Folk often say that some things live for a long time, and their appearance will be close to people, such as ginseng. Therefore, there has always been no shortage of legends of ginseng dolls in the world. The older generation said that if you meet a little baby in the mountains who is bare-assed and inconvenient for men and women who are not afraid of giving birth, nine times out of ten they will become a fine life doll. Grasp this kind of doll, boil a pot of boiling water, put the baby directly inside, press the lid tightly, boil for a few hours, open the lid, and you can see the ginseng in its original form.

Of course, this statement sounds a little scary, what if it is not ginseng that is caught, but a real little doll, after the lid is lifted, it is a pot of human flesh?

Seeing the old turtle with a human face in front of me, I was horrified, and I was about to say something, when I suddenly felt that the old turtle froze me, and then I heard a hoarse voice in my ear saying, "Help me, I will repay you." "For a while, I just felt that I couldn't move all over my body, and my brain stiffened, and my mind was full of one sentence: help me, help me......

The sound was hovering in my head, almost maddening, when someone suddenly slapped me on the shoulder, and I woke up.

When I opened my eyes, I realized that there was no Nu River in front of me at all, only a bonfire, and the person who patted me on the shoulder was Lu Su.

What's going on?

Is it a dream?

At this time, I found that Feng Ghost was still in the same posture as before, and Lu Su and Heizi woke up, and it seemed that they were here to hand over the shift. Feng Ghost stretched his hand and said, "I'm still relatively dedicated, unlike some people who fall asleep as soon as they close their eyes." "Needless to say, this person is referring to me. I was a little embarrassed and fell asleep during the vigil, which was really the first time. Lu Su didn't mind, smiled slightly, and said; "Go get some sleep, I'll keep watch."

Although I felt that the dream I had just now was a little strange, but I didn't go to my heart, there is a way to think about it every day, and dream at night, I sleep on weekdays, and it is not without dreams that are more weird than this. Thinking so, he retreated back to the tent and slept.

But I didn't expect that after falling asleep this night, the dream I had before would be repeated again in the dream. This time, no one came to wake me up, and all night, my dreams were fixed on the face of the turtle that resembled a human face, and my whole mind was full of those three words: help me, help me.

It wasn't until dawn that I was awakened by the movement of everyone getting up.

When I woke up, my whole body was covered in a layer of sweat, Kuroko caught a few more fish, and was baking breakfast for us, he was fighting for the first time, belonging to 100,000 whys, there were many questions, and the whole ear was the voice of Kuroko's humble and curious questioning, except for Lu Su, Bai Chopping Chicken, Li Fatzi and Feng Ghost Hand ignored him. I wiped my face and came out of the tent, and when Kuroko saw that I, the 'good man' who was willing to talk to him, woke up, he immediately handed me the fish that had been grilled first.

This night's strange dream, so that my current spirit is not very good, I let him eat first, I walked to the river, with the cold river water to wash the face, only then did I feel a lot more sober, for a while, the dream that haunted the whole night last night, seems to be far away.

When I used to be in the countryside, I often heard the old people say that the mountain spirits and ghosts, there are three tribulations of heaven, earth and man, and I once said that it was the big snake that was killed by thunder in my hometown, this is called the heavenly calamity, and the earth calamity is some geological disasters, and the human calamity is a man-made disaster, such as the beginning of "The Legend of the White Snake", the little white snake was caught by the woodcutter and almost died, which is a human calamity.

When the spirit is in trouble, it often seeks refuge from others, such as those scholars in "Liao Zhai", often when the thunder and lightning are combined, there will suddenly be a young woman hiding in the room, and the spring breeze is for a while, in fact, it is to borrow people to avoid robbery, and the thunder will not split down when it senses the breath of people. There are also spirits who ask for help in dreams, but this kind of help method is often ignored by people, so it has little effect.

I squatted by the river and thought, and I kept having the same dream all night, could it be that I also encountered something strange dreaming for help?

The location of this angry valley is the place where the Nine Dragons are guarded, the earth is majestic, the wind hides the water, and it is inaccessible, but where there are many mountain spirits and ghosts, I have to have such an association. But it was early in the morning, the mist was curling, the sun was faint, the green hills in the distance were stretching, the strange peaks were towering, and the strange rocks were stacked. Besides, even if there were, I don't know how to save it.

If there really is any spirit, it is also strange, why did it come to me for help?

Thinking so, I patted my face, poured cold water on it, and walked back refreshed. When they arrived at the camp, the tents and equipment bags had been packed, and a few people sat around to eat fish, and after eating the fish, they went on the road. Kuroko handed me my share and said, "This kind of black fish is delicious, with few spines and thin meat, and the old turtle likes to eat it." "There are many types of fish in the river, and this kind of black fish has a small head and a flat body, and I have never seen it. Hearing this, Feng Ghost on the side scolded: "You little cub, what is the old turtle who loves to eat, you are turning around and scolding us for being turtles." ”

As soon as they mentioned the turtle, I remembered last night's dream, and I couldn't help but stare at the black fish in my hand, and said, "What's so important about this?" Thinking about it, he asked Kuroko why. Heizi is a sincere person, he was so pressed by Feng Ghost's hand, he was clumsy, and he didn't know how to defend himself, and when he saw me asking, he breathed a sigh of relief and explained: "We call this kind of fish longevity fish there, because turtles like to eat, and turtles live very long, so our people there say that eating this kind of black fish can lead to longevity, and when you catch one, you usually leave it for the elderly at home to eat." ”

Longevity Fish ......

I had a bad feeling, but I didn't know what to do. At this time, Lu Su looked at the sky, then looked at the uneaten fish in my hand, and said, "It's late." Let's eat as you go. Everyone went on the road with their burdens on their backs, and Bai Chopping Chicken walked at the end as usual, with Li Fat Man supporting him along the way.

If you want to say that this fat man Li used to be a powerful and blessed person, if he becomes a messenger, he can only obey the orders of the white chicken, just like the domesticated dog, and he doesn't know whether he is willing or not.

Next, we followed the Nu River all the way, and at noon, we reached the first bend. At this bend, the water became stronger, and the hills on both sides of the bank rose from the ground, completely blocking our way forward. Looking ahead, in addition to the vast river, there is only one side of the steep mountain wall.

Feng Ghost touched his chin with his hand and said that he would take the waterway if he didn't tie up the raft. Kuroko said: "Let's go upstream, this countercurrent is very difficult, especially at the bend, it is easy to have an accident." Feng Ghost glared at him and said, "Then fly over?" ”

I pointed to the cliff on one side and said, "Maybe you can climb there." ”

Feng Ghost said: "Isn't that more strenuous than taking the waterway? ”

Lu Su interrupted our conversation, took out a telescope, looked towards the direction of the cliff, and said, "I heard from the people in Guwu Village that there is a plank road on the cliff in front, and it will be much easier for us to climb the plank road." The waterways here cannot be walked, and there are many whirlpools in the first bend, unless a large boat, small boat or raft is swept into it, and it will never be recovered. ”

Kuroko was surprised: "Didn't you say that no one came here?" How can there be a plank road on the cliff? ”

Lu Su said: "There is no one now, it doesn't mean that there was no one before, don't underestimate the ancients, let's go." The white chicken was estimated to be angry, and finally found out the rope and tied himself to Li Fatzi, who carried him on his back. This Li Fat Man is already a messenger, and his body naturally belongs to the inhuman level. In a moment, everyone began to climb up the steep cliff. Fortunately, although this cliff is vertical, there are many protruding places on the surface, and we don't have to climb too high, even if we fall, there is water below, so there will not be much danger.

But as the team advanced, the trend of the entire foothold on the cliff became higher and higher, and people stood on it closely, without any protection, and when they looked down, it was the misty river, and when they looked down, it made people dizzy.

Kuroko's appearance was better than I expected, cautious, and although she looked nervous, she couldn't see any fear.

As the distance gradually increased, at this time, I suddenly saw that not far ahead, there were black things sticking to the cliff, which should be the plank road that Lu Su said, layered on top of each other, like a twisted black, and I couldn't see the end at a glance.

I don't know how many years this plank road, can it bear our weight?

Walking in the front was Lu Su, when he arrived at the plank road, he first knocked with his hand, the whole person turned over, walked for a while, and then said: "No problem, come up." "At this time, I found out that the wood used in these plank roads is the most anti-corrosion and moisture-resistant tree kiln, and the surface should have been painted, although it is no longer visible, but the remaining paint spots can be seen clearly.

Everyone went on the plank road, only to see that the soles of their feet were foggy, and they could vaguely see the river under their feet.

At the bottom of the plank road, thick wooden pillars were driven into the mountain wall, firmly inlaid on the cliff. However, although the stakes are firm, after all, I don't know how many years, some of the pedals have rotted, and occasionally when you step on them, they will make a squeaking sound, and on the cliff, in the air, the hearts of those who listen are tense.

I estimate that these plank roads, the eight achievements were cultivated by the corpse immortals back then.

First, these plank road materials and good, tree kiln, that is, a big tree, only take the center of the tree, every pedal under our feet, in fact, is a tree, this whole plank road is like a snake, I don't know how many trees are used, this kind of project, is not the common people at that time can start the work.

Second, this place is remote, even if there were people living in ancient times, there must not be many residents, even if it is the government, it will not build such a luxurious and dangerous plank road for some rural people. Thinking about it, the only possibility is that this plank road is a relic left by the original construction of the tomb of the giant ear king, because of the need to transport manpower and tools, so the plank road is so firmly repaired, has been preserved to this day.