17. The cave meets the serpent

Qin Xiaoluan walked outside, and Yu Qizheng immediately followed. When she looked back and stared, she hurriedly stood there again. Qin Xiaoluan walked further, and he followed not far away.

It looks like a Chinese pastoral dog that follows behind when the owner goes out.

Qin Xiaoluan didn't bother to pay attention to him, and walked directly towards the brick kiln.

I received a notice from Duan Fei this morning that the first cave had been dug.

When she arrived at the brick kiln, seeing that there were many people, it was estimated that Qin Xiaoluan would not be able to lose her temper in public, so Yu Qi was speeding up a few steps and followed behind her.

When he met Duan Fei, he pretended to iodine his stomach and returned to the style of the eldest young master.

Duan Fei said: "I've seen it, today is an auspicious day for the zodiac. It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, why not test the kiln ignition today? ”

Qin Xiaoluan smiled and said, "Okay, okay, you can just call the shots for this kind of thing." ”

Duan Fei nodded: "Okay, the incense, candles, and firecrackers are ready, and it will be a good day in half an hour, and the fire will be lit on time when the time comes." By the way, Qin Ducai, now the control room inside is almost dug up, do you want to go in and have a look? ”

According to the previous design idea, a completely dug space in the belly of the hill is used as the main control room, and each cave can be entered separately for operation.

And each cave outside, there is a door to the outside, and the brick embryo can be transported in both directions.

When the embryo is installed, open the outer door opening and send the brick embryo into the kiln; The outer door is closed during the kiln, and the person operates in the general control room. When leaving the kiln, the outer door is opened again, which is convenient for handling and transportation.

The most ingenious part of this design is that between several caves, it can be carried out individually or all at the same time. Not only do they not have any conflict with each other, but they complement each other. For example, when all the caves are fired together, the interior is in a relatively constant temperature state, and the quality of the bricks can be more guaranteed.

At this time, Fei's son ran in and reported, "Dad, the hour has come." ”

Duan Fei nodded and said, "Okay, open the kiln!" Qin Duliu, you can light the fire. ”

Qin Xiaoluan hurriedly excused himself.

Duan Fei's son held a torch in his hand and said hesitantly, "Didn't you say that a woman can't light the fire?" ”

"What do you know little brat?" Yu Qizheng snatched the torch and stuffed it into Qin Xiaoluan's hand.

This ignition is a bit similar to the opening ribbon cutting.

Qin Xiaoluan was originally going to be polite, but when he heard Duan Fei's son's words, he felt uncomfortable for no reason. The patriarchal thinking of people in this era is reflected in all aspects, and all kinds of pedantic rules are deliberately oppressive to us women.

This girl really didn't believe it. Qin Xiaoluan took the torch with a little anger and threw it into the brick kiln.

The flames were lit and reflected on their faces, and the whole scene was extremely festive.

Duan Fei said: "We have to go out and close the kiln door first and then come in, do Qin Du expect to go and have a look together?" ”

Qin Xiaoluan thought to himself, that is, to close the door, there is nothing to see, so he replied: "No, I'll wait for you here." ”

Yu Qizheng, who was going to follow to watch the excitement, stopped: "Well, you guys go." I'll be here with Qin Ducai. ”

After Duan Fei's father and son went out, Qin Xiaoluan glared at Yu Qizheng: "Can you not follow me like a Laipi dog?" ”

Yu Qizheng pretended not to hear, and looked inside the general control room with his hands behind his back.

"Hey, did you hear what I told you?" Qin Xiaoluan stomped his feet and said.

Yu Qi was hurriedly opening the topic: "Hey Xiaoluan, have you noticed that something seems to be wrong here?" ”

Qin Xiaoluan, who was originally going to scold this guy, saw that the expression on his face didn't look like a joke, and immediately remembered what those workers said before.

People in this era are somewhat superstitious, in order to reduce the bad influence, Qin Xiaoluan pointed at Yu Qizheng's nose and scolded: "Leper dog, if you dare to say that this place is like a tomb, see if I don't tear your mouth!" ”

Yu Qizheng had a serious face, and he didn't have the usual hippie smile at all.

I saw him listen sideways for a while, and then said, "Do you feel that something seems to be moving underground?" ”

When he said this, Qin Xiaoluan was really a little hairy. But he still stubbornly said, "You don't come!" This girl doesn't eat this set. ”

Yu Qizheng waved his hand, leaned down and listened again.

After a while, he jumped up like a spring, grabbed Qin Xiaoluan's hand, and ran out: "It's an earthquake, run!" ”

Qin Xiaoluan reflexively shook off his hand, and when he was about to speak, there was a loud "boom" where they were standing, and the whole piece sank downward!

Qin Xiaoluan was caught off guard and fell down with a scream.

Seeing this, Yu Qizheng, who had already run out of the collapsed hole, hurriedly turned around and reached out to grab Qin Xiaoluan's wrist!

But this time, not only did she fail to pull her, but on the contrary, due to the gravity of her body falling, and the soil at the entrance of the cave had been loosened and could not stand the force, Yu Qizheng himself fell into the hole.

At the moment when he completely fell into the hole, Yu Qi grabbed Duan Fei's iron pickaxe that they had left at the scene with his forehand.

The place of the subsidence resembles a vertical well, with a diameter of up to three meters.

Seeing that the speed of the fall was getting faster and faster, Yu Qi was violently wielding an iron pickaxe and chiseling towards the cave wall.

Although it could not be completely stopped, the speed of the fall was greatly slowed down.

I don't know how long it took to slip, the two fell to the ground one after another, Yu Qi was falling on Qin Xiaoluan, and his hand was pressed where it shouldn't be.

Qin Xiaoluan's body reacted faster than his brain, and a slap directly greeted Yu Qi in the face.

With a crisp sound, five bright red fingerprints appeared on Yu Qizheng's face.

Growing up from childhood to adulthood, Yu Dashao, who has been pampered, has suffered this kind of grievance? One hand covered the hot and stinging left side of his face at this time, and the other hand reflexively raised high.

Qin Xiaoluan knew that he was wrong, so he immediately closed his eyes, grabbed his skirt tightly with one hand, and waited for Yu Qizheng's slap to fall.

But he didn't hear any movement for a long time, so he opened his eyes and said, "You fight, fight." ”

Yu Qizheng sighed: "Forget it, you didn't mean it." ”

Qin Xiaoluan stubbornly said, "I was wrong just now. You better call back, I don't want to owe you. ”

Yu Qizheng's eyes widened: "Really? ”

Qin Xiaoluan said with great certainty: "Really! ”

"That's good!" Yu Qizheng made a fierce look and raised his hand again.

Qin Xiaoluan closed his eyes tightly again, gritting his teeth and waiting for the thunderous blow.

Soon, she felt something scratch her nose.

"Okay, it's settled." Yu Qi was looking at himself bending into a "nine" index finger.

Qin Xiaoluan opened his eyes and said in disbelief: "That's it? ”

The saying that dogs can't change eating is vividly reflected in someone.

Yu Qizheng put the index finger that had scraped Qin Xiaoluan's nose in front of his nose, sniffed it deeply, and then stared at Qin Xiaoluan with extremely obscene eyes: "Otherwise? What more do you want? ”

Qin Xiaoluan, who was still a little moved in his heart, was so angry that he immediately kicked over.

As soon as he stretched out his foot, he made an "oops" and fell to the ground again.

"What's wrong?" Yu Qizheng squatted down with a concerned look on his face and asked.

Qin Xiaoluan hugged his ankle with pain on his face.

Although I didn't hurt anything else when I fell from a great place just now, my foot was broken.

It's so high off the ground, and the light down there is not good. Yu Qi was taking out the fire fold from his arms, and lit it with a "snap".

When Yu Qi was inspecting Qin Xiaoluan's foot injury, Qin Xiaoluan looked up and looked around.

Originally, I thought that the bottom was the same as the top, a place similar to the bottom of a well. Now it seems that the guess was completely wrong.

In the place where they fell, there was a completely empty space around it.

It looks like a square warehouse, more than 100 square meters, and the height from the top is about five meters.

Yu Qi was tearing his clothes and bandaging Qin Xiaoluan briefly, but he also noticed the abnormalities around him.

The ground is covered with neat bluestone slabs, and the "warehouse" is surrounded by smooth stones. There is no doubt that this is not a natural cave, but an artificial one.

However, there is no clue to who, what age, and for what reason such a cave was dug here.

The entire "warehouse" was almost empty.

The reason why I say "almost" is because there is still one thing in it.

It was a stone mortar the size of a water tank.

Yu Qizheng walked over, looked up and down for a while, and there was nothing in it.

Originally, it would have been unlucky enough to fall into this place, and Xiaoluan was also injured. Originally, when I saw this stone mortar, I thought that there was some water in it to drink or something. Now that he saw nothing, he couldn't help but kick it in his anger.

The stone mortar fell in response, rolled a few times in the ground and came to a stop, revealing a hole below.

When Yu Qi was about to squat down to inspect the entrance of the cave, Qin Xiaoluan, who was still in place because of his foot injury, shouted: "Come back quickly!" ”

As soon as she screamed like this, Yu Qizheng ran back without any hesitation, and said as she ran: "It's okay, Xiaoluan?" ”

Before the words fell, a loud bang sounded behind him. The hole under the stone mortar cracked violently, and the nearby bluestone slabs flew in all directions as if they had been shredded pieces of paper.

A few of them hit Yu Qizheng's back, and the shock hurts.

At this moment, Qin Xiaoluan's mind is full of the plots in those adventures or tomb robbery film and television dramas that later generations watched.

It seems that the crow-beaked worker really said that this hill is really a huge mausoleum.

The stone mortar that Yu Qi was kicking over was most likely the mechanism that entered the tomb.

Immediately afterward, a foul-smelling fishy smell came

Before they could react, a swarthy thing slowly rose from the hole that had been shaken open under the stone mortar.

After seeing what it was, both of them were so nervous that their hands and feet were cold.

Snake!

A giant snake head, to be precise.

The snake's head was the size of a dormitory, dark brown, and a lantern-sized eye in the middle of its forehead, staring coldly at the two of them.

Qin Xiaoluan muttered, "How can there be such a big snake? ”

The one-eyed serpent seemed to understand human speech, and spat out bright red letters at the two of them, looking extremely strange and cruel.

Yu Qizheng was suddenly shocked: "It can't be that thing, right?" ”