After I came out of the town, I started searching along the marks left by Xu Qian, but in the vast world of the snowy plateau, I was like an wandering ghost, not knowing where the end point I was looking for was.
.
There are few people here and the land is small. If you search rashly, you will definitely be discovered by the other party. Moreover, the marks left by Xu Qian are not all regular. You will inevitably have to go back, or you may not be able to find the remaining marks for a long time. The journey is far and long.
There are a lot of inventory points along the way. However, I at least know that I have to look for them.
Going further, we reach the edge of no man's land. There are almost no towns there, only scattered villages. For those killers, perhaps, that is their paradise, and my presence there is too conspicuous. The only solution now is
disguise.
I stole an old jacket from the farmyard, and took a skinny horse with me. I rode the horse through forests and mountains, and penetrated inaccessible deep mountains and old forests. At midnight, I still didn't dare to rest for a moment until
The horse was so hungry that it refused to move when it saw grass and couldn't pull it, so I stopped, tied the horse to a tree, and then took a nap against the tree.
"Where are these people coming from? There is a place in front of them where birds don't poop. Will there be anyone there?" I became suspicious, but the mark left by Xu Qian was gone, indicating that she had thrown them away. Along the way, I
They all followed their tracks.
At night, the cold wind in the mountains made me shiver a few times. When I woke up, looking up at the endless stars, I couldn't help but sneer, "Haha, Lin Kun, Lin Kun, I didn't expect you to come to this barren mountain wilderness again like before.
Hiking here!”
These deep mountains and old forests are no stranger to me. After sleeping in the open air for several days, I was already hungry, so I dug some weeds to satisfy my hunger and continued riding my horse to the south.
Walking through the primeval forest, the stars and moon guided me. At dawn, fog began to form in the mountains, and I gradually lost my way.
Judging from my experience in surviving in the wild, in addition to the stars and moon at night, you can also tell the north and south based on the annual rings of the trees and the direction of the dense branches and leaves. However, in the forest here, the trees look weird and scary.
The trees had bumps the size of a hornet's nest, like tumors, the branches and leaves grew twisted, and there were hairy bumps everywhere on the branches. The growth rings and the branches and leaves of the trees were all in such a messy direction that it was impossible to tell the direction.
"This place is very strange. This is the first time I have encountered such a strange phenomenon. The strangest thing is that even the horses have lost their way." I couldn't help but start to worry, "What the hell is this place? No wonder these people choose to hide.
Here, even if a regiment of troops comes, it will be difficult to find their home base."
"In the past two days, we have traveled on foot and under the stars at night. We have walked at least two hundred miles. Now we have probably arrived in a no-man's land similar to Tibet." While I was walking and observing the surrounding environment, something suddenly touched me.
Nervous, "Wait, something's not right! Growth rings?"
My eyes lit up, "There are growth rings!"
I saw some trees next to me had been chopped down, and their growth rings were showing. "Since someone is cutting down trees, there must be someone nearby."
Suddenly, the horse neighed for no reason. It suddenly raised its hoof and stood up. I fell backwards without paying attention and felt dizzy.
The horse seemed to be frightened, and made a heartbreaking roar several times, and then ran away like a gust of wind. The mountain fog was so thick that the horse disappeared before it ran very far, and only the sound of the horse's hooves echoed in the forest.
I was about to stand up when I suddenly felt a dull pain in my back, straight through my chest. I turned around and saw that I had fallen on a big rock. Looking closer, I saw that this was not a natural stone.
It's more like a stone tablet. If you wipe off the dirt on the surface, it really is a stone tablet.
"Stone tablet?"
I saw three words engraved on it: Mawanggou.
"Mawang Valley? This is Mawang Valley?"
I never thought that I would arrive at Mawanggou while walking. "It seems that our previous judgment was correct. Mawanggou must be hiding some unknown secrets."
I haven't eaten a grain of rice for several days, and my physical strength was very high. I lay on the ground and couldn't get up for a long time. I gritted my teeth and stood up, but before I could walk a few steps, a few raindrops as big as beans hit me.
on my face.
"Damn it, it's raining now, I have to find a place to hide quickly."
Getting a cold in Tibet is no joke, as it can be life-threatening. I hurried forward two steps at a time. The branches in the forest were intertwined. I became more and more confused as I walked. The rain became heavier and heavier, and I was drenched.
Don't open your eyes.
After rushing around in the pouring rain, I somehow arrived at a village. I couldn't care less, so I just broke into a courtyard, buried my head in a few steps, and rushed to the main house.
There was a "pop" sound, and the wooden door of the main room was opened. I was about to step in when I tripped on the threshold and dropped my mouth full of mud. I quickly got up, straightened my clothes, and was about to say hello to the landlord, but
I found the main room empty.
"anyone there?"
The room was old and shabby, the wooden tables and chairs were covered with thick dust, the corners of the room were densely covered with spider webs and covered with insects, and the roof beams above were creaking, as if a violent storm could destroy the place.
Tear it apart.
The entire courtyard is dilapidated. The earthen walls have been ravaged by wind and rain for a long time. Now there is only a ring of incomplete mounds more than four feet high. There are two dilapidated and simple wooden houses on the left and right of the main house. The ground in the courtyard is full of pits and pits.
It's moss.
"Find someone to fill your stomach first." To the right of the hospital door are dozens of houses. After the rain, the air in the mountain village is very fresh, and the village smoke is lingering. When I hear the crow of the chicken, I think of whole chicken barbecue.
At this time, I vaguely heard the sound of suonas and wailing, "It must be a death in some family. There must be a lot of people from the village. Weddings and funerals are the easiest places to get upset."
After walking for more than a mile, I saw a courtyard in front of me that was packed with people. Paper money on the ground was flying in the wind, and the sound of wailing and suona was endless. I squeezed into the courtyard and saw that offerings were being made in the kitchen in the side room.
There are steamed buns and roast chicken.
I slipped over, looked around to make sure no one noticed me, then took the opportunity to enter the side room and was about to grab the roast chicken.
At this time, a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old came out of the kitchen in the back room. She had black hair in braids, a small face with oval seeds, cherry lips, and a pair of watery eyes with childish eyes.
As soon as she appeared, I felt embarrassed to eat secretly.
"Brother, where are you from? Why have I never seen you before?" The girl's sudden question made me unprepared for a moment before I answered, "I am the distant cousin of Zhang Sanwa next door."
"Who is Zhang Sanwa?"
"He is your brother Zhang's cousin." Anyway, there are many people with the surname Zhang and Li in the world, so I can definitely hit the target by saying this.
"Oh. Big brother, are you hungry?" the girl asked childishly.
"No, I'm not hungry." I suppressed my hunger and said to save my face.
"You must be hungry, come with me." The girl took me to the kitchen, filled a bowl of chicken soup, and took three steamed buns. I devoured them, and finally let go of my dignity and asked, "Is there any more?"
The girl smiled sweetly and went to get me another chicken leg and three steamed buns.
After a while of hunger and thirst, I felt much better.
"Thank you little girl, what is your name?"
"My name is Zhuoma, but my parents call me Yatou. Big brother, please call me Yatou."
You, the one called Dolma, must have lived in the mountains since you were born and have never read any books.
"Oh, the girl is so cute. Hmm... Brother has something to do, so I'll leave first." After cheating on him for food and drink, he quickly ran away to avoid being exposed.
"Brother, you just lied." The girl's question made me startled.
"Brother never tells lies."
"I heard from Dad that there are mountains and forests surrounding this place for thousands of miles. No one in the village has left the village since their ancestors, so no one in the village has distant relatives." The girl's voice was soft and gentle.
I couldn't answer her words, so I could only hesitate.
"Brother, why did you come to our village?"
"Well...Actually, I am a hunter from out of town. I accidentally got lost and ended up here. Girl, is there a road out of the mountain in your village?"
The girl shook her head and said, "I don't know. Dad said that people in our village have never been out of the mountains. The mountains are full of forests and wild animals."
"Then how do you communicate with the outside world? You have to take money to buy clothes in the county, right?"
"We have never been to the county town. Everything we wear and use is exchanged with the Yi caravans. There is a lot of good wood in the mountains around our village. Our ancestors have made a living by making coffins for generations, and the Yi caravans come from outside.
Come here, bring your clothes and groceries to trade with us in exchange for our coffins, and this has been the case for thousands of years."
"You mean the people in Mawanggou have been in the coffin business for generations?" I became curious, "No one has ever gone out? Since people from outside can come here, it means there is a way in and out.
."
"Yes, girls here could get married a few decades ago, but...but not now."
"What does it mean?"
"I don't know either."
In my opinion, the clue mentioned by Zhuolma may be related to the killers of the Guzang Sect. This place may be close to their lair, so this place has become extremely closed.
For the current plan, we must quickly get a horse, and then get some money and dry food.
"I'm really sorry to bother you, girl. I'll figure it out myself. Uncle Mao once said that there is endless joy in fighting against the sky and endless joy in fighting against people, but even if you beat me to death, you won't realize the joy."
At this time, someone came in and called the girl away: "Girl, what are you doing in your spare time? Go to the kitchen to bring the offerings."
While the girl was being called away, I lowered my head and walked out of the side room towards the courtyard door, but someone grabbed me from behind. I turned around and saw goosebumps all over my body.
The person who held me was a little lame with a horrible face. His whole face was charred, he had no hair or eyebrows, and there were only two holes left in his nose. His mouth was chapped and his teeth were exposed, making him look like a mummy.
It seemed that the dwarf had been severely burned by the fire and his face was disfigured. His lame leg was dragging me tightly, and he was shouting without knowing what he was saying.
At this time, an old man came out of the mourning hall, lame and hunched over.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa..." The lame leg had no eyelids in either eye socket, and his eyes were bulging, staring at me fiercely.
The hunchbacked old man shook off his lameness, walked up to me, looked at me from head to toe, and asked maliciously: "A city person?"
Chapter completed!