The aura of danger is getting closer and closer, Su Zhe thought to himself, it would not be such a coincidence, last night Wu Yong just said that there might be danger, and he ran into it early in the morning.

Clenching their pistols, the four stared.

When danger comes, there is no room for slackness.

The sound of rustling came from the woods in front of us, and everyone heard it at this time. While wondering if the enemy had begun to attack, suddenly two wild boars rushed out.

However, the direction of the two wild boars was not on Su Zhe's side, but rushed all the way down the slope. In the process of running, due to the shaky slope, a wild boar rolls down in a rolling manner, and then stands firm and continues to run.

A false alarm.

Although there were four of them, armed with weapons, Su Zhe was absolutely unwilling to encounter danger in such a situation.

Seeing the two wild boars running away, Su Zhe and the others withdrew their weapons. However, it was still a little strange in my heart, the two wild boars just now were running in a hurry, as if something was chasing after them.

Su Zhe turned his head and saw that Wu Yong was also contemplative, probably thinking the same as him.

"Coach Wu, isn't it a little strange for these two wild boars to come out?" asked Su Zhe. Early in the morning, even if the wild boar wants to go out to forage, this is the main road, and it should not run in this direction.

"Whatever the reason, we need to be a little more careful about the rest of the journey. This barren mountain is sparsely populated, and I really don't know how many beasts there are. ”

Although it is a civilized era, it is very rare to see tigers, leopards and beasts everywhere on the mountains in ancient times, but in this part of the mountain, everything is difficult to say. Thinking of this, Su Zhe's brows furrowed, imagining that Qinglan was a woman, with a salute, unless there was a group of people to accompany her, there was no way to go back if she was alone.

When she stayed at the only hotel at the station last night, Su Zhe asked the proprietress there, and she hadn't heard of Tiangou Village, but mentioned a village where the Naxi and Buyi ethnic groups lived. However, the people inside only come out once a month to buy things, and every time they come out, a large number of people go back and wait for the people to go back.

I couldn't inquire about the specific location of Tiangou Village, but I got a piece of information, at least there were people living in it, as long as I entered the village, I should be able to find it when I inquired at that time.

After the red flag was lifted, the four did not linger long and continued on their way.

The first part of the road is easier to walk, but in the middle of the road it becomes more and more rugged, and there are cliffs in several places. When Su Zhe and the others passed by a steep cliff, they looked down, it was an abyss, once they stumbled and fell, there were no bones.

I don't know how deep it is, the climate is dry this season, but I don't know if this mountain is affected by the rain two days ago, the humidity has not dispersed, and there are a lot of clouds and mist condensed under the cliff, which is also a wonder.

The cliff is almost 500 meters long, and it is not known how many people have fallen from it on this road.

I accidentally touched some small pebbles, and I didn't even make a sound after hearing the sound of rolling and falling, so I was still worried. After a long time, I crossed the cliff, followed by a muddy path.

Wu Yong looked at it for a while and said, "Su Zhe and the others will be careful." ”

Su Zhe nodded, there were a lot of footprints on it, judging from the depth of the degree, it should not have been left for long. There is a stream running down this muddy road, and although the water does not pass through this time, some of it will still overflow this way when there is a lot of water. It had rained two days earlier, and the stream had increased, and if it had been the footprints that had flowed at that time, it would have been gone long ago.

I heard from the proprietress of the hotel that because a group of people went back about ten days ago, it is estimated that they will not come out until next month, and no one has been found to have gone in recently. Ten days ago or so, it was about the time for Qinglan to go back, and I thought in an optimistic direction, Qinglan should go back with the people who came out to purchase.

These two footprints are still very new, and no one has walked them, so I wonder if the people from the village in front of them came out to hunt and stay.

Originally, it was expected to be a six-hour journey, but I was afraid of conditions on the road, so I walked more carefully, and I didn't see a picture of cooking smoke curling up until noon.

Compared with Wu Yong, who was a soldier, Su Zhe has been used to living a comfortable life in the past few years, and last night he was worried that Qinglan didn't sleep well, so he set off early in the morning and walked for a few hours, which was really a little unbearable.

Usually there is exercise, but walking and exercising are two different things. Because of the practice of qigong, there was no qi disorder, but my feet were a little sore.

When he was eating and resting at noon, Wu Yong took out the map and pointed to a route above: "We are probably in this location now, and Tiangou Village should be here." But this is a large distribution map, and I can't be sure if it's in this place. At this distance, we will be able to reach it in about an hour. ”

After a pause, Wu Yong raised his head and looked at Su Zhe and asked, "If something happens to the person you are looking for, what do you do?"

Su Zhe was stunned, he had never thought about this question. It may be said that he was worried before going to Qinglan, but he never thought that something would happen to her.

After a moment's thought, he replied, "I never thought something would happen to her." I just thought that there was no signal on the phone, and I knew that she was all right, and if her business was done, I would take her back by the way. ”

Wu opened his mouth and finally did not speak. In any case, thinking in the good direction is always good and bad is always good. In fact, Wu Yong knew in his heart that there were some things that Su Zhe was clear. On the way here, they saw a signal rack on the top of the mountain, even in the mountain, no matter how weak the signal was, there would always be a time to receive it.

After eating, rehydrating, and the remaining hour of the journey will probably not be delayed to continue on the road.

After walking for about half an hour, I walked through a mountain forest, and some hilly landscapes appeared in front of me, on which agricultural plants were grown. After walking back and forth for almost seven hours, they finally saw a place to live.

After coming out of the rugged mountain road, there is a relatively wide dirt road further on. As we approached the village, I saw a few small children playing on the side of the road. They are dark-skinned and dressed in the costumes of their ethnic minorities.

When a few children saw Su Zhe and his party, they were surprised for a while, and then they all ran home.

"It's probably very rare for outsiders to come in here, and it's a red flag that we dress up for them to look at. Wu Yong said.

After the children left, they each pulled their own adults out.

Su Zhe stepped forward and asked about the location of Tiangou Village. But no one understood what he said, but they recognized the words on it, and pointed forward, but someone pointed to the side. For a while, Su Zhe didn't know who to listen to.

A few minutes later, a young man walked out. He glanced at the words written on Su Zhe's map, and said in a language that he was not fluent in: "That, that place, in front, there is a road from here, you have to go a few roads ahead, and after seeing the fork, turn right, and then turn left." ”

After turning around so many times, Su Zhe was afraid that he would not find it, and he couldn't find anyone nearby to ask. After thinking for a while, he asked, "That's it, are you free now, you take me over, and I'll pay you." ”

Su Zhe took out a thousand yuan from his wallet, "You just need to bring us over, and the money will be yours." ”

The young man glanced at the pile of money in Su Zhe's hand, and he wanted to take it, but he still shook his head.

"Isn't it too much money?" Su Zhe took out another thousand yuan.

The young man shook his hand and said, "No, it's just," the young man did not speak again, turned and ran away. The others also went home after the youth left.

Su Zhe was a little puzzled, just leading the way, as if everyone didn't want to go.

"Coach Wu, what's going on, is there really a danger ahead?" Su Zhe didn't want to think about it, but some bad premonitions came up.

"It's come to this point, no matter what's in front of you, you have to come forward and see what is going on. Wu said lightly. For danger, Wu Yong has seen too much over the years, and it can almost be said that he is used to it.

A few people walked forward for a while, and from time to time people from the village stood at the door to watch. Seeing their gaze, he quickly turned around and walked into the house.

Su Zhe noticed that there were only more than ten households in this village, and he also noticed that from the time they entered the village to the present, there were not many young and middle-aged people. Most of them are old women and children.

In this society, this is the case in many villages, where young and middle-aged people go out to work, and the rest are old people and children, and occasionally a few women are already very good.

At this time, the young man who had just run away caught up with him and asked, "Yes, will I take you over and give me the money?"

Su Zhe nodded.

"Okay, I'll take you there. ”

An old man came out and said a few words to the young man, but Su Zhe and the others couldn't understand it. But judging from his anxious expression, it seemed like he was telling the young man not to go. The young man ran back and said a few words to the old man, and finally turned back.

The behavior of the people in the village made Su Zhe even more curious about what was going on in the village in front of him.

After leaving the village in front, Su Zhe couldn't help but ask, "I want to ask, is something happening in Tiangou Village?"

The young man's face changed, and he made a gesture of silence. After looking left and right a few times, he confirmed that there was no one, but he didn't speak, and walked in silence.

After a while, the young man stopped, looked at it vigilantly again, and whispered, "A few days ago, there were gunshots, gunshots over there. ”

When the young man said the word "gunshot", his face turned pale.

"Then, I happened to pass by that day, and I saw killing, killing. ”

"What's going on, who killed someone?"

"I don't know, I just saw someone being shot and killed by a bunch of people, and then there were a couple of people kneeling in front of them. I was scared, so I ran back. "At the mention of that day, the young man seemed scared. When he reached the second turn, he pointed ahead and said that it was Tiangou Village, but he no longer led the way.

Su Zhe didn't force him, and gave him two thousand yuan to let him leave.

They did not continue walking, but hid in hidden places.

"Coach Wu, what should we do now?" Su Zhe was very worried about Qinglan's safety at the moment, but he didn't expect that the last thing they wanted to see would happen.