C175 (1/2)
The few of them went to find the man called Xi Shan who guarded the mountain. This man was an old man with a white beard, and it could be seen that he was very respectful to Yang Jin, as he had taken the Yang family's money, but now, Yang Jin was obviously frightened, so she could not say it clearly. In the end, it was Bai Yixuan who added Yang Jin.
”What is your name?” Bai Yixuan decided to ask from the name first.
In the end, he still replied in a leisurely manner, ”This old one is just a mountain villager, there's no need to be so courteous, if you can see, just call me Wu.”
After thinking about it, Bai Yixuan still felt that the name Wu was not right, so after weighing the pros and cons, she still called the old man Uncle Wu.
”Uncle Wu, in fact, it was like this. Last night, Yang Jin's fiancee, Miss Han, went missing on the mountain. Can you help us see if she has anything to do with that tribe on the mountain?”
Then, he looked at Yang Jin and asked, ”Young Master Yang, when you came up the mountain last night, I wanted to stop you guys, but I thought that Master Yang said that you would bring a few friends with you, so did you hear the taboo in this mountain from your father?”
Yang Jin obviously didn't know, but this time, Bai Yixuan did know. Most likely, this old man had told Yang Jin's father something about this mountain, but the Master Yang had not taken it seriously at all.
Even if they touched on a taboo, they could still step out and explain themselves, why wouldn't they just kidnap him away without saying a word? Bai Yixuan still couldn't accept this incomprehensible reason, but the old man's expression was extremely serious, and she succeeded in scaring Yang Jin away.
”My father didn't tell me anything. He just told me to go up and have a look. It would be good if he could understand the rumors about the ghost. I don't understand what he did …”
”Did you light the fire yesterday?” This time Bai Yixuan did not make Yang Jin speak, but instead answered her own question, ”Since the mountain is so dark, and I don't know if there are any wild beasts, it is natural to light fires. Furthermore, we did not set the mountain ablaze, we had only lit a lantern.”
Yang Jin nodded her head from the back, and the Wu spoke, ”I had clearly told Master Yang that this mountain could not be ignited at night, why didn't you listen? ”I'm not very familiar with the people on the mountain, but I remember that my father had dealings with them, and my father had the favor of these people and agreed to help them guard the mountain. But you know, even if it's a great favor, it can't be turned into money to live on, at that time someone accidentally went up the mountain and discovered the treasure …”
”What treasure?” Bai Yixuan was curious, ”Is this the mountain's mine?”
”Yes, this is a very rare iron mountain, and because of the iron mine, there aren't any wild beasts on the mountain.” Yes, this is a very rare iron mountain, and because of the iron mine, there aren't any wild beasts on the mountain, except for people of some race.
”From then on, people started asking my father about the situation on the mountain. At first, my father kept his mouth shut, but then he was asked a lot of questions, and in addition to that, he finally couldn't bear it and told everyone about the bottom of the mountain. My father received a lot of silver and felt guilty, but in the end, he decided that he wasn't human, and in the end, he couldn't help himself and went up the mountain to tell his father about this matter. The result is, someone went to dig on the mountain, but he didn't find anything, and in the end, he was thrown down the mountain.
When Bai Yixuan heard this, she really wanted to light a candle for this school student's story, but she didn't know what to say. She still chose to shut her mouth and continue listening, but Yang Jin was a little anxious, ”But what does this have to do with those ghost stories, and why did Qian Hua disappear?”
The Wu did not answer him, but instead looked at him with a strange light in his eyes, ”Legend has it that the people on this mountain are all extremely mystical, and can live for a long time, just like a god or immortal …”
”So what does it matter?” Bai Yixuan felt that this old man was not a blind worshiper in this mountain, ”Since no one can climb this mountain, then how did this land deed spread out? This is under the seal of the authorities, it really does belong to Master Yang.”
The Wu glared at Bai Yixuan unhappily. Bai Yixuan pretended not to have seen the old man speak, and the old man sighed and said, ”Back then, there was a person who successfully went up there and got together with the son of the Patriarch of that clan. Later on, that person successfully tricked the land deed and brought it down the mountain … From then on, the people on the mountain especially hated the people on the mountain. They thought that night was sacred, and no light from the outside could break the darkness of this place. If someone did that, it would be a provocation. ”
Bai Yixuan felt that this explanation was still very strange, but she seriously thought about the manual she had memorized since childhood. Respect for other people's national customs was extremely important, so she reluctantly accepted this explanation.
Then, he silently stopped talking. However, there were some flaws in this story. For example, how did this person gain the trust of the chief's son? And how did this person descend the mountain without anyone noticing? Could this be another sad and beautiful story of love?