Chapter 7 Chapter Seven Wet Footprints

"It's early in the morning, what happened?" Fatty Hu opened the door, Professor Qian and Xiao Zhang looked ugly, they rushed in at once, and then closed the wooden door forcefully, as if there was a ghost chasing after them Like them. "Professor Qian, what's the matter?" Dandan in the back room was finally woken up by us, came out rubbing his eyes, and asked. "That—old man Jiang—" Professor Qian stammered. "Old man Jiang?" I suddenly thought of that weird dream. In the dream, old man Jiang turned into a double-faced monster, fishing for longan in the ghost beach—well, no, it was fishing for dragons... Could it be that my dream turned into a monster? Really?Did old man Jiang really have an accident?

"Old man Jiang is dead..." Xiao Zhang stammered. "What?" Fatty Hu jumped up immediately, and asked in surprise, "Old man Jiang is dead? How is this possible? He was fine yesterday?" I was also shocked, this old man Jiang is in good condition, his body bones are also strong, how could he say that he will die when he dies? "Where are people with red lips and white teeth cursed to death?" Professor Qian was running around anxiously. Fatty Hu was originally unhappy, but at this time, he handed me the flashlight, then took out the lighter, lit the oil lamp, put it on the table, then shook his head and said, "Let's go, take the fat man to see, this old man Do you have a heart attack?"

As for Dandan, she was also very terrified. After all, what happened to Huang Chang and Xiao He yesterday was an unacceptable blow to her. Today, before dawn, old man Jiang died inexplicably. Although the cause of death was unknown, But in the end it was unpleasant. After Fatty Hu lit the oil lamp, he put his backpack on his back, packed his clothes briefly, and walked to the loess room behind. I grabbed Xiao Zhang, who was a few steps behind, and asked anxiously, "How did the old man die?" Xiao Zhang was obviously frightened, looked at me tremblingly, and said after a while: "Professor Qian woke up early in the morning to relieve himself, and saw a person squatting by the door..."

"Squatting?" I was confused all of a sudden, even if the old man Jiang was going to die, he should have fallen to the ground, or he was old, had some kind of disease, and he could sleep to death, but he could squat on the ground?What kind of death is this? "Did he just squat on the ground and die?" Fatty Hu turned around and asked. Xiao Zhang swallowed hard, nodded and said: "I know you don't believe it...but that's it, the old man just squatted at the door and died...Professor Qian was frightened all of a sudden and called me up, The old man's bones were hardened, his body was cold, and he died at some point, I touched it with my hand, and he fell to the ground like this, his appearance, not to mention how weird..." He seemed to be very scared, and then I shuddered.

The two loess houses were only a few steps back and forth. During the conversation, he had already reached the door. Fatty Hu took the lead and walked in directly with a flashlight. Said: "Professor Qian?" "Uh..." Professor Qian hurriedly agreed. "What about the old man?" Fatty Hu stared wide-eyed. The house is very small, just like what I saw in my dream. There are two doors at the front and back. Old man Jiang's body?It doesn't matter whether it's a job or a dead person, Professor Qian will never hide such a big person, so when Fatty Hu saw it, he became angry.

"It's right here—" Professor Qian shrank his head and walked in while talking. "Where is it?" Fatty Hu shone randomly with a flashlight. "Strange, it fell here!" Xiao Zhang also followed, pointing to the door and saying. In a daze, I seemed to smell a rotten fish smell. Xiao Zhang said that the old man Jiang died squatting on the ground. His body was cold and his body was already stiff. But now, where did the old man's body go?Suddenly, I thought of what I saw in my dream, squatting alone by the stove... Could it be that the dream foretells something?squatting?Ghost beach longan?

Fishing for dragons? "Look, what is this?" Suddenly Dandan called out. I rushed to grab it, Dandan held a flashlight in his hand, and said to the wet footprints on the ground: "This looks like footprints..." "It's footprints!" Professor Qian, Xiao Zhang, and Fatty Hu leaned over together, and I smelled a rotten fishy smell again from the wet footprints, and this pair of footprints obviously carried Rotten sand on the ghost beach of the Yellow River. "Like old man Jiang's footprints!" Dandan carefully pulled my sleeve with one hand, looking pitiful and helpless.

"Don't be afraid!" I boldly comforted Dandan, but my heart was also terrified. Both Professor Qian and Xiao Zhang said that when old man Jiang died, he squatted on the ground strangely. Now, could it be said that after old man Jiang died? Dead corpse, can you still walk by yourself?Even so, shouldn't the footprints be wet? "Professor Qian, what do you say?" Fatty Hu asked. "This—" Professor Qian said in a nasty voice, "When we saw him, he was really dead, even his bones were stiff..." He also looked at Xiao Zhang. Xiao Zhang nodded hurriedly, proving the authenticity of Professor Qian's words.

"Can this dead man walk?" Fatty Hu glared at them fiercely, and said angrily, "I don't go to bed early in the morning, and I'm doing my best." As he spoke, he looked at me. Obviously, I was also that old man. People who don't go to sleep early in the morning. "I saw it with my own eyes, it's absolutely true!" Professor Qian shrank his neck immediately after being yelled at by Fatty Hu, and said after a long time, "Even if I was wrong, could Xiao Zhang be wrong too?" "Crazy!" Fatty Hu cursed angrily, and wanted to go back to sleep.

"Wait!" I yelled hastily, "This is really weird, don't complain about Professor Qian." "Have you ever seen a dead man walk?" Fatty Hu glared at me and asked. "Dead people naturally can't walk, but Professor Qian and Xiao Zhang are not children, and they can clearly distinguish between the living and the dead. Besides, look at this footprint? It's wet, as if it just walked from the Yellow River ghost beach!" I said Pointing to the footprints on the ground, he said, "Think about it, how long did Professor Qian and Xiao Zhang go from the back room to the front room to call us, plus the time we spent talking?"

Fatty Hu was stunned for a moment, Dandan said in a low voice, "Less than five minutes before and after." "That's right, the total time before and after is less than five minutes!" I nodded, looked at Dandan approvingly, and said, "But think about it, how long will it take to get here from the Yellow River Ghost Beach?" "It will take fifteen minutes!" Dandan said again, "I checked my watch yesterday." "That's it!" I sighed. From the beginning to the end, this matter was full of weirdness. Since I let Fatty Hu explode the Yellow River longan with explosives, a shadow has shrouded my heart. I don't know if it is Grandpa's weird experience left a terrifying impression on me, and it was the fall of Xiao He and Huang Chang that made me uneasy. Anyway, all of the above, there is an unreasonable weirdness, a kind of hidden panic, Creeping up my spine is creepy. "What is it?" Fatty Hu asked with a stupefied head before he came back to his senses. But Professor Qian and Xiao Zhang both changed their faces, Dandan was even more frightened, and grabbed my hand tightly, I looked at Fatty Hu, and sighed: "Hu Tu, you are so confused, you can't use your brain when you encounter something. Think about it, it takes fifteen minutes to walk here from the ghost beach of the Yellow River. Even if the feet are wet with water, they will be completely dry by this time. How can they leave footprints for us to see? Now, whether old man Jiang is dead or alive? It is impossible to go back and forth from Guitan to Huangtu Village in just five minutes, do you understand?" Fatty Hu's real name is Hu Tu, and I don't know if he picked up this name. Sometimes he is really not ordinary. "Then what should we do now?" Fatty Hu asked me. I calmed down, thought for a while, and said, "Find old man Jiang first, and then we'll talk—you need to see people when you're alive, and corpses when you're dead!" I said, pointing to the footprints on the ground.I don't know why, but a ridiculous idea came up in my heart. There is only one possibility that can leave such wet footprints. There is always water flowing under this person's feet... How is this possible?Keep running?Is that still human? Not human?Is it still a ghost? No, no, it's almost dawn, where are the ghosts?Although this thing is eccentric, I still don't believe in ghosts. "Brother Xu...Brother Xu, I'm so scared!" Dandan didn't know why, but was always very close to me. "Don't be afraid, it's okay, look, it's almost dawn!" I said so, but I looked up at the sky, it was really strange, it was four o'clock in the morning, why the sky was still dark, and , We are so tossing, why is there no movement from the neighbor next door? In the entire Huangtu Village, it seemed that in an instant, there were only five of us left. The wet footprints seemed to confirm my statement. They were always wet and clear, and exuded a rotten fishy smell, with the smell of mud, like a rotten footprint that had been rotting for a long time. The fish crawled out of the mud again... Rotten fish that have been rotting for a long time will not crawl out of the mud, but what about people who have been rotting for a long time? I don't understand why I have such an absurd idea, but once this idea comes to my mind, I can't get rid of it. "It's in the direction of the Yellow River Ghost Beach!" We walked out of Huangtu Village not too far along the footprints, and the footprints went all the way to the Yellow River Ghost Beach... "Boss!" Fatty Hu, who was walking in the front, stopped suddenly and called me. "What's wrong?" I asked. "I don't feel right, what about the other people in Huangtu Village? Why isn't it still bright?" Fatty Hu asked. And Professor Qian and Xiao Zhang obviously also thought of this question, both of them looked at me with terrified faces and uncertain expressions. I thought for a while and said, "I feel that the whole Huangtu Village has a weird feeling. Now, where should we find the footprints first?" In fact, there is no need to look for it. I have vaguely guessed that this footprint is definitely the place where the longan went to the Yellow River Ghost Beach. Specifically, it is the black hole, just like what I saw in my dream, but at that time I was chasing Xiao He What was in the past is now following the wet footprints. Who left these footprints, old man Jiang?Or someone else?Or, not human at all? When we left the village entrance, our footprints went all the way to the Yellow River Ghost Beach. As expected, fortunately, when we reached the Yellow River Ghost Beach, we didn’t see Jiang old man squatting on the Ghost Beach to fish for dragons... Fortunately, fortunately , I feel a little comfort in my heart.Strange though it all was, it wasn't as terrifying as my dream. "The footprints disappeared right here..." Professor Qian frowned as he watched the wet footprints disappear into the Yellow River ghost beach. This feeling is very strange, as if there is something, all the way from Huangtu Village to Ghost Beach, and then along Ghost Beach into the chaotic Yellow River water, invisible. Or, instead of walking into the water of the Yellow River, he walked into the black hole blasted by Fatty Hu?I didn't even have the guts to walk up to a black hole and check it out. "Boss, what do you do if you give me a word?" Fatty Hu asked. I took out a cigarette from my pocket and handed one to Professor Qian. Looking at Xiao Zhang, Xiao Zhang shook his head, indicating that he doesn’t smoke. I lit the cigarette and took a deep breath. Finally, I finally cheered up and looked up at Fatty Hu: "Wait for dawn, then go to the town to buy something!" Fatty Hu nodded vigorously, Dandan looked at me and asked, "What about now?" Now, it's still dark! Now, before dawn, shall we go to Huangtu Village, or make another plan? "Do you all have flashlights?" I asked. "Yes!" Professor Qian nodded hurriedly. Although it was his first time participating in archaeological excavation work, he still had basic common sense. Everyone brought a flashlight. "Go to the town, do it now, don't go back to that Huangtu village." I said, I don't know why, I always feel that there is something weird in that Huangtu village, but I can't tell what is wrong. Waiting for 5:30, it was finally a little bit of light, and I finally breathed a sigh of relief. From Huangtu Village to the nearest small town, there are more than ten miles of mountain roads. I asked Fatty Hu to go shopping, and I took Dan Dan and Professor Qian went to dinner. Fatty Hu was reluctant, but he muttered a few words and left. After waiting for Fatty Hu to leave, Professor Qian asked curiously, "What do you want to buy?" I looked at Professor Qian, and I could only sigh. It was a crime for such an old scholar to dig the ancient tomb, but I still replied: "There is a strangeness in this ancient tomb, so I let Fatty Hu prepared some weapons for self-defense." "Is there a mechanism inside?" Professor Qian suddenly regained his energy, hurriedly took out a cigarette, and handed me one. I took the cigarette, nodded and said, "I'm afraid it doesn't matter if the mechanism is so simple." "Then what else?" Xiao Zhang asked puzzled. I pondered for a while, and felt that it was necessary to explain to Professor Qian and Xiao Zhang. I immediately lit a cigarette with a lighter, took a puff, and exhaled the smoke: "If it is an ancient tomb that is worthy of the same level, it is well preserved and no one touches it. There may be spirit beasts protecting the coffin." "What could that be?" Dandan was a little scared, but still asked curiously, "I read in the book that the coffin-protecting spirit beasts are generally foxes?" "Yeah!" I nodded, and said again, "Cats, dogs, foxes, snakes, even mice...but none of them are scary." "It's not scary, what else is scary?" Xiao Zhang asked. "Man!" I spit out a word from my mouth thoughtfully. Everyone shuddered, people?No one can live for more than a hundred years, so the person who protects the coffin is naturally not a living person... Dandan looked at me in horror, and asked in a low voice: "This person... can also be called a coffin-protecting spirit beast?" "Is that person still human?" I asked with a bitter smile. "Could this be the legendary guardian?" Professor Qian asked thoughtfully. "There are two types of guardians!" The cigarettes in my hand had already been smoked, Professor Qian saw this, and was busy refilling them for me again. In the mausoleum, this kind of person is generally a domestic slave, just to take care of some things on the ground, or to protect some tomb robbers... Daily food and clothing are provided by the descendants of the tomb owner's descendants. This category is no different from ordinary people , nothing to be afraid of." "Then the other one is to take care of the catacombs?" Xiao Zhang's expression was incredulous. "The other kind of guardian is to take care of the catacombs!" I nodded. Dandan held my hand and shivered tremblingly. He was obviously very scared, and looked at me with wide eyes, and Professor Qian also looked surprised, and asked: "Why have I never seen Such records? Xiao Xu, don’t talk nonsense?” I smiled wryly, nonsense?I'd rather have my nonsense.However, this tomb is the most bizarre I have ever seen. What are the two huge words "Yongzhen" suppressing?people?thing?Or a ghost?Even monsters?To be more precise, from the analysis of the words on the stone tablet, this does not look like an ancient tomb at all. "I think, what Mr. Xu means is that a living person was buried?" Xiao Zhang explained what I said. "No!" I shook my head and said, "The martyrdom, whether it is a life sacrifice or a death sacrifice, is a martyrdom. If the guardian of the spirit is a human being, he must be a living person! Moreover, the owner of the tomb will do everything possible to ensure that the spirit guard people live." "But in that underground time, hundreds or even thousands of years have passed, how could the guardian be alive?" Professor Qian asked in puzzlement. "Is that still considered a human being?" I asked Professor Qian back. Professor Qian was stunned, yes, is that still a human being?When the door of the tomb is closed, no matter whether it is a living martyr or a spirit guard, they can no longer be counted as human beings... Hundreds of thousands of years have passed, no matter what happened at the beginning, these guardians or martyrs may turn into a pile of bones, but there is another possibility-they turn into ghosts, waiting for thousands of years to open the tomb. That fatal blow. The small town was filled with thick fog. No wonder the sky lit up very late today. It turned out to be foggy. "Why don't we go?" Dandan retreated. "Professor!" I looked at Professor Qian and said, "You and Dandan go back first!" "Uh..." Professor Qian was in a hurry when he heard that. Go back?Where do you want him to go? "Xiao Xu, what do you mean?" "I mean, you are already old, don't worry about it, Dandan is a girl, this ancient tomb is really weird, now, Xiao He and Huang Chang's life and death are uncertain, me and Fatty, and Xiao Zhang Go down and have a look, you and Dandan will know the magic city! Make a research report and hand it in, forget it!" I said the guardian, but I didn't mean to scare them. Lost in it, even if you call me grandpa, I will not go down to take a look. Of course everyone loves antiques and treasures, but they have to live with them. "No, no, no!" Professor Qian shook his head like a rattle, "My old man is getting old, if he misses this time, maybe there will be no next time. Even if it is really dangerous, he will be worthy of me if he dies inside." Professor Qian would refuse, as early as I expected, I did not persuade, this old man threw himself into the archaeological research, it is absolutely impossible for him to give up after seeing the ancient tomb, I am just a little worried about this girl Dandan Baby, in his early twenties, there is really no need to take this risk. "Dandan—" I called out in a low voice, "Why don't you find a hotel in this small town to stay and wait for us? There is nothing to see in the ancient tomb." "No, you can't leave me behind!" Dandan said urgently. I wanted to persuade me to say something, but Dandan said firmly: "Brother Xu, stop talking, I will go with you wherever you go..." "This girl..." Professor Qian shook his head while smoking a cigarette, "Xiao Xu, you don't know that this girl worships you as an idol..." I'm not an idol star, what do you want this girl to worship? To put it bluntly, I'm an archaeologist who turns over dead bones... I just said, I don't know this girl well, why does she always like to lean on me, that's why! "Xiao Zhang?" I looked at Xiao Zhang, hoping to persuade him not to go down. The ancient tomb was full of evil from the beginning to the end. "Mr. Xu probably doesn't know about the relationship between me and Xiao He?" Xiao Zhang smiled bitterly, "Xiao He and I grew up together since we were young, and our two families are still somewhat related. If something happened to him, I'll go back. How to explain to his parents? Anyway, I will go down and take a look, if he is alive, I will take him back, if he is dead, I will also take his body back. " Hearing what Xiao Zhang said, I didn't say anything. After the group had breakfast, they saw Fatty Hu rushing all the way over. "How is it, fat man?" I asked. "The harvest is good! Take a look!" Fatty Hu said while handing me an earthen shotgun, and then he took out a small dagger with a leather case and handed it to Dandan, saying, "Big girl, hold it for defense!" Dandan didn't refuse either. Hearing what I said just now was dangerous, God knows what will happen if I go down?Even if you don't encounter any unclean things, there may be traps, etc. It is always good to have a weapon for self-defense. "Old man, take this away, this is not your archaeological research laboratory!" Fatty Hu handed a light hatchet to Professor Qian, pulled out an ax from his waist, and handed it to Xiao Zhang. "You're young, use this!" "Are we archaeological or tomb robbery?" Professor Qian asked dumbfoundedly as he looked at the equipment. "Is there a difference?" I asked back. Professor Qian was obviously dissatisfied with my attitude, and complained a few words. I know the deep-rooted concepts in his bones, and I don’t know what to say. Anyway, in the current situation, whether it’s tomb robbery or archaeology, it’s not important. The most important thing is that we must find Xiao He, Huang Chang, and that old man Jiang. Whether they are dead or alive, they must give an explanation to their relatives, otherwise, even our group will be hard to get rid of. But Fatty Hu couldn't hear it, snorted, and asked with a cold face: "Old man, let me ask you—you said you are an archaeologist, then would you take out the things in the ancient tomb for people to study or watch?" Professor Qian was stunned, but still replied: "This archeology is originally for people to study ancient cultures, not to study..." "Isn't that enough? Did those tomb owners allow you to take it out for research?" Fatty Hu sneered, "You didn't give him gold and silver coins, and he didn't agree, so why do you take it out for research? Take it without asking, yes It's a thief!" Looking at Fatty Hu's plausible appearance, Xiao Zhang and Dandan were obviously stunned, but I couldn't stop laughing to myself. This fat man really knows how to pretend. I said this before. How can he get a serious lesson now? Professor Qian, he still pretends to be like that. "This...how can this be generalized?" Professor Qian obviously didn't know how to refute this fallacy, and stammered, "This is different, definitely different." I smiled bitterly: "Professor, although what the fat man said is nonsense, think about it—the owner of the tomb will sleep for many years, how would he be willing to be disturbed? I can even guarantee that if the owner of the tomb knows, They'd rather run into grave robbers than us damned archaeologists." "Why?" Hearing this, Professor Qian's neck became thicker, and his face flushed red. I understand that for Professor Qian, archeology is a great job. From a little bit of excavation, we can verify the civilization that has passed away. I sighed softly: "The tomb robbers have only one purpose in stealing in the tomb. They come for the treasure. There are a few burial objects, and extra care will be taken not to hurt the remains of the tomb owner. Before the coffin is opened, incense will be burned and worshiped. However, we archaeologists dig a little bit. It doesn’t count if we dig the whole tomb upside down. We often even spare the remains of the owner of the tomb, and even some well-preserved corpses. Doing dissections for medical school? " When I said this, I not only sneered, but I have always hated the dissection of ancient corpses. They have been dead for hundreds of years, so why should they be ripped open? Professor Qian was tongue-tied and was speechless for a long time. I sneered and said, "Since the purpose is the same, that is, to bring up valuable things from below, then what else is there to say?" Professor Qian was obviously not convinced, but Xiao Zhang and Dandan tilted their heads, thinking about what I said, probably thinking about it. "Don't tell me after you go down, this is cultural nonsense!" I stood up and strode forward. I said this sentence in an extremely rude manner, not in a deliberative tone at all, but I ordered. Cultural relics?Are cultural relics important?There's no danger, I don't care about my business, but if there is danger, they have to listen to me. "Xiao Xu..." Professor Qian took a few steps before catching up with me, muttering, "You can't wantonly destroy..." "Professor!" I stopped, turned around, pointed at Professor Qian's nose and said, "One thing I must declare is that the current situation is no longer archaeological. Think about Xiao He and Huang Chang, we just want to find these two Individuals—see people alive and corpses dead, and give an explanation to their relatives. They followed you to the archaeological excavation. For ordinary people, archaeology is not dangerous, right? If these two people disappear, live No one is dead or dead, but you tell me, how do you explain to the relatives of others, and how do you explain to the police?" "I...I..." Professor Qian couldn't say a word. "I am also very responsible for this matter!" I took a deep breath. If I hadn't been impatient and prevented Fatty Hu from blowing up the entrance of the tomb with explosives, maybe this kind of shit would not have happened. Therefore, I must Find these two people. "After going down, you all listen to me honestly!" I snorted and ordered coldly. Probably because of my arrogance, Professor Qian was stunned and didn't say a word, but Xiao Zhang was the first to make a fuss, and immediately shouted: "Don't worry, Mr. Xu, I will definitely listen to you after I go down." Soon, a group of five of us returned to the ghost beach of the Yellow River again. The entrance of the hole blasted by Fatty Hu was dark and cold. I looked up and looked at the huge stone tablet - Yongzhen! The handwriting is vigorous and powerful, exuding a sense of coercion—is it a ghost in Yongzhen or the surging water of the Yellow River?No one can tell me the problem, and the chain, what is it locked on?When I pulled the iron chain yesterday, I clearly felt something underneath... My gaze sits at the root of the stone tablet of the Yellow River longan. The thick iron chain is full of rust, revealing the desolation that has lasted for thousands of years. If we can translate the handwriting on the back of the stele, we may be able to know the origin of the stele, and even the origin of the ancient tomb... Unfortunately, even I cannot recognize the handwriting on the back of the stele. Another mystery that confuses me is that the word Yongzhen on the front of the stele looks like something from the pre-Qin period in terms of font and shape, while the handwriting on the back, although blurred, looks like an oracle bone Hieroglyphs, you can identify them by yourself, they are born but not like... "Xiao Xu, can you determine the age of this ancient tomb?" Professor Qian came over and asked. "The two characters on the stele are pre-Qin bird seals!" I said, "So, if this ancient tomb is from the same era as the stele, it is at least from the pre-Qin era." "Could it be that this ancient tomb is not from the same age as the stele?" Professor Qian asked in surprise. "What kind of ancient tomb have you seen with such two characters standing in front of it?" I glanced at Professor Qian. The old man was obviously about to die in archaeology, and he had a head that could not be transformed. When I was talking to Professor Qian, Fatty Hu had already tidied up the hemp rope quickly, and said to Zhang and Dandan, "I'll go down first, Mr. Zhang, then you and Dandan, Xiao Zhang, and finally old man Qian and Boss Xu." ——Xiao Zhang, remember to take care of Dandan when you go down, I want to take care of that good-for-nothing Boss Xu, but I can't leave him alone." "Damn it, who's a waste?" I cursed loudly. Fatty Hu giggled strangely and didn't answer. Obviously, this kid wanted to show off in front of Dandan, and it was just my bad luck.But Xiao Zhang didn't know it, so he agreed solemnly. Fatty Hu fastened one end of the hemp rope firmly to the stone tablet, then climbed on the rope and went straight down. "Boss, it's not deep. It's at most five or six meters high. Come down quickly!" Fatty Hu shouted towards the top, pulling his throat. Xiao Zhang and Dandan didn't hesitate, they climbed down the rope quickly, don't look at Dandan as a girl, she is very flexible, the one who made me most annoyed was Professor Qian, the old man was trembling, It took a lot of effort to climb down the rope. When I got to the bottom, I could hear Fatty Hu swearing at people. Our group went smoothly unexpectedly. Although the dark hole exuded cold air, which made people shudder, but nothing happened, no monster climbed up the rope, and Fatty and others were safe and sound. Finally, I climbed down the rope, and when I looked up, I happened to look up and saw the big characters on the stone tablet——Yongzhen! The big characters are flying like dragons and phoenixes, with a magnificent momentum, which reveals my insignificance and vulnerability. On the side-standing stone tablet, I can vaguely see the writing on the back, the handwriting is like a phoenix dance snake, like lightning, reflecting the unbearably bright sun, originally blurred, but now one by one Flashing lightning, pouring into my heart... Demon text? I remembered a weird text my teacher once mentioned to me?There used to be a kind of writing, which was based on Chinese characters, more complicated and more expressive, and they were in the hands of a few high priests, those who held the power of the gods. Therefore, these gorgeous words are lost in just a moment in the torrent of history.It was just mentioned in some ancient books by chance... And the demon texts are generally only used as sacrifices or to record important secrets of theocracy... Could it be that the handwriting on this stone tablet is actually a demon script that has been lost for thousands of years?If this is the case, just aiming at such a stone tablet is enough to shock the whole world. "Boss, hurry up, you say you're useless, but you still don't admit it!" Below, Fatty Hu shouted loudly. "Here we come..." I hurriedly climbed down the rope, and in the black hole, a deep rotten smell rushed towards my face, with a stale stench. My eyes couldn't adapt to the momentary darkness, so I immediately took out the flashlight from my backpack, turned it on, and took pictures around. I expected it to be right, this is indeed a tunnel, but there is a problem right now, which lies in our before. This passage is one in front of the other, which side should we go to? "Boss, according to this direction, you can judge, which side should you go?" Although Fatty Hu kept scolding me for being useless, he had no choice but to ask me for advice at this time. I thought about it, judging from the position of the stele above and the terrain of the mountain, we should walk in the direction of the Yellow River, not the mountains. Only by walking in the direction of the Yellow River, can it conform to the pattern of the yin tomb, and there should be a yang tomb on the mass grave in Huangtu Village. Now this terrain, whether it is a yang tomb or a yin tomb, is actually a place with excellent geomantic omen, but I don't know where the owner of this tomb will bury his regrets? Theoretically speaking, he should choose the Yang Tomb. After all, the terrain is relatively high and it is not easy to be affected by moisture. However, God knows if the owner of this tomb has water in his head? Seeing that the stele is so imposing, this dark tomb is not like a suspicious tomb. I still have a doubt in my heart. If my grandfather robbed this tomb, where did he rob the hole?I suspect that since he also took advantage of the time when the Yellow River was dry, he should also move this yin tomb. Why didn't he move to the yang tomb?Relatively speaking, yang tombs are much easier to steal than yin tombs, at least you don't have to worry about water potential. "Go this way!" I whispered, "This way should lead to the tomb!" "Boss, are you sure you're not mistaken?" Fatty Hu hesitated, and shone with a flashlight. "Wait—" I suddenly called out. "What's the matter?" Professor Qian asked hurriedly, taking back the foot he had just stepped out. "Do you see the footprints on the ground?" I pointed to the footprints on the ground with a flashlight and said, "These seem to belong to Xiao He and Huang Chang, but who owns this row of footprints?" Probably because of the proximity to the Yellow River, the green bricks of the passageway are wet, and now under the light of the flashlight, there are clearly three rows of footprints, which looks a little weird. Near the entrance of the black hole, the footprints are in a mess. They were stomped on by Fatty Hu and Professor Qian. Naturally, nothing can be seen, but no one stomped on here. I walked in the front and saw clearly Chu, there are three rows of footprints on the green bricks of the corridor. Only Xiao He and Huang Chang came in, so who is this extra row of footprints? Or - is it a person?Is it a ghost? Dandan is a girl, careful, she looked at it with a flashlight for a while, pointed to one of the footprints and said: "This is Xiao He's, this is Huang Chang's, the two of them are wearing rain boots, we bought them together, this The footprints are so weird..." The other footprint is indeed very strange, it seems to be wet, standing on mud and sand, and it also has a rotten fishy smell. "I know this footprint!" Fatty Hu said, and smiled complacently, "This footprint belongs to that old man Jiang, the kind of homemade mille-soled shoes he wears." "Old man Jiang?" Mentioning this mysterious old man not only made us shudder. According to Professor Qian, when he got up in the morning, he found Old Man Jiang dead. Moreover, Xiao Zhang can also testify that they would not be able to tell the difference between the living and the dead, but when we walked over, they were already dead. The old man Jiang disappeared... Theoretically speaking, the dead will naturally not run away by themselves, but indeed, a row of wet footprints led us to the longan on the Yellow River Ghost Beach... Those footprints were indeed heading towards the Yellow River Ghost Beach, but how did Old Man Jiang get down there?Let alone whether he is alive or dead?This hole is not deep, but there is a height of five or six meters. If an ordinary person jumps down, he will have to break his leg if he does not die. I observed just now, except for us, no one should use the rope to climb down. "Follow the footprints and look!" I took a breath, and now that I found the footprints of Xiao He and Huang Chang, it proved that my judgment was correct, at least, they also walked this way. This damn corridor is actually longer than I imagined, and there are forks, but our purpose is to find Xiao He and Huang Chang, so no matter what happens along the way, we will follow their footsteps .而那多出来的一行脚印，竟然也一路上都有遗留，很显然的，如果他是晚进来的，应该也是顺着小何和黄裳的脚印走的……