Chapter 42: The Secret Room at the Bottom of the Lake (2)
Shen Jinsan and Guo Fatzi fought together, were scolded together, went up the mountain to dig birds' eggs together, went to the ground to steal sweet potatoes together, and blew up the open-air thatched pit of Old Man Xu's house in the village with artillery battles, what a revolutionary friendship this is.
When he heard Wu Xin say that Guo Fatzi was probably no longer good, Shen Jinsan thundered in the clear sky, and the only remaining glimmer of hope was destroyed in an instant, and his mind suddenly went blank, leaving only powerlessness and despair.
If the fat man died like this at a young age, it was because the two of them were greedy to rob the tomb, Shen Jinsan thought that he had a responsibility that he couldn't shirk, and he would feel guilty for a lifetime, and he would take Old Man Zhuo's life in vain.
"I know what you're thinking! Didn't Zhuo Lao say that the fat man's life is very long! Wu Xin comforted Shen Jinsan.
"I also know that numerology is something that you believe in, and if you don't believe it, you don't have it, maybe the old man said this to comfort me, and the fat man is now locked up in the old man's room, who else can save him except us!" Shen Jinsan's mood has fallen to the bottom.
Wu Xin: "Don't underestimate Zhuo Lao's ability, my father told me that Zhuo Lao can't do anything else, but he is a first-class master of fortune-telling, and his attainments in feng shui astrology are almost at the peak, because only he has obtained the true inheritance of the ancestor master, if he is not troubled by some things, the old man lives in a simple place and only wants to eat and wear, and he may have been a well-known master for a long time." ”
Shen Jinsan: "Okay, the Si man has passed away, so we won't talk about the old man, I hope the fat man will be like him, and he will be auspicious!" ”
Wu Xin: "Then let's not talk about this, let's go there and have a look, maybe we can find an exit." ”
Through a small door on the right side of the stone room, this is a small room, there are some tables, chairs and benches piled up in a mess, and there are many bottles and cans, which are stacked more than a person high, some bronze and some pottery, most of them are like household utensils, someone must have hurriedly piled everything here.
These objects do not seem to be very elaborately workmanlike, probably older than the age of this stone chamber, and it is estimated that their economic value will not be very high, except for some archaeological value.
They rummaged through the contents, and the whole room was filled with dust and smoke, crackling, and when they moved the stack of clay pots in the middle, a large wooden box hidden in it appeared in front of them.
Wu Xin pulled the lock of the box and said: "This box should be made of camphor wood, and it is actually very well preserved in such a humid environment!" ”
Shen Jinsan grabbed a clay pot at his feet and smashed the copper lock on it, opened the box and saw that there seemed to be a thick layer of brocade inside, Wu Xin gently opened it with a dagger, and the brocade had already been carbonized and shattered into the end of the day.
Wu Xin: "Huh? There seems to be a small box underneath. ”
"Let me do it!" Shen Jinsan dug up all the broken brocades, and there was indeed only a small box in it, and he took it out and opened it on the ground, except for a square piece of cork, there was nothing else.
Wu Xin: "Look, there is a groove in this piece of wood, and there must have been something embedded in it. ”
Shen Jinsan: "This groove seems to be the same shape as the jade box containing insects, and the size is about the same. ”
Wu Xin: "Could it be that it was originally used to put the jade box?" ”
Shen Jinsan took out the cork and put it in his backpack: "Bring it first, let's go to the room on the other side to have a look." ”
On the other side of the stone chamber, a heavy wooden door made of a single log blocked the way, and although the keyhole was not visible, it was locked tightly, and no matter how hard they tried, they could not move.
Wu Xin: "There must be a mechanism, we'll look for it later, let's eat something now, I should have a few compressed biscuits in my bag." ”
Shen Jinsan: "Okay, it's okay not to mention it, I don't feel anything, I really feel a little hungry when I hear you say it." ”
Wu Xin: "From the time we entered the cave to now, it is estimated that it should be almost two days, so it's no wonder if we are not hungry!" ”
After eating and resting for a while, Shen Jinsan and Wu Xin acted separately left and right, groping for a long time and finally came to the side of the black statue, but the two of them looked around the statue for a long time and still couldn't see anything famous.
Wu Xin stepped on the stone rhinoceros lying on the ground and wanted to climb up to take a closer look, but it was a coincidence that there was no book, and when she just grabbed an arm at the bottom of the statue and pressed it down, the arm suddenly rotated ninety degrees.
"Smack, smack, smack......"
Wu Xin thought that there would be danger, so he jumped and hurriedly jumped long, and pulled Shen Jinsan aside with a few steps.
Immediately there was a sound of draining water from a sewer pipe, followed by the sound of the gears of the mechanism grinding, and then the wooden door gradually sank into the stone wall and opened.
Wu Xin: "Ha! It's opened, and it turns out that the mechanism is here. ”
Shen Jinsan: "Listening to the movement is like using the river water outside to operate a mechanism. ”
Wu Xin: "Whatever, let's go!" ”
This room and the other room were almost one side of the size, filled with a strange smell of Chinese herbs, and on the floor lay several large square stone mortars one meter square, each containing a rotting animal remains, which seemed to grow almost with the bottom of the stone mortar, and several of them could be seen to be roughly frog skeletons, but they were all extremely large.
One of the largest stone mortars was sealed in a translucent membrane, and it contained a lot of liquid, as if there was a dark shadow in the liquid.
Wu Xin: "How does this look like a breeding farm, look at it, there is still a fresh one!" Do you want to open it and take a look? ”
Shen Jinsan: "Forget it, this thing has been here for thousands of years, don't make any moths, it's important to find a way!" ”
Wu Xin, this girl, was extremely curious, and seemed to be asking Shen Jinsan's opinion, but in fact, Shen Jinsan's voice had not yet fallen, and she was already cutting the film with a dagger.
Wu Xin: "Oh my God! What is this made of, such a thin layer, it is so hard to cut! ”
Shen Jinsan stopped: "Be careful, don't get it!" ”
This film is extremely tough, and Wu Xin has been scratching it for a long time, and only a few millimeters of seam has been cut.
Suddenly, the film moved a few times, as if something was pushing from the inside out, Wu Xin was frightened, and Shen Jinsan hurriedly pulled her to retreat outside the room.
"Boom la la ......"
The membrane was torn apart, and a thick yellow mucus flowed out, and a black, red-skinned, extremely ugly-looking toad crawled up, its front feet resting on the cornice of the stone mortar and slowly opening its eyes.