On the way up, Wang Ke used the excuse of convenience and ran under the bridge to relieve himself.
He stood under the bridge with several scratches, looked up and down carefully, and followed the direction of each scratch, looking back and forth vertically, but still could not see any clues. It's just the slightly deeper diagonal scratch in the middle. One end points to the center of the river, and the other points to a stone animal head not far away from the river edge one meter high.
This beast head should be connected to the underground drainage ditch. In this dry river, there are at least a dozen on the steep embankments on both sides, each about three feet apart. Over the past hundred years, it is no surprise that the wind and rain have changed. .
Wang Ke didn't know the name of this beast head before? After following Professor Wen, Wang Ke learned that this was called a "water-avoiding beast" and its head looked a bit like a dragon. However, it is slightly flatter than the dragon head, and has a pair of horns on the top of its head. Because it is used in the river, the body, limbs and tail are not visible. It is just a sculpture of the head. In fact, it has scales on its body.
After urinating, Wang Ke looked away, ran under the water-avoiding beast again, and looked again and again. The animal head was more than one meter away from the river edge, but still more than four meters high from the bottom of the river. Obviously, even in the flood season, the water in this river cannot flood it. Because when the water is full, it overflows. As soon as it reaches the beast's head, it overflows from the north and south sides into the river outside the cemetery.
These animal heads are connected to the Longxu ditch in the underground palace and the cemetery, and can be discharged into the river if there is water.
According to legend, the dragon gave birth to nine sons, among whom the eighth son was called the Earthworm, who liked water by nature. Because he violated the laws of heaven, he was forced to guard the canal under a heavy turtle shell for 1,000 years. Thousands of years later, the earthworm regained its freedom and escaped from the turtle shell. In order to commemorate and commend its contribution to protecting the river, people carved stone statues in its shape and placed them on bridge pillars and stone piers by the river. He also said that this would be able to control the river water and prevent the flood from flowing back.
But what can this water-avoiding beast hide? As long as it rains, water will definitely flow from its mouth. Even if there is something hidden there, it is impossible.
Wang Ke stood under the bridge, picked up the telescope, and looked again. He couldn't see any difference between this animal head and other animal heads. There is nothing unusual around all the scratch marks.
His grandmother's. Maybe the scratches under the bridge plate were really left during the transportation process.
These three scratches may be the only thoughts left for Wang Ke in this dry river. The others are nothing special.
Never give up on your dreams, and if you don’t give up on what you want, there will always be opportunities.
Although waiting is difficult, regretting is even harder.
Two hours came quickly. The commander discharged the soldiers from the cemetery, and then led them to the mountains on the south side of the cemetery. They conducted a meticulous synthesis training for a while before returning to Longquanzhuang.
According to the training plan, the afternoon training is organized separately for each platoon.
The old platoon leader Hu Zhijun has not returned yet, and there is no way to organize new actual combat simulation training. Wang Ke followed the reconnaissance team to the dense forest on the west side of the cemetery and conducted training on deriving standing points or inferring target points based on known point coordinates.
This is completely different from the previous two-point surveying and mapping training method. Accepting Wang Ke's suggestion, Song Ruimin now focuses on helping to guide Wang Mingsheng.
Not to mention, Wang Mingsheng's understanding is still very high, and he can basically understand it at a glance. But this soldier also has a problem, that is, like Gu Maolin, he is very stubborn. It is difficult to change the "dead principles" that you have identified. In just over a day, Song Ruimin had told Wang Ke about his problem several times.
This might also be the reason why the original Class 5 didn’t like Wang Mingsheng, right?
After Wang Ke arrived on the mountain, he immediately found a piece of grass where he could bask in the sun and lay down. He wanted to think carefully about the next step in training for the entire platoon. In addition, he also had to think about the strange things he encountered after coming to Xishan.
Snake stones, pocket watches, what else will you find?
Xishan is a treasure land of Feng Shui. If you grab a handful of soil, you will find bricks and tiles from the Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty. If you grab a handful of mountain springs, you will find the wind of Zhao Gang and Yan Yan. By the way, what do the three scratches under the Muling Bridge mean?
Thinking, thinking, why do you think of going under that bridge again? Wang Ke can't figure it out now, and maybe everyone he sees can't figure it out either. But Wang Ke firmly believes that there must be a lot of mystery in it. Is it a sign of hiding treasure?
Before that, Godfather Wen knew that Wang Ke was coming to Xiling for training and had many interesting conversations with him.
For example, all the masons who participated in the construction of the mausoleum must be killed after the underground palace is completed. All the barons, palace maids, monks and nuns who participated in the burial, including the last person who closed the tomb, were all killed. Prevent the leakage of the treasures of the mausoleum and the entrance and organs of the mausoleum.
But there are exceptions. According to legend, the last female emperor, Jiang Shijiang, slipped through the net. As a result, a warlord named Sun robbed her tomb during an exercise.
According to historical records, the emperor in Muling suffered a serious illness when he was in his fifties. Even he himself thought that he would become "great", so he determined what he would wear after his death and the decoration of his tomb. Burial items. This is documented in the archives. In fact, he did not die from his serious illness, but it took another 18 years before he died.
Judging from the list that was circulated, most of them were his daily necessities, and there were no valuable items. Therefore, the later thieves unanimously believed that this tomb was the poorest and had nothing to steal.
So if the scratch under the bridge is a mark, it was either left by the builder or the doorkeeper of the tomb.
But what does it mean? A poor emperor.
No, no, because Professor Wen also said something that left a deep impression on Wang Ke.
That is, this emperor has three empress dowagers, all of whom are named filial piety. The eldest wife is named Mu, the second wife is named Shen, and the third wife is named Quan. The eldest wife died of illness before he became emperor, the second wife died unexpectedly just after he became queen, and the third wife, although the younger emperor was 26 years old, was the only one who counterattacked with his looks and talent, and was the only one who gave birth to a prince and four princesses. The queen, unfortunately, died young at the age of 33.
These three wives have been waiting for the emperor in Muling for a long time.
It is said that the coffin of this mausoleum was opened three times to open the tomb chamber, so it is inevitable that a craftsman who knew the access and structure of the mausoleum was left behind. This person also has the surname Jiang and is said to be a descendant of Jiang Ziya. He first led people to guard the mausoleum, and later became the one who opened the door. But what is surprising is that after the emperor died, the man died suddenly the night before he was buried. No one knew the reason, and no one knew where the body went.
As a result, the doorkeeper had to be temporarily replaced.
Later, there was a legend that a key to the underground palace was lost. Before closing the palace, they counted the funerary objects in the coffins of the emperor's three wives and the golden well in the underground palace where the funerary objects were stored. A lot was lost. Especially the eldest wife, Queen Xiaomu, the priceless jade ring she wore on her hand in the underground palace of the mausoleum has disappeared. It’s hard to say how precious this ring is. Anyway, it is used to hold down the tomb, nourish the soil, ward off evil spirits, and worship the mountain gods and the emperor and the queen. The treasure made the emperor's son very angry.
The case of Stonemason Jiang has become an unsolved case. His legend has been passed down among the people for a long time, but what is the connection between him and the three scratches and marks under the stone bridge? Wang Ke couldn't understand.
"Reconnaissance squad leader, today's training is over early. I have something to do when I go back."
Wang Ke took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was almost four o'clock. He wanted to find the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun to see if he was back? If you come back, will you bring back a new training plan?
Especially the poisonous lake, and the subjects of that survey who were interspersed with training through the unknown high ground next to the elephant's legs.
The old platoon leader Hu Zhijun has been away for three days this time, and it seems like he has been away for several weeks. Wang Ke had a lot to say to him. In addition to the "snake stone" on the eagle's beak and the mahjong set at Uncle Geng's house, including the pocket watch, the collected tiger head and the original stone, as well as the three scratches under the bridge, Wang Ke wanted to be with Lao Pai. Chang Hu Zhijun pulls.
"yes!"
Song Ruimin agreed and immediately gathered the team.
Upon returning to the village, the reconnaissance team returned to Uncle Geng's house, while Wang Ke went directly to the company headquarters.
When I arrived at the company headquarters, I happened to see the health worker Yu Deben drying out the five-fingered peaches he had picked on a plaque. I did a lot of it in the morning, about ten kilograms. Now it has been washed and spread out in a plaque basket.
"Lao Kezi, didn't you go to training?"
"Old Yu, what are you going to do? If you still need to collect some, I'll talk to Uncle Geng one day and bring a dough bag and help you get some more."
"That's great." When the health worker Yu Deben heard this, he immediately grinned. Compared to soldiers of the same age, he always felt that Wang Ke was a mystery. "Lao Kezi, who are you looking for?"
"Let me see if Staff Officer Hu is back?"
"You should be back tonight. I heard the deputy company commander calling him on the phone."
"What about the deputy company commander?"
"The deputy company commander took the correspondent to pick him up outside the village."
"Meeting Staff Officer Hu? Did you bring a lot of things?"
"should be."
"Then why don't you go? Are you still doing these stupid five-fingered peaches here?"
"Hey, Lao Kezi, you don't know that you are the first person in our company who can know these treasures. The company commander and instructor saw me picking so many 'peaches' and they laughed to death. If I told them the truth, , there will be no share for you and me." The health worker Yu Deben told the truth. Not even the northerners knew him, let alone the soldiers.
"Hey, Lao Yu, there's one thing I don't understand. How can this five-fingered peach, which is only found in the south, appear in Xishan?"
"You don't understand, and neither do I. But Lao Kezi, the golden cobra on the eagle's mouth you mentioned last time doesn't seem to be found only in the north, right?"
"Yes, it seems that there are many unsolved mysteries in Xishan!"
While the two were chatting, there was a burst of noise and footsteps outside the courtyard. The old platoon leader Hu Zhijun was back.
Wang Ke turned around and took a look, and immediately stood at attention and saluted with the health worker Yu Deben. After the salute, the two men ran forward and received a wooden box carried by the deputy company commander and the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun. The correspondent who followed behind was also carrying a luggage.
"Commander platoon commander, didn't you have any training this afternoon?" the deputy company commander asked.
"It's training. Let's come back a little early. Some training needs to be summarized." Wang Ke replied.
"Carry it directly to my room?" Hu Zhijun, the old platoon leader, wiped his sweat and pointed to the box and said to Wang Ke.
"Yes!" Wang Ke replied. The wooden box was very heavy and seemed to contain a lot of things.
The wooden boxes and luggage were delivered to the room of the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun and placed directly on the fire bed. After putting down the box, Wang Ke took a step forward, took the washbasin outside and filled a basin of water, then brought it in, put the towel in, took out the soap and put it aside.
"Platoon leader, wash your face first."
"Okay! Commander platoon, guess what I brought back from the division for your reconnaissance squad?"
"Platoon leader, remember to bring us something?"
"Nonsense, when did I not think about you?"
