Chapter 32 Chapter Thirty-Two

In Beijing in May, the sun is scorching hot. Walking on the tree-lined streets, you will be a little out of breath from the heat waves on the ground.The sycamore trees on both sides of the road also seemed to be sick. The leaves were covered with a layer of dust and drooped on the branches, and even the branches were too lazy to move. The weather was sweltering hot all day long, there was no wind, and the thick air seemed to be frozen. Da Ya was shirtless in an unseemly manner, fanning his hands on his back like a fan, complaining to me: "Lai Liang, if I knew Beijing was so hot, we would just stay in the Northeast. This foreign crime is all sunburned!"

I was also so hot that sweat dripped down my face, I wiped it with my hands, and squinted my eyes to look at the sky. The blue sky, the sun hanging like a fireball, and even the clouds seemed to be roasted by the sun, and they disappeared without a trace long ago. Da Ya kept whining in my ears, and I was also a little restless, and I felt a burst of regret. If I had known that this summer would be so sweltering, I would never have come back to Beijing. Looking at Da Ya, who was sweating profusely, I suddenly thought of a place, stretched out my big hand and patted Da Ya, and told Da Ya that it would be better to go to "Shidu" for a few days.

When Da Ya heard about the summer vacation, he suddenly regained his energy. He even asked me several times, and asked me curiously where Shidu was, and why I had never heard of it. I looked at him, snorted, and told him, if you want to talk about Shidu, it’s not bragging. There is a good saying that Shidu’s landscape is the best in the world, and the wonder of the north is Little Guilin.I think that Lord Qianlong traveled to Shidu several times in those days, leaving poems praising the scenery of Shidu. In fact, what I said was not lying to Da Ya, but it was all true.Shidu Scenic Area is famous for its unique karst landform. The bedrocks exposed along the canyons on both sides of the Juma River are almost all the flint bands and flint dolomite of the Wumishan Formation in the Mesoproterozoic, which is the largest in North China. Karst Peak Forest Grand Canyon.There are beautiful mountains and rivers, steep valley walls, emerald peaks and forests, beautiful rocks and secluded caves. It really combines the beauty of the southern country and the heroism of the northern country. It can be called "Northern Wonderland" and "Wonderland on Earth".

The two of us are bachelors, and we have nothing to do, so we went as soon as we said, went home quickly, changed our clothes, tidied up the necessary equipment, packed two big bags full, and took a taxi directly to the tenth place after leaving the community. ferry. At first, Da Ya thought that he could get there in an hour or so, but unexpectedly, when he woke up from a nap, the car was still on the road. Da Ya rubbed his eyes, looked at his watch, opened his mouth exaggeratedly, and asked the driver: "Brother, how far is it? Haven't arrived in two hours?" The elder brother of the driver glanced at Da Ya, then stared straight ahead, and told Da Ya that if there was no traffic jam, he would arrive in about an hour.

Da Ya almost fainted, and he kept blaming me, if he had known it was so far away, he would have escaped the heat, and when he got there, it would almost be dark. The driver brother smiled after hearing what Da Ya said, and told Da Ya that the Shidu Scenic Area is still worth visiting, it is really fun. Not far after passing Zhangfang, it gradually entered the mountainous area.Looking out from the car window, you can see the stretch of green hills in the distance and the green grass nearby, which makes you feel refreshed. The first one to enter is Yidu, and we have to keep going up along the road. Go up, and finally you can reach Shidu.

Fortunately, on this road, there are many beautiful peaks and beautiful waters, and I don’t feel tired. Sitting in the car and enjoying the picturesque scenery around me, I feel much happier. When we arrived at Shidu, it was already around five o'clock in the afternoon. Looking at the time, we couldn't play today, so we had to find a place to stay and go to play tomorrow. The villages and towns near here have been developed into resorts, and basically every farmhouse is open to the public.Da Ya and I found a family in the depths of the village to live in.The yard of this house is not very big. There are three brick houses. No one else lives here except us. It is very quiet and just meets our requirements. If we are too close to those young people, we may not be able to sleep overnight. A sense of security.

The owners of this house are an elderly couple. The male owner is in his seventies, surnamed Tao, with a strong body and a thin old man with gray hair.At such an advanced age, his waist is straight, and he speaks with confidence, greeting us one by one. His wife is clean and tidy, about the same age as him, with gray hair, tied in a bun, fastened with a hairpin that looks like chopsticks, and her accent sounds familiar, which suddenly reminds me of Mrs. Zhao Lirong. It is the standard Tangshan flavor. After the old couple led us to the residence, they chatted with us for a while, took the initiative to act as guides, and talked about this interesting place one by one, which made me and Da Ya dizzy, and finally didn’t remember it. Several places, but still kept saying thanks.

In the evening, I ate some farm food. The food was simple, but it was delicious. After eating and drinking enough, we couldn't stay in the house, so we went to the small courtyard to enjoy the cool. There are tables, chairs and benches made of several wooden piles in the yard, so Da Ya and I ordered two bottles of iced beer, and we didn’t have any appetizers. We looked at the stars, drank, and chatted with each other. While chatting, Da Ya's eyes suddenly straightened. When I saw Da Ya's eyes straighten, I was a little confused. If the beer hadn't gone down half a bottle, no matter how bad the drinking capacity was, it wouldn't be enough to drink half a bottle of beer like this?

I followed Da Ya's gaze and looked forward suspiciously, and my eyes straightened immediately. The two of us are like two statues, with similar expressions and expressions, just like the second general Hengha in the temple, with our mouths open and eyes wide open, holding the wine bottle, motionless.After a while, I woke up like a dream, turned around and looked in the room, and saw the TV screen in the east room flickering, probably Uncle Tao and the old couple were watching a TV series.I quickly put down the wine bottle, gritted my teeth, and tiptoed towards the gate. Standing next to the gate is a door-stopping stone, about half a meter high. It is a long, square pillar with an estimated width of about 30 centimeters in cross-section, and patterns are carved all over the body.The patterns are carved in a mess, and it may be that it has been aged for a long time, and some places have been worn flat, so it is not easy to identify, but at first glance, it does not look like a modern thing.

The rural gates are two double doors welded with iron plates. On the inner side of the gate, some iron rods or stone piles will be erected at the position where the gate is opened at 90 degrees to prevent the iron gate from hitting the courtyard wall.And the stone that blocks the door of Uncle Tao's house looks a bit unusual. It doesn't look like an ordinary garden stone carving, but it is so old-fashioned. Da Ya came closer, looked at it by the light in the yard, touched it with his hand, then turned his head and asked me in a low voice: "Come on, have you looked at it? This thing seems to be an old thing."

I also squatted down and rubbed it carefully with my hands for a while, and it felt cool at first, and the pattern on it was also very smooth.I tried to push it back and forth with my hands, and it is estimated that the depth of the buried underground is at least about one meter. The two of us were almost lying on the ground, staring back and forth at this half of the stone pillar, Da Ya repeatedly touched the head of the pillar, and looked at me with a frown: "Lai Liang, look here, there seems to be something on it. It seems to be broken, and this connection is a bit thorny, but it is not as smooth as other places." I also touched it with my hand, and it was indeed as Da Ya said, the top was indeed a little rough. This kind of roughness is obviously man-made, not to mention the carving of this stone pillar, it is impossible to forget to polish the capital of the pillar, moreover, even the corners of the stone pillar have been ground so round and blunt, it is impossible for the capital of the pillar to be so sharp , it is obvious that the stigma was damaged at a later stage, and it should not be too long from now. Da Ya looked at it and kept groping with his hands. The halazi was about to flow out. He suddenly pointed to the part close to the ground and asked me to take a closer look at the pattern. Does it look familiar? I was almost lying on the ground, and my eyes were stuck to it. While wiping the dirt and mud stuck to it with my hands, I stared intently at it with wide eyes. A small circle of ornamentation is exposed near the ground. Although it is only a part, it can still be recognized. It should be a series of branch patterns and cloud water patterns. At first glance, the carving and style are indeed somewhat familiar, but suddenly I want to Can't remember where I've seen it. I closed my eyes and racked my brains for a long time, then suddenly slapped my head and blurted out: "Locking Dragon Pillar!" Da Ya hurriedly gave me a "shush", then carefully looked back at the room, and saw that there was no movement in the room, so he turned his head and nodded at me. After recognizing the real body of this stone pillar, my heart was really overwhelmed, and it was hard to calm down.I would never have dreamed that I would see the "Locking Dragon Pillar" again in this ordinary farmyard. I groped the capital of the column again and felt the broken marks on it. If I guessed right, there should have been a round carved lion on this broken stubble before, but I don’t know why, but the stone lion part has disappeared. I pulled Da Ya back to the seat quietly, reached out to pick up the wine bottle, took a big gulp, wiped my mouth, and then told Da Ya in a low voice, this thing should not appear here, the aura here is normal, Nothing has changed at all, and it is estimated that it was buried here later.I have learned about this thing when I was in the Niangniang Temple. There must be something wrong with this thing, but I don’t know if it has something to do with what we are looking for. Da Ya frowned, clicked his lips, looked up at me and said, "Lai Liang, Liu Ye said that this thing is from the Ming Dynasty, and there was no Nurhachi back then, so it is unlikely that it has something to do with what we are looking for." Is it related? Judging from the time alone, it is wrong, maybe it was an accident." "Liu Ye said it?" I glanced at Da Ya, and didn't continue to speak, but I was thinking in my heart, who knows whether what Liu Ye said before is true or not?