Chapter 30: Reply politely
I hesitated for a while, but in the end I couldn't stand Liu Songming's urging, and shouted swear words to strengthen my courage: "Damn, let it out." β
The pond under this waterfall is transparent, cold and wide. As soon as Liu Songming and I got out of the water, I slammed into the water, fluttering to find a place to focus.
Liu Songming grabbed my arm and simply kicked my calf again. I felt pain and gave up struggling.
He shouted, "Don't move, I'll take you there." β
I let Liu Songming drag me, and countless images flashed through my mind, and I only felt that my life was about to end here. I didn't know I was so afraid of water, but I didn't realize I had this defect when I was actually in the water.
Liu Songming dragged me, and I was hit by the current, and I was gradually pulled under the waterfall. The mist in the sky covered my eyes, and I vaguely saw Bai Huo's tall figure carrying the soft Yang Laohan waving to us. Then a huge current of water hit me in the head, and I started to rise and fall in the water.
After being washed by a flood of water that fell from the sky, I quickly landed with Yanagi Matsuna's hand pushed by the water. I stepped on the stones, and gradually moved forward, slowly walking up to the surface of the river.
Landing on a huge stone, Liu Songming finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his face relaxed: "Let's change clothes, this bag is waterproof." As he spoke, Liu Songming took out his clothes and two flashlights from his backpack.
I took off my wet clothes, wrung them out and wiped my body.
Liu Songming deliberately turned his back to me and said: "The most feared thing in the water is that people struggle, how many people who went into the water to save people were dragged to death by drowning people...... Fortunately, this level is passed. β
I was still thinking about Liu Songming's knowledge of water but not telling me about it, and when I heard him speak, I politely replied: "I didn't know that I would be afraid of water......"
Liu Songming smiled: "I expected that Fifth Master Qin would be like this...... Your family should all be like this......"
I managed to squeeze out a smile, but when I saw Liu Songming with his back to me, I laughed awkwardly: "I'm dressed." You can change your clothes too. β
Liu Songming tilted his head: "Okay? Well, you get the life jacket off the air. As he spoke, he took off his life jacket and began to deflate, "Find a suitable place to dig a hole and bury your clothes and these two life jackets." β
"Buried?" My mind didn't react for a moment.
"Be prepared."
We hid our changed clothes and two deflating life jackets under the big rock we were in, and with a wave of his hand, Liu Songming beckoned me into the cave.
The entrance of this cave is very large, there is no trace of artificial carving, and it should be a naturally formed stone cave.
The further I went, the shorter the hole became, until Yanagi Songming and I had to bend over and could no longer walk, and Yanagi Songming called out to me to squat down together.
Liu Songming dangled a flashlight in the depths of the cave, and muttered: "How do I feel like I'm in a thief hole, why is this getting narrower and narrower?" β
I also felt that this was strange, so I asked, "Is it Yang Laohan who lied to us?" I put down the flashlight, took out the jade pendant, and picked it through the thick cloth bag to see if the brightness of the jade pendant had weakened.
Liu Songming held me down with one hand, and I looked up and saw him shaking his head: "There's nothing wrong here, don't show your jade pendant again." The future is unknown, who knows if there will be someone waiting to confirm your identity......"
Liu Songming's words were not finished, but I already understood what he meant-he had already told me that coming here this time was very likely to be a battle for succession.
"Young master, you wait here." Liu Songming tied the bag to his ankle and lay on the ground, "Don't move here, I'll go and find out the situation." Before I could respond, he was already crawling deeper into the hole.
I hurriedly wanted to speak, but the words came to my lips and became: "You...... You be careful. β
Liu Songming replied and made an OK gesture to me, but his body did not stop at the slightest hesitation.
I was in the same place with Liu Songming to shine the light, and I looked into the distance to know the reason why Liu Songming was so worried. The hole grew narrower and narrower, and in the distance it became a trumpet that barely allowed people to pass through, and if you went deeper, the ghost would know what kind of situation it would be, and perhaps a dilemma would be indicated.
I suddenly felt a little moved, and I rushed to Liu Songming's friendship of risking my life, which is also a feeling I have never experienced.
I watched as Liu Songming entered the horn little by little, and I could only hear the rustle of the burden he was dragging against the ground. After four or five minutes he had disappeared inside, and he couldn't even see me behind his feet.
After another four or five minutes, I woke up from my worries about Liu Songming.
An inexplicable fear invaded my body, and a cold wind blew on my face from nowhere. Coldly, I shuddered.
I took a flashlight and looked around, except for the gray rock wall, there was only deep darkness on the way.
I didn't feel anything when I was accompanied, and as soon as Yanagimatsu left, I realized that we had walked so far since we entered the cave, so far that I couldn't hear the sound of water, so far that the flashlight couldn't penetrate the edge of darkness at all.
"Brother Liu...... Brother Liu ...... "I shouted softly a few times, but I didn't get the slightest response.
I shone my flashlight at the horn and shone it inside with all my might. I felt that my strength might be able to take the light a little further, but the result was still a boundless darkness.
"Yanagi Songming!" I shouted, and then I shouted, "Liu Songming, you're talking!" β
I shrank by the wall and waited for Liu Songming's response, a huge sense of oppression fell from the sky, and at this moment I felt so desolate and cold, and the coolness of loneliness spread all over my body.
If you want to escape, you can only wait, that's how it feels.
I felt like my mind was going blank, and I don't know how long it had been, but I felt like it was probably just for a moment......
Liu Songming climbed out of the horn and patted me on the shoulder: "Young master, it's not very far, it's just more than a hundred meters." Let's go. β
I squeezed out a smile and felt the urge to hug Liu Songming, but out of some kind of manly dignity, I held back. I nodded, trying to pretend to be calm: "Well, let's walk then." β
At this time, I looked at Liu Songming, only to find that the backpack was no longer on his feet, no wonder I didn't hear him come back in advance.
Liu Songming let me climb in front, and he followed.
It was a difficult road, and even I had to squeeze through the narrowest part of the horn.
Liu Songming was crawling behind and chatting with me, in fact, it was nothing more than to distract me so that I would not feel so oppressed.
"Young master, if it weren't for this narrow hole, that place would definitely not exist for so long. I thought it must be a place for a great person......"
I couldn't see Yanagi Songming's expression, but I could hear his yearning and piety, as if he had come on a pilgrimage.
I replied, "Isn't that pure tossing people? From time to time, there are planes flying back and forth, and there are planes that can't be crossed by mountains, waterfalls, and hidden places that can't be found? β
"This is Vietnam, young master." There was obvious dissatisfaction in Liu Songming's voice.
Maybe I have a lot of energy in my bones, and the more things that others recognize, the more I want to challenge them, so I said, "What's wrong with Vietnam?" Isn't this a war zone? How is it possible that there is not even a plane? β
There was silence.
I felt the oppression of the atmosphere, and I also knew that it was obviously my fault, and in order to ease the atmosphere, I quickly added: "Hi, Brother Liu, do you think this place will be like the Bermuda Triangle...... I mean, like in that big tomb in Taihang Mountain, there's a huge magnetic field...... Outsiders can't find it at all. β
"It's possible," Liu Songming said seriously, "The geography ......of mountains and rivers is either passed down by word of mouth by the local population, or the country is looking for professionals to measure it, and it is not impossible for many places to just find a surface." Besides, with this hole, it is absolutely impossible for an impatient person to climb in such a narrow hole for so long. β
After Liu Songming's words, I realized that I didn't know how far I had climbed out after chatting with him, in short, it was definitely not just a few hundred meters as he said.
Liu Songming slowly recited the second paragraph of "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring": "When the forest runs out of water, there will be a mountain, and the mountain has a small mouth, as if there is light." Drop off the boat and enter from the mouth. At the beginning, it is extremely narrow, and only then can it be passed. After dozens of steps, it suddenly became clear. The land is flat, the houses are like that, and there are good fields and beautiful ponds and mulberry bamboos. Qianmo traffic, chickens and dogs smell each other. Among them, the men and women are dressed like outsiders. Yellow hair hangs down, and he is happy ......"
I was fascinated by what he said, "I heard you tell me this story last time, is this "Peach Blossom Spring" related to this Peach Blossom Stream?" β
"I don't know." Liu Songming told the truth, "But whether it is the Peach Blossom Source or the Peach Blossom Stream, if you don't see it by chance, only those who are determined and persistent can enter there." β
"Perseverance...... You have a point. As I was talking, the light of the flashlight in front of me suddenly diverted, and I immediately rejoiced, "The front has become spacious." β
"Well, let's get out of this narrow hole."
After climbing more than ten meters, I got out of the narrow hole. At first, I didn't dare to get up, but when I found my backpack, I looked around, and immediately stood up and stretched a few times and moved my muscles.
The space suddenly became extremely spacious, and when Yanagi Matsuna climbed out of the cave and looked at the small hole, I felt like I had climbed into the yard from a dog hole.
Liu Songming picked up his backpack and waved his hand: "Let's go, this time it should really be there." β
Liu Songming and I walked side by side, and said without words: "Brother Liu, when I get there, what should I do?" "I mean how am I going to face the next situation, and how am I going to face that Grandpa Li who came back from the dead.
Liu Songming shook his head silently, and said in a firm tone: "I don't know either." I only know that I want you to inherit the mantle of Fifth Master Qin, otherwise...... I can't let Liu Songming ruin everything now. He must not be allowed to destroy ......."
I don't know if Liu Songming refers to everything that Qin Wuye has, or everything he has now. I just felt that when the darkness came to an end, I was going to face the future that I had to face. I had not walked far with Liu Songming when figures appeared in the middle of the lightβthose people stood on both sides of the cave in order, and they couldn't see how many people there were.
I stopped and looked at Lu Fengqin.
Liu Songming frowned and thought for a while, stopped and hugged his fists and said: "I don't know who your brothers are entrusted to wait here, and I hope to give you a reply." We are ordered by the fifth master of Qin to come here, and we hope that Brother Ren will be able to do it. Liu Songming seemed respectful, but the moment he spoke, the golden bird flew out of his sleeve.
The golden bird was extremely fast, and in an instant it was in front of those who were in a neat formation, and after a little turn, it flew forward again.
"Go, not a living person." Liu Songming affirmed, "This is also a bit of pomp. β
Liu Songming and I walked quickly for a while to those people, and I frowned and said, "This pomp is a bit big, isn't it?" β
At first, I didn't dare to confirm when the lights had already seen the characters in line, but as I got closer and closer to these "people", my shock was beyond words!
These...... These turned out to be terracotta figurines...... Exactly......
"It's the Qin Warriors, the Terracotta Warriors." Liu Songming touched a terracotta figurine about one meter eight tall and said, "You see, these terracotta figurines are bloated, sluggish, their clothes are left and right, they have beards, and they don't wear helmets but have buns crooked on the side...... You can't be wrong, it's the Terracotta Army. β
"Terracotta?" Although the terracotta figurines in front of me are samurai, they are exactly the same as the terracotta warriors and horses I saw on TV at the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang in Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, but I have not yet been able to distinguish the age of these objects from the touch.
"It's about the same as I expected." Liu Songming looked at me deeply and waved his hand, "Let's go, there should be another surprise ahead." β
I could see from Liu Songming's eyes that he had a relatively mature guess on some things, and I followed his footsteps and asked, "Brother Liu, how can this place have anything to do with the Qin Dynasty?" β
Liu Songming smiled faintly, slowed down his pace and looked at the Qin Dynasty terracotta warriors and horses with a flashlight: "You see, each of them has a different face, or a difference in beard, or a difference in face shape, or a difference in hair bun...... We had seen these things a long time ago, before the state learned about the No. 1 pit of the burial pit of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang from Yang Peiyan, Yang Wenxue, Yang Xinman, and three other well-digging farmers in Xiahe Village, Lintong, Shaanxi. Magnificent and massive. β
"Isn't that a matter of seven years?" I suddenly thought of something, covered my mouth, and said in disbelief, "Have you ever been to the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang?" β
Liu Songming nodded and shook his head: "We went down with Fifth Master Qin, but we only saw a huge group of terracotta figurines, as well as a few huge burial pits. Qin Wuye categorically didn't have what he was looking for there, and we didn't touch it there again. It wasn't until the spring of 1974 that the six farmers discovered the place. β
"Oh my God!" I was taken aback, if the news got out, it would definitely be a thunderbolt.
Let me make a bold assumption, if someone had entered the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang long before the national excavation, would it have been stolen for more than 2,000 years......
Before I could continue to think about it, Liu Songming said, "Actually, there are some things I should have told you a long time ago. β
I'm listening.
Liu Songming began to pace forward again, temporarily losing interest in these Qin figurines. He said: "Lingnan, don't you know this name a little? β
"No...... "I don't have a deep study of antique goods, although I have accumulated some just a little, but it is limited to a little more than ordinary people.
Liu Songming showed a slightly disappointed expression, and he continued: "
"What a pity?" I was attracted by Yanagi Songming's words, and unconsciously looked at the terracotta warriors beside me.
"It's a pity that the paint on their bodies has long since disappeared because of weathering...... And these figurines here are more shabby......" Liu Songming shook his head. β
After I confirmed Liu Songming's finish several times, I said, "A legendary life! But what does that have to do with me? β
"Of course it does." Liu Songming affirmed, "Zhao Tuo is still a Qin person in the final analysis, and it is also a continuation of the Qin Dynasty. The historical material "Vietnam Chronicles" records: "Zhao Tuo built a big ship, which can seat 3,000 people. During the Qin and Han dynasties, Zhao Tuo's merchant fleet sailed to the Indian Ocean and reached India and Sri Lanka. And I have some secrets, Xu Fu once had a private meeting with Zhao Tuo on the way to find the elixir. β