Chapter 24 Section 23 Head Pile

"I said, Da Qi, since you are in such a hurry, why don't you rent horses for everyone in that Kanas, isn't riding a horse much faster than walking with two legs?" Chu Feng struggled to pull out his right leg , while asking puzzledly. As soon as they turned over from the hillside over there, the team got stuck in the mud.Among all the people, the only one who was able to maintain a normal speed was Ling Ning who was riding on the back of the old horse Hua'er. "You think I don't want to rent a horse!" Da Qi answered Chu Feng angrily while pulling his other leg out of the mud, "When your little girl can control the horse to walk the first half of the mountain road, Maybe that little Arsrang can marry a wife! Besides, herdsmen come here on foot, and generally they don’t want to ride horses.”

"Why?" Chu Feng was puzzled.Wasn't it easy to rent a horse with Senea back then? "Do you still remember the boulder pile we passed just now? From there, it is their holy land!" Da Qi pouted, "Those herdsmen have a tradition of picking stone piles to worship, not to mention that this happened hundreds of thousands of years ago. The huge stone pile has long been regarded as a miracle by them. If you want to come here to worship, you can only come here on foot, not on horseback! This is their tradition. Besides, in our team, we can pass the first half of the journey on horseback How many people can there be on the steep mountain road? Either there will be an accident, or when they have practiced their riding skills, when will they have to wait?" Da Qi explained while cursing that this is difficult muddy ground.

When Chu Feng heard it, it was true.Many people think that Mani piles are unique to Tibetans. In fact, many nomadic peoples have the custom of worshiping stone piles. It is not surprising that Kazakh herdsmen living in this area have this custom.Thinking of the mountains that he climbed two days ago, Chu Feng also sighed. That section of the mountain road is really not something a novice can pass through on horseback, unless an old herdsman who has lived here for a long time may be able to ride a horse with his skilled horse control skills. Come up, but most of my party will definitely not be able to come up.No wonder this road is not high in altitude, but residents are extremely rare. It is already an exception to want to come to Senea's family!

Having figured out this point, Chu Feng had no choice but to resign himself to his fate and work hard to trudge through the mud, watching that girl Ling Ning easily walk to the end. "Ah!" Seeing that there was hope of getting out of this muddy swamp, Ling Ning, who was riding the old horse Hua'er and walking at the front of the team, suddenly screamed. "What?" As soon as Chu Feng heard the terrified cry, he didn't care about his exhaustion after negotiating with the mud for a long time, and immediately rushed over: "What's the matter?" "You, you, look!" Ling Ning was already trembling as he spoke.Unable to hold back, her body softened and she fell off the horse. Fortunately, Chu Feng was there to catch her.Without caring to say thank you, Ling Ning tilted his head, "vomit!" and vomited profusely.

Chu Feng looked up and couldn't help but also gasped. this is? The dense forest in front of me is the same as the one that everyone passed by just now, but there is a muddy swamp wrapped in the middle of the dense forest.Everyone has seen it before, and after passing this swamp, you will enter a deeper and denser forest.I didn't expect to go to the front and take a look, it's far from the case. There is no doubt that there are forests, and it looks like a wild forest.In the distance, there are many large trees with thick arms. In the high-altitude area of ​​the alpine zone, it will take at least several hundred years to grow to such a thick.But in the area facing the direction of the team, there was no forest, only some tall wooden piles arranged in an unknown order, with cages made of branches on top of the wooden piles.

At this time the sun was about to set, and the afterglow of the setting sun was shining on the cage in front of them. A young man's face dyed golden by the setting sun smiled ferociously at them! When Da Qi saw the young man's face, his expression became very ugly.Then the "little monk", Lao Xing and others arrived, their eyes were red all of a sudden. "What? Is it yours?" After all, Chu Feng was no better than those young people who had never seen him before. After a short period of discomfort, he immediately realized that the head on the stake in the front was so fresh, he must have been killed not long ago.Da Qi was very anxious along the way, always urging everyone to hurry, as if he was worried about something!Seeing his expression at this time, Chu Feng immediately guessed a little bit!

"Well! Although it is not directly under my jurisdiction now, it is also a soldier trained by Lao Tzu back then!" Da Qi stared at the three-meter-high tree stump without blinking, and said through gritted teeth. "Wow——" "Ouch——" Except for Daqi's men and Sangbu Chufeng, the young men in the team were all throwing up, probably even throwing up yesterday's stored food. "Captain! We..." "Little Monk" wanted to say something angrily, but was interrupted by Da Qi: "Okay, don't say anything, pass my order, from now on, level one alert! After finishing speaking, he waved his hand, meaning to let the "little monk" convey the order.

"Yes!" The "little monk" responded with a salute, and then went to tell his comrades. "Da Qi, look here, does it look familiar?" Chu Feng tried to distract Da Qi's attention.Da Qi's expression at this time was terrifying, like a wild beast that wanted to bite people.His eyes gradually turned red, and he was staring at the stake in front of him, wondering what he was thinking. "Da Qi! Look, doesn't this look familiar to you?" Seeing that Da Qi didn't respond to his words, Chu Feng raised his voice and said it again. "That's right, it's here! These stakes are the ones in the photo!" Da Qi still didn't say a word, but Sang Bu answered.

He didn't pay too much attention to the first two wooden stakes, but went to the front ones and carefully considered, "It's just that the first two are not in the photo!" Sang Bu is indeed an old archaeologist. Still very good at it.At that time, although there was a cage on the top of the wooden pile in the photo, it was dark, and it looked like there was a bunch of weeds on it. Otherwise, everyone should have known how dangerous this place is! "These stakes were not erected at the same time. They were divided into many batches!" Sangbu brought out his observation results, "From here, the more peripheral, the newer the stakes, and the further inward, the newer the stakes." The age of the pile is longer, and the age span of the wooden pile is very large. Compared with this brand-new wooden pile, the latest one is nearly a hundred years old. There is a human head on each wooden pile that has not decayed, and most of them except this one have died. Turned into bones, but it is certain that the functions of these wooden stakes are the same as the one in front of you!"

"Are there characters on the stake?" Chu Feng was very excited when he thought of the oracle bone inscriptions he saw on the photo! "That's right, they all have exactly the same characters!" Sang Bu worked very seriously, and he had already drawn those characters one by one. Seeing Chu Feng moving at this moment, he handed over the small notebook in which the characters were drawn in his hand. "Sure enough!" Chu Feng immediately confirmed what he was thinking when he saw these characters. "So what?" At this moment, Ling Ning, William and Wang Cong had already vomited, and finally calmed down. They walked over with pale faces, and heard Chu Feng talking to himself.

Hearing the sound, Chu Feng raised his head to look at the three young men, and seeing that they seemed to be a little ashamed, he did not rush to answer, and comforted them first: "Well, this is the first time you see this, right? Are you all right? His performance is pretty good, at least he didn't pee his pants in fright!" After hearing his words, Ling Ning's face became even paler, and she cursed in her heart: "What kind of comfort is this! You might as well not say it!" But after such an interruption, the initial fear of seeing the head in her heart subsided. few! After hearing this, William and Wang Cong felt even more ashamed, and lowered their heads! "Okay, okay! Don't you guys want to know what these characters mean? I'll tell you!" Seeing that he seemed to be comforting himself more and more, Chu Feng immediately changed the topic: "These characters were the first time we set off. It was shown in the photo before, and I saw it at the time and knew it was a warning, which means that no one is allowed to trespass here. It is this symbol, look!" Chu Feng pointed to a symbol on the notebook that looked a bit like a human head and showed it to Ling Ning and William, "This is the symbol of beheading in the ancient Jia script. The characters on these wooden stakes are a spell that was widely used in ancient times. Warn outsiders, don't enter, or you will be beheaded!" "Ah!" After hearing his explanation, Ling Ning felt uncomfortable again when he thought of the terrifying head he saw just now, and wanted to vomit.But she even vomited out the bitter gall water, there was nothing to vomit, she just retched non-stop. "This--ah!" Seeing her appearance, Chu Feng sighed helplessly!He looked at Da Qi who was still standing in front of the head pile with red eyes, and made a decision in his mind. The sun soon set over the mountainside.Da Qi still stood there blankly, as if he had forgotten his duty as the captain. Chu Feng sighed, and instead of trying to persuade Da Qi, he arranged for William and the others to leave the dense forest and find a relatively dry place to camp on the edge of the swamp. . At first, Chu Feng thought that the people under Da Qi would not listen to him, and he was ready to camp there.Whether it was Lao Xing or Zhang Guozhu, after hearing his words, they immediately executed them without saying a word, even the sentry posts were arranged, which made Chu Feng startled. By the time all the camping chores have been arranged, the smoke for dinner has already risen.Chu Feng returned to Da Qi who was still silently standing in front of the head pile. All the way close, Chu Feng felt that Da Qi's back at this time looked extremely lonely and extremely determined.Yes, absolutely!When Da Qi was young, he was the most forthright and optimistic among the four comrades in arms.Everyone felt that there was nothing difficult in the world in Da Qi's eyes.Even though he had a head-to-head encounter with small-scale enemies on the battlefield back then, Da Qi was still cheerful.It seemed that nothing could knock him down, why did he show such determination today? Chu Feng knew that Da Qi was definitely feeling uncomfortable right now, and what he was going to say might make him feel even worse, but he had to say it. "Why didn't you take this brother down?" Chu Feng also faced the head stake and stood beside Da Qi. "When we go back, we will definitely take him with us. Now is not the time!" Unexpectedly, Da Qi answered him. "Let the three young people go back!" Chu Feng said in an unquestionable tone. "Young man? Who are you referring to?" Da Qi immediately turned around after hearing this, and asked aggressively. "You know it well! Ling Ning, William, and Xiao Wang are the three of them. It's best to let Team Sang take them back!" Chu Feng didn't seem to sense Da Qi's bad tone at all, and continued to speak in a deep voice. "What? Isn't my subordinate young? The 'little monk' is only 21 years old. The one in front of you is only 19, and he has just enlisted in the army for less than a year!" His veins bulged, and Chu Feng, who knew him well, knew that he was on the verge of losing his temper. But Chu Feng knew that there were some things he had to say: "They are soldiers! They have a responsibility..." "Bullshit! Their life is not life? Yours is more precious? How can there be such a reason in the world? They are also raised by their fathers and mothers!" With the last sound, Da Qi almost howled, startling countless birds in the forest. . Chu Feng also knew that he was mixed with heartache, worry, self-blame, and hatred, and it seemed that he couldn't bear it.Hearing the mournful cry of his former comrade-in-arms, he also felt sore, he couldn't speak the words that were on his lips! After howling, Da Qi quickly turned around and turned his back to Chu Feng. Unable to see his expression, Chu Feng also knew that he was very uncomfortable, but he felt that he had to finish the sentence: "Da Qi, I know you are in a bad mood now, and I can understand it. But the problem is that we can't be so unkind. Responsibly drag those young men who have not received the slightest training into a situation that they know to be dangerous. I am also very sad that your soldiers died. But please think about it calmly, your specially trained men will be there This place is dying, not to mention those young people in our team who have no military training at all, and can even be said to be powerless. I am not saying that their lives are precious, but that they are completely incapable of dealing with such a danger! They're not fair! Please be reasonable!" "Fair? Huh! No way! As long as you have participated in this operation, no one can quit halfway. This is a deadly order! I don't think you need me to repeat our discipline to you!" Da Qi still turned his back to Chu Feng, But judging from the way his shoulders shrugged, it was clear that he was still very emotional. "I'm just unfair, so what!" "You are simply unreasonable!" Chu Feng didn't expect Da Qi to say such stupid words, pointing at him, his fingers trembling, he was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time!