Chapter 143: A Strange Letter (2)
"There is a cliff in front of you, it is said that this place is originally located in the north, and the huge cliff is rare, but only one mountain is recognized by everyone, this mountain is called the valley slope, and there is some origin to this mountain, but this is the later story. I'll talk about the old man first, the old man thought that he had finally seen the light, and he was secretly happy, who would have thought that as soon as he got out, there was a cliff below, but fortunately, the old man reacted quickly, and grabbed the stone wall at the entrance of the cave, but his body was already hanging outside. Lao Zhao became more and more excited, and my heart was hanging in my throat.
The old man used all his strength to support his body and climb up, but the stone wall was still too slippery, and it was early spring, and the north was still a little cold, and his fingers would freeze after a while, although his back was already full of cold sweat, but his fingers gradually did not obey the call. In a hurry, the old man suddenly caught a glimpse of a protruding platform under his body, the platform looked like a deep hole, but the platform was only one meter wide, if he could jump on it, there must be a way to live, if it was slightly wrong, he would fall directly into the deep valley, and the result would definitely be crushed. Lao Zhao said, Zhang Qiang nodded hurriedly.
The old man's fingers were about to freeze, and it seemed that it was basically impossible to climb up, so he mustered up the courage to jump down, although the platform was very close to him, but it still scared the old man enough, and finally landed on the platform, in front of him was a big cave, a cold wind blew out of the mouth of the cave, and there were traces of burning things and some animal fur and bones at the entrance of the cave. The old man's heart sank, damn, isn't this just out of the tiger's mouth and like a dragon pool? The cave was large enough for two carriages to enter side by side, and what made him palpitate the most was the animal fur and bones on the ground. ”
Suddenly the old man felt a little strange, the wind blowing out of the cave just now was obviously cold and abnormal, but in the blink of an eye, the wind blowing out of it became very warm, the old man was even more puzzled, he hesitated for a moment and finally decided to go in and take a look, after all, only by going in can he find out, even if he waits here until dawn, no one will come to rescue him.
This place has always been a forbidden place in the hearts of the villagers, of course, if you talk about this forbidden land, you still have to talk about a story to be told later. The old man had just taken a few steps into the cave, and suddenly there was a rustling sound in his ears, this sound was like a person's slight footsteps, and people's hearing often became very keen in difficult situations, he slowly stopped, who knew that as soon as his steps stopped, the rustling sound disappeared.
"Is there someone in that place, or is it a ghost?" Zhang Qiang reluctantly said another ghost word.
"Listen to me, don't interrupt!" Lao Zhao has been asked by Zhang Qiang a little impatiently, well, Zhang Qiang admitted that Zhang Qiang is not a good listener.
The old man thought to himself, anyway, it has come to this point, whether it is a blessing or a curse, it is a disaster that cannot be avoided, no matter what the fuck does, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, let's go! Thinking of this, he quickened his pace, and after a few steps, the wind in the cave became cold again. The cave is very deep, and there is a path that zigzags downward, and there is some white frost at the entrance of the cave, but the cave is dripping constantly. Lao Zhao's speed of speech increased little by little, and with Zhang Qiang's gradually accelerating heart, the little wine just now had already woken up.
After taking a few steps, the old man stopped, because there was a sarcophagus in front of him. I told you earlier that there are some origins of the ditch slope, yes, here Zhang Qiang has to tell you in detail. This gully slope is backed by Yan Mountain, and in front of it is a cliff. I have heard from the elders a long time ago that there was a spring on this mountain at the beginning, and the legend is that there are two goldfish in the spring. After all, this is just a legend, no one has verified it, but from below, you can still vaguely see that there are many holes in the cliff, and there are some stone chips such as coffin plates, which the locals call coffin stones. However, no one knows whether there is a sarcophagus inside, and no one has ever gone up to it. The old man thought to himself that since he came, he would see what happened, after all, there was no other way to come. ”
Thinking of this, the old man approached the place of the sarcophagus, and when he looked at it from a distance, he could only see the general outline of the sarcophagus, but when he walked in, it was not, this sarcophagus was carved with some strange patterns, and he couldn't understand what the specific pattern was at the time. The lid of the sarcophagus was a smooth stone slab, and the old man pushed it hard, but it didn't move at all, it should weigh nearly a ton. He leaned helplessly on the sarcophagus, and suddenly there were footsteps in his ears again, no, this time he heard it more clearly, it was not footsteps, it seemed to be the sound of a stone rolling down, and the sound came from a corner of this stone hall. Lao Zhao lit a cigarette and said, "The old man followed the voice and looked at the corner, and the old man was overjoyed. ”
"There are a few jars in that corner, is the old man thinking that he has been transferred? Immediately came to the spirit rushed to the front of the jars, the altars were already full of dust, wiped it gently, and then opened the lid, sure enough, there was a Yuan Datou inside, at that time there was already a recovery of Yuan Datou, although the price is not high, but it is considered to have made a small fortune, and then open several other jars are also this, until the last jar The old man found this box, the box is not big, and the pattern on it is exactly the same as on the sarcophagus. There was a small lock on it, and he didn't have the consciousness of protecting cultural relics at that time, so he picked up a stone and knocked it lightly, and the small lock was opened.
The old man held his breath and condensed at this time, the most taboo is to be anxious, I had heard the old man say that there must be a mechanism or something in this mysterious thing, and the slightest carelessness may kill him, so the old man put the box in its place, and then stood behind the box and gently lifted the lid. ”
As soon as the lid was opened, a strange fragrant kiss immediately rushed into the old man's nose. He hurriedly covered his mouth and nose with his hands, the aroma was very strange, he couldn't tell what it was, but he felt refreshed after smelling it. After the fragrance had dissipated, the old man approached the box again, and found the stone inside, and he looked at it carefully, although he couldn't see the reason, but until this thing and those things were hidden together, it must have been some kind of treasure, but fortunately, the box was not big, and he put it in his pocket. ”
Lao Zhao said with a long sigh, "But how did he know that this thing almost killed him." The old man was in the cave until dawn, just in time for a villager to move the grave from the mountain to save the old man. ”
"At that time, the old man did not know the wonder of this thing, my grandfather retired and let him come to the power plant to take over, because this is thermal power generation, the pollution is more strict, so when the site was originally selected, it was relatively remote, far away from the urban area, when the old man first came, the power plant was expanding construction, bulldozing all the barren mountains to build a new plant, there is an artificial lake in the middle of the two mountains, it is said that the artificial lake is actually because it was a Japanese military base back then, and a cement wall was built between the two mountains, After the defeat of Japan, this place was abandoned here, this place has abundant rain every year, those who have accumulated water for many months have formed an artificial lake here, the lake water is clear, the local villagers put some fish fry in the lake, and they have grown up in a few years, but the villagers have always been a little taboo about this artificial lake, although the lake water is crystal clear, but no matter how hot the weather is, no one is willing to swim in this river. ”
Workers who know the bottom of the story say that the lake has swallowed more than 30 people since it was formed, and that people go missing every year, and that when they look for it, they find bodies in the lake. But these are all young and strong young men, who listened to those rumors, so every night after work, they went to the lake to swim in groups of three or five. At first, it was relatively normal, but within a few days, something strange happened! Lao Zhao said coldly and forgot Zhang Qiang's glance, and that look made Zhang Qiang's goosebumps fall to the ground in an instant.
"At that time, there was a kid surnamed Liu, named Liu Sanli. At that time, he was only about 19 years old, a native of Shandong, and his hometown was in Qingdao near the sea. It is said that Shandong is a big man, but this kid is not tall, he belongs to the kind of player who doesn't look at his buddies and is thin and kicks in the flesh, which may be the reason for the perennial exposure to the seaside, dark skin, but it is very water-based, a fierce man can hold his breath in the water for more than a minute. At first, this kid plunged directly into the water every night after work, and then washed himself before putting on his clothes and going to eat, but after a few days, he never went into the water to swim again, no matter how soft and hard others were, he would never go to the lake to swim again! Lao Zhao's words made Zhang Qiang more and more confused.
"At that time, Liu Sanli and my old man had the best relationship, Shandong people were more bold, and the old man was also a bold temper, so the two of them fell in love as soon as they met, because the old man was one year older than him, so Liu Sanli called the old man big brother. That evening, the old man was about to swim in the lake with a group of workers, and suddenly Liu Sanli couldn't help but grab the old man, don't look at his small stature, but his strength is not small at all, and he has been pulling the old man to the corner. At that time, the old man was a little annoyed when he saw that the people in front of him had already entered the lake.
So the old man yelled at him a few words, but he didn't expect Liu Sanli not to be angry at all but said helplessly, Brother Zhao, 'Don't go swimming in that lake, that lake is not clean'. Lao Zhao paused, coughed lightly twice, and then said:
"The old man can be regarded as having seen some people in the world, especially the hunchback incident has always made the old man have some shadows in his heart, so he is not angry, and asks, 'How do you know?' Liu Sanli hesitated for a long time before he said, I saw the ...... on the lake last night. As soon as he said this, his face changed drastically, and his hands shook weakly in the air. ”R1058