Chapter 6 Thousand Coffin Plank Road (3)

(A chapter today, a continuation tomorrow.) ）

Previously, in order to save power, only Ah Fa turned on the flashlight among the three people. Now I can't care about it so much, so I turned on the flashlight and shone it forward. I was stunned when I saw it for the first time.

If the internal space is the size of another football field when you first enter the ancestral hall, then the area of this cliff is at least the size of two football fields! The wolf's eye flashlight in my hand has an effective illumination distance of one hundred and fifty meters, but even so, I can't see the end of the cliff.

"What now? Are we going to the other side? I turned my face to Ah Fa.

"No, go down." Ah Fa said. After speaking, he used a flashlight to shine on the edge of the cliff.

The beam swept by, and I saw a path on the right that stretched downward. If you look closely, you can see that it is a plank road made of wood. The plank road is not wide, barely enough for two people to walk side by side.

"Go down?" I subconsciously shone my flashlight at the bottom of the cliff. only to find that the bottom could not be seen in the extreme lighting range of the flashlight. And further down, there is a thick layer of fog shrouded in the depths.

"This is where the Wei family is buried." Ah Cai said.

"Bury people?" I was stunned for a moment, and then used my flashlight to shine it underneath. It's pitch black, and there's still no bottom in sight. "Throwing people right down here?" I retracted my gaze and said to myself, "It's still a mass grave here."

"There is a plank road here, and the mourners go down this plank road. Lift the coffin underneath and place it. ”

I glanced at the plank road that Ah Fa said again and asked, "This plank road is so narrow, how can the funeral people carry the coffin?" ”

"There were only two people at the funeral." Ah Fa said. The two people with the greatest strength in the village will pick out and carry the coffin in front of the other.

I wanted to ask again, but Ah Fa said again: "What else do you want to ask, talk while walking, hurry up." After speaking, he took the lead and walked towards the entrance of the plank road.

The plank road is built in the shape of a rock wall. There is not a bit of protection other than the rock wall on the right. This means that the left side is completely open, and there is no guardrail.

There was a creaking sound when walking on it, and the plank road overhead was sprinkled with a little sawdust dust from time to time. It scared my heart. Even walking, I moved forward step by step against the rock wall. On the other hand, Ah Fa, who was walking in front, walked easily as if he were walking on the ground. And Ah Cai, who is following me, I rely on Ah Fa, Ah Fa can walk so easily, let alone him.

"If there's anything else you'd like to ask, just say it." Ah Cai suddenly said behind me.

We had already walked two floors of the boardwalk around the cliff, and I was starting to get used to it. So he slowly let go of his hand on the rock wall and tried to walk like Ah Fa.

"Don't be so afraid," Ah Cai said to himself when he saw that I didn't speak, "This plank road is something that the village has to use for generations. According to the outside language, it is a century-old project, and it is not so easy to break. After saying that, I was afraid that I wouldn't believe it, so I jumped up and stomped on the ground a few times. Suddenly a squeak resounded in the cliff.

I was so frightened that I immediately crouched down and clung to the plank on the edge of the plank road, not daring to move. I almost fell directly on the ground.

"Alright, don't scare him." Ah Fa stopped, turned around and said. After a pause, he said to me, "Ah Cai is right, the wood used to build the plank road is the best that can be found in the village. 100 years without rotting. ”

I got up from the ground a little embarrassed and patted the dust off my body.

"Let's go." Ah Fa saw that I was fine, turned around and continued walking. "Rest on the lower two floors."

Two more floors down. I smiled bitterly in my heart. This is the equivalent of walking along the sidelines of two football fields. And both football stadiums are still conservative estimates. God knows how big this cliff is! Besides, we've already walked two floors, and with the physique of a small citizen in the market, it's not easy.

However, Ah Fa doesn't seem to care about this. Still walking forward with his head on.

I'm really tired. But looking at Ah Fa who was walking in front, he was embarrassed to say it. So I wanted to dare something to distract myself.

I used my flashlight to shine a light on the outside of the boardwalk. Same as just above now, you can't see the opposite side. Shine down again. In addition to the circular plank road that can be seen within more than 100 meters, only a thick fog remains. I suddenly remembered what Ah Cai had just asked me. So he turned his head and called him, "Ah Cai,"

"What?"

"Do you know what's down here?"

"Where the coffin is placed."

"Well, I mean, have you and Ah Fa ever been down there?" After saying that, I swept the dense fog below with a flashlight, indicating that I was curious about the below.

I patronized and turned my head to talk to Ah Cai, but I didn't notice that Ah Fa, who was walking in front, had stopped. So I put it on one end.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"We've not been there yet." Ah Fa said. After saying that, he continued to walk forward.

After Ah Fa finished speaking, I was stunned, and I didn't understand what it meant. Turned his head to look at Ah Cai. I saw Ah Cai shrug at me and didn't speak.

"There are so many people buried below, can you fit it here?" I asked, "I mean, there are so many people in the village for generations, no matter how deep this cliff is, there will always be a day when it will be filled, right?" What happens when it's filled? Find another mountain, and dig such a big hole in it? ”

"The hole was naturally formed, not dug by us." "Besides, this hole hasn't been filled yet. ”

"Just because it's not filled doesn't mean it's not filled." I said.

"You didn't understand what he said." Ah Fa said suddenly.

I was stunned. I only heard Ah Fa continue: "What Ah Cai said means is that this is a bottomless pit. ”

I almost didn't laugh out loud when I heard it. The heart is quite right when it says this parable is appropriate. So he said: "That doesn't mean you're not satisfied!" ”

"It's a bottomless pit in the truest sense of the word." Ah Cai said.

"A bottomless pit in the truest sense of the word?" I repeated.

"Yes. Because no one has ever seen what the end of this hole is. Ah Fa said. With that, he stopped, stretched out his hand and groped on the rock wall. After a while, I saw him pull a palm-sized stone out of the rock wall.

"Listen carefully." After saying that, Ah Fa threw the stone down.

I held my breath and listened with my ears sideways. But after nearly two minutes, no sound was heard. I'm a liberal arts student, and I learned about gravity acceleration in junior high school. The stone just now weighed three or four pounds. I haven't heard a sound for so long, damn it

"It's not scientific!" I said. Then he suddenly remembered something, so he asked, "Didn't you say that there would be two mourners when you were buried?" They must have been down there, right? ”

"Yes, their task is to carry the coffin down for burial."

"Then they should know what's down there, right?" I asked.

"Yes, of course they know what's down there." Ah Fa said.

"How," I was about to ask again, but something flashed through my mind.

I saw Ah Fa turn to look at me and say, "The funeral bearer has never come up since he went down." ”