Chapter 17: The Wild Temple
Although he distanced himself from Guan Rui and Wang Guoqing and hid in the dark, he had no lighting, and sooner or later he would be scraped out by Guan Rui and Wang Guoqing.
Even if he was not scraped out by a carpet search, in this case, it was unlikely that Yan Yu wanted to find Lin Xiaoyu.
After all, it was the first time he had gone up the mountain, and even during the day, it was a little reluctant to search, let alone in the dark.
If there were the right tools, opening the handcuffs would not be difficult for Yan Yu, but it was impossible to do it right now.
After calming down, Yan Yu began to think about countermeasures.
Lee Joon was an experienced hunter who placed animal bones around wooden houses with great fanfare, not just for decoration.
These skeletons are like scarecrows on a wheat field, acting as a deterrent.
However, insects and birds are rarely heard in this forest, and in such a difficult living environment, a hunter like the old master should wish there were more wild beasts, how could he use bones to scare wild beasts?
So, these bones are supposed to be there to deter something other than the beast!
"Maybe the old master already knew that in addition to his family, there were other people in the forest, or other things that made him feel jealous, so he tried his best to make these skeletons scare people!"
Yan Yu only felt that these skeletons were a little scary at first, thinking that the old master was hunting all year round, and his psychology was a little distorted, but now that he thinks about it, he is afraid that there is still an unknown deep meaning behind it.
"Could it be that he knew about the existence of the mysterious man? Even been on the lookout for this mysterious person? ”
Thinking about it this way, the son of the old quasi-master may really know the hiding place of the mysterious man!
But how do you track it? Especially when there is no light?
"There it is!"
Yan Yu thought about it and ran quickly towards the wooden house!
Guan Rui and Wang Guoqing were still searching in the forest behind the house, but they could vaguely see the flashlight, and they estimated that they might come back at any time, leaving not much time for Yan Yu.
When he arrived at the edge of the fire, Yan Yu quickly glanced at it, but he didn't see what he wanted, so he was inevitably disappointed, and he turned around again, but he still couldn't see it, and he was also anxious to see that time was wasted like this.
However, at this moment, in a pile of miscellaneous items on the left hand side of the wooden house door, a small head suddenly emerged, his eyes glowed, and he squeaked twice, and the thing crawled to Yan Yu's feet, wasn't it the groundhog!
Yan Yu was in ecstasy, picked up the groundhog, pulled out a burning firewood from the fire, and quickly left.
The reason why he turned back was this groundhog!
He didn't know what the marmot's sense of smell was, but the marmot was obviously very sensitive to smells, and the little guy seemed to be a little obsessed with the smell of Yan Yu before and now.
Therefore, Yan Yu had a bold idea, that is, to use this groundhog as a hunting dog!
The reason why Yan Yu was so anxious, and even did not hesitate to "abscond in fear of crime", was also because of this groundhog.
Because he knew very well that the son of the Li Zhun family had a deep affection for the groundhog, but when Meng Jiefang and Guan Rui brought Yan Yu back to the wooden house, Yan Yu found that the groundhog was hiding under a piece of skin next to the fire, only revealing half of its moist nose.
If the son of Li Zhun's family was out of good intentions and took Lin Xiaoyu to find the big and small pairs, then he would definitely bring this groundhog, and he would never be in such a hurry.
It can be seen from the abandonment of this groundhog that the departure of Li Zhun's son and Lin Xiaoyu was by no means voluntary!
But the mysterious man first attacked Yan Yu, and then shot Qin Zhong, it is impossible for him to know the doppelganger technique, and Lin Xiaoyu and Li Zhun's son must not have been taken away by the mysterious person.
This also means that in addition to the mysterious person, there are other reasons that forced Lin Xiaoyu and Li Zhun to leave here in a hurry without even caring about the groundhog!
Cleaning up these thoughts, Yan Yu hugged the groundhog and walked away, and finally couldn't see the fire of the wooden house behind him, and it was safe for the time being.
Yan Yu gently stroked the little head of the groundhog and said to him, "Little one, it's up to you this time." ”
He didn't have anything else on him, only a handkerchief, which Lin Xiaoyu originally used to cover Yan Yu's wounds, and the blood stains on it had already coagulated, full of the smell of blood, and I didn't know if the marmot could distinguish Lin Xiaoyu's smell.
Using a groundhog as a dog, Yan Yu is not sure at all, and it is also helpless at this time.
However, the marmot was not interested in the handkerchief, and even a little disgusted, and after sniffing it, he returned to Yan Yu's feet.
"Hey...... It still doesn't work...... I had to find it myself......"
The fire in the dark night is the most conspicuous, although it is far away from the wooden house, the forest is too badly blocked, and the light will not penetrate too far, but holding this firewood, it is also possible to be found at any time.
The main reason is that Yan Yu is not familiar with this place at all, although the sense of direction is not bad, but it can only be used as a reference.
When he was worried, the groundhog squeaked twice, and he actually left Yan Yu's shoes and began to move his little short legs forward!
Yan Yu was pleasantly surprised, and goosebumps rose!
"You're such a clever little ghost! Sure enough, it's still smart! ”
The speed of the groundhog became faster and faster, and even jumped forward, Yan Yu was also ecstatic, but after following for a distance, Yan Yu's face began to deteriorate.
Because the direction of the marmot, is to return to the cabin!
The groundhog is not like Li Zhun's son, this little guy doesn't seem to be afraid of fire at all, and even enjoys the warmth brought by the fire, out of nature, I'm afraid that it wants to return to the fire!
Yan Yu couldn't laugh or cry, if he really let it bring it back to the fire, it would be really self-defeating.
With a bitter smile helplessly, Yan Yu could only bend down and want to get the groundhog back, but this little thing lost its clumsy and clumsy posture, and actually escaped Yan Yu's "claws"!
"At the critical moment, don't be naughty, little brother!" Yan Yu was also anxious, at this juncture, this little thing was as excited as chicken blood.
Seeing that he was getting closer to the wooden house, the firelight appeared in front of him again, and he could even faintly hear the conversation between Wang Guoqing and Guan Rui, Yan Yu had to stop and consider giving up the marmot!
Because you are carrying burning firewood, if you are too close, you may be found at any time!
At this moment, the marmot squeaked twice, turned a corner, and got into a path on the right side of the wooden house!
"There's a play!" Yan Yu's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to laugh out loud, so he hurriedly chased after him.
It is also thanks to the fact that this forest is like a cemetery, there are not too many verdant plants, and there are very few shrubs and thorns, which saves a lot of trouble.
Otherwise, this groundhog is scurrying around, where can Yan Yu catch up.
But Rao is so, the branches of these conifers are still very rampant, and they look like "teeth and claws", and it is easy for a cat to be shaved into a flower face if you are not careful.
However, the fire behind him gradually disappeared, and Yan Yu was much more relieved.
This groundhog has smooth fur, a fat body, and is so docile, I thought it was less wild, but I didn't expect to run it was also "exposed", Yan Yu ran for a day and a night, and fell off the cliff, and was attacked by people, and was already exhausted, if it wasn't for the strong breath in my heart, I really couldn't keep up with this little thing.
Although I specially picked a relatively thick and long firewood, after walking for about 20 minutes, the firewood was almost burned to the end, and the speed was too fast, and the firewood was already a little shaky.
But the groundhog still didn't seem to stop, and stopped several times to brush his beard, and continued to run.
Seeing that the firewood was about to be extinguished, the groundhog finally stopped!
Yan Yu propped his knees and took a breath of relief, only then did he look up and look, but he was taken aback!
The light of the firewood could not shine too far, and in front was a huge dead tree, and in the middle was a tree hole, which seemed to have been widened, and in the hole of the tree was a shrine made of stones, on which a statue of a god was enshrined, and it turned out to be an unknown wild temple!
"What kind of god is this......" Yan Yu was still hesitating and didn't dare to approach, but the groundhog had already jumped onto the shrine, grabbed the offerings on the shrine with both hands, and was already gnawing loudly.
Yan Yu took a closer look, and his heart also chuckled, and he shuddered!
What was offered on it turned out to be a dried corpse, extremely well preserved, not even the eyebrows had fallen, the skin had been waxed, it seemed to have been smoked, and he was wearing a red and yellow monk's robe, but he looked like a teenager.
The dry corpse sat cross-legged with his hands hanging down, with a long knife lying flat on his lap, a silver sheath, although it had been covered with dust, but it still exuded a dull luster, and the patterns on it were complicated, but it was very Tibetan style.
In addition, after getting closer, Yan Yu saw that the shrines were all "Nima Stones" engraved with patterns and runes, and Yan Yu became more and more sure that this knife should be a hidden knife.
However, Tibetan knives are usually relatively short, and can be used as both self-defense weapons and tableware.
The offering was a small pile of pine towers, a few fruits that had grown long green hairs, and next to it was a small animal, so rotten that only a skeleton remained.
The marmot was still gnawing at the pine tower, but Yan Yu squatted down, because there was a brazier under the shrine, and there was still some charcoal in it, Yan Yu gently put the firewood that was about to be extinguished into it, and carefully ignited the brazier.
As the fire grows larger, the light becomes abundant, and the patterns of the "Nima stones" that build the shrines are clearly visible.
Unlike the usual "Nima stones", these stones are piled up to form a platform, on which is not a single pattern, but a whole story!
The lines of the pattern are extremely simple, but full of charm, a bunch of small people with bows and arrows in their hands, chasing wild beasts, presumably hunting.
And above their heads, there was a holy mountain, and on the holy mountain stood a giant, shining with light all over his body, shining on this group of little people.
"It should be a mountain god?"
Yan Yu didn't have much research on religion and didn't know much, but he read too many books, and his cultural heritage was there, and this kind of primitive Bon, or primitive worship of the natural sect, was not uncommon in history.
It is not difficult to make a preliminary judgment, whether it is a mountain god or not, the significance is not very great, but Yan Yu has to be concerned.
Who built this temple? Who is this dry corpse? Why is it worshipped as a mountain god?
Moreover, the marmots are familiar with coming here, which means that the old family may often come to care and worship?