Thunder on a sunny day is actually a bad omen in Feng Shui.

Fortunately, there were only a few thunders, and not a drop of rain dropped.

Everyone rested for a while, took out food from their bags, and chatted while eating, although no one said anything at this time, but I could feel that everyone was depressed.

I even wonder if this kid Han Jianjian is really here, and if so, then how does he know about such a hidden valley? Even if you knew, it was almost impossible to find it if someone didn't lead the way.

When you think about it, things seem more complicated.

The matter has come to this point, and it can only be counted as one step at a time.

As soon as I walked a few steps this time, I saw a slow smoke rising from the distance.

Looking at the time on our phones, it was already half past five in the evening, perhaps because the light in the valley was always dim, and we didn't realize that it was getting dark.

"Everybody, we're going to have to hurry up! Before dark, find a place to rest. ”

After Hao Minyuan saw the cooking smoke, he seemed to realize the difficulties we were facing, and frowned.

"Team Hao, look at this smoke, there should be someone in front, it is likely to be the stockade we are looking for!" Wu Yuhui stepped on his feet and looked into the distance, his face beaming.

Actually, I also think so, since I saw the cooking smoke, it should not be too far from the village.

But before Hao Minyuan could reply, Teacher Feng smiled bitterly: "You are very wrong to think so, this is a mountainous area, and the actual distance is much farther than it seems." ”

I was a little puzzled: "Why is that?" ”

"First of all, the roads in the mountains are bumpy, and secondly, we don't walk in a straight line, so it doesn't look far, but it will take a lot more time to walk."

Listening to his explanation, several people didn't dare to be careless, and the speed increased significantly, and after more than ten minutes, no one spoke anymore, and the sound of rapid breathing echoed in the air.

Sure enough, as Teacher Feng said, after more than half an hour had passed, the light was obviously insufficient, and the smoke in the distance was no longer visible, but there was still no shadow of the village.

At this time, even Hao Minyuan was a little anxious.

You must know that this is a wilderness, there will be no shortage of poisonous snakes and beasts, plus the incident thirty or forty years ago, there is no suitable place to rest, it is not good at all.

The others were in a hurry, and just as it was almost completely dark, I saw a tall house not far away in the dim darkness, a solitary, temple-like building.

I was overjoyed, and I hurriedly pointed to the front and shouted to them, "Look, there seems to be a temple ahead!" ”

Several people looked at each other, and Hao Minyuan replied: "Brother! How can we have good eyesight! Makes you look like we're half-blind! ”

It was a joke, and everyone was relieved.

Walking towards the towering building, the closer I got and the clearer I could see, the more strange I felt.

This building gives me a feeling of déjà vu, and when I look closely, I feel as if I have never seen it.

It wasn't until I was less than a hundred meters away from this strange building that I suddenly remembered, it seemed to be somewhat similar to the broken temple outside Niutou Village in Zhanhua County, to be precise, the lower part of the building in front of me was similar to the broken temple.

And such a coincidence?

At that time, I remember hearing from the people of Niutou Village that a long, long time ago, the ruined temple had two floors, and I don't remember how they said that it was because of thunder and lightning or the time when the four old buildings collapsed, but the first layer was still intact, and it would not leak even when it rained heavily, and it has been preserved to this day.

Looking at the first floor, the two buildings were almost identical, and I tried to recall that even the temple doors were the same, and both were facing southwest.

An idea popped up in my head: Maybe the ruined temple outside Niutou Village in Zhanhua County used to be like this!

This makes me wonder again - Niutou Village, Zhanhua County, Binzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, is tens of thousands of miles away from Zhangjiajie, and it is an isolated valley in the deep mountains, how can there be two temples that are almost identical!

Such a strange building should have been built by the same group of people, and I think of the history of the old Miao people told by Buragu, when their ancestors lived on the edge of the Yellow River, that is, the Dongyi people in ancient times, the Yanhuang period, for some reason, one of them moved west to Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hubei, this is the later Miao people.

As soon as I stepped into this valley, the Natal Gu conveyed two messages to me: one was that there were a lot of Gu things in this valley, and the other was that it had a strong feeling of coming home. Does it mean that this valley is a place for seedlings?

Bulago once told me that the Miao people are divided into raw seedlings and mature seedlings, and the Miao people we know now are actually mature seedlings, and the raw seedlings never come into contact with the outside world, and they have mastered advanced Gu techniques, and their behavior is also relatively special.

Suppose that if both buildings were built by the people who gave birth to the seedlings, would the same temple be built for the same purpose in two places thousands of miles apart?

I heard from Niutou Village before that a long time ago, there were several strange statues of gods enshrined in the temple outside their village, but because of disrepair, the statues gradually fell into disrepair, and they were not completely destroyed by the hairy boys of several nearby villages until they were broken.

As these thoughts crossed my mind, my curiosity sparked – what kind of gods were enshrined in such a strange temple?

A few people cautiously walked into the dilapidated temple, thinking that the inside would also be dilapidated, who knew that after entering the door, they swept around, but found that the entire internal building can be described as magnificent, the ground, the wall, and even the roof, are pasted with neat cyan stone slabs, and the two huge statues of gods are located in the middle of the wall facing the entrance of the hall, in the words of the moment, it is in the C position.

There are more than a dozen small stone statues of different sizes on each side.

Looking at the appearance of these stone statues again, Teacher Feng and Wu Yuhui couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Where is this god, why does he look like this?"

"Oh my God! What is this taught! "Made

All the statues of the gods are only in the C position of the two and normal people, this is a man and a woman, looking quite young, on both sides are big-headed stone statues, there are three eyes on the face, the eyes in the center of the eyebrows are small and round, the eyes under the eyebrows are surprisingly large, so large that compared with the size of the face, it is very discordant, and the mouth of the statue is also surprisingly large, which occupies almost half of the face, and the corners of the mouth on both sides almost reach the ears.

I even look a little familiar with the appearance of this statue - yes! It was also in Niutou Village, Zhanhua County, when we went some time ago, Yang Shuhui and his wife who were fishing in the village fished a stone statue in the river, and the village people called it the Yellow River Niangniang, and also enshrined the statue in the broken temple, lined up to burn incense and kowtow, I saw the stone statue, which is like this.

I remember that Mr. Wu said that the stone statue is a god believed in by the Dongyi people, and it is also the highest level of god.

This is more certain that the valley, at least this temple, has something to do with the Dongyi people.

"Look, who does this stone statue on the left look like?" Wu Yuhui stood in front of a stone statue in the C position and asked us with a smile.

At this point, the fear in everyone's hearts has completely disappeared, replaced by a sense of freshness and intense curiosity.

Because the two stone statues in the C position looked the same as ordinary men, I, Teacher Feng, and Hao Minyuan didn't look at it much, and we all paid attention to these strange stone statues.

Hearing her shout, several people came over.

"What's so strange about this stone statue?"

Hao Minyuan glanced at it twice, and then shifted his gaze.

"Don't you think he looks like a man?"

"Oh? Hao Minyuan looked back again, like who! I can't see who it looks like! ”

Wu Yuhui smiled slightly, turned around and looked at me with a smile: "Don't you think he looks like Liu Ludong?" ”

"Like me?" I also looked at the stone statue again.

The height of the two stone statues is more than two meters, the male stone statue is half a head taller than the female, Wu Yuhui is talking about a man, but he is wearing a dress similar to a woman's skirt, which should be the costume of the ancient Miao nationality with national characteristics.

The stone statue is smiling, as if looking at something not far in front of it, it can be said that the carving is lifelike, and the expression is very expressive.

I took a closer look, not to mention, I really felt a bit like myself.

When I smile, I have a dimple on the left and right sides of my face, and this stone statue has it on its face.

I belong to the typical "sword eyebrows", and so do the stone statues.

I have a flat nose, so I have been envious of Andy Lau's nose since I was a child, and the nose of this stone statue is also flat.

It's really a coincidence that his mother met his father and arrived home.

"It's kind of like that!"

"Mainly temperamental!"

Hao Minyuan and Xiao He also quipped.

"It must be a coincidence! How old am I, you ...... Look at this temple and stone statue, how can it be hundreds of years old! ”

The crowd haha.

Hao Minyuan patted me on the shoulder: Brother, don't think about it! That's what we think. ”

It was already dark outside, and from time to time there were a few strange beast cries, and a few people were holding flashlights, and the room was quite bright, relatively speaking, the temple became a paradise.

Xiao He and Wu Yuhui took out the tarpaulin and spread it on the ground, I took out food and water, and several people sat in a circle.

At this moment, there is a feeling of outdoor travel.

Xiao He was short-sighted and wiped his glasses: "I'm really a little uncomfortable with the light being so dark!" ”

I was about to scold her, when I heard Teacher Feng point to a few protrusions on the wall: "Look, what is that?" ”

Hao Minyuan took a flashlight and took a photo, and found that there was such a protrusion every three or four meters in the entire temple hall, and on each protrusion was a metal basin slightly larger than the ordinary household dish plate, and a layer of green rust was attached to the surface of the metal basin, which should be bronze.

Wu Yuhui glanced at it a few times: "It should be a decoration in the temple!" I've seen a documentary about ancient temples in many parts of the world, whether it's ancient Indian temples, or ancient Egyptian and later Greek temples, there are a large number of reliefs as decorations. ”

Teacher Feng shook his head: "I don't think so!" As soon as I entered the building, I noticed that although the whole building was magnificent, the decorative style pursued 'big and clumsy' and 'big and simple', and this thing could never be a simple decoration. ”

Hao Minyuan stood up: "Don't guess! Let's take a look! ”

I followed him to the nearest bronze plate, and I immediately smelled a faint smell of kerosene.

It dawned on me, "I know what's inside!" ”

"Oh? What is it! ”

"It should be a fuel similar to kerosene, for lighting at night!"

Hao Minyuan wanted to reach out and touch it, but his hand stretched out halfway and retracted: "Makes sense, then...... Shall we try it? ”

Hao Minyuan took out the lighter, I tore off a corner of my clothes, lit it, and threw it in.