Chapter 4 Burning the Temple
His temples were constantly bulging, the back of his head hurt badly, his vision was blurred, his hands and feet were cold and numb, he couldn't move, and Yan Yu could only desperately adjust his breathing.
I don't know how long it took for him to hear Lin Xiaoyu's shout and feel that she was patting her face.
"Yan Yu, wake up! Wake up! ”
Yan Yu gritted his teeth, shook his head vigorously, and finally woke up.
The surroundings were pitch black, only the flashlight flickered and dimmed, and the aperture was like a weak energy shield, protecting him and Lin Xiaoyu.
"Are you alright?" Yan Yu struggled to sit up, touched the back of his head, and covered the blood on his hand.
Lin Xiaoyu didn't say much, took out a handkerchief, and pressed it on the back of Yan Yu's head.
At this time, Yan Yu found that Lin Xiaoyu's sleeves had been torn off in half, his clothes were disheveled, his hair was messy, and he seemed to have experienced a rebellion.
"You...... How did you get down? ”
Yan Yu pressed the back of his head, and turned his face away by observing the surrounding environment, and heard the sound of rustling, thinking that Lin Xiaoyu also realized that he was tidying up his clothes.
"There's a low slope over there, I wanted to come down to look for you, but I lost my footing and rolled down......"
Lin Xiaoyu's words flickered, Yan Yu could see that she was a little weak-hearted, and she didn't know what she was hiding, but she didn't want to say it, and Yan Yu didn't want to ask.
After all, it was about finding the child, she should be more worried than Yan Yu, and she would definitely not hide what she could say.
"Can you go up that low slope?"
"Yes, I'll send you back first, your wound is too scary, we have to hurry."
Yan Yu shook his head: "It doesn't matter, if you look for a moment more, you will have more hope, it is important to find a child, let's go up first to find the way to Qinjiaao." ”
Yan Yu tried to stand up, but the blood supply was insufficient, and he shook, and he was also helped by Lin Xiaoyu.
"Don't move yet!"
Lin Xiaoyu pressed Yan Yu down, turned around, untied the belt of his trousers, and bandaged Yan Yu's head with a look of shame.
At the moment of emergency, he couldn't care about it, and after bandaging it, Lin Xiaoyu picked up the flashlight, and went to the low slope with Yan Yu in his arms.
The low slope is very short, so the angle is a little steep, and the flashlight shines on it, and it does leave some traces, but the low slope is full of dry weeds, and the soil is relatively soft, and there are no protruding rocks or old trees or anything like that.
Yan Yu subconsciously looked at Lin Xiaoyu, and became more and more suspicious in her heart, these tearing marks on her body were really not caused by rolling down the low slope, but why did she hide it from Yan Yu?
"Let's not go up, there is a lot of wind and sand up there, follow this valley, you should be able to enter Qinjiaao."
After Lin Xiaoyu finished speaking, he led the way, Yan Yan glanced at the top of the slope, it seemed that a figure flashed past, but Lin Xiaoyu's back was a little hurried, and in the end he dispelled Yan Yu's idea of continuing to investigate.
As Lin Xiaoyu said, after walking along the valley for half an hour, there was really a slightly dim fire in front of him.
In the firelight, you can vaguely see a lot of prayer flags flying, isn't it where the Dragon King Temple is located!
Yan Yu turned his head to see that Lin Xiaoyu's eyes were also full of excitement and excitement, thinking that she was also happy that she had found the right way.
Without further ado, the two of them quickened their pace, the firelight became clearer and clearer, and the Dragon King Temple was close at hand.
It's just strange that the men who guarded the dragon king are gone.
"Did they go out looking for the kids?"
Qin Zhong said that this is their last vigil, and they will be able to go back to their respective homes tomorrow, could it be that they will end it early and all go back to help find the children?
Yan Yu took a breath lightly and dispelled the thoughts in his heart, no one is here, horizontal and vertical is the best, anyway, the purpose of him and Lin Xiaoyu is not to ask for help, but to verify.
"Big double! Little Shuang! Lin Xiaoyu shouted loudly, and rushed to the Dragon King Temple, but after a while, he walked out with a disappointed face, looked around blankly, and despair surged up again.
Seeing this, Yan Yu sighed lightly and walked to the fire, which was already "dying", and only Yu Tan was still struggling.
Although there are traces of cleaning around the fire, there is a lot of grease and fine bone slag left behind.
Lin Xiaoyu noticed Yan Yu's movements, but his steps were a little hesitant, and he didn't seem to dare to step forward, but in the end he gritted his teeth and followed.
"Give me the flashlight."
Yan Yu stretched out his hand, asked Lin Xiaoyu for a flashlight, picked up a burning stick from the side, and pulled it in the ashes.
The ashes of the fire flew up, dancing in the circle of light of the flashlight, but Yan Yu and Lin Xiaoyu's eyes were all focused on the head of the burning stick.
Some burnt bones were constantly pulled out from the ashes, both long and short, large and small, finely broken, and the traces of chopping could be clearly seen, and Lin Xiaoyu was already trembling a little.
The burning stick was pulled in, and the thick ashes suddenly came with a dull tuk sound, and I picked it with the head of the stick, and it turned out to be a small skeleton, and the head of the stick pushed away the ashes, and there were two eye sockets!
Yan Yu's heart tightened, and when he looked back, he saw Lin Xiaoyu biting his palm tightly, blood dripping from the back of his hand, and the whole person was struggling on the verge of collapse and madness!
"Xiaoyu, don't think about it yet!"
"Xiaoyu, there are a lot of wild things in the mountain col, it may be the monkey they burned!"
Lin Xiaoyu shook his head desperately, his eyes were blood-red, and his eyeballs seemed to be about to burst at any time, which was really scary.
"Xiao Yu! You calm down first! ”
Lin Xiaoyu trembled, the sea buckthorn basket snapped to the ground, the sea buckthorn fruit was scattered on the ground, she shook her head, like a crazy mother beast, looking for the enemy everywhere.
"Ahh
"Ahh
She screamed desperately, crawled to the edge of the fire, and reached out to pull the little skeleton out, but she didn't dare, just held her head and screamed.
Yan Yu grabbed her shoulder, she desperately broke free, stretched out her hand again, and finally retracted again, and grabbed a handful of charcoal instead!
The red charcoal burned her hands, sizzling, she grabbed the charcoal and crawled towards the Dragon King Temple, as if she wanted to burn this temple!
Yan Yu grabbed her wrist, and the two rolled on the ground for a while, and finally snatched the remaining charcoal.
Lin Xiaoyu had some strength in the end, and pushed Yan Yu, Yan Yu hit the back of his head, and in a daze, Lin Xiaoyu had already rushed into the temple.
There were lamps left in the temple, but everyone left, for fear of starting a fire, so they put out the lamps.
Lin Xiaoyu grabbed a lamp and smashed it on the statue of the Dragon King!
"Smack!"
With a crisp sound, the lamp burst, the lamp oil splashed everywhere, taking advantage of the empty time of Yan Yu, Lin Xiaoyu picked up the fire and threw it into the temple, and with a "boom" sound, it brought a burst of fire!
The statue of the dragon king is draped in colorful clothes, the shrine has a cloth curtain, there are flags and flags of heavenly soldiers and generals on the beams, and the banners of various gods and goddesses are also old fabrics for many years, dry and flammable, and the fire is suddenly vigorous and monstrous!
"Xiao Yu! You calm down! ”
Yan Yu didn't care about the pain in the back of his head, and rushed into the Dragon King Temple, and saw Lin Xiaoyu grabbing another lamp and laughing wildly at the fire.
After snatching the oil lamp, Yan Yu took off his clothes and slapped the fire, the heat wave rolled in, and the sweat on his face was instantly evaporated.
Seeing that the fire could not be controlled, and the flames rushed to the beams of the house, Yan Yu pushed Lin Xiaoyu out of the door.
The latter's eyes were glazed, and a faint smile hung on the corner of his mouth, looking at the fire, as if the child's smile was in flames.
There was no water in the Dragon King Temple, so Yan Yu could only run outside and come back with sand to put out the fire, but he alone would not help at all!
At this moment, there was a burst of exclamations from outside the archway, and all the men in the village poured in!
"It's over, it's over!"
"Hurry up and put out the fire! What are you doing in a daze! ”
Lin Xiaoyu heard the sound, the madness in his eyes turned into endless anger, grabbed it casually, grabbed a handful of ashes, and threw it out.
"It's all livestock! Give me back my child! Give me back my child! ”
She rushed over frantically and choked the neck of the patriarch Qin Dayou!
"Let it go! Let it go! ”
"Get away with this crazy woman!"
Yan Yu was also shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, you come and go, it is inevitable to rush and collide, these people are in a hurry to put out the fire, and immediately someone shouted, tie them all up and tie them up!
Yan Yushi knocked his head again, the whole person was groggy, in the end, he was tied up, he was restrained for a while, his breathing was a little difficult, and his eyes were dark, and he fainted.
I don't know how long it took, Yan Yu woke up in a daze, the sun was dazzling, and after getting used to it for a while, I vaguely heard someone scolding, and the blurred vision gradually became clear.
At this time, it was already bright, and there was no bird and insect song in the huge Qinjiaao, although the Longwang Temple was not burned down, but the smoke and fire were burning, and it was a mess when you looked at it.
Lin Xiaoyu drooped his head, his eyes were full of hatred, and the patriarch Qin Dayou sat on the pier cut by the tree on the side, holding a dry tobacco pole, and the smoke diffused, covering his wrinkled face, not angry and arrogant.
"Daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, although you live alone and have suffered a lot of grievances, you have to take a lot of care from the villagers, right? How do you think we're going to do this to our children? ”
"You're hurting everyone's feelings......"
"The Dragon Lord must not be offended, burning the temple will lead to natural disasters, not to mention that the village can't tolerate you, even the Dragon Lord will be to blame."
"But isn't it, the child is lost, and the big guys are all nervous, so they go down the mountain to find it in a hurry, but you come to burn the temple, this thing is not authentic."
The men looked fierce, but they couldn't say anything cruel to the petite, helpless and pitiful Lin Xiaoyu.
"Look at it, open your eyes and take a good look, this is the skull of a monkey, do you see it, the teeth are pointed!"
There was a man who completely pulled out the little skeleton in the ashes, and his teeth were really sharp, so that he really looked like a monkey.
Lin Xiaoyu finally raised his head, obviously not agreeing with this statement, and glanced at the bones on the ground.
"The monkey on this body is really expensive, and he is still wearing clothes."
When the man looked at it, there were unburned clothes left on the bones, and his face was a little ugly.
Another man glanced at the patriarch Qin Dayou, gritted his teeth and explained: "It is said that worship is the business of men, and the mother-in-law is not qualified to know, but I still want to make it clear to you, so as not to make you think wildly." ”
"This monkey was caught by the hunters on the mountain, and in order to make a sacrifice to the dragon king, he needs to put on clothes and dress up as a boy......
Lin Xiaoyu sneered: "I'm afraid it's not the Dragon King Temple, it's your Five Organs Temple, right?" ”
Thinking about it, Lin Xiaoyu has already accepted the fact that this skeleton is a monkey, thinking that the child is still alive, and his mood is not so manic.
There are traces of chopping and gnawing on the bones of these monkeys, and they are fragmentary, Lin Xiaoyu's words are not excessive, thinking that these men should have fed the stomach worms with sacrifices.
The faces of the men were ugly, and their hearts became empty.
Qin Dayou finally spoke.
"The county officials have instructed that these monkeys will get sick if they eat them, and if you dare to eat them, they will call you to come."
As soon as these words came out, the majesty of the patriarch also spread, although his eyes were half-closed, and the bags under his eyes drooped like deflated balloons, Lin Xiaoyu didn't dare to say anything back.
"Let's talk about the burning of the temple later, let them loose, find the children and find the children, wrap the braincase of the braincase, do what you have to do."
The patriarch had already spoken, and the men had obediently come over to loosen their ties.
Just as he was about to untie Yan Yu's rope, there was a sudden shout outside!
"Don't let him go! The child's place is still on him! ”
Everyone's eyes turned outward, and then to Yan Yu!