Chapter 3 Shilu

The gate of the millet garden is no different from the ancient double door that is commonly seen, the door panel is heavy pear wood, there are two stone lions squatting in front of the door, there are six piles on the door head, paved with blue-gray cylinder tiles, there is a dark red plaque hanging on the lintel, and the three big characters of "millet garden" are written.

Looks like you've found the right place!

I couldn't help but clench my fists and look at Dadong nervously, "What now?" Can I just push the door in? ”

"Don't worry." Dadong looked around and waved his hand at me, "This Mizi Garden is a place for Jing Lianhong's old man to give himself a quiet pension." Since it is someone else's house, it must not be so easy to enter, Jing Lianhong's old guy is determined to try his best to prevent future people from trespassing without permission, maybe there are more organs here than in Xuanyuan Imperial City! ”

As he spoke, Dadong walked to the base of the wall next to the door and looked up, "Okay, let's do what we did in the TV series - I'll go in first, and if there's no situation, I'll open the door and let you in." ”

"Okay, huh? Will something go wrong? "Hearing Dadong say this, I'm very worried.

"Nothing can't work, it's all on this, what are you worried about?!" Dadong said dissatisfied.

Dadong has always been a man of his word, and once a decision is made, he will act immediately. But fortunately, there are two other Xuanyuan people who will flip in with Dadong, which makes me feel a little more at ease.

Xuanyuan handed over a rope with a hook to Dadong, and the three of them shook the three hard, and the rope was pulled back, which happened to hang on the ridge of the Qingshui corridor on the outer wall of the Mizi Garden, and was fixed. I saw three people dragging the rope, kicking two or three steps with their feet, and suddenly climbed up the ridge of the porch, squatting on the wall and looking into the garden.

"How's it going, do you see anything?" The girl asked loudly from below.

"Shhβ€”β€”!h Dadong immediately made a silent motion. His face was solemn, but he couldn't see what was going on, only to see him raise his finger and point ahead, and say something to the Xuanyuan people on the left, and the three of them moved to the left for a while. Then, before I could get a closer look, there was no one on the ridge.

For the rest of the day, we waited anxiously outside the door, and the more we waited, the more worried we became. Isn't it just going around and opening a door? It's been a long time for them to do this.

Then after half a cigarette, I couldn't help it anymore and looked at the girl.

"No, something must have happened!" I said, "We can't wait, we have to go in......" The words just fell, at this moment, the wooden door suddenly made a screeching sound, I hurriedly looked back, and saw the door slowly open, and the three of Dadong walked out of the door.

As soon as I saw them, I was frightened, and I saw that the three of them were covered in blood, and the blood kept flowing down the edge of their pants from head to toe, and the ground was a large red patch.

"You...... You ......"

"Yikes! What's going on? Before I could say anything, I heard the girl scream, and Xiao Rong, who was standing on the side, stared at them with wide eyes full of shock.

Several Xuanyuan people wanted to step forward to help them, but they were stopped by Dadong. Compared with the terrifying effect brought by the blood all over his body, Dadong's state seems to be completely fine, which makes me very confused.

"Hey, don't mention it!" Dadong wiped the blood on his face, scolded, and began to speak, "Grandma, under this wall, there is a large piece of hollow wood inexplicably, and the wood looks very weird, and I don't know what it is for." I was afraid that there would be something strange, and I didn't dare to step on it rashly, and it took me a long time to see a small pond not far away, so the three of us said yes, jump into the pond first, and then swim ashore. But who knows that after the past, I'll be dumbfounded as soon as I get out of the water, damn it! It's a pool of blood! ”

"That's not right!"

As soon as Dadong's words fell, Xiao Rong shook his head. I saw him walk up, sniff Dadong with his nose, and wipe it with his hand, "...... It's cinnabar. ”

"Cinnabar?" I was surprised and asked, "How can there be cinnabar?" ”

"I don't know." Xiao Rong shook his head.

"Oh, yes, I remember something!" At this time, the know-it-all brother suddenly cried out, "When a friend of mine traveled to Tibet, he lived in a large printing institute. He said that the general scriptures of the workers in the printing institute were rubbed with water-milled ink, but when they encountered important scriptures and treatises, they would use a kind of 'cinnabar ink'. After the scriptures are printed, the wooden scriptures are washed with water, and what washes out is red cinnabar water.

The local people consider the cinnabar water to be very sacred and auspicious, and they often take it back in a bottle and drink it...... I just don't know if there is any similarity between this allusion and the cinnabar pool in the millet garden. ”

"Are you trying to say that Jing Lianhong also used cinnabar to print scriptures?" I asked him rhetorically.

"Hehe, that's unlikely," the glasses shook their heads, "but this cinnabar has been a good medicinal material since ancient times, it has the effect of clearing the heart and calming the heart, and when applied to the body, it can also sterilize and kill insects......

"Net!" Before the glasses finished speaking, the girl roared, "Cinnabar is poisonous, haven't you watched the TV series?" That Emperor Yongzheng ate cinnabar and died! ”

"You Zhen Huan have seen too much!" I glanced at the girl.

In fact, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the glasses and the girl are right. Cinnabar is indeed poisonous, it contains mercury inside, and a large amount of it can cause liver and kidney damage, but if used carefully, it has a calming effect. Ground into powder, and borneol, Xuanming powder and other blowing into the mouth, can also treat mouth and tongue sores, sore throat, etc.

"Come on, it doesn't matter if it's poisonous or not, it won't die for a while anyway." Dadong said, "Now that the door is open, let's not delay, let's go." ”

"That's right, that's the answer!" The girl answered, and she didn't shy away from anything, and walked towards the garden with big strides, feeling like she was going out for a spring outing.

The group followed, rushing in.

So far, there is nothing life-or-death happening, and my hanging heart has slowly calmed down a little. I started thinking about my parents and my relatives. Where would they be at this moment, with all its ethereal gardens?

As soon as you enter the park, you will see a large area of lush greenery. This eye full of greenery surrounds the atrium of the garden, the atrium is paved with stone bricks, and behind the courtyard is a huge ancient building, with a plaque on the upper floor, the distance is too far to see what is written for a while.

Looking at the view, I suddenly wanted to shout, thinking that if they could hear it now, they might respond to me immediately. But I knew in my heart that I couldn't do this, and it might cause unnecessary trouble if I made a noise rashly, so I tried to suppress it and move forward step by step, and the tension and worry in my heart were self-evident.

From time to time, the gray sunlight hides in the clouds, and the current light is bright and dark. As I walked forward, I couldn't help but look back at the hollow wood that Dadong had spoken ofβ€”under the stone wall next to the main entrance, and as far as the eye could see, it was densely packed with large patches.

I couldn't help but be surprised. Each of the trees was as thick as an elephant's leg, with a slit in the middle that seemed to open up. If this is made of bamboo, then my first objection should probably be - a large bamboo tube rice. Some of the wooden trees had rotten covers, and the inside of the wood was pitch black.

I don't understand, it's just a piece of wood, but it's like a deep hole inside. I can't figure out what this thing is for, but looking at it, I always feel uncomfortable.

"You say, could these be coffins?" The girl poked me and asked.

"Coffin? No way. I shook my head, if it was a coffin, but it was too small, could it be a child?

"Why don't I go over and have a look?"

When the girl said this, I was startled, and hurriedly reached out to grab her, "Don't, don't!" Grandma, I beg you, don't be nosy, if something happens, we'll be dead! "I was afraid that the girl would cause trouble, so I begged my grandfather to persuade her to tell my grandmother.

"Oh, look at you cowardice. Come on, if you don't look at it, you won't see it, let's go. The girl said, putting her hands behind her head.

I saw that she had stopped, and I was relieved. Whatever it was, I didn't want to provoke such an unclear thing, so I stopped thinking about it and concentrated on moving forward.

There were two sculptures on each side of the atrium, almost hidden by the crazy plants, and when I looked at them, they seemed to be deer, but the face looked a bit like a horse. The stone sculpture appears to be running, with its head facing the tall building in front of it. I remember there is a saying in Feng Shui that if a stone deer is made in the court, facing the house, it has the metaphor of the auspicious god entering the house.

I was looking at the stone deer, and I was a little distracted, and at this moment, with a casual glance, I only heard a voice coming from the deer's belly, in the Hessian bushes......

"Come on, come on......"