Chapter 53. The bamboo plaque on the roof of the cave

Although the Japanese restaurant blocked the plane, we could see from the screen that the plane was getting closer and closer to the hole. There are some vines in the upper part of the hole, but the plane is not big enough to get into. When I was about two meters away from the entrance of the cave, I saw the whole picture of the cave.

The size of the cave is not very large, and there is a stream of water on the ground, a thin stream, and the sides are full of moss that grows out of the dampness all year round. There was nothing on the walls of the cave, all earthy yellow and bare stones. Looking deeper, there are some fallen stones on both sides of the cave, which looks like a very deep corridor, if according to Master Situ, if this corridor is not blown up, it can lead to the area of the Liberation Monument. Li Jia continued to control the plane, entered the hole, and then stopped on the ground.

Hu Zongren asked Li Jia, there is water here, aren't you afraid of water entering this little machine? Li Jia smiled proudly, and then said that when he modified his plane, he had already considered waterproofness in the first step, in addition to being able to fly in the sky and walk on the ground, he could also float on the water, and even dive to a distance below the water. However, Li Jia went on to say that the waterproof function of this propeller motor has not been done very well, so there are still some problems with diving. Hu Zongren: Okay, anyway, there's no place for you to dive.

Continuing to control the machine, the camera looked around the cave for a while, but I saw a red cloth on the ground from a distance, and the red cloth seemed to be bulging over something, and it seemed that the thing covered was about the size of a cigarette box. So I told Li Jia to go and see what it was. Li Jia controlled the machine, stretched out his gripper, and lifted the red cloth, and at the moment of lifting, there were similar disturbing fluctuations on the screen.

Generally speaking, the frequency of photographic equipment is different from the frequency of the human eye, and it is precisely because photographic equipment is calculated according to the "frame" that each individual picture can be extracted and analyzed independently. It's also the reason why many cameras are able to capture ghost images. So I looked at Hu Zongren and said, fortunately, we didn't go in person, otherwise, we would have been the ones who were recruited. Hu Zongren shrugged his shoulders, looking like we were lucky, as for why there are traces of ghosts under this red cloth, none of us can say, the only thing we can think of is that this was originally a trap left for Hu Zongren, the purpose is to let Hu Zongren get a ghost trick when he lifts the red cloth.

Beneath the red cloth is a small white porcelain wine glass with an eyeball in it. Not human eyes, of course, but the kind of dolls. This should be the real eyeball of the doll in the coffin, which shows that the lack of this doll is artificial, in addition to this eyeball, it also includes mutilated hands and feet. So this makes us wonder again, if we want to follow the clues to find the scattered parts of the doll, put them together, then the ultimate goal is to piece the doll together into a complete doll, in this case, why do you want to set up an ambush for us in the middle, let us fall into the trick?

I asked Li Jia, can your little machine take out all these things for me? Li Jia didn't answer me, but made an OK gesture at me. So I asked him to take as many pictures as possible in the cave, and on the top of the cave, I suddenly found a red rope hanging from the top of the cave, and there was a small bamboo sign on the rope, so I asked Li Jia not to be busy with things, but to fly the plane, and let me take a closer look at the bamboo card. After the plane took off, I found that because of the propeller fan, we couldn't see what was on the bamboo plate at all.

Li Jia suddenly snapped her fingers and said, otherwise, cut this rope. I asked him what he used to cut, and he said he would use a propeller. I said that your propeller doesn't seem to be metal, can it be cut, will it be entangled in the rope, and even the plane will be hung there. Li Jia said yes, if you get entangled in the hole, you won't be able to take it out. Hu Zongren patted Li Jia on the shoulder and said, In this way, you can take out the wine glasses and eyeballs on the ground first, I think of a way.

Every time Hu Zongren said something like he had come up with a solution, I always wondered if he had another crazy idea. So after Li Jia took out the contents for us twice, Hu Zongren hurriedly wrapped the wine glass and eyeballs in a red cloth, and wrote a talisman on the red cloth for insurance. Then he asked me for a short piece of rope, then lit a cigarette, tied the cigarette butt to the farthest end of the wings of the plane, and said to Li Jia, now that the cigarette butt is not extinguished, hurry up and fly in to burn the rope. I touched Hu Zongren lightly again, and he immediately understood, saying that this was a difficult task, and the secret of the treasure on the bamboo plate was already at my fingertips!

So Li Jia immediately manipulated the plane and flew out, as if it was a kamikaze commando. Hu Zongren pulled me aside and said softly to me, why are all these friends around you so strange? Before I could answer him, he seemed to realize that it seemed to be scolding himself. I thought it was funny, so I laughed and said yes, like like gathers. When I said this, I found that I seemed to be scolding myself, so I laughed a few times and stood back beside Li Jia.

Li Jia has begun to burn the rope with the cigarette butt that is about to be extinguished, because the propeller has airflow, so it is still difficult to keep the plane stable against the airflow, and it is still difficult to burn a dangling rope without letting the cigarette butt go out, but as I said, Li Jia is a skilled man, which is nothing more than a small difficulty for him. Before the cigarette butt burned out, he broke the rope and fell to the ground with a thud.

The height of the hole is almost three meters, and there seems to be no climbing conditions around, so it is not easy to get the nail firmly on the roof of the cave. Although Hu Zongren and I still don't understand how the people of the Xuanyuan Society entered this cave, to drive nails to the top of the cave after entering the cave, either they brought a tool similar to a ladder into the cave, or there were more than one person.

Obviously, there must be more than one person.

The plane stopped again, and I saw from the display screen that this was a bamboo plaque carved with something similar to the Qingming Riverside Map, but because it was wet when it fell, I couldn't see it clearly. So Li Jia quickly grabbed the small bamboo card and flew the plane back, and before leaving, we also made sure that nothing in the cave was ignored or left behind. I took the bamboo plaque off the plane and looked at it carefully with Hu Zongren.

I have seen this bamboo plaque, because many shops in Chongqing that sell local tourist souvenirs will have such a thing, the front of the bamboo plaque is carved up a painting of Chaotianmen Wharf, and it is also written with the words "Chongqing 61 Chaotianmen". And on the back is a sentence hand-engraved with the tip of a knife:

"No. XX, the owner's surname is Chen."

What does this mean, I asked Hu Zongren, Hu Zongren said, could it be that this is the next clue? Hu Zongren explained to me that he probably wanted us to go to No. XX in Chaotianmen to find this person surnamed Chen. I said to myself, since I was talking about the shopkeeper, it should be the businessman who opened the shop, and the handwriting engraved on this is very clear, and it must have been engraved on the day the bamboo sign was hung. The other party can leave a note or engrave this message directly on the wall, why bother to find a bamboo plaque to hang on the roof of the cave? Fu Yunni said, why don't you check if there is any supernatural reaction on this bamboo plaque, and see if it is consistent with the reaction of the things in this red cloth, right?

Hearing her say this, I took out the compass and looked at it, and there was nothing on the bamboo plaque. At this time, Li Jia suddenly interjected and said, this bamboo card must have been bought by the enemy nearby, you must know that the place where we are now is Hongya Cave, this Hongya Cave is not only for eating and watching the scenery, but there is a special floor for selling such commemorative small goods. As soon as Li Jia's words came out, I couldn't help but feel that this person was a little weird, but the logical thinking was still very strong, so we discussed it and decided to go to the floor where small commodities were sold to see how many vendors were selling this thing. So after Li Jia packed up his plane and remote control, we took the elevator to the third floor.

The third floor of Hongya Cave is almost the whole floor is selling these things, most of its range is some pottery, jade, agate, glass, etc., there are also a lot of horn combs, peach wood combs and so on, we did not look separately, but next to one by one asked to find, found the first shop that sold this bamboo brand in our hand said that this thing is a complete set of sales, there are a total of 8 bamboo cards in it, which are 8 places in Chongqing, including Chaotianmen and Hongya Cave where we are now. So I asked the boss to show me a pair, and after I took it out and looked at it, I found that although it was the same type of product, it was not produced in the same batch, because there was still a slight difference between the painting of Chaotianmen and the bamboo card in my hand. So I concluded that it was definitely not bought at this one.

After looking for a while, Fu Yunni asked the shopkeeper if there was such a bamboo brand for sale, and the shopkeeper suddenly said to Yunni, are you looking for someone?

Hu Zongren hurriedly asked the shopkeeper, do you know who has bought this kind of brand from you? The shopkeeper nodded and said, a few days ago, four or five people bought a set of bamboo cards in the store when they were about to get off work, and then one of the bearded ones also left 100 yuan and a business card, saying that someone would definitely come to the store to inquire about the bamboo card in a few days, and then let me give the business card to the person who came to inquire.

I asked the shopkeeper, four or five people? What kind of people are they? How old are you? The shopkeeper said that he looked to be about forty years old, and the younger ones looked to be in their twenties, and several of them were wearing robes and were Taoist priests. Hu Zongren and I glanced at each other and said that this time we really found the right person. Hu Zongren then asked, did the other party leave any contact information? The shopkeeper shook his head and said no, just gave us 100 yuan to pay attention to the person who came to ask about it in a few days, and then handed the business card to the other party.

Hu Zongren said, we are the ones who came to ask about this, you can quickly give me the business card. The shopkeeper returned to the counter, took out a pressed business card from under the glass tabletop and handed it to Hu Zongren.

I came to Hu Zongren's side and took a look, and the business card was a name surnamed Chen, the address was Chaotianmen XX Wholesale Market, and there was a phone number. And this information is exactly the same as the one engraved on the bamboo plaque, so I said to Hu Zongren, I really let you guess correctly, it seems that we are going to go to find this shopkeeper surnamed Chen.