Chapter 229: Gunpowder
The morning dew was heavy, and after a few steps, my shoes and trouser legs were all wet. Fortunately, the streets of this ruin are paved with bluestone slabs, which are not smooth, but they can more or less inhibit the growth of weeds.
The first place they were going to was the cemetery that Jiang Yi had discovered, which was probably the only place in the area where what had happened here.
Nie Tianxi walked side by side with Nie Shuyao and asked, "Sister, are we going like this?" ”
Nie Shuyao smiled: "Why not? In broad daylight, there were no wolves. ”
"But I don't think it's far from Qingshui Village, maybe it's just a detour when we came. The old man can find this place, and that Li Zheng may be able to find this place too. "Nie Tianxi thought it through.
"You're right." Nie Shuyao slapped his forehead suddenly, because he was too anxious, and said, "We are not safe, we have to fight quickly." ”
Jiang Yi's pace sped up a lot, and he turned his head and said, "What is Shu Yao looking for?" ”
"Dynamite, I'm going to blow up the Qingshui River!"
"It's ......." Jiang Yi and Nie Tianxi stopped and looked at her with beads of sweat on their faces.
Nie Shuyao pouted, "What's wrong?" As long as the source of that river is blown up, the Qingshui River in that section of Qingshui Village can be cut off, and then the legend of the water ghost will be self-defeating. ”
The other two looked at each other, they didn't think it would be so easy to blow up a river.
Jiang Yi suddenly curled the corners of his mouth and gave her a reassuring smile, "Then we have to hurry up and follow me." ”
As he spoke, he jumped out first, and he knew that the sister and brother would be able to keep up.
Nie Tianxi and Nie Shuyao looked at each other and smiled, Jiang Yi saw that they would come, so he followed without reservation.
"Sister, how do you know there will be explosives here?"
Nie Shuyao said: "There should be." It was a relatively flat basin, but on the way I found a few traces of man-made hewning, which were not a little bit by hand, but must have been made of explosives. ”
"I don't know how many years ago, but even if there were, I'm afraid it won't be usable for a long time." Nie Tianxi also felt that his sister's method was unreliable.
"Just find the ingredients, and I'll find a way to make it workable." Nie Shuyao is full of confidence in this.
"How?" Jiang Yi and Nie Tianxi asked in unison.
"One nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal!"
Then, there was no more, only the sound of three people shuttling through the woods.
Nie Shuyao frowned and asked, "Hey, why don't you speak?" ”
"Sister, it's that simple?" Nie Tianxi said.
"It should ...... Right. Saying this, Nie Shuyao also felt that he lacked confidence, but he could only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, so he couldn't take an iron pickaxe to dig the mountain by himself.
A quarter of an hour later, the three of them came to the cemetery, which was covered with green grass and surrounded not by ordinary trees, but by pear trees full of fruit.
Nie Shuyao's sister and brother felt very strange, they grew up in Pear Blossom Town, and they were very familiar with pear trees, it was too abnormal to have such a pear tree in this barren land.
In the grass are patches of pear blossoms, some of which can be seen white, and some of which fall when ripe. Most of them have become one with the soil.
"Does this have anything to do with Ewha Town?" Nie Tianxi asked.
"Perhaps." Nie Shuyao subconsciously replied, if she hadn't seen the pieces of graves, she would have thought that she had returned to Pear Blossom Town.
A few people walked around the edge of the cemetery, and there were more than 100 graves, large and small, which was about the same size for such a ruin.
In the end, Jiang Yi guessed: "Maybe this is the cemetery of the village here." ”
"Very likely."
This conclusion is due to the fact that there are no new graves on the site, and judging by the size of the mound and the weeds on it, the cemetery is at least ten years old.
"Let's go, go find explosives." Unable to see the origin of this place, Nie Shuyao was the first to turn around and leave.
After Nie Tianxi followed, she whispered, "You say, should we dig a big grave and take a look." ”
Nie Tianxi blinked a little uncomfortably, but still asked, "Tonight?" I brought a shovel. ”
But their voices could be heard even by Xiao Jiang Yi, and he coughed and said, "Aren't you afraid of the old man's hard work?" ”
"Alas!" Two sighs came faintly.
Jiang Yi felt that he couldn't see through this sister and brother, his face was not red and his heart was not beating and he said, "Dig a grave", is this a normal person?
But the siblings of the initiator are as if nothing is happening, concentrating on finding the highest point of this place.
In fact, the highest point in the ruins is easy to find, there is a lighthouse-like lookout, and the stairs inside are so rotten that you can't walk on it. The trio climbed to the top with the help of climbing tools.
The first one to come up was Jiang Yi, followed by Nie Tianxi, and finally Nie Shuyao.
As soon as she came up, she smiled and said, "The climbing tools I designed are good...... Right? ”
Nie Tianxi yelled at her Nunu.
Nie Shuyao saw that in front of her was a white bone, and the skull was separated from the body, which was enough to explain the cause of this person's death.
"The old man really lied." She looked at the white bone and pouted.
This white bone is quite weathered, and the preliminary observation should be at least twenty years old. But how old is the old man? Visually over forty years old, the friend who blocked the knife for him should be similar to him.
And, according to him, his friend had lived in Huaishu Village for more than ten years and was raised by an old man. It turned out that the friend's home was here, which means that the person was not big when he left Huaishu Village.
But judging from the injuries suffered by this skeleton, it is likely that this village was slaughtered, otherwise it would not have been this way of death, and there would be no one to collect the body when it died. Isn't it strange that they saw a neat cemetery just now?
After she explained the situation, Jiang Yi said: "Could it be that this person is the one who attracted the enemy?" ”
Nie Tianxi also said: "I also have this idea. Although this village is not big, it is okay, and I and the Second Artillery also found a lot of broken houses, but we didn't find a single skeleton. ”
Nie Shuyao nodded and said: "There is this possibility, which means that this person is too hated, and the person who escaped later will let his corpse be like this when he comes back...... There is no place to die. ”
"The old man really didn't tell the truth!" Nie Tianxi pouted.
"Well, one day the old man will tell the truth, and he may want to see if we have the ability to help him. Let's see where there will be a cave. Nie Shuyao felt that the place where the explosives were hidden would definitely be far away from the village, but it would not be too far away.
Finally, the trio locked onto a mountain to the west, where there were few weeds and a hole could be clearly seen.
The three of them ignored the skeleton and ran straight to the west. But Nie Shuyao was constantly integrating the information she got in her heart.
There must be a good reason for Tu Village, do you want it? Hatred is monstrous; Or not, just for some kind of treasure. Nie Shuyao felt that the latter was more feasible.
Hatred will slowly weaken over the years, and if the big family that Stupid's grandfather said finally chooses to live in seclusion here, this should be their ancestral land.
Only treasures can make people blush and do all kinds of evil, and this treasure is very large and attractive. As time goes by, it is inevitable that a large family will give birth to a few anti-bones, and more importantly, the family itself has not found the treasure.
So, is that really the case? Nie Shuyao felt that the old man was the key, and the people who slaughtered the village did not find the treasure at the beginning, so there was the madness of Qingshui Village, and there should be something to know there.
When she came to the entrance of the cave, Nie Shuyao sorted out these things, whether it was what she thought or not, she just needed to find out if she found the explosives and blew up the Qingshui River.
"Hehe, although the baby is good, life is not precious." Suddenly, Nie Shuyao came to say this.
Nie Tianxi has long been accustomed to her sister's "bold words" from time to time; But Jiang Yi didn't understand, looking at Nie Shuyao, who was smiling so beautifully and so cunning, he felt that his little junior sister must not do anything out of the ordinary, otherwise he would not be able to protect her.
"Let's go inside!" The three of them put on their masks and walked into the cave that was still dry.
Because they thought there might be explosives here, they didn't light the torches, but fortunately the hole wasn't too deep. But in front of them, two green eyes appeared, and two wolf cubs were whining, apparently hungry.
As soon as they found out that there was a wolf, Nie Shuyao and Nie Tianxi hid behind Jiang Yi as if they had discussed, which hurt Jiang Yi very much. But his sword was still fast, and before the two wolves could pounce, he fell to the ground and died.
"Do you want to kill the two little ones!" Jiang Yi pointed his blood-dripping sword at the little wolf cub.
Nie Shuyao said without thinking: "Keep it, let's take it away." Let the stupid daddy be a dog. ”
"It's a wolf!" Jiang Yi's voice raised a few points.
"Dogs are also domesticated by wolves." Nie Shuyao said stiffly.
"Tianxi, what do you think?"
Nie Tianxi said: "I listen to my sister." ”
"I knew I shouldn't have asked you." Jiang Yi put away his sword, sighed, wrapped the two little wolves in cloth and threw them to Nie Shuyao.
Nie Shuyao just continued, holding the wolf cub and continuing to move forward. The two wolf cubs haven't opened their eyes yet, so that her heart is relieved a little, and she must let the stupid daddy look at the wolf cubs every day when she goes back, and it is said that the first person an animal sees when she opens her eyes is often taken as a mother.
Soon at the end of the hole, they found bricks and something that looked like firecrackers. This made Nie Shuyao very excited, he wanted to be a dead horse as a living doctor, but he didn't expect that there was really gunpowder here.
She found something black in the other hole covered in oiled paper and sniffed for the smell of sulfur. Then he took off the cloth bag and put it all away.
Received two large bags, these should be the gunpowder used to make firecrackers in the village, and then they can be used as explosives, this Nie Shuyao is confident.
After burying the two dead wolves, the three of them easily rushed back.
As the sun rises, so does the birdsong in the forest, and if it weren't for the eerie ruined village, it would be a paradise.
Before they could reach the door, they heard the old man's roar, "Where have they been?" Didn't you say that you should follow me to see those demon grasses? What about people! What if the scheming Li is looking for him? ”
After Nie Shuyao heard this, he felt that he could deceive him. kicked the door open, and said loudly: "Old man, how long are you going to lie to us?" ”R1152