death row

Chapter 3 Death Warning
Looking at the devil's claw again, it seems to be impatient, digging faster and faster, the four of us all pointed our guns at the exit where the devil will appear, anyway, it doesn't matter if it is useful or not, as long as it dares to provoke Let's hit it first and then talk.

With a crash, a fat head emerged from the snowdrift, and after looking at each other for a while, it was confirmed that it was a person.

We immediately put our hearts back into our stomachs. He seemed very happy to see us. He stood up from the snow and said with a smile, "How many of you are the People's Liberation Army who came to save lives? Thank you to the government. I can be regarded as saved." .” When the fat middle-aged man said this, his face was trembling with excitement.

"Don't get excited, what happened to these four soldiers? Did you kill them?" Lei Zhen said coldly.

"My mother, how many of you can kill four soldiers with guns in one shot? I am a shepherd herding sheep in the Chenke Grassland."

Geographically speaking, the Chenke Grassland is the neighbor of Lily. Although it is called "grassland", it is actually inaccessible, but there are many Mongolian herdsmen living in the outer periphery, so there are indeed some shepherds who choose the Qinke Grassland for herding. field.

"Since you are a shepherd, why are you here?" I asked.

"Alas! I was very unlucky. A few days ago when I was grazing sheep, I met a group of soldiers. They forced me to lead the way to Bai Hezi, saying that if I disagreed, they would kill the whole village. They all held the old guns in their hands. I was afraid that they would kill people and have no choice but to bring them here.”

These words immediately aroused our vigilance, Gou Changqing said: "What kind of soldier are you?"

"It's definitely not the People's Liberation Army. The hair and beard of the People's Liberation Army must be tidied up, and the military uniforms are also clean and tidy, but those people are dirtier than me. It can’t be the People’s Liberation Army, it’s a bit like bandits.” We immediately understood that what he was talking about was a group of rogue bandits in the border area. people.

"How did these four soldiers die?" Gou Changqing asked.

"I don't know. When I came here, I saw four dead bodies. There was one alive at the time. I don't know what happened now. Later, we were attacked by wolves, and we were scattered in a daze. I had a thick leather jacket on me. I just hide under the snow, otherwise I would have been swallowed up by the wolves." Speaking of this, he thought for a while and then said: "By the way, there was a soldier present at the time, who was arrested by those people. Already, what those soldiers mean is that they are planning to use this living soldier to coerce someone."

"Coercion who?" We asked in unison.

"I don't know, they don't come to me when they discuss things."

After asking about the situation, we deliberated and believed that he was a shepherd, because the simplicity and simplicity in this man's eyes could not be faked, so we asked him to go back to the village to find the villagers to take away the soldier's corpse. He refused and said: "Comrade soldier, it's not that I didn't realize it. This place in Baihezi is very evil. I've heard old people say that there are not only monsters, but also a pair of male and female gods sleeping in blood coffins. Nine lives, if some poultry and livestock get lost, they will starve to death at the entrance of Baihezi and will not take a step in. You guys will look at the four sacrificed PLAs and you will know that it is not nonsense. You four should not go in, black It's too dangerous in the pine forest."

The sheepman's words confirmed the existence of the vermilion lacquer coffin, and he further explained clearly that there are a pair of fierce gods in the coffin. Although I can't fully believe this, I still can't help but feel hairy.

But no matter how scared Yuriko is, we can't turn around and leave like him. We must rescue the soldier who was kidnapped by the mercenaries. Even if he dies, we have to bring the body back. the goal of.

Except for some snowfield areas, most of the Baihezi landform is covered with wild black pine forests, so when we entered the forest area, the light immediately dimmed. Every black pine tree here grows huge, and the huge trunks and branches are all black. The black color is as if withered, so that the overall feeling of the huge forest area is lifeless, like hell.

Although it was daytime, there was always a white mist in the forest area, so we couldn't see very far. We walked carefully, always feeling that there was a stone on our hearts, and the whole person felt very depressed.

After walking for a while, Lei Zhen said: "Third brother, it is said that tomb robbers can judge whether there are ghosts or ghosts in an area from the topography and environment. Is this true or feudal superstition?"

"Feng Shui Xuan said that it is not a feudal superstition. One of the concepts is actually easy to understand, that is, the reason why there must be ghosts in poor mountains and rivers is that this kind of place is inaccessible. Plants must grow luxuriantly in places where there are no people. Plants will naturally multiply. A large number of herbivores will be produced, which will correspondingly increase the physical quantity of carnivores, so some long-lived cold-blooded animals will live for a long time, and the body size will naturally become larger. I heard from my parents that they have a companion Once, an ancient tomb was discovered in the depths of a barren mountain. When planning to excavate it, a colleague who knew Feng Shui warned him not to act rashly. Fortunately, this man was not too confused. He went down to the tomb wearing this clothes. As a result, he found five huge geckos in the ancient tomb. Jing made ancient tombs into nests, and some tomb robbers were swallowed alive by the geckos lurking inside with their sticky tongues as soon as they entered."

"Damn it, my back is numb just thinking about it, what is that dress made of so useful?" Lu Yufan frowned.

"This is the special clothing for tomb robbers. We call it the invisibility cloak. The principle is to wipe some urine from the creatures in the cave to cover up the human smell on the body, so that it will not become a monster's meal."

"It sounds like your business is quite exciting, not the kind of mud legs full of yellow mud that ordinary people understand." Lei Zhen laughed.

"Tomb robbery is a very technical job, not to mention how to discover ancient tombs buried deep in the soil with only a pair of naked eyes, how to dig holes, and how to prevent traps are all particular. Ordinary people can't be tomb robbers. .”

Just as I was talking proudly, there was a strange ringing of bells in the empty and dark forest area, and everyone's complexions immediately changed, and they each looked for a hiding place to prevent unexpected accidents.

The ringing is intermittent and not urgent, it seems to be in sync with the mountain wind.

Sudden bells ringing in this kind of place is definitely not a normal thing. After distinguishing the direction of the sound, we quietly approached in two groups, and followed Gou Changqing's order in front of a huge black pine forest in the middle of the forest. The people surrounded the tree from both sides, and before they could say "don't move", they saw a headless soldier's corpse hanging upside down behind the tree.

On the upside-down left hand of the headless corpse, there is a strangely shaped bell, which jingles in the breeze.

The skins of dozens of thick black pine trees around have been peeled off, and someone wrote four bloody characters in bright red on the log-colored trees, "Those who enter will die".

(End of this chapter)