Chapter Eighty-Eight: Sleeping in the Mountains
I was stunned when the old man said this, why did so many people shoot at Lao Liu along the way, don't say I don't believe them, even if Lao Liu is really a ghost, I am willing to make friends with him.
I immediately came back to my senses and quipped:
"Ouch, uncle, you can see it, so you have to stay away from him, this old man has been a ghost for a long time, and he has a bad temper"
The old man in the mountaineering suit didn't pick up, and said with a smile:
"I'm going to make it easier, together?"
I snorted coldly, pushed the door and went out, and after returning to my seat, Lao Liu asked me and said:
"What are you doing with you?"
"It's okay, just see that old man staring at you endlessly, go over and ask"
Lao Liu said casually when he heard this:
"And what did you ask?"
"It's nothing, maybe he hasn't seen such a handsome old man as you"
Although Lao Liu is cold, after all, the two of us have experienced so much together, and he and I often run trains like this.
Lao Liu didn't say anything when he heard this, and closed his eyes to recuperate.
"Lao Liu, isn't Changbai Mountain a scenic spot, does Dream Goose live at the foot of the mountain?"
Lao Liu leaned his head on the back of the seat, did not open his eyes, shook his head and said:
"Live in the valley of red leaves on the mountain, you can just follow me when the time comes"
I saw that Lao Liu was going to rest, so I didn't talk anymore and watched a movie with Bai Fan.
At about six o'clock in the afternoon, our group finally got off the train, took a minibus, and took a taxi to reach the foot of Changbai Mountain.
After a long time, I found a hotel to stay in, and began to plan for tomorrow's trip.
According to Lao Liu, this Red Leaf Valley is in the Changbai Mountain, but the only way to go to the Red Leaf Valley is blocked by the scenic spot, and we can only slip in from the back mountain.
Lao Liu talked about this red leaf valley, and suddenly talked more, this red leaf valley is in a remote area, and the valley mouth is not planted with maple trees, but ordinary poplar trees, poplar leaves should be green, but every day at four o'clock in the afternoon, the leaves of this poplar forest will turn fiery red, and only at this time, can you see the road into the valley.
I asked Lao Liu:
"You've been here?"
Lao Liu shook his head and took out a piece of wrinkled kraft paper from his pocket, and after spreading out the kraft paper, he found that it was simply outlining some mountains and rivers, which was actually a map.
Lao Liu attaches great importance to the map, I have the heart to borrow it to see, but he doesn't give it.
"You have all heard of the Changbai Mountain Monster, in fact, the most powerful thing is not in the water, but in the mountain, so this way, you follow me closely, don't walk around"
After Lao Liu finished speaking, he put away the map.
Bai Fan heard the poplar leaves that would turn red, as well as the water monster Yunyun, completely regarded this trip to Changbai Mountain as a tour, and nodded excitedly.
After the discussion, they went back to their rooms and went to sleep.
In order to avoid a lot of people, before dawn, a few of us set off to find a place at the foot of Changbai Mountain and sneak into the mountain.
After walking along the foot of the mountain for a long time, we finally found a convenient place to enter the mountain, and the three of us supported each other to start the climb.
Although Changbai Mountain is not very high, the mountainside is infinitely wide, and if Lao Liu does not have a map in his hand, it is really difficult to find the valley of red leaves.
A few of us stepped on the morning light and went up the mountain until noon, and we didn't see half of the red leaves.
As I sat down on the floor to rest, I gasped and asked:
"Lao Liu, I've been crawling all morning, and I haven't seen a shadow, don't you understand the broken map, hurry up and show me"
Lao Liu didn't reply, but gave me a look down the mountain, I looked back, not far from us, there were actually two people climbing up, and these two people were the old man and the prime man who were staring at Lao Liu on the high-speed train.
I couldn't help but get angry and muttered:
"This old man, when he gets in the car, he will be a thief, why will he get out of the car and still follow us?"
Lao Liu sat on the stone, shook his head, and said:
"Don't get in the way, wait for them, maybe we're still on the same road"
"Fellow travelers? Are they also looking for Momiji Valley? ”
Not long after, this old man in a mountaineering suit was supported by a strong man to catch up, and when he saw our old man, he first nodded to me and said with a smile:
"It's really fate, Changbai Mountain is so big that you can meet it"
I replied angrily:
"Old man, you are so old, see that Tianchi doesn't buy a ticket to enter from the main gate, why do you still come to the back mountain?"
The old man shook his head with a smile and said:
"It's not to look at Tianchi, to find something, I think a few of you are too, right?"
Lao Liu finally spoke.
"What is the old brother looking for in the wasteland of Changbai Mountain?"
The old man in the mountaineering suit said with a smile when he heard this:
"Since we're here, don't pretend, what I'm looking for is in the Red Leaf Valley, how many are you?"
Lao Liu didn't show surprise when he heard this, but just nodded.
The old man seemed to have guessed as well, and said:
"That place in the Red Leaf Valley is very hidden, even if you have a map in your hand, it will be very difficult to find it, how many of you don't dislike it, let's do it together?"
The old man smiled and looked quite qualified, but inexplicably made me very annoying, and before I could refuse, Bai Fan readily agreed.
Seeing that Lao Liu was also nodding on the side, I really couldn't say anything.
In this way, a group of five of us began the search in Changbai Mountain.
On the way, the old man also took the initiative to contribute his own map, and the strange thing is that his map is different from Lao Liu's in two places, both of which are at key locations at the fork.
Of course, I still believe in Lao Liu's share, Bai Fan saw that the old man was physically exhausted, and the old man who was supporting and coaxing the water praised again and again.
We walked all day in the endless mountains, and by six o'clock in the afternoon it was already getting dark.
It seemed that we were going to spend the night in the mountains tonight, so we took advantage of the dawn to find a relatively flat place, set up our tents, and sat down to eat and chat together.
From the conversation, it was learned that this old man's surname was Zhang, and he was still a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, and the man who followed him was his apprentice, and according to him, they were going to Red Leaf Valley to find a medicinal herb to treat people.
Lao Liu kept an eye on it and told him that we went to Red Leaf Valley for filming.
The old man had a smile on his face, and he didn't know if he believed it or not, so he changed the subject and said:
"Changbai Mountain is a treasure land, this place is full of aura, and there are naturally many monsters, we have to take turns to send people to keep vigil at night."
I laughed and quipped:
"Uncle, there are five of us, two old men and one woman, just the two of us, you just said that we had a vigil, and we also turned around and commanded?"
The old man smiled and said:
"Yes, yes, I have to trouble you two to keep vigil, remember to keep vigil at night, no matter what noise there is around, just stay in the camp and don't go out."
I hummed and asked:
"Uncle, you seem to be quite familiar with Changbai Mountain, have you ever seen the Tianchi Water Monster on the top of the mountain?"
The old man took a sip of water and said slowly:
"Don't talk about water monsters, mountain monsters, wild monsters, ghosts, and monsters in Changbai Mountain, I've seen them all, and this is the eighth time I've come to Red Leaf Valley."
"The eighth?"
The old man's words really shocked me, Bai Fan was also quite interested, and asked in a low voice:
"Uncle, you are so old, you have been here eight times, it has spanned many years."
The old man smiled and said:
"I'm sixty-five years old today, and when I was twenty-five years old, I started looking for it every five years, and I've been looking for it for forty years."
"Forty years and not a single one?"
The old man nodded and said:
"I didn't find it, I didn't find it once, I came twice in a daze, I came six times with a map, but I didn't find it"
The old man said this quite sincerely, and it didn't seem like he was panicking, and the stout man beside him continued:
"The time when my master and I came five years ago, I almost took my life, in short, this red leaf valley of Changbai Mountain is not as easy to find as you think"
Lao Liu sighed when he heard this.
"Yes, this place in Momiji Valley, everyone has only heard that there are only a few people who have actually been there, and it is pitiful."
Bai Fan heard the words and said:
"Since you haven't found the map with you, could it be that the map is wrong, then this time we will follow Uncle Liu's map."
Lao Liu said coldly:
"I'm not sure I can see this map, so let's study it according to the road conditions at that time."
The experience that the old man in the mountaineering suit suddenly told me was simply hurt by 10,000 points.
I knew that it was difficult to find the Red Leaf Valley in this big mountain, but I didn't think it would be so difficult to find, the old man spent forty years, and he came eight times to no avail, so this time, what is the probability of finding it?
After a brief chat for a while, it was dark, and I discussed it with the strong man, who was on duty in the first half of the night, and I was on duty in the second half of the night.
After the arrangement was made, several people went into the tent to sleep, I lay in the tent and took out the red paper man couldn't help but sigh, from getting the news, to climbing Changbai Mountain, I thought everything was going well, but I didn't expect the Red Leaf Valley to be so difficult to find.
But anyway, even if I took all the roads on the map of the two old men, I would try, and I said goodnight to the paper figures, and then went to sleep.
At about one o'clock in the middle of the night, I was woken up by the man on duty.
Although the moon is high and sunny tonight, it is very cold and windy in the mountains.
I wrapped my clothes tightly, and after carefully observing what was going on around me, I carefully sat down on the edge of the tent and lit a cigarette.
The man didn't think about trapping him like this in the middle of the night, and he snored after I got into the tent after I got on shift.
When the cigarette was finished, he stood up boredly and stretched his arms and legs, and was busy working, when he suddenly heard a sound in the surrounding grass.
I shuddered, and looked nervously over, there are all kinds of beasts in this deep mountain and old forest, and I am afraid that a large piece will come out of the grass!!
But after a while, calm returned.
I finally breathed a sigh of relief, but in the blink of an eye, there was another movement in the grass.
"Damn, it can't be a Siberian tiger, right?"
I tensed my nerves, picked up a piece of wood from the ground, and walked over to look at it, but I remembered the old man's advice not to look at any movement.
I was thinking about whether or not to wake everyone up, as the grass was getting louder.
My heart was pounding, I couldn't wait any longer, I had to call everyone up, and I was now closest to the old man's tent, and carefully lifted the curtain of his tent.
"Old ....."
Before the uncle could say a word, I almost jumped up in fright, and I almost jumped up in fright when I saw the tent, there was no old man here, only a pair of white bones lying in the quilt!