Chapter 215: Three Secret Paths
Later, the Twist Army was active in the Sulu-Anhui region, and often harassed this area. With the sophisticated firearms in his hands and the sturdy Sanguanlou, the Xiang Yong stationed in Sanguanlou did indeed repel more than ten of their small attacks and harassment, and caused heavy casualties to the Twist Army.
Not only that, in this night battle, the village Yong of Sanguanlou also inadvertently killed a prince of the Twist Army, which is considered to be a mortal enmity with the Twist Army.
Finally, in the fourth year of Tongzhi, the angry Twist Army attacked Sanguanlou under the personal leadership of Zhang Zongyu, a famous general of the Twist Army at that time. Zhang Zongyu, who had just been entrusted with the important task, commanded more than 10,000 elite horse infantry troops and launched a devastating attack on the positions around Sanguanlou and the surrounding areas.
In less than a day and a night, under Zhang Zongyu's repeated strong attack, Sanguanlou was finally blown up by the firearms of the Twist Army and captured the entire position.
After the hateful Twist Army broke the building, they first killed all the villagers in the building and robbed all the stored property inside, and then immediately carried out a complete explosion and demolition of this ancient building, making this ancient building forever a passing history.
Not only that, but they also frantically hunted and killed innocent people nearby who had no time to escape, and even the three secret exits on the periphery were completely blown up by them with explosives.
Just when they were still thinking about following the three dark passages and continuing to try to find the mysterious dungeon. The last pillar stone monk of the Qing Dynasty, Monk Greenqin, personally led the elite Mongolian cavalry to roar. Zhang Zongyu immediately ordered all the twisted troops to retreat, and led the monk king to the direction of Caozhou, Shandong, where heavy troops had already been set up, as planned.
First in the battle of Gaozhailou in Heze, he annihilated 7,000 Mongolian elite horsemen and defeated the monk king, and then killed the invincible generation of famous general Monk Gelinqin in Wujiadian in one fell swoop.
Regardless of the merits of the year, the appearance of this monk king at that time allowed the underground palace of the three view towers to escape a catastrophe, and it was completely preserved in the deep underground.
After Xiao Qingfeng finished telling all this, the lone wolf frowned and said: "Then who designed this big stone letter, and who put this iron plate and these three stone tablets hundreds of years apart into this big stone letter?
The doll and the laughing Maitreya cried out almost at the same time: "'Old blind man'!"
The little Taoist priest also said faintly: "Yes, the only thing that can be suspected now is the old blind man who has lost the head and tail of the dragon, and the three missing human skin specimens mentioned on the first stone tablet. But what makes people puzzled is that since he has been secretly guarding here, why didn't he just make this secret public to the world, or secretly report it to the relevant departments through special channels? Not to mention that he even knows us well, presumably his true skills must be far above us, but I can't figure out his true intentions, which is really a little puzzling. ”
Xiao Qingfeng said: "In this way, let's first take pictures of the contents on this iron plate and the three stone tablets, and then restore them to their original state, and finally let's follow these three secret passages that should be opened to take a look, maybe there will be some other clues in them." It's just that the third stone plaque has clearly said that the Twist Army was blown up with explosives
The periphery of the dark passage, so we must be careful after entering. I guess there shouldn't be any information agency here, mainly to be prepared for possible tunnel collapse at any time, because after all, it's been so many years. ”
After finishing speaking, Xiao Qingfeng personally put the four signs into the big stone letter, and then closed the lid and returned to the original state. It's just unexpected that when Xiao Qingfeng just closed the lid, the cylindrical big stone slowly rose up again, and re-ascended into the vaulted roof above.
Everything returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened just now, and there were no more episodes of hidden weapons.
Lone Wolf said: "Since we don't have any other clues now, we can only try our luck as you say." It's just that I'm thinking about whether we should send someone up to accompany that buddy first, so as not to get anxious and angry after too long. In addition, we should take the order of first near and then far to enter the three dark passages in turn, and at the same time, we should reserve half of the people to stay here for vigilance and protection, so that in case of any emergency, it is good to retreat quickly for emergency rescue. ”
After saying that, everyone briefly deliberated and decided to let the mute, who had just been slightly injured, return to the ground first. Then the rest of the people were divided into two groups, one group was the lone wolf and Xiao Qingfeng, Jingxin, and the prodigal son who entered the secret path to search in turn, and the rest of the laughing Maitreya and Mengshan turtle, the little Taoist, and the doll stayed in place to be on guard.
After the personnel were distributed, the four lone wolves immediately checked their equipment, leaving some redundant and bulky ones in place, and letting Xiao Maitreya and them guard them temporarily.
After everything was cleaned up, the four of them immediately began to officially enter the secret passage due north. When everyone cautiously advanced fifteen or sixteen meters in the narrow dark passage, the front suddenly became relatively spacious. It is estimated that the narrow passage made of boulders just now should be specially designed for better defense.
Because it is indeed difficult to break through such a narrow passage smoothly in the era of cold weapons, as long as two guards are casually arranged on both sides of the innermost end of the dark passage, it will be difficult for those who get into it outside to attack it.
After passing through the narrow tunnel, we marched another hundred meters to the end, and at the end of the passage was a large pile of debris that had been blown away. The lone wolf roughly calculated, this should be under the southern cliff of Panshi Mountain, that is, the underground of the Jade Spring Temple back then.
In the entire dark passage, except for some knives and guns that have long been rusted, all that remains are some messy corpses, and no other valuable clues have been found.
After repeated testing and searching, the lone wolf said with a little frustration: "Originally, I thought that I could find any valuable clues in these three secret passages, but now it seems that there is no hope. I even suspect now that the three human skin specimens may have long since ceased to exist, and may have been destroyed in the original war. ”
Xiao Qingfeng said: "No one can say this well, let's make a conclusion after surveying the other two secret passages, it may really be as you said, it has already been destroyed in the original war." Of course, it's very likely that it still exists in a hidden location that we haven't discovered yet, but we haven't been able to find it yet. In fact, this trip, our brothers just need to do our best, and as for the result, I didn't beg too much. On the contrary, I have always had a very strange feeling in front of the old blind man
It seems that he brought us brothers here with another meaning, but I have never understood the reason. Forget it, let's go on step by step with a calm mind, maybe there will be some surprises when we don't notice it!"
Seeing that there was really nothing to gain further, the four of them took some photos carefully and then turned back the same way. After returning to the huge cave hall, the four of them entered the secret passage due east again. At first, it was almost indistinguishable from the dark passage due north, but the spacious part behind it was seven or eight hundred meters.
Not only is the length of this dark passage much longer than everyone expected, but there are also three times in the middle of which it suddenly becomes extremely narrow, which is estimated to have been specially designed for effective defense. When everyone reached the end of the dark passage, the situation they saw was the same as the situation just now, and it looked like it was caused by a man-made explosion back then.
What's more, three extremely improvised explosive devices were accidentally found in the rubble, but they had long since lost their effectiveness due to their age. But to be on the safe side, the lone wolf and the prodigal son still treated it as it deserved.
After the soil bomb left by the Twist Army was disposed of, the four of them searched carefully and carefully several times, and after still finding nothing valuable, everyone quickly retreated.
In the end, with extremely slim hope, the four of them surveyed the dark passage due west. As a result, he didn't find any valuable clues, so he had to turn back in frustration.
Just as the four of them were walking back, suddenly Mengshan Turtle, who was in charge of staying behind, sent an emergency call with a watch monitor, only to hear him shouting extremely excitedly: "Master Hou, Brother Wolf, you should withdraw quickly! I seem to have found a strange sarcophagus, everyone come back quickly, come back quickly!" At the same time, there were also screams of dolls and little Taoist priests next to him.
After Xiao Qingfeng heard Mengshan Turtle's call, he hurriedly let the lone wolf and the prodigal son break off, while he and Jing Xin performed superb light body kung fu and quickly slid back into the central cave hall.
After arriving at the cave hall, the two found that the Mengshan turtle, the doll, and the little Taoist priest were lying on the edge of the northwest cadre position excitedly and nervously, as if they were fighting to see something inside through the Buddha pattern on the edge. Only Xiao Maitreya alone could still maintain his composure, sitting cross-legged in a corner, guarding the entire cave hall with all his might.
After discovering that Xiao Qingfeng and the others had returned to the cave hall, Mengshan Turtle pulled Xiao Qingfeng over and dragged him to the position where he had just gone to look. I saw him use a strong flashlight to shoot directly at the corresponding position on the wall, and said excitedly: "Look, you take a closer look in this direction, is there anything in here?"
Xiao Qingfeng looked in the direction he said, but if he didn't look at it, he was really startled when he saw it. On the stone wall, which was originally all solid, under his strong light at close range, a small translucent window the size of a teacup mouth appeared. And through this small translucent window, there is an ordinary sarcophagus of normal size in ancient times.
What's even more strange is that if the flashlight is slightly off-direction, then everything is back to normal, and it is still the usual Buddha statue, and there are no traces of that small window, let alone any sarcophagus behind the stone wall.