The Scourge of Witchcraft Chapter 29: The Swamp Tomb (4)
Although I don't know what the road ahead is, but seeing that all the eighteen people in this line are under my command, and we still have sixteen guns in our hands, I can't help but feel a little high-spirited, and I even have a lot more confidence to talk to Chen Fangyuan.
After getting ready, we got into the car, eighteen people, two SUVs and two trucks, and set off.
Chen Fangyuan said that according to their research, they knew that this tomb was built more than a thousand years ago, and they analyzed that it should have been established by the Rouran Dynasty that dominated Mongolia from the fourth century to the fifth century AD, but they did not know which of the Rouran Dynasty the owner of the tomb was, and they did not know why the tomb was built in this swamp.
I asked Chen Fangyuan why they thought that the Mongol who was not a Mongol hid in this ancient tomb, and why did they think that this person hid in the ancient tomb with a tortoise shell, maybe there was nothing in it after entering?
Chen Fangyuan turned his head to look ahead and said, "We found traces of him entering, and as far as our people know, he brought the tortoise shell into this ancient tomb with the determination to die, so that people would not find this tortoise shell. ”
I sneered, "Since people would rather die than let you find the tortoise shell, then why are you still so shameless in looking for it, and you still have such a big battle." ”
"Hehe", Chen Fangyuan sneered and said, "You won't bother with this, as long as you can help us find that tortoise shell this time, I promise that we will do our best to help Miss Qiu lift the curse." ”
At this point, we stopped talking, and there was silence in the car until we reached our destination.
After a while, the car stopped, and when I opened the window, I saw that it was already muddy under the wheels, and if I went any further, I was about to drive straight into the swamp.
Chen Fangyuan shouted to the big guy to get out of the car, and I saw these people unload some boxes from the truck, and then lift them up with wooden sticks, and I knew that this was not the first time they had done this.
"Let's go, we have to walk for more than ten minutes, remember to follow our footprints, this swamp is full of big blisters that can swallow people, and if you are not careful, you will fall into it." Chen Fangyuan showed me the way and walked straight ahead of me.
Qiu Yan and I glanced at each other, stuck out our tongues at each other, and then walked forward following Chen Fangyuan's footprints.
The swamp was damp, and there were mosquitoes on such a cold day, some of which were bigger than cockroaches, not to mention the pervasive smell of rancidity.
I can't imagine how Chen Fangyuan found this place, let alone how the tomb robber found this place back then, it seems that he worked so hard to bring the tortoise shell here, he really didn't want the tortoise shell to be found by others, so thinking about it, the more I wondered what the tortoise shell was for, so that these people were so desperate to fight around it.
Skirting a small hill, we came to a small river, not so much a small river as a myriad of ditches, which curled with steam into the air, and as soon as we approached, I felt a warmth.
It's no wonder that the nearby swamps are not frozen, and it is estimated that those big mosquitoes have grown so big because of the moisture of this hot spring.
"It's right ahead, let's go!" Chen Fangyuan saw me standing by the river and did not move, so he urged.
Through the mist, I saw a hand-made wooden platform not far ahead, about seven or eight square meters, all made of wooden boxes, with a canvas tent on the wooden platform, two generators next to it, and a pump.
Next to the wooden platform, there is a puddle of water, from which hot water comes out of it, and it seems that this is one of the sources of the river.
"The entrance is over there, let's take a breath in the tent first, and then go over after arranging." Chen Fangyuan pointed to the mouth of a pit full of snakeskin bags not far from the edge of the puddle.
I took a closer look, these snakeskin bags should contain soil or sand or something, and the pipe of the pump on the wooden platform stretched out into the mouth of the pit, and it seemed that Chen Fangyuan and they had put a lot of effort here.
After entering the tent, Chen Fangyuan's people neatly arranged the boxes they had carried, and then opened them, and I saw that in addition to all kinds of dry food, there were gasoline, headlamps and other things.
After taking a short break and drinking some water, Chen Fangyuan distributed headlamps and glow sticks to us, and each of us was given a gas mask.
Then, Chen Fangyuan ordered Qiu Yan and the interpreter to stay, while the rest of the people set off towards the mouth of the pit with weapons.
When I came to the mouth of the pit, I saw an irregular hole about one meter in diameter, the inside of the hole was black, and there was no protection in it, and it was surrounded by wet mud.
"Don't worry, this section is wet, and it will dry out after entering, this thief hole is very professional, and he has taken the waterproofing into account." Chen Fangyuan walked up to me and explained, then bowed down and jumped into the hole, I heard a "chirp" below, and then saw Chen Fangyuan turn on his headlamp and shine it out.
Judging from Chen Fangyuan's headlamp, the bottom of the cave was only a meter high from the ground, and I saw Chen Fangyuan look around, then lie down, and after a while, he disappeared.
I jumped down after that, and when I came down to look, I found that there was a horizontal passage underneath, and this passage was very narrow, and could only accommodate one person crawling forward, and I thought to myself that this was indeed a thief hole, just like what I said.
The pumping pipe of the water pump went along the channel, when I climbed, I could clearly feel that the channel was going down, about ten meters forward, there was a straight down pit in front of me, I put my head over to look, and saw Chen Fangyuan looking up at me, as if he was waiting for me.
When Chen Fangyuan saw me, he moved his face away, judging from his movements, the passage below should be wider than the above.
After Chen Fangyuan disappeared again, I went into the pit below, and sure enough, it was much more spacious underneath, and could even accommodate a person to squat, but the pit below was still muddy, and the pipe of the pump was still extending forward.
The pit below is still sloping downward, but it's a little wider and easier to climb.
After continuing to move forward for more than ten meters, I suddenly found that Chen Fangyuan in front of him turned around and disappeared, I thought that I had reached a certain hole again, and I had to jump down, but when I climbed to the place where Chen Fangyuan disappeared, I found that the downward passage came to an end when it came here, and then climbed forward and began to go up, and the two passages on this one formed a V-shape, I estimated that the lowest end of the V-shape may be ten meters away from the ground.