Zhao Tianfu sighed: "We rarely see the British, we have to lose the few snowmen, otherwise the whole village will treat him as a black blind man." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The blind man thought that someone called him: "Who called me?"

Luo Lie couldn't help but smile and shook his head at him, signaling that this matter had nothing to do with him, took out a cigarette from his pocket, smoked one and handed it to Zhao Tianfu, Zhao Tianfu usually smokes cigarette pouches, saw this cigarette roll, and was a little flattered to stretch out his hands and take it from Luo Lie's hand, Luo Lie took out a lighter to help him light it, and lit one himself.

Zhao Tianfu took a puff carefully, spit out a cloud of smoke, and quickly inhaled all this smoke into his nostrils, closed his eyes with a look of intoxication, and only after a while did he open his eyes, full of intoxication: "This thing is soft." ”

Luo Lie laughed, took out a box of cigarettes and gave it to Zhao Tianfu, Zhao Tianfu became a little panicked because of his generosity, and only accepted it after repeatedly pushing it.

Zhao Tianfu, as the innkeeper, has a much higher vision than ordinary villagers, and he is used to seeing all kinds of characters, so he looked at Luo Lie and said, "Mr. Luo, if I'm not mistaken, you came from a big place outside the Guan, right?"

Luo Lie nodded and said, "That's right, Huangpu." ”

Zhao Tianfu said: "It's cold, you must have something important to do in the mountains, right?"

Luo Lie said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Zhao is really like a torch and a god, but there are some important things, don't hide it from Shopkeeper Zhao, we came to the mountains to find someone." ”

Zhao Tianfu said: "Looking for someone?"

Luo Lie nodded and said, "An uncle of mine went into the mountains to dig ginseng in August, and there is still no news until today, so our brothers came to look for someone. "He had already figured out an excuse before he came here.

Zhao Tianfu sighed and said: "If you really want to find someone, you should go back, there are thousands of visitors who come to Pale Mountain to dig ginseng every year, and there are not a thousand but hundreds of visitors who die in the mountains every year. If you are dead, you are dead, few people come to look for it, even if it is not the time to look for it, the snow covers the mountain, even if there are corpses, it is covered by snow, unless you wait until the spring of the next year when the flowers bloom and the ice and snow melt, you will have a chance to find it, but when the time comes, it will be a pile of bones. ”

Luo Lie knew that what Zhao Tianfu said was all the truth, but their real purpose was not to find any relatives who were digging ginseng. Luo Lie said: "Even if the chance is slim, we want to try it, can Shopkeeper Zhao help us introduce a guide to the mountain, we can hire a lot of money." ”

Zhao Tianfu shook his head without thinking about it and said: "No one will lead the way for you in this kind of weather, Mr. Luo, I think you are also a person who understands, the most terrible thing in Pale Mountain is not the wind and snow nor the black blind man and the Siberian tiger, the real killer is the bandits who occupy the mountain as the king, they go over the mountains and mountains to rob the house, once they meet them, they will inevitably be more auspicious and less auspicious, why bother to risk five lives in order to find a missing person with little life." ”

In the dead of night, there was a flurry of snoring in the big house, although the snoring was arrogant, but everyone slept very reservedly, the sparrow slept in the easternmost part of the bunk, and a temporary wall was built by her side with luggage, on the other side of the wall was Changfa, who faithfully guarded her, and then Luo Hunt, the blind man and Arnold slept back to back in the westernmost end. Of course, there is no need to worry about safety, but the sparrow still can't sleep soundly, not worried about these companions, but worried about the adventure that is about to begin.

A figure sat up from the bunk and walked down carefully, it turned out to be Luo Lie, he lifted the curtain and went to the hall outside, lit a match and lit the oil lamp on the table, and the hall was instantly filled with orange light. Luo Lie took out a cigarette and lit it, staring at the dancing flame of the oil lamp, and fell into deep thought.

The sound of light footsteps behind him interrupted his musings, and he turned his head to see the sparrow.

Luo Lie smiled and motioned for the sparrow to sit down opposite.

The sparrow came to sit down across from him and looked at him through the light: "Smoking too much is not good for your health. ”

Luo Lie nodded, snuffed out half of the cigarette, and said in a low voice: "Can't sleep well?"

Sparrow laughed shyly: "Don't worry, who dares!"

Luo Lie said: "I'm not a decent gentleman. ”

Sparrow said: "You are not a mean villain. She handed a hand-drawn map to Luo Lie, Luo Lie took it and looked at it, it was a hand-drawn map of this area, the drawing was very poor, but some of the tunzi and peaks and valleys of Pale Mountain were marked, and it should have been drawn by someone familiar with the local terrain.

Sparrow said: "This map was bought by someone when I was in Baishan, and it marked the detailed route to Heihu Mountain, even if we don't have a guide, we can still find Heihu Mountain." ”

Luo Lie laughed and handed her the map, after all, the sparrow still thought about things too simply, now that the snow is closing the mountain, if there is no one who is familiar with the terrain of the Pale Mountain as a guide, they will inevitably face too many difficulties in entering the mountain, and they may not be able to ensure that the target can be found smoothly by relying on the map and compass.

Sparrow said: "When the day dawns, let's go to the tunzi to have a look, I believe that as long as we are willing to pay, someone will lead the way for us." "There must be a brave man under the reward, this has been the case since ancient times.

Luo Lie said: "Go to sleep, and you can rush with enough spirits." ”

Sparrow said, "Why don't you sleep?"

Luo Lie said: "I don't know why, I can't sleep these days. ”

The sparrow looked at Luo Lie, and only then did he notice that his face was a little pale, and there was imperceptible tiredness in his eyes, and he said with concern: "You shouldn't be sick, right?"

Luo Lie shook his head, in fact, he has an unknown secret, he doesn't sleep well, this phenomenon has started when he was studying in the United States, and it has become more and more serious recently, almost every night he will be awakened by nightmares, and then he can't sleep all night, and behind the optimistic surface there is also an unknown pain.

Sparrow said: "I can't sleep either, so it's better to chat with you." ”

Luo Lie smiled: "Lonely men and widows talk at night, you don't have to worry about other people's nonsense." ”

Sparrow snorted, and then said, "What is your relationship with Ye Qinghong?"

Luo Lie shook his head a little helplessly: "I said it eight hundred times, employment relationship." Speaking of Ye Qinghong, her resentful gaze at the time of the separation in Fengtian couldn't help but appear in her mind, Ye Qinghong was obviously unwilling to be excluded from the plan, Luo Lie could feel her unwillingness.

Sparrow said, "I thought she would come to Pale Mountain together." ”

Luo Lie habitually smoked a cigarette, and was snatched by a sparrow just when he puffed it on his mouth: "Don't smoke, I hate the smell of smoke." ”

Luo Lie couldn't help but think of Ye Qinghong again, if Ye Qinghong was here, he would light a cigarette for himself, and then smoke it with him.

The sound of a dog barking sounded in his ears, but it was An Datou who jumped out of the arms of the blind man, and the small ball of meat ran to the feet of the sparrow, and the sparrow reached out to pick it up and stroked its head, and then heard the rooster cry outside, and the sparrow looked out the window and whispered: "The sky is almost dawn." ”

Luo Lie said: "It's early, I'll go out and have a look!"

The sky was still not bright, and the wind and snow that had been raging for several days had stopped, and Zhao Tianfu, the innkeeper, got up early, chopping wood in the yard and preparing breakfast.

Luo Lie came to Zhao Tianfu's side and greeted, "Morning, shopkeeper Zhao!"

Zhao Tianfu nodded, put down the axe in his hand, lifted the white sheep's belly towel on his shoulder and wiped his sweat: "Mr. Luo, yesterday you said that you want to guide the matter. ”

Luo Lie was overjoyed and said: "Great, as long as it is the right person, the price is negotiable." ”

Zhao Tianfu said: "It's not an outsider, I thought no one wanted to go, last night lying on the kang and told my boss about it, she reminded me that she has an uncle and brother Xu Laogen, who is a native of the mountains, since he was a child, he has followed others to cut wood and collect ginseng, almost all over the Pale Mountain, even if he closes his eyes, he can touch wherever he wants to go, if you think it will be, you will call him later." ”

Luo Lie nodded and said, "Cheng, then it will be troublesome for the shopkeeper Zhao." After some bargaining, an agreement was reached at the price of thirty silver oceans, ten yuan in advance, and then pay the rest after they came back with Luo Hunt, this price is not low, after all, in the current era, ten yuan can now buy a ploughing cow, and thirty yuan silver ocean is enough for a person to live comfortably for a year.