We quickly settled Xiaoyang and I left him 10,000 yuan in cash, enough for him to eat and drink during this period.
I was afraid that he would have a random thought, so I wanted him to have a companion, so I temporarily entrusted Xiaoxuan's black cat and Yu Ge's echo duck to him for care. In this way, we entered the mountain that night, and the purpose was to be the mysterious cave found near the source of the Zukeng.
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"Yunfeng, you seem to have something to worry about."
"No Brother Yu, let's go, you'll reach the source of the Zukeng."
After saying that, I walked forward quickly.
In fact, I was distracted by my aunt and Shi Wuchang all day long. I thought of my favorite Ma Zhen, I thought of Brother Tian and Aunt Luo, and I began to doubt myself. Is it related to me?
In the Alxa Desert, the Dangxiang people put a mysterious inverted triangle curse on me, cursing me, Xiang Yunfeng, and cursing everyone around me that they have no good ending. Now several years have passed, and I intend to forget these things, but the recent encounter between my aunt and Shi Wuchang reminds me again.
The loess under your feet are like sand. People will leave a pit when they walk. The flashlight shines on the road under your feet. Occasionally, you can see several pieces of dilapidated white bones.
This time we only brought shovels and ropes and other tools, but we didn't bring the pulse. We followed the path we discovered last time to find the hidden cave located halfway up the mountain. Brother Yu and Xiaoxuan moved away the iron plate.
He took his head and took a flashlight and said, "It seems that no one has been in this period."
When we left last time we sprinkled floating soil around the entrance of the cave. If someone went in, it would leave traces.
This time we each brought a solid small iron rod to knock on the walls and the ground. Because the echo effect in the cave was strong, we walked while knocking and jingling.
When he arrived at the Sanchao intersection, Douyazai said, "It seems that there is nothing here."
Xiaoxuan raised her flashlight and said, "Who built the iron fence? If there is nothing here, why should we block the way in?"
I looked at the top of the cave without saying a word, not knowing what I was thinking.
I frowned and said, "This place is strange. I looked through the county annals of the 1970s a few days ago. The county annals record that there is a place called Laolong Reservoir in the north of the source of Zukeng. At that time, people lived nearby."
Douyazai immediately said, "Fengzi, we came from there. Where are the reservoirs and figures? They are all barren mountains and stones."
I said, "This is an abnormal place. The Guangxu version of the Chun'an County Chronicle did not mention this place at all. Although the county chronicle in the past seven years did not record the source of the Shukeng, it marked several mountains not far from here, and also recorded that there was a Laolong Reservoir. Later, in the 1990s, the county chronicle compiled by Zhejiang Humanities Publishing House, even the reservoir was gone."
"When writing local chronicles, you must be careful. No matter who it is, you must refer to the old ones. I wonder if there is a possibility that someone wanted to completely erase this place from the information at that time? Think about it, if we hadn't accidentally seen the leaflets of Fangladong Scenic Area, we might not have found this place."
"And, the rusty iron fence twenty or thirty years ago and the drink bottle, all seem to indicate what happened here during that time period."
After listening to my analysis, Dou Yazai scratched his head and said, "Do you care about any county annals? They are written by people. As long as they are written by people, you may make mistakes. In the past century, the terrain of Qiandao Lake has changed too much. It is normal for people who write county annals to make some small mistakes."
Seeing me shook my head, Douyazai asked again: "If it weren't for the wrong record, where is the nearby reservoir? You explain and explain, has the reservoir ran away on its own?"
Brother Yu said: "The reservoir must not be able to run away by itself. It may be because it was really there before, but it was filled in one year."
Douyazi was speechless for a moment.
"Yes, Brother Yu is right. It may have been filled in. Let's follow the timeline. It will be in the seventies and in the nineties, the newly compiled county annals will be gone. It may have been filled in the eighties in this period." I said.
Brother Yu thought for a while and asked in confusion: "Yunfeng, do you mean that the one who sealed the iron fence and filled the reservoir are the same group?"
I nodded: "It is very likely that from a time perspective, it happened to be what happened during this period."
Xiaoxuan said: "Then let's look for that Laolong Reservoir?"
I said, "It was filled in thirty years ago. Where can I find it now? Even if I find it, it's useless. I feel that there is something else we missed in this cave."
It’s really a feeling, including my suggestion to go straight to the Zukengyuan this time.
"What do you think of your head?" I asked.
Still frowning, he raised his flashlight and illuminated the fork in the road on the left, saying, "Yunfeng, don't you think that deep pit is a bit strange?"
I was stunned and didn't understand the meaning of the head. According to the results of the last investigation, it was a natural deep pit that went down from the left.
The next second, I realized.
"You mean..."
He looked at me and said, "Your analysis makes sense, but there is another possibility. The reservoir was not filled up at that time... but drained."
When he heard this, Douyazi opened his eyes widened.
He slapped his thigh and said, "Damn it! The possibility is very high! The bottom of the deep pit, including the surrounding stone walls, is very smooth! It is like it was smoothed by water!"
"But...but why is the reservoir in the cave?" Xiaoxuan said in confusion.
I wiped my face and said, "Everything is abnormal here. Xiaoxuan, think about it. Laolong Reservoir, what if it is not called a reservoir, it will be changed to Laolong Pond or Laolong Pond?"
Xiaoxuan nodded: "It would be reasonable if it was changed to Laolongtan. It would be not surprising that there was a pool in the cave."
He said to the head: "Ya Zai is right. Whether it is county annals or historical books, any thing written by a person may make mistakes. Whether it is intentional or unintentional mistakes, it is important that later people have their own judgment based on the actual situation."
Brother Yu immediately said: "Yes, put your head on, this is called not to believe, not to believe in everything. We must have our own judgment and not be misled by what people left behind in the past."
Then, we held up the flashlight and entered Zuocha Road. Because there was a downhill gravel road, I had a sudden idea.
I asked Brother Yu to go down first and chop his feet hard. He would use the force as much as he could. I lay on the ground on the slope and listened carefully to the echo.
"Haha, Fengzi, are you listening to it?"
Seeing my ears pressed on the ground, Douyazai smiled.
"Get out of the way, don't talk."
After listening for a while, I stood up and shook my head: "There is no underground palace or mezzanine."
"Yunfeng, how did you do it?" Xiaoxuan asked.
I said bang bang.
Actually, I didn't hear anything.
I wanted to see if I could borrow the principle of listening to thunder, but after trying it, I found that I couldn't do it. First of all, Brother Yu's foot chopping sound was far worse than that of thunder. Moreover, I could not achieve the sound effect of burying the big tank underground by relying on my ears alone.
I went downhill all the way and went to the deep pit for a survey. The conclusion I came to confirmed my head's conjecture.
The deep pit in front of me was a reservoir or pool decades ago!
The head is always the head. I have read so many historical books and analyzed so many geographical locations, but the result is not as good as his words.
Wear gloves, put anchor points, and tie the ropes, but I'll put them first.
We ignored the bottom of the pit last time, so this time we mainly focused on the search target.
Xiaoxuan was the last one to take off, so I was worried, so I held up the flashlight to help her illuminate it.
"careful!"
Xiaoxuan's feet didn't step on them, and fell down several meters in an instant! Fortunately, the rope was tightly grasped on her hand, but because of the large movement, her headlight fell down in the air.
"I'm fine!"
Xiaoxuan adjusted her posture, grabbed the rope tightly, and shouted loudly.
I breathed a sigh of relief and loudly reminded her to be careful. This height is not a joke. If it falls, it will either die or be disabled!
"Brother Yu? Brother Yu! Please help me with it!"
Brother Yu didn't respond to my shout.
Chapter completed!