Chapter Eighty-Three: Meeting Kong Sanye
The stars were beautiful at night, and I lay under the improvised tent and looked at the sky, thinking about what was next. Tomorrow dawn will go up the mountain, this is the first time I have acted alone, it is false to say that I am not afraid, after all, I am still a little weak-hearted, but I can't let them know the traces of my grandfather, I don't know anything about the purpose of their coming.
In order to go up the mountain and find the entrance to the cellar smoothly tomorrow, I took out my grandfather's diary and flipped through it carefully, remembering the place clearly.
After reading it, I cut off a piece of the pot and helmet bun in the bag, and ate it with cold water before going to sleep. Brother Li's daughter-in-law's pot of helmet buns is really good, and it is spiced inside, which tastes very delicious.
Just as I was in a daze, I heard movement nearby and immediately got up and looked outside. The fire had been extinguished, and when I got up, I found myself cold, and my legs were numb, and I almost fell to the ground.
"Who's there?" I turned on my flashlight, walked around carefully, and shouted loudly. But there was no response, and there was a dead silence outside.
Seeing that no one answered me, I had to go into the improvised tent again, and after that I didn't sleep much all night, paying attention to the movement around me. This time I came out alone, and Datou and Datuan were not there, and I wouldn't be scared if the two of them were alone.
And more importantly, before entering the mountain, Brother Li said that few people come in the mountain, so there can be more dangerous animals such as wolves or wild boars.
After thinking about it for a while, I couldn't sleep anyway, so I got up again and raised the fire, and it was strangely cold in the simple tent. If you want to talk about the leakage, it was already leaking when I turned on the flashlight and shouted just now, and now it is nothing to raise a fire, and raising a fire can not only keep out the cold, but also prevent the attack of wild beasts.
Finally, when I saw the scenery gradually brightening up around me, I got up and moved my numb hands and feet, and found a stream to wash my face. The cold stream water wiped on his face, instantly driving away all the sleepiness that had accumulated in the middle of the night, and the person became a lot more energetic.
I tidied up my things and got ready to go up the mountain. There is no road on this mountain, only a simple path for some small animals to run on, I found a relatively easy one to walk, and climbed towards the mountain.
Although it is relatively easy to walk, it is a time when the vegetation is dense and it rained yesterday, so it is difficult to walk.
I tied the plastic kettle to the backpack with rope, put the shovel in the backpack, and took out a short knife to open the way. It didn't take long for me to get soaked with my clothes. Looking at the situation on the mountain at the foot of the mountain, I thought that it should be easy to find the entrance to the cellar, but after entering, I didn't think so.
As soon as I started to climb the mountain, I got into the dense forest, and it was difficult to see what was going on in front of me, let alone on the mountainside. Grandpa's diary was more than ten years ago, when the Cultural Revolution had just passed, and the trees on the mountains were bare when the Great Iron and Steel Surgeon caught up with the United States.
Grandpa's diary is useless, and now he can only rely on his own feelings to find it in the mountains. From the beginning of the climb to the mountain, I paid attention to all the caves, and whenever I came across them, I would go to see them, hoping to find the caves described in my grandfather's diary.
After walking like this for almost two hours, according to the estimate at the bottom of the mountain, it should have reached the halfway point of the mountain. However, when I climbed a relatively high tree and looked at it, I realized that I was still a long way from the mountainside, and I had only walked less than half of the way. It seems that before going up the mountain, the difficulty of the mountain was underestimated.
However, when I went up to the top of the tree this time, I also found that there were other traces of other people's activities on this mountain. Judging from the traces left by the man, this man actually went up the mountain recently, and I immediately thought of the movement last night.
But if he had gone up the mountain last night, then it was very likely that he had already spotted me, so why didn't he show up, just to keep me from finding his traces, or some other reason.
After coming down from the tree, I walked in the direction of the tracks I had found. Judging from the trace, it turned out to be a person who went up the mountain, and what was the reason why he came up the mountain aroused my curiosity. So I decided to follow his trail and see what he was doing.
Anyway, there is still some distance from the mountainside now, and following his trail, there is someone in front of me to open the way, and I won't feel so tired, as long as I get to the mountainside. If he had gone up to the top of the mountain, then I wouldn't have followed.
Since a road has been opened up here, it is easier to walk, and my speed has increased a lot. When he was about to reach the middle of the mountain, he found a man sitting on a stone in front of him, resting there.
The man was sitting with his back to me, and I could only see a little side of his face, but the back and silhouette looked very familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere.
I quietly hid behind a large tree, trying not to make any noise, and slowly adjusted the angle to see who the man was.
But in the process of adjustment, I accidentally stepped on a dry branch under my feet, making a crisp "crunch" sound. The mountain was already very quiet, and this sound was particularly harsh, and the man turned his head instantly when he heard the thought.
He alertly pulled out a pistol, aimed it at my side, and then shouted loudly, "Who's there?" ”
I was startled when I saw him turn around, not because of the pistol in his hand, but because of his face and his familiar voice.
"Third Master Kong, why are you here?" This person is the third master of Kong who entered the three-phase tomb with me, and after he came out, he didn't say goodbye, and I was very surprised that he was here.
"Hadron, is that you? How did you get here? Kong Sanye was also very surprised to see that it was me, but he seemed to be a lot more relieved, the expression on his face was obviously relaxed, and he put away the pistol in his hand.
"I'm here to look for grandpa, and there's a good chance he's here. What about you, Master Kong, what are you doing here? "I'm very curious about the purpose of Kong Sanye's coming here. Datuan and Datou came here to be hired by people, and Kong Sanye can be regarded as famous in this industry, and it is unlikely that he will be hired by others.
But if it is someone who can even afford to hire Kong Sanye, then there must be a relatively large force. Kong Sanye's expenses are not something that ordinary small forces can afford. The last time I went to find my grandfather, it was because Kong Sanye had a good relationship with my grandfather, so I reached out to help.
"I came with the archaeological team this time, and they said that they found something here, so they asked me to come and help take a look at it this time." When Kong Sanye said about the archaeological team, his face was obviously a little unnatural, but I didn't think much about it, but the words of the archaeological team aroused my great interest.
Didn't Datuan and Datou say that they were also from the archaeological team, could it be that Kong Sanye was the same as them, and was hired by that mysterious force.
"Kong Sanye, is it really an archaeological team?" I asked Kong Sanye with some doubts, this mysterious force can not only invite archaeological experts, but even people of Kong Sanye's status can get in with that archaeological expert, it seems that that force is really not to be underestimated.
Kong Sanye looked around, obviously there was no one, but he still lowered his voice and said to me: "Qiangzi, you better go back first, that is not an archaeological team, I saw that Zheng Wen was also inside." ”
Hearing that Zheng Wen was also there, my eyelids suddenly jumped a few times. I really didn't expect that Zheng Wen didn't die last time, and the aggressiveness of tens of thousands of Gu worms could come out alive. Since Zheng Wen can come out alive, then Uncle Zheng should be able to do it, I asked Kong Sanye, "Then have you seen Uncle Zheng, is he also here?" ”
Kong Sanye shook his head at me and said, "I didn't see him, I only saw Zheng Wen, and it was far away at the time, Zheng Wen shouldn't have seen me." ”
Seeing that I didn't speak, Kong Sanye continued: "Qiangzi, I think you should go out first, at least after they leave, you can come again." ”
How can I do this, if it is the force behind Zheng Wen, then I can't leave, their purpose is to find grandpa, I have to find grandpa before them.
"Third Master Kong, did you come out alone this time? Did you go up the mountain in the middle of the night last night? "I looked at Kong Sanye, if he came out alone, then there is no one nearby now, if that person was him last night, it means that I haven't leaked yet.
Kong Sanye looked at me and said with some doubts: "You were the kid at the foot of the mountain last night?" I was taken aback, and I thought I had met the mountain guard. ”
Hearing him say this, I was a lot more relieved, and he really made the movement last night. At least my whereabouts haven't been revealed, and I don't have to worry too much about my safety.
"Third Master Kong, I won't go back, we'd better go separately, so that if you don't say it, I won't leak." Seeing that I resolutely insisted on refusing to leave, Kong Sanye had no choice.
He came over and patted me on the shoulder and said to me, "Qiangzi, since you don't leave, I can't do anything, but be careful, I have to hurry over, otherwise they will come to look for me, and you will leak." ”
After seeing off Kong Sanye, I rested for a while before walking in the other direction. This time I walked more cautiously, for fear of making some movement and being seen by the people of the mysterious force.
As I walked, I kept an eye on every cave in the vicinity, and as long as there was enough room for one person, I would go in and check out to make sure I didn't miss one.
At this time, the thing I was most worried about may be the big head and the big group, but I didn't expect Zheng Wen to be inside, what would it be like if these three people met.
And whether Uncle Zheng also came this time, Kong Sanye said that he didn't see it, it doesn't mean that he is not here. Zheng Wen can come out, then Uncle Zheng must also come out, and he didn't die in that ancient tomb.
My mind is getting more and more chaotic now, and things seem to be a lot more complicated, and I have a vague feeling as if the whole thing is controlled by something.
Every time I have a little news about my grandfather, that mysterious force can always appear wherever I go. Last time I was in the three-phase tomb, this time I came to Qinchuan again.
The last time they went to the Three-Phase Tomb, it was to find their grandfather. If it's a coincidence this time, the liars don't believe it. But how did they get the information that Grandpa was here?
When I was at Brother Li's house in the village outside the mountains before, I didn't hear that there were a lot of people coming here recently, so there was only one possibility, these people came from another direction. If that's the case, then they get a different message than I get.
If they really got the news that Grandpa was here, what kind of news would it be? As I thought about it, I walked forward, forgetting to look at the road under my feet, and almost fell down with one foot in the air.