Chapter 385: Clues to the Northwest Direction
Listening to Banda Chata's meaning, their family and the family of Jedan Dumbadun should have had something similar to a contract a long time ago, the Jedan Dumbadun family is loyal to the Banda family and is driven by it, but only the matter of that holy well, the Banda family cannot ask about it, and the Jedan Dumbard family cannot leak it, even if Dajue and King Zhangxiong ask, they have the right to refuse to answer.
This deed clearly shows that the ancestors of the Jedan Dunbadun family may have discovered the secret of the holy well back then.
Bandacsada didn't want to break this contract, but now the situation was extraordinary, and it was related to the survival of the entire Zhangxiong, so he solemnly inquired about it before Djedan Dumbbadun died.
However, until his death, Jedan Dumbadun kept his contract and refused to tell Bandacsada about the secrets of the Holy Well. He also persuaded Bandacsada that the holy well must not be down.
"The holy well has always been here, for so many years, haven't the people of the Banda family investigated it?"
"Nope." Banda Chado shook his head, the people in the family are the same as the people of the Jedan Dumbadun family, they have strictly followed the rules set by their ancestors for generations, even if they are members of the Banda family who have served as the Great Awakening, they will not enter the holy well without permission.
"Your father, you should know about the Holy Well." I still remember that after Monkey Dajue promised me to save Tiantian, he put Tiantian at the small gate of the passage that runs through the bottom of the holy well, and if he didn't know anything about the holy well, Monkey Dajue couldn't have done this.
Bandatsada said that no one from his father, including his ancestors, would break his oath, and that some of the information about the holy well was handed down from within the family a long time ago. This holy well, which is said to be the center of this world, is a truly eternal place, and no matter how earth-shaking changes have taken place in the outside world, the holy well will not change. Anything placed at the small door of the passage deep in the holy well is guaranteed to be incorruptible.
What the Banda family knows, that's all, in fact, everyone knows that there must be other secrets behind the small door of the holy well passage, but the people of the Banda family have never entered.
At this point, I immediately remembered the two exits I had seen on the left and right of the passage when I first came here, one of which led to the outside of the Holy Well, and the other opposite exit, which I had not yet surveyed.
The passage was empty, and there was nothing else, and if there was any secret that had been passed down for thousands of years in the holy well, it must be within the exit that I had not investigated.
I suddenly regretted that I had chosen a random exit to try my luck, who knew that it was the exit from the holy well, and now, I don't know if there will be a chance to investigate the other exit of the passage. All the men in black have been killed, and Bandacsaddo will definitely be on guard against the holy well, and it will be very difficult for anyone to get close to the holy well.
Moreover, I thought of a question, in Zhangxiong's time and space, only ten years have passed, and she should still be in the holy well every day, but when I left the holy well, I didn't see her. I was thinking about this, and Bandacsada was silently drinking his tea, as if he was reminiscing about Jedan Dumbardun, and seemed to be pondering something.
"Before he died, Jedan Dunbadon left me a hint." Bandacsaddo was silent for a long time, and suddenly said to me, "Do you want to know what hints he left behind?" ”
"What's the hint?" I didn't expect Bandacsada to trust me so much, he, like his father, trusted me for no reason, and it felt strange. The hint given by Zhedan Dunbaton before his death must be very important, and he didn't say it sooner or later, but he didn't say it until he was about to die, which is enough to show that this hint is very crucial.
Bandacsada explained, and when he asked about the secrets of the holy well, Jedan Dumbadun refused to say anything, and advised Bandacsada not to go after what was in the depths of the holy well. After saying this, Djedan Dumbard swallowed, but when he took his last breath, he stretched out an arm and muttered a word.
I still remember this scene, I didn't quite understand what was going on at the time, but after Bandacsada explained, it dawned on me.
The arm that Zhedan Dunbadun stretched out after his breath was actually pointing out a direction, and the sentence he muttered was actually very simple, if translated into Chinese, it would mean "Basi, you must find them".
In the Zhangxiong language, Basi has a similar long-lasting, ancient meaning, and Jedan Dunbadun did not say so clearly, whether Basi is a place name, a personal name, there is no way to judge now, he only told Banda Chado that he must find Basi.
"How do I find it?"
"Just look in the direction that Jedan Dumbard pointed out." Bandacsada's gaze looked in the direction that Jedan Dumbadun pointed at when he was dying, and said, "He will not deceive me, if you look in this direction, you will definitely be able to find it." ”
"What is Bath? Is it a person, or is it a place? ”
"I don't know."
"So how do you find it? Do you think you can find it? ”
"Yes." Bandacsaddo didn't know where the confidence came from, he probably believed that Jedan Dumbard would never deceive himself, and when he found his true destination, what he needed to find, would surface.
I could see that the clue given by Jedan Dumbard touched Bandacsada's heart at once. Despite the fact that the situation was critical and Bandatsardo was needed everywhere to dispatch and command, he still decided to look for that clue.
"It can be a long process." I know very well how difficult it can be to find a person, a place, or a thing in a vast and endless land, and such a search may not be fruitful for a year or two, or even ten or eight years. The last thing you can afford right now is time.
"But I have to find it." Bandacsada thought for a while and told me that he knew the person of Jedan Dumbadun very well, and that the Banda family and the Jedan Dumbard family had their own family rules, and that Jedan Dumbard was a dignified and loyal person, and he would not go against the wishes of his ancestors, but he also couldn't bear to refuse Bandadatsado so directly.
I seem to understand what Bandacsada means, Jedan Dumbard can't answer Bandacsada directly, but he uses another way to give Bandacsada guidance. In this way, he did not disobey the teachings, and Bandacado also had the opportunity to find the answers he wanted to know.
Banda Chado immediately set about making arrangements, assigning Zhang-zhung's affairs to a few people to manage temporarily, and he wanted to set off immediately and follow the direction of Jedan Dumbadun's direction.
He didn't invite me to go with him, and I didn't ask to go with him, and when Bandacsada set out, the two of them naturally set off together. In order to narrow down the target, Bandacsaddo did not bring any retinue, just the two of us.
The direction pointed by Zhedan Dunbadun is northwest of Dapeng Silver City. Outside the northwest of the ancient city, is a desolate place, in the history of Zhangxiong, there has been sparsely populated, but the only good thing is that for the time being, it has not been devastated by the war, although desolate, but it is better than the chaos, so scattered in various places of Zhangxiong people, over the years, many have migrated to the northwest.
The plateau was as vast as a sky, and my head felt dizzy when I saw the place where heaven and earth were connected as far as my eye could see. How long will this search last? The most important thing is that apart from this direction, there is also the inexplicable "Bath", and we have no other side clues.
But Bandacado did not flinch or fear, he was very persistent, always walking slowly in one direction, never looking specifically along the way. This feeling is not like looking for it, but like trying your luck.
To be honest, I don't know the bottom of my heart, Bandacado is now acting entirely on feelings. In fact, he is not completely sure, but he firmly believes that if he looks in this direction, he will definitely be able to find the clues given by Jedan Dunbadun. I tried to persuade us to search carefully, at least to simply search the places we passed, but Bandacado told me that we had limited time and could not afford to delay too long.
The two of them ate and slept in the open, and went farther and farther. Twelve or three days later, it was already hundreds of miles away from Dapeng Silver City. Bandacado is usually a taciturn person, but during this trip, he talked a lot, talked to me a lot, and asked me a lot.
I believe that he trusts me, because it is impossible for a person who does not trust him to say what is in his heart. This inexplicable trust always makes me tie a knot in my heart.
Bandacado father and son, why do you trust me so much? Am I born to be a person to be trusted?
"Do you want to ask me why I believe you?" Bandacsada guessed the doubt in my heart from my few words, and said: "The reason is very simple, when I see you, it is as if I see myself, a person, there is reason not to believe in others, but there is no reason not to believe in myself. ”
"Our appearance is so bad." I lay on a felt blanket and looked at the starry sky overhead, remembering what the monkey had said to me.
Monkey Dajue also once explained to me why he felt an indescribable trust when he saw me. Because I have the same aura in my body as Bandactado, which is invisible, invisible, but felt.
"Is it true that people are similar only if they have the same appearance?" Bandacado shook his head, a rare smile on his lips.
He is not a happy person, in his heart, he may never have been truly happy, this smile, faint as a puff of smoke, but for him, it is already precious.
"In addition to the similarity in appearance, perhaps, there is also a similarity in temperament." I looked at Bandacsada and said, "My temperament is the same as yours?" ”
"It's hard to say." Bandatsardo shook his head and sat upright, he was accustomed to a hard life, like an ascetic, he never lay down to sleep, and spent the long night in a sitting position: "Rest early." ”
Bandacsada gave me a sense of security, and I felt that walking with him would at least ensure my safety, so I quickly fell asleep.
I had a dream in which I sat face to face with Bandatchado and looked at each other. I don't know when it started, Bandatsara has changed.
Just like me, I became a monkey-like person.