"Flaming Mountain: Chapter 7: Canyon Faults"
The width of the river is about ten meters, and the water flows down from east to bottom, very turbulent, and the little brother picked up a stone and threw it over. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The stone 'plopped' in the water, made a splash, and then sank.
The little brother said: "This river is too deep, at least seven or eight meters long. "I looked around, there were no drawbridges or wooden boats in the vicinity, and we couldn't swim past them if we wanted to go to the other side, because as soon as we got out of the water, we were probably swept away by the current.
Just as the two of us were thinking of a way, the little brother's head suddenly tilted upstream and said, "There is a boat." I hurriedly looked over, and saw a moving black dot swimming upstream towards us, the black dot was getting bigger and bigger, and when I got closer, I saw that it was actually a wooden boat.
The wooden boat looked very shabby, and it was carrying an old man with pale hair, who seemed to have spotted us, stopped the boat in our place, and asked, "Who are you going to get on board?" ”
I nodded and pointed in the direction of the downstream and said, "Uncle, we are going to that place, can you take us there, the money thing is easy to say." ”
The old man looked at the few red tickets in my hand, hesitated for a while, and then waved his hand, telling us to hurry up and get on the boat. We saw that we could do it, so we hurried up, and the boat also slid down the river downstream.
The river was surrounded by gravel beaches, and there were many abandoned things around it, but they had become dilapidated due to the erosion of the rain and wind over the years. After sliding like this for a distance, the rocks on the river beach gradually decreased, and then there were steep mountain walls on both sides, and the mountains were stacked like mountains, which was really spectacular.
I also quickly chatted with the old man on the boat, about his name he said that he could not remember, he had no children under his knees, only here occasionally picked up some garbage to sell to make a living, speaking of which, an old man in his seventies has no one to take care of, and it is indeed very pitiful.
After the little brother got on the boat, he kept looking around, and then looked at the map in his hand, as if he was locating the location of the ancient tomb. The old man looked at us and suddenly smiled, and then said, "You two, are you here to find the ancient tomb in the mountain?" ”
I was shocked and asked, "How do you know?" The old man said, "Since the landslide occurred on this mountain thirty years ago, few people have come here, and the people who have come here have also heard that there is an ancient tomb in this place and want to find the treasure inside, and I have pulled a lot of these people." ”
I said, "What does the tomb look like in this mountain?" The old man thought for a while and said, "That place is very evil, if you really want to find that ancient tomb, I advise you to go back quickly, right?" ”
When I heard the old man say this, I immediately came to my senses and asked, "This ancient tomb is dead, and it can't eat people, is there anything strange in it?" ”
"This..."
The old man's words paused, obviously some hesitation, and then continued: "Seeing that you are also young people, you can't let you die in vain, everyone in this ancient tomb is rumored to have a lot of demons and monsters in it, before this there are many people who went in, but there are very few people who can come out alive, there are a small number of lucky people who come out, before they go in, they are all spirits, but after they come out, they are like beggars, and they are all like crazy, and when they meet people, they say that there are monsters in it, So not many people go to that place anymore. ”
I hurriedly asked the old man how he knew about these things, and the old man smiled and said, "This place has been deserted since it was deserted, but I live not far from here, and I usually lead the way when people want to go into the mountains to find ancient tombs. ”
I sighed and looked back at the little brother, who looked ahead with a frown, the water flow in this area has now become much smoother, as if it is not as turbulent as before. The little brother pointed to a clearing not far ahead, and motioned to the shore to disembark from there.
I pulled out two red tickets and handed them to the old man, who laughed and rowed away. There was no gravel in the clearing, just a very ordinary piece of sand. The little brother took the map in his hand and looked at it for a while, then pointed to the front and said, "Keep going." ”
I don't know where we are now, but from this place, there is no place with the slightest gravel, the two of us walked through the clearing, and then there was a forest in front of us, the area of the forest is not too large, but there is a lot of water in it, it seems that this place should have had a heavy rain some time ago, and there are a lot of shallow pits here, so there is so much water.
After passing through the woods, we saw a canyon right now. The canyon was located directly below us, and from our vantage point, its winding, steep and deep formations were stacked on top of each other; With the twists and turns of the Grand Canyon, it resembles a link, and the bend does not know where it leads.
The little brother looked at it and said, "This should be the place that the sixth uncle arrived at before." After hearing this, I was suddenly shocked and said, "That means that the bones that the sixth uncle saw may be in that canyon?" ”
The little brother nodded, and then took out a knife from his waist, his expression was also a little dignified at this time, I have known him for so long, it is rare to see him have such a nervous expression. I looked around, and a short distance on my right hand side found a slope that led downward, and the angle of the slope was not too large, and we walked down little by little, and came to the front of the canyon.
It's already around five o'clock in the afternoon, and because it's almost winter, it's dark very early at this time. The little brother looked at the sky and said, "It is estimated that there are still fifteen minutes before dark, so we need to speed up." ”
I nodded and hurriedly followed, the road between the canyons was very narrow, and if you walked side by side, you could only accommodate 3 to 5 people. The cliffs on the left and right sides are also very steep, and small pieces of gravel fall from them from time to time.
After entering, our vision also darkened a lot, I took out the flashlight and followed closely behind, the road in this canyon is very curved, just walk for a while there is a big bend, back and forth. After walking for about ten minutes, there was a large open space in front of us, which looked like a football field, and on the opposite side was the exit of this canyon.
It was still a few minutes before it got dark, so I hurriedly beckoned my brother to hurry through. However, he stopped when he saw the clearing, and then he touched the stone wall on the edge of the clearing, and his eyes became a little different.
I asked, "Little brother, what's wrong, is there something wrong?" The little brother pointed to the mountain wall in front of him and said, "Don't you think there is something wrong with this clearing?" I looked around and didn't see anyone different, and then I shook my head at him.
The little brother looked up at the top, there was no shelter on the top of this clearing, and the scene above could be seen at a glance. It's like a skylight, and it's definitely better to see the sky than you used to see in the canyon.
Seeing that I didn't understand, the little brother said: "If the canyon in front of this is caused by a landslide in the past thirty years, then there is no open space here at all, even if it is a coincidence, the perspective from above is simply not so intact." ”
When I heard my brother's words, I was shocked and hurriedly looked up. Indeed, the fractures above are parallel to the stone formations in the open space below, and there is no sign of non-conformity, as if carved out of a mold.
Looking at the fault line on it, I suddenly understood, and hurriedly said: "Wait, if you say that, it means..."
The little brother looked at my surprised expression, and then said, "That's right, this vacant land was not caused by the landslide thirty years ago, but it was dug up a long time ago. ”