Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Bashu Apes

Passing through a section of calm waters, the river channels on both sides began to widen, and further ahead, there was a trace of fog on the water surface, which shrouded the water surface hazyly, and they had to slow down their progress again. Besides, Mochizuki and Kazuki's group outside, after they got down the ancient well, they couldn't wait to rush in... The first person to pass the turning position was a big man holding an MP5 submachine gun. Before the others could pass by, the gunshots of "da da da" sounded like a storm, and disappeared after a while. This is a group of professionally trained Japanese, both in terms of discipline and tactical literacy. Mochizuki Kazuki yelled, but there was no response from the front. He knew that something might have happened, and was about to go to check. The man who went in first had already He stumbled back and ran back, his face darkened, and before he reached the front, he fell to the ground with a "plop", foaming at the mouth, and his legs were cramped.

The other man hurried over to check, tore off his clothes and saw that his whole body had already started to turn black. With just one glance, he knew that this man was hopeless. Just as he was about to stand up and report to Mochizuki, he was bitten by something on his hand, and he shook it vigorously. It turned out to be a white bug, which was still hanging on his finger at the moment. The insect was biting hard, no matter how much it was pulled, it would not let go. Momoi Chiyo was about to go over to help, but the man also fell to the ground with a "plop". Looking closely, his entire arm was now pitch black.

Before waiting for the next move, the bug on the ground bent over and jumped straight at Chiyo.However, with a flash of the knife, there was a sound of "咻", and the bug was cut into two pieces and fell to the ground. Seeing that this man was dying, after a while, the two of them lost their breath one after the other, leaving behind two pitch-black corpses. Chiyo fiddled with the bug's corpse with the number of beads in his hand, and said, "Patriarch, these two people should have been bitten to death by this kind of bug. It seems to be very poisonous. We'd better be careful."

Mochizuki is so angry, I have been waiting for so many years to go to the mountain, and I lost two people before I went in.These are all the top masters he picked from his family, could it be that he gave up like this? Then I thought about it, my people were killed by insects, what about that Taoist Cha Wenbin?Have they passed?As long as they can pass, why can't we pass! Mochizuki said to the old man Zhuo with a non-smiling smile: "Everyone, be careful. Mr. Zhuo, you have too many weird things in China, and we Japanese don't understand it. You go in and help us find out what's going on." As he spoke, he asked a man to hand him a spotlight.

Zhuo Yugui didn't dare to go, these two strong men were killed one after the other, Mochizuki was going to send himself to step on a landmine, no matter how stupid he was, he still understood the truth, just about to open his mouth to defend, a row of The muzzle of the black MP5 has been aimed at him... Going is death, not going is death, old man Zhuo's face is as ugly as it is at the moment, he almost kneels down to Mochizuki, but when he saw the scar on his face turned red, he knew that as long as he dared to If you retreat, you will definitely be shot into a hornet's nest immediately. At any rate, this underground was built by your ancestors. If you go in, just go in, and let your ancestors be buried in the past.

With a mournful face, the old man Zhuo walked past the corner, and the spotlight illuminated it. At the position of the pool before, a vast expanse of white corpse silkworms were wriggling, and it was impossible to count how many of them there were. They were biting each other. Fighting and fighting, it turns out that this corpse silkworm has lost its leader and is in the middle of an internal election. Whoever can fight the best is probably the next king. Those two people were killed by this kind of bugs just now, but he saw it clearly, there are so many bugs now, it scares the old man Zhuo enough.He has lived in Qifeng Mountain for so many years. He only heard that there are snakes on the mountain, but he has never seen this kind of insect. He turned around and ran back in a hurry.

Seeing Wangyue's fierce eyes, the old man Zhuo stammered: "Mr. Wangyue, there are bugs in front...there are countless bugs." "About how many?" "Innumerable, there are tens of thousands of them in the vast expanse of whiteness." Mochizuki gasped when he heard it, thinking that this one bug would kill two of his subordinates, if there were tens of thousands of them, it would be fine!But seeing Zhuo Yugui's stupefied look, he really didn't seem to be lying, so he turned to Chiyo and asked, "Chiyo, did you see that Taoist priest go down the ancient well with your own eyes?"

Chiyo knelt down on one knee, lowered his head, and said, "Go home, it's absolutely true. It took them a long time to go down the well before the earth shook." Mochizuki squinted his eyes, thought for a long time, and said fiercely: "Unless those people also die here, otherwise they can live, and we can too. The Mochizuki family has waited for too long for this mission. Now that it has arrived Here, no matter what you say, you can’t retreat. Even if you die, you will die for the emperor and the empire! For the honor of the Mochizuki family, will we be scared away by a few Chinese bugs? If it is passed back to the empire, the face of the Mochizuki family Where to put it!"

The few remaining people all knelt down on one knee and said neatly: "I wish to be loyal to the empire!" Mochizuki Kazuki put the long thing wrapped around his hand into his backpack, then took the wooden box unloaded from the back of a big man, and opened it carefully. It turned out that a long sword about one meter long was placed inside.When Mochizuki took out the dagger, Onimaru and Suzumaru Koji in the hands of the Momoi sisters couldn't help trembling. Momoi Chiyuki asked: "Patriarch, is this Taisao boy Kirie Anzuna?" Mochizuki Kazuki laughed loudly: "That's right, this is the boy Kirie Yasuna. Minamoto Raimitsu used this sword to kill a ghost named Shuten Doji in Oe Mountains, and it has been kept in the imperial collection. This sword is a masterpiece of martial arts and magic. The hidden body can kill all demons, I want to see if the Chinese bugs can withstand its sharpness. Get ready to go!"

"yes!" When they saw the densely packed corpse silkworms with their own eyes, they were also terrified. From time to time, one or two climbed up and were beheaded by the Momoi sisters who stood in front. Mochizuki's eyes were very sharp, and he saw the five dew silkworms at a glance. Copper coffin above the ground. Before, my grandfather told me not to touch these bronze coffins. Now it seems that the place is in a mess, and the Taoist priest must have broken the battle. He was secretly proud of his plan. Mochizuki said: "Attack with fire, all insects are afraid of fire."

Several big men in black immediately took out iron bumps one by one, these are incendiary bombs!This group of guys is really armed to the teeth, and the power of this grenade-shaped incendiary bomb is amazing. "Bang!" The first incendiary bomb landed in the pool, "Boom!" The area of ​​ten square meters centered on it instantly turned into a sea of ​​flames. It was burned to ashes, and the surrounding bugs avoided the hot flames one after another, making a mess. "Bang!" The second, then the third, when the last incendiary bomb was thrown out, the whole pool was turned into a sea of ​​flames, only the sound of "cracking" bugs and "hahaha" were heard. Mochizuki's evil laugh.Occasionally, a few bugs that fled to their side were either shot by MP5 or beheaded by Taidao. After a long time, the flames were slowly extinguished, and the bronze coffins were burned red. The cold underground was now filled with heat waves. I went through the entire cave, looked around, there was not a single living insect, the stones here had been burnt red, and the corpse silkworms were completely exterminated by Mochizuki here. Mochizuki laughed and looked at his masterpiece, and when the flames dissipated, he waved his hand and drove into the pool. When he saw the lid of the largest bronze coffin, he couldn't hide his excitement and shouted: "I found it!" Caressing the huge bronze tree sculpture on the coffin lid, Mochizuki tremblingly opened the thing that had been wrapped in her hand, and slowly took off the brocade cloth cover outside, revealing a thing that looked like a bronze tree branch. This tree branch is made of bronze, about half a meter long, and has a very simple shape.Mochizuki excitedly held up the tree branch on the tree sculpture above the coffin lid and compared it back and forth, and finally at the upper left, the tree branch perfectly merged with the bronze tree sculpture. Mochizuki looked at the completed pattern and murmured, "It seems that this legend is true." Momoi Chiyo clasped her fists together: "Patriarch, is this what we are looking for?" Mochizuki took Chiyo to take a step forward, pointed to the coffin lid and said: "Look, the bronze tree on this sculpture has a total of nine branches. According to legend, this tree should have ten branches originally, one Thousands of years ago, our ancestors picked up this thing by the sea, which is the one in my hand." Mochizuki looked at the tree branch in his hand and continued: "The ancestors of the royal family thought it was a part of an ancient fetish, so the Mochizuki family has been looking for the main body of this fetish. It took countless ancestors to find out about this thing. After thousands of years of painstaking efforts, it is finally determined that it is the Fusang Sacred Tree!" When the group heard that Mochizuki said it was the sacred tree of Fusang, everyone except the old man Zhuo couldn't help being overjoyed. As we all know, Japan has always regarded itself as the Fusang people in ancient times because of an ancient legend. In our Chinese mythology, the hibiscus tree is one of the spiritual places. It is said that on the eastern sea, the hibiscus tree is composed of two big mulberry trees that support each other.The earliest record about it is in "Shan Hai Jing Overseas East Classic": "There is Fusang in Tanggu, bathed in ten days, in the north of Heizhi." "In the middle of the wilderness there is a mountain named Nieyaoyao. On it are buttresses with pillars three hundred miles away, and its leaves are like mustards. There is a valley called Wenyuan Valley. There are buttresses on the valley of Tang, which arrive in a day. When the sun rises, everything is contained in Wu." The Tang Valley mentioned here is "Yangu", which is the place where the sun rises in myths and legends.It is opposite to "Yu Yuan". "Yu Yuan" refers to the legendary sunset.According to historical records, Tanggu is located in the eastern coastal area of ​​Shandong, where it faces Japan across the sea. It was the place where the Xihe people worshiped the sun god in ancient times. birthplace. Heizhi is an ancient country that has disappeared in Chinese civilization. According to the "Shan Hai Jing · Overseas East Classic", there is Hei Chi country in the north of Qingqiu country, and there is "Tanggu" not far from the north of Hei Chi country, and Qingqiu country in the south There are Chaoyangzhigu, Honghong, Junziguo, Shebizhishi, Darenguo, and Heqiu. Heqiu is located in the southeast of Zou, about the eastern part of Liaoning Province in China today.These places are the closest to Japan. It can be said that the Yugu culture and the black tooth culture are the birthplaces of ancient Japanese culture. When Mochizuki and his party thought that they had found evidence of the existence of the legendary ancient sacred tree, they could no longer control the excitement and knelt down towards the bronze coffin. Why do the Japanese kneel down and kowtow to the coffin of their ancestors? In fact, these poor Japanese are just trying to steal the culture of our country. Japan was called Wa country in ancient times, and Japan pretended to be Fusang after Song Dynasty.The so-called "fuso" is actually the soaring fire column, fireball, smoke and swirling hurricane that occurred when Fuji volcano erupted in Japan.Because of its shape like a tree, it is said to be the "sacred tree" in the East China Sea.The hibiscus tree in mythology is Mount Fuji in Japan... This also confirms that the myth of "Fusang" in ancient China is related to the belief in Mount Fuji in Japan. The word "Mount Fuji" is pronounced "fujisang" in Japanese—almost the same as the pronunciation of "Fusang" in Chinese. Mochizuki bowed to the old man Zhuo again, and said: "Mr. Zhuo, I am very lucky to have met you. Because of your help, we have found this place. The promise to you will definitely be fulfilled. Now you need to bring us We keep looking forward." How could a person who was so vicious just now become a virtuous person?Although Zhuo Yugui was cowardly and greedy for money, he still understood the principle of dancing with wolves, and hurriedly said: "The old man will try his best, but I don't know what Mr. Mochizuki is looking for?" Mochizuki pointed to the hibiscus tree carved on the bronze coffin and said, "Help us find this tree here, and your mission will be completed." The old man Zhuo looked at the weird patterns on the coffin, looked down for a few times, and finally figured out what they were looking for. Look, how would he know?But if you want to say that you don't know, you will probably have to lie down in the bronze coffin, so you can only say: "I will try my best!" Mochizuki was overjoyed and asked, "Does Mr. Zhuo know anything about this tree?" How did old Zhuo know about this thing?He said nonsense: "I heard from the old man in the village that there is such a tree in this area, and it is on Qifeng Mountain!" "Qifeng Mountain? If you want to go there, you can't get in from the top. Our ancestors have tried it." The old man had an idea: "I heard that there is an ancient road under the village, which can be walked. It's just that the old man is weak, so I'm afraid he can't go that far." Right now, he can only lie one lie after another, and he must not expose his ignorance. the truth, otherwise... Mochizuki immediately called two big men and made a simple stretcher. The old man Zhuo turned into a guest of honor and was carried on the road ahead. It was really comfortable at the moment, but his back was already covered with cold sweat. When Mochizuki Kazuki and his group walked to the big rock, they saw a pile of rubble. The experienced Qianxue said, "Report to the Patriarch, there was a battle here, and there was a smell of gunpowder." Mochizuki closed her eyes, sniffed for a long time, nodded and said, "Be careful too, it seems that they still have weapons in their hands. Before finding the Fusang sacred tree, try not to conflict with that Taoist priest." "yes!" In many cases, the quality of equipment can determine everything.Cha Wenbin and his party built a simple raft of rotten wood and staggered across the river, while Mochizuki Kazuki and the others were much more advanced. After a while, two simple inflatable kayaks had already parked on the water surface, and the remaining nine people were divided into two groups, Mochizuki, Sister Momoi, old man Zhuo, and five big men. They picked up some wood by the way, Split it with a knife to act as an oar, and drive inside. They did not encounter the three-legged toad, but on the way, they encountered the two coffins that had been burnt into wreckage and flowed down the river one after another. Momoi Qianxue touched it and said that it had just been burned. Mochizuki said happily: "This Taoist priest Really capable, has been opening the way for us, haha." When they got to that fork, they were also in a dilemma. Judging from the two almost identical forks, it was really not sure which one Cha Wenbin entered, so Mochizuki had to ask the old man Zhuo. Now, the old man was sleeping soundly on the kayak. Although Mochizuki was slightly dissatisfied, she still woke him up politely and asked, "Mr. Zhuo, there is a fork in front, which way should we go?" Zhuo Yugui stood up, pretended to look at it for a long time, and said, "To the right!" Mochizuki looked at the hole on the right, then at the hole on the left, looked at the old man hesitantly, and asked again: "Why does Mr. Zhuo want us to go to the right?" The old man's favorite thing in normal life is to find people to be silly, and he made up nonsense, naturally one set after another, he stared at Mochizuki and said: "Since ancient times in China, there has been a saying that left is yin and right is yang, and the right is yang. Naturally go to the right, is it possible to send yourself to the underworld?" Mochizuki Kazuki had learned a little bit of fur Taoism, so he naturally knew this. Hearing the old man's explanation, he couldn't help but believe it. He clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Zhuo's advice, let's go to the right." The two kayaks are slowly advancing along the dark underground channel to the right, which is completely opposite to the path taken by Cha Wenbin and the others. No one will know that without Cha Wenbin's path, Mochizuki will meet No matter what the situation, all that remains is the fading lights and waves of water in the cave. At the foot of Mount Qifeng, by the ancient well, two men in black were pulling the climbing rope that Mochizuki had put down, and one of them said: "Should we go down too..." If Zhuo Xiong was here now, he might recognize the person who was diving The back is the person who shot at the villagers in the village that night... Since Cha Wenbin left the pool, he has been walking smoothly. He walked more than ten miles forward, and there was a rumbling sound of water in front of him, which could be heard from a long distance away. Chaozi worked harder, and the raft arrived at this place steadily. It is not so much a pool here as it is a small underground lake, much larger than the two pools encountered before, and the whole body is also a circle. With the light of the spotlight, the river came to an end here, surrounded by cliffs, and directly opposite them was a huge waterfall with a drop of hundreds of meters, flying down from a hole on the top of the rock wall. The impact into the pool caused bursts of water splashes, and the rumbling sound made the three of them need to yell loudly with their ears close to their ears to hear them. Chaozi shouted at his throat, "We've come to the end, what should we do?" The distance between the two was a bit far, and Zha Wenbin didn't understand, so he had to ask loudly: "What are you talking about? I can't hear you, the water here is too loud!" Chaozi gestured to the waterfall in front of him again and shouted: "I said we have no way to go!" Cha Wenbin didn't expect that the road he chose turned out to be a dead end road. Looking at the waterfall hanging high above his head, unless they had wings, they would not be able to go up anyway. Anyway, if you go back to the ancient well, you will definitely not be able to go up. He was thinking that if he really couldn't do it, he would go back and go in from the fork on the right just now to find a way out. He was about to discuss with the two of them when there was a "boom" It came, and then several more. Looking up, several dark things fell into the water from the cliff one after another. Although they were covered by the sound of the water, they could be heard clearly because of the large drop. After these many catastrophes, the three of them have already become all soldiers, and they took the guys in their hands one after another, raised the spotlights and shone them into the water. "Ouch!" shouted Chao Zi, who was standing at the front, and when Cha Wenbin turned his head to look, he saw that the kid was squatting on the raft with his head covered, and a stone the size of an egg rolled down beside him. Before Zha Wenbin asked what happened, he was also caught. There was a "boom" on his forehead, and he touched it subconsciously, and a big bag had already formed. Just as he was about to check what happened, Zhuo Xiong yelled loudly. : "Be careful, there is something in the water!" As soon as the words fell, a stone flew towards him again. Zhuo Xiong twisted his body and dodged it. He was secretly glad that he hadn't been hit, and immediately a "crackling" rain of stones fell down. The three of them hugged their heads in a mess on the raft, but there was a "squeak" sound in the distance, and they raised the spotlight again to shine it, and found a few white furry heads protruding from the water not far away. They were grinning at their lights and waving their claws, some of them still holding stones. Zhuo Xiong shouted: "Bashu ape!" Sure enough, it was a group of white apes who were playing tricks. This group of guys are now provoking them in the water. They look like kings of the mountain. To these people, they are extremely arrogant at the moment. Chaozi rubbed the egg-sized lump on his forehead, grinned in pain, and shouted, "Monkey?" Zhuo Xiong said with a smile: "There is a kind of ape in our Qingcheng Mountain area, the whole body is white, and it is said to be very spiritual. In the past, firewood collectors and medicine collectors often encountered them in the deep mountains and old forests. This kind of monkey does not harm human life. They are just mischievous and steal some food and tools for people. I used to occasionally see a few in Qingcheng Mountain, but now there are many tourists. I haven’t seen them in recent years. Everyone thought they were extinct. I didn’t want to meet them here. A group." Chaozi picked up the stones on the raft and was about to throw them over, but was stopped by Zhuo Xiong: "Chaozi, don't fight with them, you just ignore this kind of monkeys, after a while they feel bored and leave ; but if you fight with it, it will hang on to you until you beg for mercy." At this moment, Chaozi really had the urge to jump into the water and slaughter these monkeys. He has lived so long and has never been bullied by anyone. Today, he was beaten by a group of monkeys. Thinking about it, he feels useless. The group of monkeys also followed his example, holding the stones and raising their hands high. If Ganqing Chaozi dared to resist, he would not be able to escape the rain of stones. Although Chaozi believed Zhuo Xiong's words in his heart, he still didn't do it: "Let's forget it?" Cha Wenbin also jokingly said: "You are a big man, what is your rivalry with monkeys? You are right, brother Zhuo Xiong, monkeys are naughty things. The more you provoke them, the more aggressive they will be. I don't think there is a way out here. , it’s better to quit and find a new exit.” Chaozi was still swearing, why was I caught and peeled your skin, but he had already grabbed the wooden stick and was about to retreat. The group of monkeys were very proud to see people being chased away by themselves. One was jumping happily in the water, and that appearance made Chaozi's teeth itch with hatred. Before the raft walked a few meters away, Zhuo Xiong suddenly thought of a question and said, "The stone walls here are all smooth, and the waterfall is so high. These monkeys jumped off, how will they go back later?" Cha Wenbin's heart lightened up when he heard that, yes, since this group of monkeys can jump down, they must go back later, shouldn't we just follow them? After talking about the idea in their hearts, everyone felt that it was feasible, so they simply supported the raft and stood still, watching the group of monkeys frolicking in the water. Seeing that the uninvited guests did not leave, a few monkeys threw a few more stones over. Except that Chaozi wanted to attack and was held down by Cha Wenbin, they just didn't move a muscle, ignored them and didn't resist. Sure enough, the group of monkeys saw that they were making fun of themselves, so they let them go, and started swimming in the water on their own, fighting with each other, soaking in the river water, and some chasing small fish in the water, which was very lively.This also gave the three of them a rare opportunity to rest, and they took out dry food to prepare to satisfy their hunger. Before departure, I bought a lot of sausages and tortillas, and with the sweet ground water, the three of them ate and drank for a meal. Perhaps it was because of being hungry for a long time, and several times of vicious fights exhausted a lot of physical strength. They devoured the meal, but they did not expect that the aroma of the food had aroused the interest of the monkeys. A few monkeys who got closer smelled the aroma of the food first, and gave a strange "squeak" sound. The dozens of Bashu apes stopped what they were doing and quietly approached the raft. The three of them He only cared about eating, completely unaware that he had fallen into the encirclement of apes. Chaozi at the front took a bite of the tortilla and was putting his hands on the raft, ready to drink, when suddenly his hand loosened and the tortilla disappeared!Looking around, the group of monkeys in front was already in a mess, and four or five apes were already wrestling together, trying to grab the half of the cornbread. Zhuo Xiong was also regretful, knowing that what this thing loves most is grabbing food, why did he forget to remind everyone?I had no choice but to say: "Attention everyone, monkeys are here to steal things!" The piece of cake was quickly divided into many portions, the apes who snatched it were gnawing, and the ones that were not snatched were searching for the fallen debris on the water surface, and occasionally a small piece was picked up and stuffed into it mouth. Soon, even the scum floating on the water surface was cleaned up. Obviously, this group of monkeys had just tasted some sweetness, and they were still not satisfied. When did they eat such delicious food?They all stared at the few people on the raft, and they seemed to be planning to rush over and rob them. Cha Wenbin also thought it was just for fun at first, but now only greed and desire are left in the eyes of this group of monkeys. He also knows that the big thing is not good. I was not sure about what to do, and said: "Watch out for the backpack, don't let these beasts get it." Sure enough, the second one also jumped up, aiming at Chaozi's bag. One person and one monkey pulled it like this. The rucksack couldn't withstand such a toss, and it was pulled open with a "hiss", and the things inside rolled down. One place, including a few pieces of corn tortillas.Seeing that there was something to eat, the monkey grabbed the cornbread and ran away.Jumping into the water, dancing and showing off the booty with his companions, the other monkeys screamed loudly, ready to come up and try. Chaozi looked at the shotgun in his hand bitterly, and cursed: "If I still have bullets, I will kill you one by one!" Speaking of tidying up the scattered things on the raft, hey, he really touched one thing, which he is very familiar with, bullets!He rejoiced and said: "I still have a bullet here, see if I don't blow you bastards!" As he spoke, he skillfully loaded the bullet, and before Cha Wenbin stopped him, he heard a "bang", a huge Gunshots rang out, and the smell of gunpowder instantly permeated the entire water surface. Before the gunpowder smoke dissipated, a strong bloody smell rose, and the water surface was already blood-red. The corpses of three apes floated on the water surface, and one of them still had a piece of cornbread in its mouth. The group of monkeys had never seen such a fierce weapon. The loud gunshots and the corpses of their companions told them that this place was very dangerous.Seeing the black smoke still rising from the muzzle of the gun, all the apes were startled dumbfounded. After a while, only a few courageous ones pulled the corpses. Seeing no movement from the people on the raft, So he scattered around with his companion's corpse, and ran back desperately... Cha Wenbin blamed Chao Zi for killing so wantonly. Although the ape was naughty, he was not guilty of death.Originally, things like monkeys are extremely spiritual, and their companions were shot to death, and this beam was settled. As for the group of apes, they went straight to the bottom of the waterfall one by one in a panic. After a while, a few more agile ones had already climbed the cliff first, screaming and screaming at the top of the waterfall. Jumping and making gestures, he looked very anxious. Cha Wenbin has been staring at their route since the group of monkeys retreated. The group of monkeys just followed the water flow of the waterfall straight up, just like fish in the water, and said to the two: "This group of monkeys can withstand The torrent of the waterfall goes up a hundred meters against the current, and the movement is so fast, I am afraid that none of us can do it?" Chaozi was also shocked. Rock climbing was not difficult for him and Zhuo Xiong. This is one of the necessary skills for scouts in the army, but he was required to climb the slippery 100-meter cliff with bare hands and bear such a heavy With the strong current, I'm afraid they can't even stand firmly, let alone climb. This Bashu ape is really amazing. "Don't worry, aren't there still a few monkey corpses there? According to the monkey's personality, they will never abandon the corpses of their companions. Let's see how they bring their companions up there." While talking, several larger apes dragged their companions to the bottom of the waterfall, one of them grabbed their companions with one hand, and then disappeared into the waterfall.When its figure reappeared, it had already stood on the top of the cliff, and beside it was an ape killed by Chaozi. Chaozi widened his eyes and said, "Impossible! You can climb up so quickly with one hand holding a companion who weighs the same as yourself, unless there is a ladder." "Ladder?" Cha Wenbin asked, "What if there is really a ladder behind it?" The three turned to look at each other and said at the same time, "Go and see under the waterfall!" When they paddled the raft towards the waterfall, the second ape pulled his companion to the top, and now there was only the last one left.The monkeys standing on the top of the cliff saw the raft coming. They were scared or reminded, and all of them kept gesticulating downwards, and some of them jumped there. The remaining monkey glanced at the raft at the back, pulled the corpse of its companion and jumped up, disappearing in the white water. Zhuo Xiong said with a smile: "This group of apes is scared by Chao Zi, seeing us is like seeing a plague god." Suddenly, the raft shook, and with a "boom", a huge spray rose from the water, and then a huge black figure flew straight into the air and plunged into the waterfall.Immediately afterwards, there was another "bang", and the figure fell heavily into the water, and the splashing waves almost knocked the three people on the raft into the water. Chaozi shouted: "Look, what is that!" Following his words, Cha Wenbin saw a pair of sapphire blue eyes sparkling under the spotlight on the surface of the water not far away, and a giant snake head protruding from the water. With two pointed horns, it is holding a Bashu ape in its mouth.At this time, most of the snake's body was out of the water, more than ten meters long, and the whole body was black, except for the head which was blue. When the neck was raised, an ape entered the mouth. The rest of the apes screamed loudly on the top of the cliff, and some of them picked up stones and threw them at the snake, but it ignored it and swam slowly towards the waterfall. Cha Wenbin and the other three on the raft didn't even dare to breathe. This was the first time they saw such a big snake. Zhuo Xiong whispered, "Look at the middle of the waterfall." Cha Wenbin took a closer look, and sure enough, there was a white Bashu ape still hanging in the air. He didn't know if he was frightened by the snake, or he was planning to escape here, so he stopped there. It should be the last monkey that went up, and the one that was swallowed just now should be the companion it pulled! But this made Cha Wenbin take a closer look. The monkey's body was not fixed, but was swaying back and forth with the current of water, exposing its head from time to time. "There is indeed a ladder behind it. You can see that the monkey is shaking all the time, it doesn't look like it is holding on to a rock. There is indeed a way here." Chaozi made a silent movement, and saw that the black snake slowly climbed up the waterfall, and it climbed into the air, twisted its body, turned its head, and the red forked core kept shaking. Sweeping back and forth on the ape, he was not in a hurry to swallow it in one gulp, but seemed to be playing with his prey. Cha Wenbin looked at it for a long time and said firmly: "This is a snake repair!" "Cultivating snakes?" Zhuo Xiong asked, "I have lived in Bashu for so many years, but I have never heard of such snakes." "We have walked for so long on the waterway, and we must have reached the mountain. Since this mountain is called Qifeng Mountain, it is normal for snakes to appear, but I did not expect such a big snake. The book said that this kind of It seems like an exaggeration now that a snake can swallow an elephant, but looking at this guy, swallowing a human is not a problem." Chaozi whispered, "Then what shall we do?" Cha Wenbin glared at him: "It's not because you beat those monkeys, the smell of blood attracted them, we are now with bare hands, this place is only so big, there is nowhere to hide ..." "Isn't that the dead monkeys wanting to rob us?" Chaozi quibbled. "哗啦啦", there was a sound of water coming from behind, and Cha Wenbin turned his head to see that two waves of water were coming from the river, one at a time, and the speed was like an assault boat. With a "wow", a huge toad jumped out of the water, followed by a patterned body, opened its bloody mouth and jumped into the air. "Three-legged toad!" Zha Wenbin shouted. Sure enough, it was a three-legged toad. Unexpectedly, it appeared here, and it seemed that it was chased by the thing behind it. Snake repair, who had already climbed into the air, saw the appearance of a three-legged toad, so he didn't care about the ape that had reached his mouth. He tilted his body, turned around and hit the water directly, with another "boom" , and immediately chased after the three-legged toad. The Bashu ape hanging in mid-air finally came to his senses, climbed up to the top, followed by a group of monkeys screaming "Zhi Zhi Zhi" and disappeared from everyone's sight. Although the natural enemy of frogs is snakes, the three-legged toad is not an idler. He dives and jumps out of the water for a while. The three-legged toad swam to the bottom of the waterfall, jumped hard, and disappeared into the water. "Boom!" There were several loud sounds of water, and two huge snake heads emerged from the water. The one with the green head and black body is naturally a snake cultivator, and there is another one that is a bit smaller in size, but its head is a perfect triangle, with diamond-shaped block patterns on its body, and the wick spit out of its mouth is not red, but is black. "A Viper." Zhuo Xiong pointed at the Viper and shouted, "That's a Viper!" Several of them have also seen vipers, without exception, they are only more than one meter long, where have they seen such a big one?A viper would scare people, and now a viper came. Looking at the two giant pythons in front of him, Cha Wenbin thought of the old man Zhuo's description of this place before, and said, "The owner of Qifeng Mountain is here, and it is estimated that their target is the three-legged toad. The three-legged toad ate it." The Corpse Silkworm King, now being chased away by vipers again, it seems like one thing is falling down the other.” The two giant snakes arched their bodies and rushed towards the waterfall almost at the same time, completely ignoring the small raft on the water. "Boom", followed by a huge impact sound. "Plop", a golden toad jumped out of the water, and it seemed that it escaped the mouth of the snake again.I saw the golden toad kicking its hind legs and swimming towards the position where they came in just now. 很快，两条巨蛇先后追了出来，都已经是头破血流，看样子刚才那一下全撞到石头上了。 那蛤蟆倒也奇怪，就是不走远，始终与两条巨蛇保持着不远不近的距离。又如此追逐了几番后，蛇依然没有得手。 一个和尚有水喝，两个和尚没水喝，这道理蛇也懂，见自己始终不能得手，两条蛇互相看了看，紧接着，两条波浪划开，它们冲着对方撞了过去！ 一个是吞象的修蛇，一个是剧毒的蕲蛇，它们这一对生死冤家之间的战火，终于被一只蛤蟆点燃了…… 首先挑起战火的是修蛇，可能在它的观念里这块水潭就是自己的势力范围，怎么能容得其他蛇在自己的地盘抢食物？而且现在还是难得一遇的奇物——三足蟾，修蛇想必是更加不愿意罢手了，昂起脑袋就朝着蕲蛇射了过去。 那蕲蛇见修蛇对自己发难，仗着自己的身体灵活，身子一摆，躲过了这一击。它可不是什么善茬儿，辛苦追了自己的猎物这么久，眼看就要到手，半路杀出个打劫的，又怎么肯善罢甘休？ 就在修蛇扑了一个空的时候，蕲蛇已经完成了攻击前的准备，弯成“S”形的身体贴着水面飞射了出去，狠狠地一口咬在了修蛇的背上。 修蛇接连甩了几下，都没有甩掉背上的蕲蛇，它索性卷起身子，在水中扭动起来，溅起的水花足有几米高，把查文斌三人看得心惊胆战。 等到水面再一次恢复平静，修蛇已经浮出了水面，只是它的身体此刻跟麻花一样卷在一起，细看之下，才发现蕲蛇已经被它整个卷在了身子里面。而它的背上，蕲蛇的尖牙也一直刺入其中，并没有脱离。 修蛇力大无穷，蕲蛇被卷自然是动弹不得；但是蕲蛇同样剧毒无比，号称五步之内就能致人死亡，又名五步蛇，修蛇被咬，恐怕也好不到哪里去。 两条蛇就这么缠在一起，谁都没有先松开的意思，倒是那只蛤蟆蹲在不远处看了半天，“咕呱”叫了一声，一个猛子就扎进了水底。 也不知是蛇压根就没发现猎物不见了，还是这两个家伙根本就打算要拼个你死我活，始终没有松口的意思。查文斌可顾不了那么多了，这里任意一条蛇都能要了他们三个的命，他们赶紧把木筏划到了瀑布下。 木筏在水流的猛烈冲击下，终于进了瀑布之内，但也把几人淋了个透湿。抹了一把脸上的水，眼前怎么有个黑乎乎的东西在晃动？顺手捏了一把，查文斌大叫道：“链子！是青铜链！” 果然在他们眼前一条手臂粗细的青铜链正被水流冲击得来回晃荡，想必刚才那些巴蜀猿猴就是顺着它爬上去的。 超子握着那青铜链笑道：“正是天无绝人之路，文斌哥，我们能出去了！” “解开老王和冷姑娘，你们两个背着人，装备我来拿。我们从这儿爬上去，这里不能再待了。等那两条蛇追过来，咱们就得做点心了！” 收拾完装备，挎着几个大包，查文斌一马当先地就握着青铜链向上爬去。 超子一边解开捆着冷怡然的绳索，一边自语道：“你说这么粗的青铜链，是谁放的啊？” 卓雄已经背起老王了，丢下一句：“你管是谁呢？关键是这链子现在救了咱们的命，我祖宗还是在保佑他的子孙的，出去了还真得在村口多烧点香纸。” 超子往卓雄的屁股上踹了一脚，道：“行了，别屁话了，文斌哥都快到顶了，赶紧上去。” 顶着百米高的瀑布水流冲击，那压力自然是相当大的。人不是猿猴，虽然比它们聪明，但要论敏捷，差的还不止一点半点，悬在半空中的查文斌此刻是深有感触啊。 水流的冲击让他根本睁不开眼睛，脑袋上每时每刻都要承受着上百斤的巨大冲击力，可以说每向上挪动一米，都要付出极大的代价。尤其是呼吸，虽然铁链的大部分还是在瀑布后面，但它现在是摇晃着的，时不时就把人带进了水流中，每一口呼吸伴随着的就是几大口的水，可以说是苦不堪言。 下面背着人的超子和卓雄就更加痛苦了，特别是卓雄，老王那个体型摆在那儿，他现在就像是顶着千斤巨石，还要时不时地停下，努力把身子晃出去让老王呼吸点空气，不然就这样背上顶，估计背上的那人已经给淹死了。 超子看着卓雄的屁股就在自己的脑袋上晃悠，想喊他快点，可自己不仅没力气，也喊不出声来。这里的水流声太大了，耳朵里除了“嗡嗡”就是“轰轰”。 人都是这样，在生死临界点的时候往往会爆发出极大的能量，他们如今除了这样一条“天路”之外，已经没有了别的退路，当查文斌瘫软在崖顶一块干燥的大石之上时，才相信自己终于爬了上来。紧接着是卓雄和超子，两人硬是凭借着自己过人的身体素质，背着伤病员，一步步坚持到了顶部，安全着陆的那一刻，他们再也承受不住那种疲劳，倒头便睡在了石块上。 也许是这几天实在是太累了，一波又一波的突发情况，让他们根本没有好好休息过一刻，尤其是查文斌，已经几天几夜没合眼了，他太想念熟睡的感觉了，以至于当危险再次降临的时候，没有人能够察觉到。 在睡梦中，查文斌感觉有一群小鬼正在纠缠着他，他使劲挥舞着衣袖，想要摆脱，一下子就被惊醒了。周围漆黑一片，除了“隆隆”的水声外，再无其他。前面那盏射灯离着自己倒是不远，想着还要赶路，查文斌顺手拿起来套在脑袋上。 他准备叫醒那两个人，临睡前，他是看见两人都先后上来了的，想必这会儿也睡着了，转过头去的一瞬间，一对血红的眼睛离他只有几厘米，他甚至可以感觉到对方呼出的热气喷在自己脸上。 查文斌一个下意识的动作，右手顺势拔出七星剑一挥，顿时传来一阵“吱吱吱”的乱叫声。查文斌仔细一看，只见前方一只巴蜀猿猴捂着胳膊已经跳出了老远，但是旁边还是站着好些猿猴，且个个手上都捏着石块，仿佛只要他动一下，立马就会招呼他一顿石头雨。 原来这群家伙又来了，想必是猿猴看着这群“仇人”在这睡觉，正准备搞个偷袭报仇呢。他看见这群猿猴里有一只之前没见过的，体型跟其他猿猴比要大上一倍，正被那一群猴子簇拥在中间，朝着他龇牙咧嘴，看样子应该是它们的首领。 查文斌叫了几声：“超子，卓雄，醒醒！”可旁边的两人睡得太熟了，根本没听见，查文斌又叫了几声，还是没反应。 可他这几声叫唤，已经刺激到了那群猿猴，那只最大的朝着他们这边慢腾腾地走了过来，距离查文斌也不过就两三米。 那猿猴挠着脑袋眼珠子滴溜溜地打着转儿，环顾着这里的五个人，看了半天，它把目光停留在了地上的冷怡然身上，嘴里流着哈喇子，朝着她爬了过去。 看那猿猴准备对小魔女动手，查文斌脑子里立马闪出两个字：不行！ 就在这一瞬间，也不知道是哪里来的力气，查文斌从随身背着的乾坤袋里掏出一张符纸来，好在这些东西都是装在牛皮纸里的，并没有打湿。电光石火之间，一道天师符朝着那猿猴射去，七星剑在空中一挥，“轰”的一声，符纸立刻燃烧了起来。 这动物多半都怕火，尤其是生活在这种地方的猿猴就更加害怕了，只见他身子作了一个停顿，转身就准备逃，可那毕竟是张符纸，燃烧的时间太短暂了。 猿猴还没往后退上三步，查文斌扔出去的那道天师符已经化为了灰烬。猿猴一看没火了，又被他这一手给刺激得更加愤怒了，新仇加旧恨，冲着冷怡然大步就跨了过来，眼瞅着就要抓住她了。 查文斌右手在石头上一撑，一个翻身，抓着七星剑就朝着猿猴刺去。那猿猴身手真是了得，只微微侧了下身，便躲过了这致命一击，顺手一把就捏住了查文斌的手臂，就那么一扭，查文斌觉得自己的手臂都要被扭断了。接着，那猿猴张开血盆大口，朝着他的脖子就啃了下来。 查文斌这会儿手被那巨猿捏着，动弹不得，就在这千钧一发的时刻，他猛地抬起右脚，狠狠朝着那巨猿的裆部踹去。 巨猿吃痛，身子往下一蹲，连带着查文斌也重重地摔倒在石头上。 这一人一猿同时跌倒，滚在了一起，这里本就是个斜坡，离瀑布口不过几米远，此刻双方抱在一起径直朝着悬崖边滚去。 查文斌和那猿猴跌到水里，眼看外面就是百米的瀑布，可那猿猴死不松手，就是掐着他不放，查文斌抓着七星剑也使不上力，只能由着地势往下走，等到耳边风声水声呼呼作响的时候，他明白，现在已经到了悬崖边了。 “超子、卓雄，你们要活着……走……出去！”这是查文斌留下的最后的呐喊，也叫醒了超子和卓雄。他们一睁开眼就看见查文斌被一只巨大的猿猴纠缠着往悬崖边滚去，一瞬间就没了踪影。 等两人赶到悬崖边时，除了隆隆的水声和一望无际的黑色，就是身后“吱吱吱”的猴子叫声。 等两人转身，一阵石头雨砸过来，超子也不躲避，脑门之上顷刻之间就留下了数个口子，鲜血直流，只是猴子可能不懂人的表情，它们不知道人的眼睛一旦变红，就不再是人了，而是杀神。 超子就是这样，此刻他的眼里已经布满了血色，不知是休息不够还是愤怒所致，查文斌跌下悬崖的那一幕始终在他脑中盘旋着，那一声“你们要活着走出去！”不停地在他耳边响起。 超子弯腰，右手搭在靴子上，电光石火之间，手臂一抖，一抹寒光掠过。“扑通”，一只巴蜀猿猴迎头栽倒在水中，浓浓的血水缓缓从河水里流淌出来，等到卓雄发现时，他的脚下已是一片红色。 “啊……啊……”超子愤怒了，他狂叫着冲向那群巴蜀猿猴。离他最近的那一只猿猴还来不及撤退，被他一把抓住后腿，在空中抡了一个圈后，狠狠地砸向旁边的岩石。“啪”的一声，那只巴蜀猿猴的脑壳已经碎了…… 转瞬间已经两只猴子送了命，加上之前的三只，已经有五只猿猴都是被这人所杀。猴子们向来也都是欺软怕硬，自己的老大刚刚滚下瀑布，这会儿正是群龙无首，它们当下“吱吱吱”地乱作一团，抱着脑袋四下逃窜，巴不得离这个杀神远一点。 超子见那些猿猴要逃，顺手拔出脚下那只猿猴身上的匕首就要去追。突然，“啪”的一声响起，就见一只猿猴后腿一弯，落在了地上。原来是卓雄，他扔出的石块准确地砸中了那只猿猴的后腿。 超子三步并作两步冲上去，一把提起那猿猴，准备再抡一圈！那猿猴也不是吃素的主，反应真是很快，扭过身子来一口就咬住了超子的右手，痛得超子“嘶”一声抽气，右手鲜血淋淋的。可他倒好，不但没松手，空着的左手一把捏住猿猴的脖子，“咔嚓”一声，那猿猴的脑袋一歪，脖子竟让超子给硬生生地拧断了！ 扔掉那只猿猴，超子转身走回悬崖边大声喊着查文斌的名字，半晌过去了，也没有得到一丝回应。而那群猿猴也都跑得没影了，想必这回是真怕了。 在卓雄给超子包扎伤口的时候，超子一句话都没说，只是脸上挂着两行泪，一阵风吹来，伴随着河水，一同流进了谷底。 听着奔腾的河水，超子使劲咬着自己的嘴唇，说道：“瞎子，我要下去找文斌哥！你在这儿看着他们。” “我下去，你的手还伤着！” 超子一把推开卓雄，道：“你给我听着，这回别跟我争！文斌哥让我们活着走出去，你就得留在这儿，万一那群猴子再来，你知道该怎么做。你在这上面等我三个小时，无论文斌哥是生是死，我都会上来，因为我得答应他要活着出去！”说完，他指着地上的老王和冷怡然，决绝地走向悬崖，一把抓住青铜链，往下爬去。 卓雄在上面除了祈祷还是祈祷，他甚至给他认为一直在保护着他的祖宗们跪下了，恳求他们保佑查文斌和超子能够平安归来，一百米的落差，没有受过专业训练的人摔下去不死也是重伤，更何况，这下面还有两个能食人的恶魔。 超子顶着无比的压力，艰难地再次回到水面，还好他们的木筏还在。顾不得抹去脸上的水珠，他跳上木筏，撑着树枝，到了湖面。 上面的卓雄看见了超子微弱的射灯光线，总算是松了一口气，起码他平安地下去了，现在能做的就是等待，他们很有可能已经失去了查文斌，老王和冷怡然也已经受伤了，超子是断然不能再失去了。 超子架着木筏，一边仔细地搜寻着动静，一边喊着查文斌的名字，可是任凭他喊破了喉咙也没有得到任何回应。突然他扫到不远处有一团黑影漂浮在水面上，赶紧划了过去，心里祈祷是查文斌。 走近一看，原来是那条修蛇，这条蛇现在已经白肚子朝上翻着了，超子壮着胆子试着用木棍捅了几下，那蛇并没有反应，看来应该是死了。 看着这么一条庞然大物漂浮在水面，超子心中想：这蕲蛇该有多毒？如此巨大的修蛇都命丧其口，要是人的话，有把握吗？文斌哥还在下面，看样子那蕲蛇也还活着，那……超子不敢再想。 他绕过蛇的尸体，使劲挥舞着手中的树枝，不放过任何一个角落，把整个湖面都仔细搜寻了一遍，就是不见查文斌的踪迹。 难不成是让水流给冲到下游去了？超子又架着木筏往外走，一直走到湖面的入口处，一个巨大的白色物体刚好卡住了窄小的河道。 他心头一紧，这不用说都知道是刚才那巨猿，于是他赶紧把木筏划了过去，心中念道：文斌哥可千万不能有事。 走过去一瞧，那白猿嘴边还挂着血泡，看样子是已经断气儿了，无奈它那身子过于巨大，超子用棍子鼓捣了半天，才勉强把它挪动了一点。绕到巨猿的身后一看，好家伙，它的胸口一片血红，心脏位置有一个宽约两手指的伤口还在汩汩地往外涌着鲜血。超子用手量了一下，这正是七星剑的宽度！ “这只巨猿是死于文斌哥之手！”超子叫道。 超子原本悬着的心，总算是松了一点下来，巨猿是被查文斌所杀，那么很有可能查文斌落水的时候还活着！ 否则这种致命伤，巨猿早在悬崖之上就毙命了，查文斌也就不会跟它一块儿跌落下来。 肯定了自己的想法之后，超子又回去把每个角落都搜寻了一遍，可还是没看见人影。 巨猿的身体一直卡在这出口，查文斌就算是顺水漂下去也该被拦在这里了，那只有两种可能：一种是被先冲了出去；一种就是沉入了湖底。 此时距离他下来已经过去两个多小时了，离他和卓雄约定的时间已经越来越近了，看着他们之前进来的那条幽深的河道，超子的眼泪不禁再次流了出来。他等得起，卓雄也等得起，但是老王和冷怡然还等得起吗？ 超子用力地蹬了一脚那巨猿，调转船头，向瀑布驶去。当他再次抓住青铜链的时候，朝着湖面看了最后一眼，一头钻进了瀑布的水流之中，不知道他有没有听见身后传来的那一声蛙叫：“咕呱……”