In ancient times, there were no big rivers in that area, and the climate was arid, so there were often famines, and in the years of famine, the food at home was definitely not enough to eat, and over time, some people naturally had to make sacrifices. Whether voluntarily or forced, the elderly are the first to be sacrificed.

Whether it is a human being or an animal, they are born with a child-friendly nature, that is, they like the young and do not like the elderly, and the moral system of human beings requires people to be filial and grateful, so in normal times, they are generally harmonious families.

However, when this harmony reaches extreme conditions, such as famine or natural disasters, people's nature is stimulated. At this point, the strong adults will be faced with a choice, there is not enough food, and some people must be given up, should they give up the children or the elderly? In extreme conditions, moral restraint is minimized, giving rise to the practice of sacrificing the elderly.

In reality, there are many examples of parents going bankrupt to raise money for their sick children, which is tear-jerking, but how many children will go bankrupt for their seriously ill parents? Essentially, this is the child-friendly nature of living things.

Therefore, due to the conditions of the land in that place, natural disasters have been frequent, and it has always been associated with famine and poverty, so there has been a habit of giving up the elderly in ancient times. Later, this habit became a custom, and it is estimated that the elderly in their eighties have no labor force at all, and at this age, most of them will be riddled with diseases, and the local people are already poor, so their children are powerless, or they are not willing to make great sacrifices to take care of an old man, so this cruel bad habit has been preserved to this day.

And the local elderly, the ancestors of the previous generation have come over like this, their minds are solidified, thinking that they are really damned at their age, but they will not resent their children, to put it bluntly, because the elderly will also be close to the young, hoping that their children and grandchildren will live well, so they have no complaints.

Therefore, I have always believed that in an environment where the human moral system is disintegrating, those who can still maintain virtue are truly virtuous people.

This bad habit of exposing the bad nature of human nature is shocking, so it is not reported on the news, only a few small newspapers have reported it, but the tabloid gives the impression of exaggeration and untruth, so most people read it, and may think it is apocryphal, but I know it is true, because I used to pass by that place when I received mountain goods.

At that time, I happened to see a pair of sons tearfully carrying the same living mother up the mountain, surrounded by people blowing suona and some people scattering paper money. Of course, this was 10 years ago, and the place should have been opened to roads by now, and it is estimated that this bad habit has been extinct.

Of course, the whole story is not over yet.

In the process of those reporters entering the village to cover the news, in order to collect evidence, some reporters secretly drove the grave, that is, pried open the stone slab covering the surface. After the stone slab was pried open, the corpse could indeed be seen inside, but the strange thing was that the corpse was actually petrified, and it was combined with the mountain stone under the body, which was very magical.

Folk superstition believes that this is the 'Chengdi Immortal', that is, the body and soul are integrated with the mountains, rivers and earth. Zhang Wen wondered if the corpse that couldn't be pulled was petrified, and I remembered what I had seen before.

But at this moment, because of the distance, we have no way to find out whether the corpse is petrified or not, and the only thought is how to get the thing on its chest. The distance between the two of us is about forty meters, and we don't use the probe claws and corpse ropes, but we can actually set up a rope and slide through, but it is more troublesome.

Just thinking about it, another batch of zongzi climbed to the top, standing on the edge of the platform, ready to jump down, this batch of zongzi successively a total of eight, the faces are all blurred, one by one straight down the jump, repeating the cycle of death, the scalp of the person watching is tight, the heart is empty.

And at this moment, the eighth zongzi, for some reason, stopped jumping, and stood motionless at the edge, as if waiting for something. This abnormal zongzi caught our attention, and we didn't care about the old corpse for a while. At the moment it had its back to us, wrapped in a linen-colored cloth, and seemed to have some ornament hanging around its neck, but it was not very clear.

Tofu boldly walked to the side, wanting to see what the zongzi was doing, and suddenly, the zongzi turned his head suddenly, and the blurred face gradually became clear, and the face seemed to be being kneaded by one hand, and suddenly changed into another face.

Taking a closer look at this face, everyone couldn't help but gasp, because this face was exactly the same as everything goes.

The jack-of-all-trades' expression changed greatly, showing that he was not lightly surprised.

Tofu jumped to his feet and said, "Damn, what's going on?" At this time, the hand of the zongzi suddenly pointed upward, as if there was something on it. I subconsciously looked up and saw that there was nothing on it, it was pitch black, and I couldn't see it at all.

And the moment it raised its finger, the whole 'person' fell backwards and fell into the dark abyss.

Everyone looked at each other with different expressions, but none of them were relaxed, even Tofu kept their mouths closed, and from time to time they cautiously went to see the know-it-all. And the know-it-all can be said to be the most stimulated, a zongzi who doesn't know whether it is hard or soft, suddenly becomes exactly the same face as himself, which is difficult for individuals to accept.

At this moment, countless questions popped up in my mind: Why did that zongzi become a jack-of-all-trades?

What does this mean?

Why did it point to it when it jumped?

At this moment, there was only hollow darkness around us, and we stood at the top of the stairs, no matter which direction we looked, it was only pitch black. The know-it-all looked very bad, turned his head sideways and asked for a hint of Rui, and said, "Boss, this place is strange, and I have a very ominous premonition." He pointed to the sitting old corpse, and said that he was willing to go to the platform, take out the things in the old corpse's arms, and inquire for us, and the matter is over, so we can leave this place early."

Zhen Rui naturally would not object, after all, these people were all his subordinates, not outsiders who were casually partnered, and they didn't dare to play with their lives, so everyone didn't dare to delay, and immediately re-erected the rope. It took us more than half an hour to erect a 40-meter-long ropeway in the air. During this period, two more batches of zongzi came up, but none of them reappeared in the previous situation, which barely reassured everyone.

Since the ropeway was too long, we didn't think we could go too many people to be on the safe side, so we finally agreed that Guò, a jack-of-all-trades, and I would check on the situation. The know-it-all hung up the safety buckle, held the rope, and alternately turned his hands to the opposite side and.

Tofu was a little worried, and whispered to me: "Lao Chen, how tall is this, and the cableway is too long, what if it breaks?" What should I do if there is a problem with the safety buckle? It's not that you don't know the quality of domestic production, or ...... Make an excuse and let the yin and yang face go. ”

I looked at Tofu's nervous expression, a little funny, and said, "What excuse?" ”

Tofu said, "Just say that your stomach hurts, or your eggs hurt." I always feel hairy in my heart, I feel that something is going to happen to you, I find that your luck is very bad, every time you fight or make a decision, the plan is very good, but there are always accidents. ”

I said in my heart that if you want to be lucky, won't the curse of the ghost face become a parallel import? I'm desperate for my luck, and I know what Tofu said, I've always thought twice about doing things, and rarely do wrong things, but over the past year, I feel like I've made a lot of decisions that are obviously good, and they all turn bad in the end.

Inevitably Tofu was worried, so I comforted him and said: "I went bankrupt in the middle of the year before last, and it took me a year to work hard, and I have a high IQ, handsomeness, and a good figure, God also gave me such an excellent other half, I am very lucky, don't think about it." ”

Ignoring Tofu and continuing to mutter, when the know-it-all reached the opposite side, I also climbed the rope and began to walk to the opposite side. Looking down, the bottom is a bottomless abyss, due to the simplicity of the ropeway, every time it moves, the entire rope of more than 40 meters, even with me is dangling in the air, the kind of life tied to a rope, the feeling that you may fall into the abyss at any time, makes people's hearts beat faster.

I stared straight ahead, not into the abyss, and the rope shook more as I went. At this time, the know-it-all had tightened the gloves of the corpse, squatted down and began to search the corpse, leaving only a back figure for me, at this time I was just halfway through, the know-it-all suddenly shouted, the whole person stood up and stepped back, as if something had happened.

I chuckled in my heart, and said that bad luck is coming, and I can't shake it off, damn it, what's wrong.

And the jack-of-all-trades retreated, and the whole person retreated to the edge of the circular platform, and if he took another half a step, he was afraid that he would fall into the abyss. For some reason, I suddenly remembered the scene where the zongzi who had become a jack-of-all-trades and committed suicide backwards, and my back was cold for a moment.

Could it be ...... Is that some kind of portent?

Because of the dangerous action of the jack-of-all-trades, Tofu and the others behind me also let out a burst of exclamations, and Tofu shouted: "Boy, what's wrong with you!" Don't be surprised, people are scary, scared to death! “