Shaanxi Province, a remote county not far from the provincial capital Shaanxi, is a cultural tourism development base.

More than a dozen shirtless men, with a wet towel on their shoulders, under the scorching sun, wielding hoes and shovels, were in full swing on the construction site.

A leader-looking man, wearing a construction hat, was meticulously directing, occasionally signaling the crowd to stop and step forward to check the progress.

A few hours later, a worker carrying an electric drilling rig suddenly stopped his work, listened to the adobe with his ear sideways, and then shouted to the leader: "Foreman Chen, it's okay, the open hole is enough for people to drill down, and the nearby soil layers are hollow, and they can't be dug anymore, otherwise it will be easy to collapse." ”

Hearing this, Dahan hurriedly went over, looked at the construction position, picked up the soil at the entrance of the cave, nodded, got up and ordered: "Don't worry about it, I'll go and discuss with Xiao Zhang to see how the company arranges to solve it, you guys disperse." ”

After speaking, he ran towards a building that had just been completed and had not had time to dismantle the construction equipment not far away.

"Xiao Zhang, Xiao Zhang, dug up, that cave was dug up. ”

Wearing a construction hat, shirtless, and dripping with sweat, the big man ran into the office and shouted loudly at the young man on the desk.

"Ah, what, what's done?" Zhang Yu asked in a daze, opening his sleepy eyes.

"Oh, it's the hole we accidentally dug up last month when we laid the foundation and laid the pile, and now the hole is almost open. The big man's face was dripping with sweat, and he rushed down his neck to the ground, still unconscious.

"Oh, that's it, then I'll call the boss to report, please Brother Chen, you can notify the local police by the way, and let them bring archaeological experts to come, this is next to Shaanxi, maybe it's an ancient tomb below." ”

After Zhang Yu finished speaking, he took out the phone and prepared to dial out.

When the big man heard this, he didn't answer, but his eyes stayed on Zhang Yu, and a complicated look flashed on his face, seeing that Zhang Yu was about to walk to the door with the phone, he suddenly walked quickly to Zhang Yu's side and stopped the action of making a call.

Zhang Yu was a little puzzled, but seeing that the other party clearly had something to say, he put down the phone and asked suspiciously, "Brother Chen, is there anything else?"

Chen Zhi swallowed his saliva, glanced around, and found that no one was nearby, so he went to close the office door and lock it, then walked next to Zhang Yu and said, "Xiao Zhang, the two of us have worked together in the past few months, and I am okay with you, right?"

Zhang Yu showed a deep sense of confusion at Chen Zhi's strange behavior, and after being stunned for a moment, he answered: "Brother Chen, you naturally don't have anything to say to me, I'm a new college student, I don't know anything, thanks to your advice, otherwise I don't understand anything about engineering, and I would have been kicked out by the boss a long time ago." ”

"Is your monthly salary enough to buy a house and marry a wife?" Chen Zhi suddenly asked an irrelevant sentence.

"Brother Chen, you," Zhang Yu was a little embarrassed on his face, he was a civil engineering college student who had just graduated, he had only been here for two months, and it was difficult to support himself with that salary, how could he be embarrassed to say it.

A trace of unwillingness flashed on Chen Zhi's face, and he said softly: "I worked for ten years to achieve the position of this foreman, and I am tired and tired every month, which is only a few thousand yuan, but no matter how poor I am, I have never been ignorant of my brothers' money!"

Zhang Yu just wanted to answer, but Chen Zhi waved his hand and said unwillingly: "But you know that the boss of the company, sitting in the office, throwing all the work to you and me, can easily receive millions, every time I ask him for a debt, it is like a dog wagging its tail and begging for mercy." ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head and said excitedly: "What do you think is the difference between you and me? To put it mildly, although you are a college student, you have no skills, you don't understand anything, and you have worked hard in this society for ten years, and you have never been better than me!"

Zhang Yu was silent and didn't speak, because everything the other party said was the truth, if it weren't for the care of the big man in front of him, he wouldn't even be able to cope with the job of 2,000 yuan a month, so what kind of future would he talk about!

But there was something in the other party's words, it couldn't be untargeted, Zhang Yu also heard a little bit of Chen Zhi's meaning, thinking of his careful move to close the door just now, Zhang Yu's heart moved, and he asked nervously: "What does Brother Chen mean?"

"The hole below, the company is responsible for you and me, instead of working hard for ten years, it is better to go down and fight!"

After stimulating Zhang Yuyi, Chen Zhi's tone was sonorous and resolute.

Zhang Yu was frightened by the other party's sudden thoughts, and subconsciously asked, "Are you sure there is something in the place below?"

Chen Zhi shook his head and stared at him with burning eyes: "You are a college student who has read books, what may be below, you should know better than me!"

Zhang Yu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought that this is a mountain city in Shaanxi Province, from the location point of view, there is nothing extraordinary, but Zhang Yu, who is familiar with geography and history, knows that before the Tang Dynasty, this place is only ten miles away from the old site of Chang'an, but in the past, the capital city stretched for more than ten miles, and it may not be a certain old Tang Dynasty ruins, or even the tombs of dignitaries.

"You make me think about it, and I'll give you an answer tomorrow. ”

Zhang Yu's heart was in a hurry, and he dealt with it hastily, and then sent Chen Zhi out.

Alone in the office, Zhang Yu was restless, stood up for a while, sat down again for a while, and finally sighed after a while, took out his mobile phone, and dialed out.

After connecting, there was a loud noise of music on the other side of the phone, and Zhang Yu hurriedly said: "Manager, I'm Zhang Yu." ”

"Uh...... Which Zhang Yu?" The male voice on the other end of the phone hiccuped, and his tone was a little unpleasant.

"You arranged for me to come to Shaancheng to do engineering, you forgot, Yan University just graduated this year, and my uncle Zhang Guangyun entrusted you. ”

"Got it, got it, what's the matter?"

Zhang Yu was careful with his words, and said: "There has been an accident in the project recently, and the foundation that I reported to you last time ......"

"What the matter, so young and unstable!" Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by an angry voice.

As soon as Zhang Yu heard it, he knew that the other party had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "No, didn't you let me dig it up first? So I found some workers......

"Don't explain to me, appease the workers first, don't worry about the foundation, complete the construction period as usual, if there is a problem, you give me a long snack, don't think about shirking responsibility!"

The tone on the other end of the phone was not good, and he hung up the phone with a scolding, and a few seconds before he cut it off, Zhang Yu seemed to hear words like "There is no hair on the mouth, and the work is not firm".

In this way, before Zhang Yu could say half of the sentence in his mouth, it ended in the manager's extremely impatient tone, and he was even mistaken by the manager for wanting to shirk the responsibility of the project.

Throwing away the phone, Zhang Yu leaned against the wall weakly, thinking about the manager's attitude just now, and suddenly laughed at himself, it turned out that the manager looked at himself like this, it is estimated that he was accompanying the customer in the private room, singing hi songs, touching the miss, and hearing the news was ruined, so it was unhappy!

Lighting an inferior cigarette in his hand, Zhang Yu exhaled hard, looked up and scanned the surrounding environment, a ceiling fan was powerless to sweep the hot air, and on the dog days of midsummer, he was sweating profusely, guarding an empty office with nothing.

The cigarette butt was bright and dark, and finally turned into a pinch of incense ash, and the moment the cigarette butt was flicked off, Zhang Yu raised his head, and his eyes showed a fierce color.

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"Hey, Xiao Cai, Xiao Li, you two are guarding here, and the others will continue to work. ”

Under the scorching sun, Chen Zhi wore a construction hat and a bundle of cables wrapped around his waist, stood in front of an incomplete foundation and instructed the workers around him.

"Xiao Zhang, I'll go down first later, and then, you throw down the toolbox and follow later, do you understand?"

Listening to Chen Zhi's instructions, Zhang Yu, who was also fully equipped, nodded hurriedly and signaled that he understood.

Turning around, Chen Zhi tied the rope to the giant wheel of the crane, dragged it, and after feeling that it was strong enough, he beckoned and called out to the two remaining workers: "After I go down with Xiao Zhang later, you two will stay here and guard, don't let anyone else come, and don't let them see anything, you know?"

Sturdy and slightly stable Xiao Cai nodded: "Don't worry, uncle, Xiao Lizi and I know the severity, but you have to be careful, don't work too hard." ”

Xiao Li, who was thin and weak next to him, also hurriedly said: "Yes, uncle, why don't you let me go, I have a good physique, and I am also sharper." ”

"You," Chen Zhi shook his head, glanced at him, and said: "You are younger, your heart is too dead, if you are replaced, I am afraid that no matter what you see, you will be kept in the dark by Xiao Zhang." ”

"Uncle, no, that little Zhang seems to be very sincere. Xiao Cai was a little worried when he heard this, and asked hesitantly.

"Hehe, I don't know my face but I don't know my heart, who knows what he thinks, yesterday I made a noise, this kid didn't agree at first, but today he found an excuse to get the workers away, and now in this world, people's hearts are unpredictable!"

Chen Zhi looked at the back of Zhang Yu walking back and forth at the entrance of the cave, and sighed a little.

Looking at the dark entrance of the cave, Zhang Yu's heart was full of uncertainty, and now he made his own opinion, and the boss would definitely be held accountable after this incident, but now he can't take care of it so much.

Chen Zhi is right, instead of going with the flow in a daze, it is better to be willing to cut his body and fight once, if there are really century-old antiques below, or gold and silver mountains, then this adventure is worth it.

"How is it, okay?" While thinking about it, Chen Zhi walked over, patted Zhang Yu on the shoulder, and asked.

After receiving a positive answer, Chen Zhi didn't say much, walked straight to the entrance of the hole, pulled the rope, and signaled that Xiao Cai and Xiao Li could start to put the rope.

The cable that was dozens of meters long gradually straightened, Chen Zhi pulled hard, checked it, and found that it was correct, so he jumped lightly and jumped down the hole against the cave wall.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu hurriedly crouched at the edge of the cave, the dark entrance of the cave was like a monster, with a hideous mouth, about to choose people to devour.

The construction cap on Chen Zhi's head was illuminated, but as the rope descended, the little light gradually became dim, Zhang Yu's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked back: "How many meters?"

Xiao Cai calculated the cable and replied, "Twenty meters." ”

When Zhang Yu heard this, he was happy and worried in his heart, and just wanted to ask something more, when suddenly an echo came from the cave: "In the end, Xiao Zhang, you can throw down the toolbox." ”

Letting go of the worries in his heart, Zhang Yu hurriedly wrapped the toolbox wrapped in advance around his body, then put away the cable, stood up at the edge of the hole, and waved his hand to signal the two of them to put themselves down.

The cave was pitch black, and the light on the construction hat shone out, like a flickering firefly in the boundless dark night, Zhang Yu tried to open his eyes to see with his eyes open by the faint light, but he couldn't see clearly, as if everything in front of him was covered with a black veil.

Whew, after his feet fell to the ground and felt the solidity of the land, Zhang Yu exhaled lightly, but he felt strange, the ground under his feet was soft and soft to the touch, which made Zhang Yu, who was used to walking on the cement floor and adapting to modern reinforced concrete, a little uncomfortable.

Looking up, the cave that came down from above hung high, like a skylight, but it was strange why the light came in through the opening, and it was still dark underneath, and there was no light in sight.

Zhang Yu was puzzled, and looked at the entrance of the cave, except for the edge of the hole, which was covered with a thin halo, which was vaguely recognizable, and the rest of the place was sunk in a pitch black like ink.

Could it be that it's too deep underneath to have no light?

was wondering, but suddenly remembered that Chen Zhi, who had come down a few minutes by himself, should also have a light on his construction hat, and the two of them came down from the same position, he should have lit himself next to him, but since he entered the hole, he didn't see the slightest light below, nor did he hear any sound underground.

For a moment, Zhang Yu intuitively felt that there seemed to be something hidden in the darkness, and he was suddenly terrified and chilled.