Chapter 1696
Disgusting Corpse
In the blink of an eye, it got completely dark.
As darkness fell, all the mosquitoes that had been hiding during the day suddenly emerged.
There are plenty of mosquitoes in the mountains during the day, but not as many as at night.
The sight of tiny black mosquitoes, no bigger than a fingertip, buzzing around was quite terrifying.
To repel mosquitoes, Wang An and his companions lit a rope made of mugwort inside the tent, and also burned a lot of old cow liver around the tent.
Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei couldn't stand the mosquito bites anymore, so Wang An led them directly into the tent.
As for the eight horses, they continued to graze freely, completely unaffected by the mosquitoes. This is because horses are different from mules and donkeys; they are not afraid of mosquito bites.
However, the specific reason why horses are not afraid of mosquitoes is unknown.
Fortunately, everyone slept quite well that night. Xiaobai and Xiaohei barked twice in the night. Wang An and the others carefully checked around the tent with flashlights and fired a few shots, but they didn't find anything.
It was probably some kind of passing animal that startled Xiaobai and Xiaohei.
They went to bed early and got up early. It was still 4 a.m., just as dawn was breaking, and Wang An and the other three got up to practice martial arts.
They practiced until 6 a.m., when it was already broad daylight, before Wang An gave the instructions:
"After we finish eating, Xiao Zhong and I will take Xiao Bai, and Xue Li and Lao Wu, you two will take Xiao Hei. Let's go to that hillside and find out where the omen is."
After a pause, Wang An continued:
“We’ll use the gunshots as our signal. If we find Lao Zhao, we’ll fire three shots. If we run into trouble, we’ll fire two shots. If we encounter something dangerous, we’ll fire a few more shots. Don’t worry about the bullets. We’ve already brought half a box of bullets, and we don’t plan to bring any more back with us.”
For this trip into the mountains, Wang An assigned Mu Xueli and Huang Zhong the Type 56 assault rifles, mainly because their marksmanship was the worst. Wang An's idea was that if they encountered any danger, especially bandits, they would be responsible for providing suppressive fire.
Wang An and Wang Li were the best marksmen among the four, so they used Type 56 semi-automatic rifles to pick off targets.
In this era, many people flee into the mountains for various reasons, and Wang An doesn't believe that these people will get along peacefully with others.
After Wang An finished speaking, Mu Xueli and Wang Li both agreed. "Okay, brother-in-law, I understand."
"I know about Fourth Brother now."
They reheated the leftover meat and broth from last night, baked a few more steamed buns, and after a simple breakfast, the four of them took the dog and headed towards the old village.
The hillside where Lao Anzi was located was not small. After the four of them split into twos, they wandered around the hillside with only one goal in mind: to find the omen that had been cut off many years ago.
Actually, it would be the same if we just laid out sticks on this hillside, but that would be too inefficient.
Moreover, Wang An and his ginseng gang only had four people. If they wanted to explore such a large hillside step by step, it would probably take them forever.
Wang An and Huang Zhong led Xiao Bai, examining each tree one by one, while Wang Li and Mu Xueli did the same on the other side.
Before I knew it, an hour had passed.
Wang An and Huang Zhong found neither the omen nor heard the gunshots from Wang Li and Mu Xueli.
Wang An's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
Just as Wang An and Huang Zhong were patiently continuing their search, two gunshots rang out in the distance.
Wang An and Huang Zhong exchanged a glance and instinctively ran towards the direction from which the gunshots came. Three gunshots were the signal to find the omen, while two gunshots meant that Mu Xueli and Wang Li had definitely run into trouble.
A few minutes later, Wang An and Huang Zhong led Xiao Bai to Mu Xueli and Wang Li.
At this moment, the two of them looked extremely ugly.
Seeing that the two were unharmed, Wang An felt relieved. He then asked them in a deep voice:
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Mu Xueli pointed to a large tree not far away and said:
"Brother-in-law, look at that tree."
Wang An looked in the direction Mu Xueli pointed, and his eyes widened instantly.
Huang Zhong, who was standing next to Wang An, exclaimed in surprise:
"Holy shit!"
After exclaiming in surprise, Huang Zhong subconsciously took a step back.
It's no wonder Huang Zhong lost his composure; the main reason is that at that moment, Wang An and Huang Zhong's gaze fell upon a mangled corpse, hanging upside down from a tree about 1 meters above the ground.
The corpse was naked, but covered with large and small white maggots. Many maggots fell off the corpse with a crackling sound and landed in the grass below.
If you look closely, you'll also find that a large swarm of white maggots has gathered in the grass beneath the corpse.
Furthermore, a large swarm of flies buzzed incessantly around the corpse, constantly rising and falling on it.
This scene was absolutely chilling, sending shivers down one's spine and making one's hair stand on end.
The main problem is that this is just so damn disgusting!
Fortunately, Wang An, Wang Li, and Mu Xueli were all people who had experienced the grand scenes of the forbidden area. Furthermore, Wang An and Wang Li had also witnessed a similar scene when they went to find Niu Qi, so their reaction was not particularly strong.
But after watching for a while, Huang Zhong turned his head and started vomiting. He vomited so thoroughly and with such great force that it was truly awe-inspiring.
He vomited up all the steamed buns and meat he had eaten that morning.
Wang An didn't offer any words of comfort, but simply patted Huang Zhong on the back to help him feel more comfortable vomiting.
No one can help with this kind of thing. Once you see it a lot and get used to it, you won't feel nauseous when you see similar scenes again.
Then Mu Xueli pointed to the large tree with the hanging corpse and said with a bitter smile:
"Brother-in-law, the omen is right behind this big tree. I was so busy looking for the omen when I came here that I almost bumped into it."
Wang Li pointed at the corpse, his eyes wide, and said:
"You're shameless! How could you say something like that? If I hadn't pulled you back, you would have bumped into him face to face!"
Mu Xueli rolled her eyes at Wang Li and said helplessly:
"Yes, yes, thanks to you, you've done a great job, okay?"
Wang Likabakab eyes, and said:
"That's exactly right!"
Wang An ignored their bickering, turned around and walked behind the big tree, where he indeed saw a very clear omen.
According to the information left on the oracle bone, this old village was built in the late Qing Dynasty, which is only about 80 or 90 years ago.
But after seeing the disgusting corpse, Wang An suddenly didn't want to wade through this old village anymore. (End of Chapter)