Lawyer An rested for a long time before he slowly recovered. Zhou Ze also felt uncomfortable.
In conclusion,
Two people,
When you first enter a place full of mystery and danger,
We haven't encountered any real crisis yet.
They almost killed each other.
However, after this delay, the noise outside the cave became even louder.
There were people urging people to drink, playing drinking games, singing operas, and even reciting poems and composing essays. They were having a great time.
Zhou Ze and Lawyer An looked at each other, and both of them adjusted their states and had to go out.
Outside the cave, the view was bright and open. A red carpet was spread out, and on top of it was a banquet the size of a football field.
There is a large square table with an even larger round board on top, on which are placed drinks and food.
There are benches on both sides, the kind that can seat three or four people. People living in commercial housing rarely use this kind of chairs nowadays.
In conclusion,
The feeling here is like a wedding in the countryside.
It’s just that when people in the countryside hold weddings or funerals, they like to clear a piece of land first, build a shed on top, and place tables and chairs underneath. The area above the picture here is a rock wall, full of potholes.
But there are many lanterns hanging on the rock wall, which make the place brightly lit.
There were many people sitting at the table, drinking and chatting.
Some people were dressed in rags and patchwork, like beggars;
Some people wear official clothes, made of silk and satin, and are plump and white;
Some people have braids on the back of their heads.
But some people are still wearing suits.
But the suit looked a bit old, a bit like the oldest style of Zhongshan suit.
There were crowds of people, everyone was drinking, eating, making noises and laughing.
There were women in skirts who kept bringing up new drinks and food, rushing back and forth, so busy that they had no time to rest.
There were two others who walked directly past Zhou Ze and Lawyer An. They obviously saw them, but did not react. They just slightly turned sideways to let the figures pass by.
"Is this a ghost banquet?"
Zhou Ze spoke.
In this underground tomb,
Where do so many living people come from
besides,
Even if there are so many living people,
Where did you get so many weird clothes
Zhou Ze had seen a similar scene before, when he first met Madam Bai.
When Zhou Ze went to the wasteland where Madam Bai was, there was a banquet being held and many mountain spirits and wild ghosts gathered there.
But compared with what he saw before him now, the grand ceremony that Mrs. Bai had put on at that time was nothing.
"Although it's all real and fake, true and false, it's a bit too big." Lawyer An smacked his lips, "Boss, the miasma, plus this scene, makes me feel like I'm on the edge of death.
I think if I poke further, I’ll hit not the center of the flower, but a hornet’s nest.”
"Let's take a look first."
Zhou Ze signaled to Lawyer An not to panic. In fact, it was not surprising that Lawyer An was panicking, because Zhou Ze was also a little panicked, especially because he knew that the person in his body had just come out and would not come out again in a short time, and his greatest support no longer existed.
The two found an empty table and sat down.
There were a rich variety of dishes and wines on the table. In fact, the two of them had some snacks in the car, and then they followed the wild animals in the mountains for most of the night, so they were indeed hungry.
But no matter how delicious the food on the table is,
Zhou Ze and Lawyer An, two old-timers, will never be touched.
Where in the valley below this desolate countryside could all these delicacies be found? And even out-of-season vegetables, is that possible
Zhou Ze remembered that at Mrs. Bai's banquet, Xu Qinglang ate quite a lot, but when he found that the bowl was full of earthworms and other things, he vomited miserably.
Whenever someone passed by their table,
Zhou Ze and Lawyer An picked up their glasses.
"Haha, eat and drink well."
"Haha, drink and eat well."
After the person leaves, put down the cups together.
"What is the approximate route? Do you have any estimate?" Zhou Ze asked.
"Let me put it this way." Lawyer An counted on his fingers, "Anyone who can pull off such a scene must be at least on the level of the Black Mountain Demon in A Chinese Ghost Story."
"First try to find out if Lin Ke is here."
Zhou Ze made up his mind. He had come thousands of miles to find Lin Ke, and it was impossible for him to retreat when he encountered danger. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a waste of time
At this time,
A group of people sat down at the table where Zhou Ze and Lawyer An were sitting, chatting and laughing.
After seeing this group of people, Zhou Ze and Lawyer An's eyes lit up.
What the hell,
How come even the foreigners showed up
Yes,
The seven people who sat down were all foreigners with blond hair and blue eyes. Two of them had exaggerated wavy hair. One of them was a foreign girl with a wild charm.
These seven people are all wearing camping clothes, and the style is somewhat similar to that of early American western films.
After the foreigners sat down, they started chatting, drinking and eating meat, and seemed very familiar with each other. While Zhou Ze and Lawyer An were looking at them, they were also looking at the two "Chinese" sitting at their table.
Fortunately,
Both Zhou Ze and Lawyer An were well educated, and they spoke English, so the two could still understand each other.
But when I heard words like "President Roosevelt", "bitch", "fuck Republicans" from them,
Zhou Ze and Lawyer An looked at each other.
"These Americans must have died a long time ago. They probably came to China for camping and exploration before World War II, and they all died here?"
Lawyer An guessed.
“No, it should be earlier.” Zhou Ze shook his head and continued: “The Roosevelt they are talking about is not Franklin Roosevelt, not the one who launched the New Deal;
Franklin Roosevelt was a Democrat, but they were scolding the Republicans. It should be Theodore Roosevelt, who was a Republican a few decades earlier. It was probably the members of the expedition team who came to China and died between 2001 and 2009, at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
“… …” Lawyer An.
At this moment,
Lawyer An seemed to feel the fear of being dominated by the academic bully.
"Boss, no wonder you were single in your previous life. You spend all your time remembering this. How can you find a girl?"
Lawyer An said somewhat sourly.
"Who told you to sit here?"
At this time,
An old voice sounded from behind Zhou Ze and the others.
The most important thing is,
Neither Zhou Ze nor Lawyer An sensed when the owner of the voice was standing behind them!
The two turned around and saw an old woman in a black robe with a big red flower on her chest. The wrinkles on the old woman's face were denser than a beehive, and her pair of green eyes were sunken in loose eye sockets, and could not be found without careful observation.
"You look so unfamiliar, how come I haven't seen you before?"
The old woman's eyes seemed to widen a little as she asked the question, as if those two soybean-sized beads were about to burst out from within the loose pile of flesh.
Before Zhou Ze and Lawyer An could figure out how to respond to this,
The old woman continued to scold:
"This table is prepared for the souls of our foreign friends. What qualifications do you Chinese ghosts have to sit at this table?"
“… …” Zhou Ze.
“… …” Lawyer An.
At this moment, the sound of gongs and drums was suddenly heard outside. The atmosphere at other tables nearby suddenly became lively, and there were bursts of cheers, as if some important person was about to appear.
The old woman's attention was also drawn there.
She seemed to have something to do and couldn't delay for too long.
When she turned her attention back to the table,
But he found that Zhou Ze and Lawyer An were having a great chat with the seven foreigners at the table, especially Lawyer An, who even touched the foreign girl's hand. He was telling some foreign jokes, which made the foreign girl laugh non-stop.
Seeing this scene,
The old woman's expression softened a lot.
There was no more to say.
Instead, she hurried to the busiest place to do the reception. She had a lot of things to do and had no time to pay attention to a few wandering ghosts.
There are quite a few people coming here to eat and drink today, but it doesn’t matter. It’s a happy day after all, so let’s have some fun.
Zhou Ze and the foreigners next to him criticized the Republicans harshly and then sat down.
Lawyer An also sat down as he had no interest in the foreign girl who had been dead for more than a hundred years.
"Boss, it seems like someone is getting married."
Zhou Ze nodded. The foreigners did have some news. They said someone was getting married today and they were invited.
"This ghost marriage is quite grand. It seems that all the lonely ghosts and wild spirits in this mountain area are here. The old woman who was in charge just now looked like a fox demon."
"Fortunately, we are not living people." Lawyer An said with a smile, "We are not afraid of being exposed."
Just then,
The old woman actually came back, followed by a fat man who was surrounded by a crowd of people.
They came to this table on purpose.
"Pour the wine, toast!"
The old woman whispered to Lawyer An and Zhou Ze.
Lawyer An nodded immediately, picked up the wine jar, and poured wine for the seven foreigners first.
When the wine was poured into the bowl in front of Zhou Ze,
Zhou Ze gestured, indicating to pour less.
Lawyer An nodded, indicating that he understood.
Then Zhou Ze saw that the bowl in front of him was filled to the brim.
A lot of it overflowed.
“… …” Zhou Ze.
Only a tiny amount was poured into Lawyer An's bowl.
Everyone at the table toasted together.
When the big man surrounded by seven foreigners toasted him,
Looks very happy,
Very face-saving,
My heart seemed sweeter than honey, and I also revealed a sense of trepidation.
This important person must be an official of the Qing Dynasty,
His knees were broken by the foreigners, and he's still this scared even though he's a ghost.
Lawyer An muttered to himself.
When toasting,
He picked up the glass.
Then suddenly I was bumped into.
The bowl in his hand fell to the ground.
For a time,
Everyone at the table looked at him.
Lawyer An was a little embarrassed.
He immediately indicated that he would pour the wine again and toast.
At this time,
Zhou Ze beside him directly picked up the large wine jar.
Put it in front of him!
“… …” Lawyer An.