Chapter 32: Into the mountain
After dinner, Wenbin Zha and leader Wang live in a room, Yichao He and Xiong Zhuo two comrades-in-arms lived in a place, Yiran Leng, a girl is naturally live alone. Everyone allocated the room, and they go to rest.
Wenbin Zha finished washing, always felt something strange about this matter, then called other three people, held a meeting, first said: "listen to the Laohan said, this mountain is a cloud-shrouded whole year, people rarely travelled there, some people will inevitably get lost, but for one point, I'm not very clear. Why is it so strange that every family that once lived here leaves the same "ancestral precept" and mentions the same problem?"
Leader Wang drank a cup of wild tea, which was picked from the mountain. He smashed his lips and seemed to enjoy it. "I also noticed this. Why do all families have the same ancestral precept? It's a bit odd. "
Yichao immediately added: "The village ancestors must know that the Qifeng mountain cannot enter so that it will leave this precept? "
The little witch did not think so, and shouted at him, "you are a fool, you can't get into the mountains. Isn't this precept more important than telling him that there are gold and silver hidden in your house? "
Yichao He immediately retorted: "I see you just silly, a remote village, where come of gold and silver treasure, you think they are those rich old men in Jiangnan area."
Wenbin Zha over there was thinking; leader Wang Suddenly said: "gold and silver treasure—— right——a village with the same precept, it can only explain a problem, that is in the Qifeng Mountain, there is something which let them all fear or is more important than other things of the existence. Wenbin, what do you think of this? "
Over there, Wenbin Zha was still thinking about something. A few people here were still arguing. At this time, there was a knock at the door. When he looked over, it turned out to be Xiong Zhuo. He heard that several guests had not yet rested and were came to find Yichao He, hearing people discussing whether there are gold and silver treasures on that mountain, he couldn't help laughing. "In our village, I heard that when you plant sweet potato, it's size is small, the land here is very barren. Where are those gold and silver treasures from? I don't know how those ancestors lived in that land for thousands of years. "But those people either deal with history or deal with ghosts, Xiong Zhuo's sentence gathered their energy immediately.
Wenbin Zha looked at Xiong Zhuo and asked, "Thousands of years, you mean your village has existed for thousands of years. "
"Yes, it is said that there are still many men and horses was made from stone in the village. I don't know which dynasty they belong to. I just heard my father say to me when I was a child. Although our town is remote and very small, it has a history of a thousand years. "After his sentence, Xiong Zhuo was proud of this.
"Horse and men were made by stone, leader Wang how do you see about this" Wenbin Zha asked.
Leader Wang was already getting a little excited. "If there are such things, then there must be some historical sites, so we've come to the right place for this trip. So, we have to go in tomorrow and have a look. "
The archaeologists are just as sensitive to these objects as Wenbin Zha is to the burial ground. Yichao He was holding Xiong Zhuo and asking, "old comrade-in-arms, can you be sure for the truth of these words."
Xiong Zhuo patted his chest. "What my Dad said, it will not be false. "
"Things should not be delayed, Wenbin how do you see?" Leader Wang was already unable to bear his excitement.
"We will go into the village tomorrow, Xiong Zhuo brother, how to get to your original village, can you remember it?" Wenbin Zha asked.
Xiong Zhuo replied: "I left the village when I was a few months old babies, and have not been back. I will ask my dad tomorrow; he knew about it. If you want to go to that village, I can take you there, to pay tribute to the ancestors. "
They chatted a few words, then went back to their rooms to rest, leaving only Leader Wang and Wenbin Zha. Wenbin Zha muttered: "Qifeng mountain, a small village, Wang, have you ever thought about how a village has the same legacy for a thousand of years. I see only one possibility, the village of the ancestors is probably not afraid, but in the protection of something... Go to sleep, we will see tomorrow once we go in." Then he turned off the light and went to sleep. Just waiting for dawn…
The second day early in the morning, they all got up, the air in the mountain was fresh. Wenbin Zha took a deep breath, yesterday's fatigue all swept away. Laohan Zhuo and his son have prepared breakfast for them. Eating farm dishes and drinking porridge made leader Wang sighed, this Mount Qingcheng even is not a monastic, living here is also great.
After breakfast, Wenbin Zha and Laohan Zhuo continued to chat on the topic of last night, basically in line with Xiong Zhuo's description. The village was not large, with a hundred or so households, and it was not known which generation had moved here. Because it was located in a remote area and the land was barren, there are no girls outside willing to marry men here, most of them intermarry in the village themselves. In this generation, almost every family has some family ties. As for the stone men and stone horses, Laohan Zhuo said in a severe tone; those are sacred objects, untouchable. When mention about the mountain, Laohan Zhuo was also repeatedly interrupted, say that he didn't suggest them to go there.
Leader Wang explained his intentions and thought it is necessary to investigate. He also said that Wenbin Zha was a Taoist priest and that he could also go in to do dharma for his wife and daughter. Then Laohan Zhuo reluctantly agreed to let his son lead the way, he called the Xiongzhuo and told him the route.
Before setting out, Wenbin Zha again sent Yichao He to the town to stock up on the necessary dry food and bought several bottles of canned kerosene, which was quite advanced at the time, as well as climbing ropes, flashlights, spotlights and candles; more importantly, of course, were some Taoist goods. It is convenient to buy these at the foot of the Qingcheng Mountain, a sacred place of Taoism. In about a few hours, these things were already. Xiong Zhuo said that this mountain road is difficult to walk and lead two mules to carry equipment. A line of people are ready to go, Wenbin Zha tried to let Yiran Leng stay in Laohan Zhuo's home, but could not bear her badgering, had to take her with them.
The road was more difficult than they had imagined, more than thirty kilometres away. Fortunately, these people are either soldiers or archaeologists, they were in the wild all the year-round. However, with the little girl, it was the middle of the night when they arrived in that village.
It was the sixth day of July in the lunar calendar. The Moon in the sky, although it was small, but still fairly straightforward. When the group reached the entrance of the village, a vast basin sprang into their view. It turned out that the town was built in such a basin, under the moonlight, the seemingly scattered villages were a little run down, even a little desolate, and the crowd gasped.
Xiong Zhuo himself also relied on the dictation of Laohan Zhuo. He was still young at that time. Naturally, he didn't remember the condition of the village. If he went down in the evening, if he fell down, it will really hurt. And look at all the people, the little girl was so tired of yelling that she wanted to have a rest.
He looked at Wenbin because since seeing this group of people, it seems that the Taoist priest is the leader of this group.
At the moment, Wenbin Zha is looking at the village at the foot of the mountain. He seems to be thinking about something. Everyone is waiting for his signal. Ten minutes later, Wenbin Zha turned around and said to them: "This village is a bit strange. Looking down from this mountain, it is supposed to be a basin, but I cannot see the whole picture. See, the mountain opposite, I'm afraid it is the Qifeng Mountain. "He pointed to the front as he said, the place where moonlight shined were all bright. Only the show has a place was really dark, as if all the light was swallowed.
Yichao He took out the military tactical spotlights in his bag and shined into the distance, but he could not see what was going on. It was as if the opposite side was a bottomless abyss. Wenbin Zha thought for a moment and said: "we will rest here tonight. Yichao, you and Xiong Zhuo are in charge of setting up the tent. Then three of us will take turns to keep vigil. This place is not normal, no one has lived here for many years. We could see no one, and could not even hear any animal sounds. It's really too silent. "
Then he and Leader Wang went to pick up some dry wood, made two large fires, and boiled some hot water. After they had eaten some food, they went to bed. Before he left, Xiong Zhuo brought out two shotguns, the kind of single-shot shotguns that villagers use to shoot wild boars. The bullet is made up of a shotgun and a large lead bullet, which enters the body in a scattershot wound. The lead bullet enters the body and when it hits the bone, it bends into the internal organs, causing burns to the wound, which is extremely powerful at close range, 200 pounds of wild boar could be put down with a single shot.
The two guns were rightfully assigned to two men once in the army. Wenbin arranged the time: Yichao He, Xiong Zhuo and himself each guard for three hours, the first is Xiong Zhuo; and then Wenbin Zha second, then Yichao the last. Before he went to bed, Wenbin Zha sprinkled some saltpetre and sulfur around the tent. He said that in case anything stepped on it, it could also catch fire. He was still worried, he stuck seven branches of trees around it, which is a little big dipper seven-star formation, and threw the big seal in the middle to be a spell of lead, then went to sleep...