Archaeological Notes

Chapter 16

Not far away, the shadows of the trees were whirling, the woods were rustling by the wind, Yixiang stood there alone, like a sculpture in the ice and snow.I hastily pushed the scar, and he stood up and looked at it, but he also found it incredible. After thinking about it, he motioned to the monk: "Monk, come down with me, and catch that girl."

We were in the last section of the mine car, and the two of them got out of the car secretly under the cover of night, and made a detour to the pine forest in the distance.The strange thing is that Yixiang didn't resist at all during the whole process, Dao Scar and the others took Yixiang back to the carriage without much trouble.

After taking Yixiang back to the car, I was surprised to find that this girl looked like she was out of her mind, and I don't know what happened to make him frightened. The bloody gash pulled out by the thorns may have been caused by vigorous running on the way.With her current situation, it was hard to understand anything from her, so Scar lit the smokeless stove and heated some hot water for her to feed.After relaxing for a while, the girl was exhausted physically and mentally, and fell asleep in Tian Rui's arms.

After a few minutes, the mine cart started slowly and started on the road again. The monk straightened his hat that was being blown crookedly by the wind, and couldn't help but say something: "Hey! What's wrong with this girl? She looks like a refugee , Could it be that he was chased by Mr. Shuan Zi and his gang of sons-in-law?"

"She went into the mountain yesterday morning, Master Shuan was a few hours later than her," Scar said, "She may also have stolen a minecart, Master Shuan and his gang are probably not as fast as us, come on It is impossible for more than a dozen people to pick up the car without anyone noticing, and secondly, the car had already left when they entered the mountain.”

When I took this mine cart, my legs were so cold that I couldn’t feel it was my own. The monk also complained and asked when the cart would stop.Dao Scar said, "The car drove forward for another hour, passed a forest farm, and walked through a valley to the Buddha Ridge. It is rumored that the Buddha Head Village of the bandits was built on the Ridge."

At this moment, I had a bottom line in my heart, it seemed that I was not far from the finish line, so I tightened my clothes, but I didn't dare to sleep.Several people looked at each other in silence. Under the night, only the sound of the train was heard. The majestic and tall pine trees on both sides of the carriage stood up like giants, passing by in a flash, bringing a very heavy sense of depression to people. I don’t know if it was my illusion. Think a little breathless.As the train slowly drove into the depths of this primeval forest, my right eyelid twitched violently, and I was always restless and unable to calm down.

Yixiang didn't wake up for a long time, her hair wet with sweat was pasted on her forehead, she looked pitiful and charming, this girl was in a bad condition at the moment, she was talking nonsense with a high fever.I listened carefully and found that she murmured, "Ghost! There is a ghost..."

In this way, this girl must have encountered something so frightening that she followed him like a ghost.As soon as she got in the car, I felt that something was wrong. The monk said that this girl might be a plague and would bring us bad luck, but she was brought here with Scar's idea, so I can't figure out what she was thinking.

I paid attention to the equipment brought into the mountain this time. It was almost the full set of outfits we brought into the village. It can be seen that Scar had already carefully arranged it.I guess I can't even figure out what he is planning in this line of business. The investigation of the cause of his father's death is probably a cover and an excuse, but it is not necessarily true if he is going for the treasure.I caught a glimpse of his face out of the corner of my eye, and felt as if there was a tinge of happiness buried in it, and I couldn't restrain my excitement, but to be honest, I couldn't tell if there was such a layer.

Fortunately, there was medicine brought out this time, Tian Rui gave Yixiang an injection, and the girl fell asleep again.Fortunately, it didn't take long for her to wake up this time, and she didn't speak, but looked out of the car with a dull expression and dull eyes.

In her condition, Scar didn't get anything out of her mouth. I think even if she was safe and sound, she wouldn't reveal a word to us.As Tian Rui said before, this young girl is always pretending in front of us. At this moment, there is a vicissitudes in her eyes that are not commensurate with her age, giving people a sense of maturity, maybe She is really not as simple as we imagined.

But the development of the situation began to be out of our control. When piles of abandoned wood appeared around the mine truck, it indicated that the forest farm had arrived.It was at this time, as the mine cart moved forward, Yixiang became more and more restless and uneasy.She looked at the flashing thing outside the car with horror on her face. I quickly turned my head and saw that it was a sign made of wooden boards, indicating that this area is within the scope of the forest farm.But what didn't understand the reason for the few of us was that Yixiang covered her face and lost her voice in pain at this time, tears streaming down her face, with a look of despair all over her face.Suddenly she broke away from Tian Rui's embrace and grabbed my hand, I was so terrified that I couldn't break free, I saw Yixiang crying and saying: "Brother, I beg you, don't go in, there are monsters in the forest! The monk was a little unconvinced, and only thought she was alarmist: "You little girl, it's not the first day we have come out to play around, we must be honest children, and we are not allowed to lie."

I couldn't bear to look at Yixiang, and wanted to comfort her, but I didn't expect a sudden pain in my arm. When I looked down, I found that the girl was really scared, and her nails were almost stuck in my flesh.At that moment, I bared my teeth in pain, Dao Scar and Monk also realized something was wrong, they came to help me out of the predicament, unexpectedly this time was even worse, Yixiang tore off the hair tie on her head, There was a fox smile on his face, his eyes were wide open, and his mouth was parted with an almost crazy expression.

"Hee hee..." She danced and danced, and her joyful look made people feel weird. After laughing for a while, she began to cry again. Scar gave the monk a wink, and the monk immediately understood, and planned to sit up and recall the memory. Incense uniform.At this time, the carriage began to shake at a distance. I looked under the train and saw that there was an abyss below, so dark that I could not see the bottom. Amidst the roar of mountains and tsunami, the mine car was slightly shaken by the airflow.

When Scar saw that we were a little panicked, he comforted him: "Don't worry, the car will be safe after driving past this cliff..."

But just at this moment, Na Yixiang was neither too early nor too late, when our attention was distracted, she caught on to the carriage by surprise and jumped vigorously!I immediately thought to myself, maybe there is a cliff underneath, she is going to roll over!
The sad thing is, it was too late when we came to our senses, and the girl didn't know where she got her strength, the speed was so fast that even Tian Rui was stunned for a moment.A few people rushed to the side of the carriage and looked down, only to see a girl dressed in white falling rapidly like a butterfly with broken wings. The abyss below was like a quiet beast, holding her silently. swallowed up.

We at the scene immediately froze to the extreme, lying on the carriage for a long time without recovering from our senses, this is not a scene in the movie, a weak woman jumping from such a high place must fall so hard that there is not even a good bone left .I saw that the monk also sighed. Out of the instinct of believing in Buddhism, he could only put his hands together and exclaimed: "It's so good! I don't understand it. Let's take her into the car and don't ask her a word." , and didn’t force her to do anything, is it necessary to do this? What mistakes have been made, just confess and be lenient, and it’s enough to be honest, and I can’t commit suicide myself!”

"No!" Scar had come to his senses at this time, "We ignored a problem!"

He went on to say: "At first she was quite stable, until she saw the signboard of the forestry farm, and then the car drove in, and he became more and more strange. At first I thought she was afraid that we would hijack him, but later she said, She is dead and unwilling to enter this forest with us, what does that mean?" Scar looked straight at the carriage in front of the mine cart, and saw us driving into the forest farm as fast as an arrow leaving the string.I was even thinking, is there really some terrible monster waiting for us?When I think of this, I tremble all over, and I am full of thoughts.

Yixiang's death made all four of us brood over, and the oppressive atmosphere instantly enveloped the carriage.A few people sat together, all silent, even the monk who usually talked the most, this time he didn't talk too much, just flicked the flame in the smokeless stove from time to time, with a solemn expression.

After thinking about things in my head for a while, I found that it was a little heavy again, so I simply stopped thinking about it. I encountered some weird things these days, and I gradually became numb.Leaning against the carriage, staggering and unable to fall asleep, I just hoped that the damn night would pass sooner and the car would stop sooner.

Naturally, I couldn't sleep well, so I could only take a short nap. When I was frowning, I didn't know where the power came from. There was a violent burst in the car, and then I felt like my back was hit by a big rock. As soon as I opened my eyes, the world was spinning, and then my head was dizzy, and the whole person passed out

When I woke up, I found that the bones in my body seemed to be smashed, my mouth was full of soot, and my head was broken, but fortunately the wound was not deep, so I just bandaged it casually, and it didn't hurt.I was dug out of the coal pile by the monks. When the train derailed, I happened to be sitting in the corner of the carriage. It's fine.

The monk has long been yelling at there, saying that we are going to die before we finish our mission!That Fat Dou didn't even see a shadow, and someone in our team died, which is too damn unlucky.These days, I have become familiar with monks, so I slander him. I’m not dead yet, so I don’t take you to curse others like this.Scar told us to stop arguing, put our equipment on our backs and go quickly, otherwise it would be bad if the conductor came to check and bumped into us later, there must be a problem with the car tipping.

The carriage had been overturned on the ground, and the coal was scattered into a pile. The monk pulled out the equipment from inside, and we hurried away from the carriage one by one.I looked at my watch and saw that it was almost twelve o'clock at night. It was the coldest time in the night, and there was waist-high snow all around. It was very difficult to walk, and I was choked with cold.Scar led us around to the front of the mine car, and saw a few flashlights flickering, flickering, and at the position of the third car, we saw a thick object pressing on it.

Because of the long distance and the dark sky, I looked carefully for a while before I could see clearly that it was a giant sequoia that could only be surrounded by three people. a chunk.The derailment of the train, this thing is the culprit, it seems that what Scar said is true, this train overturned is indeed a bit strange.

Scar discussed with us and said that we can no longer stay in the snow like this. The monk was the first to express his opinion, saying that Brother Scar, you are too pertinent. If this continues, we will all become mummies, so we have to find a way overnight.Scar means that in this forest farm, there are hunting tribes such as the Ewenki ethnic group. Due to hunting and raising reindeer, the deer family has no fixed residence in the forest, and they can build very simple tents with pine wood. Home, called "Cuoluozi", we can look in the forest to see if we can stay overnight.

After making up their minds, the four of them carried the heavy equipment and continued to march. After walking about ten meters away, the scar stopped again. I saw a section of the ground five meters away on his right, a section of white flowers The tree stumps are particularly eye-catching and stand out against the color of the snow.The giant cedar that crushed the train fell over here, and judging from its end, it seemed that it was brought down by a chainsaw or something.

Scar has a lot of experience in the rivers and lakes. He said that since someone thinks of using a tree to crush the train, it is very likely to be against us. Anyway, it is always safer to leave this place.We continued to walk in the opposite direction of the train with our heads sullen. After about half an hour, we were still surrounded by endless spruce trees, and there was no one inhabited.

I couldn't stand the cold, so I suggested dividing into two teams and meeting here after an hour, so that the probability of finding the hunting tribe would be higher.Scar thought for a while, and tied a red cloth scarf to the larch tree trunk behind him, and asked Tian Rui to be with me, and he was with the monk. Regardless of whether he found it or not, he must meet up here in an hour, so as not to get separated.

In this way, the four of us divided into two teams and walked in the direction facing each other.Tian Rui is not like a monk, she talks less and still holds her face. The journey is very boring, so she just focuses on finding the hunter.When I arrived at one place, I looked at my watch. Half an hour had passed. According to our agreement at the time, it was time to go back.But there was no light around, and obviously there was no one to sleep in. When I thought of sleeping in the snow for a night, I couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

"Look!" Fortunately, Tian Rui's eyes were sharp, and she seemed to have discovered something at this moment. She pointed to the hillside at the far end and said, "It seems that someone lives there."

I was so ecstatic that I almost had to run. After rolling countless times in the snow, I finally arrived at the depression.I was so excited that I almost cried when I saw a small wooden house standing quietly in the snow, emitting orange light.

(End of this chapter)