Volume 2: Nine Turns of the Underworld Chapter 13: Nai He Bridge
Luo Jin took out another cigarette and lit it, and I could see that his hand was trembling slightly when he lit the fire, and it seemed that his mood was unstable.
He took a long drag on his cigarette, as if trying to hide the fear in his heart, and I could see the look on his face in disbelief.
"I think everything is perfectly disguised, I put Lao Gen in the coffin just to let you guess that it is not just you who have come in, so that you can be vigilant, I don't plan to meet you before those people show up, this is also my grandfather's instructions."
"It's just that I didn't expect that guy to find me, and at first I didn't understand why he didn't tell me, but now that I think about it, he should have guessed my purpose, and he also felt that someone else was coming, so he just planned it."
"It's just that when I saw his face up close, I almost scared Lao Tzu to pee, and at first I thought that Dazzle just looked alike, but his methods were too similar to those described by the elders, so I can only confirm that he is the same person as that person."
When Luo Jin said these words, his mood fluctuated abnormally, and it seemed that he couldn't hide the fear in his heart.
And the person he said in his mouth, I instantly thought that he was talking about Xiao Mu, Luo Jin checked me, and he must have also checked Liu Sanyan and marijuana, and only Xiao Mu was on the way to the car, if it wasn't for me accidentally meeting Xiao Mu, it is estimated that Miss Luo would not know about his existence.
I didn't say anything, Luo Jin continued: "You have all entered the main tomb, but the person has not yet appeared, I think he is also afraid of that guy, or he is afraid of him, so he doesn't dare to come in." ”
Hearing this, I couldn't help but interrupt: "Why are you so afraid of Xiaomu?" Do you know him? ”
Luo Jin shook his head: "I don't know." ”
"I don't know, so what are you afraid of?" I was even more confused.
Luo Jin thought about it, took out his mobile phone, and pulled up an old black and white photo, although the pixels are not very clear, but the appearance of the people in the photo can still be seen clearly.
This is a group photo, there are a total of seventeen people, most of the people in it are quite old, and the background was taken at the entrance of Bitu Village.
"This is my second master, this is Mrs. Wu." Luo Jin pointed to the two people in the photo and said: "This photo was taken in front of this ancient tomb thirty-five years ago. Look at this man again. ”
Luo Jin pointed to a young man on the right in the back row, I looked at the "buzz" of my head, how could it be Xiaomu?
The person in the photo does look like Xiao Mu, but this is impossible, this is a photo from thirty-five years ago, even if Xiao Mu was only twenty years old at that time, and now he is more than fifty years old, but you don't look like Xiao Mu now.
"Then the person you are talking about in the secret could be Xiaomu?" It occurred to me that if it was really Xiao Mu, then he was too clever in his hands, and he had been mixed in with us, and he really saw what we were doing.
Luo Jin said: "At first, I also suspected this, at first he contacted Qingqing through you, and then he blended into your team clearly. But when you killed the blood corpse, after he knew that you were the Yang Family's Yang Physique, I was relieved. ”
"If the person behind the scenes is him, you will be safe, and if you are safe, Qingqing will be safe, and I don't need to continue to protect secretly. If the person behind the scenes is not him, you are just as safe, but Qingqing may not be safe. ”
This made me even more confused, and I felt that things were even more confusing.
Obviously, this inverted fight is not an ordinary inverted fight, there is a hidden force in the dark, the Luo family and the Wu family are the first chess pieces, find out my grandfather through the two families, I am an unexpected surprise, and now there is another small wood.
So how much does the Luo family know about what is going on behind the scenes? How much does Luo Jin know?
In other words, it is now the Luo family Luo Zhenghua is playing with the person behind the scenes, and the Luo family does not want to be in this situation of sitting still, and wants to get the initiative first, so they went to some water city in Ruoqiang County first.
From these clues, it can be inferred that the water city in Ruoqiang County has what the Luo Wu family and the forces behind the scenes need, and it is very important.
So, there are two possibilities, what they have known about in the water city for a long time, or have they only known about it recently?
If they knew about the existence of that thing for a long time, it means that the Luo Wu family had made a lot of preparations in advance, and their safety factor was much greater, and at the same time, the people behind the scenes also knew that Shuicheng had not done anything, and they were waiting for more conclusive evidence, or waiting for someone.
If it was someone else, it would be nothing more than my grandfather, because after my grandfather went to Luo's house, they left for Xinjiang. If it wasn't for others, it was to get clues from the Chongling Ancient Tomb and finally determine the location of Shuicheng.
Another possibility is that they set off after getting a clue from Chongling, or that the location of Shuicheng was told to them by my grandfather, so their safety factor is relatively low. The first is to make an impromptu decision, and the preparation is definitely not very detailed, and the second is to race against the people behind the scenes to see who moves fast.
If it is the latter, it is very likely that the people behind the scenes do not know the existence of Shuicheng, or they cannot determine the coordinates of Shuicheng. He just followed Luo Zhenghua secretly.
On the other hand, it is inferred that the Chongling Ancient Tomb and this place are all related to Xinjiang Water City, first of all, Luo Zhenghua said in his letter that he was looking for the other side flower here, and there must be a clue to the other side flower here, otherwise he would not be able to deceive the person behind the scenes.
Secondly, the person behind the scenes knew about this ancient tomb, and even came here thirty-five years ago, and Luo Zhenghua also learned the details of this ancient tomb from the Luo family. In other words, the flowers in this ancient tomb have given them a deep impression, and they feel strange and have not yet solved the mystery, so they can make a fuss about the flowers on the other side.
Finally, there are bloody handprints in both the Chongling Tomb and this Han Dynasty tomb.
I remember that Professor Wu said that thirty-five years ago, no one from the Yang family participated, and the strange length of the five fingers of the bloody handprint is a characteristic of the Yang family, which means that the Yang family came in advance or later.
After that person came to the Erlin Ancient Tomb, he should have gotten some kind of clue, and then went to the Chongling Ancient Tomb, and then died in the ancient tomb.
Judging from the kit I picked up from the Chongling Ancient Tomb, it should have been there in the eighties, and the Luo and Wu families only went recently, that is to say, the Yang family came to the Erlin Ancient Tomb before, and erased it after getting the clues of the Chongling Ancient Tomb, resulting in it took decades for later generations to determine the location of the Chongling Ancient Tomb.
I thought about it, what the hell are they fighting for?
"Then why didn't you tell Miss Luo the truth? Shut her up instead? I asked again.
Luo Jin smiled bitterly and said, "Haven't you learned Qingqing's temperament?" If she saw me following behind, she would have shot me straight away. Don't worry, your friend can't die if he falls, and he will vomit at most two mouthfuls of blood at this height. ”
This is also the case, according to Miss Luo's temper, she will definitely subdue Luo Jin first before questioning, it is not impossible for the gun to go off.
"So what now? Find a way to tell her the truth? I asked.
Luo Jin thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, let her be locked up here for the time being, I'll go and meet that person in the dark first." You are here to watch, and if Qingqing comes out, you can tell her about it. ”
"Mr. Luo, I'll go with you." One of the guys took the initiative to ask, Luo Jin thought about it and nodded.
They cleaned up briefly and slipped into the maze.
Now there are only me and Chuan Mao left in the tomb, and the guy with the injured hand, Chuan Mao curiously touched the corpse statues, and the injured man simply closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.
The burial chamber suddenly fell silent, and I rearranged my thoughts, but I found nothing new. If there is really someone behind the scenes, then the Luo family and the Wu family will know a lot of things, but they don't tell me what they know, and I suspect that Luo Qingqing may not know a lot of things until now.
One more thing, how much does my grandfather know about the things behind it?
I think I know a lot about it, and it can almost be said that I have endured humiliation and lived for decades, and even pretended to be paralyzed.
So who is my grandfather afraid of? It shouldn't be the Luo family or the Wu family, these two families are inverted families to put it bluntly, and the Yang family has retired for several generations, and it is impossible to still have a relationship of interest with them.
Only the person behind the scenes who is concerned makes sense.
Thinking about it left and right, I really can't think of anything new, lying on the patio and yelling at them for a long time, but there is no response, either the sound insulation is too good, or they are gone.
"Open the patio." I really can't stay any longer, I'll go tell them the truth, Miss Luo can't break me down.
"No, Xiao Luo is not here, the eldest lady may not have picked our skin." Chuan Mao said worriedly.
I said angrily: "Cowardly! I'll do it myself. ”
Saying that, I went to turn the statue mechanism, Chuan Mao and another guy glanced at each other, and ran away, calling to help Luo Jin, obviously they were afraid that Miss Luo would vent her anger on them.
I didn't care anymore, and after reopening the patio, I called a few times, but unfortunately no one responded.
Damn, is there a road down there, they ran away?
I quickly shouted a few times, there was really no one, and the cold light sticks that I threw under me were gone, and it seemed that they had all taken them away.
I'm curious, where else can I go down there? Labyrinth?
Damn, now I'm alone again, my heart is pounding for no reason, my heart is panicking, and I feel like countless pairs of eyes are staring at me in the dark.
I thought to myself, no, I have to find them as soon as possible, it's unrealistic to chase them after them, who knows where they went in the maze, if I run into the blood corpse of hell ants or something, I don't want to hang it.
And there's only one way down there, and I'm more likely to catch up with marijuana.
I took a quick inventory of my equipment, a pistol, a dagger, a folding shovel in a backpack next to me, a large bundle of climbing ropes, a flashlight and a few batteries, I picked up the cold light rod on the ground, tied the rope and slipped down the tomb.
It went down smoothly, and because the burial chamber below was upside down, the ground became a funnel shape of a "W", and I took a photo, and there was really no one around.
I took a cursory look at the burial chamber, and it was exactly the same as the top, with stone pillars, patios, and coffins.
It's just that there is no corpse statue, and the coffin has also fallen, it seems that it should have been set on the top before, I don't know if it was too old, the iron cable that bound the coffin was broken, or it was removed by the group of people thirty-five years ago. Anyway, the coffin fell off, the lid was closed, and I didn't have the heart to look at it, if there were any clues, Miss Luo, they must have opened it.
The tap stone of the burial chamber was lifted to the side, and the tomb door was open, but behind the door was a robbery hole.
There is only one thief hole in this burial chamber, and the marijuana must have come out of here. I didn't think much of it and hurriedly chased after it.
All the way forward, I did see the traces of their walking on the way, and I climbed desperately. After climbing for nearly ten minutes, the front suddenly became empty, I used a flashlight to shine, and found that it had become a natural underground crack, and the dark light on it could not be seen, and I didn't know if the crack was cracked to the ground, I estimated it, and the thief hole entered the corridor, and the corridor fell into the labyrinth, and then the maze went all the way down to the tomb, and the two-story tomb was thirteen or fourteen meters, that is to say, now I am almost twenty meters from the ground.
"Marijuana!" I shouted, and the cracks echoed as if it were empty, but no one answered me.
Holy shit, why are you running so fast? Chased by a ghost?
I cursed a few times, and walked forward, and after a few steps, I felt that something had broken off, and when I saw it, I was startled, it turned out to be a human skeleton, and this skeleton was the same as the ones in the corridor, only white bones remained.
"Could it be that there are hell ants here too?" I was shocked, don't you want to run into the hell ant nest, right? That's a self-defeating one.
The whole underground crack is steep and steep, and the more I go, the more spacious it becomes, I am a little afraid to go forward, but there is only one way, and the marijuana they must be in front.
You can see traces of mining here, and I wonder if this is the place where the stone was quarried during the construction of the tomb?
This ancient tomb is very large, it needs a lot of stones, the ancient transportation capacity is limited, most of the materials will be taken locally, some people fancy a feng shui land, and even plant good wood decades in advance.
Sure enough, I didn't go far, I saw a lot of semi-finished stones, and I could see that the scale was not small, and there were already hundreds of square meters of space here.
It seems that there was originally a road leading to the tomb here, and it should have been sealed after the ancient tomb was repaired. There are also stone piers and stone tables, some of which look like temporary resting places for stonemasons.
I continued to move forward, the space in front of me is getting bigger and bigger, a lot of abandoned and unfinished sarcophagi, as well as statues of soldiers, I can't figure it out, this ancient tomb doesn't seem to need so many stones, so why did so many stones be mined back then? Or is it that the technology was backward and the number of finished products was very small?
But it's not right, there is a statue of a soldier here, although it is a half-finished product, but there is no statue of a soldier in the tomb.
Could it be that the stonemason carved it when he was bored? That's a bit of a stretch.
Although confused, my aim is to catch up with marijuana them, there is no need to waste time here.
After walking for half an hour, the amount of stone mined here was amazing, and I felt more and more that these stones were not used for the ancient tomb, could there be another large ancient tomb nearby?
As the old saying goes, one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, and the feng shui tomb also has a taboo of burial together, like a tomb of this size, the earth qi within a radius of dozens of miles is gathered here, except for ordinary tombs will be built nearby, tombs of the same size will never be built together.
This is like the ancient princes and nobles, who will be next to each other? Civilians can live around, but there will never be another mansion of the same level built next door to you.
Like Guo Tong's tomb will be built on the Yue Guo tomb group, this is already a big taboo, although the establishment of a common secret channel, but this is very unfavorable to Guo Tong's descendants.
Although I was skeptical, I didn't know much about the tomb culture, so I didn't stop too much and kept going.
However, the ground here has begun to seep water, and the water has become deeper and deeper the further it goes.
When the water was on my legs, I hesitated to go any further, and I didn't know why they were walking so fast, and I didn't wonder if I was curious about the place where the stone was mined and stopped to look. Or did you find a clue and speed up?
The water here is very turbid, and the groundwater should be very clear all year round, but this water is simply the same as the Yellow River, so deep that you can't see the bottom.
I guess this could be caused by the marijuana they walked through? That means they're not far from that.
I gritted my teeth and quickened the pace, walked a hundred or ten meters, a stone bridge appeared in front of me, the stone bridge is not wide, about two meters, this end set up a stone tablet, one meter six or seven high, on it with the word "Nai He Bridge" written on it, every three feet on both sides carved a ghost, hideous face, different.
It's a bit bluffing to have a name, and I secretly laughed at these stonemasons for having a lot of black humor, and took a picture of the opposite side with a flashlight.
The bridge is not long, only about 30 meters, but for some reason, it is full of fog and looks a little eerie.
I suddenly saw four figures on the other side, some people were squatting there to check something, and some people were sitting next to them eating, I cursed secretly, and finally caught up, the dog ran quite fast!
With this gloomy fog, I suddenly had a bad taste, turned off the flashlight and slowly touched it, secretly wanting to scare you once, as my mental compensation.
I got on the bridge and found that the water had covered the bridge deck, so I walked as slowly as I could.
I saw Marijuana sitting on the side smoking, and Liu Sanyan seemed to be arguing with Miss Luo about something.
I laughed to myself, thinking that I would make a noise, and I would scare you out of a heart attack.
When I got to the middle of the bridge, I suddenly accelerated, rushed straight over, and shouted, "Haha, I'm coming!" ”
I've thought about 10,000 possibilities, even if they've beaten me up when they're too frightened, or if they've looked at my childish behavior like an idiot, but I've never thought that this would happen.
Because as soon as I stepped out of the bridge, the marijuana was gone.
Yes, it was on the other side of the bridge a moment ago, and as soon as I passed, I was gone. It's like evaporating in place.
I was so scared that I sifted through the chaff all over my body, why did they suddenly disappear when they were here just now? Or are they dead and I'm seeing their ghosts?
"Marijuana, Liu Sanyan!" I shouted loudly, the voice echoing through the underground space, and no one responded.
Could it be that I'm mistaken? Impossible, I really saw them, marijuana sat on the side, as if injured, Liu Sanyan and Miss Luo were gesturing something, and the two seemed to be arguing.
Or am I hallucinating?
I can accept this, I have experienced it many times in the Chongling Ancient Tomb, this thing is too realistic.
I calmed down, forced myself not to be afraid, hypnotized myself with marijuana they were just ahead, and I could catch up with them in two steps.
But the more I forced it, the more scared I became, there was a lot of ghosts here, not to mention that I had just experienced hallucinations, and even if I didn't, it would be scared to death.
Exercise! I knew that it would be better to wait in the tomb with Chuanmao.
I took a look, there are indeed traces of them staying here, and there are two cigarette butts on the ground, which are the best gold saints that marijuana often smokes.
There is only one way to cross the bridge, which is down the river, and there is no road at the other end.
I wanted to chase after me, but the devil sent me back to the bridge, and I didn't touch anything special along the way, so how could I be hallucinating? I always feel unsure.
When I got on the bridge and looked back, they were there, but I just couldn't hear what they were saying.
I stood at the head of the bridge and shouted at them, but they couldn't hear them, and when I stepped out of the bridge, their figures disappeared out of thin air.
And so many times, all the time.
There is white sweat on my back, are they really dead, and the shadow is their soul?
Or is there some kind of magnetic field here that intercepts their projections?
I read relevant articles on the Internet, saying that there is a courtyard in the Forbidden City, and in the event of a thunderstorm, it can reflect the shadow of the daily activities of the palace maids. The technologist explained that the Forbidden City is a red wall, containing ferric oxide, and under special circumstances, electric energy can record the scene just passed, and then coincide with the weather again, and the recorded projection can be played again, which is not a supernatural event.
Could it be that there are also elements such as ferric tetroxide here?
I watched "them" pause for a moment and then went down the river.
I'm a little unsure, whether to keep up with it or not? Or go back to the tomb and wait for them?
But I was a little hesitant, if I left this time, Luo Jin and they went back to the tomb to find that I was gone, and the patio was open, would they think that I had released Miss Luo and them, and then entered the labyrinth.
Maybe I won't be able to wait for Luo Jin when I go back, can I catch up with them if I chase them now?
Just as I was hesitating, I saw a point of light flashing on the other side, and I was walking towards it in a flash.
Could it be that Luo Jin is chasing after him? But what about them? Four people only have one flashlight? It's too saving!
But the obscene and trivial posture is not like it, and Luo Jin is not like this style.
Could it be the man behind the scenes? I chuckled in my heart, so frightened that I quickly turned off my flashlight and hid aside.
The man stopped at the bridge, I saw why his figure was so familiar, I always felt that I had seen it somewhere, and his physique was not like Luo Jinchuan Mao and them, could it be that I knew that person secretly?
I saw him shine a flashlight on this side, and then he turned off the light, and I said secretly: "Oops, did he find out?" ”
It was dark and quiet, I felt my breathing heavy, my heart raced, the hand holding the pistol trembled slightly, and the palm of my hand was full of sweat.
It's so weird, you have to know that there is water on the bridge deck, and no matter how light the man's movements are, I can always hear them in this dead and silent underground, but I can't hear any sound.
Run? Or face it head-on?
I hesitated in my heart, and quickly analyzed, now that I am in the dark, it is beneficial to me, if I run, that person can feel my position, and if I can't do it, I will be destroyed with one shot.
It's better to strike first, at least I have the advantage of being the first to go.
As soon as I gritted my teeth, I shone my flashlight at the stone bridge and shouted at the gun, "Don't move!" Move me to shoot again! ”
There was silence all around, and there was not a single ghost on the bridge, could it be that the person didn't go on the bridge?
I have a bad feeling in my heart, am I not exposed? I didn't know that I had been targeted in the dark, and I was in a cold sweat, and I froze in place and didn't dare to move, for fear that if I made any moves, the person would shoot.
"If you have something to say, don't shoot!" I spoke quickly, and threw the pistol away, signaling that I was no longer a threat to him.
But there was no movement for a long time, and the man neither said a word nor fired. I don't think he has a gun in his hand?
This may be true, guns are strictly forbidden in China, and you can't buy them if you want to, and I never imagined that one day I would be able to own a firearm.
My courage suddenly grew up again, and I rolled on the spot and threw myself at the hand that I had thrown away, and I picked it up neatly, and the gun went off in a state of emotion, and the silence of the ground was particularly harsh.
I picked up the flashlight and looked around, but I didn't know where the man was hiding, and I didn't find anyone at all.
"Damn, I'm not going to fight with you." I slowly retreated in the direction of the marijuana, wary of the wind and grass.
But I didn't take a few steps back, I saw the flashlight on the bridge, a person looked at me incredulously, I was really scared and carried it in one breath, specially, isn't the person at the bridgehead me?