Chapter 9 Chance Encounters
On that day, Zong Zheng leaned against the stone wall and fell asleep.
When I woke up the next day, I was about to open my eyes, but I was hit by a strong light that made it difficult to open my eyes.
Zong Zheng was secretly curious: "There is no sun and moon in the stone cave, how can there be light entering?"
When I opened my eyes, I vaguely found that the layout of the stone room was very different from what I saw last night, and it turned out that there was a one-person-sized side door on the right side of the stone room.
Zong Zheng passed through the side door, and the ape wolf followed closely behind, and suddenly a large stone hall appeared in front of Zong Zheng's eyes.
The sky poured down from the roof of the cave, and the mouth of the light was the size of several people, and its sleek edges seemed to be man-made.
Directly below the light mouth is a small pool, the water of the pond is extremely clear, there is a stone tablet in the tree in the pool, and the three words "light rain pool" are written on it.
A few copper mirrors could be seen in the corners of the light source, and Zong Zheng realized that the light in the stone room was reflected by the copper mirrors.
There is a dresser in the corner of the stone hall, and there is a dusty bronze mirror on the table, and there are rouge boxes next to it.
After staying in the stone hall for a while, Zong Zheng walked out of the side door and led the divine wolf out of the cave.
When the grass vines at the entrance of the cave were opened, the stimulation of the strong light made Zongzheng dizzy for a while, and he immediately turned around, and when he came back to his senses, he found that there was a tablet written on the top of the stone cave: "Nameless Cave".
Zong Zheng was curious for a moment: "How could the Shangguan seniors give this cave such a name? It seems that the Shangguan seniors must be indifferent to the world, and they have no merit in their hearts, so they live in no name." ”
Looking at Jin Dou Xiaguang, he didn't know where to go for a while, so Zong Zheng planned to lead the divine wolf to wander around, familiarize himself with the environment here, and most importantly, find a beautiful place to bury the two seniors.
Without waiting for Zong Zheng to lead, the divine wolf couldn't wait to run towards the left side of the cave entrance.
"No, the wolf has something to show me, uh, I'll let it show me, after all, it's more familiar than I am. Zong Zheng thought to himself.
Passing through the flowers and grass near the entrance of the cave, Zongzheng saw a path with trees on both sides, lush and verdant.
After wading through the trail, you can faintly hear the sound of a huge flow of water, and after a few more walks, a magnificent waterfall suddenly comes forward.
Below the waterfall is a deep pool, and the stream rushes down to make a white splash, like a blooming white lotus.
Zong Zheng stopped for a moment, still unsatisfied, but when he saw the wolf walking along the mountain road on the right side of the waterhole, Zong Zheng had no choice but to follow.
After walking for more than half an hour, the wolf stopped at the edge of the mountaintop.
Zong Zheng walked over and didn't find anything unusual nearby.
I saw the divine wolf squatting on the ground and calling a few times in front of him, and Zong Zheng turned around and looked in that direction.
The scene in front of him made Zong Zheng forget all his tiredness and all his misfortunes for a while.
Below the top of the mountain is a spacious valley, full of mountain flowers, thousands of purples and reds, so beautiful, surrounded by a field of green trees, full of fragrance!
I was about to come to the best place, but I didn't know the way to get there.
The wolf seemed to know his thoughts, but there was no path to the bottom.
At that time, Shangguan and Ouyang Qiong had outstanding martial arts, and their light skills were even better, as long as there were trees to rely on, they could use their strength to go up and down the valley and between the hills. Zongzheng didn't know martial arts, so he naturally couldn't be in the best place, so he had to return the same way with regret and hope.
Zong Zheng returned to the cave and looked at the remains of the two seniors, but he had not found a place to bury him for a while, and he was very anxious.
It's noon in a blink of an eye, Zong Zheng hasn't eaten since he woke up in the morning, and he really has no clue where to find something to eat, and the divine wolf heard the rumbling sound of Zongzheng's stomach and seemed to understand Zong Zheng's hunger.
The wolf shouted a few times and walked straight out of the cave to the right, although Zong Zheng only stayed with the wolf for a day, but he seemed to understand its mind, so he followed all the way.
On the right side of the cave is a road that circles the bottom of the mountain, and after walking a short time, I heard the sound of a stream clattering, and after walking along the stream for more than a moment, the wolf stopped.
Zong Zheng walked over and saw that there were all kinds of wild fruits on the hills.
So I picked some by hand, and handed them into my mouth without washing, only to feel that the mouth was slightly bitter, and then sweet.
Zong Zheng ate a full meal on the hills, and also picked some and put them in a cloth bag to store grain.
It was the height of summer, and the heat was unbearable, and Zong Zheng just wanted to go back quickly after he was full, so he didn't stop.
Leading the wolf back the same way, when he returned to the cave, looking at the bones of the two seniors, he couldn't help but think of his own rudeness, and he only cared about himself, completely ignoring the two seniors, which was really undeserved.
"I don't know if the two seniors can leave their last words, point out where the remains are, if you mention it, act according to the wishes of the two seniors and not lose the filial piety of the younger generations, you might as well clean the stone room first, maybe you can also find the tips left by the two seniors. Zong Zheng thought in his heart.
So he pulled the grass vines from outside the cave and wiped the stone platform and stone chairs thoroughly with the water of the small pond, and worked for more than an hour.
But Zong Zheng was not happy, and thought silently in his heart: "This is the cave of the predecessors, as an outsider living here, it is already extremely disrespectful, if you ignore the bones of the predecessors, it is even more undeserved, but rashly buryed, against the wishes of the two seniors, it is extremely guilty! I am not familiar with this cave, wait for a while, understand the wishes of the predecessors, and then bury the two seniors, so that I can feel at ease!"
After cleaning, Zongzheng's clothes and face were dirty, and he thought of the waterfall he saw in the morning and decided to take a shower.
So he led the wolf to run towards the waterfall quickly, Zong Zheng splashed into the waterhole with his clothes with an arrow step, and the wolf squatted on the shore to watch, unwilling to go into the water.
Zong Zheng splashed at the divine wolf, so unhappy!
At this moment, a shadow swept across the water, and Zong Zheng looked up to see that a white eagle seemed to be grabbing a child and passing through the air.
Zong Zheng quickly went ashore and ran in the direction where the eagle flew away.
The big white eagle grabbed a little girl and flew over the waterhole, flew between the cliffs, threw the little girl on the stone platform that protruded from the cliff, turned around and flew into the air.
Another female white eagle waiting on the stone platform also flew out to celebrate with the male eagle.
Two small fluffy eagles on the stone platform poked their heads out and hooked the little girl with their mouths, and it turned out that there was a small hole in the stone platform.
With the help of the wolf, Zong Zheng came to the edge of a cliff, but he didn't see the child, only two big white eagles hovered over the cliff, making a fierce cry, as if they were going to rush down and capture Zong Zheng.
It turned out that the two white eagles saw people and wolves walking around on the top of the cliff, and thought that they wanted to harm the little eagle on the stone platform, so they let out a sharp cry as a warning and took a posture to attack.
Zong Zheng was scared, so he went back!
The little eagle stretched out her mouth and pecked hard at the little girl's hand.
The momentary pain actually stimulated the little girl's nerves, and she suddenly woke up.
It turned out that this little girl was the little fairy of the Situ family.
Seeing that the prey was still alive, the little eagle panicked for a moment and cried out.
The big white eagle outside heard the cry and hurriedly flew back to the stone platform, Xianjie woke up and didn't come back to her senses for a while, and when a sharp eagle beak stretched in, Xianjie was suddenly frightened and retreated.
Due to the narrowness of the hole, no matter how the two big white eagles struggled to advance, they still couldn't get close to Xianjie, and finally had to give up, and the little white eagles gradually became calm from the initial panic!
Xianjie saw that the big white eagle no longer came in, and she curled up with peace of mind, and fell into reminiscence.
The little white eagle did not eat food, and began to cry out hungry again, and the male eagle had no choice but to fly out a hundred miles away again to forage for food.
When the sun gradually sets, the male eagle takes off and returns, only to hear a pop sound, the two little eagles consciously go outside, and after a while they drag a fawn in.
In order to compete for fresh meat, the two eagles fought and had no compatriot affection.
Xianjie was very hungry, looking at the bloody meat but having no appetite, and finally was so hungry that she quietly crawled over, tore a piece of fresh meat with her hands, and was about to send it to her mouth with a feeling of nausea.
Suddenly, the little eagle on the left snatched it and swallowed it immediately, it turned out that the little eagle was not only not afraid of the little girl, but she also mistook it for one of her brothers and sisters when she looked at her in white.
Xianjie saw that the two eagles were also cute, so she was no longer afraid and scruples, and she also tore the meat and fed the eagles with her own hands.
After eating, Xianjie was also extremely tired, so she leaned against the stone wall and fell asleep.
It was night, Zong Zheng couldn't sleep all night, and his mind always flashed the figure of the big white eagle grabbing the little girl across the lake, and his thoughts were full of thoughts.
"Is that big white eagle really catching a person? Could it be that I was mistaken!"
"Alas, no, it seems to be a person!"
After a battle of emotions, Zong Zheng decided to climb that cliff again tomorrow to find out.
The morning sun rises from the high mountains in the east, and at the moment when the sun first appears, a piercing cry of the big white eagle breaks the tranquility of the mountains and forests.
Xianjie woke up from her sleep and found two small eagles staring at her silently.
After a good night's sleep and a lot of mental recovery, out of the nature of a child, Xianjie quietly crawled over and tried to stretch out her little hand to touch the white fluff on the top of the heads of the two little eagles.
The two eagles were not afraid, and they also made a very intimate appearance.
A breeze will blow in, sweeping out the smell of rotting bones in the cave, the little white eagle doesn't care, but Xianjie can't stand it.
"Diao'er is also my life-saving benefactor, my mother taught me to be grateful for my kindness, and I should do something for them. ”
Thinking about it, he started to clean up the things inside one by one, and the big white eagle saw that Xianjie took the initiative to clean up the little eagle's nest, and the little eagle no longer screamed, and naturally there was no hostility towards the little girl.
After cleaning up, it was almost noon, Xianjie was a little sleepy, and she fell asleep against the stone wall again.
At the right time, Zong Zheng climbed to the top of the cliff, looked around, and thought to himself: "If Diao'er catches someone, if she is still alive, I shout, and she will be able to reply." ”
So, taking advantage of the absence of the big white eagle, Zong Zheng shouted a few words.
"Anyone?" "Anyone?"
It's a pity that Xianjie has fallen asleep at this time, she only feels as if someone is calling her in the dream, but she can't wake up in her subconscious.
Zongzheng shouted a few times, and the female eagle waiting by the nest fluttered her wings in response.
Zong Zheng shouted a few times and didn't respond, and when he saw the big white eagle appear, he thought to himself: "Maybe it's really me who is wrong, or the child is dead, while the big white eagle is not angry, I'd better leave quickly!"
Zong Zheng left abruptly.
Not long after leaving, Xianjie woke up from her dream: "Sister Niang..."
Xianjie rubbed her sleepy eyes, knowing that she remembered the scene of that day and had a nightmare.
"Flutter" only heard a soft sound.
The two eagles walked out again and dragged in a big mountain hare.
In order to repay her kindness, Xianjie voluntarily shared food for the two little white eagles.
In the afternoon, dark clouds cover the sun, and the weather changes dramatically, turning to violent winds.
After going down until the night, Xianjie felt chills all over her body and shivered.
Suddenly, there was a huge thunder in the air, and Xianjie was so frightened that she pounced on the two little eagles and hugged each other with the two little eagles.
Xianjie suddenly felt a burst of warmth, and her whole body shrank into the fluff of the two small eagles, and she was no longer afraid of the thunder outside!
That night, due to the strong wind and rain, Zongzheng prepared dry firewood in the cave in advance.
The wolf bit back an elk, and Zongzheng divided it in half, lit a fire, and roasted the venison.
After eating, he roasted the fire, and did not feel the cold all night, but slept peacefully.