I volunteer for the underworld

It was 45:[-] in the morning, and it was a bit muggy, so there were not many people on the street.When Su Han and I walked in, not many people paid attention.

The vendors on the street are powerless even to yell, and there is a sense of randomness whether you like to buy or not.

I was a little hungry, so I found a wonton shop that looked neater, ordered two wontons, and sat there with Su Han to eat slowly.

There were no customers in the store, so the boss sat at the door and watched short videos. Exaggerated laughter came from the video from time to time, but the boss remained expressionless.

I ate half of it and tried to strike up a conversation with the boss. The boss looked a little serious, but unexpectedly he was a chatterbox. As soon as I asked a question, his chatterbox opened.

"Are you also looking for Gushuli? Recently, many people came here to ask Gushuli. That village has long since disappeared. It disappeared more than 20 years ago. Even if it finds its location now, it is just some ruins."

The boss said that when he was young, a mudslide broke out here, and the ancient trees were submerged in that disaster. There were only a few survivors, and they gradually lost contact.

Therefore, there is no such village in the ancient tree now.

But my uncle made it very clear that even in the old tree, photos were taken at the entrance of the village.Reluctantly, I showed the photo to the boss and asked him if this stone was taken in an old tree?

The boss picked up the photo and looked at it for a while, his face suddenly changed, he seemed a little frightened, he returned the photo to me, and said in a panic: "I don't know, I was young at that time, and I don't remember what it looked like in the old tree. Go away, I don't know anything!"

This is clearly what I know. I wanted to ask again, but was stopped by Su Han. He shook his head, motioned me not to ask, and then pulled me out together.

"Why don't you let me ask?"

"If you ask him, he won't tell you. Can't you tell from his behavior just now, as if he is afraid of something?" He took the photo and looked at it: "When he talked about Gu Shuli, his tone was normal. , so what he is afraid of is not the village in the ancient tree, is there anything in this photo that scares him?"

I asked, "Could it be that person?"

Su Han shook his head: "I don't know, this face can't be seen clearly at all, he may not be able to see who it is, let's ask other people."

We asked a lot of people, all of whom were similar to the owner of the wonton shop. They all said that the ancient tree disappeared under a natural disaster, and there were not many traces left. Even if we searched, we might not be able to find it.But looking at the photo, it is a look of panic.

After more than ten people were like this in a row, I grabbed a person who was about to run away: "What are you afraid of?"

"I don't know, I don't know anything!"

"1000 yuan, you tell me."

He glanced at me, with a hesitant expression on his face, and I continued to increase the price: "Two thousand, if you don't tell me, I'll ask someone else. I think there should be someone who wants to earn this money."

"You mean what you say? Really give two thousand?"

I promised: "I won't lie to you, as long as you tell me the truth, I won't lose you a single point."

He looked left and right, and then motioned us to follow him. Su Han and I exchanged glances, and we walked to a shaded place with no one there, and he said like a thief, "Where did you get that photo?" ?”

"I washed it out, what's wrong?"

"You know the people up there?" he asked again.

"Yes, my uncle and uncle... Uncle, I don't know the one in the back, which one are you talking about? What's the matter?"

He seemed a little nervous, looked back and forth, left and right again, pointed to the mountain in the distance and motioned for me to look at it, I followed and found that there was a huge stone statue on the mountain.

I couldn't see the face clearly from such a distance, so I asked, "Is there something wrong with that stone statue?"

He took out his mobile phone, found a recent photo of the stone statue, handed it to me, and said in a low voice, "The person in your photo is a wizard here!"

I looked at the face of the stone statue and found that it looked exactly like my aunt. What's going on?Who carved a huge stone statue in the likeness of my aunt, this is a violation of portrait rights, okay?

But what the man said next surprised me. It turns out that the stone statue has been standing on the mountain for a long time. It has been there since his grandfather's grandfather's generation. According to legend, the wizard is the god who guards this place. Disaster is bound to follow.

"My grandfather said that before the mudslide broke out, many people saw the wizard standing on the mountain and looking into the old tree. It didn't take long for the old tree to be buried by the mudslide."

Moreover, the ancient sacrificial activities have been preserved in this town, and the sacrifices are the stone statues of wizards.Occasionally, someone would see a wizard appearing, and the people who saw it would be unlucky at least, or even killed if they were serious.

Everyone said the wizard had come out to warn them.

So although the people here worship and believe in wizards, his appearance is indeed a herald of bad luck. Therefore, everyone is afraid of seeing him. This is why they reacted that way when they saw the person in the photo. After all, who All of them can live their lives in peace.

I asked again: "Is the place in this photo actually an ancient tree?"

"Yes, yes. When was this photo of yours washed, that place has been buried, and there is only one top of that stone that can still be seen now."

This is something I never expected. According to this person, the ancient tree has been buried for more than 20 years, and the whole village is under the rocks. Even if we pass by now, we can only see the spire of the huge rock at the entrance of the village. .

So, where did my uncle and aunt go?

Even so, I still asked this person for a specific location, and then gave him 2000 yuan before letting him leave.After walking a few steps, he looked back at us and persuaded: "That place is there, you must not go there, it's too evil!"

I asked what kind of evil method?He seemed to have thought of something, shivered, hurriedly waved his hands and said nothing, and then quickly left.

I went to the supermarket in the town, bought a lot of food and water, thought about it, and bought some cooking utensils that can be used in the wild, just in case.

When I was about to buy two sets of clothes, I was stopped by Su Han, who said he had my clothes over there, so I didn't need to buy them.In this way, he drove to the north, asked many people on the road, took several detours, and finally came to the foot of a mountain.Going further, the road began to narrow, and it was no longer open to traffic.

Su Han put away the car directly, and then took advantage of the setting sun in the sky to look at the winding path ahead.The crimson glow fell on his shoulders, as if a warm red gauze had been draped over him.

I looked at him, and at that moment, his back overlapped with that of a man in red, and they seemed to merge into one, looking back at me at the same time.

I was in a daze for a moment, until he woke me up.

"Rest first, let's go tomorrow."

Finally, the aunt who spent 2000 yuan to ask said that after arriving at the foot of the mountain, you have to walk. From this mountain road to the end, you can go around to the ancient tree on the other side. It is said that it will take half a day.

It was almost dark at this time, so we decided to rest here for the night and set off early the next morning.

Su Han drove me to another place, and called me over after setting up the tent.

Why didn't I support it?I also bought a tent, but just when I was about to open it, I accidentally broke something I don't know what it was, and then the tent was useless.Fortunately, Su Han has a backup, otherwise we will use the sky as our cover and the ground as our hut.

Using the broken tent as a cushion, I sat side by side with him outside the tent, looking at the gradually darkening sky and the distant stars, the environment is very quiet, the feeling of total tranquility makes people feel It also calmed down.

I couldn't help asking: "Will there be any wild beasts?"

"No." He said with certainty.

"Why? Didn't you say that there will be many wild beasts in the mountains? Tigers and lions."

"You have read too many novels. Since it is to protect animals, how can it be found everywhere? And the temperature, even if there is, it will not appear."

I wanted to ask why it didn't appear, but I felt the phone's message prompt beeping, and I immediately took out my phone to read it.Seeing the person who sent the message, I shouted in surprise: "It's from my uncle!"

Su Han also gave a suspicious "hmm", I showed him the phone, and my uncle sent a sentence: "It's very strange here, there's no one there."

Volume 57 The Vanishing Village Chapter [-] The Guider

I immediately dialed my uncle's phone number, but there was still a familiar and cold electronic voice on the other end, which did not give people any hope.

This message may not have been sent now, it was probably sent the night before yesterday, because of the network delay, it was only received at this moment.

My heart, which had been calm for a while, became irritable again.

Uncle and aunt went to a village that has disappeared, and they have lost contact for more than a day, and the idol worshiped here looks the same as that of aunt. I wonder if this has anything to do with the disappearance of the two of them?

I stood up and looked at the narrow and winding mountain road, wondering if I could leave at night?Su Han saw my anxiety, he pressed my shoulder and squeezed it lightly.

"Don't worry, it's useless to be anxious, this is their fate."

"Rob?"

Su Han nodded and said: "When you get there, you will know clearly that Zhuang Ting and Xu Chuyi spent three generations of blood in exchange for the first life together. Don't worry, they will be fine."

I looked at him in surprise, did uncle and aunt also have love in previous lives?

Su Han smiled faintly, and explained: "The two of them, the previous life was very bitter, and it is because it was too hard that they got the glory and joy of this life."

Su Han didn't give me a chance to ask questions, but only said that I would know it when I got to the ancient tree, so I had no choice but to let go of my curiosity and wait anxiously for the dawn.

I didn't sleep well all night, and I was always half asleep and half awake, with people in front of me intertwined, behind the laughter and laughter, there were also vague mourning voices, there were great joyous gongs and drums, and there were also mournful mourning.

The picture was blurred and flickering, and I heard mournful cries, sometimes distant and sometimes near, but it kept lingering in my ears.

Before I was woken up by Su Han, I saw the back of a man in a red robe, staggering forward, behind him was a mess of blood...

"What's wrong?" Su Han asked gently.

I let out an "ah", it was actually crying, a little warm liquid dripped from my face onto the back of my hand, I wiped my face in a daze, only to realize that my face was full of tears.

"I..." lowered my head, pressed my chest hard, choked up for a long time before speaking: "It's so uncomfortable."

Su Han gently wiped away my tears, and comforted me: "It's just a dream, don't think so much."

But it was really uncomfortable, like being pressed down by a huge rock with countless sharp edges and corners, it was so heavy that even breathing hurt.

Su Han silently patted my head, until I finally calmed down and said: "Such a painful dream, you will dream again in the future, just get used to it first."

"I still have this dream?"

"Few people's memories are all sweet."

In fact, I don’t know exactly what was in the dream. I only remember those messy pictures. The clearest one is the back figure in the big red wedding gown at the end. It’s that back figure that hurts me the most. I just saw, saw him. For a moment, my heart jumped.

After a simple wash, Su Han put away all the things, we both looked like we didn't bring anything, and we went on the road lightly.

At this time the sun has not yet fully risen, and half of it seems to be pulled by the mountain, and it has been reluctant to let it out for a long time.

Not far away, I heard a loud and clear folk song, the generous voice is long and deep, floating in the mountains, the echo is endless, it is very pleasant to listen to.

I turned my head and saw an old man wearing a straw hat walking up the road, and he was holding a big yellow ox in his hand.

He also saw us and yelled loudly from a long distance away, but I didn't understand what he said.

Su Han explained: "He asked where are we going?"

I directly said to go to the ancient tree.

The old man waved his hands again and again: "You can't go, you can't go, if you go, you can't come back."

I understood this sentence, so I told him that I must go.

The old man walked in with the ox, looked carefully at me and Su Han with cloudy eyes for a while, then narrowed his eyes and said: "You are young, where are you looking for death? Go back, there is still time. Which wicked person, Letting you come here is really bad-hearted."

As soon as I said this, I heard that the old man must know something, and asked: "Old man, why can't you go to the ancient tree? Why can't you come back after you said you went? Did anything happen there?"

The old man waved his hand again, and said in unproficient Mandarin: "Find out what those people do, don't be so curious, it's true to go back soon."

He didn't leave after he finished speaking, he just stood in the middle of the road leading the cow. The narrow mountain road was blocked by him tightly, unless we climbed over the cow or got under the belly, otherwise we couldn't get through.

I explained to him for a long time, saying that I was going to find my uncle and aunt in the old tree, and I had to go, but he was stubborn and refused to give way, and even lit his cigarette pouch, patting leisurely.

He kept repeating one sentence, that is, if you go there, you can't come back.

We were in a stalemate for a long time, and I became more and more anxious, threatening him that if he didn't get out of the way, I would push his cow down.

He glanced at me contemptuously, turned his head and spit: "With your small body, don't talk big, I won't let you go, it's for your own good. I have lived here for so long, and I have seen too many There are people who go and never return, that place is already a ghost village, how can people go in."

I felt that I was despised, so I rolled up my sleeves and pushed his ox. He watched calmly and coldly. Sure enough, no matter how hard I tried, the ox didn’t move at all. , and slapped me with his tail, which made my face so painful.

It really pisses me off too!

Maybe it was because I was too persistent and the old man was also in a hurry. He yelled and cursed a few times in words I couldn't understand. Seeing that I was still determined, he finally let go.

"You have to know, if you go, you can't come back!"

"If you don't come back, you will go!"

"you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure, otherwise, what am I doing here, play house with you?"

He glared at me, then flicked the cigarette pouch, and said sharply: "I really don't want to leave you. If I don't listen to the old man, I will suffer in front of my eyes."

"I beg you, just let me suffer this time!"

He sighed, and finally led the ox forward, no longer lying on the road.I pulled Su Han and ran forward, but he smoked him back with a cigarette.

"I clutched my sore shoulder and complained: "Why did you hit me? "

He glared at me again: "Sensible or not, walk behind me."

"You walk so slowly? You still want me to walk behind you, when will I get there?" I didn't want to, so I continued to push forward, and I was slapped again.

I immediately became angry, rolled up my sleeves and... reasoned with him.

He walked unhurriedly, listened to me calmly, and then answered: "Do you know the place, so you dare to go forward? I will take you there, old man. On the way to death, someone will take you, let you After death, remember the way back, let’s go.”

This is said as if we are bound to die.

However, it would be great if he was willing to take us there. Although this old man is unreasonable and likes to beat people, he looks very safe. It is definitely better to lead the way than us to go by ourselves.

It's just too slow.

He is completely in step with the cattle, and I feel like I am strolling leisurely in this green mountain.

He stopped and walked, until after five o'clock in the afternoon, the old man stopped.To be more precise, it was the ox that refused to leave anymore, no matter how the old man pulled it, it stood firmly on the ground with its four feet, and refused to move a step forward.

The old man glanced down the mountain, shook his head and said, "I'll take you here, and if you go further, you can see the ruins in the ancient tree."

I sincerely thanked him, gave him 1000 yuan, and watched him walk back.

As he walked, he said, "With this money, just treat it as my guide. If you can get it out, then walk on the road of riches!"

I didn't understand what he said, so I walked forward quickly with Su Han.

Between the mountains and fields, it was getting dark very quickly. One moment, there were still green forests and mountains, and the next moment, they turned into gray shadows. The trees, flowers and plants in the mountains lost their color, while another color was slowly rising.

It was a dim light, and on the mountainside in front, one after another lit up...

"In the ancient tree..."

Su Han murmured.