Chapter Twenty-Six: The Maple Grove
We recuperated and resumed on our way, and after more than an hour, it was getting dark. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoWe didn't dare to spend the night in this forest, so we had to bite the bullet and rush with our tired bodies.
After a while, we came to a maple forest, and it was red as far as the eye could see, and the ground was full of red maple leaves. Although I am not in the mood to enjoy the scenery at the moment, I am also attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of me.
Strangely, it was summer, but the maple forest turned all red. It is as if the maple trees here are not affected by the seasons and are the same color all year round.
"This King Nammer still knows how to enjoy it, making such a large maple forest, such a beautiful scenery, it doesn't look like hell." The three of us stood in place, looking at the maple forest, and the monk picked up a maple leaf, sniffed it in front of his nose, and said sarcastically.
"If you look elsewhere, it may be a beautiful view, but here there is a hidden danger everywhere." Chu Chu was unmoved, and looked around vigilantly.
"With such a beautiful view, where is there any danger, don't be nervous. I don't think the ghost monkey can catch up with us for the time being, or we can rest in this maple forest tonight, or wait for the senior brothers. "It's not just the monk, I'm exhausted, but I think it's a good proposition.
Chu Chu ignored the monk and said coldly: "The Yellow Emperor killed the Chi in Lishan, and after his death, the weapon was stained with blood and turned into a maple tree. ā
"What do you mean?" The monk and I looked at Chu Chu indistinctly, what does this legend mean?
"King Nammer doesn't plant a large maple forest here for no reason, and the maple trees themselves are evil. I'm sure it's not going to be as simple as it seems. ā
"What do you mean is to continue to hurry, what else do you do with the Yellow Emperor, who are you to scare!" The monk said dissatisfiedly.
"If you want to be here, no one will stop you." After finishing speaking, Chu Chu didn't pay attention to the two of us at all, and even pulled his legs and left.
"Hey, I said you girl, if you give some color, you're going to open a dyeing shop, how do you look like a wayward lady." The monk rolled up his sleeves, looking like he was ready to clean up.
Chu Chu turned around and looked at the monk coldly, not afraid of the monk at all. This external worry has not gone yet, why did it start to cause internal strife. I'm really afraid that these two people will pinch up, and they will be busy in the middle, and they will talk about it and make peace.
"Ahem... The old man lost his words, the donor is not strange, there is something to discuss, and the use of force is hurtful and angry. "The monk really looks like a monk this time, how thick-skinned this is, I feel blushing for him.
Chu Chu was silent and continued to turn around and hurry. I had no choice but to follow closely with the monk. Along the way, the monk chattered and complained endlessly, what willful, unreasonable, domineering... Typical crushed mouth. Chu Chu turned a blind eye to hearing and not listening, and didn't look at the monk with his eyes, and finally the monk felt bored, glared at Chu Chu's back fiercely, and finally closed his mouth.
Originally, we thought that the maple forest was not big, but we walked for nearly two hours, and we still haven't walked out of the maple forest. And as we walked, we lost our sense of direction. At this moment, the sky has completely darkened, and if you can't get out of the maple forest, you really want to spend the night here.
Chu Chu stopped the script suddenly, and I was unprepared and bumped into her. A faint fragrance came, touching her soft body. I had never even held a woman's hand, and for the first time I was next to a woman at a quiet distance, and this woman was still so beautiful. My face turned red instantly, and I hurriedly stepped back, subconsciously lowering my head.
The monk smiled, and the laughter was particularly lewd. Dang, then looked at Chu Chu, and asked impatiently: "I said Miss, what's wrong with you?" ā
Chu Chu turned around, glanced at me quietly, pointed to the plastic bag on the ground and said, "We walked through this place, and now we have turned back." ā
"Won't it?" The monk stepped forward and picked up the plastic bag on the ground, convinced that we had thrown it away an hour earlier. The monk grabbed Chu Chu and began to preach: "I said how did you lead the way, take us in a circle, if this continues, when will we go out." ā
Chu Chu snorted coldly and said, "We have always been walking in a straight line, when did we turn around." ā
"Who knows, anyway, the scholar and I will follow you. No wonder I couldn't get out, it turned out that someone was playing ghosts. The monk muttered quietly, it seemed that he had really convicted Chu Chu and decided that she had deliberately taken us around in circles.
I saw Chu Chu's face twitching, and he was going to fight with the monk again, and the two of them would fight sooner or later. At that time, I'm afraid that I can only watch, with their skills, I can't and don't have the ability to stop it.
"Okay, okay, it's getting dark this day, we have to keep going, pay attention this time." I persuaded.
The monk looked at me with strange eyes and said, "Scholar, why do you always help outsiders talk, don't you eat other people's tofu, and you are ready to see and forget your friends, right?" ā
I beg you, big brother, can you say a few words. I can be regarded as convinced of the monk's immoral mouth, and the only way is to be like Chu Chu, walking in silence and ignoring him. Otherwise, the more you explain, the darker he will become.
We hurried with light, only this time we all slowed down and started to pay attention to our surroundings. I found that in the maple forest, many of the terrain is the same, and occasionally there will be a few squatting and broken statues, most of which have collapsed to the ground. We don't have the heart to study what is carved, and we don't get bored to pick up fallen statues.
There is a saying that we can't easily lift the statues of Bodhisattvas, mountain gods, land and other gods on the ground, because we are mortals and can't afford to lift them. If you don't pay attention, you will get bad luck, and even run into dirty things.
"It's over, it's over, we've met 'ghosts hitting the wall'." The monk stopped and looked around, his flashlight flickering everywhere, and it seemed that he could no longer distinguish the direction.
In the dark maple forest, we turned back to where we had been.
We have slowed down and been mindful of the road we have traveled. From beginning to end, we have been moving in a straight line, never turning a corner, and never turning back, why did we still go back to the same place. Did we really encounter 'ghosts hitting the wall'? This is the only way to explain it, but is there really a 'ghost hitting the wall'?
Chu Chu clasped his hands, snorted lightly, and stared at the monk with a sneer.
The monk knew that he was at a loss, but he was thick-skinned, and said to Chu Chu angrily: "Don't hum there, think of a way!" We're not really blindfolded by demons, are we? ā
It was pitch black all around, and it was impossible to distinguish between east, south, west, and northwest, and there was not half a star in the sky overhead. The most troublesome thing is that I finally turned out the compass from the backpack, but at the critical moment, it failed, and the pointer turned violently. For a while, the monk and I had no idea, if we couldn't think of a way, go around in this maple forest, we don't want to go out.
At this moment, Chu Chu actually lost his temper, didn't speak, and didn't care about himself, it seemed that he was really angry with the monk, and now he was about to see the monk make a fool of himself.
"Anyway, Dao Ye is out of line, let's rest in place! After a day of tossing, it's weird and tired. Eat something and figure it out after dawn. As he spoke, the monk sat on the ground and rummaged through the food in his backpack. But after turning it over for a long time, he didn't turn it out, and shouted at me: "Scholar, you give me something to eat, but I'm starving to death." ā
I let out an 'oh' sound, but I opened my backpack, and there was nothing to eat except for some Taoist things.
I subconsciously looked at Chu Chu.
"Don't look at me, I don't either." Chu Chu saw me looking at her and immediately replied.
Each of us carried a pot of water, but the dry food was kept by the fifth uncle all the time. We were in such a hurry when we parted that we didn't even think to get some dry food.
We ate when we were by the banyan tree, and then we kept running for our lives, and we never ate until now, and we drank some water on the way. Speaking of hunger, the three of us have been hungry for a long time, and now we have nothing to eat, and we can't get out of the maple forest, which is really fatal.
"It's over, Dao Ye doesn't eat, where can he have the strength. When the time comes, not to mention encountering a ghost monkey, even if a wild monkey comes, I will have to run for my life, and the key is that I will not even have the strength to escape at that time. The monk took his kettle and drank it in one gulp, filling his hunger with water.
After drinking, I touched my stomach, I didn't feel hungry, my eyes were staring at my kettle, I hurriedly protected the kettle and said, "You drink it in one go, what if you are thirsty later." ā
The monk smacked, still unsatisfied, and finally simply lay on the ground to rest. Chu Chu was taking a sip of water, but her eyes were always staring at the darkness in the distance, and I knew that she was thinking at the moment.
It didn't take much effort, but the monk actually snored and really fell asleep? I secretly admire how big a heart can sleep so soundly. I also wanted to sleep, but I didn't dare, this forest is still the territory of King Nammer, I really don't know what will jump out at any time.
I looked at Chu Chu and asked softly, "Is this really 'ghost hitting the wall'?" ā
Chu Chu didn't look back, still looking into the distance, shook his head slightly, and said: "There is no 'ghost hitting the wall' in the world, we just fell into the trap left by King Nammer, and I can't figure it out for a while." ā
"So what now?" I asked.
"Let's rest and regain some strength." Chu Chu looked at me, smiled slightly, and then leaned against the tree and closed his eyes gently.