Seeing that Lao Chu had calmed down and was no longer nervous anymore, Wu Xie introduced him: "Lao Chu, these three are brothers I met on the road, little brother, Dr. Lin, and Fatty."
He only mentioned Lin Yi and the others' nicknames but not their real names. After all, Lao Itchy was so damn unlucky. If he couldn't handle the memory recovery technique again, Menyouping and the others would have to go in and step on the sewing machine.
As for himself, he is not worried. A brother who grew up wearing a pair of trousers, if he betrays himself in exchange for meritorious service...then he deserves to step in and step on a sewing machine!
Lao Itch looked at Lin Yi and the others and praised them: "Lao Wu, you brothers are so loyal, you have even found such an old forest in the mountains!"
Lin, who caught Lao Chi's micro-expression, instantly judged that he was lying. This was definitely not his real thought!
Wu Xie didn't say anything about being tricked by his third uncle. He felt embarrassed, so he handed the remaining white wine to Lao Chi: "Drink some white wine to warm yourself up. We will think of other ideas about your money. We have to think about it now." Find a way out."
Lao Itch became a little anxious: "Lao Wu, the underground palace is right in front of us, do you really not want to take a look!?"
Wuxie comforted him: "Don't worry, Old Itch, we are just going there to take a look. After all, we may only be able to go out through that way now."
"Brothers, it's almost time to rest. Let's move on." The fat man stood up first and walked to the altar in front.
After having the weird experience of the intermittent hot water fountain above, Fatty found Lao Itchy distasteful. He thought he was very weird, but he couldn't tell what was weird about him.
Wuxie helped Lao Itch and followed him, while Zhang Qiling followed the fat man to prevent him from accidentally touching the trap.
Lin Yi secretly followed Wu Xie and Lao Itch with the black gold dagger hidden in his sleeve and unsheathed. If Lao Itch made any threatening move, he would take action immediately.
I don't know what weird abilities the other party has, and I'm afraid that he will be defeated, so I can only observe in secret.
The square altar is surrounded by stone pillars engraved with patterns of birds and animals, and in the center is a two-meter-high gourd-shaped bronze vessel with patterns of twin snakes and various sacrificial activities engraved on it.
On the other side of the altar, there is also a stone step about ten people wide that leads to the depths of the cave. When looking down with a flashlight, it is estimated that the stone step is only about a hundred steps. At the bottom is a small platform and something black.
Wuxie wanted to avenge Lao Itch for scaring him before, so he whispered in his ear: "Lao Itch, we just walked through the underworld. This may mean that the gate of hell is closed. You won't be afraid, right?"
Lao Itch threw his head back: "Lao Wu, I'm not afraid of these ghosts!"
Zhang Qiling glanced at them and said, "Follow my footsteps." After a reminder, he walked down with a flashlight.
The fat man quickly followed Zhang Qiling's footsteps, fearing that he would make a wrong step and accidentally touch the trap, but he kept scanning the surroundings with his eyes to observe the environment.
Wu Xie warned Lao Itch seriously: "Lao Itch, I am an expert in this field. Just listen to him and don't wander around, otherwise I won't be able to save you if something happens."
Lao Itch nodded seriously: "Okay."
After the warning, Wuxie followed Fatty, while Laoitch followed Wuxie honestly.
He didn't want to be honest and took Wu Xie away alone, but Dr. Lin behind him was holding a dagger in his hand, ready to stab him at any time!
With the title of doctor, if you don't play with a scalpel, why are you playing with a dagger so violently? ?
After walking for about ten minutes, they reached the bottom of the stone steps. They did not encounter any mechanisms on the way. It must be because the altar was often used in the past, so there were no mechanisms installed.
After descending to the platform at the bottom of the stairs, I realized that the dark thing I had just vaguely seen was a protruding stone beam, and there was a cliff beyond.
The fat man carefully looked down the cliff, but the light of the flashlight couldn't reach the bottom at all: "No, it's too deep and I can't see the bottom."
Lao Itch turned to look at Wu Xie: "Lao Wu, what do you think?"
Lao Itch looked for him immediately, but Wu Xie thought he was uneasy, so he comforted him: "Don't worry, this may be a fault caused by the movement of the mountain. Let's connect the rope and see if we can go down."
"Brother, let's fire a shot first to see what's going on underneath." After getting a nod of approval from the younger brother, the fat man took out the flare gun from his bag, pulled down the safety bolt, aimed forward and pulled the trigger.
After a 'bang' sound, a bright red light cut through the darkness, and then exploded violently, illuminating a large area.
In an instant, the entire cave was illuminated. Wuxie took Lao Itchi to see the scene under the cliff, and Lin Yi followed.
Wu Xie and Lao Chu were so frightened by the scene under the cliff that they both took a step back. Even the bold fat man turned pale.
Thirty meters below the cliff is a large natural cave, which is densely packed with dead bones, as many as tens of thousands of them!
Lao Chi exclaimed with a trembling voice: "God...this is simply a mass grave!"
Wuxie also calmed down and boldly walked to the edge of the cliff. He vaguely saw some withered bones still wearing armor: "These should be the soldiers and death row prisoners who were poisoned to death, right?"
No wonder the Taoist priest of the Qing Dynasty said that this tomb was built in the underworld. This place looks more like hell than the underworld.
After all, the underworld is only limited to people's imagination. The tens of thousands of dead bones here are right in front of you!
"I seem to have seen something strange among the corpses just now. Let's take another shot." The fat man reloaded the flare and fired another shot. After the flames bloomed, he hurriedly greeted: "Come and see what is in the center of those corpses." ?”
Lin Yi looked towards where the fat man was pointing and found an area in the center of the dead bones where no corpses were piled. From their point of view, it looked like a deep pit.
Lao Itch recalled the scene three years ago, pointed at the pit and said excitedly: "That pit is similar to the burial pit I saw three years ago. There must be bronze branches here that can't be dug to the bottom no matter what!"
Wuxie pulled off Lao Itch's hand: "Lao Itch, you really came to the right place. What's buried here is not a bronze branch, but a fucking whole bronze tree!"
"What!? Then didn't we have sex?" Lao Itch became even more excited when he heard this.
Wuxie poured cold water on him: "We can't touch that thing, otherwise if the news leaks out, it won't be enough to eat ten peanuts!"
After the fat man saw clearly what the strange thing was, he turned around and looked at Lao Chu: "Hey, why is this brother more precious than me, Fatty?"
Lao Itchy rubbed his hands and laughed: "Fat Master, I am short of money."
Fatty said: "If you need money, tell me earlier! Fatty, I can lend you some emergency supplies. It's so unjust for you to drag Wuxie to such a dangerous place to fight."
Wu Xie calmed down the atmosphere in the middle: "This guy doesn't know what he wants to do. He wants four million. Fatty, even if you sell your shop in Beijing, it won't be enough."
The fat man was unhappy: "What are you talking about? My shop is a prosperous shop in Panjiayuan, Fatty! But it is a family heirloom and I won't sell it even if I am penniless."
Wuxie told Fatty to stop saying a few words: "Okay, Fatty, let's go down quickly and see what's going on."
Several people took out the ropes from their backpacks and tied them to the rocks nearby. They threw them down and saw that they were still close, but it was perfectly fine to jump from that distance.
As usual, Zhang Qiling went down first to explore the way. About two minutes later, everyone saw the flashlight flashing three times regularly under the cliff. This was the safety signal they had just agreed upon.
"Safe! Hey, Tianzhen, you go down first!" Seeing the safety signal, the fat man urged Wuxie to go down first.
He was too heavy and was afraid that the rocks would not be able to support him, and when the rope fell, all the remaining people would be destroyed.
Anyway, he had to go down sooner or later, so Wu Xie did not refuse and slowly pulled the rope down. When he finally jumped, Zhang Qiling caught it and landed safely.
Next was Lao Itch, who jumped down right after Wu Xie, but Zhang Qiling silently took a step back, and the dead bones on the ground crunched as he hit them.
Lao Itch stood up holding his buttocks, yelling and complaining to Wu Xie: "Oh, Lao Wu, you don't continue to order."
Innocently and guiltily, he went up and helped Lao Itch aside: "Lao Itch, it's not that I won't catch you. With my small body below, you have to fall together!"
"Doctor Lin, please go first~" The fat man made a funny court salute and asked Lin Yi to go down first.
Lin Yi pulled the rope to test its strength, then pulled the rope and jumped in with a leap of faith.
"Hey!" Lin jumped up with a click. The fat man was so frightened that he fell down in front of the cliff and shouted: "Brother! Keep going!"
I just let you go down, not jump!
Zhang Qiling, who heard the shouts, looked up and saw that Lin Yi was falling rapidly. He thought there was an accident above, so he quickly took two steps back and stepped on the cliff, leaping three meters to catch Lin Yi who was falling at a rapid speed.
Lin Yi quickly let go of the rope and relaxed his body, and obediently let Zhang Qiling hug him to the ground to avoid both falling in embarrassment.
The bones on the ground crackled again, and Princess Zhang Qiling landed safely while holding Lin Yi in her arms.
