Taihang Mountain, 800 miles, vast across the land of North China. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info600 million years ago, there was still an ocean here, due to the continuous fracture and uplift of the earth's crust, the mountains here are steep in the east and gentle in the west, and the steep places are often cliffs with a drop of several hundred zhang. If you want to say that the most dangerous and strange place in the Taihang Mountain is the Taihang Grand Canyon area. The mountains here are high and the valleys are deep, and the cliffs are steep and the rocks are majestic. The mountains are all one step at a time, and the bottom is a gentle slope, and suddenly it is a steep cliff, and then a gentle slope on the cliff, and then a cliff, like a big step. Most of the mountains can see these three or four steps, and the majestic mountains can see the five or six steps. From a distance, it looks like stone giants standing up from the ground.

It is precisely because of the steep terrain of Taihang Mountain that it has always been regarded as an important place for soldiers. From the Warring States period to the Ming and Qing dynasties, the beacon fire continued for more than 2,000 years. At present, the Japanese occupied most of northern China, and the Eighth Route Army relied on the Taihang Steep Ground to break into pieces and conduct guerrilla warfare.

A cup, a sinkhole in the Taihang Grand Canyon that few people know about. This sinkhole does not occur on karst formations like other sinkholes. It is actually in a small gap between the two mountains in the uplift, because the four walls are inclined upwards of the cliff, very much like a huge wine cup, so it is called a cup.

The bottom of this cup is very small, about 1,000 square meters. Supposedly, a sinkhole like this should accumulate a lot of water after heavy rain, and eventually form an abyss. But there was never standing water here, and when you looked down from above, there was always a mess of rocks of various sizes scattered among the low trees.

It is said that such a remote pit, which only occasionally has the ability to pick herbs and look down, should always have its own tranquility. But today it has welcomed a group of "uninvited guests".

The five men descended the rope from the cliff to the bottom of the pit. Although these five people are of different heights, they are all very strong middle-aged men.

The first to come down were two young men in short coats, not very old, in their twenties. At first glance, it looks like the offspring of two Zhuang families. The two of them are not tall, they look less than 1.7 meters, but they are very strong, probably due to frequent labor, the exposed muscles on their arms are very porcelain. Both were very short-headed, dark-skinned, and had leggings tied around their legs. One of the two carried a short shovel, the other carried a Luoyang shovel broken into several sections, and a bamboo tube hung from their waists.

Just by looking at the guys brought by these two people, you can guess that they are tomb robbers. However, these two people are not ordinary tomb robbers, they are both well-known figures in the tomb robbery world. The back of the shovel is the pangolin Ergouzi, and the back of the Luoyang shovel is the ground skewer Lu Qiang. They are brothers, all of them are apprentices of the tomb robber king in northern Shaanxi, and after the death of the tomb robber king in northern Shaanxi, several brothers and sisters have set up their own doors.

Then came two men in long coats, one tall and one short. The short one is in his thirties, with very thick hair and eyebrows, a straight nose and a small mouth. A pair of leopard eyes are bright, and the pupils are clear and full of essence. The body is a little thin, and the movements are very light, and it should be a frequent mountain road. This person looks very delicate, but there is an indescribable evil aura on his body. He was carrying a large oilcloth bag behind him, and he didn't know what it contained. This person is from Sichuan, called Chu Xiaojiu, and has a strange nickname on the rivers and lakes called "corpse madman".

He is a tall man of forty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose and a wide mouth. There is a bit of a head on his head, but he has a beard on his face. He is tall and has long arms and is very athletic. From his skills when he came down, it can be seen that the kung fu on his body is not ordinary. And the essence is full, and the temples are protruding. Dressed in black and wearing black pants, wearing a white coat underneath. The black trousers were tied with a wide brass buckle belt, and the most eye-catching thing was a shiny box cannon pinned to the belt.

Speaking of which, this person is not ordinary, he is a well-known figure in the tomb robbery world. Legend has it that he was an orphan who was adopted by a gang of tomb robbers from an early age and taught him martial arts and the skills of tomb robbing. He started robbing tombs at the age of twelve, and it has been more than 30 years now, and he has stolen no less than 100 ancient tombs. Especially in the past ten years, although the number of tomb robberies has decreased, they have all robbed relatively large-scale tombs. It can be said that no one knows more about tomb robbing than him, knows everything about tomb robbing, the techniques of tomb robbing, the rules of tomb robbing, the culture of tomb robbing, and the people who rob tombs. What he sees most is the hypocrisy and selfish and cruel nature of the world, so his only creed is "people do not destroy heaven and earth for their own sake". He is the coyote Chen Jiu.

In this group of tomb robbers, the attire of the fifth person is out of place with this team. He was a Taoist priest and wore a Taoist robe, and a huge lotus flower was embroidered on each side of the robe. Wearing a Taoist crown, he carried a large cloth bag on his back and a gossip was drawn on it. Not very old, probably less than forty. The hair and beard are a little thin, and the bridge of the nose is collapsed. The eyes are not small, but the distance between the eyes is large, the eyes are blank, and they are always in a trance. The strange thing is that this person seems to be very weak, and even the most basic human anger is missing. I don't know if it's because of the two lotus flowers on the robe, his nickname is "Flower Road Man".

Could it be that in this chaotic world, even Taoist priests have begun to make a living from tomb robbing?

After descending to the bottom of the pit, the other four people looked around and all looked at Chen Jiu. With his qualifications, he should be the leader of this team.

Ergou Zimian was slightly embarrassed and said, "Ninth Master, is there really an ancient tomb in this place where birds don't?"

The flower path man also asked: "Yes! Chen Jiu, according to feng shui, it is said that the tide accumulates here and the yin accumulates, and there will definitely be no tombs." ”

Chen Jiu said calmly: "Don't worry, this is a yin pit, and it will definitely not be built on a feng shui auspicious point." This time, everyone has taken the pot, and you have taken the deposit of 200 oceans. Even if you can't find anything, if you turn around at the bottom, you will lose two hundred oceans. ”

In this line, the project of stealing a tomb is called a pot, and this pit is due to a special relationship, not a tomb built on a feng shui auspicious pit.

Everyone pondered for a while, and everyone thought that what Chen Jiu said was also reasonable. First, this time, everyone has covered all the pots, and the deposit has been paid, even if nothing is found, it will cost two hundred oceans. The second is that this coyote Chen Jiu is a well-known figure in the tomb robbery world, and he will never come here without a little certainty. If you don't find anything, it's like a stunned blind rush, I'm afraid that only a newly debuted chick will make such a low-level mistake. If he returns in vain this time, I am afraid it will be the biggest failure of Chen Jiu's life.

Chen Jiu looked around and said to everyone, "Let's hurry up and look around to see if there is anything unusual here." ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately scattered and began to search around.

The bottom of the pit was small, and after a while, I heard Ergouzi shouting from behind a boulder: "Here, there is a hole here." ”

Hearing this, the crowd rushed over and found a hole behind a boulder. The boulder is separated from the cliff by a man's distance, and the entrance of the cave extends directly into the cliff. The hole is not large, but it can accommodate at most one person in and out. The shape should have been formed naturally, and it had not been excavated artificially. It is said that such an ordinary cave will never build a tomb inside, and even if a tomb is built, the hole will be dug a little to make it easier for workers to enter and exit.

Chen Jiu came over to look at the entrance of the cave and said with a smile: "Ergouzi, it's still you kid Ling." I found the hole so quickly. Prepare the torches and go into the cave immediately. ”

Ergouzi and Lu Qiang found some thick dry branches, and opened the bamboo tube tied to their waists, which turned out to be kerosene-soaked cotton strips. Strips of cotton cloth were wrapped around tree branches to make simple torches.

Chu Xiaojiu kept looking around the boulder.

After the five torches were ready, everyone lit the torches and was about to enter the cave.

Chu Xiaojiu suddenly raised his voice and said loudly: "Wait, everyone, there seems to be something unusual here." ”