Chapter 217
In the room? Isn't there something weird about this room?
Bai Suhe thought about it, the layout of the room was simple and simple, and they had also seen the utensils thrown on the ground, although it was a long time, but they were all ordinary utensils with rough workmanship, not even carved patterns, and they were used by ordinary civilians at a glance. It is normal for the official residence and military residence to have secret passages and secret grids, but it is a bit unusual for such an ordinary house they picked up to have a mechanism if it also has a mechanism.
"Does Rong Thirteen know?"
"As he said, he told everyone to come out and check when the sandstorm stopped, so as not to have an accident with the launcher."
Trap This is Rong Thirteen and Lan Zui's strength, Bai Suhe listened to their existing arrangements, and didn't say much.
"Sister Bai, you can go in and rest, I'll just come here."
"No, I've slept enough." Bai Suhe refused. She didn't want to go back, and when she did, she wouldn't have to think that Meng Zheng would definitely return the blanket to her. Thinking of Meng Zheng's pitiful appearance and showing favor in every way, Bai Suhe was clearly guilty, but he couldn't face it calmly.
In addition to that ambiguous night, there is also Helan Fu's temporary resentment that always lingers in his mind.
After all, she can't let go completely.
After raging for a day and a night, the sandstorm gradually dissipated, the dust and sand in the turbid air were sparse, and the surrounding scenery gradually became clearer.
When the sky finally returned to a clear blue, and the sun was shining again, if it weren't for the sand particles piled up outside the house, the raging storm before would have been like a dream, and it had never happened.
The people trapped in the room scrambled to pour out of the room, breathing in the hot air and feeling the heat of the sun on their skin. The four of them knelt on the sand, their hands on the ground, and muttered prayers in their mouths, thanking God for his protection.
The hiding place they chose for the camel was very good, and although the camel was frightened, there was no loss. Even the equipment was strapped to the sides of the camel and was never lost in the gale.
As soon as this sandstorm stopped, Lan Zui and the others first dispersed to investigate the terrain in all directions. Only then did they realize that the stone mountain they had climbed was not the only one, and there was a stone mountain about the same height standing silently in the desert yellow sand at the other end.
The two mountains were connected by ridges, and the small city on which they were located was built on this ridge, and the whole was long and narrow, and simple stone walls were built along the mountain walls, and only two wide stone roads were dug out of the two mountains for camels to carry goods. If the city gate is closed, there is a tendency that a husband will not be able to open it.
The buildings in the city were built in much the same way as the stone house where they were hiding, only in size and in luxury. In one or two houses, rusty knives and guns were occasionally thrown on the ground, and the handwriting engraved on them was so rusty that it was impossible to read clearly.
This is very different from the architectural style and the swords and guns of other oasis cities, as well as the location, which is enough to prove that this city is the unknown ancient city that Rong Jiu mentioned that was destroyed in war and belonged to the border of Northern Yan.
But they searched the nearby stone houses, but they didn't find a single white skeleton. This made everyone puzzled. Northern Yan is wild and warlike by nature, and this city is planted with the most precious Kemuda of Northern Yan, and it is impossible for the soldiers defending the city to give up this natural danger and surrender. If there is a war, there will be casualties. Even if it's been too long, at least there are bones left. Now I can't find anything, as if this was an empty city, and it's really strange.
Could it be that there was some accident at that time, so that the soldiers and civilians of the entire city of Beiyan had to abandon the city and leave? If this is the case, they will leave presumably prepared and methodical, so that they will not leave even a little valuable thing behind. If Xia Ruoqing's body was also in this city at that time, it was very likely that it would have been taken away along with the evacuation of the soldiers and civilians in the city.
As soon as he thought of this, Lan Zui's heart suddenly cooled. The years have been deep, the desert is yellow sand, where did she go to find the whereabouts of the soldiers and civilians of the entire city and Xia Ruoqing's body?
Another even worse news is that Rong Jiu's nose is not as bright as the legend, several wells in the city have either collapsed or dried up, and the underground water source flowing through this area is thought to have dried up, and it is impossible to grow green plants.
In this way, the amount of drinking water they carried did not allow them to delay here for long, and at most they had to evacuate after exploring the stone house where they had taken refuge. The general trend is that Lan Zui can't, so he can only go back to the stone house with Rong Thirteen, and Rong Thirteen enters the house to check, while Lan Zui and the others put the equipment on the camel's body on the sand and reclassify it, throw it away, and minimize the burden of the camel - if you can't find the water source in time, you can only slaughter the camel on the way and drink blood to quench your thirst.
When looking at other stone houses, Rong 13 realized that this house was designed with skylights. At this moment, he opened the skylight on the top, held a flashlight in one hand, and carefully roamed the room, his fingers touching the stone house wall inch by inch, and did not pull it down at all. Rong Thirteen's movements are sensitive and fast, and the scope of the stone house is limited, so it is not easy to touch the outer room, but he does not find anything. Rong Shisan held a flashlight and looked at the stone bed that occupied most of the area in the inner room, thoughtfully. The mattress cover on the stone bed had long since rotted into stucco, and it was wrapped by Reyimu last night, leaving only a large stone slab, which looked like it was from the beginning to the end, and it didn't look like it had a mechanism.
Rong 13 stretched out his hand and lifted it, the stone bed was heavy, it was indeed a solid large stone slab, and it was impossible for the tunnel to hide underneath. In this way, there is nothing suspicious in this house, could it be that Rong Jiu is really mistaken?
Rong Shisan still didn't give up, groped around the stone bed, and his eyes suddenly fell on the stone pillow located at the head of the bed.
The stone pillow is cold and hard, and modern people are not used to sleeping. Last night, the four of them were forced to squeeze into this bed, which was very cramped. If you change Rong Thirteen, you will definitely have to throw all the things that occupy the position out of bed.
But the stone pillow is still well placed at the head of the bed.
Rong Shisan stretched out his hand, the stone pillow shook slightly, and he did not leave its original position, but he suddenly heard an extremely subtle click in his ears.
Rong Shi โกโก should be extremely fast, and immediately hugged his head and curled up, shrinking at the foot of the bed. The room was quiet, and there was no change, but outside there was a sudden sound of heavy objects falling, and the sound was deafening, accompanied by Rong Jiu's exclamation.
While disassembling the equipment with Jun Yihuang, Lan Zui paid attention to the movement of the stone house. The sand pile at the gate of the stone house was only half cleared and only accessible to people. Rong Jiu lay on the sand and exposed his legs, most of his body leaning into the door, ready to meet Rong Thirteen at any time.
As soon as Lan Zui heard the sound in the house, he saw that the pile of sand at the gate was low, and Rong Jiu's body leaned inward with the pile of sand and fell down. Lan Zui's eyes were quick, and he rubbed his body and pounced on it to pull Rong Jiu's two legs. But the momentum of the sand pile sliding down was extremely fast, and the door opened high, and Lan Zui only had time to hold one of Rong Jiu's feet.
No matter how Rong Jiu is, he is also a man who is nearly one meter eight, how can he hold it with the strength of one foot? Lan Zui felt a sudden lightness in his hand, and only one of Rong Jiu's shoes was left in his palm, and Rong Jiu screamed miserably and disappeared behind the gate with the pile of sand.
"Rong Jiu!"
As soon as Rong Shisan heard Lan Drunk's hoarse shouts and Rong Jiu's screams, he knew that something was wrong, so he couldn't continue to dodge, and rushed out of the inner wall one after another. Turning from the bright room to the dark area between the inner and outer walls, Rong Thirteen's eyes were not yet adaptable, and he just turned a corner and stepped on the air, but fortunately, Rong Thirteen had changed for a long time, and the person fell backwards, so he didn't fall.
Rong 13 turned on the flashlight in his hand, only to find that the narrow walkway between the inner and outer walls, except for the one connecting the gate, had all disappeared after turning the corner, leaving a slit in the black hole.
"Xiao Jiu!" Rong Shisan knew that Rong Jiu was waiting to answer him at the door, but now it was cold from head to toe, lying on the slit and shouting down, but he didn't hear a response, and it was also dark under the flashlight, and he couldn't see anything clearly.
"Brother Thirteen, you come out first! Let's go down and find Rong Jiu. Lan Zui heard Rong Shisan's voice and knew that Rong Shisan was fine, and his heart was a little settled. She knew that it was useless to be in a hurry at this time, on the one hand, she had to take Rong Thirteen out first, so as not to cause another accident, and on the other hand, she asked Jun Yihuang and Bai Suhe to quickly find out the climbing rope so that they could go down as much as possible.
Rong Thirteen punched the ground hard, rubbing his wrists and arms all with blood. He looked up to the left and right, the inner and outer stone walls had not changed, and the distance between them was about one and a half widths, and it would not be uncomfortable if he slowly climbed out with his head and feet in one place.
Now that there is no delay, Rong Thirteen immediately climbed according to the law. The stone walls are stacked roughly, and there are places for strength in the hands and feet, which is not difficult for Rong Thirteen to climb. Like a crab, he faced the slit and moved sideways outward. I don't know how long this slit has been stuffy, and the air blown out is disgusting, Rong Thirteen clenched his teeth, and his face was even more ugly.
He has been in and out of the tomb all year round, and of course he can tell that it is the smell of corpses that have accumulated in a place with poor air circulation for too long*, and this is certainly not a good place to be.
Rong Jiu fell - only afraid of more evil and less auspicious!
Lan Zui waited by the door, and when he saw Rong Shisan, he hurriedly stretched out his hand. Rong 13 took advantage of Lan Zui's pull, kicked the wall and threw himself out of the door, and both rolled on the sand pile in front of the stone house with Lan Zui.
Bai Suhe and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Rong Shisan come out safely. They had already found the climbing rope just now, but they were just focused on Rong Shisan's safety. There was time to do so, and I looked around, and soon found a place where I could tie the ropes.
Bai Suhe was about to walk over there with the rope, but when he raised his foot, he found that something was wrong. At some point, the yellow sand had already reached the crook of her knees.
It is normal for this small town on the hill to experience a sandstorm for a day and a night, and it is normal for a layer of soft sand to accumulate on the ground. Bai Suhe used to walk with his legs often submerged in the sand, and just now he was in a hurry to rummage for the rope, and he didn't care about the height of the sand layer at all. But now that her attention has returned, Bai Suhe clearly senses that something is wrong under her feet, and there seems to be a suction force below that pulls her down to the sand, although slowly, but the height of the yellow sand is indeed increasing - or rather, it should be that she is sinking deeper and deeper!
What frightened Bai Suhe even more was that when she tried to lift her feet and climb out of the sand, the more suction under the sand became, wrapping her legs and feet tightly, so that she couldn't move an inch, and the whole person fell faster because of this struggle.