Chapter 178: Bamboo Slips
Zhao Ruozhi and the three of them soon arrived at the entrance of the cave, the entrance of the cave was not big, the surroundings were quite clean, the bluestone was full of plants, and the high walls around the entrance of the cave were also very smooth, as if a knife had cut it.
Sha Dutian walked in the front, he kept vigilant, lingering in front of the entrance of the cave to watch, such a smooth entrance and outside the cave, I don't know if there will be anyone living here, maybe there will be a hermit master.
There was a cool air at the entrance of the cave, which was very refreshing, and Sha Dutian poked his head and looked at it for a long time and said, "I'll go in and have a look."
Zhao Ruozhi grabbed him and said, "If you want to go in, let's go in together, so that we can take care of it." His previous experience had taught him that where there was a cave, there might be some secrets hidden, and there would be great danger, and if there was danger, it would be bad if Sha Dutian went in alone.
Sha Dutian smiled and said, "Why, I'm afraid that I will be taken away by a snake."
Hearing Sha Dutian say snake, Zhao Ruozhi felt uncomfortable, he thought of the strange snake in Qinling again, it was mad to think about it, he deliberately said in order to strengthen his courage: "It's good for the snake to drag you away!"
Sha Dutian smiled happily, stopped talking, and walked straight into the cave, Zhao Ruozhi followed in, and Lu Shuiyi also followed in with a slight smile.
Soon after they entered, there were bursts of gunfire, but unfortunately the three of them did not hear it, but had already entered the cave.
The cave is very dark, and the hole is not deep, and after entering the hole, the space becomes wider. This is an artificially dug cave, there is basically no furnishings in it, the cave is about 100 square meters, and there are stone tables and stone chairs in the middle of the cave.
The stone table is round, with a diameter of one meter, and there is also a Go board carved on it, so it seems that the people who excavated here are quite leisurely.
There is a round stone chair around the stone table, and it seems that this stone table is still a multi-purpose table.
There is a stone bed in the east of the cave, which is very particular about feng shui taste, and there are some stone lattices on the west wall, and there are many things placed on the stone lattice, among which bamboo slips are the most.
Sha Dutian said excitedly: "Mentally handicapped, there are so many bamboo slips here, it seems that the age is very old, maybe there will be some treasures." He doesn't like those bamboo slips, the bamboo slips used here are at least before the Eastern Han Dynasty, so if there are any treasures, wouldn't it be very valuable?
Within a few seconds, Sha Dutian looked disappointed, because in addition to the stone tables, stone chairs, stone beds, and stone lattices, all that was left was those bamboo slips, and there was nothing else at all, which made him happy in vain.
Zhao Ruozhi is very happy, there are bamboo slips here, which means that there must be something recorded, maybe there will be the whereabouts of the black box. He walked to the stone lattice, which was already covered with dust, and a thick layer of dust had fallen on the bamboo slips, but fortunately the bamboo slips here seemed to be in good condition, not rotten or moldy.
Zhao Ruozhi was ecstatic, he picked up a roll of bamboo and opened it, and sure enough, there was something recorded on the bamboo slip.
The bamboo slip is written on the small seal, Zhao Ruozhi has studied the small seal, so he is not a stranger to the small seal, in the house of Qinling, he and Lu Shui have seen the small seal, where the love of the Book of Poetry is recorded.
Sha Dutian circled around the cave, and he complained, "There is nothing in such a broken cave."
Lu Shuiyi didn't care about the bamboo slips on the stone lattice, she looked at the walls of the cave, and didn't know what attracted her.
The bamboo slips are not very big, Zhao Ruozhi quickly finished reading this bamboo slip, he put down this bamboo slip and picked up another scroll, and in a few seconds, he finished reading it again.
Zhao Ruozhi looked at seven or eight bamboo slips one after another, and almost didn't get any clues, most of the records on them were about Go, Shangshu and visiting guests, and there was no record about the black box.
Zhao Ruozhi thought to himself: "Isn't there a black box here?" His heart shook instantly.
After flipping through a few more volumes, Zhao Ruozhi still didn't find any clues, he gradually lost his patience, and he began to sigh.
Sha Dutian said: "Sigh, I'll just say that there are no birds or things here, I think let's go out, maybe there are any treasures on that floating island, not to mention that we haven't found Ge Diyan yet, where did this aunt go, don't wait for us, she must have found some treasure, no, will she be using us, now that she has come in, let us go?" It must be so, how can a beautiful woman's heart and eyes be so bad. He accidentally said what was in his heart, ignoring the other beauty here.
Sure enough, Lu Shuiyi's eyes looked over, and Sha Du Tiancai realized that he had said the wrong thing, and he hurriedly said: "You guys are busy working here, I'll go out and have a look, build a fire, bake clothes, and Xu Ge Yanyan is also looking for us." He ran out of the cave in disgrace.
Disheartened, Zhao Ruozhi picked up a roll of bamboo slips again, and the bamboo slips recorded on them were still some irrelevant things, and this time he completely lost interest in bamboo slips.
Lu Shuiyi asked, "Did you find anything?" She circled around the walls of the cave, there were no pictures on the walls, she thought that there would be murals in the cave or something, but there was nothing.
Zhao Ruozhi shook his head and said: "Probably the master here likes to play Go very much, and almost all of the records are related to Go, alas." He was a little disappointed, Sha Dutian was right, it was indeed a waste of time here.
Lu Shuiyi pointed to a stone grid on the high place and asked, "Have you seen those two bamboo slips?" Zhao Ruozhi shook his head, he no longer had any interest in bamboo slips, and bamboo slips had no value at all.
Lu Shui felt that the two bamboo slips were a little special, the stone lattice was the highest from the ground, and it was far away from the other bamboo slips, she thought it was a little strange, she reached out to take the bamboo slips in the stone lattice, and something strange happened.
The bamboo slip felt astringent to the touch, it didn't seem to be made of bamboo, it was more like a stone carving, Lu Shui wanted to take it down, but the bamboo slip seemed to grow on the stone lattice, and it didn't move.
Lu Shui was puzzled, she tried to get another roll of bamboo slips, and took the bamboo slips down smoothly, she looked at them suspiciously, and then opened them.
The dust on the bamboo slips scattered as the bamboo slips were opened, but the corners of Lu Shui's mouth showed a look of joy, and she said, "Silly boy, come and see, there is a record of the black box on it."
Zhao Ruozhi couldn't believe it, he didn't find anything after reading so many bamboo slips by himself, Lu Shui found the information of the black box as soon as he took one casually, and he was ten thousand admirers in his heart.
Lu Shuiyi said: "The bamboo slip records that this is where the gate is guarded, and the owner here is assigned to guard an important thing - a black box, after coming here, he has never seen any black box, but there is a strange floating island in the water, and strange things often happen on the floating island, and there are even armies fighting, so he never dared to go to the island to check." Due to the isolation of this place, others could not enter, and he could not get out, so he had to play chess to relieve his boredom. ”
Zhao Ruozhi said: "So that means the black box is on the floating island?"
Lu Shui nodded and said, "It's very likely, but I still have two doubts, the first is why does that island float on the water?" Second, it is a record that strange things often happen on the island, could there be something on it? ”
Zhao Ruozhi thought for a moment and said: "I heard that there is a stone in this world, called volcanic foam, when the volcano erupts, there will be a large amount of gas impacting the magma, and after the magma cools, a large number of honeycomb caves will be formed Due to the high temperature, these honeycomb caves have almost no gas, that is, they have become a vacuum, so these stones can be as light as wood, the density is smaller than water, and they can float on water."
Lu Shuiyi said, "You mean that the island is a volcanic bubble?"
Zhao Ruozhi frowned slightly and said: "I'm not sure, maybe yes, maybe not, at least not all, there are so many trees growing on it, it means that there are a lot of earth and rocks."
As soon as Lu Shui heard Zhao Ruozhi's words, she thought of a question, if that floating island was really a volcanic bubble, then there might be an active volcano here, at least it had existed before, she was secretly worried in her heart, in case of an eruption here, how to escape.
The waterhole they came into, the water temperature suddenly rose, it was probably the devil of the volcano, Lu Shuiyi felt that the volcano here would definitely erupt recently, and she hoped that this would not happen before leaving.
Zhao Ruozhi saw Lu Shuiyi's worries, and he thought that Lu Shuiyi was afraid of strange things on the floating island, he said: "I don't think there is anything strange on the floating island, at most it can float around on the water, and it is estimated that this is the reason why it has been greatly blurred." He suddenly thought of the sentence recorded on the bamboo slip, people from the outside world can't get in, and people here can't get out.
Can't get in? Can't get out? Isn't that nonsense? Zhao Ruozhi felt funny in his heart, if outsiders couldn't get in, how did they get in? It's just a joke, and he doesn't take it to heart.
Lu Shuiyi also thought of the inability to enter and get out mentioned on the bamboo slip, and she thought of the volcano here, and she thought to herself: "Could it be that there is magma outside?" So can't you get in or out? Will the water in the pool continue to heat up? I heard that volcanic rock is rich in sulfide, and if the water is contaminated with sulfide, won't it be possible to enter the water again? It's bad, it's a whirlpool where you come in, and it's a big problem to get out. ”
There are no necessary items for life in the cave, it seems that they have all been turned into ashes after thousands of years, but there are no traces on the ground, Zhao Ruozhi really can't figure it out.
Zhao Ruozhi said: "Let's go out, I don't know what Lao Sha is doing outside, there has been no news for so long." In fact, they had only been in the cave for more than ten minutes.
Lu Shuiyi put down the roll of bamboo slips and said, "Wait a minute, there is still a roll of bamboo slips there, it's very strange."
Only then did Zhao Ruozhi notice that there was a roll of bamboo slips on the stone grid, and he said, "I'll help you take it down."
Zhao Ruozhi tried to take down the bamboo slip, but who knew that the bamboo slip was the same as when Lu Shuiyi took it before, and it didn't move at all.