Zhao Yingjun rarely has obvious fear of anything. The way he looks now is either fear, or extremely incredible, leading to psychological imbalance and uncontrollable. I can't imagine anything that would make such an old fritter unable to control himself, but
Naturally, my eyes followed him to look at the person in the pit.
"Really, what the hell..." Zhao Yingjun's brain seemed to be short-circuited, and he couldn't help but hold my arm tightly. His eyes did not move and were always projected into the pit.
I can see quite clearly that this pit should be the center of all the gouges, and the position where the man is lying is also the center of the pit. There is nothing strange about the posture he is lying in, just like an ordinary person sleeping on his back.
The same, but where he lay, a groove that was roughly the same as a human figure was carefully carved out. Lying inside, his whole body seemed to be embedded in jade.
That man was completely unfamiliar to me. I couldn't completely see his appearance. I could only tell that he was probably very old. He had short hair and a long beard, which was as white as snow.
Obviously, no one has set foot in this place for a long time. However, when I looked at the man with a snow-white beard in the pit, I had an illusion, or confusion. I couldn't tell whether that man was alive or not.
In this kind of environment, if you stay underground for a long time, your chance of survival is very slim. However, I can see that the face of the person lying in the pit is lifelike, without any decay, and even every hair.
Every beard is intact.
Zhao Yingjun's hand holding my arm was shaking slightly. I don't know whether it was fear or some other reason, but it made me uneasy. I was affected by him and gradually developed a little fear.
"Should we step back a little first?" I said, "It's very uncomfortable to stand here."
"It's okay, it's okay." Zhao Yingjun came back to his senses, wiped the sweat from his forehead, took a deep breath, and said, "It's okay. I have to check again."
"Why are you so sure it's going to be okay?"
"Really, I have to take another look." Zhao Yingjun was a little distracted. He made a silent gesture to me, and then slowly crawled from the edge into the pit. I stood there feeling a little panicked. Although I was reluctant, I
Better keep up with him.
I don’t know how Zhao Yingjun was sure that everything would be fine here, but his tone and actions were very rare. When the two of us climbed into the pit, the jade in the pit seemed to be more clear. As long as the light shines up, it will be clearer.
I could see the slowly flowing things in the jade.
When I saw this, I seemed to understand that the chiseled marks on the surface of the jade may not be simply a pattern. The pit is the center, and there is this unknown thing slowly flowing in the jade in all directions.
Finally they all gathered into the pit.
The pit was not big. After we climbed down, we quickly stood next to the lying man. From such a close distance, we could see more clearly, almost every detail was revealed. What I had observed before was correct, this was indeed an age.
A very big man. And I felt that he existed in a very strange state.
He definitely has no vital signs. Although he looks like he is sleeping, he has no breathing or heartbeat. In other words, this may be a corpse. However, this corpse is so well preserved that it even makes me doubt him.
He died just now. China and other ancient countries with long cultures and histories in the world probably all have methods and techniques for embalming corpses. However, if you want to preserve a corpse for a long time, the first prerequisite is to dehydrate it.
It looks like a piece of dried meat.
So what's going on with the corpse in front of me? Why is it so well-preserved? Could it be that it really just died? I don't have any fondness for corpses. I always feel that it is a lifeless body, cold, Weird. But I don't know why, but this very strange "corpse" in the middle of the pit makes me disgusted, because he looks like he is sleeping soundly, and there is even a peaceful look on his face.
Although I knew nothing about the situation of this "corpse", some situations were obvious. Zhao Yingjun must know something, otherwise he would not have such a violent reaction. I couldn't help but look at him, he had already squatted down Next to the corpse, I couldn't see his expression clearly, but I could detect that his generous back began to tremble slightly again, uncontrollably.
"Old Zhao? Old Zhao?" I quickly patted him, fearing that something unexpected would happen.
Zhao Yingjun did not lose his proper consciousness. He turned his head, stopped trembling, then stood up and took a breath. I saw his chest rising and falling slightly.
"What is this place?" I said, "It can't be a space-time grid or something like that? I can't feel any kind of breath."
"No, definitely not. It has nothing to do with time and space, but..." Zhao Yingjun shook his head and looked at the corpse again with a complicated expression.
"You know who that person is? Right?" His expression said everything. I asked him. At the same time, I had deep doubts in my heart. Although this place has not been fully explored and explored by the authorities after the Likaner incident. However, after all, it is a relatively important place, and the official will definitely conduct necessary research. The distance from the entrance to here is not particularly far. If the official agency conducts an investigation here, there is no reason not to discover the pits. people.
But they didn't take this man away? Did they just leave him lying here? Or, in other words, when the official expedition to Likaner Fatai Temple was carried out, this man had not yet appeared here?
"You remember." Zhao Yingjun rubbed his face vigorously. Maybe the scene in front of him shocked him greatly and gave him an unreal sense of illusion, so he had to make himself more awake: "I Something I said to you in the past."
"What's up?"
"About me." He said: "I remember telling you that I was an orphan in the Tangshan earthquake, and then I lived in the south due to an accident, and then ran to Jiajiang."
"I remember this."
"I don't know how to describe what you saw, but it is already in front of you." Zhao Yingjun continued: "Then you must still remember that I was taken in by someone after I lived in Jiajiang."
"I remember." I wondered why Zhao Yingjun suddenly mentioned his past at this time, but I still remember the situation he told. He was taken in by a special old monk, and the old monk taught him many things. Because Zhao Yingjun's skills are so outstanding because of the old monk's teachings since childhood.
"Then, let me tell you." Zhao Yingjun pointed to the corpse with a white beard in the pit and said, "This is my master."
"You...you can't get it wrong, right?" I immediately understood why Zhao Yingjun had such a violent reaction: "Didn't you say that the old monk passed away in Jiajiang?"
"Because of this, I feel extremely strange." Zhao Yingjun shook his head. Obviously, he didn't understand what was going on.
He has lived with the old monk for more than ten years. To him, he is both a teacher and a father, so Zhao Yingjun remembers the past events clearly. The old monk is unkempt, although he will do some things that violate the precepts.
For example, he eats meat, but he always considers himself a monk, knows how to meditate, and can recite scriptures.
The scene when the old monk passed away is something that Zhao Yingjun cannot forget. The old monk is not an eminent monk in a famous temple, but I believe that he is definitely not an ordinary person. Experts in Buddhism can often accurately deduce the day of his death.
The old monk was no exception. On the day of his death, he called Zhao Yingjun and another child who was studying with him and told him some things as if chatting.
Everyone always has a fear of death. Some people may be very afraid of death, and some people are better. However, the old monk seems to take death completely indifferently. He has no fear or any pressure. Yun Dan
The wind is gentle and we can talk and laugh freely.
Zhao Yingjun and another student did not know that the old monk was about to pass away. After the old monk finished saying everything, the sky had turned dark, and then he told the two disciples to dig a hole in the back mountain.
, just bury him. Until then, the two disciples were shocked. But the surprise did not last, because before their emotions fully exploded, the old monk had already sat cross-legged on the futon and stopped breathing.
"How could I remember this kind of thing wrong?" Zhao Yingjun was restless and walked around the body, saying: "I was very sad at the time. Seeing the master just leaving like that, I couldn't help but cry. I kept crying.
Cry until dawn."
Although Zhao Yingjun has been naughty since he was a child, he never dared to disobey the old monk. He and another disciple were not considered Buddhist disciples, so after the old monk passed away, according to the folk customs in Jiajiang, the body was given to
After guarding the first seven days, they dug a grave behind the mountain and buried the old monk in it. The old monk didn't have so many requests before he died. He just asked two people to bury his skin. However, Zhao Yingjun still couldn't bear it and took it.
The things were exchanged for some money and a coffin was prepared.
From the death of the old monk to his burial, Zhao Yingjun witnessed this process with his own eyes. After so many years, he has never had any excessive thoughts. If he occasionally mentions the past and thinks of the kind old monk, he will
I just miss him and feel sad in my heart.
After hearing this, I thought about it and said to him: "As a fan of the authorities, you should also know that the old monk has always regarded himself as a monk. Monks rarely ask for burial after passing away. This is not in line with Buddhist morality."
"I really haven't thought about this." Zhao Yingjun suddenly raised his head, as if he found some clues from my words: "What do you mean?"
"I'm just guessing that the old monk's original intention was to keep his body intact?"