Chapter 18: The White Fox's Den
There is no time for Zhang Tianyi to think about it now, so he can only give it a go.
"Do you really want to jump?" Lin Fan stood on the cliff a little nervously, in case this is not the exit, it is really a suicide path.
It would be false to say that he was not nervous, Zhang Tianyi stood on the cliff and looked down, and he was stunned in his heart. But when he thought that the people were still missing, Zhang Tianyi gritted his teeth and said: "Listening to the sound of the landing just now, the height below should be about three to five meters, in this way, I will jump down first, and if it is okay, you can come down again." ”
After hearing this, Lin Fan shook his head with a wry smile and said, "But the life and death of people are uncertain now, if you want to have another good person, how can I have the face to go back to see them......"
Zhang Tianyi knew that Lin Fan was still blaming himself for something cute, and it was indeed a little inappropriate to leave him here alone, so he nodded and said, "Okay, be careful after you go down." ”
Zhang Tianyi gasped against the wind, and secretly sweated in his palms, if he was wrong, he gave his life in vain, not to mention that he also took Lin Fan. Zhang Tianyi worshiped all the ancestors of the ancestral hall in his heart, and then gritted his teeth and jumped down, followed by Lin Fan.
In just a few seconds, the wind in Zhang Tianyi's ears stopped, and then he fell to the ground, and Lin Fan also fell next to Zhang Tianyi with a thud. Zhang Tianyi rubbed his buttocks and stood up slowly and leisurely after a while. But fortunately, it seems that my judgment is right, and there is indeed a problem under the cliff.
"What is this, how is it slimy...... It was very dark all around, Lin Fan fumbled and found that he didn't know where he fell, not to mention the foul smell around him, and he touched a slimy thing in his hand.
Zhang Tianyi took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and there was a lighter in the cigarette case.
"This is ......," Zhang Tianyi leaned in and sniffed it, almost fainting. Lin Fan's body smelled and was covered with feces and other excrement, Zhang Tianyi looked around and said, "This can't be the old nest of that beast, right?" ”
After hearing this, Lin Fan frowned and asked, "How did we end up here?" Lin Fan said and walked over, but he kicked something before he took two steps.
Lin Fan's hand touched the ground and then picked up something, he beckoned to Zhang Tianyi to come and take a look, Zhang Tianyi walked over with a cigarette and found that Lin Fan was carrying a kerosene lamp in his hand.
Zhang Tianyi blew the spark of the cigarette butt, looked at the kerosene lamp in Lin Fan's hand and said, "It looks like it's been a few years." Lin Fan then remembered that he seemed to have kicked it over just now, and then touched two handfuls on the ground and said, "There's still oil in there!" ”
Zhang Tianyi looked down and found a puddle of liquid on the ground, which was probably the kerosene that Lin Fan accidentally spilled from when he kicked over the kerosene lamp. Zhang Tianyi took the kerosene lamp and found that the oil was basically spilled, and there was only a small amount of grease in it.
"Let's see if you can light it." Lin Fan couldn't care about the stench on his body now, and the dark senses around him felt degraded.
Zhang Tianyi bit the filter and took a sharp breath, and the sparks on the cigarette butt suddenly lit up, and then threw the cigarette butt where Lin Fan had kicked over the kerosene lamp just now.
As soon as the cigarette butt hit the ground, it lit up, and it didn't see the light for too long, which suddenly lit up, and Zhang Tianyi and Lin Fan were really a little uncomfortable. The two of them closed their eyes for a while, and after a while, they still felt that the inside of their eyes was astringent, and the surrounding scenery was also a little blurry for a while.
"It's ...... Where? Lin Fan blinked and looked around. When I just fell down, I didn't notice the surroundings because of the lighting, but now I looked at it and found that the surrounding space was actually very small, and the two of them felt a little tightness in their chests after a long time in it, and there were many tree roots intertwined around, and there was an arched road not far away, Lin Fan took two steps forward and touched it and found that it was made of stone.
Zhang Tianyi looked up and said, "Look at the top, we should have fallen from the top." After hearing this, Lin Fan looked up and saw that there was a hole about eighty centimeters above their heads, and the stars from the outside world could be vaguely seen in it.
According to Zhang Tianyi's statement, it should be a small canyon on the top of this hole, and he was blinded by the white fox and mistakenly took it for a cliff, and just now he really had no choice but to jump from it, and he happened to fall into this hole, and at this time, the burning kerosene on the ground was next to him.
"So where are we now? It's not like an exit, is it? Lin Fan asked as he took off his glasses and rubbed his temples.
Zhang Tianyi gasped and shook his head and said, "I don't know very well, but it has nothing to do with that beast." If you look at the place where you just fell, I think this should be the hiding place of the white fox. ”
Lin Fan only then remembered the smell on his body, which was stained when he just fell. Lin Fan lit the kerosene lamp and walked over, only to find that there was a pile of feces there, seeing this Lin Fan couldn't help frowning and said: "These are all feces excreted by the white fox, we came to the white fox's den by mistake?" ”
"That's right, I thought it was an exit, no wonder the beast slipped away so fast every time, daring to love it all the time at the doorstep." Zhang Tianyi said and his eyes stayed on the walls around him, except for the wall near Lin Fan, there was a kerosene lamp hanging on the other three walls, and it was estimated that the kerosene lamp that Lin Fan kicked just now was hung on the wall before.
Lin Fan unloaded the other three kerosene lamps, and then said, "Tianyi, this is not right, if it is the nest of the white fox, how can it be made of stone bricks?" ”
Zhang Tianyi explained with a smile: "That beast doesn't have that much ability, but the dove occupies the magpie's nest." After Zhang Tianyi finished speaking, he pointed to the road opposite and continued: "If I guessed correctly, this should be an ancient tomb, the place where we just fell down is the daily excrement place of the white fox, and it is estimated that this beast accidentally pierced the tomb road when he made a hole." ”
After hearing this, Lin Fan looked at it and found the murals on the walls, the murals were a little mottled, the paint on some places had fallen off, and there were many shrubs growing on the walls, which looked quite old.
But then Lin Fan thought about it and shook his head and said, "You and I have been in Ping'an Town for many years, but I have never heard of rumors that there are ancient tombs in this mountain?" ”
Zhang Tianyi knew what Lin Fan meant, so he explained: "Don't forget that this place is far away from the city, and this ancient tomb can only be regarded as a grave soil bun buried a little deeper, and its real value is not great." There are many ancient tombs like this in China, which are usually small in scale and dilapidated, and they do not cost much gold and silver to the families who have a little family background in ancient times, and even some landlords in the Central Plains after the reform have secretly built them. ”
The reason why Zhang Tianyi knows so much is because when he was in school, he not only studied criminal investigation and solving crimes, but also took many compulsory courses, such as criminology, psychology, evidence, etc., and architecture, physics, etc. Lin Fan, who majored in forensic science, didn't know that it was normal, but after listening to Zhang Tianyi, he found that it was indeed the case, many places in this ancient tomb were rotten and aging, in fact, there was no difference between it and the tomb buns, but the space was a little larger.
"Then what are you waiting for, let's leave quickly, I'm afraid that someone will be in danger when it's too late." Lin Fan put on glasses and pinned three kerosene lamps to his waist, as if he was ready to go.
"That being said, but we had to be careful, you and I have seen the ability of that beast." Zhang Tianyi did not forget to remind. Then Zhang Tianyi looked up again and said: "According to the current situation, it is basically impossible to get out from above, and we only have one way ahead at the moment." ”
Zhang Tianyi and Lin Fan's current location is five or six meters from the ground, although there are shrubs growing on the wall or tree roots extending from the outside world, but these are not enough for the two to cling to and climb out, and now they can only pin their hopes on the Yongdao in front, hoping that the Yongdao can find a real exit.
In fact, the current situation is what Zhang Tianyi never expected, he thought that jumping off the cliff would fall directly to the ground, who would have thought that the white fox had dug out a hole in the ground to connect the old nest, and he also blamed himself for his back, but he jumped into this eighty cm hole.
The two of them turned off their mobile phones and didn't know what time it was, Lin Fan saw that the kerosene on the ground was almost burning, so he stepped forward to draw the kerosene lamp on his waist. I don't know how long the corridor in front of me is, so it's a question of whether I can walk out without a lighting tool.
Zhang Tianyi took the kerosene lamp in Lin Fan's hand before and walked to the Yongdao crossing, and Lin Fan also followed with the freshly lit kerosene lamp.
"Did you find anything?" Lin Fan saw that Zhang Tianyi was standing without speaking, so he asked. Zhang Tianyi stretched out his head and looked inside and said, "I can't see clearly, the visibility distance of the kerosene lamp is too short, but there seems to be wind over there." ”
It was pitch black inside the corridor, and the brightness of the kerosene lamps could only cover three meters at most, and it was a little blurry beyond three meters. Zhang Tianyi couldn't figure out how long this corridor was, although this tomb was not big, it was difficult to guarantee that the white fox would not penetrate other passages, but when he walked to the entrance of the cave just now, the flame of the kerosene lamp flashed, and it seemed that there should be a vent on the opposite side.
Lin Fan also breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, although he couldn't be sure that the opposite side was the exit now, but he could be sure that there was no danger ahead, the road was too narrow, and there was no place to run if he encountered any emergency.
Zhang Tianyi fell to the ground when he fell, and his calves and arms still hurt faintly, so he took the lead in walking into the corridor with a kerosene lamp.
Lin Fan was okay, although he got a body of feces, but because of the buffering of those excrements, he had no problem, and he also carried a lamp and followed behind Zhang Tianyi.