Ghost Blowing Lantern II

When I mentioned this to the fat man, I couldn't help but suspect that there were many stones buried in the cave, which were used to suppress ghosts. These words made Ding Sitian a little nervous. She said to us: "Don't mention this now, I feel like my back is We are all out of breath, what should we do now? We can’t go back the way we came. There are ten passages here, and there are nine left. Which way should we go to get out? "

I found that Ding Sitian’s courage has indeed become smaller. Maybe it’s because of the heavy losses of cattle and horses in the pastoral area, which makes her feel unsure. I guess she feels the same as Lao Yangpi. If there is an accident in the pastoral area, she has to bear the responsibility. Let’s reduce this responsibility. The only way for Xiao Xiao was to retrieve the lost cattle and horses, but the missing cattle and the fleeing horses happened to run into this area regarded as a "forbidden land" by the herdsmen. Those terrifying legends about the "Hundred Eyes Cave", It has long penetrated into the bone marrow of the local people. It is really difficult to advance or retreat. But in this special era, the fear is not as strong as the fear of responsibility. If you put yourself in her and Lao Yangpi's shoes, think about it. , they must be under a lot of pressure, and fierce ideological struggles must be going on.

She was not like this when we were in the big series in the past. At that time, Qia was a classmate who was young and high-spirited. One time we went to a certain place and happened to catch up with a local middle school teacher who led a group of junior high school students to dig a grave. The owner of the tomb was a celebrity during the reform period of the late Qing Dynasty. The corpse was pulled out of the tomb and hung upside down on a tree for public display, so that the revolutionary masses could see the ugly face of the largest royalist party in history. After hearing the news, Ding Sitian and others went there overnight During the visit, it was dark and windy at night, so several people excitedly went to see the ancient corpse hanging on the tree in the dark. At that time, she didn't even see the slightest fear in her.

I came back to my senses and said to Ding Sitian and Fatty: "It's not advisable to stay in this crypt for a long time. Let's see how the situation is with Lao Yangpi first, and then find a way to get out as soon as possible." Then we walked to Lao Yangpi. In front of the sheepskin body, he still had abdominal distention. We lacked medical knowledge at that time and did not know that the movement of the intestines in the human abdominal cavity is mainly controlled by autonomic nerves and is also affected by the movement of blood in the intestines. After overeating, abdominal distension is prone to occur. , the phenomenon of blood vessel dilation, so intestinal blood movement will be affected to a certain extent.

All we could do was lift him up and massage his abdomen. Lao Yangpi regained some of his consciousness. What he couldn't forget the most was his horses. The remaining three horses all escaped into the deep forest on the ground of "Hundred Eyes Cave". He lost his horse and it was difficult to return to the pasture. I had to comfort him and promised to find the horse as soon as possible.

Seeing that Lao Sheeppi was getting better, I discussed with Fatty and Ding Sitian which way to go. The cave was surrounded by ten passages, all of which had almost the same structure. We entered it through a collapsed tunnel, and the original road had collapsed. It is not yet known whether there is an exit from the other side, but this crypt should not be an ancient tomb. It is not very solidly built. The possibility of finding an exit is still quite high. I think since there are symbolic things to return the soul and calm the soul here. , it seems that dead souls and ghosts are involved everywhere, so the ten tunnels around it probably represent the ten paths of Hades. It is unclear internally how to distinguish the southeast, northwest, and I have to choose one at random.

The fat man asked: "Old Hu, are you talking nonsense? I heard your statement is quite surprising. Why do you say that there are ten paths in the underworld? Why not eight, nine or eleven?"

I said, "I remember that my grandfather had a map of land and water in the underworld. There were exactly ten realms in the underworld. As for whether there were nine realms or eleven realms, I heard that it was because the Tang Dynasty divided the world into ten realms. The underworld and the underworld were divided into ten realms. Yang is relative, so there are ten tunnels in the underworld, but I am not sure whether these ten tunnels are like this. How can we understand the thoughts of ancient people? Anyway, if you want to change passivity into initiative, you have to go in and see for yourself , if you are lucky, maybe there will be other gaps in the landslide below that you can climb out of."

The fat man thought about it and thought it made sense. At this time, everyone had almost rested, so the fat man and I still carried the old sheepskin, marked the way we came, randomly picked up a passage and walked in. The moisture in the ground was very heavy. The choking makes people's brains hurt, and the swarms of rats are still disgusting. There are many rat holes in the gaps between the stone bricks along the way. It is estimated that they can reach the ground, but only the body of a rat can pass through them.

Not long after, a collapse inside the tunnel blocked the way, so I had to turn around and go back. In another tunnel, I finally found a shaft with a small top space, which could only accommodate one person. I first followed the steep stone steps. When I went up, I found that the entrance to the shaft in the tunnel was blocked by a gray rock. I touched it with my hand and found that the gray stone slab was actually a large piece of cement with an iron ring on it. The strangest thing was that the cement There were some Arabic numerals on the surface of the board, like some kind of number. I was so anxious to leave this dark and damp cave that I didn't bother to take a closer look at what those numbers meant. I held the kerosene gas lamp in my mouth and stretched out my arm to lift it up. I pushed hard, and the heavy cement block was only pushed open a narrow gap. The cold wind from the ground rushed in, but I exhausted all my strength, and the cement board didn't move at all. I couldn't push it open any further. .

I climbed down the shaft and informed my companions of the situation above. Fatty and Ding Sitian were greatly surprised: "Did you see it wrong? This Hundred Eyes Cave should be a historic site, although we have no way of knowing what it is used for specifically. We know, but how come there are cement boards with numbers?" However, we can't tell exactly when the foreign characters were introduced to China, and we have no intention of doing research in this area. We just want to get out as soon as possible.

Among the three of us, the fat man was the strongest. I couldn't do anything about the concrete slab, so I had to let him try again. The fat man took off his coat and hat, rolled up his sleeves and climbed up the shaft. He just listened to his luck and cursed. While pushing the cement holding down the shaft, he protruded all his muscles and bones, used all his brute force, and shouted: "Open..." He pushed the cement slab aside forcibly, and the dim starlight outside immediately shone down, and we looked I breathed out a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but feel like seeing the light of day again.

The fat man climbed up to the ground first. Ding Sitian and I were holding Lao Sheepskin underneath. The fat man caught him from above and pulled him out of the tunnel. Then he also climbed up. He saw the dim moonlight outside and the shadows of the trees beside him. It was in the forest of the "Hundred Eyes Cave". There were no centipedes or wild rats here, and there was silence everywhere.

While Fatty and I were looking around to identify the direction, Ding Sitian held the gas lantern and curiously looked at the cement cover: "Hey... In addition to the code, there are also words on it... Water Supply Corps... Wave 3916..."

(Note: Water Supply Force - During World War II, the Japanese army set up the world's largest secret military organization to research and prepare for germ warfare. It had several independent units under its jurisdiction. For secret motives, it used "epidemic prevention and water supply" both internally and externally. "Troop as code name.)

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