Late at night, inside the cave, two flashlight lights briefly dispelled the surrounding darkness.
"Brother, did you remember the wrong way?"
I turned around and looked around, and said, "I was deeply impressed by that stone. There is a fork in the road nearby. You can see the stone table and stone bench along the fork. The body is there."
After searching for a while, we found the fork in the road.
When he saw the corpse, Gao Bing held up a flashlight and opened his mouth, unable to speak for a long time.
"People cannot be resurrected after death, so I am sorry." .??.??
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "Come on, brother, let's go home."
At this time, the temperature in the cave was only two to three degrees, just like a natural refrigerator. The joints of the corpse had become stiff, especially the hands and feet, which were always in a straight position and could not be broken apart.
Think about it, it would be difficult to carry a corpse in this position because its arms and legs cannot bend, just like a zombie. We decided to carry it out together. I raised my head and he raised his feet.
After lifting it up and walking a few steps, a stream of orange juice suddenly flowed out from the nostrils of the corpse, and all of it flowed onto my sleeve.
"Holy shit! Wait a minute!"
"What? You can't lift it anymore?"
"No! Your brother is in trouble!"
I said, "It's strange. People are most likely to become wet within a month after death. He has been dead for at least half a year. How can he still be like this?"
Fruity orange is decomposed water, which usually flows out from the buttocks or nose. The fatter the person before death, the greater the amount of decomposed water. There are two types: black, red and dark yellow, usually dark.
Yellow or black-red corpse water is rare. It is a bit like a strong version of iced black tea. Only people who have died from poisoning will bleed like this.
There's another weird thing, maybe it's a psychological effect. During the process of carrying the corpse, I always felt that the corpse kept squinting at me.
"Just talk when you are tired, and we can stop and rest."
"No, let's go quickly. I suggest that the person be cremated as soon as possible after coming down the mountain. There is a private crematorium in the north of the city. Just pay more."
Gao Bing said doubtfully, "Don't be so anxious. I still want to find a place for my brother to set up a mourning hall and put some incense sticks on it."
I hurriedly said, "No, just listen to me. I have a lot of experience in this area. Cremation as soon as possible is the best choice."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
After carrying people out of the cave, we were about to go down the mountain. At this moment, there was a fierce barking of dogs not far away, and we also faintly saw the light of a flashlight.
I quickly asked Gao Bing to turn off the lights and carried the man to hide behind the stone.
After a few minutes, I looked outside.
I saw an old man wearing a military coat and cotton headphones coming over with a flashlight. The old man was also holding a big black dog in his hand.
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The old man walked around the entrance of the cave with his flashlight. He said to himself, "There is no one there. It's strange. What's going on tonight? The dog keeps barking."
"Woof! Woof woof woof!"
The old man looked in the direction of the barking dog, and then walked toward us with a puzzled look on his face.
Gao Bing wanted to go out, but I held him down.
You're kidding! If someone were to see someone carrying a dead person in the middle of the night, I wouldn't be able to explain it even with ten mouths!
Just when the old man was about to discover our trace, I rushed out first.
"Good evening, uncle!"
"Ouch!"
The old man staggered and almost fell due to my fright. He held up a flashlight and said in shock, "Young man, you scared me to death! What are you doing here in the middle of the night!"
"Don't be afraid, uncle! I'm a tourist who came to the mountain to play in the afternoon! I accidentally got lost in the cave! I just came out!"
I blocked the stone with my body to prevent the other party from seeing me.
After hearing my explanation, the old man said doubtfully, "I haven't seen any tourists on the mountain in the past week. Why don't you wait a minute and I'll call Director Wang and ask."
"Don't ask, uncle."
I went over and grabbed the person’s arm and said, “I didn’t come up from the ticket gate!”
The old man glared and said, "You're evading the fare, right? The ticket is only two yuan, and you won't give me even two yuan?"
"What two dollars? I didn't mean to evade the fare. Uncle, look at what I'm wearing! My coat is from Anima, my pants are from Guirenniao, and my shoes are from Guirenniao too. I'll give you two dollars."
Yuan? I didn’t see a ticket office here.”
"Okay, stop arguing. I don't think you look like someone who is short of those two dollars. Do you want to go down the mountain now or wait until dawn?"
I immediately said, "It's too dark to walk on the mountain road. I'd better wait until dawn before going down the mountain. Uncle, if it's convenient, can I go to your place and sit for a while."
"Okay, I'll live alone. You can come with me to the house to warm up by the fire."
"Okay! Wait for me for a minute! I'll get my bag!"
I quickly ran behind the stone and pretended to take my bag, and gave Gao Bing a look, and Gao Bing nodded to me.
Forty minutes later.
"Uncle, your cabin is quite warm."
The big black dog was lying next to the bed. The old man added coal to the stove and said with a smile, "It's not bad. Electricity was only available two years ago. I'm a lonely person."
It’s nice to live here.”
It was dark outside just now, so I couldn’t see clearly. I noticed that this old man had very heavy dark circles under his eyes. How serious are they? It was like being punched in the eyes. Generally, only people with poor sleep all year round, or people with severe kidney deficiency, have dark circles.
Such heavy dark circles.
As if he saw what I was thinking, the old man said, "That's just me. I've had dark circles under my eyes since I was a child."
I lit up the fire and said, "Sir, let me tell you the truth. Do you know that there are major safety hazards in our scenic spot? There is nothing going on in the first two hundred meters of Fangla Cave. It is easy to get lost as you walk in."
"I know what you're saying, young man, but that's not something we can take care of. It's all the officials' worries."
"Originally, the cave was sealed with bricks after 200 meters. Three years ago, the originally sealed area was opened due to cleaning up the stone accumulation due to the collapse of the house. No one has taken care of it until now."
I thought to myself that it was no wonder there were so many broken stones. It had collapsed before.
The old man yawned and said, "I earn five hundred yuan a month as a gatekeeper here, and the total tickets sold this year are only a few hundred yuan."
I nodded, this place is not suitable for developing tourist attractions, I guess it is just those officials who want to do something too much.
I curiously asked, "I heard someone said that Fang La's treasure is hidden in the cave. Uncle, do you know about this?" ??
The old man immediately laughed and said, "That's not clear, but something did come out of the cave before, and the comrades working on cultural relics also inspected it, and I even kept a knife."
"What knife?"
The old man bent down and pulled out a knife from under the bed for me to see. It was wrapped in layers of snakeskin bags and was very heavy.
After untying it, I found that it was a ring-headed straight knife from the Northern Song Dynasty. The blade was wider, the tip was inclined upward, the blade was curved, there was a tangent, and the handle was made of leather. Although the blade was rusty,
But there was still a killing intent.
This is a military sword from the past. It is not the kind of sword used by ordinary people. It is not common.
"Did you get this from the cave?"
The old man stood guarding the fire and said happily, "I picked this up a few years ago, and it must be gone in the cave now. I picked up more than a dozen knives at that time, and sold them to antique collectors for a total of 300 yuan each.
Of the last one left, I picked up two bronze helmets and sold them for more than 700 yuan."
I thought it was too cheap. Although I don't like such low-end items, this kind of Song Dynasty saber can cost more than ten thousand. The complete helmet is even rarer. Generally, you can only see the real thing in local museums.
"Uncle, do you still have anything left?"
"It's gone, it's gone. This is the only knife I have left." He waved his hand repeatedly.
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His expression betrayed him. He must be hiding something. I didn't rush to ask, as that would be too obvious. Then I asked several questions about Fangla Cave, and he answered them one by one.
First of all, he said that Fangla Cave in other places are fake, and only the one in Weiping in the country is real. Furthermore, he said that Fangla Cave is far deeper than the official report, which is only 500 meters deep. There used to be a legend that Fangla Cave was
The deepest point can reach Jiangxi.
Can a cave lead from Zhejiang to Jiangxi? I think this statement is highly exaggerated, but its true depth is indeed a mystery.
After chatting for a while, I felt a little panicked while sitting on the horse, so I got up and sat on the bed. This was an unintentional move, but I didn't expect that I sat on something "round".
The old man was warming himself by the fire, but he didn't pay attention.
I lifted up the quilt and took a look. I was stunned immediately. I couldn't believe my eyes.
I saw her butt hidden under the quilt. I don't know how to describe it. Anyway, it was just that kind of thing, with Lou Dog, spring water and so on printed on the surface.
The old man turned around and our eyes met for a moment, and the atmosphere suddenly became extremely awkward.
I quietly covered myself with the quilt and said with twitching lips, "Uncle, I didn't see anything."
In fact, I felt like I was going blind. It was the first time I saw this kind of thing, and I felt indescribably strange. No wonder the old man had such serious dark circles. There was a reason for it.
He said awkwardly, "Someone gave it to me."
In order to lighten the atmosphere, I smiled and said, "Sir, I understand. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. We are all men. This is normal."
"How much did it cost?"
He said fifteen hundred dollars.
"That's it? One thousand and fifty?"
His old face turned red, and he said with a very embarrassed expression, "I am an old bachelor who lives in the mountains, and I don't have much ability. I just rely on it to keep me company."
In fact, I was the one who made the fuss. In the 2000s, these kinds of things were very expensive, basically costing thousands of dollars. I heard that some people could buy apartments in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou after opening such stores for two or three years.
I don't know how to bargain, I basically give you what you want, buy it and leave, for fear of being seen by others if you stay for a second longer.
After thinking about it, I jokingly said, "Master, just use it. Is there any supporting equipment to open my eyes?"
I thought he had read some movie or book or something.
Never imagined,
He opened the small drawer and showed it to me, and I saw that it was full of playing cards, the kind of very old-fashioned playing cards where a woman wears a bathing suit and does some moves.