Strictly speaking, the mountain where the people of Zhuangli farmed is not a mountain, but the tail of a mountain that extends from the east. There was a summit, but it was only the last protruding hill in the middle of the mountain. The northern slope of the mountain, people are used to calling it Shanyinli, facing our village, the terrain is gentle, it is a soil slope, so the ancestors built terraces and cultivated them for generations. The western slope is also dirt slope, but it is too steep to be cultivated, it is a barren beach overgrown with wild grass, and it is also our favorite place to play. The southern slope is steeper than the western slope, and it is a stone slope, which is called Sanyangli, also called Beishan, and is an inaccessible place.

In the col with the back of the mountain, there is a small house lying alone. For me, who has curiosity in every pore, this is something I can't let go.

"Sailor, go, go down and have a look. ”

The sailor stared in the direction of the house and shook his head hesitantly.

"Let's go, let's see what your grandmother is doing. ”

"I'm not going, it's scary. ”

"By the way, what does your grandmother look like, why have I never seen it?"

"My grandmother said that since she married into our family, her mother moved from the village to live in Beishan. When I was five years old, I was seriously ill and dying, and my grandmother came here once on my back, and my grandmother saved me that time. ”

"Then is your grandmother still alive?"

"I don't know. She hasn't been seen since. ”

"I heard that she can talk to the gods. ”

The sailor didn't speak, and after a few seconds, he said timidly, "Xiao Yuan, let's go back to the west slope." A wave of them is going to wait in a hurry. ”

All Sunday, my mind was on that little lonely house.

In the evening, in front of my father's shack, I asked him, "Do you know that there is a small house in the back of the mountain?"

He was silent.

He may not know, or he may not want to say, but I didn't ask any more.

"Didn't you go up the mountain last night, I watched your shack all night, and the lights never came on. I asked.

Daddy still didn't answer me. He turned up the flame of the kerosene lamp, added two pieces of charcoal to the brazier, and then picked up the smoke pot and began to smoke.

When he took out his first puff of cigarette, he spoke: "Baby, you remember, all the things you don't understand now, you will understand in the end." The story I tell on this mountain, I only hope you can listen to it alone. Your brother also went up the mountain last night, but I didn't come on purpose, I didn't want him to get involved in unnecessary disputes. But you can't escape it. ”

Hearing these strange words again, I didn't understand what they meant. But subconsciously, I felt that something different was going to happen to me.

"Remember where I talked the day before yesterday?" asked Daddy.

Before I could speak, he continued: "When I saw the skeleton embedded deep in the trunk of the tree, I felt sorry for the dead man. If the skeleton had pounced on him, it would have been shattered. But on second thought, in the end he died. How fragile and small man is in the face of fate.

"That evening, the seven companions who had gone up to the rafters returned, and they had not come down with the rafters, and the rope that should have been carried over their shoulders was gone, and the axe that was stuck in their belts was gone. Everyone was like a puppet, walking straight and not saying a word. He did not answer any questions. I didn't stop when I walked to the camp, and walked through the tent all the way forward.

"I have heard old people say that there are mountain spirits in the mountains that hook people's souls, and they will call people's names, and if the person who is called agrees, his soul will be hooked. The one who seduces the soul will go crazy, talk nonsense, lose spirituality. Therefore, there is a rule for people who walk in the mountains, they can't shout their names to each other after entering the mountain, for fear that the mountain spirits will listen. When you hear someone shouting your name, you must not say yes.

"The situation of the seven companions that day was not exactly like they had been hooked. But this situation has never been seen before, and I can only think that the old people's statements are not absolutely accurate, and maybe the people who have been hooked have other manifestations, such as them.

"I pulled them into the tent one by one and sat them down, and they didn't resist, but as soon as I turned around, they got up again to leave.

"Just as I was at my wit's end, a few things glowing blue flashed from behind the cliff at the corner of the valley to the west. When I landed, my blood condensed, my hairs stood on end, and I froze in place.

"My companions pushed me aside and walked out unrelentingly. By this time, the blue things had already reached under the platform of the camp, and I saw them reach forward and send out waves of blue light, hitting my companions and knocking them to the ground one by one. Then he went up and tied my companions with ropes.

"Seeing me stay still, one of the leading men in the blue stuff said, 'Don't be afraid, young man, we're not bad people. ’

"When I heard them speak, my fear subsided a little bit, and I thought, 'You are certainly not bad people, because you are not human at all.' ’

"As I got closer, I saw that they were all dressed in clothes covered with blue flames, as if they had been doused with alcohol and then lit, and their hands and faces were not blue, but they were black, skinny, skinny. Each one is almost a meter tall, with short legs and long arms. ”

"Isn't it like a skinned sheep?" I suddenly remembered the blue glowing youkai that the sailors had said.

I thought that my father would be surprised and ask me how I knew, but he didn't, but said flatly: "The sailors see the same thing as I see, no, the same kind of people." ”

"Huh?!Is that a person?" was the one who was surprised.

The old man laughed, did not answer, and continued: "The blue thing that spoke, came up to me, looked at me and said, 'We are from the Drought Clan. ’

"When I heard about the Drought Tribe, my heart lit up. It was recorded in the history books.

"Back then, King Chiyou caused chaos in the world, and Shennong's clan wanted to capture Chiyou, but was defeated by Chiyou. Later, the Shennong clan gave the heavy responsibility of the world to the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor was ordered by the heavens and began to unify the princes of the world to fight Chiyou together. Heaven thanked the Yellow Emperor for his benevolence and sent his eldest son Ying Long to assist the Yellow Emperor in his crusade against Chiyou. Chi You summoned Feng Bo and the rain master to help, laid down a bleak wind and bitter rain array, and defeated Ying Long. Heaven let the second daughter go down to the world. The Yellow Emperor sent the female to kill the thunder god's mount Kui Niu in the thunder ze, and used the skin of the cow to make a big drum to the sky. The female beat the drum to dispel the wind and rain, and used the glowing green clothes to dispel the fog and break the bleak wind and bitter rain. The Yellow Emperor finally killed Chi You in the Zhuolu Field. The Yellow Emperor was afraid that Chiyou would be resurrected, so he cut off his head, transported the body to the East China Sea, sank to the bottom of the sea, and passed the head to the west. After the victory of the Yellow Emperor, Ying Long was afraid that the female demon would compete with him for favor in front of the gods after setting up a miracle feat, so he rushed back to the heavenly court and slandered the female her, and the heavenly gods were bewitched and did not allow the female lu to go to the heavenly realm again and descend her into mortal beings. The Yellow Emperor knew the situation of Nulu, so he named her the lord of Xiqiang. The female squire thrived in the Xiqiang area, and her descendants formed the Dry Lun tribe. Although the Drought Tribes belong to the same human realm as the Xia Yi people, their body shape and appearance are different from ordinary people after all, and they are often excluded. When the king of Dayu, the head of Chiyou was haunted in the west. The drought people asked for their orders to Dayu, and they were willing to carry the head of Chiyou into the top secret realm of the southwest and guard it for generations. Since then, the world has appeared, and the Drought Tribes are no longer seen, and the news of the Drought Tribes is never heard from again.

Knowing that they were drought, I couldn't help but look at him with fear, and found that his eyes showed peace and kindness, and my heart relaxed, and my body also relaxed, and I sat down on the ground.

"He sat down next to me and said, 'My people have been hidden from the world for nearly ten thousand years. He has always followed the ancestral teachings, and except for his son-in-law, he does not appear in front of any Wa royal family. ’

"The first time I heard the word Wa royalty, interrupted him and asked, 'What is Wa royal?' and he looked at me and explained, 'Man is a descendant of God. In ancient times, all the gods had relics in the world, and the gods had different forms, so the human forms were also different. Only the descendants of Nuwa are well-looking, blessed by the aura of heaven and earth, and gradually dominate the world. The other descendants of the gods were slaughtered, or banished, or as our people hid themselves. Nowadays, the people who appear in the world are all descendants of Nuwa,—— and when you dig deeper, it cannot be regarded as the blood of Nuwa, but Nuwa kneaded the loess according to her own appearance and infused it with her own breath - my clan has called it the Wa royal family since ancient times. Aren't you the Wa royal family? ’

"We all know the story of Nuwa kneading the loess to create man. The fact that the Drought Clan carried the head of Chiyou and hid the secret realm is also recorded in the history books. But from ancient times to the present, no one knows that we still have such a name.

"I asked, 'Since I am from the Wa royal family, how can you appear in front of me today? Isn't this contrary to the teachings of the ancestors? Also, who is the son-in-law, if this is a personal name?'

"The Drought Man who sat beside me said, 'There is a certain number of things in the world, you don't need to ask too much, and you will understand later.'" We're here today for them. ’

"He stretched out his arms like dead branches, pointed to the seven men who had been tied to the ground, and said: 'For nearly ten years, this ancient and quiet place has not been as safe as it used to be. A mysterious evil force appeared in the void. This power can cause the dead to be sensed, and take the bodies of the living, giving birth to demons with the blood of the living. The person who has been robbed of his body is at first ignorant and unconscious, like a puppet, weak and weak, and keeps moving; gradually the demon spirit grows and fights with the soul of the living in the body, at this time, from the outside, it is manic and abnormal, jumping up and down, splitting rocks and breaking trees, and killing all living creatures when it sees it; finally the demon spirit kills the soul of the living in the body, occupies the whole body, and becomes a powerful and fierce demon fighter. ’

"It turns out that my companions were not seduced by the mountain spirits, according to him, they must have been possessed by dead corpses. I asked, 'How did the dead take the bodies of the living?'

"He said: 'Now that evil force is not too strong, its control is limited to this deep mountain forest and the surrounding area, under the inspiration of this power, the dead body only has a short induction, and the energy condensed on the dead body is also limited. In this mountain, if a living person touches a dead corpse no matter where it is, the dead corpse will be awakened, and the awakened dead corpse has the ability to move ten steps, and if a person is caught by it within ten steps, the dead body will be embedded in the human body as a whole, and then dissipate in the human body, merging with the flesh and bones. At this time, although the person is still conscious, the body is no longer under his control. This is the case with your companions now. If the awakened corpse cannot be caught within ten steps, it will immediately freeze and gradually turn to ashes. ’

After hearing his words, I got up and ran over the gentle slope to the east to the foot of the old pine. By the moonlight, I could see that the skeletons embedded in the trunk of the tree were gone, leaving only the deep grooves like skeletons, and a layer of grass ash powder on the snow on the ground.

"The droughls followed, and the others were standing three meters away, and the droughls who had just sat next to me came up to me and said, 'It seems that someone has escaped their fate. ’

"I said, 'He did not escape his fate in the end, and fell to his death in the middle of the night last night. ’

"He said flatly: 'Maybe death is not the worst outcome. In the future, even more incredible things may happen in this world. ’

"I said, 'Today's event is already incredible to me. ’

"He said, 'You and your companions are lucky today. Now the evil force is not strong, and the dead corpse still needs to be touched to be awakened, and it is only ten steps, so only the dead corpse in the wild can be evil, and it is basically safe to be buried deep underground. As long as the souls in the bodies of the dead are not killed by the demons, we have a way to expel the demons in their bodies. But as far as we have observed over the past ten years, this power is gradually increasing, and it will reach its peak in fifty years from the time of its origin. Once reached, the area of control of the evil forces expands infinitely until it covers the entire world. At that time, all the dead will awaken on their own, and after awakening, they will also live forever in the world until they take the flesh and blood of the living. After the corpse takes over the human body, the demon spirit will also instantly kill the soul of the person, occupying the entire body. The creation of the Demon Fighter only takes a blink of an eye. At that time, the world will experience a great catastrophe. ’

"I asked, 'So, where does this evil power come from?'

"He said: 'We've been tracking it and so far, we don't have a clue. From now until the power of evil reaches its peak, we have forty years to keep track of it. May Heaven protect the earth. ’

"After saying this, he turned back to the other droughts and said, 'Kuri Danmacha, Mumu is great. The droughls turned and walked in the direction of my tent.

"Then he turned to me and said, 'We have taken your companions, and we will send them out of the mountain after they have been healed, and you stay in your tent tonight, and do not go out and walk around.' Tomorrow at dawn, I will go out of the mountain and go home. ’

"He turned to leave, then he turned back and said, 'My name is Ran Tho, and we may have a chance to meet again in the future.'" ’

Then he went straight away, and as he passed my tent, he was followed by a few other darthorns who had been standing by the roadside with my companions, and together they had turned forward over the rocky cliff at the bend of the valley, and were gone. ”

"What does 'Kuri Danmacha, Mumu Dahu' mean?" I didn't dare to interrupt my father just now, and when I saw that he had finished speaking, I took the opportunity to ask.

"That's the words of the Drought Tribe, which means: 'It's getting late, we're going back.'" ’”

"Were you alone in the tent that night, didn't anything happen?" I reminded him to make up for my interjection.

But he didn't go any further. At this moment, I heard footsteps behind me.

I looked back and saw that it was my grandfather.

"I've made up two wicker backs, and you're still here to bother your daddy. My grandfather said with a smile.

I got up with a grunt and said, "Then I'll go back to the shack and sleep, and you two more pots of cigarettes." With that, he ran back to his shack.

At night, I didn't dream.