The canyon was very dangerous, and below it was a large river that rushed between the rocks, and the river eventually flowed into the ground, and did not come out of the mountain, which was very peculiar, and the two of them took the canyon first, first through a dense forest, and when they were tired of walking, they rested in the forest. Stout trees not far away, some of which have taken root into the river, and fish swim between the gaps in their roots.

Si Taiping sat on the spot, pondering about grilling a fish to eat, they did not carry dry food, in those days, food was very precious, there were fish and birds in the mountains, there were all kinds of mountain delicacies, so there was no need to touch the food at home.

Chen Ci went to the water's edge, sat on an assembled tree trunk, stared at the rushing water, and did not know what to think. Si Taiping discovered a very strange thing, this young man was very agile, and his movements were jumping, sometimes as if he had no weight.

Si Taiping was carrying a fish hook and fishing line, and was about to dig two earthworms out to fish, when suddenly, Chen Ci's eyes suddenly looked at him, and then said: "Don't move." Chen Ci is a very imposing person, what he says often makes people obey involuntarily, Si Taiping froze for a moment, but there was still no reaction in his mind, why can't he move?

Immediately afterward, he noticed that Chen's gaze moved to the top of his head, as if there was something on his head. Si Taiping cautiously rolled his eyelids, looked up at his eyeballs, and suddenly saw a green thing above his head. Although he only saw a vague approximation, he still recognized it, it was a huge poisonous bamboo leaf green, and the beautiful green body hung above his head, at such a close distance, the movement of a person is definitely not as fast as a snake, as long as he moves, he will definitely be bitten.

Si Taiping is very anxious, people in the mountains often encounter snakes, it is not a big deal, but at such a close distance, it is above his head, even if he is experienced, he doesn't know what to do at this time. He subconsciously wanted to see clearly, and just as he was about to raise his head, suddenly, a burst of hot liquid suddenly splashed on his face, and then he saw a green thing falling.

Si Taiping fixed his eyes and saw that it was the bamboo leaf green that fell to the ground, struggling to himself, with a blood-red knife stuck in his head, and the person who shot the small flying knife was not Chen Ci and who was.

Si Taiping squinted his eyes and recalled the scene at that time, and said, "I can have today thanks to Master. At that time, people's vision was very few, let alone Si Tianping, a mountain man, who was dumbfounded, only to see Chen Ci's slightly raised hand, standing on the root of the tree with an indifferent expression, and behind him was the river water of the white waves, and that bearing was like a god descending from heaven.

The appearance of the statement, as if the door of another world in front of Si Taiping's eyes opened, just that glance, Si Taiping was deeply impressed, in the following days, the statement asked him to go east, let him go east, let go down to the west, let sit and never stand, let lie and never squat, he hoped that the statement could make him write more, so as to take the opportunity to get closer, but unfortunately, most of the time the statement was when he did not exist.

Si Taiping cheekily said, "Can I worship you as a teacher?" ”

Chen Ci looked at him, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "What to learn?" ”

Si Taipingye is not stupid, he knows that he still has a lot of ability to make statements, so he said: "I will learn what you teach." ”

Chen Ci said coldly: "The first thing I taught you: shut up. ”

Although Si Taiping was frightened, he still did not give up, the people at that time were very down-to-earth and hardworking, he decided to use his sincerity to impress Chen, and in the following journey, he was more attentive, and Chenci treated him as usual, and did not express this.

During this period, there were many changes, needless to say, the two of them passed through the lost stone ridge on the fifth day, and finally saw the red rock paintings. Ahead, a wallpaper cliff looks like someone has split a mountain in half from the middle. On the exposed section, the rock is bright red like blood, which is a common red rock in the area, but such a large area can only be seen here.

After the baptism of wind and rain, the surface of the red rock is uneven, revealing the traces of erosion over time, and some weeds grow tenaciously in the cracks, shaking in the mountain wind.

Si Taiping breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and said, "Master, it's here." Chen Zi was arrogant and didn't care about him at all, he called Master in his mouth, and Chen Zi didn't care at all, as if it had nothing to do with him.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ci took out a camera, in those days, it was rare for individuals to have a camera, and most people went to the photo tube to take ID photos. Si Taiping felt that Chenci represented another world, and he saw what Dou was fresh, so he was particularly attentive to Chenci's every move, so these memories were particularly clear.

In Si Taiping's view, it looks like some abstract paintings, some like people, some like triangles, and some are overlapping circles, and I can't see the clue at all.

But Chen Ci slapped it very seriously, without distractions, Si Taiping went around to get some food. Chen Ci worked until the evening, shooting from different angles, and when the red sun was setting, he finally put away the camera, and the two ate grilled fish and did not speak by the fire.

Suddenly, Chen Ci looked up at the sky and said something that Si Taiping couldn't understand: "All this is more complicated than I imagined. To this day, twenty-seven years later, Si Taiping has become a feng shui master from a brick factory worker, and he still can't understand the meaning of the statement.

The next day, the two embarked on the return journey, and on the way back, Chen Ci was even more silent, and Si Taiping vaguely realized that Chen Ci may not have found what he needed in this operation.

When he returned to the village, Chen Ci was about to leave after paying the money, but Si Taiping was in a hurry and stopped him and said, "Master, what should I do?" He vaguely knew that this was his last chance, and as soon as Chen Ci left, the door would be closed forever.

Chen Ci was still expressionless, looked at him coldly, and said, "Get out of the way." ”

Si Taiping was under tremendous pressure and said, "Don't let me, you can take me." Chen Ci narrowed his eyes and didn't speak, but raised his chin slightly, motioning him to look back, Si Taiping turned his head and saw the anxious eyes of his parents. The meaning of the statement is clear, you are gone, what will they do?

Si Taiping gritted his teeth, handed over all the two hundred yuan given by Chen Ci to his parents, brought a few yuan of change with him, and promised his parents that he would definitely come back in a year. Chen Yu didn't pay attention to it, and let Si Taiping follow, and after getting off the train, Si Taiping had no money and couldn't keep up.

Looking at this unfamiliar place, as well as Chen Ci's indifferent back, Si Taiping realized that he had underestimated Chen Ci's ruthlessness. He felt uncomfortable and regretful, and he was reluctant to open the door and his parents at home.

At this moment, he noticed that Chen Ci's footsteps paused, and he looked at him slightly. For ordinary people, this may just be a very ordinary look back, but Si Taiping already knows the statement very well, he will not look back at an unimportant person, the meaning of this return is obvious, the statement is waiting for him.

After half a year, Chen Ci gave Si Taiping an address and some money, as well as a letter, he said to Si Taiping: "I have nothing to teach you, and I don't have time to teach you, take these to find people at this address, he will arrange." ”

Immediately afterward, the statement got on the train.

This is the last time the two have met, and in a blink of an eye, it will be twenty-seven years.

Si Taiping had already drunk a little too much, and he said: "In this life, people will always meet such a person who changes their lives and cannot be forgotten until they die." He did not mention to whom he had entrusted his arguments, only that after he had achieved some success, he had also tried to find a statement, but to no avail.

I quietly reminisced about this period of the past, and vaguely sketched the shadow of the cliché in my mind, but this shadow overlapped with the mute I met in Xu Fu's tomb. But as Professor Lin commented at the time, Chen Zi is like a person who is not human, and the mute is at least popular, and the two of them will not be the same person.

But why in the world, why can there be two people who are so similar?

I was thinking about the relationship between dumbness and cliché, Si Taiping continued to chatter, he was fat, although he was in his fifties, but fat people generally look young, so he looked only in his early forties, and there was no white hair on his head. Through his chatter, I probably knew about his later experience, and Chen Ci introduced him to a feng shui master surnamed Gu, and I don't know what the relationship between this master and Chen Ci was.

After the meal, Si Taiping was drunk, I threw him at the hotel, and I left.

At this moment, it was sunset, and I explained to Zhong Gong what was going on in that place, and the two of them decided to do it tonight without further ado. At this moment, it is four o'clock in the afternoon, and the equipment for the next bucket is ready-made, we moved the things to the Dou family villa, and ventilated the old man Dou in advance, he gave Aunt Hu a vacation, and Zhong Gong and I were in the villa. We went to bed and prepared to wait until about eleven o'clock in the evening, when everything was quiet.