The last section of the road is particularly narrow, walking on a winding mountain road on a cliff.
There is an abyss on one side of the mountain. The driver is a veteran and the speed is not too slow along the way.
The road surface is also in poor condition. Not to mention the potholes, the mountain road has eighteen bends. The body of the car was rising and falling, and there was an abyss on the edge of the narrow road. Fatty Hu Ba, Lin Ruoyan, and the four of them were trembling with fear, fearing that they and the car would be thrown off in the next moment.
Zhang Qiling has a really good physique and is very calm. He sits upright in his seat and rests with his eyes closed.
Blind Chen couldn't see that he had really solved a lot of problems, but he was old after all. Although he had been recuperated and regained his middle-aged physique, he was still a little weak.
Fatty Hu Bayi and the two of them also looked pretty, let alone Xue Liyang and Lin Ruoyan.
Even after the transformation, Lin Ruoyan still couldn't stand the impact of the scenery and the bumpy ride.
The other people in the car may be used to it, but it doesn’t have much impact. Some are talking and laughing, and some are fast asleep.
There were many baskets of poultry on the car. It may be that people in the deep mountains often come out to sell these to subsidize their families.
"This driver is really fucking brave. He's driving so fast on this road. Lao Hu, if he doesn't come here, I'll probably die of fright."
The fat man looked down the cliff. It is the Lancang River with its rushing water.
The cliff we are driving on stands opposite the cliff on the opposite side.
Looking down from a high position, the crooked dark red river turned around the mountain and disappeared.
He closed his eyes in pain. He was afraid of heights. If he didn't leave here, he wouldn't be able to breathe.
With a basket of chickens at his feet, a Miao man wearing black clothes with red Miao embroidery on the cuffs asked in blunt Mandarin: "Looking at how uncomfortable you are, you are not used to riding in such a car, right?" Local people. Where are you going?"
Seeing that this man was a local, Hu Bayi was able to ask about the road conditions, so he said to him:
"We are... museum workers, no, we are staff of the Beijing Museum of Natural History. We want to go deep into Zhelong Mountain to collect some butterfly specimens. I wonder how long it will take before we can get off the bus at Zhelong Mountain?" < /p>
The man pointed to a gray mountain in the distance, which was blocked by clouds and mist from halfway up the mountain.
"It's not far away. You can get off the car after turning around the mountain bend in front. It just so happens that my home is also at the Snake River at the foot of Zhelong Mountain. I'm coming with you. You can follow me and get off the car in a while. "
Hu Bayi handed over two cigarettes and said, "I'll trouble this comrade."
The man rarely saw this kind of cigarette. He didn't smoke, but put both cigarettes behind his ears.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say."
Two peopleThey started chatting, and after a short chat, the car stopped. The Miao man quickly asked them to get out of the car together.
In addition to the six of them, there are one or two local women. Judging from their headscarves, flower-embroidered aprons, and white clothes, they should be of the Bai ethnic group.
A group of people walked together in the mountains for more than two hours before finally arriving at the foot of Zhelong Mountain.
There were quarry workers at the foot of the mountain, plus the villagers from the original land. Over time, a small village was formed.
After about seven or eight families, the Miao man said goodbye to them. His village is not here.
When Hu Bayi and others helped two Bai women to their homes.
It turned out to be an inn, and the older of the two Bai women was the owner of the inn.
Today happened to be the day they came back from shopping. This inn also provided accommodation for merchants who were doing tea business.
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This season is the off-season, and there are only six of them staying in the inn.
The older Bai woman is a widow, and the younger one is about 25 or 26 years old. She is her husband's sister and is already married.
After helping her sister-in-law return her things, she left and returned to her home.
It was already afternoon at this time. After the innkeeper had packed up his things and had nothing else to do, he looked at the insect catching net they were holding and said:
"You are going Are you going to catch butterflies in Zhelong Mountain?"
"Yes, we all work at the Capital Museum of Nature, specializing in collecting rare butterflies in the world. This time we are here to catch butterflies. Make specimens and bring them back for exhibition."
"It will open the eyes of foreigners who come to visit our motherland to see what kind of butterflies we have in Yunnan."
"I don't know, boss. Do you know how to climb over Zhelong Mountain?"
After Hu Bayi checked into the inn, he used a telescope to look at the towering Zhelong Mountain outside the inn. Unfortunately, the highest peak shot into the sky. , and it is impossible to tell whether the white clouds or snow gathered above.
Both sides of the mountain are also endlessly undulating.
At the foot of the mountain, there is a vast forest and a vast sea of waterfalls.
The surrounding mountains and rivers are basically the same as those on human skin. Deep in the forest behind the mountains is the tomb of King Xian they are looking for.
"If you had come earlier, you would still have an old guide from the village at the foot of Zhelong Mountain to lead the way, but he has passed away. In addition, there are rumors that the mountain is haunted, and the locals have not dared to do so in recent years. I've been there before."
The proprietress of the inn said.
"However, I do know a shortcut that doesn't require going over Zhelong Mountain, but no one has been there in the past few years, and I don't know.Can Tao still be used? "She hesitated for a moment, but finally said it.
"Please tell us the boss lady about this shortcut. Whether it can be used or not, it belongs to the boss lady. "Xueli Yang took out a hundred yuan and put it on the table.
"How can it be done? How can it be done? You don't have to give me the money, I can tell you. You just helped us raise the money all the way. something. How can I ask for your money? "
The proprietress waved her hands, and then pushed the money back from the table.
"Ms. Yang, you are bombarding our compatriots with sugar-coated bullets again. "The fat man said when he saw this.
Xueli Yang gave him a blank look, but said nothing and took the money back.
"If you want to go to the valley inside Zhelong Mountain To catch butterflies, there is a tunnel under Zhelong Mountain. There is a cave inside the mountain. You can pass through the mountain by placing bamboo rafts.
But I heard there were many dead people there and it was often haunted. No one has passed through it in recent years. "The landlady said.
Hearing the many dead people, Hu Bayi thought to himself, is that cave already the area where Mr. Wang is buried?
Human Skin Map In fact, there are two routes to enter the Tomb of King Xian, one is over Zhelong Mountain, and the other is along the Snake River and goes around the foot of Zhelong Mountain, but this road has to pass through a virgin forest.
The virgin forest is sparsely populated and full of dangers. In addition, with the subtropical climate of Yunnan, there may be many swamps with leaves in the deep forest. Coupled with various insects, mosquitoes and poisonous snakes, it is also very troublesome.
Now I heard that there is a shortcut, so I quickly asked the proprietress for details
"There are many dense caves at the bottom of Zhelong Mountain, which are said to have been dug by the ancestors in ancient times.
There were also people who had rebelled and occupied it to fight against the officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers had no way to deal with the complex terrain inside, so they came up with a poisonous plan to block all the holes and make the people inside alive. Trapped inside. ”