Chapter 14: The Mystery of the Thief's Cave

Ma Yisha's body stiffened instantly, Lao Jiang had long been accustomed to this sudden situation, and calmly took the lead in asking, "What's the matter?" ”

The young man explained for a long time before he explained the ins and outs of the matter. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 It turned out that a few children in the village violated the clan rules and ran to play in the woods behind the mountain, but the boy named Dongge fell into a dry well on the back hillside. When Mayisha and the others first arrived here, they had explored the nearby terrain, and the dry well was known to all the villagers, but they didn't know how deep the well was. In order to prevent accidents, the dry well was isolated outside the village. When Maisha heard about this, she was already sitting still. Before the boy finished speaking, he hurried to the back mountain.

Lao Jiang took the lead in rushing out with Ma Yisha. The people in the village seemed to know about this, and they were already standing outside Mayisa's house, and as soon as Mayisha went out, she was surrounded by water. Twittered and asked Maisha to give an explanation.

"Don't ......worry, everyone," Mayisha panicked, since her grandfather died, she wanted to take over the position of high priest directly according to her grandfather's instructions, but was unanimously opposed by the villagers. Many villagers said that the return of Mayisha had caused many of them to lose their relatives, even the high priest was killed, and what was even more unacceptable to them was that they had to abandon their homes and flee to the depths of the mountains. It was Mayisha's father, and after returning, he took over the position of high priest and stabilized the mood of the villagers. However, Maisha's father died shortly after arriving here. The tomb they saw in the tomb was Maisha's father.

At this time, Maisha had just become the high priest when she encountered this, and the unanimous accusations of the villagers made Maisha not know how to deal with it. She knew that she was ashamed, she couldn't be justified, and her momentum weakened in an instant. She saw only a shadow rise from behind her, blocking her. Just like her father did.

"Everyone, isn't the most important thing now to rescue Dongge? Everyone is arguing here, and Dongge will be able to come out of the well? Old Jiang was indignant.

"Who are you?! Are you a foreigner?! Lao Chiang's presence did not ease the emotions of these people who had lost their homes, but rather fueled them. The few villagers showed hideous expressions because of their anger. It's as if it's going to rush up at any moment.

"Enough," suddenly came a hoarse voice. An old man came through the crowd, and the villagers immediately silenced themselves to make way for both sides. He was very old, and his white cotton robe was a little yellowed and loosely hung on his body. He walked tremblingly, and his beard trembled with him. He is much older than Maisha's grandfather.

"Grandpa Kurban." Mayisha greeted the old man and helped him.

"Stop arguing, everyone." The old man stood in the wind, and his prestige was fully displayed. "It's important to save people."

In just two sentences, the villagers no longer complained. The old man turned back to Mayisa who was standing beside him and nodded kindly, patting Mayisha's hand, "Rescue Dongge." ”

"Yes, Grandpa Kurban." After saying that, Maisha turned to Poker Face and said firmly, "Can you help me get someone up?" ”

Without waiting for the poker face to answer, Lao Jiang interjected and said, "Don't worry, there are a few of us here, not to mention a dry well, even if it is an ancient tomb, we will help you go down." Lao Jiang swore that he would not allow a poker face to refuse. Zhuo Fan is Mayisha's senior, and when he saw Mayisha being blamed by the villagers, he felt a little uncomfortable, so he made the decision to help Mayisha.

When the three of them came, they were already fully equipped, so they copied their bags and followed Mayisha to the back mountain well.

Located deep in the Tien Shan Mountains, it is densely packed with jungles and primeval forests as far as the eye can see.

"How did you find this place as a village?"

"It was Grandpa Kurban who brought us here." Maisha wears knight's boots, which are perfect for walking in the mountains. "Because we couldn't find the place that Grandpa said." Lao Jiang's eyes were quick and helped Ma Yisha block a branch in front of him. Mayisha smiled gratefully at Lao Jiang, who straightened his back and looked away a little unnaturally, touching the back of his head.

"Who is Kurban? I think he's even older than your grandfather. Pokerface asked.

"Grandpa Kurban was a good friend of Grandpa, and when Grandpa was alive, they would often play chess together. Now, he's my closest person in the village. After speaking, Maisha raised her head, "Look, it's just ahead." Maisha said, pointing to a hillside not far ahead.

Lao Jiang took the lead in running over to explore the way, standing on the hillside, pointing to his feet and shouting, "Here!" ”

The three of them also arrived quickly, only to see that on the small hillside, there was a tiny clearing, and on the top slope of the hillside, there was a small circular hole that ran down. The mouth of the well is about one meter in diameter, and the surrounding area is covered with vegetation, covering almost the entire hole, and nothing can be seen in the darkness of the well.

"How do you say it's a well?"

"I don't know, but the people who are exploring the path say it's a well, isn't it?" ”

Pokerface broke off a branch from nearby, and the long branch rose into the hole, and Pokerface's brow furrowed. He looked up at Lao Jiang.

Lao Jiang immediately nodded and took out the utensils from his bag, "Sure enough, is this a thief hole?" ”

The poker face blinks in response.

"What are you talking about, this is a cave thief?"

"Yes, this hole should have been dug a long time ago, but this hole has been stolen for a long time, and we can't go down, so we have to widen the hole." After speaking, he motioned to Lao Jiang and Zhuo Fan to help dig the thief hole.

"Wait, can't you put the rope down and let Dongge climb up?"

"This thief hole is not vertically downward, but inclined downward, and despite the difficulty, Dongge can still climb up on his own. The reason why he hasn't come up yet......" Poker Face stopped talking halfway through, which made Mayisha even more uneasy, "Next...... Anything is there? ”

"I don't know, look at this thief hole dug, it is very standard, they choose to dig it in a high place, and the thief hole will not be flooded with water due to rain. The forest is heavy in water vapor and the soil is moist, and the cave is likely to collapse, and the soil pressure can be dispersed to the mountainside and foothills by taking advantage of the high terrain. But the only downside is ......"

"It's likely to be very long." Lao Jiang followed the words of the poker face.

"So, we have to dig and go down. Until you find Dongge. ”

Poker Face and Lao Jiang's explanation had already made Mayisha uneasy, although she had lived underground for many years and should have adapted to the dark underground, but the emotions she showed were more uneasy.

"Don't worry, Dongge will definitely find it, the underground is not as good as the ground, and it can still go to the sky." Lao Jiang tried to settle for Maisha, but Maiisha just smiled bitterly.

"Alright, let's go down." Zhuo Fan, who had been struggling to dig the soil, wiped the sweat from his forehead, withdrew his head from the hole, and said.

"I'll go down with Zhuo Fan first, Poker Face and Mayisha. Mayisha, you take this. Lao Jiang handed the wolf-eye flashlight to Mayisha, smiled innocently, and said, "Help us take care of it." ”

Ma Yisha followed Lao Jiang and Zhuo Fan into the cave, turned on the flashlight with a click, the light of the flashlight shone in the hole, and Lao Jiang forced the cave wall, "Ouch, poker face, the front is really narrow." I'm afraid I won't be able to get by. ”

"Dig the dirt back." Poker Face said. The sound of poker faces echoed in the hole.

Mayisha trembled.

Little by little, they moved through the cave, very slowly, and Maisha felt that even after a long time, she could still see the entrance when she turned around.

"How deep is that?" She asked uneasily, in the cave, she could only crawl forward on her stomach, Lao Jiang had already changed positions with Zhuo Fan due to physical exhaustion, at this time, Zhuo Fan took the lead and expanded the cave in front.

"I don't know, it feels like we're going down the next level. I just don't know where this hole can lead. ”

After Lao Jiang finished speaking, Mayisha used a flashlight to shine on the depths of the thief cave, the bottomless darkness. The uneasiness in her heart grew stronger.

Soon, Zhuo Fan also used all his strength, he rested on the wall of the cave, and said weakly, "I don't know how the people who went down to this cave went down, if this cave is really a thief hole, it will be too crowded." ”

"yes, someone like me who is a little bigger can't get down at all." Lao Jiang also took advantage of the situation and fell to the side panting. When his breathing calmed down a little, he seemed to suddenly think of something, "I once heard that there is such a tomb robbery team, they have been trained to practice bone shrinking skills since they were children, they can shrink the bones, and it is more convenient than ordinary people when robbing tombs. ”

"These are just legends." Poker face vetoed Lao Jiang.

"Then how did you say that the person who dug this thief hole went down to the thief hole for such a long time, is it possible to roll down?"

Lao Jiang's words provoked Zhuo Fan and Poker Face to fall into deep thought, and then the two glanced at each other.

"What are you two doing, leaving Lao Jiang and me together?" Lao Jiang wiped the sweat from his forehead, and the mud marks on his face made Maisha sneer. Mayisha took out a tissue from her pocket and wiped Lao Jiang's face. In the dark, I still saw Lao Jiang's face blushing.

"Lao Jiang just reminded me that although this thief hole is small, it is not vertically downward, and we can slide down."

When Lao Jiang heard this, he immediately put aside Ma Yisha's hand and objected, "I don't know what is down here, do you know how dangerous it is to slide down with the help of inertia?!" Saying that, he looked at Mayisha, who had never been to the tomb, and looked at them blankly at the moment, Lao Jiang added, "Besides, even if we can take risks, we can't let Mayisha follow us on adventures." ”

"As long as someone slides down first, that's it." Poker Face looked at the depths of the thief cave very calmly, as if he had already made up his mind, "I don't know what the situation is under the thief hole, Dongge has been in it for a while, we can't waste any more time." The poker face looked at Ma Yisha and then at Zhuo Fan, and finally his eyes fell on Lao Jiang's face. said, "I'll go first." ”