Chapter 20 2
Li Jianping remembered that the sketch he had seen in the headquarters did not seem to have this cave marked on it. Director Wang specially arranged for a villager from Jiushan Village to follow their group. Li Jianping waved his hand to call the villager over, pointed to the cave above and asked him: "Are the villagers familiar with this cave?"
The villager shook his head and said, "I never noticed there was a cave here before. Usually, few people climb to the top of the mountain, let alone climb up there."
Xiao Cao said doubtfully, "It is unlikely that the entrance to the Hengwang Mausoleum is on such a high cliff. It is difficult to get the heavy coffin up there."
Zhang Xiaosan suddenly said, "The cave above should be the airway of the mausoleum. I once heard from my elder brother that ancient mausoleums all had airways connected to the outside world so that the soul of the tomb owner could come out."
Li Jianping nodded thoughtfully: "Well, Xiaosan's words make sense. It is very likely that this is the airway."
As he spoke, Li Jianping turned around and called the squad leader of the special service squad to his side, pointed at the cave above and asked him: "Can we enter the cave above?"
The squad leader had already seen the situation on the cliff and immediately replied, "I've observed it. We can arrange for two soldiers to go around to the top of the cliff from other places, go down to the cave from above, fix the climbing rope, and then the others can go up from here."
"Okay, act according to your plan immediately and be sure to pay attention to safety."
"Yes!" The squad leader agreed and immediately arranged for personnel to take action.
Xiao Cao looked at Li Jianping and said, "Boss, I'm thinking that if the cave above is the airway of the Hengwang Mausoleum, then after entering from here, we must have to go down a long distance to enter the underground palace of the mausoleum. I'm worried that the equipment brought by the special service team is not enough..."
"That's right. I'll call Director Wang right away and ask him to send someone with equipment to support us. It would be best if medical personnel were sent as well." Li Jianping took out his cell phone and started to call Director Wang. An hour later, a firefighter descended from the top of the cliff into the cave, fixed the cable in the cave, and then threw the cable down to establish an up and down passage.
Zhang Xiaosan limped over to Li Jianping with Ah Huang's bag slung over his shoulder and said softly, "Let Ah Huang and I go up together. Only Ah Huang can find my brother."
"It might be very dangerous in the mausoleum..." Li Jianping said worriedly.
Zhang Xiaosan patted his bag and said, "As long as Ah Huang is here, I guarantee nothing will happen."
Xiao Cao looked at Li Jianping and said, "Let him come with me. Ah Huang plays a greater role in the cave than humans. Only Xiao San can communicate with Ah Huang."
Li Jianping thought for a moment and said to Xiao Cao, "Okay, pick two more experienced special forces members, and the four of you will go into the cave to search for the missing persons."
Mu Linfeng could never have imagined that two days ago when he and Gao Hongjin had just left King Heng's Underworld Palace, Wen Yinqiu immediately took action. She quickly took out a violin bag that had been prepared long ago from her backpack, put King Heng's violin into the bag, then quickly walked to Mu Dingwu's remains and carefully searched Mu Dingwu's whole body. Not finding what she was looking for, she then left the Underworld Palace with King Heng's violin.
Wen Yinqiu came to the cave above and quickly climbed up with the help of the rope hanging from the airway. Wen Yinqiu, who looked petite and frail, was surprisingly agile in climbing the rope, completely different from her previous image. After climbing from the airway to the cave above, Wen Yinqiu retracted the rope.
When she pulled the rope up from the airway little by little, she hesitated and was full of contradictions. Although she had only been in contact with Mu Linfeng for a few days, Wen Yinqiu found that she had developed a good impression of this young man, especially Mu Linfeng's honesty and integrity. It is difficult to meet such a person in a lifetime.
After Wen Yinqiu came down from Dafo Mountain, she came to a villa area at the foot of Yunmen Mountain. She walked straight into a luxurious villa.
A well-mannered man in his thirties was sitting in the living room. When he saw Wen Yinqiu come in, he immediately stood up from the sofa and said with a smile, "It seems that my sister has achieved success immediately. She must have done a good job."
The person who was speaking was Ma Ermu, and Wen Yinqiu was also his biological sister, but one took her father's surname and the other took her mother's surname.
Wen Yinqiu gently placed Sheng Heng Wangqin's bag on the coffee table and said calmly, "This is the Heng Wangqin that my mother has been dreaming about. If it weren't for fulfilling my mother's wish, I wouldn't bother to help you..."
Ma Ermu seemed to have read something from his sister's expression. He took out a can of Coca-Cola from the constant temperature room of the refrigerator next to him, opened it and handed it to Wen Yinqiu, saying attentively: "Haha, drink some Coke first. If your brother has something to do, won't you help him? Tell me quickly whether Mu Dingwu's body has been found in the Hengwang Mausoleum?"
Wen Yinqiu took a sip of the Coke, then said, "We did find Mu Dingwu's remains in the Hengwang Mausoleum, but we didn't find the map you were looking for. He entered the Hengwang Mausoleum with the Japanese, so how could he have anything important on him?"
"I considered this, but I just don't want to give up this clue. But it doesn't matter if we don't find it. We have already got another important clue. We can find You Houxi's tomb without the Emperor's Burial Mountain Map..." Ma Ermu paused, then asked, "Have you dealt with that kid Mu Linfeng?"
Wen Yinqiu nodded expressionlessly and said coldly: "I have trapped him in the Hengwang Mausoleum. Unless he turns into a ghost, he will never get out."
Ma Ermu said excitedly: "Great, let's pack up and leave here right away."
"Where to go?"
"Let's go to Qingdao. There are important things waiting for us to do there."
Wen Yinqiu shook her head: "I won't go to Qingdao with you, I want to go back to Europe..."
Ma Ermu pondered for a moment and said readily, "Okay, come with me. I'll take you to the airport after we get to Qingdao."
"Okay." Wen Yinqiu agreed, stood up and walked towards the stairs. She was going to the bedroom to pack her things.
After being in the darkness for a long time, he lost the concept of time and didn't know how long he had been trapped in the shaft. He was often in a semi-comatose state. Now Mu Linfeng was supported by his tenacious willpower and strong desire to survive. He reminded himself from time to time in his heart that he must hold on, because once he fell asleep, he might never wake up.
In order to keep himself awake, Mu Linfeng would light a lighter every once in a while. As long as he saw the flame, it was as if he saw hope. However, he did not dare to keep the lighter lit for a long time. He had to leave enough fuel and rely on the lighter to guide the rescuers. Mu Linfeng believed that as long as the rescuers came to the side of the shaft, they would be able to find the flame below.
There was a burning pain from his mouth to his stomach, as if he had drunk sulfuric acid. In order to relieve the pain of thirst, Mu Linfeng lay on the cold ground, opened his mouth wide and breathed in some moist air to relieve his thirst. But after lying for a long time, he felt like he was falling asleep, so Mu Linfeng had to sit up again, and this happened over and over again...
In the darkness, Mu Linfeng's hand touched Gao Hongjin's already cold body again. He couldn't help but sigh. There were three people when they came in. Wen Yinqiu took Heng Wangqin and ran away secretly. Gao Hongjin died because of drinking contaminated water. Now he was the only one left.
Mu Linfeng stroked Gao Hongjin's stiff hand and suddenly remembered what the instructor said, "In a desperate situation, any wrong choice will cost you your life." If you hadn't experienced it yourself, you really wouldn't understand the weight of this sentence. Gao Hongjin is an example. If he hadn't drunk the dirty water, at least he wouldn't be dead now.
What Mu Linfeng could never have imagined was that Gao Hongjin and Wen Yinqiu were actually people arranged by Ma Ermu to be around him. Although he knew the identities of the two, Mu Linfeng had no hatred towards them in his heart.
Mu Linfeng was usually a person who hated evil, but now even he himself felt a little strange, why he didn't feel resentment towards Gao Hongjin and Wen Yinqiu. It was understandable that Mu Linfeng was not angry with Gao Hongjin, as they had been colleagues for many years, and Gao Hongjin had not done anything to directly hurt him.
Wen Yinqiu is different. Her purpose of trapping Mu Linfeng here is to kill him. Mu Linfeng doesn't know why he doesn't hate her. Suddenly, Mu Linfeng thought of his great-grandfather and great-grandmother, and how similar his experience is to that of his great-grandfather. He finally understands why his great-grandfather did not expose his great-grandmother after knowing her identity. It seems that all the men in the Mu family are romantic.
In fact, Mu Linfeng was wishful thinking to have the same result as his great-grandfather. It was really terrible when a person was blinded by love. Even when the other party had already put him to death, he was still dreaming of getting married.
Mu Linfeng fell into a deep sleep unknowingly in his wandering thoughts. He was really exhausted. This time he slept so soundly that he didn't even hear the call from above the shaft.
At this time, Zhang Xiaosan, Xiao Cao and two firefighters had found the side of the vertical shaft. Ah Huang was standing on a stone beside the well, squeaking at the dark wellhead, appearing extremely anxious and restless.
Zhang Xiaosan hurriedly said to Xiao Cao: "My elder brother is downstairs, he must be downstairs..."
Xiao Cao shone a portable high-intensity searchlight into the shaft and was shocked by the situation in the shaft. The size and danger of the shaft was beyond his imagination. Even the two firefighters were secretly surprised. They had never imagined that there was such a huge deep well underground, like the legendary sinkhole.
Zhang Xiaosan first saw the platform on the side of the shaft. He ran over desperately and was about to go down along the plank path on the wall of the shaft, but Xiao Cao hurriedly stopped him.
"Xiao San, wait a moment, don't be reckless."
Although Xiao Cao did not find any trace of Mu Linfeng, he saw that the plank road near the bottom had collapsed. He knew that due to its age, the plank road was likely to have rotted, and it would be dangerous to go down rashly.
"My elder brother must be down there..." Zhang Xiaosan was so anxious that he was about to cry.
Xiao Cao patted Zhang Xiaosan on the shoulder and comforted him, "I know, I also believe that Lin Feng is down there, but if you take the risk and go down, not only will you fail to rescue Lin Feng, you might also get yourself into trouble."
After that, Xiao Cao turned to a firefighter and said, "You immediately return to the cave above, report the situation to the headquarters, and request reinforcements. Be sure to bring in the equipment you brought down the well."
While Xiao Cao was talking, Zhang Xiaosan suddenly realized that Ah Huang had disappeared, and hurriedly shouted twice: "Ah Huang, Ah Huang..."
Zhang Xiaosan turned around and said to Xiao Cao: "Ah Huang must have gone down." Then Xiaosan shouted loudly towards the bottom of the shaft: "Brother, I am Xiaosan, are you down there? Brother..."
In a coma, Mu Linfeng felt a furry thing crawling on his face, and it seemed that there was a wet thing licking his dry lips from time to time...
Mu Linfeng's consciousness was gradually recovering. He raised his hand and touched his face. His hand touched the slippery fur, and at the same time, a familiar chirping sound rang in his ears...
"Ah Huang!" Mu Linfeng sat up suddenly in excitement and said in a hoarse voice, "Ah Huang, is that you?"
The elf jumped into Mu Linfeng's arms, grabbed his chest with its two front legs, and screamed excitedly.
At this time, shouts came from above. Mu Linfeng looked up at the wellhead. Two beams of bright light swayed back and forth in the dark shaft. Mu Linfeng opened his mouth to agree, but found that he could not make a sound. The more anxious he was, the less he could shout...
Mu Linfeng suddenly remembered his lighter and hurriedly took out his Zippo. With a crisp metallic sound, a flame suddenly popped out, as if a ball of lightning had torn a hole in the darkness. Mu Linfeng held up the lighter and swung it back and forth.
Zhang Xiaosan was the first to discover the flame at the bottom of the well. He burst into tears of excitement and shouted excitedly: "Look down, my brother is still alive..."
Xiao Cao also saw the flame, a tenacious flame of life, which was particularly bright in the darkness...
