Chapter 7: Hong Zhong

Hearing Jiang Li say that there was a bell in front of us, we didn't pay much attention to it, but basically we were full, and everyone should continue to move forward, so we walked in the direction of Jiang Li.

While walking, Yan Qiu asked, "What bell?" Where does the bell come from? โ€

Jiang Li said: "Listen carefully, there is indeed a bell." โ€

Originally, the sound of the river was close, and there was the sound of rushing water in our ears, and we didn't hear the bell that Jiang Li said, but when I walked to the place where Jiang Li was standing, I did hear the bell.

It is different from the bell sound I imagined, it is really the kind of bell sound of the old temple in the deep mountains, the rhythm is very slow, but every time it is struck, the sound will last for a long time, farther and farther away.

Could it be that there is a temple in this mountain? This is strange, when we stand on the top of the mountain, we obviously see that this is in the middle of a group of snow-capped mountains, and we can't even see the edge, who came here to build a temple? Even if there are monks who are willing to meditate here, then I'm afraid there will be no pilgrims to give alms, right?

No matter what, as long as there is a temple, there will be people, and someone will be able to take us out.

I couldn't wait to continue walking, the direction of the bell was just the direction of the water, which strengthened my confidence, I could go out along the water, and after going out, I could see the temple, donate some incense money to the temple, not only can we send it out safely, but also set up a merit monument.

I just hope that there is an exit here, and that the fat brother and they can also go out from here and reunite with us, and I don't know what happened to him and Surina.

I think these are redundant, go to the temple to find an old monk, the structure of this cave, it is estimated that I have already memorized it, is it not easy to find two big living people? Maybe even Dai Qin can ask what is going on.

This Dai Qin is also bold enough, and he actually built a netherworld on the top of the holy land of Buddhism, where he collected the souls of the dead, and he was not afraid that the Buddha would collect it for him.

While making wishful thinking, I walked forward, and my heart was happy.

Yan Qiu saw that my face was pleasant, so she asked me, "What's wrong with you?" Eat a few shrimp raw, and you will be happy like this? It's really enough for one person, and the whole family is not hungry. โ€

I immediately put away my smile and said to Yan Qiu: "What, when I hear the bell, it means that there is a bell ringer, and there is a bell ringer, then a few of us will be saved." โ€

Yan Qiu sneered and said, "Don't be too happy, how do you know that the person who rings the bell is a good person?" โ€

I didn't understand what Yan Qiu meant, so I asked her, "What do you mean?" Isn't it the temple that rings the bell? The monks in the temple are not good people who do all kinds of good deeds every day? โ€

Yan Qiu said: "How do you know that it is the temple that rings the bell?" There are also bells in the bandit cottage. What if it was the signal that Dai Chin had found out that we had broken in and rang the bell to gather his accomplices? โ€

And accomplices? A Dai Qin is chattering, chanting scriptures can be recited to himself floating, if this is three or five, no, thirty or fifty accomplices, then we must not be swallowed alive?

I didn't dare to think about it anymore, but I said to Yan Qiu: "Impossible, impossible, how can there be so many perverts in the world?" It's better to think about the good in everything. โ€

I know that I have different hearts and mouths when I say this, but the current situation is critical, and I don't want to make it worse, so I can only comfort myself with nice words.

But at some point, Yan Qiu was also a little puzzled, and she said, "Do you remember the leper dog we met in Cao Cao's tomb?" Didn't you tell me that he used to be a monk? Is he a good man? โ€

It's really a pot that can't be opened, indeed, then Wang Jinlong is still hosting, doesn't he do all the bad things? It seems that this person wearing monk's robe is not necessarily a cultivator, but may also be a charlatan.

Jiang Li also said, "Sister Yanqiu, do you mean that Wang Jinlong?" Indeed, this guy is bad enough, killing the life-saving benefactor, becoming the host himself, and using the cover of the temple to do some evil deeds. โ€

I didn't want to continue this negative energy conversation, I didn't pick up, I just walked forward with my head down.

The further you went, the fewer branches of the holes became, and at last there was only a separate passage, where all the small rivers converged, and the current grew larger, and soon it was three or four meters wide.

The depth of the water has also improved significantly, at first it just didn't (mรณ) to the upper of the shoe, but now it is directly out of the calf, and the injury on my leg makes the cold water so soaked, and it hurts.

The bell was getting louder and louder, and it had already shook the walls of the cave, but it had no intention of stopping. What was supposed to be a bell of hope has now become an annoying bell, and it makes me feel irritated.

I don't know how many times the bell rings in the temple, anyway, the bell at the train station is only 12 times at most, right? According to this knocking method, is it necessary to knock 7749 times? Or do you want to knock nine nine or eighty-one? It is estimated that there are indeed no pilgrims here, and the monk has nothing to do and ring the bell all day.

However, this can at least overturn Yan Qiu's theory, and it is definitely not the voice of Dai Qin to summon his accomplices, such a convocation method, the accomplices have to fight first.

None of the three of us spoke, even if they spoke, the other party couldn't hear it, as we got closer and closer to the bell, the volume we could hear was far beyond the ordinary bell, as if Sun Wukong was holding a golden hoop stick and smashing the South Heavenly Gate.

Thankfully, the hard work paid off, and we finally saw the end of the river, which was not an outlet, but a strange shape.

Disappointed, I went to observe it, which was very strange to say. Our river is high and the water is flowing low, so there should be a waterfall at the end of the river, but our waterfall mouth is like an oversized bowl, and the water is caught by this bowl before it falls.

It was a bowl-shaped stone platform, and it would be more appropriate to say that it was half a bowl, just at the mouth of the river, which was connected to the cave wall and extended out, and the river that was originally flowing smoothly was blocked.

The river kept flowing in that direction, and the bowl seemed to be full of water, and it kept overflowing. Like the tides of the sea, they swing out of the bowl one by one.

The water under our feet was much faster than before, and if we were not careful, we would be washed over, so we helped each other to the bowl and looked down at the edges.

The structure below is even stranger, as if it were an oversized funnel, and the stone walls of the funnel were very smooth washed by the current. At the bottom is a particularly round hole, less than two meters in diameter, because it is not vertical, we can't see what's underneath.

The water that swung out of the edge of the stone bowl spun quickly in the funnel and flowed into the small round hole.

It seems that the structure here seems to be made by natural erosion, and I really have to sigh at the magic of nature.

The most surprising thing is that the huge bell is actually the sound of water flowing in a funnel-shaped stone cave, spinning in such a circle.

I now completely understand that the sound is like the Hong character in the Hong Bell, why use the Hong of three points of water, instead of the macro of the treasure cover, it turns out that the bell is related to water.

Originally, seeing the wonder of nature, it should be a joy, or at least an amazement, but now in my heart, let alone a lot of taste, I obviously thought that if there was a bell, we would meet someone to save us, but I didn't expect that this was a joke that nature played with us.

I complained, "What is this? Good water is not good flow, and it makes such a big movement here. โ€

Yan Qiu has her explanation for this kind of thing, she asked me: "Do you know Su Shi's "The Story of Shizhong Mountain"? โ€

I nodded and said, "I know, it seems that the lake and the mountain rocks sound the bell, and we are unlucky, and we verified it with our own eyes today." โ€

Yan Qiu smiled and said, "Didn't you say it in "The Story of Shizhong Mountain"? I don't see and hear things, but I guess whether they exist or not, but what? Therefore, in the future, you still have to see it with your own eyes before you can make a conclusion. โ€

Although what she said was true, and I verified it with my own experience, I really didn't have time to listen to her class at this moment.

"Let's not discuss this for now, let's talk about the real problem, how do we get out? Back? I asked Yanqiu.

This time, Yan Qiu also had no idea, shook his head and said, "Say it, let's just be a man here, you can find a way." โ€

Jiang Li scratched his head when he saw me, and said to us: "Let's go down from here, the water is definitely going to flow away, and we will definitely be able to go out if we follow the current, and then turn back, I'm afraid that if we walk around, we will still come back here." โ€

I pointed to the hole below, glared at Jiang Li and asked, "Get out of here?" You're not kidding, are you? If this is an abyss, what can be done? We don't even have a rope, it's a gamble. โ€

Jiang Li said: "It doesn't matter, even if it is an abyss, it will end up in a pool, and it should not be fatal, and if you are trapped here for a long time, it will be really fatal." โ€

There was no way, there was only one option, so we had to slide down the edge and into the funnel.

Fortunately, it is not steep inside, and we can still sit on the side to rest, watching the river wash down one by one, but we dare not go down, for fear that we will never see the next day's sun again. R1058