, and said directly: "Don't worry, I don't mean to inquire about your information at all, the old man can't wait to live a life easily and leisurely, just tell me, where do you know Ryazan, is it in the mountains and forests or in other places?" ”

"In the mountains?" I was a little puzzled, because there was obviously something wrong with the question, and I said, "What do you mean by that?" ”

"You don't care about this for now, answer the old man's question first."

I thought about it for a moment and said, "It's not in the deep mountains and old forests, it's in a small town." ”

When Old Man Yuan heard this, his brows furrowed suddenly, and he just shook his head and sighed, "It's weird." ”

"What the hell do you mean, can't you just say it?" I was dissatisfied.

Old Man Yuan did not answer my question directly, but said, "Actually, from the time you entered the swamp, Chen Bing and I were secretly observing your movements, didn't you notice that those mandrills were obviously coming towards your Ryazan?" ”

I thought back to the details and said, "I do feel that way." ”

Old man Yuan seemed to be very satisfied with my words, so he continued: "Shan Mandrill is a small mountain god, although they like to play pranks, but under normal circumstances, they will never force people to death, of course, there are exceptions. ”

"What exceptions?"

Old man Yuan said: "Either it's a heinous bad guy, or a yin man who is full of yin energy." ”

"Yin people? Are you kidding me! "I know what kind of people the so-called Yin people refer to, that is, people who can communicate with ghosts and spirits in folklore, they often live like normal people during the day, but at night, they fake their deaths and go down to the underworld to do things for Lord Yama.

Although I have experienced a lot of bizarre and strange things along the way, I still can't agree with the existence of the underworld and the existence of Hades in this world.

Old man Yuan smiled: "You don't believe it? I don't believe it either, but this so-called yin person, in fact, is not necessarily only those who can pass the yin, just some people who have extremely heavy yin energy. Old man Yuan snuffed out the cigarette butt and said to me: "Just now, the old man looks at the bronze coin of Ryazan, which is very old, and can use this copper coin to use the old witchcraft of closing the corpse, which means that the origin of this copper coin must be extraordinary, and you can't take a one-dollar coin and swallow it in your mouth to close the corpse." Moreover, after Ryazan washed his face, it was quite strange for the old man to look at his face. ”

"How?" I gradually became interested, but at the same time, I didn't know what I was doing, but my heart sank vigorously, and it seemed that there was a very heavy emotion pressing on my body, making it very difficult for me to breathe.

"You see that Ryazan has strange bones and vigorous skills, but his face is pale and sick, his eyebrow bones are protruding and his cheeks are sunken, his sword eyebrows are sharp but his eyebrows are often locked, and he is a face full of old yin energy, such a person is bound to be accompanied by the land of yin qi for a long time, generally speaking, he was probably a mausoleum keeper." Speaking of this, the old man Yuan said carefully: "The so-called things gather by like, people are divided by groups, and the two qi of yin and yang are the same thing, this Ryazan old yin qi will not be dispersed for a long time, and those eight achievements of the mountain mandrill are attracted by him, I think, this is just the beginning, in the future, he may not have provoked more unclean things for us."

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