Chapter 13: The Underground Village
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After Li Xuyang and Ling'er said goodbye to the kind-hearted head of the family, they hiked to the foot of Guan Mountain again.
Walking through the weeds, this time, when Li Xuyang saw the direction of Lujiabao again, his eyes were filled with some fanaticism. At first, I didn't know that Lujiabao would be buried in the ground due to the collapse of the rocks, but after I knew, what I saw again was not the stone land or weeds, but the real Lujiabao in the past.
But just knowing that Lujiabao is underground, this is not enough. Also find a hole to go into, or dig a hole to fit them into. From the hole in the ground that I saw yesterday, I can tell that there must be nothing underneath. The reason why it can not collapse well is because the stones are combined with the earth, and the rain produces concrete. With concrete as a binder between the stones, it is possible to make those stones linked, even if someone steps on it, it will not collapse.
"Look around and see if there's a hole or something. Li Xuyang said to Ling'er on the side.
After Ling'er nodded in agreement, she went to look for it nearby, but there were weeds everywhere, there was no hole at all, and the only place where there were no weeds was a lonely grave.
The mound of earth in the lonely grave is not high, and it can be seen that it is a long time ago. There were no offerings in front of the grave, not even traces of burning paper, but there was no grass growing around the grave. On the contrary, in the soil layer above the stone, it is overgrown with weeds.
Li Xuyang looked at the grave, no matter how he looked at it, he felt very strange. But why is it strange, he can't say.
According to the area of Lujiabao and the current situation, if you analyze it. The tomb was not outside the house, but in the middle of the village of Lujiapu.
Besides, it is impossible to know whether the tomb was left before the village was burned or after it was found.
"Brother, come and see. Just as Li Xuyang was looking at the tomb in a trance, Ling'er shouted not far away.
"It's coming. After Li Xuyang agreed, he immediately rushed to Ling'er's side. In front of Ling'er, what he saw was that the bones were exposed.
These are human bones, half buried underneath and half exposed to the air. And the location is only less than two or three meters away from the tomb.
It is not certain that the human skeleton is the deceased in that tomb. After all, on that night, the entire Lu family was killed, and only Lu Zhongyuan survived, as well as the two children Lu Su and Lu Hao.
"What is this?" Li Xuyang looked at the head of the bone, but suddenly noticed that something was glowing in his mouth, so he squatted down, opened the bone's mouth with his fingers, and then took out a piece of copper from it.
After Li Xuyang wiped off the soil on it, it became clear that the copper piece turned out to be a copper coin. But why, when a dead man dies, has a copper coin in his mouth?
Li Xuyang looked at the copper coin carefully, this is a copper coin of the Qing Dynasty, but now there are some rusts, and the handwriting on it can be distinguished if it is carefully recognized.
Wait a minute. Li Xuyang looked at the copper coin and suddenly thought of something, and his brain quickly searched for the words containing the copper coin in the mouth of the relevant dead man.
""Funeral Record", yes, is "Funeral Record". Li Xuyang remembered that he had seen such a record in his notes before, whenever a mourner died, he had to hold a copper coin in his mouth, and the specific reason was not recorded in the note.
I still remember when I was a child, when Li Xuyang's grandfather Li Zhaoqing died, he saw his father Li Yongan put a copper coin in his grandfather's mouth. He also asked his father at that time why he did this, but unfortunately Li Yongan did not answer.
"Undertaker?copper coin?"
This bone belongs to the Lu family, that's for sure. However, who put the copper coins in their mouths? Lu Zhongyuan? Only he was a survivor at that time, Lu Su and Lu Yu were still babies, they were impossible, so the only thing left could be Lu Zhongyuan.
And when Xiang Ye said it, he also said it. Lu Zhongyuan went back to Lujiabao, which of course makes sense, it was he who buried the people in the village. It is impossible to bury everyone, but it is not difficult to have only the words of his family.
If all this reasoning is correct, then this bone should be Lu Zhongyuan's family's. It can also be further said that it is Lu Zhongyuan's family. That tomb was naturally left by Lu Zhongyuan. This shows that the grave was only found after the slaughter of the village.
But even if all these reasonings are correct, what is the use? It is still impossible to find an entrance that can enter Lujiabao, and there is not even a tool to break through.
Li Xuyang returned to the tomb, and then sat down on the ground, thinking about how to chisel through the hard stones and create an entrance. But as he thought about it, he felt something moving under his seat. As he stood up, he saw a small pangolin emerge from the grave.
"You little guy, don't you see that I'm annoying?" Li Xuyang directly pulled the pangolin out of the soil, but at this moment, the soil of the grave began to sink, and in just a moment, a one-meter-wide hole was exposed.
Li Xuyang, who was still angry, was no longer angry after seeing the entrance because of this little guy. Placing it on the ground, after he left, Li Xuyang came to the entrance of the cave.
The bottom of the cave is all dirt, and it is obvious that Lu Zhongyuan did not use a coffin when he bought people. It may also be because the soil here has begun to loosen, and the small pangolin has drilled it again by mistake, so that this tomb has completely become the entrance to the Lujiabao underneath.
"Ling'er, let's go. Seeing the entrance of the cave, Li Xuyang was a little ecstatic, and after shouting, he jumped down first.
It's a bit dark inside, and only a little light shines through the hole above. There is no specific passage in Lujiabao under this, just some passages formed by the support of houses. Li Xuyang lowered his head and searched inside, wanting to find information about the Spirit Gathering Banner.
Unfortunately, after only a few meters of progress, I was unable to move forward. There was no way forward, blocked by large rocks, and that was the only area that could be reached.
"Did you find anything?" Ling'er, who came down later, stepped forward and asked after seeing Li Xuyang who stopped in front of him.
Li Xuyang shook his head and said, "No, except for stone and soil, I can't find anything useful here at all." It seems that our decision to come here in the first place was a mistake and a pure waste of time. ”
Ling'er knew that Li Xuyang was a little unhappy now, and she didn't dare to say anything, for fear that he would be even more angry.
"Let's go, I'll go back!" Li Xuyang walked out of the cave with his head down, and Ling'er followed outside.
After going through so much and wasting two days of time, I found Lujiabao, but I didn't find the whereabouts of the Gathering Spirit Banner. Li Xuyang was still thinking about getting angry, but thinking back, this is what he is coming for, does it have anything to do with others, even if he is angry, is it difficult to beat himself a few times like someone venting?
"Give me a little love, can you kiss your face as a sign of love..."
Just as Li Xuyang was about to greet Ling'er and prepare to go back to Handan, the mobile phone in his pocket rang.
"Hey. Li Xuyang said after answering.
"Hey, Li Xuyang. We have found out a little bit about the whereabouts of the Gathering Spirit Banner, where are you now, can you dare to come to Yongnian as soon as possible?" Lu Juxiang said to Li Xuyang on the other end of the phone.
Hearing that Lu Juxiang had found the clue of the Spirit Gathering Banner, the anger just now disappeared at once.
"Are you in Yongnian?" asked Li Xuyang.
"Yes, we are in Yongnian Smart Mountain, you should know this place, right?"
"I know, we're still in Lujiabao now, let's rush over as soon as possible. After Li Xuyang finished speaking, he was about to hang up the phone.
But Lu Juxiang hurriedly asked, "Have you found Lujiabao?"
"No, it's a wasteland, and there's nothing but rock. Li Xuyang said.
"Oh, okay! You better come to Yongnian Smart Mountain! This will be the Gathering Spirit Banner. ”
"Good. After hanging up the phone, Li Xuyang happily hugged Ling'er, and then said to her, "There is a whereabout, Xiangye has found the spirit flag." ”
When Li Xuyang was on the phone, he completely ignored the changes in Ling'er on the side. When she came out of the ground, Ling'er felt a little uncomfortable, but after seeing Li Xuyang, she couldn't speak, so she could only endure it like that.
"Hmph, do you want to find the Spirit Gathering Banner?" Ling'er snorted coldly and looked at Li Xuyang with cold eyes.
Li Xuyang put down Ling'er, then looked her up and down, and asked, "Ling'er, what's wrong with you?"
"Who is Ling'er? I'm not. Ling'er shouted at Li Xuyang with some anger.
"You're Ling'er, have you forgotten? Li Xuyang didn't know why Ling'er was like this, how could she suddenly lose her memory, as if she was a different person.
"I'm Ling'er? Brother, I'm Ling'er. Ling'er suddenly smiled happily, and then ran to Li Xuyang, wanting to hug him, but was unexpectedly avoided by Li Xuyang.
"Who the hell are you?" This time it was Li Xuyang who looked at Ling'er coldly.
"Brother, I'm Ling'er!" Ling'er felt very aggrieved, and tears were about to flow out.
"But why didn't you know me just now?" Li Xuyang didn't know what was going on, was it because of himself or Ling'er, what happened during this period?
"I... I.... "Ling'er and I didn't say anything for a long time, after looking at Li Xuyang's insistent gaze, I knew that I couldn't continue to hide it, and it seemed that I could only tell the truth.
And Ling'er was about to tell the truth, and the mobile phone in Li Xuyang's pocket rang again.
After connecting, it was not Lu Juxiang's voice, nor Jiang Botong's, but another person's - a real person.
Your girlfriend is really smart, if you want to save her, then come to Taiyuan to find me. After saying that, he hung up the phone.