Rebirth of India: Superior

After the staff finished speaking, the tourists who had gathered under the sun suddenly started talking. Someone said: "Since we are all here, we have to go see the statues. We can't come all the way and just stop at the gate. Just turn around and go back.”

Amisha hesitated for a while, then pulled Shakru and whispered: "Brother Shakru, how about we go in and have a look too?"

Shakru smiled and said: "What, you are not afraid now?"

"I think what they just said makes sense. We have come all the way to Bikaner. We can't just go to the gate and not even enter the main hall. Then we can't let grandpa laugh to death when we go back." Amisha muttered. road.

Shakru nodded and said: "Okay, but be prepared, it will definitely be scarier inside than outside."

"As long as Brother Shakru is by my side, I won't be afraid!" Amisha said firmly, holding Shakru's hand tightly.

After a few minutes, the tourists finally reached a consensus and planned to enter the temple to find out. But at this time, the priest in white came over and said: "Hello everyone, everyone is welcome to enter the temple to worship, but we have a rule here. I must Let me make it clear to everyone in advance that in the temple, anyone who tramples or crushes the holy rat must buy a gold or silver rat statue and place it in the temple as a punishment! "

Although this request was a little weird, no one objected. Firstly, since it was here, you have to follow other people's rules; secondly, who wants to step on a mouse? Everyone is wearing no shoes and bare feet now. If you step on or even kill a mouse, the feeling, hiss... is simply unimaginable!

Just when Shakru was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard a scream from Amisha beside him. She tugged on Shakru's clothes, pointed at a woman not far away and shouted: "Oh my god, she, she is actually drinking." Rat’s milk, that, that’s the milk basin used by rats!”

The priest at the front of the team said nonchalantly: "What's the matter? All of us here eat the same things as the holy rats. They are our relatives. When eating among relatives, you need to separate your meals. Plate or my dinner plate?”

There was nothing wrong with these words at first, but coupled with the scene in front of him, Shakru suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach...

After this little episode, the tourists began to follow the white-robed priest into the main hall. Because rats don’t like sunlight, the temple was extremely dark, and the corridors were extremely narrow. For a moment, Shakru felt like he was visiting a "haunted house" in his past life. feeling.

Amisha, who was walking behind, said tremblingly: "Brother Shakru, it's so dark in here."

"Shh, keep your voice down. Didn't you see that there are several sleeping mice next to you? Don't wake them up." Shakru whispered.

It makes sense for Shakru to say this, because compared with the inside, the number of rats outside is almost negligible. There are countless rats lying and squatting in the narrow corridor leading to the main hall. Every step they take You have to be careful, for fear of stepping on them, every step is thrilling, it is like a mine war in a tunnel war...

Although it was only a few dozen steps, it felt as if we had walked for half an hour. After our eyes slowly adapted to the faint light inside, everyone finally reached the main hall.

As soon as he entered the main hall, the first thing that caught his eye was not the statue of the god, but the densely packed, overwhelming rats. At this point, Shakru finally believed that it was true that there were 20,000 rats in this temple.

Just when everyone's teeth were chattering and their whole bodies were trembling, the priest in white suddenly shouted excitedly: "Everyone, please kneel down and worship, the Rat King is here!"

I have heard before that the white-haired rat king here is extremely aggressive and rarely comes out of its burrow during the day. It usually only comes out for inspection at night, so seeing it once during the day is considered extremely rare by the locals. Big luck.

Shakru looked in the direction where the white-robed priest was worshiping and saw a statue of Ganesha in the middle of the temple (Ganesha is the God of Wealth in Hinduism, but he couldn't figure out why elephants were enshrined in the Rat Temple). , next to the statue are filled with silks, flowers, millet and other sacrifices offered by believers. Several huge black-haired rats are squatting in the tribute baskets and chewing flowers happily. The one in the center is a big white-haired rat.

While Shaklu was observing, he suddenly discovered that the small mung bean-like eyes of this rat king actually gave out a cold gaze like a cold star. He glanced at him coldly. Shaklu suddenly felt cold all over and hurriedly He closed his eyes, squatted down, and breathed heavily.

Amisha, who was beside her, patted Shakru on the back and asked gently: "Brother Shakru, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"

Shakru rubbed his temples, then stood up slowly and said: "I'm fine, Amisha, let's go out, I can't stand it here."

After walking out of the Mouse Temple, Amisha teased Shakru and said: "Brother Shakru, I didn't expect that you are less courageous than me. Before you came here, you always said that you were afraid that I wouldn't be able to stand it. But in the end, it was you who couldn't stand it first." !”

Shakru smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, I too overestimated my endurance. It was fine outside, but as soon as I entered, I found that scene and the sound of mice squeaking in my ears. I just can’t stand it anymore. If I stay a little longer, I might have to spit it out like you.”

"Brother Shakru, please stop talking. I feel cold all over when I think about it now!" Amisha said with lingering fear while rubbing the goose bumps on her arms.

Then she seemed to suddenly think of something and asked, "By the way, Brother Shakru, aren't rats harmful organisms that spread diseases? How come these priests and staff in this temple are fine? They all eat from the same plate as rats. And it is said that during the great plague in 1927, this was the only place in northern India that was fine. Don't you think it's strange?"

Shakru frowned and thought for a while, then replied, "My guess is that whether a creature is dirty or not actually depends on the environment. The plague is not something that rats carry from birth, but because they often go in and out of those dirty places, so they are infected. The environment here in the Rat Temple is hygienic and comfortable, so the source of infection is blocked, so the number of germs they carry is not high, and naturally they will not bring diseases to people around them." Mobile users please visit http://m.piaotia.net