Chapter 43: Child Bones
This narrow passage looks strange, it seems to be carved out according to the shape of a human body, the top is large and the bottom is small, not wide or high, just suitable for a person to walk in it. The width of the bottom is only enough for a pair of feet side by side, and there is no place for a little more remainder.
The walls on both sides of the passage are the original soil and stone layer, the soil is more than the stone, and the top soil layer has been treated with billet pressing, although it has been flooded, but it still looks very strong and will not collapse. The telephone line is a special recess cut out of the wall on the left side and extends inside.
At the entrance of the passage, that is, the head of the Yongdao where we walked, there was a thick layer of mud, which had been dried and formed, and it was very hard to step on, like cement. There is also a small pile of scattered rubble in the corner on one side, which does not look like the original stone here, but more like building rubble from the quarry.
This makes me wonder why I had to carry the rubble of the building into this place, and all the way through, there were all old corridors, and there were no other later buildings at all except this narrow passage. However, this narrow passage did not use the slightest foreign material, it was purely excavated in situ, and the soil and stone here seemed to be suitable for billet pressing and punching, and there was no need to use foreign stone at all.
I thought, is this rubble just temporarily placed here, the real purpose is to carry it into the passage, maybe there will be some kind of building in it, or the people who carry the rubble in, what to build here, but before they have time to build it, it is possible, after all, things in the ancient tomb are changing rapidly, and the plan never changes quickly.
"My god, the person who can cut out such a narrow passage is a master, but this master is too fucking saving, and he only cuts out a one-way line, leaving no room for even the wrong car." The old prostitute looked at me after speaking, and then asked, "How is it, Xiao Qi, can it still work?" Do you need to change it? ”
"It's okay, let's go, it's easy to carry her."
The old prostitute was the first to enter the narrow passage, and I followed. At first, the two of us walked a little slower, after all, it was too narrow to run, and if there was something ahead, it was too late to run. But after walking for dozens of meters, he didn't notice any danger, so he naturally accelerated his pace.
I really didn't expect that this seemingly extremely narrow passage would be so long. After walking for about ten minutes, I didn't see an exit. Walking in such a narrow place on the back of a person makes people feel very depressed, and the more they walk, the more uncomfortable they feel, and there is a feeling of tightness in the chest.
As I continued to walk through the passage, I began to see a downward path, and although the path was not very steep, it still felt like I was swooping down. This downhill road was at least two or three hundred meters away before it gradually returned to a parallel state, and it was impossible to distinguish what kind of underground depth it was.
The old prostitute muttered as he walked in front, and although he made a small noise of various complaints, I could hear it very clearly, not that I also had the hearing of a little wolf, but that the echo here was so loud that even if I let out a muffled fart, I could hear a sound. The footsteps of the two of us are also infinitely amplified, this place is not empty, but it is deep, and the footsteps sound very messy, as if there are people in front of and behind.
I know what the old prostitute's complaint is coming from at this moment, in fact, it is not only he complaining, I am also complaining in my heart, after all, this narrow passage, no matter how you look at it, does not look like an exit to leave, but feels like a road to the depths of the underground.
As he walked, the old prostitute suddenly stopped, as if he had discovered something, because he was holding a lamp bowl in front of him for lighting, most of the light source was blocked by his body, and it was difficult for me to see the situation in front of me from behind.
"Old prostitute, what's wrong? How did it stop? I asked in a low voice.
"There are two children's bones on the ground, don't move behind you, I'll step over and light it up for you."
After speaking, the old prostitute took a big stride over, took two steps forward, and then slowly turned her body sideways, and stretched out the hand holding the lamp bowl to my side.
It was the only time I had ever had a large area of light from entering the narrow passageway, and the flames in the bowl were small but large enough to illuminate everything in front of me.
Less than two steps away from me, there was a pile of dense white bones, and although the bones and skeletons were very twisted and entangled, it was not difficult to see that they were the bones of two children. Judging from the size of the two skeletons and the length of the sternum, these should be two teenage children, about one meter two or three.
"Oh my god, how could this be." The old prostitute looked back at the bones on the ground in front of her, and said in surprise.
"What's wrong?"
"You'll know when you come and see it."
When I heard the old prostitute's words, it was like looking at the bones on the ground in front of me. Maybe I was too anxious, ignoring that I was still carrying Xiao Moyan on my back, and when I lifted my foot, I was about to step over, but as soon as I lifted my foot, I remembered that I was carrying Xiao Moyan behind me, and my pace immediately became much smaller, and I almost stepped on the bones on the ground.
After reluctantly stepping over, I lowered my head and bent over, and put Xiao Moyan in a bunch of hard from my head, and the old prostitute followed in front and got her between me and the old prostitute, and then the old prostitute handed me the lamp bowl, and he supported Xiao Moyan in front and asked me to take care of the bones on the ground by myself.
After I took the lamp bowl, I naturally half-turned around and looked back, which was okay not to see, but just a glance, I saw the posture of the two children before they died, and I saw that my heart was extremely sour.
I saw the bones of two children hugging each other tightly, their arms were wrapping, and the two heads were nestled against each other's shoulders, and it seemed that they had always hugged each other before they died.
I wanted to crouch down to take a closer look, but the bottom of the passage was too narrow to squat down at all, so I could only bend down and look down.
"Xiao Qi, can you see how they died?" The old prostitute asked.
"There were no injuries on the bones of the two children, and although the bones and joints had fallen off in some places, they were all detached in the joints, so it seems that they were not killed by sharp weapons. The neck and sternum also did not turn black, that is, it was not poisoned. According to their posture before death and the topography of the place, it seems that they have been drowned. ”
"Oh my god, is this really leading outside, there are even children coming in, it seems that we are going this way correctly."
As soon as the old prostitute finished speaking, I saw a scene on the bones, which surprised me very much.