I was afraid that Bai Fan would be in danger and couldn't take care of it so much, so I shouted when I saw this, and rushed over with a newspaper that went crazy.

They were taken aback by my actions and stared at me nervously when they saw me running over.

I pulled up the white sail, dragged it behind me, pointed at the old man Zhang and said:

"He's a ghost, and he's dead long before he went up the mountain!"

Bai Fan and Lao Liu couldn't help but be stunned when they heard me.

Old man Zhang smiled when he heard this, and said:

"Little brother, why should I let you say that you are a ghost, I don't carry this pot"

Lao Liu also asked later:

"What the hell is going on, what nonsense are you talking about?"

I knew that this old man would not admit it, so I turned my head and said to Lao Liu:

"These two people died in a car accident on the way to Changbai Mountain in a small guest, don't believe it."

As I spoke, I handed the newspaper I was holding in my hand to Lao Liu.

As soon as my hand reached out, I was startled first, and what I was holding in my hand was not a newspaper, but a stack of dead people's paper money!!

Lao Liu took the paper money, frowned and asked:

"This barren mountain and wilderness, where did you get the paper money?"

Looking at this pile of paper money, I was instantly stunned with sweat on my forehead, what about the newspaper? I clearly took the newspaper that the middle-aged man gave me!!

I suppressed my undulating fear, and when I turned my head, the place where I had just met the middle-aged man was empty.

I hurriedly learned from Lao Liu about the middle-aged man just now.

Before Lao Liu could speak, Old Man Zhang coughed and said:

"Little brother, the Red Leaf Valley in the back mountain of Changbai Mountain is not a secret, many people know it, and there are countless people who have been looking for the Red Leaf Valley before and after, among them, there are even some people who are obsessed with the mountains and finally die here."

When I heard what he was saying, I asked:

"What do you mean? Are you saying that the middle-aged man who just talked to me and handed me the newspaper is a ghost who died in the mountains? ”

Old man Zhang smiled and said:

"Or else?"

I couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

Seeing that the atmosphere was embarrassing, Bai Fan grabbed my arm and whispered:

"What the hell is not a ghost, it's all about scaring yourself, it's so dark, you must be wrong, it's okay Li Yao, don't take it too seriously"

Lao Liu also said on the side:

"It'll be dark in a while, let's rest early after eating, you two still have to keep vigil"

After a while, everyone dispersed, except for Bai Fan.

I swallowed and foamed, afraid that Bai Fan would be worried, and said that it was okay, so I sent her back to the tent.

Because of what I had just experienced, I discussed with Xiao Zhou that I would keep the first half of the night tonight, and he would keep watch for the second half of the night, and Xiao Zhou readily agreed.

It was getting dark, everyone was sleeping, I sat at the mouth of the tent and looked at the place where I met the middle-aged man just now, in a daze, did I really hit a ghost?

Luckily tonight was all right and nothing strange happened.

After dawn, a group of five of us set off again to find Momiji Valley.

I really didn't sleep well last night, and I couldn't stay up in a hurry during the day, Bai Fan saw me like this, so he grabbed her luggage and carried it on his back.

Lao Liu and Old Man Zhang walked in front with a map, and the three of us young people followed, walking and walking, the sun was getting less and less, and a large black and oppressive dark cloud floated over from afar, it should be a heavy rainstorm!

Seeing this, Bai Fan excitedly asked the old man Zhang and said:

"Uncle Zhang, I remember you said that if you go on the right road and encounter a wind and rain, you see that it is about to rain, are we about to reach the Red Leaf Valley?"

Hearing this, Old Man Zhang looked up at the dark clouds floating in the sky, and said with a smile:

"No, this coming rainstorm and the rain we are looking forward to are two different things, a wind and a rain refers to a sudden gale, occasional heavy rain, are without warning, you see now, the rain has not fallen, the dark clouds are coming first"

Bai Fan pursed his lips in disappointment when he heard this.

Xiao Zhou behind Old Man Zhang said:

"Teacher, I think it's raining a lot, let's quickly find a place to set up a tent to shelter from the rain."

Old man Zhang nodded, pointed ahead and said:

"Go over there, it's good for pitching a tent"

Changbai Mountain only has a few peaks that hold Tianchi, and the other mountainside locations are endless forest areas, with no caves and no high rocks, so you can only set up tents to shelter from the rain.

Seeing that the heavy rain was coming, we hurriedly set up two tents.

I hid with Lao Liu and Bai Fan, and Old Man Zhang hid with his apprentice.

It didn't take long for the rain to crackle.

Bai Fan was a little cold, sitting very close to me, which made me very happy, I had the heart to reach out and put my arm around her shoulder, but because Lao Liu was still next to me, I didn't dare to move.

I glanced at the sad old Liu and asked:

"Lao Liu, do you really believe Old Man Zhang's words?"

Lao Liu shook his head and said:

"You Can't Believe It All, You Can't Disbelieve"

"What do you mean, I didn't think this old man was a good person from the beginning, and normal people carry a pair of white bones wherever they go."

Bai Fan was reluctant to hear my words, and said:

"What's wrong with the white bones on my back, since I heard Uncle Zhang's love story, I'm not afraid at all, and I'm glad that Aunt Zhang can find true love, although it's a bit special, but this is also a way to pay tribute."

Bai Fan's mind is simple, and he can bluff her by making up a story casually, I don't want to argue with him, I just wait for Lao Liu to speak.

Lao Liu thought for a long time before he said slowly:

"I have seen this old man's map, it is true, and what he said is true, but there is one point, he is not telling the truth"

"What?"

"His purpose in looking for Momiji Valley is definitely not to find medicinal herbs"

I nodded when I heard this, and said that this old man's ability to lie is really not good, he has come back eight times in the past forty years, just to find medicinal materials, to deceive ghosts? Looking for an elixir?

Lao Liu pondered for a moment and continued:

"It's normal for strangers to keep a little secret from each other, aren't we not telling him the truth, and I think this old man does have two hits, and we don't lose anything when we walk with him, just be careful in everything."

Lao Liu rarely praises people, and I don't want to listen to him praise Old Man Zhang like this.

The heavy rain came and went quickly, and after about half an hour, it had completely stopped.

We got out of the tent to breathe in the fresh air after the rain in the mountains, and the white sail patted me, excitedly pointing to a place on the west side for me to see, where from east to west, across a large rainbow, colorful and very beautiful.

After resting, we collected our tents and continued to walk, although the air was good after the rain, it also caused us a lot of trouble, and the mountain road became muddy and difficult to walk.

We didn't go far this afternoon, and finally there was a disagreement on the corner of a map, Lao Liu's map and Old Man Zhang's map are completely different here, one is the direction of going east, and the other is the direction of going west.

The two old men were not very unanimous at first, but then the old man Zhang relented, he came eight times and failed to find the Red Leaf Valley, this time he chose to believe in Lao Liu's map.

We carried our luggage and walked east according to Lao Liu's map, this walk was another afternoon, the sun set, the red glow filled the sky, tomorrow should be a sunny day.

Xiao Zhou proposed to set up a tent in place, and as soon as he unloaded his backpack, Old Man Zhang waved his hand and said:

"I don't have to pitch a tent tonight, look over there!"

As he spoke, we pointed in the direction of his finger and saw that there was a small cabin in the woods in the distance!!

I glanced at it and couldn't help but say:

"Uncle Zhang, how can there be a house in this barren mountain and wild mountains, haven't you seen Liaozhai?"

Old man Zhang smiled and said:

"It's out of the way, this wooden house may be lived by the mountain rangers"

As he spoke, he beckoned Xiao Zhou to go to the wooden house.

I glanced at Lao Liu and saw that he also nodded in agreement, so we followed.

The wooden house is not large, there is no partition when you open the door to enter, and there is only a large bed and a stove in the room.

However, some of the daily necessities of the quilt and water cup here are complete, as if someone lives here, and it is really a forest ranger's residence.

We went into the house and didn't see the owner, happily unloaded the luggage, after the rain night, the mountain breeze was cool, hiding in this wooden house, but also to get a fire to warm up.

When night fell, I wanted to let Bai Fan sleep in the bed, but she didn't agree with what she said, and finally gave the bed to Old Man Zhang.

We spread things on the ground, lay down on them to rest, and were about to fall asleep in a daze, when we suddenly heard a loud shout:

"Get up, get up, where the are you here?"

When we woke up and turned on the flashlight, there was a strong man in a leather coat with a full beard and a shotgun in his hand.

The bearded man looked at us carefully and said:

"What the are you guys going to sleep in this house."

Old man Zhang got off the bed and said in a low voice:

"This brother, we are here to travel, we are all some travel friends, and we will leave at dawn after a night."

The bearded man waved his hand and said scoldingly:

"What kind of calf, I've seen a lot of you guys, I'm here to find some red leaf valley, hurry up, this is a protected forest area, and now is the fire prevention period, can you enter casually?"

I saw that I had heard of Momiji Valley, so I asked:

"Big brother, have you heard of Momiji Valley?"

The big man snorted and said:

"I'll tell you, I've been watching the forest in this forest area for more than ten years, and all the red leaf valley and green leaf valley are all pulling calves, nothing, you know no, tomorrow I will send a helicopter to pick you out, you have to go"

The bearded man spoke in a very tough tone, leaving us no room for manoeuvre.

I was just about to discuss it with him again, but Old Man Zhang preemptively said:

"Okay, then we'll go back at dawn, it's dark now, why do you have to let us stay overnight tonight?"

The bearded man nodded and said:

"Stay, stay, just go out of the forest honestly tomorrow, and as he spoke, he put the shotgun on his back and turned around and went out.

Seeing this, Old Man Zhang said:

"This bed is for you to live in, I'll sleep on the ground"

The bearded man waved his hand impatiently.

"Pull it down, it's cold in the woods, you can sleep in bed when you're so old, I'll deal with it at the door for a night, and call a helicopter at dawn"

With that, he slammed the door and went out.

Seeing this, Lao Liu shook his head and beckoned me to lie down and sleep.

I'm going to be sent back tomorrow morning, so I've been sleeping in the woods for the past few days, and I'm here for nothing?

I was a little unconvinced, and was just about to stand up and think about going to the door to get money to bribe the man, but Old Man Zhang sat on the bed and waved his hand and said with a smile:

"You don't have to go anywhere, sleep in peace, it's okay"

He's quite confident when he says nothing, what do you mean, does he have a way?

I didn't think I was in a hurry at this time, so I also lay down and fell asleep.

I don't know what time it was in the middle of the night, I was woken up by the chatting at the door, and I looked up in a daze, and the old man Zhang was missing from the wooden bed. After a while, he fell asleep again.

After dawn, we all got up to eat, and I was thinking about the bearded man, so I opened the door and looked around, but there was no sign of him.

When I returned to the house, I couldn't help asking:

"Where is that man, didn't he say that he would send a helicopter to pull us out this morning?"

Old man Zhang sat on the side and said with a smile:

"It doesn't matter where he goes, anyway, he's not here, it's a good thing for us, it's all here, why can't he give up all his efforts because he is alone?"

I didn't pay attention to him, I've been thinking about it, the bearded man had a tough attitude last night, where is this person, could it be that Old Man Zhang bribed him last night?

After eating, until we set off, we didn't see the bearded man show up,

I didn't think much about seeing that Old Man Zhang didn't tell the truth, as usual, he and Lao Liu led the way in front with a map, and we followed behind.

As I walked, I inadvertently looked up at Old Man Zhang's backpack and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

The big book that Old Man Zhang was carrying was packed with a pair of white bones of his wife, which had been dried for many years, but now it seemed to be dripping down the corner of his backpack.

I squinted my eyes and took a closer look,, it's not water!!

He doesn't know what he has in this backpack, and he's dripping blood on the ground!!