Chapter 24 Chapter 23 The Strange Diaojiaolou: The Entrance to the Forbidden Land of the Witch Clan

It's just that this building on stilts is too tall. The base alone covers an area of ​​hundreds of square meters. Countless black giant logs are used, and the spaces between the giant logs are rammed with mud and rocks.The whole place is dark, as if it is not a place where living people live, but more like a building in the depths of hell. Looking from a distance, it looks like a huge black shadow crouching on the mountain wall, as if it might pounce over at any time. Just transporting these black woods was probably unimaginable at the beginning.Even today, it is undoubtedly a very difficult task to transport these timbers into such a rugged underground river like the Yangtze River.From this, it can be imagined that in the era when it was completely dependent on manpower, it must have paid an unimaginable price to complete such a vast project.

In particular, this dark stilted building is built on the steep slope of the cliff, with a height of 20 to 30 meters. One brick and one tile, one tree and one stone are built up, and the manpower, material resources and time spent can be imagined. "Fuck, what's going on with his grandma? Could it be the fat man? I'm dazzled. How, how could someone build such a tall stilted building here, and who would live in this ghostly place? Could it be that there are really monsters... ..." The three fat guys stared at the pair of eyes, mouth shut for a long time, looking at the black stilted building built according to the terrain opposite, with a look of amazement.

"Sure enough! We found the right place!" Lame Wang squinted his eyes and exhaled. At this moment, seeing the strange scene in front of him, even the face of the dead man who had been silent all this time seemed to have a subtle change. I thought to myself, among the four of us in this group, I am afraid that only the third fat man and I can trust each other. We must not have the heart of harming others, and we must have the heart of guarding against others.Whether it's the crippled old man or the dead face, the two of them have too many things to hide. However, I'm not worried that the third fat man will suffer. Don't look at this kid's simple and honest appearance, he looks stupid, but if you really think him a fool, then you really are a fool.As a bad friend who has played since I was a child, no one knows the details of this kid better than me, he is just a guy who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger!Although he is usually idle and has no real business, but he knows better than anyone else in his heart, and he is astute as hell.Except for me who knows everything, other outsiders are easily deceived by his appearance and nonsense.

The three fatty's small eyes glanced around, and asked: "Hey, I said lame master, you are also from the four boards of Western Hubei, so you can't smash the signboard. To be honest, you know what's going on here. What place is it?" "Actually, there is nothing to say..." Wang lame looked at the huge black stilted building on the opposite side, and smiled secretly: "This is the entrance we are looking for, and it is possible to enter the territory of the ancient Wu clan!" "It is said that this mysterious stilted building built of black giant wood is a symbol of the ancient Wu clan's theocracy, and the high priest of the ancient Ba clan's theocracy was buried in it. Later, the Wu clan disappeared strangely, and this kind of building gradually disappeared in people's memory. It's already..." At this point, Old Cripple Wang stopped talking.

Afterwards, no matter how much the third fat man asked, he just answered with unclear. "This old bastard, his speech is so unclear." Seeing that he couldn't ask any more questions, the third fat man curled his lips and said in a low voice: "I'm sure, he must know something, but he doesn't want to say it. Er Ba Ye, be careful with this old thing." The third fat man said in a low voice talking to me. I nodded and told the three fat guys to be careful.The ground under his feet is fairly flat, although after thousands of years, some places have become loose and bumpy, but there is still no problem for walking.

"Ka Ka Ka..." The crushed rocks on the ground made a crisp sound, which seemed so thrilling in the dark and dead depths of the ground. Soon, we came to the bottom of the black stilted building, and the fire folds illuminated the surroundings, and some obscure reflections flashed across the eyes.I frowned, and in order to see more clearly, I moved the light closer, trying to see exactly what the reflection was. It's just that the next moment I was shocked into a cold sweat.The dim light shone through, illuminating the Diaojiao downstairs, which turned out to be a small sacrificial pit.Those bones of an unknown age, some of which had turned black and moldy, but against the backdrop of the fire, they still shone with a pale light, with an inexplicably terrifying and sinister smell.My eyesight is very good, and I can clearly see that among those bones are sheep bones, pig bones, cow bones... and bones of many wild beasts that I can't even name.

Seemingly aware of something strange, the three fatty put one hand on my shoulder from behind, poked his head over, and asked: "Er Ba Ye, what are you doing? Did you see something good, let Fat Ye take a look, along the way, I met all those ghost things, Fat Ye... ouch, Er Ba Lord, why did you sneak attack me? Did you see some valuable antiques and want to take it all for yourself..." The hand of the third fat man hit me on the shoulder, and I was shocked by the suddenness, and I staggered and bumped into the third fat man's body. The third fat man who was caught off guard yelled "Ouch", and I was also quite frightened. Hearing what the third fat man said, I couldn't help being a little annoyed: "Damn fat man, there is an antique in front, here, you go and get it!"

Without any explanation, he stuffed the fire bag into the hand of the third fat man, and pushed him to the front of the pile of burial pits. The third fat man obviously didn't believe it, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "If it's really an antique, why did you give up the advantages to me for nothing? No, no, there must be a conspiracy..." Even though he said so, the kid still couldn't help his curiosity, poked his head over, and just put his head face to face in front of a hollow skull, and immediately jumped up with a loud cry of fright. Don't look at this fat kid, he jumped up behind me in a flash, and complained: "Comrade 28, I know the fat man, you must have no good intentions! Sure enough, you once again let the fat man down. I I warn you with righteous words, this is an act that seriously endangers revolutionary comrades, and the consequences will be very serious!"

"Who told you to appear behind my back like a ghost, I didn't let you see it, fat man, you asked for it yourself." I said angrily, and at this time, I relaxed.In a hurry just now, without the slightest mental preparation, I was taken aback by this kid. "Stop bickering, here..." Old Cripple Wang saw that we were arguing again, and couldn't stand it any longer. "Here, there are a lot of bones." Dead Face also came over at some point, looked around, and said indifferently. The dead face's voice immediately attracted our attention. The third fat man was aggrieved by the loss, and he was still muttering as he walked: "Twenty-eight, I don't know as much as you this time, fat man. Damn... Why are there so many bones, how many people died here..."

"Er Ba Ye, come here quickly." The third fat man was very forgetful, calling me over in the blink of an eye. Hearing the words of Dead Face and Three Fatty, I also realized the seriousness of the problem, and hurried over, swept away by the faint yellow light, and took a deep breath. The surrounding area is full of withered human remains in strange costumes, including men and women, old and young. There are also strange cipher texts engraved on the wooden pillars of the stilted building. I don’t know what it means. "Are these all the people who were buried? The scale is so huge, who built such a place underground?" the third fat man couldn't help asking.

"Oh, well, who would like to be buried with me?" I sighed faintly. "Grandma, these people haven't caught up with the good times. If it is now, these people don't have to die. Er Ba Ye, you should cherish your life now and contribute to the construction of the Republic!" At this time, this fat man was still talking poorly, and I didn't bother to pay attention to him, so I gave him a hard look. The fat man muttered to himself, and wanted to say something with a smirk... "Go up!" At this time, the momentarily dull atmosphere was immediately broken by Dead Face's voice. He just said something coldly, and then climbed up the stairs directly. "Hi! Wait for me, fat man." The third fat man also came back to his senses, and he didn't care to talk to me again, and climbed up immediately. For him, it would be absolutely impossible for such a huge stilted building without some rare items such as antiques.That's why he was so anxious, not because he suddenly discovered it out of conscience, but because he treated the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. He was afraid that he would be preempted by the dead face, and he would not get any benefit. "Twenty-eight, let's go up together." Old Lame Wang greeted and climbed up. I was the only one left, gritted my teeth, and had no choice but to climb up with them. "Crackling", "creaking"... The dilapidated wooden steps groaned in pain under their feet, which seemed extremely harsh in the dead air.I was really worried that if I didn't pay attention to which step, the whole stilted building would collapse.Of course, compared to the quality of Diaojiaolou, I am more worried about whether it can bear the weight of a dead fat man. "Chi Chi!" As soon as the sound of burning oil lamps rang in my ears, I felt a bright light in front of my eyes, and the dark stilted building suddenly lit up with light. I didn't care about the decay of the wood under my feet, so I took two steps in three steps and climbed on the stilted building.When I walked in, I felt that the space in front of me suddenly became wider. I stepped into it, and there was a space of a hundred meters inside. I couldn't imagine that it was so spacious from the outside. Several bronze animal head oil lamps were lit, illuminating the place very brightly. After thousands of years, these oil lamps can still be preserved and lit, which is really surprising.Come to think of it, our group is also the first group of people to visit here in thousands of years. Under the light, the situation in the stilted building was clearly illuminated. The ground was in chaos, with various jade products, pottery, wood, bronze, silk, etc. scattered all over the place, as if they were too anxious before leaving and had no time to clean up. . However, after such a long time, most of these things have not been able to resist the invasion of the years, they are extremely corroded, and there are almost no complete components. The third fat man searched carefully, but found nothing, and suddenly became very depressed, and cursed unconsciously: "His grandma's, fat man, I thought there would be something good on it." , His mother is all junk, just send a beggar." As he was talking, he must have been tired, so he found a place that looked fairly solid, and sat down on it. "Crack!" Perhaps the wooden planks of the attic have been corroded over time, or simply because the tonnage of the three fat men is really overwhelming. In short, as the three fat men exerted their strength, "crack..." There was a sound of cracking the planks, and he The whole big ass is sunk in.The whole person was stuck there, unable to move, it looked very funny. "Oh, his grandma's, what the hell is this place. It's really against the fat man." The third fat man twisted his big butt with all his strength. He tried hard for a long time, but he couldn't get up.Seeing me having fun, he shouted loudly: "Erba Ye, you are also a revolutionary comrade. You see your close comrades in danger and you don't reach out to rescue them. You are simply a scum in the revolutionary ranks." .” I laughed out loud and didn't get angry, so I ran over to help. "Fat boy, I called you dishonest. Hehe, you've suffered a loss this time. You'll learn a lot from it. Be quiet next time, and you'll be fine..." Old Lame Wang who was standing not far away said earnestly. "Tch, I just didn't pay attention just now! And next time? Isn't this burying the fat man..." With my help, the third fat man's butt was finally freed from the cracks in the plank, and he couldn't help it. argued. ... A group of people searched inside and outside the stilted building, but still found nothing valuable, except for those broken pottery, jade, and some rusty bronze swords, daggers and other weapons, The surface is engraved with mysterious characters and patterns.It's just that because the time is too long, most of them can't be seen clearly, and the totem symbols of some tiger patterns can be vaguely recognized. The third fat man was very disappointed, and said: "Damn! We are too unlucky. Tell me, are all the members of the Wu clan in ancient times all poor ghosts, why don't they even have a decent thing of value? Come here with you What a loss, what a loss..." I smiled and said, "Comrade Three Fatty, we are all engaged in revolutionary work. Capitalist ethos like yours has already violated a serious political line, which is absolutely unacceptable!" The third fat man scolded: "Come on, Mr. Erba, if these antiques are placed here, they will only rust and become moldy. Why don't you let me take the fat man out to support the socialist construction of the motherland... Fat man, I have also experienced it." The test of the proletariat, Chairman Mao’s proletarian fighters with roots, don’t always look at me with your colored eyes! I think you are the feudal remnant thinking at work.” Then I said to the three fat guys: "You are still a proletarian soldier? You have a good root? Just look at your pile of fat, and you will know that you are a landlord and rich man in your family, so you can raise such a fat body." "Fatty man, I have grown such a sturdy body to fight for the cause of revolution. I can't take it apart like your boy, and I can't stand it with my shoulders. I can't pick it with my hands. I'm useless!" Three Fatty As if he had found some kind of psychological balance, he immediately became complacent. I coughed twice, and just about to refute him, I heard Dead Face say, "This way." Our hearts moved, we all turned our heads to look, and saw that at some point, a secret passage was opened on the wall on the left side of the stilted building, and we happened to see Dead Face crawling in. Old Lame Wang glanced at us, beckoned everyone to follow, and climbed in too. "This old Wang, why is he limping, he jumped up and ran faster than the fat man." The third fat man scolded. "Follow me." I didn't reply, just said something, walked over, and crawled through the secret passage. "Twenty-eight, wait for me, his grandma's, why is it so narrow that you can't even squeeze in, this is to make the fat man look good..." The big butt of the three fat guys got stuck in the secret passage again, and when I was struggling, I had already reached the other side of the stilted building.