Chapter 15: Strange Things in the Mountains

"The six of us walked down the stream, laughing and laughing along the way, the scenery was pleasant, we just walked and took pictures, even forgot how far we walked, about ten minutes later, we came to a small forest, there is a small waterfall next to it, the stream just now also merges with the waterfall into a big pool, the scenery is better than the camp, we are surprised and happy, if it weren't for that annoying Wu Zhiyuan, we all want to go down to swim."

Five of us girls took off their boots and went into the water to play in the water, and Wu Zhiyuan was alone next to the waterfall, we ignored him, after a while, Wu Zhiyuan suddenly called "wow", several of our girls were startled, and before they could react, they heard him shouting loudly on the edge of the waterfall: "Come and see, there is a cave behind the waterfall!" "Several of our girls are very curious when they hear it, no wonder they say that curiosity kills cats, now it's not fake to see it....."

We put on our boots, and ran to Wu Zhiyuan's side, Wu Zhiyuan proudly pointed to the back of the waterfall, we looked in the direction, there is indeed a big hole behind the waterfall, there are a lot of rocks and mud at the entrance of the cave, and the water flow and the entrance of the cave are also nearly one meter away, you can go through, then Wu Zhiyuan said: "How about it, a few beauties, who has the courage to go over with me to see?" "I'm relatively timid, of course I don't dare, the other girls are also very hesitant, only Qiu Chan is more bold, and said with a smile: "Who is afraid of whom, you first or me first?" Wu Zhiyuan laughed proudly, "Then I'll go first, Qiuchan, your palace." Wu Zhiyuan said hello to Qiu Chan, then moved sideways to the entrance of the cave, jumped to the entrance of the cave in two steps, and beckoned to Qiu Chan, Qiu Chan is relatively strong, of course, not to be outdone, but also turned sideways, jumped to the entrance of the cave in a few steps, and after arriving at the entrance of the cave, Qiu Chan shouted to us, "Why are you so timid!" Aren't we five girls better than a boy? Wu Zhiyuan was also coaxing there, "That's it, aren't you afraid?" If you're afraid, go back, we won't be embarrassed for you. Hearing these two people fanning the flames, several of our girls were a little unconvinced, so they stubbornly followed one by one, Luo Yan and I walked at the end, I was still very scared, and when we arrived at the entrance of the cave, Wu Zhiyuan took out a flashlight and shone it on the inside of the cave, and the hole was still relatively large in the light, which could accommodate two people at the same time to bend over, under the illumination of the flashlight, we mustered up the courage to peek in, but the hole was deeper than I imagined, and there was a lot of rubble at the bottom. And the hole is facing down, and only the interface below can be seen. ”

"I was retreating at the time, the showy Wu Zhiyuan was coaxing again, asking us who dared to go down with him to find out, this time I said that I couldn't muster up the courage to say anything, or Qiu Chan was bold, said to go down with Wu Zhiyuan, make sure there is no problem and let us go down, we don't want to lose this face so we have to agree, Wu Zhiyuan smiled and lit the branch, and helped Qiu Chan to go down slowly, I watched from the sidelines, my heart became nervous, and I silently prayed that they were safe, when their figures disappeared in the hole, We were all worried to death, our hearts were about to jump out, after a while, seeing that there was no movement, I tentatively called Qiu Chan, no one answered, several of our girls were at a loss, for fear that they would have something meaning, at this time Qiu Chan and Wu Zhiyuan poked their heads out of the hole, looked surprised, urging us to hurry down, there are good things to show us! I saw that they were fine, and I was relieved, a few girls, you look at me, I look at you, although I was reluctant, I still went down, we supported each other, and Wu Zhiyuan answered at the bottom, and soon they all entered the hole, and after standing firm, we opened our mouths together and asked them what was there? Qiu Chan and Wu Zhiyuan glanced at each other, and mysteriously said that the past will know, we had no choice but to line up, headed by Wu Zhiyuan, Qiu Chan finally, slowly walked to the depths, two flashlights just one after the other in the hole of the aisle, I took a bold look, and found that this aisle seems to be artificially built! The surroundings are surprisingly smooth, we walked along the aisle like this, less than fifty steps, and came to the end, only to see a "door" type exit, look at the ground, all large pieces of rubble, I guess someone should have sealed this entrance with a big stone, and then I don't know why it was opened again, and there was a fire flashing inside, Wu Zhiyuan said that this is the torch just lit, a few of our girls tiptoed to follow him, who knew that we were stunned by the scene in front of us as soon as we entered, it turned out that there was a hole in it, In addition to the firelight, there is a faint light from the stone crack overhead, you can find a rough view of the scene inside, the hole is very empty, it is more than ten meters high, hundreds of meters wide, the surrounding stone walls are wet, there are water droplets dripping above, look down to the ground, there is a natural large pool five meters in front of us, a radius of twenty meters, the pool water is crystal clear, swaying slightly under the light of the fire, and in the middle of the pool, we see... There's a weird... Wooden house! ”

"Cabin!?"

Zhang Shuo, Yang Sanshi, and Lu Meihang looked at each other, all puzzled.

Zeng Wen nodded with a strange face, "Yes, although it looks very simple, it is just a wooden house built of wood, but the style is strange, and it is similar to the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty palace in the movie, I don't know how to describe it...... At the bottom of the wooden house, there are four large tree-thick wooden stakes that hold up the four corners of the wooden house, and the wooden house is stretched out of the water, and there are steps in front of the wooden house to go up. ”

Zhang Shuo and Yang Sanshi glanced at each other, and they both saw the confusion in each other's eyes.

Zeng Wen understood their thoughts, shook her head and said: "Even you are strange, let alone us, we were all shocked at the time, scared and a little strange, could it be that there were people living here?" Wu Zhiyuan was more excited, and kept saying that there might be treasures or antiques in it, and he wanted to go over and have a look, and asked us to go together, and I didn't dare to go over this time, Luo Yan and they also shook their heads, only Qiu Chan was too strong to admit it, so she said that she also went over, let us wait here, Wu Zhiyuan shrugged, picked up the torch on the ground and handed it to me, the two of them turned on the flashlight and jumped on the stones in the water one after the other, jumped left and right according to the water surface, jumped on the steps in seven or eight steps, Qiu Chan looked up at us proudly, We are all nervous to death, she is still so relaxed, it really makes us cry and laugh, Wu Zhiyuan has arrived at the door of the wooden house, called Qiu Chan, she went up, the two looked around at the door of the wooden house, and did not find any problems, Wu Zhiyuan used a flashlight against the wooden door, "squeak", the door was pushed open, I felt that at the moment of opening the door, the air seemed to tremble, there was a sudden gust of wind in the hole, and there was a chill from the heart that made me goosebumps, but Wu Zhiyuan and Qiu Cicada were unaware, Shine the flashlight into the wooden house, people also followed in, we don't know what's inside, and a little curious, have folded their feet to look, but unfortunately nothing can be seen, the two of them walked around after entering, the light in the wooden house flickered, just when we were nervous, Qiu Chan and Wu Zhiyuan said a few words, and came out of the house, back to us, we asked her what was inside, Qiu Chan shrugged, helplessly said that there was nothing except a chained, dusty box!"

"Box?" Yang Sanshi and Lu Meihang exclaimed in surprise, only Zhang Shuo squinted and said nothing.

"Yes, it's a box, we also thought it was incredible when we heard it, we thought there would be some carpets, teacups and other daily necessities, because we always thought that someone lived in it, who would have thought that it was actually a box."

Zhang Shuo suddenly thought of something, stood up with a "rub", his face became very ugly, and asked impatiently, "What kind of box is it?" What happened to the box later!? ”

The three of them were taken aback by his sudden move, and Zeng Wen was even more frightened and hid in Lu Meihang's arms, not daring to make a sound, and looked at Zhang Shuo timidly.

Yang Sanshi pulled his sleeve and said in a low voice: "Old Zhang ......"

Zhang Shuo trembled, realized that he had lost his temper, sat down slowly, nodded at Yang Sanshi, and his tone softened again, "I'm sorry Xiaowen, I lost my temper just now, you continue." ”

Zeng Wen saw that Zhang Shuo's face was much calmer, so she was not so afraid, "No... It's okay, then I'll go on. ”

"When we heard that there was only one box, we all felt disappointed, Luo Yan didn't give up, and asked Qiu Chan what kind of box it was? What's in the box? Yang Bing and Liu Ning and I were also very curious, and asked her one after another, and she told us that it was a five-pointed bronze box, which was placed on the ground in the house, Wu Zhiyuan wiped the dust with his coat, and the exposed part of the box was engraved with some strange symbols, and the five corners of the box were locked by chains thick with five thumbs, and the other end of the chain was nailed to the five corners one meter away from the box, which corresponded to the five corners of the box, and the whole looked like a five-pointed star! Because the nails were too tight, they couldn't pick up the five chains without pulling them out, so Wu Zhiyuan went to pull the chains, and she was afraid that we would be worried, so she would come out to join us first...... I was even more scared after listening to it, I had a very bad premonition, I always felt that the box was weird, otherwise why lock it with iron chains, I just wanted to persuade them not to ask for it and go quickly, who knew that at this time, suddenly from the cave came a loud sound of "boom, boom...", the whole cave shook violently, the travertine on the top was shaken down, smashed in the pool with a bang, splashing water, we were all frightened by this sudden earthquake, instinctively ran out, In a hurry, I caught a glimpse of Wu Zhiyuan rushing out of the wooden house with a box the size of a small grinding plate, shouting at us to run, and the wooden house behind him was smashed by several boulders falling from the top of the cave after he ran out! We can't take care of much now, the feet are staggering and desperately running to the entrance of the cave, when I am about to reach the entrance of the cave, I suddenly feel a cold neck, as if being poured with ice water, I am excited, hurriedly touched with my hand, but nothing was touched, I didn't have time to think about it in a hurry, and I didn't care, and so I ran to the entrance of the cave, the autumn cicada volunteered to push us to let us climb up first, we climbed up and pulled her out, at this time Wu Zhiyuan also arrived, holding the box with his left hand and stretching out his right hand towards us, A few of us girls hurriedly grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the hole, and at the moment when we all came out, there was a huge collapse sound from inside the hole, and dust was pouring out, and the original hole had been completely blocked! A few of us walked out of the waterfall with gray faces, dirty all over our bodies, Wu Zhiyuan and Qiu Chan went to the grove to talk about something, several of us girls were shocked, the more I thought about it, the more scared we felt, we all thought that everything we had just experienced was too weird and terrifying, so many unbelievable things happened in less than half an hour, and there was chaos in our minds, how could we care about them, one by one silently went to the waterhole to wash with water, and when we finished cleaning, we saw Wu Zhiyuan wrapping the box in his coat, and left first without saying a word, Qiu Chan stood there with an unwilling face, we stepped forward to ask her what the situation was, she didn't say a few vague words to us, we didn't ask, on the way back everyone was preoccupied, no one spoke, the atmosphere was very weird, and when we returned to the camp it was almost five o'clock, the others were cooking, and they laughed when they saw us so embarrassed, and asked us if we had a fight with the beast, how did it get like this, we ignored it, and went straight to the grass on the other side to sit quietly, Qiu Chan was better than us, I also used to talk to those people, but when it was time to eat, I didn't see Wu Zhiyuan, Qiu Chan said that Wu Zhiyuan just came back and took something and left without saying hello, and several other people who knew him also said that Wu Zhiyuan's expression was very strange when he came back, he didn't say a word, he didn't pay attention to talking to him, he took a backpack and left, although I didn't understand after listening, but I thought of not being harassed by him, my heart was still a lot more comfortable, after the meal, we packed up our utensils and went back to the side of the road to pick up our car, around 7 o'clock the van came, Maybe we were so tired today that it didn't take long to fall asleep in the car, and it was already 10 o'clock in the evening when we all got back to the dormitory...... Since then, I have never seen Wu Zhiyuan again, and no one has mentioned this matter again, and after a few months, it has gradually faded into oblivion, until a few days ago... I began to repeat the same nightmare every day, in the dream I went back to that hole, I stood by the pool, in front of the door of the wooden house, Wu Zhiyuan, Li Qiuchan, Luo Yan, Yang Bing and Liu Ning, the five of them were standing there, waving to me with a dull expression, and the wooden house behind them, the wooden door was open to me, and I couldn't see anything in the black hole, like a bottomless abyss, as if I wanted to swallow it up... Every time I dream of this, I wake up, and the night before yesterday, I really felt that there was... Ghost... In front of my bed! Just look at me face to face... The rest of the matter is the same as what Meihang said, you all know it, that's all I know, what questions do you still have to ask? I'll answer as soon as I know. ”

After Zeng Wen finished speaking, she lowered her head and quietly looked at Zhang Shuo, who was silent.

Yang Sanshi coughed, turned his head and asked, "Lao Zhang, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Shuo sighed lightly in his heart, the secret payment matter is far from being as simple as he thought, and it seems that it is unknown whether this catastrophe can be passed safely.

In order not to worry Zeng Wen, he deliberately said in a flat tone: "I probably guessed some eyebrows, you don't have to worry, have a good rest tonight, I will find a way, and I will talk about it tomorrow, Meihang, you accompany Xiaowen tonight, Lao Yang, you and I go to sleep, go!" ”

Quietly glanced at Yang Sanshi, Yang Sanshi understood, pulled Zhang Shuo to stand up, and said with a smile: "Yes, if there is anything to talk about tomorrow, you see it's almost ten o'clock, you can rest well, we are also tired and go back to the room first, wife, you take care of Xiaowen, let's go to sleep first, good night." ”

Speaking of the word "good night", there was a deliberate pause, Lu Meihang heard what Yang Sanshi said, but he didn't ask much, "Okay, then you guys rest early, and we'll talk about it tomorrow, Xiaowen, let's sleep too?" ”

"Then let's go, bye." Yang Sanshi smiled, pulled Zhang Shuo out of the room, Zeng Wen opened her mouth, looked at Zhang Shuo's leaving figure, although there were still many questions, after all, she didn't ask, and finally turned into a sigh......

Entering the other room, Yang Sanshi asked seriously: "Say, what can't be said just now, I'm afraid they are worried, right?" Now it's just the two of us, let's talk about it. ”

"Or do you know me." Zhang Shuo sat on the edge of the bed and looked up at Yang Sanshi, "After listening to Zeng Wen tell everything about it, I realized that things were far from being as simple as I thought. ”

Yang Sanshi sat next to Zhang Shuo, "What's going on with that?" What's in that box? ”