Cave Thief 2

The roof of the fishbone temple swayed slightly in the mountain wind, making a creaking sound, which made people panic, but we observed it for so long and found that although this temple was dilapidated, it was very strong, which may be related to its beam frame being a whole fishbone.

The clay statue of the dragon king in the temple, less than one-fifth is left, the upper part has long been unknown, the base of the altar is a coral plate shape, also made of mud, the color on it has faded, it looks very ugly.

According to my estimates, if there is a thief hole in the temple, it is very likely to be under this mud altar, and the fat man asked me if there was any basis, and I did not tell him that I was inspired by the popular "martial arts" at that time.

We put all the things on the ground, rolled up our sleeves and moved the altar with the fat man, and the mud on the altar was broken off a lot by the two of us, but the whole altar and the small half of the clay statue did not move at all.

I thought to myself, if it doesn't work, could it be some kind of mechanism?

The fat man didn't care what the mechanism was, he lost his temper, picked up the sapper shovel and smashed the altar, although the altar was made of mud, but it was very hard, the fat man cut and smashed, tired and sweaty, only half of it was smashed, and the white stone stubble was exposed underneath.

This shows that there is no passage under the altar, and we have been busy for a long time, and we can't help but be a little discouraged in our hearts.

The big golden tooth has been helping by the side, and when the fat man smashed the altar, he stood far away to avoid being hit by the flying mud and stones, and he suddenly said: "Master Hu, fat man, you see if there is a secret passage behind the altar, maybe it is cultivated on the side, not the tunnel that goes straight up and down as we imagined." ”

After being reminded by the big golden tooth, I bowed down to look at the back of the altar, which was more than half a person high, rectangular, located in the depths of the temple, and the gap behind it was narrow enough for only one person to pass by.

I've seen it in the back before, and I thought it was a mud tire connected to the altar, and I had a preconceived idea that the entrance to the tunnel should be on the ground, so I never thought of it.

At this time, I looked closely, knocked on the back of the altar with my hand, and unexpectedly looked at it, there was an empty echo, and I knew by my hand that in the outer layer of mud, there was a thick layer of wood.

I raised my foot and kicked it, clicked a few times, the back of the altar, exposed a hole in the ground, the wooden board was uncovered, it turned out that the thief hole was really under the altar, but the upper side was built of bricks and mud, solid and thick, without pretense, the entrance on the back was a wooden plank, and the outside was pasted with the same mud as the altar as a whole, and then painted with color, the wooden board was actually movable, and it could be opened and closed inside and outside, and the outside could not be seen at all.

I said to the big golden tooth: "Okay, Master Jin, it's really a word to wake up the dreamer, how did you come up with it?" ”

The big gold tooth showed the golden big tooth and said: "I also said it in passing, I didn't expect it to be really blinded, it seems that we are not bad luck today, and we can make a big profit." ”

The three of us couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy in our hearts, and hurriedly moved everything to the back of the hole, I turned on the wolf's eye flashlight and shone it inside, the diameter of the hole was not big, it was not small, and the fat man climbed into it and was rich, but his body couldn't turn around in it, and if he wanted to go back halfway, he had to crawl back backwards with his feet forward.

I blurted out and praised: "It's really a top trick, little fatty, Jin Ye, you look at the hole dug, see the line, the round place is similar to his mother's compass, and the shovel marks on the hole avoidance, one by one, and the Sensei Duo is symmetrical." ”

The big gold tooth is from a family, and he knows some skills, and he praises it, but the fat man can't see the reason, and the fat man holds the two big white geese and says: "It's time for these two pieces of material, let them be pathfinders." ”

I said: "And don't be busy at this time, the thief hole is closed all the year round, first disperse the filth inside, and then let a goose go down to explore the way, we tossed for most of the day, eat and drink first." ”

The fat man put the two geese back into the basket again, took out the beef jerky and white wine, anyway, this Dragon King Temple is fake, and we don't need to have many scruples, the three of them sat on the altar to eat and drink.

We discussed the matter of entering the cave while eating, and the big golden tooth has always had a doubt, since this mountain is empty, why is there a lot of trouble to dig a tunnel in the fishbone temple? Wouldn't it be nice to find a cave to dig into?

I said otherwise, although there is a karst cave landform here, and it is widely distributed and the scale is not small, but from the analysis of the information we have found, we can make this judgment:

Whether the locals call this place "Longling" or "Shepanpo", the place name is not important, but it is just to describe the complex terrain here.

The most important point is that almost all the people who know here say that the karst cave in this mountain is a labyrinth, and the name of the Longling maze comes from here, so I think this karst cave is not a whole big cave, but fragmented, some are big and some are small, some places are solid, and some are empty, these holes are of different depths and lengths, and they are connected to each other, intricate, so it is not easy for people who fall into it to get out.

Since the captain who built the Fishbone Temple was able to accurately find the location of the ancient tomb in a broken mountain, he must have something beyond the reach of ordinary people, and his ability to measure the situation is extremely good.

This robbery hole is obliquely down, the tomb robbery bucket also pays attention to a look and smell the cut, "hope" refers to through the look, with both eyes to look at the feng shui, looking for the specific location of the ancient tomb, this is the most difficult, "smell" is to smell the soil quality, grasp the geological structure of the ancient tomb soil information, "ask" is a set of almost, deception trust, through the local old people chat, to know the information of the ancient tomb, the last cut, in the method of playing the theft hole, the proprietary door technology is called "cut", is to accurately calculate the orientation angle and terrain and other factors in advance, Then make a hole from a distance, and the hole leads straight to the place where the coffin of the tomb owner is parked.

As long as you look at the straight-line distance, even if the thief hole is halfway through and into the cave, you can also go through the cave according to the pre-calculated direction, and continue to dig through the dungeon. Don't be trapped in the Longling maze and lose your way.

I have great admiration for the master of digging this cave, this cave should be the best golden route to the ancient cemetery palace in the vicinity, but unfortunately it is not in time for the same era, and I can't exchange experiences with that senior.

The three of them ate wine and meat, and smoked a few cigarettes, and it is estimated that most of the recovery in the cave has been released, and to my surprise, the length of this thief cave is too long.

Earlier, I asked the fat man to buy two geese, because I wanted to tie the goose's legs with a rope and rush into the thief hole to test the quality of the air, but I didn't expect the hole to be so deep.

I said to the fat man and the big gold tooth: "It is very likely that the thief cave will pass through the karst caves around Longling, the cave will extend in all directions, and there will be water in it, so we don't have to worry about breathing, if it is a real cave, then every time we breathe after entering, the concentration of carbon dioxide will be increased......"

The big gold tooth said: "This is very dangerous, there are not enough measures to prevent respiratory poisoning, we must not venture in, since we have found the thief hole, it is better to seal it first, and then we will do it again, this ancient tomb will not run on its own long legs." ”

I said, "Don't worry, I'll open the way ahead, put on a simple gas mask, and stick a candle in the hole when I walk for a while, and as soon as the candle goes out, it means that there are too many harmful gases that do not support air combustion, and then I can immediately return it, and I can also tie the two geese with a rope first, and drive them to walk in front, if I see these two geese wilting, I will immediately retreat, and besides, although my simple gas masks are not as good as professional gas masks, they can cope with it for a while." ”

Seeing that I said it so safely, the big golden tooth also moved, and he had to go into the underground palace with us to see, there is this problem with this line, if you don't let him know where the underground palace is, that's it, once you know, and it's close to the left, if you don't go in to see how to be willing to give up.

Not to mention the big gold tooth and other laypeople, think that the university scholar Guo Moruo and some archaeologists, many times jointly wrote to the prime minister, asking to open Li Zhi's Qianling, said it soundingly, said that it was worried that the Qianling Tomb was just built on the earthquake zone, once the earthquake in the cultural relics were destroyed, in fact, this group of scholars want to see the things in the underground palace in their lifetime, have done this work all their lives, the more years they do, the more curiosity is planted, when they think of the authentic works of Wang Xi in the funeral goods, they are anxious and can no longer hold back, In the end, the prime minister gave them the right approval: not to move for ten years. These people are just dead.

So I understand the mood of the big gold tooth very well, if you can go into the underground palace of the tomb to have a look, then you will have something to talk about after you go back, and your identity can be upgraded by one or two grades.

I persuaded him a few more words, and when I saw that he insisted on going, I gave him a pair of gas masks, and then the fat man opened the way and led the two geese into the thief hole.

I followed closely, holding a lit candle in my hand, the big gold tooth followed last, the three of them crawled slowly to the first, and there was a wooden frame for fixing every other section of the cave, although there was no need to worry about collapsing, but it was dark and depressing, and I crawled forward for a while, and felt that my eyes were spicy, I hurriedly lit a candle, which was not extinguished, which showed that the air quality allowed to move on.

The more I crawled forward, the more depressed I felt, I was crawling, the big gold tooth patted my feet behind, I looked back at him, and saw the big gold tooth was sweaty, panting, I knew that he was tired, so I beckoned the fat man in front of me to stop, and put the candle on the ground, just about to ask how the big gold tooth was, and whether I could continue to climb forward, but I saw that the candle inserted on the ground suddenly went out.