"After the mausoleum was built, in order to prevent the secret from leaking, all the mausoleum cultivators should be secretly killed, but Paya was really merciful and couldn't bear to kill, so he let these people guard his mausoleum, and over time, these mausoleum cultivators became the guardians of the altar later. Every Dai king would go to worship alone before ascending the throne, but when the twenty-fourth Dai king arrived, he suddenly dismissed all the altar guardians, and my ancestors came to live in our Manryu at this time. Later, after a long time, no one knew the location of the Paya True Altar. ”

Ghost Shuo opened his mouth and asked, "What is the name of the twenty-fourth Dai king?" ”

"Summoning Meng!" Knife Cloth replied. Ghost Shuo and Luo Yang exchanged a look, which was considered to confirm the previous inference.

Wang Daling interjected: "The west of Jinghong City? This direction is bigger, and most of the area is primeval forest, how can you find this? It's so slim, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. ”

Luo Yang smiled slightly: "Brother Da Ling, you don't have to worry about this, I have seen the direction of the rivers and mountains here, and I can estimate the approximate location." ”

"Estimated? So godly? Where is it? Wang Daling asked excitedly.

Luo Yang got up and took out a map of Xishuangbanna from his bag, pointed to one of the places, and said "Mengyong" in his mouth, but where Luo Yang pointed, the word Mengyong was not marked on the map, and when several people were puzzled, Luo Yang continued: "The distance between the altar and Jinghong is not too far, generally speaking, it will take two or three days to walk, according to the speed of people walking on mountain roads, I estimate that the distance from Jinghong should not exceed 100 kilometers, and it is impossible for Paya Zhen to bury himself too far from the palace, and it is too difficult to travel a long distance. Second, when future generations come to worship, if the distance is too far, it will definitely increase the danger a lot. Corresponding to the city of dawn, the mountains and rivers where the city of darkness is located should be the opposite, the Jinghong River passes from the north of the city, and the north of the river is close to the mountain, you see Mengyong, within a hundred kilometers to the west of Jinghong, only this place is just the opposite of the landscape, the river passes from the south of the city, and there is a backer to the south of the river.

In addition, according to the historical data, Mengyong is a place name that was registered after Paya Zhen became the king of Dai, but there is no more historical data to mention, it is in the depths of the primeval forest, although it is near the river, but there is no cultivation condition, so it is sparsely populated, and it is strange to suddenly set up a jurisdictional agency. And isn't it strange that after the twenty-fourth Dai king, this place was removed from the map again, and this place is not marked on the map to this day? This point in time coincides with the dismissal of the Altar Guardian, doesn't this just confirm the secrecy? ”

Luo Yang's inference was indeed perfect, but Ghost Shuo still frowned and asked, "The general direction is known, but when we get there, how can we find the altar?" The altar should not be large, right? How do you find it in a primeval forest? ”

Luo Yang smiled: "Then you will understand. ”

Early the next morning, a few people set off on time according to the agreed time, along the rugged mountain road, almost more than four hours by car we came to the territory of Menghai, after breakfast, continue to move along the mountain road, after passing through Mengweng Village, the road becomes narrower and narrower, the vegetation on both sides becomes more and more dense, slowly enter the primeval forest, and drive for about 10 minutes, the road finally can not drive, Luo Yang said: "Okay, everyone get off the car, the road behind can only rely on walking." ”

For walking into the mountain, several people are mentally prepared, the back of the car is full of items, nothing can be left behind, tents, sleeping bags, ropes, trekking poles, cooking utensils, first aid kits, water bottles, sapper shovels, dry food... Each of them weighed more than 30 kilograms. After the things were distributed, Luo Yang asked, "Do you know how to use guns?" ”

Wang Daling immediately replied: "Nonsense, can you mix it up in the police academy?" ”

Loyan opened the trunk of the car again, lifted the partition where the spare tire had been placed, took out a long bag, and took out two guns from it. One was handed to Ghost Shuo, "This is a tranquilizer gun, and the tranquilizer bullet inside is powerful enough to stun an elephant." Then he handed Wang Daling one, "This shotgun is a little more powerful, give it to you." The shotgun is the kind of double-barreled shotgun, the power is good, the only drawback is that the loading speed is too slow, Wang Daling sighed: "You kid hid deep enough!" You didn't get one? ”

Luo Yang laughed: "We don't usually use guns. ”

According to the place marked by Loyan on the map, although the distance is not too far, it needs to pass through a tropical rainforest, and it takes almost half a day, and you need to sleep all night in the open, and you will arrive at noon tomorrow. After a few people got ready, they parked the car on the side of the road and set off.

The group walked through the dense forest like this, at first there were still some traces of the road, but after walking for more than thirty minutes, it gradually disappeared, Luo Yang took out a machete, cut off the plants on the way to open the way, and several people followed closely and continued to march into the depths of the forest.

In the primeval forest, the sky is covered by large trees, and it is difficult to even see the sky when you look up, let alone judge the time by the sky. The humidity in the air is extremely high, and the weather in Jinghong is sultry, and after a while, the clothes are soaked, sticking to the body, extremely uncomfortable, and a few animal calls are heard from time to time in the distance, but it is difficult to distinguish what animal made it for a while. Luo Yang had introduced all these situations on the way before he came, but when he really arrived here, he realized that imagination is never as real as actual experience.

One of the most dangerous things in the forest is to get lost, because the surrounding trees are almost the same, and the vision is blocked by the dense forest, and there is no reference to mark, so from the moment you enter the forest, everyone is given a compass, and after continuing to walk for more than two hours, the sky also begins to darken, Luo Yang turned his head and said: "Hurry up, we must find an open place to camp as soon as possible, otherwise it will be troublesome if it gets darker." ”

Oni Shuo spoke: "Usually there will be some open land next to the river, as long as we find the river. According to Gui Shuo, the team has accelerated some of the speed of travel, and it is really a great test of physical strength to cross the primeval forest in this hot and humid environment, and it is definitely difficult to support it if it is not for several people to have a certain physical foundation.

A few people were walking, and Wang Daling suddenly spoke: "Do you smell a foul smell, like the smell of a corpse decomposing?" ”

"Have you ever smelled a corpse?" Luo Yan asked with a smile.

"Don't make a fuss! You smell good! Wang Daling said again seriously.

After he said this, several people stopped and took a deep breath, as if there was really one, but for a while they didn't know where it came from. The smell was in the air. "It seems to be from over there." Onishuo pointed in the direction.

"There won't be any corpses, will there?" Wang Daling asked in a low voice.

"Don't worry, there are dead animals in the forest, and it's normal for the carcass to be left in place to rot, maybe just a dead elephant." Loyan said.

A few people began to set off in the direction where the smell came from, intending to find out. But just turned over a big tree rattan, a few people were stunned by the scene in front of them, not far in front of a large area of strange flowers, there is a large area, at least hundreds, each flower is about one meter in diameter, no leaves and no stems, bright colors, each petal is bulging with many small bags, dense small bulges make people look very uncomfortable, the middle of the flower is like a person's open mouth, there are a lot of white teeth in the mouth, and there is a strong stench like a corpse decomposing.

Wang Daling and Luo Yan were both shocked and asked in a low voice, "This... What is this? Cannibal flowers? ”

"No, it's Rafflesia." Oni Shuo said with his mouth covered. "It can be said that it is the largest flower in the world, the huge flower only lasts for 4-5 days, and it will release a peculiar smell, and some odor-chasing insects will spread pollen for it, and this flower is not dangerous except for smell."

Luo Yang continued: "But this rafflesia seems to only grow in places like the Amazon jungle and Indonesia, and it doesn't have so many and so big. ”

Onishuo nodded and replied, "It's a little strange indeed! ”

"Let's go, these flowers look too weird and smell too bad." Luo Yan suggested.

Hearing her say this, Ghost Shuo really felt that the Rafflesia in front of him was too weird, hundreds of Rafflesia were like hundreds of blood basins, about to devour a few people, it felt too depressing, and no one wanted to stay here longer.

Wang Daling suddenly became interested: "Don't go yet, since these flowers are not dangerous and rare to see, I will take a few back to make specimens!" As soon as the words fell, Wang Daling walked into the king flowers. Wait for me, I'll go and pick the biggest, most colorful one. ”

Seeing this, Ghost Shuo couldn't help but feel a tense in his heart, and an ominous premonition suddenly rose, and he hurriedly shouted: "Come back quickly, you are looking for death!" ”

"Don't worry, it's okay!" Wang Daling didn't look back, walked a few steps forward, and came to a very large Rafflesia. "He won't bite me, don't believe I'll try to show you." As he spoke, he put his hand into the "mouth" of Rafflesia. Everyone saw this scene in their hearts, although they all knew that Rafflesia was just an ordinary flower and was not aggressive, but at this time, there was always some uneasiness in their hearts.

Suddenly, Wang Daling suddenly shouted, "Ah! It's biting me! Hearing him shout, several people tensed up and were ready to rush over to save him. At this moment, Wang Daling laughed, and while retracting his hand, he said, "Teasing you, look, it's okay!" ”

Seeing this, several people invariably breathed a sigh of relief, and Luo Yan scolded loudly angrily: "There is something wrong!" I'm scared to death by you! Hurry up! ”

"Ahh Wang Daling suddenly shouted again, "Come and save me!" He shouted in alarm.

"Don't make a fuss, it's endless, come here!" Ghost Shuo said angrily.

"No trouble! Come and save me! Wang Daling shouted again, his voice was very flustered, obviously not like he was joking, but he saw that Wang Daling's legs began to sink, and soon half of his body was about to fall.

"Not good! Yes - swamp! Loyan shouted.