The water under the passage is very muddy, and it stands to reason that the water in the pool is clear, but how did it become so muddy here? And it has caused a great obstacle to our progress, we can't see the underwater, we don't know where there is a deep pit, and everyone is afraid of stepping on the air, so the travel speed is very slow.

I complained, "How can the water get muddy here?" Isn't the water here the water in the pool? ”

The fat brother said, "Don't you understand this? The flipping frequency of that big hand is very slow, it takes many years to turn once, and a lot of dust is deposited here, and it turns into muddy soup when it encounters water. ”

If that's the case, it's actually good news for us, at least we don't have to worry about the passage closing at any time and trapping us inside.

After passing a stone cave door, and going down three or four flights of stairs, the water was no longer up to my waist, and I could now see what was inside.

Inside is a large stone chamber with a large area, but the height is only three meters, which is about the same height as an ordinary room.

There are many rooms separated by iron cages in the stone room, and the iron cages are cut into strips of thick iron sheets, which are staggered, and the gaps can reach into Jiang Li's arm at most.

The ground under our feet is no longer stone, and judging by the sound of stepping on it, it is also made of this kind of iron sheet.

The rooms are very neatly arranged, each room is about two or three meters long square, and there are aisles between each row.

The iron cage rooms all had a door of the same size, the door was completely thick iron, there were no gaps in it, and there were many round rivets nailed around it, and an old-fashioned lock hung from the door, cylindrical in shape, with a keyhole underneath. The strange thing is that the iron cages are all rusty and corroded, and some are almost collapsing, but this kind of lock is not rusty at all, and the whole body is golden yellow.

The fat brother grabbed a lock, pulled it hard, didn't pull it off, and muttered: "Is this lock golden?" Let's get a few back, it's worth the old money. ”

Yan Qiu said: "Don't bother, from the lock type, this is the lock before the Yuan Dynasty, the material should be copper alloy, when it is an antique, it is worth a little money, and the condition is not bad." If you don't have antiques, you will collect scrap, and you can't sell them for a few bucks by the pound. ”

I'm more concerned about the feet, if the ground under our feet is the same material as these iron cages, then the floor we are stepping on may collapse at any time, in case someone falls, it is not a joke.

Suddenly, Yan Qiu, who had nothing to do, shouted.

We didn't know what was going on, so we hurried to see Yan Qiu's situation, and only after a look did we know that two meters away from Yan Qiu, there was actually a mouse swimming on the water.

I tried my best to scare the rat away, but the rat was not afraid of people at all, as if it had no regard for our existence at all. I had no choice but to take Yan Qiu's hand and continue walking, trying to stay away from the mouse.

After about ten minutes of wading in the muddy waters, we have already rounded the stone chamber, which is dead, and there is no way to continue forward. Without discussion, we were ready to turn back, it was just a simple stone room, and there were no secrets hidden.

Just as he was about to go back, the fat brother pointed to a corner of the room and said, "What do you think is that?" ”

Because the water was too muddy and the torches were not well lit, we all got closer to see.

It turned out that there was a large gear in the corner of the wall, made of iron, about less than a meter in diameter, which seemed to have rusted and stopped working, and there was a thick iron chain attached to it, which led diagonally upwards to the roof.

The fat brother said: "There must be a secret passage here, it is this gear control, let's let the gear turn again, maybe there will be a door." ”

After careful study, it turned out that what prevented the gear from turning was a stone that had been washed down by the current, and it happened to be stuck in the gap between the gear and the ground.

The fat guy pulled the teeth on the top to make the gear move in the opposite direction a little, and I took advantage of the gap where the stone was stuck below, and kicked the stone away.

After the fat brother let go, the gear really turned again, and with the iron chain on it, it also went around to the shaft next to the gear. With the screeching of gears, the water on the ground completely disappeared, and the water level under our feet dropped rapidly, all seeping under the tin floor under our feet, as if there was an unobstructed drainage system under our feet.

Without the water, it was much easier for us to move, and everyone was once again looking at the room by the light of the fire.

The fat brother expressed his opinion first: "Is this an old-fashioned bathhouse?" Each compartment is for people to bathe, and when the water from above is washed down, the people below can take a bath. ”

I denied the fat brother's statement: "Why do you still lock the door in the shower?" Public baths, just separated, no need for a door at all. ”

The fat brother also quibbled: "Maybe it's unisex, so you have to prevent visiting the door." ”

Yan Qiu once again denied the fat brother and said: "Fart is unisexual, you want to be beautiful, why is there a gap on the iron cage?" Can't go to the door, can we appreciate each other? ”

Jiang Li said: "Don't fight, I know that this is a pig farm, and there are sewer channels under the pig nests of general pig farms." The keeper bathes the pigs with a water hose, and by the way, the feces in the pigs' nest are washed away, and the dirty water flows down the sewer to the fish pond, and the pig manure can also be used as fish food. ”

Su Rina agrees with Jiang Li's statement, but there are also some different opinions, Su Rina said: "Jiang Li is reasonable, but I'm afraid it's not a pig here, judging from the fact that the door lock is so firm, it must be a beast inside, a lion and a tiger or something, the pig is not so tight, and the half-high wall is fine." ”

As soon as she said this, I suddenly thought of the cages in Cao Cao's tomb that housed strange beasts, could it be that there are people here who have a common hobby? An animal farm was built here?

I casually said, "Wouldn't there be a big bat in there?" ”

Yan Qiu said: "If we didn't see it with our own eyes, we can't jump to conclusions, let's see what clues are in the cage first." ”

We walked to an iron cage and found a rectangular hole under the door of the iron cage.

I suddenly had an ominous premonition, could it be that there are people inside? The hole under this door is especially like the opening of the cell boss to deliver food to the prisoner in the movie, if there are people inside, then this should be a dungeon, wouldn't it be too cruel?

Yan Qiu squatted down and put the torch through the hole under the door, while we lay on the wall of the iron cage and looked through the small gap left between the iron sheets.

Tsai looked carefully for a long time, but he didn't see anything unusual inside, it was empty.

"Not all the cages are full, this one may be a spare, let's look at the others," said Surina. ”

So we went to the door of the other room and looked inside in the same way, which made Jiang Li scream in fright. There was a pile of incomplete white bones inside, and the skull was still there, and it looked like a human being.

When I looked closely, I saw that there were many small scratches on the man's bones, and the places where the scratches had turned black.

"Could it be that there are those big bats in this place too? Feed a live person? We've seen those tooth marks. I said in surprise.

Su Rina said: "This is a dungeon, where are there any big bats?" ”

Then I explained to Surina: "Look at the tooth marks on the bones, they are bitten by a huge bat, which we have seen before, and we have seen the corpses that have been bitten by it. ”

Surina shook her head and said, "If you look closely, what is the difference between the floor inside and the outside?" ”

I leaned down on the gap and looked inside, and when I looked at it, I realized that the floor inside was carved with patterns, and there was nothing on the iron floor outside.

I asked, "What's wrong with this pattern?" Can you prove that it's a person inside? ”

Su Rina said: "That's not a pattern, it's Mongolian, and it's a sentence over and over again, as if something washed away your sin or something." ”

When Yan Qiu heard this, she immediately understood, and explained to us: "I know, this is indeed a dungeon for Guan Ren, the water in the pool is left by the Buddha's hands, and the entire dungeon is regularly washed with the water of the pool, not only can the excrement left by the criminals inside, but also the religious intention, let the water wash away the sins of the criminals." ”

I was still suspicious of the tooth marks on the bones, and said to Yan Qiu: "Then you say, why are there tooth marks on those bones?" ”

Yan Qiu replied: "This may be a kind of punishment, the prisoners who have been sentenced to death, or how many times the prisoners here have been washed away, someone will bring in the beast and eat the person alive." ”

The fat brother had a new question: "That's not right, in ancient times, if you wanted to kill a criminal, wouldn't it be over by cutting off your head directly?" Why wash? ”

Yan Qiu said: "This is similar in history, I guess it should have something to do with religion, the water on the snow-capped mountain has passed through the Buddha's hand, it must be extremely holy, use the holy water to wash away the dirty sins of the evil people first, and then give the prisoner who has washed away the sins to the holy beast to eat, and bring his soul to the gods." ”R1058