Chapter 1143 Mountain Temple (22)
The Taihang Mountains are full of mud.
The five prostitutes were entangled with each other, chasing the light emitted by the red lantern, walking one foot deep and one foot shallow in the mud.
A prostitute accidentally stepped on the air, and her little foot, which was tightly wrapped in rags, got stuck in a crack in the mountain. She couldn't get her foot out of the crack in the mountain, and she screamed repeatedly: "My foot is stuck. My feet..."
"What's wrong?"
"Let me see……"
The other prostitutes did not abandon their companion.
They have fallen to such a stage, and they have more feelings of sympathy for each other. In the past, they were jealous of each other in the brothels and prostitutes' villages, and their ambitions of fighting for favors and seeking credit have long been burnt all over by Turtle Master's fire chopsticks. His skin, the bowls of 'Dabai Poison Soup' that the doctor forcibly drank, all dissipated when the thugs hit him on the stomach with sticks, knocking out the fetus in his belly.
We are both fallen people in the world, and each of them is about to die soon. Naturally, we can help each other whenever we can.
‘Chuan Bao’er’ held a red lantern and thrust the lantern in front of the fallen prostitute.
The red firelight reflected the true situation of the prostitute who fell to the ground——
One of her legs under her skirt was caught between two giant tree roots exposed to the air. Mud and gravel were immersed around her leg, making it impossible for her to break free.
'Chuan Bao'er' followed the veins of the tree roots and looked ahead, and saw that half of a huge tree that must be hundreds of years old had collapsed, and most of the roots of the giant tree were separated from the rocks and soil. , exposed.
There seems to be a dark place hidden behind the tangle of roots.
"Sister Cui, don't be afraid, you can move away, nothing will happen...
Come on, everyone, please lend a hand and move these two pieces of wood to the side..." Chua Bao'er lowered his head and placed the red lantern on a flat stone, letting the firelight reflect the fallen prostitute Xiao Cui as much as possible. "The situation around Xiao Cui's legs, and then he called the other companions to help clean up the mud around Xiao Cui's legs, completely exposing the two tree roots that entangled Xiao Cui's legs.
Xiaocui's eyes were red and she shed tears: "Sister Chuai, thank you so much, thank you so much...
I shouldn't have talked to the manager in the past, and it was all my fault that he took your hidden money... You knew what I was doing was wrong, but you were still willing to help me. I, I really don't know how to thank you. …
If I can survive, I will work as a horse for you from now on..."
"It's already this time, why are you still talking about the past?"
Chubao'er's face was covered with scars left by burning her skin with chopsticks. The dark red or purple scars covered her face, but they could not suppress the 'yangmeizi' clustered around the scars. She lowered her head Holding her head, she heard the sound and stabilized Xiaocui, while she and several other prostitutes broke off a section of the tree root.
"Let's work together to break open the roots of this tree."
"Sister Cui, if you feel your feet are relaxed later, take them out quickly!"
Xiaocui nodded in agreement.
Several prostitutes hugged the tree root that was several times thicker than their thighs, pursed their lips, and pushed hard in one direction -
"Hey--"
“It’s a little loose!
I still can’t move my legs! "
"It's getting looser!"
Xiao Cui kept talking and kept turning her ankle, trying to pull her foot back.
When the four companions heard her words, they were all encouraged, and they used more and more force on their hands. Finally, Xiao Cui felt that the pressure on her ankles completely disappeared. The foot that was stuck in the root of the tree was withdrawn!
She burst into tears of joy!
However, at this moment, a strong sound came from behind her!
Boom! Boom!
Rumble——
Several prostitutes raised their heads and looked behind Xiaocui, and saw the giant tree that had half collapsed during the earth dragon's turn. It seemed that most of the support was missing now, and it was like pushing a golden mountain toppling a jade pillar. It collapsed in one direction, and the huge tree crown was wrapped in mud and rocks, rumbling down!
The five prostitutes turned pale!
At this moment, even if they wanted to escape and do anything to deal with it, they couldn't!
Just moving the tree roots that pressed down on Xiaocui's ankles had already consumed most of their strength. Even if they had the intention to do so, they were unable to save their lives. They could only watch helplessly as the giant tree was being carried away by the mudslide and heading toward them. Falling down——
Boom!
The sound of the giant tree collapsing due to the silt was heard for a dozen breaths, and then gradually subsided.
The prostitutes were still standing.
The rolling mudslide stopped just ten feet away from the front of them, and did not continue to flood forward.
Several prostitutes stared blankly at the mudslide that stopped in front of them. The branches of the big tree stretched out tenaciously from the mud and threw out many mud particles, which splashed on several prostitutes.
"Good fortune and good fortune!"
A certain prostitute named 'Qiao'er' took a long breath and suddenly shouted!
"If one survives, there will be future fortunes!"
"You will be blessed later!"
All the prostitutes were brought back to life by Qiaoer's screams. They wiped their tears and muttered in low voices.
At this time, this sudden mudslide flooded the mountain road and cut off the prostitutes' path. Several of them did not have the courage to step into the mud and climb over the newly formed slope.
It's getting darker.
The mountain breeze at night was freezing cold.
Chuanbaoer picked up the red lantern on the stone next to her. The sudden mudslide did not sweep away the red lantern. A little firelight at this time could bring infinite comfort to her companions.
She held the red lantern and shone it around, then looked at the place where the big tree had supported her.
The outline of the dark place became clearer.
"Look, does it look like a small temple there?" Chuanbaoer said to her companions.
Her companions were attracted by her words and looked in the direction of the lantern. After the muddy flow was swept away, the outline of the dark place became clearer. It was a mountain temple embedded in the mountain!
After the shock of the mudslide, the mountain temple remained motionless and there was no sign of collapse.
"It's a temple!"
"Is it the mountain god temple?"
"That temple is quite solid. It hasn't collapsed even in this state..."
"It's getting colder outside. How about we..."
Several prostitutes thought of the same thing.
When they were still somewhat pretty, they were either serving customers in brothels divided into different levels, or being punished to "kneel and burn incense" to set rules. They rarely came into contact with the outside world and had no experience of survival in the wild.
Now that they have encountered danger in a place, it is best to get away from it quickly to avoid the chain reaction that may occur later.
These prostitutes did not have this common sense. They gathered together boldly and approached the dark place.
The red lanterns illuminated the mountain temple with black tiles, black painted walls and black wooden doors. The two temple doors were tightly closed, and the situation inside could not be seen clearly.
Chuan Baoer handed the lantern to a prostitute next to her. She took the initiative to reach out and pushed the two temple doors hard, but did not push them open.
"It's blocked inside, we can't push it open..." Chuan Baoer said to her companions with some disappointment.
"Let's work together and try again!"
Several prostitutes responded one after another. They put their lanterns aside, put their shoulders against the two dark doors, and pushed them forward with all their strength. The two wooden doors groaned under the heavy load, and gradually cracked open a gap that was only wide enough for people to pass by!
At this time, Chuan Baoer picked up the lantern again and stuck it into the gap, reflecting the situation inside the temple:
Some stones and tree roots were piled up in the temple, blocking the two temple doors.
Those stones and tree roots all came from the direction opposite the temple door. There was no temple wall in the direction opposite the temple door, only a deeper cave.
Under the light of the lanterns, the prostitutes could see that the environment in the temple was relatively dry. Several tables were collapsed in the pile of rocks. There was a half-wall of firewood piled up against the side wall of the small temple. There were several candles in the old incense burner...
The red lanterns alone gave the prostitutes a reason to go deep into the temple.
It was cold and damp outside, and the mountain wind was howling like ghosts.
The temple was very dry, and there was firewood left by the predecessors.
At first glance, this place seemed to be a good place to shelter from the wind!