Chapter Twenty-Three: The Demolitionist

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Hearing Lantern Xiao's words, I was a little surprised, "It's so completely collapsed!" How is this done, it is impossible to use explosives, right? ”

Unexpectedly, Lantern Xiao nodded, "That's right, I think it should be the explosives used!" ”

I immediately shook my head, "How is this possible!" Although the space of the catacombs is not small, it is still too cramped for explosives. Once it explodes, let alone collapse, the whole house will not be blown off together! ”

Lantern Xiao didn't refute, "Then you look at this." As he spoke, Lantern Xiao stretched out his hand to show me, and some black powder was sticking to his hand.

I pinched a little, put it under my nose and sniffed it, and immediately I was stunned, "This, this is, gunpowder!" ”

Lantern Xiao nodded. I'm a little blindsided, it seems that the underground tomb was really blown up by someone with gunpowder, and this can't be the second uncle! He would never use anything like a firearm. And the person who blew up the tomb is really skillful, can make the explosion look like a collapse, can completely destroy the structure of the tomb, and can also ensure that the power of the explosion does not spread out from the ground, this kind of control of explosives, really makes me a little unbelievable, "Anyone has such a blasting technology?" ”

Lantern Xiao said: "Of course, the last time I went to Gurbantunggut, there was such a blasting master in the Tang family's team, how accurate can he be in blasting, such as three boulders that fell together, he can only blow up the middle one, but the upper and lower two pieces are intact." This man had been a gunner in the geological engineering team for more than thirty years, and knew more about explosives than he did about his wife. It's a pity," Lantern Xiao let out a long sigh, "this person died in the tomb of King Shan Huan." ”

In this way, the person who came here also has the same ability. But there are not many people who can have such skills, who will it be? I thought about it with a frown.

Lantern Xiao said: "If this person has not been a soldier, he is engaged in geological engineering!" ”

"Geoengineering?" I suddenly felt that this word was very familiar, I recalled it carefully, and instantly remembered a person, Huangshan! I know that this man is a geological prospector, and he is quite skilled in blasting technology, and we have found holes in the walls of the tombs that he has blown out under the ancient tombs of the island, which are so neat and secure that they have not damaged the structure in other places. I remember that at that time, even Zhou Chengdu was full of praise for his blasting technology.

However, I don't think this person will be Huangshan, although I know that he can do it, but this Huangshan has never heard of its name, but has never seen it. I don't quite believe that he would do such a thing himself, and I think he did it.

Lantern Xiao saw that I had been thinking about it, so she asked me if I had thought of something. I shook my head, "It's nothing, I just think this thing is getting more and more weird!" ”

Lantern Xiao patted the short shovel hanging on the bag, "How is it?" Shall we dig all the way in? ”

I waved my hand, "No, no, I've gone down once, it's not close from here, it's basically impossible for the two of us, even if we can dig up the tomb, I think the current tomb is also filled with a lot of soil, do we have to dig the tomb again?" Not to mention whether the two of us can do it underground, even if we dig such a large space on the ground, we can't do it in a day or two. Give it up! ”

Lantern Xiao's expression was a little gloomy, but he still nodded, "That's the only way!" The good ancient tomb is gone! Alas! ”

I knew what he was sighing about, and I didn't bother to pay attention to him. I stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go up the mountain now while it's still early in the morning!" ”

Lantern Xiao obviously hasn't gotten out of the mood just now, "Huh? Mountain? What mountain to go up to? ”

I walked out without looking back, "My ancestral grave is on the mountain to the north. Let's go! ”

Lantern Xiao and I carefully left the ancestral house, and after leaving the village, we walked all the way to the north.

Our area belongs to the plains and hills, there is a slightly higher mountain on the north and south sides of the village, the altitude is about 500 meters, it is said that in the early days here due to the topography, there would be frequent floods and mudslides, but now this situation is gone, the two mountains and rivers have serious soil erosion, many places have exposed rocks, there is really no mud to flow. During the rainy season, landslides occasionally occur. However, the situation has also improved significantly in recent years.

Fortunately, the village is still far away from these two mountains, so these conditions basically do not threaten the safety of the village. And there is a hill to the north of the village, and to say that it is a hill is a bit of a lift, and I think it is at most a bulge on the ground.

This "bulge" has a flat shape, which is why people call this mountain Turtle Back Mountain because it resembles a turtle shell. And my family's ancestral grave is on this turtle back mountain.

Don't look at this turtle back mountain is not big, but the vegetation on it is quite rich, so the old people in the village say that this turtle back mountain has good feng shui and good luck. I think this is probably the reason why our ancestors chose the ancestral grave on Turtle Mountain.

In the second half of the night, the weather is very cold. Lantern Festival and I trotted all the way to Guibei Mountain, firstly to save time, and most importantly, to move our bodies to keep calories.

Although the grass has withered and the trees are depressed, many of the thick trunks still block some of the cold wind. After going up the hill, we felt a little warmer. Lantern Festival and I walked one after the other, on the small dirt road that people stepped on, and the dead branches and wild grass around us rustled under the wind.

As I walked, Lantern Xiao suddenly pulled me, lowered her voice and said, "Listen, there seems to be movement!" ”

I was taken aback by what he said, and hurriedly pulled him to squat down and listen carefully to the surroundings, but found that there seemed to be nothing unusual except for the sound of the wind and the shaking of the grass and trees. I'm still a little confident in my hearing, "It's okay, I didn't hear anything unusual!" ”

Lantern Xiao tilted her head, "Maybe I heard it wrong, then let's go!" ”

I nodded, and the two of us continued on our way, and after we had gone some distance, I suddenly heard the rustle of the wind blowing the grass behind me, which seemed to be mixed with some subtle sound that was not very harmonious, and this sound was very subtle, almost to the rhythm of the swaying grass.

I wondered if I had heard it wrong, and I deliberately slowed down and listened intently to the voices not far behind me. I soon became sure that I had heard it correctly, and that there was indeed a voice following us not far behind us.