Chapter 088
I started to wonder if Tintin's bad words had come true again. A living person was fine just now, but now he suddenly disappeared. If he was a ghost, it would be understandable, but this is a living person. Even if he jumped out of the car, someone would definitely notice it.
I ran back to Ding Ding and the others. Seeing how flustered I was, they asked me what was wrong.
I told them about the disappearance of the Yin Banner, but they were obviously not as surprised as I was. They just frowned in confusion, and the little ghost said that he must be afraid that we would go and find him, so he hid himself. Even though the train is narrow, it would be difficult to find him if he really wanted to hide.
Ding Ding nodded and said, let's see, if there is no problem, why hide and arouse suspicion.
Perhaps it was because I had a lot of contact with that person, but I was still a little worried, so I went out to look for him again, but there was really no trace of him.
After we came back, the train was quiet. The kid had fallen asleep. Only Ding Ding was there eating instant noodles. He had eaten so much during the day, but he was still hungry at night. I couldn't stand the smell. I quickly climbed onto my bed and fell asleep.
I tossed and turned for a long time, thinking about the Yin people blocking the road just now, thinking about the Yin Banner, and when I closed my eyes, my mind was full of these things, which made me feel miserable. Later, I simply waited until dawn , and when I was really sleepy, I fell asleep.
Fortunately, nothing else happened during the rest of the trip. When we came out of the train station, we all looked a little disheveled. We hadn't washed properly for several days, which made us feel very uncomfortable.
After getting off the train, the three of us ate something at a fast food restaurant next to the train station, and then discussed what to do next. In the end, we decided that no matter how messy we were, we would go to the street to buy some things that might be needed, such as replacement clothes, cigarettes, food, and things that Tintin used to exorcise ghosts. We also had to prepare a few ghost mounds to avoid any situation that would endanger the hanged ghosts and the little ghosts.
After filling our stomachs, we set out to go shopping. On the way, we bought a map of the province from the vendors near the train station, but after looking at it for a long time, we couldn't find Jiuye. The kid said that it was just a village, so it wouldn't be marked on it. Fortunately, the information left by Mrs. Jiu mentioned that this place was probably outside a certain county town. Although there was no exact route map, we asked around, rented a car in the city, prepared our things, and groped our way to the county town.
I looked at the distance, it was still quite far, and the road conditions were very bad, comparable to my hometown, the road was narrow and there were a lot of bends. At our speed, it would take about seven or eight hours to get to the county town.
I originally thought that the kid and I would take turns driving, but this guy actually told me that I don’t know how to drive this kind of car.
I was surprised and told you that you were pretty good at riding the ghost car.
The little ghost grinned foolishly and said that, except for him, no one can let the ghost car go, but the ghost car is just obedient, it will go wherever I tell it to go, and I don’t have to do it myself.
I was helpless, but Ding Ding was very excited and clamored to be the driver. I thought about Lin Tian's car and felt traumatized, so I decided to give up. He was very unhappy and occupied the back seat again, with food all over his body, and he was unwilling to share any with me.
In the end, I managed to hold on for eight or nine hours by myself. I took a short break in the middle, but I felt so tired. According to my previous experience, such a long route would require two or three drivers to take turns, and it was really difficult for me to do it alone.
When we arrived at the county town, it was almost seven o'clock. Fortunately, it was summer and it got dark very late in the southwest. It was not until around eight o'clock that it started to get completely dark.
We found a place to eat something and asked the waiter about the way to Jiuye Village. However, when we asked, others said they had never heard of this place. We were dumbfounded and thought that if we were not fooled by Mrs. Jiu, then there must be something wrong with the information.
I remembered Ding Ding's problem of having a poor sense of direction, and hurriedly asked him, "Are you sure you remembered the wrong location?"
Ding Ding patted his chest and said it was impossible. I wrote it down as soon as I heard it.
Seeing the tone of Tintin's promise, we all felt a little embarrassed, thinking that we had finally come to this place, why did something like this happen.
After we finished eating, we wandered around the city for a while and asked many people on the way, but almost no one knew where Jiuye Village was. We had no choice but to find a hotel to stay in and then do research.
I thought about it in the hotel. Mrs. Jiu asked me to come here, so she would definitely not fool me. And the things that happened on the way made me feel that this place must exist. After thinking about it for a while, I posted a question on the Internet here. I waited for a long time, but few people paid attention. Occasionally, there were a few replies, but they were all spam.
I had given up hope, but unexpectedly, my hard work paid off and I really got a piece of news. The person who replied said that in the mountains west of the county, a few of them went camping and got lost. After walking around, they finally found a village. He was not sure if it was the one I was asking about, because the village was very small and too remote, with no name. It seemed that the people inside would basically never come out in their entire lives. Although it was very backward, fortunately the locals were kind.
I thought about his description and thought this might be the place we were looking for. The southwest is more backward than the east, and it is more plateau-like, with many mountains and many ethnic minorities. I have also read a lot of news about primitive tribes found in the mountains. Although Jiuye Village is not that backward, the people in the city don't know about it. There must be a reason for this. They have inconvenient transportation and are almost self-sufficient in such a small place. And there is a lack of cultural education, and few people are willing to come out.
I quickly replied to express my gratitude, and then asked the person who replied about the specific route, but he said that he actually couldn't remember it clearly because the road there was too difficult to walk on. It was the locals who took them to the main road, and then they walked back by feeling their way.
I saw there was no other way but to ask him about the route he took when he went camping. Since they got lost, we could look around and maybe we could find them.
The next day, after checking out of the room, the three of us set off. We had to find a place to park the car because, after all, this thing would be of no use in the mountains.
We studied the information I had gathered and asked local people as we moved forward. The sun was very strong here, and there were many low houses in the county town. We could almost see the mountains in the distance.
The three of us are used to living in the city, and usually we don't do any exercise except running wildly when we are escaping. Climbing this mountain is really killing us. We have to take a break after walking a short distance, and drink water frantically. At first we thought we had enough water, but now most of it is gone after we haven't walked far.
After finally reaching the place mentioned by the netizen, the three of them lay down directly. Ding Ding complained a lot, saying that he regretted it and would never come again!
Even the little ghost couldn't stand it and lay on the ground like a dead dog. The only one who was better was probably the hanged ghost. It seemed that there was no change in him.
I rested for a while, got up from the ground, and looked around. The mountain was full of bamboos, and there were even more next to us. They were so dense that they completely blocked the sunlight. However, this also made us feel much cooler and less uncomfortable.
The bamboos around me rustled and sang when the wind blew. I really liked this feeling. It was primitive and good in every way. But I enjoyed it, but the little ghost and Ding Ding on the ground were not as happy as I was.
The two of them frowned, with miserable expressions on their faces. I glanced at them, and before I could react, I heard the little ghost say, "The scenery is so beautiful that even ghosts like to look at it."
I subconsciously asked what it meant.
Ding Ding explained that bamboo forests are places where ghosts tend to linger. This is common sense, Tan Xi !
I spat in disgust. What common sense! We ordinary people are just looking at the scenery. Only you charlatans will feel unlucky wherever you go.
But before I could finish my words, I was suddenly stunned. I saw a woman in the bamboo forest behind them, not far from us, peeking out from behind the bamboo branches, looking at us curiously.
This woman was very strange. Her whole body seemed to be growing inside a bamboo. I saw her head sticking out from behind the bamboo branches, with her long black hair scattered in the air. However, I couldn't see her body behind the bamboo branches, which were as thick as her calves. There was only a head, with no other parts visible.
Ding Ding and the others saw my expression, turned their heads to look, and then immediately got up.
The little ghost frowned, looked at the woman, and then asked me, "Is this the Bamboo Girl? The woman buried in the bamboo forest?"
I was so scared. I'm not an encyclopedia of ghosts, so who the hell knows what this thing is!
Ding Ding took two steps forward, tilted his head and looked for a while, saying it was very strange, isn't it that bamboo girls only come out at night...
Who knew that just as he finished speaking, his head seemed to lose its support and fell to the ground with a "bang". I felt like I saw a head rolling, as if there was a long belt dragging behind it.
The little ghost and Ding Ding were startled and turned around to run. Before I knew what was happening, I heard the little ghost yell, "Damn, this is a beautiful snake! Don't talk to her!"
Just as I was about to open my mouth to respond to him, I heard the head shouting at me, Tan Xi...
I got goose bumps all over my body, but I didn't have time to take back the words I wanted to say to the little ghost, so I just said, "What?" I didn't expect that the beautiful snake would say it right after me. At that moment, I suddenly felt my heart beat violently in my chest, and I could hear the sound of "boom" clearly. I was about to take a step and run with them, but my body seemed to have lost the ability to move, and I fell to the ground with a "bang"!
