Chapter 20 Underground Cave

The four people were extremely excited about the newly discovered mysterious cave yesterday, especially Chen Mingzhi who clamored to go down into the cave as soon as possible to avoid complications. Zhao Xixi on the other side advocated caution and not risking her life. After returning to Yelaoguozhuang, the four people discussed for a long time and finally decided to enter the cave the next night. Everyone drank some coffee to refresh themselves, stayed up until four or five o'clock in the morning before falling asleep, and then slept until ten o'clock in the morning before getting up. Zhao Xixi made a list and gave it to Song Yijin, asking him to drive to the county town to buy the needed items.

Others prepare other things at home.

What was Chen Mingzhi worried about? He asked Zhao Xixi: "I'm always worried that the hole I dug last night will be discovered by others."

"Don't worry, we kept the information secret there, not now." When farming is busy, there are not many people in the team, so no one should be able to find it," Zhao Xixi said.

"You don't need to take the black dog with you at night. It can't go down the hole, and its barking will attract attention." Jiang Xiaobao said seriously.

"Since I can't take my black dog down, I can always go down. I want to be the first to go down. I haven't slept all night. I'm really looking forward to it." Chen Mingzhi said while rubbing his eyes, looking at It turns out that he really didn't sleep well.

"Tell me the truth, kid, have you ever done this kind of thing before? It's okay. We are all our own people. Just tell the truth?" Jiang Xiaobao stared at Chen Mingzhi closely and asked, because he I have always wondered, Chen Mingzhi does not have a serious job and just wanders around all day long. Where does the expense come from?

"It's nothing, don't talk nonsense, I'm a serious person, okay." Chen Mingzhi replied with some guilt.

"Jiang Xiaobao, you shouldn't say that to him. He is your childhood friend after all, and he is now a member of our team. You can't say that to him. It's great that Chen Mingzhi has such high enthusiasm. "Zhao Xixi couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but stand up and speak for Chen Mingzhi.

In fact, Chen Mingzhi was already very angry when he saw Jiang Xiaobao talking like this, but he was generous and didn't care about him. This is the first time since the formation of the team that excessive banter has led to disagreements between team members.

Here Song Yijin went to the county town to purchase items very smoothly, and he came back in just over three hours.

The weather was a bit hot today, so the four of them rested for more than an hour in the afternoon before getting up to prepare for the evening action. Some of the tools are not yet used, so they study them while assembling them. Song Yijin said: "It's best for us to practice first, so that we won't be in a hurry when we go down to the cave at night." Others agreed, especially Chen Mingzhi, who was particularly interested in this and immediately wanted to be the first to practice.

Where to practice?

Jiang Xiaobao said that he would go upstairs to practice and tie a rope from upstairs. The distance from the top down was a little more than three meters and less than four meters. As a result, when Song Yijin tied up the ropes, Chen MingzhiBut he retreated and refused to come down.

"It feels different going down from here than going down the hole in the ground. My legs are a little weak."

"What's the difference? It's the same. Tie the rope securely. It's safe. "

"We are all novices, so we still have to practice, otherwise we will definitely not be able to go down the hole after we practice. The hole is seven or eight meters deep. "

"Yes, don't rush it, safety first."

"Well, let me demonstrate to you first." Song Yijin said, untying the safety hook of the rope around Chen Mingzhi's waist , hooked to his waist. Chen Mingzhi had a look of astonishment on his face. He heard that Song Yijin meant to show him a demonstration.

I saw Song Yijin put on his gloves and grabbed the rope, kicked off his legs and slid down slowly. The whole movement was smooth and very professional.

"Okay, okay."

Downstairs, Zhao Xixi and Jiang Xiaobao stared at what was happening in front of them with their eyes wide open, their mouths opened wide, and they let out bursts of exclamations. They were excited He kept clapping his hands and applauding vigorously. Zhao Xixi's face was full of admiration. She said to Song Yijin in surprise: "I didn't expect that my eldest cousin has such powerful kung fu! And his physical strength is also super! Have you ever been a soldier?" Song Yijin Nodding sheepishly, he replied: "Yes, I joined the military after graduating from high school and stayed in the army for two full years. Later, I retired and returned to my hometown, and worked as a full-time firefighter in the county for three years. Member. Now I am thirty kilograms fatter than before, and I am no longer as strong as I was back then." Hearing this, Jiang Xiaobao cheered excitedly: "Wow, my cousin is so awesome. ! Then teach me, I will go up and study right away." After that, he ran upstairs happily. After an afternoon of unremitting and repeated practice, Chen Mingzhi and Jiang Xiaobao finally successfully mastered the skills of using climbing ropes. Surprisingly, even Zhao Xixi learned this skill. The four people were very happy. They believed that with such full preparations, the evening operation would go smoothly.

"By the way, we seem to have forgotten one thing. There is water in the cave." When eating dinner in the evening, Song Yijin suddenly remembered it.

"Yes, we did see water above the entrance of the cave."

"What should we do? We don't know how deep the water is. If we go down, there will be water inside." If the water is very deep, there is no way to carry out operations, and the underwater situation is unknown and the risk factor is high."

"I can do it. Is there electricity in the warehouse?"

“What does the electricity do?”

"Yes, I have a medium-sized water pump at home. It weighs twenty kilograms. You can take it with you. There is also a wiring board. The fifty meters of wire my dad connected is enough."

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"This is good, then take it with you. Make sure the machine is not broken and can be used normally."

"The machine is good. It was only used when the pond was cleared a few years ago." < /p>

As soon as the four of them had finished dinner, they found the water pump and loaded it into the car. After everything was ready, they drove off at seven o'clock and headed straight to the parking lot at the west end of Sanguan New Village.

It was not too hot at night. When crossing the bridge yesterday, Zhao Xixi was no longer afraid. However, when they were at the bridge, Song Yijin unexpectedly grabbed one of Zhao Xixi's hands and said, "I'm holding my hand." Live you across the bridge. When she came back last night, it was Jiang Xiaobao who helped her cross the bridge.

When they arrived at the barn and saw that everything was the same as before, the four of them felt relieved. No one has come in, and the door has not even been opened, because they made a mark when they left and closed the door yesterday, and the mark still shows that no one has come in. They closed the door from the inside and actually saw a light above their heads. They pulled the switch and tried to see the light come on, then quickly turned it off.

After removing the bricks from the entrance of the platform, Song Yijin went in first to remove the stone slabs, drove two ground nails 40 meters away from the hole, and tied the climbing rope to the ground nails.

Here Chen Mingzhi also connected the plug of the water pump's wiring board.

After all the preparations were done, Song Yijin put on a mask, helmet and gloves and said: "You guys wait above, I will go down first to check out the situation, and then you go down again."

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"Didn't you agree that I would do it first?" Chen Mingzhi said anxiously.

"Don't cause any trouble and just listen to my cousin's arrangements." Jiang Xiaobao said.

After Song Yijin carefully checked the rope again, he hung the hook on his waist, then grabbed the hole tightly with both hands and slowly slid down. While sliding down, he did not forget to gently tap the soil around the cave wall with his hands to prevent the cave wall from suddenly collapsing.

Not long after, he finally reached the bottom when he dropped to a depth of about seven or eight meters. When he looked up, the sight in front of him shocked him: there was a different kind of cave here! This is clearly an underground cave! The walls of the cave are all made of stone, and the roof of the cave is the same stone slab as the entrance. There are four rooms on the left, right and in the middle, each room is two meters wide and about 20 meters deep. At the bottom, except for about one square meter of dirt beneath his feet, the rest of the place was submerged in water. Obviously, the ground beneath your feet is higher than the water.

Seeing this scene, Song Yijin couldn't help but feel "thumping" in his heart: Is this really a tomb? However, Zhao Xixi had made it clear before that this could not be a tomb...

"Cousin, how is it down there?"

"It's all water, only the ground is under my feet. , water is water elsewhere., I will take a video with my mobile phone and send it to you. You will understand after you watch it. "Song Yijin spoke, and the echo was very loud, and the buzzing echo in his ears was very long, so the above people couldn't hear clearly.

When Zhao Xixi above saw the video sent by Song Yijin, the three of them watched it carefully After that, he asked Song Yijin to test the depth of the water. Jiang Xiaobao threw another rope from above. Song Yijin picked up one end of the rope and tied it to the brick door and slowly put it into the water. When it sank to the bottom, he lifted it up again and found that the water was not deep. The depth was only one meter and fifty-six centimeters

Song Yijin looked carefully and found that there were many writings on the wall inside the cave. He found no other special circumstances, so he grabbed the rope skillfully. Climbed up.

"There was water underneath, and I couldn't see anything. There were just some words on the wall, but I couldn't tell what they were. ”

“What to do next?” "

"It is extremely unusual for such a hole to appear in a plain area. In a place like the plain area with a well-developed water system, water will definitely come out as long as a hole more than three meters deep is dug underground. This There must be something wrong with the hole. "

"Pump out the water first. What is the power of Jiang Xiaobao's water pump? "

"Two kilowatts, the water output is okay, but where is the water pumped? ”

“There are thick rapeseeds outside that have not yet been harvested, so we pull the pipe into the rapeseed field and drain all the water there. The rapeseed fields have drainage channels and can drain it by themselves.” If it falls, it won't hurt the rapeseed. " Chen Mingzhi said.

Song Yijin also said that this method is feasible.

Zhao Xixi and Jiang Xiaobao have professional knowledge, and it must make sense to listen to them. Song Yijin thought so.

p> Song Yijin took the water pump, put the pump head into the water again, and then came up again. He went up and down the seven or eight-year-old hole just like playing.

After turning on the power, the bottom of the hole was visible. The water is continuously pumped up and discharged into the rapeseed fields. The amount of water output is really not small, but the sound of the water pump is a bit loud, but fortunately it is placed seven or eight meters underground, so most of the sound is absorbed. As time goes by, the water becomes less and less, and the situation at the bottom of the cave gradually becomes clearer.

At this time, it is time. At one o'clock in the morning, when the water level in the cave dropped to half, the four people decided after discussion that Song Yijin, Jiang Xiaobao and Zhao Xixi would go down, and Chen Mingzhi would stay on the ground to respond in order to handle the ground in case of emergencies under the cave, and to prevent pumping. Chen Mingzhi originally expected to be the first to go down due to emergencies such as water pump power supply and drainage safety issues, but he was upset because Song Yijin arranged to be a guard on the ground. However, he soon understood. Without anyone, it would be too dangerous if an emergency occurred under the cave, and he was the most suitable person.

Song Yijin went down first to respond, and Zhao Xixi came down slowly and smoothly second.Descending to the bottom of the cave, Chen Mingzhi descended last. After the three of them came down smoothly, they found that the water level had dropped a lot, there were some traces of artificial carvings on the cave wall, and in the corner, a huge boulder was vaguely exposed.

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"My dear, this is clearly an underworld."

"Xiaobao, don't use words randomly. You can't call it that. It can be said to be a cave."

"Yes, yes, it's a cave, I'm in charge. But it takes a lot of effort to get so many stones in this plain area. How did they do it."

"Manual transportation Well, it’s impossible for there to be stones seven or eight meters underground.”

“Just from the carving traces, it can be seen that it was written by the Song Dynasty, which means that this cave has a history of more than a thousand years.”

"Look, what is that? A corner was exposed before pumping?" Song Yijin asked, pointing to the huge rock exposed in front.

At this time, as the water level dropped, most of the boulder had been exposed. Although it was not in the water, it still showed clear patterns of cranes and auspicious clouds. There was a vertical rectangular pit with rounded corners in the middle. There are five unrecognizable reverse characters in the pit.

"It looks like a door." Jiang Xiaobao guessed.

The three of them looked at each other. Zhao Xixi said thoughtfully, "That's not a door, it's just a background decoration. Look at the water below and there's a stone connected to the bottom of it."

Sure enough, everyone followed Zhao Xixi's finger. Looking over, there is indeed a drum-shaped stone.

"It is a Taoist sitting altar, used for meditation."

"The Tathagata is like this, the Haoqi Sect."

The water level continues to drop.

Suddenly the water surface stirred, and the three of them were shocked. Their scalps felt numb, and they followed the ripples nervously. They saw a huge black shadow lying on the bottom of the water, moving quickly back and forth, and suddenly it appeared again. Wearing it inside, you can no longer see your figure.

"Another python?"

"It doesn't look like a python, it's shorter and looks like a fish."

Zhao Xixi and Jiang Xiaobao heard that it was a fish. He breathed a sigh of relief: "What kind of fish is so big? It looks like it is at least one meter long."

"We drained the water and were surprised by the fish inside. I didn't expect that there were still fish living in this hole. , this is so strange."

"Wait a little longer and drain out the water to see how many there are."

After waiting for about half an hour, the water was almost gone. After finishing smoking, Song Yijin went to the ground and shouted to Chen Mingzhi to pull out the plug. Chen Mingzhi asked anxiously above if he had found the treasure.

Song Yijin asked him to wait. The water had been pumped out, so he jumped in first and then helped the two of them down. The bottom is also paved with stone slabs, and the seams between the stone slabs are relatively tight. The three people walked directly towards the huge stone.The sitting altar is indeed used for meditation. Zhao Xixi said that the analysis was correct. Who could be here meditating here?

Jiang Xiaobao touched the altar and tried to push it, but it didn't move. He touched the back wall again to see if there was a switch on the back wall, hoping to find a door. Song Yijin continued walking inside and found the fish lying on the ground. It was a huge catfish, its mouth opening and closing to breathe air. "There is no food here, how does it survive?" Jiang Xiaobao and Zhao Xixi also came over to see the fish.

There may be microorganisms in the water. Fish usually cannot starve to death. There seems to be only one. Let’s look for more fish.

Song Yijin walked to the huge stone altar again and observed. He found that there was a hole about ten centimeters in diameter on the huge stone with an irregular shape.

Zhao Xixi also came over and saw it.

"Why is this hole irregular? Is there a suitable explanation?"

"Is this a door lock?" Song Yijin thought to himself.

"But where is the door? We have carefully searched the surrounding cave walls and ground, and found nothing special."

At this time, Jiang Xiaobao suddenly remembered something: "The shape of this hole is very similar to the brick I picked up at the Diaoyu Village Fishing Park. There are strange patterns on this side. My tutor once said that in ancient times, there were some stone gates with mechanisms. We need to find the corresponding ones. A key can be used to open it. Is this hole the keyhole and my piece of brick is the key? ”

“Where is the piece of brick?” Song Yijin asked anxiously.

"I brought it. It's in the bag on the ground. I'll ask Chen Mingzhi to throw it down."

"Don't throw it away. Put it in the bag and lower it slowly with a rope. Be careful. A little.

“Maybe the brick is the key, but where would the door be? ”

“Zhao Xixi, do you think this altar was created by a Taoist priest who meditated here?” Who could he be? ”

“Look at the sitting area of ​​this altar. There are very obvious dents. These are the wear marks that need to be formed after sitting here for a long time!” Not only that, but if you look at the groove next to the boulder, you can clearly see that it is the trace left by the candle. Even though it has been soaked in water for thousands of years, the black traces imprinted in the stone still exist. ”

“Who could be meditating here? "

Song Yijin frowned and fell into deep thought. Suddenly, a light flashed in his eyes, "I know! The five reverse characters above are

The reverse version of the Eternal Golden Seat! ”

“The eternal golden throne? "Jiang Xiaobao had brought the bricks and stones over at this time, and asked in confusion after hearing this.

It seems that the rumors of Wanli Gold are true, and these five words are proof.

“Then why is it ten thousand gold or gold?”

“Because there was no word for gold in ancient times, gold was called gold. ”

“So what does the Eternal Golden Seat mean? ”

“It means guarding the inheritance of thousands of golds for eternity. "This altar is definitely not simple, it is an important clue.

"Oh my god, are those golden treasures here? "Jiang Xiaobao opened his mouth wide.

"Shall we call Chen Mingzhi down too? "Jiang Xiaobao said carefully to Song Yijin and Zhao Xiran.

"Why? "

"I'm worried that this guy will seal the entrance to the cave and then monopolize the gold here! "

"Do you think this was in a movie? Don't think too much and get to work. "

Song Yijin carefully brought the masonry to the boulder for comparison. Sure enough, the shape of the masonry was exactly the same as the hole on it. He carefully inserted the masonry into the hole.

As Song Yijin turned the masonry, he heard a dull sound. The boulder and the altar at the base slowly moved to one side, revealing a round white stone plate with a diameter of about 20 centimeters and a thickness of about three centimeters. , the top is smoother.

Song Yijin carefully picked up the stone plate and looked at it carefully. He turned it over and found that the back side was covered with graphic patterns.

Zhao Xixi and Jiang Xiaobao. His eyes lit up and he shouted excitedly

“Map! "

"The map of the golden treasure? "Song Yijin asked.

"Judging from the Eternal Gold Seat, this map is probably related to the gold treasure. There are water stains and some stains on it. Let's clean it up and take a closer look. ”