Niutou Mountain didn't look high, but when they entered the mountain, they realized that what they had seen before was only the side of Niutou Mountain, and in order to reach the place where the old man who was proficient in Miao Gu lived, they had to climb two hills, and both of them were much higher than the sides of the ridge they had seen before.
After crawling for more than an hour, Shen Meng and the others were tired enough, and the young man named Shi Hu seemed to be fine, his steps were still vigorous and powerful, and there was no sign of losing his strength.
Qin Hai didn't feel tired, he took the thermos kettle off his body and handed it to Shen Meng, then walked to Shi Hu's side, handed over a bottle of water, and said with a smile: "It's hard work, drink saliva." ” Because Shi Hu has read books for a few years, he can understand Qin Hai's Mandarin and can speak a few words, patted the kettle on his waist and said shyly: "I have water." ” Qin Hai smiled, no longer insisted, put away the water bottle and said, "Don't be embarrassed, please take us into the mountain today, it should be us thank you!"
Then he took out a cigarette case from his pocket and handed one to Shi Hu, "Come, try this." ” Don't look at Shi Hu's age, his smoking action is very neat, and after a while, he took the cigarette and smoked it deliciously.
The friendship between men sometimes comes as simple as that, after smoking half a cigarette together, Shi Hu doesn't seem to be so strange to Qin Hai, he will answer whatever Qin Hai asks, and he knows everything.
After a while, Qin Hai looked at the mountains in the distance and asked, "By the way, are there any other villages around here?"
” "Yes!"
Shi Hu pointed to the mountain to the east and said, "There is a village over that mountain, called Dongshanzhai." ” Qin Hai looked in the direction of Shi Hu's finger, the mountain was not high, and the distance was not far, it was only two hours away from Qingwangzhai at most, and if there was a shortcut in the mountain col, it would be even closer.
"It doesn't seem to be too far apart, should the people of the two of you in the village have frequent contacts?"
"yes!"
"Do you know that there is a man in their village who is about as tall as you, with a scar on his forehead, a few years older than you, and a sturdy young man?"
"Nope!"
Shi Hu hurriedly finished speaking, his face was stunned, and he quickly explained: "I don't go over there much, and I listen to others for a lot of things!"
After speaking, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and he weakly lowered his head and threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it with his foot.
Qin Hai took in Shi Hu's appearance, it seemed that Shi Ah Gong had already explained to this Shi Hu before going up the mountain, otherwise this kid would not have deliberately concealed it.
Later, no matter what Qin Hai asked, Shi Hu seemed very wary, either answering the wrong question, or simply pretending not to understand Qin Hai's words, Qin Hai didn't bother to ask again, and the group rested for a while before continuing to set off towards the destination.
After climbing the mountain road for about an hour, a memorial arch finally appeared on the hillside in front of me, Shi Hu pointed to the memorial arch and said: "There is a temple there, and my third uncle lives in that broken temple." ” When he was resting just now, Shi Hu said that the old man who lived on the mountain was his third uncle, who was over sixty years old this year, and it was for this reason that Shi Ah Gong chose Shi Hu to take them up the mountain.
Seeing the archway, including Qin Hai, they were all surprised, but they didn't expect to see the archway in this deep mountain, and even more, there is a temple on it.
Under the excitement, several people temporarily forgot their fatigue, accelerated their pace and continued to climb, and it didn't take long to come to the bottom of the stone archway.
The memorial arch is built of bluestone taken on the spot on Niutou Mountain, I don't know how many years of wind and rain it has experienced, it has been mottled, and it is full of the vicissitudes of history.
However, there are three words on the archway that are still vaguely visible, carved with three big characters of "Qingyun Temple", it seems that it should be the name of the temple on the mountain.
Du Meiqi was very interested in the archway, and took out a single-lens reflex camera to click on the archway and the surrounding scenery, if it wasn't for Shen Meng's urging, I don't know when to shoot.
After passing under the archway, continuing to walk, and climbing up the hillside, a dilapidated temple appeared in front of Qin Hai and them.
The temple is not big, looking through a one-person high wall, there are only one large, two small and three rooms, the eaves of the middle hall have been seriously weathered and corroded, the red vermilion paint has fallen very little, and one of the corners has even collapsed, as if the whole hall will collapse at any time.
There was a circular arch on the outermost wall, and Qin Hai and the others walked through the arch under the leadership of Shi Hu into the temple, and a stone path led directly to the main hall in the middle.
At this moment, a faint scent of sandalwood suddenly wafted out from the main hall in the middle.
Could it be that in addition to Shi Hu's third uncle, there are also monks here?
Qin Hai and Shen Meng glanced at each other, and both of them had some surprise in their eyes.
Seeing the temple full of vicissitudes, Du Meiqi's eyes lit up again, and she took a single-lens reflex camera to click and shoot, and then trotted all the way to the main entrance of the main hall and took pictures inside.
"Maggie, don't run around!"
Shen Meng hurriedly shouted, but at this moment, when Du Meiqi was about to raise her foot and cross the threshold in front of the temple gate, she suddenly covered her stomach and frowned, and then knelt directly on the ground, screaming in pain.
"Maggie!"
Shen Meng was shocked and hurriedly ran over.
Qin Hai frowned slightly, and said to Miao Qing next to him: "There are strange things here, be careful."
After speaking, he took Miao Qing's hand and walked forward quickly.
After only a while, Du Meiqi was already sweating profusely in pain, Shen Meng checked her pulse, looked at her tongue coating again, and her expression became very solemn.
After handing Du Meiqi over to Miao Qing, she got up and shouted: "Senior Shi, we have something to ask for, we don't want to offend you, if you don't agree, we will go down the mountain immediately, and never come to disturb your Qing Xiu again!"
” Shi Hu also shouted into the main hall: "Third uncle, I am Shi Hu." ” After a while, an old man in a black cotton robe came out from behind the Bodhisattva in the middle of the main hall, the old man's waist was a little rickety, his face was thin and cold, and his eyes were cold.
After seeing Shi Hu, he quickly stepped forward and asked, "Huzi, who are these people?"
” Shi Hu said: "Third uncle, they are all doctors, and they also treated the people in the whole village yesterday, and Ah Gong asked me to bring them to see you." ” Shen Meng saluted the old man, "Hello, old man, we just went up the mountain to ask you about something, not to offend you." ” The old man waved his hand again and again, turned around and returned to the back of the Bodhisattva statue, and when he reappeared, there was an extra teacup in his hand, which contained half a cup of black water, and he didn't know what it was.
"Feed her to drink, just drink it!"
Shen Meng took the water cup and carefully asked Du Meiqi to drink all the water inside.
After a while, Du Meiqi suddenly vomited out a puddle of yellow water, and there was a small black insect in it, which looked like a fly, but it was different from a fly, not only with a hard shell on its back, but also a slender spike at the front end, which made people creepy when they looked at it.
Miao Qing's face changed in fright, and she hurriedly turned around and retreated, hiding behind Qin Hai and hugging his arm tightly.