Chapter 177: The Unfathomable Hole
Xiao Mao didn't mean to scare me, after I heard his analysis, my scalp suddenly went numb, and I felt that my head was buzzing, and I couldn't help but turn my head to look over there.
Xiaomao's analysis cannot be said to be unreasonable. But all this is based on an assumption: three and a half years ago, Lu Fangding organized the second Ta'er Lake operation, and may have experienced some unfaceable dangers in the operation, and in the end, Lu Fangding had to block the entrance to the cave.
If this assumption is true, then Xiao Mao's analysis has a probability of more than 60 percent. Lu Fangding will not know that he will block the hole from the outside, if someone discovers this hole and wants to open the hole, it is not completely impossible, only some explosives are needed to blow up the hole.
Therefore, Lu Fangding himself also knew very well that the entrance of the cave was blocked with stones and adhesives layer upon layer, and it was impossible to block the people who wanted to enter the cave.
Then, Lu Fangding's intention to block the entrance of the cave has the possibility that Xiao Mao said, blocking the entrance of the cave is to block the things in the cave.
What's in the hole?
Before I knew it, a layer of cold sweat broke out on my forehead, and I wanted to light a fire and smoke a cigarette, but my hands were trembling slightly. The greatest fear of people is not what they have seen or heard, but the most unacceptable fear is psychological fear.
Especially for people like me, who have a relatively rich imagination, I will concretize Xiao Mao's analysis and visualize, and I can't help but start to conceive fantasies in my mind, fantasizing about what kind of terrifying thing it will be when the hole is blocked.
The matter is obvious, when Lu Fangding organized the second operation, he would definitely not be able to do it, so he would block the hole.
As soon as I thought of this, I couldn't help but start scolding the street in my heart, what does Lu Fangding mean? Knowing that there was a danger that could not be solved here, or did he push me all the way openly and secretly and pushed me to Ta'er Lake?
I suddenly felt like I was being used, and I felt that Lu Fangding seemed to treat me as a chess piece and let me come over as cannon fodder.
"Xiao Mao, I know the relationship between you and Lu Fangding, and I also know that there may be a relationship between you like father and son, but the matter has come to me, I can't help but ask you." I took a breath to calm my fluctuating heart, lit the cigarette and asked, "In your opinion, do you think Lu Fangding brought me to Ta'er Lake, did you let me come over as cannon fodder?" ”
"I thought about this matter just now, I didn't mean to protect the top master, I think the top master shouldn't mean that." Xiao Mao barely squeezed out a smile and said to me: "Let's be together for a day or two, let's talk about it...... Tell me something you don't like to hear...... You're just a little better than ordinary people in terms of skill, experience, and adaptability......"
"I don't like to hear that, but I have to admit it, it's the truth."
"If the top master is not sure about this place and wants someone to investigate, he can find someone." Xiao Mao continued: "Ding Ye is the boss of the ancient bank, the leader of Datong, he only seeks success, regardless of the cost. ”
I can't deny Xiao Mao's words, Yuan Sihai told me that the people in the ancient line think that Lu Fangding has worked for so many years, and he is the top person in the Huayang ancient line, he must be very rich. But Lu Fangding actually doesn't have much money, he earns a lot of money and spends a lot, and he spends a lot just to raise those people who help him do things over the years.
No matter what my impression and evaluation of Lu Fangding is, he is a very authentic person in some aspects. He tells people to work hard, he won't write empty checks, in addition to Xiao Mao, Lu Fangding must have other people who are willing to work for him. For more than ten or twenty years, Lu Fangding has fed these people with money, and when it is time to bleed, these people will not be ambiguous.
In the final analysis, if Lu Fangding wants to find someone to be cannon fodder, it is impossible to find me.
"You're right, Lu Fangding is a person, I've heard people say it, you're right, you're right......" I wiped the sweat off my forehead and said to Xiao Mao: "If he doesn't use me as cannon fodder, then, what does he mean?" He knows that he can't even handle it here, so what's the use of calling me? Why do I get more and more confused the more I think about it? ”
"In this case, there is only one possibility."
"What is possible?"
"You can do what you can't do." Xiao Mao said: "There is only one possibility. ”
"What are you kidding?" I paused for a moment, and then scoffed at Xiao Mao's speculation: "You also said just now, I am a scum in terms of skills, experience, and adaptability, and I am far from Lu Fangding, what can I do if he can't do it?" ”
"There are things that can't be compared and measured in this way." Xiao Mao said: "For example, a porter and a physicist, let them lift a 200-pound sack, and the porter will move it with a little effort, but what about the physicist, if you beat him to death, he can't move it or not." On the other hand, let the two of them talk about atoms, particles, quarks, and the porter wants to collapse his head, and he can't tell what is going on, and the physicist will explain it clearly. ”
"But I don't really have any strengths......"
"If you really don't have any strengths, the top master won't push you to Ta'er Lake."
"But I ......," I patted myself on the head, "if I have any strengths, why don't I even know myself?" ”
While the two of us were talking, Chen Dong loaded the explosives and carried out a new round of blasting.
The blasting was carried out all the time, and eight blasts were carried out before and after. The last time, the stone that sealed the entrance of the cave was finally blown through, and the fragments of the stone flew everywhere, mixed with large and small wood chips. When the dust settled, the three of us came over.
It may be that Xiao Mao's analysis just now brought me a certain psychological burden, and when I approached the entrance of the cave, I was very careful, and one hand tightly pinched a one-meter-long crowbar. As I walked slowly, my mind was uncontrollably thinking, what would be in the hole? Will the contents of the cave suddenly burst out?
The hole that was blown open was very quiet and it took us a few minutes to get close to it. There was not a single sound, and there was dead silence in the cave.
What was sealed by the stone was a small hole with a diameter of only one meter. When plugging, a very thick wooden board is first plugged at the entrance of the hole, and the wooden plank is covered with logs, and then the stones are blocked layer by layer, and the adhesive is poured in. The last blast, along with the stone and the thick plank, was blown through.
The entrance to the cave is small, and you don't have to go near it to feel a damp, faintly musty smell of air wafting from it. However, although there is moisture and musty smell in the air, the overall quality is not bad, which means that there is a relatively large space behind the cave.
I looked at the torn planks that had been blown up, and felt my scalp tingle getting numb. It's not actually a whole plank, it's been taken apart from some wooden boxes and nailed together, but the nailed composite board is very thick and very strong.
What makes my scalp feel numb is a very superficial phenomenon. If, Lu Fangding's team wanted to seal the entrance of the cave at that time, they could choose stones of the right size and slowly seal the hole little by little. However, they did not do this, and used a large wooden board to block the entrance of the cave directly, which may indicate that the situation was more critical at that time, and it was too late to select stones to block the entrance of the cave in a hurry.
Could it be that it is really the same as Xiao Mao's inference, blocking this hole is not because of the fear that someone will go in, but because of the fear that the things in the hole will come out?
My psychological pressure is getting bigger and bigger, and I feel that there is a crisis hidden in this extremely calm hole.
My heart was pounding, and I looked at the two of them, and then at the hole that had been blown open. Wooden planks and stones are all silent, but some details can be deduced from them. I think that Lu Fangding actually had corresponding preparations before sealing the hole, otherwise, he would not have asked someone to disassemble the wooden box in advance and nail it into a whole composite board.
Now, I only have two paths, either advance or retreat. If you go in, there will be unforeseen dangers, but if you go back, you will find nothing.
Ta'er Lake must be a very critical place in this big event, and it can't be bypassed, if it can be bypassed, Lu Fangding would have bypassed it a long time ago.
I was thinking nervously, Xiao Mao probably knew that I was thinking about it, and I didn't bother out loud. After a long time, I gritted my teeth and decided to go inside and have a look.
It's not that I'm adventurous, or I don't care about my own life, I just feel that if I don't take this step, then the pursuit of the truth and self-help will all come to naught, and the ending may be even worse.
"Xiao Mao, you and Brother Dong are waiting outside, I'll go in first and have a look."
"Let's go together, we're working well together." Xiao Mao turned around and went to pack a backpack and said, "Brother Dong is guarding outside." ”
"It's ...... inside," I pulled Mao aside and whispered, "There's definitely danger inside." ”
"I know there's danger, and I've been in it for so many years." Xiao Mao laughed, laughed very easily, and then, he put away his smile and said to me very seriously: "This time, it was the top master who told me what I did, I can't do it well, I'm sorry for the top master, there is danger inside, I watched you go in, and I waited outside, if something happened to you, I couldn't stop you." ”
"But ......"
"Trust my hunch, it'll be fine."
After Xiao Mao said this, he didn't care what my opinion was, he looked at the small hole with a diameter of one meter, and then bent down to drill over.
I couldn't stop Xiao Mao, and as soon as he got in, I followed him into the hole.