King Solomon's Treasure

Chapter 29 Solomon's Chamber of Secrets (2)
"Look at that corner, Curtis." I pointed to the place Gagul said.

"Hey, guys," he said, "there's an alcove here. My God! Come and see."

We ran over quickly.It was a small concave wall like a bay window, and there were three stone boxes inside.Each box is about two square feet.Two chests had stone lids, and one chest was open with the lid set aside.

"Look!" said Sir Henry hoarsely, holding the lamp over the open chest.At first the silver light in the box was so dazzling that we couldn't see it clearly.When we gradually got used to it, we saw that the box was full of large uncut diamonds.I bent down and grabbed a handful, and yes, that's true, diamonds.

I was almost out of breath with excitement as the diamond slipped from my hand.

"We're the richest people in the world now," I said, "and Edmund Dandes isn't as good as us."

"The diamond market is going to be in chaos now," Goode said.

"Let's think about how to take the diamond out first." Sir Henry suggested.

The three of us turned pale and looked at each other.Diamonds glistened under the oil lamp.Suddenly, we feel that we are not the luckiest people in the world, but a gang of criminals.

"Hehehe!" Gagul walked past us like a vampire bat, "Don't you like these shiny stones? Take as many as you want. If the stone is too slippery to hold, eat it In the stomach, drink it in the stomach. Haha!"

Thinking of eating diamonds and drinking diamonds, I thought it was ridiculous, so I laughed out loud.Although the other two were confused, they still laughed along with me.We stood in front of the box and laughed wildly.Thousands of years ago, the industrious miners dug out the diamonds from the pit, and Solomon's overseers hid the diamonds. Perhaps their names are still faintly visible on the sealing wax on the lid of the box.However, Solomon didn't get the diamond, King David didn't, Darth Wester didn't, and nobody got it.Now the diamonds are all ours.Before us are diamonds worth millions of pounds and countless gold and ivory.All belong to us!Just waiting for us to take it out.

After venting the ecstasy in Wan's heart, we stopped laughing.

"Open the other chests, white man," said Gargul in a low voice, "there must be more stones. Just take them, my lords!"

So we broke the sealing wax with our hands, and suddenly we felt a sense of profanity in our hearts.

Great!The second chest was also full of diamonds, and it seemed that Darth West hadn't touched this chest.The third box was only a quarter filled, but all of them were carefully selected top grades, the smallest one was twenty carats, and some were even as big as pigeon eggs.Some large diamonds tinge a slight yellow in the light, and according to Kimberley miners, such diamonds are "poorly colored."

We were so absorbed in looking at the diamond that no one noticed that Gagul stared at us viciously, then sneaked out of the secret room like a snake and crawled along the passage to the stone door.

listen!There were bursts of crying in the passage.That's Fratta's voice!
"Oh, Bugwan! Help! Help! The rock is falling!"

"Go away, you little bitch..."

"Help! Help! She stabbed me!"

We hurried back down the passage.I saw that the stone gate was falling slowly, less than three feet from the ground.Beside the stone gate, Furata and Gagul wrestled into a ball.The blood on Furata's body flowed down to her knees, but the brave girl still hugged Gagul tightly.The old hag struggled to free herself like a wild cat.oops!Furata fell to the ground, and Gagul broke free, crawling like a snake towards the falling stone door.God!too late!too late!When she passed through the stone gate, she was clamped and cried out in pain.Shimen was still slowly descending, with tens of tons of weight pressing on her, only screams could be heard.Then there was a crunching and crushing sound, which was creepy to hear.When we rushed over, the stone door just closed.We are locked inside.The whole process takes only four seconds.

We turned to look at Fratta.The poor girl was hit by a knife, and her life is estimated to be in danger.

"Ah! Bugwan, I'm going to die!" the beautiful girl gasped, "she crawled out quietly. I was dizzy at the time and didn't see her at first. Then the stone door began to descend, and she came back to look at the passage. Then I saw her trying to pass through the slowly falling stone gate, so I grabbed her and she stabbed me. I'm dying, Bugwan."

"Poor girl! Poor girl!" Good cried, helpless, he could only bow his head and kiss her.

"Bugwan," Furata said after a pause, "is Maku Mazahn there? It's so dark here, I can't see anything."

"I'm here, Fratta."

"Makumazahn, please be my interpreter. Bugwan can't understand me. Before I die, I have something to say."

"Go ahead, Fratta. I'll translate."

"Tell Lord Bugwan that I love him and that I am glad to die. Because I know I am a burden to him. Just as the sun cannot stand with the darkness, so it is impossible for a white man to marry a black man."

"You tell him that there seems to be a little bird living in my heart, and I always want to fly out and sing to my heart's content. Although my limbs are weak now and my consciousness has become blurred, my heart will not die. My heart is full of love, even if 1000 years from now my heart is still young and fresh. You tell him if in the next life I'm black and he's white I'll find him in the stars too. Tell him...no Makumazahn nothing Needless to say, just tell him I love him. Oh, hold me tight, Bugwan, I can't feel your hugs... oh! oh!"

"She's dead, she's dead." Good stood up sadly, tears streaming down his face.

"You needn't be too sorry, old chap," said Sir Henry.

"What do you mean by that?" Goode asked.

"I mean, you can go with her before long. Don't you get it, man? We're buried alive."

Sir Henry's words awakened the dreamer.Saddened by Furata's death, I realized that my situation was not good.Gagur, the only one who knew the mechanism of the stone gate, was crushed to pieces, which means that maybe the stone gate will be closed forever.We can't get out unless we explode with a lot of dynamite!

We stood next to Furata's body, filled with terror.For a moment, manliness was gone.We are horrified at the thought that our ultimate fate is to die in a chamber of secrets.Only now did we understand that the old hag, Gagul, had set a trap from the very beginning: she first brought the three white men who coveted the treasure into the secret room, and then trapped them in it, letting them wait for death slowly.Gagul, who hated white people, must have been pleased with his ruse.Now I understand what she really meant by telling us to eat diamonds and drink diamonds.Maybe poor old Darth West fell into the same trap that Gagul did, leaving behind a sack full of diamonds and running away in a hurry.

"We can't sit still," said Sir Henry hoarsely. "The lamp is going out. Let's see if we can find the means to activate the stone door."

We rushed over desperately, stood in a pool of blood, and began to grope the stone door and the stone walls on both sides of the aisle carefully up and down, but found nothing.

"I bet it's impossible to open the door from the inside, or Gagul wouldn't be trying desperately to get out. The damned old hag."

"Anyway," said Sir Henry, with a wry smile, "she will get her retribution soon. Our end will probably be similar to hers. Anyway, we can't open the door, so we might as well go back to the Chamber of Secrets." So we turned and walked back.Next to the unfinished half of the wall stood Furata's food basket.I snatched up the basket and went back to the hideous chamber that was to be our grave.Then we took Fratta's body back to the secret room and placed it respectfully next to the gold coin box.

Then we sat on the ground with our backs against three chests containing priceless diamonds.

"Let's divide up the food," said Sir Henry, "for as long as it lasts." We figured it would last two days, and we divided it into four very small portions.In addition to the jerky, there were two gourds of water, about a quart of water in each gourd.

"Now," said Sir Henry, "let's eat and drink, and we may die to-morrow."

We ate a small portion of jerky and drank some water.Needless to say, we had no appetite at all, although we were in great need of food.But after eating jerky, I feel much better.Then we stood up, and although we knew that there was little hope, we still carefully inspected the walls of the secret room, knocking on the ground and walls from time to time, hoping to find an exit.

Still nothing.Since it is a secret room where treasures are stored, there can be no exit.

The lamp oil was almost exhausted, and the light gradually dimmed.

"Quitman," said Sir Henry, "is your watch still? What time is it?"

I took out my watch and looked at it, it was six o'clock.We entered the hole at eleven o'clock.

"Inverdus must be in a hurry," I said. "If we don't go back tonight, he'll be here tomorrow morning, Curtis."

"Looking for nothing. He doesn't know the location of the stone gate, nor the secret of the stone gate. The only one who knows the secret is Gagul, who is dead. Even if he finds the stone gate, he can't open it. There are five stone gates. After ft., it's useless to send all Kukuana's army. Guys, I see no hope, let God order. Many treasure hunters have ended up in a miserable end. Us, Follow in their footsteps."

The oil lamp was getting dimmer.

Suddenly the oil lamp turned on again, illuminating the whole secret room: a large pile of white ivory, a box containing gold coins, poor Fratta's body, a sheepskin bag full of diamonds, shimmering diamonds, three The pale face waiting to die.

Just then, the oil lamp went out.

(End of this chapter)