Chapter 23:

As Zhou Xin said, the way up the mountain was difficult to walk and find, thorny and overgrown with weeds, and it was only a month away from the police going up the mountain to survey the mountain. The road that had been taken was actually covered by weeds.
Zhou Xin led the way, using his feet to set out a way for Jiang Yu and Chen Ke. The blood marks on his hands and feet made Jiang Yu very embarrassed.
Zhou Xin smiled honestly, "It's okay, my skin is thick and thick, and it doesn't hurt. It will be fine in two days."
It was at noon when the sun was shining, and the road up the mountain was slow. Chen Ke, for example, was somewhat exhausted. After three hours of walking and stopping, he finally reached the scene of the incident.
There are luxuriant trees here, and there is a yellow line drawn by the police to isolate the scene in front of the cave, most of which is covered by the leaves falling from the trees, and many traces are hidden under piles of leaves.
"This is the cave." Zhou Xin said, "Reporter Jiang, if you want to see it as soon as possible, we have to go down the mountain before the sun goes down."
Jiang Yu nodded, "I see."
Jiang Yu gave Chen Ke a look. Chen Ke understood, took out the camera and started shooting on the spot.
Jiang Yu looked around, walked across the yellow line to the cave, and stepped on the layers of leaves, soft and creaking.
An inexplicable cool air came from the cave, which was different from the coolness blown by the breeze after being covered by a large tree. I don’t know if it was Jiang Yu’s psychological effect. She always felt that this cool air made people look behind. My back is tingling.
She stopped in front of the cave, looked down, and suddenly saw the suspected unburned candle among a pile of leaves.
"We burned this when we discovered it two months ago." Zhou Xin explained as he took out the prepared candle and burned it in front of the cave.
Jiang Yu also worshipped respectfully in front of the cave.
"Eh, Reporter Chen, don't run around, don't step on the many collapsed places around here."
Seeing Chen Ke far away from the yellow line, Zhou Xin quickly reminded.
"It's okay, I have a sense of measure."
Jiang Yu approached Chen Ke and asked in a low voice, "How is it? What have you found?"
Chen Ke pointed to a dented landslide and pointed to the other side of the landslide. "You see, this kind of landslide is not fully formed yet. Obviously it collapsed not long ago. Moreover, along the way, such landslides can be seen everywhere. ."
"Everywhere?"
"You didn't see it, because the landslides were all covered by leaves, and I guess they were artificially covered."
"Artificial?" Jiang Yu glanced at Zhou Xin, who was sitting on the ground resting.
Chen Ke twisted a handful of the mud on the side of the cave and looked around, "From my experience, I think this mountain should be empty."
"empty?"
"It's just that the mountains have been hollowed out," Chen Ke Ningmei, "I have investigated before coming. Guizhou's mining industry is dominated by coal mines. In response to the state's call in the last century, the coal mining industry has developed rapidly and has become an important pillar of Guizhou's economy. For decades, no matter how big the mountain was, it was emptied. And I found the mining record of this mountain, which was closed 30 years ago."
Jiang Yu stared around and said in a deep voice: "That's right. Anniversary said that many years ago, the mountain was angry. It is probably due to the mountain shaking and landslide caused by improper coal mining, and the one that happened five years ago. The mountain god’s warning may also be a sequelae caused by coal mining. Moreover, Anniversary also said that the mountain was angry 30 years ago and left more than 100 households in the village, but only 50 or 60 households remained. But before we came After consulting a lot of information, there is no record of such a major disaster."
Chen Ke also solemnly said: "This place can no longer live, it is too dangerous."
The mountain village is not far from the foot of the mountain. Once the shaking and landslide occur again, the entire mountain village is likely to be completely buried under the mountain.
The crows on the branches yelled at the two of them, and their loud voices echoed in the open mountains.
Jiang Yu and Chen Ke glanced at each other, "Go down the mountain first."
Chen Ke collected his photographic equipment and prepared to go down the mountain.
"Are you optimistic?"
"Well, Brother Zhou, I really worked hard for you today."
Brother Zhou smiled honestly, "It's okay, since I'm optimistic, I will take you down the mountain and you will follow me."
Before Jiang Yu left, he took a long wooden stick and, under Chen Ke's instructions, pushed away a landslide that had been deliberately covered up.
"Brother Zhou, have you ever thought about leaving here."
Brother Zhou smiled heartily, "Leave here? We have been here for generations to come, where can we go if we leave here?"
Jiang Yu continued to ask: "Have you never thought about going out of the mountain to see the world outside the mountain?"
"I, I'll leave it alone, but maybe my young lady can go out and have a look."
A sense of belonging can only be felt in the place where you live for generations.
As the saying goes, going up the mountain is easy and difficult. The road that was originally difficult when going up the mountain became particularly difficult when going down the mountain. He almost stepped on it several times. Fortunately, he was quickly caught by Chen Ke's eyes and hands behind him.
"Reporter Jiang, you have to go slowly, we are not in a hurry because the sun hasn't set yet."
Jiang Yu touched the sweat on his forehead and looked at the mountains stacked in the distance, unable to see the end.
Suddenly, Jiang Yu slipped, and the whole person fell severely. A strong hand held her tightly, but without holding it for a while, Chen Ke shielded Jiang Yu under him, and the two of them hugged. , Rolled off.
This is a huge cavern, which is seven or eight meters deep.
Zhou Xin yelled anxiously from above, "Reporter Jiang, Reporter Chen, are you two all right!"
Jiang Yu fell so badly that he saw Zhou Xin's figure in a daze, patted his forehead, and forced himself to wake up.
She was fine, but Chen Ke, who fell on her, did not move at all. Jiang Yu didn't dare to move him, and whispered twice in his ear, "Chen Ke, are you okay."
no response.
"Chen Ke?" Jiang Yu pushed his shoulder.
"Hiss" Chen Ke frowned and endured pain, looking at Jiang Yu aggrievedly, "Senior Sister, did you treat your savior like this?"
If it weren't for this situation, in this environment, with Chen Ke's current posture, Jiang Yu had reason to suspect that he was deliberately mopping oil.
"Go down."
Chen Ke was reluctant to get up and tried to stand up, but he stumbled under his feet and threw Jiang Yu, who had just sat up, to the ground.
"Chen Ke!"
"Sister, I really don't blame me, my ankle is broken." Chen Ke pointed innocently at his ankle.
Jiang Yu took a deep breath, helped Chen Ke up and sit down, and said to Zhou Xin who was on the pit: "I'm fine, Chen Ke's feet are dead."
Zhou Xin hesitated for a moment, and said loudly: "Reporter Jiang, you guys wait, I will go back to the village to call for someone, and I will come back to rescue you soon!"
"Hey! You have to come back quickly, there are no tigers in this mountain!"
"Don't worry, no, I'll call for someone right away, don't worry, don't be afraid, come back right away!" Zhou Xin finished speaking and left immediately.
Chen Ke took off his footwear and his ankles were bruised and swollen.
Jiang Yu asked worriedly, "Is it okay?"
"It's okay," Chen Ke pretended to be chic, "I don't look at this little injury at all, thinking that when I went to Africa, when I went to the rain forest, the injury was much heavier than this, and you can just do it."
Jiang Yu had nothing to do with a slicker like Chen Ke, and he didn't bother to turn back. He flipped through his bag to see if there was anything that could be used.
"Sister, there are only three women who can look through my bag. Do you know which three are?"
Jiang Yu was turning over things wholeheartedly, and casually answered, "Which three?"
"One is my mother, one is my girlfriend, and the other is my wife." Chen Ke smiled there, "Senior Sister, who are you?"
Jiang Yu glanced at him, threw the bandage on his face, and threw the medicine on his body, "Put the medicine yourself."
"Don't be angry, I'll just make a joke."
Jiang Yu laughed angrily, "Are you making this joke with all women?"
"No, I never joke with women."
Jiang Yu shook his head helplessly.
As time passed, the sun gradually moved westward, and the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the top of the landslide. In an hour, the sun would go down. But Zhou Xin, there is still no news.
"Senior Sister, sit down and rest. I think Zhou Xin will be around for a while and won't be able to come."
"You can see it?" Jiang Yu sat beside Chen Ke to rest.
Chen Ke fiddled with his broken camera, "It can be seen that deliberately, our way down the mountain is not the way up the mountain, and it is clear that we deliberately lead you up to the cavern, just want us to stay here."
"He doesn't look like a bad guy."
"I didn't say that he is a bad guy. He probably wants us to know something. Just wait. I'll find out later."
Jiang Yu lowered his eyebrows and looked at Chen Ke's broken camera, "Broken?"
Chen Ke was downcast, "broken," and then grinned hippiely, "good, I have an excuse to buy a new one."
"The rich young master has to be a small reporter in the station, not bad, very ideal."
"Sister, you are also very good. Everyone knows that Jiang Yan in the station is from Jiang's family. If others don't know me, it is your sister?"
Jiang Yu condensed his eyebrows, "You know?"
"Is there anything I don't know?" Chen Ke took away the memory in the camera and threw the camera aside. "Moreover, I also know that Jiang Yan was able to the car sponsorship from us because She has taken a stake."
"Investment?"
Chen Ke dismissed: "Actually, the car brand has no intention of cooperating with us at all. It's a villain. But I have collected the evidence of Jiang Yan's shareholding. Sister, do you want me to report to the station after I go back and speak out for you?"
Jiang Yu looked into his eyes, "You seem to care about me?"
"Just say, do you want?"
Jiang Yu turned his head indifferently, watching the fading orange of the sky little by little, and birds flying by in the blue sky.
"Why not?"