Cat Gu Notes

Yan, very talkative, also demonstrated to them how to use sheep bones to divination, what is good and what is bad.Chu Haiyang responded with great care.Later, when asked about the situation of Yongcui Mountain, the father shook his head and couldn't explain clearly.

The rice was almost cooked, and the aroma was overflowing. Xia Mingruo wagged his "tail" around the firepit, and his saliva flowed into a river.Father Yi saw that he was having fun, so he filled a big bowl full for him first.Xia Mingruo picked up the bowl and ate it, and went to bed after eating. He was clean and neat. Chu Haiyang was deeply impressed by the animal instinct he showed.

Although it was summer, the bottom of the valley was icy cold. Fog began to form on the river beach in the middle of the night, and gradually dispersed in the early morning. The horse team had breakfast and began to cross the river.

Xia Mingruo originally planned to take the ferry with the horse team, but Chu Haiyang insisted on using the zipline.

"I'm afraid of heights." Xia Mingruolai was on the ferry.

"You don't understand." Chu Haiyang forcibly pulled him away and tied him tightly to the zip line. "They had no other choice but to walk by water. Traveling in the wild would rather cross mountains than swim. Water is the most dangerous."

Sure enough, the two had reached the other side of the river. The caravan ferry was still circling in the middle of the river. The mules and horses neighed uncomfortably on the boat.

"Am I right?" Chu Haiyang said proudly.Xia Mingruo turned around and ran away, only Lao Huang raised his paw and said "meow" twice to show his appreciation.

Chu Haiyang said dejectedly, "Thank you for your encouragement."

An hour later, the caravan also crossed the river, and the two continued to walk with them. It was another day on the road.At night, I stayed in a family of Yi nationality in the mountains. Men and women slept in the same room. There was a big hole in the roof, and the starry sky was visible when you looked up. Next to the bed was a livestock pen, not to mention the smell.But nothing can compare to a fighter jet-sized mosquito buzzing towards you. Fortunately, these two people are used to living in the wild, and they are quite tough, so they should come here to send blood to the frontier.

The next day I got up and walked seven or eight kilometers on foot, and finally met a tractor bound for Yun County.

Xia Mingruo threw the luggage into the trailer, and leaned on the car, humming a Jiangnan ditty: "A straight purple bamboo seedling, give it to my brother to make a pipe flute... the melody of flowers is blown out of the flute, and I ask my brother, is this pipe flute good?" good?……"

He also taught the two little Yi girls in the same car to sing: "Ask Guoguo (brother), then (this) Guan Xiaoer is good or not (no) good..."

Lao Huang also shook his head along with the singing, "Meow Meow".

The little girl looked at Xia Mingruo and giggled, Xia Mingruo also laughed and gossiped: "Ashima, do you go to school? What grade are you in? Have you ever been to Beijing? I go to school in Beijing, come to me when I arrive in Beijing, and I will take you Go see ***."

Chu Haiyang stole a few sweet potatoes from the roadside field (children don’t want to learn), wrapped them in mud and roasted them deliciously when they stopped for a rest, and distributed one to the tractor driver, one for each girl of the Yi nationality, and one for Xia Mingruo. But that doesn't stop them from enjoying baked sweet potatoes together.

The scenery on the road is pleasant, the mountains are green and verdant, the tractor is rushing forward, the breeze is mixed with the fragrance of the soil, and a few wild monkeys are seen squeaking and jumping from the treetops. Unfortunately, the road conditions are really bad. It's all gone.

When Xia Mingruo got out of the car, he staggered a few steps before learning how to walk. Chu Haiyang looked at his watch and said that he had missed Sutou again, and the county guest house would never have any vacant beds.Xia Mingruo didn't care, and sat down at a noodle stall that wasn't closed, and said, "It's okay to go up the mountain overnight."

Chu Haiyang can think about it.

Unexpectedly, the owner of the noodle stall made a gesture of stretching his teeth and claws: "Go to Cuishan? What's more, there are leopards in the mountain!"

As soon as Chu Haiyang heard him speak, he asked, "You seem to have a northern accent?"

"No." The boss said, "My ancestors are from Jiaodong. During the Anti-Japanese War, my grandfather went to Burma to fight, and he came here to fight devils."

"Hero," Chu Haiyang gave a thumbs up, "Old hero."

The boss was coaxed into joy, and added a few spoonfuls of spicy pepper to their noodle bowls. Xia Mingruo was so hot that he cried, and asked tearfully, "Is there really a beast in the mountains?"

The boss counted on his fingers, wild bears, leopards, and wild boars. He also said that a few days ago, many people went into the mountains and did not come back. The township reported to the county, and the county sent people to look for it. Only the bones were left.

"A lot of people go into the mountain?"

"Hey, they are all foreigners. We locals—except those who collect herbs for a living—are not afraid to enter Yongcui Mountain."

"why?"

"The mountains are really evil." The boss asked Xia Mingruo, "Brother, do you want more hot peppers?"

Xia Mingruo waved his hands hastily, and the boss continued, "It's haunted. At night, the will-o'-the-wisps can be seen from more than ten miles away."

While talking, another person sat down in front of the noodle stall. The boss immediately pulled him and said to Chu Haiyang, "Ask him, he knows best, he is from that village."

The man was a young man in his early twenties, a little confused: "What are you asking?"

"The will-o'-the-wisp!" said the boss.

"Don't ask, I'm scared to death." The young man said.

Chu Haiyang asked: "Did you see it?"

"I wish I didn't see it!" said the young man. "You people ran desperately into the mountains one by one, and in the end you all fed the wild animals, causing us to search for dead bodies all over the mountain."

Xia Mingruo asked him: "What kind of ghost fire?"

"Blue and green," Chu Haiyang replied for him, "You don't see much?"

"Just asking." Xia Mingruo lowered his head to eat the noodles, "What if the phosphorous fire here is made of flowers?"

"That's called fireworks." Chu Haiyang was annoyed, and continued to ask the young man, "Who are the people who entered the mountain?"

The young man stopped sucking, rubbed his hands on the greasy rag, and looked up and down the two with suspicious eyes: "Just like you, with a big bag."

Chu Hailiang's certificate, the six characters "X Academy of Sciences Archaeological Institute" are dazzling in golden light, the young man squinted his eyes to look at the official seal, and his attitude immediately changed after confirming that it was true. "Oh my god, I'm finally looking forward to the people from the public house. They are all here to rob the tomb, trying to steal the treasures in the empress's tomb."

It's no secret that there is a baby in the Empress' Grave.

It was supposed to stay in the county town to wait for Sun Ming to come, but if Chu Haiyang and Xia Ming dared not delay, they went to the countryside early the next morning, and then wept farewell to Lao Huang (because there were wild animals in the mountains, Comrade Lao Huang was taken care of by the township government) ), then hit the road and went straight to Yongcui Mountain.

Yongcui Mountain is not very high, the highest peak is about 800 meters above sea level, and there is no snow line, but as the name suggests, the mountain can be described as a primeval forest specimen, with vines overgrown.

The young man from yesterday led the way for them.This young man is surnamed Chen, Han nationality, an accountant of the grain station in the township, he is not tall, dark and thin, and he is more nimble than a monkey when he climbs a mountain.If Xia Ming is not good at climbing mountains, he can keep up at first, but after a long time, he will only be able to yell.

Chu Haiyang took the opportunity to urge Xiao Chen: "Great, let's go! Just leave him here."

Xiao Chen opened the way ahead with a long machete: "Really?"

"Really," Chu Haiyang said, pointing to the back, "the monster has changed."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a scream from the "monster", and Chu Haiyang retreated angrily, "What's wrong?"

Xia Mingruo lowered his hair for a while, then picked up something from the ground.

"Gun?" Xiao Chen also rushed over, "It's okay, it's okay, people in the mountains here have shotguns."

Xia Mingruo raised his hand higher, it looked like a submachine gun in his hand.

Chu Haiyang and little Chen Qiqi retreated, Chu Haiyang shouted: "Don't believe me! Calm down, calm down."

Xia Mingruo smirked, and slowly aimed his gun at Xiao Chen: "Your, lead the way." Then he aimed at Chu Haiyang, "Your, eight-way job? Where can I find Hua girl's?"

Chu Haiyang rushed over and slapped him hard on the forehead, Xia Mingruo covered his head and screamed, Chu Haiyang snatched the gun with his hands: "There are no bullets, and it was made in the Soviet Union... Who are the people who entered the mountain? "

Xiao Chen said, "Militiamen?"

"The regular army on the front line is not equipped with this kind of gun." Chu Haiyang looked around, and found an inconspicuous dry trail of blood after pushing through the bushes. Below is the rolling Lancang River.

"It may be that the tomb robbers fought among themselves and threw the dead down." Chu Haiyang said, "Let's go quickly."

Xiao Chen became frightened: "Still...still going?"

"Nonsense!" Xia Mingruo said.

In fact, Xiao Chen didn't know the exact location of the Empress Grave, and he was confused after walking for several hours. First, he turned around a big tree halfway up the mountain: "It seems that he saw a ghost fire here..." Then he turned around a big rock: " It seems to be here again..." Finally, he pointed to the opposite mountain and said, "There."

Xia Mingruo put on a face of class struggle, Xiao Chen tremblingly admitted that he forgot.Xia Mingruo was furious: "Kill you to sacrifice to the grave!"

Chu Haiyang carried him away, searched around and found a mountain spring not far away, and walked back to set up a tent in the open space under the tree: "If you don't remember, just wait. On midsummer nights, phosphorus fires will often appear. It looks like Maybe it’s like our old Huang’s big cat’s eyes.”

When he heard that he had to wait, Xiao Chen quit.The young man is good at everything, but he is afraid of ghosts. He is a typical preschooler who has heard too many ghost stories. He is usually reluctant to let him walk at night.Xia Mingruo pointed the black gun barrel at his head and said, "Just count to three, kill him and feed the cat! Three, two..."

Chu Haiyang threw down the tent, tied Xia Mingruo tightly by his side, clapped his hands and continued to work, while Xiao Chen threw the gun away sobbing.

Xia Mingruo tossed and turned so uneasy, she kept muttering to herself.

"What's the matter?" Chu Haiyang asked angrily.

"Ocean," Xia Mingruo lay sideways on the grass, "Look at it from my perspective."

Chu Haiyang lay down and followed his line of sight.it's getting dark