I discovered the guqin carved on both sides of the entrance. It was one and a half meters long and fifty centimeters wide. It was carved with great care and detail. The seven strings stretched on the body of the qin and the seal were clear and lifelike, and the head and tail of the qin had a smooth finish.
The arc. It is located about two meters above the ground, slightly higher than my line of sight. All the carvings retain the original color of the stone and have not been painted with any paint.
Guqin, strange cave? Who left these ingenious stone pillars here?
Judging from the map logo, Langu is located at least two kilometers further forward. If the two kilometers were covered with such strange stone pillars, the amount of work would be astronomically huge and immeasurable.
I calmed down and dialed Gu Qingcheng's phone: "Miss Gu, I saw the guqin mentioned yesterday. They are carved on the mountain wall. Can you tell me who their owners are in this generation? Or the last person in history.
When did it first appear?"
Gu Qingcheng smiled slightly: "This is a bit difficult - I can't see the specific pictures. If I draw conclusions blindly, I'm afraid it will confuse the public. However, one thing is for sure. You also know the current owner of this set of guqins.
And I have a certain friendship with him.”
My mind turned around and I immediately understood: "It's Brother Ling?"
She admitted frankly: "Yes, it is my brother, but he was purchased from the Royal Auction House in London three years ago for a huge sum of money. The previous owner was the British royal family. I have conducted detailed research and found that the source can be traced back to when the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing.
There is no way to go any further, and it seems to be of no help to your current predicament."
The guqin patterns are right on top of my head. What confuses me is that they should never appear here. A hundred years have passed since the dark history of the Eight-Power Allied Forces entering Beijing. Who would have the leisure to carve images here? Of course.
, placing so many stone pillars in the cave cannot be explained by the word "Xianxin".
"Feng, how can I help? I am also very sad to hear that your good friend Miss Su Lun has disappeared. Although I have never met her, I can get a glimpse of her from your autobiography."
The autobiography Tina compiled for me was so widely circulated that it was everywhere and made me dumbfounded.
A phoenix cannot fall into a treasureless land. This kind of barren mountains and wild mountains cannot attract the Gu family brothers and sisters. I have no reason to ask the other party to do anything. I can only respond with the same polite words: "No need, I will figure out my own affairs."
Done, I won't bother you." While talking to Gu Qingcheng, I had a new idea in my mind, which was to find people from the Sharpshooter Club to help me, especially if I need Guan Fuzi, the first military advisor under Sun Long, to come forward and help me.
Solve difficult questions.
Sun Long once promised me that I can call on the brothers of the Sharpshooter Club at any time, and he will be my biggest supporter.
Gu Qingcheng smiled: "That's fine, I will continue to collect information, hoping to help you reunite with Miss Su Lun as soon as possible, and lovers will eventually get married."
This last sentence makes me feel disappointed, because I have another girl in my heart. When it comes to "finally getting married", maybe it should be Guan Baoling instead of Su Lun.
"Are you interested in joining our expedition team? I remember last time you said you were in a state of tranquility and wanted to go out for a walk." I tested her tone. From Hong Kong Island to the southwest of the mainland, I'm afraid it will take a week, even if it's a long walk.
Come here, it's time to decide the overall situation. If Su Lun is really in danger, his life may not be saved before Gu Qingcheng arrives.
There was another series of goshawks chirping overhead, and a strong fishy wind suddenly blew in the tunnel, pouring straight into my throat. The team members in the tunnel screamed one after another: "Be careful! The evil wind!"
Facing such a mysterious tunnel, any disturbance will cause everyone to panic. This is the most difficult problem that needs to be solved at the moment.
There was a sudden "boom" in my mind, stars were popping up in front of my eyes, and my throat was sweet. I hurriedly sat down cross-legged, breathing heavily to suppress the blood that was about to be vomited.
"There is... poisonous gas in the strange wind, everyone, come out! Come out!" I turned around and shouted into the tunnel, and everyone rushed out, in a panic and crowded into a ball. Unfortunately, the gust of wind came so hard and fast that there was no time to stop it.
Identify where the toxicity it contains comes from.
The voice in the receiver became very distant: "Feng, what's wrong with you? Talk, what's wrong?"
A short figure walked in front of me, raised his hands side by side, and shielded me from the noon sun. It was Tang Xiaogu. He looked at me with wide eyes, suddenly reached out and grabbed my phone, and answered loudly: "
He is sick and needs a doctor." She was only an eight-year-old child, but she said this confidently and confidently.
Gu Qingcheng's voice became even more anxious: "If you want him to have a good rest, I'll be there in 24 hours."
I had calmed down, took back the phone, and patted Tang Xiaogu on the shoulder: "Go and play, and don't get involved in adults' affairs."
She grinned, sat back down, put her chin in her hands, and stared into the distance.
"Feng, are you okay? Who spoke just now? It couldn't be your little girlfriend, right?" Gu Qingcheng was joking. When she heard that I was okay, she felt relieved again.
I laughed: "No, it's just a little girl, but I bet you can't guess where she came from - huh? Just now you said you'd be here within 24 hours. I don't believe it, unless you have the ability to shrink into an inch.
Otherwise, haha, it’s just an April Fool’s joke.”
Gu Qingcheng sighed: "It's not a joke. I'm in Xi'an right now. I'll hire the best guide to go into the mountain early tomorrow morning. I'll see you in the evening. I'll catch up with you. Don't worry."
This time it was my turn to be stunned: "Besides helping me find someone, what else do you want to do?"
Nothing in the world is such a coincidence, and her coming to Xi'an will never be as simple as a routine matter. Fortunately, Gu Zhijin is a legitimate businessman in Hong Kong Island. He has always avoided political events and will never be involved in any whirlpool of national interests.
Therefore, he has a wide network of contacts in mainland China, and people in his circle will give him some respect.
"Let's talk about it when we meet. Actually, I just want to return a favor to you. Not all young men in the world have the courage to spend a lot of money, especially for a peerless treasure like the 'Five Lakes Guqin'. To be honest, Lian's brother is so 'spending money'
The stingy Maori people in the world are full of praise for everything you do - if you return the favor, at least your conscience will be at ease."
After a pause, she added: "I'm too boastful. Whether I can help or not is still unknown. However, Uncle Wei, who follows our brothers and sisters, is well aware of the treacherous ways in the world and is also very skilled in martial arts. Maybe
He can help, see you tomorrow."
After closing the call, Tang Xiaogu suddenly said to himself: "There is a beautiful sister on the other side of the phone, right?"
I nodded with a smile and gently touched my chest. The feeling of vomiting just now disappeared.
"My aunt said that beautiful sisters are all bad people, what do you think?"
Feiyue staggered over and sat beside me tiredly. Hearing what Tang Xiaogu said, she couldn't help but laugh and interject: "Really? What about your aunt? Is she pretty? Is she a good person or a bad person?
"
It is difficult to define the people of the "Tang Clan in Sichuan". They will do anything for the rise of the Tang Clan. They can only "two countries fighting each other and each is their master". The people they killed and the people who killed them are all
They are driven by interests and do not care about good or bad, right or wrong.
Tang Xiaogu couldn't answer, and stared at Fei Yue with his cheeks bulging.
Fei Ying walked over with a solemn expression: "Feng, I feel that these people alone may not be able to complete the exploration mission of such a weird tunnel."
Liang Wei followed him and laid out a sketch in front of me, with countless dots arranged horizontally on it.
"The tunnel is like a square funnel with unknown depth. After entering 20 meters, the side length expands to six meters, with five stone pillars arranged horizontally, half a meter in diameter. After advancing forty meters, the side length expands to nine meters, and the stone pillars increase to
Eight, and so on, the more you think about it, the more stone pillars there are, and the funnel expands infinitely in all directions - wind, I can't imagine what kind of place this is, because there has never been such a building in the human world."
Liang Wei kept gasping for air as he explained.
This issue had already surprised me when I listened to He Jishang's narration, so when I arrived at the scene, I felt that it was a matter of course.
Liang Wei raised his head, looked up at the unreachable stone wall, and sighed three times: "The wind, the funnel expands infinitely, what will be the end result? It will hollow out the entire mountain -"
Fei Ying raised his hand to interrupt him: "Xiaoliang, what's this? I think the strange wind just came with a fierce force. Could it be that the legendary winged snake is deep in the funnel? That kind of poisonous gas will be harmful to brothers.
We are in harm's way." As if in response to his words, two team members suddenly jumped up and rushed to the grass, vomiting violently.
Liang Wei's eyes suddenly fell on Tang Xiaogu. Since she is from the Tang Sect, of course she has the skills to repel snakes and detoxify, which is the talent we urgently need at the moment.
Tang Xiaogu snorted: "Don't look at me, I'm most afraid of poisonous snakes."
Liang Wei touched his chin, and the muscles on his cheekbones kept twitching. With his identity, he had an sworn hatred with the Tang clan. Whenever he saw someone named Tang, regardless of gender, old or young, he would be aroused.
sad past.
I promptly reminded him: "Children are innocent, don't get involved. Besides, Tang Qing is nearby. If you do something extraordinary, the retaliation you will incur will definitely be fatal. Do you understand?" It was just like in the desert at that time.
I have always been wary of Tang, and I definitely dare not ignore Tang Qing who has not yet appeared.
No one wants to see endless killing, especially during such a long-term expedition into the wilderness. Once a fight is provoked, it will trigger a chain reaction with disastrous consequences.
Liang Wei nodded with difficulty: "Yes, I understand." A country is easy to change, but its nature is hard to change. Although he has changed his name to "Liang Wei", the blood of Lang Xie, a descendant of the Lang family in Sichuan, is still flowing in his body. Stop him.
, it was actually for his own good. It was easy to kill the little girl Tang Xiaogu in front of him, but Tang Qing who followed was not so easy to deal with.
I looked at the sketch and whispered to Liang Wei: "I need detailed diagrams of the diameter, color, position arrangement, etc. of all the stone pillars. Also, observe the stone texture on the four sides of the funnel to see if there are any secret passages. The most important thing is
, to ensure the safety of everyone, the personnel adopt a four-person combat team, two people measure, two people guard, and all walkie-talkies are turned on——"
No matter what result He Jishang gets in this tunnel, I will go through this formation of stone pillars and reach the end.
Flying Eagle, Feiyue, and Liang Wei raised their heads almost at the same time and asked in unison: "Will Su Lun go into this tunnel? Without backup and without a donkey, as an experienced explorer, she would never act rashly.
Besides, the withered grass outside the tunnel is completely preserved and there are no traces of being trampled at all, so we can definitely say that searching forward for Su Lun is a directional mistake."
This point of view must have been discussed by them in the tunnel, so they all agreed.
While the team was marching, I also observed the traces on the ground. As they said, there were no human footprints, no donkey's hoof prints, and even the dust on the withered grass had not been disturbed. Judging from these superficial phenomena, Su Lun did not come.
So, where did she go? Searching forward is a directional error. Is it correct to search backward, left, or right?
The main reason that made them make this decision was-danger!
I stood up and looked at Fei Ying's face solemnly: "Fei Ying, Mr. Scalpel and Miss Su Lun both trust you and treat you as a friend. I have said that when you feel there is danger, you can always
You can take people away without forcing you, and we will still be friends."
Feiying's face turned red and white as he defended: "I am not a person who is greedy for life, but I just don't think it is necessary to do such useless work. If you insist on thinking that it is valuable, I will obey."
Liang Wei was stunned for a long time without any explanation. He turned back to greet the team, immediately began to organize for battle, and entered the tunnel again.
The Bakun brothers and Li Kang were both in a state of unsupervised leisure, sitting around on the grass all the time, each holding a horsehide wine bag and drinking in silence. Hunters in the mountains can only live without two things.
Guns and booze.
As soon as the sun passed noon, the light in front of the tunnel dimmed, making people's hearts become heavy involuntarily.
The sketch drawn by Liang Wei has always been in my hand. There is so much confusion and confusion about the stone pillars that I can't even find a reluctant reason to explain how they appeared. The only geological structure that can be related to it is
There are stalactites in the lava terrain, but those stone pillars and stalagmites are naturally formed, and they are all kinds of strange and disorderly.
The flashlight beam kept flashing in the tunnel, everyone's movements became very careful, and the voices of conversations were kept extremely low, as if there was some kind of ferocious monster hidden deep in the tunnel, for fear of alarming it.
.
Tang Xiaogu fell asleep on Feiyue's knees. After all, he was a child. No matter whether he was excited or frightened, it would only pass after a while, and he would never think too much about more complex issues.
"Mr. Feng, I always feel that those stone pillars seem to have grown in the cave, rather than being the result of mechanical processing." Feiyue frowned and kept looking at the tunnel intently.
She used a very strange word - "growth", which made Feiying chuckle: "Feiyue, stones are not people or animals. They can only weather or fall apart. They definitely have nothing to do with life and growth. This is
The stone that gave birth to Sun Wukong can take ten months to conceive, and once it gives birth, it will create a stone monkey."
Feiyue shook his head and argued: "Brother, when I was in the cave just now, as long as I understood it carefully, I could feel a lot of inexplicable information. I heard all kinds of sounds, the sound of wind, the sound of dripping water, the sound of birds, the howling of animals...
There were even children crying, and I felt that the mountain was alive, just like a person's stomach is always making noises, it also made sounds."
Fei Ying was about to laugh again when Fei Yue suddenly pointed into the hole: "Listen, the sound appears again——"
Sure enough, the moment she just raised her finger, a gurgling sound of water came to my ears, as if someone was standing on a high place, slowly tipping a kettle with a sharp mouth, and the water line fell into the lower pond.
, causing countless ripples, and what I heard was the echo of the splashing water.
The flying eagle jumped up and screamed in horror: "No, there is water in the cave. Do you want to ask the brothers to evacuate first?"
I raised my hand to stop him. The sound of water came from a very far away place, and it was not flowing turbulently. There was no need to worry at all.
Feiyue said "ah" and covered his ears with his right hand, holding his breath and listening.
The light in the valley continued to dim, and the Bakun brothers and Li Kang seemed to be tired from drinking, lying on their backs on the grass silently.
"The sound of opening the door, I heard the squeaking sound of a heavy old-fashioned door turning. What on earth...what is hidden in this hole?" The girl is attentive, and Feiyue can get more information from the sound than Feiyue.
Eagles are much more abundant.
That sound is made by grinding the wooden or stone door hinges and door leaves. The ancients applied an appropriate amount of sesame oil on the door hinges to increase the lubrication. The "squeaking" sound is full of charm, like the lingering sound on the strings.
.If it appeared in a costume movie, it might arouse the audience's nostalgia for the past, but now, it will only make people's hair stand on end.