Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 30 The Gate of Hell

The three of us had a meal together that night, agreed to be a partner, got up early the next day, and went straight to the bus station in the county.

I originally thought it would be a bus to go to Fengtou Village, but the three of them waited for a long time in the morning breeze, but they only waited for a half-old, dusty van to arrive. The driver was in his thirties. Stuttering, with a cigarette in his hand, he yelled: "Go... go to the ghosts, people in the ghost village, please pay attention. Open at eight o'clock, drive, don't...wait when it's over." Come on, Fengtou Village has a reputation for being haunted. It's so loud that no one calls the name of the village anymore, so it's simply called a ghost village.

Tofu went up to ask about it, and Gu Wenmin and I listened to it. The more we listened, the more anxious we became, because it was too difficult to communicate with this stuttering driver.

Right now is not the peak season for tourism. There are not many tourists in the county, and even fewer people go to Fengtou Village. With such a shout, there are only three passengers. The driver thinks it is not worthwhile to carry three people, and asks us to pay a high price chartered car.

I was quite generous in spending money. I paid a car for 500 yuan, and the three of them carried their luggage and drowsy in the rickety car to catch up on sleep.

Because we got up too early, the three of us got into the car without talking, and each closed our eyes and fell asleep. When I woke up, the car had already left the county town and was driving on a winding mountain road.

I was still reluctant to part with Duke Zhou, so I half-opened my eyes and glanced out of the car window, and I couldn't help but tremble all over, and instantly woke up.From the car window on our right, we can see a cliff, and under the cliff is the boundless, stretching virgin jungle, which is green and eye-catching.

The old winding mountain road has a narrow road surface and a steep slope. With the same old van, the vibration is strong and frightening. I am afraid that the car will skid and roll down the cliff.

In the distance, there is a sprawling mountain range. With the driving of the car and the change of sight, the distant mountain range is like a giant dragon, sometimes hiding its head and sometimes revealing its tail.We were the only car on the road, and our group was surrounded by mountains and mountains, and we felt isolated from the world for a moment.

The car hadn't been taken care of for an unknown amount of time. Gu Wenmin felt a little stuffy, so she opened the car window, and the violent mountain wind came in, making her loose hair wobble, and the turbid breath inside the car also dissipated. a lot.

Tofu looked at the mountains in the distance and asked, "What mountain is that?"

I turned my eyes away from Gu Wenmin's chiseled face, she was looking at the scenery outside intently, she didn't seem to notice me, so I said casually: "Usually I want you to draw more landscape paintings and less nude models , you don’t listen, you don’t know. This is the famous Wuling Mountains, which straddles Hunan, Hubei, and Guizhou, and where the three rivers converge, it has always been known as the Southern Dragon.”

Gu Wenmin laughed and said: "In the Taiyuan period of the Jin Dynasty, Wuling people fished for a living. They walked along the stream and forgot the distance of the road. Suddenly, they came across a peach blossom forest, hundreds of steps across the bank, and there were no miscellaneous trees in it. Colorful. The fisherman is very different."

What she was talking about was Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring". I didn't understand what she meant when she suddenly recited this, so I heard her say: "The Wuling people who accidentally broke into the paradise here refer to the people in the Wuling Mountain area. People. This mountain range stretches for hundreds of kilometers, surrounded by Wu, Qing, and Guizhou rivers, and the terrain inside is complex. So far, many places have not been explored. The scenery is very good, and it is a paradise for photographers.”

After listening to Tofu, he slapped his ass flatteringly, and gave a thumbs up: "The photographer Gu Da is knowledgeable. I understand when you say that. I can recite "Peach Blossom Spring" too. Listen to me and I will recite it to you... "

This kid was only interested in showing off in front of beauties, so he didn't even think about it, who the hell would recite ancient Chinese to others when picking up girls?
We were having a good chat here, when the driver suddenly stammered and said: "Ahead... we are about to reach the gate of ghosts, women... when you pass by... no, no, no, No……"

He couldn't speak the last sentence.

Tofu was showing off his knowledge in front of the beautiful lady Gu, and when he heard the words, he scratched his ears anxiously, and said, "What the hell is there, and there are people with this name? Why can't women pass by there, you should make it clear."

The driver was also in a hurry, and typed a word for a dozen times, and the more anxious he became, the more he couldn't speak, his face flushed.

In the end, he simply stopped the car, closed his mind into one, opened the thermos cup on the side, took a few sips of water, and seemed to have regained his composure, and said, "That, that ghost gate is very evil. Anti, anti, anyway When a woman goes there, if she speaks, it will rain immediately, and when it rains, strange, strange things will happen."

Gu Wenmin's slender eyebrows raised slightly, seemed to be a little surprised, and asked softly: "Is there such a thing?"

Tofu looked at the driver suspiciously, and said, "I said, old man, people don't take such things. Where does it rain when women talk? Then I bet you, if it doesn't rain for a while, the fare for this trip will be reduced." You can't take it."

Hearing this, the driver glanced at Tofu angrily, probably out of anger, and spoke smoothly, saying: "Whoever wants to bet with you, you don't need to bet on this matter. Many, many people didn't believe it before. I made a bet, but I lost. I don’t need to bet with you with my life. How old are you?”

There is a saying that there must be a reason for the wind, and there must be a reason for it. I didn't believe it before, but now I heard it, and my heart couldn't help beating. I didn't want to cause more trouble at this juncture, so I looked at Gu Wenmin and said: "When It's time for us to not talk, don't delay, hurry up and get on the road."

Gu Wenmin just nodded with a smile, the car restarted, and the car fell into silence, but the eyes of the three of them couldn't help looking forward, wanting to see what the place called the gate of hell was like.

Soon, a protruding thing suddenly appeared on the side of the cliff beside the winding mountain road ahead. They were some rocks, but the strange thing was that the shape of the rock was just like a gate, and there was a human face in the door. Due to some distorted shapes, it looks like a ghost, extremely ferocious.

This naturally formed strange face, which looks like a ghost, just looks down at us on the winding mountain road, just like an evil spirit is about to come out of the door.

Tofu suddenly realized, and said that this is the gate of hell. He was very restless, poked his head out and said to the grimace on the cliff, "Hey, come on, come down." The reliable character was amused, and he seemed to want to speak, but he probably thought of the driver's words again, so he closed his lips again.

I kicked Tofu and said, "Be quiet, if it really comes down, you'll be scared to pee your pants." This kid has a very bad personality, he's less courageous than a mouse, but he likes to make trouble.

After being kicked, Tofu held his butt and calmed down a bit, and opened his mouth to attack me personally. We were used to bickering, and the car gradually approached the range of ghost gates while we were talking nonsense. Gu Wenmin kept listening to my tofu nonsense, Occasionally, a smile appeared, which was particularly pleasing to the eye.

Our two eyes met unintentionally, and suddenly, Gu Wenmin's pitch-black eyes widened suddenly, as if he saw something unbelievable, his expression that was originally smiling, suddenly became a little frightened.

I was taken aback by her reaction, she was looking at me, am I scary?Before I could open my mouth to understand the situation, the next second, Gu Wenmin rushed towards me and shouted, "Get down!"

The van was already narrow, and the three of us were sitting in a row. She threw me down, and I was pressed down by her, and my face was buried in her belly. I only felt a soft touch, accompanied by a faint fragrance. Nostrils, but before he could react, the driver complained and said, "Ouch! Why are you talking!"

I noticed that Gu Wenmin was holding my hands tightly, as if he was getting nervous, I couldn't help but struggle slightly, and lifted myself up, only to find that Gu Wenmin also looked astonished.

Although he didn't get along with her for a long time, this person has always been relatively calm and gentle, but at this moment, there was a trace of panic on his face, as if he seemed at a loss for what to do.

She suddenly asked me to get down just now, could it be that there is something behind me?
I turned around subconsciously, and what I saw was Tofu's dazed expression, so I pushed his head away, and then I saw the car window behind, through the car window, there was a bushy cliff outside, don't nothing else.

After the driver finished speaking, he looked a little nervous, and immediately poked his head out to look out the window, as if he wanted to see if it would rain.The morning light was still bathing outside, the driver seemed to be relieved, with a complaining expression, but he probably couldn't say serious things to such a beautiful woman as Gu Wenmin, so he spoke more gently, saying: "Look, it looks okay Son, forget it, let's go, go on."

Gu Wenmin nodded, didn't speak, but still stared at me.

(End of this chapter)