Rain Chapter 18 Another Village (Ask for Collection)
Tao Qian of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has a text called "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring".
"In the Jin Taiyuan Dynasty, the Wuling people fished for their business. Walk around the river, forget the distance of the road. Suddenly, the peach blossom forest, hundreds of steps between the shore, there are no miscellaneous trees in it, the fragrant grass is delicious, and the fallen flowers are colorful. The fisherman is very different, and he goes forward again, wanting to exhaust his forest.
"When the forest runs out of water, there will be a mountain, and the mountain has a small mouth, as if there is light. Drop off the boat and enter from the mouth. At the beginning, it is extremely narrow, and only then can it be passed. After dozens of steps, it suddenly became clear. The land is flat, the houses are like that, there are good fields, beautiful ponds, and mulberry bamboo. Qianmo traffic, chickens and dogs smell each other. Among them, the men and women are dressed like outsiders. Yellow hair hangs down and is happy. ”
This article Fondt has also learned.
Recalling the scene when the two entered the secret passage, it was when Fang Tai touched a five-petal peach blossom in the stone gap behind the rockery, which was also the mechanism to open the secret passage.
Then enter the secret passage, the road is narrow, and after walking dozens of zhang, you will arrive at this cave, and the vision will suddenly open up.
There are stone villages in the caves, and all kinds of details and human forms are complete, all as written in the text.
Fang Tai was also extremely shocked and asked, "When Master taught me, the Story of the Peach Blossom Spring" was just the imagination of the predecessors, not the truth. Why does the girl say that this place is the Peach Blossom Spring? ”
The girl said quietly: "Hunting, you don't know it doesn't mean it's fake." What if I told you that the Peach Blossom Paradise is real? How about the inhabitants who have even moved out of their ancestral homes and integrated into later generations? ”
"This ...... It's also incredible. But according to what you say...... It's not the Liu family! ”
"Yes, the Liu family of Youlong Villa is the descendant of the people who walked out of the Peach Blossom Spring!"
When history lives by one's side, everyone is afraid that it is not Fang Tai's current expression.
Struck dumb.
The girl continued: "Where do you think the mechanism technique inherited by the Liu family came from? Do you remember that sentence in "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring"? 'Since Yun's ancestors avoided the chaos of the Qin Dynasty, he led his wife and people to this desperate situation, and did not come back, so he was separated from outsiders. Ask what the world is today, but I don't know if there is a Han, regardless of Wei and Jin. ’
"Their ancestors were from the Qin Dynasty, and it is not surprising that they have the inheritance of the Mo family's mechanical arts, otherwise how could they find such a hidden place in the mountains and live for hundreds of years.
The name of this place is Wuling, which is the hometown of the fishermen in the text, and it is also the earliest place where the Peach Blossom Spring was recorded. "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring" is actually the historical facts that the fisherman recorded by Tao Yuanming! However, he never saw the people in the Peach Blossom Land come out of the mountain, and they had already passed away. ”
This remark is reasonable, thinking of the peach blossoms all over the mountains and fields seen on the road to the mountain villa, although Fang Tai feels incredible, he can't find the words to refute.
He couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's no wonder that the ancestors of the Liu family were able to make the king of hidden weapons such as the Bafang Wind and Rain Box, and the Mo family inheritance is really wonderful!" It seems that this underground palace is not only a place where the Liu family hides treasures, but also a place to commemorate their ancestors. But I still have a question, obviously no one has been here for a long time, and even the oil in the brazier has solidified, is the butler indeed entering the underground palace from here? ”
"Ah, this ......"
This statement also shook the originally determined girl.
If the housekeeper Liu Feng came in the same way as them, he knew the mechanism in the secret passage and shut it down, so he could pass by unharmed.
But this cave is not convincing.
There is strong evidence in front of us.
Could it be that the butler also carries a torch with him?
"Anyway, we're finally here! Maybe the butler knows the shortcuts in the dungeon, and he doesn't know if he can bypass those mechanisms and go straight to the treasure place...... Wow, I don't want to! Let's take a look at what other secrets this place has. ”
The girl was puzzled, so she had to give up, intending to look around for anything else she hadn't found.
Fang Tai looked at the miniature village in the middle of the cave with great interest, thinking that the craftsmen who made these things must have deep thoughts...... Otherwise, it would not have been made so delicately and painstakingly.
The two walked around the cave, and sure enough, they found several more holes, and they didn't know where they led.
Out of caution, the two did not enter to investigate easily, but approached with torches, and then used heart-piercing pills to explore the way.
One of the holes to the west was heard after Fang Tai threw the projectile, and the sound of it colliding with the stone wall came back for a breath or two.
The two also reacted that this hole was a dead end, but it was not deep.
After a moment's hesitation, the girl suggested going in and seeing, and if she found anything, she might be able to point her way out.
So the two of them leaned against the wall and leaned inward step by step.
After walking more than ten steps, the firelight reached the end of the road.
The girl peeked around the corner, and inside was a larger cave, with obvious signs of artificial carvings on the stone walls.
looked down along the stone wall, but this look made the girl's hair stand on end, and she was terrified!
Fang Tai also looked closer, only to see that the ground was covered with dust, several tables were overturned everywhere, and beyond that, there were white bones all over the ground!
The accumulation of white bones is nearly a foot thick, almost flush with the bed.
The corpses were all scattered, and the bones were disheveled, and at a glance there were fifty or sixty skulls alone!
What made Fang Tai most angry was that there were still less than half a foot in size in those skulls!
What the hell is this hole?!
So many corpses, horrific!
Fang Tai turned around and pulled the girl out of the hole, she was still retching as she held on to the stone wall.
Both of them are young masters who walk the rivers and lakes, and it is not that they have never seen dead people, and they also have a few lives under their hands.
But the situation in the cave is completely different from the fighting in the rivers and lakes.
This is a mad move!
Fang Tai had seen the tragedy of the Yuanji Dart Bureau.
The scene reminded Fang Tai of the scene of the twenty-six corpses that night.
Self-blame, pain, despair...... All kinds of emotions came to his heart, and his heart seemed to be filled with hatred, but he couldn't vent it.
I don't know what kind of deep hatred and hatred there is between the murderer and the deceased, and he can do such a dehumanizing act......
That's just a child!
Fang Tai slammed his fist into the stone, his whole body almost trembling.
It took a long time to dissipate his anger.
The girl's eyes were a little dull at this time, as if she was really frightened by the scene in the cave, and was shocked by the monstrous killing intent and endless hatred behind those bones.
After death, not only are they not buried, but they are discarded in inconspicuous holes at will.
These people must not be from the Liu clan!
So who are they? Who is the murderer?
Fountain couldn't find an answer.
He thought back to some of the details he had just seen.
Hu bed was introduced to the Central Plains after the Han Dynasty, but now the Tang Dynasty uses more complex couches, and most of them sit on Zen chairs and chairs. If this is speculated, the deceased did not live with Tang Dynasty etiquette.
Combined with the fact that the girl just said that the "Peach Blossom Spring" is a true record, then the ancient utensils used by the deceased are in the past. There are also some household utensils, such as kettles and oil lamps, which can also indicate that these people did live in this area.
However, looking at the degree of decay of those bones, it is only fifty or sixty years at most, and it is by no means what it was hundreds of years ago.
So what happened in this dungeon a few decades ago? And who lived here? Is there a bone cave like this in other places?
With doubts, Fang Tai pulled the girl who still hadn't come back to her senses and continued to investigate.
In the adjacent hole, they found some more clues.
This cave is supposed to be a workshop.
Stoves, anvils, grinding discs, leather racks, saws, axes, rulers...... All the tools are available.
There are also some semi-finished products on the wall, all of which are parts that I don't know what they are used for.
There are five or six caves in the rest, all of which have traces of human life.
Strangely, all the caves that have been explored are devoid of any words or graphics. Some of the stone walls were still scratched, as if there was something on them, but someone had deliberately erased them.
Is this really a paradise?
Isn't that a paradise for self-sufficiency behind the mountains?
Why is there only a dark and drowsy cave under these nine places?
Isn't that a rustic village where people are extremely hospitable after seeing the living, and they all drink and eat, and invite people to drink and feast?
Why is there only a silent white bone telling a silent story?
Isn't that "not enough for outsiders" to be secretive and cautious?
How come more than 300 years have passed since the Jin Dynasty, but a bloodline has appeared in the Tang Dynasty?
And the girl around her, what is her origin, can she know that the ancestor of the Liu family is from the Peach Blossom Spring?
With all his doubts, Fang Tai came to the mouth of the last shallow cave.
This cave is directly south of the secret passage, and according to Fang Tai's calculations, it should be directly below the open space in front of the lobby in the backyard of Youlong Villa.
After the two entered the cave, there were several beds, tables, dishes, spatulas and other things, as well as some cloth pockets. Some scattered, almost rotten grains of rice can also be found in the corners of the ground.
It looks like a house.
As Fang Tai was leaving, he suddenly noticed an anomaly on the stone wall in the corner.
It was a dull bloodstain, as if someone had inadvertently touched it, but the end of the bloodstain was abruptly missing, and it was extremely smooth.
He stepped forward and probed carefully with his hand in the direction where the blood had disappeared, and sure enough, he found a tiny gap here!
The Heavenly Eye then activated, searching all the way along the gap. Illuminated by the torches, there is an extremely hidden crack in the stone that forms the shape of a small door.
Fang Tai touched the stone wall and said, "There must be a secret door here!" If the corpses I saw just now lived here, there would inevitably be a place to connect with the outside world to provide food and clothing. Let's come all the way, in addition to the way we come, there must be an exit for material transportation! It's like a house, maybe there's a way out behind this stone! ”
The two of them cheered up and groped inch by inch against the stone wall.
Directly above the stone wall, Fang Tai found a raised stone that was a little loose, and pressed it hard, and the stone wall slowly rose, revealing a rising step behind it.
A breeze blew, bringing with it a dry breeze and the rotten smell of stagnant air for a long time.
The girl was disturbed by the scene in the cave, and when she saw that there might be hope of going out, she also cheered up, lit a torch, and repeated the trick, throwing stones to ask for directions.
Fang Tai turned around and took a deep look at the cave.
Heavy fires shine on the village in the middle, and in the swaying light and shadow, it seems that those little people have come to life and live a quiet and free life in the legendary peach blossom garden.
Where the fire does not shine, in the thick darkness, the white bones are still stacked silently, telling another sad story.
Fang Tai turned his head and stepped forward, leaving this place that had been unattended for a long time. The stone wall slowly fell, resealing the thoughts attached to those stone figures and the resentment entangled on the corpses in the ground.
Waiting for the next person to come here, waiting for the one to unlock the secret.