The stone where the dog was sitting was cleaned and wiped by Han Da'er, showing many engraved patterns, which were the "fairy urns" carved on the three ancient vessels.

The stone is on the edge of a small dirt slope, which is supposed to be the location of an ancient river channel. The stone itself has been buried in the soil for a long time, and although the surface is covered with a layer of soil, it has been lightly eroded and shows no signs of weathering, as if it has been exposed to the soil for a long time.

The nearby area used to be an ancient river channel, this stone should have sunk to the bottom of the water earlier, and then the river was diverted, some of the riverbed began to dry up, the stone was covered by the sediment under the riverbed, and the soil layer was eroded by wind and rain for decades, and it was constantly weathered and peeled off, until the rain last night washed away the last layer of covered soil, so that the stone showed its true face.

Han Daring pushed the stone hard, trying to move it away. The stone was not too big, and the surrounding soil began to loosen again, and Han Da'er was strong, so it didn't take too much effort to push the stone away.

At that time, the soil below had been soaked a little soft by the rain, and Han Daring took out the red and white double cherry blossom short knife, and vigorously cut the soil apart, until the tip of the knife touched a layer of hard things, then stopped, and slowly buckled the soil with his hands.

I have been busy for an hour, and it is already midday at this time, the river bank is full of silver light, the breeze blows the grass and swayes, except for the sound of Han Da'er and Gou Shao's digging, there is only the sound of gurgling river water and the sound of insects and frogs.

A gray-white boulder is gradually revealed under the soil, the boulder is unremarkable up close, and the boulder is also very common from a distance, but if you follow the moonlight, look against the light, the gray-white boulder seems to be covered with a layer of silver light, and its uneven shadow, showing some unique outlines, is obviously a stone beast that has been carved by man.

And if it weren't for the moonlight, even if you looked at it in the daylight, it would be difficult to see the outline of this huge stone carving.

The monolithic beast was more than three times larger than the stone lion outside Shuixizhuang, but most of it was buried in the earth, and only part of it was raised from the ground. Even if Han Da'er and the dog had dug up the dirt for a long time, only part of the outline of the top of the head and the face of the corpse was revealed.

According to the shape of the boulder, it should be carved and chiseled with the original natural stubborn stone here, and the knife work is simple and natural, and it has a sense of naturalness.

According to the exposed part of the boulder, it is speculated that this corpse should be lying on the ground, and the exposed part of the stone beast is covered with stone cracks, but if you look closely, these cracks are very similar to those fairy urns, which seem to be formed naturally, but in fact, someone used the stone texture and natural cracks to process it.

The stone where the dog was sitting just now was supposed to be one of the stone beast's arms, but it broke off from the boulder after a long time of breaking.

Han Daring used the moonlight to vaguely distinguish the face of the stone beast, and at present, he could only see the door of the stone beast's face and forehead, so he dug on the edge of the boulder with his hands for a while, and when he dug out a large piece of dirt and stone with his hands, suddenly a yin wind came to his face!

A small hole appeared in the mouth of the stone beast, and the yin wind of Shicai emerged from this small hole. The hole seemed to be deep, but the hole was too small for a single person to drill through, and at most an arm could be put in.

The dog picked up the dirt with all his might, tried to expand the hole as much as possible, and when he could get his head in, he immediately lifted the water moon lamp to illuminate it, and he had to go in to see what was going on.

Seeing this, Han Da'er hurriedly stopped. He was worried that if he dared to go in before the situation was clear, he might be in danger. The cave on this boulder is artificially excavated, that is, I don't know the depth, and I don't know if there is an ambush in it, even if it is deep, traps such as sand and rocks have long been abandoned, but it is a yin qi that came out of the cave just now, which also shows that no one has entered this cave for a long time, and the air in it is blocked, and now it is likely to die of lack of oxygen.

The two waited at the entrance of the cave for a while, Han Daring took out a box of cigarettes from his body, poured out the cigarette roll, lit the cigarette case, and found a branch to pick it up and probed into the hole.

The cigarette case was picked in until it was half-burned and slipped off the branches, and it was not extinguished. The burning cigarette box landed in a dark spot and continued to burn for a while before slowly extinguishing. Before extinguishing it, Han Daring saw that the place where the cigarette box fell was a flat ground, and the distance from the entrance of the cave was twenty or thirty meters.

The dog peeked into the hole and saw that it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything. When he came out, he carried a roll of rope, although it was not too long, it was estimated that it was at least one or twenty meters, and he tied the rope to the handle of the water moon lantern, and put the water moon lantern down to watch.

The water moon lantern hung in the air, and it could only illuminate part of the area, and everything around it was still hidden in darkness.

Gou Shao asked while shaking the water moon lantern to illuminate the surroundings:

"Are you saying this is an ancient tomb?"

Han Da'er shook his head and said:

"No way!"

Dog Shao pointed to the boulder and said:

"Look at this stone beast, it's hand-hewn, isn't it like ......?"

Han Daring said:

"I have investigated religious cases before, so I have read a lot of messy books, some feng shui books have written the rules for ancient people to choose burial places, the emperor will pay attention to finding the dragon vein blessed land, ordinary people will also look for a so-called feng shui treasure land, what to talk about dragons, holes, sand, water, and what layers of protection, what to back the main star mountain and other things.

This place used to be written about the ancient river, and it was by the river, and the river bay was against the bow, and the book said that it was an anti-bow evil, and no one would build the tomb here! ”

As he spoke, he made an archery gesture with his hands, and continued:

"Besides, looking at the appearance of the stone beast, it is at least a few hundred years, maybe it must be more than a thousand years old, although I don't know the burial system at that time, but I think that to build the tomb of the stone beast, at least there must be a mound of earth on the ground!

But you see that there is a flat river here, and it is still guarding the river, and the tomb is being repaired here, and you are not afraid that the river will flood the tomb! ”

Gou Shao felt that what Han Dada'er said was also reasonable, so he said:

"Then you say that this is a stone beast and a cave, what kind of place can it be?"

Han Da'er looked at the stone beast, thought for a while, and said:

"The North Canal is an artificially dug canal, and although it is now connected to the Yongding River, it was two separate rivers a long time ago, although for us, this is an ancient river, but even earlier, this place was probably just a flat land. Later, when a canal was dug to run through the river, it was built as a river.

The relics left in ancient times were also sunk to the bottom of the river, and as the river washed away, the riverbed increased year by year, and a large amount of mud, sand, soil and stone also buried the remains of this boulder, and later the ancient river channel was abandoned and dried up, and it became a piece of land here......"

"You say so much, this stone beast cave is not an ancient tomb, what is it?" Dog Shao asked.

Han Daring said:

"I think it might be a stone shrine!"

"Stone Temple?"

"That's right! It's an ancient place of worship! Han Dadao said.

Dog Shao asked:

"Then why is there a cave under this sacrificial stone shrine, and where does the cave lead?"

Han Daring said:

"Then I'm going to go down and have a look!"

Saying that he had already opened the hole wide, he pulled the rope to lift the water moon lantern, and then handed the rope head to the dog Shao, and said:

"The rope is too short, is there a place around that can be fixed, you work hard to tie the rope to your waist, I'll go down and see!"

Gou Shao smiled and said:

"Hey! If you don't let me go down, you'll have to go down yourself!" Look at my body, can I stand you, the rope is tied to my waist, and you won't break my waist by pulling the rope! Or you'll get the rope up there, and I'll go down ......."

Han Daring didn't wait for Gou Shao to finish speaking, he had already tied the rope to Gou Shao's waist, grabbed the other end of the rope with one hand, and held the water moon lantern in the other hand, and drilled into it through the narrow hole!

As soon as Han Daring got into the cave, he first stepped on the cave wall with his foot, only to feel that the cave wall was very soft and not like a stone wall. He put the water moon lantern in his mouth, and raised his hand to shoot a handful of iron chopsticks into the dark, and the iron chopsticks flew in all directions according to the hole, only to make a "simple" sound again and again, like iron chopsticks nailed to the soil!

He waited for a while, and saw that there was no abnormality, so he kicked with his foot, and the rope in his hand was gradually sent, and his body fell down suddenly, and he fell down a section, and then he collapsed the cave wall here, and when he sent the rope by hand, his body fell for a while.

Gou Shao was at the entrance of the cave, with the rope on his waist, although Han Daring used his light body kung fu to borrow strength, and the weight of the lower hole was already half lighter, but Gou Shao still felt that the rope on his waist was getting tighter and tighter, so he couldn't squeeze out the two catties of mutton steamed dumplings that Han Daring brought!

Han Daring jumped down two or three times, and he reached the middle of the cave.

The cave is mostly covered with dirt, and down there is a small layer of rock mixed with dirt. Further down are the hard rock layers. The cave is indeed artificially hewn, and the walls are uneven and rocky, and it does not look like it was formed naturally.

The cave is about thirty meters deep, and the rope is seven or eight meters above the ground, Han Daring can only hold the water moon lantern, pull out the red and white double cherry blossom short knife, let go of the rope, use the short knife to insert it into the wall to borrow force, slide down, and land steadily with both feet!

He carried the water moon lantern to illuminate it, and saw that the cave was in a turning shape, and the place where he landed was a stone wall behind him, and in front of him was a winding passage. The underground cavern passage sloped slightly downward, stretching far away, and there was no end to it as far as the light could reach.

The hole in the ground has been open for a long time, and the air has been clear for a long time, but it is only a little wet and cold, but I don't feel how stuffy. It's just that there is darkness in the distance beyond the light, which can't help but remind Han Daring of the experience of accidentally falling into the underground river and finally escaping death, and thinking of all the things at that time, his heart can't help but beat wildly.

He stood still, adjusted his breathing, and stabilized his mind, and then he held the lamp and groped his way forward step by step!

The cave was covered with moss, and the further I went, the more stuffy I felt. The cave is like a passage reconstructed from a natural cave, which was originally land, but later the ground of the stone shrine was changed to a river, so the cave was flooded by the river. The cave should have been filled with water before the river diverted to dry up, and the walls of the cave were uneven but slippery due to the long-term immersion of the river.

Han Daring walked forward for a while, feeling that the cave seemed to be slowly descending, he thought that it would be the same as the last underground river, the further he went, the more stuffy it became, and the air would become thinner and thinner, but in fact, it was the opposite, the air in the cave was not only more abundant than just now, but also very cool and ventilated, and even the moss on the cave wall was much less. The wet mud on the ground is getting drier and drier, and a few dozen meters further, the thin and soft wet mud on the ground is gradually hardening.

Han Daring walked a short distance further, but there was a stone wall in front of him, and the cave came to an abrupt end! He wondered in his heart, this cave is not easy to excavate, but it is a dead end, could it be that he gave up after digging here, but if this is the end of the cave, then where did the cool breeze just come from?

At this moment, suddenly a cool wind blew from the top of his head, and Han Da'er suddenly raised his head and looked up with a lantern......