Chapter 292: The Drainage System of the Ancient City
Chapter 292
The drainage system of the ancient city
Zhao Yingjun may have also felt the urgency of the ringtone. He calmed down, looked at me and then slowly pressed the answer button. I was standing next to him, and the voice on the phone could still be heard clearly. The caller was
The person was indeed Jin Pingmei, but he didn't say anything anxiously. After answering the phone, he asked Zhao Yingjun about the situation here, and then there was silence.
I could hear that his voice was low and filled with deep exhaustion, as if a man had traveled a long distance without rest and was exhausted.
"What's wrong with you?" Zhao Yingjun was a little strange. At the same time, he looked at me and made an ominous gesture to me. We both realized that something might have happened.
"They..." Jin Pingmei finally spoke again, and I heard a tremor in his voice: "They are all trapped."
"Everyone is trapped? Where are they trapped?"
"Let me calm down, calm down..." Jin Pingmei sniffed, and after a while, she explained the matter.
Something did indeed happen. Jin Pingmei took Kuang Haige and contacted the monk halfway. In addition, with the information I provided in advance, they thought there would not be too many surprises, because Li Fusheng had already explained that his problem was
My body has nothing to do with the underground cavity at the foot of the mountain over there at the mine. Li Fusheng and I surveyed some areas at the time, but were forced to return before we could examine them carefully. Jin Pingmei and the others were mainly looking for any deep pits excavated by humans.
Based on what we know, we can deduce that if there is a deep pit, it will not be too far from the original carrier of the curse.
As they searched all the way, they gradually focused on the ruins of ancient buildings at the bottom of the underground basin. Jin Pingmei's account was not very detailed. They went down to the basin, and then Kuang Haige first tried to explore the situation. Once they left, the monk never came back.
He went to find Kuang Haige with another guy, but he also didn't come back. Jin Pingmei had been warned, so he kept a low profile and his whereabouts were secretive. This time, there were only four people who went there including him.
"Don't be anxious yet." Zhao Yingjun said to Jin Pingmei: "We will go there right now."
"We'll talk about the detailed situation when you guys come." Jin Pingmei's tone was very abnormal, and his mood seemed to be very unstable, which was inconsistent with his usual speech and behavior: "I'm very tired, I want to take a nap."
"Sleep well, but you have to remember." Zhao Yingjun warned: "We will arrive soon. Before we arrive, you should not act alone. Only you understand the details of the matter. Do you understand?"
After hanging up the phone, I had doubts in my heart. Jin Pingmei is not a person who has never seen strong winds and waves. Zhao Yingjun vaguely mentioned some things about him when chatting with me in the past. He is a person who has experienced a very rough experience, although he is about the same age as me.
How much, but he has seen too many things that normal people cannot see. I feel that an accident should not have made him like this. He is almost out of his mind, so I wonder if there is something wrong with Jin Pingmei now.
"He will be fine." Zhao Yingjun shook his head and said, "He may be scared."
"Afraid? What are you afraid of?"
"Didn't you hear? All three people were involved, including the monk." Zhao Yingjun said: "You should be able to see that his friendship with the monk is extraordinary."
"Then now he should cheer up and find a way to save people."
"You don't understand." Zhao Yingjun shook his head again and said, "He has seen with his own eyes one after another people who were very close to him just left him, leaving forever. The departure of these people cast a shadow on him."
Zhao Yingjun told me that Jin Pingmei once told him more than once that he was afraid to death of the feeling of loss. I can understand the kind of friendship between Jin Pingmei and the monk. If it were me, I would not want to lose the monk's feeling.
Friends, true friends.
We started preparations immediately. The limelight is so tight now, and there are still workers at the mine, so we can't go too many people. Maybe it's because I have been staying with Li Fusheng for a long time, and I have a subconscious dependence on him, so
I wanted him to go with me. I asked, and Li Fusheng said that there was nothing wrong with his health. After discussing with Zhao Yingjun, Shisan was left here to take charge, while Zhao Yingjun, Li Fusheng, Lao Duoji, and I rushed over.
During our preparations, the little gangster might have smelled something and ran over to me to ask. I didn't want him to know too much, but I had just received a favor from him and it was hard not to say a word, so I wasted my time for a long time.
, just tell him that he has something to do.
"Take me with you." The fierce and cold aura was completely gone from the little ruffian's face at this moment, and he discussed with me with a playful smile: "I know that we are preparing to lift the curse, so should there be anything in this matter?
My share?"
I don't know if it's appropriate to bring the little gangster, but the situation is so tense now, and I don't want to conflict with him over these things again. So I added him to the team, making a total of five people. We gave Jin Pingmei in Ningxia in advance
I greeted them at the "office" and asked them to prepare the necessary equipment, and then the five people set off lightly on the same day.
Without further ado, by the time we arrived at the mine, it was already two days later. Before the car actually drove into the mine, we saw Jin Pingmei sitting alone on a big rock from a distance, silently
When I got there, I found that Jin Ping Mei was still in a daze, and only the cigarette in his mouth was trembling slightly.
When Jin Pingmei first came to the mine, in order to be on the safe side, she gave the mine a sum of money to temporarily stop working. There was not much income here anyway, so the workers were happy and leisurely. The workers she had seen before were immediately recognized.
After leaving Li Fusheng and me, even if the workers have never seen the world again, they now know that we are definitely not here to sell ore. However, they did not cause trouble and just said hello and left.
"Get up first, let's talk in the house." Zhao Yingjun pulled Jin Pingmei up.
It wasn't until she entered the house that Jin Pingmei seemed to come back to her senses. Her tone suddenly became extremely urgent. She held Zhao Yingjun's and mine's hands, her eyes filled with begging: "They are inside, go save them!"
"Don't worry, let me tell you the details first."
"Okay." Jin Pingmei probably realized that she had lost her composure and calmed down again.
When he and Monk Kuang Haige went down to the bottom of the basin, they did not find any deep pits dug by humans for the time being. However, the ancient city that seemed to have been crushed at the bottom of the basin was a shocking discovery for anyone. They tried to dig out the ancient city from
Walk across the middle of the ruins and search all the way.
The ancient city no longer looked like a city at all. It was a mess that had been ravaged by time. When they reached a location roughly close to the center of the ancient city, they discovered a very wide hole in the ruins that was about as tall as a person. Behind the hole was a
The passage has obviously been repaired by humans.
"This matter is my responsibility." Jin Pingmei said, perhaps thinking of the monk whose life and death are still unknown. He looked very painful and pulled his hair hard.
In fact, Jin Pingmei and the others did not intend to cause trouble, so they did not want to conduct an in-depth investigation of the cave entrance in the ruins of the ancient city. However, about two or three meters behind the cave entrance, there was a stone that looked like it came from a large
It fell off from a complete boulder, and then rolled down into the entrance of this cave for unknown reasons.
In the extremely long years, regardless of reasons such as geological movements, the only things in nature that can be preserved for a long time without being corrupted may be stones. The fragments of the huge stone they found at the entrance of the cave do not seem to be ordinary stones. Jin Ping Mei
They only glanced at it a few times at that time, but these few glances brought them disaster.
"There is a very vague symbol on that stone." Jin Pingmei's eyes were a little scattered. Seeing his look, I knew that some people may never be fully mature and rational, because he still has some problems in his heart.
If you are concerned, you will be impulsive for some people and things.
The symbol on the stone was very abstract and might not have any meaning. It might even be a simple carving of building stones in ancient city customs. But Jin Pingmei was deeply attracted because he remembered seeing such a symbol, but it wasn't
It's not a real thing, but a photo. The photo was brought back from Tibet by one of his friends.
I know something about this matter. Jin Pingmei told me, but I don’t know much. The background of those photos are many ancient rock carving characters and paintings, which were clearly photographed one by one by Jin Pingmei’s friend with a camera.
.In these photos, there are such symbols.
I know that for Jin Pingmei, his friend who took the photo was very important, and he would even protect his own life to protect everything left by that friend.
"You should know." Jin Pingmei looked at Zhao Yingjun and said, "If I find such a symbol, I will definitely check it out."
"Yes." Zhao Yingjun nodded. He has also been to Tibet and may have some connections with Jin Pingmei's friends, so Zhao Yingjun should know the details.
Because of this stone with a symbol, Jin Pingmei decided to take a look inside the cave. They walked not far into the cave and found that the cave was very complicated. Jin Pingmei even suspected that these criss-crossings were completely irregular.
Could the passages be the sewers before the ancient city was destroyed? For ancient cities, it can be seen from the sewers to determine whether they are developed or not. Any ancient city of metropolitan size will definitely have correspondingly complete drainage.
System. Without a complete underground drainage system, the entire city will be buried under garbage and sewage in a short time.
After the four of them walked for a while, they felt that it might not be appropriate to keep walking like this. The drainage system covered the entire ancient city and it was easy to get lost in it. But Jin Pingmei was deeply attracted by the symbol and wanted to find out.