Chapter 154 Chapter Thirty-Seven

I suddenly remembered that when we were in Xiamen Island, Mu Qingxiang and I were trapped in the underground space, and we escaped after six distress calls. Six calls for help is a method of calling for help spread among tea receivers a long time ago.In the past, when the society was turbulent, tea receivers had to do business to discuss business, so it was inevitable that they would go to mountain villages to collect tea, and it was impossible to sit at home all the time.In some places, the folk customs are tough, and from time to time, murders and murders happen.In view of this, the tea receivers have worked out an experience. They usually don't take money with them, but store it in a safe place first.

If the tea receivers were unlucky and caught by gangsters, they would use their three-inch tongues to stabilize the gangsters.On the way to withdraw money, if you meet someone of the same kind, the tea receiver will make six calls, and each call will be delayed for a long time.This method has saved a lot of tea collectors. On the way to withdraw money, they usually meet their peers, because tea collectors come out in full force when they go to the mountains to collect tea, and that is the season for tea harvesting. The Six Voices for Help originates from Lu Yu's poem "Song of the Six Enviments". The water of the West River once came down to Jingling City." This poem was originally untitled, but because there are six envied characters in the poem, it was named "Song of Six Envied".

Of course, after the tea receiver calls for help six times, he may not necessarily be saved.Since ancient times, there is no business without treachery, and some tea collectors wish to hand the knife to the gangster, so that they can quickly understand the life of their colleagues.Now it is an age of peace, and this kind of house robbery has long since disappeared, and only Old Antique knows the six distress signals, and this is what my grandfather told me before. I understand Mu Qingxiang's actions, but I find it puzzling, after all, this is a deep mountain and old forest, who would use six coded signals to call for help.There are no tea growers here, who would come here to collect tea, wouldn’t it be death if you typed this code, no one would understand it at all.I'm sure this is a demagogic trap, and there will be no one else but us, let alone a tea man as stupid as a pig, here to sign.Mu Qingxiang couldn't turn her head around, and she didn't know how to save people, so don't fall into the trap of the monster.

I told Mu Qingxiang not to go, it's so dark everywhere now, even flashlights can't penetrate the darkness in the forest, if you go there, you probably won't be able to come back.My voice was too high, Li Xiaobei woke up first, followed by Meizicha and asked what was wrong.When he knew that someone was calling for help in the forest, Li Xiaobei was just like Mu Qingxiang, so stupid that he wanted to rescue people immediately.Only plum tea and I think it's wrong, so it's better to pretend not to hear. On weekdays, Mu Qingxiang is as cold as ice, but at this moment she is righteous and awe-inspiring, and she turns to teach me: "The theory of ghosts and gods is too unreliable. If you really agree with it, you can only accept it. Now it is near the end, and my aunt has set up a There are many obstacles, and every mysterious place has to be investigated to avoid endless troubles. The six calls for help must not be far from us, otherwise it will not be so clear. If there are tea people calling for help, are you a chicken or not? ?”

I was left speechless by the question, but I didn't expect that Mu Qingxiang, who doesn't talk much, is eloquent and logical in arguing.If there is a tea person asking for help, I will definitely save my life without saying a word.After I died anyway, I didn't hesitate anymore, I immediately found a few knives and hid them on my body, and I wanted to go with Mu Qingxiang.Li Xiaobei also wanted to follow, but I was afraid that everyone would leave and no one would take care of the plum tea, so I asked him to stay and watch the fire. Li Xiaobei said unwillingly, "Why didn't you stay?"

I said distressedly: "Don't argue about this now, you will help us a lot by staying and burning the fire. When we come back, we will have to rely on your fire to guide the way. The pile is as important as the pilot light on the shore, understand?" Meizicha also persuaded: "Xiao Li, you can stay here, I can't see, I can't keep this fire." Li Xiaobei is a sensible person, and he also knows that it is more important for someone to stay in the camp.If something goes wrong, he can still give us a helping hand and run over together, what if the whole army is wiped out.Fortunately, the source of the sound is not far from us, which means that we can shout through the air and report our whereabouts at any time.But I was afraid of disturbing the monsters in the dark, so we agreed not to speak loudly unless there was an emergency, and only waved the flashlight or lantern to show safety.

Like me, Mu Qingxiang carried a few knives on her body, so she must have been worried that the person calling for help might not be a human being.The sound in the forest is difficult to locate, and there are slight echoes interfering.The roots of the ancient trees are so intertwined that they are almost exposed to the ground, and they are twice as thick as an elephant's leg, so we have to take a long step every step.After walking more than ten steps, I turned back and shook the flashlight to Li Xiaobei and the others, and they also shook the lantern to indicate that they had received the signal.

After walking tens of meters to the west, Mu Qingxiang and I stopped, and everything in front of us was amazing.It turned out that there really was a river in the forest, but the river had dried up.There was a river in front of us. There was no water in the river, only a thick layer of black mud.Because the forest blocked the sun, the silt of the river was still very wet, but there were very few weeds growing.The river is more than ten meters wide, and there are still many excavation marks along the way. It may be an artificial canal. This kind of canal is not uncommon, and it is often seen in the southwest mountains.In ancient times, the southwest was a battleground for military strategists. Sometimes when building mausoleums or storing military pay, a small canal was opened directly.In the southwest, compared to digging canals and porters, it is naturally more cost-effective to dig canals.After all, sometimes it is very common to have to transport some huge stones weighing a thousand catties, but the porter is helpless, and the mountain road is not suitable for transportation.

As soon as I thought of this, Mu Qingxiang patted me, indicating that she had found an ancient ship.That kind of ancient boat is like a modern yacht, but it was already considered huge in ancient times. It was difficult for ordinary people to dig rivers or even build a boat in such a difficult and dangerous environment.I could clearly hear the six calls for help coming from the ancient ship, maybe the person calling for help was in the ancient ship. Standing slanted in the black mud, this ancient ship must have been hundreds of years old, perhaps more than a thousand years old.It wasn't until I got closer that I realized that it was not an ordinary ancient ship, but an ancient jade-protecting ship, probably with a history of more than 3,000 years.Mu Qingxiang was also a little surprised, this kind of ancient ship is rare, it was destroyed long ago, and the wood of the incoming ship was rotten and turned into ashes, it no longer exists in the world.

Speaking of the ancient ship protecting jade, it has something to do with the ancient Shu Kingdom. More than 3,000 years ago, it was the youth of Sanxingdui civilization, and the ancient Shu Kingdom entered the gate of the jade age.At this time, around the world, people in ancient Babylon, ancient India, and ancient Egypt had begun to manufacture bronze ritual vessels for sacrifice.However, when it comes to jade, they obviously haven't got the point yet. During the Jade Age, the ancient Shu Kingdom on the Chengdu Plain was an important jade center.There are several places where Shu people pick jade, including the Qionglai Mountains.Picking jade was an extremely hard work. At that time, ironware had not yet appeared, and a small amount of bronzeware was only used for sacrifices and had not been used for production.Group after group of ancient Shu people set out from Sanxingdui and Jinsha City, and under the coercion of the ancient Shu king, they left their hometowns and embarked on the journey of mining jade.

The jade excavated from the mountain is just some jade raw materials, called jade raw materials, which must be further processed before they can become jade articles.After the jade from the mountain came down, it was directly transported to these horse teams and ships, and then transported to the ancient Shu Kingdom without stopping.It is said that there was once a canal dug by the ancient Shu Kingdom in the Qionglai Mountains, which was specially used to transport jade.In old China, some people found ancient jade boats in the mountains, but unfortunately they were burned down in the war, and there are no pictures left. The material used for this kind of ancient ship is very special. It is a material called Heifeng wood, which is as strong as gold and difficult to destroy.As the saying goes, good wood is not easy to grow, and the stronger the wind, the stronger the tree.Heifengmu grows in places with strong winds. After hundreds of years of wind and sun, the remaining tall trees are Heifengmu.When Zheng He went to the West, several ancient ships used black wind wood. Mu Qingxiang said with emotion: "It turns out that there used to be Shu Kingdoms in and out of the forest, but unfortunately their three-star culture has become an unsolved mystery." I don't care if the three-star culture is a mystery. When I saw the ancient jade boat, I wanted to climb up and look for any ancient jade left behind.The six calls for help have stopped, and my heart is half cold. It must not be that the distressed tea died of exhaustion.But this ancient jade ship is too weird, it can't be left from 3,000 years ago to today, maybe it's a ghost ship for jade protection. We didn't get on the boat easily, but called a few times on the river bank first, but no one answered after waiting for a long time.I stretched out my hand involuntarily and touched the cold ancient Heifeng wooden ship. It seemed that the hull was trembling slightly.Just as he was hesitating, there were six more calls for help from the ancient boat protecting jade, which made people panic and entangled.Mu Qingxiang climbed onto the ancient boat recklessly, but I couldn't stop her, so I had no choice but to follow. The ancient ship has been decayed for a long time. As soon as I stepped on it, my foot got stuck in a hole, and there was a lot of noise.Li Xiaobei thought something happened to us, so he hurriedly asked me what was wrong, forcing me to answer loudly that nothing happened.The ancient ship has double cabins. We climbed up and found the first cabin, and wanted to go in to see if anyone was trapped in it.The wood on it was tilted here and there, and the wooden slats and planks had to be moved away with every step. Some of them broke when touched, but they were still very strong. Since the ancient ship was covered by the forest, there was no snow on the hull, but the hull was too cold, and many places would shatter when stepped on.Mu Qingxiang still walked ahead recklessly, I thought she was too in the way, so I rushed to the front unceremoniously.After entering the cabin, a figure appeared in the yellow light. I was so frightened that I called him for a long time but didn't answer, as if the man was out of breath. I just wanted to pluck up the courage to walk over, but I saw the figure move, and the eyes suddenly opened, shooting out a burst of blue-gold light.