In the reckless primeval forests of Siem Reap province in Siam, there is an ancient city that has been forgotten by the world: Angkor Wat.

In the eighteenth year of Tang Zhen, King Jayahuaman II unified the ancient Khmer and built the capital of the Khmer Kingdom on the north shore of Dong Saari Lake, which was named "Angkor". Successive kings have built palaces, temples and garden castles, which are majestic and beautiful. In the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty, Siam invaded the Khmer and forced the Khmers to leave Angkor, and since then the ancient city has been lost in the rainforest and gradually forgotten.

Elder Fang and Mo Yan and his party walked through the endless tropical rainforest for more than a month, and finally found this ancient city that had disappeared for more than three hundred years at dusk one day.

The ancient city has been hidden by tall and dense tropical trees, and the climbing vines are densely wrapped around the palace and temple buildings, and it is difficult to recognize that this was once the capital of the ancient Khmer. There is a moat more than 20 zhang wide around the city, and the river water is dark green, and the ripples are not exciting.

As the sun sets, the forest instantly darkens, and the ghostly and mysterious Angkor Wat looms in the moonlight.

Elder Fang ordered people to light a bonfire by the river, and everyone sat around the fire eating the dry food they had brought with them, and they felt a little uneasy when they looked at the dark beast-like Angkor Wat.

Mo Yan opened his soul eye and saw a faint red blood floating out of the dead river, sometimes gathering **, sometimes suddenly scattering, unpredictable.

"Elder, I sense something strange in this river. Mo Yan said.

"What's so weird?" Elder Fang wondered.

"I can't tell, it's just an inexplicable feeling. Mo replied that he did not want to reveal anything about the Dementor Eye.

"Well, Angkor Wat has been idle in this primeval jungle for hundreds of years, and it is inevitable that there will be some demons and monsters occupying this place, so everyone must be vigilant from now on, and the bonfire will not be extinguished all night, and then find a way to cross the river after dawn. Elder Fang admonished everyone.

Everyone rested in place, and Mo Mo volunteered to keep vigil.

He sat alone on the bank and looked at the mirror-like river, what was in it, the transpiring pale red gas could still transform into the shape of **.

Mo Yan secretly put on the jade nails and tapped them in the water, and the original flesh-colored jade nails in the moonlight had already shown a bright red color, just like the blood stained the fingers after the hand was cut, and it dissipated after a while, proving that the water was indeed poisonous.

"Wow" a red-clothed head stood on the shore and peed into the water, the river was still rippling, and not even a ripple could not be seen.

It's really a dead river, Mo Yan thought to himself.

At dawn, when Elder Fang beckoned everyone to get up, he found that there was no one missing, and finally found a red robe and a pair of monk's shoes on the ground, as well as a large pool of viscous blood, among which there were leg bones that had not completely dissolved.

Mo Yan's eyes swept around, and this person was the red-clothed head who peed in the river last night.

"Danger, don't approach. Mo Yan warned loudly.

Elder Fang's face was grim, and his eyes looked at the pool of blood for a long time without saying a word.

"Elder, he peed into the river last night, and something probably went through the urethra through the urethra and turned into blood. Mo Yan analyzed.

Hearing this, all the heads involuntarily took a few steps back to the shore.

"Listen, no one should touch the river, let alone pee in the river. Elder Fang hurriedly said.

"And how are we going to cross the river?" said one of them.

"Walking around the riverbank, the ancient city has two land passages. Elder Fang said.

The red-robed chiefs drew their machetes and cut through the vines in the woods to open a path along the riverbank, while the others followed behind and walked around the ancient city in search of a way into the city.

After a short circle, I found an earthen embankment to the east that led to the city, and the dam was covered with broken sandstone slabs. But the embankment was already overgrown with impermeable vines, and it took more than an hour for the red-clothed heads to wield machetes in turn, and they were all panting and sweating from exhaustion.

Elder Fang walked across the embankment, pointed to a pagoda more than twenty zhang high inside the wall, and sighed: "That is the legendary Mount Meru, and the spiritual passage must be there. ”

The wall is made of laterite stone, about one and a half zhang high, there are three tower gates lined up in front of it, Elder Fang leads everyone to enter from the tower gate in the middle, and inside is a double row of stone pillar corridors with heavy eaves. Between the stone walls, the gourd lattice window is decorated with the relief of ** and the beast warrior and the flying goddess, and the carving is delicate and exquisite.

Walking along the stone road, there are seven cobra protectors lined up on the left and right, but they are all wrapped in vines, only the head of the snake sticks out from the green branches, as if it is alive.

"These Sumeru corridors represent the king, the brahmins, the moon and Vishnu, and the five pagodas symbolize the five peaks of Mount Meru, which we trap in front of Mount Meru. Elder Fang stared at the Five Towers.

Mo Yan was deeply shocked by these exotic ancient and exquisite stone carving buildings, especially those thick tree roots walking and entwining in the temple at will, which is not only rare in the world but also incomparably magnificent, this is probably a unique scene in the world.

Elder Fang arranged for the four red-clothed Toutuo to sit on the pedestal according to the terrain, and he was still in the center, still preparing to use the previous method of covering the net to trap the spirit beasts, because he didn't know what kind of beasts would appear in the corresponding void here, so he asked the other seven Toutuo to be on guard at the periphery and ready to respond at any time.

Mo Yan was responsible for casting gunpowder arrows and cooperating with Elder Fang to open the door of the spirit world.

After Elder Fang arranged everything, he saw that it was still early and ordered the ** to find water, he was also very thirsty, there should be a well in the temple of Angkor Wat.

The red-clothed head of the head of the first floor of the Sumeru abutment corridor of the Ximen Tianzi His Excellency, found a cistern. The pool was full of rainwater, and it was a little yellowish in color, and I didn't know if I could drink it. Several red-clothed heads licked their chapped lips and stood there looking at each other, no one daring to approach, for fear of ending up with the terrible fate of their companions turned into blood last night.

Seeing that the red-clothed heads hesitated, Mo Yan stepped forward generously and said, "The color of the water in this pool is a little strange, I'm afraid it's very dangerous, but someone has to take a sip and try it first." ”

The red-clothed heads were all retreating, and no one stepped forward.

"Alas, Mo Yan has to take a risk for everyone's safety, in case I turn into blood, please tell Elder Fang, I want to apologize to him for stealing his Ayutthaya crown last time, and this time I will test the water to prove my sincerity. With that, he squatted on the edge of the pool and tried it with his fingertips, then picked up several handfuls of water and drank it one after another. Those red-clothed heads looked at him nervously, their hearts full of gratitude.

On the pedestal, Elder Fang saw all of this. (To be continued.) )