Chapter 105: Ashlar Sink
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I don't know how long it took to smash, the tired arms of the master and Xiao Chujiu were almost unable to lift up, and the bluestone was only smashed off by a third, it was originally square, but it was almost smashed into a circle at this time.
Just when Xiao Chujiu replaced my grandfather again and wanted to continue smashing, Xiao Laodao stopped him, and Xiao Laodao said: "Don't smash it, this stone is too hard." Xiao Chujiu wiped the sweat from his face and asked Xiao Laodao, "Then what should I do, Master?" ”
Xiao Laodao said: "Since it can't be smashed, then pry it up and see what's underneath." ”
When the master heard this, he immediately glanced at Xiao Laodao, why didn't he say it earlier!
The bluestone is obviously not a stone in the cave, and the ground below has obviously been polished, and there is almost no gap between it and the bluestone.
A few people quickly made several pits under the bluestone and used them to place crowbars. After the pit was laid, Xiao Laodao, my grandfather, and Xiao Chujiu, the three of them each took a crowbar, and Xiao Shiyi squatted next to the bluestone, took a few pieces of gravel, and waited for the grandfather to pry the bluestone up, he stuffed the gravel under it to support the bluestone.
The crowbar stretched into the pit, the three of them shouted a slogan, and at the same time pressed down the crowbar, the bluestone shook slightly, and was slowly pried up, however, when the bluestone was pried up about half an inch, it couldn't be pry anymore, as if it was stuck by something, at this time, because the gap between the pry up was too small, Xiao Shiyi couldn't stuff the stone into it at all.
"That's not right!" Xiao Laodao immediately shouted, and greeted my grandfather and Xiao Chujiu vigilantly, "Don't pry, this bluestone is weird, maybe there is a mechanism below!" ”
The three of them hurriedly stopped, took a few breaths, Xiao Laodao circled around the bluestone, as if looking for a mechanism, but the bluestone is not anything special except that it is harder than other stones.
In the end, Xiao Laodao asked Xiao Shiyi and the two of them to pry the bluestone together, he took a torch himself, lit it with the torch, knelt on the ground, put half of his face on the ground, and told my grandfather and the three of them, "You go ahead and pry, I'll see what's under the bluestone." ”
The three of them worked together to pry the bluestone up half an inch high, that is, a little more than a centimeter, and then they couldn't pry it again.
At this time, I didn't know what Xiao Lao Daotong saw when he passed less than two centimeters high, and beckoned the three of them to drop the bluestone.
The three of them put away the crowbar, Xiao Laodao stood up from the ground, and said to the three of them: "No wonder the bluestone can't be pryed up, there is also a groove under this bluestone, which is set on an ashlar with the same size as the groove." ”
The master didn't understand what Xiao Laodao meant, and Xiao Laodao didn't explain to the three people, and then instructed the three of them to take a crowbar each, and at the same time pry the four corners of the bluestone.
However, because of the lack of manpower, after the four people pried up the bluestone, no one stuffed the stone underneath, Xiao Laodao asked Xiao Shiyi to go outside the cave and called the showman in, who knows, the old man followed and also came in, and the old man was obviously not worried about the master.
At this time, there were six more people, with sufficient manpower, Xiao Shiyi and the old man were responsible for stuffing the gravel, and the four of them each had a crowbar, according to what Xiao Laodao said, each of them pried a corner of the bluestone.
This time, the whole bluestone was slowly pried up, and the height actually exceeded the previous one and a half inches, and when it was more than two inches, Xiao Shiyi and the old man stuffed the stone under the bluestone, fortunately, there were stone tablets that were smashed before, and most of these broken stone tablets were square-shaped, which was just right to support the bluestone, and the four edges of the bluestone were all stuffed into the stones of the same height.
After plugging, the four of them also used the crowbar to pad the stone, and continued to pry up the bluestone, after prying a few times, the bluestone was erected more than a foot high, at this time, the master saw clearly, it turned out that the bluestone was grooved up and down, the groove above, standing on the stone tablet, the groove below, covered on a raised ashlar, the image said, the bluestone is like a cover, neatly covered on the ashlar.
The ashlar is the same as the stone in the cave, and there is no gap with the ground, which is equivalent to the stone polished at the bottom of the cave, and the ashline is a part of the cave, and the whole mountain is connected together. No wonder the bluestone can't be pried up before, if you pry one side, you will be tripped by the ashlar inside, only the bluestone is lifted up, just like the cover is picked up from the ashlar, lift the height of the ashlar, the bluestone will naturally come down.
A few people then pried up less than half a foot, the bluestone broke away from the ashlar, Xiao Laodao asked everyone to stop, he himself put the crowbar between the bluestone and the ashlar with one hand, and gently picked it up, the bluestone suddenly rolled down from the ashlar and fell to the ground weakly.
However, before everyone could look at the ashline, a fishy smell came out, as if it came out of the ashlar, and everyone hurriedly covered their mouths and noses and retreated.
After waiting for a while not far away, the smell not only did not dissipate, but also caused the stench in the cave to become stronger and stronger, and the choking grandfather was dizzy.
Xiao Laodao covered his nose and waved his hand at everyone, which meant that he would leave the cave first, and then come in when the smell dissipated, and at this time, Xiao Shiyi gestured and said: Those ghosts in the cave have also been avoided.
Xiao Laodao looked at it and nodded, but no one who was choked by the smell was reluctant to talk more, covered his mouth and nose, took his luggage, and quickly left the cave.
Out of the cave, the master took a deep breath, he felt extremely refreshed, and then looked at the field of vision, the sky was high and wide, although it was already sunset, it also felt extremely bright, I don't know how many times stronger than the dark, damp and narrow cave.
When the girl saw the master and a few of them coming out, she was overjoyed and asked Xiao Laodao, is the matter already done, can I go? The girl apparently didn't like the place, or perhaps, she didn't like to be left outside the cave.
Xiao Laodao smiled at her and didn't speak, and the girl asked my grandfather again, and the grandfather shook his head, and the girl suddenly showed a look of displeasure.
At this time, the sky gradually darkened, and Xiao Laodao instructed everyone to take a rest outside, eat something, and wait for the smell to dissipate before going in.
However, after everyone had eaten and rested, they had just walked a few steps towards the cave, and they all retreated, and the fishy smell did not dissipate, so to speak, the cave was not well ventilated, and the smell dispersed very slowly.
Xiao Laodao slurred his lips and said, "I am reluctant to use some treasures, it seems that this time, I can't use them." With that, Xiao Laodao took out a very inconspicuous small gourd from his own baggage, opened the mouth of the gourd, and poured out three black pills from it. One pill was handed to my grandfather, and the other was handed to Xiao Shiyi, and he said to the two people: "When you enter the cave, put the pill under the base of your tongue, remember, press it with your tongue, and don't swallow it in your stomach." ”
The master asked, "What's the use of this elixir?" ”
Xiao Laodao smiled, "I'll know when you put it in your mouth." Xiao Laodao turned to the others and said, "I don't have many pills here, so you can stay outside the cave, and the three of us can go in." ”
The old man and the others also wanted to go in, but they couldn't stand the smell of the cave, so they had to stay outside the cave.
Entering the cave again, the fishy smell was still coming to his face, Xiao Laodao hurriedly gestured to my grandfather and Xiao Shiyi, and the two of them put the pill in their mouths respectively.
As soon as the pill was entered, the master frowned, this pill was even stranger than the fishy smell in the cave, bitter and numb, it seemed to be a little spicy, take a breath, all the five senses were all through the seven senses, and I felt that the whole head became bitter and numb.
The master wanted to spit out the pill, but Xiao Laodao seemed to have expected it, and hurriedly waved his hand at my grandfather, and pointed to his own nose.
The master was stunned for a moment, and at this time, the master found that the fishy smell in the cave seemed to have faded, or maybe it did not fade at all, but it was covered by the strong smell of the pill.
After walking towards the cave for a while, the master felt that he could get used to the strange smell of the pills, at this time, the smell in the cave was nothing to him, and it could also be said that as long as he didn't deliberately, he could hardly smell the fishy smell in the cave.
Xiao Laodao explained to the master at this time, the pill is placed under the tongue, and soon the jin liquid will be born, these jin liquid can not be swallowed, spit it out and wipe it on the face, the master did it, after the jin liquid is wiped on the face, he feels cold on the face, and the whole person is refreshed.
The master asked Xiao Laodao, what is this pill made of, and how can it resist the stench? Xiao Lao Dao smiled and didn't tell me what the Taiye pill was made of.
According to my speculation, there should be more than one item to make this kind of pill, and among the many items, it is very likely that there are some bad things, if Xiao Laodao told my grandfather at that time, my grandfather should spit out the pill in one gulp.
Soon, the three people came to the square stone again, Xiao Laodao took the torch and shone at the square stone, the three people were all stunned, and saw that there was a groove on the square stone, and inside the groove, there was a tank of black water, and the stench in the hole was made by these black water.
The whole ashlar is two feet square, about one and a half feet high, and the groove in the middle is about one foot square, and the depth is unknown. The previous bluestone was like a cover, tightly covered with ashlar. Xiao Laodao speculated that these black waters should have been poured in when the stone monument was erected, because it was tightly sealed and had not dried up for hundreds of years.
However, the black water in the stone stele, bluestone, ashlar, and ashlar made my grandfather and Xiao Laodao cloudy and misty and confused, what does this mean, and what is the use?
At this time, Xiao Shiyi gestured to the two of them, saying that those ghosts in the cave were hiding farther. Xiao Laodao nodded and said, "It seems that these ghosts can't get out of the cave, and it has something to do with this black water......
Xiao Laodao's voice fell, and there was a soft sound of "bang" from the black water, and the water surface fluctuated, and then a small black arm stretched out from the black water......