Chapter 112: The General Died in a Hundred Battles
"It's a long story, the history of the Qin Army Martyrs Cemetery for more than 2,000 years has always been a mystery. I'll tell you more about it when I get there. Nishino pulled Yushu and climbed up step by step.
"Zixuan is down there alone, will it be fine?"
"Jiren has his own natural appearance, no."
"I'm so worried about the leopard...... It can be seen around the waterhole at any time. ”
"The leopard is active at night or early in the morning, and comes out in the evening. Often wandering back and forth in the forest, fierce by nature, but generally not hurting, your nerves are a little allergic. ”
"Oh, I'm relieved to say that."
The higher you go, the more dazzling the sun becomes......
On the other side, Chen Yuliang and Lao Yi were relatively fast, and they had reached the edge of the stream halfway up the mountain, where the water was flowing gently, and a few mountain crabs pricked up their eyes and lazily basked in the sun on the bluestone slabs.
"It's weird, there's crabs in this place." Chen Yuliang raised his mobile phone and filmed this rare scene, "With such clear water, what do they eat?" ”
"Eat aquatic plants, and insects and moths that fall into the water, and starve them to death." Lao Yidian unloaded his shotgun, sat down, and lit a cigarette, "There are a lot of bone pills in this mountain stream, and there are a few baby fish." ”
"Isn't the Bone Pill a herb?"
"You're right, but what I said is an amphibian, a bit similar to a baby fish, but it's much smaller and poisonous and inedible. The common people in the mountains call it the Bone Turning Pill, saying that it will be poisoned if eaten by mistake, and the flesh and bones of people will turn into a pool of blood. ”
"Scary, huh?"
"I haven't eaten the Bone Pill. Practice brings true knowledge and reverence for nature is the traditional virtue of mountain people, and what the common people say may have a certain scientific truth, which objectively has great benefits for the protection of rare animals. ”
"Hmm. It would be great if we could catch one or two Bone Transformation Pills today. Chen Yuliang bent his waist at the water's edge, searched carefully, and did not let go of any small life that could be seen with the naked eye.
"Xiao Chen, don't look for it, the Bone Transformation Pill is only not much bigger than a thumb, and it climbs very slowly, and they can't hide it in this place where the water flow is relatively slow." Lao Yi threw a small pebble into the depths of the water stream, "There is only one in the upper reaches of the stream." ”
"That's not necessarily, Lao Yi ......" Chen Yuliang seemed to have noticed something, he took off his shoes, went down into the water, and slowly put his hands into the aquatic plants at the water's edge.
"Xiao Chen, there will be snakes in it, it's ......dangerous," Lao Yi shouted.
"It's winter, it's fine." Chen Yuliang didn't care.
"Even if there are no snakes in the water, there will be other poisonous aquatic creatures attacking you." Lao Yi said.
"Shhh ”
Lao Yi also ran over excitedly, glanced at the "four-legged fish", and immediately denied: "Xiao Chen, this is not a baby fish, it is a bone turning pill." ”
"It has four legs, and it's too similar to a salamander."
"At first glance they are the same, but in fact they are not the same species. The scientific name of the salamander is the giant salamander, which is a precious wild animal that is a specialty of our country, and is commonly known as the baby because of its cry at night. ”
"Is a baby fish a fish?" Chen Yuliang asked, he remembered that the giant salamander was a type of fish, and its body color varied according to the color of the habitat, with brown, reddish-brown, black-brown, etc., with dark irregular spots on it, and light brown or gray-white on the ventral surface.
"It's not a fish, it's the largest amphibian."
"And how big can they get?"
"They are generally about 1 meter long, the longest can be up to 2 meters, weigh 20-25 kilograms, and the largest can reach 50 kilograms."
"Wow, that's about the same weight as a child, that's amazing. Where can I find baby fish? ”
"Baby fish live in clear, low-temperature streams or natural caves, inhabiting mud or shady crevices in rocks. It is generally found in mountain streams, rivers or lakes with strong currents, cool water quality, lush aquatic plants, and many caves.
Sometimes it also moves between the roots of trees on the shore or on the trunks of fallen trees, and chooses to live in caves at the mouth of the beach where there is a backflow, usually only one in each cave.
The depth of the cave varies, the entrance is slightly larger than its body, the cave is spacious, there is enough space for it to maneuver, and the bottom of the cave is relatively flat or has fine sand. Lao Yi pinched the Bone Turning Pill, "Xiao Chen, you see, its head and mouth are completely different from those of the baby fish, and its toes are not the same. There are no big caves here, which are not suitable for the survival of baby fish. ”
"Oh, I almost made a joke." Chen Yuliang scratched his head.
"There is still a certain gap between what is said in books and the real world. Take the Qin Army Martyrs Cemetery on the top of the mountain as an example, just a few dozen words are written in the history books. Qin Shi Huang conquered Baiyue in the south, sent Shi Lu to dig the Ling Canal, connected the two major water systems of the Pearl River and the Xiangjiang River, and set up three counties of Guilin, Xiangjun and Nanhai, completing the final unification of the Great Qin Empire. But the reclamation and fierce battles of the 100,000 Qin army in the area of Lotus Mountain are not specifically stated...... "Lao Yi is very clear about these historical fragments, he screened them one by one from different local chronicles and folklore, and even some archaeologists have to refer to his opinions."
"Is there any flat ground on top of the mountain?"
"Yes, it's called Bronze Man Chong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses can be stationed, and it was still the headquarters of the Qin army south to Guilin and Panyu! Ten years ago, someone hunted on it, got a bronze battle axe, didn't know the goods, took it home and shot the copper cigarette holder. ”
"Have you seen the tomahawk?"
"When I went to his house to see, the tomahawk didn't even have slag, and it turned into a dozen copper cigarette holders, which is a pity."
"Lao Yi, why don't we take a detour from another road?"
"You can't get there for a day or a night, that road is in the deep mountains and old forests, and it has long been overgrown with grass and trees, and it is not easy to split it! Bronze Man Chong is a forbidden area, and ordinary people dare not enter. ”
The cliff is more than 100 meters high, and after walking and stopping, half an hour passed, and the four of them reached the top of the mountain. Standing on the top of the mountain, going down, the fluffy grass is reckless, as far as the eye can see, and there are bulging lichen round bags everywhere, of different sizes.
Because it is a windward slope, the wind is carrying grass seeds, whistling in rolls. Nishino obviously felt that the wind was so strong that he could barely open his eyes, and Yushu grabbed his arm tightly: "Dear, I always feel that this place is gloomy." ”
Nishino pointed to the tallest lichen round bag below and said, "That is the resting place of the fallen soldiers of the Qin army." On a dark night more than 2,000 years ago, there was a fierce battle here. The Yue people and the Qin army fought fiercely, tens of thousands of people were killed in the battle, rivers of blood flowed, and corpses and bones piled up. Since then, when there is a thunderstorm, there will be a ghost wailing here. ”
"Dear, you don't need to be so exaggerated, right?" Yushu suddenly stepped on Bai Sensen's skull, her jaw was open, and her expression looked very painful, she was half scared to death, "Scared me to death...... It seems that what you said is true. ”
Nishino squatted down, took out his gloves and put them on, and turned his skull over and over several times, but still didn't mean to let go.
"Dear, this skull is disgusting." Yushu covered her mouth.
Nishino's hand stopped at a place behind the skull: "There are two holes in one skull, one is the foramen magnum of the occipital bone that is smooth and regular, and the other is broken and irregular, which is caused by external forces at that time. ”
"Dear, what is there to study in the skull."
"Did you know that this warrior once had his skull pierced by an armor-piercing arrow......" Nishino shook his skull a few times, and a rusty arrow fell out of the ear hole of the skull.
"Dear, you're right...... It's strange, hasn't this arrow been completely corroded after so long? ”
"Maybe the skull is in the dirt, and it was recently dug out by some wild dog."
Nishino took a closer look around and soon found a dirt pit, the soil was still relatively fresh, the soil layer was loose, and it was clear that the skull had not been exposed for long.
"If only I had brought a hoe and a shovel, maybe there would have been more to discover." Nishino put the skull into the pit, covered it with dirt, and stepped on it, "Yushu, if I turn into a skeleton, will you be afraid?" ”
"Of course I'm afraid......"
"Alas, I'm not sure if this skull is from the Qin Dynasty, it's too pitiful, it's a corpse in the wilderness. Drunk and lying on the battlefield, how many people came back to fight in ancient times? ”
"Is it okay? War is brutal. The general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in ten years. After a protracted war, it is fortunate to be able to return home alive. Those who died on the battlefield were loyal to the soldiers, and no one cared. ”
"Hey, what did Lao Yi bring us here for?"
"Treasure hunting...... Jiuxiong told me that in addition to the tens of thousands of Qin soldiers who died in battle, there was also their supreme commander Tu Sui. Some people say that after Tu Sui died in battle, there were several places where he was buried, and Tongrenchong was one of them, which was the auspicious cave......"
As he was talking, Lao Yi and Chen Yuliang came over, he looked down at the flat ground below, and said slowly: "The position we are standing in now is called Taishi Linchao, which is one of the dragon veins of Lotus Mountain. Whoever is buried in the dangyang below, the future generations will prosper, and no matter how the dynasty is changed, there will be high-ranking officials from generation to generation. ”
"Lao Yi, you can't take a fancy to the feng shui of this land, right?" Nishino laughed.
"Little brother, the east side of this feng shui has been destroyed, and it is useless to be buried here." Lao Yi shook his head, "If I had this distraction, I wouldn't have brought you here." ”
"Why?"
"There are many factors that go into whether feng shui is good or not. The first son looks at whether the meridian kun gong direction is blocked, the second looks at the time of burial, the third looks at the mental skills of the burial, and the fourth looks at the ability of the descendants to guard the tomb......"
"Tomb feng shui, if you believe it, you don't believe it, and if you don't believe it, you will make a fortune in mass burial. Qin Shi Huang's Lishan Mausoleum Feng Shui has nothing to say, what is the result? It's not the second and the second is dead, the country is destroyed, and the Ying family is cut off......" Nishino held the bronze arrow in his hand and looked into the distance silently.