Chapter 153 White Tower
Zhou Zhi picked up the chicken soup and touched it with the boss: "We will go to the White Tower later, uncle, we will not drink. I wish you a prosperous business here."
The taste of this restaurant is really good. The chicken soup is filled with vermicelli and tender vegetable leaves. The soup is so clear that there is almost no oil splash. However, with every spoonful of the soup, the light fragrance fills the mouth with pleasure and makes people appetite.
After that, there are delicious dishes to go with the meal, such as the rich-flavored stir-fried chicken offal, sauerkraut and chicken blood, and even the usually popular dishes like roasted white garlic, stir-fried garlic sprouts, and shredded pork with yellow chives, have faded.
When these are almost eaten, I have another bowl of rice, soaked in chicken soup, and just the oily cabbage and bath pickles to fill the last bit of the stomach. The satisfaction will not be exchanged for any god. .
When paying the bill, the uncle boss smiled and said: "It's rare for someone to eat food so seriously, I must give you a 20% discount!"
"Oh, how embarrassing is this!" Zhou Zhi said politely, but he knew in his heart This meal is not considered a bad one here. It is normal to get a discount for small purchases, but I did not expose it: "Thank you, uncle. We have brought a machine over, so we will leave it here for you first. We will come back to pick it up after visiting the White Tower later."< br>
“The machine you Are we going to take them to the farm?" The uncle thought for a moment: "Then you can come here before four o'clock. I am familiar with the owners of several trucks here. The ferry will arrive at four o'clock, and I will find a car for you. You go to the countryside and don’t have to carry this heavy guy.”< br>
"Thank you, uncle!" This is a real bargain, and everyone is very happy: "Then we will be back before four o'clock."
Jiachuan White Pagoda, formerly known as Jiang'an Futu, was built in Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty It took ten years and a century to complete.
It is located on the high bank at the bend of the Baitaba River in Baimi Township, to the east of the county seat, which means purple air coming from the east, and faces the county seat across the river.
Walk along the road for a short distance, and there is a path that turns downhill, passing through a beautiful lychee forest, and then through a bamboo forest, and you arrive at a quiet and deep place, hidden in the dense forest. , a huge red sandstone tower base is located in the forest.
The base of the tower is very large. It is a hollow stone platform, square, four feet long on a side and two stories high.
There are steps on both sides of the stone platform. Follow the steps to the top. There is a huge tower base in the middle.
The tower base is also made of sand and stone. Surrounding the four directions of the tower base, there are eight life-size figures with sinewy muscles and ferocious faces carved on the back of the tower.
The strong man stands on the edge of the rosette, with the height of his insteps at the same level as the visitor's chest. The entire sculpture leans forward, with his mouth open and glaring. When viewers look up, a huge sense of oppression will hit their faces.
These sculptures are very exquisitely carved from an aesthetic point of view, but it is a pity that the materials are a little different. They are made of red sandstone. From the 10th year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty to the present, many details have been lost. In the midst of ups and downs.
"It turns out that the White Tower is so big!" Zhang Xinyi looked up at the ghost-like statue of a strong man, his eyes full of seriousness and curiosity, but he didn't know if he would have a nightmare tonight.
Ye Xin climbed on Lux's arm, then pulled him up, playfully putting his hand into Lux's open mouth: "Elbow, do you know their identities?"
"You really confused me with this question." Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "I really don't know, but I know that the carving skills of these warriors are comparable to those of the South Gate Vajra Warriors of Todaiji Temple in Japan."< br>
After finishing speaking, he sighed: "But they have preserved it very well, but ours... is so worn that we can hardly recognize it."
It is not just the problem of the statue of Hercules, but also the current state of the entire White Tower. It's not too bad. There's even a banyan tree growing on the top of the tower, which can be seen even from as far away as Jiachuan City.
It makes the White Tower look more beautiful, but the damage to the White Tower is also conceivable.
It is very comfortable here. Except for the sounds of birds chirping and friends talking, it is completely quiet. There is a tall white tower on the red tower base. The entire tower base platform is also red, and the entire surrounding area is The circle is full of green bamboo forests and evergreen plants. The three colors of white, red and green are combined together, making the environment extremely "novel" and "high-end" in tone. After looking at the appearance of the White Tower, the friends returned to the bottom of the tower base. After turning along the red sandstone wall, they could find an arch opening in the middle of the base.
There are only two ways to enter the first floor of the White Tower. One is to just do what Ye Xin did, climb on top of them using the tower bearer as a ladder, and then step on them to the platform of the first floor of the White Tower. Enter the tower through the small door on the tower.
The second way is to enter the underground palace through this arch, and then walk along the stone steps in the underground palace to the first floor.
The entire base of the tower has no windows. There is a roughly two-story turning staircase inside, but the staircase is so dark that you can't see your fingers.
“Oops, I forgot to bring a flashlight.” Zhou Zhi said: “Then shall we play?”
“How about we just don’t go in?” Zhang Xinyi was a little worried: “ Will there be a snake? ”
"Actually, there's nothing except the black one. We often go in like this."
"It seems a bit exciting." Ye Xin was about to move, but was pulled gently by Jiang Shuyi.
"Let's do this. The monk will take the lead with me, and then Shu Yi, Xinyi, Xinxin, Tingting, Passepartout and Datou will follow behind. How about it?"
"Okay!" First of all The one who excitedly agreed was Guan Tingting. She came out with her brother Jiuzi today because she was right. She didn’t know the world of adults was so fun.
Yes, for Guan Tingting, who is in the second year of junior high school, the world of her brothers and sisters in the second year of high school already belongs to the world of "adults".
Anyway, if she goes out with her classmates, having a picnic is the limit. How can she have such a "consumer" as her elbow brother!
It’s not that girls don’t like excitement. At least in Zhou Zhi’s previous life, when girls went to Disney to play those activities, they were quite crazy.
So Zhou Zhi's plan was accepted by everyone. Only Guan Tingting didn't understand Zhou Zhi's intention to save the country and try every means to win over Jiang Shuyi's little hand. After entering the underground palace, walking up the stairs, she came to the place where Yu Guang disappeared. When the time comes, take a look at the chick Zi rushed up and grabbed Zhou Zhi's right hand tightly: "I will hold my brother's elbow, sister Shu Yi, you hold me!"
In the echoing passage, bursts of gloating laughter immediately came out, Among them, Ye Xin and Zhang Lu were the most arrogant.
Zhou Zhi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Tingting, it was in vain that my brother nailed the pigeon cage for you. How could you not assist at the critical moment and instead cause trouble?
But at this time, we couldn't make it any more obvious, otherwise Shu Yi would be embarrassed and nervous again, so he had to simply say: "Let's go."
The claustrophobic space represents the greatest unknown, and also represents the Human fear.
If someone with a phobia comes here, they may faint to death.
Fortunately, there are no such people here. At most, they just find it exciting.
Except for the leader Yang He, the other eight people held hands and walked along the dark passage step by step, letting the previous person lead them as they walked in circles toward higher ground.
(End of this chapter)