Section 1 Mountaineering Encounters
There are some strange things in the world that we can only believe if we have experienced them firsthand.
Just like the high mountain in front of us, only when we climb to the top of the mountain can we feel the artistic conception of "being at the top of the mountain and seeing the mountains at a glance". In pursuit of these special "feelings", I like to travel alone.
Now I am climbing the Tianwang Ridge in the Qinling Mountains, the scenery is magnificent, the branches and leaves on the hillside are frost-dyed, red and yellow, accompanied by clouds and mist, like a fairyland on earth. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come from far and wide.
On the mountain path ahead, two tourists, a man and a woman, are standing in the pavilion and looking at the autumn leaves on the hillside.
Although the mountain road is not steep, I am already tired and panting, and when I see the stepping stones on the side of the road, I stop to rest, and sneak a little towards these two tourists, the back of this female tourist is very moving.
But the two of them looked back at me as if they had eyes behind them.
Riding the trekking poles is an old man with gray temples but strong spirits, his eyes are like torches, I shudder when I see it, and the beautiful woman next to me has a face like a peach blossom, looks like a fairy, and after looking at me, not only did not get angry, but beckoned to me.
Wow, so lucky, mountaineering meets beautiful women! I was a little flattered and hurriedly greeted: "Hello! ”
The old man nodded at me, and the beautiful woman next to me hooked her finger at me: "Come here!" ”
In this barren mountain and wilderness, the beauty actually let me pass, wouldn't I have to go to the peach blossom luck! I immediately got up from the rock, hurried over, and asked elegantly, "Are you also hiking?" ”
The beautiful woman didn't answer, and the old man next to me looked at me carefully and asked, "Young man, look at your makeup, you must have been to many places, right?" ”
I just wore cheap cycling clothes and modestly replied: "Uncle has won the award, in fact, I haven't been to many places, all of them are poor travelers." ”
The old man turned his head and looked towards a temple on the top of the mountain in the distance, and the beautiful woman next to him stretched out her slender jade hand to me and took the lead in introducing: "My name is Murong Ying, and this is my mentor, Director Shangguan." ”
Murong Ying's voice was like a silver bell, exuding the vigor and vitality of a young man.
I was busy and stretched out my hand to return the salute, and I felt that although her hand was as delicate as silk, her strength was not weak, so I also introduced myself: "Lan Zeqiong, a native of Bozhou, Anhui Province, majored in contemporary literature, and has graduated from Jinling Literature College in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province for two years, what about you?" ”
Director Shangguan turned his head and said to me, "You studied contemporary literature?" This major is very unpopular, and it is not easy to find the right job after graduation. ”
I casually echoed: "Yes, but for the sake of my youth and poetry, I made a cyclist, and in search of the purest place in the motherland, I plan to travel all over the country." ”
Murong Ying showed a surprised look after hearing this, and said, "It turned out to be a poet, so you didn't climb the mountain to see the meteors?" She let go of her hand, still looking at me.
"Meteors? Will there be a shooting star today? "I have some doubts.
The old man responded: "There is a certain chance of falling near this mountain, as long as there is no strong wind!" ”
Murong Ying introduced: "I am from the Department of Astronomy of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, and I once saw the Leonid meteor shower at the Purple Mountain Observatory, and the scene was particularly spectacular, which can be said to be a thousand years old!" ”
Her eyes are full of light, my understanding of meteors only stays at the level of romantic wishes, a meteor can make countless people look forward to it, make a wish for it, I don't know what kind of effect a meteor shower will be?
The old man said to us, "Let's go together, the mountain is in front of us, if it doesn't come and go, if we don't look for it, it won't come to us!" ”
Murong Ying let out a pearl-like laugh after hearing this, and I laughed too, and then followed him and rushed to the top of the mountain together.
When we were tired and sweaty and about to approach the top of the mountain, we found that the mountain road had been blocked by people with barbed wire, and a sign that read "Construction ahead, no idlers are allowed to enter" was erected.
A worker wearing a hard hat and holding a walkie-talkie shouted at us: "The construction here is going to be blasted, you should hurry down the mountain!" ”
Murong Ying asked, "Are you blasting here?" Why didn't I get a notification! ”
The man waved impatiently for us to hurry down the mountain.
Murong Ying still wanted to stick to the future, but Teacher Shangguan said to her: "Forget it, let's go down the mountain first, let's come another day!" He winked at me and Murong Ying.
We turned around and headed back down the mountain, but when we passed the pavilion, Teacher Shangguan said to me, "You two go first, I want to rest!" ”
He took out a telescope and looked at the top of the mountain, and Murong Ying asked me mysteriously: "Lan, do you want to go on an adventure with me?" ”
"Adventure? Where to go? "I'm a little excited.
Murong Ying lowered her voice to me and said, "I received the exact news that there will be a meteor falling on the top of this mountain tonight, let's watch the meteor together, and then make a wish!" ”
I nodded my head in response, and I was able to watch the meteor with the beautiful woman and make a wish, isn't this a plot that only exists in "Meteor Garden"?
"Then you come with me, don't make a sound!" Murong Ying grabbed my hand and walked towards the hillside.
I was a little excited in my heart, so I asked, "What about Teacher Shangguan?" ”
"He's in front of us!"
I looked back at the pavilion, and sure enough, Mr. Shangguan was gone.
Murong Ying took my hand through the hillside full of red leaves, under a wild pomegranate tree, Teacher Shangguan was looking towards the top of the mountain with a telescope, and then instructed us: "Murong and Xiaolan go to investigate the environment here first, find the entrance to the summit, and hurry back when you encounter danger, don't be reckless!" ”
The two of us agreed, and Murong Ying stuffed a Bluetooth headset into her ear, and then took out a DSLR camera from her backpack, which is the kind I want the most but can't afford.
She led the way, and I followed her through the forest, to the bottom of a mountain, and to the top of the mountain.
I saw a group of men dressed in black offering sacrifices on the rocks at the top of the mountain, all kneeling in front of the stone table, their eyes closed, and their mouths reading words that we did not understand.
Murong Ying asked me in a low voice, "These people can't be engaged in feudal superstition activities, right?" ”
I hurriedly motioned for her to pay attention to concealment, in case these people are really some kind of cult organization, won't we be in danger?
The mountaineers kneeling in front of the incense case were arranged in a pyramid shape, led by a middle-aged man with a mustache, who led his companions behind him to kowtow four times to the incense case, and then got up and opened his eyes.
The bearded mountain man said to the black-clothed man with a serious face: "I have received the exact news, the treasure will fall tonight, and the error will not exceed five miles, you must strictly patrol, and no one will be allowed to enter here, otherwise you will not be merciful!" ”
The men in black immediately took the order, and walked towards us with machetes in hand.