Coincidentally, just after they followed the water into the cave, the weather outside changed and it started to rain lightly.
Inside the cave, the weather was a little different from the previous sweltering heat outside. As soon as he entered the cave, Hu Ming felt the cool breeze blowing from the cave.
It feels cool at first, but soon it feels cold.
Hu Bayi turned on the searchlight and looked into the water. The water here was quite clear, and from time to time, he could still see the shadows of some fish swimming by.
At this moment, Hu Bayi stretched out his hand to feel the temperature of the water. It was ice cold, even biting and cold.
"Strange!"
"Southern Yunnan is like spring all year round, how come the water here is so cold!" Hu Bayi wondered and began to observe the surroundings.
Yang Xueli seemed to know something, "It's probably because the snow water on the mountain melted and flowed in. Or, when we just came in, the temperature difference between here and outside was too big, so our bodies haven't adapted yet."
However, as Yang Shirley spoke, Hu Ming clearly felt that the water around him was speeding up.
Hu Ming immediately reminded: "Attention, the water flow is speeding up, please sit still!"
After saying that, as the water flow accelerated, the speed of the bamboo rafts also became faster, and at the same time, the surrounding river channels began to narrow.
At that time, they made the bamboo rafts very large in order to accommodate equipment and people. In fact, they did not take into account some narrow places.
Fortunately, we drifted forward for a while, turned a corner, and left that small place.
The fat man looked around in confusion and said, "This place is different from what the landlady said. Are we going the wrong way?"
"Mingzi, I didn't see any fork in the road!"
Hu Ming looked at the dark front and said nothing. Ever since he entered this cave, he had always had a bad feeling. He didn't know where this feeling came from.
Therefore, he could only be careful. When Hu Ming saw the fog in front of him gradually dissipating, he felt that he was almost at the place where the human figurines were poisoned.
At this time, he and Hu Bayi and others said: "Everyone try to go down as low as possible and don't stand up."
"This way the bamboo raft will be faster."
In fact, Hu Ming was wary of the human figurine Gu that would suddenly appear at any time.
After turning the previously narrow corner, this area is now much more spacious.
Hu Ming recalled for a moment, but he remembered that the human figurine Gu was not only found at the foot of Zhelong Mountain, but also in nearby mountainous areas, and some fell and were washed away by the water.
Just as he was thinking about it, Hu Ming saw a vague figure appearing on the stone wall in front of him. It seemed that he had arrived at a place where the human figurines were densely populated.
"Mingzi, there seems to be a figure there!" Moving forward a little distance, even Hu Bayi spotted it.
"It doesn't look alive at first glance, so don't worry about it, let's go our own way!" That thing is so disgusting that Hu Ming has no interest in studying it at all.
Hu Ming knew that the corpses used to raise the poison belonged to slaves, and he had no habit of touching floating corpses.
"Okay!" When the fat man heard what Hu Ming said, he rowed the bamboo raft harder. Facing this damn place, the fat man wanted to paddle out as soon as possible.
Yang Xueli suddenly asked curiously. "Hu Ming, it seems that you know what this is?"
After listening to Yang Shirley's words, Hu Ming sighed, nodded and said: "These are corpses used to raise poisonous insects. They are all slaves from ancient times. There is nothing interesting to see."
At this time, Hu Bayi also remembered the rumors. After looking at Hu Ming, he was a little confused, "Mingzi, you mean this is the legendary figurine Gu?"
In the past, Hu Bayi also read books and read them a lot, but didn't describe much. Even though his grandfather had told him and Hu Ming, he still couldn't recognize it at a glance.
"Yes, those are the things. By the way, what about the insect repellent? Take it out and sprinkle some on the edge of the bamboo raft to prevent those poisonous insects from gathering later."
While talking, Hu Ming discovered that there was a circle of white things floating under the edge of the bamboo raft. If he looked carefully, they were all small white insects.
"Fuck! Fast, fast, fast!"
"Old Hu! Those bugs are already surrounding us!" the fat man said anxiously upon seeing this.
Seeing this, Hu Bayi immediately sprinkled the insect repellent powder along the side of the bamboo raft.
It seems, it seems to have no effect.
"There are more and more bugs!" The fat man looked at it, feeling anxious in his heart.
Now the bamboo pole he was using to hold the boat was surrounded by these little white insects, and they were getting closer.
"By the way, don't we still have those herbs given by the landlady? Let's try that!"
Upon hearing the fat man's reminder, Hu Bayi immediately placed some insect repellent herbs given by the landlady on the side of the bamboo raft.
Soon, the Gu insects around them began to disperse and no longer gathered together.
"Hey! Amazing!"
"This thing works pretty well!"
"If I had known earlier, I would have brought this with me!"
"It saves me carrying so much without using medicated powder!"
At this time, Hu Ming was slightly surprised and thought to himself, I'm afraid, this boss lady is not simple!
"I'm afraid that boss lady is not simple!" Looking at the scene in front of her, Yang Xueli said what everyone was thinking.
However, after Hu Ba thought about it, he felt it was nothing.
"Maybe I live here all year round, so I know what things are useful for!"
Then, Shirley Yang shook her head and said, "How would she know that this herb is useful if she doesn't come to a place like this?"
At this moment, Hu Ming looked at the herbs on the bamboo raft and continued to study. Soon, he seemed to understand something.
"It seems that we are quite lucky."
"If I'm not wrong, this boss lady should be a young person, and her status is probably not low!"
"If it's black seedlings, we'll be in dire straits."
When the fat man heard this, he looked surprised and couldn't believe it. Then he said, "That's okay. Fortunately, the ones we encountered were not black seedlings."
Hu Bayi glanced at the fat man and said, "Fat man, you can't be biased in what you say! What's wrong with the black seedlings? Although their methods are a bit more vicious, they don't poison everyone they see."
"If you don't provoke others, they will not harm you if they have no grievances or grudges. This is a fact."
The fat man didn't believe it and said: "Who knows!"
"Besides, what if it's a black shop?"
"By the way, you said that the path we are taking is different from what the landlady said. She can't tell us that she is wrong!"
The fat man looked at everyone, wanting to know the result.
At this moment, Hu Ming saw that Fatty was so afraid of Gu magic, so he laughed and said, "Fatty, do you have persecution delusions?"
"What...what disease?"
"You're the only one who has a persecution delusion." At this moment, the fat man also reacted.
"Okay, the usefulness of this herb shows that the landlady is kind-hearted. Let's just put our hearts back in our stomachs. No one wants to harm us!"
"We are here now, probably because it rained heavily outside and the water flow became turbulent and rushed a few of us directly here."
“However, it’s a mistake!”
"Looking at it this way, this is the right way."
Hu Ming understood. In fact, the route the landlady mentioned should be on the narrow curve just now. It was the sightseeing route they took during their trip.
