Chapter 15 Distress in Play
In the afternoon, the two people and two dogs who finished eating came to the ruins of the abandoned Taoist temple.
Now there are only some horizontal and vertical broken stone statues and some old stone tablets, stone carvings, stone pillars and the like, after years of wind and rain washing, and the thought of destruction, it has long been dilapidated.
He Jasmine took a picture of these stone statues, stone carvings, and steles with a camera, and some stone statues can probably be seen which god they carved after so many years.
Looking at this desolate scene, you can imagine how magnificent this Taoist temple was and how vigorous the incense was.
Wang Fan took He Jasmine to see the pictures of Taoism Sanqing and Eight Immortals carved on the stone wall next to him, and explained to He Jasmine the origin and reason for the decline of Taoism.
I heard that the old people passed down from generation to generation, and these stone statues were painted with gold dust in the past, and later they were quietly washed away and sold. Wang Fan said to He Jasmine.
After seeing the ruins of the Taoist temple, the two came to the observatory together, which has also been repaired for many years, and the steps around it are carved into stone patterns, which looks lifelike.
There are all kinds of flowers, plants, animals, and auspicious clouds.
The whole observatory is divided into three floors, Wang Fan and He Jasmine came to the top floor together, opened the window, enjoyed the rapid hot wind blowing on the face of the mountain, looked into the distance, the scenery everywhere was in full view, and there was a feeling of shaking hands in the world at a glance. The mountains rise and fall everywhere, the road built under the mountain is like a coiled dragon, the people in the village think it is the size of ants, and then look at the other side, the whole forest is like a green ocean, listening to the wind blowing the wood of the forest, the two of them feel unprecedented tranquility at this moment.
Do you know how we got the name Phoenix Village? Wang Fan said to He Jasmine.
Well???
Look at the cliff over there, Wang Fan pointed out the direction of the Taoist temple to He Jasmine.
Once upon a time, we didn't call it that. At that time, the Taoist temple was still there, one day, there was a Taoist chief found that a bird flew on the opposite cliff of the Taoist temple, at first the Taoist chief did not pay attention, just thought that it was a bird in the nest there, after a few days, when the bird flew to the Taoist temple, the Taoist chief found out that it was a small phoenix, the Taoist chief was curious about this little phoenix every day to the opposite cliff to do it?
So he mobilized other Taoist priests in the Taoist temple to build a suspension bridge from the Taoist temple to the opposite side, so the Taoist chief guarded the arrival of the little phoenix every day, only to find that there was no nest on the cliff, but the little phoenix flew over every day to bathe in a small pool on the cliff, and every day the Taoist would walk across the suspension bridge and watch the phoenix wash and then fly away.
But the Taoist chief noticed that after a long time, the phoenix was slowly growing, and the small pool was about to be unable to hold the phoenix. So when he went to wait for the phoenix to fly away, he took tools and repaired the small pool a lot, and when the Taoist chief went to observe the phoenix bathing again the next day, he didn't come for a long time.
Later, the Taoist chief had been looking forward to the appearance of the phoenix, and he did not see any trace of the phoenix until the Taoist died.
So later, because of the auspicious appearance of the phoenix on this mountain, it was added to commemorate. This mountain was changed to Phoenix Mountain, and our village became Phoenix Village. Wang Fan took a sip of water when he said this.
He Jasmine listened attentively at the moment, and saw that Wang Fan stopped talking, and came back to his senses.
At He Jasmine's strong request, Wang Fan took her to climb the cliff for a long time and finally took a phoenix bath by the pool, looking at the current phoenix pool is a pool of stagnant pool, and was immediately disappointed.
It's already six o'clock in the afternoon, almost seven o'clock, the sun is about to go down, and it will take about an hour to go down.
Yes....
Just as Wang Fan finished peeing, he heard He Jasmine's scream, hurriedly put on his pants, and ran over to see where there was still someone? Wang Fan thought of something, came to the edge of the cliff and forgot about it, and saw He Jasmine hanging on a crooked neck tree in the middle of her waist at this time, why did she fall down?
Are you okay?
He Jasmine was very nervous at the moment, looking at the height of the fright below, she was so frightened that she was afraid that she would fall again.
The side that comes up here is in the direction of the Taoist temple, and the height is not large. And the height of this side is more than twice as high as the previous one, it is a real cliff, and it is not easy to come up when you go down.
Don't be nervous, I'll come down to save you right away, Wang Fan said loudly.
Wang Fan didn't bring a rope or other rescue tools when he went up the mountain, the bold Wang Fan slowly climbed down the cliff, and after a while, he arrived at He Jasmine's crooked neck tree, and reached out to pull He Jasmine over, but He Jasmine was overly nervous and pulled Wang Fan's hand and slipped it, and fell off the cliff with Wang Fan.
Yes.....
Screams came from the valley... Scared off countless birds.
It's getting dark, ahem.... Wang Fan was awake at this time, and felt his body, except for a few abrasions, there was no major problem, mainly because the trees in the valley and the pine needles accumulated on the ground all year round cushioned most of it. Otherwise, if you don't die, you will be seriously injured.
Wang Fan got up and looked at He Jasmine who was not far away, still unconscious, and then went over and gently patted He Jasmine, and after a while, He Jasmine woke up, and checked that there were no major injuries, all of them were minor abrasions, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
It was dark, and Rhubarb and Huahua didn't go up with them when they climbed the Phoenix Pool, and now they don't know whether to go back, or wait for themselves on it?
No way...
Tonight we will rest here for the night, and it will be difficult for those who will find their way in this valley at night, and we will have to wait until tomorrow dawn. Wang Fan said to He Jasmine.
He Jasmine saw that there was only that, and then the two walked to an open area, collected some dry firewood, cleared out a vacant lot, and surrounded it with stones on the ground. Light the fire and don't look at it as summer. The valley is windy at night and the temperature is much cooler than outside. And I don't know if there are any beasts here? There is a sense of security when there is fire.
The two of them surrounded the fire, chatting occasionally, and after a while, He Jasmine fell asleep, but Wang Fan lay down and didn't dare to sleep, for fear of an accident.
Midnight....
The temperature dropped quickly, He Jasmine fell asleep and slept beside Wang Fan, perhaps feeling the temperature of Wang Fan's body, she arched into Wang Fan's arms, holding Wang Fan and refusing to let go.
Wang Fan was also helpless, and he didn't struggle a few times. Then he had to give up, this was not his initiative to take advantage of He Jasmine!