Volume 2 The Ancient Kingdom of the White Wolf Chapter 8 The Valley in the Photos
I also felt that I couldn't explain this, and said, "Then I don't know, it's fate." ”
As soon as I woke up at the mention of "fate", I hurriedly took out the string of Gonqu Tenzin Khenpo in my arms, which was a parting prayer bead for me.
I saw that the one hundred and zero skull rosaries in my hand were glowing reddish in the moonlight!
I said, "I know why the wolf is only asking us for help." ”
Tuesday Mao said: "You mean it has something to do with this rosary?" ”
I said, "This rosary is a sacred object that Khenpo Kunqu Tenzin blessed with the Great Buddha Vajra Dharma, and I heard Khenpo Kunqu Tenzin say that the Great Buddha Vajra is one of the Buddha-figures cultivated by the Tantra of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism. ”
Tuesday Mao said: "Then according to what you say, this rosary is really a divine object, so let's go into the snow mountain this time to bring this thing and don't get twice the result with half the time?"
I said, "I hope so." I borrowed the words of Khenpo Ji from Gon Qu Tenzin, hoping that we can all turn evil into good fortune. ”
On the second day, the signs ahead had been lingering halfway up the mountainside, and had not made any further progress to the top of the snow-capped mountain, and although the air was still thin, we had no obvious alpine sickness. It's just that the weather suddenly became cold again on this day, and the wind was blowing and people couldn't stand steadily.
We were afraid of avalanches, so we didn't dare to camp under the snowy mountains, but fortunately there was a river between the two snow-capped mountains, although the wind was a little stronger in the valley, and now the river had already frozen, and there was a flat place by the river that was just right for camping, so we led the mules and horses down the mountain overnight, thinking that we would go up the mountain again the next day and follow the marked route.
The night was too windy, so we chatted around the campfire for a while, and I advised everyone to rest early, because tomorrow we will probably climb higher snowy mountains.
However, I didn't sleep very well, and when I lay down, I felt that I couldn't breathe, and I got up better, thinking that I had been walking in this snowy mountain for four days, and I didn't know how far I had to go to reach my destination.
In a daze, I suddenly heard the neighing of mules and horses, followed by several gunshots!
As soon as I turned over, I got up, only to see Li Long, who was on duty at night, holding a rifle and nervously looking at the darkness in the distance.
I hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Why did you shoot? ”
Li Long said in a panic: "Just... Just now there was a dark shadow, and suddenly the mule was knocked down, and I didn't dare to go out alone, so I shot a few shots in that direction. The shadow was gone in a flash. ”
At this time, everyone had already woken up, and they all picked up their guns and came to the door of the tent.
When we camped for the night, we tied all the mules and horses to a dead tree trunk not far from the tent, and it was pitch black outside.
I asked, "Is it a wolf or a bear or something?" ”
Tuesday Mao listened for a while and said: "No, wolves rarely come out to hunt alone, in such a cold weather, bears have long hibernated, it should be other large animals!" ”
I said, "That's a leopard, a tiger?" ”
Tuesday Mao still shook his head, and took a flashlight to shine at the frightened mules and horses, only to see that one mule had fallen to the ground, and the rest of the mules and horses had been in a mess.
We didn't know what was going on, and we didn't dare to get out of the tent rashly, so we had to wait and see.
After a while, the panicked mule and horse gradually fell silent, and only the wounded mule and horse were still on the ground and wailing.
On Tuesday, Mao said to me: "I'll go over and take a look, and you can help me see around." ”
I said, "Let's go together." ”
So, the rest of the group lit up the flashlight, and we both walked out of the tent with a rifle.
When I came to the place where the mules and horses were bolted, I saw that the blood of the mules and horses lying on the ground had already coagulated, and they were stuck to the ground and could not move, and they were about to die.
When we got closer, we saw that the whole belly of the mule and horse was pulled open, and the intestines were left on the ground.
A large piece of the hind leg was torn off, revealing a large piece of white bone.
I exclaimed, "What the hell is so powerful, biting off so much meat in one bite!" ”
Tuesday Mao also looked puzzled and said, "Even if it's really a tiger, it's impossible to bite off such a big piece of meat in one bite!" ”
We looked around, and there was no movement. So we had to lead the mule and horse to the outside of our tent and tie it up, and seeing that the mule was no longer dead, on Tuesday Mao sighed, raised his gun and shot the mule in the head, and the mule stopped moving.
I said, "I didn't expect that this mountain seems to be peaceful and quiet, and I don't know what some mountain spirits and ghosts are." ”
No one dared to sleep again that night, and everyone stayed up around the bonfire waiting for dawn.
The next day, everyone gathered in front of the mule and horse, who had been killed by Tuesday Mao, and talked about it.
The mule and horse were completely frozen on the stone, and suddenly a blood stain on the stone not far from the mule and horse caught my attention.
There is already some distance from the mule and horse here, and the blood on the mule and horse can't be splashed so far, could it be that Li Long had already hit that black shadow when he shot yesterday? Or was it the dark shadow running away with the mule's flesh in its mouth?
I walked forward for more than ten meters, only to see a few drops of blood on the ground, and a few brown and yellow hairs on the rocks.
I picked up the fur, called Tue Mao and said, "What kind of animal hair is this?" ”
Tuesday Mao looked at it, sniffed it again, shook his head and said, "I really haven't seen this before." The hair is very soft, and it seems to have a strong smell. ”
We packed up and continued to climb the mountain, and at this moment, suddenly Chen Yutian said: "Brother, look at the pile of rocks on the other side of the river!" ”
When I turned around, I saw something flash through the rocks, and it was very large.
Tuesday Mao also saw it and said, "Second baby, that... Have we ever seen that thing? ”
I also remembered it and exclaimed, "You mean the kind of ancient ape that Professor Wen said in Fanjing Mountain?" ”
Tuesday Mao said: "Why is there still that thing in this snowy mountain?" ”
I remembered that we were still carrying binoculars this time, so I hurriedly went to my backpack to look through the binoculars.
But by the time I took out my binoculars and looked at the rocks on the other side of the river again, the monster was long gone.
I said, "Whatever it is, the farther away this thing is, the better." ”
Sure enough, the road signs marked today began to rise sharply, and the altitude of the snow-capped mountains was getting higher and higher, and we walked with great difficulty, breathlessness, and splitting headaches.
Ma Bai and the two guys both had altitude sickness, shortness of breath, drowsiness, I hurriedly followed what Ding Sanye said, gave a few people some rhodiola, and finally survived to the pass.
I saw that a bottomless valley appeared on the opposite side of the snow-capped mountain, and the valley was shrouded in fog, and it was impossible to see the situation under the mountain clearly.
There was no road on this snowy mountain, and in the fog there was no sign to be seen, and we led the mules and horses down into the valley with great difficulty.
Halfway up the mountain, it was obvious that my breathing began to feel much easier.
I said, "The valley is much lower, and if you walk along the valley, you may not have a mountain reaction." ”
Tuesday Mao kicked and said angrily: "I can't imagine that the mountain here in Xikang is so high, this mountain is really not human." ”
Li Long said with a smile: "It's not that people can't stay on this mountain, animals can't stay, and if you walk for a while, it is estimated that the mules and horses will be exhausted to death on it." ”
Because their physical condition improved slightly, the group began to talk and laugh again.
We stepped on piles of rocks to the bottom of the valley, and visibility was still low, and we couldn't see the exact situation in the valley.
This is already the lowest place in this snow-capped mountain, and the wind is much lighter, so we rest on the spot and want to eat something before hurrying.
I accidentally looked at the snow-capped mountains in the distance, and suddenly felt that this place was a little familiar, and I hurriedly pulled out the black and white photo from my backpack.
Compared to the snow-capped mountains at the top of the mountain, it is exactly the same.
I excitedly said, "So this is it!" You see, the snow-capped mountains in this photo are not the same as the snow-capped mountains opposite! ”
Several people gathered around, and Mao also said happily on Tuesday: "And the person taking the picture may be standing in the place where we are standing now!" ”
I didn't care about the fatigue of the saddle horse, so I got up and ran deep into the valley between the two snow-capped mountains.
After walking a short distance, I saw the outline of a statue faintly visible in the thick fog. On both sides of the valley stand many stone sculptures that have been stumped and severed.
When I got closer, I saw that this statue was indeed the bronze statue of Wanqu who was holding the god Quetzalcoatl.
I was overjoyed, and I ran to the bottom of the statue in a few steps, only to see that the statue was more than twice as large as the one in front of the Mayan temple on Mt. Nagaru.
But Wanqu's demeanor was exactly the same, his head raised, looking at the sky, revealing an indescribable weird smile.
We walked around the statue and didn't see any marks left by my uncle.
Walking to the deepest part of the valley, I was surprised to find that at the confluence of the two snow-capped mountains was a smooth stone wall, on which were painted with red and black paint, many wolves, and some hunting scenes.
In particular, these wolves are painted with different expressions and lifelike, the valley in the snow-capped mountains, the wind is very small, and in the snow-capped mountains, the humidity in the air makes the colors of the paintings not peel off due to dryness.
The guys we brought with us were all the first to see such a shocking scene, and they were also jaw-dropping.
Who would have thought that there would be such a place in this inaccessible snow-capped mountain.
When I got here, it is estimated that the ancient city should be near here, and the first thing that Mao and I thought of first was in the snow-capped mountains.
We looked around the valley but didn't see anything different about the mountain walls, which had no vegetation and were bare as far as our eyes could see.
At this time, we had rushed all the way into the valley, but we really didn't see any clues that my uncle had marked, so we couldn't help but be a little puzzled.
As we continued to walk, there was a fault on the other side of the valley, and there were continuous snow-capped mountains on the opposite side of the dense fog, but below the fault, because the dense fog was too thick, I couldn't see anything clearly.