Twelve Lost Cities: Nancheng's Last Dream

I thought in my heart that this hunchback must know many of the reasons. I really didn't expect a hunchback to rescue Lao Zhou, but being able to say a thing or two will definitely be beneficial to us in rescuing Lao Zhou and protecting ourselves in the future. Immediately asked: "What's going on?"

The hunchback was silent, looking at the sky, and sighed slightly: "This is the first time I saw it, and I have never heard of it before. These people are planning to dig up all the cultural relics in the entire ancient city. A few years ago, they came here. , There are those who receive goods, those who collect tatters, those who keep bees, and those who rent houses here to raise sheep and herd sheep. A lot of people come here, but a lot of them leave. No one cares about them. More and more strangers, until last spring , A group of people came, about forty people, the leader was a man named Mazi, who wanted to contract all the land here, and gave the villagers 1000 yuan a year for one mu of land, and it would take five years to contract it. Wouldn’t it be a good thing to set up a seedling base? People in the village would hear that it’s a good thing. It’s not bad to earn three to four hundred yuan per mu of land a year. Moreover, young people have gone to work in the city, and there are only a few old people left in the village. Weak, sick and disabled, they contracted the West City last year, and this year it is the South City. But last year, this group of people did not make any movement, just came to keep measuring, but this year, another person named Huang suddenly came, and brought a group of people to do it. I opened a waste recycling station to collect bones. At the beginning, people didn’t know it, and they didn’t know who started it. They took the bones buried in the ground and sold them. They sold them for a lot of money, so people They all started to work. It was a coincidence that Mazi and his group came to plant trees at this time. The place where the bones were dug up was the place where the trees were planted. Later I realized that this fucking group was all for the purpose of planting trees. The things that come from the ground are obviously for collecting bones, but in this place, it is inevitable that someone will dig up other things, and they will encourage the villagers to sell the other things they dug up, and the money will naturally be quite a lot.”

When Qi Tuozi said this, Xiaobai and I knew about six or seven points. Qi Tuozi looked at me and Xiaobai, and asked, "Brother, whoever has a cigarette, please have one." Both Xiaobai and I shook hands. Shake your head.

The hunchback licked his dry lips, and continued: "Of course some people know the value of these things, and some dig them enough to want to keep them for themselves. However, there are too many people in this group. They knock on people's doors every day and sleep in the house at night." , Bricks flew in and smashed the glass. Some wanted to call the police and were almost killed. Some people actually called the police. When the police came, I went to the recycling station to see where were the bones? Except for some broken boxes, they were wine bottles. Then nothing happened, the person who called the police was miserable, and the house caught fire in the middle of the night."

Xiaobai and I were shocked when we heard this. No one in Panjiayuan's ghost market could have made up such a thing. Xiaobai interjected and asked, "There are a lot of those bones every day. Did you cheat those policemen?"

The hunchback looked at us, couldn't help but sneered, pointed to the sky, and said, "It's all gone to heaven." Seeing Xiaobai's and me's puzzled expressions, the hunchback continued, "You can climb to the west wall and see what is happening in the west city now." Whatever happens, you can understand."

Both Xiaobai and I woke up like a dream, and immediately thought of the black smoke coming out of the chimneys of every house in Xicheng Village, and almost simultaneously shouted: "Cremation?"

The hunchback said: "Haven't you heard of it? Let alone you, I'm a man of dozens of years old, and I haven't heard of it. I've also robbed tombs for decades. I can't even imagine it in my dreams. Oh, yes. Well, a few days ago, a man came from the north of the river. They hired him to plant trees. When this kid saw the treasure dug out of the ground, he saw that his money was opened. He went to dig secretly at night, but was discovered by their eyeliner. When we arrived at Aobao Village, the man disappeared the next day.”

Xiaobai and I felt chills all over our body when our hairs stood on end. Xiaobai asked, "Who is that person?"

Qi Tuozi chuckled, and said: "I really know this guy, he's not a stranger, but his eldest brother is a nice guy, and he's my best friend. A few years ago, he was on a boat on the Yellow River. At that time, the two of them were together. , people on both sides of the Yellow River know each other."

"It's He Laosan." I cried out.

Qi Tuozi was taken aback, and asked, "How do you know?"

I tremblingly said: "He Laosan, he, he, he is dead."

"Ah?" Qi Tuozi fell to the ground with a 'plop' and asked, "How do you know? Did you see it?"

I said: "We found his body by the river, it was thrown into the river, and his elder brother went to carry it back."

Tuozi clenched his fists tightly, the veins on his arms were bulging, almost bursting, and said angrily, "Damn, I've never heard of it, I've never heard of it." Qi Tuozi repeated the words 'unheard of', his eyes were straightened, and he looked like a lunatic.

Xiaobai hurried forward and asked, "Qi Tuozi, we have to save people quickly, otherwise something will happen."

But Qi Tuozi said: "This matter needs a long-term plan. Don't be rash. It's getting late. Let's talk about it tomorrow."

I looked up at the sky, the sun had already ignited a piece of cloud in the west, a mass of red radiance set off the ancient loess city wall in a very enchanting way, just like an orange ribbon wrapped around the earth, it was quite charming With a bit of majesty, Qi Tuozi stood up, pulled his locks of hair, looked at the distant sky, stretched his waist and yawned heavily.He looked back at me and said, "Boy, who is that arrested person?"

I said, "A friend."

The hunchback lazily said: "Oh, I remembered, it was the guy in your store that day, he said he was from my hometown, and he didn't know which county he was from. You can tell it at a glance, he's an idiot, he doesn't know anything. "Qi Tuozi said to himself.He thought it was Lao Yin who was arrested.

I am not in the mood to tell him about Lao Zhou and Lao Yin. I just took out my phone and dialed Lao Yin again, but the phone was still turned off. Lao Zhou said that Lao Yin would contact us, but my phone was fast There was no electricity, and I didn't know what was going on with Lao Yin, so I was upset, Xiaobai walked up to me and said, "What should we do? How can we save Lao Zhou?"

I stepped forward and patted Qi Tuozi on the shoulder, and asked, "You are quite familiar with this place, you must know how to get to Aobao Village so as not to be discovered by them."

Qi Tuozi said: "They will definitely find out, this is the safest place in the entire Twelve City." Qi Tuozi said, pointing to his feet.

I said: "Staying here is not an option, you have to take us to Aobao Village, because you are a local, they dare not do anything to you."

The hunchback repeatedly waved his hands and said, "That's no good. I can't go anywhere now. Once I enter the village, someone will definitely send me to the police."

Xiaobai said: "If you don't want to go, I'll call the police right now." As Xiaobai said, he was about to take out his mobile phone.

The hunchback was startled, then sneered, and said, "Go, call the police. It's better to go to jail than to lose your life. I will definitely not go to Aobao Village. I robbed my tomb, and they robbed theirs." , I don't want to have anything to do with them. As for your friends, it has nothing to do with me." The hunchback said and walked into the shabby house.

Xiaobai put away the phone, took a few steps to chase after him, and blocked Qi Tuozi's way with his body in front of the door. Qi Tuozi said coldly: "Young baby, look around, where is this? Don't move. Just call the police, this is not your Beijing city." After speaking, he waved Xiao Bai aside and went into the house.

Xiaobai and I wanted to invite a hunchback to be a guide, but we were rejected miserably. We couldn't make up our minds for a while, so we had to follow into the house. The saliva tank was full of dust. Qi Tuozi found two sacks from nowhere, stuffed them with wheat straw, and lay down on them to sleep. When he saw us entering the house, he ignored them.We looked at him for a while, and Xiaobai said to me, "We'll make plans later when it gets dark."

As soon as Xiaobai finished speaking, he suddenly heard a few voices of '呲呲', Xiaobai and I were taken aback, Qi Tuozi sat up "teng", pointed to the two of us and said, "Who are you calling?" He and Xiaobai spread their hands, and shook their heads. Qi Tuozi showed a vigilant look, and just about to lie down again, there were two more '呲呲', Qi Tuozi's face changed drastically, and he asked, "What is it?"

Xiaobai suddenly realized: "Oh, it's the walkie-talkie." After speaking, he lifted up his clothes and untied the walkie-talkie from his waist.

The hunchback asked, "Where did it come from?"

Xiaobai replied: "It was taken from a shepherd." As Xiaobai said, he turned the volume up, and the conversations of several people came out:

One person asked: "Did you find it?"

Another replied: "No."

The former asked: "Is Little Banxian alright?"

The latter replied: "It's okay, I passed out, and the attack was very ruthless."

The former asked, "Is the thing still there?"

The latter replied: "Let me see."

Qi Tuozi looked at us and was very surprised. He murmured to himself: "The surname is Huang?" Then he asked: "What did you two do?"

Xiaobai proudly said: "I did it." The hunchback smiled disdainfully.

There was a sudden change in the tone of a person on the intercom, and he said loudly: "No, the things are gone, and Xiao Banxian's pocket was taken out."

The person who just asked the question on the walkie-talkie was also very surprised, and said loudly: "What? Find it for me overnight, and you must get it back. There are two other young people who may have done it. Search. Search from house to house. Don't miss any corner."

You said on the walkie-talkie: "Damn, the walkie-talkie is gone. Quickly change the frequency."

The walkie-talkie quieted down, Xiaobai and I looked at each other, and Xiaobai said in shock: "It's broken, they found it."

Qi Tuozi raised his eyelids to look at us, and asked, "What's going on?"

Xiaobai said: "On the way, we met a sheep herder and found out that he was the eyeliner of the gang of tomb robbers. When he was not paying attention, I knocked him down."

The hunchback asked, "Did you take that man's things?"

Xiaobai said: "I took a compass, oh yes, and a small notebook."

Tuozi's eyes lit up slightly, and he said, "Take it out, let me see." As Qi Tuozi said, he stretched out his hand to Xiaobai, Xiaobai took out the blue notebook from his pocket, and handed it to Qi Tuozi, Qi Tuozi took the notebook, a strange look flashed across his brows, and he hurried to the window to read it.

I said, "What's written on it?"

The hunchback looked back at me and said, "It's nothing." Then he put the notebook in the inner pocket of his leather jacket.

I seemed to feel that there must be some secrets in the notes, and said angrily: "Qi Tuozi, what is that? Take it out quickly, or don't blame me for doing it."

The hunchback sneered, and said with a sneer, "Hey, it's really boring, that's all it is? Is there anything else?" He took out the notebook and threw it into Xiaobai's arms.

Xiaobai said: "There is also a compass, but they are too petty to fight for a compass. Could it be this notebook? But this notebook is in Mongolian, and we can't understand it. You understood?"

The hunchback laughed, and said, "That's natural. I'm a teacher, or a Mongolian. Can I not recognize you?"

Xiaobai hurriedly said: "What is it written in? Could it be that there are some ulterior secrets on it?"

But the hunchback waved his hand and said, "Secret? It's the lyrics."

What the hunchback said was unexpected and completely different from what I thought. Could it be that the hunchback was talking nonsense on purpose?Immediately said: "The notebooks that transcribed the lyrics, are they going to go all out to find us?"

Qi Tuozi scratched his head and said: "It doesn't matter if you believe me or not, no matter what, the most urgent thing is not to let them catch you. If you catch them, you will die. Damn it, let the old man who you two killed stay safe." I can’t even sleep, I can’t stay here anymore, they will definitely search in Xicheng, and they will find here soon, there is still time to go.” After Qi Tuozi finished speaking, he walked out of the house, and we followed, to the yard, Qi The hunchback came to the foot of the east wall, stretched its waist, waved its arms, slammed its toes, and jumped up the wall. I didn't expect this hunchback to be so ugly, physically disabled, and so agile. Xiaobai and I were two people. After pushing and pulling, he managed to get out of the hospital, and the hunchback had already gone far east.

The two of us caught up with the hunchback, and Xiaobai asked, "Where are we going?"

The hunchback said, "Go to a place that even I don't know."

Xiaobai said angrily: "Fuck, what are you talking about?" At this time, the sky had already darkened, and the surrounding houses and city walls were blurred, just like when we first arrived in Nancheng yesterday, the trees on the roadside On the road, a few wild pigeons were frightened and flew up with flapping wings, flew around our heads a few times, and landed on the branches again. I looked up and saw that the big tree was hanging down like a huge black ghost. Looking down, the black branches looked like its claws, as if they were stretching towards us, the body that was hot from running couldn't help shivering, and the steps under the feet couldn't help being faster.

Xiaobai looked back at the way we ran, and cursed: "Fuck, they came so fast." The hunchback and I couldn't help but stop, and when we looked back, we saw lights flickering from time to time at the gap in the west wall. Sweeping around, I could faintly hear someone's commotion.

The hunchback said in surprise: "How could it be so fast?" After speaking, he turned his head and continued to run forward, and I quickly followed, my stomach kept gurgling, and even though I felt the pain in my lower abdomen, I didn't eat all afternoon, but I didn't eat for a moment. If you are idle, even if you are running, you don't even care about thinking about it at the moment. What is hunger?so what?It's important to save your life.

Xiaobai and I followed the hunchback around the outer city wall of Nancheng. The hunchback said that it is not suitable to enter the city at this time, because we may meet some bad guys from Aobao Village in the village.But the noise from behind became more and more clear, as if it was getting closer to us, Xiaobai looked back again, and cursed: "Fuck, I'm almost catching up, why are you catching up faster than during the day?"

The hunchback suddenly stopped while running, blocked the two of us with his hands, and said, "Wait, listen, what's the sound?"

Xiaobai listened carefully, and hurriedly said: "Huh? It seems that in addition to the human voice, there is also a dog barking, which is so loud."

The hunchback scolded: "Damn it, they may have brought a search dog."

Xiao Bai couldn't help admiring: "What? They are professional enough."

I said anxiously: "What should we do now? We won't be able to escape if this continues."

The hunchback thought for a while and said, "Yes, follow me." After he finished speaking, he turned around and ran towards Nancheng Village. After a while, the three stopped by a toilet. The hunchback picked up a thick branch from the ground and jumped into the toilet. When I came out, I didn't see the branch in my hand, but raised my hands and came to Xiaobai and me.

Xiaobai said angrily: "Fuck, hunchback, what are you doing, it smells so bad?" Xiaobai covered his nose while talking, and I also smelled something wrong, so I also covered my nose with my hand.

The hunchback sneered and said, "It's okay, I'll put on makeup for you two." After the hunchback finished speaking, he suddenly scratched the faces of Xiaobai and me, and I felt that there was something sticky on our faces, and the hunchback was moving back and forth on us. Grabbing it, I lowered my head and grabbed two handfuls on each of our shoes.He stood up and said, "Don't be dazed, run." After speaking, he ran first.

While running, Xiaobai touched his face with his hands, and cursed at the same time: "Humpster, I'll kill you, dare to put shit on both of our faces?"

I couldn't help screaming secretly in my heart, but then I thought that although I felt the smell was unpleasant at the moment, I also understood the purpose of the hunchback, which was to disrupt the search dogs' sense of smell and interfere with their judgment.This trick really worked. We ran for nearly an hour, and we were almost out of breath. Then we stopped and sat on the ground to rest. The pursuers disappeared, and the barking of the dogs stopped. The group did not catch up. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Xiaobai looked around, it was pitch black, remembering that there was a flashlight in Lao Zhou's backpack, he quickly took it out, took photos everywhere, and asked the hunchback: "Qi hunchback, where are we now? "

The hunchback looked around along the light, and murmured, "Why did we get here? We went far enough."

Xiaobai said, "Where exactly?"

The hunchback said: "Hey, where is it? Graveyard."

I was surprised: "Where is the grave?"

The hunchback said: "Hey, hey, don't take pictures in the sky, you take pictures in the bottom."

Qi Tuozi commanded Xiaobai, Xiaobai pointed his flashlight at the surrounding ground, and saw countless large and small grave mounds around us, some with monuments, and some with soul-inducing flags inserted on the graves, the cold wind As soon as I blow it, I think about it.Immediately, I felt eerie and frightening, my whole body fluttered, and my soul flew away.Xiaobai also leaned towards me and the hunchback nervously.

Xiaobai tremblingly said: "Humpty, shall we run for a while?"

The hunchback said: "If you want to run away, run away, I won't run away."

Xiaobai said: "Tuozi, we both have shit on our faces now, we have to find a place to wash."

The hunchback pointed to the southeast, and said: "Cross a slope from here, there is a pool there, I don't know if it's done. Also, I don't like people calling me a hunchback. My name is Ezhidundelegeri. You can Call me Qi Eri Dundelegeri, or Teacher Qi." After the hunchback finished speaking, he began to close his eyes and meditate.

Xiaobai and I walked in the direction pointed by the hunchback, and I looked back at the hunchback leaning against the grave. At this moment, if a passer-by accidentally bumps into him, he would be scared to death by the hunchback, but this person is alone It is a strange person who dares to spend the night in the cemetery.Xiaobai asked, "What did that guy say his name was?"

I said, "I have to remember that I am an eggplant."

Climbing up that slope, there was a low-lying place in front of it, and there was indeed water. The two of them hurried down to wash their faces, and shone each other with flashlights. It's so heavy, Xiaobai said: "It's enough to have a clean face, the hunchback is so fucking bad, let him do it like this, I kept feeling sick all the way, and now I feel hungry."

When Xiaobai said this, I also felt ecstatic, and said to Xiaobai: "Look for a place to buy something to eat."

The two returned to the cemetery, Xiaobai shined the flashlight on the place where we were resting just now, then glanced around, and asked in surprise, "Where is Qi Tuozi?" I looked around by the light of the flashlight, and sure enough, he was gone.Xiao Bai said angrily: "Damn it, I don't know where this is, but he ran away."

Immediately, I felt that this place was full of evil spirits, and said, "Why don't we stay here anymore, the place is too dark, and it will be over after a while if it is haunted."

Xiaobai said: "I haven't seen a ghost yet, so I don't know what a ghost is like, but here are all new graves, they have only practiced underground for a few years? How can they become ghosts? But, what if?" Just run southeast.

I originally wanted to scare Xiaobai and play tricks on him, but unexpectedly, I was teased by Xiaobai, but I knew it was a trick, and I felt that this place was scary, so I followed Xiaobai and ran out, and there were a few sharp screams in my ears Sound, 'beep——vomit——'.I yelled, "what's the sound?"

Xiaobai ran and said, "Is it really haunted?" Just as he was talking, a black figure stood up in the grass in front of him, and Xiaobai shouted, "Fuck, I'm not afraid of fucking ghosts." Covering his eyes with his hands, he stood there hunched over.It turned out to be the hunchback.

Qi Tuozi scolded: "Why are you howling? I was about to take a shit, but you scared me back." As he spoke, Qi Tuozi walked over with his trousers in his hands.

Xiaobai stabilized his mind and scolded: "Fuck, I thought you were gone? But I heard a few strange screams just now, it must be a ghost."

The hunchback said, "Have you never seen an owl?" The hunchback raised his eyelids and gave Xiaobai a sideways look.Then he said, "We're at Qianfangcun Village, do you have any money with you?"

I said, "Take it."

The Tuozi said: "There is a small shop at the first one at the entrance of the village. Go and buy some food. I can't go there. I'm a wanted criminal now." The Tuozi sat down where he was.I pulled Xiaobai forward, and the hunchback shouted from behind: "Please bring a pack of cigarettes, seven yuan will do."

There is indeed a village not far ahead. This village is also pitch black. Like Nancheng, there is also a power outage. When I approach the village, I see the first courtyard with the gate closed. There is only a window on the back wall of the house, and the flame of a candle is flickering. Suddenly flashed out of the window, a woman was sitting in front of the window, dragging a huge black shadow behind her, I went under the window, tapped the window glass lightly with my hand, the woman inside opened a small glass door on the window Gently pushed it away, looked at the two people outside the window with his neck poked, was very surprised, and said coldly: "Shopping?" I pressed, and the woman said: "What are you buying?"

I took out 100 yuan and handed it in, and said, "According to 100 yuan, I will get food and water. You can eat anything."

The woman took the money, looked at us, and said, "Wait, there are more things, wait a little longer." After saying that, she closed the glass door with a bang, and blew out the candle on the window sill , The room was suddenly dark and I couldn't see anything.

I quickly knocked on the glass, but there was no movement inside, and I was shocked.Xiaobai said behind him: "Fuck, what the hell does that mean?" Before he finished speaking, he heard shouting voices from the village: "Where are those two boys? Don't let them run away, hurry up!" Call Lao Huang." Followed by the sound of chaotic footsteps.

"Not good." Xiaobai grabbed my arm and ran out of the village. I felt bad all of a sudden, and couldn't help but complain: "What the hell is going on, let's run."

The hunchback stood by the side of the road, saw us running over, and hurriedly asked, "Have you bought anything yet?"

Xiaobai said while running: "Buy your mother X, run quickly."

The hunchback saw the countless flashlights flickering around behind the two of us, and with an 'ah' sound, he also turned around and ran away. After a few steps, the hunchback suddenly shouted, "Run to the cemetery."

Xiaobai and I lost our way, I called out, "Where?"

The hunchback said: "Follow me."

After running for a while, a pool of water appeared in front of us. The hunchback couldn't care less about it, and he didn't have time to make a detour, so he stepped on the spray and walked over. Xiaobai and I also followed into the water. Xiaobai said: "We just Didn't you come here?"

I just remembered, and the direction is roughly clear. Fortunately, the water is not too deep, and the deepest is just up to the calf. We fell to the ground, and the hunchback and I pulled each arm and lifted Xiaobai up. Xiaobai was stunned by the fall, and ran back. The hunchback and I quickly grabbed hold of each other, went up the slope, and entered the cemetery. However, the noise of people behind him was heard, and the momentum was extremely loud.The hunchback said: "This way." As he spoke, he took us to a small wood near the cemetery. The hunchback rushed in and planed the weeds on the ground with his hands. A hole with a diameter of half a meter appeared in front of him. The darkness is deep and bottomless.The hunchback pointed to the hole and said, "Jump down."

Xiaobai took a picture of it with a flashlight and said, "It's so deep? You'll die if you jump down. It's better to let them catch you."

The hunchback grinned and said, "Don't worry, you won't die if you fall. If they catch you, you're really dead. I heard that there are a few perverted men who like a little boy like you. I'll rape you first and then kill you."

Xiaobai scolded: "Humpty, I'm fucking your sister..."

Before the little vernacular was finished, the hunchback suddenly pushed hard from the back, cursing: "Where are there so many pieces in his mouth?" Xiaobai fell down with an 'ah'.The hunchback turned to me and said, "You don't need me to push it, do you?" After speaking, the hunchback shouted towards the entrance of the cave: "If you can still breathe, move to the side, be careful that I will sit on your ass and kill you."

Xiaobai yelled and scolded from the cave, saying: "Humpty, your mother is an ass." I saw Xiaobai's voice was loud and full of energy, and I expected nothing serious, so I closed my eyes and jumped down, feeling a surge of excitement. Yinfeng whistled from bottom to top, and felt as if electricity was electrified from head to toe, his head was buzzing, and his brain went blank in an instant.