Chapter 340: Lushan in distress
In June of 676 A.D., Xia Xue came to the majestic and dangerous Lushan Mountain. Lushan has the reputation of "Kuanglu Qixiu Jiaxia", there is already the legend of "the house of the gods", the rivers and lakes surrounded by water vapor make Lushan cool in summer, the rain is abundant, the clouds and mist are filled, and the diffuse clouds add a lot of charming beauty and mysterious colors to Lushan.
At the time of the advent of the Quaternary Ice Age, Lushan was carved by glaciers and the erosion of flowing water in the late glacial period on the basis of the Fault Block Mountain, making its landform gorgeous and colorful, precipitous and unparalleled, and famous all over the world.
Xia Xue had just come to the foot of Lushan Mountain, and was thinking about going there for sightseeing and scientific research first, when she heard a shout: "Miss Xia, Miss Xia, you are here!" ”
I saw Sun Chang trotting down the rugged mountain road from a high rock.
"Brother Sun, be careful!" Xia Xue saw Sun Chang, whose face was flushed with excitement, and hurriedly reminded him repeatedly, for fear that he would accidentally fall.
After a while, Sun Chang ran in front of Xia Xue, he panted and smiled and said to Xia Xue: "Miss Xia, I came here more than a month ago, just to wait for you!" ”
Xia Xue couldn't help but smile, although she was wearing an ugly person now. Leather mask, wearing a wide robe, because he was wearing a charge suit inside, he looked bloated, but Sun Chang did not dislike it at all, and was still very enthusiastic about Xia Xue, Xia Xue couldn't help but be slightly moved in her heart, it seems that this man is not the kind of disciple who judges people by his appearance, but is a confidant and friend who can be deeply friends.
With both hands at the foot of Lushan Mountain, I ate some dry food, drank some fresh water, rested for a while, and set off. Because Sun Chang came more than a month in advance, he was more familiar with the situation in Lushan than Xia Xue, so Sun Chang was the guide wherever he went for sightseeing, where to collect plants and herbs, and where to conduct scientific research.
Xia Xue said in her heart: "It's good to have a guide!" ”
Lushan has abundant rainfall, mild and pleasant climate, and is a "cool island" hanging in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the middle and lower reaches of summer. The temperature difference in the mountains is large, there are many clouds and mist, and there are thousands of postures and endless changes.
In particular, the clouds and mist of Lushan Mountain can be called a great wonder of Lushan, Lushan is in a basin, the mountains are towering on all sides, the south is based on Poyang Lake, and the north is near the vast Yangtze River. The big rivers and lakes transpire a large number of inexhaustible water vapor, forming surging clouds and mist rushing to Lushan, because of the relationship between the Xiangjiang River and the lake, the water vapor of Lushan is very strong, once the water vapor touches the dust in the air, it becomes a small water droplet, and countless small water droplets form a beautiful and magical Lushan cloud and mist.
Xia Xue, accompanied by Sun Chang, saw the clouds in the mountains haunting and impermanent, and the peaks flickering. In an instant, the sea of clouds filled the valley, and it was impossible to distinguish objects within a few minutes. The clouds cover the fog, the smoke is filled, the weather is sunny and rainy, unpredictable, the clouds and mist are also strange and peculiar, changeable, the whole Lushan is hidden between the ethereal, really like a fairyland, I can't help but think of a poem: "The cloud and mist landscape of Lushan is strange, and the changes are thousands of postures; Just made the waves of the Han Sea, and became a waterfall and a pool".
In particular, it is a miracle to find that the rain in Lushan can sometimes fall from the bottom up, and the two of them can't help but be amazed! Sun Chang was puzzled by this peculiar phenomenon, and Xia Xue, after careful observation and thinking, explained that it may be: when the wind blowing upward in the canyon is greater than the gravity of the water droplets falling downward, the water droplets will float up with the wind, and because there are many water droplets in the air in the Lushan Canyon, this strange phenomenon of "rain from the bottom up" appears. Sun Chang thought about it carefully, nodded again and again, and couldn't help but admire this erudite and talented ugly girl "travel friend" even more.
Through careful investigation and research, Xia Xue found that the ground formation of Lushan is due to the fault block mountain caused by the fault gap, and there are many faults around, so the many strange peaks and cliffs of Lushan are steep, and the cliffs are in various forms, some are round like a canopy, and some stretch like the Great Wall; Some are high skyscrapers, some overlook the waves, some are like boats sailing the sea, and some are like turtles walking on the earth, majestic and weather. I couldn't help but gently chant the famous poet Su Shi of the Song Dynasty in the later generations' "Title of the West Forest Wall": "Looking horizontally, the side of the ridge becomes a peak, and the height of the distance is different. I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain." After Sun Chang, who was beside Xia Xue, overheard it, he thought that Xia Xue saw the scenery of Lushan Mountain that changed shape and was in a thousand postures, which triggered Yixing's strong thoughts and improvised travel poems. I can't help but be amazed, it's really a good poem, which not only writes the changing scenery of Lushan, but also contains rich philosophy, and admires the talent of this ugly female traveler even more.
Because Sun Chang advocated Taoism, Sun Chang took Xia Xue to the immortal cave that he was fascinated by. The fairy cave is located at the southern end of the Splendid Valley, and there is a jagged "Buddha's Hand Rock". Under the cover of Buddha's hand rock, a hole is opened as an immortal cave. Xia Xue remembered that a great man in later generations once wrote a famous poem: "Born in an immortal cave, the infinite scenery is in the dangerous peak." The height and depth of the hole are about 10 meters each, and there is a clear spring dripping down in the depths, which is called "a drop of spring". There are stone inscriptions such as "Dongtian jade liquid" on the wall of the cave. In the center of the cave, the "Pure Yang Palace" has a built-in stone statue of Lu Dongbin, and it is said that the sword immortal among the eight immortals cultivates here and becomes an immortal. Whenever the clouds and mist are shrouded, a little fairy aura is suddenly added. Sun Chang, who advocates Taoist thought, sat and meditated in this cave for several days, gaining a lot of inspiration, and said that this place is really a Taoist cave.
On a moonlit starry night, Sun Chang mysteriously took Xia Xue to the top of Tianchi Mountain at an altitude of more than 900 meters above sea level in Lusanjin, Xia Xue was about to ask what she was doing here, Sun Chang mysteriously made a "shhhh
Xia Xue was wondering, suddenly, a burst of fog hit, and there was no scenery in sight, and the clouds and fog turned over, and there was a vast expanse. In an instant, dozens of points of light appeared in the clouds and mist in front of and behind him, like the light of the mirage of Haijing City wandering and dotting in the clouds and mist of the valley flickering and fluttering, like a lotus, as if it was a Buddha word with a light wheel in the ancient temple and the mythology, which appeared and disappeared from time to time, flickering and shining, and looked magical and beautiful. When Sun Chang saw it, he immediately knelt down on the ground, and his mouth prayed incessantly. Xia Xue also screamed in surprise.
After a while, the clouds cleared and the light disappeared. Sun Chang told Xia Xue that this is a rare "Buddha lamp" in Lushan, and only those who are destined can see it. He has been here many times before, but he has never seen the Buddha lamp, he believes that he and Xia Xue have a fate, so he brought her here tonight, and sure enough, the mysterious "Buddha lamp" appeared, which confirmed his feelings even more, so he was very happy, he said to Xia Xue: "Miss Xia, this mysterious Buddha lamp can only be seen by people who are destined, we saw a rare Buddha lamp tonight, it seems that the two of us are indeed destined, this is the will of God!" I feel very happy to stay with Miss Xia, and I hope to be friends with Miss Xia forever! I don't know if Miss Xia is willing? ”
Xia Xue looked at his sincere gaze, and couldn't help but be infected, and nodded.
Sun Chang saw that Xia Xue agreed to be friends and friends with him forever, and he was so happy that he almost jumped up, grinning happily.
Xia Xue looked at the elated Sun Chang, and couldn't help but feel a warm ripple in her heart, she sincerely longed to be friends with an ugly girl forever, it seems that this person is not the kind of shallow person who judges people by their appearance.
She couldn't explain the strange Buddha lamp for a while, it was estimated that it might be caused by the reflection of light like the mirage in Haijing City, but when she saw Sun Chang's pious appearance, she couldn't bear to say it.
Xia Xue, who came from the high-tech era in the future, knew that all the beautiful legends in ancient times were fake, just like the moon, the ancients thought that there was a beautiful Chang'e, a laurel tree, and a moon rabbit on it, but since humans landed on the moon, they found that the moon was deserted, there was no atmosphere, no liquid water, no oxygen, no Chang'e, no moon rabbit, and no laurel tree, and the scientific facts were cold and boring, so Xia Xue would rather let Sun Chang and other ancients continue to believe in those beautiful legends.
From Sun Chang's pious and happy face, Xia Xue saw that he really liked his "ugly girl", and couldn't help but have a better impression of him.
The days are like flowing water, the past is over, only when it touches the reef will there be a few whirlpools, and the stream of life is even more so, you can never guess where the reef is and how big it is.
On this day, Sun Chang took Xia Xue to a place with beautiful scenery. I saw that the mountains here are stacked and green, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the lakes and mountains are quiet and magnificent, the meandering streams are crystal clear, the smoke is vast, the beads are splashed with jade, the strange peaks and strange stones are like paintings. In it, the canyon wall stands, the stone path lingers, the ancient maple hangs down, and the ravine is deep. The grass and trees are green, the flowers are vibrant, the green shade is sandwiched, the cool breeze is breezy, and it is extremely pleasant. What a place to be!
Hearing the roar of a waterfall in the distance, the two decided to walk up the clear stream of the canyon along the stream, picking rare plants and herbs on both sides of the stream. Walking and walking, the canyon becomes narrower and narrower, the cliffs on both sides are also getting steeper and steeper, only to see that there are three layers of hanging waterfalls in the distance, each layer is divided into two hanging waterfalls like white practice, connected into tens of meters long, like a double dragon leaning on the sky, falling into the pool, magnificent, can not help but admire.
The two of them were intoxicated by the spectacular scenery in front of them, when suddenly the sky changed drastically, lightning and thunder roared, and in the blink of an eye, heavy rain fell from the sky.
The two of them looked at each other, they were both very experienced in the field, and knew that the heavy rain would inevitably cause the canyon stream to swell soon, and it might also induce flash floods and mudslides, if they didn't leave this narrow canyon quickly, it was estimated that they would either drown or be killed by the stones and broken trees carried by the torrents and mudslides.
"Oh no, get out of here." Sun Chang and Xia Xue shouted almost at the same time.
The two quickly turned around and ran back along the canyon stream when they came, Xia Xue originally wanted to climb the cliffs on both sides to avoid the upcoming torrent, but found that the cliffs on both sides were not only high and steep, but also slippery, and there were almost no large trees on the top that could hang the weight of the two of them, so she and Sun Chang could only continue to run out of the canyon.
The torrential rain was pouring down, the raindrops were so heavy and rapid that the skin hurt on the hands, and the eyes were almost unable to see, and the dense rain was like a silver curtain of water, as if connecting the heavens and the earth together.
I only heard the roar of the mountain torrent like a cow roaring in the distance of the canyon, Xia Xue's heart screamed badly, and she couldn't help but speed up under her feet, and when she was about to rush forward, she suddenly heard a strange sound from the cliff overhead, and when she didn't care to look up, suddenly Sun Chang hugged her from behind, hugged her tightly in his arms, and bent down to cover her with her whole body, boom a few times, and fell from the cliffs on both sides of the canyon Many gravel fell, the big ones were as big as a wheel, and the small ones were the size of a fist, and they fell down from the cliffs because of the heavy rain, Rumbling a few times smashed in front of the two of them, if Sun Chang didn't hug Xia Xue just now, it is estimated that Xia Xue would have been smashed into meat sauce by that big stone.
Xia Xue's face turned pale with horror, and she was about to get up to thank Sun Chang, but she found that he had fallen headlong in the stream, and blood was flowing from his head.
It turned out that when Sun Chang bent down to protect Xia Xue just now, he was hit on the head by the debris that flew everywhere after he landed, and he was bleeding profusely and fainted.
Xia Xue was anxious, picked up Sun Chang and continued to run out of the canyon, worried about Sun Chang's injury on the one hand, and glad for his luck on the other, if he was directly hit by the gravel falling from the cliff just now, it would be a fist-sized stone, and Sun Chang would also be killed. At the same time, I was moved by his desperate sacrifice of his life to save himself.
"Brother Sun, hold on, I must save you!" Xia Xue ran wildly and shouted at the same time, tears mixed with rain kept flowing over the black and yellow people wearing their faces. Leather masks.
The roar of the torrent behind him was getting closer and closer, like a ferocious monster devouring everything. Xia Xue felt a little desperate in her heart, she knew that the speed of the flash flood was very fast, and people couldn't run away from the flash flood.
Just when she felt desperate, a slightly lower cliff appeared on the right, and there was a thicker tree on the cliff more than 8 meters high from the ground, Xia Xue didn't think much about it, and quickly took off the hook lock rope from her waist and threw it out quickly, one end of the rope hook lock was firmly wrapped around the tree trunk, Xia Xue tied Sun Chang to her back with the other end of the rope, and tried her best to climb the tree.
Just as she was panting and climbing the trunk of the tree, a monster-like torrent roared through the canyon beneath her feet, letting out a terrible roar like a bull's roar. The torrent was turbid, mixed with gravel and fallen logs, struggling and colliding.
The entire canyon was filled with rushing torrents of rocks and broken logs, and the water level was at least about three meters.
Xia Xue's heart was beating wildly, her back was cold, and she couldn't help but secretly call for danger, if she hesitated a little just now, or continued to run forward, she would definitely die.
Xia Xue saw that the trunk of the tree was only more than 4 meters high from the top of the cliff, and there were protruding rocks and shrubs that could be stepped on, so she untied the rope hook and lock wrapped around the trunk of the tree, and used her climbing skills to climb to the top of the cliff with Sun Chang on her back.
She quickly relieved Sun Chang, checked the injury on his head, and found that the injury was not very serious, so she was a little relieved, and took a gauze from the first-aid kit to make a simple hemostatic bandage for him first. Now that the rain is too heavy, I need to quickly find a place to shelter from the rain, and then disinfect and stop bleeding and bandage Sun Chang again.
Xia Xue carried Sun Chang on her back and braved the heavy rain to run towards the slope of the mountain with a forest, and when she ran to the foot of the hillside, she was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a cave hidden on the eastern slope of the hill that was blocked by the woods, and it was really difficult to find it if she didn't run nearby.
She hurriedly ran into the cave with Sun Chang on her back, and found that the cave was not very big, more than three meters high, more than four meters wide, and more than six meters deep, but it was enough for two people to stay inside. The stone floor of the cave was also covered with some hay, branches, and a few stones with a flat surface that could be used as stools to sit on. There were still ashes from the campfire on the ground, but it was already cold, indicating that no one had been there for at least the last two days. Xia Xue estimated that this cave might be the temporary residence of Lushan hunters or herb pickers.
He put down Sun Chang, untied the gauze that had been hastily bandaged just now, and then took out the first-aid kit to seriously disinfect his wound to stop bleeding, and then carefully bandaged it again. Seeing that he and Sun Chang were drenched in heavy rain and turned into soup chickens, their clothes were already soaked, and if they were not dried as soon as possible, they might get pneumonia again.
Xia Xue decided to make a fire, and first lit a bonfire with branches in the hole on the original ashes, but she didn't want to use the hay, so Sun Changping lay down on the hay to rest. Feeling that the branches in the cave were not enough to burn, they needed to find a few longer branches to make a simple drying rack for drying their soaked clothes. So he braved the heavy rain and ran to the nearby woods to find the branches he needed, but no matter how heavy the rain was, there were always some places where he could find dry branches. The long branches used to make hangers are wet, so that they are not afraid of it ignishing.
Back in the cave, Xia Xue wiped the rain from her face and embarrassed people. A piece of leather mask is wiped off due to the person. Leather masks should not be soaked in water for a long time, so now soaked people. The leather mask was no longer on the face.
Xia Xue glanced at Sun Chang, but fortunately, he was still unconscious and breathed a sigh of relief. For the time being, I had to take down the people first. Leather mask, wait for it to dry before trying to put it on.
Xia Xue used the long branches he found to build a few drying racks, took off Sun Chang's soaked clothes outside, wrung them out, and hung them on the drying rack to bake, his close-fitting clothes Xia Xue thought about it and was still embarrassed to take them off, so he wrung out the water a little and moved him closer to the fire, so that the heat radiated by the fire would keep him warm, and slowly dry his underwear, and after the front part was dried, Xia Xue turned him over and baked the underwear behind him, so that the underwear of the whole body could basically be dried. There is no need to take off Sun Chang's underwear awkwardly.
After taking care of Sun Chang, Xia Xue saw that her clothes inside and outside were also soaked, so she had to take off the robe outside and wring out the water and hang it on the clothes pole to dry.
Because his helmet was too conspicuous, Xia Xue basically didn't wear a helmet after disguising herself from the palace, and the helmet was folded and put in a backpack, and she would take it out unless she needed to wear a helmet in an emergency.
Soaking clothes can't be worn all the time, which is uncomfortable, and can cause pneumonia and other diseases, so Xia Xue thought about it, health first, looked at Sun Chang, who was still in a coma, and took off her jacket and pants, including shoes filled with water, wrung out the water, and put them on the drying rack to dry.
The rest of the underwear was also wet, although Sun Chang was still unconscious, but Xia Xue was still embarrassed to take it off in the end, she still wrung out the underwear she was wearing on her body a little first, and then sat by the fire, baking while warming, and picking up people in her hands. Leather mask for a piece of baking......
Sun Chang slowly woke up, his head felt very painful, his consciousness was still a little blurry, he slowly opened his eyes, and saw that he was lying in a cave, with hay spread under him. There was a bonfire burning not far from him, and his cold body felt warm. Next to the campfire was a drying rack made of branches, on which some wet clothes were baking. There was a person sitting opposite the fire, and by the dim light of the fire, Sun Chang looked at it, and was stunned for a moment, only to see a big beautiful woman sitting by the fire with a piece of leather baking.
With a bang, Sun Chang felt all the blood in his body rush to his head, exploding, emitting countless golden stars. Big, small, pentagonal, cross, just like the moment when the bamboo bursts in the fire during the New Year, it is short, but it is gorgeous and colorful.
Don't look at it, he told himself desperately in his heart. But his gaze couldn't help but move slowly, sweeping over the roasted roof of the cave red by the flames, and slowly staring at the beautiful woman's face. It was a beautiful face, the most beautiful he had ever seen in the world. Snow-white and delicate skin, long eyelashes, and a pair of delicate lips......
Sun Chang watched, watched, just like looking at a precious piece of southern white porcelain, and didn't dare to touch it. lest the other party fall to the ground and be shattered if he touches it. I don't dare to think about it, because beauty is so beautiful that it is difficult to desecrate like a lotus flower.
Inadvertently, the big beauty with her head down looked up and glanced at it, the clear and flawless autumn water beautiful eyes were misty, at this moment the whole cave was lit up, in the dim firelight, the beauty was like a halo in the clouds, and she couldn't see it at all, Sun Chang didn't dare to see it real, because it was so beautiful, only those eyes were left between heaven and earth, like a dream, and nothing else was seen.
It's not that Sun Chang hasn't seen a beauty, but this beauty can't be described only by beauty, it turns out that there is really a kind of beauty in the world that can make people forget the vulgar, even if the stars fall for her, and the sun and moon are dull because of her, he won't feel strange.
Looking at the beautiful woman with an amazing appearance and figure, Sun Chang only felt like he hadn't drunk water for three or four days, and his heart seemed to stop beating for a moment.
"Ahh Xia Xue screamed, but she didn't expect Sun Chang, who had been unconscious, to wake up at this time, she was now only wearing close-fitting underwear, and her slender and seductive curves were exposed, and she was wearing it on her face. The leather mask has also been taken down and is being dried on the fire, and the peerless face of Bing Qingyu who is as beautiful as a fairy has also been exposed.
Xia Xue grabbed the robe that was still not dried and covered it on her chest, and her beautiful face couldn't help but flush.
"Who is the girl? How am I here? Where is Miss Xia? Sun Chang took a deep breath and plucked up the courage to ask.
Xia Xue blushed and said softly to Sun Chang: "Brother Sun, I'm sorry, I've been hiding it from you, I'm actually Xia Bing, in order to prevent harassment by lustful people, that's why I'm dressed like this, please forgive me." ”
Sun Chang was stunned for a while, the ugly girl Xia Bing he thought turned out to be a big beauty, and her beauty was incomparable, Sun Chang couldn't help but be surprised.
His eyes couldn't help but fall on Xia Xue's pretty face again, and her beautiful eyes touched her, his heart couldn't help beating wildly, his lips were a little dry, he swallowed his saliva desperately, trying his best not to shake his body with the dizzy feeling in all directions, his whole body was hot for a while, and he suddenly felt a tingle in the injured place, and said secretly: "It's so beautiful!" Clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving. The fairies in the heavens and the earth are no different. But I was worried that the beauty would no longer be friends with him after revealing her true face.
Xia Xue seemed to see Sun Chang's concern, she quickly put on a robe that was still a little wet, covered her bewitching body, walked to Sun Chang and sat down, and touched the wound on his head with her hand, "Don't worry, no matter what I look like, I will always be friends with Brother Sun." With you, a fellow traveler, as my guide, I feel much more at ease when I go there. Does the wound on your head still hurt? I've sterilized you to stop bleeding and bandaged. ”
There was a faint and charming fragrance from Xia Xue's body, which made Sun Chang's heart sway, and when he heard that Xia Xue would continue to be friends with him, he couldn't help but almost jump up with joy. "It is my greatest honor to be friends with Miss Xia. Thank you Miss Xia for trusting me, and thank you Miss Xia for saving me. ”
"Don't thank me, I should thank you, you were injured to save me."
Soon after, the heavy rain outside had stopped, Xia Xue took out dry food and fresh water for Sun Chang to eat a little, and ate some himself, and then went out to investigate the road, turned back to the cave and said: "After the heavy rain outside, the road is slippery and difficult to walk, so we will rest in the cave for one night, and then go down the mountain tomorrow morning to heal you." ”
"Okay!" Sun Chang was secretly happy in his heart, what a happy and wonderful thing it was to be able to spend one night in a cave with a big beauty, Sun Chang now hopes that God will continue to rain a few more times, so that he can stay in the cave with the big beauty for a few more days.
Unfortunately, it didn't work out as expected, and it didn't rain again all night, and the next day the weather was exceptionally fine. Sun Chang's headache was much better, so he had to go down the mountain with Xia Xue to heal.
After Sun Chang recovered from his injury, Xia Xue saw that the two-month vacation was about to end, so she said goodbye to Sun Chang.
Looking at Xia Xue, who wore an ugly mask and a wide robe, looking bloated, Sun Chang couldn't help but rejoice in his heart: "Thanks to the fact that I am not a womanizer and do not judge people by their appearance, otherwise how could I make friends with such a beautiful and charming goddess!" ”
After Lushan separated, from this moment Sun Chang had begun to miss endlessly, remembering every minute of her.
Sun Chang heard that Xia Xue would go to Taibai Mountain for tourism and scientific research in June of the second year, and he was so happy that he couldn't say anything. In order to allow the goddess to have a comfortable place to live in Taibai Mountain, Sun Chang decided to renovate the secluded house in Taibai Mountain.
The power of love is infinite, with the incentive of love, Sun Chang decided to rush back to Taibai Mountain from Lushan on the way, all the way to collect medicine, all the way to practice medicine, as much money as possible, because it costs a lot of money to build a house, this is the first time Sun Chang felt the importance of money. For the sake of the goddess, he decided to give up his indifferent attitude towards money, exchanged the precious herbs he collected for money, and paid for the treatment of wealthy families according to the size of the disease, and the charge was higher for the more ill, of course, for the poor to see a doctor, he still insisted on the good deeds of charging less or even no charge.
Due to Sun Chang's superb medical skills and familiarity with the picking and processing of Chinese herbal medicines, once Sun Chang wants to make money, the speed of making money is still leveraged! More than four months later, when he arrived at Taibai Mountain, Sun Chang had earned enough money to repair the Burrow. So he gathered craftsmen to completely renovate his secluded house and add many new facilities. Since Sun Chang had worked as a builder, bricklayer, carpenter and other industries when he was young, the drawings for the repair of the entire house were designed by himself, and the construction of the entire house was also personally involved.
"Hongchen is a love, a sea of love, obsessed with seeing each other, and cherishing a person's heart."