Chapter 70: The Human Head in the Tree
The steamer continued to move forward, and when it passed through Shiye Continent, Qin Di felt the presence of aura again, but it was half weaker than Jiao Shan.
In the middle of the night, the steamer passed through Meizizhou in Jinling, and Qin Di found that the aura there was a few points lower than that of Shiyezhou, perhaps because there were too many people going.
The ship went up again, and all that was left was the aura that was missing.
At noon the next day, the boat arrived at Xiaogu Mountain in Susong County, Anhui Province, and Qin Di once again felt a strong aura, which was not much worse than Jiao Mountain.
Xiaogu Mountain is also known as "Haimen Mountain", "the first pass of Haimen". It is said that the tide has stopped surging upwards at this point.
Separated by a distance of hundreds of meters, Qin Di saw that there were pavilions and pavilions on the mountain, and there was a temple, and the three words "Qixiu Temple" were written on the temple door, and there were two or three ancient towers, which seemed to be a scenic spot.
Qin Di nodded secretly, keeping this position in mind.
Before dawn on the third day, the steamer came to the shore of Jiujiang, Jiangxi.
Qin Di saw Qin Yue and got off the boat with a three-foot-long suitcase, so he also followed from behind.
Qin Yue was still dressed as a rich lady, wearing a long woolen coat, a white scarf, and a small top hat with a head, walking by the potholed river, surrounded by many ragged people, looking out of place.
She walked all the way and inquired, and it took half a day to find the bus.
The car was not very large, but it sat more than 50 people, so it was crowded through the wind and rain.
Qin Di didn't get into the car, just asked for the destination, and then followed on foot.
Because of the bad road conditions, the car did not run fast, an hour, that is, more than 20 kilometers.
If Qin Di runs at full speed, it will be 30 meters in one step, moving 100 meters per second, more than 200 kilometers in an hour, similar to the bullet trains of later generations, and he will not worry about not being able to keep up with the cars of this year.
Qin Yue sat in the car, breathless.
Fortunately, it was winter, and the stench of her body was covered by a thick coat, otherwise she would not have been able to sit still for a moment.
The dirt road was very bumpy, and people in the car, leaning forward and backward, almost vomited what they had eaten before getting into the car.
This dull feeling lasted for about two or three hours.
Suddenly, I heard the people in the car exclaiming, "Ah, look there, there's a human head!"
Qin Yue was taken aback, and when she looked up, through the car window, she saw more than a dozen human heads hanging on the treetops on the side of the road, with blood on their faces, cracked corners of their eyes, and grinning teeth, looking very hideous!
She was frightened, her heart suddenly tightened, it seemed to stop beating, she couldn't breathe, her face was pale, and her mind was blank!
She is a rich young lady, who sits at home on weekdays and writes articles, and is sought after every day, praising her as a great poet, where would she have thought that she would see this scene!
For her, it was a huge shock! a threat of life and death! a naked horror! an unimaginable nightmare!
Qin Yue's lips were trembling, and her whole body was trembling!
Almost instantly, she wanted to stop the car and quickly escape back to the magic capital!
But she couldn't speak, and all the muscles in her body froze at this moment!
She felt a churn in her stomach and couldn't help but want to vomit!
But there was no space in the car, and she didn't dare to spit on others, so she could only cover her mouth and endure it desperately.
She saw the words written on the trunk of the tree, which clearly read "The remnants of the red bandits, don't be killed", and then she realized that those severed heads might be people from the Great Red Party!
Qin Yue's heart was cold, as if she had fallen into an ice cave.
It was only at this moment that she realized how cruel the dispute between the two parties was! This was a bloody life-and-death struggle, and it was by no means a war of words in the newspapers!
She needed to reconsider whether she should move on.
She was in a daze for a long time, and it wasn't until it was dark and the car entered Nanchang City that she woke up.
She found an inn to stay in, and hardly slept all night, wondering what she should do.
"Maybe I shouldn't have come here. I'm good at writing articles, so it's good to stay in the magic capital, so why do I have to wade through mountains and rivers to come here? What am I doing here? Can I shoot a gun? Am I willing to kill someone? I can kill you with the people of the Blue and White Party? The third uncle belongs to the ...... of the Blue and White Party."
Qin Yue thought about it and felt that she couldn't do it.
"I'm not ready to join the Great Red Army...... I just came over to take a look, take a look at Zhuo Qingqiu, and then go back......"
She comforted herself in her heart, and after a night of repair, she barely ate something in the morning, and then asked the store how to get to Ji'an, and if there was a car to take?
The shopkeeper was an old man over fifty years old, wearing a melon skin hat on his head and a placket jacket on his body, with a kind face, and looked at her with surprised eyes: "Girl, what are you doing there? Ji'an belongs to the bandit area, don't say that there is no car, even if it is open, you can't go." The roads are blocked, and all those who enter and leave will be searched! All belongings may be robbed! You are a young girl who looks like a foreign student, if you go any further, you will either be caught by officers and soldiers or robbed by bandits! I kindly advise you, don't kill yourself!"
When Qin Yue heard this, her face turned blue for a while, white for a while, and she was very worried in her heart, and said in her mouth: "Old man, don't scare me! In broad daylight, who would dare to do such a sin? Please tell me, how to get to Ji'an?"
The shopkeeper kept shaking his head and sighing: "Girl, you can't go!"
"Tell me, please?"
"There is a 'Hong Leong' car and horse shop in Nancheng, which has been in business for many years and is more reliable. You go there and see, if you're willing to pay a high price, maybe someone is willing to take a trip. If they don't want to go, don't go any further, where you came from, where you go back. If you hire a big car on the road, beware of being abducted by the driver. ”
Qin Yue's heart was shocked again, and hurriedly said, "Thank you for reminding me." ”
She went out with her suitcase, called a foreign car, and came to the "Hong Leong" carriage and horse shop.
The carriage and horse shop was a large courtyard with more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages parked in it.
Qin Yue walked in and asked, but the boss of the car dealership shook his head vigorously: "There is a war in the south, I can't send you to Ji'an, at most half the way." ”
Qin Yue became more and more worried, but she gritted her teeth and said angrily: "How far you go, how much is it." If you can get to Ji'an, I'll give you fifty yuan. If you go halfway, you can only give half price. ”
When the boss heard this, he thought it was a good price, so he asked her to pay 30% of the fare first, and then called a middle-aged coachman to set up the carriage.
"Xu San, send this girl to Ji'an, and try to send it to the ground. ”
The coachman Xu San is in his forties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, looking more honest, wearing a shabby felt hat on his head and a sheepskin jacket, he promised, took the suitcase, put it in the innermost part of the carriage, waited for Qin Yue to sit in, and then lowered the curtain, and admonished: "Girl, you stay in the car honestly, don't show your face." You're too handsome, it doesn't matter if you're in the city, and when you go out of the city, you'll often run into bandits! If you are seen, something will definitely happen. ”
Qin Yue's heart jumped "suddenly" and asked, "Where did the bandits come from?"
Xu San said with a wry smile while driving: "In these years, there are many bandits. A soldier is a bandit, and a bandit is a soldier. ”