Revolution in the depths of the soul

Jilin Yanbian.

A rented jeep drove several people slowly up the mountain road. Once they reached the mountain, the scene changed. The last wave of Siberian cold snap was approaching, and the mountainside was getting warmer. In the evening, the roadside was full of wet fish scales. Pine and maple trees, but the mountaintop visible to the naked eye in the distance is shrouded in a huge, gray-black cyclone.

Like the shadow of a giant in winter suppressing on the mountains, wrapped in the late snow and frost roaring faintly, forming a spectacular spectacle.

"You guys can't, really can't." Zhuang Mingqing said.

"Shut up, you." Tang You and Zhan Xing scolded angrily at the same time.

Zhuang Mingqing: "In our line of work, you don't have to be able to fight a lot, but you must be able to run and be smooth. Like your master and third master..."

Zhan Xing: "Who is doing your job? It's too unprofessional. You can't even understand ancient Xianbei script."

Tang You: "It's too slow, let me drive."

The two drove alternately, all the way from Liaoning to Yanbian. This is the territory of the Korean ethnic group. They couldn't understand the words.

On the mountainside in the distance, a small three-story building stands in the warm yellow light. It is the local tourist attraction office. Zhuang Mingqing said: "Hey brother, you have to go to the right and bypass this road. The road ahead leads to the peak. The top is to see Tianchi, we have to go to the border between China and North Korea."

Tang You turned the steering wheel, and Zhuang Mingqing reminded from the back seat: "Drive slowly, the road is uneven, if you are not careful, you will be smashed to pieces. Big man, let's change seats, and you will be on the mountain wall later."

Zhan Xing leaned against the car window to sleep, Huo Hu and Zhuang Mingqing changed seats, Tang You turned on the headlights, and there was a steep mountain slope under his feet, and the road was full of black, volcanic ash from thousands of years ago.

Tang You said: "Your master also took this path."

"What?" Zhan Xing woke up in a daze, and saw several other marks on the road that had been run over by wheels.

Zhan Xing unbuttoned his seat belt: "It's not necessarily them." He said unbuttoning his seat belt, and was about to get out of the car to check, when he suddenly stopped.

There was a child of seven or eight years old, wearing red clothes and red trousers, sitting on the trunk of a cut tree by the side of the road.

"Did you see it, Tang You?" Zhan Xing murmured.

Tang You backed out of the car, turned the front of the car around, and the headlights were brightly lit.

The child stood up and walked slowly along the cliff, as if asking them to follow him, with his hands outstretched, he staggered into the darkness.

Tang You glanced at Zhuang Mingqing, and several people didn't ask any questions. Now that the temperature outside has dropped below zero, it is impossible for ordinary children to be walking around. There may be only one——

Huo Hu said: "Maybe it's a mountain god, I've heard of it before."

Zhan Xing frowned and said, "Where does he want to take us? Follow?"

Tang You considered for a moment, put into gear, and slowly followed the child forward.

"Are there any gods in Changbai Mountain?" Tang You asked while looking in the direction of the child intently.

Zhan Xing turned on the light in the cab, buried his head in the translation volume: "Yes."

"Changbai Mountain is a place where the Manchus live." Zhan Xing said, "Since Nurhachi, it has been a sacred mountain for the Manchus. Kangxi and Qianlong both made sacrificial rites."

Tang You: "What is the connection between the Xianbei and the Manchus?"

Zhan Xing: "There is no contact, so this information is very precious. It proves one thing - Xianbei Mountain is not in Daxing'an Mountains, but in Changbai Mountains. It was almost destroyed in your brother's hands."

Tang You didn't know what this meant, stepped on the gas pedal, and ordered: "Speak clearly."

Zhan Xing: "Overseas, there are many kinds of arguments on the origin of the Xianbei people. My father once participated in the discussion for a period of time. They believed that the Xianbei people existed as early as the Xia Dynasty more than 2000 years ago. According to the ancient records of their family , the birthplace is called 'Xianbei Mountain'."

"In the earliest days, Xianbei people had their own religion and gods. As for what they believed in, we didn't know." Zhan Xing looked up at the child in front of him, and he disappeared into a dark forest.

Huo Hu asked: "Don't you believe in Buddhism?"

Zhan Xing said: "That was when the Northern Dynasties rose. They did not believe in Buddhism at the beginning, so this record may reveal a shocking secret in the history of ethnic groups in northern China. For example, many scholars believe that Xianbei Mountain is I searched for the holy land in the Daxinganling Mountains for a long time, but I didn't notice Changbai Mountain, because Changbai Mountain was the birthplace of Manchus from the very beginning, which fundamentally eliminated many speculations in scientific research."

Zhuang Mingqing interjected, "There are their gods in the Holy Land."

Zhan Xing nodded and said: "The general idea in the letter is that, before Xianbei entered the Central Plains, he believed in another god. This god was abandoned by the entire Xianbei tribe after Tuoba's revival of Buddha, and sealed up in Changbai Mountain. You are in Dunhuang The few corpses found, they are the guards of the Xianbei Holy Land, went to the tomb of King Wusun to find a plant."

Tang You asked, "What plant?"

Zhan Xing shook his head: "The plant that can continue the life of their gods, that word cannot be translated."

Tang Youdao: "A conflict involving two religions?"

Zhan Xing said: "Maybe this is the case. Just think about it. More than 1000 years ago, when the Five Husbands invaded China, Xianbei entered the northern part of the Central Plains. Buddhism and their original sects conflicted. In the end, the Tuoba clan left Daxing'an Mountains and the Nen River Valley and moved Some important things in the clan are stored in Changbai Mountains to avoid being discovered by the Han people, so that everyone thinks it is the Moji clan...that is, the place of the Jurchens, and with this cover, they will not think of the Xianbei people."

Tang You accelerated the speed of the jeep: "Is there any danger inside?"

Zhan Xing replied: "Maybe you will come across their totems and some witchcraft from more than 1000 years ago. According to the translation on the letter, there used to be a very old priest in it, and the old priest died..."

Zhan Xing suddenly realized something, his eyes stared straight ahead, Tang You paused slightly: "Didn't you mention the child?"

Zhan Xing: "I don't think it has anything to do with him... Where does he want to take us?"

Huo Hu said: "I think he is a ginseng baby, have you heard of it? On the mountains in the northeast, there are many ginsengs who have become spirits and run around... Be careful!"

"Ah!" Zhan Xing and Tang You shouted at the same time.

The jeep instantly tilted forward, Zhan Xing's pupils instantly contracted, reflecting the abyss!

Tang You slammed on the brakes, and there was chaos in the car. Zhuang Mingqing yelled in fear, and the parrot flapped its wings and called out, "Where are the dry clams——where are the dry clams—"

It was too late and then quickly, a three-claw hook flew towards the top of the slope tens of meters away, dragging a long rope, dinged softly, and hung on the rear bumper.

The front of the jeep sank sharply, and the whole car, with the chassis as the fulcrum, slowly plunged into the abyss.

Tang You went crazy: "What's going on! What to do! Run! Get out of the car!"

Huo Hu: "What happened! Let me see!"

Zhuang Mingqing yelled in fear: "Big man, don't go forward! You're going to fall!"

Zhan Xing: "Don't move! Everyone leans against the back of the chair! Don't move!"

Parrot: "Dried clams, dried clams—"

Zhan Xing shouted, "Quiet—!"

The jeep slowly stabilized, the head of the car was facing the bottomless cliff at a 45-degree angle, and the headlights became two beams of light, projecting into the boundless darkness.

There seemed to be some monster staring at them in the darkness.

Zhan Xing: "Okay, okay, I'll think about what to do."

Tang You: "This is the road just now! I didn't go wrong!"

Zhan Xing: "I know! No accountability!"

Tang You: "Brother Hu, that iron face, you should be careful to get out of the car."

Zhan Xing: "No, no! Don't make a sound, listen to my command now."

Huo Hu must not go down, otherwise the whole car will fall into the bottom of the valley as soon as Huo Hu leaves.

Zhan Xing slowly raised his hand, and pressed a button in front of the driver's seat, the sunroof slowly opened, and the cold wind howled in.

"Iron face, climb out and get behind the tail of the car."

Zhuang Mingqing did as he said, the jeep slowly sank backwards like a seesaw, Zhan Xing said again: "Tang You, go to the back seat and get out of the car through the sunroof."

Tang You was covered in cold sweat, and slowly climbed out of the car, the jeep was considered stable.

"Brother Hu, you can go out, but don't get out of the car..." Zhan Xing glanced at the back seat, half of the car was nailed to the cliff, and Huo Hu pushed the door.

Tang You found the rope and asked in surprise, "What is this?"

The other end of the rope was connected to the top of the mountain. Zhanxing breathed a little calmer, and got out of the back seat of the jeep in the wind.

After a false alarm, Zhan Xing let out a sigh of relief and said, "You all come down, you don't have to hold the back seat, this rope..."

Tang You frowned, and flicked on the rope, Huo Hu asked, "Pull the car up?"

It was too late to say it, and then there was a soft sound in the distance, and the end of the rope broke at the height of the cliff tens of meters away.

Tang You: "Who is it!" After he finished speaking, he drew his gun, but before Zhan Xing could react, the jeep had already tugged a long rope and fell rapidly towards the mountain.

The end of the rope was drawn quickly in the darkness, and a bloodstain was drawn on Zhan Xing's face with a slap. After five seconds, there was a muffled sound from the abyss under his feet, followed by a faint explosion.

"Little Master." Zhan Xing shouted into the darkness, "I know it's you, come here."

No one answered, only the wind whistling.

The car was gone, and it was impossible to take another step forward. Most of the equipment of several people was in the car, and the car was at the bottom of the valley.

"What should we do?" Tang You asked blankly, "Little bitch, give me an idea."

Zhan Xing didn't care, and climbed up on the rocks, Tang You said: "Don't run around, come down!"

Zhan Xing turned a deaf ear, Huo Hu hurriedly followed behind him, the sound of the wind swept across the vast sky and the dark earth.

At the top of the peak, a big tree is tied with a rope, and there are still neat breaks left. Two words are engraved on the trunk: go back.

"I won't go back." Zhan Xing said to himself.

It was nearly two o'clock that night, and they wrapped up windbreakers behind a big rock sheltered from the wind, shivering and surviving the night in the cold.

next day:

"I won't go back either." Tang You said.

They set off in silence, and after eating something, they set off again. The cold wind was like a knife, and it almost scratched their hands. Tang You glanced at Zhan Xing worriedly. He only had one glove, which he wore on his right hand On, or a mitt.

Zhuang Mingqing looked at Leng and made a movement: "Put it in your pocket."

Zhan Xing waved his hand to signal that it was okay, it started to snow, they walked down the mountain road, and slowly entered the valley bottom, there was the wreckage of the jeep, smashed to pieces, and a fire was ignited, burning all night, at this moment there are still Charcoal that is still warm.

Zhan Xing rummaged through the ruins with his hands red from the cold, and found the overturned mountaineering bag. Several people inspected it for a while, and most of the equipment was still usable.

Tang You's notebook has been broken.

Zhan Xing asked: "Your sister is in their hands, right? Where is the treasure of the Xianbei people?"

Zhuang Mingqing said: "If the car is not broken, it will be ahead after turning over this mountain road."

Zhan Xing put on his sunglasses and said, "Let's go, walk slowly."

The side peaks of Changbai Mountain are undulating, with almost no roads, and there are moss and lichens that are only found in the polar regions. Every summer, the snow and ice here will melt and soak into the ground, and gorgeous flowers will bloom.

They climbed with bare hands on this dead and silent volcanic ash land, Zhan Xing glanced down, and suddenly felt a little sorry.

"Brother Hu, you can go back to the reception of the scenic spot and wait for us."

Tang You's brother was in danger, Zhuang Mingqing's sister was missing, neither of them would go back, except Huo Hu... Zhan Xing really didn't know what to say.

"You look down on big brother." Huo Hu said loudly from below.

Zhan Xing smiled and said nothing more.

Tang You at the highest point looked back vigilantly, holding the climbing rope with one hand, and gestured violently with the other to signal silence.

The wind carried the conversation far away, it was a woman's voice.

"Third...it's not easy..."

Zhan Xing suddenly realized that he struggled to climb up to the high place, leaned over the rock with Tang You, and heard the conversation coming from the crack.

With a gunshot, everyone stopped moving.

Zhan Xing stretched out a hand sideways and waved it.

Tang You found the source of the sound - it was a strange terrain formed by two magma jet castings. Tens of thousands of magma were poured at a certain vent nearly ten thousand years ago, and finally flowed into a long and narrow valley mouth. The mouth of the valley is sunken, and at the end of the valley, there is a huge air hole.

The magma melted a huge mountain rock into two halves, forming two opposite screen-like stone valleys, and no grass grew in the valley.

This is a special landform that only appears in Changbai among the earth's volcanoes, and Zhan Xing, Tang You and his party are located on one of the "screens".

The rocks have been weathered for a long time, and there are sounds from the cracks, and the scene in the small canyon can be vaguely seen.

There was a person lying on the ground, struggling in a pool of blood, Zhan Xing couldn't tell who it was in a hurry, but Tang You recognized him, and he made a mouth shape - Cui.

Cui Wen groaned loudly and called for help, but Qiu Yue whipped his whip unexpectedly, and there was a loud bang, and he fell silent, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

Qiu Yue smiled charmingly: "I have chased here for thousands of miles. I really don't want to die until the Yellow River. Where is the second daughter-in-law?"

Lin Jingfeng was still wearing a long black windbreaker and sunglasses, his thin face was expressionless, holding a desert eagle in one hand, not talking to Qiu Yue, avoiding the long whip that was whipped like a poisonous snake, and jumped up the side cliff , stepped on the rock in a few steps, his slender figure was almost parallel to the ground, kicked his feet suddenly, swept across, and shot three times in a row.

Qiu Yue dodged quickly, swung his whip, and there was a loud bang, the steel whip hit, and stone chips splashed everywhere.

Lin Jingfeng bowed down, fell to the ground, and said coldly: "If you want to hit, hit it, don't talk nonsense, hurry home and hug your wife."

Qiu Yue Yingying said: "I'm afraid you won't be able to go back this time."

Zhan Xing raised his heart to his throat, and didn't dare to breathe. Tang You seemed to have discovered something, and reached out and pressed his head upwards, forcing his eyes to look up.

Zhan Xing saw the child in red, and stood at the entrance of the cave, staring at Qiu Yue and Lin Jingfeng who were in the duel without moving.

Lin Jingfeng also noticed it, his sunglasses slipped onto the bridge of his nose, his forehead was covered with sweat, his brows were frowned and his eyes narrowed.

Qiu Yue seemed to have noticed something, and walked in circles, like a female leopard, slowly approaching Lin Jingfeng.

The kid in red looked at them with hatred.

The left face of the little ghost in red is that of a still immature seven-year-old child, while the right face is full of wrinkles and chicken skin.