Chapter 44: Ghost Fire in the Deep Mountains
"Xiao Gao, Xiao Wang, this is the map drawn by Xiao Cheng, you guys take a look too."
After Elder Xue and the others finished telling Fatty and I the situation, they brought the map that Cheng drew before he passed out over to Fatty and I. And Fatty and I took the map and looked at it carefully.
This map Cheng drew very simple, is to our camp as the center of the drawing, it marked the four directions of southeast, northwest and north, and in the camp of the southeast direction of about 30 kilometers, Cheng drew a creek, the creek behind there is a mountain, the mountain is marked the murderer of the two words.
"OMG why is this terrain so familiar, it's not the area that we both went to today Gao right?"
Fatty yelled after looking at the map at that time, and I pretty much affirmed Fatty's statement after estimating the directions on Cheng's map and the number of kilometers on it.
According to Cheng's simple map, the approximate bearing he drew was really the area that Fatty and I were looking for today. As for the creek labeled on the map, I carefully estimated the distance and bearing labeled on the map, and was also almost certain that it was the creek that Fatty and I saw in the mist today.
"En, it's pretty much the same area we went to. And that creek is probably the one we saw in the mists."
I responded to Fatty. And at this moment, as soon as Elder Xue and the others heard Fatty and I say that we had been to the location on the map, they immediately surrounded us and asked us about the situation.
In response, we naturally had nothing to hide and told the series of things that happened today. And Master Xue and the others were all bright-eyed after hearing this, the terrain in this big mountain was complicated, and the map drawn by Cheng was very simple and difficult to find. But now with what Fatty and I had said, our search route would be simple. After all, Fatty and I had been there before.
"Alright, since Xiao Gao and Xiao Wang have been to the directions on the map, let's move immediately!"
After Fatty and I finished talking about the situation, Elder Xue also immediately suggested something, while we naturally had no objections when we heard that.
After all, that murderer was only recuperating from his injuries, not lurking, and if time dragged on, he might shift his orientation, so at that time, after we discussed it briefly, at around 4:10 pm, me, Elder Xue, Fatty, Zhan Luning, Wei Sanjun, and the twenty Special Forces rode off on a motorcycle.
This time our team of people are lightly loaded, and I and Fatty is also familiar with the route, so the trip is still very fast, that day we only used about two hours, the sky is just about to be dark, came to the misty area again.
At this moment, the fog in this area was no longer as dense as it was at noon, so our vision was not much restricted, and at this moment, all of us in this thinning of the fog, we also saw that at the end of that creek not far away, about one kilometer or so, there was indeed a small mountain, presumably the one that was drawn on Cheng's map.
"It should be this mountain, Elder Xue, Brother Wei, let's get off the bike and walk up the mountain to search. Otherwise the sound of the motorcycle is too loud and will easily alert our opponents."
At that time after looking at the terrain, I proposed up, and the crowd heard no nonsense, have all got off the motorcycle off, at the same time as the special forces of the Wei three guns in a look at the terrain also proposed: "Xiao Gao police officer, Xue old man, this mountain terrain is very complex, almost all around is a large forest, we go up like this to search even if we found the murderer is also very difficult to ensure that the capture of the sex, so I suggest that we better split into two teams. So I suggest that we had better split into two teams to carry out a front and rear encirclement search, so stable."
Wei three guns proposed, and we heard also agreed to nod, in the search and capture, Wei three guns is a professional. So at that time, under Wei San Gun's opinion, we also immediately divided the people into two groups and started to act.
Among them, I, Fatty, Zhan Lu Ning with a team of ten special forces, from the back of the mountain to encircle up. While Elder Xue, Wei San Gun was leading the other ten special forces to search from the front.
In this way all of us started a deep mountain search under the dim night sky.
"Ughhhh mamaa evil ah, why is it cool in this mountain."
Just after circling around to the back of the mountain, the fat man in the group started muttering again, saying that the mountain is evil. I was speechless, the temperature of course fell at night, and this has nothing to do with evil or not evil?
Ignoring the muttering fat man, we continue to start searching. However, we haven't searched for a long time, the fat man yelled again.
"Oh my god, look at that thing, it looks like a ghost fire. It's flickering!"
Fatty said with a start, and then also pointed to the location of the mid-levels, to which we did not ignore him this time, this fat man, although usually godly, but never lie, is there really a ghost fire?
I thought in my heart, at the same time also along with the direction of the fat man pointed to look, and indeed in the position of the mountain's mid-levels, we saw that there is a little bit of fire swaying, hidden, in this dark night is really a bit like a ghost fire.
"Oops, it could be fireflies."
Just when we looked at the ghost fire, Lori spoke, a look at the eyes of the magician looked at us, to us look a burst of embarrassment, a group of big men is not as good as a little girl, how to forget the mountain fireflies more than it? I said: "Don't be paranoid, continue to find the murderer is important."
Finished, we do not pay attention to the hidden ghost fire, continue to carefully check the search, but this next search is more and more wrong, as we continue to climb up the mountain, even saw the previous point of the fire is getting brighter and brighter, and along with the swaying of the fire, we also vaguely heard some people singing loudly. This in the dark night really made us all pinched a cold sweat.
"Oh my god, I told you, this mountain is not right! There must be ghosts!"
Fatty said, began his superstitious theory, and this time I did not refute him, after all, this situation in the middle of the night, really alarming. However, I still said: "Everyone do not mess, now in the end what is the situation can not be said, we go over to see the situation again."
I said repeatedly, without jumping to conclusions, and at the same time also brought everyone closer towards that fire, wanting to go and see what the situation was, but this look was a surprise to all of us.
At that time, as we continue to move forward, the things in front of us are getting clearer and clearer, and at this moment we found that the fire on the mountain is really the light of the fire, and that song is actually from a group of savages mouth out.
That's right is the savage, in this mountain peak of the halfway position, there is a village, this village looks a little old, a hundred or so like, the windows are with paper, and at the moment in this village, there are a group of wearing animal skin pants savage, surrounded by the fire loud singing, dancing, very lively look.
To be honest, at that time to see this scene we are frozen, according to reason this deep forest, how can someone exist, are these all primitive people? Just like the savages in Shennongjia?
"Hehe, you guys see if that's not Old Grandpa Xue, he's in that group too!"
Just when we were thinking about how there could be someone here, Lori suddenly pointed at the group of savages and spoke, and at this moment we took a closer look, and sure enough we saw that on a large stone table next to the fire, Old Grandpa Xue and a group of them were actually sitting there, talking and laughing about something with those savages, giving us all a confused look.
"Ughhhh mama what the hell is going on here, why is old man Xue still eating here."
Fatty muttered, while I said: "This is not really good to judge what is the situation, but we go over to see on the know know, right all be careful, the pistol's insurance open, just in case."
I said, then led my team into that village, and at this moment Master Xue and the others immediately greeted us when they saw us come in.
"Xiao Wang, Xiao Gao you guys are here too, I was just about to send someone to look for you."
Saying this, Master Xue walked over, while we immediately asked Master Xue about the situation, to which Master Xue said that they also saw the fire and came over, and only under the conversation did they realize that this group of people were the Baiyue people who came in to escape the war in ancient times.
"Baiyue people? What kind of people are these?"
Fatty asked at that time, and Master Xue also explained to us, he said 'Baiyue' this is the Qin and Han period of the Central Plains people of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the south of the region of the race of the collective name, at that time the Qin and Han period, or even earlier during the period of the Warring States, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is not a country, are a number of tribes and races, and due to the large number of races, only to be collectively called Baiyue, or Baiyue race, or Yue. Taking the meaning of hundred races.
After the Warring States period, the Qin Dynasty, in order to unify the world, began to go south to conquer the Hundred Yue, and completely united the Hundred Yue in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and established the three counties of Nanhai, Guilin, and Xiangxian, which is also known as the 'Qin conquest of the Hundred Yue' in history. And these savages, is in the 'Qin conquest of the hundred Yue', to avoid the war fled into the mountains, generations have been here to survive, have never gone out, so still retain the ancient way of life.
Elder Xue explained to us, and I listen to this moment also finally remembered this morning I and fat man's motorcycle why in this attached to a broken bowl to the tire puncture, it turns out that here for generations has been inhabited.
"You are all together? There are really a lot of distinguished guests today, all come over and sit down."
Just as we were talking with Elder Xue, an old man in this village with a white beard came over and warmly invited us.
In response, we naturally were polite with this old man for a while, but when everyone wasn't paying attention, I was secretly pulling a hand on Elder Xue, I said, "Elder Xue, we still have business to attend to!"
I reminded Elder Xue, but in response, Elder Xue smiled, then said, "Don't worry Xiao Gao, how could I forget about this. This mountain is no one more familiar to Bai Laoyou and his fortress than them. Just now, I've already asked Old Bai to instruct him to call all the people from their walled village over and then help us look for them, so it's much better than us searching with this number of people!"
Elder Xue said, and we heard also, this murderer hidden in the mountains is indeed difficult to find, if we have these locals to help, it is much better to find.
So listening to Elder Xue say so, we are also slightly put down the heart, and the fat man heard for the time being do not have to go, immediately happy, then grabbed the table on a ko boar leg to eat, eat is full of oil.
"Several foreign guests, may I ask if the outside is still the world of the Great Qin Dynasty now? We, the White Clan, have been in this mountain valley for generations for I don't know how many years, and we don't know anything about what's going on outside."
That village chief was very hospitable, and at the same time was also very curious about things outside. And when we heard that naturally also not stingy that little know things, the Chinese five thousand years up and down the history of this old village chief told a little.
This old village chief is a war sigh, even said I did not expect the outside change so fast, they from the 'Qin conquest of Baiyue' to hide in the mountains, has been afraid of the Qin soldiers and generals of the ferocious, and have not dared to go out. But now it seemed that it was holding them back themselves, causing them to fall too far behind the times.
"Old friend Bai, you don't have to think that way either. Isn't it the same wherever you live, although this place doesn't have the flowery world outside, it's still peaceful isn't it."
Elder Xue seemed to be very talkative with the village elder Old Bai Tou, saying that he even comforted Old Bai Tou, and also said that when our mission is completed this time, if these people want to go out, Elder Xue can also help arrange it so that they can integrate into society as soon as possible.
At this, the old white head was naturally very grateful, saying that their Baiyue white race had wanted to go out at all times over the years, and that they would ask for our help this time.
At this moment, I listened to the conversation between Master Xue and the old white head, but suddenly thought of one thing, the Qin conquest of the Hundred Yue, the Hundred Yue race, the Hundred Yue white race, the Yue Yu Wang Tomb, what is the connection between this?