The high peaks reach into the sky, the snow on the top of the mountain does not melt all year round, the cold wind howls, and there is no grass. But except for the snow lotus, you can see that in the thick snow on the cliff, from time to time there is a touch of green, a budding bud.

It is early spring at the bottom of the mountain, and the top of the mountain is as cold as winter. In a small village at the foot of the Tian Shan Mountains, this village is the closest place to the growth of snow lotus, and the people of the village also make a living by picking snow lotus. More than a dozen low houses are scattered along the edge of a small stream, the water in the stream is flowing down from the snow-capped mountains, the water is rumbling and clear, the water is not more than half a meter deep, and the depth is not more than a meter, winding down the mountain.

There are still a few days left on the second day of February, when dozens of villagers gather in the mountain temple to make offerings to the mountain god and worship the mountain god to bless them with the snow lotus flowers from the mountain and return safely.

In the temple of the mountain god there is a statue of the god of the mountain, which is the god of the mountain. This is an annual ritual, and everyone kowtows reverently, and the worship process is completed.

The villagers who were about to get up and leave suddenly found that the statue of the god of the dragon mountain shook a few times, and the shaking was very obvious, and then a gust of wind blew in the temple, and the wind blew so that the villagers could not open their eyes, and the villagers were in chaos. The wind blew for half an hour before it stopped, and when I looked at the offerings on the table, they were long gone, and even the statue of the dragon god was blown to the ground and shattered.

All the villagers were frightened, and they didn't know what to do, but they all knew that this was a bad omen, a warning from the mountain god that they would not be allowed to go up the mountain.

The villagers talked a lot in front of the dragon temple, saying everything, but they just couldn't make up their minds, whether the mountain was up or not, if not, everyone would not be able to dig snow lotus this year, and they would not be able to make money.

As several off-road vehicles drove into this small mountain village deep in the mountains, the villagers looked at each other in front of the off-road vehicles and the dozen or so people who got out of the cars. They knew that some of these people were here to compete with them for the Snow Lotus, and some were the ones who came to buy the Snow Lotus.

These outsiders are cunning and insidious, doing tricks and murders, and they can do anything vicious. It's just that they came a little early this year, in previous years, they only came when they came down from the mountain, some went to the halfway up the mountain to intercept the acquisition or secretly took it, and some waited directly at the bottom of the mountain.

These outsiders unloaded their tents and other camping equipment from their cars and set up camp in the open space in front of the temple, ignoring the presence of the villagers. As the number of vehicles continued to increase, the open space in front of the temple was overcrowded, and tents were set one after another.

The villagers hated and feared these people, but they had to rely on them, because they were the only ones who could bring money.

The leading villager was an old man, in his fifties, but he was hunched over early because of the difficulty of life. Followed by several young people, he came to an off-road vehicle and said to a big fat man with a thick gold chain around his neck: "Boss Li, you are here!"

"Camel, you are worshipping the god of the mountain, when are you going to go up the mountain?" said Boss Li as he looked at the camel.

"Back to Boss Li's words, it's still undecided, before you come, the god of the dragon mountain is angry, and he may not go up the mountain this year. The camel said cautiously.

"What, it's not up the mountain, you're not joking!" Boss Li said with an angry look at the camel.

"Just now, the god of the mountain was strange, and during the worship, a gust of wind suddenly rose, and all the offerings were swept away, and the statue of the god of the mountain was also shattered. The camel said.

"Take me to see it!" Boss Li said in disbelief.

Boss Li is the leader of this batch of convoys, and more than a dozen bodyguards have come to this small village for several years, at first they took people up the mountain to steal mining, and after a few people died, they changed to purchase and steal, and they really made a lot of money in recent years.

The camel led the way, and Boss Li was followed by more than a dozen bodyguards, walking majestically towards the Dragon's Temple, and all the people quickly got out of the way, because they all heard the camel's words, and the air suddenly became tense, and there was a more terrifying atmosphere.

The temple was in a mess, the statue of the dragon was still lying on the ground and had not been cleaned up, the offering table was empty, and the incense ash was still in the air.

Boss Li's people who seek wealth have used all kinds of means, and they believe in these gods and ghosts the most. Seeing that the camel was telling the truth, he said, "Camel, is it that the offerings you prepared are too poor to offend the god of the mountain?"

The camel said: "We still want the god of the mountain to bless us with peace, how dare we snub his old man!"

Boss Li said: "Camel, you have to make a new offering, the offering should be made with whole pigs, whole chickens, whole fish, I brought good wine, and I will also supply it to the god of the mountain later." ”

The camel looked embarrassed and said: "We don't have these things in the village that Boss Li said, and if you want to buy them, you have to go to a small town dozens of miles away, and even if you go to a small town, you may not be able to buy them." ”

Boss Li waved his hand and said to a few bodyguards beside him: "The four of you go and bring the whole sheep and good wine we brought, and we will make another offering to the god of the Dragon's Mountain!"

After a while, the villagers picked up the broken statues of the gods of the mountain and piled them on the platform, although they were a little rough and ugly, but fortunately, there were still some of the gods of the mountains.

On the offering table, smoke reappeared in the incense burner, a whole sheep was placed in the center, and chickens, ducks, and fish collected from other carts filled the offering table.

Boss Li took the lead and knelt down, and the camels and villagers behind him knelt down in a large area, and no one outside the temple dared to speak except for the wind.

Boss Li took everyone to knock down one by one, and before he could raise it, he listened to the whirring wind rising on the ground, and the wind was blowing fiercely inside and outside the temple, blowing until the sand was flying and the stones were dark. The crowd was like a fried pot, scattering and fleeing in search of a place to hide.

The wind blew for three rounds and then stopped, and Boss Li came out of a dozen bodyguards in a mess, his hair was messy like a chicken coop, his face was full of incense ash, and even the thick gold chain around his neck was missing.

Boss Li looked at the statue of the god of the dragon mountain that had fallen to the ground again and lost its appearance at all, and the offering table was also poured down, and there was not even a slag left in the offerings.

The camel looked at Boss Li helplessly and said, "Boss Li, you see that I didn't lie to you! This year, this mountain can't be climbed no matter what." ”

"If you don't go up the mountain, how can you pick snow lotus, you can't pick what I will collect, doesn't this make me return in vain?" Boss Li said angrily.

The camel glanced at the villagers, and the villagers looked at the camel blankly, the camel could not be the master of the house, and there was nothing they could do.

"The mountain god was angry twice, whoever dared to go up the mountain would die. The camel said timidly.

"Even if you die, you have to go up the mountain for me to pick, who wants not to go, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people. Annoys me, I can do anything!" Boss Li said with a fierce look in his eyes.