"That's good. If you don't commit murder, you won't implicate the people at the inn."
When Sun Daqiao and the others returned to Yangquanyi, Yue Guanchao and the others were rushing in the opposite direction. About half an hour later, the muffled calves gradually stopped and stopped around a cave in the Wanyan Cave.
Seeing that the calf was stagnant, they got off the carriage and looked at the surrounding environment. This place was far away from the Yungu plank road. The original mountain road stretched like a twisted sheep intestine into the valley on the left side of the plank road. The river under their feet gradually became shallower, and it had become invisible near the cave. The stream crossing the feet.
In the clear water, fish and shrimps can be seen swimming freely. The calf may be thirsty. He lowered his head and kept licking the stream and drinking water.
"This calf is really magical. It won't leave once it gets here. You said the calf can't really sense the old god, right?"
Yue Erpao walked near the calf and touched the calf's little head. The calf seemed unhappy. It tilted its face, flapped its ears, and kept shaking the dead leaves and grass on its body.
Song Siyuan looked at the calf and saw him licking the leaves where the black insects crawled. She seemed to have realized something. She picked up the leaves and smelled them. Her eyes lit up and she looked at the crowd: "The behavior of calves is indeed special, but it is not impossible." The explanation is that it is not so much being summoned by the old god, but rather feeling the changes in trace elements."
"Yamei, what are micro...trace elements? People like you understand culture, so you have to explain it to everyone."
Ren Peacock looked at her with extremely curious eyes.
Song Siyuan put the leaf under Yue Guanchao's nose. The salty smell rushed directly into his nostrils, and the smell of farting bugs lingered for a long time. He quickly moved the leaf away: "Song Qianjin, what can this leaf mean?"
Song Siyuan pointed to the leaves and said: "Smell this blade of grass. These blades of grass have been crawled by flying insects, leaving a lot of transparent liquid on the surface. These liquids should contain a lot of salt to give off a fishy and salty smell."
She was still confused when she saw everyone, and continued to explain the magic of the calf guiding the way: "Do you still remember Yu Bo's sheep? Livestock such as cattle, sheep and horses usually eat grass, and sometimes they lack food due to malnutrition. Physiological activity, or the coat becomes dull, or the growth is slow and the appetite is reduced. Some people know the magic behind this and will regularly sprinkle some salt water on the grass and let the animals eat to supplement this trace element."
"You mean, the calves lead the way because they want to eat the salt water that the insects spit on the grass and trees!"
Xu Xiake's eyes widened. He had never understood the behavior of a calf from this aspect.
"Brother Xu is right!"
Song Siyuan took out a bottle of fine salt from her bag, poured some salt water into it and applied it on her hands. As expected, the calf raised its head, its nostrils trembling, and ran to her side to lick the stream water mixed with salt particles.
What they heard with their own ears was not as good as what they saw with their own eyes. When they saw the calf, it was still resisting being touched, but now it was shaking its head gently, already knowing that what Song Siyuan said was true!
She paused, washed her hands and continued to explain the mystery: "It is precisely because animals are sensitive to salty taste that they like to eat salty food. Domestic animals can be artificially fed salt water, but cattle and sheep in the wild do not have this condition. They generally They like to lick rocks and rock soil, so they can replenish the needed salt.”
Song Siyuan put the salt jar into her backpack and continued: "When I was in the West, I once observed the transit of blue sheep in the wild. The hooves of these sheep have a special structure that allows them to crawl directly on steep mountains. They can climb to high places on the mountains. , often in order to obtain the salt element on the surface of the stone. The salty body fluids spit out by these flying insects have a strong attraction to the calf, causing it to run forward in the direction of the flying insects and only stop when it reaches the entrance of the cave. , this is probably the secret of the calf leading the way.”
As soon as these words came out, Ren Peacock's eyes cast admiration: "You sister really has a lot of ink. In just a few words, you can figure out the monster that leads the calf. You want us to start up the secrets inside and try to figure it out." Even your brainstorming may not lead to results!"
Song Siyuan was a little embarrassed by the praise, she waved her hands and declined: "I'm not as knowledgeable as Sister Ren said, I just thought about Yu Bo's sheep and made a guess. However, I still think that everything is inseparable from modern times. Science, I think the behavior of the calf leading the way is more like a part of the ritual of entering the cave. It was deliberately designed like this by people thousands of years ago using biological laws. The purpose is to mythologically worship ancestors and create a sense of fear and mystery in future generations."
"Then why are these flying insects willing to come out obediently? What are they attracted to!"
Xu Xiake was very curious about what those flying insects were, let alone how they were summoned by human power.
Song Siyuan knew that they had not completely dispelled their doubts, so she explained: "I didn't understand this at first, but later I saw flying insects hovering around the sacrificial table, and I realized that they were probably attracted by the incense. Something like medicinal powder was blown by the wind near the cave, and these insects came smelling the smell. When the scent of the offering dissipated, they lost their target and flew back to the exit."
"The body fluids sprayed out by these flying insects when they returned naturally attracted the calves to lead the way. The whole process was designed just right using biological laws and weather factors. Yuan Li was indeed a master of Feng Shui thousands of years ago. He even considered things that ordinary fortune tellers would not think of. Feng Shui creates a tomb!"
