Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty-One

After walking to the end of the cave, there was a bunch of red and green thorn bushes at the exit, and before we reached the end, we felt a burst of cool air blowing in from the outside.The thorn bushes were intertwined, but there was a gap in the middle. It was obvious that someone often got out from here, because the soil in the gap was trampled as hard as a rock, and the thorn bushes on both sides also bent and grew towards the two sides. "It's finally out. It's so refreshing to smell the fresh air. It's almost suffocating in the cave." Hao Dali shouted loudly after he got out of the cave.

"I saw the village, look, there are some houses in the woods over there!" Gu Changtian also shouted excitedly. Huang Qianshan was walking at the back. Hearing their conversation, he thought that he had finally arrived at the place he was looking for, and finally his life was still there, although it was only temporary.When they came out of the cave at this time, the sun was almost setting in the west, but they still felt that the sunlight dazzled their eyes.The three sides outside the cave are vertical cliffs, and there are several protruding black giant rocks on the cliffs, which look like carved castles, shrouded in clouds and mist, and mysterious.In the mountains, the fluffy grass and thorns are as high as the chest, the white clouds wandering on the mountainside are like veils, and the peaks are abrupt above it like a mirage.

Standing at the exit of the cave and looking at the forest in the cliff, the faded red brick and black tile houses appear and disappear, it seems that the distance is far away and can never be reached.At the end of the three cliffs, there is a black hill as high as the mountainside in the white mist. From a distance, it looks like it is about to fall down, but this posture has been frozen for thousands of years. Cai Minmin clicked his tongue and said. "It's the village that the villagers said, so it's no wonder there are no people. This kind of ghost place has poor traffic, and you have to walk for a few days to buy a bottle of shampoo. Unless you have a plane, no one will live in it."

"I might live here. The air here is so good. Living in the city will shorten your life for a few years, and the pollution is so serious." Huang Qianshan felt the breath in the mountains, and suddenly felt that his back did not hurt so much. Everyone's attention was focused on the front. At this time, Hao Dali turned around and glanced at the short mountain pressing on the cave, and sighed: "These trees grow so strangely!" Hearing this, Gu Changtian also turned his head to look at the short mountain behind him, and said, "It's really strange, it looks like they are all old trees that have lived for hundreds of years."

The dwarf mountain is actually not short, but it is half shorter than the nearby mountains, but it takes half a day to climb it.The dwarf hills are full of towering old trees, which are taller than the old trees in the forest. If all the old trees are cut down, the dwarf hills will be shorter again.Looking around, the trees on the mountain are crowded together, with almost no distance, which looks a bit weird.The trunk of the ancient tree is as thick as an elephant's body, and some roots are exposed from the soil, which looks like giant pythons from a distance. Huang Qianshan stood at the exit of the cave and looked up at the low mountain, feeling a strong pressure. He glanced thoughtfully at the group of ancient trees on the short mountain, and finally understood why there were so many monkey bones piled up in the cave.In ancient times, there was a special method of raising grass and protecting flowers in Central China. The owners of flowers and trees not only watered them with water, but even used human blood, traditional Chinese medicine, jade, etc. as fertilizers for plants.This method was spread from the alchemists, because the alchemists originally wanted to refine the longevity medicine, so they would find some people to do experiments.Sometimes they can't catch living people for experiments, so they will find some spiritual plants instead.Over time, alchemists discovered that using different fertilizers to maintain plants will have different effects, among which the use of traditional Chinese medicine to maintain plants is the most common method.

The effect of monkey bone is to dispel wind and dampness, suppress malaria, but it is a kind of fertilizer to increase the lifespan of plants, which is also the effect discovered by alchemists after a long period of time.There are so many monkey bones piled up in the cave, but the medicinal properties are gone. Huang Qianshan thought that the essence of the monkey bones should be distributed in the cave, and then slowly absorbed by the roots of the plants, becoming the source of the long life of the old tree.Monkey bones must have been buried in the low mountain at first, but the bones will eventually corrode when buried in the soil, and the corrosion rate is faster than the water vapor erosion in the cave.

The group of ancient trees is a kind that has never been seen before. Their leaves are all triangular black and green leaves, and the whole dwarf mountain looks like a dwarf wearing a filial piety.Huang Qianshan pondered, perhaps the monkey bone was not the sacrificial object, but the old tree that lived for thousands of years on the dwarf mountain was the living sacrificial object of the queen of the ancient Guo State.There are very few ancient trees that can really live for thousands of years. The ancient trees on the dwarf hills should have decayed and died long ago according to the laws of nature, but they were forced into a living sacrificial object by the queen of the ancient Guo State.Fortunately, the monkey bones in the cave have lost their medicinal properties, and the monkey bones in the soil of the low mountain have long since disappeared into soil. These old trees will soon be replaced by new ones, and they will not be forced to stay on the low mountain to guard the ancient land. The Queen of the Guo State, the miasma mother in the cave will also perish.

At this time, Gu Changtian said: "I've heard of this. In some foreign countries, cows are fed with high-grade food, massaged, listened to music and so on. It is said that the milk produced by those cows is very valuable. I think those methods of raising cows It should be the same as what Brother Huang said." After hearing this, Liang Xiaoyu said abruptly, "Those milk may not taste good either." Cai Minmin glanced at Liang Xiaoyu, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, but she quickly returned to her usual expression.Cai Minmin's eyes fell on Huang Qianshan, she looked at him and said, "Listen to you, this queen is really a genius, and she has a lot of tricks everywhere. It's not easy."

"It's really scary to be smart, but the smarter she is, the more curious I am. Since she is so talented, why didn't she leave a mark in history, and there is no record at all." Lao Yue sighed. "Maybe she wants to learn from Wu Zetian. Didn't the empress of the Tang Dynasty build a stele without characters? She just wanted to keep her from being mentioned in the history books and pretend that she doesn't value fame and wealth." Hao Dali said disdainfully. "Come on, you all said that Wu Zetian belonged to the Tang Dynasty. The ancient Guo State was two thousand years earlier than the Tang Dynasty. Who copied who?" Huang Qianshan said with a dry smile.

"Since the medicinal properties of the monkey bone are exhausted, we don't have to cut off the tree roots in the cave. It's a pity that we have lived for so long, but we ended up like this." Lao Yue said pitifully. During the conversation, the sun dropped a few squares to the west. Everyone felt very tired, but they didn't feel a sense of crisis for the remaining five hours.Until Hao Dali yelled that his shoulders hurt, after he took off his clothes, a large area of ​​ulcers appeared on his naked upper body, and the red and black spongy tissue was exposed, which made people feel shocking.Liang Xiaoyu looked at Hao Dali in horror, not knowing whether she was poisoned or frightened, she suddenly rolled her eyes and passed out.

"The village is ahead, let's go there to find a place to rest, and then find a way to detoxify." After Lao Yue finished speaking, he carried all his bags. "Brother Huang, please save me. I have a good time with a girl. I promised to go back and marry her. Don't bury me here. If you want to bury me, I will be buried in Tiananmen Square." Hao Dali cried and laughed. . "Okay, how can you have such a blessing? You still want to bury Tiananmen Square. You don't even have the qualifications to bury it in the mountains. There will always be a way." Huang Qianshan pretended to be relaxed, but in fact he was not sure at all. Now he regrets the original I didn't learn more about pharmacology and medicine with the elderly at home. "Mr. Huang, is there nothing you can do?" Gu Changtian asked in horror. Huang Qianshan is not used to lying, so he asked Gu Changtian once, and he immediately practiced Tai Chi: "Yes, yes, let's go to the village at the other end to rest, Liang Xiaoyu can't stand still, let's sit down again Speak slowly." There are thorns and thorns in the mountains, and there is no obvious way. Hao Dali leads the way at the front, Lao Yue helps Liang Xiaoyu to move forward slowly, and Gu Changtian follows anxiously, even forgetting to help Lao Yue.Cai Minmin glanced at Huang Qianshan again before taking a step, but said nothing.Huang Qianshan felt that Cai Minmin's eyes were very strange, and it was very uncomfortable to be looked at by her, even more uncomfortable than miasma poison. Huang Qianshan waited for the five people to leave, showing a tired and painful expression. He took a deep breath, his back was already hurting to the bone, and just now he had been holding on to reassure the other five people.The five of them drifted away, Huang Qianshan was about to follow up, but he saw several dogwoods not far from the cave exit.Huang Qianshan stopped. He carefully looked at the few cornus plants. It was only summer, but the cornus had already produced purple-red fruits in advance, which was really against the laws of nature.However, there is also an unusual snapping turtle in the cave. Perhaps the damage from the thermal power plant has not completely subsided, and its influence is still continuing, so the growth patterns of some plants are also disordered. Suddenly, a scene flashed in Huang Qianshan's mind. He remembered that there were several dogwoods near the ancient temple. The fruits of those dogwood trees were picked.Huang Qianshan felt that this was a bit strange, but the five people in front walked away, and before he had time to think about it, Lao Yue realized that Huang Qianshan didn't follow and called him from the front.Huang Qianshan thought that dogwood is also medicine, so he hurriedly grabbed a handful of dogwood and stuffed it into his pocket, then quickly followed the team. The mountains under the three-sided cliffs are quieter than the mountains outside. Walking in it, you can not only hear the sound of grass blades passing by, but also the sound of wind, insects and birds.The villages in the distance are all made of red bricks and black tiles. It was already remarkable to have such a house a few decades ago, at least only cadre-level figures can live in it.Now, looking at the village, Huang Qianshan thought that there must be something strange in the village, otherwise why would he be willing to leave such a good house decades ago? Maybe it was the same reason as the sudden disappearance of the weather station personnel. Gu Changtian walked in front of Huang Qianshan in a daze. When he saw Huang Qianshan's back festering for the first time, he couldn't believe that he only had six hours to live. He only panicked when he saw Hao Dali's arms and shoulders.As he walked, Gu Changtian turned back and asked Huang Qianshan if there was a way to cure the poison. Since Lao Yue was safe and sound, they would definitely get better too.Huang Qianshan wanted to nod, but when Gu Changtian mentioned Lao Yue, he asked Lao Yue if he had done anything special, or if they had done something that Lao Yue hadn't done, otherwise Lao Yue wouldn't be different. Lao Yue helped Liang Xiaoyu to turn around, she half turned her head and said, "I don't know, aren't we all together with you?" I haven’t even met Miasma Mother, they are stronger than me, I don’t know the difference between them entering the mountain and us entering the mountain.” "The only difference is time. They are decades ahead of us, and we are decades behind them. What difference can there be?" Hao Dali scratched his head and said. "Aren't you talking nonsense? There should be some differences. Could it be that they were dry at that time and there was not enough water in the cave, so no miasma mother came out?" Cai Minmin guessed while opening the dense branches and leaves with his hands. "The villagers said that they found the entrance of the cave because the water was swollen at that time. How could it be because of insufficient water?" Hao Dali, who was walking in the front, denied it. Huang Qianshan gritted his teeth and walked forward. The mountain road was rough and he tripped several times. When a tree branch hit his back, he wanted to yell a few times, but he swallowed it down.The outline of the village under the cliff was gradually seen. It seemed that there should be more than 20 families, but the village was full of wild trees, and many houses were blocked. It is impossible to see the whole picture unless you go to the front. Huang Qianshan didn't want to find the difference between the villagers and them, he just wanted to lie down and rest, so that his tired and hungry body could recover.His ears were buzzing, and he was in a daze. Because he was so hungry, he grabbed a dogwood in his pocket and chewed it.The taste of dogwood is a bit bitter, but it is also a kind of wild fruit, which can temporarily satisfy hunger.He was chewing vigorously, but Hao Dali and Cai Minmin had an argument. Huang Qianshan just felt better when he heard the quarrel and felt a headache again. Only Cai Minmin screamed: "What kind of logic is that? Children know that the two times must be different! Could it be that the villagers went into the mountain with us, please use your brain." Hao Dali retorted unconvinced: "You know the definition of different, different time is also a kind of difference, how can you say that I am wrong?" "Stop arguing, when is it time to fight for something?" Gu Changtian stopped, "Xiaoyu is already like that, do you still want to fight?" "It's none of my business, she provoked it first." Hao Dali muttered dissatisfiedly. Huang Qianshan didn't bother to speak, he finished chewing a dogwood, and suddenly some images of entering the mountain flashed across his mind, and a bright light flashed across his mind.Huang Qianshan nodded involuntarily. He came to his senses and said, "Brother Hao, you may be right. The only difference between us and the villagers is time!"