Volume 8 Chapter 12 Cave Bones
The few people standing behind Su Zhuo couldn't help but be taken aback when they heard his words. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Even Wei Xiu was startled and blurted out: "What a ghost?!"
She knew that Su Zhuo was a stable person and had never believed in ghosts and gods, so the word ghost came out of his mouth, which was even more terrifying.
Su Zhuo calmed down a little, and only then did he realize that he had just lost his temper. It's just a flash of fire, and the things in this hole are really scary. But when he reacted, he knew it wasn't a ghost at all. He suddenly stretched out his hand to pick up the soil and stones, and as soon as he pulled them twice, he felt that the soil and stones were soft, as if they had just been turned over not long ago.
Huaishan asked, "Su Zhuo, what's in here?"
Su clumsy said: "Skeletons! all skeletons!" he replied, but his hands did not stop.
Huaishan was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly helped, Han Zhongyu saw that there was something wrong, and also called Ning Xuanchen and others to do it together.
The soil and stone at the entrance of the cave were already soft, and many people started to plan, and the hole became bigger and bigger, revealing a deep hole, and when they looked inside, they couldn't see the edge at all. However, by the time the incense sticks were burned, the entrance of the cave could already allow one person to pass through. The ghost in Su Zhuo's mouth gradually revealed its true face, and it turned out to be a pile of white bones!
Everyone changed color, wondering how there were white bones in this cave. Su Zhuo took the torch and went to the cave first. Huaishan, Han Zhongyu and others followed in turn. Qu Shengzhou glanced at Wei Xiu, and there was a faint meaning in his eyes.
The two followed last, leaving some distance behind the previous ones. Su Zhuo walked ahead, first drilled down a small path, and squeezed his body through the stone pile more than ten zhang deep. Suddenly, there was a clearing in front of me. Su Chu calculated the distance, and he had already reached the belly of the mountain. It's just that why the belly of the mountain is empty is really incomprehensible.
He held up the torch, and saw that the ground was covered with large stones, and there were many white bones scattered everywhere. Ning Xuanchen and the others followed, and the number of torches was large, illuminating the surroundings. The space in the belly of the mountain is so large that you can't reach the top of your hand.
By the light of the fire, Su Zhuo saw that there were many broken wooden planks on the ground, and there were supporting pillars on the side of the stone wall. Huaishan asked, "What is this place?"
Su Zhuo shook his head, he didn't know. Han Zhongyu suddenly said: "This is a silver field! It seems that there is indeed a silver mine in this mountain." It's just that it seems to have been mined. ”
Su Zhuo muttered, "Yinchang?"
Ning Xuanchen said: "Master is right, this place is indeed like a silver field. There are many local silver markets, and I have seen some of them. This hole must have been dug out, and everyone looked at the wooden pillars on the side of the stone wall to prevent the roof of the cave from collapsing. These trails on the side must be craftsmen starting from here, digging everywhere to find ore veins. It's just that these trails seem to have collapsed and blocked, and you can't go in to see what is going on. ”
Su Zhuo said: "According to what you say, someone has already discovered here, how can your Wuyi Sword Sect not know?"
Han Zhongyu was also very puzzled, and said: "Yes, this place is so close to the Wuyi Sword Sect, if the government is mining silver ore, how can Lu Qingchen not know?"
Su Zhuo suddenly turned to Qu Shengzhou and asked, "Master Qu Zhuang naturally doesn't know about this matter?"
Qu Shengzhou said blankly: "How can there be a silver field here, of course I don't know." ”
He Yan said stupidly: "Could it be that this silver field has been abandoned for many years, and the head of Yilu and the owner of Qu Zhuang don't know?"
Qu Shengzhou nodded and said, "It's also possible that Qu has only been here for eight or nine years to establish Juyi Villa. If this silver market has been abandoned for many years, it is understandable that I am lonely and unheard. ”
Su Zhuo said categorically: "Impossible! Everyone looks at the skeletons on the ground, it doesn't look like it has been ten years. In addition, the establishment of silver mining is not an overnight thing, and it will take several years to see results. More than ten years ago, the world was in turmoil, wars were frequent, and there was no ability to mine silver. ”
Han Zhongyu nodded and said, "He's right! The Wuyi Sword Sect has been here for hundreds of years, and when the old man was in charge, he had never heard of a silver field built here!"
Bai Sanjian was puzzled: "This is strange, could it be that this silver field came out of thin air?"
Zhou Qingping, who had been silent, suddenly said with a trembling voice: "Could it be that it really has something to do with that legend......
He Yanzhi asked, "What legend?"
Zhou Qingping swallowed a mouthful of saliva and hesitated: "Legend has it that there are fierce ghosts in this chaotic stone hill, and they often haunt in the middle of the night. Villagers in the mountains also say that often in the middle of the night, they can hear a hundred ghosts walking at night. Could the dead people in this silver field, those ghosts, be transformed by these people? So, senior brother, they are really ......."
Han Zhongyu interrupted him and said, "Shut up! Your master was obviously killed by someone, and he is by no means a ghost! I have been here for more than ten years, and I have never seen any ghosts! If there are really ghosts, why don't you come to me? Hmph! There is clearly a ghost in my heart!" As he spoke, he raised his foot and kicked a skull far away from the ground to show that he never believed that these white bones were ghosts.
Huaishan said: "Sins and sins, whether there are so-called ghosts or not, these white bones are people who died in vain. Why should Master Han have trouble with them!"
Han Zhongyu was still stubborn, snorted, and turned his head silently. Su Zhuo suddenly asked, "Senior Zhou, where did this ghost rumor come from?"
Zhou Qingping looked left and right and said, "I just heard that there was a big house here more than ten years ago, and a large family lived in it. Somehow, suddenly in the middle of the night, a fire broke out in the house, burning the whole family to death. Since then, there have been frequent rumors of ghosts in the area of Ranshi Mountain. I thought, maybe this ghost has something to do with this family......!
Su Zhuo nodded slightly, and answered Zhou Qingping's doubts: "Judging from the situation of the corpses, these people were not burned to death by the fire, but most likely killed by the collapse of the cave!"
Han Zhongyu said: "Back then, I was the head of the Wuyi Sword Sect, and I have heard about this matter. The family's surname was Zheng, and they were a big landowner. If it weren't for the death of his family, where would you have come from Qushengzhou to build Juyi Villa?"
Qu Shengzhou raised his eyebrows, suppressed the anger in his heart, glared at Han Zhongyu, and stopped talking. Su Zhuo listened to their argument in his ears, but his hands groped around on the ground, not knowing what he was looking for. After groping for a moment, he suddenly saw some black powder on the ground, which was very different from the color of the surrounding rocks and soil.
Su Zhuo picked up some, leaned to the tip of his nose and smelled them, and his face suddenly changed. Zhu Siqu, who was standing outside the crowd, suddenly said: "Anyway, this cave is full of gloomy atmosphere, I'm afraid that there are really ghosts, let's get out of here quickly!"
Zhou Qingping wanted to say this for a long time, but the division commander was here and didn't dare to say more. At this moment, someone spoke, and he hurriedly echoed.
Qu Shengzhou said: "Young Master Su, it's not too early, have you finished reading it?"
Su Zhuo said to Ning Xuanchen: "Brother Ning, please send someone to clean up the white bones in this cave......
Ning Xuanchen was very reluctant, and said, "What do these white bones have to do with my master......'s death?
Han Zhongyu scolded: "What is not a weapon! Su Gongzi asked you to clean up the bones, you just clean up, what are you talking about?"
Although Ning Xuanchen didn't dare to speak up, the expression on his face was still very ugly. Su Zhuo sighed and said, "These white bones may have nothing to do with the death of Master Lu, but they hide other secrets!"
Huaishan was puzzled: "How do you say this?"
Su Zhuo picked up a section of vertebrae on the ground and said, "These people's backs are bent and deformed, which are formed by bending over all year round. This suggests that they are most likely mining workers. As he spoke, he showed the black powder he had found, and said, "This is what I just found on the ground, and this powder is gunpowder that has not been burned!"
(This book is not dead or alive, and I will stick to it.) I have a plan for the next book.,But life has encountered a lot of twists and turns.,I don't know if I'll write it down.,It depends on the situation.。 )