Eternal Sand Sea Chapter 18: Yellow Dragon Temple
We sat around the campfire drying our clothes, nibbling on the tin cake with raw water to replenish our strength, and I didn't eat because my stomach was as uncomfortable as a burning knife filled with several bottles.
From Brother Wei Guo's mouth, I learned that it had been an hour since I drowned and I was rescued by the secretary and the little steel cannon, and I almost used a stone to erect a monument for me, but I have no memory of a moment between sinking in the water and waking up.
I looked at the two flatboats that had been gnawed off by water centipedes, and wondered who had tied them to the shore next to the cave.
"After the calf, the route map is soaked in water!" Technician Li took out a small water-soaked notebook and shouted when he counted the items in the backpack on the side.
The route map is an important reference for our operation, not only marking the geographical location we have to pass along the way, but also marking the way to facilitate withdrawal.
I staggered up to his side, and found that the contents of the book had become a black mess, and the entire book had been stamped out, and I couldn't make out even a single punctuation mark.
"I said don't go forward, don't go forward, what's the result? Now everyone is miserable by you! Technician Li came up and looked at it, and immediately scolded his mother.
"Comrade Xiao Li, you don't want to put any on my head, this decision is also the last thing everyone agrees on, yo, the meritorious service is everyone's, if something happens, you will take me to blame, lack of virtue!"
Don't look at Technician Wang's tall and bookish face, these things along the way also made him a lot of fire, and now he slammed the book on the ground, pointed at Technician Li's nose and saluted.
The rest of the people quarreled with you and me to add to the chaos, and Brother Wei Guo had no choice but to go to the peacemaker again and transform the spearhead.
Brother Wei Guo belongs to the old seniority in Hongxing Village, and the production captain is iron porcelain, these educated youths didn't dare to say more when they saw him come to persuade him, and they pulled the two people away, and the little steel cannon had a straight temper, although this time it was ordered by the instructor to protect everyone's safety along the way, but in the final analysis, it was not under our control, he said: "I want to quarrel with the two of you here, and then leave when they are all gone." β
At this time, we are in the Huanglongtan sandwich road, we must not be able to go back the same way, not to mention the water centipede again, even the boat is scrapped, now we can only grope forward along the shore, take one step at a time.
Although there was a small friction in the team, our general policy was still the same, and when we saw that the veterans were on fire, we didn't dare to be unrelenting, so we could only sort out the equipment by ourselves, and continue to march after listening to the number of assembly whistles.
The shore is full of abundant aquatic plants, a foot deep and a shallow foot will step on the mud and sink into it if you are not careful, my old liberation has been trampled into shape, the original new dark green has become yellow and thin, which makes me feel distressed for a while.
After walking for a long time, the clothes that had been dried were wet with sweat again, and they did not stop until they reached a crevice in the rock that was just enough for a person to pass through the triangular corner.
"Can't get in?" The little steel cannon at the head of the line asked the two technicians, and the two of them didn't say a word or look at each other.
"Can't get in! It's up to the two of you to decide. The secretary at the back of the line asked eagerly.
"Where is there any other way to go, not to go in and wait for rescue here?" Technician Li opened his mouth, and then Technician Wang snorted lightly: "What you said, stop detaining the basin." β
At the moment, there is no village in front of the village, there is no store, and there is no other way, and the reason why I want to ask is that I am afraid that no one will be able to bear this responsibility if something happens in the end, Xiao Gangpao and the secretary know very well in their hearts.
We squeezed through the rock crevices one by one, the Yellow Dragon Pond has been blocked by the rock wall, and in front of us is an endless wet depression, and towering ancient trees appear in front of us.
We walked for nearly an hour in this depression, and found that some stone piers appeared one after another in front of us and fell to the ground, and we could vaguely see a half-collapsed temple along these stone piers.
With the footsteps approaching, it is found that this temple is very dilapidated, there are ruins and broken walls everywhere, the temple gate has long been gone, only a stone tablet with a broken corner standing in front of it, which is engraved with the three characters of Huanglong Temple.
"Let's go and rest first." The Secretary of the Division spoke.
After doing so long, we, the educated youth, together with the technicians, have long been too tired to leave, so as soon as we say this, the educated youths rushed to run in and find a good place to base as soon as possible.
Brother Wei Guo and I are not in a hurry, we walked and watched the rocking into the temple, the stone statues in the temple were not seen, but the ground beams were all covered with spider webs, and the walls were covered with blue-green mildew one by one, and we could barely see the eight big characters of "The Dragon King Appears and Responds to Requests".
"This ruined temple is made in such a remote deep mountain and old forest, who will come to burn incense, I look at it and will collapse at any time." Brother Wei Guo muttered.
I said that I can't guarantee which dynasty in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties was still very prosperous, and it may have been dilapidated in recent decades.
As soon as this sentence came out, I suddenly remembered that there is such a passage in "Seeking the Mountain and Fixing the Coffin": The water follows the mountain, the water in the mountain boundary stops, the valley is precious in the Tibetan wind, the case mountain is bright, and the water flow is tortuous, so that the tomb Tibetan wind gathers qi and makes the living rich and rich.
In front of this temple is the Yellow Dragon Pond, with towering trees, and behind it are rolling mountains, which is supposed to be an excellent feng shui location described in the book, but why is this temple dilapidated?
"Don't talk about incense, I'm too far to come to the grave." Brother Wei Guo replied again.
I was shocked to hear him say this, most temples will not consider building on feng shui outlets, is this temple just a disguise, there is a tomb underneath?
I folded out of the temple and carefully observed the mountain, and found that it was indeed exactly the same as the description in the book, and circled around the Huanglong Temple a few times, but I couldn't find any obvious theft, and I wondered if I was thinking too much.
"What are you doing standing outside, hurry up and get dry food."
I forgot to say hello to Brother Wei Guo when I left, and then he came out and said to me.
I waved my hand again and again, and touched my stomach meaning that I was still uncomfortable and couldn't eat, he spread his hands and went back to the temple by himself, I was a little unwilling, so I lowered my head and continued to search, and carefully inspected the periphery of the temple.
As the saying goes, I watched the doorway and watched the excitement outside the line, I followed Lao Li Tou and didn't learn much acupoints, just speculated here, and saw that there was really no "evidence" to prove my conjecture, so I went back to the temple with a dead heart.
As soon as I stepped in, I heard everyone singing "Ten to the Red Army":
As soon as the Red Army was sent down to Nanshan, the autumn wind and drizzle were cold, and the leaves of the trees and sycamores had fallen, when would the Red Army return to the mountain?
Second, next to the main road of sending the Red Army, a red lacquered table was placed on the side of the road, and a send-off wine was placed on the table, wishing the Red Army victory in the battle......
I plunged into the pile of educated youth, and the little steel cannon and the secretary sat opposite each other to beat the beat, I didn't open my voice with everyone, and I was still thinking about this thing.
"Isn't there something wrong with this temple?"
Suddenly a voice came from my ears, and I quickly looked over to see that it was the young man who loved to gag and talk to me.
I was surprised, this person was a little sloppy, with a two-puff mustache and a few folds on his forehead, he looked a lot older than me, but I can't remember if he had ever been in the production team.
"How about going down together?" He went on to talk to me.
I leaned over and deliberately asked him what he was talking about, pretending to be at a loss.
The corners of his mouth raised and said Don't pretend, I know that you are Li Baocheng's little apprentice, do you have to be clear about other words.
The master-apprentice relationship between me and Lao Li Tou is only known to Pan Shun, where did he hear about it? Besides, he also noticed that there was something greasy in this Yellow Dragon Temple, and there should be a source.
I didn't confirm or deny it, I just went around the corner and told him that there are a lot of people now, and we will go out and talk one-on-one.
When he heard it, he immediately patted his ass and stood up, and slammed his thumb against the door and said, "Walk!" β
"Comrade Qian Xiaohui, what are you doing standing up? Sit down! Seeing this, the secretary asked.
As soon as the name was called, everyone first looked at him, and then burst into laughter, but they didn't expect the man with the mustache in front of him to actually give the name of a lesbian.
"Leader, I have applied to the organization to change my name, I am now called Qian Jin, and I am in my pocket, not Qian Xiaohui, I will not be alive in the future if you call me!" He couldn't get rid of his face, so he opened his mouth with a blushing face, and walked outside, and deliberately turned his head to look at me.
"I didn't expect this old boy to take the name of a girl, and he killed me." Brother Wei Guo also coaxed.
I asked him if this person was from the production team of Hongxing Village, why didn't he have any impression at all, he was stunned as soon as he blurted out this, and looked at me after thinking about it: "I really haven't seen it." β
"No, my stomach hurts." I covered my stomach and struggled to tell Brother Wei Guo that I was actually trying to find an excuse to slip away.
"I don't see how much you eat, pull down and pull hard." When he saw that I couldn't hold back, he immediately moved his place and let me out.
When I got to the outside of the temple, the mustache leaned against the wall and glanced at me and smiled, "How is it, when are we going to go down the cave?" β
In this case, of course, I will not be stunned and say that if he is "fishing", then I will not pretend to be in it.
"You're not from the production team, what's the purpose of blending into our team? If you don't tell the truth, I'll report you! β
In fact, I also want to bluff him, and my eyes may not have crossed paths on weekdays, but if he is a thief, he will confess when he hears this.
Unexpectedly, he was not frightened by my words, but instead stood up and walked towards me and said, "You still want to accuse me?" Digging graves and entering graves on Goose Mountain, which thing can see the light, can you wash your ass? Besides, I can come naturally and have my own doorway, don't tease the birds and peck their eyes. β
This made me directly stunned, how did he know about what we were doing, could it be that it had been lurking around us since Jilian Village?
Seeing that his face changed and he was about to enter the door, I quickly pulled him and softened his tone, saying that it is inconvenient here, and we have to find a place to talk about something.
He nodded, with a satisfied expression: "Cheng, let's go over there." With that, he pointed to the back of the temple.
As he walked around to the back of the ruined temple, fifty meters away, there was no grass left here except for some collapsed broken tiles, and it was indeed a place with strong concealment.
I said that since we have all talked about this, everyone is still straight to the point, what do you want to do?
He stroked his beard with his index finger and said matter-of-factly, "Did your master say that he still has two apprentices?" β
I remember that I was his close disciple, and he had said lightly that there were two apprentices, one in the capital and one in the Soviet.
"Are you?" I looked back at him and wondered if he was one of them.
He seemed to know my speculation, nodded, and said yes, he was Li Baocheng's second apprentice, that is, my brother Qian, who had just returned from the Soviet.
This incident made me even more puzzled, he wanted to come back to find Lao Litou, why did he follow me into the mountain.
"Don't think too much about it, I'm here for the tomb under the temple, and I met you purely by mistake." He took out an iron box from the inside of his jacket, opened it, took out a cigarette and a yellow square object, then put the cigarette in his mouth and slid the pulley on the square object to the left, "wipe" and "wipe" twice, and the fire jumped above the thing, and the smoke was ignited.
"French CΓ©line, foreign fire engine, you also have one?" When he saw me staring at the object, he reached forward and pulled out a cigarette and asked.
I waved my hand and said no, but I had never seen this fire, it was so exquisite.
"By the way, how do you know that I am Lao Litou's apprentice, and I still know those things?" This stubble almost made me forget about business, and the conversation turned around and asked.
He snorted and smiled, saying that this was all told to him by Lao Li Tou, but if he wants to see me, don't have a relationship, but he thinks that there is nothing to hide, and the teacher still has to know each other, and he can help him right now.
This old Li sold me, and I have to count the money for him! I muttered in my heart, but the current situation also confirmed my suspicion: there is indeed a tomb under the Yellow Dragon Temple.