Archaeological Notes

Chapter 19 The New Team
I picked up the letter in the past, then shook it open, with a few strokes, there was a hint of haste between the lines:
Cao Xuan,

The purpose of asking you to go with me this time has been achieved. We are going to a place that you cannot imagine, and it is not something you can see.We took the equipment away, and the dry food left in your bag is enough for you to go back to the village. If we don't return within a week, you can treat us as dead and go back to Beijing alone.

Tian Pai Liu

I read the letter through and through again, and I was so angry that I just wanted to scold my mother, saying that you, Scar, have a way of doing things anyway!I've followed you to this hellish place, if you think I'm clumsy and getting in the way, you can say so, there's no need for such a high-sounding thing.In case you can't get out of that ghostly place, how will you let me live in peace in the future?

I calmed down and analyzed it slowly, and felt that Scar's matter was a bit desperate, and he was even on the verge of breaking the boat.After our two teams separated, they may have had a substantial breakthrough in their concerns, so that they didn't bother to bring me as a burden.But I changed my mind, no!When Dao Scar in Beijing invited me to come, he said that he wanted me to advise him, but the letter said that the purpose of bringing me on this trip has been achieved, in other words, I am useless.But after I thought about it carefully, my only contribution was to help them carry some bags and equipment along the way.Is this what this trip brought me out for?Then he might as well bring a buddy by his side to save trouble. There must be some other intention for inviting me at a high price, but to be honest, I have no clue what purpose it is.

After thinking about it for a long time, there was no clue, so I could only put the letter back in my pocket. This letter may have been intentionally left by Scar earlier under the brown mat where Tian Rui slept, and he carved a sand print on the trunk and asked Tian Rui to keep it. show me.I knocked my head in frustration, regretting how I slept so hard, I didn't even know when Tian Rui left.

I sat on the ground blankly, my mind full of thoughts, and I was thinking about what to do. At this moment, two sounds of "swish" passed by my ears, hitting the wooden beam behind me, and I was hit. A piece of shattered sawdust bounced out and instantly ran across my cheek. When I touched it, my hand was covered in blood.

I was stunned for a moment, and before I could figure out what was going on, the sound of bullets piercing through the entire tent could be heard endlessly. I was so scared that I immediately rubbed my head against the ground. After a while, the scene slowly fell silent.At this time, the sunlight from outside shot in through the bullet holes, and it was so bright, I swallowed, thinking what's going on?
Immediately afterwards, I heard a discussion coming from outside, and a young man shouted happily: "Boss, there is indeed someone!"

Then the gate made of the fence was kicked open from the outside, and a few menacing people broke in, picked me up from the ground and left.There was a pinch of Luo Zi, and as soon as those people pushed me into the snow, a cold thing was pressed against my forehead.

I hurriedly raised my head to look, and saw a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes, with a big back and shiny hair, holding a gun to my head.The man looked fierce, spit out the cigarette in his mouth, and said to me: "Say, where is your elder brother!"

I was a little flustered by his sudden question, thinking that he might be referring to the scar, I hurried back to him and said: "He may have left the forest farm and entered the valley, maybe he has already reached Buddha Ridge."

"Then why didn't you go in?" The big backed head was quite alert.

After thinking about it, I pretended to say, "I'm here to guard the luggage to meet them. If you have something to say, don't do anything."

The big hand with the back of the back still didn't leave my head, but asked: "Do you know the way into the valley?"

This question was asked to me. If I said that I was a little guy who was abandoned by the army, maybe he would be rude to me in the next second.I can only hold him back first, I nodded: "They told me the detailed route, and I can take you in."

Only then did he move the gun away suspiciously, and I stood up and patted off the snow on my body. When I saw the people present, I couldn't help feeling confused, and I was stunned for a moment.

The big-backed man was called the boss, and he was obviously the leader. He and five fellows were arranging equipment around, lighting up the stove and cooking instant noodles.I saw a familiar figure, and a young guy was also mixed in, it turned out to be Liu Maodi!When I was looking at him, it happened that he was also looking this way, and his eyes made contact unconsciously, and he turned his head away.There is also an old woman in a cloak, who has lost all her teeth and is enjoying herself eating a piece of roasted deer leg. When I saw her, my heart suddenly tightened. It was the old bastard who stunned me in the wooden house last night. too.

A clerk threw me my bag, and I took out a piece of cake and chewed it, my mind racing.The current tactic of delaying troops is to pretend to know the way into the valley, and then wait for an opportunity to escape halfway.This group of people appeared out of nowhere, as if they appeared out of nowhere, and they had never been seen in the village.Although the mandarin with the back of the head just now is fairly standard, it has a strong flavor of Hong Kong and Taiwan, and it is most likely not from the mainland. When I looked sideways at him, I found that he and Liu Maodi were holding a map to study the route.

I thought about it roughly, and found that there should be four groups of people in the village, Dao Scar and our group, Master Shuan's group of old men, and a group of cronies with squinting eyes. The people on the road are gone.But during this period, there were more or less involvements, for example, a grassroots like Liu Maodi, who was a younger brother with squinting eyes at first, and then turned to Master Shuanzi, now appeared in this new team in a grandiose manner .And that old woman is also plotting something with Master Shuanzi, it seems that she is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so she has to be careful.

In this way, it is very likely that this team of people was appointed by Master Shuanzi, but according to my observation, none of these people looks like a villager except Liu Maodi.All of them are Hong Kong accents, and their gestures seem to be fucking social, so I can only hear sporadic bits and pieces, and I don't understand their meaning.

After eating and resting for a while, they started to set off. The weather was fine and the most suitable for their journey.Brother Liu Maodi was wading through the snow in front with a hatchet to open the way, and we followed behind. It only took two hours to pass through this forest farm. Looking ahead, a valley suddenly appeared.

The valley extends into the distance in a conical shape, narrow at both ends and wide at the middle, with thick ice and snow piled up on the mouth of the side valley, with ice edges hanging down, it is as beautiful and luxurious as a fairyland on earth, and it is so beautiful.At the end of the valley, a mountain that looks like a woman's breast stands proudly. It is said that it is Fotouling. From a distance, it looks so similar in shape and spirit that it is impossible to find a more appropriate sentence to describe its charm.

The big back pushed me and pointed a gun at me to lead the way. I complained endlessly. During this time, they were watching closely all the way. In addition, walking in the snow was no better than flat ground, so there was no chance of escape.Scar's father's notebook may have recorded how to enter the valley, but I have no chance to see it, and now I can only cross the single-plank bridge with pregnant women—take a risk and take them in.I expected that it would be enough to just walk through the valley and lead them to Buddha Ridge on the opposite side, but things were far from as simple as I thought.

Our group is above the mouth of the valley, and if we want to go down into the valley, we have to go down a slope.The road was extremely difficult, and I stepped into the snow that was submerged in the thighs, and it took a lot of effort to pull it out. The big back was afraid that I would oil the soles of my feet halfway, so I ordered two men to tie the safety rope around my waist. On my waist, there is no chance at all.At first, I walked down the slope cautiously, but then I simply slid and rolled down. It took only half an hour to reach the bottom of the valley.

I was dragged out of a snow nest by them. I stood up and spun around for a while. I couldn’t tell the difference between south, east and north.Looking at the time, it was almost noon, so Da Beitou ordered his subordinates to bury the pot to make a meal, and lit a cigar by himself and smoked happily.

They ate a richer meal than in the morning, canned beef with batter, and when I was sitting in the snow thinking about what to do next, Liu Maodi handed it to me with an aluminum lunch box. portion.I saw that he seemed hesitant to speak, as if he wanted to say something to me, but he gave me a look, "Eat slowly."

At this time, the big back also looked at me, and grinned like a philistine: "I said, little brother, you just need to bring us into that ancient tomb and hang out with big brother and me. I will guarantee that you will eat well and drink spicy food in the future, and you will not be in trouble for the rest of your life." Sad."

Sure enough, I guessed right, this group of people also went for the ancient tomb of the Jin Dynasty, and nine out of ten it was for the huge wealth buried by the bandit.I didn't express my opinion right away, but ate with a dull head. I got off the train last night and the rice didn't stick to my teeth. Now I felt my stomach protesting violently. I wiped out a box of batter in less than a few minutes.

I kept thinking about what Liu Maodi's eyes meant just now, and I ate while thinking, until I got to the bottom of it, I didn't know what his intention of giving me the wink was.When I was about to return the lunch box to them after eating, I accidentally saw a few very scrawled words engraved on the bottom of the lunch box.

The traces on it are very shallow, and you can tell at a glance that it was carved in a hurry. There are four words: "Be careful of the soles of your feet."

I thought it was very funny when I saw it. I lifted my boots and looked, but nothing was stuck on them. I glanced at Liu Maodi, but he didn't show any expression, so I wondered if he was telling me to pay attention to snow pits on the bottom of my feet.But if you really want to say this, Brother Liu Mao would not take off his pants and fart like this, just tell me directly, there is no need to beat around the bush, there may be other meanings contained in this.

In order to prevent other people from seeing it, I deliberately scratched the words on the bottom of the lunch box with a spoon, returned it to them after I was done, and continued to pretend that I didn't know what to do.At this time, everyone had finished eating, and Dabeitou continued to let me clear the way ahead, and the rest followed me.

Looking at the snow-capped valley in front of me, I couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. Scar and the others might have entered the valley last night, but after a heavy snowfall, there was no trace of footprints.I walked ahead step by step and turned my head three times. I was extremely careful with every step. The four words at the bottom of the lunch box always appeared in my mind, lingering in my heart over and over again.

Sure enough, after walking for a long time, someone had an accident. I took the lead in the front, and the team behind became fan-shaped unconsciously.On the right side behind me, a deafening sound suddenly erupted, and the mud rising all over the sky mixed with a wave of air swept in. I only heard a buzzing in my ears, and I fell down.

(End of this chapter)