The next morning, the poison took effect at the right time. Yue Guanchao heard someone shouting while he was still sleeping. His confused eyes instantly woke up, he put on his clothes and went downstairs.
At this moment, Song Siyuan Ren Peacock and the others were already awake. They stood at the back window and looked across the river. The sound came from the Gao family on the side of Funiu Mountain. The old Taoist priest and Lan Ruling were afraid of danger, so they did not go back at night. Seeing Gao now There was a commotion at home, probably because of the peach blossom poison, so they immediately led people across the arch bridge to Gao's house.
As soon as they entered the gate of the Gao family, the Gao family was already in chaos. Azheng's parents were squatting under the eaves with sad faces. Her sisters who were close friends with her were either guarding her outside the house or taking care of her inside. The hot water basin kept coming in and out, and she was vaguely crazy. Laughter spread through the courtyard.
When the Gao family saw the old Taoist priest coming in, they hurriedly walked over. They wanted to kneel down to the old Taoist priest and begged: "Old sir, why is my daughter not only not getting well, but getting worse and worse? How can this be so good?"
"Don't panic, wait until the old Taoist priest takes his disciples to have a look."
After saying that, the old Taoist priest led Lan Ruling into Gao Azheng's room, leaving only Yue Guanchao and many villagers waiting outside the yard.
After they entered the house, Gao Azheng didn't even have the strength to stand up. She was lying on the couch covered in sweat. A girl dipped in hot water from the basin to wipe her forehead. Even though she had no strength, she could still hear She giggled and murmured like crazy, and her whole body exuded a peach blossom-like smell.
Lan Ruling walked to Gao Azheng, picked up her wrist and quietly felt her pulse. She was sure that her poison had worked, and winked at the old Taoist priest.
According to their plan, Gao Azheng's condition was already close to falling into the hole. The old Taoist priest pretended to spin the peach wood sword several times and walked out of the room with a deliberately low sigh.
Everyone knows what sighing means. The old man from the Gao family walked over and asked, "Teacher, is it really not possible? Why is it not possible before these three days have passed?"
"Girls from the Gao family have decided to leave. You'd better prepare to fall into the cave today. The cave god will blame you later."
The words of the old Taoist priest made the Gao family feel sad. They originally hoped that Gao Azheng would gradually improve in three days, but it only took one day for Gao Azheng to fall into a hole, which really made them feel uncomfortable.
"Teacher, if you want to do the redemption ceremony again, maybe it will be useful this time?"
The old man from the Gao family refused to give up and wanted to go through another redemption ceremony. The old Taoist priest could only wave his hands and sighed: "No matter how many rituals you do, it's useless. The current situation is that the girl from the Gao family has given up all her thoughts and has made up her mind. Old Taoist priest, I too There’s no way to bring her here.”
The old Taoist priest had made it very clear why Gao Azheng was so desperate. The old couple knew better than him. At this time, they were still dead pigs and were not afraid of being scalded by boiling water. It was obvious that they were still stubborn. He simply added another fuel: "I will fall today." Come on, I think if you lose your breath today, it will be over by tomorrow."
"Hey, I didn't expect that I still couldn't stop this little girl from dying."
After hearing these words, the old couple of the Gao family finally accepted their fate. They asked the male members of the Gao family to invite a country music band, and asked a nearby girl to dress up Gao Azheng and leave the boudoir in the fine clothes he had redeemed himself that day.
The marriage of the Cave God is a happy event. The musical instrument team wears wedding clothes full of embroidery patterns, standing in two lines in the yard, each beating, drums, harps and shengs.
After a moment, a red sedan with colorful silk and flowers stopped in the yard. Then, two women helped Gao Azheng out. They entered the sedan as if they were carrying a hemiplegic patient. When the curtain was closed, the four The bearers immediately geared up and raised the sedan bars with roars.
"The cave god is getting married, and the goddess is becoming a monk. Let's make way for each other. Don't disturb anything else, and get up the sedan chair!"
The old Taoist priest followed Lan Ruling and stood outside the courtyard, copying the strange sounds. A few strong men walked in front holding the wedding flags. When the bearers lifted the wedding sedan and walked out of the courtyard, the musical instrument team followed closely and stepped out of the courtyard. At the back of the line, gongs and drums were being beaten and noisy.
Although the cave girl is likely to die, the cave god's marriage is a great joy. Even if Gao Azheng is so ill, it still has to be a lively event. Even the wedding items are not allowed to appear, and the red joy is mainly used, just like Gao Azheng. Azheng's death was insignificant, and only a handful of yellow paper money from the old Taoist priest showed her impending fate.
After everyone had finished walking, Yue Guanchao and several others stared closely at the procession of sending off the bride. If Gao Azheng's sweetheart knew the news, he must have been at the back of the procession.
"How about it, have you found out who it is?"
Song Siyuan asked Xiang Yue Guanchao, and he could only shake his head: "The marriage of the Cave God is a happy event. There are so many people following. I really can't find out who that person is for a while. What do you think?"
Song Siyuan looked at the villagers who were following her, and signaled Yue Guanchao to look at the person at the back of the team, with a vague look in her eyes: "That means that person is still on the way, and we don't have to worry about who that person is. We will wait until Azheng falls into the hole. Stay at the cave and see who comes in to save Azheng."
She paused and looked at Ren Peacock: "Sister Ren, we can't go the same way as these villagers. Is there another path to Laolongkou? We need to get to Laolongkou in advance, so that we can hide easily."
"I know, come with me."
Ren Kongque led Yue Guanchao and the others in the opposite direction of the villagers. They took the U-Peng boat and diverted all the way to the wild river to the vicinity of Laolongkou. Since there were many cars and horses before and after the bride-to-be escort team, they had to walk a little slower. When they arrived, they had not yet arrived. Seeing the shadow of the escort team, I took this opportunity to observe Yamagata.
Yue Guanchao and the others had only heard of Laolongkou before, but now that they saw this mountain, they felt that it was as mysterious as its name suggests.
Laolong Mountain is a mountain peak lying in front of the Qingshui River. The mountain is not high but very wide. It is like a green mountain barrier blocking the river. The Qingshui River passes through the mountain. Sometimes canyons and sometimes caves appear. There is some flat land on the bank that you can walk along. The river goes into the mountains
They looked up and saw that the mountain was green and verdant, with dense grass. There was a "Ji" shaped section in the mountains on both sides of the river that was washed by waterfalls, and the original color of the stone was faintly exposed, just like a huge scar inlaid on the mountain. This was the place that had been abandoned before. The mine cave, and further on, form a cave, which does not leak out the skylight. It can be said that the river valley is winding and unpredictable.
The cave god that the villagers call is located at the highest point of the mountain. The ruins of the mine have shed rubble all year round, and are as rugged and convex as a dragon's head. A waterfall spurts out from the entrance of the cave and merges into the mountain streams to form high and low waterfalls. Under the smoke from the cloud top, it is like It's an old yellow dragon hanging on the mountain, breathing clouds and mist.
Ren Peacock pointed to the cave closest to the dragon's head at the top and said: "The entrance to the top of the mountain is Laolongkou. Usually no one comes here. There are only wild roads in the mountains connecting the top of the mountain. As long as we hide in the bushes near Laolongkou, it can be easily hidden. Get up and go up now before the wedding party comes."
Without further ado, a few people walked along the wild road to Laolong Mountain. It was early in the morning, and the fog in the mountains had not yet dissipated. When they walked, the dew inevitably wet their clothes, so they had to pick up their swords and split the bushes. Song Siyuan saw Ren Peacock was very familiar with Lao Longkou and asked casually: "Sister Ren, when you fell into the hole, did you also have a sweetheart?"
When Ren Kongque heard this, he shook his head: "What the hell, I didn't know what liking meant at that time, and I didn't have a sweetheart."
"That's strange. Since you don't have a sweetheart, then your parents force you to marry someone else?"
"That's definitely not the case. I had a fierce personality at that time, and I just wanted to catch butterflies and pick flowers with my sisters. My parents knew that I was young, so they didn't do anything for me."
Song Siyuan listened to Ren Kongque's words, her eyes became more and more suspicious: "If what you said is true, why did you fall into the hole at that time? According to my guess, the woman who fell into the hole probably had a gentle personality, and at the same time she had a sweetheart, so she had to resist Parents. Or maybe you are disappointed in your marriage, can only place your thoughts on the gods and develop depression, or even simply rebel against the world and do not want to be dominated. I am afraid that you are not in line with any of these three situations. In that case, you should not She will become a girl from Luohua Cave."
"I don't know about that. I was really confused and introverted at the time, and I fell into a trap. It can only be said that the environment in western Hunan at that time was too depressing, and even a fierce person like me couldn't help but become depressed."
Ren Peacock didn’t know how she fell into the hole. Song Siyuan carefully considered the meaning of her words, but she felt a huge curiosity in her heart. In her opinion, the secret of Ren Peacock falling into the hole was evil from the beginning. Combined with the experiences of other women who fell into the hole, , her redemption in the cave seemed very abrupt.
This suddenness is not because she is the only one alive, but because her personality is very different from that of the fallen girl. It neither fits the personality of the fallen girl nor the sad mentality of the fallen girl. In addition, her own ambition If she is determined, she is completely different from the Luohuadong girls.
Even if she is a girl from the Luohua Cave, there will probably be a question mark!
While they were thinking about things, they had already walked around the mountain road to the vicinity of Laolongkou. There was sparse vegetation at the entrance of the cave, and bushes were exposed on the stone walls. There was a stream gushing out from the entrance of the cave, flowing down the mountain through the river with the upper and lower drops. When looking down, they could already see The team to see off the bride at the foot of the mountain is coming.
Yue Guanchao carefully observed the surroundings. The most suitable place was the top of the grotto. The lower part of the grotto was washed away, but the upper part was still intact away from the water source. It looked like a dragon's head protruding from the top of the mountain, with a huge mouth full of fangs open. .
They climbed the treetops to the top of the cave and hid in the lush bushes on the top of the cave, leaving only a small opening to look at everything under the cave.
As the sound of the gongs getting closer and closer, the steps of the old Taoist priests also became denser. The red sedan was carried by the porters into the dense forest. After that, the musical instrument team followed closely, beating and beating.
A group of people dressed in red and colorful clothes walked through the mist. Although they were all dressed for a happy occasion, in the dense forest mist, they looked like ghosts. There was an aura of decay that no one could find. The sedan was as red as blood in the green gauze tent, revealing A strange smell.
"Get off the sedan!"
The old Taoist priest was the first to stop in front of the cave. Everyone then stopped not far away and looked at the sedan chair carefully. After the old Taoist priest muttered the sacred words, the porters sent the sedan chair near the entrance of the cave.
Gao Azheng in the red sedan seemed to be energetic. He slowly walked out of the red sedan, walked into the cave entrance with a confused look, and then disappeared into the Laolong Cave little by little.
Some people died, but not completely...
