The two guys led by Lao Ji were both very experienced and skilled. They were responsible for opening the way in front, and we followed slowly.
Among them, the one with darker skin is called Wang Mian. He is a veteran with a cheerful personality and is loyal to Lao Ji. The other, shorter and stockier, is called Lao Xuan. He is a man from the northwest, a veteran and a loyal supporter of Lao Ji.
It was inconvenient to light a fire on the way, so we had a simple dinner. The old man Mu Yunhe looked around cautiously while eating, for fear that the monster would suddenly rush out and hang him. The taste of the compressed food was so unpleasant that I almost drank a few mouthfuls of water. Lao Ji looked at the map while eating. He pointed to a circled place on the map and said, "We are at this location now."
"Lao Ji, you can do it. This picture is quite detailed." I smiled.
"Don't be so talkative, there is no way up." Lao Ji said with a frown.
We all moved closer, and he continued: "Based on my experience, the entrance to the ancient tomb should be on the west side of the top of the mountain, where the energy and wind are gathered, and it should be considered a real dragon."
Mu Yunhe nodded, "In that case, how should we go up."
I said: "Since someone went up there sixty years ago, there should be some traces left."
Wang Mian understood the idea and immediately took Lao Xuan to look for traces. Lao Ji continued: "The locals here call this cliff the Old Turtle's Back. It has a bulge in the middle and looks like a turtle's back. It is extremely smooth and extremely difficult to climb. If you want to go up, you can only try from two edges."
Yan Yunshu picked up the telescope and looked at the old turtle's back. "The cliff on the left has been severely eroded by the wind and has many cracks. It may be more conducive to climbing."
Lao Ji rejected it flatly, "We have observed it during the day. The cliff on the left is full of broken rocks. Even if there are many cracks, it cannot be supported by people stepping on it. Moreover, pitons must be drilled into such a high rock wall, but that's it." Due to the rock conditions, as soon as the drill bit went in, it was broken into pieces, and the pitons couldn’t be driven in at all.”
Yan Yunshu said displeased: "Then what do you think we should do?"
"The geological conditions on the right side are slightly better, and there are thick vines hanging down, which is convenient for climbing." Lao Ji said, "So my suggestion is to go up from the right side."
"Hmph, that's nonsense." Yan Yunshu said reluctantly, "Those vines only grow on the lower side of the cliff and disappear when they reach the top. How do you go up this way? Do you fly up?"
Seeing that the two of them were arguing, I immediately dissuaded them, "Okay, okay, stop arguing now. When Wang Mian and the others come back, we will discuss it again. Maybe they will have some clues."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Mian and Lao Xuan hurried back. Wang Mian had a smile on his face, "There is good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
"It's time now, so stop showing off." I urged, "Let me tell you the good news first."
Wang Mian took a breath and said, "The good news is that we found this on the right side of the old turtle's back." As he said that, he opened his palm and saw a rusty piton on his palm.
Seeing this thing, everyone's heart dropped. "Good guy, I finally found you." Lao Ji said proudly.
Yan Yunshu's face looked a little ugly, and she said disdainfully: "What does this mean?"
"This really doesn't mean anything, but with the reference left to us by our predecessors, we can walk more confidently on the next road." Lao Ji said.
Seeing that the two of them were about to choke each other again, I quickly said, "Wang Mian, what about the bad news?"
At this time, everyone stopped talking and looked at him solemnly. Wang Mian looked a little nervous and swallowed, "Bad, the bad news is that the rocks on the right side have traces of being blown up by explosives. It seems that someone deliberately didn't want us to go up."
I subconsciously thought of my grandfather, because he must have experienced a narrow escape from the medicine corpse tomb. The dangers in the tomb were beyond my imagination. Therefore, after my grandfather escaped from the tomb, he bombed his way out to prevent future generations from making the same mistake again.
If it were another time to say goodbye, I might have followed my grandfather's advice and gone back home. But today is different from the past. Firstly, Yan Yunshu could not give up halfway, and secondly, I did have the urge to find out more about the Medicine Corpse Tomb.
Just when a few people were undecided, I stood up and said, "Well, since there is no way out, let's just listen to God's arrangements."
Lin Xiaoyu looked at me suspiciously, "What do you mean?"
I knelt down, pulled out a few weeds, and held them in my hands, "Simple, Mr. Yan, Lao Ji, you two each take one, and whoever gets the weed grows, listen to whoever does it. How about that?"
Yan Yunshu said disdainfully: "Such child's play is simply ridiculous."
Lao Ji smiled and said: "Although it is a bit childish, it is still a good idea. Otherwise, we will be in a stalemate and it will be even more troublesome at dawn."
Mu Yunhe lowered his head and looked at his watch, "How about we follow Xiao Li's method and try it?"
Yan Yunshu saw that Lao Mu also agreed to my plan, so she said no more. It was just impossible for her to draw this lot, and in the end, Lao Mu could only take his place. Lao Ji pulled one out and saw that it was only five or six centimeters long. He thought it would definitely fail. Unexpectedly, Lao Mu smoked one, and his luck was carried home, only three centimeters.
Lao Ji couldn't help laughing, and added insult to injury: "Professor Mu, you are really lucky. If this really follows your route, the rest of us would be a little worried."
Lao Mu was a little embarrassed. He knew that Lao Ji was deliberately mocking him, but he couldn't break his face, so he could only laugh to resolve the embarrassment.
The route was decided, and everyone stopped talking nonsense and headed towards the right side of the old turtle's back with the same goal. Although there were many shrubs blocking the road, we still managed to get to the bottom of the rock wall thanks to Lao Xuan's "God blocking and killing God" efficiency in opening the road.
Looking up at the steep rock wall, I couldn't help but take a breath. In this kind of terrain, a professional rock climber would probably have to think carefully and choose a day with good weather conditions. But a few of us took the courage of leopards and dared to climb blindly in the dark, which was indeed a bit heroic.
Wang Mian is an action man who talks little and is ruthless. He can climb four floors with his bare hands in 15 seconds, and he has no problem with natural rock formations like Old Turtle Back. He threw us away by a full ten meters and laid pitons along the way. The people below were protected by safety ropes, so they could naturally let go of their hands and feet.
It took us a full thirty minutes to finally climb to the top of the cliff. We were only one step away from the top of the cliff. Looking down from above, it was pitch black below, and there were villages in the distance without any lights.
There is a naturally formed platform at the top of the cliff, and above that is the top of the mountain. After a few people took a few breaths, they moved on. After walking for more than ten minutes, there was no way to go.
"We're here." Wang Mian lit up the lantern, and all of us ran over in unison.
This is a relatively flat place, and it is also covered with grass, but anyone who knows a little bit about Feng Shui will know that this place is unusual.
Lao Ji looked around and said, "This is the place for sacrifices. The sacrificial platform should be below. The sacrifices may be buried under here."
As he spoke, he squatted on the ground, picked up a handful of soil, put it under his nose and smelled it. He shook his head, walked a few more steps, and touched another handful. "It's buried too deep. I need to dig in a few shovels to see." .”
Just go ahead and do it. Wang Mian and Lao Xuan immediately connected the rebared steel pipe and the shovel head. Lao Ji stepped on the ground with his feet to make a few marks to indicate that this is where the shovel should be lowered. Lao Xuan first fixed the shovel head, and then started shoveling with a short-handled hammer. Lao Ji put one hand on the steel pipe to feel what was going on underneath. When he hit 11 knots in total, he suddenly said: "Yes! "
We pulled up the shovel one by one, and finally brought out a handful of soil. Wang Mian removed the shovel head and walked to the fire to show us. When Lao Ji and I looked at it, our faces turned pale at the same time. Even Yan Yunshu groaned. It turned out that the soil seemed to have been soaked in blood, dripping with blood-like liquid.
Lao Ji took it to his nose and smelled it, and frowned. I have read the records about the medicine corpse tomb in my grandfather's diary, but the specific situation cannot be accurately inferred from the diary, but since there is blood in the mud , then the tomb below must be extraordinary.
I looked at Lao Ji to see what he would decide. He thought for a while, lit a cigarette and said, "No matter what, let's dig it up first."
While Wang Mian and Lao Xuan didn't stop, Lao Xuan shoveled down a few more shovels, and then gave all the shovel heads to Lao Ji. Lao Ji smelled each shovel head and started to connect the shovel holes on the ground with a trowel. When I got up, I saw them busy positioning themselves. After a while, the general outline of the ancient tomb was drawn on the ground.
Dividing money and positioning is the basic skill of tomb robbers. Since ancient times, tomb robbers have been divided into five sects, namely Faqiu Tianguan, Xunlong Taibao, Mojin Xiaowei, Banshan Taoist, and Xiling Lishi. They are all sects that have been passed down for thousands of years.
The five sects of Faqiu, Xunlong, Touching Gold, Moving Mountains, and Xiling are not just petty thieves and thieves among the people. From generation to generation there are masters with special skills, each with their own set of skills: Faqiu has a seal , there are precepts for finding dragons, talismans for touching gold, skills for moving mountains, and armor for unloading mountains.
However, Faqiu, Xunlong, Touching Gold, Moving Mountain and Xiling are said to be five ways, but in fact there are only three, including the three major systems in the world that use "feng shui, alchemy and external force" to fight against each other. In a reverse fight, you must first find a position, and secondly deal with various hidden weapons and information ambush in the fight. The main methods of the five major factions are "looking, hearing, asking, and sensing", which are divided into twelve categories: upper, middle and lower. Law.
"Looking" means looking through the eyes. The upper method is to observe the stars from above and examine the earth's veins from below. The middle method is to understand Yin and Yang, understand Yili, and perform Yao Gua. The lower method is to observe traces of mud and distinguish the color of grass. "Smell" refers to smelling the soil through the nose to distinguish its quality. It also refers to inferring the conditions under the ground through the keen ears to hear the wind and thunder. The upper method is to know astronomy and geography, and the middle method is to know hundreds of grasses and soils, and check hundreds of insects and feathers. The method is to strengthen the ear and the sense of smell. "Asking" means making inferences by arranging clues. The upper method is to ask the sky and make divination, the middle method is to speculate and decide the case, and the lower method is to consult the local natives from the side through tricks. "Qie" means to avoid the truth and use various tools to dig the robbery hole. There are Faqiu Tianguan, Touch Jin Xiaowei's points of gold and fixed holes, and go straight to the middle palace. The long hoe and big shovel of the strongman can collapse the mountain and lift up the ceiling, and there are also the mausoleum armor of the mountain-moving Taoist who uses magic to drive away animals. Although the four-character twelve methods are very different, they each have their own way and their own abilities.
