Chapter 16: Into the Valley of the Savages

Liu Changsheng looked at the strange face, thinking of Li Jian and Baihui's mysterious disappearance, he had to think of the kidnapping of the "wild man", and Baihui personally said that she saw the wild man snatching Li Jian, so she had to believe what she said, sighed long, and said sadly: " The two of us are looking for Li Jian and her in this vast primeval forest, like a blind man and a blind horse, bumping into each other, nothing to do, no result, we can only return to Songbai Village to find Liu Baishun for help, because he is a local, he has some understanding of this terrain and landform, under his guidance, fortunately can find Li Jian and her. ”

The hospitable Liu Baishun heard Liu Changsheng's story back to his home, and was also greatly surprised and stunned, the men, women and children in their village only heard the rumors of "wild people", but no one had ever seen the real "wild man" with their own eyes, anyway, since the guests asked him for help, there was no reason to excuse himself, the next day, he led the young people of the family to accompany Liu Changsheng and Zheng Ming up the mountain, and searched all over the mountains and fields, and returned one day without results. Liu Baishun took people and searched almost all the places where wild people appeared, but for three days, he still didn't find any clues.

Liu Baishun said: "I took the two of you to take a risk only once, since it is said to be the Savage Valley, whether there are really wild people living there, no one knows, only I heard that it is a strange and dangerous place." The Savage Valley is in the depths of the winding and steep mountains, it is said that there is a wolf pack guarding the mysterious valley, which contains many ulterior secrets, full of abnormal ghosts and dangers, I heard that those who entered did not come back, some said that they went to heaven, some said that they went to hell, in short, people do not want to go there to explore, because people only have one life, it is better to die than to live, and they are not willing to take that risk, for your sake, I decided to go out and take you into the Savage Valley to see. ”

Liu Baishun packed up the things that should be prepared, brought a shotgun, and took Liu Changsheng and Zheng Ming to the Savage Valley. They walked into the primeval forest and saw a wide variety of trees, lush branches and leaves, some intertwined with each other, like husband and wife, leaning on each other, affectionate. The whole forest covers the sky and the sun, lush and green, full of vitality, full of the mystery of **, from time to time there is the roar of wild beasts, and from time to time I hear the melodious birdsong, obviously, in this primeval forest, there are many kinds of animals and birds.

Liu Baishun said as he walked: "There are many kinds of animals here, and there are more than 30 kinds of wild animals that belong to national protection, such as antelopes, gibbons, bear monkeys, cloud cats, etc. There are also more than 300 species of birds, such as the red-bellied horned pheasant, the white-bellied golden pheasant, the green peacock, the sunbird, and a variety of thrushes. There are many large canyons in it, such as Hongping Canyon, Brown Gorge Canyon, etc., and the Savage Valley is in it, which is majestic and magnificent. There are also many streams and lakes in it, such as Longquan Creek, Xianghe Creek, Savage Creek, etc., the scenery of the nine lakes is beautiful, and the tide lake is even more amazing. ”

Liu Changsheng and Zheng Ming listened to his introduction and watched while walking, although the road was not easy to walk, they did not feel tired. Liu Baishun took the two of them to a lake and stopped, and introduced: "The water of this lake flows out of the Savage Spring, the so-called Savage Spring, there may be savages from the Savage Valley to bathe and play here, so it is named Savage Spring." You see that the water is so clear as a mirror, and a lot of heat comes out of the water, which means that the water is warm and suitable, and you can reach in and try it. ”

Liu Changsheng put his hand into the lake with suspicion, and sure enough, he felt that the water was not only suitable for temperature, but also so smooth and moist, very suitable for bathing, but he didn't expect that there was such a naturally generated bathing lake here.

Liu Baishun said: "This water contains sterilizing minerals, all people who come to the mountain, in order to prevent being harmed by miasma, must jump into this lake water to soak, not only can wash away the bad luck on the body, but also prevent the harm of poisonous insects." In order to enter the Savage Valley unimpeded and return safely, let's jump in and wash. ”

Since this is said, the guest is as he pleases, Liu Changsheng and Zheng Ming jumped into the lake with him. Liu Changsheng knew that this was a hot spring, and taking a hot spring bath was indeed good for people's bodies, and he suddenly felt comfortable, and the heavy things that were depressed in his heart seemed to be alleviated a lot, and the pain and fatigue around his body seemed to be reduced a lot. Baishun said that it is extremely true, this water not only relaxes the muscles and invigorates the blood, but also can relieve itching, it does have the effect of curing diseases, I did not expect the magic of nature, for the people who enter the mountain to provide such convenience, such a magical change, but also show the virtue of God's good life.

The young Zheng Ming jumped into the water, like a fish in water, swimming happily, swimming, floating on his back for a while, and a dog planer for a while, when he was not happy, he suddenly found a person floating on the water in the dark deep water, and he seemed to be struggling together.

Zheng Ming thought to himself, could it be that someone fell into the water? Save someone's life, win to create a seventh-level floating slaughter, if you pretend not to see it, you will be guilty of doing evil, thinking about this, so he swam over and rescued it. When he swam to him, he found that it was an ancient corpse wrapped in white gauze, because judging from its hair and clothing, it was not a modern person, and he did not know how many years it had been soaked in the water, and the white gauze had already been tattered, and it was impossible to distinguish whether it was a man or a woman.

Zheng Mingzheng was puzzled, and another ancient corpse appeared on the water not far away, the same costume, the difference was that this ancient corpse was gloomy and hidden under the water, still holding the pipa and half-covering his face, unable to see his face clearly, let alone whether it was a man or a woman. Zheng Ming couldn't help but feel a chill and hurriedly greeted the two of them. The two thought something had happened to him and scrambled to swim over.

Zheng Ming said: "Look, how can there be two ancient corpses on this water?"

Liu Changsheng looked in the direction of his finger and found that there were not just two, but as many as thirty or forty ancient corpses, which made people feel a chill that pierced their hearts and lungs, and hurriedly corrected his statement: "What you said is not right, not two, but many, many." ”

The three of them stared at each other, and found that although the facial features of those ancient corpses were blurred, they could still see the general appearance of the people, one of them showed different postures, some like trays, some like drums, some like blow pipes, some like drums playing the piano, and some like dancing...... The posture is beautiful, the forms are different, incomparable, and the strange thing is that those stiff ancient corpses are floating in the water, and they are still moving slowly, emitting a faint green fluorescence, I don't know where those ancient corpses floated out, which makes people feel creepy.

Liu Baishun said: "I look at those ancient corpses with different postures, which seem to be musicians and dancers for emperors, generals, and dignitaries to play. I have seen such a picture depicted on the murals of the ancient tomb, that is, the tomb owner is dying and ascending to heaven, the heavenly gate is wide open, the immortals are lined up to greet each other, the auspicious clouds are swirling, the musicians play music, the fairies are fluttering and dancing, the sacred birds are flying, the Buddha's light is shining, and a song and dance is leveled, fluttering like immortals.

"In such a mural, it is inevitable that the tomb owner's soul will fly to the sky, and the 'fairy dance and music picture' will be painted, and there will be countless fair ladies accompanied by the painting, indicating that the tomb owner enjoys all the glory and wealth during his lifetime, and the ascension to heaven after death is not lonely, there is still a jade liquid for tasting, my fair lady for lewd pleasure, and musicians and dancers for jokes, which is a kind of pious wish for the descendants to their ancestors.

"This custom has been passed down from generation to generation, and has continued to this day, whether it is the house of the eunuch or the village man, when a person dies, his descendants imitate the customs of his predecessors in order to make him die decently, although he does not follow the rules, and then builds a large coffin tomb, and draws a 'heavenly fairy dance and music map' on the tomb wall, but also makes a social fire. If the deceased is a man, there are men who are serving, most of them have the words "vigorous" and "strong" written on their bodies, and most of the women who are pierced have "effective" and "durable" notes on their arms, which means that the underworld should serve the master well and serve the law. Of course, there are cows, horses, pigs, sheep, chickens and other livestock and poultry, as well as cars, strips, square tables, cash trees, cornucopias, etc., in short, everything that is in the yang world, and there are all kinds of social fires. However, these things are also increased and decreased according to the wealth of the family, in the past, the rich family used silk to tie, but most of them were tied with paper, in order to express the filial piety and condolences of the filial son to his father's relatives.

"With the advance of the trend of the times, the improvement of people's lives, the ideological consciousness is also changing, and the content of the social fire has also been changed, and now the dead old people have been tied with cars, televisions, refrigerators, dinner tables, mahjong tables...... and things like netherworld deposits. In short, this worldly life has continued to this day, and although it has changed, it means the same thing: the hope that after the death of the loved one, they will not be sinned and will ascend to Heaven and Elysium. ”

In order to verify his statement, he went to catch two ancient corpses that came out of the water, ah, they were artificially carefully carved puppets, the same size as the human body, just like the terracotta warriors and horses seen in the Qin tomb, no wonder they thought they were ancient zombies, and they did not rot after being soaked in the water for many years. The man's chest was flat, but between his legs were carved testicles and genitals. The woman, with two bulging chambers carved out of her chest, and a groove between her legs, was seen only when her clothes were rotten.

He said: "Look, I'm right, these puppets with different postures and vivid appearances, must be a group of musicians and dancers who are buried with their masters, and those who can enjoy such honors, maybe what kind of king's tomb, it is said that in ancient times, the clan leader died, and many living men and women were buried together, with the civilization of society, that way was too cruel, too inhumane, and the kings of the past dynasties changed their ways, and used puppets as a substitute for the living to accompany the burial. You see that there are as many as thirty or forty puppets, such a large entertainment group, such a large lineup, not the king, and do not enjoy such treatment. ”

Liu Changsheng admired what he said, and was about to answer, when he suddenly saw a big black thing floating from above, which seemed to be surging with a sound, and hurriedly reminded Baishun to say: "Be careful......" thought to himself, obediently! What is such a behemoth?