Yu Lan also understood this secretive look, and looked at me inexplicably.

I hurriedly asked, "Yujiacun, is there any way to say it?" ”

The driver waved his hand impatiently, obviously unwilling to answer the question.

Now, I didn't bother to ask, so I simply nested in the seat and closed my eyes to recuperate, who knew that the driver suddenly braked suddenly, and a car of people shouted and cursed, and the middle-aged man sitting next to me, the thing in his arms also flew out, fell to the ground, and scattered into a piece.

I took a closer look, and the thing that flew out was a birthday cake in the shape of a longevity peach, but the middle of the cake was not written "Shou" but a black "Dian"!

What the is going on?

When the middle-aged man saw his unrecognizable cake, he exploded instantly, and scolded the driver excitedly in the local dialect.

After scolding for a long time, the middle-aged man was also tired, so he squatted down and cleaned up the cake with a depressed expression.

I looked at this man and secretly speculated in my heart, Shou peach is generally prepared for the old man who has a big birthday, the Chinese are the most taboo about life and death, who can write such a word on the cake? If you want to say that it is a sacrifice, it is not right, in order to preserve it for a longer time, the sacrifice is solid in the middle, and there is a big gap between it and the food eaten by people.

This cake is not made of yin or yang, I really don't understand who it is for, maybe it is the local custom, I still continue to raise my spirits.

The bus staggered all the way, and when it arrived at Yujia Village, it was already noon.

I took a cursory look, the road here was narrow and small, and the car was only parked at the entrance of the village, so there was no way, Yu Lan and I could only rely on two legs to enter the village.

It stands to reason that this kind of relatively remote village, without human destruction, should have a good view, not to mention picturesque, at least it should be green waters and green mountains, right?

But the hills around Yujia Village were at least bald, so I pointed at Yu Lan and said, "This tree has been cut down, how can it be transported out?" ”

Yu Lan glanced at me and said mischievously, "Master asked you to protect the environment?" Or did you let the developer come here? Let's get down to business. ”

Yu Lan choked me enough, but what she said was right. Also, I'll get down to business.

But as soon as I looked up and looked closely, I found that the place where the tree should have been was built at the moment, and there were countless stone houses, from the top of the mountain to the mountainside, everywhere.

The distance is too far to see the specifics, and I can only barely see that some houses are not capped, and some have been completely built.

Could it be that all these people live in the mountains?

But you can't live in a sealed house, can you?

I raised my eyebrows, thinking to myself that this place was really weird.

Along the way, the soles of my feet ached, except for the unknown birds chirping in the distance and the rustle of leaves in the wind, the rest was silence.

After a long hike through mountains and rivers, we finally saw the living, a large group of living people.

It's just that these people are wearing navy blue turbans and coarse cloth shoes, and they are walking in a line up to the mountain, some carrying lunch boxes in their hands, and some holding incense and candles.

I whispered, "Don't you think these people are weird? ”

Yu Lan said with a big grin: "People take some offerings and go up the mountain, what's so strange?" There's nothing wrong with cooking some of the deceased's favorite meals, don't be too sensitive. ”

I frowned, and I just felt that something was wrong, so I took a closer look at the vision and suddenly found a clue!

There are muddy paths everywhere in this mountain, but what they walk on the mountain is a shiny stone road.

And after I looked at these people closely, I was even more sure of my guess.

I pulled Yu Lan up and said, "Trust me, go." ”

After saying that, I opened the road in front, closely following behind this group of people, the stone slab on the mountain road was wet and slippery, and before I had taken a few steps, my feet suddenly loosened, and I lay directly on the stone road.

And this time, it also completely exposed the two of us.

The advancing team in front of them stopped in an instant, and everyone looked sideways at us, the uninvited guests.

A middle-aged man walked out of the team, speaking in a dialect I didn't understand, and I could barely understand a sentence or two.

But even if I couldn't understand his words, but looking at this man's vigilant eyes and quick tone, it was clear that we were very unwelcome, and I tried my best to stabilize his emotions, and I also tried to show that I was not hostile, after all, this person is not familiar with the place, and if there is an incident, we have no advantage to take advantage of.

Finally, he spoke Mandarin very lamely, and their Mandarin was just as obscure.

He said lamely, "No outsiders have come in here for decades, what are you doing here?" ”

I also slowed down my speech and said, "This place has a beautiful scenery, come and relax." ”

He still looked at the two of us with a suspicious look on his face, and said, "No matter what you do, you can't go up to the mountain here, I mean any mountain." ”

As he spoke, a group of villagers behind him surrounded him with fierce faces and very unfriendly, and even I saw that several villagers had stretched their hands behind their waists.

Looking at this posture, if I say the word "no" today, they will make it impossible for the two of us to get out at all.

I smirked and said, "Well said, well said." ”

With that, I pulled Yu Lan back, carefully stepped on the stone slab, and finally retreated to the foot of the mountain.

I looked at Yu Lan and said, "Don't you find it strange? ”

Yu Lan thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "Perhaps, this is someone's ancestral grave?" It's normal not to let outsiders in. ”

I calmly analyzed: "No, today is not a sacrificial day, how can so many people gather to go to the grave?" Again, if you look at the stone road just now, we are wearing professional hiking shoes, and I still fell a little? ”

Yu Lan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she suddenly said, "Understood! You mean, they must have walked this path a lot, so the pace was steady in such a slippery situation! ”

I nodded and said, "That's right, that's what it means, they usually walk on dirt roads, if they suddenly change to stone roads, they must not be used to it, they can walk so steadily, it can only mean that they often walk, so the question is, who can go to the grave every day?" ”

This sentence is asked by Yu Lan, and it is also myself. It's not that we're curious about the customs here, but we came with a purpose in mind, and we can't help but think about it at this time.

Anyway, there is no other way now, so it is better to gamble on this mountain, I bet on this mountain, there is the answer I want.

The group walked very fast, and only their backs could be seen at this time.

I thought about it for a while, this village is not very big, and we have already met with this group of people, and now we must not be able to enter the village, so we can only find a place to stay in the mountains for the time being.

In addition to mosquito bites, the most difficult thing in the mountains is loneliness. It was extremely quiet in the mountains, and we passed the time by chatting at first, until at last we found that there was not much water left, which made it even more difficult.

It is said that the water in the mountains is not polluted, but as everyone knows, the unknown water source contains a lot of minerals, which cannot be filtered by soil methods, and it is very risky to drink this water.

And the mosquitoes in the mountains are terrible enough, all of them are bigger than light bulbs, and when you bite it, you will have a big red and swollen bag on your body. Fortunately, Yu Lan understands medicine and took out an herb called "Three Leaves and One Branch" from his bag.

This medicine is specifically designed to control mosquitoes, and with its existence, it is much better.

At dusk, at last it was evening, and suddenly, there was a crackling sound behind me, and I hurriedly looked back, and a small number of birds flew down from the trees, "croaking" along the way, and through the afterglow of the setting sun, I could see that the feathers of the birds reflected a purple light similar to metal.

For the children of the mountains, this bird is all too familiar, and this is exactly the symbol of the ominous - the crow.

I saw a flock of crows flying over, and after a while, the second and third flocks ......

All the crows are flying in one direction, which is even more counterintuitive.

Crows live in groups, but they don't like to fly in groups, and they don't fly to one place at the same time, and I have been observing carefully for a long time to determine that these crows are flying to one place, that is, the mountain that they go up during the day.

Crows are called "bad luck birds" because they have an extremely sensitive sense of smell and can smell the smell of dying people, so wherever they fly, people will die.

The fact that this flock of crows flew so uncharacteristically into the mountains made me even more sure that there were secrets hidden in the mountains......