Volume 1: Candle Dragon in the South China Sea Chapter 45: Yin Soldiers Borrow the Way
The fat man lay on the grass for a while and snored, I kicked him, but the guy ignored me, turned over and continued to sleep, I kicked the fat man awake and said, "Hey! Wake up, and you can sleep whatever you want in the camp in a while. ”
The fat man finally woke up reluctantly, stretched his waist and asked, "I don't know what time it is?" ”
I looked up and saw that the sun was particularly dazzling, so I picked up a stick and drew a circle on the grass, carved four marks with my hands, and inserted the stick in the middle of the circle, and by the rays of the sun, the reflection of the stick stopped at the bottom of the position, it seemed that it should be noon, if we were quicker, we could reach the camp in the evening.
"Yo! I really can't see it, you still understand this? ”
I didn't pay attention to the fat man, this is the watch direction finding method, and if you don't have a watch and a compass in the field, then you can only rely on this method to guess the time and location.
We walked all the way towards the location of the camp, and the further we went, there were dense trees and bushes everywhere. Due to the rising temperature at noon, we were sweating profusely, and our clothes were soaked with sweat and dried in the sun.
Hungry and hungry along the way, the fat man was even more miserable, and the hot weather made us doze off vigorously, and after walking for a long time, we were so tired that we didn't have any strength, but we saw a river not far away, and we decided to go there to rest for a while.
When we arrived near the river, the fat man directly picked up the river water and drank it, our mouth was dry, and we didn't care so much about it at this time, lying on the bank of the river and drinking the river water.
The river water is crystal clear, and you can still see a lot of swimming river fish in the water, the little brother in black broke a few branches from the tree, picked up some sharp stones, sharpened the ends of the branches with stones, and worked for a while, and a few sharp spears appeared in front of our eyes.
When the fat man saw that we were going to go down to the river to spear fish, he suddenly felt like he had been beaten with chicken blood, and he was completely sleepy, Chen Haoyue was also very interested, picked up a spear, and followed us barefoot to spearfish in the river.
Spearfish is an ancient fishing method, and fishing is a very test of people's patience and technology, spearfish shot to be fast and accurate, although do not want to fish as pay attention to so many skills, but the strong in the spearfish tool is simple and easy to do, is the most common way to survive in the wild.
Spearfish at noon is the best time of the day, especially in very hot weather, many big fish will float on the surface of the water to bask in the sun, we walk cautiously, for fear of alarming the fish.
Chen Haoyue and I walked side by side, some fish swam under our feet, I picked up the spear and forked it hard, but several times I passed by the fish, and when I picked up the spear, there were only some falling scales.
After a while, the fat man and the little brother in black came over with a fat river fish, Chen Haoyue and I lowered our heads and were a little ashamed, we didn't even catch a fish tail.
Since I had no lighter and had to drill wood for fire, I grabbed a handful of hay and kneaded it into a bird's nest, found a stone with a hollow, laid it flat on the ground, and propped up a stick on it, and kept poking my hands at it. Fortunately, the temperature was hot, and after a while some smoke slowly rose from the hay, and I blew lightly, and the faint spark gradually burned.
The primeval jungle was full of dead branches, and Chen Haoyue picked up a lot of them after a while, set up a bonfire on the river beach, and I carefully led the flames into the bonfire.
The fat man cleaned the fish, skewered them with wooden sticks, and handcuffed them in the fire, and the wild fish fattened by the river water, coupled with the pine branches burned out a faint fragrance, and the fragrance was overflowing for a while, and the four of us were hungry for drool.
When eating fish, the little brother in black suddenly made a boo gesture to everyone, and carefully pointed to the side of the big tree, I turned to look, not far from the big tree suddenly something abnormal, a gray-brown animal showed its head, probing its head to look at us.
"Oh my God! You see, it's a pangolin! ”
It's not surprising to see wild animals in the primeval jungle, but pangolins have been very rare by poachers in recent years, and they are even endangered in China.
After the fat man finished speaking, I looked closely, and the pangolin squinted its eyes, covered in scales, and its limbs were short and thick, and it kept looking at us.
The fat man put down the big fish in his hand, rubbed his hands together, picked up a branch on the ground, got up and walked there, I hurriedly grabbed the fat man, and asked, "These fish have been eaten, are you going to do it?" ”
"No matter how greedy I am, I won't have the idea of fighting pangolins, which is to go and see. Pangolins are critically endangered animals, and I think it's too late to protect them, so how can I harm them. ”
The fat man's words made me suspicious, I quietly followed him over, and when I walked in front of the pangolin, the pangolin saw that we were not afraid at all, it is estimated that it is also the first time to see a human, and it has no idea that danger has quietly come.
The fat man suddenly waved the branch and yelled at the pangolin in an attempt to scare it away, but the pangolin immediately curled up in a ball, and after a while it was out of danger, and quickly burrowed back into the hole.
I quickly understood the fat man's intentions, these wild animals have no knowledge of humans, and if they had encountered poachers today, this pangolin would not have been so lucky. Let these wild animals be afraid of humans, and when they encounter poachers in the future, they will hide far away, and they will not give poachers a chance at all.
After eating the fish, we sat under a big tree to take a cool rest, and the fat man and the little man in black discussed the afternoon route while smoking a cigarette. Suddenly, Chen Haoyue pointed to the tip of my head and shouted.
I was a little puzzled, I saw Chen Haoyue, the fat man and the little brother in black all looking at me, I didn't know if I didn't know and was startled!
It turned out that there was a big gray snake wrapped around the branches of a tree above my head, and it was still spitting out letters from time to time. I didn't pay attention to it at the time, but I didn't expect the snake to hide it so well, and I was so frightened that I asked them to get it away.
At this time, the fat man took a cigarette and said disapprehantly: "This wild python is not too aggressive to people, as long as you don't provoke it, there will be no problem." ”
After listening to the fat man's words, I suddenly became angry and said, "You don't have a backache when you stand and talk, or let's change positions." ”
The fat man smoked a cigarette, stood aside and said, "It hasn't bitten you yet, what are you afraid of, don't move yourself, wait a while and it will run away." ”
After a while, the sun shone on the snake, and the snake slowly moved its body and crawled to other shady places, and I stood with a sore back, and suddenly lay on the ground panting.
After resting, the four of them continued to walk along the river, and before we knew it, it was getting dark, but we finally saw the location of the camp, and we didn't know how far we had gone this time, and we arrived at the camp from noon to evening.
When I arrived at the camp, it was unusually quiet, looking at the burning bonfires in front of me, and the faint light emanating from several tents, I quickly approached the tents to see that there was no one inside.
This is a primeval jungle, where can so many people disappear at once? With doubts, I hurriedly walked to the second uncle's tent, there was a note on the table, I took it out and looked at it, it said: There is food and water in the wooden box, we are on the way first, you see it and follow.
In just a few words, the meaning of the second uncle is already obvious, I was a little annoyed for a while, it is estimated that they only set off this morning, can't they wait for us to come and act together. However, with the second uncle's character of speaking and doing things, it seems that this time the search for the dragon candle must be inevitable.
The fat man, Chen Haoyue and the little brother in black also followed, I took out the note and handed it to them, and they all nodded in understanding after reading it.
After a few of us simply cleaned up, we quickly took out the food from the big box and distributed it to everyone, everyone took the food and swallowed it in a big gulp, and we didn't eat much for a day and a night, and everyone was already hungry.
After eating, the fat man squatted aside with a depressed face, kept smoking, and didn't know what he was sad about.
I walked up to the fat man and asked, "What's wrong?" Fatso. ”
The fat man sighed and said, "It's not the white jade lotus lampholder, so valuable things were broken by me, I haven't opened it for a year, and I finally touched a valuable treasure, and I ...... Ay! Don't mention it. ”
After the fat man finished speaking, his face was full of remorse, and he stretched out his hand to slap himself twice, and I hurriedly stopped him when I saw it, and said: "What you said is wrong, what belongs to you is your own, and it is useless to hide and wrap things that do not belong to you." It's good that people are fine, and no matter how much money you have, it's better to have a healthy body, and the body is the capital of the revolution. If I can find the dragon candle this time, I will turn an entire mountain into gold and give it to you, which will be enough for you to have food and clothing for the rest of your life. ”
As soon as I finished listening, the fat man immediately smiled and patted me on the shoulder vigorously and said that good brother is righteous enough and so on.
I sighed, saying that this was just casual comfort and comfort, but I didn't expect the fat man to take it seriously. Whether the dragon candle can turn stone into gold is just what Brother Wang and Second Uncle said, and it is too early to draw conclusions, and it can only be confirmed by witnessing it with your own eyes.
After a while, we each returned to the tent, although there was no rest for a day and a night, but lying on the mat and turning over and couldn't sleep, about to witness the legendary candle dragon, I was not shocked, there was an invisible pressure in my heart, what does the legendary candle dragon look like? And the dragon candle that can turn stone into gold? Thinking of this, my head hurt, so I lit a cigarette and smoked.
In the middle of the night, there was a faint sound of people walking outside the tent, accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves, the sound was intermittent, I was woken up several times in my sleep, and I thought it was the second uncle who came back, and I had the courage to go outside to see, just after going out, the sound gradually disappeared, looking at the dark grass, the cold wind was blowing, and there was not even a figure around, I couldn't help but shiver, and went back to sleep in the tent.
After a while, the sound of the crowd walking began again, and I really wanted to wake up the fat man and go out to have a look, but I thought about it. Who runs into the primeval forest in the middle of the night?
Could it be that the Yin soldiers borrowed the way? Thinking of this, my scalp tingled for a while, and I was glad that I didn't go out any longer.
Early the next morning, I asked Chen Haoyue if they had heard the sound of the crowd walking outside, and they all said they vaguely heard it. I asked the fat man, who smoked a cigarette and smiled at me without saying a word, as if he was deliberately hiding something, and seeing that he didn't want to say anything more, I simply didn't continue to ask.
At this time, the black-clothed brother on the side came over and said, "Actually, there will be no one at night in the primeval jungle, and this phenomenon is likely to be borrowed by the Yin soldiers." ”
The little brother in black continued: "There are many ways to say that the Yin soldiers borrowed the way, one is an ancient superstitious saying, they think that the Yin soldiers are the soldiers sent by the King of Hades to inspect the world, they are here to open the way for the King of Hades, and the Yin Qi on the bodies of these soldiers will make people sick and even make people die, so once the Yin soldiers are found, people need to lie on the ground and not be discovered by the Yin soldiers before they can escape."
There is also a theory that these Yin soldiers are soldiers who died in ancient wars, and after they died in battle, their souls could not be dissipated, and they still stayed in place where they died, because the casualties in ancient wars were extremely large, so these people appeared at night in the form of armies. ”
The fat man held a cigarette, squinted his eyes and said: "The matter of the Yin soldier borrowing the road has happened since ancient times, and scientists believe that the Yin soldier borrowing the way is the existence of a magnetic field in the place where the war occurred in ancient times.
And some people say that the rumor that they will get sick after watching the scene of the Yin soldiers borrowing the Tao is also because people are extremely frightened and will naturally be in a bad mental state, not that there is any yin qi entering the body, this is just a natural phenomenon from the magnetic field effect, not a supernatural event. ”
Thinking about it, it is difficult to conclude the theory of ghosts and gods, and there are still so many unsolved mysteries in the world waiting to be solved, such as the crop circle, the Bermuda Triangle, and ghosts hitting the wall that were very popular in the past few years, and using ghosts and gods as an explanation is also a means.