C2 (1/2)
The wild boar's attention was completely attracted to it, and it no longer bothered to chase after Ashley and the little girl. It ran around randomly, as if it was mad that it couldn't climb trees. The strange eagle was standing on the tree, letting out a strange and mournful cry. It spread its wings from time to time, preparing to attack. However, it never jumped down again, as if it was trying to attract the wild boar's attention.
The wild boar was abnormally fierce, but he couldn't be bothered to take care of it. After a while, he was attacked by the three big dogs, and when he was about to counterattack, the few big dogs were incomparably agile, allowing the wild boar to charge at them and bite them without harming them. However, the three dogs did not go all out to fight the wild boar, as if they were only trying to restrain the wild boar, waiting for the owner of the boar to come over.
Ashley's judgement was not wrong, and sure enough, there was a whistle in the woods, and the three dogs immediately scattered in all directions. The big wild boar wanted to escape when it saw an opening, but suddenly, there was a crack in the forest, and a bright green light flashed by, going straight to the boar's butt. The big wild boar let out a scream and ran towards the back, but before long, it slumped to the ground, twitching and unable to stand up again.
From the looks of it, there were people hunting the wild boar in the forest. This wild boar might have been driven away by his big dogs and fled down the mountain. However, it was saved. Ashley let out a sigh of relief. However, what kind of person was hunting here in the middle of the night? Ashley did not dare to let down his guard. She took the little girl and hid behind a pile of ruins, squatted down and peeked into the forest, only to see a man with a short spear running out quickly, he first ran over to where the wild boar had fallen, bent over and stabbed the wild boar to death with his spear, then he turned and walked over to Ashley's hiding place, the three big dogs were well-trained, they did not bite the boar to death, but followed obediently behind their owner. The giant eagle also jumped down, the man stretched out his arm, lifted up the giant eagle, but did not stop, and approached the two.
Ashley was even more nervous than if he had met a wild boar. The man had a weapon in his hand, and was accompanied by a fierce dog and a fierce bird. The man had a weapon in his hand, and was also accompanied by a fierce dog and a fierce bird.
Ashley was very touched that the little girl was using her life to buy time for him. She mustered her courage and walked over to the little girl's side, lightly grabbing her wrist to signal her not to be impulsive.
”Who are you people? What are you doing here in the wilderness?” the man asked.
Only now did the two clearly see this person's appearance. He was not even thirty years old, and was as sturdy as a wild bull, with a neatly constructed beard. His expression was somewhat fierce, but he did not seem like a bad person.
”We... Who are you? Hunting is not allowed here … ”But thank you for saving us.” Ashley changed the subject, trying to be nice to the man.
”I didn't hunt. I don't know where this wild boar came from. It's so big that it rampaged around the mountain all day long. A few days ago, it overturned a stone tablet in this temple. I came here today to get rid of it.” The man looked at the two women, then asked, ”You... Are you guys from the construction team? ” His voice was suddenly filled with coldness, even a trace of hostility.
Ashley looked into the man's eyes, and suddenly his head was full of goosebumps. He couldn't even make up a lie, so he said, ”We... We don't belong to the construction team. Actually, the construction team was invited by our company, and this place has been rented by our company. Do you know the origin of this temple? I'm very interested in this place. ”
The man laughed coldly and said, ”It's nothing. It's just a broken temple of the previous dynasty. After tonight, you can tear it down.” After saying that, he walked towards the temple with the large eagle on his back. A few big dogs followed behind him while wagging their tails.
Seeing that the other side did not have any ill intentions, the little girl let out a long breath. She pulled Ashley up and was about to go down the mountain. However, Ashley's curiosity had been piqued. She was certain that this person must have some sort of connection with this abandoned temple. Besides, he had saved her, so she had to ask him about his identity.
Ashley pulled the little girl and followed the man to the temple's courtyard from a distance. Only then did he notice the two strange deities standing behind the abandoned gate. However, the two statues looked very strange, the paint on their bodies were extremely bright, one held a sword and the other held a rope, the sword wielder stood on the evil ghost, and the rope bearer had a fierce tiger beside him. A closer look revealed that there was a signboard on the floor, shining a flashlight on it. There were three large words written on the signboard: Danyo Temple.
Although Ashley had been educated in the United States since she was very young, she knew that she was Chinese, so she was very interested in Chinese history and culture, even more than most Chinese. She suddenly looked at the two idols and understood that the name of the temple should be from the meaning of the mountain. The two idols should be the brothers who were said to be guarding the gate to the myriad ghosts under the peach tree on the mountain, but she did not know what kind of people were worshiped there.
She quickly chased after him and saw that the man had already passed by a huge peach tree and walked into the only temple hall that had not collapsed yet. From afar, the hall was brightly lit, so she also rushed in, but she did not expect that other than the man who had saved her, there was another person in the main hall. That person's back was to the door, and he was kneeling on the ground, worshipping to a statue in the middle of the hall.