Chapter 29: The Grave
Seeing that Zhang Chongzhi seemed to have discovered something, Yu Youwei also stood up with his hands on the ground and stepped forward.
Zhang Chongzhi tried to lift the iron plate, but found that the iron plate was extremely heavy, and it looked no more than one meter square, but he used all his strength to move the iron plate, but the iron plate did not move at all.
"This is not an ordinary iron plate, this is a black iron." Zhang Chongzhi didn't push the iron plate, so he simply stood up and patted the dirt on his hands.
"It's like an iron ring here." In a corner buried by leaves, Yu Youwei found something like a ring on the iron plate, "Is this a handle?" ”
"I'll see." Zhang Chongzhi bent down again, "This looks like half of a door, even if it is placed randomly, this piece of dark iron plate can be integrated with the surrounding vegetation, not to mention anything else, just this piece of dark iron is also worth a lot of money, and no one has found this treasure." ”
Yu You stroked this black-brown iron plate slightly, not to mention the nearby villagers, if it wasn't for Zhang Chongzhi's words, she would only think that this was a rusty piece of rotten iron, and she wouldn't think about anything worthless at all, that is, it would take extra manpower to pull it up and throw it away.
"Take it." Zhang Chongzhi pulled out a long rope from his backpack, "Tie it to this iron ring, and we'll pull it together." ”
Yu Youwei put the rope on the iron ring and pulled it with Zhang Chongzhi, but he used the greatest strength, and the iron plate did not move at all.
"I'm afraid we won't be able to rely on the two of us." Yu You gasped for breath slightly, his hand slipped, and he fell to the ground.
Zhang Chongzhi also put down the rope in his hand, "It's really not possible, there is only one way now." ”
"What's the solution?"
"You wait here for me, I'll go and drive the car over." Zhang Chongzhi began to unload the backpack and the heavy objects in his pocket.
"How do you drive on this road?" The road they walked was full of high and low vegetation, and it was not that the car could not be driven, but if they drove over, it would cause relatively large damage, and the car would be scratched out of shape.
"Hard open." Zhang Chongzhi didn't say much, "Wait for a place to share, and wait for me to come back." ”
Yu Youwei wanted to say something, but she couldn't say it, she knew that there was really only one way. Maybe this half of the iron door is the entrance to the ancient tomb, but the two of them can only stare dryly, and it is impossible to ask others for help in this matter, so it can only be like this.
Zhang Chongzhi walked for a long time, and Yu Youwei was bored waiting, so he studied the piece of dark iron in front of him.
Stretching out his hand and gently groping for the lines on it, Yu Youwei realized that this dark iron still retains a trace of coolness under the scorching sun, "This dark iron is really a good thing, I don't know if soaking in water can cool down the hot water." Saying that, Yu Youwei somehow lay down, "It's so cool!" ”
Just as she was lying down until she was about to fall asleep, her mobile phone rang, and it was Zhang Chongzhi who found the car and sent her a location sharing. Pressing the prompt to accept sharing, Yu Youwei knew that Zhang Chongzhi was coming towards her, so she fell asleep with peace of mind.
A cool towel was applied to his forehead, and Yu You stretched comfortably, but accidentally touched a person's chin.
"Ouch! How can you stretch your waist and use so much force! Yu You opened his eyes slightly, and saw Zhang Chongzhi holding his chin and shouting.
"You're back." Yu Youwei hurriedly got up, patted the soil on his body, and began to prepare for work energetically. After moving his body, he found that although he hadn't slept for a long time, his physical strength had almost recovered, "Let me tell you, this dark iron is really a treasure......"
Without waiting for Yu Youwei to finish speaking, Zhang Chongzhi took out a longer rope and tied one end to the iron ring, "If you don't hurry up, the sun is going to set." ”
Yu You obediently flashed to the side, watching Zhang Chongzhi start the car and pull up his horsepower.
The dark iron lid moved slowly in front of Yu Youwei, and finally, a deep pit that was only large enough for one person to pass through appeared.
"There you have it!" Yu You waved his hand to Zhang Chongzhi excitedly.
Hearing Yu Youwei's shout, Zhang Chongzhi jumped out of the car and ran quickly to Yu Youwei.
Two people, you look at me, I look at you, the entrance is right in front of you, but I'm a little overwhelmed.
"What should I do?" Yu Youwei broke the silence, "Is it illegal for us to go on like this now?" ”
"You have to get your attitude right, we're doing a news investigation, we're trying to save people."
"Oh yes yes, come on, get the camera out."
Zhang Chongzhi took out the camera from his bag and handed it to Yu Youwei.
Yu Youwei took the camera, skillfully turned it on, and turned the camera to himself and Zhang Chongzhi, "We are Yu Youwei and Zhang Chongzhi, reporters from Jiangbei Daily, and now in front of an ancient tomb in Hongya Town, Bhikshu County, we are investigating the collective coma incident in Boyan County, according to the confirmation of the family, the first batch of comatose people have entered this ancient tomb, so now we have to go in and investigate." ”
After speaking, he put on the gas mask and headlamp that Zhang Chongzhi had held, fixed the camera in his hand, flipped the camera, and prepared to enter the entrance of the ancient tomb.
Zhang Chongzhi stretched out his hand to stop Yu Youwei, "I'll take the lead in front." ”
Yu You nodded slightly, did not refuse, and followed closely behind Zhang Chongzhi.
The tunnels are very simple, and some places are not dug so carefully, so you can only crawl and walk, and if you accidentally raise your head, you will hit the dirt on the top of your head and fall to your hair, and even into your neck.
Zhang Chongzhi's body is bigger, and it is even more difficult to climb in front of Yu Youwei, "This tunnel looks like it was dug by a gang of tomb robbers, and this job is also rough." ”
"Can you see how far ahead you are?" A lot of crushed dirt on the top of his head fell into Yu Youwei's neck, mixed with the sweat flowing from crawling on the narrow dirt road, not to mention how uncomfortable it was, "My neck is full of dirt, and I don't know if any bugs have fallen in with it." ”
"I can't see it, it's a tortuous road, let's try to hurry." Zhang Chongzhi's condition is only worse than Yu Youwei's, and he can only speed up his hands.
I don't know how long I climbed, but finally, my eyes opened up.
Yu Youwei followed behind Zhang Chongzhi and got out of the tunnel, shaking his head frantically trying to shake off the dirt from his hair. Zhang Chongzhi stood still and didn't move, Yu Youwei was about to ask Zhang Chongzhi why he didn't leave, but he raised his head but was stunned.
They must have been inside the tomb at this point, no longer dirt but stone bricks, but there were three identical passages in front of them.
Yu You sighed slightly, "Sure enough, I should have thought that the ancient tomb would not be so simple. ”
Zhang Chongzhi took out the mobile phone in his pocket, "There is no signal, we must not be separated next." ”
Yu You nodded slightly, turned on the camera and recorded again, "Now we should have entered the inside of the ancient tomb, there are three identical entrances in front of us, we decided to take the left one." ”
With that, he closed the lid of the camera.
"How do you know to go left?" Zhang Chongzhi was surprised.
"I'm talking nonsense, to ease my nerves, and now we're going to discuss which way to go."
Zhang Chongzhi was silent, as if thinking about something.
Yu Youwei is a person who can't stand the unknown, she once read a comic called "Blood Type Villain", there is a scene about throwing several blood type villains into a strange room, this room has nothing but a big red button.
Some blood types will face the constant entanglement of buttons, hesitating whether to press it, and whether there will be any risk if you press it; Some blood types will ignore this button and play happily in an empty room; And Yu Youwei's blood type villain will not hesitate to press the button.
So now, there is only one way to keep Yu Youwei from being tormented by this emotion called "unknown", and that is to try to walk every way.
Yu Youwei made a decision without waiting for Zhang Chongzhi to think about it, "In this way, we will walk a hundred steps on each road first, judging from the stride length of the two of us, a hundred steps is almost a hundred meters, no matter where these roads lead, we will each walk a hundred steps, and then come back and make a decision, how about it?" ”
Rao is no matter how smart Zhang Chongzhi is, the current situation is beyond his knowledge, and he didn't think of a better way, so he agreed to Yu Youwei's proposal.
Turning on the camera again, Yu Youwei found that only one headlamp was not enough to illuminate, so he had to take out a strong flashlight, and the two light sources were combined to barely be able to see the road ahead.
The two walked extra carefully every step, but Yu Youwei suddenly wandered, remembering the beginning of a novel that he heard by chance, saying that a candle should be lit before going to the tomb, and if the candle can burn, it means that you can go to the tomb, if the candle fails to burn, it means that there is danger in the tomb and it is not suitable to go to the tomb.
But now, Yu You felt that the oxygen under the ground was very thin, and he couldn't help but think about it, thinking that those candles that couldn't burn might be the reason why the air had not circulated for too long, and it didn't mean anything.
Yu Youwei, who was distracted, didn't notice that Zhang Chongzhi in front of him had stopped, and hit Zhang Chongzhi's back headlong, and both of them were startled.
"Why did you stop?" What knocked down Zhang Chongzhi was the raised part of the gas mask, which can be said to be a lose-lose situation, Zhang Chongzhi's back and Yu Youwei's face were injured to varying degrees.
"There's a backpack in front of you." Zhang Chongzhi took the strong flashlight in Yu Youwei's hand and shone it on the ground in the distance.
Looking along the light of the flashlight, Yu You vaguely saw an army-green rucksack lying on the ground, and the items in the backpack were scattered on the ground.
"How many steps have we taken?" Zhang Chongzhi's attention was attracted by the schoolbag and he forgot the number of steps he had counted before.
"Ninety-eight." Yu Youwei replied briefly.
The backpack was about fifty meters away from them, which meant that they had to walk more than half the distance to get the backpack.
Yu Youwei and Zhang Chongzhi glanced at each other, nodded at each other, no need to speak, they saw a backpack here, they had to get it.
"Ninety-nine, one hundred, one hundred and one...... One hundred and fifty-three. "There were no dangers along the way, and of course, there could be dangers further afield. Yu Youwei and Zhang Chongzhi hurriedly packed the items scattered on the ground into their backpacks and began to return the same way.
But when Yu You counted to two hundred, her hand was already trembling a little, "What's the matter, when we came, we were only one hundred and fifty-three steps, and now we are two hundred steps, the same distance, it is impossible to be so many steps behind." ”
Zhang Chongzhi patted Yu Youwei's shoulder, "Don't be afraid, we didn't turn a corner all the way when we came in, we went straight forward, the direction must be right." As he spoke, he took a dagger from his pocket, "From now on, we will draw a mark of our own every ten steps. ”
After speaking, Zhang Chongzhi drew a cross on the wall beside him, and Yu Youwei also drew a Y-shape, and walked down while comforting himself.
"Look, our mark!" After walking nearly a hundred steps, Yu Youwei found that Zhang Chongzhi and the mark he had just drawn appeared on his side, "We have obviously been going straight along this road, how can this be?" ”
Zhang Chongzhi motioned for Yu Youwei to sit down and rest, "Let's sit down and study it first, it's not a way to go on like this." ”
Yu You sat down without thinking about it, and glanced at the backpack in Zhang Chongzhi's hand, "Anyway, you can't get out like this, let's take a look at this bag first." ”
Zhang Chongzhi remembered that he still had the backpack he had just picked up, so he sat down opposite Yu Youwei and poured out all the contents of the backpack.
Yu Youwei picked up the backpack and observed carefully, this canvas bag looks a little old, it has been washed a little white, but it is not damaged, it can be seen that the people who use it cherish it very much, but the style can not see the age.
Zhang Zhongzhi rummaged through the various items he had poured out of his backpack: compressed biscuits, a large-capacity kettle, a lighter, a bucket of instant noodles, and a somewhat worn notebook that had been turned over.
"If nothing else, just look at this instant noodles, it is estimated that it was left by one of those people in Boyan County." Zhang Chongzhi took his chin and pointed to the box of instant noodles, which was a new flavor that only came out last year, and the advertisements were overwhelming, and he had heard it in many elevators.
Yu You nodded slightly, it was obvious that the victims of spam advertisements also included her, "Look at the book." ”