The roof of the Fish Bone Temple swayed slightly in the mountain wind, making a creaking sound, which made people feel panicked.
However, after observing it for such a long time, we found that although the temple was dilapidated, it was very strong, probably because of its beams.
It's about the whole fish bone.
Less than one-fifth of the Dragon King's clay statue remains in the temple, and the upper part has long gone.
The base of the altar is in the shape of a coral plate, also made of mud, and the color on it has faded.
It looks ugly.
According to my estimation, if there is a robber cave in the temple, it is most likely under the mud altar.
The fat man asked me if I had any basis for it.
I didn't tell him that my inspiration came from the popular "martial arts novels" at that time.
I put all my belongings on the ground, rolled up my sleeves, and the fat man moved the altar vigorously.
We broke off a lot of mud on the altar, but the entire altar and the small half of the clay statue remained motionless.
I thought to myself that if such a reckless move would not work, could there be some mechanism?
But the fat man didn't care about any mechanism, got angry, picked up the engineering shovel and smashed the altar.
Although the altar was made of mud, it was very hard.
The fat man cut and smashed, and he was sweating all over before smashing half of it, exposing the The white stone stubble below.
This means that there is no passage under the altar.
We have been busy for a long time in vain, and we can't help but feel a little discouraged.
Da Jinya was always helping.
When the fat man smashed the altar, he stood far away to prevent him from being hit by the flying mud and rocks.
He suddenly said: "Master Hu, Fatty, look at the back of the altar."
There is a secret tunnel, perhaps built on the side, not a straight up and down tunnel as we imagined.”
After Big Gold Tooth reminded me, I bent down and looked behind the altar.
The altar was about half a person tall, rectangular in shape, and located deep in the temple.
The space behind it was so small that only one person could pass by.
I had seen it at the back and thought it was a mud tire that was integrated with the altar.
Also, I had a preconceived idea that the entrance to the tunnel should be on the ground, so I never thought of this.
At this time, I observed carefully and knocked on the back of the altar with my hand.
Unexpectedly, I heard an empty echo when I knocked on it.
Moreover, I knew from the feel that there was a thick layer of wood behind the layer of mud outside.
I raised my foot and kicked it.
After a few clicks, the wooden board was lifted, revealing a hole in the ground on the back of the altar.
It turns out that the robbery cave is really under the altar, but the top is made of bricks and mud, which is solid and thick, without any fakes.
The entrance at the back is made of wooden boards.
The outside is covered with the same mud as the entire altar, and then painted with the same color.
In fact, it is movable and can be opened and closed from the inside and outside.
It cannot be seen from the outside at all.
I said to Da Jinya: "Okay, Mr.
Jin, you really woke up the dreamer with one sentence.
How did you come up with it?"
Big Jinya showed his big golden teeth and said: "I just said it casually, but I didn't expect it to be covered up.
It seems that we are not bad luck today and can make a big profit."
The three of us couldn't help feeling ecstatic and hurriedly moved everything behind the cave entrance.
I turned on the wolf-eye flashlight and looked inside.
The diameter of the hole was large or small.
A fat man could climb in, but he couldn't turn around inside.
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If he wanted to get back halfway, he would have to use his feet.
Climb forward and backward.
I blurted out and praised: "What a great trick, little fat man, Mr.
Jin, look at how this hole was dug, every edge and line, the round areas look like they were drawn with a fucking compass, and there are also shovel marks on the wall of the cave. , one by one, not to mention more symmetrical.”
Da Jinya came from a noble family, and he was a man who knew some skills.
He praised him repeatedly, but the fat man couldn't see the reason.
The fat man hugged two big white geese and said: "It's time to get these two pieces of material.
Let's go."
They serve as pioneers.”
I said: "Let's not be busy at this moment.
The Thief's Cave is closed all year round.
Let's disperse the foul smell inside first, and then let a goose go down to explore the way.
We have been tossing for most of the day, let's eat and drink first."
The fat man put the two geese back into the basket and took out the beef jerky and white wine.
Anyway, this Dragon King Temple is fake, so we don't have to worry too much.
The three of them sat on the altar to eat and drink.
While we were eating, we discussed the matter of entering the Robber's Cave.
Da Jinya has always had a doubt.
Since the mountain is empty, why do we have to go to so much trouble to dig a tunnel in the Fish Bone Temple?
Wouldn't it be good to find a cave to dig in?
I say otherwise.
Although there are caves here, which are widely distributed and large in scale, from the analysis of the information we have obtained, we can make this judgment: The locals call this place Longling or Panshepo.
Well, the place names are not important, they just describe the complex terrain here.
The most important point is that almost everyone who knows it says that the caves in this mountain are mazes, and the name Longling Labyrinth comes from this.
So I think this cave is not a whole big cave, but fragmented, some are big and some are small.
The mountains in some places are solid, and in others they are empty.
These holes are of different depths and lengths, and are interconnected and intricate, so it is not easy for people who fall in to get out.
Since the gold-touching captain who built the Fish Bone Temple could accurately find the location of the ancient tomb in a broken mountain range, he must have something that ordinary people couldn't, and his ability to gauge situations was extremely good.
This robbery hole goes down diagonally, and tomb robbing is also about looking, hearing, and asking.
"Looking" refers to looking around and using your eyes to observe Feng Shui to find the specific location of the ancient tomb.
This is the most difficult; "Smell" means to find the specific location of the ancient tomb.
Distinguish the quality of the soil by listening to it, and grasp the geological structure and soil quality information of the ancient tomb; "asking" is to get close and deceive the trust.
Ren learned the information about the ancient tomb through chatting with the local old man; in the last step, there is a special technique called "cutting" in the method of digging holes, which is to accurately calculate the orientation, angle, terrain and other factors in advance.
Then a hole was dug from a distance, which led directly to the place where the tomb owner's coffin was placed.
The thief cave in front of us is slightly tilted downward, so it is probably just a cutting hole.
As long as the straight-line distance is taken into account, even if the robber cave is halfway into the cave, it can still pass through the cave in the pre-calculated direction. , continue to dig towards the underground palace, so as not to be trapped in the Longling maze and lose the direction.
I have great admiration for the master who dug this hole.
This hole should be the best golden route to the ancient cemetery nearby.
Unfortunately, I was not in the same era and could not exchange experiences with that senior.
I said to Fatty and Da Jinya: "It is very likely that the Robber's Cave will pass through the caves around Longling.
The caves extend in all directions and there will be water in them.
In that case, we don't have to worry about breathing problems.
If it is a real cave, then we Every time you take a breath after entering, the concentration of carbon dioxide will increase."
Da Jinya said: "This is indeed very dangerous.
There are not enough measures to prevent respiratory poisoning.
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We can't go in hastily.
Since we have found the robbery hole, it is better to seal it up first and wait until everything is ready before taking action.
This ancient tomb will not open itself."
Long legs ran away.”
I said, "Don't worry about it.
I'll clear the way in front, put on a simple gas mask, and after walking for a while, I'll put a candle in the hole.
Once the candle goes out, it means there are too many harmful gases that don't support combustion, so I'll get back immediately."
That’s it; in addition, you can First tie the two big geese with a rope and drive them ahead.
If you see the two big geese wilting, move back immediately; besides, although these simple gas masks I have are not as good as professional gas masks , I can handle it for a while.”
Seeing that I said it so resolutely, Da Jinya became excited and insisted on going into the underground palace with us to have a look.
This is the problem with people who work in this business.
As long as you don't let them know where the underground palace is, that's it.
Once you know it and it's nearby, if you don't go in and see how you can do it, you can give up.
Not to mention ordinary people like Da Jinya, those big scholars and some archaeologists have also jointly written to the Prime Minister many times, requesting the opening of Li Zhi's Qianling Mausoleum.
They say they are worried that the Qianling Mausoleum happens to be built in an earthquake zone and all the cultural relics inside will be destroyed in an earthquake.
In fact, these scholars want to see the things in the underground palace in their lifetime.
They have been doing this work all their lives, and the more years they do it, the more they do it. , the curiosity became stronger.
When I thought of Wang Xi's authentic work among the funerary objects, I couldn't hold it back any longer.
In the end, the Prime Minister gave them the approval: not to move within ten years.
Only then did they give up.
So I understand the mood of Da Jinya very well.
If an antique dealer can go into the underground palace of the tomb to have a look, then he will have something to talk about after returning, and his status will be improved by one or two levels.
I persuaded him a few more words, and seeing that he was determined to go, I gave him a pair of gas masks, and then the fat man led the way and climbed into the robber's hole with two big geese.
I followed closely behind, holding a lit candle in my hand, and Big Gold Tooth followed at the end.
The three of them crawled forward slowly.
There are wooden frames fixed at intervals inside the cave.
Although there is no need to worry about collapse, it is dark and depressing.
After climbing forward for a while, I felt my eyes were stinging.
I hurriedly lit a candle and it did not go out.
This shows that the air quality is still good.
Allowance to move on.
The further I crawled, the more depressed I felt.
As I was crawling, Big Jinya patted my feet from behind.
I looked back at him and saw that Dajinya's face was covered in sweat and he was breathing heavily.
I knew he was tired, so I called the fat man in front to stop. , conveniently inserted the candle on the ground, and was about to ask the big gold tooth how it was doing, and whether he could insist on continuing to crawl forward, when he saw that the candle inserted on the ground suddenly went out.
It's not so evil to catch up with a ghost and blow out the lantern again.
Besides, we are still crawling in the long robbery cave, still far away from the underground palace of the ancient tomb.
I touched the simple gas mask on my mouth.
It should not be my breathing and movements that extinguished the candle.
Could it be that there was airflow passing through the cave?
I took off my gloves and tried around, but I didn't feel any strong airflow.
I ignored him and tried lighting it again.
I struck a match and wanted to light another candle, but found that the ground in front of me was empty, and the candle originally inserted on the ground was missing.
At this time, my whole scalp exploded.
I thought that entering the underground palace through the previous robbery hole would be as easy as digging into a bag to retrieve something.
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This time, it was really a ghost.
The candle in front of me disappeared out of thin air in the moment when I was distracted in thinking.
I reached out and touched the place where the candle was originally inserted.
The tentacle was hard, but it was a flat stone slab.
Where did this stone slab come from?
I didn't care much, pulled off the gas mask, patted the fat man's leg and said to him: "Climb back quickly, something is wrong with this burglary hole."
Big Golden Tooth was lying in the back panting.
When he heard my words, he hurriedly curled up, turned around and crawled back.
This time, the fat man suffered.
He couldn't turn around in the robbery hole, so he had to drag the rope holding the two geese backwards, put his elbows on the ground, and crawl backwards.
We turned around and climbed back for less than five meters.
The big golden tooth in front suddenly stopped.
I asked from behind: "What's wrong, Mr.
Jin?
Grit your teeth and hold on.
Climb out and rest again.
Now is not the time to take a breather."
Da Jinya turned around and said to me: "There is a stone gate in front of Mr.
Hu, and the road is blocked.
You can't get out."
His face was so frightened that there was no color, and it was not easy to speak out.
I looked at the path ahead through the big gold tooth with my wolf eyes, and sure enough there was a big flat rock.
Every time I took a step forward, I observed carefully.
I didn't find any mechanism such as a stone trough.
The walls of the cave were made of flat soil.
I didn't know where the heavy stone slab came from.
Get in front of you.
Seeing that there was no way to retreat, and there was no way to stay where I was, I had no choice but to signal to Big Jinya to ask him to turn back, and then pushed the fat man from behind to let him crawl forward.
The fat man didn't know why.
Seeing him move forward and backward for a while, he said angrily: "Old Hu, you want to f**king torture me to death.
I can't crawl anymore.
If you want to crawl again, crawl over me."
I knew we had encountered something unusual.
I couldn’t explain what it was now, but I couldn’t stop.
I couldn’t spare the time to explain it to the fat man, so I kept urging: “Why are you talking so much nonsense?
Let’s move forward.” , just crawl forward, quickly, obey the orders and follow the instructions. " The fat man heard that my tone was wrong and knew that the situation might have changed, so he stopped complaining and drove the two geese forward again.
He hurriedly crawled forward for nearly two hundred meters and suddenly stopped.
I thought he was tired and wanted to take a rest, but I heard the fat man say to me from the front: "Holy shit, Lao Hu, there are three holes in front of me, which hole should we drill into?"
The "three holes" have always been one hole, and I have never heard of the saying that there are forks in the road.
At this time, I can't figure out what's going on even if I grow two more heads.
I asked the fat man to climb into the robber cave directly in front of him and make room for me at the fork in the road so that I could check the situation of these three connected robber caves.
I came to the middle, and Big Jinya also crawled over.
He was too tired to speak.
I told him not to worry, and to rest here first, and then I would make further arguments after I understood what these three holes were.
I carefully looked at the three robbery holes in front of me.
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These three robbery holes and the one we got into were like a crossroads.
The wall of the robbery hole directly in front was the same as before, neat and smooth, and the digging was leisurely.
However, the work on the other two sides was extremely messy.
It was obvious that the people who dug these two holes were in a hurry, but judging from the techniques, they were basically the same as the smooth robbery hole.
There is a lot of soil piled up in this section of the hole, which was obviously accumulated here when the passages on both sides were dug.
I wondered if this was dug by the senior who funded the construction of the Fish Bone Temple.
Did he go to the underground palace to get the treasure after opening the robbery cave?
His escape route was blocked by the stone gate and he could not go back, so he attacked from both sides. hole, want to escape There would be no results from such speculation.
I asked Fatty and Da Jinya to rest and wait where they were.
I tied a long rope around my waist and climbed into the robbery cave on the left to explore the situation.
If anything happened, I would blow the whistle.
Sound the whistle and let the two fat men pull me back.
I was just about to get in, when Big Gold Tooth stretched out his hand to hold me, took out a gold protective Buddha from his neck, handed it to me and said, "Master Hu, put this on.
It's been opened, just in case you encounter it."
You can defend yourself against anything dirty."
I took the golden Buddha and took a look at it.
It was old and it was an antique.
I said to the big gold tooth: "This golden Buddha is very valuable.
I'd better keep it for you two to defend yourself.
Cave robbers are very evil, but it doesn't seem to be the case."
It may be some kind of mechanism that we haven’t seen before.
I’ll go check out the holes on both sides.
It’ll be fine.
Don’t worry.”
Da Jinya was no longer as panicked as before.
He grinned, reached into his collar, and took out more than twenty pendants, all of which were Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Guanyin, and the like.
There were also some Taoist paper charms.
The pendants were gold and jade.
Some are ivory, some are jade, all of them are different.
Dajin said to me: "I still have a bunch of them here, and they are all polished.
No matter how fucking dirty they are, I won't be afraid of them."
I thought to myself, no wonder this grandson insisted on entering the underground palace.
He was not afraid at all.
It turned out that these treasures were in the background.
I said to him: "Yes, if you are afraid of ghosts, you will not fight backwards.
If you fight backwards, you will not be afraid of ghosts.
I am just worried that we will encounter something beyond common sense." " After saying that, he took the golden Buddha that Big Gold Tooth gave me and hung it on his neck.
He thought to himself: "I have been exposed to a lot of ancient objects during this period, and my eyesight is not as good as before.
I don't think this consecrated golden Buddha is fake."
Damn it, don’t give it back to him yet.
The two gold-touching charms he gave to Fatty and me last time are all gone.
It's a product from Xibei.
Maybe I didn't go well with gold the past few times because I wore fake charms, which made my ancestor unhappy.
Those fakes are better than having them.
It may be better not to wear them than to wear fake ones.
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When Big Gold Tooth comes to us to exchange for a real gold charm, this will be considered as a deposit first."
The wind can be clearly felt in this section of the cave, and the airflow is very strong.
It seems that it is connected to somewhere, so there is no need to worry about the air quality problem.
I told the fat man to follow the contact codes from previous times.
Fatty and Big Gold Tooth stayed where they were to rest.
I explored the path to the left, with a rope attached in the middle so that they would not get lost.
If either party encountered a situation, they could pull the rope or blow the whistle to convey information.
Everything was properly explained, I put on a gas mask, used my wolf eyes to illuminate, and got into the cave on the left.
This hole was obviously dug hastily and is very narrow and difficult to navigate.
It can only accommodate one person crawling.
If the psychological quality is slightly worse, it is easy to have a mental breakdown because it is too low and depressing, as if being buried alive underground.
I was worried about the lack of air in the depths of the cave, and I didn’t dare to stay too long.
After all, the gas mask could only protect the mouth and nose from inhaling harmful gases, but it left my eyes and ears unshielded.
If there were toxic gases such as fog and miasma, they would all go away.
The five senses are connected to the seven orifices, and if the eyes are exposed, they will be poisoned.
The narrow hole made me completely lose my sense of direction and distance.
Based on my intuition, I didn't climb very far when I encountered another thick stone slab in front.
The thickness of this stone slab cannot be estimated.
It seems to have grown into one with the surrounding soil.
It does not look like it was buried later.
Its size cannot be confirmed.
The entire way out is completely blocked.
The end of the thief's cave suddenly expanded.
It was obvious that the man wanted to dig a way out from below or around it.
They dug very deep all around, but the huge stone slab seemed to be so big that it had no edge.
It was impossible to find the end and dig a passage out. thing.
It wasn't just once or twice that I got trapped.
Although it was strange, I didn't feel discouraged.
I immediately climbed back along the same path.
When Fatty Gold Tooth saw me crawling back, he asked me what was going on and where I could get through.
I roughly told what happened at the end of the passage.
The three of them were all puzzled and couldn't understand.
Could it be that this huge stone slab was naturally born in the soil, but it was so neatly made?
It was impossible to manually cut this huge stone slab, which weighed several kilograms.
Slate is also extremely difficult.
The most damn strange thing is that when we got into the robbery cave, why didn't we find this stone slab?
It just appeared out of thin air when we went back.
Legend has it that there are many mechanisms in the ancient tomb, but they can't be this powerful.
No, I can't say it's powerful.
Say it's strange.
Now there are two holes in front of us, one is a downward robbery hole, and the other is similar to the narrow hole I just entered.
I guess the situation inside is similar to the narrow cave we just entered, with stone slabs blocking the way and no way around it.
But I am a person who won’t give up until I reach the Yellow River.
This is a bit unlucky.
This place is not far from the Yellow River.
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If I give up, I won’t shed tears without seeing the coffin.
But this is a robbery cave that is inverted, and it is not far from the ancient cemetery.
Not far away, there will naturally be coffins and coffins in the ancient tombs.
This time we have really reached the end of the world, and all the coffins and coffins in the Yellow River are available.
I didn't dare to think about it anymore.
At this time, I was most afraid of scaring myself.
I rested for a few minutes, and followed the same pattern as before, and got into the burglar's cave on the right.
Whether the inside was also sealed by a big stone, after all, you have to see it to know.
If this road is dead, try to find another way to deal with it.
I climbed to the end of the narrow hole, and sure enough there was still a huge boulder.
I couldn't help but want to curse, but suddenly I found something unusual here
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