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Changpinggou, one of the famous scenic spots in Sichuan, is the golden age of tourism at this time. Many tourists come to visit before the weather turns cold, and the entrance is full of people.

Ah Hua brought back a man who was as dark and thin as he was from the crowd, and introduced to Mai Mai and Shao Jing, "This is Archie, he is the guide here, and he will take us into the mountains. We will rent his horse and prepare everything." Alright, now you can go in and camp in the ditch at night."

Mai felt that this Archie looked familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.Archie brought some horses, and everyone abandoned the carts and got on the horses, and walked along the entrance to Changpinggou.The scenery is indeed beautiful, the maple leaves are already red, and clusters are as bright as fire. Even when Maimai was riding a horse for the first time, he was attracted by the scenery while he was in a hurry.Shao Jing knew how to ride a horse. Seeing him trembling on the horseback, he smiled and said, "When there are fewer people, you can ride a horse with me."

Maimai rolled his eyes at him and said, "I'll talk about it when I can't ride it anymore." The horse was still very tame, but it was his first time riding it, and he was so nervous that he was stiff all over. I don't know how to control it.

Archie glanced back and said slowly, "The horses are very tame, so it doesn't matter if you walk this way. If you get higher, you'll have to walk."

Mai Mai looked at his side face, and suddenly understood where the sense of familiarity came from just now. This Archie looks four or five points similar to Hai Dongqing. Looking carefully, the age should not be too far apart, but maybe the long-term outdoor life His skin was dark because of the wind and sun, and he looked as if he was ten years older than Hai Dongqing.Could this Archie be the real Xie Qi?

"Your surname?"

The muscles at the corners of Archie's mouth twitched slightly, but he didn't speak.Hai Dongqing laughed: "You don't need to ask, he is Xie Qi, you have already guessed it?"

Mai Mai thought, I’m really sorry, you overestimated us, that is, you just guessed: “You are—the real Xie Qi?”

Xie Qi didn't answer.Hai Dongqing changed a comfortable position on horseback: "That's right. When he was working, he killed someone on the construction site and fled all the way here. I tried to suppress it for him, he Just lend me your ID card."

lie!Mai Mai thought secretly, and glanced at Shao Jing.Xiao Heizi went to investigate Xie Qi's matter. It is true that something happened on the construction site, but no one was killed at all, and because the injured person first provoked the incident, and then nothing happened.It is estimated that Xie Qi escaped because he mistakenly thought that he had killed someone, and was deceived by Haidongqing here.Shao Jing understood what he meant, and nodded slightly, thoughtfully—maybe this Xie Qi can be won.

Mai Mai leaned slightly and asked Xie Qi: "Mr. Xie also went into the mountain with us?"

Hai Dongqing smiled: "Of course, he is a good guide. Besides, he knows the place and can help."

Xie Qi must be won over, Mai Mai thought, otherwise it would be a three-on-two disadvantage.

"Has Mr. Xie been to that place?"

Hai Dongqing frowned slightly: "He never went in. Don't talk about it here, there are too many people."

The group stopped talking, and Xie Qi led the horse team forward.It was getting dark quickly, and there were gradually no pedestrians on the road.At eight o'clock, Xie Qi stopped his horse and said, "Here we are."

They have deviated from the general tourist route, with trees above their heads, grass under their feet, and a mountain wall looming in front of them. Xie Qi tied his horse to the tree and led a group of people towards the mountain wall: "Everything is here. .”

There is a hole on the mountain wall, and there are dense shrubs growing at the mouth of the hole. If you don't open it, you can't see the hole.Xie Qi dragged out seven or eight large bags from inside, opened them and took out the tent and portable kerosene stove, unloaded the food from the horse's back, and set up the tent.Mai looked around: "Camping here?"

Xie Qi replied without raising his head: "There are no wild animals here, so it is safe." He sprinkled things around the tent, "There are some snakes and insects, but it will be fine if you sprinkle this." He lit the kerosene stove, Boil the noodles in a leeward place, take out some dried meat and add them in, turn off the fire as soon as it boils, and hang up a small flashlight to illuminate: "This place is afraid of fire, try not to make fire, otherwise the forest ranger will find out."

Mai Mai ate the noodles, squinting at the big bags on the ground.If it's just a tent or something, there's no need to hide in such a place in advance.Hai Dongqing noticed his gaze and said unhurriedly: "There are weapons and mountaineering equipment in there. If we go further down, we will leave the tourist area and enter the deep mountains. It will not be as leisurely as here. Although Sichuan is not ferocious There are many wild beasts, but there are many snakes and insects, and there may be some creatures in the deep mountains that have not been discovered by the outside world."

Wheat casually asked: "There are prehistoric creatures?"

Hai Dongqing smiled: "I can't say for sure." A group of people sat around eating noodles, but he sat far away.Mai Mai thinks about it and feels that he is actually quite pitiful, saying that he is alive, but in fact he is suffering.If you eat it, you won’t be hungry, if you drink it, you won’t quench your thirst, and there’s a fart for immortality!Maybe it would be better to be dead.

Ahua wiped off the jerky noodles in three mouthfuls, and said, "Come and distribute the things."

The big bag contained five pistols, two shotguns, five sets of hiking clothes and hiking boots, five miner's hats, three sleeping bags, several bundles of climbing ropes, three long knives, five daggers, ammunition, bright lights Flashlight, cold fireworks, engineer shovel, compass, lighter, insect repellent powder, emergency medicine; the bag on horseback contains dried meat, sesame seed cakes, compressed biscuits, chocolate, bottled water, and salt.Each of the five people was assigned a pistol and a dagger, A Hua and Xie Qi held a shotgun, the other three held a long knife, flashlights and cold fireworks were evenly distributed, and the rest of the supplies were divided into three groups: Mai Mai and Shao Jing , Ahua and Xie Qi are in a group, and Costin is in a group by himself. Each group deploys and carries the allocated materials by itself.After tossing and tossing until ten o'clock, everything was ready, and everyone got into the tent separately.Xie Qi said that this is a safe area, there is no need for a vigil, everyone should rest well, since tomorrow we will leave the tourist area, and we will have a vigil.

Mai Mai and Shao Jing shared a tent.Although it was only October, it was already cold in the mountains, and the two of them huddled together in a sleeping bag. Shao Jing put the gun within reach, checked the magazine, still felt uneasy, and zipped the tent door. Well, it took another stone to get back into the sleeping bag.

Mai Mai whispered into his ear, "Do you think they will attack us in the mountains?"

"I have to guard against it. After all, it's two against three now. Find a way to win Xie Qi over."

"Well, find a chance to tell him that he didn't kill anyone at all? Why do you think Xie Qi followed Hai Dongqing? It was six years ago when he had an accident, and he has been letting Hai Dongqing live under his name. You think it's normal Is it? Is it gratitude?"

Shao Jing sneered slightly: "Grateful? I don't think he is like that. I'm afraid Hai Dongqing used some method to coerce him. If it's a spell, it's not difficult."

"Do you think Hai Dongqing understands this? How good is it?"

"It's hard to say. I think he must understand. It is estimated that it was his idea to find the Jinshuyu slip at the beginning, and it may be his ability to open the hole. But I think he is still different from ordinary celestial masters. He is more like a person who understands. Some heretical tomb robbers. I guess I have read a lot of ancient books. I may not know the orthodox Taoism, but I still have the means. Xie Qi is an ordinary person, and it is not difficult to control him. But we must also guard against the possibility that he may learn over the years. After all, he also knows a little about things in the Heavenly Master's Institute, so he must have a way."

Mai Mai touched the Xuanyuan Mirror hanging around his neck and Zhao Baobao's little God Master: "Brother Shen, can they follow?"

"It's okay to get here, but it may be more troublesome to go into the mountains. Going further there is an undeveloped mountain, and it's hard to say whether the signal can be received." Shao Jing hugged him, "Don't worry, there is me, sleep Well, I'm going to be tired starting tomorrow."

Xiaomai thought she would not be able to fall asleep, but she didn't expect to have no dreams until dawn when she was awakened by the chirping of birds on the branches.

After getting out of the tent, the air in the mountain area was fresh and sweet, and all kinds of birds were singing one after another. Wheat turned his head and finally found one from the treetops, but he couldn't recognize what kind of bird it was.

Shao Jing greeted him not far away: "Come and wash your face."

The mountain stream is clear and cool, and the spirit is refreshed after washing.Breakfast is instant vegetable soup with fire. After eating, everyone changed into mountaineering clothes and boots, put away the tent and put it on the horseback, and set off.

The mountaineering suit fit well, but the boots were a little too big. Mai wore double-layered socks, and it was a bit uncomfortable to walk at first.Because of the increased load, I can only ride horses and walk alternately, so as to avoid exhausting the horses and losing equipment.Today's mountaineering was not as leisurely as yesterday. Xie Qi led the way and advanced quickly. By noon, he had already left the tourist area far behind. He didn't stop to rest until one o'clock in the afternoon.

The air in the forest was humid, Xie Qi wiped his sweat casually: "You can light a fire here, I'll go get some water."

"Shall I help you?" Mai stood up and followed him.There is the sound of water a little far away, it is a very thin mountain spring, flowing down from the straight mountain wall.Xie Qi used a leather bag to hold water, and Mai Mai squatted beside him, patted his face with some water, and said casually: "It's been six years since you hurt people on the construction site? Why are you still here?" ? Never thought about going home?"

Xie Qi lowered his head and concentrated on receiving the water: "If you beat someone to death, how can you go back?"

"Killed someone? Isn't it just wounded?"

Xie Qi was taken aback, then looked up at Mai Mai: "What?"

Mai Mai seemed more surprised than him: "Why, you don't even know? The man didn't die, but he was sent to the hospital for rescue."

Xie Qi stared at him: "Nonsense, how do you know?"

Mai Mai shrugged: "Do you think we haven't checked it? Your name, ID number, it's not difficult to find it by checking it. The incident in Guangzhou, because the injured person was the provocateur, so it was left behind. The person is not dead, do you think you will be wanted?"

Xie Qi was completely stunned: "You—you are talking nonsense... I clearly put him—"

"You knocked him out, and then he was sent to the hospital and rescued again."

The leather bag in Xie Qi's hand fell to the ground with a slap, and he almost sat down: "I—but he said that I killed someone, and he spent money to find someone to suppress this matter..."

"He didn't die. Besides, even if you really killed someone, he said he spent money to find someone to suppress him. Why are you still hiding here?"

"I spent a lot of money, I can't afford it—" Xie Qi stopped suddenly when he said this.If, as Mai Mai said, he didn't beat anyone to death at all, wouldn't Hai Dongqing's so-called spending a lot of money be false?He squatted in a daze, muttering to himself, "I didn't kill someone?"

"It's for sure that he didn't kill anyone. Do you just owe him money? How much?"

Xie Qi turned to look at him, his eyes suddenly became vigilant: "Why are you telling me this? Are you not in the same group?"

Mai Mai thought for a while: "It's not really a group. We didn't want to come, so we were cheated by him, right? But you can actually go. Do you know what's in the place we went to?"

Xie Qi's eyes dimmed: "It said that there is a large tomb with many valuable treasures in it - I can't leave, A Hua is staring at me. That kid is a drug addict, and his hands are black, so I dare not leave. If I dig I can also share the money in that tomb, and I will have money when I go home..." He picked up the leather bag from the ground, refilled the water, and stopped paying attention to the wheat.

After lunch and a short rest, Hai Dongqing urged to go on the road again.This time, when the sky was about to turn dark in one breath, Xie Qi called out to find a place to camp: "This place is no more than a tourist area, you need to find a safe place, and you have to take turns to watch the night."

The campsite was chosen under a mountain wall, where the mountain wall was twisted to form an obtuse angle, and the tent was placed inside the obtuse angle, at least there was no need to worry about things coming from behind.There are several big trees next to it, which can be climbed when necessary.After eating this time, Xie Qi told him to keep the fire: "Keep the fire small so that people won't notice it. Keep the fire, and most wild animals will avoid it. Who will watch the night first?"

Shao Jing pondered for a while: "We will guard the first half of the night, and you will take care of the second half."

Hai Dongqing smiled: "No need, I will keep watch at night, you all go to sleep."

Shao Jing had forgotten that he didn't need to sleep at all, since it was so convenient, why didn't he use it, and immediately pulled Mai Mai into the tent: "Did you tell Xie Qi?"

"Well, as expected, Hai Dongqing lied to him. But he said that Ah Hua was staring at him, and he couldn't leave. Moreover, he seemed to think that there was a big tomb, and he wanted to steal the tomb to get some money before going home."

"It's good to have conflicts. As for money, if he wants money, it's easy to solve. But this Ahua, it seems that he is really a desperado. People who take drugs are more difficult to deal with. They can go all out for money, because there is no one. After taking drugs, their life is worse than death. And this kind of people have a big appetite, and it is difficult to trust people. If I tell Xie Qi that I can give him money, he will probably believe it, because the money he wants is nothing after all. It’s a huge number. But Ah Hua is different, drug use is a bottomless pit, it can’t be filled, and he won’t believe that I can give him a lot of money.”

"What should I do?"

"There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. Let's look again after walking. In short, you have to be careful with this Ah Hua. But before he reaches the place, he probably won't make a move first. If you enter the hole, you have to be careful Before that, let’s pay attention to the road, there might be something in the deep mountains and old forests.”

As soon as Shao Jing finished speaking, there was a howling sound from an unknown animal in the distance, trembling slightly in the quiet night, like crying.Mai Mai held Shao Jing nervously: "There won't be a pack of wolves?"

"There don't seem to be any wolves, but there are jackals, which are not much better than wolves. But if we have guns, it's not difficult to deal with them."

"That's a protected wild animal, right? It's illegal for us to shoot it with a gun."

Shao Jing poked his face helplessly: "Then you can take out the jerky and feed them. Lie down, and let me see if your feet have blisters? It's a pity that you can't scald them with hot water."

Mai Mai also felt that his idea was a little funny, and lay down obediently: "It should be fine. Although the boots are a bit big, I don't feel pain in my feet, and didn't I ride a horse for a while?"

Shao Jing checked his feet and found that there were no blisters, so he was relieved and put his socks on again: "There are many snakes and insects at night, don't leave your body outside, it will be troublesome if you get bitten."

Xiaomai suddenly thought of the weird bugs on the Gu Dao, and couldn't help but feel a little tingly: "It won't be like Yunnan, right?"

"That's not true, but there are snakes in Sichuan. It's fine, as long as the tent is not broken, snakes can't get in. Go to sleep."

Outside the tent, howls like crying sounded from time to time, but Xiaomai quickly fell asleep with his pillow on Shao Jing's shoulder.This time he had a dream, dreaming that they walked to a cliff, on which was engraved in big bright red characters: those who send it will die, and those who see it will be blind.Hai Dongqing found two small holes somewhere, and embedded two longan stones in them. The stone wall made a crackling sound, and a stone door opened inward appeared. It was pitch black inside, and nothing could be seen... …