Chapter 36 Boundary Monuments

Early the next morning, we left Liu's house.

We stood at the entrance of Dashi Village, looking at the continuous mountains in the distance, and I was a little hesitant in my heart, I said: "Although this mountain is not high, it is a continuous ridge, such a big place, where should we go?" ”

This is a question that everyone is very concerned about, after all, Bu Jin only used his finger to point on the map, and we don't know the specific direction.

No one answered my words, the atmosphere was a little awkward, Bu Jin ignored everyone's doubts and walked straight towards the mountain, Teng Yi followed her closely without landing, Duan Yuwen glanced at me, shrugged, and followed.

At this time, Ryazan patted me on the shoulder from behind and said, "Let's go, what are you waiting for?" Don't worry, don't underestimate your girlfriend. ”

I was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but I immediately reacted, and hurriedly said, "How many times have I told you, I have nothing to do with that woman." ”

However, Ryazan did not wait for me at all, but walked towards the mountains and forests with a big smile on his own, and said without looking back: "I said my Lord Peixi, don't be like a little girl, it's just a joke." ”

I whispered a greeting to the Ryazan ancestors and clansmen, and then ran after his back.

This is an unnamed mountain, and the first part of the road is relatively sparse due to its proximity to the village, and the trees are all young, probably because there are villagers cutting firewood in the mountains. However, after walking for about half an hour, we came to a no-man's land in the mountains, and the trees on both sides gradually became denser, and the trunks became thicker and thicker, and some of them were as thick as an adult's waist.

However, I'm not worried that I'll get lost in this mountain forest, because whether it is Bu Jin or Teng Yi, they are both mountain people, and it is estimated that they have walked mountain roads covered by dense forests since they were children, and they will naturally have a set of methods to identify the direction.

As I walked, I found that the most troublesome thing in the mountains and forests was not the towering trees, but the waist-length bushes and weeds, which were layered on top of each other, flooding the road under our feet. What made me angry was that every time I fell, that Ryazan smiled at me like he saw a joke.

We stood in a row and slowly advanced, Teng Yi walked in the front and opened the way with a long knife. Then came Bu Jin, we didn't walk for a while, she would stop, touch the old tree for a while, touch the stone for a while, as if these things could tell her where to go, of course, the real guide was the suicide note from Azina. Although we don't know the words on it, there are all kinds of indications that Bu Jin did follow the guidance on the suicide note to lead the way. Perhaps, it may not be a suicide note at all, but a map.

Duan Yuwen was the oldest, he walked in the middle, and he was already exhausted and out of breath at this time. Ryazan was sandwiched between me and Duan Yuwen, and he seemed to be very leisurely, giving the impression that he was almost visiting a botanical garden.

I didn't say anything all the way, it's not that I didn't speak, but I really felt that there was nothing to say. Except for Teng Yi walking in front and reminding everyone to be careful of their steps from time to time, or to be careful of snakes, everyone walked silently.

As I walked, Ryazan suddenly stopped, I didn't pay attention, and the whole person hit his back, and complained: "I said big brother, this mountain road is not easy to walk, can you tell me when you brake suddenly?" ”

To my somewhat strange thing, Ryazan didn't answer my words, and when I looked ahead again, Bu Jin also stopped, looked around in the dense forest, and then turned his head to look at Ryazan.

Teng Yi and Duan Yuwen both felt very strange, and I asked Ryazan, "What's wrong?" Here we are, is this the place where this great secret is hidden? ”

I looked around and we were on a downhill road, thick weeds up to our knees, but there was nothing unusual around us, only thick woods and the occasional chirping bird.

"What the hell is going on?" I asked Ryazan again.

Ryazan glanced at Bu Jin, turned back to me and said, "I'm sorry, I let out a fart just now and accidentally let your girlfriend hear it." ”

I pour! I wanted to bet that this Ryazan was definitely not in a normal state of mind.

Ryazan ignored the surprised expressions of the others, patted me on the shoulder, and said to me with a smile: "Lord Peixi, don't follow me, it's easy to fall down when you walk with a smell of fart, or I'll walk behind the most." ”

I didn't bother to talk nonsense with him at all, so I walked in front of him unceremoniously, Bu Jin told Teng Yi to continue the road, and we continued to walk.

I didn't pay much attention to this little episode at first, but soon a strange thing happened that made me have to have a new understanding of this episode.

At that time, we continued to hurry, and I saw that Duan Yuwen was almost prostration, so I proposed to stop and rest for a while, but Duan Yuwen's self-esteem was extremely strong, and he objected at the time, saying: "It's still important to hurry, and when it's noon, it's not too late to rest when we have eaten." ”

In fact, the so-called lunch is nothing more than a few compressed biscuits and a few bags of mustard that we carry with us, after a brief meal, we rested for a while, Duan Yuwen took a sip of water and continued to hurry.

It is said that this should be a no-man's land, but as we walked, I suddenly heard the voice of an old man behind me, at first I didn't pay much attention to it, but later, the voice got closer and closer, and I thought more and more, I heard it, and the voice was saying: "Hey, the mountain is dangerous, pedestrians turn back." ”

As soon as I heard this, I subconsciously wanted to look back, but unexpectedly, Ryazan suddenly jumped behind me, pressed my shoulder with his hand, and said with a smile: "Don't keep looking back at me, I'm embarrassed to look at it." ”

"Who's looking at you?" I didn't understand the logic of his thinking, and said, "Don't you hear someone talking, as if they were shouting at us, saying that there is danger in the mountains." ”

"I didn't hear anything from the tip of your ear." Ryazan said, "Let's go, they will be left behind in a moment." ”

I scratched my head, I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, so I followed Bu Jin and them to continue on their way, but this time, after walking for less than ten minutes, Duan Yuwen also said as he walked: "No, I seem to have heard someone shouting about us." ”

"Old man, don't talk nonsense, pay attention to your feet, old arms and legs, don't fall and eat." Ryazan hurriedly said.

Coincidentally, as soon as Ryazan's words fell, Yu Wen fell without paying attention to his feet, which made Ryazan Ha Lu Ha laugh and hurriedly said: "How about it, I said it, be careful of your step." ”

I looked back at Ryazan, and said in my heart that this man's character is so bad, and he likes to make fun of other people's pain, so I said to him, you still have some virtue.

We are not afraid that there is no end to the road under our feet, but we are very worried that the road under our feet has no direction, so we walked towards the dense forest in the mountains under the leadership of Bu Jin, and went deeper and deeper. As I walked at dusk, I suddenly felt the ground under my feet become stronger, as if a large stone had been stepped on under my feet, and the person walking in front of me had apparently noticed this phenomenon.

We pushed aside the weeds and found that what we were stepping on was indeed a large blue stone slab, but it was very tightly covered by weeds, so we didn't rely on our eyes to find it.

Except for Bu Jin, everyone else was very excited and hurried to the surroundings of the bluestone slab to check the situation. However, this bluestone slab is already somewhat dilapidated, and it is isolated here, although it is a little abrupt, but the real situation is so.

Duan Yuwen sat on the ground and sighed, and said, "I thought I had discovered the ruins of the ancient city, but I was happy. ”

"No," Ryazan said, squatting on the slate, stroking the surface of the rough bluestone slab with his palm, "It's not a vain pleasure, this slate is by no means a natural formation, although it is a little broken, but you can still see those obvious handiwork marks." ”

"You know quite a lot." I didn't really praise him, I just spoke in a purely mocking manner.

However, Ryazan did not feel at all uncomfortable after hearing this, and echoed casually: "Of course, my ancestors have been bricklayers for three generations, and this thing is completely commonplace for me. ”

I realized that he was not telling the truth, so I asked, "Then how do you tell that this slate is not natural?" ”

"I'm too lazy to explain it to you, you can touch it yourself." After saying that, Ryazan stood up and left my side.

I felt a little embarrassed, so I symbolically touched it with my hand, and this touch, thinking about Ryazan's words in my heart, I really understood it in an instant. The slate is about two or three square meters, but the thickness is more than ten centimeters, and when I touch it with my hands, I find that some parts of the slate are particularly rough, while others are very smooth.

It dawned on me that although we often admire the wisdom of the ancients, in the final analysis, we all know that no matter how intelligent the ancients were, they could not transcend the limitations of the times, and that in the process of construction, we must know how to give full play to the role of materials and avoid the defects of the materials themselves. For example, some wood is suitable for load-bearing, and others are suitable for hanging beams, how to construct according to the material, which itself is also a test of the wisdom of the builder.

Obviously, because the shape of the slate itself is flat, it was used by craftsmen to make a slate for paving, and after a slight polishing and modification, it can already be used as a slate.

I was indulging in the joy of my discovery, and I just wanted to share it with them, but when I looked up, I found that they were not waiting for me at all, except for Ryazan, who was still waiting for me, the others had already continued to walk towards the dense forest under the leadership of Bu Jin, but this time, Bu Jin's pace was significantly faster.

"Let's go, my highness." Ryazan said.

So, I stood up, ran a few quick steps, and caught up with them. As I walked faster and faster, I had a vague sense that our expedition was about to make its first major discovery. Sure enough, after walking less than a cigarette, Bu Jin and Teng Yi in front of them stood still.

Ryazan and I caught up and took a look, and saw a stone sculpture more than half a meter high standing alone against a small gentle slope with its back against the weeds. And the strange thing is that in the area east of the stone carving, although the trees are stout, the leaves are very yellow, and the ground is covered with fallen leaves, not to mention weeds, you can't see any blue as far as the eye can see, and the difference between summer and autumn suddenly comes to mind, which is amazing.

The shape of the stone sculpture is very strange, and judging from the features of its head, it looks like both a tiger and a lion, and it does not look like a real creature. However, the most bizarre thing is the proportions of its head, the stone monster's torso and limbs are not as big as its head, and it crouches on the ground, and it looks like a large toad.

However, all of the above is just the appearance of the outside, and it doesn't matter, what really matters is the mouth of the monster. Its mouth is very large, almost equal to its height, which is of course a product of art, but in its mouth is a stone tablet, and the words on the stone tablet are crooked, exactly the same as the words on Bu Jin's jade plaque and Azina's suicide note.