XXXVIII. Inside the roots

The walkway is not very wide, barely enough for three people to walk side by side. There are no rooms around it, just bare brick walls. It's just that there are tiny holes under your feet. The holes were about the thickness of a wrist, and a slight cool air was bubbling out.

Beard said that underneath these holes were underground wells, which were used to cool down. In ancient times, there was no air conditioning, and many people would drill a hole in the living room of the house, which went straight to the ground, which could play a role in cooling down in summer.

I said you know a lot, where did you hear that?

Beard said that this is true, not hearsay, and it is all justified.

He looked around and said, "Although I don't know the specific function of these holes, they have the effect of preventing heatstroke. That's why it's so cold in this hallway. ”,

I asked him if he could tell what the hell this was, the hotel.

The beard turned his face sideways and said to me, "I told you just now, this should be an ancient tomb." Perhaps the 131 air defense project was originally a cover-up, and the purpose was to explore this ancient tomb. As for why this place was later insured by the development company, it is unknown."

I don't think there's any basis for what he said, if it's really an ancient tomb, can the state let it go? It was simply contracted to a private organization?

Beard also thought of this, and said there: "Maybe that company is a national institution at all." ”。

The two of us discussed as we walked, and although it was a little colder along the way, we didn't encounter any danger. This is the most gratifying.

The length of the passage was unexpected, and I am afraid that it is a kilometer up. Hu Zi said with a slurp, looking at the scale of the ancient tomb, it should be an imperial tomb, and my mother's son can be sent this time.

I knew he must have had another occupational disease, and I didn't say anything.

After the two of them walked in the passage for almost half an hour, some terrifying plant roots began to appear in front of them. It's so dense that it almost fills the entire aisle.

We had to carefully push the roots away. The glow of the flashlight had little effect at this time. The ground here should be inside the forest, otherwise it would never have been possible for so many tree roots to penetrate it.

Beard looked around carefully as he walked, looking for some clues to see if anyone had been here.

Soon he found the clue, and he stopped me and said, "You see, the roots of the trees here have traces of being cut by knives, and someone must have been here before." I don't know which side it is. ”。

I nodded, it doesn't matter which side it is, since someone has already given us a thunderstorm, it's a good thing after all. It doesn't seem like there's any danger here for the time being.

Hu Zi said that the danger in the ancient tomb is often in the tomb, and most of the tombs are traps and the like, you see that the roots of the trees here are so dense, even if there are mechanisms, they have already been destroyed, and we can move forward with confidence.

Although the feeling of carrying a knife all the way out was very refreshing, it was also quite physically demanding, and I only felt a sore shoulder after a while. The beard knows my body and is a trail runner in front.

Fortunately, the distance is not very long, less than twenty meters. After that, the roots become thinner and much thinner. The beard was drastically cut in front, and I was in the back to illuminate him.

The glow of the flashlight also plays a role here, squeezing through the gaps to shine out.

Seeing that there was no danger, I looked at the walls on both sides, and although there were tree roots on the walls, I could barely tell that there were some murals on them.

It seems that what Beard said is right, this is indeed an ancient tomb. Looking at the colors on the mural, it seems to have been re-oiled, and you can see a serious gap. I wonder why I had to repaint the murals here.

Although it was repainted, the damage was still very large, it was too old, and the environment here was very humid, so it seems that the technology used at that time was not too high. Hu Zi also saw the mural and said, "This mural must have been seriously damaged and has no archaeological value, otherwise it would not have been restored." There are the most murals in the ancient tomb, there is nothing to be curious about, let's go. ”。

I nodded, and I always felt that something was wrong.

Because of the psychological effect, I was on it all of a sudden. , although he still walked behind his beard, his eyes never left the wall.

Eventually, it dawned on me what that feeling was wrong. Damn, I think I've seen this mural there.

After thinking about it carefully, I remembered that the murals there seemed to be the same as the original when I was in Yingloulan.

At the time, I remember taking a picture of myself. It's in my phone.

I quickly flipped out my phone, and strange to say, when I saw this high-tech product, the first thing that came to my mind was whether it would be useful to call the police now in case of danger.

When I opened the album, I saw that it was still there. Although the photo is not very clear, it is still barely recognizable. A closer look reveals the similarities here.

When I told Beard what I had discovered, he was surprised. I didn't believe it at first, so I had to show him the pictures.

After he finished reading it, he was amazed: "Damn, it's really." One is in Yunnan and the other is in Xinjiang, which is a difference in ancient times, how can there be the same thing? ”。

After pondering for a while, he realized that it was impossible for him to figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it. And on the side, he also advised me not to think about this matter, some things are more and more headaches, what do you care about those eggs.

After saying this, he stopped where he was and said to me, "Yang'er, do you see a figure standing there?" I thought it was the root of the tree just now, but the more I look at it, the more wrong it becomes, my eyes are not very good, you look there. He turned on his flashlight and shone it in the direction ahead.

I was thrilled by what he said, and I came back to my senses in an instant. Squint your eyes and look ahead.

At first, I could only see some shadowy roots, but I squinted my eyes and looked closely, only to find that in the inside of the root bush, about ten meters away from us, there was indeed a humanoid thing standing there.

This kid with a beard is really, and he didn't say it early when he saw it just now, I really don't know what he thinks.

I said, looking like a figure, I don't know what it is.

Beard said that in this passage, it could be a tomb beast, or a statue. Don't be afraid, we'll find out just by going and seeing.

I nodded. Drawing the knife from his body, he walked cautiously in that direction.

There were a lot of strange things, and the two of us stared at the figure in front of us with four eyes, and we didn't dare to blink in the middle, for fear that we would disappear as soon as we opened them, which would kill us.

I originally thought that the figure was the most unfortunate person's corpse, but to be honest, I was ready to see the corpse.

But when I saw it, I couldn't help but gasp.

There was nothing wrong with a corpse, but the corpse was very strange, not terrifying, but with a strange and eerie feeling.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or necessity, the man's face is facing our direction. The corpse's eyes were staring motionless, its mouth was wide open, and I thought it was possible that the frontal bone was stretched open.

The most bizarre thing is that under the light of the flashlight, a pair of gloomy and resentful eyes in the corpse's mouth are looking at us motionlessly. At the same time, there was a sparse sound all around, as if someone was whispering behind it.

The beard's face changed immediately, and he scolded, and was about to pass. I grabbed him and said, "Don't act rashly, do you listen to the sounds around you like someone is talking?" ”。