Twenty-three flights of stairs

We racked our brains to think that when the ancient tomb was built in the Xuangong Palace, it was necessary to slaughter livestock and sacrifice to heaven and earth, in order to play the role of driving away evil spirits and avoiding evil, it must be because we brought the white goose into the tomb, which alarmed this ghost mound, so we were ready to slaughter the two big white geese at that time, but I didn't expect the big gold tooth to suddenly block and prevent me from stabbing the white goose.

When the fat man saw that the big gold tooth would not let us slaughter the goose, he asked, "Old Jin, why have you changed your hexagram again?" Didn't you just say it all? ”

The big gold tooth asked me to put down the paratrooper knife in my hand for the time being, and said to me and the fat man: "Master Hu, fat man, don't be surprised, just now I thought about it coldly, there is one thing that seems extremely inappropriate. ”

I said to the big golden tooth: "I have this temper, and when I think of something, my brain is hot, so I don't care about it, and then I will talk about it, and if there is something wrong, you can just talk about it." ”

The big golden tooth said: "That's the case, I want to think about what to say, I'm really a little confused when I'm in a hurry, my words are organized." ”

I and the fat man have been trapped in the ancient tomb here for a long time, although it is not like at the beginning, I was dizzy by the ghost mound, very nervous and helpless, but gradually began to be restless, I wanted to get out of here as soon as possible, and finally came up with a way, I was about to do it, but I was suddenly blocked by the big gold tooth, and I had an evil fire in my stomach, and I couldn't have a seizure, so I had to let go of my temperament and listen to the big gold tooth.

The big golden tooth thought for a while and said: "I thought about it for a while, if it is really as we expected, the three of us are now trapped by a ghost mound in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the reason why this ghost mound in the Western Zhou Dynasty will emerge may be because we brought a live goose among the three birds, the goose is spiritual, and it is the most vigilant, which alarmed the ghost mound......"

The fat man was impatient to hear this, and said to the big golden tooth: "Old Jin, what do you want to say after talking so much?" ”

I asked the fat man not to interrupt the big gold tooth again, and to listen to the big gold tooth finish speaking, if he really wants to be able to escape, he will not fight for the morning and evening.

The big golden tooth continued: "If we slaughter the two geese, there are no livestock in this ancient tomb, maybe this ghost tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty will be hidden, but I don't know if you two have thought about it, what position we are in now, this endless stone step is part of the ghost mound, that is to say, this place should not exist, it belongs to the part of the ancient tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty that has long been destroyed, before the ghost tomb appeared, this may be the soil and stone in the belly of the mountain, or it may be a cave." ”

When I heard this, I already understood the meaning of the big golden tooth: "Are you saying that if we slaughter two geese here, in case the ghost mound disappears immediately, we will fall outside the ancient tomb of the Tang Dynasty, and we will be trapped again, and even be buried alive." ”

The big golden tooth nodded and said: "Yes, that's what I mean, in addition, have you ever thought about it, the ghost of the ancient tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty does not seem to be all, it is only partial, and it overlaps with the ancient tomb of the Tang Dynasty, this stone step is the edge of the ghost mound, there is no obvious boundary, maybe its boundary, may still be in a state of chaos, but we can't know whether he is expanding or shrinking, if we slaughter two big white geese, in case ......"

After being reminded by the Great Golden Tooth, we knew that it was powerful, and we almost fell into another more terrifying and inscrutable situation, so I said to the Great Golden Tooth: "What the Golden Lord said is that we should first think about returning to the Hades Hall of the Tang Tomb, and determine a safe location near the Hades Temple or the entrance of the robbery cave, and then kill the two big geese who caused trouble." ”

But it's easier said than done, this stone step, every twenty-three steps, loops, repeatedly, seems endless, once you walk up this stone step, whether it is up or down, there is no end.

I discussed a few more words with the big golden tooth and the fat man, but I couldn't think of any eyebrows, so I couldn't close my eyes and roll down, in that case, I am afraid that it will be like the situation that the fat man said, the world outside has achieved four modernizations, and we may not be able to roll over.

This seemingly ordinary stone steps of the ancient tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty are really more difficult to deal with than what black and white fierce, if it is an inverted bucket to touch the zongzi, it is a big deal to risk your life and fight with it, see the level of life and death, you can make the steps made of this big stone, you can't beat it, you can't smash it, you can't stand still in place, you can't go down and you can't go to the end, and the sense of powerlessness fills the whole body, I realize that this is the real horror.

When we were at a loss, the big gold tooth thought of a way, although we don't know if it is feasible, we have a disease to go to the doctor, let's give it a try, the three of us first have to confirm that every twenty-third order, there is a crescent-shaped defect on the edge of the first order, we counted and walked down, counting the whole five sections.

After confirming that it was correct, according to the agreed method, the three of them each held a candle, I first chose a stone step with a crescent-shaped gap to stand, lit the candle, and then the big gold tooth and the fat man continued to walk down, so that the light of the candle where I could still be seen standing, the second person stopped and lit the candle, and then the third person continued to walk down.

The premise of this plan is that the stone steps should not be too long, if there are only twenty-three steps, and we can exceed the length of these twenty-three steps while maintaining a visual distance from each other, then we will have a chance to walk back to the temple under the steps.

However, the three of us tried it, and found that this plan was not feasible at all, of course, this is due to the limitation of objective conditions, this tomb stone steps without up and down ends, not only an infinite loop, but also within the scope of the stone steps, it seems to be extraordinarily dark, this kind of black is not the ordinary darkness without light, but the head and feet, front and back, seem to be shrouded in a layer of thick black fog.

Even if the candle is lit, it can only be seen within the range of five or six large stone steps at most, beyond this distance, the light of the candle is swallowed up by the darkness, this darkness reminds me of the ghost cave in Xinjiang, I can't think of the nightmarish darkness, I encountered it again in the ancient tomb of Longling, thinking of this, my body can't help but tremble, as if those companions who died in Xinjiang are hiding in the dark corner and watching my every move.

Because the distance of seeing the light of the candle is only six stone steps, even the wolf's eye flashlight with a lighting distance of 35 meters can only illuminate the distance of six steps, and once it exceeds the six steps, it is pitch black, not only can not illuminate the distance, but people in the distance cannot see the light of the flashlight and candles.

There are only three of us, and the three of us can only explore the distance of the twelfth step in this way, and the stone steps of this Western Zhou Ancient Tomb are at least twenty-three steps or more long, so we can't make any breakthroughs by doing this.

The three of us were helpless, but we gathered together again, lit a candle, turned off all the flashlights, and the fat man took out the kettle and drank a few sips, as if he wanted to fill himself with water, but the more he drank, the more hungry he became, and he cursed the big stone steps of the donkey day.

I smelled wrong, there was a smell of wine in the fat man's kettle, and I asked the fat man, "Did you fill the kettle with liquor?" You***, let you bring water, you bring wine, and if you drink too much, we have to carry you out. ”

The fat man avoided the heavy and light, and said to me: "Lao Hu, isn't it brave to drink wine at this time, or how do you see it, let's still do the same as before, you and Lao Jin lit a candle without six layers of stone steps and waited, I let it go, and kept running down......"

I denied the fat man's plan: "Your courage is the most useless, you are tantamount to death in vain, we can't lose contact with each other anyway, the three of us still have the hope of escaping together, once they disperse, lose each other's support, the situation they face will be doubly difficult, when I was in the army, the most emphasized point in military training is that it cannot be dispersed, dispersion means collapse and disintegration, and it is not allowed to choose to disperse and break through until it is absolutely necessary. ”

The fat man said to me, "Stop, you're not cornered yet?" In my opinion, there is no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth, and if you are scattered, it does not necessarily mean collapse and disintegration, which is called preserving the flame of revolution. ”

I said angrily: "You keep a fart fire in this kind of ghost place, and when you encounter difficulties, you will scatter birds and beasts, that is a guerrilla style." ”

The big golden tooth was afraid that the two of us would quarrel, so he hurriedly persuaded: "Second master, second master, now is not the time to discuss military theory, we really shouldn't disperse and break through, and besides, there must be a siege to break through, let's ...... now Alas...... Forget it, I don't think we can leave an order anyway. ”

The laws of physics, on the steps of the ancient tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty seem to have lost their effect, I sighed, I wanted to sit on the stone steps to rest, a sit down by the waist of the things separated by a moment, I reached out and touched, it turned out to be a long rope on the waist, I was pleasantly surprised, said to the fat man and the big gold tooth: "Yes, why didn't I think of the rope, fuck it, they all say that the dog jumps off the wall in a hurry, people are in a hurry, we are in a hurry, the more confused, the more confused, the rope we carry on our body, add up to hundreds of meters, these twenty-three stone steps are longer, It's enough to get seven or eight fucking laps. ”

On the stone steps of this ancient tomb, the long rope is like a life-saving straw, the fat man and the big golden tooth are overjoyed, and hurriedly help, and the three of them use the light of the candle to connect the long rope they carry with a tooth bolt.

I looked at the rope shuttles that were connected together, and said to the fat man and the big gold tooth: "Such a long rope is enough anyway, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, let's act immediately." ”

At the moment, the fat man stands in place, lights a candle, and ties the rope firmly around his waist, and the position where the fat man stands is exactly a stone step with a crescent-shaped notch, and it will be more convenient to use this specially marked stone step as a reference. Whether it will work, I am not sure, anyway, it depends on this last trick whether it will work or not, I was just about to leave, but I was suddenly pulled by the fat man.