Chapter 273 [An Ancient Temple Hidden in the Jungle]
It was less than half an hour after the horses and men were sent out that a sika deer was hunted. We finally had dinner tonight. You can imagine that the population of the Indian subcontinent is second only to that of China. Some people even think that because the Indian population has a high illiteracy rate, there must be some omissions when registering the population.
It is almost certain that India is the world's most populous country, with such a small area supporting so many people. However, India's wild animals are extremely abundant, which has caused many cases of conflict between people and wild animals. This is a very distorted natural environment ratio.
Why is this? That is because Indians are influenced by Indian religions and rarely eat wild animals. That is, the meat of wild animals is more delicious than those of domestic animals, but they rarely eat them, so wild animals are preserved.
Of course, with the development of social economy in recent years, Indians will not hunt wild animals, but they will hunt rhinos, elephants and tigers. These wild animal products are sold to the international market through the black market to make a lot of money. As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food. This is also the sadness of wild animals.
India is the only country where tigers and lions coexist. India also has its own five big animals, including lions, leopards, buffaloes, elephants and rhinos. Lions, tigers, elephants, rhinos and leopards, India even has cheetahs, which is simply unimaginable in other countries, but it is very reasonable in India.
A sika deer was pulled to the waterside, cleaned, and then the four legs and two ribs were taken back and roasted on the fire. Although there are no seasonings such as salt and pepper, there are countless wild spices in the mountains, and you can just wander around. There are many natural spices, and the taste is quite good when applied to the barbecue.
The old butler is responsible for the barbecue. Because the master's status is limited, he will not accept the food roasted by those low-level servants, so only the butler can do it. When the old butler was roasting, the bodyguards were not idle either. They began to have a clear division of labor. Some people began to collect some hay to prepare a mattress for their own master.
Some people took homemade torches and shuttled through the jungle to see if there were any wild fruit trees. If there are ripe wild fruits, picking them can replenish physical strength and solve the greasy feeling brought by barbecue. As for the noble lord, he can only sit on the stone and wait for these people to work. If Belsinger is asked to do it, his fat body is really a bit of an obstacle.
When it was completely dark, the howling sounds of various wild beasts in the jungle came one after another. The wild beasts that forage during the day would choose to return to their caves at night. The animals that hibernate during the day and come out at night began to forage. Sloth bears are nocturnal and hunting at night is their strong point.
Even if the female sloth bear that hurt people appeared around Belsinger's camp, people could not see it. Night is the biggest enemy of mankind in the jungle. All the guns are placed within their reach, and the safety is turned on to fire, ready to participate in the battle at any time. After eating and drinking, Belsinger lay in the haystack and felt very comfortable and warm.
In addition, running around in the mountains all day was really hard for Belsinger, a fat man. Lying on the haystack, snoring for no more than ten minutes. Sleeping like a dead pig, but these bodyguards and Jamal housekeeper were not so lucky.
At the beginning, the shifts were arranged for two hours each time. Two bodyguards patrolled around with guns, fearing that wild animals would suddenly attack. The rest of the people lay on the cold stone, sleeping with one eye open and one eye closed, ready to deal with sudden attacks at any time, or no one, including the old housekeeper, slept as soundly as Belsinger.
Fortunately, the night was spent without danger, because the bonfire never stopped burning, and the wild animals around did not dare to approach. Belsinger opened his eyes at the moment the sun rose, but felt that the clothes he was wearing were wet. Because the moisture in the jungle was too great, he wiped his face and saved the trouble of washing his face by the river.
Climbing up from the haystack, I saw that the bodyguards around me had their own work to do, and even the two older bodyguards who led the way yesterday began to hold machetes. Repairing the bamboo tubes formed by cutting bamboo on the mountain, drilling a hole on the bamboo barrel, and then plugging it with hay, it can serve as a temporary kettle.
There was still a lot of meat left from the roasted sika deer last night, which was relatively fresh and enough for more than a dozen people to have a meal. After drinking some water and eating some barbecue, the fire was extinguished and everyone followed the bodyguards who opened the way to continue to move forward into the forest.
Although the road was very rugged, with yesterday's experience, everyone cooperated very well. The progress was also very smooth. After crossing two small hills, looking down from the top of the mountain, the good guys were all dozens of meters high trees. Nothing could be seen below, but some trickling water could be heard.
Because the main food of the sloth bear is honey and termites, of course, termite piles are eaten everywhere at will. But there is a very troublesome problem with silver, that is, the taste is sour and astringent. Although it can be used as the staple food of the sloth bear and can fill its stomach, the sloth bear needs to drink a lot of water to quench its thirst after eating termites.
It is inseparable from the water source. This is the fatal weakness of the sloth bear! As long as you find water, you can find the sloth bear! You will know when you hear the sound of trickling water. There must be a sloth bear nearby. We finally found the base camp of this malicious sloth bear. There was no need to be polite anymore and we had to go down the mountain screaming.
Crossing a small river that is more than four or five meters wide, we came to the top of the mountain and saw a valley surrounded by mountains. The trees were tall and the grass was lush, especially the birds were particularly numerous and chirping. More than a dozen bird calls could be heard. The valley was very flat and there was another small river on the left, which was very suitable for human habitation. Unfortunately, the valley was full of trees that blocked out the sun.
It looked like there had been no trace of human habitation for 1,000 years, otherwise the trees would not have grown so lush and big. After climbing over a huge rock that was as tall as a two-story building, suddenly, the two bodyguards who were leading the way in front of us stood there motionless with a cry of "Ah!" as if they had seen something ghostly.
The old housekeeper originally thought that he had encountered a group of elephants, so he quickly ordered people to pick up their weapons and hide behind the rocks, ready to face the sudden attack of the elephants head-on. But after listening for a while, there was no movement. At this time, the two bodyguards who were leading the way in front were surprised and ran to Belsinger's side, saying in a language-based manner.
"Master, Master, I saw the temple. Those stone temples are surrounded by big trees. The roots of some big trees even split the actual temple buildings in half. It's really amazing. I saw the temple."
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I saw the temple. It's strange. The history that Bel Singh studied in school did not introduce any ancient buildings around the town of Sinjar. In addition, Indians are afraid of God, so it is impossible to abandon the temple and let the temple be abandoned in this wilderness. What's going on? Is it a ghost?