Daomu Biji

The fat man was mysterious, while the man on the side never spoke.

I don't know what the fat man is doing, but the attitude of Menyoupin tells me that he does not deny the fat man's statement. The doubts in my heart reached its peak, and I decided not to worry about it for now and take a look before talking about it.

I thought so, but my mind was full of energy but my strength was not enough. I was trembling while being supported by the fat man, and I had to hold on to his neck to keep from falling.

The cave was only thirty square meters in size, and there was actually nothing to see. The torch turned around and there were all traces of manual excavation, and there was nothing else. The only special thing is the dark black marks on it. I don’t know what minerals are contained in the rocks here.

I followed him through the water, walked through the passage that looked like a knife, and walked to the hole on the other side.

There is a different cave here. It was drilled at least twice as much as the one I stayed in before. It is filled with things, including some rusty tools, wooden racks and baskets, and piles of blue bricks. There are many things I don’t recognize around it. Something like a stone mill.

What surprised me was that in the corner of the cave were several shelves as high as the top of the cave, with those iron figurines lying on them. The ceiling and walls of the cave are covered with dark green stripes, which become clearer under the illumination of searchlights, emitting a light like glass.

In the middle of the cave, there is an upside-down jar with a statue of a god on it. I don’t know what god it is. There are several incense burners in front of it, which are very simple.

"What the hell is this place?" I asked in surprise. It looked like a stone chamber that was still being excavated. The project was only half completed, and there were piles of tool boxes and raw materials.

"We guess that this should be a mine." Fatty said.

"Mine?" I looked around, "What type of mine?" Then I looked at the iron figurines and asked, "Is it an iron mine?"

The fat man shook his head: "Damn it, it's much more valuable than iron ore! Come and see." He pointed to the dark green stripes above, "Can you figure out what kind of stone this is? Think about it, what is the most abundant around here?"

I didn't quite understand what he said, but I touched the lines on the stone and felt that it was surprisingly warm and smooth, almost like a girl's face. He wasn't talking nonsense, it was indeed extraordinary. Thinking about it again, a concept flashed in my mind, "Holy crap! Are these stones... jade?"

The fat man nodded: "I'm not an expert, but in my opinion, even if it's not jade, it won't be a bad jade. This should be a very good jade vein."

I made a sound, my mind jumped, and I remembered all the strange phenomena I had seen in the stone village at the bottom of the lake.

This cave seemed to be part of the underground of that strange ancient building. I had always suspected that there was something in the mountains here. I felt that the largest one might be an ancient tomb, but I didn't expect it to be a jade mine.

I didn't expect this, but I figured it out now.

There is a hidden jade mine here, which is similar to the ancient tomb, but the value of the jade mine is not comparable to that of the ancient tomb. Gold is valuable but jade is priceless. Owning a jade mine will make you rich as a country.

In this way, all the strict arrangements above were completely justified - if it was to secretly mine jade, it would not be a loss to build a castle, not just a building.

In building this ancient building here, even the Yao King may even have a stake and use privileges to protect it. The value of the jade mine is too great, and no political power can give up this temptation.

As for why you want to hide it? It's very simple. If any forces in other places find out about it, they will definitely send troops to fight immediately. How much opium and tobacco can this thing be bought with money?

"I think what happened here has something to do with the jade mine. For this thing, the terrifying conspiracy is not weird, the value is too great." Fatty said.

"Then what's going on with these things?" I looked at the iron frame placed in the corner and the dozen or so iron figurines lying on it, and asked, "Are these also tools? They thought the foreman was too harsh, so they made the hoe into a He looks like a foreman and then smashes it every day?”

The fat man half-smiled, as if he didn't have the energy to joke, and said: "I don't know, but if you look at these things, they are all cast iron tools, with iron supports on the sides. I think these iron figurines are the same as those we sell in bulk. Used to transport things. The ore was dug out, sealed directly in the iron figurines, and then melted in the local area. At that time, the war was in chaos. This could prevent accidents on the road, break the jade into pieces, and secondly, it would have carvings on it. The pattern, after being rust-proofed and then broken into pieces, can be said to be used to refine the iron to make bullets.”

"Oh!" I took a breath and thought, so that's it.

Snakes have their own way, and people like them understand it at a glance. I felt extremely puzzled before, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. I thought there was a deeper story behind these iron warriors.

On second thought, I felt something was wrong. Are those archaeological teams salvaging these iron blocks just to salvage the jade in them?

It’s unlikely. Although the value of jade is great, with the national power at that time, it should not be poor enough for the archaeological team to salvage it. Could these things have other uses?

The fat man just smiled, his expression not relaxed. After walking slowly around the cave wall, I continued: "However, looking at the size of this mine, they don't seem to have excavated much, and the mining breadth is not high!"

"The size of the jade mine is not very big to begin with. This is not the crux of the problem." He helped me upright. "What I want you to see, fat man, is not these things."

I turned around and continued to look around. I didn't see anything else that could attract my attention, so I asked, "What do you want me to see?"

The fat man raised the torch and asked, "Didn't you notice? There is no exit here."

I was suddenly shocked. One second I grasped what he meant, and the next second I understood. He quickly looked around the entire cave and broke into a cold sweat as soon as he saw it.

Indeed, these two holes are not big. Looking along the way just now, there is no place to get out.

The small hole of more than 30 square meters next door is very simple and definitely has no exit. This one is slightly larger, but there is also no opening.

My mind was a little confused, so I turned around immediately, and the fat man helped me walk through the caves on both sides again. This time I was completely focused on finding the exit. After reading it, I felt so cold that I could hardly speak.

The fat man is right, there is no exit here. All the cave walls are made of solid rock, not even a crack can be found.

"What's going on?" I looked at him, "How could this happen?"

He looked bitter and said nothing.

I subconsciously looked at the top of the cave. If there was no cave wall, it might be on the top of the cave.

The roof of the cave is very low and can be touched with your hand. Looking around, it is exactly the same as the rock wall. There is nothing. It is completely a single piece of rock.

The fat man sighed, waved his hand and said, "No need to look any further! We have searched every inch and every inch of this place, inside and outside. These two holes are completely sealed."

I couldn't accept it: "How is that possible?"

The fat man sighed: "I don't know, but it is indeed true. This hole seems..." He paused, his tone hesitant, "It is completely closed, as if it was dug out from the inside."

I was stunned for a moment, shook my head and said, "Absolutely impossible. If that's the case, how did we get in?"

He asked me to lean against the rock, looked at the mengyou bottle that followed him, shook his head and said, "I don't know." ④Read on Tianshu Chinese website