When we arrived at Shennongjia, it was already noon. During the meal, Hua Guoan asked Wang Kun to find a tour guide, saying that he would do nothing for the next two days and enjoy a good tour of Shennongjia.
So, in three days, under the leadership of the local tour guide, Hua Guoan, Wang Kun, Ye Han and the silent driver, the four of them thoroughly visited all the major tourist attractions in Shennongjia.
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Ye Han didn't know what Hua Guoan meant. Since he was asked to travel, he had a great time. But Hua Guoan had always been preoccupied. From time to time, he would take out his secrets and put them together to watch carefully. Later, Ye Han found out that Hua Guoan
Guoan was studying the terrain in order to find the location drawn on the map. From time to time, he asked the tour guide for some ancient place names. The tour guide was not a local and knew little about it. Later, Hua Guoan would spend money to find an elderly person wherever he went.
, I asked about local legends and ancient place names, and then I got some clues.
Think about it, the general outlines of these three secret books were all written by Hua Tuo, and then passed on to the three most capable disciples. It was the late Eastern Han Dynasty, which was more than 1,800 years ago. At that time, he
The Shennong Cauldron was buried in Shennongjia, but after more than a thousand years of changes, Shennongjia has already changed.
Maybe Shennongjia was just a big mountain at that time, but now it has been developed into a tourist attraction, and many buildings have been built on it in the past dynasties. There is no guarantee that the place on the map still exists.
After returning from the trip on the third day, the driver carried Hua Guoan back to the room. Hua Guoan asked the driver to call Wang Kun and Ye Han into his room.
Ye Han and Wang Kun arrived at Hua Guoan's room one after another and saw Hua Guoan sitting on the bed, lowering his head to study the Bagua books and pictures in his hands. No one made a sound. Except Hua Guoan, no one present could read from those words.
Look at the map.
Hua Guoan raised his head, glanced at Ye Han and Wang Kun, and said slowly: "It has been three days since I came to Shennongjia, and I have visited all the tourist attractions in Shennongjia. These days I have been looking at the terrain and gossip.
I made some comparisons with the maps in the book. It wasn’t until today that I discovered that the location of the map in the Bagua book is in the Songluo Township area. I remember that there is a river and an ice cave there, which are all similar to the Bagua.
The map in the book matches very well.”
"So, we are going to Song Luo Township tomorrow?" Ye Han asked.
"It's not tomorrow, it's tonight."
"tonight?"
Hua Guoan nodded and said: "There are many tourists during the day, so it is not very convenient. At night, the tourist attractions are closed, and few people visit. We will go to Songluo Township tonight and return early tomorrow morning. I have all the equipment for night travel.
They are all prepared one by one, and each of you brings one set."
As soon as he finished speaking, the driver threw two large travel bags over from the bedside. They were bulging and heavy as soon as they were put in their hands.
Ye Han opened his backpack and saw that there was a flashlight, a folding shovel, and a sharp multi-functional Swiss Army knife. In addition, there was the most important thing, which was a down jacket. It was May weather at this time,
The weather is extremely hot, but it is as cool as spring in the mountains. Although the temperature difference between day and night is large, it is not necessary to wear a down jacket.
He wanted to ask, but then he suddenly remembered that there was an ice cave in Songluo Township. This ice cave was very magical. The winter inside the cave was as warm as spring, and the warmth was melting. From late spring to early summer, the cave was as cold as severe winter;
In the cave, the spring water is biting, the cold is overwhelming, ice curtains hang on the cave walls, icicles stand in the cave, and jade trees and flowers are everywhere, just like the ice in the Dragon Palace and Jade Palace in summer. The freezing time is usually in July, and the ice starts in August.
It melts, and in autumn the water is clear and flowing again. Therefore, the cave is called "Ice Cave". The mountain is named "Ice Cave Mountain" because of the cave, and it is also famous all over the world because of the cave.
As for the origin of the ice cave, folklore says that Emperor Yan Shennong was the ancestor of the south, in charge of summer, and had a close relationship with the black emperor of the north who was in charge of winter. In order to ensure that the people's food did not freeze in winter and rot in summer, they discussed with the black emperor to order the ice cave.
The subordinates exchanged their time on duty in the cave. From then on, the ice cave was under the control of Black Emperor in summer and Yan Emperor in winter, so the climate was completely opposite to that of the outside world.
On the first day he came to Shennongjia, Ye Han went there for a tour, and then he realized the wonderful use of down jackets.
After everyone was ready, the driver picked up Hua Guoan and left the hotel together. They first drove along the road to Songluo Township. After arriving at Songluo Township, they parked the car in a parking lot built in the mountains.
A group of four people picked up their travel bags and started walking.
Hua Guoan's legs were disabled and he could not walk, so he had no choice but to bear the burden of being carried by the driver. The driver was strong and carried Hua Guoan on his back all the way, but he did not complain at all and instead walked quickly on the flat ground.
For several days in a row, Ye Han never said a word to the driver, nor did he hear a word from the driver. Most of them acted based on Hua Guoan's eyes, and Wang Kun also knew little about who the driver was.
All I know is that this middle-aged man has been with Hua Guoan for a long time. He has never spoken to this driver. He only knows that the driver's surname is Mo.
On the way, Ye Han learned that the place Hua Guoan was going to was Bingdong Mountain, but Bingdong Mountain was on the west side of the Songluo River. To go to Bingdong Mountain, you had to pass through the Songluo River. It was already night and almost all tourist attractions were closed.
But when the group arrived at the Songluo River, they discovered that there was a small boat parked by the river, waiting here early. The owner of the boat greeted Hua Guoan and his group warmly when they saw their arrival.
After getting on the boat, Hua Guoan casually gave the boat owner a wad of banknotes, and the boat owner happily accepted it. Only then did Ye Han understand what it means to have money that can make all the difference.
It turned out that Hua Guoan had already determined that Bingdong Mountain was the place marked in the Bagua book and map on the first day of travel. However, in order not to attract other people's attention, he continued to visit for two more days and walked around. At the same time, in
At night, I asked Driver Mo to go out and spend money to find a local boat and make an appointment to take them to Bingdong Mountain that evening.
Ye Han still admired Hua Guoan's work efficiency.
The Songluo River runs through the entire Songluo Township. The riverbed at the bottom of the mountain canyon is a wide and flat shoal. Although the water flow is relatively fast and the snow is splashing, the water is clear to the bottom. A bright moon hangs in the sky, reflecting the silver-gray moonlight, and the leaves
Han could clearly see the various colored pebbles on the bottom of the river.
However, except that this section of the river is relatively gentle, the same is not true for the middle and upper sections of the Songluo River. The Songluo River originates from the northern slope of Motian Ridge and is only 30 kilometers long, but its altitude drops sharply by 1,200 meters. From south to north, it flows straight down and gallops.
Howling and singing all the way. Jiadao River is the middle section of Songluo River. The water flows through the mountains and walls. The canyon is only a hundred meters wide, with steep cliffs, green trees and thick clouds. It is deserted and deserted, except for the scattered circling of goshawks. There is silence in the canyon.
Occasionally there are birds chirping.
There is such a local folk song: "The nose of the king of hell is at the gate of hell. The fortune is told on the Naihe bridge. The soldiers are on the rock, and the gazebo is on the terrace. After crossing the overpass, Song Luolai comes." It sings about the dangerous scenery of the Jiadao River. The nose of the king of hell refers to the spine of a knife.
There are strange rocks hanging out of the peaks, and a deep pool below the peak; Guimen Pass is a stone cave about 17 meters long, and pedestrians must crawl through the cave slowly; Bingpan Stone is related to Xue Gang, the grandson of Xue Rengui, and it is said that Xue Gang
I passed by here during the anti-Tang Dynasty, and there are still horse hoof prints on the stone. Wangxiangtai is a towering giant peak with a flat peak at the top. Mountain people who were far away from their hometown in the past would pass by this place and look back at the mountains and rivers of their hometown with tears in their eyes.
After a tortuous waterway, the group finally arrived at Bingdong Mountain. Bingdong Mountain is located in the middle and upper section of the river on the west side of the Songluo River. The main peak is 2,400 meters above sea level. It is often surrounded by clouds and mist, and the mountain is majestic and majestic.
After the ship docked, a group of four people got off the ship. Hua Guoan asked the owner of the ship to wait here, and said that when they came out, he would double the price to the owner of the ship. After hearing this, the owner of the ship was overjoyed and sighed to himself that today is the day.
When I met the sponsor, I agreed repeatedly.
Later, four people, Ye Han, Wang Kun, Hua Guoan, and Driver Mo, went up the mountain together. Ye Han, Wang Kun were young and strong, had good physical strength, and climbed the mountain quickly. Although Driver Mo was older and was carrying Hua Guoan on his back,
However, he was not willing to lag behind. At first, he was left behind by Ye Han and Wang Kun. As he got behind, his physical strength became more and more amazing. Not only did he quickly overtake Ye Han and Wang Kun, but he also left Ye Han and Wang Kun far behind.
His feet were walking swiftly on the rocky road, which was really different from ordinary people's.
Ye Han and Wang Kun looked at each other, sighing at themselves.
Soon, the four people climbed to the top of the mountain. There was a tiankeng about ten meters deep at the top of the mountain. Following the path along the wall, one could wind down to the bottom of the pit. There was a hole in the stone at the bottom of the tiankeng, and there was only one person there.
The height and width are only about four meters, which is the entrance to the ice cave.
After the four people took a short rest at the entrance of the ice cave, they put on their down jackets, took out their flashlights, and prepared to enter the cave. After entering the cave, everyone immediately felt a chill. When it was about fifty or sixty meters deep, the cave became
A little wider, the cave is full of bells and stalagmites in various shapes.
But the further you go, the narrower the cave becomes, and there are many branches. There is also an underground river in the cave, and you can hear a faint gurgling sound. How deep the cave is is still an unsolved mystery. Only the first part is known.
During a day trip, when everyone reached almost this depth, they all felt extremely cold and had to leave early. Even some cold-tolerant tourists descended less than 20 to 30 meters deep and finally turned back.
Finally, I heard from the tour guide that the cave is very deep, and even the road that has been developed is only a small part. Going further down, it is extremely cold in the cave in summer, and it is extremely hot in winter, so no one has ever walked there.
Been to the bottom of the cave.
A group of four people were wearing down jackets now, and it was not the coldest time in the cave, so they were not afraid of the cold and kept walking towards the cave. As a result, when they reached a depth of 100 meters, the man-made stone road ended unexpectedly, and there was a
The sign warns tourists that this is an undeveloped area and they are not allowed to trespass without permission, otherwise they will be responsible for the consequences.
After seeing this, Hua Guoan directed everyone: "Go in, the Shennong Cauldron is still under the cave, we are almost there."
So, Ye Han, Wang Kun, and Driver Mo hugged each other, crossed the cordon together, stepped into the undeveloped area of the tourist area, and walked deeper.