Chapter 34 Chapter 5 Yellow Seal

We walked with a middle-aged woman on a weedy path. The sweltering air made us sweat profusely, and we were occasionally bitten by a few mosquitoes, which were painful and itchy.I glanced around and found that the surrounding area was flat and densely wooded.But because of the flatness here, I feel that something is wrong with this place, as if something is missing.By the way, didn’t Uncle Zou fall to his death from a cliff? Why is it so flat here, with no peaks to be seen at all?I was suddenly puzzled. "Sister, are there any mountains near Xishui Village?" After I asked the middle-aged woman, she took out a bottle of water from her bag and drank it down.

"Mountains? There are few plains in our county. Not to mention Xishui Village, even several other villages don't have a mountain." The middle-aged woman was also very hot. What are you doing?" "It's nothing, I'm just a little curious. I thought there are mountains everywhere in Shanxi!" I realized that I was asking a bit abruptly, so I quickly pretended to ask this question casually. The middle-aged woman walked in front of us, Xinhong approached me, and said in a low voice: "You asked me just now, but it reminded me that there is not a single mountain here, so didn't my dad fall off a cliff near Xishui Village?" ?”

"I just discovered it too. It seems that this place is not simple." I shrugged my shoulders and said. The woods were getting thicker and thicker, and the path was almost invisible.I followed the middle-aged woman closely, but I regretted not bringing a compass with me.This kind of place looks the same all around, it would be bad if you get lost.But it doesn't matter if you get lost, you can judge the direction from the growth of the leaves or the sun.Another interesting way is to look at the ant's cave. Generally, the entrance of the ant's cave is facing south. It is also good to use this method to judge.

"Here we are. The place in front is where the real clay sculpture is placed." The middle-aged woman let out a long breath. We looked in the direction she pointed, and there was a small rocky mountain among several big trees.I looked at the small rocky mountain and felt that it did not match the forest, and the rocky mountain was only two or three meters high.We approached Xiaoshishan, and there was a young man dozing off next to him. It must have been hard for him to stay here, so we didn't wake him up.The small stone mountain is only a dozen square meters in size, and it seems to be artificially piled up, and the stone is also covered with wet and slippery moss.Simply put, this is a small stone house made of a pile of stones.There is also a door-like hole in the middle, and there seems to be a pale yellow mark on the stone door, but it has been covered by moss.

"Xinhong, you step on me and get rid of the modal on the stone gate. There seems to be something on it!" After I finished speaking, I let Xinhong go up. Xinhong didn't say any polite words, he put down his burden and stepped on me. After reaching the top of the door, he gently wiped the stone with yellow marks with his hands.When he was done he jumped off my shoulders.I didn't have time to slap the dust off my body, so I hurriedly looked up.The imprint on the stone gate may have been corroded and blurred due to its age.However, it can still be vaguely seen that it is a pale yellow imprint that looks a bit like a crescent.

"Jinwei, do you think the picture on it is the moon?" Xinhong asked me while wiping his hands. People, they are only interested in studying that clay sculpture, but no one has noticed that there is such a symbol on it!" I didn't answer Xinhong, because I don't know what the painting on it means, but the yellow mark does look like the moon.Entering through the stone gate, the space inside is very narrow, and the stone platform in the middle is a real clay sculpture.The statue has hair tied on top of its head and is wearing a long open-fronted gown. The hem of the gown is scattered on the square seat. Its hands hang down on the knees of its legs, and its expression is peaceful.This male clay sculpture looks like Taoism but not Taoism, like Buddha but not Buddha. I don't know what kind of person he was before he was alive.

Before I came here, I checked some information. After some ancient Taoist or Buddhist figures with high practice were buried, their remains were intact without any treatment, and later generations worshiped their flesh statues.The clay sculpture in northern Shaanxi is supposed to be a master of Taoism, but the real clay sculpture in front of us is not like Taoism or Buddha. What do they worship it for?I approached the clay sculpture and looked at its face carefully. There seemed to be a light yellow cathode on its forehead. I couldn't help but move closer, trying to see the yellow cathode clearly.

"Oh, young man, you are amazing. Why didn't we find that there is a yellow mark on the forehead of this clay sculpture, and it seems to be the same as that on the stone gate!" The middle-aged woman said excitedly. "When did you transport the clay sculpture to the county seat? It is easy to be damaged or stolen here." Xinhong saw that the clay sculpture was a little off, so he said worriedly, "A good clay sculpture must not destroyed." "We'll take it away in a few days. Aren't we saving it for you guys to take a look?" The middle-aged woman said while fanning it with her hands.

I walked around the stone house a few more times, and there seemed to be nothing special about it.The next step is to wait for those people to tell us the results of carbon fourteen dating.My heart is not here, I just want to take a look at Xishui Village.We talked to the middle-aged woman for a long time before she agreed to take us to Xishui Village. It seemed that she was very unwilling to go to that place.When we left, we woke up the young man guarding here, and told him to guard here carefully, and don't let others steal the clay sculpture. Halfway through, I felt a pain in my stomach, and it seemed that I was about to release some toxins.I told Xinhong and the others to walk slowly first, and I would catch up immediately after I solved my stomach problem.Xinhong repeatedly told me to catch up as soon as I finished the work, otherwise it would be difficult to handle if something happened.I squatted next to a big tree and solved the matter in a short while.Just when I was about to turn around and chase after Xinhong and the others, I heard rustling sounds around me, as if someone was walking towards me.

I hid behind the big tree and looked at the place where the sound came from. A black wild boar ran out of the bushes over there!I don't have anything on hand to protect myself, what should I do now?The rustling sound is still coming out, is there anything else besides this black wild boar? The black wild boar didn't seem to notice me, and the target of its attack should be the place where the sound came from.After a while, a man came out from the woods. I was a little surprised when I saw him, because he was the peddler who sold ancient books to us that day.He didn't seem to notice the black wild boar, he was still playing a messy tune and walked forward, the black wild boar was already ready to pounce on it.I just wanted to yell to be careful of the wild boar, but the black wild boar quieted down strangely, making a coquettish sound in its mouth, quietly watching the peddler walk away slowly.

I couldn't help but wonder, didn't this black wild boar just want to attack the peddler?Why did it suddenly become quiet? There was nothing special about this peddler. How could the black wild boar be like this?I wanted to clarify the doubts in my heart, so I followed the peddler secretly.This peddler even dared to wear a short-sleeved shirt when he went into the woods. There are a lot of deadly mosquitoes here.I dressed very conservatively and got bitten mercilessly on my face and hands by mosquitoes.I followed him for a while, and found that he didn't seem to be bitten by mosquitoes. Could it be that he applied some mosquito repellent? I was afraid that the peddler would find me if I got close. In this wilderness, if he finds me, it will be difficult to handle the money in my pocket.I don't forget the scene where he snatched the wallet at the station.I don't know what he is doing in this forest. Could it be that he is also a villager nearby.I was a little tired following the hawker, so I slowed down.Who knew that in the end I lost track of the peddler, he didn't know where he went. I panicked for a while, and then I tried my best to tell myself: Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I know the way.Anyway, I lost track of them too, so I should hurry back and find Xinhong and the others.I walked back in the direction I came and went by feeling. After walking for a while, there were many dilapidated wooden houses looming in front of me.The group of wooden houses in this forest should be the backward Xishui Village.But I followed the peddler for a long time, so I turned around and walked a few steps to find Xishui Village. I quickened my pace and walked over, and there should be a village in front of me.It's just that these wooden houses are too dilapidated, and it can't be seen that they can still be used for living.There is also a stone tablet erected in front of the village, with the words Xishui Village engraved on it, and the font is obviously in the style of the Western Han Dynasty.I didn't expect Xishui Village to be found so quickly.However, there is also a light yellow cathode on the stone tablet, which is exactly the same as the one I saw on the real clay sculpture just now. I walked into the village and found that many of the wooden houses here were decayed, and some had also collapsed.However, there are exactly the same yellow cathodes on the door of each wooden house. What does this mean?However, the wooden houses here are no longer habitable, and they are all dilapidated.I've been here for so long and haven't seen a single person.I shouted Xinhong's name, but only my voice echoed here.I ran around the village in a panic, but I couldn't see a living person, and these wooden houses were too dilapidated to live in, how could there be people living here.But isn't there a stone tablet at the entrance of the village with the words Xishui Village written on it?This is indeed Xishui Village! I ran around, and inadvertently found a strange place on the road in this village.