The three-day waiting time has passed quietly, and tomorrow is the agreed meeting. These three days were considered peaceful, and nothing special happened. We repeatedly speculated about the purpose of the organization's next meeting, as well as Gu Yueman's safety. But after all, there is no result!
At dinner time, the food was tasteless, and I just repeated the task of filling my stomach in a dull manner.
Aaron sat down at my table and stood in front of me holding a bowl of rice wine. "Thank you for saving me!" He was a little awkward when he said this, and then he drank the wine in one gulp, and got up to leave again.
When I saw Aman sitting next to the patriarch, I turned back to me and said, "The person she likes is you, I don't care who you are, but if you make her feel wronged, I will definitely not be polite to you! You saved my life, I will kill you first and then go down to apologize to you!"
After he finished speaking, he slowly walked to the seat opposite me and sat down, and began to drink non-stop.
I was stunned on the spot for a while, Er Fatty pushed me and laughed, "He really regarded you as a rival in love! But I didn't expect to be rescued by his rival in love. I'm afraid he is planning to withdraw from the competition now. is you!"
"Stop talking nonsense here!" I hurriedly interrupted him, and glanced at Su Muyan with a guilty conscience, and was relieved to see that she was not unhappy.
Er Fat probably also knew that he had said something wrong, so he ate his meal resentfully.
Uncle Gu and the patriarch were discussing the countermeasures for tomorrow, and Er Fatty touched me again, "Little Jin, the way down the mountain from this village is blocked. I tried to go out, but I couldn't find the way when I got to the middle of the mountain." Every time I get lost, the road is different. But when I go up the mountain, I can get out very quickly, it’s really like a ghost hitting a wall.”
"Maybe it's a ghost hitting the wall!" I took a mouthful of food and said casually.
Er Fatty pulled my arm closer, "Master Gu said it wasn't a ghost hitting the wall, someone did a magic trick below here, using powerful Taoism combined with a magic weapon to set up an enchantment. As long as a person enters If you get to the range of the enchantment, you will be confused, your brain will be disturbed, and you will never be able to get out.
Either this person revoked the enchantment, or he was stronger than this humane technique and could not be confused. But even Master Gu couldn't do it, it seems that this person is too powerful. "
"Master Gu can't do anything about it?" I put down the bowl, feeling a little helpless, "Looks like we can only wait until tomorrow!"
"Yes! If you can save Gu Yueman, that's her!" Er Fatty's gaze turned to Aman, and I knew what he meant, but Aman must not be handed over to that organization.
If Aman can't be handed over, how can Gu Yueman's life be rescued
Obviously the meal was not a happy one, we finished early and went back to our room. Uncle Gu talked to me at night, it turned out that besides protecting the Gu girl and rescuing Gu Yueman, there was another mission on this trip.
Uncle Gu held the water glass and didn't drink for a long time, "Xiao Jin, this matter is very important, maybe it is related to the survival of the entire department. Uncle Gu took out a sealed letter and handed it to me. I gave it to you, I thought it would not be useful, but now things are too complicated, and the full moon has revealed your identity again, I think you need to know."
Seeing Uncle Gu's serious expression, I became serious too. After opening the letter and reading it, I couldn't help being dumbfounded. It turns out that another mission of our trip is to find Chi You Miao Nei's spies.
"But how does Master know that there are spies in Chi Youmiao?"
"There is one thing you must not know. Your master and Chi Youmiao's patriarch are old acquaintances. The patriarch wrote to your master about the spies. At that time, the people from this mysterious organization had not come to the village, so the patriarch Only then did he have the opportunity to send this letter without telling the clansman.
But after I came, I didn't feel anything unusual. Until last night, the patriarch mentioned it again. And the object of his suspicion is Aaron who you rescued before! "
"So Uncle Gu also thinks Aaron is suspicious?"
Uncle Gu shook his head, "Anyone is suspicious. Without conclusive evidence, we can't conclude that it must be Aaron! Let me tell you, I want you to be mentally prepared. After all, Chi Youmiao does not belong to the department. isolated, but none of us know what's going on inside.
Lao Sun believes in the patriarch, but in my opinion, we should pay attention to everything!
This task was entrusted to us by Chi Youmiao's patriarch, and we didn't want to get involved in this matter. Now it seems that if there were no traitors in the stockade, this organization would not have seized the way into the stockade so quickly.
If we don't find out this person, all our actions in the future will be restricted! "
I nodded, I understand Master Gu's meaning. Things have reached this stage today, and they are no longer in our control. Any doubts require us to carefully scrutinize and figure out carefully, so as to avoid unnecessary sacrifices!
Uncle Gu patted me on the shoulder, "I discussed it with the patriarch, and he has promised to let the Gu girl help us. I'm afraid there will be a tough battle with that organization tomorrow! Didn't Chairman Mao say that, Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Although we don't have guns, we still want to make those bad things disappear completely in our peaceful age! Xiao Jin, I believe in my grandson's vision, and I believe in you too!"
The words were heavier than anything, weighing on my shoulders and smothering my breath. I am not afraid of death, but I am afraid of failure. I am afraid that my failure will hurt more people!
"Uncle Gu, I will do my best!"
"Little Jin, at this point today, whether Yueman can be rescued safely is no longer the most important thing! Do what you should do, and let me do the rest."
I know Master Gu said this because he didn't want me to have any pressure, but after all, Gu Yueman sneaked into that organization for the sake of the department, how could I ignore her life or death!
But Uncle Gu didn't plan to speak to me, so he turned and went back to his room.
Only then did I realize that time is not a lover, even a person like Mr. Gu has been aged a lot by time. In fact, he wants to save Gu Yueman more than I do, but he has a greater love in his heart.
Just as I didn't ask him how to clean up the female ghost who got on Aaron's body, because I know that Uncle Gu will not show mercy. For the sake of people's peace, what he lost is not only his wife and daughter, but also his husband. with fatherhood.
That night, I tossed and turned, and didn't sleep well for a long time.
In the middle of the night, I suddenly heard footsteps passing by my window. I was not asleep at first, so I sat up. The footsteps got closer and closer, and finally stopped outside my window.
"who?"
Su Muyan also sat up, "It seems to be Aman!"
"Aman?" I was a little puzzled, so I immediately got up and opened the door to go out.
Aman was wearing Miao people's special costumes. When she saw me, she was slightly surprised. Just as I was about to speak, she immediately covered my mouth, pulled me to the back of a big tree, spread her palms, and handed me I am a piece of paper.
"What's this?"
"I was just about to go to sleep when I saw a black figure flashing past the window. I was worried that someone might sneak into the village, so I went out to check, but I saw that person standing at your window. I wanted to catch this person, but was caught He found out, he left this, and I haven't had time to see it!"
I opened the ball of paper and vaguely looked at the words on it by the moonlight: If you want to save Gu Yueman, come to Houshan now.
"People from that organization asked me to go to Houshan!" I said after taking the note. But I know very well in my heart that this note is probably not done by someone sneaking in, but a traitor in the village.
Aman's face changed slightly, "Houshan?"
"What's wrong?"
"The back mountain is the place in our village to bury the dead clansmen, how could we make an appointment there!"
I felt a little more at ease in my heart, and it would be even more suspicious if the appointment was really in a place for no reason. On the contrary, the more dangerous the place, perhaps we will be safer.
"Aman, take me to the back mountain!"
Aman hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.
Su Muyan and I followed Aman all the way, and within a few steps we realized that we were being followed. Looking back, it turned out to be Er Fatty. He scratched his head in embarrassment, "I came out to go to the bathroom, and I saw you guys sneaking around there, so I followed to see."
I stared at him without saying a word, and he felt guilty, "Well, I heard you say that someone asked you to go to the back mountain, and Gu Yueman was also there, so I followed. I was worried that she would be in danger Besides, there are many people and many helpers, no, I promise not to cause you any trouble.”
My serious and tense face suddenly relaxed, and I smiled at him, "Okay, I understand your thoughts!"
Aman didn't know what we were talking about, frowned slightly, and pointed to the front, "Stop talking, the front is the back mountain, which is a forbidden area in the village. Unless someone dies, no one is allowed to come! This is also the most sacred place in our village." Please keep your voice down so as not to disturb the souls of the ancestors in the village."
When Aman said this, Er Fatty couldn't help but shivered. He pushed me, "Since it is the resting place of Chi Youmiao's ancestors, Xiaojin, why don't you go ahead! Anyway, you are also a Taoist family. You and them Get familiar."
I was angry and funny, what do you mean I should be more familiar with them...
We are not far from the back mountain, but we are there after a few steps.
I didn't get close and didn't notice it before, but now under the moonlight, seeing the coffin on the stone wall, I suddenly felt a chill in my body, which spread from the soles of my feet to the top of my head.
After the Miao people died, they used the method of cave burial. The coffin containing the remains of the ancestors was hung high above the stone wall, one end was embedded in the rock, and then fixed with a wooden frame. I know a little bit about it, but when I look at it from a distance, those large and small coffins occupy the entire stone wall, which still shocks me a little.
At the end of the coffin, there is a cave, and there is a faint light in it.
I pointed there and asked, "What's in there?"
Aman looked in the direction of my finger, "That's where the remains of Gu girls from all ages are stored!"
"How do I get there?"
Aman was startled, "It won't work there, you can only enter that place after the death of the Gu girl. This is the rule in the village, I can't break the rule!"
Er Fatty said anxiously at the side, "rules are dead, people are alive, your village is being targeted by people now, why do you care about the rules? The most important thing is to save the lives of the people! Miss Aman, you Take us there, there may be people from that organization hiding there. There is no one guarding this place, they are elusive, if they do something to your ancestors inside, it would be really disrespectful. "
In fact, it is not unreasonable for Er Fatty to say this. There are so many coffins here, if they are used by someone with a heart, and a large number of ghosts are attracted, I really can't deal with it alone. And the person who led us here has not appeared until now, only there is a faint light in the cave, maybe he is waiting for us there.
"Aman, for the sake of your people and everyone, I hope you can make an exception!" I almost begged her, but she seemed to be very persistent.
"It's not that I don't want to, it's that you can't go to that place, and I can't go either! In this place, only the last Gu girl died, and the next Gu girl will be buried in it. The next time, I can only enter when I die.
I can't break such a rule, if something happens, no one can afford it.
Our Chi Youmiao Gu girl, in my generation, can no longer be as powerful as before. If I die, we Chi Youmiao will have no Gu girls. Maybe you think Gu girls are not very important to a village, it's because you don't understand.
Once the village is not protected by the Gu girl, it will soon be annexed by other villages.
This is just like the outside world, where the weak prey on the strong, and this is true in any era. Sorry, I can't take this risk with you. "
"Then how do you want to take us there?" Er Fatty was getting impatient.
I thought that if Aman said this, he would definitely not agree. I thought, if Aman is really unwilling, then Erpang and I will find a way to get there. But as soon as Er Fatty asked this, Aman was a little shaken.
"You will agree to whatever I say?"
I hastily interrupted, "I can't marry you, we are both women, how can we marry you!"
Aman bit his lower lip, "Okay, I can take you there, but I need one thing!"
"What?" Er Fatty approached and asked.
"Phoenix blood, I need Phoenix blood! Just a little!" Aman gestured with his hand.
"What do you want Phoenix blood for?"
"For my people!" Aman looked at me firmly.
I also looked at her, then nodded without hesitation, "Okay, I promise you!"
Su Muyan pulled me, feeling dissatisfied with my impulsive answer. I know she is worried about me, but I want to know Gu Yueman's whereabouts even more.
Especially seeing Uncle Gu's disappointed look tonight, I don't want anyone to die because of that organization. I couldn't protect anyone before, at least this time, for Master Gu and Er Pang, I must save Gu Yueman.
After getting my affirmative answer, Aman agreed to take us into the cave.
This hole is on the opposite hill, and I can't see any rope ladders. Aman walked to the edge of the cliff and pulled a wooden handle standing beside him. This thing is quite exquisitely made, and the gears meshed with wood make loud noises as Aman shakes.
After a while, a wooden ladder came up from the lower end of the cliff.
When the three of us stood on it and slowly descended from the cliff, Er Fatty exclaimed, "My God, I didn't expect this kind of wooden ladder to exist here."
Through the stratus clouds, I saw the suspension bridge connecting the two places. Hidden under this cliff, no wonder no one can find it. If I find my way by myself, I am afraid I will return in vain.
"The wisdom of human beings is infinite, there is only the unthinkable, and there is no one who can't do it!" I couldn't help but sigh with emotion when I got off the wooden ladder.
After passing the suspension bridge, we still need to climb up a distance of a hundred meters along the wooden frame extending from the coffin on the stone wall.
I was very worried about the strength of these wooden frames, but Er Fatty was afraid of the remains in these coffins, so he kept bowing to the coffins covered with stone walls, "No wonder, offended, offended!"
The distance to climb to the entrance of the cave is a physical effort. The wooden frames are too far apart. Fortunately, Er Fatty said that I can barely reach it, and it is very difficult for Aman to climb up.
She looked down at her feet, her hands were trembling, I held her back and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, it's only a hundred meters away, and we'll be there soon. So you go up first, follow Erpang, and I'll be behind you Protect you, don't look down, nothing will happen!"
She trusted me very much, she nodded and moved away from me little by little to the wooden shelf next to me, and I supported her feet underneath, lending her a little strength, and then reluctantly went Move up.
When we arrived at the cave, all three of us were exhausted and paralyzed on the ground.
But before I took two steps, Su Muyan pulled me with a pale face, "There is something inside here that prevents me from entering!"
"What? Is there a ghost?" I asked nervously.
She shook her head, "It's not a ghost, it should be a Buddhist thing."
Aman suddenly thought of something, "By the way, there is a golden Buddha enshrined here. It is said that it is the golden body of an eminent monk who was enlightened hundreds of years ago. This thing has been here since our village came here. I I heard from the Gu girls of the older generation that this golden Buddha can protect the Gu girls in the cave and protect us Chi Youmiao. So this golden Buddha has been kept inside without moving."
Su Muyan sighed, "No wonder! I'm such a ghostly ghost, I can't touch myself."
I saw that Su Muyan's face was very ugly, and I didn't want her to force her, so I dragged her to sit at the entrance of the cave, "Yan'er, wait for me here, I'll go in and have a look first."
Su Muyan clenched my hand and shook her head vigorously, "No, in case there is danger inside..."
I hurriedly reached out to cover her lips, "If there is any danger, I will come out immediately. If I haven't come out before dawn, you can go to Mr. Gu. In short, we need to keep someone alone."
Su Muyan still wanted to argue with me, so she couldn't help looking at Erpang, who immediately took a few steps inside, "Gu Yueman is in danger, I can't just stand by, I must go to save her."
I smiled helplessly, grabbed Su Muyan's hand and patted it lightly, "If you let him stay now, he won't stay either. Love is indeed a great thing, otherwise we wouldn't go firmly To today. Don't worry about me, I'll be out soon!"
Seeing that she couldn't persuade me, Su Muyan had no choice but to give up!
I really want to kiss her and give her the best tranquilizer, but since there are people around, I have no choice but to give up.
I looked back at Su Muyan, waved at her, and followed Aman and Erpang to continue into the cave. The cave is winding and winding, and above the stone wall in the cave, there are many coffins fixed on high places.
I haven't counted them in detail, but at least there are more than a dozen coffins here.
The stone walls of the cave are slippery, the ground is also very slippery, and there is a long-term corrosion smell in the air.
When they came to a corner, there was a coffin lying on the ground. The bones inside were smashed to pieces, and the coffin was also damaged. I stepped forward to check nervously, worried that something might happen.
I looked up at the top of the coffin, and there was still a broken half of the wooden frame sticking out. Presumably the wood was corroded, and it couldn't bear the weight of the coffin before it fell down. A false alarm made me feel even more uneasy.
When Er Fatty was at the entrance of the cave, he still swears, his courage is commendable. Now seeing the dry bones exposed on the ground, I was so scared that I couldn't speak for a long time, and kept pulling on my sleeve and refused to let go.
Aman didn't show that much fear. Facing the bones on the ground, he stepped forward to pick them up respectfully, put them in the coffin, and bowed down to salute.
It can be seen that she is full of respect for the bones inside.
These are all the same as her, Chi Youmiao's voodoo girls. I think this may be a kind of spirit and a kind of inheritance in the Chiyou Miao nationality. In her generation, this kind of inheritance is likely to be interrupted, and I can't help feeling a little sorry.
Except for watching her deal with Gu Yueman's puppet that day, I still don't know how powerful the Gu girl's Gu skills are. But I think, this may be the same as our Taoists, it is very rare to find a suitable Taoist to pass on one's own Taoism.
It's no wonder that the Gu girl's status in the clan is so high.
It's just that with the progress of the times, voodoo girls are rare now, and maybe one day, Taoists who really have the ability to exorcise ghosts and evil spirits will disappear.
With such a sigh, I walked through the cave for half an hour, and saw only two or three fallen coffins along the way, and I couldn't see any traces of souls in these coffins.
The heart that was hanging in the air was a little more relaxed now. No ghosts, which is probably good news.
Walking to the end of the cave, the space inside is extraordinarily large, and the faint light seen from the entrance of the cave comes from here. With the refraction of water light on the stone wall, it becomes dim when it reaches the entrance of the cave.
Standing here now, the light is not too dazzling, but it is like daytime. Take a clear picture of the cave. At a glance, the entire cave is shaped like an awl, with an old tree in the middle, and the vines of the old tree stretched all the way up to the top of the cave.
At the highest point, there is a golden Buddha. I looked at the golden Buddha carefully. The light in the cave seems to be coming from this thing.
I bowed respectfully to the Golden Buddha, and continued to look around.
Er Pang was speechless in surprise, "This is too amazing. I didn't expect Chi Youmiao to have such a place. Although the bones are a bit scary, seeing this scene seems to be like coming to another world. .To be honest, this is the first time I have seen such a place, and it was a worthwhile trip!"
Aman also knelt down and bowed to the golden Buddha, "I only came here once, and that was when the previous generation of Gu girls passed away. Our Gu girls passed on from generation to generation, and after the previous generation of Gu girls died, I personally buried them in. Heh, I don’t know if there was anyone there for the funeral when I died.”
What Aman said was very desolate, I glanced at her, and she smiled at me. Then he got up suddenly and ran to me, pulling my arm, "However, I don't want to die yet!"
Shocked by her move, I pulled my arm away, hurried to Erpang's side, and pulled Erpang, "Don't walk around, there are many coffins besides the golden Buddha! Don't bump into them!"
Er Pang, who was not so scared at first, heard what I said, and cursed in fright, "Little Jin, don't scare me! I, I'm here to look for Gu Yueman, I'm not afraid!" Er Pang said He said, but both hands still hugged my arm tightly, "Hey, that, I'd better go with you!"
I am very satisfied with his performance, at least being pulled by Erpang is better than being pulled by Aman.
The entire cave can accommodate hundreds of people, and once inside, the smell of corroded wood will fade away.
The words engraved on the stone wall are all Buddhist scriptures. I think it must be the original masterpiece of the owner of this golden Buddha. It's a pity that some places were destroyed by the embedded coffins because Chi Youmiao's Gu girl was to be buried.
After scanning around, I was particularly interested in the coffin under the Golden Buddha.
"Aman, whose coffin is that?"
"She is Chi Youmiao's most outstanding Gu girl, and it is also because of her that Chi Youmiao has been able to hide from the world for so many years, otherwise Chi Youmiao would not exist now."
I nodded, my heart was full of curiosity about the coffin, and there was always a voice whispering in my ear, asking me to get closer, get closer. Let me search for those who sleep there.
As soon as I got closer, my heart beat faster, and when I was about to climb up the tree vines, Er Fatty suddenly grabbed me, "Little Jin, what are you doing! It's important to do business, you have to run up to do it!" What? Do you still want to steal other people's golden Buddha?"
I was taken aback for a moment, only to realize that I had unknowingly stepped on a tree vine and climbed to a place where I couldn't get up or down.
What happened just now? I'm under illusion? Impossible, the bottom can be seen at a glance, there is no one at all, why do I seem to be manipulated by someone
I squeezed my hand quietly and pinched myself hard, the pain told me that this was not a dream. I was really stumped by something just now!
I don't dare to relax, I'm afraid it's not that simple.
I began to regret that I left Su Muyan outside alone, and I also began to worry about her. When I think of Su Muyan, my heart also throbs, as if someone stuck a needle in my heart, it hurts me so much that I really want to reach out and look inside. But I can only hold my heart and take a deep breath.
"Come and see, here is a note!" Aman's words made me temporarily divert my attention, and the pain in my heart disappeared.
Erpang and I moved closer to Aman and looked at the note in her hand.
Gu Yueman is in the coffin, whether you can find her alive depends on your ability!
It is obvious that someone hid Gu Yueman here in advance, and this note is written by the same person as the handwriting on the ball of paper that Aman gave me before.
I took a deep breath and looked up, "There are nine coffins here, it's not easy to find Gu Yueman."
"Xiaojin, are you sure Gu Yueman will be in one of these coffins?"
"It should be, and it is very likely that she has been locked in since she was discovered. There is no need for this person to lie to us. We don't have much time left. Maybe he just wants to see when we find Gu Yueman , Gu Yueman has already..." I glanced at Er Fatty, and didn't say any more.
Er Fatty clenched his fists, "I will definitely find her, she must still be alive!"
"These coffins are doomed, and normal people can't live long. If you search blindly, you can only gamble on luck. There must be something we have overlooked!" Aman reminded.
Er Fatty has already started climbing from the side of the stone wall, "I'll leave these brain-intensive things to you, I'll try my luck first! I can't all wait here, I can't let Yueman have an accident!"
Er Fatty gritted his teeth and began to climb towards the lowest coffin. At this moment, his fear of ghosts had been completely forgotten. All he thought about was Gu Yueman, and this belief supported him and made him fearless. I sighed slightly, I still can't let it go!