Chapter 5 Chapter 5 General Tomb

I'm already very interested in what Lao Sha said.Before they knew it, the two had finished smoking a pack of cigarettes.Lao Sha had been talking for a long time, and his face looked very bad. I began to believe in the truth of what Lao Sha said.He did look like he was dying. His body was not as healthy as when I first saw him, and within a few hours, his spirit had begun to weaken.I originally wanted to leave, and wanted to tell him that I would come to chat with him next time I have a chance. But Lao Sha was aware of my intentions, "Let's talk for a while longer," Lao Sha said, "I don't have much time, if I can find someone to talk about this, I will feel more at ease when I die."

There is no way, I can only continue to be a quiet listener, waiting for Lao Sha to continue talking. "Xiao Xu, do you understand history?" Lao Sha asked suddenly. "Only the "Historical Records" and "Hanshu" have been carefully read in the Twenty-Five Histories," I admitted honestly, "I have only flipped through the others." "Do you know much about the history of the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties?" Lao Sha asked me. I shook my head, "Compared to that era, I paid more attention to the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, but I didn't have much interest in the history of the Song Dynasty."

"Oh," Lao Sha nodded, "Let me tell you that there is a general buried in the steel factory, he is from Liao Kingdom." Lao Sha finally got to the point, I immediately became excited and listened to what Lao Sha said with great interest. When Dana, Erzi and Dongsheng were recalling the accidents in the steel factory, Laosha returned to the room of the thief and Yan'er.Thief and Yan'er are tinkering with their equipment.Seeing Lao Sha come in, Yan'er complained, "How much trouble does it take to knock on the door?" "The equipment is back to normal," said the thief. "Could it be that the underground magnetic field is changing?"

"I don't want to tell you this," Lao Sha said anxiously, "Don't you know a lot, I'll tell you some things I saw, and you should look it up right away." The thief and Yan'er immediately became nervous, and the thief asked: "What did you see? I heard that something happened in the steel factory. Are you there?" "I think there is a huge prayer wheel under the pump room of the steel factory." Lao Sha didn't hesitate to get to the point, "There are some words in it." "Prayer wheel?" Yan'er said, "Isn't that a thing of Tibetan Buddhism?"

"The porcelain unearthed by the excavator is from the Yuan Dynasty," said the thief. "The state religion of the Yuan Dynasty was Tibetan Buddhism. At that time, there seemed to be a man named Bhaspa, who should have been the state teacher at that time, so this is not unusual." "That prayer wheel was only made 40 years ago." Lao Sha said, "The people who built the steel factory used Tibetan Buddhist gadgets to make it. Isn't it strange?" "That's right," said the thief, "forty years ago the text reformed." "I'll write a few words for you to see if you can recognize them." Lao Sha immediately found a pen and paper, and wrote some characters he didn't know on it, which were the incantations he saw on the inner wall of the round well in the pump room.

The thief took a look, and said, "This should be Xixia script." "It's not Xixia script," Yan'er denied, "If it's Xixia script, I can understand it a bit." "But it's very similar to Xixia Wen." The thief said hesitantly. "If I'm not mistaken," Yan'er said, "this should be Khitan script, but no one has been able to really decipher Khitan script." Lao Sha thought for a while, "I saw a few murals underneath." Then he drew on the paper and drew a few characters. The advantage is that the memory is very good, especially the memory of the picture.

Lao Sha reluctantly drew a few figures, which are his murals two hundred meters underground in the pump room.Before the murals collapsed, he almost memorized the outline of those few frames of murals. The thief looked at the characters drawn by Lao Sha and exclaimed: "This Lao Sha is really related to Khitan!" Lao Sha looked at the thief, "Can you see it?" "Of the six people you drew, two are Khitan costumes and hair, and four are Jurchen costumes." "Are they fighting?" Lao Sha said, "So those paintings describe the scenes of the war?"

"It's very possible that those murals are depicting the war that year, but they may also hint at some secret." "It's a pity that those murals have collapsed." Lao Sha said regretfully. In the steel mill, after Dana told about Dui Hu, there was silence. "I didn't expect us to stay in such a weird place!" The second son swallowed his saliva. On a hot day, his face turned pale with fright, a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead, and he gasped for air. Dana squatted at the door dejectedly. He didn't believe in evil, and he didn't really believe what Dui Hu said back then.But now, things happened all at once, and he couldn't help but believe it. The point is, he now thought of a more serious problem.

"No, I won't do it here anymore. Hei Xiao lost half his life last night. If I continue to work here, I will be like him. I can't stay in Hufu Town anymore, Dana, hurry up Pay me my salary, and I'll go to another place!" Er Xiao repeatedly backed away, seeming to think of something, and said to Dongsheng, "Uncle, you also come with me." "I said, I can't live without the water in the cistern. If I leave, I'm sure to die." Dongsheng waved his hands again and again, "You can go, it's fine if you go." Er Xiao looked at Dana hesitantly, "Dana... just say something, will you let me go?"

"You coward, you know how to run when you encounter problems. Let me tell you, this matter is not as simple as you think. If you don't believe me, run around and see, you should die, you still have to die!" Said in a bad tone, he kept wiping the sweat, but found that the sweat on his forehead couldn't be wiped clean. "Don't scare me. What do you know!" The second son was stunned by Dana and asked timidly. "There are some things that I can't tell you. I can only tell you that the cause of the accident in this steel factory is underground. Whether it is the previous molten steel incident or the current reservoir incident, it is the same reason. There is something underground. Harmful people!" Da was so angry that he stomped on the ground a few times.

"Dana, did you see something under the pump room?" Er Zi trembled, "After you came up, Director Liu sealed the trap, is there a ghost who wants to climb up to harm people... you do not scare me." At this time, Dongsheng shivered and crawled out of the water tank, and shouted to his second son, "The weather is so strange, why is it so cold, turn on the heater quickly, I'm dying of cold." Seeing Dongsheng like that, the second son scratched his hair anxiously, "I don't understand what you guys are talking about at all! Why is my life so miserable!" Dongsheng rolled on the ground, mucus dripped all over his body, he rolled his eyes, scratched wildly, and wanted to stand up, but the ground was too slippery, he couldn't stand up, and his limbs just swayed in the mucus like that. "Don't stop me, I'm going..." He suddenly yelled heart-piercingly.There was no one stopping him in front of him, yet he acted as if he wanted to push people away. The scene was very strange. Dana immediately noticed the problem, stepped forward and used a hand knife, knocked on Dongsheng's neck, knocking him out. "What are you doing, you beat my uncle to death!" The second son immediately stepped forward to tangle with Dana. "Uncle Dongsheng is already out of his mind, so don't add to the trouble." Dada supported the second son with one hand. "He was fine just now, why did he lose his mind!" The second son waved his hands, wanting to hit Dana. "I guess Uncle Dongsheng didn't come to the steel factory to ask you to help him at all. He hides here because he has a bigger goal!" Dana pushed the second son out. "I only know that I'm just such an uncle. If you deal with him, you're dealing with me. I'll never end with you!" The second son quarreled and refused to give up. "They're all fucking crazy!" Dana stopped explaining to the second son, stepped forward and slapped the second son, throwing the second son to the ground.The parts he hits are quite precise, the purpose is to subdue others, but in fact there is no harm to the opponent. The second son lay powerlessly on the ground, opened and closed his eyes, struggled twice, and fell asleep. Dana rolled up his sleeves, threw the security cap aside, dragged Dongsheng to the radiator, found two yellow leather belts, and tied his hands and feet so that he couldn't move. Then, Dana found a basin of water and poured it on Erzi's head, waking him up. "Why did I faint?" Er Zi opened his eyes in confusion, touched his face, not understanding what happened. When Dana saw his appearance, he knew it was the right call. The second son also became weird because of his contact with Dongsheng. It should be said that his mind became less clear-headed. "Your uncle has a serious accident, we need to save him." Dana pointed to Dongsheng in the corner, "Now I need your help, will you help?" The second son hesitated for a while, "Help, I'll help." Dana took out a bundle of ropes from the room and let the second son take it, and said to him, "Let's go to the cistern to see." "What, the cistern? Didn't you just say that you can't go to that place because you drowned people?" The second son was so frightened that he threw all the ropes on the ground. "It's said that your mind is not clear, but you remember these things clearly!" Dana patted the second son's head, "Hurry up, don't waste time, I will not harm you!" "You can't go, you can't go..." Dongsheng suddenly woke up and shouted at Dana. "Uncle Dongsheng, I must go down to find out. It's okay. I went down. I just want to find out what's wrong down there." Dana said, "I didn't know there was such a thing before. You know, I I should have checked more carefully, I must have missed something." "You will die. If you want to go, you will definitely die! You can't deal with that thing!" Dongsheng was in a hurry, struggling desperately, the skin was scratched by the belt, and fell to the ground, which was very terrifying. But there was no blood to be seen, and the fleshy skin quickly became liquid after it fell to the ground. The second son looked more and more flustered, and grabbed the rope on the ground, "Uncle, don't scare us with your words, we are all for your own good, Captain Li, let's go, hurry up and find a way." Dana knew that the second son didn't become brave all at once, but that he was more afraid of Dongsheng now than going to the reservoir. Dongsheng's body was so weird that even Dana would have been terrified if it wasn't for broad daylight. Dana didn't say any more, and walked into the cistern with his second son. The two came to the side of the cistern, and the area around the cistern was as quiet as ever. Dana watched as a fallen leaf flew from a distance, and after it fell on the water, it spun into a small vortex and sank to the bottom of the pool. He had never paid attention to these things before, but now he knew the strangeness of the pond, and when he saw this phenomenon carefully, the reservoir seemed to reflect his guess on purpose, and everything was confirming Dana's imagination. "Captain Li, do you really want to go into the water?" The second son was three meters away from the shore, not daring to approach for fear of falling into the pool. "Did you know that there is a quicksand river in it, the goose feathers can't float, and the reed flowers sink to the bottom. Come and see this reservoir, it's similar to that quicksand river!" Dana picked up a leaf and threw it into the pool . Again, the leaves swirl and sink into the water. "I really convinced you, I still have the mood to joke around at this moment." The second son cried sadly. Dana took a long breath, took the rope from Erzi's body, and tied one end around his waist, "I don't need this thing at first, but just in case, you can hold it for me on the shore. I can get into the water Hold back for two and a half minutes, beyond this time, you will pull me up." "Okay." Seeing that he was serious, the second son sighed and said, "Should we notify Director Liu?" "How to notify," Dana said, "As you can see, he doesn't care about anything at all. After he comes, he must surround the reservoir and prevent anyone from approaching." The second son thought about it, and stuck out his tongue. Dana took a deep breath and jumped off the cistern. Da took a fierce plunge into the water, he was particular about the way he breathed and exhaled, he breathed calmly, his lower body was stable, and he walked down without swimming. He really wanted to know if the rumor Dongsheng mentioned was true, and whether there were holes in the ground of this pool that could suck people away. Dana's water skills can't be said to be good, it all depends on the proper breathing method and a special method to stabilize the body, which is the move similar to the "jack pendant" mentioned above. He relies on walking, walking under the pool. The mud underneath is very soft, because it used to be yellow mud, which had been soaked in water for so many years and became very sticky. Every time he stepped on it, it would suck his feet, but the yellow mud would not make the water turbid. This, aside from the weird elements, is actually very magical. For example, in a general pond, if someone stirs it, it will become cloudy, and it will be cloudy for a long time, until it slowly settles down and becomes clear again. But this cistern is different. Even if Da Na steps on it and stirs it deliberately with his feet, there will be no signs of muddy water. The yellow mud, like mercury with a high density, sank to the bottom of the water properly. After walking for a while, Dana felt that the rope around his waist was being pulled. He understood that the time had reached the limit he had said, and the second son was testing whether something happened to him.Dana pulled the rope twice rhythmically with his hands, indicating that he was normal. Dana felt strange.Usually, he holds his breath, three and a half minutes is the limit.He has also seen some breath holding records. Many people in the world surpass him, and some people can even hold their breath for more than ten or twenty minutes.But Dana can't do it, holding his breath is not his forte. But today is very strange, in this underwater, after two and a half minutes, he still didn't feel uncomfortable at all. The second son was probably worried that something would happen to him, so the rope pulled eagerly, trying to pull him from the bottom of the pool to the shore. Dana hesitated, whether he should go ashore first and tell the second son that he was fine.At this moment, he saw a mass of black ink-like mass at the bottom of the water in front of him, stretching and shrinking, as if it was alive. The two sons fought more and more, Dana took a few steps back, while the black mass swam a certain distance away. Dana knew very well in his heart that this black mass was very strange, at least on the shore, when he went into the water before, he had never seen it before.Seeing that it was about to go far away, Dana immediately untied the rope on his body and quickly chased after it, regardless of the danger. The mass of black object rolled at the bottom of the pool, and Da Da followed closely behind.Gradually, Dana discovered that this mass of black object was getting bigger! Dana was stunned, and the darkness completely enveloped him. It seemed that as soon as the night fell, Dana couldn't see anything, but he heard something gurgling in the darkness, stirring the water. Dana felt something like a spider web sticking to his face, criss-crossing viscous silky objects, but he couldn't even grasp it several times, those lines were embedded in the flesh, and the cold feeling, Inch by inch. Then, he heard the noisy voices of many people, some were far away, and some seemed to be talking against his ears. "I told you I can't go down..." "You can't handle it..." The clearest one is Dongsheng's voice. "mural!" "mural!" The thief and Yan'er whispered in surprise at the same time. "I just came to tell you about the murals." Old Sha paused, and said to Yan'er, "I haven't read any books, and I don't know as much as you. You must have put a lot of effort into this place. Now I will tell you what is painted on the mural." After listening to Lao Sha's words, Yan'er said slowly: "This place is called Hufu Town. It is located at the meeting point of the northern nomads and the farming clans of the Central Plains. Since there are historical records, this place has been a battleground for military strategists." "That's easy to explain," Lao Sha said, "The murals I saw were all scenes of war." "Tell me about the murals you saw," the thief said anxiously, "We are short on time." Lao Sha closed his eyes and carefully recalled the murals he saw at the bottom of the round well. The first mural slowly flashed back in his mind. "The people you mentioned wearing the costumes of the Liao Dynasty walked in the ice and snow under the leadership of a general, and there was the sea beside them. There are many, many of these people, including soldiers, women and children..." "You said there is a sea," Yan'er said immediately, "Obviously this is a defeated tribe of the Liao Dynasty who is leaving their homeland. Since there is a sea and it is icy and snowy, it should mean that they walked along the sea. walk……" Lao Sha continued to recall: "The second mural is still the general, with soldiers and horses, still walking along the sea in the ice and snow, but in the opposite direction." The thief said: "After he rectified the tribe, he came back again." "In the third mural, there are only two people." Lao Sha said, "One of them is still the general, and the other is dressed as a Mongolian, but with the same hair as him." Yan'er asked, "What about the next painting?" "This general led the army, but the number was not large. His army was surrounded by the Mongolian army. It was surrounded like an iron barrel." Yan'er suddenly said loudly: "I understand, I know this history." "Is this mural a reenactment of the past?" asked the thief. "Yes," Yan'er said excitedly, "It's really a pity. In fact, the cultural value of these murals is very high. If they can be preserved and let historians study them, many histories of the Liao and Yuan dynasties can be corrected." "Don't be a fool," said the thief, "We are not history students, we are here to do business." "After the Liao Dynasty was destroyed by the Kingdom of Jin, two aristocratic brothers survived, one named Yeluliuge and the other Yeluqinu. Yeluliuge defected to Mongolia, and under the protection of Mongolia, he became a vassal king. But Yeluqinu chose another path, and he moved tens of thousands of Khitan survivors to Korea, which is why there is a seaside in the murals you see." "You mean," Lao Sha asked, "the tombs under our feet are related to these two nobles from Yelu?" The thief thought for a while, and then asked Lao Sha: "What is the other mural?" "Then there was a war," Lao Sha said. "The general of the Liao Kingdom inside was completely besieged, with only some elite soldiers around him to protect him. The Mongolian army that besieged him was divided into two layers... I remembered, The Mongolian soldiers who directly attacked him in the inner layer look different from the Mongolian soldiers in the outer layer!" "What's different?" "The heads of the Mongolian soldiers on the outer layer are all rabbit heads, and their backs are facing the battlefield." Lao Sha recalled the mural, "Why is that?" The thief and Yan'er were both dumbfounded, and this kind of scene also made them very strange. Lao Sha also shook his head, and then said: "The last mural is the general who committed suicide with a knife. There is a dead rabbit lying on the ground. The rabbit is huge, bigger than a human being." The thief and Yan'er couldn't understand the intention of the mural even more, and could only wait for Lao Sha to continue, "The last painting is that this general was buried in the ground, and then all the soldiers committed suicide one after another. But the strange thing is, that The giant rabbit is still painted in it." "That rabbit is a very important clue." The thief said, "Maybe the rabbit is not big in the first place, but because it is very important, the size of the rabbit is deliberately exaggerated." All three of them fell into deep thought. This is the clue brought by Lao Sha from the ground, and it must be very important.However, in the cruel war, the image of the rabbit appeared inexplicably, and it was accompanied by death, which made people very abrupt. Lao Sha suddenly smiled wryly, "You guys didn't understand anything, what are you doing here?" "There's something down there, it's very important." Yan'er said to Lao Sha, "You must believe this." "Of course I know!" Lao Sha said excitedly, "I mean we are too risky." "Can we stop quarreling over this issue," the thief reassured Lao Sha, "This is our last business, Lao Sha, we have been doing it all our lives, can't we make a big one, let us retire without regrets ?" Lao Sha shook his head slowly, the thief always had reasons to persuade him. "You said that the equipment has been recovered," Lao Sha asked, "Is the decoding software normal?" Yan'er said with a little embarrassment: "The device can indeed continue to work, but it still cannot accept the feedback from the sound test, and the software cannot be cracked after decoding." "What do you mean?" Lao Sha asked, "Is the equipment ready? You can't always expect me to go down and catch the blind all by myself." "The bands reported by the sound test are too complicated," Yan'er said disappointedly, "far beyond the scope of the decoding software." Lao Sha looked disdainful. "Yan'er has worked very hard." The thief brought the old salad to the computer screen, "This is the feedback we received from the acoustic measurement. Under normal circumstances, the frequency band will deviate according to the specific gravity of the underground mineral deposits. According to the value of the deviation, the staff judges what veins are below. Because the specific gravity of each metal is different, it can be judged based on this.” "Why are you telling me this?" Lao Sha was a little impatient. "I just want you to know that Yan'er is not idle here. She has been working very hard. Since the recovery of the equipment, she has been trying her best to analyze the feedback information we received." The thief continued, "Our method Based on the feedback from the acoustic measurement, we analyzed and sorted out the scope and shape of the underground space. This is the map we will explore in the future. But you see, the written bands are all messed up, completely inconsistent with the normal acoustic measurement category.” "Could it be that the equipment was affected by the magnetic field and received unreasonable information." Lao Sha whispered. "That's a way of thinking." The thief looked at Yan'er, "We may have received something other than the sound frequency." "How is it possible," Yan'er said with a smile, "then our hundreds of thousands of equipment will become an expensive radio." As soon as Yan'er said these words, she immediately thought of something, and the face of the thief also changed.Immediately said to Yan'er: "Immediately adjust the frequency to 20-120 Hz." Instead, Lao Sha was confused by their words. "This range," said the thief, "is the frequency that our human ears can hear. Let's try it." Yan'er tapped the computer quickly, and the software was involved in the frequency analysis. After a while, the computer made a sound.The voice made the three of them dumbfounded at the same time. What the computer emits is the voice of a human speaking: "Old Hu, everything is normal." "Received, continue to disassemble. Received, continue to disassemble." As soon as the voice came out, the three of them were dumbfounded.Yan'er hastily terminated the program process.The sound stops. Yan'er fiddled with the computer in a panic, "The software can only decipher the band pattern of the sound test feedback, and the conversion of sound waves into sound is just a small plug-in that comes with it, a function that is hardly used. How do you know it will be a human speaking." "I've had this happen before," said the Thief, "someone converted the sound into a complex band pattern, stored it in a computer, and handed it over to the linker to decipher." Lao Sha looked at the thief, and there was something in his heart that he really wanted to ask, but he held back when the words came to his lips.Yes, unless the thief is willing to talk about it himself, he can't take the initiative to ask the other party's previous identity. "Keep listening." The thief said to Yan'er. Yan'er fiddled with the computer for a while, then hit the Enter key heavily.The voice came out.Lao Sha closed his eyes and listened to the voice with all his energy.The sound is a little fuzzy, and the magnetic noise is very influential. "Old Hu, everything is normal." (voice of the first person) "Received, continue to disassemble. Received, continue to disassemble." (Second person's voice) "Kaka...Kaka...Old Hu, it's very windy up there, can you see that?" (voice of the first person) "Got it, I think there is a certain swing." (Second person's voice) "Kaka...Kaka...is the swing more than 30 centimeters?" (voice of the third person) "Not yet, you can continue to work. Kaka..." (Second person's voice) "Today's wind has reached level seven, the weather forecast is not accurate." (voice of the third person) "Old Hu, I think the shaking is more than 30 centimeters. Did you make a mistake in your calculations?" (the voice of the first person) "Old Yang, fasten your seat belt, I see that your seat belt is in the wrong place." (voice of the third person) "Let Lao Zou, Lao Zhu, and Lao Wang hurry up, and don't be dawdling at the beginning." (Second person's voice) "I don't know what happened today, the screws of the steel frame can't be unscrewed." (voice of the first person) "Is the hydraulic wrench broken? Would you like to bring up a jug of butter?" (Second voice) "Did you drink alcohol before going to work? Violated the safety construction regulations?" (voice of the third person) "You think we don't want our lives, dismantling the tower crane, don't we take our own lives seriously?" (voice of the first person) ... ... The device did not speak again, only the magnetic noise of clicking, but mixed with the sound of metal knocking. Yan'er thought that the sound of the equipment had stopped, and was about to fiddle with the computer. "No need," Lao Sha stopped, "the sound is still going on, they just didn't speak, they were working." "This is dismantling the tower crane," said the thief. "How could we receive this sound recording from the ground." "This is a steel factory. Tower cranes are required to expand or dismantle tall buildings and equipment." Lao Sha replied, "Obviously, these workers are dismantling tower cranes. The first person who spoke was the foreman of the demolition workers." , the second person is the lifting dispatcher, who is responsible for coordinating the dismantling work, and the other person is the safety officer, who is responsible for safety supervision.” "You know so much?" The thief asked Lao Sha. "I worked as a security guard on a construction site," Lao Sha replied, "I have seen this kind of work many times. Dismantling tower cranes and hoisting large equipment are the most dangerous jobs." "The most dangerous job?" Yan'er suddenly covered her mouth.Lao Sha and the thief also understood Yan'er's meaning. Since the sound was fed back by the underground magnetic field, it meant that there must have been a big problem with this job back then. "The process of dismantling the tower crane is very dangerous," Lao Sha said. "The tower crane is built up layer by layer with steel frame modules and steel rivets. When the construction site is over, dismantle the tower crane. The steel frame is disassembled. There is a special fixed device, around the module of the tower crane, the upper and lower two adjacent steel frame modules of a steel frame module are riveted, and then the steel frame in the middle is disassembled. Then the next steel frame module The frame module is fixed, and so on, from top to bottom, until all the steel frames of the tower crane are dismantled." The reason why Lao Sha wants to explain this to the thief and Yan'er is to tell them that the work situation in the voice is probably an accident, which was recorded by the magnetic field. "Ka Ka Ka... Ka Ka Ka... Finally, the third part was removed, and the other one was removed, and I will be off work today." (the voice of the first person) This voice suddenly appeared again, Lao Sha and the thief Yan'er felt uneasy.Because the voice was so real, it was as if they were in the environment at that time, and their hearts were extremely nervous. "Kaka...Old Hu, Lao Hu, what happened underground, what happened!" (scheduling voice) This voice became very panicked. "I can't see anything! The top is shaking too much, Lao Hu, your mother said that the swing is less than 30 centimeters, and now I'm almost one meter away from here. Didn't you see that the hanging rope is shaking so much! I can't help it." This sentence came out of the computer suddenly, but it was the voice of the fourth person. After this person finished speaking, the computer made a sharp whistling sound. Both the thief and Lao Sha knew that it was the sound of wind, a huge sound of wind.Mixed with this crackling magnetic noise, Lao Sha and Shen eavesdropped so hairily, and Yan'er couldn't help but cover her ears. "Who is this person?" asked the thief. Lao Sha said softly: "When dismantling the tower crane, the steel frame module is unloaded to the ground with the boom of the tower crane itself, so there should be an operator." "Stop work, stop work, stop now!" (Safety Officer) "Everyone stop working, stay put, don't move around!" (Scheduling) "What's the matter on the ground, Lao Hu, there are many people standing around you, can't you and the security guard see?" (Demolition Worker) "Don't be nervous, there is no one around us, it's normal, you calm down, you have hallucinations of high altitude." (Security officer) "I read that right, those people are right next to you, damn it, they are climbing up the tower crane again." (Demolisher) "The steel cable shakes badly, I'm going to loosen the pulley, please avoid it!" (Operator) "You can't loosen the pulley. This is against the operating procedures. It's too dangerous. An iron guy is hanging on the cable. Do you want to kill someone? You put the cable at a constant speed, and it must be at a constant speed." (Scheduling) "The steel cable has already been blown up, and if this continues, the tower crane will be pulled down, what a fart at a uniform speed!" (Operator) "Calm down, everyone! Follow the safety operation procedures to deal with emergencies, and listen to me and the dispatcher's instructions." (Security officer) "I saw something bright red in the sky! It was very close to me." (Operator) "Don't panic, these are high-altitude illusions. I told you during the training, you need to stabilize your mind, and this illusion will disappear after a while." (Security Officer) "Those people have climbed up, already crawled among me. Damn, they're not people, they're all skeletons, skeletons in ancient clothes." (Demolisher) "You stay awake, we don't see anything below, no one is climbing up, don't be nervous." (Scheduling) "I have notified the fire brigade, they will come to rescue you, you hold on." (Security officer) "Where are you people? We can't see the ground anymore. The ground is full of yellow sand blown up by the wind. I heard people fighting." (Demolition Worker) "The steel cable was blown by the wind and the tower crane was wound up!" (Operator) "Old Yang was thrown down by a ghost, damn it, how could this be an illusion!" (Demolisher) "Send Lao Yang to a nearby hospital immediately!" (Security officer) "Lao Yang is dead, isn't he?" (Demolisher) "Don't worry about it, his seat belt is loose, please check your seat belts." (Safety officer) ... ... The voice on the computer stopped again, only the whistling wind, Lao Sha and the thief stared at each other, the corners of their mouths twitching involuntarily. "Quack... Quack... Quack..." The voice came from the computer again, but it wasn't the conversation between several people on the walkie-talkie just now.Moreover, there was a dull and loud sound, like a gigantic giant laughing profusely. The three people in the room remained silent, listening to the weird and unusual wind sound from the computer, maybe it wasn't the wind sound, but the sound of some kind of monster.Although it is known that this voice happened many years ago, the fear it brings has not weakened in the slightest. Lao Sha finally spoke, "You heard it too, people will die." The thief wiped his forehead, unable to answer Lao Sha. "Listen!" Yan'er spoke again. The human voice in the computer began to recover again. "The sky is all red, it's so fucking beautiful... It's worth dying for." (Operator) "Old Hu, what are you doing up there, don't move around, don't take off your seat belt!" (Security Officer) "Don't jump, don't jump!" (dispatch) ... ... The sound stopped abruptly.Yan'er looked at the computer, and said to Lao Sha and the thief, "The deciphering is over, that's all for this sound." Lao Sha sat down, took out the cigarette case, took out a cigarette tremblingly, and lit it. "It's just an ordinary safety accident." The thief waved his hand to Lao Sha, "It's very normal. There is no accident at the construction site." "You think those people on the tower crane are hallucinating." Lao Sha whispered, "Then how do you explain the source of this sound?" "Magnetic field, there is a huge mineral vein underground in Hufu Town, which produces a magnetic field," said the thief, "so our detectors received the sound recorded by the magnetic field." Lao Sha thought for a while, "The aisle of Yin soldiers I saw seems to be due to the magnetic field." The thief took out a pen and paper, and drew on the white paper: Tomb Guard, Black Forest, Steel Factory, Swastika Steel Tube, Prayer Wheel, Underground Murals, Yeluqinu, Yeluluge, Giant Rabbit, Jurchen, Mongolia People, Hufu Town, the huge underground iron mine, the corridor of Yin soldiers. When Lao Sha said this, I couldn't help but use the pen I carried with me, took a newspaper on the table in front of him, and wrote down these key words in the blank space. Lao Sha looked at me and asked with a smile, "Can you see any clues?" I looked carefully for a long time, and said to Lao Sha: "You already know the answer, why didn't you tell me." "I know the answer, that's because I experienced a lot of things later in Hufu Town," Lao Sha said, "You are a person who has read the book, I want to see if you are in my situation at the time, can you learn from these clues? See something coming out of it." "It's very clear on the murals," I said, "When the Liao Kingdom was destroyed by the Jin Dynasty, Yeluliuge took refuge in Mongolia, and Yeluqinu led his people to Korea. But after the Jin Dynasty destroyed the country, Yeluqinu was able to recover So he led the army back to his homeland, but the troops were insufficient, we must contact Brother Yeluliu and let Brother Yeluliu take him in." "indeed so." I flipped through my phone and said to Lao Sha: "But at that time he met a very powerful general in Mongolia named Mu Huali." "How do you know the name of the Mongolian general?" "Baidu is just a little bit," I said with my mobile phone. "I'll determine the approximate time and search for the Mongolian generals who fought in northern China at that time. This is very easy to find." “世界真的不同了，”老沙说，“你简简单单就能从手机上查到的东西，如果当时没有嫣儿，我怎么都查不到的。” 我继续说：“耶律乞努是死在了虎符镇，当然是吃了败仗，输给了木华黎。只是蒙古军队有一半是兔子头，和他死前，身边也有一个兔子，这个线索我想不通。唯一能想的就是，这个兔子和虎符有关。” “这个你也能想到？” “是啊，唐朝之前，统领军队的信物就是虎符，在唐朝之后，虎符渐渐的演变成了兔符。只是名字还是叫虎符而已。所以虎符镇的名字是有来由的。” “你的这个判断也是正确的。”老沙点头。 “你还说到了守陵人，”我对老沙说，“这个也不必多猜了，守陵人就是埋葬耶律乞努亲兵的后代，一辈辈的守在这里。还保留了一些原始的祭祀的习俗。” “那钢厂的事情，”老沙问，“你能有个解释吗？” “这个我真的想不到合理解释。”我对老沙说，“为什么有人在文革的时期，非得在将军冢的上面修建一个镇压的布局，而且还这么劳师动众。他直接把坟墓给捣毁了，不是更简单。” “我来告诉你原因吧，”老沙说，“因为那个人，不敢惊动地下的将军冢。” "why?" “我还是问你，”老沙突然岔开话题，“你相信世界上有鬼吗？” “不相信。”我立即斩钉截铁的回答。 “如果你回答是相信，”老沙说，“我就可以把答案马上告诉你，既然你不相信，那你就慢慢的听我说了。” 在我被老沙卖关子的那一刻，我几乎都有点后悔我做出了一个错误的回答。 但是老沙不会再改变主意，而是对我说：“还是那个设备的问题。你记不记得，我跟你说过，我在大拿值班室，感觉到了震动？” “记得。”我笑着说，“大拿这个傻逼，还以为是自己的武功超群呢。” “那个设备是声测仪器，”老沙说，“他周期性的向地下发射探测声波……” “所以钢厂发生的这些事情的源头，都跟那个探测器发射的声波有关？” “是的。”老沙点头说，“就是这样。” 老沙于是继续说下去。 老沙和神偷两人看着纸片，推测着各种可能。这个时候，整个房间突然震动一下。 神偷立即对嫣儿说：“是我们的设备吗？” “我们的设备没有这么大的功率，”嫣儿说，“震动来源地下。” “是不是要地震了。”老沙警觉起来，虎符镇距离唐山只有两三百公里，处在地震带上。 “这个震动的频率也是有周期的，”嫣儿说，“不是自然现象。” 神偷和老沙互相对望一眼，老沙心里想着，如果真的是有什么活的东西引起这种震动，那该怎么去对付？ 老沙看着神偷的眼神，他的想法肯定和自己一模一样。 老沙和神偷在房间里听到了那段诡异的对讲机声音的时候。在钢厂的蓄水池里，大拿正在胡乱的挣扎。二子飞快的把绳索往回拉。 身在水中的大拿，在冰冷的水中，身上感受到彻骨心寒，让他心里很紧张。“都说了不能下去……” “你们对付不了它……” 大拿在混乱的意识中，冬生近乎癫狂的告诫，在他耳边一次次的响起。 忽然大拿的眼前一亮，意识立即清醒过来，这才看到二子已经把他拉出了水面。大拿身体被二子用绳索拖到了蓄水池的边缘，上半身斜斜的趴在干燥的地面上，大拿觉得浑身疲惫不堪，不想动弹。却被二子把身体给翻转过来，然后二子把大拿的鼻子给捏住，然后一张嘴凑了上来。 大拿一巴掌把二子的脑袋打开：“你他妈的干嘛？” 二子惊喜的说：“原来你没事啊，那就好，我还以为你已经快淹死了呢？” 大拿深吸一口气，然后又慢慢走到水中，二子慌了，连忙阻止，“你冬生叔一样，中邪了吗？” 大拿冷静的对二子说：“刚才我迷迷糊糊的看见了下面有东西，那个东西红彤彤的，我要把它给捞起来。” “你跟我冬生叔一样，迷症了，你自己不知道吗？” 大拿对二子说：“没事的，我心里有数，还是老办法，你觉得有问题，就把我拉回来。” 大拿心里不停的暗示，不要慌乱，然后放松，慢慢的划水，再次向蓄水池中央游过去，在游动的过程中，他想起了一件往事。 虽然只是电光石火间，但这件往事完全浮现了起来。大拿很不想去回忆这件事。可是没有办法，那脸上凉凉的感觉，和耳边冬生的声音，还有记忆中这件事，就像一种紧密联系，让他无法摒弃掉杂念。 那件往事，跟他以前的一个同事有关，是他来到钢厂之后，最先认识的一批同事里的一个。这个同事叫洪兵，跟他睡在同一个宿舍，共处过三天，后来，洪兵去了外地打工，过了大半年，大拿去洪兵家附近，然后发现他家在修新房。 大拿以为洪兵混好了，在外面赚了很多钱，然后衣锦还乡，修了楼房。他四处找了下，却没有找到洪兵，向洪兵的家人问起，他们都用古怪的眼神望他，不回答他的问题。 大拿心想这家人真势利，有了钱就变得古怪。也就不再管，从此连洪兵家附近都没再去。 直到有一天，大拿在一次极其偶然的机会，在虎符镇上，大拿从跟洪兵一同出外打工的一个同乡口里，听到有关洪兵的传闻。 洪兵去打工，实际上是去修高速公路。很多人都知道，修高速公路最怕遇到的事情，就是要修隧道，还有搭桥。 但是，任何地方，只要是修高速公路，都很容易遇到这两件事。 修隧道和搭桥，一个是要挖山，一个是要跨河。自古以来，古人都认为，山有山神，河有河神，是不能轻易冒犯的所在。 一旦要对它们进行改造，就意味着要付出不小的代价。 洪兵的同乡告诉大拿，洪兵在建筑队里，待了三个月，被安排去搭一座桥。这座桥横跨南北，水宽有四五十多米，水流十分湍急。要修桥，就得打桥墩。 说来奇怪，这座桥的其他桥墩都很快打好了，连中间地带，水流最快的桥墩，都很快打好，就剩下一个靠近岸边的桥墩，无论怎么努力，都没办法打好。浇灌下去多少都不起作用。 一般在这里做的，都是些老手，知道是出了什么事情，于是就搞祭祀，炸鞭炮，献上香火和供品。搞了这些之后，桥墩依然没办法打好。 所有的人，都知道有麻烦了，明白这个桥墩，可能不太好处理。 这天，工头喊了几个年轻人，去处理桥墩的事，洪兵也在其中。在出发之前，老板就跟他们说了，这件事有危险，去的人都给一大笔钱。 洪兵虽然是新手，可听说的事情也不少，知道其中的缘故，但他还是去了。没过半个小时，就出了事情。在桥墩浇筑的时候，洪兵被一斗混凝土给掩埋在桥墩里，由于速凝混凝土，当旁人反应过来的时候，已经没有办法将洪兵从速凝混凝土里捞出来，甚至连尸体都无法挽回。 那个打工的同乡神秘兮兮的对大拿说，洪兵在干活的时候，本来好好的，突然就疯了一样自己跳了下去。可是他根本就站在安全的地方，不知道为什么突然想不开，就这么做了。 大拿现在突然想起这件事情，就是因为洪兵离开的时候，跟大拿说了一句话，他说：我最近常常做一个梦，梦到我静静的站在水中央，我还以为我会死在那个蓄水池里呢。 现在大拿也知道，洪兵死在的那个桥墩，其实距离虎符镇并不远。 当时的大拿，还不知道蓄水池里发生过什么事情，现在大拿处在这个情况下，他不停的想起洪兵说过的话，洪兵出事前，说过自己做梦站到了蓄水池里。其实洪兵是真的到蓄水池来过的。 此时此刻，大拿脑袋里有个想法很明晰了：也许，红兵是下过蓄水池救人的打捞队队员之一！至少，也是亲生经历过现场的人之一。洪兵跟这个小小的蓄水池，有着千丝万缕的联系，他会因为桥墩而死，很可能跟这个蓄水池有关！ 红兵去外地打工，是想躲什么，但没有躲掉！ 一想到这个之后，大拿的手脚划水的速度就减缓了，慢慢的停下来，往回游。 “怎么又回来了？”二子疑惑的问。 “你叔叔还有什么隐瞒着我，我要去问个明白。”大拿解开绳索丢在地上，“他妈的，我明明记得解开绳索了的！” “你在水里到底什么情况，你一直拉着绳子，没察觉到你解开啊。” “会不会和那个村子里的人有关？”大拿说。 “你在说什么，我完全听不懂。”二子一脸懵然，“我从来没看见过那个村子里的人到蓄水池里来，甚至连靠近都没有过。” “回去，先回去再说。”大拿没心思多解释。 两个人回到宿舍，冬生依然被绑在原地，大拿看到冬生的手臂和脚踝处，因为掉皮变得通红透亮，赶忙解开皮带，不过以防万一，他特意把门关紧。 冬生神智还清醒，看到大拿和二子回来，放松了心，“没事就好，你们要听我的，不要去那个地方了。” “我之前忘了一个关键点。”大拿开门见山说，“你明明知道这个蓄水池里淹死过人，怎么还会喝水，还要把水给那群外地人喝！你到底是什么打算！” “我……”冬生脸色顿时变了，眼睛不敢看着大拿。 “我知道你是在想办法，想要跟洪兵一样自救。”大拿说，“也就是找替身！” 冬生身体瑟瑟发抖，不说话了。 “你认为这水底下，有水鬼？”大拿说。 “不是水鬼是什么，本来是相安无事的，都怪我的婆娘，把蓄水池里的水弄到家里面，我不知情的情况下，用水洗澡！”冬生叔说。 “那之后，发生了奇怪的事情？”大拿急切的问，“你之前跟我说的，不是这个。” “我那是怕说出真相，就骗了你们。”冬生叹气说，“我知道这个池子里出了那么多事，怎么可能还饮用，实在是惹事上身，没办法了，我才不得不继续跟这蓄水池的水打交道。” “这个蓄水池，到底有什么古怪？”大拿问。 “事到如今，我就什么都不瞒你了。”冬生停了很久，“反正，钢厂里的传言，说这个蓄水池，是个献祭的地方……” “献祭是做什么？”二子疑惑的望向大拿。 “是不是过年的时候，在香堂上摆上很多东西来祭拜祖先的那种？”大拿皱着眉头，内心里隐隐知道是怎么回事，但说不上来。 “跟祭拜祖先类似，但这个里面，用来献祭的供品，是人。”冬生说。 二子猛得一哆嗦。 大拿其实已经明白了，就跟洪兵当了桥的供品一样，他在蓄水池里没当上供品，到了桥墩那里，还是当了。 “钢厂自从修建以后，怪事发生了不只一次，死了很多人，也失踪了很多人。”冬生眼神变得迷离起来，陷入回忆，“后来请了高人回来，就挖出这个蓄水池。领导们只是告诫大家不要靠近，实际上你看，根本没有做出什么防护措施。” “是噢。很奇怪。”二子喃喃说道。 “因为，该死的，逃不掉。”大拿冷冷一哼，“他们是想让别人自寻死路，给其他人挡灾，用少量牺牲，换取其他人的平安！” “自从我用那水洗脚之后，身上就开始流臭水。但只要用蓄水池的水洗一洗，又会舒服很多，后来，就喝了，喝了之后，身体会更舒服，可只要隔太久不喝，就会浑身难受。”冬生说，“我很清楚的知道，这水跟鸦片差不多，会让人上瘾，不能喝。但我忍不住，甚至会梦游，跑到蓄水池边上。好几次，都被我媳妇发现，给扯回去。于是，我就想到，肯定是池子里那些祭祀时死去的人，变成了水鬼，要拖我下去好投胎。 “所以，当你看到外地来的游客的时候，就起了坏心思！”大拿毫不掩饰的瞪着冬生。 冬生惭愧的点头，“我从蓄水池里打了水，给他们用，希望水鬼找上他们，不要再来找我。” “可你失败了，他们出了事，但没有被水鬼拖走。”大拿说，“你知不道，这种行为，我报告刘所长，可以让他把你抓走，你这叫蓄意谋杀。” “我叔又没害死人！你别乱扣帽子！当了两天兵了不起了！”二子见大拿这么说，立刻反驳道。然后对着冬生说，“我们找个工地，看能不能把他们的土渣运到蓄水池这边，把这个水坑给填了。” “蓄水池是厂里的财产，”大拿恨恨的说，“你们说填就能填吗？” 老沙和神偷两人对视很久。神偷才把话说出来：“你认为下面有什么东西？” “也许当年埋葬那个将军的时候，他们布置了一个很厉害的地下布局，并且有某种我们知道的地下生物，”老沙压低声音说，“然后多年来，一直有人在把这个坟墓给压制住，以前的办法就没法知道了，但是这个钢厂肯定是压制地下坟冢的一个奇门。” “那还真不是件简单的事情，”神偷说，“这得要多少钱啊，做这种事情的人，该有多大的权力。” “也许不是一个人做的，”老沙说，“很有可能是一个组织，或者是门派。” “中国怎么可能有这么隐秘的组织，又这么强大，而不被人发现。”神偷把这句话说完，看见老沙和嫣儿都在摇头。 “连文革时期都能调动这么大的人力和资源来修建一个钢厂，”老沙说，“那个势力，一定是盘根错节，影响巨大。” “那我们表决一下吧，”神偷说，“我们现在决定，退出还是继续。同意继续的人举手。” 神偷把话说完，就举起手，然后嫣儿也举起来。但是让神偷没想到的是，老沙也把手举起来。虽然已经二比一，无关决定。但是老沙的态度转变，让神偷很意外。 “我觉得我不可能抽身了，”老沙说，“如果真的有那么一个势力存在的话。” “老沙，”神偷说，“我们谈谈我们之前的事情吧。” 老沙迟疑很久，问神偷，“你们真的准备退休，然后去南美？” “确定了。”神偷看了看嫣儿，嫣儿面无表情。 老沙坐下来，把衣领的扣子解开，掏出一个挂链，链子上吊着一个饰品，铁的，形状是个卐。 “这是我师父被抓之前交给我的。”老沙说，“他已经有预感自己的会被抓住，把这个东西给了我，对我说，如果我看到类似的风水布局，我就该退休了。” “这个卐，只是个符号而已。” “是的，”老沙说，“但是有一个门派，我师父寻找了一辈子。没想到终于被我碰上了。”老沙说了这句话，就开始沉默，看着神偷。 神偷点头，“我父亲是个考古学家，母亲是一个钢琴师，他们在文革后期自杀，那时候我八岁。” 老沙吸一口气，“我在街上流浪的时候，遇到了我师父，他给了我一身本事，他一直在找卐字形的风水，他不缺钱，但是就带着我走南闯北，到处寻找。直到他突然被人抓走，也没有找到。” “我被我的舅舅收养，”神偷说，“但是舅舅家里过的不太好，他有四个子女，我从小看惯了表兄表姐和舅妈的白眼。所以在我十六岁，在街上能做什么呢，我得活下来。没想到我做不了音乐家，也做不了考古学家，却有偷东西的天赋。” “十一年前我父亲去世，”嫣儿说，“我那年十三岁，我没你们这么坎坷，家里供我念完大学，我学的是计算机专业，我还没有毕业，就已经有人让我帮他们做事，是破译一个银行储蓄主任的电脑密码，并修复被格式化的资料。然后我一直和这种人有联系，然后遇到了他。”嫣儿手指着神偷。 老沙接着说：“我后来去各个监狱寻找我的师父，顺着抓他的人的线索去找，可是我师父找不到了，不知道被关在什么地方，也可能已经死了。后来我潜入过被逮捕的当地公干系统的档案室，根本就没有任何线索。他让我躲起来之前，说过的那个卐字布局，这么多年来，我一直在琢磨他说的话。” “既然这样，”神偷摊摊手，“我们没有任何顾忌了，该怎么做就去怎么做吧。” “你的四个探头，一个在林子里，一个在值班室，还有两个在什么地方？” “一个在附近的塔林，还有一个在民宅的猪圈里。”神偷问，“你知道这个干嘛？” “你们是怎么确定安装探测器的放置点的？” “这个要问嫣儿。”神偷把头看向嫣儿。 “系统根据当地的地形，给出的最合理的方位。”嫣儿回答。 “把四个探头都收回来，”老沙说，“已经惊动下面的东西了。” 神偷和嫣儿点头，“我们晚上就去。” “我晚上去厂里，”老沙说，“那个大拿还有几个保安，一定知道一些当年的事情，我去问问。” 三个人计划完毕，到了晚上分头行动。 老沙向神偷和嫣儿告辞，本来是想回去休息一下，晚上去工厂，但是坐在房间里，心神不定，他已经和神偷开诚布公的说了自己的经历，他师父神秘失踪和钢厂之间的联系。老沙自幼流浪，是师父收留了他，授给他手艺，不让他饿死街头，在他心里，师父就是父亲。现在突然发现钢厂的背景，怎么能安心坐得住。而且，他又发现房间里的桌子又抖动了一下，桌子上的水杯摇摇欲坠。 震动感增强了，老沙再也无法保持平静，匆匆的穿了衣服，向工厂走去。 到了值班室，也是大拿的宿舍，老沙看见房间里除了大拿和二子，还有一个中年人神情萎靡的蹲在房间里，手脚都有被绑过的痕迹。 “抓到小偷了？”老沙问。 “你说什么呢？”二子说，“这是我叔，找我们有事的。” 老沙对大拿说：“你听我说啊，这个工厂里出过事故，而且出事的过程很诡异。” “你又是听谁说起的这些？”大拿说，“你也打听到这钢厂的蓄水池淹死过人，钢水泼出来过？” 老沙呆了，沉默一会说，“我听说的是另外一件事情