In fact, I haven't seen mandrills either, and I don't know exactly what they should look like.

It's just that my search engine tells me that this is the weird-looking, hot-tempered and aggressive thing, just like a genetically mutated human, and no one will dictate what the mandrill must look like, they may be one-legged monsters with only one eye, or they may be tall, majestic giant apes like King Kong, or a man with eyes all over his face, forehead...... I mean, as long as you have an imagination, the wonders that are bred in the mountains are definitely something you dare not think about.

I'm sorry, but I still feel sick when I think of the man with full eyes.

In short, the mandrill is a thing that only appears in rumors, not so mysterious, it is rumored that every mountain has mandrills, but it is bred according to the spirituality of the mountain, as if Sun Wukong came out of the stone, you think it is a mythological story, but some fairies can invite Sun Wukong to come to him, and the old lady who walks hard will suddenly play with a stick, this is not nonsense, as for what the mandrill is coming out, I think this needs zoologists to explore, Maybe it's an unknown species left on the earth, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth in the inaccessible mountains, just like the process of the three immortals in me attaining the Tao, they have cultivated to a certain point, that is, the mandrill.

When I was ready to explore the depths of the forest in the forest farm, Brother Cui was very intimate and also found a few leather jackets for the three of us, he said that this wind-resistant and warm, wearing a down jacket is not used here, of course, there is also the necessary Lei Feng hat, I even said thank you to put the leather jacket on the outside of the down jacket, this cold is really not a joke, I heard Brother Cui said that the deepest place in the snow in the forest can reach the waist, so if the warm facilities are not sufficient, the consequences are unimaginable, of course, there are more important glasses, otherwise it is easy to get snow blindness in the snow.

Brother Cui searched for a long time and only found a pair of leather leg guards, and he handed them to me: "Mr. Ma, there is only one pair left in this, you can put it on, the legs must be kept warm." ”

I know that he is taking special care of me, although I am quite resistant to the news, but don't say, from my business on the Internet, all the way to the mudslide incident in southeast Guizhou, I can be recognized by everyone step by step, and the tone is all respectful, thanks to the TV media, otherwise, who will know me as the oldest, it seems that Zhuo Jing often hangs on his lips, Ma Jiaolong, who do you think you are.

After saying thank you, I took the leggings, looked back at Wen Xiaoni, and handed them to her directly: "Xiaoni, you can put it on." ”

Wen Xiaoni shook her head, and just as she was about to speak, I stuffed the leg guards into Wen Xiaoni's hand: "Just a little girl, if you catch a cold, it will damage your body a lot, don't be so polite." ”

"Aren't you ...... too" Wen Xiaoni looked at me with a little stunned, but before she finished speaking, Brother Cui nodded beside her: "Yes, yes, little girl, then you can come, men can resist frost, I'm really embarrassed, I have this pair left." ”

I gave Wen Xiaoni a look, signaling that she didn't need to say too much, at this time it was not necessary to explain to Brother Cui that I was a man or a woman, waiting for Wen Xiaoni to put on the shin guards, I sent a text message to Zhuo Jing by the way, telling him that I arrived safely Don't worry, he didn't reply to me, glanced at the time, it's Christmas soon, he should be very busy, let out a breath I looked at Brother Cui: "Brother Cui, is there a signal in the woods." ”

Brother Cui shook his head: "There is no signal, there is no electricity, the line can't be pulled, and the conditions are difficult." ”

I nodded, and then sent another one to Zhuo Jing, there is going to be no signal here, I'm going to call you when I'm done, don't worry.

"Then let's go."

Turning off the phone, I glanced at the few people who were ready, and I said directly.

Brother Cui nodded, took out some chocolates from the cabinet, and sent us a few: "Eat this first, we won't eat if we don't have time, but we can't eat if we don't have calories, let's go up the mountain after eating!" ”

I'm really hungry, and I'm not polite, so I took it and made it, drank some water, and felt a lot more comfortable, although I really wanted to sleep on the hot kang head, but I still looked at Brother Cui with a strong spirit: "Let's go!" ”

Because of the leather jacket on the body, or the relationship of eating chocolate, I felt a lot worse about the cold when I went out again, Brother Cui drove the carriage in their yard to take us to the entrance of the forest, the road was too narrow, the car could not pass, according to him, he could only take the carriage to the nearest forest area, and then go inside, I sat in the carriage and swayed, the wind swept over the tip of my nose over and over again like a sharp blade, I took off my leather gloves and touched the tip of my nose, because it was panting for heat, The nostrils are filled with frost, and if you look in the mirror now, your nostrils must be white.

When he was halfway there, he saw the car of the TV station, and Brother Cui hurriedly waved his whip and smoked the horse, with a note in his mouth, "Drive!" Drive, oh oh!! ”

The TV station car followed closely until the carriage came to the path leading to the forest farm, and the car could not enter, and I saw a reporter come down and keep chasing: "Wait a minute! Hello! Please wait a moment!! Is it Mr. Ma Jiaolong who was invited in the car, and is there really a monster on the mountain! Please wait a moment! Mr. Ma, let's interview you for a few words! Horse ......"

Brother Cui naturally kept waving the leather whip, I quickly put on my glasses, and sighed in my heart, can you see me?

Am I here to get there?!

"Jiaolong, does everyone know you wherever you go now......

Zongbao also felt a little incredible, because my attention outside was still poor, and it was not surprising that I was known by reporters and media in the city, but I really didn't get to this when I went to other places.

"Brother Cui, do you know me from watching the news."

Brother Cui drove the carriage and looked back at me: "I first knew about you from my sister-in-law, she went to college in another place, and when I came back, I found that she had a photo of you in her mobile phone, I thought it was her object, so I asked her if she didn't study well, and then I knew you, plus you were on the news, I just took a photo, didn't you predict the mudslide, saved a lot of lives, by the way, just a few days before Lao Wen's incident, I also heard about you on a program, that is, in the south, A male pervert who runs a hotel stews meat after killing someone! Oops, that gas to show me! I called my sister and told me that I must not go out alone in the future! Who knows if it's a good guy or a bad guy! ”

I was stunned: "Is it exploration......

"Yes, that's it! We all love to watch it here, and my sister also said that you were discovered on exploration at the earliest! That's what you discovered, right? ”

I glanced at Zong Bao in disbelief, and then looked at Brother Cui again: "Brother Cui, that matter is a case handled by the police." “

"It's done by the police, we all understand, but when the reporter interviewed the couple, the couple said to the camera that the person they want to thank the most is Ma Jiaolong, saying that you feel the grievances of their sister, they thank the police and thank you, the reporter is a man, and asked which Ma Jiaolong is, take out a magazine, the couple pointed to the cover and said that it was you, I recognized it, it's you!"

That male reporter should be Fang Dapeng, I said, my attention has not come down, not to say, but also up, it turned out to be on the exploration again, in fact, it can be cut, but Fang Dapeng has been using his own methods in this area to spare no effort to help me again, from a certain aspect, I should thank him, if he has no other thoughts about me, I really think he is a good friend, bold, warm-hearted, honest but not stupid, just ......

Hey, forget it, I'll fall into Zhuo Jing's pit in my life, I'd rather lose a friend than hurt others and myself because of some ambiguity.

"Mr. Ma, do you have a partner?"

I responded: "Well, I have a partner, Brother Cui, you can just call me Jiaolong, don't be so polite." ”

Brother Cui nodded: "I'll just say, hey, it's not normal if you don't have it, drive!" ”

……

After arriving at the first forest area, it is close to noon, the forest is dense, and you can't see the sun at all when you look up, what is the real ice and snow, probably only when you are in it can you clearly feel it, Changbai Mountain is a typical volcanic landform, the valley is dense, but because of the thick snow, you can't judge whether your foot is real or virtual, that is, the snow pit that Brother Cui said, because the thickness of the snow reaches to the knees, so if you step into the void, it is very likely that the whole person will fall into the snow and be buried, minus thirty or forty degrees of low temperature, If a person is tossing in a snow pit, let alone encountering a bear or something that is harmful to the body, that is, the temperature, it is enough to be fatal.

Brother Cui kept us to follow his footprints, the branches were all covered with snow, except for some pine trees that could reveal a trace of green under the cover of snow, the rest, the eyes were all white, the trees were thick with snow, the visibility was no more than one or two hundred meters, the line of sight could not go far, I followed Brother Cui, and Zong Bao was pulling and taking care of Wen Xiaoni in the middle, Wen Xiaoni's heart must be anxious, so although she walked hard, she followed very hard, and no one asked for a break halfway, We were moving at a fast pace, according to a team.

I can walk for about five or six hours, if it weren't for Brother Cui leading the way, I think normal people would have to get lost here, because the footprints will soon be covered by the falling snow on the trees, and there are many chaotic animal hoof prints, if I don't invite Xian'er, I can't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest, and the more I walk, the more oxygen is lacking, and the feet don't feel like I am, just mechanically raise my legs, step on the footprints of Brother Cui and keep walking forward, until Brother Cui said, I have already taken off my glasses, because the sky is completely dark.

In front of you are two plastic greenhouses, you can see the bright candlelight inside, surrounded by a piece of cleaned flat land, there are some dry firewood stacked on the side, next to all trees, it should be very beautiful during the day, but at night, you can give you a feeling that you can go to the toilet and go away.

"Dad!!"

Wen Xiaoni shouted and rushed to the plastic greenhouse, along the way, she may have been overdrawn and fell to the ground without running two steps, Brother Cui hurriedly went over to help her, and after helping her up, Wen Xiaoni found that she would not go, she shouted out three people, I know the woman, it is Wen Xiaoni's mother, and the remaining two men are in their fifties, one should be the squad elder Chen, and the other is Lao Xu, "Nizi!" Wen Xiaoni's mother shouted and came over to help her, and when she saw me, she said, "Jiaolong, you are here!" ”

"Don't talk about this yet, her feet may be frostbitten, hurry up and get a basin of cold water!!"

Brother Cui shouted very experienced, that Chen squad leader and Lao Xu didn't say anything, and helped Wen Xiaoni into a plastic greenhouse, after entering, I found that there were simple wooden planks on both sides of the greenhouse to sleep people, and a gasoline iron tong was placed in the middle of the ground, which was used to burn wood for heating and cooking by the way.

The cold water came quickly, and Wen Xiaoni knocked her feet in a hurry: "Don't worry about it yet!" Where's my dad! I want to see my dad! ”

"Don't move!" Brother Cui, who has always been very honest and polite, was anxious and glanced at her: "If you are frostbitten, you won't be able to keep your foot by then!" ”

As he spoke, he took the cold water handed over by squad leader Chen and directly picked up the heel socks that Wen Xiaoni was wearing and pressed them into the cold water, her heel socks had already been soaked in snow, and the socks were actually small ice crystals, and the temperature in the greenhouse was high, and soon I felt that my heels and socks were soaked, the water should be very cold, but Wen Xiaoni's expression did not have a trace of discomfort, she opened her mouth in disbelief and asked, "Is this cold water, this is warm water!" ”

"It's the temperature on your feet that's too low."

I opened my mouth on the side and said, when I was a child, I had frostbite at home, and I seemed to remember to use cold water for the first time, if I used hot water when I came up, it would make the epidermis suddenly hot, and the muscles could not withstand the huge temperature difference, and it was likely to be completely wasted.

Brother Cui soaked Xiaoni's feet in cold water, and rubbed her vigorously with his hands to warm up, Wen Xiaoni's mother wanted to help, but Brother Cui refused, saying that the water was too cold, or a man came, Zong Bao leaned over directly: "I'll help you." As I spoke, I took Xiao Ni's other foot and rubbed it, I glanced at Xiao Ni, thinking that if it weren't for Uncle Wen's matter now, Xiao Ni would be full of emotion.

"Squad Leader Chen, she is Jiaolong, you should take her to see Lao Wen quickly!"

Brother Cui was rubbing Xiaoni's feet while introducing me to Lao Chen, and Wen Xiaoni's mother also looked at me at this time: "Yes, Jiaolong, you hurry up and see your Uncle Wen!" ”

Lao Chen looked at me with some hesitation: "You are a witch doctor?" ”

I nodded, and if I didn't watch TV, I wouldn't know me, and this skeptical attitude was familiar to me.

"I'm not a witch doctor, but I'm a gentleman."

"Yes, Jiaolong is the most famous of our side!

Wen Xiaoni's mother pulled me and was about to go outside, but Brother Cui nodded beside her: "Squad Leader Chen, don't worry, we all know him!" Don't look at him young, he's really capable! ”

Squad Leader Chen didn't answer and took that Lao Xu to follow me, and walked to the front of another greenhouse, the candlelight inside reminded me that there was someone, but there was no movement at all, I glanced at Wen Xiaoni's mother: "Auntie, why is it so quiet." ”

Her mother sniffed, looking distressed and worried: "Jiaolong, just look at it." ”

As she spoke, she opened the door of the greenhouse, and I saw the situation inside clearly, Uncle Wen and another man in his forties and fifties were tied together, leaning on his back, his hands and feet were tightly fixed on the bed board, his mouth was still stuffed with a cloth, and his eyes were staring at me with blood-red, I raised my feet and wanted to walk in, but Wen Xiaoni's mother pulled me with tears: "Don't get close to Jiaolong, as soon as you get close to them, you will be excited to bite someone." ”

I patted the back of her mother's hand: "Aunt Wen, don't worry, I'm here to help." ”

After speaking, I gave Aunt Wen a reassuring look and stepped forward directly, Uncle Wen and the other man were excited, and there was a low roar in his mouth, I looked at the eyes of the two carefully, red, not the normal red, but purple-red, and I couldn't see the eyes at all, the black and white in the eyes couldn't be distinguished, the whole was purple and red.

I wanted to see the hands of the two of them, but the back was tied and couldn't see clearly, I lifted the quilt covering the legs of both of them, fortunately there were no shoes on the feet, I tried hard to pick up Uncle Wen's socks, he kept trying to struggle, but his feet and necks were tied to the nailed bed board and couldn't move, so the whole person could only hum desperately to express dissatisfaction.

I glanced at the toenails, and the nails were also red, as if I had applied a layer of nail polish, and it seemed that the mandrill here was very aura.

"Jiaolong, there is still ...... to save it"

Aunt Wen stood at the door and looked at me pitifully, tears flowing, and the squad leader Chen on the side immediately spoke: "Lao Wen is offending the mountain spirit, that thing is very evil, I have encountered it before, one of our co-workers was bitten, and then he also bit others, and then he died after half a month, but the one he bit was saved by the witch doctor, and then his body was gone, and the witch doctor said that the mountain spirit has a grudge and will drag the body of the culprit back to eat meat." ”

"No, our old wen can't have an accident!!"

As soon as Aunt Wen heard what Squad Leader Chen said, she collapsed and walked a few steps forward, and Uncle Wen, who was tied to the bed board, immediately became excited, and began to struggle with another person who had been bitten by him, and the simple bed board immediately began to squeak and think non-stop.

"Aunt Wen, don't move!"

I glanced back at her, and then looked at Squad Leader Chen: "This uncle, I don't know what the witch doctor told you before, but although the mandrill is a grudge, they are also you don't offend him, he doesn't offend you, and they are not evil things, but spiritual things, just because the aura is too sufficient, so the person who bites will hallucinate and a series of discomforts, and will swing, I think it is just because the flesh mortal fetus can't digest these aura. ”