We packed up our things, stumbled back to the stone chamber, and immediately saw the change.

On the stone walls of the stone chamber, I saw a strange change in the hollows where the ancient books were kept. In some cavities, the relief stones are pushed out, and in some cavities there are none.

The whole stone wall turned into a very strange puzzle, some places were put together, some places were not, and it was still a hole.

"Correct answer, is this?" I muttered to myself.

Xiaohua sat down on the ground, unscrewed the wine bottle and took a few sips: "It's been in vain that we've been doing it for so long, and this answer seems surprisingly simple." ”

"What does that mean?" I took a closer look.

He was silent, and I tried to continue thinking, but I found that I had lost my strength and my brain was completely out of control.

After being silent for a long time, he rubbed his temples and said, "It's useless to think about it, at this point, it actually has nothing to do with us." This should be the only result that can be obtained according to the prompts from Guangxi, let's review the process again to see if there are any mistakes, if not, then, we should hand over the baton. ”

I understood what he meant, we got the "prompt", and the place where the prompt was executed was thousands of miles, not on the spot, and it was useless for us to think about it.

So they also sat down, and the two of them slowly thought about all the processes in their hearts. In the end, the two men unanimously confirmed that there was no big problem.

"If that's wrong, then they can only say they're unlucky." Xiaohua took out her camera and began to shoot, taking pictures of almost all the details of the entire stone room.

I was on the sidelines, and I let my guard down, and it felt easier than any of my trips, and in this way, the work was over.

"You say. Why do these descendants of the Zhang family make things so complicated? "Little flower path.

"It's not complicated at all, if you think about it yourself. It will be found that this is the only way. Just imagine if it was ancient. We must be helpless about this, you have to draw all these things, and then quickly send them from Sichuan to Guangxi, at that time both places were very deep mountains, there were no roads, do you know how much time it takes to go back and forth? I said, "There's no year you can't do it." Moreover, tigers, bandits, robbers, I damn it, Guangxi used to be basically a no-man's land, a place of exile for the Southern Barbarians, and here is the Black Tiger Qiangfan, so in fact, in that era. It is impossible to enter Zhangjialou, not to mention, you must not forget. The mausoleum is mobile. ”

"So, isn't the descendants of the Zhang family themselves very dangerous, maybe their precious descendants will hang up several on the way, why do they have to bury all their ancestors together? And then the mausoleum kept moving. ”

"I think that's something you have to do." I sighed.

The photos were imported into a computer, and sent to Banai, Guangxi Province via a public telephone line dial-up in a nearby town, and then quickly delivered to the old woman by the guys there.

I don't know how they felt when they saw the pictures, but it was certainly the same as when we first saw them in the first place. And then there was a long wait.

We have nothing to do, I'm in the middle of the air. Looking at the four snow-capped mountains in the distance, those clouds that seem to be like a fantasy at dusk. With fairy spirit and damp wind, chat with Xiaohua.

Xiaohua has obviously accepted me more than before. We talked about a lot of things, things when we were young, things after separation, things about learning drama, sometimes chatting and laughing, and sometimes full of emotion. Because the backgrounds of the two of us are too similar, and even the personalities are very similar, it's just that my grandfather is bent on washing the bottom line, and he, because of his family relationship, has to inherit his family.

"God is fair, everyone thinks that the Xie family is a standing family, but no one thought that it was like a curse, after Xie Lian died, my father died soon after, and several of my uncles died of illness one after another, and my grandfather finally left, and all of a sudden, I was the only one left in the whole family, so those female dependents, who were divided into families, remarried, remarried, and divided into my hands, were actually a mess." Xiaohua drank wine and leaned against the cliff, "You said that you have been outside of these things since you were a child, so you have no experience in many things, which is actually a blessing for your family." After my grandfather died, there was nothing to say, the Xie family had nothing, my mother worked hard to maintain the face of the Xie family outside, I only came out to be my young owner, I was only eight years old at that time" He paused, "I have those experiences that you don't have, but you must believe me, those experiences are really very, very uncomfortable experiences." ”

"As soon as the Xie family fell, the trees fell and scattered, and countless people came to us for trouble, fortunately, my grandfather was very cautious in doing things, and he was already prepared before he died, he arranged for me to go to the second master to learn opera, which is a signal for an elder to accept the younger generation, and the Xie family and the current industry, which can make me survive from the age of eight to twenty-six, all thanks to the design of my grandfather before his death, and the protection of the second master." He said, "You don't know, but I want to warn you, if you have left this circle, then don't come in again, the people here are not good people." ”

"Are you a good person or a bad person?" I asked.

"What do you say?" He looked at me and sighed, "Do you think a good person hears that his childhood playmate is uncertain, but he still ignores it and finishes his own business first?" ”

"I thought it was a quality, and besides, we weren't too familiar with it."

He smiled bitterly: "Yes, it was my grandfather who set the rules, my grandfather is too smart, he can count everything, I don't dare to think that he is wrong, do you know how many times I have done such a thing before?" Many times, I wonder if those people would still be alive if I hadn't listened to my grandfather and went back immediately. He laughed himself, "Once you have that thought, you can't have friends, because you know you can't go back and save him, then, if you become friends with him and this kind of thing happens, then you will be sad, in order not to be sad, in order to be able to abandon other people with peace of mind, I can't be friends with anyone." Sounds a bit pretentious, doesn't it? ”

I didn't know how to answer him, but I just laughed dryly.

"However, these are all thoughts I had when I was a child, and now that I am older," he said. A lot of things have already been figured out. He sighed and held up the bottle to me, "So." Little Third Master, be with me. You have to take care of yourself. ”

I replied, I felt that his heart was not very sour, indeed, I also felt that way many times, occasionally sighed, but there is not much left that can be changed, how to do it.

That's it. After five days, there was news feedback from Guangxi.

We saw more photos than we sent, and I could see at once how they worked.

On the stone wall on their side, the stuffy oil bottles, like we here, scraped off the entire surface of the relief, it turned out that the relief on the outer layer of the stone wall was carved into a layer very much like stone, and on the back of the photograph it was written that it was something mixed with egg whites mixed with horse manure. It was glued to a flat boulder, and those patterns were embossed into it.

This explains why the relief is so sloppy, because the material cannot be carved too much.

After the relief is shoveled. Only a few places were actually carved out of that boulder. Those parts can't be shoveled off, and when you compare them, you can see that they are the same as the holes in the walls here.

Moreover, these pieces that are really carved out of the boulder seem to be a kind of button, which can be pressed to the inside of the boulder, and they press the corresponding pieces on the boulder one by one according to the photos we sent. Then I saw a picture of a fat man shirtless standing in front of a parted boulder with a thumbs up, and the boulder cracked in the middle. There is a gap that people can pass through. The back of the photo reads: Good job.

I high-fived Xiaohua in celebration, but. We immediately found out that behind these photos, there were other photos, and it was another stone wall.

The postscript behind it is more concise: Four hundred meters behind the first stone wall, a second stone wall appears, please keep up the good work.

There are many, many relief patterns on the photo.

Xiaohua and I smiled wryly, but this time we didn't have any doubts, because no matter what was in the picture, we didn't have to unravel it, we just had to go down to the corridor of the second mechanism and do it all over again.

If it were, there might have been something else going on, but this time, it was a lot easier than I had imagined, and we were better prepared the second time, and on the second day we got a hint of the arrangement of the second set of reliefs, and then three days later, they opened the third stone wall, and nothing happened in between.

After unlocking the third stone wall, we got their feedback, based on the number of mechanisms, I knew that this was the last level, after they entered, they should face Zhangjialou, we packed up our things in the stone room, and finally looked at the reliefs, I couldn't believe that everything was really over.

I've never been so relaxed, I've never felt so fulfilled, since I was a child, everyone thought I was a person who couldn't take on big things, and this time I proved that I did, and that sense of accomplishment was really comfortable, and I kind of understood why some people would be so persistent in pursuing success.

Xiaohua was also very happy, and the big stone in her heart was put down, and now she just needs to wait for news from their side.

We were sure that we didn't need to stay here any longer, so we went down to the bottom of the cliff, and if there was good news, then we went back to the village, or we simply rushed to Guangxi to celebrate in Banai.

I thought about what the old woman promised me, but I didn't rush to fulfill it, on the one hand, I was covered in injuries, and I didn't have the strength to think about it anymore, on the other hand, I didn't want to look too utilitarian, I still wanted Xiaohua to bring it up and tell me.

But that's obviously impossible, the second day of the break, Xiaohua didn't mean anything to say, and in the end I couldn't help it, so I asked him first.

He leaned against the cave wall and played with his phone, and when I suddenly asked, he showed a very sorry expression: "I'm sorry, I forgot about this." I don't really care about this myself. ”

I said, "I can see it, for the sake of me saving your life, you can give me a good time." ”

"It should be." Xiaohua put the phone back in her pocket, "However, why do you want to know the truth of this matter so much, in my opinion, the truth of the matter is better not to know many times." ”

I didn't want to explain too much, so I scolded: "You tell me what the hell is going on, I'm done, I'll tell you what everything is going on with me." ”

"Okay." Xiaohua smiled and said, "Xiuxiu should have told you." That seems to be an earth-shattering thing that our grandparents are doing here, right? ”

I nodded, and Xiaohua said, "Then I saved a lot of things, you let me think about it." Where to start. He scratched his head, "Actually." The whole thing should be said by Zhang Da Buddha, you should know this, right? ”

Zhang Da Buddha is the head of the old nine gates, and I have heard some anecdotes about him, but I don't know if it is the one that Xiaohua wants to tell me, so I simply shook my head.

Xiaohua said, "Then I'll probably tell you, you-" he paused, "don't be surprised to hear something." That's pretty much true. ”

Zhang Jiazhang Buddha, from the north, is the representative of the north and the south, but before this family came to the south, the background of the source in the north is very mysterious, one is said to be from the mountainous tribe in the Jilin area, but the people in the north talk about this clan, and they don't know it.

It is Zhang Da Buddha himself. Speaking of his family's origins, he was also very confused, and he said that he was in the north. The ancestral training of the family is very low-key, he only knows that the background of their family is not glorious, and their branch seems to have been driven out by another big family surnamed Zhang hundreds of years ago.

This story was told by Zhang Da Buddha himself at the wine table, and now it sounds very old-fashioned, and he himself seems to be telling it as a legend.

It may be that hundreds of years ago, in the Jilin generation, there was a very mysterious family of tomb robbers. Living in seclusion in the mountains, he lives a life of ignorance. They enforced a strict policy of intermarriage between families, except for those who were selected to serve in the house. Everyone else lives in a gathering place deep in the mountains, and does not interact with outsiders at all.

Later, one of them fell in love with the daughter of a hunter and impregnated her, and the family was so powerful that he wanted to kill the fetus in the womb of that daughter, but the son insisted on refusing and finally chose to leave the family, and he was tortured, deprived of the characteristic characteristics of the family, and then driven out of the family.

This son and the daughter of the hunter left the local area and came to the city of Jilin, fortunately this man was clever and forbearing, and slowly they relied on his tomb robbery skills to spread out with this girl.

Because they were afraid of the family's surveillance, they lived a very low-key life all their lives, and then this also became the ancestral training, and this family gradually became a very big hidden force in the Kanto region after several generations.

It is said that the second generation of that descendant once returned to the place where their parents were kicked out, and wanted to find their grandmother and grandfather, only to find that their ancestral family had become a ruin and did not know where to go. However, in that ruin, they discovered the secret of why their ancestors were isolated from the rest of the world.

It is said that under the ruins, they found a huge cellar, which was built by the family, and there were countless iron-sealed coffins, all of which were the coffins of the ancestors of the family.

There was a terrible place under that cellar, and the bottom layer of the cellar, the oldest coffins, had been moved, and it was clear that the family had made a move, not knowing what it was to escape. And the rest of the coffins, none of them showed a strange state.

In order to hide the secret, they burned down the cellar, but the secret became a family legend.

A few decades ago, during the most turbulent era in China, Zhang Da Buddha, as the largest local force in Changsha, participated in the revolution at the time of the change of the old and new regimes. The people in the rivers and lakes, with strong martial arts, unique skills, and huge appeal, soon gained a firm foothold in the center of power. We don't know what pseudonym Zhang Da Buddha used at that time, in short, his status at that time was very, very high, at least among the first power group.

With such a high status, it was natural that he would come into contact with some core figures, and by chance, a certain leader learned the secret from him.

They may have told it as an anecdote during a small meal, but the leader listened to it, and he became intrigued about the secret.

After the completion of the revolution, everyone is getting old year by year, in order to avoid the storm after that, Zhang Da Buddha also retired to the countryside, thinking that he would live his life like this, but suddenly one year, Zhang Da Buddha was secretly received and saw the leader again.

At that time, the leader had entered his twilight years, and during the conversation, Zhang Da Buddha clearly felt the leader's fear of aging and death, and the leader asked him to find the secret of his ancestors.

So, Zhang Da Buddha had to check the information of his family, and through his privileges, he checked a lot of county records. Finally, some clues were found, and we can't know the specific process, but he found clues on this side of Siguniang Mountain in Sichuan. As a result, "the largest tomb robbery in history" occurred.

At this point, the leader's health deteriorated dramatically. They had to carry out very risky exploration work when the time was not ripe, and as a result, the largest tomb robbery in history finally turned into a disaster for Lao Jiumen, and the backbone of the time was almost destroyed, and the best players died in it.

This project is directly under the command of the leader, so it is directly directed by another deputy. However, during that year, the deputy and the leader died one after another, and the whole project ended automatically, and almost no one knew about it.

I remembered the photo I saw from my second uncle back then, the person in the photo had such a high status, I couldn't believe it, but now it seems to be true.

"Lucky because this project is extremely confidential. So after the death of the two people, no one knew that there had ever been such an event, and the next thing was the limit of the power struggle. In order to avoid being cleaned, all the old nine doors lay down, and at the same time, many old people also passed away one after another, so it can be said that the golden age of the old Changsha sand diggers has come to an end. Since then, it has been peaceful, and everyone thinks that this matter is over. Including Mrs. Huo, Xie Jiuye and others, they all consciously began to wash their faces, wanting to get rid of the shadow of this matter. At the same time, in order to balance business. Divided by region, large families began to marry and cooperate. "Little flower road." They didn't expect it, though. This matter is not over at all, as soon as they enter the official gate, their children have long been watched and cultivated, you know, the echelon concept of this force is very deep, while using the old echelon, the second echelon and the third echelon have long been formed. ”

"It seems to be the mid-seventies, when Huo Ling and your third uncle's generation were less than twenty, in fact, they had already completed a survey and selection, I believe that your father in your family, your second uncle and third uncle all know about it. And at that time, it was very scary, and young people were very fanatical. At the same time as the old echelon is declining, in fact, the new echelon has begun to operate. ”

Xiaohua called the leader of the year a force, so this a force did not give up the secret exploration, after the leader's death, the successor of a force ostensibly acquiesced to the lack of the old nine gates, but in fact, Huo Ling and others who worked in the archaeological team had already started the follow-up work. Moreover, during that time, their target had shifted from Sichuan to Zhangjialou, and at the same time, the relationship between Style Lei and Zhangjialou was also discovered.

Force A believes that after the ancestors of Zhang Da Buddha left Jilin, it is likely that they went to Guangxi with the coffins of those ancestors, built such an ancient building in the mountains, and hid the "secret" in this Zhangjia building to hide, so Force A used Huo Ling and Chen Wenjin These emerging forces to form an archaeological team to go to Guangxi to explore.

"That's what we surmised before we met you." Xiaohua said, "We always thought that the archaeological project gave Huo Ling a huge blow, making her seem to be enchanted, maybe in order to understand the knot in her heart, she went to Xisha, and then something happened to her." The old lady couldn't find it out, she thought at first that her daughter was buried at the bottom of the sea, and at the end of the eighties, she actually gave up and accepted, she was tired of what was going on here, so she wanted to leave China and immigrate to Canada, but at this time, someone suddenly sent her a few videotapes. ”

I heard Xiuxiu say it, but I didn't want Xiuxiu to be exposed, so I kept silent and listened again: "There is an image of Huo Ling in the videotape, they seem to be being detained somewhere, she has always thought this is a threatening image, her daughter is being detained somewhere, threatening her not to go abroad, and continue to look for the Zhangjia Ancient Building." You know, it's very, very sad for a mother. ”

So, the old woman said that she wanted to know why her daughter was missing, but in fact, she was threatened in this way to continue to look for the ancient building? That's why she came to buy Style Lei's drawings at a high price? ”

"Yes!" Xiaohua said, "However, your appearance has disrupted everything, because you have brought a shocking big news. ”

Assuming that it was Force A who sent the tape, then perhaps even Force A himself did not know that the archaeological team they controlled had actually been dropped.

"The things you found out on the edge of the Demon Lake in Guangxi, tell us that in the whole thing, there is a force that is hidden even deeper, and so far it may only be found by you, force B."

This force B is very mysterious, but it is extraordinary, and it used a very ruthless trick to kill all the archaeological team, and then, with its own people, replaced the archaeological team. The whole process takes place in a remote mountainous area and is very fast.

Obviously, Force B was very aware of the situation of Force A, so he prepared early, so the people who replaced him did not even realize what was going on right away from them. Unbeknownst to Force A, their team has been replaced by Force B.

Xiaohua said: "After hearing this news, Mrs. Huo's taboo is gone, you know Mrs. Huo's character, if there is revenge, there will be revenge, these two forces, one killed her daughter, the other has played her for so many years, now, it is time for her to fight back." Therefore, she was going to find the Zhangjialou first, get the things inside, and then force the people behind the scenes to show up. ”

"It's a dangerous thing."

"Yes, while we went here, the rest of the Huo family had already left the country, and the old woman was playing real this time." Xiaohua said, "I'm sorry, but you now know why she chose you as helpers, because she can't use people from her own family." ”

I wasn't particularly scared when I said this, because these were very illusory after all, and I asked, "So, guess who this power b is?" ”

"Force B and Force A must be secretly opposed, superficially cooperative, otherwise, there is no need to be so secretive, I heard you say that Xisha matter, Xisha must be the ultimate of all kinds of power games, so it is so complicated. Your third uncle may have been kept in the dark to some extent. Xiaohua said, "Only when all the parties confess will you understand what happened there, but unfortunately the parties are basically gone now." ”

I lay down on the ground, and my heart said too, I really don't fucking know what the situation is, the third uncle and the reconciliation chain represent the forces of Jude Kao and the old Jiumen opposition faction respectively, are the others B wearing a skin? At that time, which side of the stuffy oil bottle represented?

Xiaohua stood up: "In short, the good show is ahead." He looked at the holes in the walls and shined his flashlight boredly, "When they get things out, it's really fun." ”

I nodded, and just wanted to scold my mother a few more times, when I suddenly saw that Xiaohua seemed to have found something in the hole, frowned, and lowered my head to take a closer look at a hole.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

He frowned, bit his lower lip, put his hand into the hole, and fiddled with it, and heard a series of gurgling noises coming from the hole, and another relief grew out of it.

Xiaohua took out a piece of gravel and showed me, "Fuck, this piece is stuck?" ”

I walked over, and my heart was already beating wildly, and my heart said what the hell was going on.

"We opened and closed so many times that a stone collapsed and got stuck in the crack, and this one didn't come out." Small ikebana.

Oops, I immediately gasped.

Taking a step back and looking at the stone wall, it used to be a total of four buttons, so now it has become five, I damn it, that is, on the other side, it was originally necessary to press five buttons, but now they only pressed four.

However, judging from the photo sent by the stuffy oil bottle, the stone wall is still open, the password is wrong, the stone wall is still open, so what will happen when they walk in? (To be continued)