Ghostly Eyes [Tomb Raiders]

This hotel is very close to the scenic spot, so you can see the mountains of Buddha statues and grottoes not far away.The Longmen Grottoes face the Yihe River and are located on the Longmen Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain on the east and west banks. Among them, the most famous Fengxian Temple Buddha is sitting in the most brightly lit place.

As soon as it gets dark, the artificial neon lights placed on Longmen Mountain turn on one after another, reflecting colorful lights in the grottoes. The whole Longmen Mountain is set off like a Penglai fairyland. In the fairyland, solemn and kind Buddha statues stand side by side, overlooking all living beings.

"It's so beautiful, it's so beautiful." Li Qiu repeated admiration, grabbed his mobile phone to take a picture, but he was not satisfied no matter how he took it, even the most high-definition digital camera couldn't express one ten-thousandth of the beautiful scenery in front of him.

Facing such a magnificent scene, Ah Jiu was not very excited, and said lightly: "It's getting late, I'll go to bed first, breakfast will be seven o'clock tomorrow."

Li Qiu was taken aback, then turned his head silently, and when Ah Jiu kneaded to the bed, he said cautiously: "Ah Jiu...are you angry?"

Ah Jiu covered her face with the pillow, and said in a muffled voice, "Why do you ask that?"

"You haven't talked much since morning. Are you...are you in a bad mood? I didn't ask your opinion for this trip, so I decided to pull you in on my own. Don't you like it?"

Think about it, this trip was originally invited by the travel team, and it had nothing to do with Ah Jiu. Although Ah Jiu did not refuse in person, his indifference was still obvious.

Ah Jiu didn't answer, just when Li Qiu thought that Ah Jiu had fallen asleep, the other party said flatly: "If I was alone, I would leave right now."

Sure enough, Li Qiu drooped his shoulders in frustration, and heard Ah Jiu continue: "But you are still there, so I didn't leave right away."

Speaking of this step, it was already very clear, Li Qiu didn't speak any more, just washed up hastily, turned off the lights and went to sleep.

Because there was only one bed, the two still slept together as if they were at home.Usually sleeping at home, the two have a tacit understanding not to disturb each other, each occupying one side of the big bed, but the beds in the hotel are narrow and small, no matter how they are separated, they cannot be separated too far.

But Li Qiu still held tightly to the side of the bed, trying to shrink himself to a corner, so as not to bump into the people next to him.

It wasn't until midnight that the noisy insects all over the world stopped for a while.

A pair of powerful arms stretched out from behind, and embraced the sleeping person beside the bed to the center, and a soft sigh was heard.

In the early morning of summer, when Li Qiu woke up the next day, the bed was empty, and the people who slept with him the previous night had left without knowing when, leaving only a bed that was no longer warm.

Li Qiu rubbed his head, packed his luggage in frustration, and came to the restaurant on the first floor to eat.

Team Huang saw him from a long distance and called him over.At breakfast time, the entire team was gathered around a round table, chatting and laughing.

"Come on, it's the first time for many of us to meet each other. Let's all introduce ourselves first, so we won't make trouble when we go up the mountain together later."

Since he made such a proposal, Team Huang naturally spoke first: "My surname is Huang, and everyone loves to call him Brother Huang. I am the captain of our Big Dipper Travel Club and the tour guide for this Longmen Mountain hike. He is in charge of all the activities in the past few days. I usually run around the world in activities, and many people are seeing me for the first time.”

On Team Huang's right hand side, the ugly, short and fat man in the car yesterday was gorging himself on hesai without looking up.

"This is Master Zhang. We are used to calling him Zhang Bold! Although he is not good looking, he is very reliable and has rich field experience. Last time when our group got lost while hiking in Tibet, we just relied on him to find the way. Recognized, don't look at his head as flat as a pumpkin, it's actually more useful than that old beautiful compass!"

The crowd burst into laughter.

"This is a lecturer at Xi'an University, surnamed Wei, an intellectual engaged in research, and the beautiful lady next to him is his wife." A bald head politely stood up and said hello.Beside him sat a smiling young lady who appeared to be a newlywed couple.

"This one is Teacher Chen." A guy with glasses nodded.

Except for these few people, the others are the original members of the donkey team, and they also introduced themselves one after another.

The yellow team patrolled for a week with satisfaction, clapping their hands, "In this way, all of us are here. I think it's just right for a total of nine people. Hey? Xiao Li, where's your brother?"

Li Qiu was called on, and he stood up uncomfortably, "He...he has something to do temporarily, and no one is here right now."

"Hey, young people nowadays are like this. They don't have strong organization and discipline. This is what I want to say. During the journey, I hope everyone will obey the command of the captain. It is the worst thing to act privately. If there is trouble, there will be trouble." Danger."

Team Huang held a simple "mobilization meeting". Just before everyone was about to set off, Ah Jiu, who had been missing all morning, finally arrived late.Wrapped in a long-sleeved sweatshirt, black sunglasses, a peaked cap, and a plastic bag in his hand.

Li Qiu's eyes lit up, his heart seemed to be soaked in bayberry water, sour and sweet.

"Why, are you going to leave now?" Ah Jiu took off his hat and came to Li Qiu's side.

"Hey, I'm looking for you kid! Let's go—"

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Sender: Li Qiu

Content of the message: Brother, we are leaving, please contact me by mobile phone, I hope everything will go well on this journey.

Under the leadership of Team Huang, the group drove around the southern foot of Longmen Mountain, arrived at a remote and steep foothill, abandoned the car, and started walking.

Li Qiu once heard that the so-called poverty-stricken travel by travel friends means spending the least amount of money to enjoy the most fun.In this case, donkey friends usually do not take the regular scenic route, but find another way to go up the mountain by other means, so as to enjoy the scenery of the scenic spot and explore many undeveloped new places.

But the premise of doing this is that there must be an experienced captain as a mentor.

Most of the mountains in the Central Plains are gentle, and with the government's emphasis on and development of tourism in recent years, the surrounding hills are basically not dangerous.Team Huang led the group to climb along the banks of the Yihe River to the front of Longmen Mountain, where the scenery was beautiful.

Soon, they came to the edge of the scenic spot, and some inconspicuous small grottoes appeared one after another.

In the arched caves on the mountain wall, there are lifelike Buddha statues in different shapes, which have gone through thousands of years of wind and rain.Everyone stopped, rested, and took pictures.

The bald-headed teacher Wei took out a small notebook, traced the outlines of several Buddha statues, and pointed out: "This is the southern end of Longmen Mountain, the closest to Huijian Cave, so these small grottoes should be the extension of Huijian Cave. Going north along the river, you can see Huijian Cave, and then Wanfo Cave."

Team Huang said cheerfully, "Teacher Wei understands very well, it should be your first time to visit Longmen Grottoes."

Teacher Wei's wife said proudly: "To be honest, my family has no other hobbies, but likes to study Buddha statues. Although we are here for the first time, we have done a good job in the preliminary homework. He will be very familiar with it as soon as he arrives at the place where he was born." He likes hanging book bags, so don't laugh at him."

"Buddhism is good. Teacher Wei, tell us more, so that everyone can learn more."

Li Qiu didn't join in the fun, and sat far away to rest, because of what happened last night, he and Ah Jiu were in a subtle "cold war".Unlike those experienced outdoor sportsmen, Li Qiu's climbing for several hours is still too much for Li Qiu. The most important thing is that he is now carrying two people's luggage by himself, double the load, Ah Jiu He has been staying out of the crowd, never approaching him, let alone talking to him.

Li Qiu anxiously touched the breakfast prepared for Ah Jiu in his backpack, seeing that it was about to cool down, but he couldn't find a chance to take it out.The moist river wind was blowing from afar, making people feel in a trance. After an unknown amount of time, the yellow team shouted and told everyone to go on the road again.

Li Qiu picked up his luggage resignedly, Zhang boldly passed by him, took a weird look at Ah Jiu who was empty-handed, and said "tsk tsk tsk" dissatisfied.Entering the boundary of the scenic spot, the number of passing tourists gradually increased, and small stalls and hawkers can be seen everywhere, selling various souvenirs.Team Huang doesn't advocate that everyone buy items in the scenic spot, but Li Qiu is still greedy, dragging his luggage and kept looking back at a booklet of rubbings.

Suddenly, Li Qiu felt his shoulders lighten, and more than half of the original heavy luggage was lost. Ah Jiu moved his hands and feet, and unceremoniously transferred all the luggage of the two to his shoulders.

"Go and buy it."

Li Qiu was taken aback, smiled foolishly, and happily ran to the bookstall.After stuffing the book into the backpack, Li Qiu found suspiciously that there were a dozen candles, a sewing kit and a box of unpacked matches in the bag.

He had never bought these things before, thinking of Ah Jiu who was the last one to appear in the restaurant in the morning, could it be that the guy disappeared early in the morning and actually ran out to buy candles and matches?Shaking his head, Li Qiu finally didn't throw these things out.

But looking at the Buddha statues all over the mountain, Li Qiu always felt that he had forgotten something, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

The Longmen Grottoes are typical cliff-shaped group sculptures. There are tens of thousands of Buddha sculptures in only one Ten Thousand Buddha Cave. Among them, the main Buddha of Lushena, located in Fengxian Temple, is nearly 20 meters high and is the biggest signboard of the scenic spot.

In front of the Buddha is the Yi River, and a huge man-made lampstand is buried at the bottom of the river.Li Qiu thought of the magnificent night view of the grotto after dark, it was the lights in the water shining on the Buddha, it was so beautiful.

"Why are most of the lampstands installed on the grottoes, and only this one is in the water?"

"It's Xiaoli who is careful, and you discovered this." Team Huang pointed to the lampstand in the water, "At the beginning, when the scenic spot was arranging the night scene, I never thought of putting a lampstand in the water, but later I discovered during the survey that this part of the river There is actually a small copper mine hidden at the bottom."

"Copper mine?" Several people looked over at the same time.

"Yeah, the old copper mine is worthless a long time ago. As a result, it is not good to bury the copper mine somewhere, but it is right in front of the main Buddha, and it is very close to the water. Tourists can see it at a glance when they stand by the river. This group of yellow, yellow, green and green copper slag in the water is really ugly."

Zhang boldly scratched his belly, "Hey, that's hard to say, just smash this broken mine or dig it away."

"Of course I know this, but the scenic area has not been completed for several years. It is said that the copper mine is connected to the mountain of Longmen Mountain, and it cannot be moved. I am afraid that once it is excavated, it will destroy the Buddha statues on the mountain. In the end it was really They had no other choice, so they put a lampstand on top of the copper mine to cover it, don’t tell me, the lighting effect is really good.”

"Speaking of Buddha statues, hey, Lao Huang, why don't your Buddha statues have heads?" Zhang Boldly said, everyone also discovered that seventy to eighty percent of the densely packed Buddha statues on Longmen Mountain lack heads. Go weird and unusual.

Huang Dui smiled wryly, "Hey, although this stone is placed in the grotto, after thousands of years of wind and rain, even a diamond has to be worn bald."

Zhang Bold didn't seem to understand his implication at all, and continued to babble: "Even so, we can't all lose their heads. It's unlucky. Take a look, they all look like they have been beheaded!"

"He was beheaded."

The guy with glasses surnamed Chen was the one who answered the conversation. He was silent all the way, and he managed to say something that scared everyone. "Team Huang is a local, so it's embarrassing to tell us directly, but in fact, the heads of these Buddha statues were indeed cut off artificially."

Zhang hummed boldly, but Li Qiu blinked strangely, "Cut it off, why?"

"——Dao Chiu, if you don't know this concept, then you must have heard of 'Luoyang Tufuzi'."