Chapter 479 Several Cases
So the three of them separated and went in three directions to explore the small basin.
The basin is not big, but the plants are lush. There are bamboo forests and wetlands at the bottom, shrubs on the slopes, and arbor forests higher up.
The tree species of the tree turned out to be nanmu, which was thick and straight. The largest one must be at least three to four hundred years old.
The weather is very hot now, which is when snakes and insects are active. Hengfa does not let Zhou Zhi and the others go down to the bottom of the basin. He is in charge there and asks Zhou Zhi and Qiao Laoer to walk along the nanmu forest on the edge of the shrub. Explore forward on both sides of the basin.
Zhou Zhi secretly rejoiced that so many nanmu trees were unlikely to be a natural forest. It was most likely planted here by predecessors.
The specific reason is not known, but Zhou Zhi deeply hopes that this nanmu forest was used as a landmark by previous generations.
Not even halfway through, Hengfa's whistle sounded at the bottom of the basin, accompanied by his shout: "Slow down when you come down! Watch the road! Pay attention to the bamboo shoots on the road!"
Then he added: "There are still bamboo branches, be careful of the green bamboo leaves!"
Bamboo leaf green and bamboo shoot shell spot are among the highly venomous snakes that can be seen in Jiachuan. The reason why Fawang Temple’s snake medicine is so good is that Erli Township is rich in various venomous snakes. Monks of the past dynasties gradually discovered some unique snakes According to the formula of the medicine, when nearby villagers encounter bites, they will rush to Fawang Temple in time to let the monks carry out treatment.
The bamboo leaf green is a small green snake. The biggest difference from the green snake is its red eyes, lateral lines, and yellow burnt tail.
This thing is not only highly poisonous, but also lives on trees and bamboos. It attacks the upper body of people. The toxin can easily reach the heart and other organs.
Soldering Iron Head This is the original spearhead viper. It has blocky patterns on its body and is very similar in color to the bamboo shoot shell, hence its name.
The annoying thing about this snake is that it is not only highly venomous, but also lazy and fat.
Generally, snakes will choose to avoid after sensing human movement, but Bamboo Shell Spot will not.
It will still hide lazily on the side of the road, motionless, but once a person enters its attack range, it will quickly take a bite.
Zhou Zhi followed the teachings of Heng Fa, holding an elastic bamboo stick in his hand, and beat him all the way down to the bottom of the basin.
When we arrived at the thick bamboo forest below, we found a dilapidated house!
Master Qiao is faster than Zhou Zhi and has already joined Heng Fa there.
The appearance of dilapidated houses also confirms Zhou Zhi’s guess that this is indeed a man-made place. In addition to the nanmu marking the location, the dense bamboo forest also conceals the traces of human habitation, which has a very Strong concealment.
The house is designed as a bamboo house on stilts. The nanmu used as the base pillars has rotted, causing half of the bamboo house on one side to sit down, and the remaining half is also crumbling.
The bamboo house has bamboo side walls, plastered with mud, and a grass roof on top. This is also the simplest style of residential building in southern Sichuan.
If the grass roof is properly maintained and the foundation is made of stone or rammed earth, such a house will last for decades without any problem.
But the prerequisite is that it must be inhabited and maintained by someone. Obviously, the bamboo house in front of you is not one of them.
The bamboo house has been covered with vines and fallen leaves over the years, making it almost impossible to find the entrance to the bamboo house.
Hengfa pulled out a machete from the side of his backpack and started to attack the vines hanging outside the bamboo building.
Zhou Zhi didn't pay attention at first, until he inadvertently wiped a handful of the cut vines with his hand, and found that there was some blood-like red juice on his hand.
Zhou Zhi was startled when he discovered that the vine cut by Heng Fa began to flow out of strange red juice from the cut place.
"Master, Master, what is going on..." "This is a mountain dragon, also called Millet Spatholobus..."
"Chicken Spatholobi?" Zhou Zhi couldn't help but feel ashamed of his own suspicion. Knowing that it was Millet Spatholobus was no longer scary: "Chop some in a while and bring them back to boil water to soak your feet!"
The bamboo ladder is very close to the entrance. When they were almost cleared, Hengfa cut off the vines around the window, and then used a bamboo pole to open the window.
"Crash..." A big brown bird suddenly flew out of the opened window, startling the three of them.
When I calmed down, I realized that a pheasant had just escaped.
"Master, please be careful." Zhou Zhi looked at a few big inchworms crawling out from under the decayed window sill, and felt psychological shadow over the place that had scared him twice in a row.
"Yes." Master Hengfa took off all the pieces on his body, leaving only the machete used to cut the vines: "I will go in first and ask you to come in again."
Seeing Zhou Zhi and Master Qiao's hands Everyone inside was holding bamboo poles and looking nervous. In this way, Master Hengfa smiled instead: "Don't worry so much. Think about it, a place where pheasants can live, how dangerous can it be?"
When Zhou Zhi and Master Qiao thought about this, they took it seriously. This is considered relaxing.
But even though Hengfa said this, he was very careful with his feet. Step by step, he carefully climbed up the half-ruined wooden ladder to the floor one meter high from the ground, and walked through the doorway that had just been cut. Entered the bamboo house.
After roughly checking around, he said to the two of them: "Come in, be careful where you step, don't stand on a bamboo beam."
The furnishings inside the bamboo house are very simple, including a bamboo cabinet, a bamboo bed, and a futon. There is a table in front of the futon. There is a tea tray on the table with crude tea sets, a wooden fish, and a drumstick.
There are also coir raincoats, bamboo hats, backpacks on the wall, and a tool similar to a medicine hoe made from Qinggang wood branches.
"Amitabha." Hengfa clasped his hands together and pronounced the Buddha's name.
Obviously, the former owner of this place was a monk or layman.
Zhou Zhi felt something in his heart and rushed to several cases to inspect them.
This table is incompatible with the furnishings here. It is an exquisite wooden work, and the whole body is coated with lacquer, and it is polished with fine rice flour, which is relatively exquisite lacquerware.
The level of craftsmanship is completely different from the bamboo bed and bamboo frame. It is obvious that this thing can only be brought from outside.
Zhou Zhi pulled out a few coir raincoat leaves from the coir raincoat on the wall, rolled them into a brush handle, lowered himself down in a low voice, put his side face to the floor, and reached out to brush away the cobweb dust at the bottom of the tables: " There are words here.”
“Why don’t you move the things and turn over the cases?” Hengfa didn’t understand.
"This is the rule of archeology. If you can obtain information without destroying the original situation, it is best to obtain it without destroying it, and then judge whether it can be moved and excavated." Mr. Qiao said, At the same time, I imitated the thoughtful attitude and lay down, tilting my head to read the text under the table: "On the day of Jiachen, October and Bingwu, the devout Li Zhang family sent the Dharma king to the temple."
After reading these words, Mr. Qiao stood up with his butt stuck out. Compared with the dog, he was only one tail short: "This is something from Fawang Temple! How do you know there are words here?!"
"Fawang Temple There are a lot of similar furniture in there, and they look a bit similar to me." Zhou Zhi continued to brush the dust on the bottom of several cases: "If it's something from Fawang Temple. , then they will be used to leaving the name of the worshiper and the date of worship in a place where they cannot be seen."
"Now we can know that these cases are old objects from Fawang Temple. The owner here is related to Fawang Temple.”
(End of this chapter)