Daomu Biji

After escaping the blizzard, we set off again and spotted Aning and his cavalry at the foot of a slope. At the same time, we also spotted the mysterious snow-capped mountain in the shadow of the undersea tomb, suddenly appearing at the end of our field of vision. Just when we asked the guide how to get there, Shunzi shook his head and said that we would never be able to get there.

Why? I asked strangely, thinking to myself, didn't you mean that you could climb every one of these eight hundred miles of snow-capped mountains? Why can’t I go to this one?

Shunzi explained: That mountain is called Sansheng Mountain. Only a very small part of the mountain is on our side. From the snow line to the other side, it is all within the border of North Korea. We cannot enter.

The fat man was stunned for a moment and asked, Holy crap! No way! Could it be that the Three Sacred Mountains were the first snow-capped mountains that the Volunteer Army's logistics troops climbed when they were building a post-war lifeline when Commander-in-Chief Peng was fighting against U.S. aggression and aiding Korea?

Shunzi nodded and said: Yes, that's the mountain, with an altitude of more than 3400 meters. After climbing over this mountain, you will find the hilly areas of North Korea.

When I heard this, I was heartbroken.

Anyone who has served in the military or is interested in modern Chinese history knows that the three most difficult borders in the world are the Three Holy Mountains, one is between India and Pakistan, the other is between Israel and Lebanon, and the other is the Three Holy Mountains. This border defense line is only 14 kilometers long.

In fact, China and North Korea have always been friendly countries. Although there are not many people, the sentries are very dense. Let alone the border crossing, it is impossible for you to get close to our sentries on the other side. The order I received when I was serving was that if I saw any stranger coming into view, I would immediately fire a shot in the air to warn you. If you didn't retreat, the second shot would hit you in the leg without any reason.

After escaping the blizzard, we set off again and spotted Aning and his cavalry at the foot of a slope. At the same time, we also spotted the mysterious snow-capped mountain in the shadow of the undersea tomb, suddenly appearing at the end of our field of vision. Just when we asked the guide how to get there, Shunzi shook his head and said that we would never be able to get there.

Why? I asked strangely, thinking to myself, didn't you mean that you could climb every one of these eight hundred miles of snow-capped mountains? Why can’t I go to this one?

Shunzi explained: That mountain is called Sansheng Mountain. Only a very small part of the mountain is on our side. From the snow line to the other side, it is all within the border of North Korea. We cannot enter.

The fat man was stunned for a moment and asked, Holy crap! No way! Could it be that the Three Sacred Mountains were the first snow-capped mountains that the Volunteer Army's logistics troops climbed when they were building a post-war lifeline when Commander-in-Chief Peng was fighting against U.S. aggression and aiding Korea?

Shunzi nodded and said: Yes, that's the mountain, with an altitude of more than 3400 meters. After climbing over this mountain, you will find the hilly areas of North Korea.

When I heard it,

I just said it was bad.

Anyone who has served in the military or is interested in modern Chinese history knows that the three most difficult borders in the world are the Three Holy Mountains, one is between India and Pakistan, the other is between Israel and Lebanon, and the other is the Three Holy Mountains. This border defense line is only 14 kilometers long.

In fact, China and North Korea have always been friendly countries. Anyone familiar with it knows that you can cross the border very easily on the western slope of Changbai Mountain. There are not many checkpoints. The order I received when I was serving in the army saw that Any stranger who comes into view will immediately fire a shot in the air to warn you. If you don't retreat, the second shot will hit your leg directly without any reason.

The fat man asked: Then let's buy some fruit and bring it with us, and pretend to be ordinary people to express our condolences, okay?

Shunzi smiled and said: Boss, you are so good at telling jokes. Of course not. First of all, this is not a place where you can fish in troubled waters. Secondly, where can you find fruits here? In the ice and snow, we carry the fruits above the snow line of Changbai Mountain. It is better than empty-handed. suspicious.

The fat man clicked his tongue and said: What should we do? Is this broken line impossible to pass? I don't believe it. The Macedonian defense line has been broken through, how can this be as strong as the Macedonian defense line? Don't you think you have too much money? ? Just tell me how much you need.

Shunzi scratched his head in embarrassment: Oh, this is not a question of money. If there was a way, would I still have trouble with money? If you want to go to North Korea, I would have told you that I would not take you this way. Now that you are here Now that I’m here, I really have no choice.”

Shunzi said there was no room for negotiation, and we were all a little surprised. However, this area is not rich, and this border is not a big crime. If there is a way, Shunzi will not hide it from us.

Monk Hua and the others didn't have any ideas. They walked to Chen Pi's side and asked the old man what he thought.

In fact, it’s a question of whether to continue walking or go back. If you continue walking, you have to go around other border defense lines as Shunzi said. The time may be doubled, and you will have to go hungry in the last few days to climb mountains. If you don’t continue walking, you will go back to rest. , starting all over again, which means that the past few days have been in vain, and all the hard work has been in vain.

I tended to keep walking. I didn't know the purpose of Third Uncle's urgent action. Aning's team put a lot of pressure on me. I just hoped to see Uncle Third soon. Of course, I had such an idea at the time because I had no idea how painful it would be to climb a snow-capped mountain while hungry.

Chen Pi Asi sighed, obviously he did not expect that this matter would be so troublesome. These old men from Changsha are so powerful in their own profession that they dare to commit murder and arson. However, when they meet He Guan The things that seemed to connect him faded away, so he thought about it for a long time without saying a word, so he said that the poor should not fight with the rich, and the rich should not fight with the officials.

I was a little anxious and glanced at Men You Ping, wanting to ask his opinion, but he did not participate in our discussion at all. He just looked at the snow-capped mountains in the distance, thinking about something, as if all this had nothing to do with him. relation.

We discussed and discussed, but no one could come up with a solution. When we were at a loss, Ye Cheng on the side called us.

We stopped talking and looked down the mountain. We found that Aning's cavalry began to move forward again. Judging from the direction they were heading, there was no doubt that their target was the Three Sacred Mountains.

A lot of supplies were unloaded from the horse and randomly discarded in the snow, probably to lose weight and speed up the movement. The snow under the mountain looked like a mess.

Ye Cheng said strangely: It's strange. Don't these guys know that there is a border ahead? What do their guides eat? It's like what Shunzi said. Isn't it to practice live ammunition shooting with so many weapons on your back?

I shook my head and said it was impossible. I knew their company's habits and there must be a local guide, and maybe more than one. What such professional private inspection companies are best at is research and public relations. They definitely understand the format here better than we do, and they must have set a fixed route before coming and will not change it easily.

The fat man doubted Shunzi's business ability and asked him how to explain this? Is there a way that others know that he doesn’t know?

Shunzi squinted his eyes and said, There is only one possibility for this way. That is, they want to go around from the mountain pass in front to other mountains, then skip that section of the border, and then turn to the Three Sacred Mountains in North Korea. Although the risk is It’s also big, but it’s much better than attacking the border line. Their team is larger than ours, and if they have enough food, or if the North Koreans open up their joints, they will indeed have the strength to make a long journey.”

What should we do? Do we want to follow them? Ye Cheng turned to Chen Pi Ah Si.

Chen Pi Asi shook his head and said nothing. Suddenly he pointed to the other side, a small hill with white snow on the edge of Sansheng Mountain, and asked Shunzi, What mountain is that?

Shunzi picked up the telescope and looked at it, and said: That is the Little Holy Snow Mountain. That mountain is in our country. The Three Holy Mountains and the Little Holy Mountain, plus the Great Holy Mountain on the other side, are collectively known as the Five Holy Mountains.

Chen Pi Asi asked again: Can we go up to this small holy mountain from here?

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was stunned. They didn't know what the old man wanted to do. Shunzi was also a little strange and said: The problem is no, we arrived in one day, and it is far away from the guard post. The scenery is good, but the road is not very good. Walk.

Chen Pi Asi patted the snow on his pants, stood up, and said to Shunzi, Okay, just take us there.

Everyone was confused, and Monk Hua immediately reminded: What's wrong? Old man, it's a waste of time to go there. We don't have food to last for so long -

Chen Pi'asi waved his hand, pointed to the rolling mountains on one side, and said: The mountains here are covered with snow all year round, and looking around from three sides, there is a rare three-headed old dragon. According to the great Feng Shui, this is the so-called ' Dragon sitting, these three mountains are all dragon heads, very suitable for mass burial. If this heavenly palace is on the cliff of the Sansheng Mountain in the middle, the two small dragon heads on the other side should have the queen or Jin Cheng The burial mausoleum.”

The pattern of the three-headed dragon is very peculiar, and the three heads must be connected. Otherwise, if the three dragons fly to their own sky, the dragons will have no direction and will become a mess, and the descendants buried here will kill their brothers. Therefore, if there is a burial mausoleum, there must be a secret passage under the mausoleum connected to the main mausoleum of the central Heavenly Palace.

There are many ancient tombs of three-headed dragons in history. For example, the three related burials of the Warring States Period were excavated in Mangshan in 1987. The three related ancient tombs were located on three hills of the same mountain range. The two ancient tombs on both sides originally had corridors with a diameter of about half a meter leading to them. For the main tomb in the middle, unfortunately, these corridors had collapsed when they were excavated. The archaeological team did not know whether these corridors were really connected or just a symbolic decoration.

We followed his hand and saw three snow-capped mountains stretching across the end of the world. They were no different from the surrounding snow-capped mountains. We didn’t know where Chen Pi Asi’s judgment came from.

After Chen Pi Asi finished speaking, he glanced at Menyou Ping and asked him, Brother, am I right?

For the first time, Menyou Ping reacted to someone else's question. He turned around and glanced at Chen Pi Asi, but said nothing and turned back to look at the snow-capped mountains in the distance.

We all don't understand Datou Feng Shui, so we were confused when we heard it, and felt a bit mysterious in our hearts. But since the old man said this, and Menyouping seems to agree, it's best not to doubt this.

When we went down to the place where Aning and the others had stayed at the foot of the mountain, we saw abandoned luggage scattered on the ground in the snow. Many of them had been raked over, and no food was left inside. Obviously all the equipment has been re-screened, and some useless or duplicate items have been discarded.

The fat man even found a few guns, but all the bullets were removed and taken away, leaving only the empty barrels. The fat man took advantage of the gun. He picked up one and wanted to take it with him. Shunzi stopped him and said that since you were carrying a gun, it would be difficult for you to talk to the border guards here. If you don't have a gun, he can help us hide if we find out. In the past, the fat man was called a pity.

After passing the flat slope where Aning stayed at the foot of the mountain, there is a mountain valley behind. We saw the footprints of Aning's horse team extending towards the depths of the valley.

We also tidied things up here. Shunzi took us to the Xiaosheng Pass in the other direction. Soon, we entered a world of white. What we saw was endless snow and rare bare rocks and ice cones.

Changbai Mountain may be the only snow mountain in the world that you can walk up. Compared with the glaciers in the Kunlun Mountains, the environment here is much better. There are no huge ice caps with cracks, so you don’t have to worry about sudden breaks under your feet. However, the glaciers in the Changbai Mountains are also typical ancient glaciers. The continuity of the mountains is not good. What ice? Eroded landforms, mortar caves, giant cirques, and bottomless ice wells. Anyway, I haven’t learned much about snow-capped mountains and landscapes, so I can’t explain why. I just know that often when I walk, there is no way ahead, and there is a cliff with a height of ten thousand feet. I have to go around the edge or lie on my stomach to get across. The walk is also extremely thrilling.

We were silent all the way, and the straight-line distance that seemed to be reached in a few hours actually took us nearly a day to reach. It was already evening that day when we arrived at the valley below Xiaosheng Snow Mountain.

We made a snow cave and camped on the snow slope about 500 to 600 meters above the valley, and ate some hot food. The starry sky at high altitudes was extremely bright and clear. Chen Pi Asi used the compass and the astronomical compass in his mind to roughly determine the route for the next day based on the arrangement of the stars in the sky.

The people walking along were tired and tired, but it was still early in the day. The fat man pestered Shunzi and asked if there were any hot springs nearby.

Shunzi is also thinking about the hot springs, but he said that the altitude here is too high, and he doesn’t come here often. It’s a bit difficult to find the hot springs. If you feel bored, you can walk around and look for them. By the way, you can also see the ancient ancestors. The place where Min Bing was buried was more than a kilometer away from where we camped.

Those who fight against each other always have a special feeling for corpses. Anyway, they are idle. When we heard about the dead people, we all became curious.

Chen Pi Asi was exhausted, so Monk Hua took care of him. The others followed Shunzi to the valley on the left side of the camp. After walking for less than half an hour, they came to a cliff. Below was the ice valley, which was pitch black. Nothing can be seen.

Shunzi found a good place to stop, picked up a cold firework and threw it away.

I saw that in the ice at the bottom of the ice valley, there were indeed many black shadows curled up in a ball, densely packed. Some of them could clearly see the shape of people, while others were only small black dots. Around the ice valley, there were even Some traces of sacrifice.

Shunzi said that ice burials were popular among villagers in the mountains in ancient times. In the early days of liberation, people were still buried on this ice cliff, so now some elderly people sometimes come here to pay their respects. The glaciers here are getting thicker year by year, so if you look at the innermost corpses, those tiny dots that are almost invisible, they are probably thousands of years old, while the outermost ones are just a few decades old.

I roughly counted the black spots I could see, and found that there were tens of thousands of them. Obviously, this frozen cemetery had accumulated countless dead people over the thousands of years. An ice valley like this should be in the Little Sacred Valley. Also, isn’t this snow mountain just an extra-large tomb?

Among these corpses, are there any slaves from the Eastern Xia Dynasty when the Spiritual Palace was built? the fat man suddenly asked.

I'm sure there is one. Menyou Ping looked at the depths of the ice valley, the cold light gradually dimming, and didn't know what he was thinking.

The body was buried in the ice, and it was impossible to dig it out. We looked around, but it was boring, and then we went to look for the hot spring, but we did find something small. Several people washed their feet and faces in the hot spring, and their whole bodies were warm. He returned to the camp in a hurry and told the situation, which made Monk Hua envious.

In the snow-capped mountains, it is strange to say that people feel sleepy when they are warm, and they also feel sleepy when they are freezing to death. Dinner is noodles. After we went out, we felt sleepy. The wind picked up outside, so we all got into sleeping bags to rest early. Zishou is on the first shift. There are many of us, so we don’t need to rotate all the people in one day. Today, Shunzi, Lang Feng and Pan Zi are on duty.

I was very tired and fell asleep quickly. I thought I could have a sweet sleep. Unexpectedly, within an hour of sleeping, Monk Hua, Fatty, Lang Feng, and Pan Zi started snoring at the same time, one after another, like a symphony. , I woke up having a nightmare.

I couldn't fall asleep anymore, and it felt uncomfortable to lie down. I crawled out of the tent and told Shunzi that I would switch with you. I will do your shift, and you can go and sleep for a while.

Shunzi was smoking alone, staring at the huge black mountain under the moonlight. Hearing that I wanted to change shifts, he shook his head and said no. He took our money and it would be bad if he couldn't do this.

I said to myself, it's up to you. I took out my cigarette and asked him to borrow a fire. Then I added some fuel to the stove and started chatting with him.

Chatting with the guide was an informative thing. I told him a lot about ancient tombs, and he was very interested. He also told me a lot of local customs and interesting things about the mountains and forests. I didn’t feel sleepy at all. The more the two of us chatted, the more energetic we became.

Later we talked about this adventure. Shunzi told me that he had been a border guard for seven years, but had been in reserve for four years. Before joining the army, he was a herbal collector, so he was very familiar with the snowy mountains. His comrades called him 'Alangcai', which means The son of Snow Mountain. So we can definitely rest assured when we follow him. In mountains like this, there are not many people who can bring people in, and he is one of them.

I had doubts in my heart and thought, why did you faint before you even entered the mountain? This must be bragging, but seeing that what he said was serious, there was no point in trying to undermine him, so I just listened to what he said.

As we chatted, there were more topics, and we felt that the distance between us was getting closer. At this time, Shunzi suddenly asked me: Boss Wu...Actually, what are you doing in the mountains? , can you tell me?

I was stunned after hearing this and didn't know how to answer. The two of them fell silent again.

Our purpose, how should I put it, is to come to Yunding Tiangong. Can you believe it? It’s not okay to say they’re here to rob the tomb, but it’s clear they’re not here for tourism. It’s really hard to say. I thought about it for a long time, and finally sighed: “Why do you care about this? I can’t say.”

Shunzi seemed to anticipate my answer and smiled: It's okay, I'm just asking casually.

I felt uncomfortable because I didn't want to lie to him, so I casually changed the topic and talked about something else. I asked him why he became a snow mountain guide since he used to be a herbal collector.

It is very profitable to collect herbs in Changbai Mountain, and it is much more comfortable than being a thankless guide. This is also the reason why there are so few snow mountain guides now.

Shunzi glanced at me and suddenly said something that made me almost vomit blood.

He said: I'm not a professional guide. I've been collecting herbs since I retired from the army. I rarely take people up the mountain a few times, and I don't go so deep. I usually turn back at Girl Lake. This is my first time leading a team. Come in.

I laughed and said, Stop joking.

Really, Mr. Wu, let me tell the truth. In this season, no professional guide will take you into the snow mountains. If I don't take you in, you will have to come in by yourself. He smiled at me: It would be too dangerous. If it weren't for the Bodhisattva Bless us, in fact, we are already dead. It is already a miracle that we can get here without any shortage. But you don’t have to worry. Although I have never brought anyone in, I have walked through it many times and I am very familiar with it. Nothing will happen. .”

His expression was very serious when he spoke. It looked like he was not joking. I cursed in my heart and asked strangely: Then since it is so dangerous, why did you bring us here? Are you so short of money?

Shunzi glanced at me meaningfully and said: Money is also a factor, and there is another reason... It's because of my father. He... disappeared ten years ago. At that time, he He also led a group of people into the snowy mountains, which was similar to the route you were going to take, but in the end the whole group disappeared into the mountains. I vaguely remember that the tourists who were looking for him at that time were dressed very similar to yours. It is also winter, and we have to go up the mountain, so when I saw you, I suddenly felt that I must follow you. Firstly, I don’t want you to die in there like my father. Secondly, I have a very childish idea. , maybe your purpose of going into the mountain is the same as that of those people ten years ago, then maybe I can know what happened to my father. Of course, this is just my imagination. He smiled at himself: I Maybe my father simply encountered an avalanche and was buried in this snowy mountain.

I realized: That's why you asked us why we went into the mountain...? Shunzi nodded sheepishly: Hey, you don't understand, the kind of person who knows that his father is buried in this snowy mountain, The feeling of not being able to see it.”

I didn't expect Shunzi to have such a delicate heart, and I couldn't help but be a little surprised. I always thought he was just an ordinary tour guide with a smooth tongue.

However, the tourists who disappeared into the snow-capped mountains ten years ago were dressed very similar to us. Could it be that they also came to visit Genting Tiangong? My heart skipped a beat. But then he denied his idea, no, it's impossible. In the Changbai Mountains, there are too many places where a person can disappear. There is no chance of such a coincidence. His father may have encountered some accident and died in the mountains.

Seeing that I was silent, Shunzi thought that the question he just asked was a bit too much, and said to me: Boss Wu, I think you are different from other people, so I am telling you these things. I hope you will not share these things with other people. Talk. I'm afraid they will have concerns.

I said in my heart that I would definitely not tell you that this was your first time bringing someone here. I would not tell you what Chen Pi Ah would do to you. Even the fat man might beat you to death.

So I nodded in agreement. At this time, Lang Feng from the second shift came out of the tent and yawned. He was surprised to see the two of us chatting. Shunzi packed her things, soaked in the snow and went to bed. Lang Feng and I had nothing to say, so we said hello and went back to sleep.

Amidst the deafening snoring, I was half asleep, dreaming of Shunzi's father ten years ago, a bearded Shunzi leading a group of people up the mountain. The strange thing is that in the dream, I always felt that those people I've seen it somewhere, tossing and turning, sleeping very restlessly.

It was dark the next day, so we started walking up the mountain range.

Judging from Shunzi's question yesterday, he should have known that we are not ordinary climbers, and I know that we are not good at pretending. At the very least, no tourist would rush so frantically. But we can't control so much. Anyway, as a tour guide in Changbai Mountain, he has long been aware of receiving various mysterious groups. Every year, there are 800 poachers, Korean ethnic pilgrims, and smuggled medicinal collectors here. Everyone has a secret, let him guess what we do.

The road above the mountainside is even more difficult. The road is sloping in many places, and there are snow-covered mountains thousands of feet high above your head. It is very easy for avalanches, so you can't speak loudly. The snow on the road is too thick. Thousands of years of snow is almost empty underneath. Sometimes people are buried in the snow, up to their chests, and cannot get out without help. We can only be careful. Use a long ice pick to hit the foot socket bit by bit, as if walking through a minefield.

The fat man walked the fastest. This was related to his previous experience in snow adventures. He walked at the front all the way. Due to altitude sickness, our tongues began to go numb. Except for Chen Pi's Si who accidentally changed the direction of travel, there were only four left in the last four weeks. With the sound of gasping for air, the whole world seemed so quiet that there was no life left.

After passing the snowy road on the mountainside, we entered an icy zone with huge snow slopes on both sides. There is no sunshine here all year round, and the snow is like frozen soil. The slope of the mountain becomes steeper and steeper, and the temperature is extremely low. Inside, we finally saw the location of Chenpi Asiding’s Dragon Head Treasure Cave. It was a steep cliff that was almost at an acute angle of 60 degrees to the mountain, covered with white snow.

We continued upward, one by one, staggering our bodies as much as possible, and began to use ice picks and hammers to climb toward the steep slope.

This small holy mountain is not among the sixteen peaks of Changbai, so we didn’t pay too much attention when we came here, but it is not an unknown small peak. This peak is far away from the big holy peak opposite, forming a valley in the middle, standing on the top of the Sansheng Snow Mountain. In front, like two guards guarding the gate, this landscape is called the Heavenly Soldiers Guarding Immortal Gate.

From the point of view of Feng Shui, the two mountains of Xianmen are dominated by tigers and dragons, swallowing up all directions. If it were not located on the border between China and South Korea, and there have always been constant disputes, this place must be a place where the tombs of royal nobles gather. During our walk just now, even at my level, I could see the strange trend of the mountains here, but with a powerful dragon spirit, we became more confident in the hypothesis that there was a tomb on the mountain.

Climbing a steep slope is different from walking, which consumes more energy. Chen Pi Asi climbed for a while, but his physical strength reached the limit and he could no longer climb. Lang Feng had to carry the old man on his back, and we walked even slower.

After about three hours of trekking, we finally reached the snow slope. By this time, I had completely lost my mind and followed the fat man entirely on my conditioned reflex.

The fat man arrived first, and his physical strength seemed to have reached the limit. After stepping on the snow, he was a little confused. He pretended to step on the footprints hard, opened his hands and said to us: This is for me personally. It's just a small step, but for Captain Mo Jin, it's a damn leap. Then he lay down in the snow, motionless.

I almost collapsed, my legs began to become weak involuntarily, and I began to slide down. Pan Zi tried to pull me up, but after several pulls, I couldn't find the strength, and he rolled to the ground.

I hit the snow hard with the ice pick, and then I got stuck. Others fell to the ground one after another, gasping for air and looking around.

This snow slope is a huge area, and there is almost no dividing line between the left and right, if there is no Chen Pi Si to guide the way. You never feel anything special. The snow-covered surface is very flat, with only a few black bare rocks sticking out. The Sansheng Snow Mountain is on our left at this time. It is much closer than yesterday. The top of the holy mountain is covered with white snow. The entire huge monster-like mountain stands tall and majestic. The white top and black rocks make it look better than the others around it. The mountain peaks became steeper. Due to the setting sun, a strange light blue mist shrouded the entire mountain. It was ethereal and the scenery was very shocking.

Ye Cheng gasped and sighed: It's so beautiful. No wonder they say Penglai Wonderland is not as good as Changbai. After climbing for so long, it's worth it.

Several people were rough people, but they were all intoxicated by the beautiful scenery in the surrounding sunset, especially in the snow-capped mountains, the feeling of standing under the zenith was even more impressive.

Just when I was about to take out my camera and take a picture of the scenery here, suddenly the fat man patted me and asked me to look over there.

I followed the direction of his finger and saw that Menyou Ping on one side had knelt down and bowed his head respectfully towards the Three Saints Snow Mountain in the distance. The originally expressionless face showed a faint, very sad look.