Chapter 108 Chapter 25: The Ghost Plays the Piano

We have always thought that the inference is correct, but now it is overthrown by the old curator Zha, we are all unexpected.Sister Yu is not here now, if she is, she can confront her to find out who is lying, or maybe none of them are lying, but I made a mistake somewhere? "You really don't know Sister Yu, she was just a child twenty years ago." Xinhong didn't quite believe it, he asked again. "No, we lived in a village outside at that time, but we didn't bring any people from the village in." Mr. Zha shook his head vigorously, seeing that he didn't look like he was deceiving us.

Now that the old curator Zha’s denial made me even more suspicious of Sister Yu’s words, she probably didn’t come in with the old curator Cha, but why is she so familiar with this place? Asked clearly in person. "However, when you mentioned this girl surnamed Yu, I remembered one thing." The old curator Zha said suddenly. I originally wanted to ask, and there were only five people coming in, who was the sixth person, but the sudden words of the old curator made me hold back my words. "We lived in the village at that time, and it was more convenient to live in the village because the historic site was right next to it. At that time, the owner of the yard we lived in was named Yu, and there seemed to be a little girl!" said Mr. Cha, the curator. Having said that, he coughed a bit, thinking that he was very weak.

"Then, did that little girl come in later?" Xinhong asked. "I don't remember. It seems that the day we left the village and entered the cave, the little girl had disappeared." The old curator tilted his head and recalled bitterly. "Missing! Then... what happened after that?" I was a little surprised, why is Sister Yu 20 years ago so similar to Xiaoyan today? "I don't know. We ran out again after we were dispersed, but we didn't wait for Xiao Lu to come out. In desperation, everyone went out of the mountain and lost a friend for no reason. Everyone was not in the mood. Responsibility. Later, we all made excuses and left here. Perhaps, everyone thought that Xiao Lu had... After all, those tiger-like animals are more ferocious than tigers." The old curator Zha said and burst into tears .

"Wait a minute, Mr. Cha, you keep saying that there are six people coming in, so..." Chen Jing asked carefully, "You, Jinwei's...my parents, and Xinhong's parents, there is one more who is it?" "I almost forgot about her," the old curator Zha said a little sadly, he moved his lips several times, but he replied, "Maybe she is no longer in this world, so let's not mention her." "Her, who is she? Uncle Cha, if you have anything to say, just say it, we are not outsiders, so we can keep it a secret!" Chen Jing saw that the old curator did not say anything, and felt that he was worried that we would not keep our mouth shut.

"It's not impossible to say, it's just that she was just a little girl at the time, and how old is Miss Yu you mentioned, she should have nothing to do with this matter." The old curator Zha said while waving his hands, looking like a scholar. look. Little girl, another little girl! ?Who will she be?I thought over and over in my heart, could it be Chen Jing?This is impossible, Chen Jing was separated from me when she was born, it is impossible for her to come back.Is that Miss Yu?This is even more impossible. The old curator Zha has denied it. What's more, before the old curator Zha entered the cave, Sister Yu had disappeared. Maybe she was also brought into the cave by strange things like Xiaoyan?Did the "she" mentioned by the old curator escape from the cave twenty years ago?

"Then did she escape later, and where is she now?" Chen Jing asked.She is really a bit like me. As soon as I thought of this in my heart, she asked me what I said, and she became my spokesperson. "Later, she was taken away by Jinwei...that is, your mother. As for now, I don't know where she is, maybe she is no longer in this world." Bell... bell... The sound of the piano floated melodiously in the cave again. Now that we are close to the source of the sound, I can feel that the sound of the piano is coming from the pillar!Who is playing the lost Voice of the True Qin? Is there anyone in the world who is so proficient in the Voice of the True Qin?Is it a beautiful woman who is isolated from the world, or is it a monster playing?If you want to know, you can only know the source of the piano sound.Sister Yu has already gone up. Could it be that the sound of the piano is coming from above, because the bottom is impossible, the bottom is full of water, and there are fish and dragons.

"Let's go into the pillar and have a look. They're all in anyway." The old curator said, and I just remembered that the old curator climbed up from the bottom just now, and he must have been trying to climb up just now go up. "Do you think the sound of the piano has something to do with my mother?" Xinhong asked hesitantly. "No, those tiger-like things rushed out at that time. Thanks to the sudden appearance of the piano sound, the group of tiger-like things gradually calmed down." Old curator Zha replied. What they met at that time must be a fear cat. The sound of the zither can indeed calm people down, maybe it can also be used for ferocious animals. Could it be that the sound of the zither can manipulate the minds of creatures?So many years have passed, can a person who plays the piano live for so long? The environment here is so harsh and the sun is out of sight.

"Do you know why all the stalactites here were interrupted, and then such a long pillar was built?" Director Zha asked, pointing to the distant pillar. The old curator Zha’s question turned us off. I just found it strange, but I never paid attention to the meaning of using stalactites to make pillars.The old curator Zha saw that the surroundings were still quiet and there was no danger for the time being, so he briefly explained the reason to us.It turns out that in ancient times, some ethnic groups used to beat stalactites to stimulate all kinds of wonderful music.Just like in the Qiliang Cave in Fenghuang County, Hunan Province, there are two stalactites that can make the sound of gongs and drums respectively; It can emit various sounds from time to time, and can play wonderful music; above the entrance of the underground river of the Dragon Palace in Anshun, Guizhou, there are nine upside-down stalactites, and the lower end of each stone is like a dragon's head, so it is called "dragons welcome guests". Knocking on these stalactites will also make wonderful music.

Director Zha Lao said that some ancient ethnic groups often held gatherings and sacrifices in caves, and played music at the same time, because they took a fancy to the stalactites in caves.In ancient times, stalactites were believed to be able to expand and sublimate the soul of musical instruments, and to get the essence of the restless mind. In fact, stalactites can indeed improve and expand the sound quality. This is the summary of the experience of ancient people.Now, with so many stalactites in front of our eyes, it is no wonder that the sound of the piano is so elegant and broad. It turns out that there are stalactites at work.I suddenly remembered that the sound of the waterfall here and the roar of the red beast are very light, and it turned out to be the cause of the stalactites.Since the people who built here wanted to emphasize this piano sound so much, it seems that this piano sound is the key to the cave!

"Let's go down before the water comes up." Chen Jing said. "Strange, you are not confused, how do I remember that you said last time that you have to wait for the water to come down before going down?" I asked wonderingly. "Hey, that's when I want to go down to pick flowers. I can only get them when the water submerges the pillars. The flag flowers only bloom in July, and the flag flowers here only bloom in the water. Without water, how can I go down?" Take it, let's talk about it, what if I fall down?" Chen Jing's defense was a bit forceful, and she wanted to refute, but remembered that she had become my sister, so there was no dispute.

"Well, it's better to go down first. I also wanted to swim directly to the top when the groundwater came in. I didn't expect that the groundwater washed up on the wall and almost smashed my head." The old curator tried his best to smile, but His behavior made me more worried that he would be overwhelmed. "How about, old curator Cha, you go out first, and leave it to us." I suggested, after all, he is our elder, and it's hard to explain what happened. "This matter has been in my heart for twenty years. There must be a solution this time, otherwise I will die with regret!" The old curator actually bit his lips when he finished speaking. Dare to stop again. Everyone was worried that if the underground flood came again, it would be worse than the last time. If they were accidentally pushed by the water onto the rocks, their lives would be over.We struggled to climb down one by one from the mouth of the waterfall, and then waded slowly towards the pillars.Chen Jing and I have been up here for a long time, but the water here has not been cleaned up, and the water is still up to the waist. I want to swim but can't swim, so I can only move forward slowly in the water.After finally getting under the pillar, I turned on the searchlight, trying to scare the ghosts inside, for fear that harmful things would lie in ambush inside.After confirming that there was nothing inside and that it was impossible for the ichthyosaurs to come up and hurt us, they climbed up the pillars one after another. There is a big hole on the pillar, which was intentionally left by the builder, but now there is not much water, and the hole is far away from us.God knows how high this pillar is. No wonder such a strict curator, Mr. Cha, wants to take shortcuts.We crawled to the hole and filed in one by one.It is not difficult to climb up the pillars, because they are piled up by stalactites, so there are many uneven places to climb.The only problem is that this pillar is too long, and our physical strength is almost at its limit. If we go into shock before reaching the top, we can only fall down and be smashed to pieces. The sound of the piano is getting closer and closer to us, and I can feel that the sound of the piano is nearby.Finally, we passed through a layer of caves, and there were so many layers of caves above!I remember that the big tiankeng is very deep. If you calculate it carefully, there should be many layers of caves.I was still thinking about things, but suddenly many lights lit up in the cave, twinkling like eyeballs.I hurriedly raised the searchlight vigorously and pointed it at the cave on this floor. I didn't expect that there were all horror cats here, in groups, and the air was very polluted.Fortunately, wild beasts are sensitive to light by nature, and they ran away in panic when they were hit by the strong light of the searchlight.We also took the opportunity to pass through this layer of caves.At first, I thought the pillar was about to reach the top, because the topped cave could already be seen above, but unexpectedly, when we went up to the topmost cave, we found that there was nothing here! When they were surprised, Mr. Cha and Chen Jing found a hole in the corner of the cave.It was pitch black there, and I shone the searchlight inside, and everyone took a deep breath of air-conditioning.Unexpectedly, the pillar started from here again. In this hole, there is another pillar, which leads to the ground. Could it be that Sister Yu climbed down? Everyone has already walked so many steps, and we don't care about taking a few more steps, so we went all out and climbed down from the hole again.The sound of the piano is still floating, I pray in my heart, don't lead to other places, I have no strength, I can't climb at all, but now I am too embarrassed to say it.There is a little halo under the pillar, but it is so far away that it feels unreal.I felt that my body was going to collapse, so I stopped on the pillar to rest for a while.Taking advantage of the gap, I stared at the bottom and looked through. There seemed to be a guzheng in the halo below. The sound of the zither might have floated up from there, but my whole body was trembling, because I looked for a long time, but I didn’t find the sound beside the guzheng. Someone, not even a single creature! How did the sound of the piano come out? Could it be a ghost playing the piano, a ghost playing the piano thousands of years ago? !