Chapter 15: The Oath on the Stone Platform
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A pool of stagnant water in the pool began to boil, bubbling with tiny blisters and tumbling incessantly, and Tang Feng and Makarov watched the changes in the pool in horror and involuntarily retreated.
There was another loud noise, and Tang Feng found that the water level in the pool began to decrease, and then the gold, silver and jewelry that had sunk at the bottom of the pool slowly surfaced.
It wasn't until the mountain of treasures clearly appeared in front of the two of them that Tang Feng discovered that all the gold, silver and jewelry were stacked on a square stone platform, and there was a half-meter-wide gap between the stone platform and the pool wall, into which a pool of water was originally filled.
"Too ...... It's incredible! Makarov exclaimed.
"Is this the treasure marked on that treasure map?" Tang Feng thought of the treasure map he saw in the inn's east house.
Tang Feng was not interested in these gold and silver jewelry, what he needed to find was the jade interstitial. When the stone platform rose parallel to the stone steps he was on, the stone platform stopped.
Tang Feng observed for a while, convinced that there should be no danger, and with a single arrow step, he jumped onto the stone platform, and Makarov also jumped on the stone platform.
The two were in a mountain of gold, silver and jewelry, there was no place to stay, Tang Feng looked at the treasure in front of him in a daze, suddenly, he found that something was wrong, he picked up a porcelain from the treasure mountain, this is a colorful flower and bird jade pot bottle, years of academic accumulation, so that Tang Feng judged at a glance that this porcelain bottle should be fired during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Putting down the porcelain vase, Tang Feng picked up another copper furnace, and there was a famous model under the copper furnace, which clearly read "Xuande Year".
Tang Feng had already seen some clues, he shook his head and put down the copper furnace, and said to Makarov: "It's really strange, these treasures are not from Western Xia. ”
"Oh! How can you tell? Makarov was stunned.
"The colorful flower and bird jade pot and vase I took just now was from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and there would be no colorful porcelain in the Western Xia, and the copper furnace was from the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, and it was not from the Western Xia. The gold and silver jewelry here is not as good as the Xixia period, many of them are from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and more of the gold and silver are from the Republic of China period. As he spoke, Tang Feng casually picked up a few necklaces and jewelry from the treasure, "And they are all folk things, which can't be compared with the imperial jewels at all." ”
Makarov bent down and picked up a few silver and gold coins, looked at them, and sighed, "This would explain the two silver dollars we found in the nave." ”
"Well, those two silver dollars found in the nave and the treasure here should be a way forward." Tang Feng judged.
"Tang Feng, this ...... I don't understand! Everything in the Black Eagle Temple, whether it is a Buddha statue or a building, shows that this is a relic of the Western Xia period, but how can there be a treasure of the Republic of China here? ”
"It's really weird, and I can't figure it out. Judging from the gold, silver and jewelry of the Republic of China, this treasure should have been stored here during the Republic of China, and then from the wooden planks and ropes left in the road, the people who entered here should be in the Republic of China period. ”
"Who could it be? Also, what was stored here? ”
"Yes! Aren't there any relics left over from the Western Xia period here? Tang Feng thought about it, and began to seriously clean up the gold and silver jewelry piled up like a hill in front of him, but he checked all the gold and silver jewelry, and still did not see a single relic from the Western Xia period, let alone the jade insert that Tang Feng was looking for.
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Tang Feng was tired, so he sat in the gold, silver and jewelry room, "Damn!" Could it be that fate played tricks on me, I worked hard, broke through many dangers, and came here to find a treasure, but it was not what I was looking for! Who exactly is the owner of these treasures? ”
Tang Feng felt that the owner of these treasures seemed to be playing a big joke with himself, and he was annoyed, but Makarov made a new discovery, "Tang Feng, you see, there seem to be characters on this stone platform, like Chinese characters." ”
Tang Feng also found words beside him, and the two removed the gold and silver jewelry piled on the stone platform, and were surprised to find that the stone platform was actually engraved with words, and they were all traditional Chinese characters, "like an article." Tang Feng judged.
"This may have been carved by the group of people who entered here in the Republic of China." Makarov tract.
Tang Feng read the words engraved on the stone platform little by little-
The black lama has no way, does not listen to the advice, if there is this defeat, the horsehair mountain is not guaranteed, the name of Dunhuang Tianjie is not there, my brothers and other brothers are here to face the Buddha, the oath of God: sincere unity, together in the great event, kill the black lama, reorganize the rivers and mountains, will find the disappeared ancient city of Xixia, share the glory and wealth, the sun and the moon are clear, this heart can be learned, there are those who violate the oath, and they will die without forgiveness.
Oath-taker: Ma Yuan
Tang Feng finally finished identifying this half-literate and half-white text, and in the end, there seemed to be nine words behind the oath "Ma Yuan", but they were all obliterated and unrecognizable.
"The last few words should be the name of the oath-taker, but they have all been deliberately erased, leaving only this Ma Yuan." Tang Feng said.
"The Black Lama is mentioned in this oath!" Makarov thought of the man whom the Grand Lama had mentioned to them in the Seven-Colored Jinhai.
Tang Feng also thought of it, "When I was in the seven-colored Jinhai, the great lama once mentioned that during the Republic of China, there was a famous big bandit in the northwest area, Danbi Gyaltsen, and people called that person 'black lama', and legend has it that it was this black lama who got the jade insert that was stored in Dunhuang. ”
"That's right! This oath mentions 'Dunhuang', and I later went back and sent some information, the Black Lama was originally a Mongol, after the outbreak of the revolution in Mongolia, he fled to China, made a living by robbery, and was the enemy of the Mongolian authorities, he was based on the Horsehair Mountain, and was active in Dunhuang and Jiuquan, so it is very likely that he got the jade insert in Dunhuang. ”
"The Black Lama later became a danger to China and Mongolia, and the Mongolian government, with the help of the Soviet Union, sent agents to make a long-distance raid on the Horsehair Mountain, and by surprise, killed the Black Lama, and cut off the head of the Black Lama, which is said to be still stored in St. Petersburg."
"That's what I say! However, the message revealed in this oath seems to be different from what we already know. Makarov stared at the traditional Chinese characters on the stone platform suspiciously, "The oath is in traditional Chinese characters, and the Black Lama is mentioned, then we can conclude that the time of this oath is between the mid-twenties and forties of the last century, and no later than the fifties at the latest, and judging from the remains and treasures in the stone hall, it should be closer to the early period, that is, the late twenties, or the thirties." ”
Tang Feng listened to Makarov's inference and nodded, "Old Ma, you go on, what's the difference?" ”
"The Black Lama is mentioned twice in the oath, the first time it is said that the Black Lama is unreasonable, and the second time it is mentioned that the Black Lama is killed, and according to the literal understanding, it seems that the group of people who swore the oath killed the Black Lama, which is not in line with what we already know."
"Well, it has always been rumored that Mongolian and Soviet agents killed the Black Lama, and there are human heads to prove it. But there is also a legend that the Black Lama escaped the hunt and took his rich treasures with him to a place unknown to anyone. Tang Feng said.
"If this oath is true, then the man killed by Mongolian and Soviet agents is a fake impostor."
"But how can we judge that the man who wrote this oath is reliable?"
"I'm now more inclined to the information revealed in this oath, because this is first-hand information, and we can also see between the lines that this is the first-hand information written by the person concerned, so I am more inclined to what this oath reveals."
"Well, judging from the content of the oath, the person who swore the oath should be the party, but who is this?" Tang Feng was puzzled.
Makarov's thinking was much broader, "Tang Feng, if you look at these gold, silver and jewelry, you can also guess who the oath is." ”
"What do you mean that the oath-bearers are the owners of these treasures, then they are most likely to be the Black Lama's people, only the Black Lama, or the Black Lama's subordinates, can gather such a large treasure during the Republic of China!" Tang Feng thought for a while, and said: "During the Republic of China, there has been a legend of the treasure of the Black Lama in the northwest, it is said that the Black Lama once accumulated the wealth of the country by robbing the past merchants, and later these riches also disappeared forever with the mysterious disappearance of the Black Lama. ”
"Not bad! The first mention of the Black Lama in the oath is actually the second mention of the reason for 'killing the Black Lama', the 'Black Lama has no way' does not refer to the Black Lama's murder and misdeeds, it really means that these oath-bearers complain that the Black Lama 'does not listen to advice', and the deeper meaning is that this group of people resents the Black Lama. ”
"It seems that there was already an anti-black lama force in the Black Lama's team at that time!" Tang Feng was secretly surprised.
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An anti-black lama force?! Makarov affirmed Don's judgment, "Well, I think that's the case too. The consequence of 'the Black Lama has no way and does not listen to advice' is that 'if there is such a defeat, the Horsehair Mountain will not be protected, and the name of Dunhuang Tianjie will not be there', and 'if there is such a defeat', I want to refer to the battle in which the Mongolian and Soviet agents attacked the Black Lama. ”
That's what it means. Then they vowed to 'kill the Black Lama', which means that the Black Lama did not die in the battle of the Mongolian and Soviet agents' sneak attack, but then all the news about the Black Lama was cut off, and since that war, the world has never heard of the Black Lama. ”
"With the personality of the Black Lama, he will not be willing to be silent, and there is only one explanation why he did not show up later, that is, he is indeed dead."
"According to what you say, the Black Lama should have died not long after the battle at Horsehair Mountain."
Makarov nodded, "It must be so." After the Battle of Horsehair Mountain, the Black Lama and some of his men fled, where would they be most likely to go? ”
"It must be here, judging from the situation at that time, the Mongolian black lama in the north could not go back, the Xinjiang overseer Yang Zengxin in the west defended the black lama very strictly, and Qinghai in the south was a barren land, only to the east, hiding in the Helan Mountains. Moreover, the mountains here are high and the forests are dense, and there is this stone hall to hide. ”
"Nope! Tang Feng, the Black Lama must have fled in a hurry when he fled, it was impossible to carry too many things, the Black Lama must have discovered this place before, in order to prevent the unexpected, he stored all the gold, silver and jewelry he had accumulated here, and after the First Battle of Horsehair Mountain, the first hiding place that the Black Lama and his accomplices thought of should be here. Makarov's explanation is more plausible.
"Then the treasure map of the Republic of China that Han Jiang and I found in the inn should refer to here!"
"That doesn't matter anymore. The important thing is how did the Black Lama find here? ”
"Yes...... It's a jade interstitial! Tang Feng was taken aback, "But there shouldn't be information about Helan Mountain on his jade interstitial!" ”
"That's right! But I think the Black Lama already knows the secret of the jade interstitial, so he is also looking for the rest of the jade interstitials, but with his ability, he didn't find it! This can also be seen from this oath, 'Sincerely unite, participate in great events, kill the black lama, reorganize the rivers and mountains, and we must find the disappeared ancient city of Xixia and share the glory and wealth', what does 'great event' refer to? Later, it said, 'I must find the disappeared ancient city of Xixia'! ”
"Hanhai Mi City!?" Tang Feng exclaimed.
"Yes, it was in the process of searching for the jade insert that the Black Lama probably accidentally discovered these stone halls in the mountains of the upper temple of the Black Eagle Temple."
"What about the jade interstitial screen of Helan Mountain?"
"That's what I'm most concerned about, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen here!"
"Old Ma, I suddenly thought of the person who was caught in the gold-clad bronze door, could it be the Black Lama!" Tang Feng said suddenly.
"The black lama who was caught in the dead ......" Makarov muttered to himself, as if in deep thought, and after a long time, Makarov said: "It's hard to say whether that corpse is a black lama or not, but since we entered this mountain palace, only this corpse was found, and I also think that the corpse is likely to be the black lama!" ”
"The Black Lama died a miserable death! It seems that this group of people killed the Black Lama not only because they were dissatisfied with the Black Lama, but also because they wanted to find Hanhai Mi City. ”
"Or rather, their dissatisfaction with the Black Lama comes from the secret behind the jade interlude." Makarov said calmly.
"These people already have so many treasures, and they are not satisfied?"
"Tang Feng, the biggest doubt in this oath is not limited to this!" Makarov reminded Don.
"Oh! What else? ”
"Those nine words that were deliberately erased!" Makarov said categorically.
"I also noticed that those nine words were not naturally annihilated, but were deliberately erased, only the word 'Ma Yuan' was not erased."
"According to your Chinese habits, nine Chinese characters should be the names of three or four people, plus this 'Ma Yuan', that is, these four or five people, killed the black lama and made this oath, but later, for unknown reasons, the names of those people were erased."
"Four or five people?! These people followed the Black Lama to escape the pursuit and fled all the way here, and then for some reason, these four or five people killed the Black Lama, and after these people killed the Black Lama, they did not enjoy the treasure here, but went to find the remaining jade interstitials, but in the end, no one returned here, are these people all dead? Tang Feng speculated on all the processes that had happened here.
"At least in the Seven-Colored Jinhai, these people have left clues!" Makarov reminded.
"That's right! The Grand Lama said that there were four uninvited guests who suddenly appeared back then, and that group of people was exactly four people! Tang Feng exclaimed, but soon Tang Feng denied himself, "But I remember that the great lama said very clearly, the four uninvited guests were led by a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, and the other three, one was in his thirties, and the other two were very young, looking only in their early twenties. Those two young men could never be the ones who took the oath, and the one who looked like he was in his thirties was not necessarily the one who took the oath. ”
Makarov pondered for a long time, but he didn't figure out this question. "Oops! Let's just look for treasure here, Han Jiang is still outside? Tang Feng suddenly exclaimed.
Only then did the two of them think that Han Jiang didn't know what was going on outside, and no one expected that there would be such a vast space behind the mercury pool and such a shocking discovery.
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Tang Feng and Makarov did not take any of the treasures, and hurriedly walked back the same way, it seemed that everything was normal, and the two soon returned to the nave, Tang Feng walked down the stairs quickly, he thought that Han Jiang would still stand on the other side of the mercury pool, waiting for them, but when they came to the north bank of the mercury pool, there was no trace of Han Jiang, and what surprised Tang Feng and Makarov even more was that the wooden board on the mercury pool was also gone.
"Holy! This...... Han Jiang actually escaped! ”
"Han Jiang must have encountered some accident!" Makarov quickly made his judgment.
"Mom! Han Jiang didn't fall into the mercury pool! Tang Feng quickly thought of things to the other extreme.
Tang Feng stood on the edge of the mercury pool and looked at the bottom of the pool, there was nothing abnormal!
"That mystery man!" Makarov muttered in his mouth.
"Mystery man?" Tang Feng exclaimed.
"Han Jiang's skills, it is difficult for ordinary people to subdue him, unless Han Jiang is attacked by a sneak attack!" Makarov speculated.
"That's it! Don't worry about Han Jiang, his life is hard, he can't die! Now let's think about how we can get back! Tang Feng was upset.
Tang Feng and Makarov were both panicked for a while, but Makarov quickly calmed down, "Tang Feng, think about it, when Western Xia built this place, it was impossible to set up a wooden plank to cross the mercury pool!" ”
"Yes! Maybe there was a bridge on it in the past, but it was later destroyed by the order of Forgiveness! Didn't he want anyone to get in here! Tang Feng speculated wildly.
"Ruined by Forgiveness? Unless it's a wooden bridge, I don't think there's any trace of a wooden bridge erected next to the mercury pond! Makarov said after checking it.
"That's Stone Bridge!" Tang Feng said nonsense.
"Stone Bridge?" A series of images popped into Makarov's mind, and he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly groped for himself on the stone wall on the north bank of the mercury pool.
"Old horse, what are you doing? Do you think there will be a mechanism here? Tang Feng asked rhetorically.
"Why not?" Makarov looked confident.
The stone walls on the north bank of the mercury pond were made of irregular hexagonal stones, and Makarov tried to come over one by one, and suddenly, one of the stones was pressed down by Makarov.
Tang Feng was also surprised, he found that the stone that Makarov had pressed down was more regular than the other hexagonal stones. When Makarov pressed the stone to the innermost, there was a change in the pool of mercury.
With a small tumbling surge, six hexagonal stone piers slowly emerged from the mercury pool, and a stone bridge was erected over the mercury pool.
Tang Feng approached the pond and saw that the hexagonal stone pier was in the shape of a lotus, which is the so-called "step by step lotus", which is the auspicious meaning in Buddhism. Tang Feng didn't care much, and took the lead in stepping on the first stone pier, followed by the second, and then the third...... When Tang Feng's feet re-established himself on the south bank of the mercury pool, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Makarov followed him to the south bank of the mercury pool.
The two didn't dare to slack off, and they didn't dare to call Han Jiang's name, Tang Feng and Makarov invariably pulled out their pistols, and the mysterious person might be outside the gold-filled bronze door......
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Tang Feng and Makarov walked through the wide corridor, and there were those oval stones piled up inside, which were no different from when they came, the two ropes on the gold-clad bronze door were still there, and the wooden plank on the mercury pool was put back in place, Tang Feng passed through the gold-filled bronze door, but was pulled by Makarov, Makarov pointed to his feet, and Tang Feng found some messy shoe prints on the floating soil under his feet.
Tang Feng squatted down and checked these messy shoe prints, but found that the shoe prints on the ground were all left by him, Han Jiang, and Makarov, and there were no shoe prints of a third person.
Makarov was also puzzled, the two returned to the front hall, there was no one here, and Han Jiang had disappeared?! Tang Feng looked at the west gate that they had opened when they came, and then looked at the open hole in the south, and found nothing unusual, and then looked at the originally closed east gate, which was actually hidden......
"The east gate is opened!" Tang Feng exclaimed quietly.
"The shoe prints of Han Jiang on the ground have also extended here." Makarov found that Han Jiang's shoe prints finally disappeared in front of the east gate.
The two glanced at each other, instinctively turned on the safety of the pistol, and came sideways to the east gate, they didn't know what happened to Han Jiang? How could he leave his post without permission and run into the east gate, and what could be behind this gold-lacquered gate on the east side? According to the experience outside the West Gate, it should be a road? How long will this road be? Han Jiang is gone forever?
Tang Feng made a gesture to Makarov, meaning that he came to open the door, Makarov covered, the old horse nodded, Tang Feng slowly opened the door with his right hand, "Squeak-" sound, the gold-lacquered wooden door on the east side of the front hall was opened, and there was indeed a dark and deep corridor outside, and no one was holding a gun at him, Tang Feng was a little relieved.
Tang Feng turned on one side and walked into the corridor outside the door, Makarov also followed, Tang Feng pushed away the flashlight and shone on this corridor, which was no different from the corridor when they came, the cave wall was artificially polished, but it was not very smooth, Tang Feng took a few steps forward, and found that the road under their feet seemed to be going high, and after a few more steps, there was a turn in front of him, turning a corner, Tang Feng used a flashlight to shine, and the slope suddenly became steep.
Tang Feng was suspicious, and was just about to step forward, when he suddenly tripped over something under his feet, Tang Feng was startled, and instinctively aimed the gun at his feet, but at this moment, Tang Feng found that there was also a muzzle under him that was aimed at him.
"Who?!" Tang Feng was startled, took a step back suddenly, leaned against the stone wall, and the flashlight in his hand fell to the ground.
"Don't panic! Brat! It was Han Jiang's voice.
Tang Feng hurriedly picked up the flashlight and shone it to the person opposite, only to see Han Jiang sitting weakly under the stone wall, and at this time, Han Jiang had already put down the gun in his hand.
"Why are you running here to sleep? Leaving our posts without permission caused us to almost never come back! Tang Feng complained.
"Tang Feng, Han Jiang seems to be injured!" Makarov had already seen Han Jiang's weakness.
"How the hell did you get here?" Tang Feng also saw that Han Jiang didn't seem to be right, they said a few words, and Han Jiang didn't squeak.
Tang Feng helped Han Jiang up, Han Jiang shook his head vigorously, and the back of his head was in sharp pain, "I see you...... When you do not return, you will be fooling over the water...... The mechanism of the mercury pool, sure enough, I discovered the mechanism of the mercury pool, and at this moment, I listened...... I heard a gunshot, and I could tell it...... From the front hall, I'll run...... Running to the front hall, I heard a few more gunshots, and I heard ...... The gunshots came from this corridor, and Yu ...... So, I followed, and as soon as I got here, I ...... I felt a sharp pain in the back of my head, and as soon as my eyes went dark, I ...... I don't know anything, and it still hurts here......"
After listening to Han Jiang's intermittent narration, Tang Feng smiled, "Don't pretend, with your body, even if you are attacked ten times, you won't be like this!" Hurry up! ”
"Nope! This...... This time is different, I have also been attacked by someone, but from ...... It's never been so serious! Han Jiang tried his best to recall the moment when he was attacked.
"You've been shot in the brain! What about this time? Tang Feng didn't believe it, thinking that Han Jiang was pretending.
Makarov examined Han Jiang's wound, and a large bruise appeared on the back of his head, "This time is really serious, the person who attacked Han Jiang is very precise, both accurate and hateful!" Makarov judged with years of experience.
"Do you see the man clearly?" Tang Feng asked.
"So fast, I'...... Didn't react at all! Han Jiang said.
"So you don't know where this guy went?" Tang Feng said disappointedly.
"The person who attacked Han Jiang should be that mysterious person!" Makarov said suddenly.
"Mystery man? How can you be sure? Tang Feng was puzzled.
Makarov took two steps forward, stood on the edge of the stone wall, and pointed to a striking triangular mark on the stone wall, "Look! This mark has reappeared! ”
"Sure enough, it's the mysterious man!" Tang Feng also recognized the marks on the stone wall exactly the same as the ones he had seen in the forest, although he was facing a hard stone wall, the triangular mark was still divided into three strokes, and it was carved on the stone wall so hard that the stone wall at the edge of the mark was completely peeled off.
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The three of them analyzed the existing clues, and thought that the mysterious person had gone along this road again, so Tang Feng and Makarov supported Han Jiang, who had not yet eased up, and the three began to explore with difficulty.
"Gunshots? How many gunshots did you hear? Tang Feng asked Han Jiang.
"At least three shots, maybe four or five! There were several shots that were fired continuously, and they were so far apart that they couldn't tell the difference! Han Jiang tried his best to reminisce.
"Is it a continuous fire from one gun, or is it a melee with multiple guns?" Makarov asked keenly.
Han Jiang was stunned, he thought for a while, "It seems that there is more than one gun!" But I'm not sure either. ”
"Is there anyone else besides the mystery man?" Tang Feng said, involuntarily touching his gun.
The three of them fell silent again, because Han Jiang was very weak, the three of them walked very slowly, Tang Feng found that the terrain of this corridor had been rising, and it seemed to be constantly turning, he paid attention to the surrounding stone walls, on the one hand, to check the marks left by the mysterious person, on the other hand, he was worried about the emergence of forks and new holes, he did not want to get lost in this deep corridor.
Tang Feng silently remembered the distance they had walked, he had walked more than a hundred steps from the place where Han Jiang had an accident, and the road seemed to be still extending, every twenty steps, Tang Feng would see the eye-catching triangular mark on the stone wall, which showed that the mysterious man also walked from here, and it also showed that the danger was approaching them step by step.
When Tang Feng found the eighth triangular mark on the stone wall, he suddenly found a pool of blood under his feet, "Look, there is blood here!" ”
Makarov checked the bloodstains, "It's human blood, it looks like it just left." ”
Tang Feng found bullet casings on the ground again, he found two, Makarov also found two, Han Jiang and Makarov summed it up, and they saw the clue, "This is a bullet casing shot from two different pistols!" ”
"So there were at least two people shooting here?" Tang Feng asked rhetorically.
"Almost!" Makarov tract.
Han Jiang and Makarov used flashlights to shine all over the nearby rock walls, only the blood stains remained, "The bullets of the two guns only left one person's blood, it seems that the other person should be fine!" Han Jiang judged.
Further on, blood stains continued to appear ticking, while the triangular markings on the stone walls disappeared. Tang Feng couldn't help but wonder: "Could it be that the mysterious person has been attacked!" ”
"It doesn't look like a one-shot wound, this man is still walking!" Han Jiang Road.
"What's going on? Who else but that mystery man? It seems that the injured person should not be lightly injured, so why do you have to move forward desperately......"
As Tang Feng was talking, Han Jiang covered his mouth, and Tang Feng realized that the road seemed to be coming to an end, and a hole appeared in front of him, what was outside the hole? Before Tang Feng could see it clearly, Han Jiang turned off his flashlight.
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The three of them walked out of the corridor in the dark, but there was no light here, and it was still a dark space. Tang Feng didn't feel how much space there was here, he wanted to turn on the flashlight, but his hand was pressed by Han Jiang's powerful big hand, Tang Feng heard two movements in the dark, he knew that it was the sound of Han Jiang and Makarov opening the pistol safe, and Han Jiang's hand slowly left Tang Feng's flashlight.
Tang Feng comprehended, and also turned on the safety of the pistol, holding the gun in one hand and putting the other hand on the switch of the flashlight. After a moment of silence, Han Jiang and Makarov turned on the flashlight almost at the same time, and almost at the same time, the light pillar of the flashlight was aimed at the left front.
Tang Feng also hurriedly pushed the flashlight switch, shining the flashlight in front of the left, the strong light emitted by the three hands pierced this dark space, Tang Feng found that this was a small stone room, and in front of them on the left, there was a person lying on his back on the ground.
"Stephen! - "Tang Feng, Han Jiang and Makarov recognized the man lying on the ground almost at the same time.
The three of them cautiously approached Stephen, who was pale and had a bullet hole in his left arm, bubbling out with red blood, "He looks weak!" Makarov said.
"It looks like the blood all this way is Stephen's!" Han Jiang quickly thought of Fanny, who died tragically at the Yamashita Inn.
Makarov took some pills from his backpack, poured them on Stephen, pulled another piece of gauze, and bandaged Stephen's wounds. The three of them waited for Stephen to wake up as they observed the stone chamber they were in.
Tang Feng judged the direction, the Yongdaokou they walked in was located on the west side, and on the east side of the stone room, Tang Feng was surprised to find that on the stone wall and the same corridor leading to the apse, an arch-shaped door appeared, but this door seemed to be blocked by a whole boulder, and there was no trace of it being opened at all.
Tang Feng stretched out his hands and pushed the ticket door with all his strength, there was no movement at all, he thought that since the door could not be opened, there must be a mechanism, so he looked for the mechanism around the door, looking for it, Tang Feng found a few words in the position of the lintel, "You see, there are words here, it is Xixia language." ”
Han Jiang and Makarov also saw this ticket door, "What is written? Han Jiang asked.
"Ring - platform - on - temple - collection - scripture - building?" Tang Feng slowly translated the Xixia text on the lintel, Tang Feng wondered if he had translated it wrongly, and read it carefully, it was indeed these words.
"The Scripture Building?" Tang Feng first expressed puzzlement, "How can a scripture building be built in this mountain?" It's incredible! ”
Han Jiang and Makarov didn't understand either, "Regardless of it, open this door first, and you will know everything!" Han Jiang said.
So, the three of them worked together to push the door, but the stone door did not move, and it was as solid as a rock.
"You...... Don't bother! This ...... The door can't be opened! At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind the three of them.