The stone forest of Shilin Gorge is high and steep, the pieces of roots are upright, the boulders, strange stones are all over the valley, the whole canyon is lush and green, the strange pine and cypress are green and straight, the long canyon is lonely and beautiful, nine waterfalls and eighteen pools are dotted among them, such as a vivid natural picture scroll, it has the magnificent momentum of the north, and shows the beauty and diversity of the south of the Yangtze River.

Among them, the stone forest is the most breathtaking.

The distant view is magnificent, the close view is different, the color is varied, some are like the giant pen towering to the sky, some are like the jade shoots piercing the air, some are like the spears and halberds, some are like the lion on the expedition, more like the jade girl Tingting, the monkey explores the moon, the dragon pan jade pillar, the old elephant out of the mountain, beautiful, beautiful.

However, Song Tianlin didn't have the leisure and elegance to appreciate these magnificent landscapes, he was now struggling to raise his hand, and the whole person was hanging in mid-air, floating towards an unknown place with the surging crowd......

"Didn't you say that there won't be many tourists who come to Shilin Gorge to browse today?" Song Tianlin said with a snarled throat towards Lu Ye, who was also stuffed not far behind him.

His voice was drowned in the noisy air, Lu Ye didn't hear it at all, so he had to pin his hopes on the tourists around him.

Next to him was a young man in his thirties, wearing a blue-gray down jacket, two hands stretched out in a small space to protect the professional-grade SLR camera hanging on his chest, frowning and looking impatient.

"Lao Jia, are you a local?" Song Tianlin asked by rubbing his shoulder.

"Hmm......" The other party glanced at Song Tianlin, tilted his head and let out a thick nasal voice.

"Please ask me if it's not a weekend today, why are there so many people in the scenic spot?"

"You don't know?" the other party was stunned, and the unhappiness on his face became more and more obvious, "Then what are you making a fuss about?"

Song Tianlin said in his heart If I knew the reason, how could I ask you, Song Tianlin suddenly sighed, "I didn't come to Jingzhao to visit relatives a few days ago, and I quarreled with my family and wanted to find a place to go around and vent if I was unhappy, but I didn't expect there to be so many people here, and now it's impossible for me to turn around." ”

The man looked at the long dragon in front of him and behind him, and smiled bitterly, "You asked me that is the right person, I am an astronomy enthusiast, a few days ago, there was a big boss in the group who said that there will be a large wave of meteor showers passing by today, and the best observation place in China is in Shilin Gorge, so we discussed coming over and taking a few photos." Originally, this was an astronomical circle, but I don't know who said on the Internet that this meteor shower is a rare sight in a hundred years, and if you miss this meteor shower, you will have to wait for another two hundred years. That's why there are so many people today. ”

Song Tianlin was surprised, "Is this meteor shower really a once-in-a-century occurrence?"

In the past few years, there will be a meteor shower every two or three months, but the best viewing position is different," the man looked around, then lowered his head and whispered, "I guess this is actually the news that the leaders of the scenic spot deliberately released when they saw that there were no people in the scenic spot." In the past, not many people came to this place at all, it was just a few broken mountains and rivers, and the tickets were sold very expensive, but this time I just took this opportunity to make a lot of money. In the past, when I came to collect wind, the ticket was only eighty, but today, it costs one hundred and sixteen!"

"Isn't it closed at six o'clock in the afternoon?"

"Today is special, the scenic spot doesn't close until twelve o'clock at night," the man patted the SLR camera on his chest, "I see you don't have anything with you, go back quickly when it's dark, you can't see anything at night here, if you want to see meteor showers, you have to use professional equipment!"

After a while, the man said, "As for me, I'm just a common man, and I will complain when I tell you these useless things, and you must not say these things to anyone later." ”

"I understand, I understand!" Song Tianlin nodded hurriedly.

Two hours later, Song Tianlin came to a small stream, the crowd washed them all away, he casually sent Lu Ye and Su Ru a location, and then sat on the stone and waited.

There are many fewer people here than before, and it is estimated that today's tourists here are all rushing for meteor showers, and the low-lying terrain here is surrounded by mountains, which is by no means a good place to watch meteor showers.

Half an hour later, Lu Ye came here with a mountaineering bag and Su Ru on his back.

"Why are there so many people today?" Lu Ye wiped the fine sweat on his head and panted slightly, "I almost didn't squeeze down on the plank road just now!"

"Where's your new member?"

"I got separated from her and sent her the location, presumably on the way. Lu Ye said.

"I have good news and bad news here, which one do you listen to first?" Song Tianlin looked at Lu Ye with a smile.

"Let's hear the good news first. Lu Ye took off his hat as a fan.

"The good news is that I just inquired with someone, there is a meteor shower tonight, and the scenic area will be closed until twelve o'clock," Song Yuan glanced at the time, "That means we have fourteen hours of activity." ”

"It's not good news...... Su Ru said, "although the closure is delayed, there will be a lot of people in the scenic area, and it is not convenient for us to move." ”

"And what about the bad news?"

"The bad news is that the meteor shower was used as a gimmick by the scenic authorities to boost revenue, and they doubled the ticket price. ”

"That doesn't seem like bad news......

Su Ru couldn't cry or laugh, suddenly a gust of wind blew by her side, and the next second she saw Lu Ye grabbing Song Tianlin's collar and yelling loudly, "What did you say!

"Can you let go first...... Ahem......" Song Tianlin rolled his eyes.

Su Ru shook her head helplessly, stepped forward and pulled Lu Ye away.

"Ahem! The fare is not set by me, what are you pinching me for," Song Tianlin rubbed his neck and gasped, "It's not just a few hundred yuan more, what about you!"

"His grandmother's money is all about it...... It's all money!" Lu Ye knelt on his knees and looked up to the sky and roared, tears sliding down the corners of his eyes.

Tourists passing by cast sympathetic glances, and then silently moved away.

"I know you're short of money, but you're not like this, you're embarrassed in public. It's okay if you don't want face, but I still want to save face, even if I don't want face, but my daughter-in-law can't lose face......" Song Tianlin thought in pieces, and after persuading Lu Ye for a long time, he still didn't respond, he suddenly yelled at Lu Ye, "Okay! Don't cry! I'll give you this money!"

Song Tianlin regretted this sentence a little as soon as he said it, Lu Ye could be regarded as his only friend in China. It's not easy for him, Long Yuan has fallen like this, he must be under a lot of pressure now, thinking about how strong he was at the beginning, would it hurt his self-esteem if he said this?

Lu Ye didn't know when he had already stood in front of Song Tianlin, his eyes were full of excitement, he took out a POS machine from the hiking bag behind him, "I know you're the best! cash or card?"

"Damn, can you be a little more dog?" Song Tianlin was dumbfounded.

"Yes!" Lu Ye patted his chest, "As long as you pay, I can do it!"

Five minutes later, Song Tianlin stared at Lu Ye's back and gritted his teeth, "What a grandson, even I have to pay the fee." ”

Lu Ye took back the POS machine with joy, and there was a vibration from the mobile phone in his pocket, he thought it was a message from the bank, but when he opened the phone, his face suddenly became serious, "Lian Qiulan sent a message, and she seems to have found something." ”

Then Lian Qiulan sent them the location, she is now located in the Nine Heavens Waterfall, which is the most spectacular waterfall in the entire Shilin Gorge, with a total drop of 80 meters, and the momentum is magnificent, and its sound resounded softly in the valley and the sky is endless.

When the three of them arrived, Lian Qiulan was hiding in front of the waterfall, holding a pen and calculating on the memo.

"What did you find here?" Lu Ye asked when he came to Lian Qiulan's side.

Even Qiu Lan didn't raise her head, and stretched out her hand to point to the Nine Heavens Waterfall, "Look at this waterfall, don't you think it's a little strange?"

Song Tianlin and Lu Ye looked up at the same time after hearing this, and the waterfall rushed down and hit the rocks spit out from the cliff wall, splashing their faces with water foam.

"Do you see something?" After watching the waterfall for a long time, Song Tianlin didn't see a doorway, so he quietly asked Lu Ye.

"Don't ask me, you also know that I only have a beginner's Chinese certificate, what can I see? If I have to say anything different, the water here is a little sweet." Lu Ye silently wiped his face.

"Then why don't you ask?"

"I'm a senior, how can I ask a junior a question? I don't want to lose face?"

"Then you were still screaming there shamelessly, crying at such an age?"

"That's different, she wasn't there at the time, and no one else knew me here......"

Su Ru didn't raise her head, she glanced at Lian Qiulan's dense data in the notebook, "Are you calculating the amount of water?"

Although Su Ru is a history teacher, her high school science grades are not bad, and she understands several formulas in Lian Qiulan's book.

Lian Qiulan nodded, "I was a master of physics in Huaqing before I participated in the trial, so I felt that the amount of water here was wrong." ”

Lian Qiulan raised her pen and moved quickly, she looked up at the waterfall from time to time, and then lowered her head to calculate, and it didn't take long for her to stand up, "Sure enough, as I thought, there is a hole under the waterhole." ”

Song Tianlin and Lu Ye nodded at the same time, "It's the same as our guess......"

Su Ru gave them a blank look, "How did you figure it out?"

"Actually, at first, I just felt that something was wrong," Lian Qiulan was a little embarrassed, "You see where we are now, the pool is at our feet, judging from the water level of the bridge pier, after excluding all external factors, the capacity of the pool is constant for a period of time, so the amount of water flowing into the pool and the amount of water flowing out of the pool should also be the same." The only outlet for this waterhole is to connect to the creek downstream, which means that the amount of water flowing down from the waterfall should be the same as the flow of the creek at the same time. ”

Lian Qiulan showed the memo in her hand to Su Ru, "I just roughly calculated the amount of water flowing down from the waterfall and the flow of the stream, and found that the flow of the creek is only half of the amount of water flowing down from the waterfall, so I guess that there should be a secret passage under this waterhole leading to other places, and there are mountains all around, so it means that there should be an empty space inside the mountain." ”