Chapter 20: Treading the Soil
After planning the next operation, it was already a little late, and everyone was tired after a day of walking, and it was not suitable for continuous operation, so they camped at the foot of the mountain and rested for one night. When they woke up the next morning, the crowd began to search the planned area.
Team Liu is also a professional in this regard, and we also have our own way of fighting, so the efficiency is not bad. Until noon, the female doctor cooked a hot lunch, a pot of biscuit paste and dried meat, which was the most suitable to drink in this weather.
After eating, we were ready to rest for half an hour before continuing to work, and the one-eyed dragon and I lay in the tent with our eyes closed and recuperated, and walked all morning, sometimes digging in the earth, sometimes digging holes, up and down, really tired. As soon as I lay down at this time, I only felt that the muscles in my body were weak.
I was a little drowsy when I closed my eyes, and just as I was almost about to fall asleep, a voice suddenly came from the camp, and the tone was very oppressive. I heard the voice of a lazy person, and I couldn't help but open my eyes, and said to myself, "What kind of moth did this kid find?"
Generally, lazy goods belong to the lazy to open their eyes if they can not speak, and they are too lazy to open their eyes if they take the initiative to open their eyes diligently, it is definitely something. I sat up with a carp and immediately got out of the tent, but I saw the rest of the people standing in one place with a stern expression, and the lazy man had something in his hand, and his forehead wrapped in gauze was a little red, and his face was very unsightly.
What's wrong?
He was holding something in his hand, the same plastic bottle from before,
At a glance, I noticed that the contents of the plastic bottle were missing.
At this time, I heard the lazy man say: "Who opened the bottle?" Everyone looked at each other, and finally Team Liu frowned and said: "Everyone knows how powerful this thing is, who will open the bottle for no reason, could it be that it didn't close it tightly, so it ran out by itself?" â
The lazy man raised his eyebrows and asked, "I personally put the bottle on it, you mean, I can't even tighten a bottle cap?" "People are bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, don't look at Team Liu's strong momentum on weekdays, after seeing the cruel methods of lazy people, she is also weak in her heart, she coughed dryly when she heard the words, and said: "Of course it doesn't mean that, but I also firmly believe that this thing will definitely not be deliberately released by anyone, and there is no benefit at all in doing so." â
Hari Chagai put his hands in his trouser pockets, still looking indifferent, and when he saw me coming out, he immediately said: "The surname is Chen, you have a lot of flowers and intestines, what do you think?" "I can't help but wonder, is this a compliment or a belittlement? It seems that my image can't be washed away.
This bottle has always been kept by lazy goods, and it is said to be safekeeping, but in fact, it is packed in a bottle and placed on the side of the equipment bag. We set up a total of three tents, one for Lazy and Haritha, one for the female doctor, Team Liu, and Wen Min, and one for me and the one-eyed dragon and the photographer.
Due to the large space on their side, most of the equipment is piled up in their tents.
So I asked the lazy thing, "When was the last time I saw it?" When did you notice that something was missing? â
The lazy guy wasn't necessarily angry, his voice was still as if he hadn't woken up, and said lightly: "The last time was when I set off in the morning, and then I found that something was missing, five minutes ago." â
That is, the thing went missing after we left. During this period, there are two time periods. The first is when the search is set out, during this time, everyone has gone up the mountain, and only the female doctor is left in the camp, so it is very likely that she released the things.
The second time period is the time when everyone gathers to eat together after going down the mountain, and this time period is about half an hour, during which everyone is very tired, and they do not pay attention to each other's movements, and they get in and out of the tent, plus the lazy goods and Harichagai's tent has most of the equipment of the people, so when the rest of the people want to take something, they will enter the tent. In this way, almost everyone is suspicious.
And, as Team Liu said, no one needed to let this ferocious thing out, so I reckon it was probably some negligence on our part that allowed the thing to escape on its own.
I put my thoughts on it, and the lazy man didn't refute it.
Hari Chagai seemed to remember something, his expression changed, and he said: "That thing will be parasitic, after it escapes, it shouldn't be parasitic on anyone, right?" â
The lazy guy yawned and said, "That's exactly what I'm worried about, so take it off." â
The last two words choked everyone up, and it was obvious that this was a physical examination. But that thing is really powerful, it is a matter of life and death, and everyone does not dare to be hypocritical, men and women go into the tent separately and strip naked to examine each other.
The whole process didn't last long, and our group of old men also tested it quickly, there was no abnormality, and there was nothing strange on the body, and when we went out, Wen Min and the three of them had already cleaned up, and they also shook their heads, saying that there was no abnormality.
In this way, after the thing escaped, it didn't look for someone to parasitize, and probably ran somewhere else, and I don't know if it will leave any trouble.
Although everyone was faintly worried, they couldn't think of a countermeasure for a while, so they had no choice but to continue the search according to the original plan. Just in case something happens to the female doctor alone in the camp, I asked the one-eyed dragon to stay with her. As soon as the one-eyed dragon heard that it could rest, how could it not be happy, so he immediately agreed.
The rest of us carried our gear and got on with our work. The people are scattered, and they are a little far away from each other, but they can also look at each other from a distance, and they have time to support each other if there is any danger. I carried a shovel to observe the terrain around me.
This process seems to be a matter of eyesight, but in fact, all kinds of doorways are very exquisite.
This is not only about the terrain, but also about the structure of the rocks, where the building is suitable, and the color and stickiness of the soil are all good coordinates.
According to Team Liu's previous speculation, the grassland we passed through when we came should have no zĂ i in ancient times, and it has an obvious feature, that is, the central part is very flat and open, with cliffs on one side and high mountains on the other. This kind of terrain, in ancient times, belonged to the treasure land that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so Team Liu asserted that there should have been a very prosperous scene on that grassland, and the army relied on it to pass through, and the transportation to and fro relied on it.
According to the topography, there must be an ancient city in this place. As for whether it is the ancient silkworm swallowing city with the 'eye of heaven' that we are looking for, it is unknown. I have to wait for a clue to be sure.
I observed my surroundings and groped all the way, which took more than two hours.
Suddenly, I felt something unusual about the dirt under my feet.
The soil here is very fertile black soil, and the feeling of stepping on it is soft, and the hidden things under the soil layer are different, and the touch will be very different. But it's not a subtle thing, because if the things in the soil are hidden deeply, no matter how sensitive your touch is, you can't sense it.
This method of stepping on the soil is mainly for some things in the superficial layer, the ancient city will be larger than the ancient tomb, and it is a ground building, so I estimate that even if the ancient city has been destroyed, it should not be buried very deep, so I took off my shoes and socks and stepped on the soil.
This step is really famous.
I soon found that when I went straight to the east, the soil under my feet would be relatively compact and not soft, but on the contrary, if I moved towards the south or north, about three or five paces away, the softness would return to its original state.
The distance between my steps is about half a meter, and according to this situation, I speculate that there should be stone slabs in the shallow soil under my feet, and the stone slabs are relatively long, the shape is regular, and the length is unknown, but the width should be about three or five steps.
To make sure, I re-measured it, and the final result was that the width of the slab should be about three meters, and the length should have been extended to the east.
I immediately realized: this was probably an old road. With that in mind, I crouched down, immediately took out my tools, and began to clean the surface of the soil. After digging about ten centimeters down, a stone slab was exposed underneath.
It took me half an hour to clean up a piece, the slate is square, about three meters long, spliced together and extended forward, the slate has obviously been many years old, I can't see the original color, it has been stained brown by the soil, and the eroded pattern can be seen around it, which is a lying silkworm pattern.
I saw this, somehow, suddenly remembered the 'silkworm cong hundred-foot demon mirror', according to legend, the mirror was originally the silkworm cong's inheritance in the ancient Shu country, and later buried with the king, I don't know if Puzhen dug the tomb of the ancient Shu monarch before his death, only to get the demon mirror.
This silkworm pattern is the representative of the ancient Shu Kingdom, I know that I have touched the doorway, my heart is happy, one hand twisted the shoe, barefoot and walked towards the direction of the extension of the stone slab. This road is relatively long, and after about 20 minutes, I found that it is far away from our planned operation area today.
At this time, due to the terrain, it doesn't matter if you put on shoes, because some stone slabs are high and the corners are already faintly exposed. At this time, I have entered the depths of the cedars, perhaps because there are too many ruins underground, so the further I go, the more sparse the trees become, probably blocked by the living space of the rocks in the soil, so there are not many big trees, but some shrubs and vines are very luxuriant, half yellow and half green tangled into a net, which obscures people's vision very narrowly.
After following the trail of the ancient road through the bushes for more than half an hour, when I finally got out of the bushes, I immediately saw a magnificent ancient city. To be exact, the ruins of an ancient city wrapped in dense vegetation.
PS: I'm sorry, it's a little late, not much to say, I stayed up late last night. I overslept today, and I knelt down and begged not to fight......