Chapter 37 Chapter 37: The Disaster of the Ancient Guo State

After receiving too much information at once, Huang Qianshan suddenly felt that his brain was not enough to digest the story Lu Wangqing told.Huang Qianshan still has a lot to say to Lu Wangqing, but Lu Wangqing is dead, no matter how many questions he has, he can only swallow them.Lu Wangqing hid in the mountains for five years and never dared to go home. It is estimated that his son Lu Xiaojun believed that his mother was killed by his father. Huang Qianshan didn't get up or speak for a long time, as if Lu Wangqing would suddenly come to life.At this moment, the Demoiselle Cranes flew away screaming, and the wild boars dispersed in a few steps, and soon disappeared in the dark mountain forest.After a while, Huang Qianshan picked up Lu Wangqing and put him on the bed in the room, and the others followed him back into the room.Before Lu Wangqing died, he mentioned the detoxification method as a reward for asking for help. Huang Qianshan didn't think so much when he agreed, which was also a kind of opportunity.But there was one more thing that puzzled Huang Qianshan, that was Lu Wangqing's frightened look before he died, why did he react like that when Lao Yue and others came out?

Finally, Gu Changtian couldn't hold back anymore, he asked: "Brother Huang, did this person say that there is some kind of fruit behind the Black Mountain, which can be detoxified by eating it?" Hao Dali rushed to answer: "That's right, he said that there is only one red fruit! Let's go quickly, if a wild animal takes it away, wouldn't it be..." Lao Yue saw that Huang Qianshan was depressed, so he suggested: "Mr. Huang, let's put Lu Wangqing here first, and when everyone is well, we can take him and Xin outside the mountain together, shall we?"

Huang Qianshan saw that Liang Xiaoyu's face was darkened, so he said: "Well, I just feel sorry for Lu Wangqing, a good family, and they just broke up. My home is on the other side of the mountain, but I can't go back. I waited so long. It took a long time before he dared to hand over the letter to us, but he could have handed it to us in the mountains.” Cai Minmin also sighed and said, "It turns out that he was wronged by others. If I were to stay in the mountains for five years and live such a life, I would not be able to do it." After tidying up for a while, Lao Yue helped Liang Xiaoyu out of the house, and Huang Qianshan closed the doors and windows after everyone else had gone out.Night travel in the mountains is very dangerous, especially in the primeval forest, but they couldn't wait until tomorrow, so they had no choice but to rush to the back of the Black Mountain immediately.The candles in the village were not known by whom, and they had no time to blow them out when they left, so they left the candles to fend for themselves.Hao Dali guessed that Lu Wangqing lit the candles, but Huang Qianshan didn't think so. Lu Wangqing had been in the mountains for five years, so he didn't need to walk at night with candles.

There were two heavy rains last night, and tonight there are no rain clouds, only a little starlight.It's a pity that the mountain stream is shrouded in a cloud of water mist that cannot be blown away, and it is heavily pressed on the top of the Black Mountain, so there is no starlight near the Black Mountain.This time, Lao Yue decided to take Liang Xiaoyu out of the mountain immediately after detoxifying with red fruit, so she no longer worried about whether the headlights had sufficient power, and everyone turned on the lights and walked towards Montenegro. The vicinity of Montenegro is very quiet, there are no insects, and even the clouds do not flow, as if time here has completely stopped.A group of people walked forward anxiously, no one said a word, everyone was worried that Lu Wangqing's words were false, and if the red fruit didn't work, then their only hope would slip away.Gradually approaching Montenegro, Huang Qianshan felt an unprecedented pressure, which made him want to avoid Montenegro.Huang Qianshan glanced back at the village, the dim candlelight loomed, as if the village and Montenegro were two different time and space.

Hao Dali's back was festered, so he could no longer carry Liang Xiaoyu on his back. Liang Xiaoyu probably heard that there was a way to detoxify, so he also recovered his spirit and physical strength, and was able to barely walk by himself.Huang Qianshan walked at the back, and Lu Wangqing's expression before his death was lingering in his mind. He always felt awkward when he looked at the backs of the five people in front of him.Lao Yue said that there was a flying thing hiding on the Black Mountain, so the six of them walked around the Black Mountain in fear, fearing that the thing would suddenly fly out and cause trouble.

When Huang Qianshan came to the Black Mountain, he wanted to see the texture of the Black Mountain, because there are very few mountains that are all black. When he walked to the side of the mountain and took a closer look, he was surprised.It turned out that this black mountain was actually a coal mountain, and the black stones on the mountain were all coal!Throughout the ages, coal has been buried deep underground, some buried shallowly, and only exposed to the surface, not protruding into this coal mountain so presumptuously. Lao Yue was also surprised when she found out that the Black Mountain was a coal mountain, but Liang Xiaoyu didn't have much time, so she didn't spend too much time investigating the reasons for the formation of the Black Mountain.After bypassing the Black Mountain, the mountain stream is a flat land with sparse trees, weeds and thorns, and there are not even wild trees taller than people.Gu Changtian anxiously glanced at the situation behind the Montenegro, but found no fruit trees, he immediately questioned whether Lu Wangqing was talking nonsense.

Huang Qianshan also found it strange. It stands to reason that the fruit trees mentioned by Lu Wangqing had grown for many years, so at least they could be recognized at a glance in this dwarf forest.There are not many trees and flowers behind the mountain, and the tallest tree only reaches the neck of an adult, and there are no fruit trees that have grown for many years.Lao Yue was not discouraged, she helped Liang Xiaoyu into the mountain, but Huang Qianshan smelled a sweet smell. "Miss Lao, wait a minute, do you smell something sweet?" Huang Qianshan covered his mouth and nose vigilantly.

Gu Changtian asked in a panic, "Could it be miasma again?" Huang Qianshan shook his head and said, "It's not like that." "Is it floral or fruity?" Cai Minmin asked. "There are no flowers or fruits at all, you are dreaming!" Hao Dali said dejectedly. "This is... I know why Lu Wangqing can't stop laughing!" Lao Yue said and asked everyone to cover their mouths and noses with cloth. Lawrence said the smell in the mountains may come from nitrous oxide, a colorless but sweet gas also known as laughing gas.Laughing gas has an anesthetic effect, and was used for anesthesia in dental operations in the early days. It is one of the earliest anesthetics used in medical treatment by humans.Laughing gas was first discovered by British chemist Priestley in 1772.Twenty-six years later, in 1798, an experimenter named David came to Priestley's laboratory. This person had to "sniff a few times" any gas he prepared in order to understand its effect on humans. physiological effects.When David took a few breaths of this gas, a strange phenomenon happened - he couldn't help laughing loudly, and danced in the laboratory, and it took a long time to calm down, so this gas is also called laughter. gas.

"How can there be the laughing gas you mentioned here? It's incredible!" Huang Qianshan sighed. It turned out that Lu Wangqing laughed because of this reason. "Laughing gas is a chemical gas. It can anesthetize the nerve cells in the brain, but if inhaled in large quantities, it can cause people to suffocate to death due to lack of oxygen. The concentration here is not too high, but he lived for five years, and the damage to the body is very serious. It's no wonder he's only middle-aged..." Lao Yue said regretfully. To prevent inhalation of laughing gas, everyone covered their mouths and noses so tightly that they almost suffocated.Since there was not much time, the six people dispersed to look for the red fruit that Lu Wangqing mentioned in the flat land of the mountain stream.But before Lu Wangqing died, he did not say what the red fruit looked like. Everyone only knew that it was a red fruit, but it was not sure how big or small it was.Hao Dali said pessimistically, if the red fruit was only as big as a thumb, how would the five people divide it?

Lao Yue helped Liang Xiaoyu walk to the center of the flat ground, while the others searched slowly along the cliff.Lu Wangqing said that people from mountain villages went here to dig things, but one day they ran to Montenegro and disappeared.Therefore, Lao Yue asked everyone to keep their headlights on, and if they were off, immediately find someone nearby whose headlights were still on, so as not to be able to find the location of the person in danger.After Lao Yue walked to the middle, she soon found a crack in the ground.The gap can pass directly through a person, and it is dark inside, but some strange monuments can be seen faintly.

Huang Qianshan took a look at the crack. He thought it was impossible for the fruit tree to grow underground, but he said that the tomb of the queen of the ancient Guo State might be inside the crack.Lao Yue said it was impossible. There was no reason why the tomb was not sealed after the tomb was built. It might not be that simple.Huang Qianshan felt that what Lao Yue said was reasonable, but it was important to find Hongguo, so he went to the other side. Lu Wangqing said that after he lived in Heishan, Huang Qianshan walked to the bottom of a cliff and saw a small cave there.The cave is very small and can only accommodate two or three people. There are many living utensils inside, which are almost the same as those of primitive people. After seeing it, Huang Qianshan felt sad again.After Huang Qianshan walked out of the cave, he took another look at the cliff. He thought that the red fruit would grow on the cliff, but it was impossible after thinking about it.Because Juebi is difficult to climb, Lu Wangqing said that the first time he ate red fruit was bitten by wild boars, and wild boars could not climb up. Huang Qianshan's lamp cap was flickering, and the battery could last for an hour at most, but the light failed to pass through the clouds pressing down on the Black Mountain.Huang Qianshan took a look and found no red fruit, so he planned to continue to look elsewhere, but found that the cliff was a bit weird.Huang Qianshan wanted to look at the cliff again, but found a dwarf tree next to the cave where Lu Wangqing lived.The dwarf tree was only as high as Huang Qianshan's shoulder, and the leaves on the tree were gone. The only thing hanging on it was a red fruit the size of a fist. Huang Qianshan became nervous inexplicably, he looked at the red fruit carefully, it turned out to be the holy product of detoxification - vermilion fruit.Of course, any fruit that is red can be called vermilion fruit, but this vermilion fruit is a very rare and top quality fruit.Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor was injured by a poisonous arrow once in a battle, and the doctors were helpless.Later, a Suzaku brought a red fruit in its mouth, and the Yellow Emperor recovered immediately after eating it.Because it was the fruit brought by Suzaku, and the fruit was bright red and crystal clear, it was called Zhu Guo by the people of Qihuang. Vermillion fruit blooms for a thousand years, bears fruit for a thousand years, and matures for a thousand years. Many vermilion fruit trees are cut down as non-flowering iron trees before they bloom, so the world has almost no chance to see vermilion fruit.Zhu Guo takes three thousand years to produce mature fruit. Although it is not as good as the flat peach in the myth, it can cure people from thousands of poisons and diseases.The rumor of Zhu Guo was told by Huang Qianshan's grandmother. His grandmother said that few people in Qihuang now know about Zhu Guo, and more medical skills have long been lost. She has never seen Zhu Guo herself, and only treats it as a story. Tell it to Huang Qianshan when he was a child. Huang Qianshan had never seen Zhu Guo, but according to Lu Wangqing, Huang Qianshan could only think of the Zhu Guo mentioned by Qi Huangzhong.Unfortunately, the vermilion fruit tree is dying, and this is probably the last vermilion fruit tree in the world.Huang Qianshan hurriedly yelled for the others to come over quickly, for fear that Zhu Guo would disappear if he was late. After other people rushed over, they began to discuss, but they didn't dare to take off the food immediately.There was only one fruit, and five of them were poisoned. No one knew how much to eat for it to work, so you looked at me and I looked at you, and no one picked the vermilion fruit.Huang Qianshan couldn't make up his mind, he looked up at the cliff annoyedly, and then realized why he thought the cliff was a bit weird just now, it turned out that the cliff recorded a disaster in the ancient Guo State in a special way. The cliff is relatively flat, but its surface is mostly black, which means that there are coal veins hidden inside the cliff.Earthquake is the most terrible disaster, it can change the landscape and even destroy a country.About 3,000 years ago, three cliffs rose from the ground during an earthquake, and so did Montenegro, otherwise the coal seam could not protrude so much from the ground. Historically, the number of ancient Guo states has not been determined, but traces of ancient Guo states have been found in several places in Shaanxi, Henan, and the Three Gorges.As for why the country was destroyed, scholars believe that it was mostly caused by invasion by other countries.The reason why Huang Qianshan was sure that the earthquake happened during the ancient Guo state was because he and Lao Yue saw a crack in the ground just now.There are many historic sites under the cracks in the ground. If the underground is really the Queen's tomb, then the Queen must not allow cutting corners, at least the ground must be sealed, so she will not build a leaky tomb for herself. Why is it not an earthquake after the disappearance of the ancient Guo State? It is because Huang Qianshan discovered the vermilion fruit tree. It takes three thousand years for the vermilion fruit tree to grow mature fruits, and the ancient Guo State was a vassal state of the Western Zhou Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago.The only possibility is that after the queen's tomb was buried, another earthquake occurred, and the ancient Guo State was destroyed and disappeared in history.At the same time, the cliff was formed, and the red fruit began to bloom and bear fruit slowly under the cliff.Throughout the ages, the natural disasters recorded in the history books are not comprehensive. Such a large earthquake must have a wide range of influences. However, the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties and the Taihang Wangwu area are all blank areas in history. It is not clear whether there was a particularly large earthquake at that time. Huang Qianshan has long felt strange, he thought, this queen is so smart, how could she deliberately leave such an obvious black mountain as a landmark nearby, isn't it obvious that people can easily find it?It turned out that the coal mountain rose from the ground after the queen died, so it seems that the queen's tomb has been destroyed long ago.After hearing this, Lao Yue sighed. She said that since she knew so much, her parents would forget about it but wished, and she would go out of the mountain immediately after detoxification. "Then why did that group of people live here again decades ago? What did they want to do? Can they build houses in the mountains at that time?" Hao Dali asked Huang Qianshan. "That's right, if the Queen's Tomb was destroyed and stolen thousands of years ago, what were those people doing decades ago?" Cai Minmin was also puzzled. "The manuscript did say that someone built a village near Heishan under the guise of Yishan." Lao Yue said, "I didn't expect that there was an earthquake in the ancient Guoguo. Maybe Mr. Huang was right. Yugong Yishan mentioned Taihang Wangwu Being moved away by the gods is probably also caused by a big earthquake." "We can't control that much. After two days of tossing around, it's not bad to survive. How do you guys eat this vermilion fruit?" Huang Qianshan asked everyone with his hands open. Unexpectedly, Gu Changtian's face became pale, he pointed at Zhu Guoshu and shouted: "Zhu...Zhu Guo is gone!"