I looked at the handle in my hand, and then at the things pressed on the box.
They were a pile of tattered old clothes.
They didn't weigh much.
It was impossible to press the lid of the box so tightly, and the box didn't have any weight.
Locked, how could it be?
Li Huaishan quickly approached the box and took all the things covering it aside.
After he moved the messy things away, I discovered that there was something similar in appearance to a rivet standing on the lid of the box.
It was directly fixed to the lid of the box.
There was also a metal piece where it was connected to the lid of the box. pallet.
I immediately realized that it was a small pull rod.
Li Huaishan also saw the problem.
His mobility was obviously stronger than mine.
When I was thinking about whether to try to pull this thing, Li Huaishan had already hooked it with his index finger and pulled hard.
Then I heard a series of clicking noises coming from the box.
It seemed that there should be a set of complex mechanisms hidden inside the box.
But after the noise stopped, there was no movement.
I tried to lift the lid, but it still couldn't be opened.
Li Huaishan also frowned and gave me a confused look.
I curled my lips and said nothing.
About ten seconds later, there was a slight sound outside the house, which sounded like two relatively smooth stones grinding against each other.
I immediately rushed out of the hut and took a quick look around the yard, but there was nothing unusual in the yard.
The pool and the loess on the ground were extremely quiet.
I frowned and carefully identified the direction of the sound.
The sound came from my left front, but when I moved my eyes over, I could only see a brick wall.
Fortunately, I quickly realized that on the other side of the wall was the empty room.
I greeted Li Huaishan, quickly climbed through the window and entered the living room.
At this time, the door of the west room was still open, and I could see at a glance that the floor in the room was slowly turning over.
No wonder I didn't find the entrance to the secret passage in the West House before.
It turned out that the entire floor was a secret door.
After a long time, the ground in the west room was completely opened.
At this time, it was parallel to the wall and perpendicular to the roof.
Under the ground, there was a long stone step.
Li Huaishan and I arrived in a hurry without bringing a flashlight.
Li Huaishan lit a cigarette and threw it down the stone steps.
The red flame on the cigarette tip slowly rolled down the stairs and didn't stop until it was far away.
We are not sure whether the cigarette butts reached the bottom of the stone steps, but we are certain that the stone steps are very long.
Li Huaishan smacked his lips and said, "This is a big project.
Widow Wang and Chen Dabang alone should not be able to build such a long secret passage."
The cave of Old Han Chen's house and the door archway and the charity hall in the cave are not big projects, but after all, they have a family background, and they are not short of money, so they have enough ability to carry out such a large project.
Unless Widow Wang or Chen Dabang, like Old Man Chen, are from a well-established family in the industry, it would be impossible to create such a secret passage.
What's more, the mechanism that opens this secret passage is probably extremely complicated, and ordinary people simply can't figure out such a thing.
I walked up to the secret passage and shrugged my nose, and smelled a very light fragrance.
This secret passage was indeed not dug by Widow Wang, because the stone steps in front of me were clearly a product of the Guangxu period.
Tsk la
At this moment, there was another slight rubbing sound in my ears.
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I looked up and saw that the vertical floor was slowly starting to press towards me again.
This secret door can even close automatically.
Time waits for no one, so I immediately said to Li Huaishan: "There is a flashlight on the bedside table in the bedroom, bring it over, quickly" Li Huaishan said nothing and immediately went to the bedroom.
The secret door closed much faster than it opened.
I was worried that Li Huaishan's footsteps were too slow, so I urged: "Hurry up."
Fortunately, Li Huaishan was quite fast.
When the tilt angle of the floor seemed to be less than 45 degrees, he came back with a flashlight.
I immediately got into the secret passage, and Li Huaishan shrunk and jumped in as soon as he entered.
Due to years of disrepair, the stone bricks used to build the stairs had been damaged to varying degrees.
Li Huaishan did not step firmly when he landed and almost fell.
I grabbed his arm and held him steady.
After stabilizing his center of gravity, Li Huaishan's first reaction was to look at the road first.
He turned on his flashlight and shined light towards the depths of the stone steps.
Then he said to me: "Thank you for coming down first, otherwise I would have been hit by that blow just now."
My feet sprained."
I'm not surprised that he said this.
What surprised me was his action just now, exploring the way first and then speaking.
This guy is truly a natural guide.
I smiled and patted Li Huaishan on the back: "Lead the way."
Li Huaishan was a little unhappy: "Why should I lead the way?
What if there is an evil spirit ahead?"
I patted him again: "You were born to do this, lead the way."
The flashlight at Widow Wang’s house is not like the military flashlight that Li Huaishan and I usually use.
The brightness is very limited.
In addition, the secret door above our heads has almost been closed tightly.
The secret passage is dark, and only the front is illuminated by light.
I Neither Li Huaishan nor Li Huaishan could see each other's expressions.
At this time, Li Huaishan suddenly asked in a confused manner: "You are staring again."
I said, "No, why should I stare at you?"
Li Huaishan: "Then why do I keep beating the drum in my heart?
You must be staring."
I was speechless for a while and pushed him: "Stop talking nonsense and leave quickly."
I never tell lies.
I definitely didn't stare just now.
Li Huaishan's heart beat, which only means that he is getting nervous again.
This guy gets nervous easily whenever he goes to such a dark place.
Li Huaishan was pushed by me, and he staggered three or four steps along the stone steps.
He didn't stop after that, and continued to walk forward in a dull manner.
As he walked, he waved his flashlight and looked around.
After walking with Li Huaishan for a while, I became more and more certain that this secret passage was definitely not the masterpiece of Widow Wang.
It was too huge, with a width of five or six meters from left to right.
As we went deeper and deeper, the top of the secret passage was also farther away from the ground.
We are getting farther and farther away.
If I guessed correctly, this secret tunnel should be connected to the fort on the east slope.
If one or two people alone had to dig such a large tunnel, it would take at least several decades.
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During this period Not only did Widow Wang have to dig day and night, she also had to transport the excavated soil to the outside of the village without anyone noticing.
For an ordinary person, this was an impossible task.
Ten minutes later, Li Huaishan and I arrived at the bottom of the stone steps.
Li Huaishan raised his flashlight and shined it towards the top of his head.
At this time, the flashlight's beam could no longer penetrate the darkness above.
Li Huaishan lit the light on both sides again.
Judging from the distance between the light spots falling on the earth walls on the left and right sides, the width of the tunnel was already more than ten meters.
I found that there were many large pits on the earth wall, and plants were growing diagonally in some places.
However, these plants were dead and dry, and what was hanging on the earth wall were only their remains.
That’s all.
This place does not seem to be an artificially dug tunnel, but an underground canyon that has been artificially covered.
Li Huaishan shook the flashlight a few more times, and the light circled randomly in the surrounding darkness.
After that, he also said to me: "This tunnel should be naturally formed."
I nodded and said, "Keep walking and pay attention to your surroundings."
Unexpectedly, the words I said casually made Li Huaishan even more nervous: "What should I pay attention to?
Is the Qi field here abnormal?
Is there any evil spirit ahead?"
Li Huaishan's behavior today was indeed strange.
Normally, even if he was nervous, he would look very calm, but today he seemed to have given up on himself and showed his true colors casually.
I sighed in my heart and said to Li Huaishan: "Li Ergou, we will have more chances to encounter evil spirits in the future.
Let alone encounter evil spirits.
I am already so nervous even before I meet you."
Look, what should I do in the future?
Do you want me to find someone else to be my assistant?"
After saying this, I began to remain silent, waiting for Li Huaishan's response.
But Li Huaishan didn't respond for a long time, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
I waited a little impatiently, so I added: "If you don't want to go through the trouble with me, just tell me and give me the flashlight.
You can go back to Bohai Bay."
As I said that, I reached out and grabbed the flashlight in his hand.
In fact, that's what I meant.
Now that the secret door has been closed, Li Huaishan can't get out even if he wants to leave.
Li Huaishan probably couldn't see my movements clearly, but he could hear my footsteps rushing forward and immediately took two steps back.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
I knew I might have gone too far, but I had to do this.
I had to inspire Li Huaishan.
Otherwise, if he continues to be in such a hazy state, and if he encounters a dangerous situation later, I can't guarantee that I can protect him. install.
The silence lasted for a long time, and finally Li Huaishan spoke first: "If not, I said, I am not a burden to you."
I planned to take advantage of the situation and provoke him again: "Just talk and don't practice any tricks, prove it to me."
Li Huaishan didn't reply, he just picked up the flashlight and walked forward quickly with big steps.
In a place like this, you should actually be careful when walking, but Li Huaishan finally got a little bloody, and I couldn't hit him any more, so I could only speed up the pace and follow him closely.
When the bloodiness buried in Li Huaishan's heart overshadowed the tension caused by the darkness, he quickly entered the state.
Gradually, his steps slowed down, and the beam of the flashlight was no longer firmly fixed in front of him. .
Li Huaishan began to scan the surrounding scenery with his beam again, occasionally stopping to carefully identify suspicious-looking things on the roadside.
When we were confined in the Min's home, the training of carrying plates while blindfolded gave us the ability to calculate the distance traveled in the dark.
I turned my eyes along with the movement of the light beam, and observed the situation on the road with Li Huaishan while calculating.
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The distance we have traveled since entering the dark passage.
After traveling about a kilometer in the darkness, Li Huaishan stopped again.
This time, he hit the beam on a stone pile beside the road
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