"No, no!" Zi Su's boss said hurriedly, sweating like a pea, "That's not an old woman down there, there's no one down there! The sound sounds like it, but it's not!"
"Then where does this sound come from?" Li Guohao asked.
"To be honest, Master Jun, I don't know either..." Mr. Zisu looked towards the cellar, "This sound comes and goes. It seems to be coming from the innermost wall, but I don't dare to go there. I have thought about hiring someone to go there."
Look, no one dares to go there. This wine cellar is just deserted."
At this time, the voice came faintly again, and Li Guohao, who was about to speak, stopped, held his breath, and listened attentively.
Sobs, whining, and unclear sounds, just like those made by an old woman.
Finally, the sound slowly disappeared.
"Is it inside the wall?" Li Guohao asked.
"Yes..." Zisu Dongjia said.
Li Guohao frowned and looked into the deep cellar.
Everyone was waiting for him to speak, but no one made a sound.
Suddenly, several rats squeaked out, and everyone including Li Guohao was startled.
"Damn it!" Li Guohao scolded, "It's a rat again, it's not over yet!"
But at this moment, a very sad scream came from the depths of the wine cellar, and the "old woman" changed from a sad and depressed cry to a heart-rending wail.
The sudden startling sound was more terrifying than the "squeaking" of a mouse, and a soldier rolled down the earthen steps.
As soon as Fang landed on the ground, there was an even louder and harsher sound inside. The soldiers screamed in fright and rolled to the ground. Regardless of the pain of being thrown, they ran up there.
But I heard someone yelling angrily: "Who is making such a noise!"
The voice was sonorous, powerful, and full of energy. Li Guohao blinked his eyes and listened, but it sounded a bit familiar...
"But Zhang Ji and Zhang Zhi ordered?" Li Guohao said.
There was silence for a moment and then he said: "Li Guohao?"
"Huh?!" Everyone was overjoyed, and Li Guohao said happily, "It's really Zhang Zhiling!"
No matter what the "old woman" and fear were at this time, Li Guohao was the first to rush in.
Zhang Ji frowned and looked at Shen Lie: "General Shen, this is the voice of Li Guohao."
This is a very long earth and stone staircase, not very steep, with a wide and long slope. The space is dark and humid, and has a strong musty smell.
Shen Lie was walking in front, already twenty steps away. Because of the movement behind him, he stopped early and looked sideways at Zhang Ji.
Ye Zheng followed closely behind, the torch in his hand throwing Shen Lie's figure back, twisting and turning on the rugged rock wall.
"Before Li Guohao spoke, there seemed to be other voices?" Shen Lie asked.
"It seemed like the crying and screaming of an old woman." Zhang Ji said.
"How is this possible?" Ye Zheng said.
"General, I can testify that I heard it." A soldier next to him whispered.
"Me too." Another person said, raising his hand.
"Not sure if it is, but it looks very similar." Zhang Ji said.
It was precisely because he heard the cry that he stood here to search.
"Zhang Zhiling?" Li Guohao's voice sounded at this time, "Is it you? Where is General Shen?"
Everyone immediately looked towards the rock wall.
Li Guohao was waiting with his eyes open.
Hearing Zhang Ji's voice just now, he rushed over as soon as his head got hot. Now he stopped and noticed that the ground was densely covered with dead rats. He almost vomited.
His men held torches, and all of them looked uncomfortable.
There was also the one who came with the same enthusiasm.
"Why are you here?" Zhang Ji's voice came from the other end, "Where are you?"
"Zhang Zhiling, it's a long story. Can you see if I can get through here?"
"Wait a moment." Zhang Ji said.
He looked at Shen Lie who was approaching: "General Shen, have you broken the rock wall?"
Shen Lie raised his eyebrows and looked at the aisle from top to bottom. After a pause, he looked at Ruan Guoliang: "Chisel."
"Yes!" Ruan Guoliang responded and immediately asked his left and right deputies to go forward.
Ruan Guoliang has a rough temperament, and his left and right lieutenants were selected according to his own preferences. Both of them are big men, reckless and brave.
The two men came forward with sledgehammers and raised their hands to chisel angrily.
As soon as the hammer came down, a shrill and terrifying scream suddenly sounded, shaking the sky and the earth, as if a sharp thorn instantly pierced the ear.
The two big men screamed in terror, one dropped his sledgehammer to the ground in fright, and the other's shoulder was so frightened that he jumped up.
Many soldiers around him were shouting and holding their ears almost at the same time. Even Zhang Ji, a veteran who was used to wind and rain, almost felt his legs weaken.
On the contrary, specially trained dark men like Ye Zheng were a little calmer, but their faces were also pale and bloodless.
Ye Zheng looked at the only young man in the audience who was calm: "Young Master..."
Shen Lie's face was solemn and cold, his black eyes were as cold as icebergs. He looked at the cracks that appeared on the cave wall and said, "Keep digging."
The two big men did not dare to disobey the order he gave personally. After they recovered a little, they immediately raised the sledgehammer and smashed it down with all their strength.
As the sledgehammer fell, the ear-piercing screams sounded again. Fortunately, everyone was on guard this time and were no longer as frightened as before.
More cracks appeared on the cave wall, and the quality of the cave wall was surprisingly poor.
Zhang Ji suddenly said: "Wait a minute!"
Two big guys stopped.
Zhang Ji quickly stepped forward and reached out to touch the cave wall.
He imitated the way he had groped the cave wall randomly for the first time here before. Suddenly, there was another cry and scream. It was not as loud as a sledgehammer, but it still penetrated people.
Zhang Ji frowned and pressed the button again, and the same wailing sound came again.
He took out a dagger and pierced it, and the sound changed somewhat, but it became different in thickness and pitch, not the timbre.
Zhang Ji was stunned for a moment, and a guess appeared in his mind.
"It's a musical instrument." Shen Lie said.
"Yes," Zhang Ji looked back at him, "There are no ghosts or secrets here. This rock wall has a special structure, like a musical instrument!"
Some people can play music with leaves, and some people can use bamboo chopsticks to hit porcelain of different heights to play music. Everything can be a musical instrument, and this rock wall is also the same.
"It's not accidental, it's man-made," Shen Lie looked at the rock wall and said in a deep voice, "Keep digging."
"Yes!" The two big guys answered.
Amidst the heartbreaking screams and the occasional cry of the "old woman", the cave wall finally broke into a large hole.
But the cave wall was too thick, and Li Guohao and the others were still on the other side of the outer wall.
Zhang Ji measured it and roughly estimated that the thickness was at least half a foot.
The reason why we were able to talk to Li Guohao and the others was because although the cave wall was thick, it was not solid, and there was even wind that occasionally penetrated through the gaps above.
Every time the wind blows, there will be an "old woman" cry, the strength of which changes with the strength of the wind. Later, due to the continuous destruction of the rock mass with the sledgehammers in the hands of two big men, this "cry" gradually became more and more bizarre, and finally Completely changed.
Not long after, the howling disappeared. A big man stretched out his hand and tore off a piece of rock. Many rat corpses slid down in the cracks. At the same time, the light of Li Guohao's torch came over.
