Chapter 19: Pale Brother Zhou
The whole cave is slightly shiny.
I saw a lot of black creatures hanging upside down on the rocks, and the number was so overwhelming that it could be described as dazzling.
As he walked deeper, there was a man lying on his side. I saw it clearly, that is Brother Zhou.
There were a lot of black creatures lying on his stomach, and I went close to drive them away, only to realize that these creatures lying on Brother Zhou's body turned out to be bats.
And it's sucking his blood......
"Brother Zhou, Brother Zhou......"
I screamed again and again, but Brother Zhou didn't move, as if he was dead; I noticed that his face was pale and ...... And the temperature is also very low.
"I'm not going to die."
As soon as this thought came to me, I was scared. Why did his death have anything to do with me?
I don't know how to describe my mood at the moment, as if I had fallen into an ice cave and was surrounded by liquid, and the feeling of suffocation went straight to the depths of my soul.
My tears are coming down......
"Ahem......"
A light cough brought me back to my senses from my sorrow, it was Brother Zhou.
He slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw me, he smiled softly and said in an extremely weak tone, "Heh, I, I saw Hades just now." ”
"Are you alright? It's okay! Stop talking, rest first, I'll find a way to take you out. "I was overjoyed.
But Brother Zhou is very weak, it is impossible to swim up, if there is no other exit here, I'm afraid we will all die here, I can't help but shudder.
There are so many bats here, it really seems that Tubian's birthday is a glimmer of heaven
Suddenly I found a door, and it seemed that there was a way to live.
I pushed open the stone door with all my might, but I didn't see a way out.
There is still a stone cave behind the stone gate, and it seems to be closed.
The only difference is that there is a stone table in the small stone cave, and several lines of words are written on the table, and each word is like a button.
Do you have to press the correct answer before you can leave?
I looked at the text again, and there were eight lines, each with four words:
Broken, old, new, resigned.
wooden, door, frame, on.
This, go, return, who.
Encounter, death, square, life.
Gain, loss, for, life.
Warp, heaven, weft, earth.
This, go, rebel, one.
Born, and, has, died.
These eight sentences are very much like a poem, and they have a deep sense of foresight, but I don't know how to unlock the code.
I looked at the stone table, and a piece of parchment made me notice that it was a very small piece of parchment, less than the size of a palm.
I picked it up gently, and there were eight lines of words:
Rock crumbling and adult appearance,
It is true that the bolt heart is gone.
Pedestrian tourists have another name,
It's hard to give up the fish and the bear's paw.
The two of them shouted under the sun,
Ayara is all rotten and exposes her shins.
A glimmer of time on Tube's birthday,
Flesh and blood are bones.
I read it silently and realized that it was not a poem, but eight riddles.
I reckon that the answer to each riddle is the answer to the stone table. It's just that there are many rules for guessing riddles, and I don't know what rules these riddles come from.
When I was meditating, I suddenly had an inspiration, and the mystery of Chinese characters was solved.
The first sentence is broken and the shape of an adult, the rock is broken into stone, the human form is skin, and the stone plus skin is a broken word. And the first line of the stone table does have a broken word.
It is true that the heart is gone, and the heart is the door; Pedestrians and tourists have other names, and pedestrians are also called pedestrians, and the hint of this sentence should be a word. The fish and the bear's paw are difficult to give up, this is a Confucian classic, in fact, it is said that life and righteousness must be sacrificed, so the mystery is life, so the answer to the first four sentences is: the door breaker is born!
The double is a mouth, the double is a 彳, and the mouth is a word, so it adds up to a 'de' word! Ayaluo is rotten and exposes the flesh and shins, Ayara is silk, the meat is the moon, and the meat is out of the shins, take the right, so synthesize a 'warp'! The last sentence, the flesh and blood are bones, which is a "death" word, so the last four sentences are: The one who gets the scriptures dies.
Those who break the door live, and those who gain the passage die. It seems to be the answer to this stone table, and even if it's not, I'll give it a try.
I pressed it with one hand, and the word "broken" sank deeply, and then ...... Door...... He who...... Bear...... Get...... Pass through...... He who...... Die.
I finished pressing eight words and waited silently.
Suddenly, the whole cave trembled, and the stone table seemed to sink into the water and descended.
"Oh my God, there's a secret passage here!"
It seems that I don't deserve to die, and Brother Zhou shouldn't die.
I carried the weak Brother Zhou on my back and walked down, and then climbed up along the dark passage.
In ten minutes, we climbed to the exit, the exit was under a piece of rattan, and I struggled to pick open the rattan before taking Brother Zhou out.
We are on the top of the mountain at the moment, and there are two flashlights in the distance, which should be Sister Huang and Uncle Tun'er.
"Hey!" With all my strength, I shouted to them.
It was also with the wind, and the voice was quickly heard by Sister Huang.
"Uncle Tun'er, listen, Xiaodong's voice."
Uncle Tun'er was also surprised......
"Hi, Sister Huang, Uncle Tun'er."
"Listen, that's right, it's Xiaodong." Sister Huang stammered excitedly: "Xiaodong, where are you?" ”
"I'm in the mountains, this, this ......" I held my phone, turned on the flashlight, and kept shaking.
……
When Sister Huang and Uncle Tun'er first came over, they couldn't believe that they were still alive when they saw Brother Zhou on the ground.
Brother Zhou was extremely weak, and tried to open his mouth: "I'm scared to death, ...... Ahem. ”
"Okay, stop talking, we'll take you back, I won't go to Nanjing today." Sister Huang squatted down and paid close attention.
……
Along the way, we sat in the car, and I told Sister Huang about the experience of saving Brother Zhou, and Sister Huang listened with relish.
But Brother Zhou didn't say a word, when I said that those who break the door are born, and those who get the passage die.
Brother Zhou's eyes suddenly lit up, it was a kind of panic, a kind of fear.
I asked him what was wrong, and he said nothing, just curious.
I can know what Brother Zhou is hiding from me, but I don't know what he is hiding.
I didn't pay much attention to this detail, so I forgot about it shortly after.