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The reason why Shennongjia is called Shennongjia is said to have a relationship with Shennong, the ancestor of China, Xie Jun thinks that maybe he is one of the ancestors, and the reason why Shennong came here to study Baicao is really because the plant species here are very rich, due to the unique climate and environment of Shennongjia, it is very suitable for plant growth, according to statistics, Shennongjia can be used as medicine for more than 2,000 kinds of animals and plants, it is definitely a natural treasure house of animals and plants. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The airport in Shennongjia has not yet been put into use, so you can only fly to Yiling on the Yangtze River first, and then rent a car to go to the Shennongjia forest area. First go to the management department of the forest area to report, including the route and purpose of the inspection, etc., in fact, these have been reported to the management department for approval, but when the inspection activities officially begin, it is still necessary to report. There are countless expeditions of various kinds of expeditions that come here every year, and this kind of official business has become a common affair, and Liu Shuyan and his party quickly completed these trivial things.

After finding a strong local guide and renting a leather buggy, the members of the archaeological team found a hotel in the forest area to rest for a day, and by the way, they made the final preparations before entering the mountain, and tomorrow the car will take them to the village closest to the southern end of the forest area, and the rest of the road needs to be walked.

The forest development zone is basically a large tourist area, full of hotels and shops selling souvenirs, mountaineering supplies, camping supplies, people come and go very lively, from time to time you can see a group of tourists, led into the store by the tour guide like a group of ducks, fortunately, the tourist attraction is only a small part of the southern end of the forest area, otherwise this treasure trove of animals and plants is artificially destroyed, it is really a pity......

Yashanzhai is the last forward base selected by Liu Shuyan, counting thousands of gold, the archaeological team of eight people arrived at Yashanzhai at noon, it is just the time to open the meal in the village, in the village built by the mountain, the roofs of every house are fluttering with faint smoke, the air is full of the fragrance of food, and the strong taste of bacon makes the hungry cooing people swallow their saliva.

The rented car did not stop, and when the group was put down, they turned their heads and kicked up the dust all the way away, and Dora Run has become a holy decree for every driver, and even a lunch cannot wait.

Xie Jun and Chen Tingyi piled a bunch of salutes under the tree on the side of the road, sat on the alloy box of a communication terminal, and drank distilled water comfortably. Wang Jianjun and his guide, Zhang Jinzhu, went to the large brick house on the hillside, where the village committee was located, and Xie Jun and his family needed to stay in the village for one night, and they needed to leave a communication terminal here to connect to the telephone line here, and of course, use the mobile phone signal transmission tower on the hill to form a wired and wireless communication relay station, all of which required the consent and support of the locals. And these things are all in charge of Liu Shuyan and Wang Jianjun.

Wen Suqin was a little listless by the bumpy mountain road, sitting on his duffel bag, leaning against the big tree and closing his eyes to recuperate. The sunlight spilled through the gaps in the leaves, the birds chirped in the trees, and some shouts of unknown meaning came from the distant villages, I don't know why, Xie Jun understood that it was the old woman calling her grandchildren home for dinner, and the person who was called was standing not far away at this time, secretly hiding behind the low stone wall, showing half of his head and looking at Xie Jun and the others.

Xie Jun beckoned to the children: "Come here, can I ask you some questions?"

A boy with some long hair and grass stalks that looked messy was more bold, and while looking back at his little friend, he walked towards Xie Jun, Chen Keyan also came to Xie Jun's side, squatted down with his daughter, and with a soft smile, he carefully looked at the boy with a nervous face.

When the boy saw Qianjin, his eyes lit up, and he stretched out his dirty finger and pointed at Qianjin and said, "That, what is it? Is it a sunflower mouse?"

Chen Keyan smiled and shook her head: "Where did you know about the sunflower rat? Qianjin is not a sunflower rat, oh, its name is Qianjin, because it is a girl, it is a Dutch guinea pig, much bigger than the sunflower rat, and the sunflower rat is only the size of a palm." ”

"What I saw on TV was also marked. It turns out that it's called Qianjin, it's so big!"

After the boy spoke, there was no such restraint, maybe Chen Keyan was born with this kind of affinity, the boy's Mandarin was good, just a little accent, I wanted to reach out and touch the daughter, but I found that my hand was as black as a claw, I was embarrassed to retract it, stretched out my head and looked at the little eye with the big eyes of the daughter.

"Go and call your little friends, and I'll treat you to a snack. "The snacks in Chen's huge backpack finally came in handy.

The little boy cheered, turned back and shouted at the children behind the low wall, and a group of children laughed and rushed over, seven or eight of them, the youngest of whom was only three or four years old.

Chen Keyan took the children to the stream on the side of the road to wash their hands, while sharing snacks, while playing with the daughter, Xie Jun also took the opportunity to ask some things about the Yashanzhai, as well as some ancient legends circulating in the cottage, Wen Suqin even took his mobile phone to record these, according to the rules of archaeology, local legends are often used as an important basis for archaeological judgment.

The children can't tell the history of this cottage, but they all know the origin of the name of the cottage, because the two mountains behind are like two big teeth standing side by side, so they called this name, as for the legend, there are too many legends in the cottage, almost every cave, every stream has its own legend, which involves a lot of mountain gods or immortals, from the children's mouths in childish language, it seems that there are more fantasy and mysterious colors, Xie Jun and others also listen to it with relish......

The people in the village were very hospitable, and they were dismissive of the application documents that Liu Shuyan took out and stamped with the big seal of the forest management office, but they all agreed to Liu Shuyan's request, so Xie Jun, Wang Jianjun, and Chen Tingyi spent a while to install the communication terminal in the office of the village committee, and then put a set of spare solar panels on the roof, and then debug it according to the instructions.

At noon, Xie Jun and the others had a simple lunch at the hospitable mountain people's house, and in the afternoon, Liu Shuyan's students went to the old people in the village to learn about various local legends according to the teacher's request.

Xie Jun and Chen Keyan also followed to listen to the story, although the content is roughly the same as that told by the children, but the details will be richer, the oldest story content can be traced back to the Shennong era before the appearance of words, the latest appeared in the Republic of China period, the most is still the legend of the mountain ghosts and forest ghosts, there are also some about people, mythical ancients and legendary immortals, no one thought that such a remote mountain village, there will be such a wealth of myths and legends, and it can be a mythological novel when written.

According to the records of the old man and the ancestral hall in the village, this village should have appeared in the Ming Dynasty, and it is said that it was still in the mountains further west earlier, and those ancient places that have disappeared in the long river of time are no longer verifiable, but it is said to have existed in the Wei and Jin dynasties and even the pre-Qin period, I really don't know how their ancestors survived in the depths of the mountains at that time.

This seemingly unusual migration route is exactly in line with Liu Shuyan's archaeological speculation, which makes Liu Shuyan excited, but according to Liu Shuyan's existing plan, the scope of archaeology is very large, from the easternmost end of Daba Mountain, that is, near Xiangyang to the Yangtze River in eastern Sichuan, the scope is even more than several thousand square kilometers, and it is impossible to search carefully for such a large place, so Liu Shuyan delineated the three most likely places, all of which originate from the source of water in the depths of Shennongjia.

Liu Shuyan's inference is very simple, that is, the traffic problem, in ancient times Shennongjia could not have a decent road, even if there is animal power in such a mountainous area, it is difficult to transfer a large number of materials and literature, you know, the book at that time is a bamboo slip, the weight and volume, to be transferred to the depths of Shennongjia on a large scale, can only use water transportation, so, from the Shennongjia origin of several ancient rivers near the area has become the key investigation area of Liu Shuyan.

And Yashanzhai is just the southern end of the Yangtze River tributary Danqing River flow, the river in the valley now looks shallow, but in the afternoon Liu Shuyan took everyone to carefully investigate, there are traces of the old river, the original river should be much wider than this, should be able to pass the big flat-bottomed boat, not to mention, in the Warring States Period, the boat is actually not much bigger.

The results of the preliminary investigation of the cultural and geographical environment of Yashanzhai gave Liu Shuyan stronger confidence, and throughout the afternoon, Liu Shuyan had a happy smile on his face, and his emotions also affected the other members of the archaeological team, and now the archaeological team can be said to be in high morale.

The night of Yashanzhai is different from other mountainous areas where Xie Jun has been, there is a very strange and mysterious silence here, although the long howls of wild beasts can be heard from time to time in the mountains and forests, through the layers of mountains and through the bottom of people's hearts, in the grass and inside and outside the house, there are also all kinds of insect chirps, and occasionally a dog barks or two, decorating the lively cottage night. However, when a hoarse and low voice sang the melodious and solemn singing, the whole cottage and even the surrounding mountains and forests seemed to enter an extremely solemn quiet, only the desolate song that seemed to come from eternity, with a strange rhythm, seemed to come slowly from the darkness, fluttering in the sky of the cottage, and entangled in everyone's heart.

Around the simple wooden table, everyone stopped the discussion, and listened carefully to this sound that seemed to be heavenly with bated breath, although I don't know what it was singing, but it did not prevent everyone from feeling the grandeur, desolation, pathos and tenacity of the song to be conveyed in the song, as well as full of remembrance and reverence, it is like a sacrificial song, a sacrificial song to worship heaven and earth!

"That's "The Legend of Darkness", it turns out that you have to listen to it at this time and place to truly appreciate its essence!" Liu Shuyan's hand holding the pen paused in mid-air, tilted his head slightly, and solemnly looked at the dark mountains and forests outside the window, and his eyes behind the lenses were full of light, as if he had passed through time and space and saw the distant past.

(To be continued)