Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 573: Out of Mind (4000)

After Yan Lu stepped forward and whispered a few words into the small hole, he backed away.

After waiting like this for about five seconds, there was finally a sound of gold and iron intersecting inside the iron gate, and then the iron gate opened a gap only as wide as one person.

"Follow the old slave."

Yan Lu took the lead to enter the iron gate.

Then came Wu Liang and Dian Wei, and then more than twenty fully armed soldiers followed in. During this process, the eyes of those soldiers never left Wu Liang and Dian Wei for a moment.

It can be seen that Zhang Liang should attach great importance to the two of them, and he may have really known something, so he sent so many people to escort them.

Wu Liang was naturally a little worried about this.

Coming to this big stone house in this way, the first thing that catches the eye is a stepped altar like a viewing platform built of bricks and stones.

There are hundreds of memorial tablets, large and small, on the altar. These tablets are painted with a white background color, but the top is blank, without any name and taboo information written on it.

This is not what a normal ancestral hall should look like, otherwise these tablets would definitely not be empty, and should correspond one-to-one with Zhang's family tree.

Moreover, in front of this altar and this piece of tablets, there are no sacrificial vessels such as incense tripods and futons.

Yan Lu's actions after entering the ancestral hall also confirmed this point.

As Zhang Liang's slave, if the tablet placed here is really the tablet of Zhang Shi's ancestor, then Yan Lu should bow down respectfully to show respect, even if it is just for Zhang Liang to see, he has to do it, and he But the pair directly ignored these xenophobia, and led Wu Liang and Dian Wei straight to the back of the altar where the tablets were placed.

"..."

Wu Liang judged that this ancestral hall was completely used to deceive people, and Zhang Liang's secrets were hidden under this ancestral hall. However, under this situation, it was not convenient for him to communicate with Dian Wei, so he could only follow Yan Lu. keep going.

After coming to the altar, the first thing that catches the eye is a "cloakroom".

In fact, this is not a room, but a row of wooden shelves are erected near the wall, and the rows of wooden shelves are covered with winter clothes that are very thick at first glance.

And different from the short winter coats in the padded jacket format that are popular in this era, these winter coats are actually long winter coats similar to the military coats of later generations. Visually, even a big man like Dian Wei can still cover the crotch if worn on his body. When Wu Liang put it on, it directly covered the left and right knees.

"The place we're going to go to next is extremely cold, if you don't want to be frozen to death, then pick one and put it on outside."

Yan Lu first took a long winter coat and put it on outside, then turned around and said to Wu Liang and Dian Wei.

And those soldiers also stepped forward in twos one by one, and put on their winter clothes consciously... It is already the twelfth lunar month, and people have already put on winter clothes, so they look very special when they put on such long winter clothes Bloated, not to mention that these soldiers are all wearing armor, which will even affect their actions.

"Thank you for your advice."

These people should have already been to the place where they are going to go next, so they are so conscious. Wu Liang thanked Yan Lu first, and while imitating them, put on winter clothes, but at the same time, he was full of thoughts about the place to go next. more curious.

He still remembered what Zhen Mi said before.

Because of the "solid flesh", that place must be full of corpse poison and miasma, and it may be for this reason that it is extremely cold there, and it is necessary to add a layer of winter clothes to keep out the cold.

After he and Dian Wei had put on their winter clothes.

Yan Lu also did not have the slightest intention of avoiding it, turned around and opened a linen curtain hanging on the back of the altar, revealing a small cast iron door hidden behind the curtain.

This small door is about the same size as the bedroom door of later generations.

And unlike the cast iron gate of the ancestral hall, the handle and bolt of this small gate are exposed outside, so it can be opened from the outside.

"A few people go down first to meet them."

This time Yan Lu did not enter first, but nodded to the accompanying soldiers.

"promise!"

Six soldiers stepped forward, tightened their winter clothes and opened the iron gate to enter.

Then there was a "creaking" sound from inside.

Through the iron gate and the torches in the hands of those soldiers, Wu Liang saw a vertically downward hole.

Right above the hole is a wooden instrument similar to a well, but this instrument is much larger and taller than the well.

A frame-shaped platform that is also not small is connected to the bottom of the well wheel.

Two soldiers had already stood on the frame-shaped platform, and the remaining four soldiers stood aside and began to slowly turn the well wheel. At the same time, the frame-shaped platform began to descend steadily.

Not long after, the framed platform and the two soldiers on it completely disappeared from Wu Liang's sight.

Only the dark vertical hole and the thick rope stretching slowly from the well wheel were exposed...

The length of the rope is not small.

There are many circles around the well wheel, and it is difficult to visually determine the exact length of the rope with only the eyes. However, if these ropes must be fully stretched, the frame-shaped platform can be lowered to the bottom of the hole, Wu Liang estimates that the hole will be at least It must also be tens of meters deep.

Are Zhang Liang and Zuo Ci under this cave now?
Wu Liang slandered in his heart.

If so, this hole should be just an entrance, and there must be a space extending horizontally below, otherwise the area of ​​this hole is only a few square meters, and there are not many people standing there.

Also.

Wu Liang personally disliked such an entrance very much.

If there are a group of people who can be absolutely trusted standing on the top of the cave, then maybe there is no problem. Otherwise, if someone has a different heart, it is easy to destroy the "well wheel" above the cave entrance, and the people who go down inside will be trapped alive. Death, even the steps of destroying corpses and traces are directly omitted.

And now.

Obviously, he and Dian Wei will go down there soon, which will make him very insecure. After all, it is Zhang Liang's people who are stationed and operating the "well wheel", which is tantamount to entrusting his fate to Zhang Liang and the others. In the hands of Zhang Liang's people, there is always no way to feel at ease.

And in this case.

His behavior with Dian Wei will also be greatly restricted.

Even if they found an opportunity to counter Zhang Liang below, they had no choice but to attack without any scruples, because they had to consider how to come up later...

……

at last.

When the rope on the well wheel was stretched halfway, the rope connecting the frame platform had been loosened, which meant that the two soldiers had already descended to the bottom of the cave.

It looks like this.

This hole should not be as deep as imagined. Wu Liang speculated that it should be about 40 meters at most.

However, this is still a height that is difficult to climb up by manpower alone.

And from the perspective of the hole, the hole is still round like a well. If the walls inside the hole are relatively neat and smooth, there is not even a place to put your strength on.

"please."

Yan Lu looked at Wu Liang expressionlessly, and made a gesture of invitation.

Even though he didn't like this kind of entrance, Wu Liang still wanted to go down and take a look, to find out whether there was really a huge array hidden under it as Zhen Mi said, and to find out what Zhang Liang's stuffy gourd was selling. medicine.

It is very likely that the secret of Zuo Ci becoming the most mysterious land god in the history of the Three Kingdoms in history is hidden below.

"Please."

In response, Wu Liang and Dian Wei walked into the iron gate.

The four soldiers operating the "well wheel" also started to turn the wheel quickly, and after a long time, they pulled the framed platform up from below.

During this process, Wu Liang noticed a very clever detail.

There is also a relatively thin rope hanging beside the well. One end of the rope is connected to a bell, and the other end hangs directly into the hole.

After the two soldiers went down to the bottom of the cave just now, the soldiers above who were in charge of operating the "well wheel" did not act rashly until the bell hanging next to the well wheel rang, and they began to drag the frame-shaped platform up.

This ordinary bell is a prop for conveying information up and down.

When going down, they reached the bottom of the cave smoothly and rang the bell, and the people above could recover the frame-shaped platform.

And if you want to come up, if you ring the bell, the people above will know that someone is coming up, and they will naturally put down the frame-shaped platform to pick up people.

"You two go down first, and the people below will take care of you."

After the frame-shaped platform came to a complete stop, Yan Lu stepped forward again to urge him.

This Yan Lu should also go down, otherwise he wouldn't need to put on winter clothes with Wu Liang and others.

"Walk."

Wu Liangchong nodded and walked onto the framed platform first.

Although the four corners of this frame-shaped platform are suspended and some necessary reinforcements have been made, it certainly cannot reach the level of the elevators of later generations, and it will shake like a boat when it first walks up.

However, the magnitude of the shaking is not too large, so it should not be so easy to fall over.

After Dian Wei also came up in this way, the four soldiers operated as before, and the two of them slowly descended like this.

When it just started to fall.

Wu Liang already felt a chilly aura emerging from the bottom up, but he was sure that it was definitely not a cold wind blowing from the bottom of the cave, but a slowly rising chill.

The strange thing is that when he stood outside the cave just now, even though he was very close to the entrance of the cave, he didn't feel the chill.

"..."

Dian Wei should have also felt the chill, because he shivered, and then tightened the winter coat he wore outside.

So after the box-shaped platform has dropped for a certain distance.

Inexplicably, Wu Liang had a feeling similar to weightlessness.

"My lord, I have a strange feeling, and I don't know how to describe this feeling, I just feel top-heavy, as if I'm out of my mind..."

Dian Wei also had this feeling.

However, Dian Wei must not be able to explain the feeling of "weightlessness", so he can only try his best to collect words in his mind to describe this invisible and intangible feeling.

After all, there are no elevators, playgrounds, or bungee jumping in this era. Except for those who jump off a cliff to die, basically no one can experience this feeling, and those who jump off a cliff to die have a high probability of not having the opportunity to describe this feeling come out.

"Hold on."

Wu Liang said so lightly, but he felt a little more respect for this place in his heart.

Just because he knows that although this is a feeling similar to weightlessness, it should never be weightlessness.

Unlike the elevators of later generations, the lower speed of this "well wheel" is very slow, and it is impossible to reach the level that makes people feel weightless.

Therefore, there must be another reason why he and Dian Wei had this feeling.

As for the reason, Wu Liang suspects that it might have something to do with the slowly rising chill, the massive formation that Zhen Mi said, and the poisonous corpses produced by the "solid flesh". Affected by unnatural phenomena...

He had heard such a statement in later generations, which was similar to Cai Dianwei's description of "out of mind".

That is to say, when a ghost passes through the human body, or when the soul is separated from the body for a short time, people will feel cold and feel similar to weightlessness.

But in the absence of direct evidence, Wu Liang didn't know if he could explain it this way, so he could only temporarily hide this idea in his heart and tell himself to be more careful.

……

In the end, the two arrived at the bottom of the cave smoothly.

When both feet stepped on the ground, the feeling of weightlessness disappeared immediately, as if the soul had settled down after catching the air of the earth.

The two soldiers who came down earlier were already on the sidelines.

After leading them to stand firmly, the two immediately pulled another string hanging from above.

"Ring bell bell!"

Immediately there were a few soft bangs from above.

Then the frame-shaped platform was quickly pulled up.

It's really getting colder and colder here.

Wu Liang shrunk his neck subconsciously, and wrapped the extra winter coat tightly around his body. Even so, he couldn't feel any warmth.

With this feeling, Wu Liang felt that the temperature here should be around minus [-] degrees.

But the strange thing was that he couldn't see any white frost that would have formed at minus [-] degrees, and when he exhaled, there was no white mist like in winter.

This is another detail that is contrary to natural phenomena, declaring that this place is unusual.

Note this detail for now.

Wu Liang began to look at other situations here.

Sure enough, as he expected, there is still room for extension below, and there is a channel that can't be judged for the time being, and continues to extend downwards, leading to a deeper underground.

And the road of this passage has also been built into a series of sloping downward steps for easy walking.

Besides.

Burning torches were installed on the wall of this passage at intervals. Wu Liang checked the nearest torch. It was very ordinary and could never be a strange thing like an ever-burning lamp. Therefore, this torch should be ordered by Zhang Liang. People plug in for lighting.

And follow the light of these torches.

Wu Liang is condescending and can see the situation tens of meters away.

Then, in the middle of the passage, tens of meters away, he saw a columnar thing standing on the ground, shaped like a cross. This thing seemed to be made of wood.

(End of this chapter)