Chapter Seventy-Two: The Fog Poisons the Way Forward
With Ah Zi and Ah Hu's discovery, Company Commander Wang also immediately saw the miasma that was gradually spreading not far away.
He shouted "There is a miasma, retreat quickly!" "While they hurried in our direction, the other soldiers were also scrambling to put on their shoes and backpacks, and evacuated in a panic towards the rear.
Jin Facai obviously didn't understand it yet, but when he saw that all of us were running behind in a panic, he also put on his bag and ran up, not to mention how much body he had left before, but as soon as the fat man exerted his strength, he actually took three steps and made two steps, and ran to the front with a smoke......
"Here! Get here, don't run around! Company Commander Wang shouted to Jin Facai, the fat man had already thrown off everyone more than ten meters, and when he turned around, he saw that everyone else was running towards an open grassy slope, so he turned around and caught up with us.
Fortunately, the mountain wind was not strong, and when everyone climbed the grassy slope, they could still see that the layers of dense miasma at the mouth of the dense forest had not yet spread, just like a thick cloud of mist, gently floating in place there.
"Fortunately, the direction of this wind is not blowing in our direction, otherwise it would be troublesome now." Ah Zi lay on the turf and looked at the smoke in the distance and said.
I said...... This...... What is this? Jin Facai probably just understood what was going on at this time, and he was lying next to me panting and asked, "I thought it was a beast, and it was foggy in this mountain and it had to run?" Is it toxic? β
Ah Zi replied on the side: "This is a five-color miasma, the poisonous gas is very strong, once it is sucked by someone, it will cause diarrhea and cramps, back pain, high fever and high fever that does not go away, swelling all over the body, abnormal cold and heat, and even fatal." β
In those days when I was learning Feng Shui, I also heard my father introduce this miasma, the toxicity of the miasma, depending on its color, the darker the color of the smoke, the greater the toxicity, the most poisonous is the black miasma, but mortals and animals can kill within half a day if they inhale it; The second is this five-color miasma, and the third is the white miasma, although it is the least toxic, but if it is encountered, it is definitely unbearable like malaria.
Company Commander Wang's troops were all prostrate on the grassy slope, and several soldiers had soaked the spring water filled in the marching kettle and tied it to their faces to play a role in blocking the poisonous gas.
At this time, I found that Ah Hu and Ah Leopard had just climbed uphill, and they also wrapped some wet cloth around their mouth and nose. So he stretched out his hand and begged them.
But seeing that the two brothers looked embarrassed and divided, Jin Facai scolded angrily: "You two pick goods!" At a critical time, the comradeship-in-arms is not talked about? Boss Jin kept shouting in front of Boss Jin, and now I just want you half a towel, which seems to be your life! β
The two of them were not in a hurry to shirk it, but slowly lay down next to us, Ah Hu slightly lifted the towel on his mouth with his fingers, and said softly: "Boss Jin, this is ...... I'm afraid you're not used to using this towel......"
"What's not used to this, is it possible that I don't usually wash my face!? You will tear half of it for me to cover, and I will pay you a new piece when I turn around. β
Seeing that the two brothers were still embarrassed, Ah Zi and I looked at each other, and we already knew the mystery in our hearts, and we couldn't help but smile and our shoulders trembled.
Jin Facai saw us smiling happily, and couldn't help but be a little embarrassed and angry: "What are you two laughing at, this person's life is at stake, and it's not ashamed to borrow a towel, don't be afraid of death." β
I saw that he was really going to get angry, so I smiled and said, "It's not that people don't want to borrow you, it's that smell that is afraid of smoking your golden branches." β
"Huh?" As soon as Jin Facai was told by me, he didn't react for a while, and Ah Zi couldn't help laughing out loud on the side.
"Boss Jin, this ...... This is our earthwork here to avoid the miasma," Ah Leopard also lifted the corner of the towel, and said with a smile: "Although it's a little disgusting, but it's really quite effective, if you want to try it too, it's better to take a towel and find a corner to solve it, it's good to come out of your own body, you can't use our urine to disgust yourself, right......?"
At this point, the fat man completely understood, and when he saw that we were leaning forward and leaning back with laughter, he also laughed and scratched his scalp: "So that's the case...... Fortunately, I didn't snatch it, otherwise I wouldn't have been poisoned, and I would have been stinked to death by you. What kind of earthwork is this, I think...... I'd better forget it. β
At this time, the commander of the Wang company crawled closer: "It's a little troublesome now, the forest in front of us is the only way for us to cross the mountain, if we take a detour, I don't know when we can reach the top, the sky is about to get dark, the danger of spending the night in this jungle is very great, not to mention I don't know if this miasma will come out in other places." β
I know that the miasma of this tropical warm and humid region is almost commonplace in this inaccessible mountain, and it is said in the feng shui record of the family, "Miasma, is the gas of earth rot, easy to occur after rain, the south is humid and warm, the four seasons are not cold, if there are poisonous insects and carrion corpses in the soil, its poison is difficult to disperse, and the day of the sun, when the water is cold, and it is steaming." Humans and animals can injure it, like malaria and plague......"
As Commander Wang said, on this hot day, a rainstorm, the underground rot is easy to disperse, and now we just met the piece in front of us, but if we go to other long distances to detour, we can't guarantee that we can still meet, once the general miasma is formed, it will take at least a few hours to disperse, so waiting is not a way, it is really a dilemma.
Fortunately, the grassy slope is slightly raised, and there is a living spring in front of it, so it is unlikely that the gang will float over for a while, but do you have to wait here all the time?
Company Commander Wang first asked everyone to rest and wait on the slope, and then he went to the side to use the walkie-talkie to communicate with the members of the other two groups.
The temperature in the evening is neither high nor low, the grass and trees in the forest are faintly fragrant, and the front is full of food and drink, and several soldiers have already laid down to take a nap.
The others also relaxed slightly, straightened up and sat in place, and Ah Zi was explaining some basic knowledge about miasma to Jin Facai.
Ah Hu and Ah Leopard loosened the towel slightly, and the two lit a cigarette and chatted about something.
I took the cigarette they gave me, and thought about it alone in the face of the dense forest, and always felt that today's miasma came a little unusual, although it is a common thing for the southern mountains and forests to rise from miasma, but I always felt that something was not right, so I have been searching my stomach to recall all the details about the miasma when I was learning Feng Shui.
I remember that in the Three Kingdoms, there was a story about Zhuge Liang's seven captures of Meng Shu, and one of them recorded that when his troops marched to a dam in the Southern Barbarians, they encountered miasma, and the army fell ill for a while, and they were at a loss. Later, I dreamed that the white-bearded old man taught the prescription of realgar tea soup to relieve miasma, and after waking up, he acted according to this, and sure enough, the miasma was broken...... But now our group has never brought any tea and realgar at all, and there are no tea trees to pick around, how can we break the miasma......
Thinking of this, a sudden flash flashed in my mind, and I seemed to have found a doubt that had lingered in my heart before, "marching to the dam ......", that's right! I remembered that it was said in the family biography "Wilderness Feng Shui" that miasma is usually only found in low-lying swamps or places with dams in the plains, but here it is already halfway up the mountains and high forests, and there is such a thick miasma...... It doesn't seem reasonable......
Generally speaking, the miasma is formed by a large number of poisonous insects and carrion in the ground, and the swamps and valley depressions are prone to accumulate rotten things for many years, but here......
I looked up at the darkening sky, and then at the dense canopy and foliage in the high part of the dense forest to discern the general direction, and finally took out the compass again, and silently recited the "Heaven and Earth Text", intending to measure the magnetic field here again.
"A round of Zhou Tian, the four seasons of the earth, the universe is tangible, yin and yang are ignorant, today the compass, pray to the ancestors to clearly ......" With the meditation of the scriptures in his heart, the crystal compass was held horizontally in front of his chest with both hands, facing the direction of the miasma steaming dense forest......
I saw that the yin and yang needles in the pool that day began to sway slowly, and finally flew again, but they couldn't stop.
It seems that we still have not departed from the area where the magnetic fields of the yin and yang poles collide, and we don't know what the cause of this mountain is, and how large is the area covered by this disordered magnetic field?
And I found that the speed of this yin and yang needle seems to be faster than when I was on the winding mountain road before, what is the reason for this?
Of course, Ah Zi and Jin Facai also saw my move, and when they saw me shaking my head and putting down the compass, I guessed that there was no result this time.
Jin Facai said: "If it really doesn't work, let's just go back the same way, maybe the kid surnamed Li is already waiting for us in the car." You see that his sixth sense is so strong, will it be ...... Before we even went up the mountain, we knew that we would encounter this miasma, so why don't you come? β
"I don't think so, if he had known about it a long time ago, why didn't he stop us and just play and disappear by himself?" Ah Zi said.
I also have a hundred questions about him in my heart, this person usually doesn't talk much, and when I was in the car before, his strange eyes staring at Ah Zi's backpack appeared in front of me again...... What an elusive person.
As the minutes passed, the sky gradually began to darken, and the dim sky made the five-colored miasma in the dense forest in the distance even more confusing, and if it was completely dark, it would be even more difficult to discern whether it had dispersed, or even if it was floating towards us, it would be difficult to see clearly.
Company Commander Wang also walked over and said in a heavy tone: "If it gets dark, we will be more passive, and the visibility in front is getting lower and lower...... Oh yes, the other two teams are already climbing the mountain, and in another three or four hours, they will be able to reach their destination first. β
Ah Zi heard it clearly, and her face became even more anxious, I know that it must be a hundred unwilling to let her go back the same way now, but what can be done?
When I was at a loss, Jin Facai suddenly whispered into my ear and whispered, "Big official, I suddenly remembered something. β
"What?"
"Your dad...... Didn't you say anything, the bodies of our ancestral spirits ......" He lowered his voice even more: "Doesn't it mean that all poisons don't enter, and ghosts don't invade...... What about this miasma......"
His words woke me up suddenly, yes! If this miasma is also a poisonous gas, then we descendants of the gods don't have to worry about being afraid, right!?
I looked back at the blonde and saw that he was raising his eyebrows, and his smug little eyes smiled into two slits.
I gave him a thumbs up and asked softly, "What do you mean......?"
"What do I mean...... Instead of waiting here, it would be better for the two of us to rush over and have a look after a while, and if the miasma dispersed, it would be best to let them follow, and if not, we would come back and set up camp and sleep for the night. β
"You're not afraid of dying now?" I laughed.
"When did my surname Kim ever be afraid of dying!?" Jin Facai raised his neck: "You also know my temperament, I am most afraid of this endless consumption!" β¦β¦ Besides, we're not their meat and eggs, plus the amulet given by the old man, rush it, what do you think? β
I actually agree with this Jianyì, rather than waiting for nothing, it's better to let it go, not to mention the ancestral bloodline that is invincible, plus I have never been bitten by mosquitoes, this kind of thing has also given me a foundation in my heart, now I can just give it a try, whether it is really as amazing as my father said.
But how do we find a suitable excuse to convince Company Commander Wang and them to let the two of us go?
When he was discussing countermeasures with Jin Facai in a low voice, he suddenly heard a voice**: "Ah! Captain! Captain! I...... I can't get up! β
When he turned back to see that it was a warrior who had been napping with a wet cloth covering his mouth and nose, all the awake people got up from the ground and hurried to the warrior's side, but before they had run a few steps, they heard another sleeping warrior also shout: "Me! I'm so uncomfortable! It's uncomfortable! Out of breath! β
I was shocked: is it ...... They've been poisoned?!