Tomb Raider Gu Tomb Miscellaneous Notes

I was hanging on the branch of a tree, holding several vines tightly with both hands, and there was an abyss under my feet. If I fell, let alone my body would be smashed to pieces, I would probably be turned into a puddle of fleshy scum, and my parents would not recognize it.

Life is hanging by a thread, and at a critical moment, people seem to be swinging on a thin steel wire, and the feeling in it is indescribable.

I think of going to Huangyangchuan with my parents when I was a child. It was drizzling, the sand and stone hills were grayish yellow, and the sky was full of water mist, desolate and lonely.

My mother hugged me and stood in the rain with an umbrella. I looked around the world full of water vapor, and saw a person lying in the muddy pit in the distance.

Pointing to that place with my little finger, I yelled, "Mom, there's someone over there."

The upper reaches of the Gulang River in Huangyangchuan are full of gullies and plains, barren and arid. Those earth pits are said to be left by local people to dig groundwater, and sometimes dead people are dug out.

The man was lying on the bottom of the pit, half-buried in the sand, gravel, and mud. His whole body was covered with mud, exuding a rotten smell, and his face was the same color as the dust in the pit. No matter how he looked at it, he looked dead. .

I innocently pointed at the man and said, "Look, this man is really bad, why is he sleeping in such a dirty place!"

I was only three and a half years old then, so of course I didn't understand anything.

Dad slid to the bottom of the pit and dragged the man out of the mud.I heard my mother say, "Is he dead?"

Dad squatted beside the man, shook his head and sighed after a while.

I grabbed my mother's collar and said anxiously: "No, he's not dead, he's alive! I saw his fingers moving just now!"

Just as I finished speaking, one of the man's hands suddenly curled up, grabbing a handful of dirt.

"Water... water..."

Dad yelled to Mom: "Get water!"

I saw my father pick up the man. The man looked very young, in his early twenties at most, wearing a smoky gray raincoat. Although his complexion was gray and lifeless like a dead man, his nose was straight, his lips were hard and delicate, and his eyelashes were very thick. long.

I leaned into my mother's ear and said, "Mom, is it a girl? She looks so beautiful!"

Mom said: "No, it's a young man."

I saw the man move his fingers again, and his beautiful lips trembled slightly. Knowing that he was still alive, my heart also warmed up inexplicably.

Later, I heard my father tell my mother that it was a miracle that the man survived after being buried in the pit for ten days without a drop of water.

Probably because of that person, I always believe that people have infinite potential and are not so easy to die.

I was hanging on the edge of the cliff, thinking about it in my mind, and finally realized that it would not work like this.

I roared a few times, and the sound spread out endlessly in the mountains. I shook the light of the flashlight to see if anyone could spot me. After waiting for a long time, there was no movement. Obviously, I slipped to a deserted place and walked with other people. scattered.

With bitterness in my heart, I thought that if I lost the incense burner, I might be buried in the mountains and wild forests and become a "unaccounted for" person.

I held my breath and calmed down my emotions. It was impossible to wait for someone to rescue me. I had to figure out a way to climb up by myself.So I struggled a few times, and pulled the vines and felt that it was still firm.

At this moment, there was a sudden friction sound from the top of the head, as if something had slid down the mountain wall.

I saw a group of black shadows falling from me, and not far from me, the movement suddenly stopped.

I was startled and held my breath, only to hear a muffled voice from below: "Tug oil bottle!"

"It's me!" I was overwhelmed with surprise for some reason, like a mouse discovering a rice vat, I swallowed my saliva, "Censer, why did you drop it too?!"

There was no sound below.

I took a flashlight and looked down, only to feel that the nearby vines were pulled down by a force and tightened, and they rubbed against the rough stones on the cliff, making rustling sounds.

Soon, the incense burner climbed up along the vines and stopped beside me: "Don't be in a daze, climb up."

I saw that he was as nimble as a wild monkey, and rushed up in the blink of an eye.

I didn't dare to neglect, and immediately used all my strength to climb up.People are like this. When you are alone, you will only continue to expand your fear and fatigue. However, once you have a partner by your side, you will be greatly encouraged, full of fighting spirit, and fatigue will be weakened.

We finally climbed up the cliff in one go, I rolled into the haystack a few times, stopped to take a few breaths, thank God for blessing!

The incense burner came over and patted my head, and said lightly, "You're not bad." I froze for a moment, and he patted me again, "Get up, this is not a place to rest."

I think his behavior is inexplicable, but I don't feel disgusted in my heart.

Behind us was still a steep cliff, and the incense burner began to climb the slope while groping.I am also busy following up.

"Where did you go just now?" I asked eagerly, and said aggrievedly in my heart, why is this person really like a ghost shadow, elusive.

The incense burner replied coldly: "Don't talk, save your energy."

I listen to him everything.

The slope gradually began to flatten when I got to the top, and I couldn't tell how long I had been climbing. Finally, I was able to walk on two legs. The incense burner walked dully into the depths of the jungle, and I followed him quietly, bowing my head in silence.

Later, when I recalled this experience, I felt inconceivable that I could follow a man whose identity was a mystery with such peace of mind, and believed that he could lead me out of the deep mountains to find a way out.If that person was not an incense burner, but someone else pretending to be, I would be defenseless, and it would be very easy for that person to harm me.

Several times, the incense burner stopped and looked back at me to follow, before turning around and continuing to walk.He didn't speak all the time, and my mood gradually calmed down. Without a doubt, we walked in the lush forest without saying a word, one in front of the other.

I just feel that our fate is bound together, wherever he goes, I will follow wherever he goes, even to the ends of the earth.

The night is thick, but I feel that my steps are getting easier.

We found a cave, and the incense burner said that we should rest here for a night first, recharge our spirits, and then think of a solution after dawn.I also agree that it is unrealistic to find a way out in the mountains in the dark at night.

There are some dead branches left in the cave, piled up together, we think that some people may have taken refuge here before.The incense burner actually lit the bonfire by drilling wood to make fire. I looked at him curiously, and I felt that his serious and silent appearance made me want to laugh.

He probably sensed my smirk, and frowned at me, I curled my lips and turned my face away.

Our clothes were all muddy, wet and damp, and felt cold on our bodies.We took off our coats and spread them out by the fire to dry.The two men sat shirtless by the fire, drying their hands, their heads lowered in a daze.

The warmth from the flames warmed his cheeks.

I couldn't bear it anymore, and said, "Where did you go just now?" Pausing, thinking, "I thought you would disappear just now."

The incense burner stared silently at the fire.

I sighed, thinking he wasn't going to talk tonight.Who knows, he actually said: "When I came out, I saw someone nearby... maybe I was wrong."

"Oh..." I nodded, expressing my understanding that it was because he was chasing someone's shadow that he broke his word and didn't obediently wait for us at the entrance of the cave.

I clasped my hands together, crossed my legs, lowered my head and thought hesitantly: "I have a question, can you answer me?"

The incense burner looked at me: "What do you want to ask?"

Just like in Miao Village, he asked me calmly and patiently, as if he would answer me whenever I had any questions.But I seem to feel that there are some things he doesn't want to tell me.There must be something between us, although I know that people have the right to keep their privacy, and the incense burner may have many secret pasts that they don't want others to know. This is his freedom, or he may be protecting himself However, this made me feel a little overwhelmed, even a little depressed.

I thought about it again: "You said that I have one... what is there?" I tried to pick and say things related to myself.

The incense burner stared at the fire quietly again, without making a sound.He didn't want to talk, and it was useless to force him, so I shrugged helplessly. I didn't know what was grinding my heart, and it was very uncomfortable.

But we were silent for a while, but he said again: "I said, you'd better not associate with us people, why do you..." He didn't go on.

Although the tone sounds mild, it is not difficult to detect the disappointment hidden in it.I know he's disappointed that I don't heed my advice and go into muddy water.

I said: "I'm fighting to find you, I hope you can tell me about one of my...some secrets, I want to know the answer, that's all." I helplessly spread my hands.

I didn't want to be childish, so I didn't mean to force him to say something.

I can see that Cenxiang Lu is a person who is difficult to open up to others. In other words, he is introverted and dull, and not talkative at all. To deal with this kind of person, there is no other way than to wait patiently for the moment when he is willing to speak.I didn't want to scare him off with my impatience.

Although I am not a very patient person, I can be very calm when facing this person.

The incense burner stared blankly at the fire, as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he finally said, "You have a Gu on your body. No one can cure it except the person who cast the Gu on you."

I couldn't help but startled, the answer was beyond my expectation!

"Why did I also get a Gu?!"

The incense burner lowered his head, and the light of the fire made his cheeks reddish, but his eyes were stained with an invisible color.

"The Gu in you has something to do with me." He said slowly, "You were involved because of me..."

He didn't seem to want to say any more.

I was dumbfounded: "That's why you promised my dad to save me three times?!"

The incense burner turned towards me, and I couldn't see what kind of emotion was in his eyes. In my opinion, those eyes were still calm, as calm as still water.

He said: "I am a Gu master. Because I have been taming insects and raising Gu for many years, I have an indelible Gu fragrance on my body. As long as you are an expert, you will know it when you smell it."

I was shocked by his words again, it turned out that the peculiar aloes on his body was caused by raising Gu?

"Gu" is the king of all poisons. It is said that many poisons are put together and devour each other, and the last remaining king of poisons is "Gu".People who raise Gu naturally have to deal with poisons all year round. There are many kinds of "Gu", and insect Gu is of course only one of them. For example, Golden Silkworm Gu is the first of this kind of Gu.I also heard that people who raise insects and snakes rely on various spices and medicinal powders to subdue snakes, scorpions, and poisonous insects, and then freely drive and manipulate them to become voodoo, harming human life. This is the most vicious type of voodoo, and this voodoo The master is often an excellent perfumer too.

The appearance of the incense burner is soft and weak. I really can't imagine that he is doing such a vicious thing.

And the incense burner also seemed to notice the change in my eyes, turned his face away, and continued to stare at the fire: "Everyone will be afraid after knowing my identity, and dare not approach me... Tuoyouping, what about you?"

I opened my mouth, but couldn't make a sound.I don't know how to treat the incense burner suddenly as an evil and vicious Gu master. In my impression, Gu masters are cruel, cunning and evil, harming others and themselves. It is really not a good thing. Now I am in a very bad mood contradiction.I want to continue to trust the incense burner, but I feel a little apprehensive in my heart.

Maybe it was my silence that made the incense burner fall into silence.There was a hint of loneliness in his eyes. I heard his words and knew that he had been a lonely person all year round.

"Is it because the Miao people treat you like that because they know you are a Gu Master?"

I remembered that in Miao village, the elders heard the slander from the Miao girl, and the disgusted expression on their faces so clearly appeared in their minds.

Miao people are very jealous of Gu masters.

The incense burner stared blankly at the fire and nodded.

I took a deep breath, feeling as if I was risking my life, and pressed his shoulder and said, "Xiang Lu, you just need to tell me, did you play the Gu in me?"

The incense burner turned to look at me, a little dazed in his eyes.He shook his head, and I breathed a sigh of relief.

"You didn't do it, so I don't worry." I paused every word, "I still believe in you."

The incense burner looked at me quietly.

I said: "I know there are many things you don't want to tell others. Who are you, what have you been through, why did you fight, and how did you know my father? Maybe you don't want to say these things. But I think you People don't know how to lie, as long as you don't deliberately lie to me, I'm willing to believe you."

I looked at him and said, "I don't mind you being a Gu Master either."

My face became hot, and my heart was pounding, and I couldn't control the feeling of accelerating my heartbeat.

I don't know what's wrong with this, I hope that the incense burner can understand that I believe in him.At this moment, I seem to be facing my first love, preparing to confess, nervous, excited, and suppressing emotions, but there are dark waves in my heart.

But the incense burner's expression was so calm, he looked at me lightly, and said: "I used to put tracking Gu on you, and you were not afraid when you were in King Ming's tomb?"

I froze for a moment, unable to turn my head around for a while, and after thinking about it again, I remembered that when the incense burner called me into the tomb, it took something from the back of my neck, and I didn't have time to think about it.

Now he suddenly has such a problem, and I don't know how to answer it.

Suddenly, he smiled lightly: "With your personality, it's easy to be killed if you work in the fight. But I hope you don't change."

My face was hot and itchy, and I was flustered by him again, and I was at a loss.

He said: "If you believe me, just close your eyes and sleep for a while. The most important thing now is to preserve your energy."

I coughed twice, expressing that I was a little embarrassed to be led by the nose again and again.But since he said so, I had to find a clean place to lie down.

The incense burner sat by the fire, his slender figure shrunk into a faint shadow, he turned his back to me, took off his turban, the firelight stained his messy hair with rich orange red, as if his hair was burning, The thin shoulders were reddened by the fire, and the shadow slanted on the ground was stretched and slender.Looking back on that picture many years later, I still feel a kind of heartache.