Treasure Hunt Memo

Chapter 13 The Hole Behind the Mural

"Damn it, there's a ghost screaming."

In the panic, I don't know who yelled such a sentence.The three people who were still loading things and observing the stele just now stopped what they were doing, and quickly surrounded us in the direction of us.

The sound of "woo woo woo" was not very loud, but it was very clear. It was really creepy to reverberate in such a dark and closed environment!
Even when I hear it again, I still feel a sense of dread.

Suddenly, Qi Lao shouted, "Behind the wall."

I subconsciously dragged Xinran back two steps, and the flashlight was fixed on the mural wall in front of me, for fear that something would come out from behind the wall.

A few seconds later, I heard Zhao Longyu's voice behind me, "Yes, the voice came from behind the wall."

After trying to appease myself and calm down, I also heard some clues. The sound of "woo woo" seemed to be coming from behind the wall in front of me, but it was getting smaller and smaller, gradually becoming inaudible.

Until now, I didn't think of what the village chief said that day about the dead people being haunted by ghosts. He said that there were ghosts crying, woo woo woo. Now that I think about it, it turned out to be true.

This sudden change really frightened the few of us young people.

But Qi Lao seemed to be unaffected, and still acted very calmly.From the time before the sound sounded until it disappeared, he didn't move at all, and he was still standing in the previous position.

He patted the position of the three small holes on the wall with his hands, and walked forward a dozen steps, taking pictures as he walked, and then stepped back and said, "The back of this half of the wall is empty."

What! ?There was nothing behind the wall.

This statement surprised me.Generally, it is very difficult to excavate a tomb built by digging a mountain like this, and the workers will naturally not do any useless work.I have never heard of such a hollowing out of the tomb. Is it possible that there is a tomb hidden behind this half of the wall?
Elder Qi greeted Lu Yuan and Su Heluo.The two immediately came to Qi Lao's side.One of them lit up, and the other took out a short iron rod and a small hammer from his bag, aimed at one of the pits and began to strike.One end of the iron rod was pointed, and under the beating of the hammer, a large part went in within a few strokes.

"Too bad." Lu Yuan yelled, then pulled out the iron rod, and dug down the second hole.

In such a short time, all three small holes were dug through.

Lu Yuan signaled Su Heluo to take a few steps back, then took out a much larger hammer from his bag, and swung it sharply at the place where the eye was just gouged.

He just heard a "boom", and he forcibly punched a hole about ten centimeters in diameter on the mural wall where the treasure box was drawn.

Looking at the light from here, the inside of the hole is still pitch black, and nothing can be seen clearly.Old Qi asked the two of them to stop for a while, came to the front of the cave by himself, lit up and looked inside, and then signaled Lu Yuan to continue.

He smashed the hammer a few more times, and gradually, the hole in the wall was big enough for one person to get in.

"I saw it just now, and there is a way to dig a way. Go in in a while, and follow the previous order." Qi Lao said to us.

Zhao Longyu and Su Heluo got in first, then Mr. Qi, and Xinran and I also got into the space behind the mural.

As soon as he entered, Xin Ran pinched his nose and shouted.

"What smell?!"

The inside of this passage is a bit damp, and as soon as you enter, you can smell a strong stench, which makes you feel sick and nauseous!
Suppressing the smell, I looked around and found that this is indeed a cave excavated, and there are still traces of excavation on the walls of the cave on both sides.

The space here is very large, and the position we are in now is even wider than the corridor of the tomb.

Looking at the rear, not far from the hole that was hammered just now, there were actually some huge sealing stone strips piled up, completely blocking the road.

"It's blocked here."

Lu Yuan went over and pushed, but those sealing stones did not move at all.

Su Heluo shouted in front: "There is a way."

I took a photo in the direction of Su Heluo, only to find that this wide hole is actually curved.

Looking forward from me, although I can't see how long the hole is, I can see that the direction of the cave in the distance ahead has become a curve to the left.

"Follow closely." Zhao Longyu greeted from the front.

Afterwards, the few of us kept a relatively close distance and cautiously moved forward.

After about one hundred and eighty steps, the direction of the cave gradually changed to the right again.The scene around this road has hardly changed, and there are still cave walls full of excavation marks on both sides.

But the further you go, the stronger the stench becomes.

Suddenly, the two leaders stopped.

I followed the light of their flashlights, and there were light yellow belts hanging down from the cave walls on both sides in front of me. directly on the ground.

"What's that?" I asked puzzled.

Su Heluo picked up one from the ground in front of him, turned around and handed it to us.

After a close inspection, I discovered that there are circles of fine lines on the light yellow belt.

"It's a snake slough!"

Listening to Xinran's words beside me, I gasped.

If these dense belts in front of us are all snake sloughs, then we have entered the snake's old den.

Seeing these snake sloughs, Elder Qi's expression darkened, and he said, "I'll see the right time to release the yellow smoke later."

After giving an order, several people took out a lighter and a small round marble from their bags. There was a twist on the round marble, which looked like the "little landmine" firecrackers they played when they were young.

Seeing this posture, I can only take out my folding sapper shovel, which is considered as a show anyway.

Sure enough, within a short distance, many staggered round holes began to appear on the cave walls on both sides, which should be the dens of snakes.

"Everyone be careful."

The pace of Zhao Longyu and the others was already very slow, and the light of the flashlight flickered left and right, paying attention to the surrounding environment.There are also many snake sloughs on the ground here, and there will be some rustling sounds when stepping on them.

Along the way, we found that there didn't seem to be any snakes around except for those snake sloughs and snake holes.

This is too strange, I turned my head to ask Xinran who was on the side, but saw her pointing the flashlight in the direction of the cave roof.

"Is there any problem up there?" I asked in a low voice.

Xin Ran pointed upwards and said, "Have you noticed that the roof of the cave is getting higher and higher?"

Hearing what she said, it seemed to be true.

When I first came in, I took a rough look, and the hole was almost equal in width and height, but now it seems that the height has far exceeded the width.

"It's strange, there are so many snake sloughs and holes here, why can't you see a live snake?" Lu Yuan's muffled voice came from behind.

"It's probably hibernating." Su Heluo, who was walking in front, said, "It's winter now, the temperature is so low, if there is a snake, it's probably huddled in the cave."

After listening to his words, I am not as scared as before.After all, I really didn't see any living things along the way, but I was just scaring myself.

We have been walking for about 10 minutes since entering the hole, but the hole is still beyond sight.It is really hard to imagine how much manpower and material resources are needed to excavate such a long cave in the mountain, and what is the significance of doing so.

Going forward like this, gradually, I no longer have any nervous emotions, but feel a little boring.

I glanced at the people beside me and in front of me. They were still tense, carefully watching the front and sides.This made me swallow back what I was about to say, and the current atmosphere doesn't seem suitable for chatting.

However, when I subconsciously turned around to see Lu Yuan who was walking at the end, I found that there was no one behind me...

(End of this chapter)