Anecdote of the Yellow River

Chapter 30
When I was swimming happily, Professor Ye in front of me suddenly stopped moving. I couldn’t catch up and bumped into Professor Ye’s back. Going up, knocking the underwater searchlight above the head crooked.

Gu Mei Di beat my back, and I turned to look at her, with an angry expression on her face.She kept gesticulating, asking me why I stopped, did I want to play tricks on her?
There was a grievance on my face, then I shrugged my shoulders helplessly, pointed to Professor Ye in front of me, and told Gu Meidi in sign language that it was Professor Ye who stopped first, and I didn't know what he did when he stopped. what.

I straightened the underwater searchlight above my head, slowly came to Professor Ye, and asked Professor Ye in sign language why he stopped.

With the light of the underwater searchlight, I saw the serious expression on Professor Ye's face. He simply signed a sign language and motioned me to look underwater.

While muttering in my heart, I lowered my head and looked under the water.

scare!
Seeing this, I was so frightened that my limbs were so cold that I couldn't move.

At a depth of about 30 meters underwater, a black vortex with a diameter of more than ten meters suddenly appeared.The black vortex is like the devil's eyes, constantly turning and turning under the water.The river flowed backwards and was involved in the whirlpool, and there was a loud rumble like thunder from the bottom of the water, which made us tremble all over.

There was a powerful attraction under the vortex, we quickly swam to a thick bronze chain, and held on tightly to that bronze chain to avoid being sucked into the terrifying vortex.At this moment, I really feel that death is so close to us.

I turned my head to look at Gu Meidi, her face had completely changed, and I saw a fear that I had never seen on her face.I know that at this moment, she is also afraid from the bottom of her heart.I couldn't comfort her, so I could only nod to her. Gu Meidi probably understood my encouragement, and nodded to me too.

As the water flow continued to be involved, the vortex continued to expand and deepen.Accompanied by loud rumbling noises, a terrifying black abyss appeared below the vortex.The strange black mist surges in the abyss like a tide. This abyss is like a space-time vortex. It may be connected to hell or another world below.

When the abyss appeared, the vortex disappeared.We were still holding the bronze chain tightly, probably out of fright, not daring to let go of our hands for a second.

The muffled rumble stopped abruptly, followed by a strange roar.

We were taken aback, Oops!Could it be that monster under the abyss appeared?

When I think of that huge monster, I can't stop trembling all over. It is impossible for us to be the opponent of that monster underwater. We have no choice but to wait for death.

When we looked down into the abyss again, a huge black shadow like a train was slowly swimming round and round under the abyss.

God!

The monster hidden in the abyss really showed up, God, you are driving us to a dead end!What did we do wrong that you have to treat us so cruelly?

Just as I was cursing God, my grandfather’s urgent voice sounded in my ears, "Hey! Hey! Professor Ye, Tuoba Gu, Gu Meidi, you run! Run! Something is coming up from the water! Something is coming up!"

Grandpa's words were like dense drumbeats, beating on our hearts, and I felt my heart was so nervous that it was about to pop out of my throat.

Professor Ye made an upward gesture at us, signaling us to give up this operation and hurry back to the boat.

I grabbed Gu Meidi's arm and dragged her to swim to the surface of the water desperately.

Gu Meidi held my hand backhand, tightly, tightly, which made me feel a warm force.

I kept cheering myself up from the bottom of my heart: live on!Must survive!
Just not far upstream, I heard my grandfather shouting anxiously in the communicator: "It's too late! That thing has already caught up!"

We turned around and saw that black shadow the size of a train had rushed out of the abyss.The body of that thing was at least 30 meters long, covered with blue scales, and looked like a terrifying boa constrictor.But that thing is not a boa constrictor, it has legs under its belly and long horns on its head, its appearance is quite similar to the dragon in Chinese myths and legends.

The monster can swim for several meters with a flick of its tail, and we are afraid that it will catch up to us before we surface the water.Just when we were in a state of desperation, Grandpa suddenly shouted in the communicator: "Hurry up and hide in the ancient tower! Quickly hide in the ancient tower!"

I was probably scared and confused just now, as if my mind was filled with paste, I was confused and blank. After Grandpa said this, we realized that the ancient pagoda is not far behind us. Now that ancient pagoda is the only one we have. place of refuge.Before we had time to think about it, we immediately turned around and swam desperately towards the ancient pagoda, hoping to enter the ancient pagoda before the monsters caught up, and maybe escape disaster.

We quickly approached the ancient tower, and soon found the entrance at the bottom of the ancient tower.But to our great disappointment, there are actually two thick bronze doors at the entrance.These two bronze doors completely blocked our way of survival, and my hope was broken and extinguished at this moment.

I pushed hard on the two bronze doors, but the bronze doors didn't budge.I was angry and anxious, just when I wanted to give up, I suddenly found a one-foot-square groove in the middle of the two bronze doors, and there was a keyhole in the groove, it seems that these two bronze doors need a key to open.But where is the key to open the bronze door?
The monsters are getting closer and closer to us. Although I am underwater, I still feel cold sweat on my back.Suddenly, I thought of the bronze box wrapped in the red demon flower. Isn't there a bronze key in the box?Could that bronze key be the key to open this ancient pagoda?
I don't have time to think about it anymore, and now I can only do anything else.I quickly opened a small pocket on the left side of the waterproof backpack, and took out the bronze box from inside. Then I couldn't wait to open the box, and took out the bronze key from the box.

While chanting the Bodhisattva's blessing in my heart, I inserted the bronze key into the keyhole in the center of the groove.When I inserted the bronze key, my hands were shaking crazily, because I didn't have any confidence at all. If this bronze key is not the key to open the bronze door, then our end will be a delicious meal for monsters.

Life and death, at this critical moment!

There was only a crisp sound of machine guns moving, and the two bronze doors quickly opened to both sides.

At this time, the terrifying monster was only less than ten meters away from us.We were overjoyed to see the opened bronze door, secretly said "Thank you Buddha" in our hearts, and then plunged into the tower body along the water flow.As soon as we entered the tower, the bronze door slammed shut behind us, just blocking the monster from the outside.The monster couldn't stop, and bumped its head against the bronze door, making a loud bang, and the whole ancient pagoda trembled violently.

We rushed forward involuntarily along the influx of water.I don't know how far I was rushed, my feet suddenly stepped on the land, I was overjoyed, and quickly fought back to pull Gu Meidi out of the water.

Below our feet are several stone stairs extending upwards at an angle of 45 degrees. We climbed up from the water by stepping on the stone stairs.Then he sat down on the stone ladder out of breath, feeling as if his entire chest was about to explode, his heart was still trembling, and he was aching with tension.

I looked around with the searchlight and found that we were in a not-so-spacious waterway, with thick blue-gray brick walls on the left and right.I can't help but wonder, why is there a waterway in the ancient pagoda?But I soon realized that this waterway is a separation zone carefully designed by the craftsmen.Because when the bronze door is opened, a large amount of river water will inevitably flow into the tower body. Under the erosion of the river water for many years, the interior of the ancient tower is easy to decay and collapse. At the entrance of the tower, such a diversion channel was built, that is, the interlayer structure, which isolates the river water pouring into the ancient pagoda in the interlayer.Thinking of this, I can't help but have a sincere respect for the creativity and imagination of the ancients.

After sitting on the stone steps and resting for a while, I looked at the indicator needle of the oxygen cylinder and found that we had consumed two-thirds of the oxygen. I couldn't help feeling a little worried, afraid that the remaining oxygen would not be enough.Just about to take off the oxygen mask, Professor Ye grabbed my hand and told me in sign language not to take off the oxygen mask for the time being, because the ancient pagoda is sealed, and after so many years, I don’t know if there is any oxygen in the tower.Moreover, the air inside the fully enclosed ancient pagoda cannot circulate, and a large number of bacteria multiply in the air. The air inside may have long been turned into a poisonous gas that can kill people.

We took off our wetsuits and fins and changed into our everyday attire, then removed the weapons from the waterproof backpack.Professor Ye was holding a submachine gun, and Gu Meidi and I each had a pistol.Professor Ye signaled us to open the safety catch on the gun. No one knew what kind of crisis was lurking in the ancient tower. We held the gun handle tightly, and cold sweat kept pouring out of our palms.

Above the stone ladder is a long corridor, about five meters wide and three meters high, with an arc top structure, which has a stronger load-bearing capacity.Professor Ye opened the way in front with a submachine gun, and Gu Meidi and I guarded his left and right wings. We formed a "pin" formation and moved forward cautiously.There was a dead silence in the corridor, echoing our empty footsteps, which made people feel a strong sense of depression.

Turning a corner, there was a light not far in front of us.This is somewhat beyond our expectations. How can there be light in this dusty underwater ancient tower?

We walked quickly and cautiously towards the light, and saw an everlasting lamp burning silently on the stone walls on either side of the passage.The lamp is forged of bronze, in the peculiar shape of a Buddhist lotus stand. A white ointment is solidified inside the lamp, and there is a short wick in the middle of the ointment. The two burning lights are like ghosts floating in the dark, reflecting the surroundings in a miserable state. Disappointed.Our shadows are projected on the mottled stone wall, which has a strange feeling.

Professor Ye took off the oxygen mask first, and turned to us and said: "The two flames are burning normally, which means that there is enough oxygen here, so you can take off the oxygen mask with confidence!"

We quickly closed the valve and took off the oxygen mask.Now we have to conserve some oxygen because we need it when we get back to the surface.

Gu Meidi shook her wet hair, and the wet clothes clinging to her body made it even more uneven, so I couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and my little heart jumped up uncontrollably.Gu Meidi is like a roundworm in my stomach, she knows what I'm thinking, she said in a low voice: "You can have evil thoughts in this kind of place, you are too wretched!"

I hurriedly looked away, and in order to change the topic, I walked quickly to a lamp, gently picked out a little ointment with my little finger, put it on the tip of my nose and smelled it, and found that the ointment smelled pleasant and pleasant. I don't know what kind of animal it was extracted from.

This is not the first time we have seen such an eternal lamp.There are such long-burning lamps in many ancient tombs, and once lit, they can burn for hundreds of thousands of years.To this day, the scientific community has not been able to crack the secret of the eternal lamp, so the everlasting lamp has become one of the most mysterious secrets in the ancient tomb.

But we didn't pay too much attention to these two ever-burning lights, but turned our attention not far ahead.Less than five meters away from us, a thick stone wall blocked our way.

We walked to the stone wall and found that the stone wall blocked the passage tightly without leaving a single gap.There is a relief of a flying dragon on the stone wall. The flying dragon stretches its teeth and dances its claws, its beard flies, and it is connected end to end to form a circle.The dim light shone on the relief, and the flying dragon seemed to come alive. It was so vivid and lifelike.I stretched out my hand and gently stroked the flying dragon. Even through the tactical gloves, I could feel the breath of a powerful dragon.

Gu Meidi suddenly said: "Tuobagu, you stand back!"

I took a step back, and Gu Meidi let out a low exclamation, pointed to the center of the circle formed by the flying dragon and said in amazement: "Look quickly, there is actually a Tai Chi gossip in this flying dragon relief!"

I took a closer look and found that the circle formed by the flying dragon was indeed a big Tai Chi Bagua diagram. Under the illumination of the light, the Taiji Bagua diagram seemed to be slowly rotating.From a visual point of view, it looks like a space-time vortex. Once we are sucked into this space-time vortex, it seems that we can travel back to the Xixia Dynasty, where the iron horse was Jingo thousands of years ago.

I analyzed and said: "Such a thick stone wall must be controlled by a mechanism. I'll go and see the two bronze lamps on the wall. Maybe they are the mechanism that opens this stone wall!"

I walked back while talking, stretched out my hand to hold one of the long-burning lights, and turned it around vigorously, only to find that the long-burning light was still motionless.I walked to the opposite side again, held another long-burning light and turned it around, but there was still no response.I was so proud of my analysis just now, but the reality poured cold water on me. I scratched my head depressedly. Could it be that my analysis was wrong?
I turned around and wanted to ask Professor Ye for his opinion, but I saw Professor Ye standing motionless in front of the stone wall, like an old monk in meditation.He put all his attention on the Tai Chi Bagua diagram in the middle of the stone wall, resting his chin with one hand, wondering what he was meditating on.

"What's the matter, Professor Ye?" Gu Meidi asked.

Professor Ye shook his head and said to himself, "No! It's all wrong! No!"

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Professor Ye's words made me and Gu Meidi feel confused.

Professor Ye heaved a sigh of relief, pointed to the Tai Chi gossip diagram and said, "The positions of the gossip are all wrong."

Professor Ye reached out his hand to touch the middle of the Tai Chi gossip, and suddenly shouted excitedly, "Look, the hexagrams above can be moved!"

I leaned forward and saw that the hexagrams on the stone wall were all made of long stone strips, some were long and some were short, and they were arranged one after another, which made me dizzy.

Professor Ye moved the hexagram position while reciting the formula silently, "Dry three consecutive, Kun sixth, shake the bowl, cover the bowl, leave the center empty, ridge full, turn up the gap, and sun down break!" After reading the formula, All the hexagrams were moved back to their correct positions by Professor Ye.

At this time, the Tai Chi circle in the center of the Bagua Diagram suddenly opened a gap along the boundary line between Yin and Yang and Tai Chi.With a dull sound, the stone wall slowly opened towards the two sides, and the dragon head and tail of the flying dragon relief also separated, revealing a gap for one person to enter and exit.

Gu Meidi and I gave Professor Ye a thumbs up at the same time, "Amazing!"

Professor Ye wiped the sweat from his nose, "Western Xia culture is deeply influenced by the Central Plains culture, and I am also very interested in the Central Plains' Fengshui Xuanshu, Qimen Dunjia and other mysterious cultures, and have conducted in-depth research and widely used them. Many years ago, I was with the team to inspect the Western Xia Royal Tombs located at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain. When we took aerial photos of the Western Xia Royal Tombs on the plane, we unexpectedly discovered that the Western Xia Royal Tombs were built according to the arrangement and layout of the Eight Diagrams and Beidou. So, I am not very surprised that there is a Tai Chi Bagua door here."

The cold and damp wind poured out from the gap, and we were surprised to find that behind this stone wall was a brightly lit revolving corridor.

(End of this chapter)