Chapter Forty-Eight: An Unexpected Encounter
It's dark at the moment, and if it weren't for the odd situation, I wouldn't want to climb the mountain in the middle of the night. This trip out was originally an underground business, and in these years, the punishment for digging mushrooms is extremely heavy, and once something happens, this life is over, so there is no room for mistakes.
In order to find out what was going on, Tofu and I put our burdens on our backs, grasped the unburned fire in the campfire in our hands, and headed towards the bright light not far above our heads. This mountain is not difficult to walk, there is an open fire in hand, and there are no snakes, insects, rats and ants, about 20 minutes, then to the place, only to see in the dark, there is an old building, the outside looks very dilapidated, a bit like a mansion in the past, and a bit like a temple.
But in this barren mountain and wild land, whether it is a house or a temple, it seems extremely strange.
The door of the house was slammed open, and the fire came out of the door, and the torch in my hand and Tofu was almost burning, and we immediately threw it on the ground and trampled it out with our feet, and the two of us walked lightly towards the burning gate.
Where there is fire, there must be someone.
Tofu and I gradually approached the gate along the stone wall on the periphery of the house, a thousand careful, ten careful, for fear of being noticed, who knew that when we got closer, we looked inside through the crack in the door, but there was only a pile of blazing bonfires inside, and there was half a figure.
Tofu couldn't help but sigh and wanted to go in, so I dragged him and motioned to wait a little longer, maybe the person who raised the bonfire was still inside, after all, we were looking at people through the crack in the door, and the visual range was limited, or we should observe for a while.
As he was waiting, he heard a clattering sound like footsteps coming from the temple door. The footsteps seemed to be approaching the location of the firelight, and Tofu and I stared closely to see who would come out, but who knows, the footsteps stopped abruptly, followed by an ethereal, singing-like sound.
It's the voice we heard before, could it be that the source of the sound is actually in this ancient house?
Tofu's eyes showed surprise, and he probably wanted to speak, but before he could speak, one hand covered Tofu's mouth violently. It was not my hand, but the hand that poked out from behind our backs, and I turned back suddenly, only to see a dark shadow standing behind me.
Tofu and I were already peeping, our minds were tied to the ancient house, I didn't expect that a person would suddenly appear behind me, and my heart skipped half a beat for a while, and before I could react, the person quickly made a silent gesture, and the whole person leaned forward, and with the light of the fire in the hall, I saw the person clearly, it was Gu Wenmin!
Gu Wenmin shook his head at the two of us, signaled not to make a sound, then put down his hand and pointed to the interior of the ancient mansion, letting us wait and see what happened. From beginning to end, she didn't say a word.
I scolded in my heart: How could this Gu Wenmin be in this place? Could it be that she wasn't a photographer at all? She lied to me?
In fact, I have some affection for her, so when I think that she may be a liar, I feel that there is a nameless fire in my heart, and the more I look at her, the more unhappy I become, but because of the current situation, I didn't say anything.
The three of them waited outside the door of the house for about half an hour, and Gu Wenmin suddenly said, "Could it be that something happened to them?" ”
"Them?" I asked, "Who are they?" ”
Gu Wenmin paused and said, "A group of poachers." I've heard that this canyon is beautiful, and the end of the canyon is split in two, like a two-headed snake, and the sunset is spectacular, so I wanted to come here to take pictures. In the afternoon, I accidentally found this ancient mansion, and I wanted to spend the night in it, but when I went out to take a few photos, I found a group of thieves with guns and moved in first. ”
I was a little surprised for a while, I didn't expect Gu Wenmin to be so bold that she dared to sleep in this place alone, and then, I saw her look at me and Tofu, and said thoughtfully: "It's the two of you, why did you come to this place?" ”
Tofu has always been slow in his brain, but now he is clever, lying without blinking, and said: "Although we live in a city full of exhaust gas, we can't stop our love for nature." Such a beautiful place, you can come, but we can't come? You're playing art, and so am I, if you want to shoot the frame, I'll shoot it too. Saying that, he glanced at me, and I hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, I knew that you were going to come to the canyon for sightseeing, so we should have gone on the road together, by the way, these hunters with guns live here, so why don't you have to live in another place, why do you stay here?" ”
Gu Wenmin was probably stunned by me and Tofu's singing and harmonizing, and was immediately led away from the topic, saying: "I want to find out who they are, there are a lot of poachers in this area, before I came, the villagers told me that there are many rare animals in this mountain, if they are really poached, we can't let them succeed." ”
I said in my heart: There are many people who break the law and discipline in this world, do you want to take care of everything, can you take care of it? People poach and do your, so you have such a sense of justice, so if you know that Tofu and I are digging graves, don't you immediately go to the public security bureau to report us.
So I said: "The other party has a gun in his hand, in case it is discovered, how unsafe it is, in this barren mountains and mountains, you are a big girl, it is too easy to kill you." Tofu was dumbfounded, nodded and said, "Yes, yes, and you are so beautiful, you will definitely rape first and then kill, it's too miserable." ”
Rao is Gu Wenmin has always had a good temper, but he was also choked by the tofu gas, stomped his feet, and became a little angry, and said: "You two, you don't have any public morality at all." If you don't see it, forget it, since you do, we can't let them continue poaching, do you know how easy it is for them to kill a tiger? Do you know how much manpower and financial resources the country spends on artificial breeding every year in order to protect wild tigers? You know ........."
I didn't expect that this big beauty Gu would rise to the height of the country in an instant when it comes to reasoning. If we continue like this, Tofu and I will become sinners for the ages, so I quickly interrupted her and said, "We are wrong, we should not sit idly by and ignore the bad poaching." But the other party has a gun in his hand, what now? ”
Seeing that I was sincere in admitting my mistakes, Gu Wenmin's anger subsided, and he lowered his voice and said, "When I found them, they had already grabbed a lot of things, some of them were dead, and some of them were alive. I was looking for a chance to release the living creatures, so I stayed there. She pointed to the darkness, remembering that she was crouching there.
Gu Wenmin wanted to wait for those poachers to go out or relax when they acted, but who knew that the poaching group of three people did not come out again after entering. Not long after, there was a faint singing sound in the ancient house, and occasionally there were footsteps, which seemed very bizarre, Gu Wenmin couldn't eat the situation, he didn't dare to start for a while, he was squatting and guarding, but he saw me and Tofu sneaking up the mountain, in order to prevent the two of us from knowing the situation, we startled the snake, and then appeared.
"I've been squatting for more than four hours, and they haven't come out or moved," she said. I think it's weird, it's just that a person doesn't dare to rush in, and now that you're here, it's good that you're here. ”
Tofu said pitifully: "Although we are brave, but after all, we are flesh and blood, Gu Da Beauty, do you want us to block the gun with our bodies?" Gu Wenmin seemed to want to speak, opened his mouth, and then made a sound, and suddenly, in the depths of the ancient mansion, there was a terrible scream, as if someone had been skinned alive, and the voice was very poignant, making people's scalps tingle and ears cold in an instant.
The three of them stopped talking at the same time, looking at each other, not knowing for a moment what was happening.
The terrible scream lasted for about half a minute before disappearing, and then another voice was heard, this time not screaming, but a person shouting in horror: "Help! He shouted several times, and his voice grew lower and lower until he disappeared.
Needless to say, the voice must have been poachers, but what happened to them? Don't you have a gun in your hand? How can it make such a sound? I was thinking about it, but Tofu had already said, "What should I do, someone will shout for help again." "This boy was timid, but he was always very soft-hearted, and I remember one time when he went out for a fast food and had ten dollars with him, and he met an old beggar with a broken leg along the way. As soon as he was kind, he gave all ten dollars.
This kid was a little confused, and after giving the money, he went to eat fast food, and when he finished eating, he touched his pocket and remembered it suddenly...... Oops, no, I brought ten dollars with me when I went out today. In the end, I could only be cheeky, take advantage of the boss's inattention, run out wildly, and eat a bully meal.
Although poaching is hateful, it is also a human life after all, where did Tofu hear this, and immediately said: "Or...... Let's go in and have a look? He is kind, and someone has a greater sense of justice than him, Gu Wenmin pursed the corners of his mouth, and a cold frost formed on his beautiful outline, and said, "Go in and have a look." "Anyway, go in first, and the tofu will follow suit.
I ended up at a moment's loss as to how to react and thought: Go ahead, go ahead, you're all good people, fuck! I'm the only one who is a hard-hearted bad person. I thought so, but I couldn't let a coward and a woman take the risk in front, so I immediately pulled out my dagger and entered the gate of the ancient mansion.