A group of black things floated from the stream, and his hands floated up, indeed a bit like floating corpses. Chen Ye hurriedly took out the iron hook, put it on the rope, quickly got out, directly put the black thing on, and pulled it forcefully.
The black thing was easily pulled to the shore, and when I turned it over, it was not a corpse. It was indeed a puppet. He was covered in black clothes, lying in the water, and the clothes were covered. It looked a bit like a puppet. Floating corpse.
The height of the puppet is similar to that of an adult man, and the facial features are painted with a kind of paint. But the facial features are very exaggerated, the appearance looks particularly uncomfortable, and the whole appearance is very strange.
Linglong said: "This puppet has a weird expression with all kinds of strange patterns painted on his face. What is it for? Will the Miao people use someone for sacrifice or for some special purpose?"
Sparrow shook his head and said: "I don't know if it is used for sacrifice, but I can be sure of one thing. The black dress worn by this puppet and the black flower behind it should be a corpse flower."
Corpse flower! Everyone was surprised.
The black clothes have been soaked in water, and the texture has changed a lot, but there is a certain pattern faintly.
I took another closer look, and was taken aback, and said, "Sure enough, it is a corpse flower. It may have been made by the black flower ghost mother. It's just that the puppeteer appeared here..."
Linglong said: "Could it be that this place is already close to the nest of the Black Flower Ghost Mother, and her puppet accidentally fell into the water and flowed down the water."
Huaxue Wrinkle thought for a long time, and said: "At present, it seems that only the puppeteer and this black dress cannot determine the relationship with the Heihua Ghost Mother. The Heihua Ghost Mother is now dead, and the puppets are here. Let's We can't jump to conclusions, so as not to affect our next move!" Huaxue is very cautious.
Linglong said: "The puppet will not float in the water for no reason. Someone must have abandoned it in the water. Maybe there is the old nest of the Black Flower Ghost Mother on this river. The Black Flower Ghost Mother is dead, she The old nest was in chaos, and the puppet was thrown into the water and drifted down."
Huaxue shook his head and said, "If there is no heavy snow during this period, then your conjecture may be true. But don't forget, if the snow is heavy and the snow melts quickly in the mountains, the puppet may be brought down by snow from other places. , Did not float down from the upper reaches. There is also a possibility that the puppeteer itself was abandoned on the shore. During this period of time, the water rose and brought it down."
Linglong thought for a while, and said, "Listening to you, there are many possibilities for the puppet to fall into the water."
Listening to Linglong’s dialogue with Huaxue, I had an idea in my heart and asked, “So is it possible that the puppet fell into the water by himself?”
Linglong and Huaxue looked at me together, and said, "How can the wood fall into the water? It can't run."
"That's not necessarily!" Chen Ye carefully checked the puppet's hands and feet, and then said, "This puppet's body joints are very exquisite, and the hands and feet can move freely. It's not like simply making a person and doing it there. Simple decoration. Maybe you can run on your own."
I frowned and asked, "Very delicate? I just said it casually, and I don't really believe that the puppeteer will run away by himself."
Chen Ye reached out and grabbed the puppet's right hand, and pulled his arm out with a strong pull. Sure enough, there are screws on the wrists, elbows, and shoulders. They can swing and even adjust the position. There are even springs. Once you apply force, the force of the fist will not be too small.
Chen Ye said: "This is the mechanism on hand. It uses 17 delicate mechanisms to control. There are also some mechanisms on the legs. If clocked. I think this puppet can move around freely. However, the puppet is the core. The part of the body has been destroyed by someone, and it is impossible to repair it."
Chen Ye pointed to the occasional chest position of Zhimu. Several gears had been destroyed by gravity, and there was no way to move at all.
I asked: "You are proficient in mechanism art. Have you understood the mechanism structure of this kind of doll before?"
Chen Ye was silent for a moment, and said, "Xiao Kang, let's not hide it from you. The mechanism on this puppet is a bit like the handwriting of the Chen family. It's just that I don't know much about creation. If my master is there, he You can tell the ins and outs of the puppets!"
Linglong said: "Master Chen is not here, Chen Ye, take a closer look, is it your Chen family's handwriting!"
Chen Ye repeatedly checked the puppeteer's body structure, and said: "It is a puppeteer made by the Chen family. The technique is very delicate and should be a master. For a while, I can't remember who it is!"
Hua Xue said: "In this way, it is very likely that the puppet was escaping from the black flower ghost mother's nest. Someone chased it out and severely damaged the key part of the puppet and made it incapable of movement. There may be something behind this matter. Solve the mystery."
The puppets who appeared suddenly added a mystery and weirdness to this trip.
Especially the exaggerated face of the puppet and the ability to run have become a mystery to be solved.
I said, "Since it is a puppet made by the Chen family, it makes sense to run and walk. What exactly does this puppet do? What does it have to do with the Black Flower Ghost Mother? Who destroyed it. Let's get it for now. If you don’t know, don’t bother to think about it. What matters right now is to figure out how to get past here, whether to make a detour, or to go upstream."
Chen Ye stood on the shore and looked at the opposite side, and said, "If it's summer, I can swim there, pull a rope over, and let's make a swing bridge. It's a pity that the sky is freezing and the water is rushing. I'm not sure to swim over! "
I also shook my head and said, "A dozen meters wide, I am not sure I can swim over it."
Sparrow opened the map again and said: "Walking up, you will soon encounter steep cliffs, and you can't get through at all, so it's not suitable to go up."
Linglong said: "But going down is a waterfall with a huge drop. Are we going to use a rope to slide down, do we think of a way when we fall below?"
Sparrow glanced at me, and then said his own opinion, and said: "This is the fastest way. Slip down from here, and then through the waterfall, and then think of a way to pass. Of course, there is still a way to go back. Walk a few miles, make a bend... Counting this, you may have to walk more than 30 miles of rugged mountain roads."
I thought about it for a moment, and when I walked to the edge of the waterfall, the mist slowly weakened a lot. I could see the cliff below at a glance. The cliff of more than 60 meters was still a bit scary.
Chen Ye said: "Xiao Kang, you decide!"
I said: "Untie the rope, I'll go down and take a look, if you are sure that it can pass, you will go down. I have jumped off cliffs higher than this, don't worry about my safety, I still have experience."
"Oh hoo oh hoo!" Just when we were about to slide down from below the universal, there was a shout from across the river. Sparrow heard the cry and responded with two sentences "Oh, oh, oh."
Between the two big trees on the opposite side, two Miao people sprang out and said, "Who are you? What are you doing in my Tiegong Miao Village?"
Sparrow said: "I am the insect king Sparrow. These are my friends. I have important things to do when I go to Tiegongzhai. When the water is rising, how do you cross the water? Tell us... We are going to cross the river. !"
Seeing two Miao people appeared on the other side, I couldn't help but be overjoyed, hoping that Ma Que could persuade them to provide a quick way to cross the river.
The opposite Miaoren hesitated for a moment, and said: "Are you really the insect king of Miaojiang? Impossible, why have I never seen you? That insect king is very old, not as young as you. It's not called a sparrow. , The insect king is Lord Xiao Guan."
Sparrow shouted again: "That is the old insect king, I am the new insect king. Have you ever been to Douchongpo... Don't you know the news?"
The opposite voice responded: "We rarely communicate with the outside world, so we don't know who the new insect king is... I only know that the old insect king is Xiaoguan. You said you are the insect king, you are the new insect king, do you have Golden Silkworm Gu? If you can take out the Golden Silkworm Gu, I believe you are the new insect king!"
Seeing this, Tiegong Miao Village did not participate in the insect fight, and this village rarely communicates with outsiders. I don't know that the new insect king is already a sparrow, and I thought it was still the old insect king Xiaoguan era.
A century-old tradition in Miao borders is that the insect king will drive the golden silkworm Gu. If a new insect king is born, there will also be golden silkworm Gu on his body. But things were very unlucky. The Golden Silkworm Gu had been taken away by Xiao Guan. Right now, there was no Golden Silkworm Gu on Sparrow's body, and some were just the Colorful Demon Spider King.
Sparrow immediately said angrily: "You two keep your eyes open. I am the new insect king of Miaojiang. I don't need to prove anything to you?"
Miao Junfeng also shouted: "I am from King Miao City. This young man is indeed the new insect king of Miaojiang. If you hide here and don't go out, naturally you don't know the outside world. This is our new insect king."
The opposite Miao people are extremely vigilant, and sneered: "Don't show up in front of us! The insect king who doesn't have the golden silkworm Gu is what the insect king. If you can't take out the golden silkworm Gu, you don't call yourself the insect king."
Sparrow's face burst with blue veins, and said angrily: "There are gu worms that are more powerful than golden silkworm gu. Don't sit on the well and be a frog at the bottom of the well. We have very important things to do. Quickly tell us how to cross the river."
The opposite Miao Ren said: "It's a big air, even if people outside recognize you as the insect king. My Tiegong Village does not necessarily recognize you as the insect king. In our minds, Xiao Guan is our insect king."
Sparrow said angrily: "The old insect king Xiaoguan is my master. I have to pass through Tiegongzhai on this trip. The purpose is to save the old insect king. Can you afford the big things that delayed me?"
The two Miao people on the opposite side looked at each other and seemed a little hesitant. After a while, they said: "Haha, we have seen too many liars! When did Xiao Guan accept you as an apprentice?"