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We were so curious that we didn't care about getting dirty, so we all leaned over to have a look.Li Yang suddenly made a silent gesture, signaling us to keep quiet.We showed a look of surprise, is there any mystery in this door.

Li Yang pointed to the door and signaled us to listen.The iron gate was short and narrow, so there was only one other person to lie on besides him.I'm not being polite, I leaned forward and put my ear on the door, listening carefully.

At first there was no sound inside, but after a while, there was indeed a very slight "woo-woo" sound. This sound was a bit like water flow, but it could be carefully distinguished, and it was also like wind.If you let your imagination run wild, I think this sound is made by something flying in the air.

The copper lock was in a hurry, gesticulating and asking about the situation inside.I ignored him and continued to listen with squinted eyes.

At this time, suddenly there was a crisp sound of "Kala" in my ear, as if someone was knocking on the door inside. I was shocked and looked carefully, only to find that it was Li Yang who was twisting the iron door covered with rust. traced handle.

"You..." Wang Chen stammered, "What do you want to do?"

Li Yang said: "What else can I do?! Open the door and see what it looks like inside."

This kid is really a coward.He twisted it a few times, and the handle was almost rusted to the door, so he pulled it a few times and it didn't move.He stood up and said to the brass lock: "It's your turn to function, find a way to open the door."

Tongsuo glared at him, but was not polite, and squatted directly beside the iron gate.Remove the backpack and take out the lockpicking tool from inside.He stuck a slender piece of metal into the rusty keyhole, poked it a few times, then shook his head: "It's hard. It's all rusted inside."

"Find a way." Li Yang said.

Tongsuo smiled: "Fortunately, I am a veteran lockpicker." He took out another white plastic container from his bag, squeezed out a few drops of chemical solvent from the sharp mouth on the slender metal, and then poked it into the keyhole again.

The solvent seemed to be able to corrode the rust, and black liquid continuously flowed out from the keyhole. There was only a "click", and when the handle was turned again, the iron door opened a crack.

The door opened.

We were short of breath suddenly, what kind of ulterior secret is hidden here.Everyone felt very tense and exciting.

Li Yang slowly pulled the iron door, and the door hinge made a dry "creaking" sound, which made people's teeth tremble.Inside the door was a deep darkness, like an abyss. It seemed that it hadn't been opened for a long, long time, and there was a very unpleasant smell from inside.

The few of us pulled the handle hard together, and finally opened the door to a gap that could accommodate an adult to pass through.Li Yang looked in with a flashlight. The light seemed to be sucked in by the darkness, leaving only a faint beam of light. In the area that flashed, all he saw were ventilation pipes.

Seeing the contents clearly, Tongsuo was very disappointed: "I thought there was some secret hidden. It turned out to be the pipeline layer." He explained that every high-rise building will have a special pipeline layer, the so-called closed space, where the They are all professional equipment such as units, which are used for centralized management of water, electricity and electricity.

The mysterious secret room in front of me is probably for this purpose.As far as the eye can see, there are long and thin pipes that are intertwined and parallel, filled with the stench of stale and mixed water vapor, and there is nothing strange about it.

It was dark inside, and our scalps felt numb just looking at it. We subconsciously accepted the words of the copper lock, and we didn't want to take any more risks, so we said together: "In this case, just close the door. Don't cause problems with the water, electricity and gas in the whole building because of us. "

Li Yang crouched in front of the gap, peeked in, and made strange movements from time to time.He put his arm fully into the iron door, and then took it out again, and did this many times.He suddenly said, "I want to go in and have a look."

Tongsuo rolled his eyes: "It's completely crazy. I didn't tell you, there is a pipeline layer inside, you can find a bird when you go in."

Li Yang looked at us and said, "I found a strange phenomenon. The temperature inside this iron door is different from that outside."

I said, "What's so strange about this? It's cold outside, but the inside is a closed room, and the air-conditioning can't get in, so the natural temperature is different."

Li Yang stood up, made way for us to try.

Qin Dan squatted at the door, stretched his arm into the gap, felt it, and then took it out, looking a little surprised: "The temperature here is so high."

I squeezed through with the copper lock, and tried to follow their example. Sure enough, there was an obvious temperature difference between the outside and the inside.

The temperature on the top floor of the building where we are now is actually very low, even lower than the open air outside, probably around zero degrees.This phenomenon was discovered by Li Yang and I during our last expedition.The higher the building goes to the top floor, the lower the temperature is, which is weird to say.Even if the corridors and platforms are not equipped with heating pipes like indoors, the building is a closed space after all, which isolates the cold air, but the temperature here is not only not higher than outside, but even two or three degrees lower.

But inside this mysterious iron door, the temperature is ridiculously high, almost close to the normal heating level, and it is expected to be close.Compared with the platform we are on, it is as warm as spring.

It can only explain one problem, there is heating equipment working in it.But if this is the case, there will be another contradiction with the assumption of the pipeline layer guessed by Tongsuo.

Is it necessary to heat the room where no one lives, just laying pipes and concentrating the units?

Li Yang did what he said, and he wanted to get in.This gap is large enough by visual inspection, but it is very troublesome to drill it.The biggest problem was that the padded jackets we wore were very bulky, and Li Yang and his clothes got stuck in the gap and couldn't get in at all.

He tried back and forth several times, but still couldn't get in.A few of us tried to grab the handle to make the gap bigger, but the iron door had been in disrepair for a long time, and the door shaft was rusted to death, and it couldn't be pulled even after a lot of effort.The gap in the door has been opened to the limit.

After tossing back and forth, Li Yang was covered in sweat, with fine beads of sweat oozing from his forehead.

He raised his hand to wipe the sweat, and wiped it, the dirty dust was everywhere on his face, just like a little cat.None of us laughed. The scene was strange and depressing, and our hearts were heavy.

Li Yang unzipped the chain and took off the padded jacket, revealing the sweater inside.He was shivering from the cold, but he still handed the padded jacket to Qin Dan unswervingly: "You wait for me outside, if I don't come back..."

We looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"If I don't come back, I'll give you the padded jacket." Li Yang laughed.

He and Li Damin, this pair of cousins ​​were really born in the wrong age, going back 100 years, they are definitely the stuff of heroes.Courageous and insightful, the most important thing is to have a clear idea, and do it when you see it, and never ask how long the red flag can last.

Li Yang squatted on the ground, followed the gap in the iron gate, and crawled in little by little.

We were terrified from watching from behind. We saw him like a big bug, arching inside, and finally retracted his feet, and he disappeared through the iron gate.We flicked on the flashlight and saw him straighten up inside.Although the door is very short, it seems that there is enough space for adults to move around normally.

The light of Li Yang's flashlight flickered in the darkness, and his figure was blurred. He was walking slowly towards the depths inside, until the darkness swallowed up the last ray of light, and he disappeared.

Neither of us spoke.After a long time, Tongsuo took out the smoke, distributed it to Wang Chen and me, and lit it for us one by one.A few of us squatted on the ground, smoking cigarettes one mouthful at a time.Qin Dan couldn't bear the smell of smoke, and stood not far away holding Li Yang's padded jacket. The girl quietly looked at the iron gate, wondering what she was thinking.

"Do you think that kid can come back?" Wang Chen asked me in a low voice.

"His name is Li Yang." I was dissatisfied that Wang Chen used the title "that kid" to the Great God, it was an insult.

"Okay, okay, Li Yang. Can he come back?"

Tongsuo smiled: "Old Li is extremely hard-working, and nothing will happen. In the Lantern League, there are a few gods with very strong fortune-telling. We need them to lead the way every time we go on an expedition. There will definitely be no problems. Li Yang is one of them." one."

I cast a glance at Qin Dan, and asked Tongsuo: "Just now you said that girl rolled at the gate of hell, what's going on?"

Tongsuo took a deep breath of the smoke and said, "Qin Dan grew up in the rural areas of western Hunan. Their customs are superstitious about ghosts and gods. It happened when she was a child. Her grandma was seriously ill once, and the hospital couldn't find it. Therefore, the family invited a master with high morals to see her. The master said that her grandmother should not die. This time, the life and death is due to the sins committed in the previous life. It is said that her grandmother opened a kiln in the south of the Yangtze River in the late Qing Dynasty. The owner of the brothel, at that time China was undergoing drastic changes and natural disasters broke out. Her grandma used various means to force and take in many refugee daughters to sell themselves as kiln sisters. It is said that she tortured and killed many disobedient chaste and strong women. Anyway, the blood debt is heavy. In this life , even if the fate is rough, everything goes wrong, drinking cold water, stuffing teeth, farting and jumping on the heels, it is a miracle to live to such an old age. Now, those female souls who died unjustly in the previous life have come to collect debts from her. It's hard going."

I listened intently: "And then?"

"Master said that there is only one person who can save the old lady, and that is the little granddaughter Qin Dan. The master said that this girl Qin Dan is a reincarnation of a heavenly boy who can ward off evil spirits. It is quite mysterious. The only way to save grandma is It is to let Qin Dan trade his life for his life."

"**." Wang Chen swallowed.

"I won't talk about the spells I did in the middle. We asked Qin Dan many times, but this girl just didn't talk about the details. As a result, Qin Dan fell ill with a high fever, and no matter how thick the quilt was, it couldn't stop the cold. Talking nonsense every day and seeing dirty things, her life is hanging by a thread. Her grandmother has recovered from a serious illness and is enjoying her life. Of course, it does not mean that Qin Dan must die. The master saved her by doing it. It is said that Qin Dan’s name was already listed below Lord Yan's life and death book is registered. Anyway, this matter is quite evil."

Wang Chen and I didn't speak for a long time, completely overwhelmed by this story.

Wang Chen said, "I've heard that those who are born as children seem to have bad luck."

Tongsuo nodded: "Anyway, this girl is worried about her life, and her thoughts are very heavy. Originally, she and her boyfriend...forget it, and don't talk nonsense about other people's private affairs behind their backs. It's boring. Old Liu, do you believe in reincarnation?"

I was stunned: "Past life and present life?"

"more or less."

I shook my head: "I don't know, it's hard to say. There should be. The indestructibility of matter is the truth, and perhaps reincarnation is a manifestation of the iron law of the universe."

"I believe." Tong Suo said, "The process of getting to know my current girlfriend is very miraculous and coincidental. Fate is really wonderful. This kind of romantic fate in this life must be related to the cause and effect of the previous life."

"In your previous life, one was Wu Dalang and the other was Pan Jinlian, right?" I said.

"Get out, fuck your uncle."

We were talking nonsense, when suddenly the light flickered in the iron gate, and the sound of chaotic footsteps sounded.I froze for a moment, before I had time to think about it, a bald head stuck out of the iron gate.This scared me so much that I almost sat on the ground.

Li Yang was sweating profusely, his face was as pale as paper, he leaned out half of his body, gasped and said, "There... there is something inside."