At about nine o'clock in the evening, a group of 12 people on our side, all of them stood on the edge of this cliff with a depth of about thirty or forty meters, in front of us, there was a deep ditch more than ten meters wide, and at the connection points on both sides, there was only a fallen spruce tree, this tree did not know how many years it had lived, and its diameter was about more than one meter wide, and it looked very strong.

'Bang bang!'

Brother Cang stood on the edge of the tree, kicked the trunk a few times, made sure that the wood was not rotten, took out a rope from the backpack behind him, tied one end to his waist, and then used the other end to bypass the trunk, and then tied it around his waist again, and at the same time turned to look at us people, and used his headlamp to shine the rope on his waist:" Have you seen it, all of them have tied the rope to themselves like me, so that if you stumble, you can also be caught by the rope, remember, if you really step on the air, don't shout, just wait for others to pull you up, understand!"

"Understood!" the rest of us nodded.

"Okay, now I'll be the first to cross the bridge, and you will follow behind, remember, you can only walk at most one person at a time, and wait for the first person to pass, and then the second person will go up to the bridge, so that the tree will not be overwhelmed. ”

"It's okay, we've been walking on this tree for decades, and we're stepping on it constantly. When Liu Guangan heard this, he explained to Brother Cang.

"No, this road is already dangerous, everyone better be cautious and listen to me. Brother Cang's voice fell, a person half-squatted on the bridge, moved slowly to the other side, and the legs were still slightly trembling, seeing Brother Cang's movements, I knew that among us people, the only one who had a fear of heights turned out to be him, but Brother Cang is really quite courageous, in the case of his own fear of heights, he also dared to walk this kind of single-plank bridge hanging dozens of meters in the air, it is really powerful, I don't know why, seeing Brother Cang's back, I suddenly shook my head, and suddenly remembered the three gourds, when Brother Hulu grew up in the primeval forest, it is estimated that if he walks this way, he should not use anything, You can walk over with a swagger, Brother Hulu's figure is very thin, he is a skinny person, and Brother Cang is a strong man, these two people are completely two extremes, but I don't know why, at this moment, I suddenly felt that Brother Cang's back was similar to Brother Hulu for a moment.

"Xiaofei, next, do you go or do I go?" When I was distracted, Xiyou next to me suddenly pushed me and pulled me back from my thoughts.

"Ah, that, I'll go first. After listening to Xiyou's words, I looked up, Brother Cang had already walked across the single-plank bridge at this time, was untying the rope on his body, saw him pass, I also learned from Brother Cang at the beginning, began to tie the rope on his body to the trunk, and then moved his steps forward, at the beginning, I thought it was very simple to walk on this single-plank bridge, but really standing on it, I knew why Brother Cang's legs were trembling, we usually walk on the ground, the wind is blowing from the left and right, and walking on this single-plank bridge, the wind is blowing from the bottom to the top, and the light of the headlamp hits down, I feel that the light is swallowed up by the darkness, and I can't see it at allI walked about seven or eight meters, and I also began to squat on the bridge, moving forward slowly.

More than a dozen people on our side, just to cross the single-plank bridge in front of us, it took more than an hour, and after everyone all passed, everyone after a short rest, began to continue to hurry, at the beginning, I thought that after crossing this single-plank bridge, our next road will be much easier, but the nightmare has just begun, because Liu Guangan took us on this road, can not be called a road at all, at this moment, I know why the osprey they did not destroy this road, not that they do not want to destroy, but can not destroy, our road, except between the two mountains, can only make people sideways sideways and slowly move into the gapThere are also many paths located on the mountain wall, which are said to be paths, but in fact they are almost vertical cliffs, with a few stones protruding from them, and if you step on the air, the consequences are really unimaginable.

From Liu Guang'an's village to the osprey's orchard, the straight-line distance is seven or eight kilometers, but we walked for three or four hours, and after we walked out of the tattered mountain road, the group finally came to the bottom of a cliff, the vertical angle of this cliff has exceeded 90 degrees, because the protrusion above is a few meters more than the mountain wall, and the only way to go up is to climb up along a few hanging vines.

After all of us stood at the bottom of the mountain wall, Liu Guangan pointed to the top of our heads: "This is the last barrier, after going up from here, there will be a wide road ahead, let's walk all the way to the ditch behind the building in the orchard." ”

After listening to Liu Guang'an's words, Brother Cang nodded slightly and looked at the crowd around him: "Who is more powerful at climbing mountains?"

"Brother Cang, I'll go. After listening to Brother Cang's words, a young man looked at the hanging rattan: "I graduated from a sports school, and when I was in school, I received this kind of training. ”

"Okay, you go up with a rope, climb to the top, throw the rope down, and drag the rope ladder up. Brother Cang patted the young man's arm: "Pay attention to safety." ”

"Don't worry. After listening to Brother Cang's words, the young man untied his backpack, rolled a rattan hanging on the ground with his ankle, and soon climbed up along the vine, and then dragged the rope ladder up with a rope, and soon, we ran along the rope ladder to the top of the cliff, and the scenery above finally became an open land as Liu Guangan said.

"Dalong, is there any water in the kettle?" I climbed up the rope ladder to the top of the mountain, rubbed my reddened palms from the rope, and turned my head to ask.

"It's a little bit, not much. When Dalong heard me calling out to him, he came over and handed me the kettle, and I threw my head up and drank the last bit of water in the kettle.

After everyone climbed the cliff, Brother Cang tapped the number of people, asked people to put away the rope ladder, and then looked at the time: "Everyone take a rest, set off in five minutes, now we are very close to the osprey's nest here, everyone turn off all the headlights." ”

'Brush!'

Brother Cang's voice fell, more than a dozen headlamps on our side were extinguished, and the cliff fell into darkness in an instant, I sat on a stone for about two minutes before I gradually adapted to the night under the moonlight, and turned my head to look at Dalong: "These days when I am not there, how is my family?"

"It's okay, it's not a big deal, in recent times, Xiaopang and we are both working shifts to accompany Brother Tao to stare at Zhang Xiaoyu, but nothing has been found, because it has been raining in Anyang these days, Zhang Xiaoyu has hardly been out of the house, the company is a little troublesome, since Che Lianggong is gone, the company has no opponents on the surface, in recent times, Brother Dong They are dealing with the things in the mine, our tailings pond, has been unable to hold on, in recent times, Brother Dong and uncle, The second brother and they are all dying of sorrow, seeing that the mining area is full of the most advanced equipment, but they can't produce it, alas, ......"

"What about Maomao, what's going on with him?"

"People are in the cold storage of the funeral home, Mingjie has already talked to Mao Mao's family and given a large amount of compensation, and Mao Mao's family also organized a large group of people to go to Yipin City to make trouble. Dalong paused: "Mao Mao and we are brothers, but his family has no relationship with us, Brother Dong said that Mao Mao's body will be frozen first, and then let him be cremated when you have the results here, his family made a few troubles, and then it was the Ren team who came forward and said that this was the need of the police, so the matter was suppressed." ”

"Hmm. After listening to Dalong's words, I nodded slightly, thinking of Mao Mao's death, and the Osprey group that was close at hand, I took a deep breath, tonight, even if I don't do it for myself, I have to give Mao Mao an explanation, I must not let him die for no reason.

As Brother Cang opened his mouth to let everyone rest, all of us found a leeward col and began to smoke together, in the dark world, only more than a dozen cigarette butts gathered together, flickering brightly and dimly.

Brother Cang sat next to us, waited for a cigarette in his hand to burn out, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, and extinguished it with his foot: "Prepare, go!"

'Stomp, stomp!'

Brother Cang's voice fell, our group got up collectively again, and walked in the direction of the orchard nursing room, before we traveled all the way over the mountains and mountains, I felt that my back was sore, and my arms and legs seemed to be disobedient, and then looked at others, but also a tired face, about a kilometer or so of walking, our group was led by Liu Guang'an, into a ravine, after entering the mountain, Liu Guang'an's pace was also slow, pointing to the valley: " Let's go inside from this side, it is a cone-shaped valley, the more we go inside, the narrower it will become, and when we reach the innermost, there is a cliff, and the place above the cliff is about ten meters, which is the caretaker of the orchard, and in this valley, only there can barely climb up. ”

"Okay, your task now is to take us to the mountain wall behind the nursing house. As Brother Cang spoke, he took out two stacks of cash in his pocket and handed them over: "After that, you will be free." ”

"Okay, then let's go!" Liu Guangan took the money from Brother Cang's hand with a little excitement, and accelerated his pace with his head stuffy.

Five minutes later.

Liu Guang'an led us to the edge of a broken wall with a gap, and stretched out his finger: "Here we are, this is it! After climbing up from here, you can see the house in the orchard!"

Liu Guang'an's voice fell, I looked around, our place, the front and back are loess mountain walls, and the ground under the feet is also scattered with all kinds of garbage, think of those people who come above, usually treat us here as a garbage heap, and the mountain walls in this area are vertical, about seven or eight meters high, it is difficult to climb up with manpower, only the gap in front of it, about a steep slope of sixty or seventy degrees of inclination, barely able to climb up.

"Keep quiet, climb up!" Brother Cang spoke, took out the mountaineering axe folded at his waist, and was the first to climb up the slope.

'Stomp!'

At the moment when all of us were about to leave, there was a sudden sound of chaotic footsteps on the cliff above our heads.