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Chapter 11 The Stone Man in the Woods

"Quick! Let me see." I immediately jumped out of the bed.

Lanxiao pointed to the bronze mat placed on the table and said, "You can see it yourself?"

I first squatted down and looked at its surface, and found that it was no different from what we just saw, and when I looked at it just now, I didn't find any strange symbols.

I reached out to take the bronze mat, but suddenly I found that the Lantern Festival had been filled with water, which made me a little strange, so I asked Lantern Festival, "Why are you pouring water into it?"

Yuanxiao smiled, "Have you learned the refraction of physical light when you were in junior high school?" Yuanxiao told me that when he observed the bronze mattress at night, he found that there seemed to be some words engraved on the edge of its interior. This discovery surprised Yuanxiao. He had long heard that ancient people would record some things inside the vessel.

Generally, the events recorded in this way are secrets or some obscure historical facts. Therefore, Lantern Festival wants to see clearly, but the handwriting can be inside the container, and the abdomen of this gu is still a little convex, and only a little trace can be seen from the mouth.

Yuanxiao thought of many ways but failed. Suddenly he saw the pot of water on the table and the refraction of light. Finally, he successfully saw the things inside.

After hearing what Yuanxiao said, I also looked inside along the mouth of the cup. Sure enough, I saw a symbol vaguely refracting under the water. I reached out to pick up the flashlight next to me and shone it into the bronze ward. Under the action of light, the symbols in the water became clear, just like the one we had seen before!

Yuanxiao and I looked at each other, then suddenly got up and walked out the door. Yuanxiao asked behind me, "Hey! Where are you going?"

I replied without looking back: "I'll go find Annaduo's father. I want to know where this thing was obtained. Maybe this is our destination this time!"

I opened the door and walked outside the house. I saw that it was already bright. I walked outside the house for a while, but I didn't see Annaduo's father. So I had to return to the house and happened to see Annaduo walking down from the upper floor with a basin of water.

I asked her, "Where is your father?"

An Naduo looked at me, "I'm out. I'm getting up early and there's an old lady in the neighboring village who is having an old problem, so my dad will go there!"

"Ah?" I was a little disappointed, "When will he come back?"

"I don't know, maybe in the afternoon or evening, maybe." Anadu looked at me with a little strange, "What's wrong with you? Are you sick too?"

I shook my head, "It's okay, it's okay. Well, I, I just want to confirm with him again the location where I met my second uncle last time."

Anado shook his head helplessly, "What do I think is this? I know that I was there at that time. Do you think you can't trust me?"

"No, no!" I waved my hands repeatedly. Anaduo's father couldn't count on him now. If he offended this little aunt again, no one would take us there. So I quickly said, "It's best if you can take us there!"

"Is that all!" Anadu poured out the water in the basin, then turned to us and said, "I will prepare breakfast for you, without further ado, let's set off as soon as possible!"

After breakfast, we prepared the equipment. I remembered what Annaduo’s father had just said, and asked Annaduo, “Do you know that there was a mudslide in the nearby mountains last year?”

After hearing my words, Anaduo pondered for a moment, nodded randomly, "Well, I seem to have heard of it, but does this have anything to do with finding your second uncle?"

"It's likely." I replied.

"What kind of relationship does it have?" Annaduo seemed to have a high desire for knowledge. He must have been a good student back then.

I frowned slightly, "If you explain this matter to you, it will be long. Don't waste time on it. Let's set off first, and we can talk about the rest while walking." I can only say this for the time being about Anaduo's problem. Time is tight, and the most important thing is that I haven't thought about how to explain it to her.

Fortunately, after hearing what I said, Anado did not break the casserole. He just looked at me and said, "Then what do you want to know?"

I said to her: "I just want to know where the mudslides happened back then. The more specific the location, the better!"

After hearing what I said, Anadu nodded slightly, "Okay, it's okay to leave this to me. Come with me!"

Afterwards, Annaduo took me to find the prestigious old man in the village. In Miao language, they called such elders Ada, or Anei Neng.

I stood aside, and Anaduo and the old man communicated in Miao language before turning around and told me, "At the end of October last year, a small mudslide did occur in the nearby mountains, and there were no people nearby at that time, so it did not cause any losses. It just destroyed the road, and the location was probably near the top of Baishiding."

So I asked Anado: "Then do you know where this white stone tower is?"

Annaduo thought for a while, "Well, I've been there once, and I probably know the location!"

After hearing what she said, I felt a little upset, "Sister, this is not a joke. Are you sure?"

"Apart from believing me, do you have any other choice?" Anaduo blinked at me, then pulled me back, "Go away quickly, if you don't set out, your second uncle will be in danger!"

Our plan is to follow An Naduo to the place where they met my second uncle and first look at the situation. If we don’t find anything, we will look around the top of the White Stone.

The plan was completed, so we carried the equipment and set off. An Naduo dressed up neatly, carried one of her shoulders and a Miao hook knife on her waist, which looked very sharp. An Naduo told us that this knife would be carried often when she and her father went up the mountain to collect herbs. Miaoyu called this hook knife a dream high.

The Hundred Thousand Mountains belong to the Goulu Mountain system in the southwest of Guizhou. The mountains are in the northeast-southwest direction and are more than 100 kilometers long. The altitude is not too high, basically at 700-1000 meters, and there are many peaks exceeding 1000 meters.

There are the best places in the mountains where tropical rainforests grow in Guangxi, with a wide variety of tropical and subtropical plants. The 100,000 mountains are an important climatic dividing line in southern Guangxi, and the climate differences between the north and south slopes are quite different.

The journey was quite smooth, but we really experienced the hardships of herbs. Generally, herbs of good quality grow in few places. Therefore, the route of herbs is very steep. Although the road is not far, it still makes me and Lanxiao panting.

In almost half a day, we arrived at the place where Annaduo and his father met my second uncle for the first time. This was a relatively gentle hillside. Annaduo pointed to a wood above the hillside and said, "It's there, the place where I first saw Qiu Ye is!"

We looked in the direction Anado pointed at. The woods were above the hillside near the top, and they didn't look dense, but we still couldn't see clearly what was happening inside.

I waved my hand and said, "Go up and take a look!" So we walked up the hillside and entered the woods, but we found that the rocks and veins here, the feng shui trends, and even the vegetation coverage was nothing special. This made me a little surprised, why did the second uncle come back here?

If the second uncle came to find something, why would such a dull forest attract his attention? Was it just because he happened to pass by? Or maybe the answer would be on the other side of the mountain.

Thinking of this, I walked towards the top and wanted to see what was happening on the other side. At this moment, Lantern Festival suddenly patted me and said, "Look, what is that?"

Following the direction he pointed, I looked up and was immediately shocked. Because I saw that in the direction pointed by Lantern Festival, under the shade of trees, something strange seemed to stand not far away.

We walked in that direction curiously, and gradually I saw clearly what the thing looked like, but at the same time, I felt a little excited. The thing standing not far ahead turned out to be a stone man with a bit rough carving. In fact, it was not only me, but also Lanxiao and Wenmo were stunned at once, and they all stood there.

Anadu followed us and looked at the stone man, then looked at our appearance, followed by a giggle, "Look at you three big men and one stone man, you scared you like this?" Then he shook his head, and it seemed that he was about to step forward.

I immediately grabbed her, "Stop! That thing may be dangerous!"

"Danger? What's the danger?" Anado looked at me in surprise. "We can occasionally dig out some stone men and horses in the mountains, and there is nothing strange."

I shook my head gently, "This kind of stone man is different from the stone man you see!"

Although the age is relatively old, the stone man's facial features and some carved lines have been weathered and cannot be seen clearly, but we can still clearly see two carved depressions on the top of its head and navel, similar to a small hole.

After hearing what I said, Anado still seemed to find it a little funny, but when he saw the three of us with very serious expressions, he still closed his mouth.

I looked at Wen Mo and Yuanxiao, "Is this stone man that thing?"

Yuanxiao spoke and said, "I think it's like!"

Wen Mo also nodded, "Looking from this direction, you can see that the top of the stone man's head and navel are opened, but I don't know if there is anything else."

After hearing Wen Mo's words, my heart suddenly became irritated. Because these stone men left us with extremely bad memories, I can still clearly remember their names at that time - the Five-Oblook Stone Man! Outside the island's ancient tomb, it almost killed us!

Once we were bitten by a snake, we were afraid of the rope for ten years. At this time, the three of us couldn't help but become alert!
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