Chapter Twenty-Three: One Hundred Thousand Mountains
In the midst of everyone's screaming and uproar, I unintentionally glanced at Liu Nan, this girl was still standing there motionless. She was splattered with her father's blood. I was shocked to find that the white bone nail that had been nailed into her body slowly retreated.
I hurriedly shouted: "Third uncle, white bone nail!" ”
The third uncle and the dead face were originally busy dealing with Liu Wenxuan's affairs, and when they heard the shout, they suddenly raised their heads. At this moment, the eight white bone nails that had been sealed in Liu Nan's body shot out violently, hitting the wall and shattering into powder. One of them happened to shoot into the thigh of a relative of the Liu family, and immediately let out a miserable howl.
The third uncle and the dead man's face immediately moved. As soon as the third uncle made a move, he tied the corpse rope, and a few talismans were pasted on the dead man's face. I saw that Liu Nan's eyes were already faintly glowing with strange blood, and I couldn't help but be frightened.
Fortunately, with the blessing of the third uncle and the two old foxes of the dead face, Liu Nan was finally suppressed.
"Kill the little wild seed for me! This debt collector who kills a thousand knives! Destroy me! The old woman of the Liu family screamed, gritted her teeth, screamed and jumped.
The dead man's face shook his head, just looking at the remaining bone nail in his hand repeatedly.
The third uncle also had a black face: "The Nine Yin Seals don't work, it's a big trouble!" "Go back and ask Liu Wenchong to hurry up and prepare another coffin, which must be the same specification as Liu Wenjing's.
After that, the Liu family's mansion was in chaos again, some people cleaned up Liu Wenxuan's body, some people went to prepare the coffin, and some people took advantage of this opportunity to escape from the Liu family.
After this toss, the east has gradually lit up. When I left the Liu family's house, I saw that those rotting corpses were gone. It was probably out of Liu Nan's control, and they all scattered. When he returned to the front hall, Liu Nan had been tied to the corpse rope and sealed into the coffin, and the King Kong wall was also arranged, which was placed side by side with Liu Wenjing.
The relatives of the Liu family have basically run away, and only some children of the Liu family and some hired workers are left in the family. Liu Zining went to the kitchen to help and was preparing breakfast for everyone.
I was tired and tired, so I moved two chairs and put them together, and then I slept in a nestled room. Until I was woken up by Liu Zining and asked me to get up for breakfast. A group of people gathered around a large round table in the front hall, and without those group of relatives, there would not be many people left in the Liu family.
Breakfast was hot buns and some side dishes with white porridge, a group of people ate silently, but the old woman of the Liu family was not there, and Liu Zining said that she was not feeling well and was resting in the room. The third uncle and the dead face were also absent, and I knew that the two of them were now locked in the room to discuss secretly, and even breakfast was brought in.
Liu Zining was sitting next to me, she had already changed her clothes, a plain long skirt, tied in a ponytail, and her mind wandered while drinking porridge, and asked me, "Your third uncle and Mr. Zhong have been in for a long time, right?" ”
I nodded yes. "What's next," she asked. ”
I shook my head. I don't really know how this is going to end. Although Liu Nan has been temporarily subdued now, it is obvious that he can only be trapped for a while. In fact, for this matter, the most righteous way is of course to let Lin Wenjing and Liu Nan go to the ground and surpass their souls.
But now it seems that it is basically impossible.
After the meal, everyone went to their respective parties, Liu Zining sat at the door with me for a while, and saw the third uncle and the dead face coming out of the room, Liu Wenchong immediately summoned all the children of the Liu family to the scene.
"Which of you knew more about Baimei back then?" The third uncle asked loudly.
Everyone looked at each other, and several juniors were even more dazed. However, Liu Zining's mother said that although she and Bai Mei did not have much contact, they knew more about the rest of the Liu family.
The third uncle asked: "I heard that Bai Mei had a habit of disappearing for a month every year, is there such a thing?" ”
Mother Liu nodded: "There is such a thing." She always leaves the Liu family every year during this time in July, and goes out alone, not even Wenxuan. ”
"Oh? Just her? The third uncle said, "Then do you know where she went?" ”
Liu's mother thought for a while and said, "I once asked her, and she said that she was going back to her hometown, and I don't know much about what to do when I go back." ”
"Where is Baimei's hometown?" The dead man interjected with a blank face.
Mother Liu hurriedly said: "I know this, I am afraid that I will forget it, and I specially wrote it down." I called Liu Zining, whispered a few words, and asked her to go to the room to bring her things.
After hearing this, Liu Zining turned around and went to his mother's room, and after a while, he took over a mahogany box. Mother Liu took the key and opened it, took out a notebook, turned a few pages, and said a place name.
The name of this place is a bit strange, called Maobi Village. Later, the third uncle and they found out that this small mountain village was actually a small mountain village far away in southern Xinjiang.
According to the results of the discussion between the third uncle and the dead face, they thought that in order to completely solve this matter, they must find out the origin of Liu Nan's mother Baimei.
The final decision was to set off early tomorrow morning, led by the third uncle and the dead face, and take the two coffins of Lin Wenjing and Liu Nan to Maobi Village.
However, when the old woman of the Liu family learned the news, she immediately climbed down from the bed and wanted to follow. I didn't worry about the third uncle, and I also joined this team. The third uncle originally resolutely disagreed, and asked me to go back to the village and repair the house first.
However, Dead Face took the opposite view and suggested that I go with the team. Liu Zining originally wanted to go with him, but because he had to stay to take care of his mother and help his family with the funeral, he couldn't go in the end.
Since we had to transport two coffins at the same time, we couldn't take the train, so we had to charter two big cars locally, one to transport the coffins and one to seat people. The Liu family is wealthy, and in addition to the accompanying few children of the Liu family, they also hired ten strong men to escort the team at a high price.
It was a long and bumpy journey from where we lived to southern Xinjiang. It was the first time I had gone out of the house when I was so old, and I couldn't help but feel fresh, sitting by the window and looking out of the window.
The third uncle and the dead face took turns to go over to the coffin truck behind them, and they arrived in southern Xinjiang about seven days later.
Baimei's birthplace, that is, the Maobi Village, is located in the depths of the 100,000 mountains in southern Xinjiang. The 100,000 Great Mountain, located in the western part of southern Xinjiang, belongs to the Goukou Mountain System in the southwest of Guangxi. After arriving in southern Xinjiang, we found a local as a tour guide. This man is black and thin, and he is also short, let's just call him Black Monkey, and look at his appearance, he really looks like a monkey.
Along the way, the black monkey told me that the "100,000" in the 100,000 mountains is not actually a number, but comes from the sound of "suitable for cutting" in the Zhuang language. In the Zhuang language, the meaning of suitable mountain is to top the sky, which means that the mountains are stacked on top of each other, and the sky and the earth are upright.
And Maobi Village, located in the south of Jiaona Pass, has a Maobi Mountain next to it, and there is a big stone on the mountain that is shaped like a cat's nose, so it is named. As we went deeper into the mountains, the car began to become difficult to drive, and after barely pushing for a few dozen miles, we finally could no longer ride forward. The group got out of the car and were carried forward by a group of four hired strong men.
Before leaving, the third uncle repeatedly explained the precautions for carrying the coffin, and they must not act arbitrarily.
The mountain road is tortuous, and the peaks on both sides are stacked on top of each other, and the green shade is like a cover. Although I grew up in a mountain village, most of us are small hills, and I can't help but feel new when I have seen such a reckless mountain in front of me. After about three days of marching in the mountains, the black monkey stood on a high rock tip and looked forward for a moment, shouting, "Walk for half a day, and we will be there!" ”
When we heard it, we were all refreshed. The team stopped to rest on the spot, boiled some dried beef and fried cakes to eat. The old woman of the Liu family is quite capable of tossing, and she has been able to hold on to the mountain road in the past few days, which is also impressive to me. I found the third uncle, took a piece of beef jerky, and whispered while eating, "When this matter is over, what should we do when we turn back?" You can't let Lin Yatou die in vain, right? ”
The third uncle was silent for a moment, and sneered: "This pot can only be carried by the Liu family, notify the police station, kill people to pay for their lives, repay debts, and deal with it when the time comes." As for the one surnamed Zhong, I'm afraid the police station can't do it. ”
I was bored by what I heard, grabbed a piece of dried beef, climbed up the rock alone, and wandered around randomly. The third uncle told me not to go too far, so I let out a sigh and continued to walk forward.
In the deep mountains, the temperature is much lower than outside, and the air conditioning is very cold. I turned a rock that looked like a big ox, and saw a steep rocky slope in front of me. There is also such a rocky slope in the back mountain of our village, but the scale is not as large as here. When I was very young, my third uncle carried me to climb and jump.
The third uncle said that this is a compulsory course for our industry, because in our industry, dealing with all dead people and ghosts, it is a high-risk industry, and from time to time we will encounter some moths, so we must have a flexible and strong physique, proficient in various survival skills.
So when I saw this rocky slope, I still felt quite kind, and I put the beef jerky in my mouth, and I used my hands and feet to climb quickly to the top of the slope. This kind of rocky slope, it is better to say otherwise, the most feared is that if you accidentally climb that kind of loose stone, it is likely to cause a big disaster, so this is also a technical job.
After reaching the top of the slope, I saw at a glance, and sure enough, the scenery was very different, I lay on the top for a while, and heard a faint voice coming from the front. I got up and turned over a rock that looked like a big ox, and when I looked over, I saw a canyon below. There was a group of people on the narrow road, sitting on the ground resting, looking dressed as if they were outsiders entering the mountains, just like us.