Chapter 30 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, full of dense forests, and it was flat here, with no mountain 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 asked 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. Didn't my dad mention in his notebook that there is a mountain here?" Is it a mountain?" "I just discovered it too. It seems that this place is not simple." I shrugged my shoulders and said.

The woods are getting thicker and thicker, and when you step on it, you can hardly see your legs.I followed the middle-aged woman closely, but I regretted not bringing a compass with me. This kind of place has the same surroundings, and if I get lost, I won’t be able to get out.But I changed my mind, it doesn't matter if I get lost, I 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. In front is the place 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 didn't match the woods. The rocky mountain was only two or three meters high.We approached Xiaoshishan, and there was a young man dozing off next to him. He must have had a hard time guarding here, so we didn't wake him up.The small stone mountain is only a dozen square meters in size. It is artificially piled up, and the stones are covered with slippery moss.Simply put, this is a small stone house made of a pile of stones, and there is a hole in the middle that looks like a door. There seems to be a pale yellow mark on the gray stone door, but it has been covered by moss.

"Xinhong, step on me and get rid of the moss 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 stone gate, he gently wiped the stone with yellow marks with his hands.After it was done, Xinhong 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.

"Jin Wei, do you think the picture on it is the moon?" Xinhong asked me while wiping his hands. "You guys are really good," the middle-aged woman praised us vigorously. She raised her thumb and said, "When people from the county came before, they only cared about studying the clay sculpture, but no one noticed that there was 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 pale yellow mark on its forehead.I couldn't help but moved a little closer, trying to see the yellow blot clearly.

"Oh, young man, you are really 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 the one on the stone gate!" The middle-aged woman said excitedly again. "When did you transport the clay sculpture to the county seat? It is easy to be damaged or stolen here." Seeing that the clay sculpture has fallen off, Xin Hong said worriedly, "Don't destroy a good clay sculpture. gone." "We'll take it away in a few days, and I'll leave it for you people to take a look." The middle-aged woman said while fanning it with her hands.

I went around the stone house a few more times, and found nothing special. The next step is to wait for those people to tell us the results of the carbon-14 dating.In fact, my heart is not here, and now I just want to go to Xishui Village to have a look.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 reluctant to go there.When we were leaving, she woke up the young man guarding here and told him to guard it well and not let others steal the clay sculpture. Halfway through, I felt a pain in my stomach, and I had to find a hidden place for convenience.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 stared 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 something 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 of the woods. I was a little surprised when I saw him, because he was the peddler who sold us ancient books of the Western Han Dynasty.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 want to attack the peddler just now, why did it suddenly quiet down, there is 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 dared to wear a short-sleeved shirt when he entered the forest. There are many deadly mosquitoes here.I was dressed very conservatively, and I suffered from merciless mosquito bites on my face and palms.After following him for a while, I found that he didn't seem to have been bitten by mosquitoes. Could it be that he applied some mosquito repellent lotion? I was afraid that if I got close, I would be discovered by the peddler. It would be difficult if he found me in the wilderness and became malicious to the money in my pocket. I didn’t know the scene where he snatched the wallet at the station forget.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 I lost the hawker in the end. 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've lost my followers too, so it's better to go back and find Xinhong and the others as soon as possible.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.The strange thing is that I followed the peddler for a long time, but I turned around and walked a few steps to find Xishui Village. I quickened my pace and walked over, and there was indeed a village in front of me, but the wooden houses were so dilapidated that it was hard to see that they could still be lived in.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 really didn't expect that I would find Xishui Village so quickly.However, there is still a pale yellow imprint on the stele, which is exactly the same as the one I saw on the real clay sculpture just now. Walking into the village, I found that many wooden houses here have decayed, and some have even collapsed.However, there are exactly the same yellow marks on the door of each wooden house. What does this mark mean?However, the wooden houses here are all dilapidated and can no longer be lived in, and I have not seen a single person since I have been here for so long. I shouted Xinhong's name, but only my voice echoed here.I ran around the village in panic, but I couldn't see a living person. These houses are lifeless, how could there be people living here.However, there is a stone tablet at the entrance of the village, isn't it written with the words Xishui Village on it? This is indeed Xishui Village! While running around, I inadvertently found a strange place on the road in this village.