A whole cart full of gold! General Meng almost immediately wanted to pounce on it, but General Ji grabbed him!
"You don't want your life! The dead person is right in front of you, and you don't even think about it!" He whispered to General Meng in a low voice.
Lao Meng also felt the gaffe he had just made, and said with an embarrassed smile, "People die for money, people die for money, I, I forgot!"
The cave is just an ordinary cave. If it weren't for this little cart of gold, we would almost think it was a temporary shelter from the wind and rain. The cave is twenty steps wide, and the entrance faces north. There is no sunlight all year round, and it is dark and cool inside.
, there are two wooden beds inside, and there are pieces of hay on the wooden shelves. It seems to be just a temporary resting place.
We set our sights on the rope. The rope climbed a dozen steps close to the ground and disappeared under a field of rocks.
The rock looked like a bear squatting on the ground, with the rope sitting under it. This made us very puzzled. Looking at the situation in the cave and the winch on the wooden frame, what would you think of?
General Meng said, "The three people who died must have wanted to pull this big stone away." As he said that, he looked back at the small trolley.
Things are not as simple as he said. Now all his thoughts are on that car of gold, and he is already dizzy.
I looked at the stone and said, "No, if it is what you said, then they should tie the stone with a rope. But, you see," I pointed to the two generals, "the rope is tied by the stone."
What’s the end of the rope that’s underneath?”
There is no rope end. Maybe the rope end is just under the stone. "This means that their original purpose was not to remove the stone."
"What could it be?" General Meng asked.
"If you remove the stone, everything will be clear." Sometimes, the way to solve a mystery is as simple as that. The three of us hung up our weapons and came to the stone together, saying that it looked like a bear.
Size is something that none of us can easily shake.
General Ji suddenly noticed something. He stretched out his arm to block us, squatted down, and looked at the ground, a layer of sand with messy footprints printed on it.
The light was not very good, so he lit the fire again, and now we could all see clearly, "Strange, who are these people? Look," he pointed to one of the relatively clear ones, and said to us, "only
four toes"
"As long as it's a human toe, at least it's not something else. Come on." I called to them. The three of them surrounded the boulder and held their hands on it. With the combined strength of the three of us, it wouldn't be too difficult. I picked my hand.
Stay at the bottom of the boulder to exert your strength
I touched something and knelt down to look. At the bottom of the stone, there was a bloody handprint clearly printed on it!
I pointed it out to them, "This can at least explain one thing. The stone was moved here later, and it was not them." I pointed to the corpse on the ground.
Regardless of these, we are all eager to remove the stone, hoping to see the truth of the matter
The stone moved slowly, and a small hole appeared in front of us. The rope was stretched into the hole, and it was dark inside.
We looked at each other and made a decision in our hearts. It was obvious that if the mystery existed, it must be in that hole. But the entrance of the hole was too small, not much thicker than an adult's waist.
"There is no need to go into the cave," General Meng looked back at the gold in the cart. "We just need to transport the gold back and surrender to King Tian." His attention was still on the cart of gold.
"I estimate that there are two possibilities. One is that these people wanted to send the gold to this cave to hide it, and then other people came." I pointed to the strange footprints on the ground. "The other possibility is that they killed
These people don’t want others to see this hole.”
Obviously, the second possibility is the most likely, because the bloody handprint printed on the stone
"But why hasn't the gold been taken away? Killing people for money is the first priority. But now, three people have been killed, and a whole wheelbarrow of gold has not been touched. I really can't figure it out." This makes us think every time.
Everyone is puzzled
Unless you enter the cave, everything is still a mystery. After discussing it, we decided to go to this narrow cave first to find out.
Among the three of us, to be honest, I have the most standard figure. They looked at me and I said, "You don't have to argue with me about this. I'll go down and you, General Meng, will be on top. I estimate that this
Even your big crotch can't get through the hole. General Ji is accompanying Lao Meng up there."
I grabbed the rope and slowly fell down. When only my head was on the ground, a fire stick was handed to me, "If there is any movement, just shout 'Wolf is coming'!"
It's really interesting, how did he come up with such a word? I held on to the rope and slowly fell down. The only light came in through the basin-sized hole above my head. I only went down about ten feet. When my feet touched the ground, I entered the hole.
The sword is already in my hand. With it, I am not afraid of anything.
It was pitch dark inside, and people sometimes scare themselves. Without thinking, I clicked the fire button twice, and surrounded me with a ball of light, allowing me to see clearly.
There is a wicker basket tied to one end of the rope, which is empty.
This is a simple mine, without even the necessary support. On the wall of the cave, an extinguished torch was inserted. I lit it. It seems that it did not go out after burning out, nor did it contain oxygen.
It went out when it was exhausted, because I could still use the fire breakers just now, and my breathing was easy.
There are several shovels thrown on the ground, the edges of the shovels are curled, a basket made of tree strips, and further forward, there is a hammer. So far, I have not seen a single person.
Looking at the situation inside the cave, my previous guess was correct. Those who died did not want to hide the gold here. I know that the car of gold outside was taken out from here. Several tools inside
, all used for gold mining
Natural gold has a hardness of 2.5 to 3.0, a warp weight of 15.6 to 19.3, and is highly ductile. It is divided into two types: vein gold and placer gold. Vein gold is also called mountain gold. As the name suggests, both
Because of the difference in origin
It seems that the gold here is not very pure. It probably contains more than 15% silver. I am an expert in identifying this, because as the silver content increases, the color will change from golden to light yellow. On the rock wall
The mineral veins are inlaid with such things everywhere, shining brightly under the light of the fire.
Although it is just a cave, I think everyone in the world would like to think that the palace of King Yama might be like this.
"Is there anyone? If anyone is there, come out. I'm here to save you."
There was movement in the cave immediately. The reaction to my words so quickly was beyond my expectation. First there was gravel rolling, and then there was the sound of footsteps that changed from hesitation to determination.