The three of us circled half the ancient city and then circled to the wall with the Black Death Curse engraved on it. The Black Death Curse is absolutely impossible to look at directly, after so many years, the Gu worms of the Black Death Curse must have died, only the impact of the spell itself on people remains, as long as you don't look at it, it will be fine.

Mu Qiang groped his way to the slate and pasted all the slate with the paper he had prepared in advance. Then I and another fellow drove steel nails into the cracks in the stone slabs and hung a large canvas to block the slates.

When all this was done, we turned up the light and looked around the slate.

This slab is just embedded between the city wall and the rock partition, and the stone slab is different from the stone used in the city wall, as well as the rock mass of the rock partition, which indicates that the stone slab was embedded here after the city wall was repaired.

Where the slate is connected to the rock partition, there is a clear groove, which may have been filled with adhesive. Mu Qiang took out the tool and tried it, and he could chisel it.

The three of us took turns beating in this groove, the stone slab was very strong, and the rock mass next to it continued to crack into small pieces as it was beaten. It took about two hours before and after all the adhesive in this groove was removed.

"Pry the slate open, the back should be empty." Mu Qiang took the crowbar, leaned in from the edge of the groove and tried it, and said to me, "Mr. Lian, what should I do?" ”

I had guessed that there was something behind the stone slabs, and when the ancient city was not deserted, the prisoners were all locked up, and no one could get out, but those guards were idle and could hang around in the ancient city. This slate is used to block the guards who inadvertently wander here, and there must be a mystery behind the slate.

I asked Mu Qiang to think of a way to get rid of the slate as completely as possible. But once such a heavy stone slab is pried off from the inlay position, the three of us will definitely not be able to carry it, and the stone slab will fall at the foot of the city wall.

I didn't want the slate to shatter, but there was no other way. Mu Qiang and his buddies were busy for a while, and the three of them followed the cleaned groove and used three crowbars to pry outward. Soon, the part of the stone slab that connected to the city wall was loosened.

Before we could react otherwise, the heavy stone slab slowly toppled over, fell to the ground with a thud, and broke into two. However, when the stone slab fell, the engraved side was pressed down, and the black death curse on the stone slab was no longer a threat.

"Damn, double insurance." Mu Qiang shone it with a flashlight, and spit out the dust in his mouth: "Mr. Lian, look." ”

Behind the slab, there is a not-so-large opening. The shape of the entrance to the cave is obviously natural, and the stone slab is blocking the hole, but after we pried open the stone slab, we found that there were still some stones about thirty or forty centimeters away from the stone slab.

The mess of stones blocked the hole tightly, and there was something black in the cracks of the stones. Mu Qiang scraped it with the tip of his knife and said that this was the pig iron poured into it.

"This is no longer a double insurance, it is a triple insurance."

"It's rare." Mu Qiang said: "Generally, this method is used, which means that the things in it are important. ”

"Can it only be blown up?"

"Yes, there is no other way, use a hammer and chisel to knock it, I don't know how long it will be knocked, if there is pig iron poured into a piece, the hammer chisel will not be able to penetrate it."

Fortunately, Mu Qiang had made full preparations before coming this time, and he asked the guy to go back to the camp to get his bag. While I waited, I tentatively looked through the cracks in the stone to see how thick the stone was, but all the gaps were filled.

When the guy came back with his things, Mu Qiang chose a place to fill the medicine. In this case, it is not possible to blast the clogged stone in one go, and it is necessary to blast it in stages.

The rumbling sound spread throughout the ancient city, and we hid nearby, waited until the smoke from the blasting cleared, and leaned over to take a look. This blasting shattered several stones, but because there was pig iron in the middle, the broken stones did not fall.

"The second time it will work." Mu Qiang chose a suitable place to fill the medicine again, and after the first attempt, he felt that there should be no big problem with firing the cannon here, so he increased the amount of medicine.

The loud sound of the explosion sounded in the silent ancient city again, as if it was about to burst and precipitate the dead silence of countless years. The stones filled in by the irregular hole were at least six or seven meters thick, and Mu Qiang used all his strength to clean up the broken stones after one explosion, and this time he was busy for more than two hours, and the stones blocked at the entrance of the cave were finally blown through.

Mu Qiang looked inside the entrance of the cave, and as soon as the light shone in, it spread, indicating that the inside was very deep, and the space area was definitely not too small.

The cave was quiet, no sound could be heard, and the air was not muddy, but an indescribable smell could be smelled.

Mu Qiang sighed, this time he didn't ask for my opinion, he probably also had a deeper understanding of me, and knew that if he found this hole, he would definitely go in.

"Brother Leopard, bothering you again, shake your head and explore the way." Mu Qiang said to the guy behind him: "Don't go far, go in and have a look, it's okay to notify us, we'll follow behind." ”

I'm not familiar with this guy, he usually doesn't talk much, and his age may be a little stronger than Mu. Mu Qiang respects him more, which is completely different from treating Hu Gaoshan.

The guy named Brother Leopard nodded, put all the things on his body that could be used, paused a little at the small hole, and bent down to get in.

It must be slow to explore the way in such a place, and after ten minutes, we can still see the light of the miner's lamp on Brother Leopard's head. I can see that although this leopard brother is not eye-catching in the crowd, he should be very experienced, and he can detect from his posture of entering the hole and exploring the path that he is stronger than cucumber eggs like Hu Gaoshan I don't know how many times.

"Those of us who came out of Chase with the four seas are the earliest in this business." Mu Qiang handed me a cigarette, and while looking at the mining lights in the depths of the small cave, he whispered, "It's a heavy lover." ”

I have the impression that there are more evil people than good people in the ancient world, and this is the case. Ancient deeds do evil, yamen practice, this is the rule of the industry. Never believe that honest people will be taken care of by heaven and the like, at least in the ancient line, if you are very honest, you will always be bullied.

Mu Qiang smoked a cigarette and chatted with me, he said that Brother Leopard ran away with people when he was a teenager, and he was more realistic, and the people who organized the bureau always deceived him, and gave him the least amount of water money. And some people saw his weakness and asked him to borrow money, but never paid it back. After working for a few years, Brother Leopard has no savings.

Later, when he got married, he originally wanted to wash his hands, but he was used to doing it in this industry, and he had no other skills.

His wife is not in good health, very sick, and has been staying at home since giving birth. Brother Leopard hadn't entered Chase at that time, and he was making rounds everywhere in order to earn more money and have more time to take care of his family.

Anyway, he was quite unlucky, once he took a job from Inner Mongolia, was injured, and the little finger of his left foot was finally amputated. Before his own injuries were healed, his wife passed away again.

Since then, Brother Leopard has rarely gone out to work in the wild with others, not because he is timid, but because he is afraid that something will happen to him again, and no one will raise children. is still the original Four Seas Righteousness, let Brother Leopard enter Datong, usually only responsible for managing goods, and the income is not as much as running out of the field, but it is enough to support the family.

This time, Yuan Sihai felt that there was really no one to send, so he tried to talk to Brother Leopard, but Brother Leopard didn't say a word, packed up his things and followed the team to Ta'er Lake.

As we talked, Brother Leopard stopped about forty or fifty meters away, and he sent back the news that the road had turned right at his place.

Mu Qiang and I followed, and the passage in the small cave was not narrow, and we walked very smoothly. As I walked over, I looked left and right, and the hole was naturally formed and did not leave any traces of man-made.

"Don't you think this place should have been blocked for the sake of preserving anything?" As I walked, I said to Mu Qiang: "Is the road in this small hole leading to a hidden place, so it is blocked?" ”

"According to my judgment, it should be, such a big place, if you want to keep something special, there is no need."

Mu Qiang and I had the same thoughts, and I couldn't help but feel a little excited. Behind the stone slab, there is indeed a mystery hidden, and now I am trying to figure out where this small hole leads first.

We walked to Brother Leopard and saw that the road turned to the right, and after turning around, the road became very wide.

Moreover, I noticed that the road surface, this kind of natural hole, the road surface is not so smooth, but the road surface of this wide road is very flat, which shows that this road has been walked by many people for a long time.

Brother Leopard waited for us to come over, and then walked forward again without a sound. He doesn't use a flashlight for lighting, it's the kind of mine lamp that can be worn on his head, which is very convenient to use. We just can't call him, and when we call him, as soon as he turns around, the strong light will illuminate us and we can't see anything at once.

Brother Leopard continued to explore the way, the space was already very wide, he walked in front, and we could see him in the back. In this large space, there has always been a relatively unique smell, which I have never smelled before, and the air is more humid than the air of the ancient city, I wonder if there is a dark river here.

This time, Brother Leopard walked out forty or fifty meters again, and then stopped. It's so close that you can hear it shouting loudly. Brother Leopard shouted over there, and we heard him convey that he had encountered a bridge.

Mu Qiang and I rushed over, and sure enough, we saw a bridge.

The bridge spans a trench six or seven meters wide, which is not wide or deep. There is water in the ditch, and the flow rate is relatively slow, and the sound of water cannot be heard.