851, Kunlun River (1/2)
The host's wife, Wang Shoujie, stood in the crowd. When she heard what Zhou Bo said, her hands, wrapped in black cloth, were pressed against her lower abdomen. She was very nervous.
Su Wu turned to look at her and asked her, "At that time, you and your husband led people away from the large group and went deep into the dense forest. What did you experience?"
Wang Shoujie bowed to Su Wu and said in a hoarse voice, "To be honest, benefactor, I was in the carriage at that time. Although I followed my husband into the dense forest, I was very frightened and did not dare to observe the outside world. I only heard the movement outside.
When the noises stopped, I was about to lift the curtain to observe the outside world - Zhou Guotou had already walked forward, and I was already outside the dense forest. .
The brothers who followed my husband said that they saw a tall memorial archway in the dense forest.
On the memorial archway hung a plaque with the words "The Origin of Humanity, Blessing the Country".
-- A memorial archway suddenly appeared in a deep forest in the wilderness. Everyone thought it was weird and wanted to avoid it and go somewhere else. However, every time they avoided it and tried to find a new way, they would always return to it.
My husband thought that he might have encountered a situation of "ghost wall" or "ghost covering his eyes", so he was angry. Firecrackers were set off, and various attempts were made to scare away the evil spirits and dispel the "self-delusion", but all these attempts were useless. As a last resort, someone suggested that we mark the way along the way and find our way out separately. My husband agreed to this suggestion.
My husband took me and more than ten brothers to go from the south.
Others broke out from the north, east, or west.
But my husband marked the way along the way and went forward along the east. After walking a long way, he still saw the memorial archway in a clearing in the forest.
He made up his mind. , led everyone through the memorial archway and walked out——
After passing through the memorial archway, not long after, I heard a roar of people and horses outside. The strong horse pulling me obviously sped up, and then we left the dense forest.
——Other brothers who were looking for the way separately also walked out of the dense forest one after another.
They all said that after many attempts to find the way, they gritted their teeth and passed through the memorial archway, and then walked out of the dense forest.
Only my husband disappeared in the deep forest..."
After Mrs. Wang finished speaking, she sobbed softly.
Zhou Bo frowned slightly, wanting to say something but stopping.
Su Wu's intention spread here, silently covering the whole scene. He opened his eyes between his eyebrows, and the figure of Wang Shoujie was reflected in his eyes——regardless of his current intention and the six-day ghost's true pupil, he did not find any abnormal fluctuations in Wang Shoujie's emotions and behavior when he spoke.
——From his observation, Wang Shoujie did not lie in his words.
He turned to look at Zhou Bo.
Zhou Bo got the hint from his eyes, clasped his fists slightly to Wang Shoujie, and then said to Su Wu: "At that time, the wife of the host appeared outside the dense forest with a group of brothers. When I asked her about the details, she did not mention that she had seen a memorial archway in the deep forest.
The other brothers did not mention this matter either.
Many of those people were close friends with Zhou, and they had been through life and death together.
They did not tell me such an important thing..."
Zhou Bo spoke with a dazed look in his eyes.
"The situation was tense at the time, and I was worried about my husband's whereabouts. I was in a trance and ignored this extremely important matter for a while." Mrs. Wang said in a low voice, "As for the other brothers, why didn't they tell Zhou Guotou about such an important situation? I really don't know what they think..."
Zhou Bo shook his head and said nothing.
Before experiencing the internal strife of the caravan, he thought he and his brothers were in the same boat and everyone had the same thoughts. But after this incident, he was somewhat disheartened. Everyone has their own thoughts. He thought that everyone was of one mind, but in fact, it was not the case.
He thought that he and the other party were close friends and could be loyal to each other, but the other party might not think so.
So it was not surprising that he did not tell me this secret.
There were many differences between what Wang Shoujie and Zhou Bo said, but Su Wu observed the minds and souls of the two and did not see any abnormal fluctuations between their minds and souls - what they said seemed to be true.
Su Wu looked calm, looked at the surrounding caravan members, and asked: "How did you know that the 'life and death grass' can cure the 'Guanyin soil disease' and the seven-leaf life and death grass can cut off the root of the disease?"
"When we passed through that disaster area, we heard the rumor that the life and death grass can cure this strange disease.
After entering the secret storage area, we verified it a little and found that the rumor was true." Zhou Bo responded to Su Wu, "But we don't know where the rumor came from."
The surrounding caravan members nodded one after another.
"Do you still have the life and death grass?" Su Wu asked again.
The caravan members looked at each other in bewilderment.
Chen Bing shook his head and said, "The life and death grass is quite rare. We urgently need this herb to relieve our own 'Guanyin soil disease'. Often, after buying this herb in a place, we use it up within two or three days. We don't have any extra herbs."
Su Wu looked at the soles of Chen Bing, Zhou Bo and others' feet after they took off their shoes and socks.
The soles of several people's feet were covered with yellow mud shells, and the medicinal effect of the life and death grass had disappeared.
"In what kind of environment does this kind of herb grow?" Su Wu asked.
Chen Bing frowned and pondered for a while, then replied: "When I purchased the Grass of Life and Death, I also asked the people in the Hidden Area about this. They said that this kind of medicinal herb mostly grows in the cold, dry ditches and ridges. We bought the Grass of Life and Death along the way, It was even discovered that this herb is abundant in some places, while in other places the common people, chiefs, and even local lords have never seen this herb.”
While talking, Chen Bing signaled Zhou Bo with his eyes.
Zhou Bo understood on the spot and took out a parchment scroll from his arms.
Unfolding the sheepskin scroll, a hand-drawn map outlined with mineral materials appeared in Su Wu's eyes.
That map covered most of the present-day Hidden Area, as well as the Sichuan and Yunnan borders adjacent to the Hidden Area.
Chen Bing pointed at several locations on the map, and Su Wu could easily find that the directions pointed by Chen Bing were all close to the "Tianji Sea", a large river that traversed the Hidden Area from west to east.
“The areas where there are a lot of grasses of life and death are all the tributaries and distributaries of the ‘Tianji Sea’ river in the Hidden Area. Now, there is no trickle of river water left in those tributary areas.
Tianjihai is the name used by people in the Mizog region for this river.
In the Han Dynasty, this river was also called the "Kunlun River" and "Kunlun Sea".
This river rushes down from the highest point of the Kunlun Snow Mountains and runs through the entire secret area.
——Perhaps there are unknown things in the Kunlun Mountains, which once irrigated the land that the Kunlun Sea passed through, causing this kind of grass of life and death to grow on those lands, which can relieve the "Guanyin soil disease".
What's more likely - there is a deep connection between the things that exist in the Kunlun Mountains and the strange disease that appears in a certain place in Sichuan and Sichuan - the 'Guanyin Earth Disease'! "Chen Bing told Su Wu in a deep voice their caravan's judgment and speculation on the matter.
"Tianji Sea, Kunlun Sea..."
Su Wu whispered to himself.
The ‘Daxueshan Temple’ is built on the snowy mountains of the Kunlun Mountains.
According to the ancient legend of the secret area, the heaven where Zhu Lu is located - the 'Yuanri Sacred Mountain' - is also located in the Kunlun Mountains.
Jinglian immersed himself in the hot springs at the top of the Snowy Mountain and obtained the book of prophecy - the 'Book of Treasures'. The Book of Treasures foreshadowed the emergence of all the secret treasures. However, when people read the Book of Treasures, they could only It is impossible to get a full picture of the book by looking at one or more pages.
Su Wu still has a page of 'terma paper' in his hand.
"It seems that if you can escape from the stone temple, do you want to go to the source of the 'Tianji Sea'?
Trying to get the seven-leaf grass of life and death along the way? "Su Wu looked at the map and already knew the future goals of this caravan.
Zhou Bo, Chen Bing and others all nodded in response.
Zhou Bo raised his eyes and looked at the blood-stained golden Buddha covered with stitches in the temple. He turned back and tentatively said to Su Wu: "But this stone temple is so weird. If you want to escape from here, I'm afraid you won't be able to escape from it." So easy..."
When Su Wu heard the words, he knew the hidden meaning.
He smiled and said: "This stone temple is not the biggest obstacle for you to reach the source of Tianji Sea.
The biggest obstacle lies in your local disease of Guanyin. "
Pointing to Zhou Bo's feet that were covered in yellow mud shells, Su Wu continued: "Looking at the progress of this disease, I'm afraid that in five or seven days, the loess will be buried from your ankles to your heads. In five or seven days, what do you think?" It is impossible to walk from here to the foot of the Kunlun Mountains, the source of the Tianji Sea."
Zhou Bo and others looked slightly happy when they heard that Su Wu said that the current Stone Temple was not the biggest obstacle to their trip.
Suddenly he knew that Su Wu had a way to take them out of this strange stone temple.
But as Su Wu pointed with his fingers and saw his feet, the joy on everyone's faces gradually disappeared.
"If we can find the grass of life and death along the way, if we walk and consume all the time, we should still have a slight chance of reaching the foot of the Kunlun Mountains." Zhou Bo hesitated.
"There's not much chance." Su Wu shook his head.
Chen Bing looked at Su Wu, but something moved in his heart - he suddenly bowed to Su Wu and saluted, and said: "Does Mr. Su have a way? If there is a way to delay the progression of this strange disease in my body, wait until I find it." After obtaining the Seven-Leaf Grass of Life and Death and solving my own illness, I am willing to serve my benefactor as my master and do my best for my benefactor!”
The members of the Horse Gang immediately reacted after hearing this!
Some are hesitant;
Some people stand indifferent;
Some people also cupped their fists and saluted Su Wu, saying in unison: "The same goes for us!"
Although these people join the caravan, they are not the brothers of the caravan owner. It is normal for them to defect to other caravans and caravans. Now, they have no reason to switch to the new owner in front of the old owner’s wife. burden.
Zhou Bo looked around, then turned back to look at Su Wu, who had a dull expression. He also bowed to Su Wu and saluted: "If I can alleviate the progression of the disease in my lower body, I am willing to pay with my life!"
At this time, many people followed Zhou Bo and saluted Su Wu: "I am willing to repay you with my life!"