Deserted Village Apartments

Chapter 31 No.20 Eight Days

I embarked on a journey to the deserted village for the second time.

In the early morning, I took a box of important luggage and boarded the long-distance bus bound for K City.Looking at the fields in the south of the Yangtze River in summer outside the car window, it seems that everything has returned to the original point, but it has been changed to a different season.I remember when I went to the deserted village for the first time, I was uneasy, excited and curious.But now after experiencing so many events, my mood has become extremely calm, because this trip is to do what I have to do.

After several hours of galloping, I arrived at the K city bus station in the afternoon.Then, I sat on the minibus bound for Serang Town without stopping, and arrived at the destination after more than two hours.It was already dusk, I had a hasty dinner in Sereng Town, and then walked to the deserted village overnight.

I still remember the way I went last time very clearly, and I have made all kinds of preparations, so it is not very difficult to walk.In the barren mountains and mountains of this summer night, the salty sea breeze is everywhere, I walked for several hours, and finally turned over the last mountain.In the dark night, a sea unfolds in front of the eyes, and there is a dark village under the hillside. The chastity archway at the entrance of the village is still eye-catching under the moonlight.

Deserted village, here I come again.

It suddenly occurred to me that more than 20 days ago, when four college students came here, how did they feel?At least they don't think that bad luck is waiting for them.

Let myself calm down first, then I touched the jade ring and said softly: "You're home."

Passing through the huge chastity archway, I entered the deserted village in the dark.

Although it was summer, the atmosphere in the alleyways of the village was still so chill, and there was no trace of popularity around. I touched the gate of Jinshidi from my memory.Under the cold moonlight, the once majestic gate stood quietly, revealing an aura of impending death.That's right, from now on this old house will never be inhabited by living people again, it will become a dead house.

Holding my breath, I pushed the door lightly, and it was indeed ajar, probably the villagers would not dare to go in at ordinary times.I tiptoed into the first courtyard of the Jinshi Building, and then turned on the flashlight.

The beam of the flashlight led me into the hall, illuminating the plaque with the words "Ren'ai Hall" and the scroll portrait of the ancient man underneath.It's still the same as the last time I saw it, feeling oppressive and suffocating.

I entered the second courtyard, and the moonlight shone in the quiet courtyard, as if I had returned to another era.I quietly walked up to a nearby wooden building and opened one of the rooms.The light beam swept back and forth through the thick dust, and suddenly it caught a computer, and there was a TV next to it, but they were all dusty and looked like they hadn't been used for a long time.The layout of this room is similar to that in the city, it seems to be the boudoir where Xiaozhi lived.

Suddenly, a faint sadness welled up in my heart, and I called softly a few times: "Xiaozhi."

I waited quietly for a few minutes, but there was no movement around. Although I knew it was futile, I still hoped for a miracle to happen.

No, there will be no more miracles.

I quietly walked down this small building, and came to the back building again.I lived in a room upstairs in this building a few winters ago.Pushing open the familiar door, the inside looked a little messy, and I knew that the four college students also lived here.In the dim light of the flashlight, the four vermilion lacquer screens were reflected. Looking at the still vivid paintings, I couldn't help sighing softly.

After leaving this small building, I went to the backyard of Jinshidi's old house.In this desolate ancient garden, the most conspicuous thing is the plum tree under the moonlight, stretching its branches towards the night sky.I walked slowly to the ancient well, and only glanced into the mouth of the well. I couldn't see anything clearly in the dark, but I felt a coolness rushing straight to the door—the bottom should be the place where the "Dian Wife" was buried.

Perhaps, this is a sinful house.

Back in the second courtyard, I raised my left hand high, the jade ring reflected strangely in the moonlight, I thought it was time.

I tidied up my travel bag and got some necessary tools out of it, along with the big box.Then, with these things, I opened a door on the ground floor, and the flashlight beam shone on a big bed, which should be Mr. Ouyang's room.I walked around to the innermost part of the room, and sure enough, I found a secret door on the wall. It seemed that Huo Qiang and the others hadn't had time to block the bricks when they left.

I stepped into the dark room cautiously, and then took a photo of the ground with a flashlight, and immediately showed a series of underground steps.This is it, I took a deep breath and walked down the tunnel step by step.

Perhaps, because the secret door has been opened, the underground corridor appears very damp, which is not a good thing from the perspective of preserving cultural relics.After walking down for about ten meters, the big stone door appeared, but the lock had been broken.I found that lock on the ground, it was the kind of lock we used to see when we were kids, I think Mr. Ouyang used to go in and out of this door, so he used this lock.

Walking into the stone gate, there is a long tunnel inside, because I have already prepared myself, so I walked very fast, and after a few minutes, I arrived at the underground hall - the mysterious underground palace of the deserted village.

Suddenly, I felt a burning heat coming from my left hand, it must be the effect of the jade ring.But I forcibly held back, and first took a flashlight to illuminate a circle of the underground palace, and it seemed that there was no end in sight.

On the ground next to the wall, I found more than a dozen scattered pieces of jade.Yes, they should all be jade wares from the Liangzhu period. I immediately opened the big box and carefully took out five pieces of jade wares from it.

Now, these jade cong, jade bi and jade ax are finally reunited together, just like returning to the ancient Liangzhu country 5000 years ago, perhaps they should stay underground forever.

The flashlight beam shined on the small door on the wall again. This is the door of the secret room of the underground palace, right?I touched it with my hand, and it was indeed made of jade.I gently pushed the jade door open, bent down and entered the secret room.

The secret room is about ten square meters in size, and the height can only make me lower my head.I scanned around with a flashlight and found a box on the ground.I immediately squatted down and carefully took a photo with my flashlight. The box was also carved out of jade, so it should be the jade letter.

The lid of the jade letter was originally sealed with mud, but unfortunately it was broken by Huo Qiang.I think that every time the Ouyang family opened the jade letter and put the contents inside, a new sealing mud would be left on the lid, indicating that someone sealed it in a certain year and month.

And the jade ring on my hand should have been kept in this jade letter.

After a moment of silence, I carefully opened the jade letter, which was still empty.

Facing this empty box, I was a little at a loss, my mind went blank, I didn't know what else I could do, or admitted that reality was powerless?

Suddenly, I felt that the ring finger of my left hand was getting hotter and hotter. Under the light of the flashlight, a slight change took place in the jade ring, and the scarlet stain became more vivid. blood.

I could hardly control myself, and I couldn't help but put my left hand into the jade letter.After a few seconds of scorching heat, I was surprised to find that the jade ring began to slip off.

God, it can move.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the jade ring slipped out of my finger and fell gently into the jade letter.

Still holding the flashlight in my right hand, I watched this scene in a daze.This jade ring from more than 4000 years ago has been worn on my finger for ten days. I tried my best and couldn't take it off, but now it fell off so easily.And on the ring finger of my left hand, all the strange sensations disappeared, and the smooth fingers returned to normal.

Looking at the ring lying quietly in the jade letter, and giving off a dark reflection under the light of the flashlight, I suddenly understood—this is the home of the jade ring.Yes, the Jade Ring had caused me hallucinations, pain, and despair, but all it had done to me was for this moment of coming home.

Yes, Jade Ring is back home.

I suddenly felt a burst of relief, as if all the fears of the past ten days had disappeared with the slipping of this jade ring.Then, I carefully closed the lid of the jade letter and put it back in the corner of the secret room.

Goodbye, Jade Ring.

I bowed my head and exited the secret room, and closed the jade door again.Finally, I let out a sigh of relief, I know that I have fulfilled my mission, and all the looted things have now been returned to their original owners, and returned to Zhao intact.

Just act like none of this happened.

Before walking out of the underground palace, I shined the flashlight inside again, only a cloud of cold black mist drifted.I tried to walk a few steps deep into the underground palace, and found that the underground space is really too big, like an underground quarry.

Suddenly, a blue cold light appeared in the light of the flashlight, and I hurried forward a few steps, and finally arrived at the deepest part of the underground palace—it was a huge stone wall with uneven surface, and there were many traces of artificial excavation. The blue light is reflected from here.

I carefully raised the flashlight, pointed at the blue parts on the stone wall, and touched it carefully with my fingers, a cold feeling penetrated into my body.In an instant, I was so surprised that I couldn't make a sound. What did I find?
--Jade.

Yes, I discovered an underground jade mine. The huge stone wall is the jade deposit. I roughly estimated that it is at least 50 meters long, and there are traces of extensive mining on the deposit.Perhaps the entire underground palace was once a part of the jade mine, and it was because of years of mining that such a large space was formed.

Absolutely no mistake, these days I get along with jade objects day and night, and I have become half a jade expert. This kind of underground jade mine is really amazing.

Suddenly, I thought of the question Sun Tzuchu said, that is, where did the jade materials used in the Liangzhu civilization 5000 years ago come from?This is a question that has plagued historians for a long time.Now, I think I've found the answer -- right in front of my eyes.

I understood everything at once - more than 5000 years ago, the founders of the ancient Liangzhu Kingdom landed and settled in today's barren village.Before long, they discovered a huge jade deposit right here at my feet.Therefore, they mined a large amount of jade here, and then used the mysterious power of jade to enter the Taihu Lake Basin to establish the ancient jade kingdom, which is what is called Liangzhu civilization today.The raw materials of the mysterious Liangzhu jade we see today are all mined from here. The ancestors of the Ouyang family used this precious jade resource to create a highly developed civilization in the jade age.

4000 years ago, the Liangzhu civilization was destroyed for various reasons. The reason why the surviving ancient jade kings fled to the deserted village was because there was their most important treasure - the jade mine.

Yes, this is also the reason why the Ouyang family has lived in seclusion in the deserted village for thousands of years. The secret they want to keep is actually this underground jade mine.It is regarded as the wealth left by the ancestors and is a sacred place that no one can violate.

This is the last secret of the deserted village.

I really did not expect that I would solve a major historical mystery in this special way.How many historians have studied the problems that they have not figured out for a lifetime, but I have discovered them.But for this secret, the price paid is too great.

Facing the treasures of the jade mine mined by the ancients 5000 years ago, I bow deeply, because this ancient jade mine is the first step for human beings to conquer nature and move towards civilization.

I thought about the legends of the Liangzhu civilization, and the mysterious origin of the ancestors of the Ouyang family. Maybe they were not human?Maybe all of this has something to do with the jade in the ground?Like a jade ring that allows me to see the past.

Is there some kind of mysterious natural element buried in this jade mine?
Thinking of this, I picked up a few pieces of jade from the ground, and I can bring them back to Shanghai for scientific testing. Maybe there will be a major discovery that will shock the world?
However, after a few tens of seconds of hesitation, I put the pieces back together.No, I have no right to take them, let the secret lie deep in the ground, and never bother with them again.

I didn't take anything, so I left here in a hurry.Guided by the light of the flashlight, I walked out of the huge underground palace and returned to the underground passage.When I passed the stone door, I closed the door again, trying not to let the outside air in.

Walking up the steep stone steps, I finally returned to the ground.After stepping out of the dark room in the room, I picked up the bricks from the ground and sealed the secret door again.Then I moved the big bed in front of the hidden door and completely covered it up, hoping no one would ever discover its existence.

Back in the courtyard, I greedily breathed the air outside, the moonlight shone on me again, let this tomb be sealed forever.

It was already twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and it seemed that he would not be able to leave tonight.I walked up the small building at the back and went back to the room where I used to live.This was my last night in the deserted village. I hurriedly wiped the wooden couch, and then wrapped myself in a blanket and slept on it.In this dark ancient room, I couldn't sleep for a long time, hoping that at some point in the middle of the night, the twig would suddenly appear in front of me.

Twig, will you come?
(End of this chapter)