Yin Yang Tomb Raider

Chapter 48 Vermilion Sandpaper, Miao Village
"It's handmade, and it's not under control." Lao Jiu said, "The price has doubled, of course, but it's worth it."

I looked at the gun in my hand, it was polished smooth, and thoughtful about the details: "There are still such awesome people, the guns made by hand are the same as those coming out of the assembly line."

While speaking, I had already loaded the bullet, and suddenly aimed at Mengluo. The boy didn't even blink his eyes, and he still looked ordinary, "You are really..." I really have nothing to say,
"Let's start early tomorrow morning, no problem, I'll send the car to be overhauled in the evening, and Meng Luo and I will prepare food and drink for the road, as well as my toolbox." Lao Jiu was orderly.

The three of us were divided into two teams. When sending the car to maintenance, I took out my mobile phone and sent a message to Hua Ji—"Are you okay now?"

It has been almost two months since we met last time, and there has been no news since she left. In the past two months, I often sent some messages to tell her about my recent situation and photos. I would send a photo, but I didn’t get a reply. I took a selfie and sent it, and then I sent another message—I’m going to Xiangxi tomorrow, Hua Ji, thinking of your name, as a trip for the two of us.

When I was in a state of ecstasy, a head stuck out: "Yo, it's so infatuated."

"Why did you come back so soon?" Taking a closer look, Lao Jiu and Meng Luo both mentioned a lot of things.

"I made a list, just buy according to it." Lao Jiu said: "It's not the first time to go out to play."

After preparing everything and resting overnight, we set off from the imperial capital at six o'clock the next morning, because we carried a lot of "suspicious" things on our bodies, and we had to abandon transportation such as airplanes and trains, because there was a security checkpoint , Self-driving has become a necessary choice. Fortunately, Lao Jiu and I have good driving skills. Only this guy, Meng Luo, occupies the back seat and can lie there to rest at any time. When we are tired, he will drive him away. to the passenger seat.

The rush along the way is omitted for the time being. After entering Xiangxi, the beautiful scenery is worth mentioning, especially the food along the way. Shui Ling looks like a girl in the eighteenth or nineteenth year, even at the level of a sister-in-law, and her face is also fair and pleasing to the eye.

Seeing me keep looking at the beauties on the road, Lao Jiu, who was driving, smiled and said, "Isn't he deeply in love with Hua Ji? Why are your eyes so dishonest?"

"Old Nine, don't make a mistake. I just admire these beauties from the bottom of my heart. I don't have any evil thoughts in my mind, so I can't label them indiscriminately." I said seriously: "I will wait for Hua Ji to come back. ,
Lao Jiu raised his eyebrows: "The main road is over, the next is the small road, check the map."

The car navigation could not find that place, so I took out the map and acted as a human navigator, stumbling along the way, and finally saw the Miao village hidden in the deep mountains!
The Miao village is located on the hillside. The news that Lao Jiu got was that the group of people stayed in this village. If they want to know where they are going next, they have to go into the village and inquire about it on the way here. Now because Due to the mixed living relationship, Miao villages have become a hot spot for tourism. Many Miao villages have Han people who come to do business, but this Miao village has pure Miao red roots and pure blood.

Looking at it from a distance, this Miao village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, facing south and north, surrounded by mountains on all sides, lush forests and bamboos set off the antique stilted buildings, winding mountain roads are hidden in green forests and green vines, and there is a winding stream in front of the village. Like a snake dragon lying leisurely for a long time, it stretches all the way to the mountain.

"Beautiful, really beautiful." Lao Jiu praised: "I have been to so many places, only the real nature can resonate with me."

Naturally, we didn’t wait for such a beautiful view, we drove directly to the place closest to the Miao Village, and then walked into the village. It was evening, and we were immersed in the beautiful scenery of the mountains, when a sudden burst of noise came from ahead. There was a weird voice, and we exchanged glances. We approached carefully, and saw an old woman burning paper on the side of the road. The paper was different from what I usually see. It was dark red paper with something written on it. Someone approached, The old woman didn't even raise her head, she just focused on burning the paper, Meng Luo's face sank, she didn't let us stay, and dragged us past there quickly.

Just as I was about to speak, Meng Luo's eyes changed, which was very scary. I quickly closed my mouth until I left the old woman behind me, and then I asked, "What did the old woman burn?"

"Cinnabar paper, a kind of paper that is not sold outside." Munro said.

I also want to ask, the people in the village are walking on the way home. When they see outsiders, their eyes are full of curiosity, but their expressions are indifferent, which creates a sense of distance. Most of them are elderly people. Lou, wearing cloth shoes, a turban on his head, and clothes made of homemade tie-dyed cloth, kept talking in Hmong, with a low voice.

The atmosphere in this village is a bit weird, Meng Luo reminded in a low voice: "Be careful, that mother-in-law just now is making a rope to attract ghosts."

"This place just doesn't feel right," Munro said. "People here are very wary of outsiders."

The joy brought by the beautiful scenery and beautiful women along the way completely disappeared, replaced by this gloomy feeling, I just wanted to find someone as soon as possible to ask the whereabouts of the group, Lao Jiu and Meng Luo seemed unwilling to come forward, I "wiped" it in my heart. At this moment, we had already reached the gate of the village, and a few children were playing with stones there. I had a great time playing, I dare not mess with the elderly, I am sure about the children, I took out a few pieces of chocolate from my backpack, I waved at them, and they ran over immediately.

Both Lao Jiu and Meng Luo had contemptuous expressions on their faces at the same time...

"Little friend, is there anyone like us coming here?"

The little guy had already peeled off the wrapping paper of the chocolate, and said vaguely, "I went to the hanging coffin."

Just as I was about to ask carefully, an old man rushed out, dragged the child back vigorously, and cursed in Miao language, the child was provoked into crying, and for a while, all the children ran around in fright Disperse, at the gate of the stockade, only the three of us are left!

It was at this time that the darkness completely shrouded, and it was getting darker in the mountains than outside. We wanted to go to the Miao Village to stay overnight. As soon as we walked in, a group of old ladies came up to us with agricultural tools, yelling, as if we were freeing animals. We three big men were in such a mess, we were kicked out alive!

In order to prevent us from going in again, those old women simply stood guard at the door. The wrinkles on their faces were one after another. I sighed: "I am really speechless, there is no place to sleep."

Lao Jiu turned around and left: "Did you find out, except for the old woman, who was an underage child, I didn't see any adults or elderly men."

I felt chills all over my body, not because of Lao Jiu's words, but because of the shadow that suddenly appeared on the side of the mountain road, that shadow was wearing a headdress unique to Miao women, and she was raising her hands, saluting to the mountain, raising her hands She stood up straight when she was walking, and when she put it down, she squatted down. She couldn't see her face clearly, and she had no color, but her movements were so pious and sad...

"Let's go." Meng Luo suddenly grabbed my hand and quickly walked past the woman. The moment I brushed past the woman, I looked at her and saw the blood flowing from her eyes. There was a big jump, this is hell again, hell!
Looking down, the shadow has no feet!I took a deep breath, and when I saw Lao Jiu walking over as if nothing had happened, I knew he couldn't see it. The problem of seeing unclean things like me is something I can never get rid of. The three of us quickly left the Miao Girl, got back in the car, and after getting in the car, Lao Jiu sighed: "This village doesn't welcome outsiders very much."

"What happened to the girl just now?" I asked, "And what kind of cinnabar paper did the old lady burn?"

"The old lady is playing with the ghost rope. In the Miao people, the poisonous snake is called the ghost rope. If you want to see a ghost, you can drop your tears on the leaves and let the poisonous snake eat it. Place any kind of plant next to it, making it a habitat for ghosts. After the sun goes down, burn the cinnabar paper with your birth date written on it, and scatter the ashes around the plant. I saw a ghost somewhere." Munro said, "I'm afraid that girl is her relative."

I have seen souls and ghosts, I have seen zombies, and now I don’t care about these ghosts and ghosts. "At least I know that those people have gone to the hanging coffin." I said: "Such an obvious existence, just look for it nearby Just know."

Meng Luo suddenly took out a piece of talisman and stuck it on the outside of the car window: "The girl just now was a little strange, her eyes were bleeding, such a person died in vain, it's better to block it, don't go out at night, just sleep in the car. "

Even Munro was like this, we naturally had nothing to say, followed his advice, stayed in the car honestly, turned on the heater, leaned on the car seat and took a nap, just waited for dawn, and immediately went to the hanging coffin .

In the middle of the night, I suddenly heard a rustling sound outside. I rubbed my eyes, opened my eyes and saw, under the moonlight, a girl was walking down the mountain road. The laughter, the thorns hanging from the corner of her clothes to the side of the mountain road, rustling, under the moonlight, the corners of her mouth were smiling, her eyes were shining, as if the moonlight was filled in her eyes, she began to sing, it sounded like a folk song, Singing from her mouth, it was very beautiful.

Which girl came out so late, I picked up the phone to check the time, it was already [-]:[-], the girl finally approached, there was an extra car in the mountain, she didn't even look at it, and walked straight ahead , I was puzzled, my hand was already on the handle of the car, and when I was about to open the door, Munro sat up abruptly: "Don't move."

"Shit, you're going to scare people to death." I complained, "Just say something when you wake up."

"That's the girl in the cave," Munro said.

(End of this chapter)