Chapter 32 Chapter Thirty-Two The Only Difference

When Lao Yue heard Huang Qianshan say that the only difference was time, she stopped and did not continue to support Liang Xiaoyu to move forward.Huang Qianshan didn't continue talking, he remembered the scene when he entered the cave from the ancient temple, and the picture of Hao Dali moving the stone ball came to mind again, which seemed to remind him of one thing. "Let's go to the village first, I was talking during the break, don't waste time." Huang Qianshan prevaricated. "Alright." Lao Yue turned around and continued to support Liang Xiaoyu, Gu Changtian finally realized that Lao Yue was also tired, so he immediately rushed to help.

Hao Dali walked in the front to open the way. He was already sweating profusely, and his clothes were stained red with blood due to ulcers on his shoulders and arms, but he still didn't say a word.Seeing Hao Dali's back, Cai Minmin was flustered, so she walked in front of Hao Dali to help clear the way.Huang Qianshan's sweatshirt was stuck to the festering place on his back, and if the sweatshirt was pulled a little bit by accident, he would feel the pain, so he could feel Hao Dali's pain, and Hao Dali must have held back and didn't cry out. The ancients said: If a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it.The wild forest where the six people shuttled was surrounded by towering cliffs on three sides, and only one side was a low mountain. For thousands of years, no strong winds have blown in, so most of the trees can grow as they like.In the mountains and forests, high and low wild trees pile up and rise upwards, and grasses and vines expand their territory not to be outdone.Because there is no strong wind here, the water vapor in the mountains evaporates and hangs in the mountains. Some float to the cliffs, some fall in the forest, and some are covered in hidden villages.At the end of the village is under the cliff, where there is a black stone mountain running up to the mountainside, its outline can be vaguely seen in the white mist.

Before approaching the village of Huang Qianshan, he found a simple network of electric poles and wires. There are few people here, and no one will pull the wires here.The only possibility is the thermal power plant decades ago. Maybe it was used to supply power to villages at that time, but building a thermal power plant just to supply power to a village really expanded.It's a pity that the mountains are densely forested, and Huang Qianshan can't see the trace of the thermal power plant, which may have been demolished long ago.When the six people approached, they saw that the village was neatly built, row by row, completely different from ordinary villages.The houses with red bricks and black tiles are all in good condition. Through the glass windows, you can see that there are colorful bedding, pots and pans, and daily necessities.Most of the houses were locked, only a few were knocked open, presumably because of the good deeds of the villagers who entered the mountain decades ago.There were signs of animals entering and exiting the knocked-off house, cobwebs were formed inside, and many dark green molds grew on the concrete walls and floors.

"Look, the quality of people a few decades ago was not very good. After the house was knocked open, all the quilts and pans were taken away." Gu Changtian shook his head and said. "The conditions were tough at that time. Since there are no people here, so what if they get something." Hao Dali said disapprovingly. "I saw through the window that the other closed rooms are quite clean, why don't we break open one and go in to rest?" Huang Qianshan asked tentatively. "It's not good, this is not destroying the buildings here, we can't do that." Lao Yue refused.

"Miss Lao, what time is it now? Liang Xiaoyu can't even stand upright. Finding a clean room to rest and lying on the soft quilt will be good for her." Huang Qianshan said so, but in fact But I was thinking, big sister, you are not sick or in pain, of course you don’t have back pain while standing and talking, but I am in pain like hell. "What Mr. Huang said is, Sister Yue, if you still stick to the rules now, then Xiaoyu won't be able to stand it anymore." Cai Minmin chimed in. It was getting dark in the mountains, and the sun could only see half of her face. Lao Yue looked at Liang Xiaoyu, who had her eyes closed, before she made up her mind: "Okay, just break open one room, and don't move the others."

The sky was like a drop of ink, and it was getting darker and darker. Huang Qianshan chose a house in the center of the village and knocked on it several times before breaking the door.The room was dusty, but it was fairly clean, with not many cobwebs and mildew.Although the bedding smelled a little like rotten eggs, the six of them didn't necessarily smell very good, so they felt quite comfortable lying on it.The lights in the house were out of order, but there were many candles and matches in the house. Lao Yue lit the candles before the night came to avoid the attack of wild animals.

There are two bedrooms in the house. For the sake of safety, everyone spread the bedding on the floor of the living room, and then lay down and sat down.There were still a few handfuls of noodles in the room, but they were all black, so everyone had to continue eating snacks.Lao Yue put Liang Xiaoyu on the quilt, and at the same time Huang Qianshan got some herbs, and Lao Yue applied these medicines on Liang Xiaoyu's festered skin.Except for Lao Yue, everyone else was invaded by the miasma mother's poisonous gas, and festered to varying degrees, Hao Dali and Huang Qianshan were the most serious.

After Liang Xiaoyu's face turned red and her body temperature recovered, Lao Yue asked: "Mr. Huang, you said that the only difference between us and the villagers when we entered the mountain was the time. What do you mean? Have you already figured out a way?" ?” Huang Qianshan coughed a few times, and he said: "I don't know if it's right, but before I say anything, I have to ask you, what year and month did the villagers come here decades ago, and if you want to talk about the specific date, there is also a general situation. " Hao Dali took a bite of the biscuit. He thought about it and said, "I mentioned it to Brother Huang in the hotel last time. You may have forgotten it. The villagers said that during the Cultural Revolution, a few idle young people came in, and they discovered the cave. , the village, and those in Montenegro, if they want to come back the next day, the village is still there, but the villagers are gone. Just now I saw that some houses were knocked open, and the quilts and pots were gone. They may want to continue to steal things.”

Hao Dali swallowed the biscuit in his mouth, and asked why those young people didn't come in again. They didn't say anything, maybe something scary happened, or the whole village had been robbed of all quilts long ago. up.There used to be a suspension bridge across the mountain stream in the village, but the suspension bridge was broken. The government built a new one a few years ago, but it always broke down suddenly. Cai Minmin became impatient, so she interrupted Hao Dali, she said: "Mr. Huang asked you when you entered the mountain, why are you talking so much, get to the point!"

"I didn't ask so clearly. Anyway, the first time was during the Cultural Revolution, and the second time was a few years earlier. I didn't say the specific year. They only said that they came in in autumn, as if it was some kind of festival that day. It's a coincidence They all went to the mountains during the autumn festival." Hao Dali muttered uncertainly. "Is it the Double Ninth Festival?" Huang Qianshan asked immediately. "Yes, yes! It's this festival, how did you know?" Hao Dali wondered. "Is there anything wrong with this festival?" Gu Changtian asked confusedly.

"There are many customs on the Double Ninth Festival. There is a rule that dogwood must be worn on that day. The villagers enter the mountain to coincide with the Double Ninth Festival in September. Therefore, they will be safe in the cave after crossing the suspension bridge and entering the mountain. It's only my fault that I was looking at the entrance of the cave. It's a pity that I didn't expect to pick off the dogwood at that time." Huang Qianshan said regretfully. "Can dogwood suppress miasma mother?" Gu Changtian didn't believe it. Huang Qianshan smiled and said that you are living such a rich life, how could you not know these folk customs.According to legend, Huan Jing, a native of Runan, once learned Taoism from Fei Changfang, an alchemist in the Eastern Han Dynasty.One day, Fei Changfang said to Huan Jing, "On September 9, there will be a catastrophe in your family. The way to solve it is to ask each family member to make a colorful bag, put dogwood in it, wrap it around your arm, climb a high mountain, drink Chrysanthemum wine.On the ninth day of September, Huanjing's family followed suit. When they returned home in the evening, they found that all the chickens, dogs, cattle and sheep in the family had died, but the whole family was safe and sound because they were out. It was the plague demon that killed the poultry and livestock in Huanjing's house, and the whole area of ​​Runan suffered from it. Later, the local people followed Huanjing's example and carried cornel and other things on September 9, and even on other days. Fragrance was too frightened to go forward, so people escaped the catastrophe.Therefore, later people would pick the branches and leaves of Cornus officinalis on the day of Chongyang, put them into bags made of red cloth, and wear them on their bodies.This can be used to ward off evil spirits, and it is also a folk medicine commonly used for epidemic prevention in ancient times. The miasma mother is not born out of thin air, it is formed after being spit out from the demon vines of the ancient tree, mixed with the poison in the water.Although cornel is not a precious medicine, after drinking medicinal wine and wearing cornel, people will have a strong smell on their body.Humans can't smell it, but animals and even plants can "smell" it, and some unclean things will be temporarily avoided. The light particles spit out from the demon vine may be afraid of these smells.After the villagers entered the cave, they disturbed the generation of light particles. Without the light particles, the gas eyes would be useless, and the miasma mother would not appear. Gu Changtian nodded his head half-understood, and he asked: "Since brother Huang said so wonderfully about Zhuyu, will it be enough to eat it, so that the body won't continue to fester?" Huang Qianshan noticed that everyone was looking at him, he sighed and said: "The cornel can only disturb the production process of the miasma mother, it may not be effective, it has never been said that the cornel can cure the miasma mother, but it can delay the time, let's live for a few more minutes. " After hearing Huang Qianshan's words, Lao Yue froze for a moment before saying, "By the way, you said that the Miasma Mother was bounced off by me when I was in the water. Could it be that I had this in my pocket?" After finishing speaking, Lao Yue took out a blue spar, which was dug out from the belly of the snapping turtle. At that time, they also saw a vision because of the spar.Huang Qianshan stared at the blue spar in Lao Yue's hand, maybe Lao Yue was right, she was able to bounce off Miasma Mother because of the blue spar on her body.Snapping turtles have lived in caves for so many years, and they have long adapted to the miasma mother and the slight venom in the water. If this is the case, it is not surprising that a counterproductive stone forms in the body. "Can this spar save everyone?" Cai Minmin asked anxiously. "Bezoar and donkey treasures are all good antidote, and the stones of snapping turtles should have the same effect, right?" Hao Dali asked with a dry smile. "Maybe this spar is poisonous." Huang Qianshan said with a frown. "Isn't it just saying, fight poison with poison? There is also some venom spit out by small green-scaled snakes in the underground river. We all drank a lot, and nothing happened?" Gu Changtian asked. "The snake venom is diluted by the ground water, so of course it won't be fatal immediately. Besides, if the snake venom is used in a small amount, it can cure many diseases. But this spar cannot be used as an antidote. You have forgotten that when we saw this stone, we all had Hallucinations, this kind of thing is the same as some hallucinogenic drugs, eating them not only does not detoxify, but also makes the body weaker, convulsing, nauseating, vomiting and dehydration." After Huang Qianshan finished speaking, everyone became more discouraged, but if he didn't say anything, They all wanted to grind the spar into powder and swallow it. "Then what should we do, could it be..." Cai Minmin was unwilling. Hao Dali sat on the quilt facing the wall of the door and window. He heard what Huang Qianshan said, so he turned his grief into appetite, and ate the snacks.Huang Qianshan also felt hungry, so he reached for a biscuit, but Hao Dali stared at him in horror.Huang Qianshan thought to himself, why don't I just eat a piece of biscuit from you? As for looking at me like that, it's too stingy.Hao Dali just put a biscuit in his mouth, but now it fell out of his mouth, he opened his mouth and shouted: "Hurry up, there is someone peeking at us outside the window!"