This Artemisia Mountain is located in the east of the old bus station in Tai'an City, south of Mount Tai, is not high, only about more than 100 meters, we went up the mountain and walked a way, only to see that the mountain is desolate, overgrown with weeds, the ground is full of horizontal and vertical stone pillars, and the remains of the destroyed buildings in the past, but there is really no figure.

Lao Zhong pointed to the front not far and said, there is the location of the shrine of Artemisia Mountain in the past, also called Senluo Palace, Hades Palace, but later the dynasty changed, and after several wars, it was gone.

He said that the legend is that this is the place where the soul of a person rests after death, and according to the ancient saying, after a person dies, he must report to Artemisia Mountain in order to belong to the underworld.

I was a little puzzled, so I asked, there is a ghost town in Sichuan, and there is Artemisia Mountain in Tai'an, which one is really the one that leads to the underworld?

Lao Zhong laughed and said that this is not simple, at the earliest, whether it was ordinary people or dignitaries, the souls of the dead were gathered in Artemisia Mountain, but later it may be that there are too many ghosts and cannot be placed, so there is another ghost town "Fengdu", which is diverted.

I couldn't help but be dumbfounded, the old man's words just now came to mind at this moment, and it added a little terrifying atmosphere, but my psychological endurance at this time, after the exercise of the Black Water Demon Cave, although I can't say that a ghost pops up behind me in the middle of the night can be calm, but it will not be terrifying to climb the mountain in broad daylight.

So, we went up the path, farther and more deserted, until we came to a low cave.

Lao Zhong said that there were several caves on this mountain in the past, but then the quarry collapsed, and now all you can see are the holes that have been sealed, according to what Xu Laogen said, it should be in this area.

We went up to check, this cave is low and can only bend down to climb in, and it can't see far inside, it is black and rumbling, and there are many stones at the door, presumably Xu Laogen's "baby" was picked up near here.

Xu Laogen said in detail before, he was afraid that the jade piece would be picked up and cause trouble, so he threw it into the cave, this is a bit troublesome, we have to go into the cave to find the jade block, but Zhang Ye didn't take this seriously at all, unloaded the things on his body, let us watch the wind on the side, he leaned down, brushed aside the collapsed stone at the entrance of the cave, and carefully climbed in.

To be honest, he can easily climb into this hole, I suddenly understand a little bit why I didn't let Da Kui come, in this Tai'an City, Da Kui's big man is too conspicuous, it's not easy to be low-key, if you want to secretly investigate some clues, it is estimated that someone has already discovered it.

For now, even if Da Kui is divided into two halves, it is estimated that he will not be able to get into this cave

Zhang Ye quickly disappeared at the entrance of the cave, I squatted down, and saw him holding a flashlight, very carefully looking for it near the entrance of the cave, and did not go deeper, in fact, this is also right, thinking that Xu Laogen could not be thrown too far, it was estimated that he was already frightened, and he must have thrown it in casually and ran away.

But Zhang Ye searched for a long time at the entrance of the cave, but he didn't seem to find it, so he began to crawl inside, watching the flashlight swaying inside, the scope of his search became farther and farther, and gradually went deeper into the cave.

But the more the cave went inside, the narrower it became, this was a completely collapsed cave, full of rocks, we also turned on the flashlight outside, and looked inside, Zhang Ye went in about five or six meters, and suddenly shouted: "Come in and help me." ”

Zhang Ye had always spoken briefly, and he didn't explain what was found inside, but there must be a situation.

I looked at Lao Zhong and I at each other, there was nothing to say, it must have been me going in, he was taller than me, and he was definitely not as dexterous as me in drilling holes, and he was a local, so it was more convenient to look at the wind or something.

I also learned Zhang Ye's movements just now, leaned down and climbed in, it was okay at first, but it was difficult to enter a section, and this low cave gave people a very depressing feeling, the more you went in, the narrower it became, and there were many rocks to obstruct it, and in the end the whole person was about to lie on the ground, and it took a lot of effort to come to Zhang Ye's side.

It seems that this work of drilling into a cave is not something that ordinary people can do, Zhang Ye lay there, pointing to a pile of rocks in front of him, and I found that in the pile of rocks, there was a thick arm, half of which was exposed from the soil.

Don't get me wrong, it's just a stone, not a human arm, and the fingers on the stone arm are very realistic, half-gripped, poking out of the ground, and it's quite scary to look at.

I wondered how there was half of the stone man's arm buried here, and I didn't understand what Zhang Ye meant by calling someone in, he suddenly used a flashlight to illuminate the stone man's half-held palm, and I saw clearly that in the stone man's palm, there was a piece of jade the size of a lighter.

I immediately understood that Zhang Ye was really careful enough, and he could find the jade in the hands of this stone man, which would be impossible for ordinary people to pay attention to.

But how could this jade block appear in the hands of a stone man at such a depth?

I glanced at Zhang Ye, he was also puzzled, I reached out to get the jade piece, but found that the stone man's hand was very tightly closed, and he didn't know where to start.

Zhang Ye waved his hand at me, signaling me not to move, then took out a small shovel from his body, dug up the soil next to the stone man's arm, grabbed the stone man's arm with his hand, shook it vigorously a few times, and then looked at me.

I hurriedly stretched out my hand to join him, and the two of them shook it together for a long time, and the stone man's arm finally loosened and was pulled out by us.

At this time, the stone man's arm was only half severed, and the back was broken, and the jade was still held in the palm.

Zhang Ye waved to me, I held the stone man's arm, with my elbows and thighs, and began to retreat, Zhang Ye helped me in the back, although the stone man's arm is only half a section, but as thick as a thigh, it is really heavy, if no one helps, it is really difficult for a person to get out.

It took another long time for the two of us to crawl out of the hole, sweating profusely, and seeing that there was mud all over our bodies, but we didn't care about this, and hurriedly took a closer look at the stone man's arm.

At this time, out of the cave, I could see more clearly, the muscles on the stone man's arm were protruding, the outline was clear, it looked very powerful, and every finger was lifelike, as if it was alive.

I suddenly had the illusion that the palm of this stone man seemed to be stretched out at any time.

Look at the jade block in the palm of the stone man's hand, the whole is a rectangular cylinder, the four corners are relatively rounded, the color is light blue, it looks very ordinary, but it is just a look, because the stone man's hand is so tightly grasped that it cannot be taken out at all.

We all looked strange, and I wondered, "This can't be thrown in by Xu Laogen, right?" ”

Zhang Ye shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, the key is that we don't know what that jade piece looks like, it looks quite similar from his description, but this stone man is so tightly gripped, I don't think it was possible that he threw it in." ”

"Could it be that we stumbled into another jade block by mistake?" I guessed.

"Well, it's quite possible." Lao Zhong suddenly said, "But it is not ruled out that Xu Laogen picked up this is this, forget it, let's just take it back together and show it to Professor Chen." ”

I hesitated: "This is not appropriate, in broad daylight, such a big stone arm, let's carry it down from the mountain in a bright way, isn't this asking for trouble for ourselves, even if this is not a cultural relic, it is an antiquity, right?" ”

Lao Zhong was stunned for a moment and said, "That's true, but" He looked down at the stone man's arm and said to Zhang Ye: "You see if this finger can be broken, Xiao Yuan is right, it is indeed not appropriate to take it down in broad daylight." ”

Zhang Ye narrowed his eyes, pulled out a knife from his waist, and said, "I'll try it." ”

As he spoke, he was about to step forward and make a move, when suddenly someone spoke above us.

"You are so bold that you dare to destroy cultural relics!"

I was startled when this voice came suddenly, and subconsciously looked up, and saw that above us, on the dirt bag on the cave, there was a girl standing, carrying a backpack, combing a ponytail, with a camera on her chest, full of tourist attire, looking at us with a smile.

This is actually He Xiaochen, who disappeared last night!

I never dreamed of meeting her here, the day is almost over, how did she appear here?

Zhang Ye's hand movement stopped, and she was stunned when she saw it, but Lao Zhong greeted her very warmly: "Yo, it's Xiao He, it's such a coincidence, come and take a look, what is this." ”

He Xiaochen jumped off the mountain bag and walked over to us, and I asked her, "Where did you run in the middle of the night, let's have a good meal?" ”

She looked at me and said with a smirk, "Oh? Where have you all been looking for me? ”

I couldn't help but speak, just now I just said in passing, in fact, I didn't look for anything, I said: "In the hotel, there is still the door or something, and then I waited for you for a long time."

She didn't say anything, only made a pouting expression to me, and walked to the old clock, and didn't pay attention to the jade block, but reached out and touched the stone man's arm, and then looked up and said to us, "Thanks to my timely arrival, otherwise you would have caused trouble." ”

I was slightly stunned, cause trouble, what kind of trouble, could it be this stone man's arm, what else is weird?