I thought about it for a while and finally made up my mind not to take the bridge.

"This is the only way we have walked down the mountain, where can you go without taking this bridge?" He Qin asked.

I said, "I don't remember that we once came across a fork in the road with a stone monument that said 'Go Back.'" I want to go that way and give it a try. ”

"You don't have to go, I've been there that way." It was Director Tan who spoke.

All three of us were amazed and looked at him together. I eagerly asked, "Where does that road lead?" ”

"Cliffs. The abyss. Director Tan said: "At the end of that road is a misty cliff that I don't know how deep, and I was dizzy when I looked at it for a while. The stele was obviously a trap, and the words 'Go back' were it for you to jump off the cliff? That's a dead end. Unless you don't want to live anymore, it's just right to go that way. ”

At this time, the sound of the water on the surface of the river rumbled, and the river was getting higher and higher, and it had reached the instep. Director Tan felt sorry for the leather shoes, and bared his teeth and said: "Look at your young age, why are you so indecisive, and you won't be able to become a big tool in the future." Are you leaving? If you don't go, I'll go first. As he spoke, he ran towards the other side with his forehead in his hands. Lu Wen pulled He Qin: "Let's go, let's go, when this bridge collapses and he is trapped in the mountains forever, he will regret it." ”

I sighed, "Let's go together." ”

I pulled the mute girl and ran across the bridge with the two of them. To the other side, this is down-to-earth. When I looked back at the bridge, it was really strange, as soon as we crossed the bridge, the river immediately receded, and fell to the normal level, which was extremely gentle. I looked at the bridge and was distracted, and Lu Wen said very contemptuously: "You don't want to go back again, do you?" ”

Being so sarcastic by a little girl, I really couldn't hang up and ignored her.

As we walked forward, passing by the hillside full of flowers, Director Tan instructed us that the color of these flowers was very bright, very abnormal, and the pollen was likely to be poisonous, so don't smell it. We all pinched our noses, held our breath, and followed him down the hill.

After walking for a while, the terrain gradually flattened, and it seemed that it was about to go down the mountain. Although it was dusk at this time, the moonlight was very good, and as far as the eye could see, the ground seemed to be covered with a thin layer of frost, but the surroundings were too quiet to even hear the sound of insects. Although there is no wind, you can still feel the slightest coolness.

"Look, it's fireflies again." Lu Wen pointed to the sky in surprise.

In the distance, there were several clusters of green and shining fires floating in the air, rising and falling, high and low, unable to fly away, not looking like fireflies, but like some kind of extremely small and delicate Kong Ming lantern. This kind of green is translucent and blue, ghostly, and it looks very strange in the barren mountains at night.

Director Tan has experience, he said: "This is not a firefly, it is a ghost fire. ”

Lu Wen was so frightened that her voice trembled: "Ghost ...... Ghost fire? ”

"Human bones have phosphorus on them, and when they die, the phosphorus in the bones reacts with the air, and this ghost fire is produced. It is likely that there is a grave circle nearby, so everyone should be careful. Director Tan said matter-of-factly.

A few of us huddled together, and I felt a little furious when I looked at those ghost fires. No one spoke the rest of the way, and the ghost fire seemed to be floating around us, and they couldn't tell the direction, so they followed us. Everyone was in a very depressed and heavy mood.

At this time, He Qin suddenly shouted: "We are going down the mountain!" ”

As soon as I heard this, my heart was about to pop out, and I asked with great excitement, "How do you know the Tao?" ”

"You see, there's a big market town up ahead." He Qin said in a trembling voice.

We stood on the high soil slope and looked forward vigorously, only to see that far ahead, we could dimly see some night lights, dotted with stars, and we really couldn't pay attention if we didn't look carefully.

Director Tan came to the fore: "Xiao Liu, it's right to listen to the eldest brother." Let's hurry up, try to get there before nightfall, have a good rest, make a phone call, and we'll go home tomorrow. ”

The director deserves to be the director, and what he said is really inspiring.

Regardless of our fear and hard work, everyone rushed to the place where there was a light when we were bored. Although there was no watch, it was estimated that in less than an hour, we climbed several hills and came there.

It's a town with a lot of old style. The entrance of the town is the ancient city gate building and the big archway of the year, there is an old plaque hanging on the top of the city gate building, and there is a word written on the plaque: Qin.

I was puzzled: "Qinjiazhen? I've never heard of such a place in the city. ”

Director Tan said, "Don't talk about you, I haven't heard of it. There is only one possibility, we are no longer in the city, I don't know where we are. Leave it alone, let's go inside. ”

We walked through the city gate building into Qinjia Town. As soon as we entered, we stood still and froze. It's really strange, under the cold moonlight, the streets and alleys of the town are empty, the mountain wind is blowing, the whole town is lifeless, it seems to be a dead city that has been abandoned for a long time.

We looked at each other, and everyone pinned their hopes on Director Tan, who made him the oldest.

Director Tan saw that he had a lot of social experience, and he said calmly: "Let's go inside first, see if there is a hotel, and then let's stay." ”

The further I went, the more I wondered, because the city I was in was in the north, and the buildings in front of me were more southerly. There are no high-rise buildings in the town, just ordinary low-rise houses, no more than two-story small buildings. The ground is paved with bluestone slabs, and the houses of the residents are all made of wood, and the windows facing the street are covered with wooden boards.

We picked a big house with lights on and a patio from the outside. Director Tan said that the scale of this house should be like an inn. He used to bang on the door, and no one responded for a long time, although there was a light inside, there was no human figure at all, and it was eerie and frightening.

We followed the street, picked a few more at random, knocked on it, and no one opened the door.

Lu Wen sat on the threshold, fanned the wind with her hands, and said crookedly: "Can you do it, people are tired, I want to rest." ”

Director Tan is really polite: "Who is not tired, just you are tired?" Get up and call the door. ”

I said, "It's not an option, or we'll find one and steal it in." ”

They all said it was a good idea. We found a house with a low wall, and with great difficulty, I climbed over the wall, jumped into the yard, and turned around to open the door. Everybody walked in.

It is an ordinary house with a small and elaborate courtyard. The inner room was lit with lights and doors open, but there was no human shadow in sight.

We walked in, and the furnishings were very clean, and the furniture was at least twenty years old. The old chest of drawers, the square table covered with a colorful tablecloth, a fourteen-inch black and white TV or something, we looked around, except for the electric light TV, we didn't find any other electrical appliances, and the telephone was not.

At this time, He Qin greeted us in the side room. We went in, and it was the kitchen, and there was a stove against the wall with a big black pot on it. Director Tan lifted the lid of the pot, and a strange fragrance wafted out, and he actually stewed a pot of braised pork.

It's steaming, gurgling, and each piece of meat is ruddy and plump, and you have an appetite when you look at it.

Director Tan really didn't treat himself as an outsider, he casually took down the hanging spatula from the wall, reached into the iron pot, scooped up a piece of braised pork, blew the hot air on it, and took a bite gently, the expression on his face was very high, like someone stabbed a chrysanthemum.

He ate the piece of meat in one gulp, chewing it and saying, "Don't you eat it?" It's so delicious. ”

"Hey, what is this?" He Qin saw a straw hat hanging on the wall above the stove, and a line of words was faintly visible under the hat. He took off his hat, and we clearly saw a line of crooked handwritten pen words on the wall: Steal braised pork, kill the whole family.

Director Tan's face turned green at that time: "I'm damn you, don't you care about these people?" It's just a fucking lack of cleanup. Without the control and pressure of our officials, everyone can go to the sky. He tore off the paper on the wall, tore it to shreds, and scolded: "Grass your mother, I'll eat it, I'll see how the whole family dies." ”

He also ignored the heat, ate seven or eight pieces in one go, and then looked at us: "Do you eat or not?" ”

Stirred up by this incident, no one has an appetite, and they all wave their hands and say they won't eat.

Director Tan was about to say something, but he suddenly heard a "bang" explosion outside, as if someone was setting off firecrackers.

We hurriedly ran to the courtyard and leaned against the courtyard wall to peek out. It doesn't matter what it looks like, it's a big shock.

At some point, a lot of people came to the street. These people seem to be holding a carnival parade with a local flavor, the people in front of them are playing high flags, there are dragon dancers in the middle, some are beating drums, and some are sprinkling paper flowers into the sky, and there are people in the team holding bazooka-like instruments to spray into the sky, and suddenly a cluster of colorful fireworks soars into the air and explodes in the air. There was a greasy smell of roasted pig's head that only happened during the New Year in the air.

Lu Wen is really a little girl's mentality, her eyes lit up: "It must be some festival here, let's go out and play together." ”

He Qin grabbed her: "Don't worry, look at these people's clothes." ”

was reminded by him like this, and I was also stunned. These people have a total of two colors of clothes, either big black or big red, red and black cross together, which looks quite weird. The most important thing is that these people are walking and dancing, all of them are expressionless and stiff as dead people.

The whole atmosphere renders an indescribable weirdness.

After the red and black crowd, there was a group of people wearing white filial piety clothes, waving spirit flags, blowing trumpets, and scattering paper money. There was a huge coffin in the middle of the procession, good fellow, I have never seen such a big coffin in my life. Not to mention how long and tall it is, there are at least sixteen people carrying this coffin! There is a thick wooden pole inserted under the coffin, and the person carrying the coffin below shouts as he walks: "Roar~~Roar~~"

We hid behind the courtyard wall, scared to the point that both legs went limp. This scene is terrifying and mysterious, I don't want to see it, but I am curious, we huddle together and look at it tremblingly.

I noticed that on the head of the coffin there was a huge "Qin" written in white letters. I have doubts in my heart, this place is called Qinjia Town, looking at such a big pomp, isn't the secretary of the town party committee of Qinjia Town dead?

When the procession passed by the courtyard, countless pieces of paper money fluttered in the wind. Some of them still fell on our shoulders, and we were so angry that we quickly dusted them off.

Watching the team gradually move away, Director Tan suddenly said, "Let's go over and have a look." ”

I looked at him in amazement: "Are you crazy? ”

"Do you still want to go out?" Director Tan questioned me.