Chapter 103: Seclusion in the Gossip Pit

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Arriving at a new environment, and it was a dangerous situation, Wu Zhen's eyes looked vigilantly in all directions, and he wanted to first discern the direction and terrain when he came down the pit. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info, however, is only a cliff that does not rise to the top, like a wide backdrop for the last scene of the trio's performance, the top of which is hidden in the clouds, like smoke on the stage. Wu Zhen sighed secretly: "The mountains look up to it, and you can't look at it. ”

Look at the cliff, it is several miles wide, mostly bare rocks, with grass and low trees in between.

Slowly scanning the past, Wu Zhen faintly felt that she saw a familiar pattern, opened her eyes and looked at it again and again, and then said, "Madam, look at the stone layers on the cliff in the back mountain." ”

Madame was looking at the scenery in the distance, turned around, and looked: "What's so strange?"

"You see, the rock formations on the cliffs, or there are faults, or they change color, or they are divided by grass, and you only see the whitest of them. Wu Zhen pointed as she spoke.

The lady followed her husband's finger and looked at it, and said, "I still haven't seen the ugliness." ”

"I was so excited that I forgot that you don't understand. You see, the whitest layer of rocks is arranged in the shape of the eight trigrams. In this position, the loss hexagram is still incomplete and can only be estimated. ”

The lady sensed that her husband had made a major discovery, and said, "What do you want to say?"

Wu Zhen said cautiously: "I expect that this entire sinkhole is a pit arranged in the shape of gossip. ”

Madame didn't believe it at first, and then exclaimed: "I often hear you talk about 8864 hexagrams, the cliff behind is so long and wide, if it is only two of them, the entire Tiankeng 64 hexagrams, according to what you say, how big is that pit?"

Wu Zhen's mind began to return to its usual activity: "In this huge gossip array, even immortals can't guarantee that they won't get lost. No wonder no one can return it when it goes down to the sinkhole. And this is precisely because its natural layout is too mysterious. ”

The couple was marveling at the ingenuity of the heavens, and Wucheng turned around and came back nearby, and reported the good news: "On the cliff not far ahead, there is a small grass road that twists and turns, I don't know if it can lead down the mountain, but it is extremely difficult to walk. ”

The lady said, "You come to see this spectacle first." "Referring to looking at the cliff behind the mountain with his son.

Wu Cheng looked at it for a while, and then said suspiciously: "The mountains, mountains, stones, and stones have different shapes, imagine what it is, what it is like." Yesterday I saw a stone, and I said it looked like a horse, my mother said it looked like a dog, and my father said it looked like a sheep. In my opinion, the cliff on this side looks like a large shroud. You say it's a hexagram, but I think it's a pure coincidence, and it's more purely a dream from my father. ”

Wu Zhen ignored her son's ridicule and said, "No." The ingenuity of this pit is only heavenly merit, only heavenly merit!"

The scenery here is evidenced by the seven laws of Mr. Contemporary Zibei Hanzhu:

Cut out the rock wall and burrow, who wields a sharp axe to dig the sinkhole?

The cliff is dancing homing swallows, and the cliffs will spread their wings.

The ground is broken and the road is hung horizontally green, and the spring is splashed and scattered.

Sinking to the bottom of the valley to look at the sky, he suddenly sighed like a well frog!

Wu Zhen was still amazed, and Wu Cheng said impatiently: "You have been in this place for a long time, and you are still going forward?"

Wu Zhen wanted to continue to study the terrain here, and said angrily: "What are you panicking about! It's not good in this beautiful realm, you have to hurry to meet the demons and monsters!"

Wu Cheng said angrily: "Since sooner or later it is inevitable, if you don't go, I'll go!"

In times of trouble, they should not be angry, and the three of them began to attack the third layer of the cliff. Sure enough, as Wu Cheng said, there was a winding path down the cliff.

Wu Zhen still walked at the end as usual, all the way, all the way, all the way, from the top to the bottom, there were about eighteen corners.

Finally went down to the next platform, and the three of them were already sweating and exhausted. Lady Wu said: "If you go down like this, is there an end?"

Wu Zhen said: "The ghost knows. ”

Look at the night, create a grass hut, and rest for the night. Without going into details.

The next day, the sky was still clear, I ate my dry food, and continued on my way, and the next grass path was a little gentle, but still going all the way down and down, either in the jungle, or among the flowers, or among the strange stones.

Lady Wu was grateful for the benefits of Guo Wuyuan all the way, saying that he had prepared a lot of dried meat, although there was not much water, but when he arrived here, there was no shortage of water, and from time to time he found a stream of dragon cave water.

Entering a new section of the road, on both sides of this section of the grass road, wild grasses are overgrown, tall trees, mostly pines, cypresses, miscellaneous trees, and various trees that are not named, and birds and beasts appear from time to time.

Before they knew it, the three of them had arrived at a peninsula-shaped terrain, and the tip of the island stretched out to the outermost edge of this ground platform, and there was no way to go.

The three of them set foot on Kosaki Island, and were first blocked by an irregular pond of water. The pond is about 20 steps wide and more than 50 steps long, and the left and right sides of the pond are about 20 or 30 steps.

The three of them first looked on both sides and found that from both sides of the pond, there were still high hanging rocks, and there were many rocks underneath.

Madame said: "This pointed terrain is also strange, and there is a pond here. ”

Wu Zhen said: "I guess that this place is not the current sharp angle, because both sides are crossed by rocks, just leaving this pond." ”

Wu Cheng arrived at the pond early, threw a pebble into the water, listening to the sound, it is estimated that there are about several people deep, and there is heat coming out of the pond. Outside the pond, the whole peninsula is full of rocks. Looking out, I only saw the mountains rising in the distance.

Madame said: "Beyond the rocks, there may be another cliff." Now, this is common sense, so it is not necessary for the father and son to even nod their heads.

What is striking is that there is a tall bluestone standing in the water by the pond on this side.

There is a path on the side of the pond, but this path does not go in the direction of the next level outside the pond, but extends left and right into the jungle behind it.

Wu Zhen squatted down and touched the water in the pond, feeling very comfortable, and said to herself, "Obviously this is a hot spring." About two or three miles away from the hot springs, there must be a cliff. One left and one right intersection, which one should I take? Look at the direction, both are going back. ”

Wu Zhen was thinking about it, but she heard Wu Cheng say: "Father, mother, you rest on the spot, the sun is blazing, sweating all over, I will go down for a swim first, and wait for my father to set the direction, and then it will not be too late to go." ”

Wu Zhen didn't respond to her son, looked up at the sky, and said, "It looks like it's going to change the sky." ”

The lady cleaned up the burden that the father and son put down at will, walked to the edge of the pond, picked up the water in the pond with her hand, washed her face, and said, "Sure enough, it's a hot spring." You see, there is a big rock in the middle of the water that is showing some of the water. After walking for a long time, are you hungry?"

Wu Zhen said: "You can come a little." ”

The lady turned to fetch the dried meat, and Wu Zhen took a piece and said, "I'll go and explore on both sides." ”

Wucheng had already "banged", jumped into the water, planted a puzzle, surfaced after a dozen steps, swam out, grabbed a few handfuls of cold water, had reached the opposite bank, swam back and forth for three or four rounds, and then swam to the big rock in the middle of the pond, lying on the water surface.

Wu Zhen went to explore the way, and the lady watched her son swim on the shore.

Suddenly, Wucheng saw a few big characters engraved on the bluestone erected on the edge of the pond, and hurriedly shouted: "There are words!"

Wu Zhen was checking the road on the left, and when she heard a shout, she immediately came over: "Where is the word?"

"It's on that big rock by the pond. ”

"I can't see through the stones! ”

"Where do I recognize, you come down and see for yourself. ”

"You don't look at it by comparison. ”

Following Wucheng's gesture, Wu Zhen thought for a while and said, "It should be three big seal characters: Heavenly Bath Gate." Wu Cheng said: "There are still some patterns below, I'll take a closer look."

Wu Cheng grabbed a few handfuls of water, got closer to the stone, stepped on a fake water, and showed Wu Zhen while talking, but Wu Zhen couldn't understand what his son was gesturing.

As soon as there was a chance, Wu Zhen began to teach her son, and said unhappily: "It's hard to let you draw a scoop with a gourd!"

Wu Cheng did not show weakness: "I don't paint this scoop yet!"

Wu Zhen said in a daze: "I'll go to both sides to check!"

Wucheng swam for a while, and said to his mother who was standing on the hill, "I'll go outside and have a look." Without waiting for approval, he swam to the other side, got up, and walked straight ahead.

The lady shouted from behind, "Be careful! It will be overcast, and I am afraid that it will change!" The boy ignored it and trotted out with water.

It is often said: There are unpredictable storms in the sky, at this time the dark clouds in the sky are gathering rapidly, and the demon wind is blowing on the ground.

Here, Wu Zhen checked it back and said to his wife: "There is a stone on the left side of the road, with four words engraved on it: the left door of the side door, and there are also four words on the right side of the stone: the right way of the evil door." I don't know which way to go, right?"

The lady wiped her face: "Covered in sweat, when the kid comes back, he will also go down to wash and then take care of it." ”

"I'll take a look. I'll be back in a moment. ”

Half an hour later, while the husband and wife were talking, Wu Cheng had already run back and shouted loudly on the other side: "Father, you are wrong this time!"

Wu Zhen felt that after entering the country of Pakistan, people were not as smart as before, and said unhappily: "When did I make a mistake again!"

"The road ahead!"

Wu Zhen smiled dumbly: "What road is not ahead?

Madame said: "There is no way to come, there is no way to go, I think your father and son are stupid." ”

Wucheng said proudly: "There is a strange rock outside, and then there is a small steep slope, on the steep slope, there are rocks, flowers, trees, more lovely, there is a path down, you will reach the next layer." A few miles ahead, there seemed to be a small pavilion. ”

The husband and wife were pleasantly surprised, and Wu Zhen said: "This is called the road of endless heaven." ”

The lady said, "Anyway, I want to swim over, just go down and wash." He couldn't help but rejoice: "Boy, you are better than us in water, come and get a few bags across the shore, don't lose water." ”

The couple got into the water in their clothes and swam slowly in the water.

Wucheng swam over, propped up a bag with one hand, stepped on a fake water, sent it to the opposite bank, and then turned around and transported all the bags over, and sure enough, it was not wet, and it was worthy of growing up by the river.

After the bags were delivered, Wu Cheng felt a little tired, and swam to the stone in the middle of the pond, sitting on the stone surface in the water with his buttocks and resting on the exposed part of the water.

Or in the Tiankeng before Guo Wuyuan asked the three of them to take a bath, these two days were sweaty and dry, dry and wet, the couple seized the time to swim in the water, comfortable all over, and didn't care about him.

Suddenly, Wu Cheng shouted, "Heavenly Master spare your life!"

The husband and wife were startled and swam over.

The lady was more watery than her husband and worried more than her husband, so she swam first: "What's your name?"

"I had a nightmare. ”

"Hit me up!" said the lady with a smile as she swam around her son, "What dream?"

"I dreamed that I was on Daling Mountain, and Wu Xian Heavenly Master wanted to punish me. So he shouted for mercy. I woke up in a dream. ”

The couple laughed in the water.

Madame pretended to shout: "What are you, it is the turn of the Wuxian Heavenly Master to punish you!" and then said: "Although it is a dream, I don't dare to be careless, maybe I have collided with some god in this pond." The wind is getting stronger and stronger, and it looks like it's about to rain. It's better to get ashore quickly."

The three of them went to the opposite bank, changed their dry clothes, packed wet clothes, packed their bags, and walked forward. I saw that the stones were of different shapes, some of them were like fierce beasts and big snakes, vivid, some of them were like cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, they were gloomy and terrifying, some of them were like trees and flowers, and some of them were like pavilions and buildings, carved and carved green, and occasionally there were small grasses, small flowers and small trees growing between the stones and the concave waves.

Wu Zhen said: "This is a stone forest. About halfway through, I saw a big stone, shaped like a king, with two big characters engraved on the belly, which had been weathered, and Wu Zhen said: "It's the word Ghost Forest."

Seeing this name, the three of them did not dare to stop for a while, and were walking in the middle of it, the wind was blowing stronger and stronger, and after a while, the wind roared angrily, and the dark clouds rolled, and it was as dark as night.

The three of them were shocked, stumbling hand in hand in the stone forest, panicking. About half an hour, I have reached the edge of the stone forest.

When it was not long, the wind blew and the clouds dispersed, and the sun hurried out again.

Madame complained: "What kind of weather is this, it will change." ”

Wu Cheng said: "It's really faster than pee." ”

Wu Zhen helped Mrs. Madame's arm and said, "Did you scratch it?"

Mrs. said: "There are a few places where I touched a little skin, but there is no big deal." ”

Out of the stone forest, the front of the peninsula is indeed a long slope, and in the middle is a narrow grassy road. Along the road, there are various varieties of flowers and trees on both sides.

I don't know how many miles I walked, I walked to a wide ground, there was a log in the middle of the road, there was green grass growing on the top of the thatch, and there were fallen leaves, and three big characters were written on a beam: "Chuyang Pavilion", Wu Zhen looked at it, and didn't know what it meant.

There is a small bronze bell hanging in the pavilion, a bit like a chime, and there is a wooden hammer under the bell.

Wu Cheng rushed in first, stretched out his hand to lift the wooden hammer, and the inch-thick ash flew into the air. Wucheng is about to ring the bell.

Wu Zhen hurriedly stopped: "Don't come nonsense, check first." ”

Wu Cheng said: "What are you afraid of!" knocked three times in a row, and the ash on the bell flew out before the sound, and then the extremely penetrating sound spread to all sides, and then there was an echo.

Wu Zhen praised: "I can't see that this small bell has such a grand sound and high production skills, it is unimaginable." ”

The bells rang together, the birds around them were startled, and the wild beasts neighed.

The three of them were shocked, and Wu Zhen said: "Tell you not to knock randomly, you always have itchy hands, and you are going to cause trouble again!"

The father and son drew their swords in their hands, observed the movement, and after a while, the birds stopped breathing before they were relieved.

Out of the bell pavilion, it is a grass road winding slowly down, a few miles away, there are no people, except for a few animals different from the outside world and some strange trees, there is no other strange phenomenon.

Madame said: "Is this road really endless, twisting and turning, when will it be able to kill the horns?" I think it looks like a ghost hitting the wall, and I have to go back again." ”

Neither father nor son answered.

The trip continues, not far from the roadside in front, there is a straw hut with a small well next to it.

Since going down to the sinkhole, the first time they saw a place where people had lived, the three of them went into the grass shed to take a look, and there was surplus grain in the shed, as well as various tools made of wood, pottery, stone, bone, etc., cooking utensils, and some ashes. No bronze vessels have been found.

Wu Zhen said: "There used to be people living here. ”

Madame lifted a rough clay pot and said, "I don't know how many years ago someone used it." Then gently put it down.

The three of them came out of the grass hut and observed the grass hut for a week, and found that there was still burned land on the left side of the slow break, and what was even more surprising was that there were still some grass seedlings on the land.

Not far from this land, there is a small well, and Wu Cheng ran over to see if there was clean water in the well.

The couple went to look at the seedlings, and the lady exclaimed, "This is the wheat seedling, and it is almost the season of heading, I don't know if it is planted by a human or a ghost." I see here, there are houses, water, land, seedlings, trees, and flowers and plants, it is a place to live, why not settle down here, and it is barely a home. ”

Wu Cheng found that the well water was very clean, knelt down on the spot, drank water by the well, and then looked up and said: "There is no one in the four places, how to stay at home?"

Wu Zhen said: "Do you have to bump into the mouth of the demon and monster to be happy! I think it's good, just live in seclusion in the mountains." Back then, Boyi and Shuqi of the Guzhu Country did not eat Zhou Su, and my family did not eat Basu. ”

Wu Cheng didn't like this proposal very much, and at this point, he had nothing else to say.

After this catastrophe, the family temporarily settled down, repaired the straw shed, built a stove, and built a nest. I was so happy that some of the cooking utensils and utensils that could still be put in place were washed away and used to their fullest extent. They save on surplus food, mainly hunt wild meat, dig wild vegetables, and hope that the seedlings in the field will bloom, bear fruit, and harvest in the morning and evening, and then open up the wasteland and sow seeds, and have no choice but to live a hermit-like life.

Combing through the recent stories, there are too many feelings. The husband and wife are okay, they are still breathing in the world, and the biggest heart problem is that they often think of their daughter and eldest son.

Wucheng stopped for a few days, and his mood began to be irritable.

One morning, Wu Cheng was about to go out hunting, he found that this place is not only a lot of prey, but also easy to hunt, is walking to a big rock in front of the main entrance of the wooden shed, his father Wu Zhen from the seedling field to check back.

Wu Cheng said to his father: "Where this ghost doesn't fart, you can't die, you can't live!"

Wu Zhen sneered: "You have the ability to fly out! If you can't fly out, don't learn to be like a bird!"

Wucheng snorted, picked up his sword and bow, and went to look for food.

Wu Zhen didn't want to leave this place, sighed, and went to see what wild vegetables Madame was looking for. For this family, the skill of knowing wild vegetables is not in the lady, but in Wu Zhen, the knowledge he used to see from those miscellaneous books is of great use at this time.