Night is approaching, the green gray is cold.
The horses and carriages kicked their hooves, and everyone got off the carriage and stopped outside the Ghost Whispering Forest. Walking a hundred meters further, they reached the canyon where the Ghost Whispering Forest was located.
Song Siyuan opened the map of Shennongjia, looked at the direction with a flashlight, and said to everyone: "This is near the pass of Guiyulin Canyon. Do we want to rest here?"
Ghost Fangzong shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't work here. At night, when wild beasts come out, we camp here. We can easily be attacked by hunting wild beasts. We must either find high places in the bushes or find closed caves, which can also save our strength. , to avoid hypothermia.”
"I know there are many abandoned caves nearby where we can take shelter temporarily. We can go near the caves."
Everyone looked at Tan Yanqiu, Yue Qingshan, and Sun Daqiao. These three people had all been to Gui Yulin before. If Gui Fangzong was trying to bluff, the three of them would probably refuse directly.
Yue Qingshan thought for a moment and nodded to them. Seeing the look on his second uncle's face, Yue Guanchao thought that Guifang Zong had not lied to them, so he immediately nodded: "Okay."
The carriage hurried to both sides of the canyon and crossed the tall bushes. Sure enough, they saw caves appearing on the huge mountain. They were either exposed or hidden deep in the vegetation. They appeared dotted on the mountain outside the canyon.
The group searched for wild roads and found a cave on the hillside. It was covered by lush shrubs and could not be easily discovered. It was also convenient for concealing themselves. If they encountered wild animals, they could take advantage of the high terrain of the hillside to take precautions and know in advance.
"Wait a minute, there won't be any beasts in such a cave, right?"
Seeing that these craftsmen had lit a fire and were about to enter the cave, Song Siyuan stopped them and said that she didn't care about these craftsmen, but she was just afraid that they would enter the cave rashly and provoke some strange beasts.
Gui Fangzong was relieved about this and explained: "Don't worry, these caves are different from other caves. Wild beasts generally do not go into the caves and only hunt outside the canyons. I have come here many times and I have never seen wild beasts dare to enter." These beasts don’t even dare to enter caves or even canyons.”
After hunting, animals also need to find nests to maintain their body temperature. Cave or burrow is the most suitable hiding place. At present, the animals of Guifangzong do not dare to approach the cave, which makes her curious: "Why? Don't animals also need caves and burrows?" Hiding? Is there something in this cave that the beasts are afraid of?"
This is the only reason she can think of!
"You will know once you go in. I won't come out with the specific reasons, but there is indeed such a strange phenomenon."
After that, Gui Fangzong and the craftsmen raised the torch and led the carriage into the cave, and they followed closely behind the horse team.
A group of people walked into the cave. It was much wider than they thought. It was like an insect's nest. The entrance was narrow and the belly was wide. Inside the cave was a huge and extremely wide cave. There were not only a few horses parked inside, but also a large cave. The entire courtyard is fine, but the highest point is no longer visible, with only weeds and dead vines clinging to the rock wall, and moss and vines climbing and spreading.
Song Siyuan subconsciously took out the flashlight and shined it on the chaotic and blurry top!
After being illuminated by a flashlight, a faint luster began to appear on the top, like gold veins of copper ore. One could feel the presence of metal-like ores mixed in the stones, indicating that these rock formations were completely different from ordinary rocks.
The closer you get to the upper part of the rock formation, the more you can see the regular traces of being cut and divided. Countless regular stone strips are connected to each other to form undulating stone walls, with some kind of regular pattern that is not naturally formed.
On some stone walls, there are also stone statues that protrude from the stone walls. They are almost the same as the stone statues they saw in Sheji Temple. Most of these stone statues are covered with vines, or the top of the head and shoulders are exposed, or the corners of the eyes and ears are covered. Only Through the cover of vines, you can get a glimpse of the mysterious face of the stone statue.
It is basically impossible for the caves in this situation to be formed naturally. Even if we don’t mention these statues, the regular stone strips on the rock walls cannot be caused by natural feng shui erosion. They are most likely carved out by humans. As for the numerous giant stone statues, it further proves that these caves are not ordinary caves, but are probably caves used by ancient people to perform certain rituals.
"Are there many caves like this on both sides of this canyon?"
When they were standing outside the mountain just now, they could still see many caves through the chaotic color. Gui Fangzong also mentioned the magic of the caves, and she already had some guesses in her mind - maybe animals did not dare to take refuge in the caves. It is related to these stone statues and stone strips.
Gui Fangzong nodded towards her: "Not only on both sides of the canyon, but also in Guiyulin Canyon, you can see these large and varied grottoes. Most of them have narrow entrances and empty belly. With these corpses and statues, we only I know it’s artificial chiseling, but I don’t know what it’s for?”
Song Siyuan became curious, how could she let go of such a mysterious phenomenon so easily, and led Yue Guanchao to the stone ramp near the cave, walking along the ramp to the middle of the cave, and did not stop until she got close to the stone strips.
At this moment, they were standing near the stone bars, and they discovered that the stone bars were much larger than they expected. Even the smallest stone bars were as long as their entire body. As for the longer stone bars, it was impossible to estimate. , such stone strips can be long or short, large or large, and the tabletops formed by them also have different heights.
The giant stone statues are mostly concentrated on the top of the completely flat stone platform. Half of the body protrudes from the stone wall, and the other half is embedded in the stone wall. The big one is like a building, and the other is like a human body. Each one is carved out of the same mold, almost exactly the same. , only the surrounding patterns are different.
She took out her engineering shovel and knocked on the stone for a moment. It was harder than ordinary stone. When she hit it, it was not the dull sound of stone, but the surface of a copper or iron tool, which caused a faint metallic trembling sound. When the flashlight shines on it, stars are clearly visible. It seems that there are indeed some unrefined metal ores in the stone.
Seeing this, Yue Guanchao recalled the situation of Tan Yanqiu and Sun Daqiao. When they passed by Ghost Whispering Forest, they did encounter a strange sound roaring throughout the valley. They didn't dare to go out to take a closer look all night. It wasn't until the next day that they realized I found a few brave brothers and entered the valley.
Out of curiosity about the stone pillars, they used earthen bamboo tube gunpowder to blast open the stones. Apart from countless veins of ore, there was nothing in these stones. Before that, they thought there would be some kind of beast inside, or at least something sophisticated. There are many instruments and organs in it, and the interior is so simple that it is hard to believe.
Yue Guanchao found that these stone strips were not simple: "I remember my second uncle and his friends once said that the sound of the old farmer's stone pillar forest came from the soul of the farmer who built the Nong Shrine and Ji Temple. Many people died when the Nong Shrine and Ji Temple were repaired in the past dynasties, and these innocent souls will remain. In the forest of stone pillars and steles, you will never be able to escape."
"At night, these souls will appear and move among the stone pillars, as if they are still alive in this world, continuing to walk and communicate."
Song Siyuan had also heard of such a method at that time, and her eyes became strange: "Looking at it now, the stone pillars in the Ghost Whispering Forest were probably all collected here, and their materials are similar to the stones here. They are even made of the same material."
They noticed this, returned to the bottom of the cave, and asked Guifang Zong: "You have been here so many times, but you have never investigated the stone strips in these caves."
Song Siyuan did have this question. Gui Fangzong was definitely not a careless person. As long as he saw the stone pillars and stone statues, no matter how confused he was, he would realize that these were not natural occurrences but artificial chiseling. It was impossible for him not to investigate at all.
Ghost Fangzong nodded: "I have already passed it just now. We only found that animals dare not enter the caves. As for what the stone bars are, I don't know very well. I only know that these caves are very old, at least thousands of years old." It has existed for many years, and these carved stone statues are actually evidence.”
He paused and continued: "These stone statues are the same as those in the backyard of Sheji Temple. They are probably some caves left by the Guifang people. There are many caves everywhere, and there are indeed stone bars and stone statues inside. Some even The caves are still connected structures, and we have also checked that the stones in the Ghost Whispering Forest are of the same type as the stones in the caves, so they were probably transported from these rock formations."
"Now, we can only know that Gui Yulin is from Guifang for a long time. As for how they made Gui Yulin produce sounds out of thin air, we have no idea at all."
It was getting late, and the discussion was fruitless. They had to raise the fire first. There was no need to worry about wild beasts invading the cave, and the temperature was indeed not high. After the fire was raised, the warmth began to rise in the cave. It means that through the temperature of the stove, the heat spreads to the body, dispelling most of the chill.
At this time, there was no trace of brightness outside, and various strange sounds began to appear in the originally silent valley. As expected, there were noisy ghost voices, including men, women, children, old and young, three religions, soldiers, bandits, officers and craftsmen. All kinds of sounds seemed to be coming from there. In my ears, noisy sounds gradually entered my ears.
Even the people guarding the door near the entrance of the cave moved closer to the direction of the fire. It was obvious that there was a lot of cold sweat behind them.
There was nothing special about sleeping outdoors. Everyone found things to offer to the Five Zang Temple. After they had eaten and drank enough, and the heat in their bodies had accumulated enough, they sat around the fire to keep warm. There were also craftsmen who set up sheepskin tents for everyone to keep away the cold.
With nothing else to do, everyone decided to pick up the topic again. Not only did the sound not disappear, but it became more intense, which also aroused doubts in their hearts. Even though they were afraid of ghost sounds, they also wanted to know what the ghost sounds could be. In the Ghost Whispering Forest.
With the example of Sheji Temple, even the Yin soldiers are human-faced bugs, so these noisy sounds are most likely the sounds of certain animals. Regarding this, they do have this idea.
"You guys, are these sounds also made by some kind of insect?"
Yue Guanchao guessed.
Tan Yanqiu shook his head and retorted: "It's impossible. I remember the story I told you back then. There was an old man Huang in the Farm God Village. He saw ghosts with his own eyes after his eyes were stained with cow tears."
