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Chapter 23 Heaven's Gate

"Don't be too happy too early!" Old Liu was moved, but there was still rationality. Even if someone had come down in the Han Dynasty, it was still unknown whether the hole was still there. Secondly, even if the hole was still there, it must have been dug in a corner. Such a big cave, where should I find a thief? Furthermore, even if the hole could be found, if it was dug on the roof of a dozen or twenty meters high like the thief when it came down, how could it be up? "Mr. Qin, you open your mouth and keep your mouth shut. How much do you remember the ancient picture?" Thinking of this, Old Liu began to ask about Qin Ge's ancient picture. In his impression, the ancient picture was so annoyed that he looked at it in a dense manner. How could he have the heart to remember?

"I probably remember a little!" Qin Ge seemed confident when he heard Lao Liu ask this question. He studied this picture himself. Although he had no problem, he remembered almost the details. "If I remember correctly, there should be a passage on the rock wall in front! According to the proportion on the map, it is about fifty meters. There may be something like stairs or slopes afterwards. Then it goes up to a hall, and the ancient picture starts from there! Therefore, people from the Han Dynasty may have come down from there!"

"That's so simple?" Old Liu seemed a little disbelief. He rushed to the bottom of the rock wall step by step and found that there was indeed a painted dark door hole, which was much wider than the "brick kiln door hole" on both sides, and it was even higher. The "Iron Bamboo Road" on the ground disappeared from the door hole. It seemed that it should be safe after entering the door hole.

"That's right! It should be here!" Qin Ge followed Lao Liu into the door, "From forward from here..." Before he could finish this sentence, Qin Ge froze on the spot.

"From here?" Old Liu shone the flashlight directly in front of the door opening, and looked back at Qin Ge with a smile.

"I think... the passage may be below!" Qin Ge's tone seemed a little excited. Looking forward with the flashlight, the inside of the door opening was about an inverted trumpet, and the more it went inside, there was a stone wall about twenty meters away from the door opening. There seemed to be a square stone platform under the stone wall, less than one meter in height and about two meters long. There was no other passage.

"Be careful... maybe there may be mechanisms..." Old Liu started walking carefully. Every time he took a step, he would touch the wall and stomp his feet to avoid any hidden arrows or traps. "It seems that there are some things here..." As he walked wider, Qin Ge walked on the other side of the passage, and he also followed Lao Liu's appearance and kept stomping his feet and touching the wall. At first, there was nothing, but after touching it a few meters, he suddenly felt that there was a fine line on the wall that did not seem to be formed naturally. With past experience, it should be a mural or engraving.

"Is there still the mind to study that?" Old Liu glanced at Qin Ge and continued to walk forward, while Qin Ge stopped in place and began to wipe off the floating soil on the wall with his hands. "Strange..." While wiping the floating soil with his hands, Qin Ge frowned. At this time, Zhang Guozhong also followed, "Mr. Qin, what's wrong?"

"These soil was deliberately made up! And it was not very long!" Qin Ge said, "The rock walls here did not have any murals or documents, but there was only here. The carvings were very shallow and seemed to be rushed. There was also a layer of soil on it, which looked very similar to the rock wall. If I hadn't touched it by chance, it would be difficult to find it!"

"This is not earth!" Zhang Guozhong also wiped the wall with his hand, then put his hand on his nose and smelled it. He looked carefully. It tasted like stone powder, but the color was darker, as if there was something else mixed. "The person who can use this thing may be the one who came in with nails!"

"Oh?" After hearing what Zhang Guozhong said, Lao Liu came over. At this time, the stone powder on the wall had almost been wiped out. Several rows of crooked Chinese characters were exposed. As expected, these characters were not ancient characters, but modern traditional characters. Each character was about the size of a child's palm. It was obvious that the force should be directly carved on the rock wall with a treasure blade, just like Lao Liu engraved words in the tomb passage of the inverted pyramid in Egypt.

There is a danger in the flower pool and people are going to go

It's not a miracle

Although the body has three inches of energy

When I first saw Yuexiao, my soul moved

Jasper is waiting until red blood washes

There is red mud by the clear canal water

Digging three feet into the grave is unintentional

Ascension to heaven has the way to leave naturally

After reading the poem, the people's heads all broke out in a cold sweat. Judging from the literal meaning, the first four sentences are relatively easy to understand. The general meaning is: There is danger in the Chichi Lake, and people can't get out when they come in. The author of the poem came because he was curious, but after he came in, he found that there was nothing. Instead, he was seriously injured and knew that he had not survived that night. However, the meaning of the last four sentences of this poem seemed mysterious and unpredictable, making people unable to touch the mind, "Jade waited until the red blood

The two sentences of "Sweeping, there is red mud in the green rock water stream" seem to involve some privacy issues of the author himself. It seems that he has any grievances or deep hatred to avenge, but he is trapped here, and he feels a little uneasy. However, the last two sentences "Digging a grave three feet is unintentional, and ascending to heaven has a way of leaving it naturally" seems to be somewhat inconsistent with the previous sentence. It seems that the author discovered some big secret in the cave before he died, which seems to be related to "ascending to heaven", so he died quite at ease.

"Could it be...we really like this brother, ascending to heaven?" Old Liu frowned and sighed. He really hated himself at this moment. Now that everyone is trapped here, it has nothing to do with him. If he had heard Zhang Guozhong's long-term plan when he came down, he might not have had this scene at this moment. And Zhang Guozhong thought that he was indeed his son Zhang Yicheng. If he hadn't been up for too long, then the boy was not afraid of coming down to find him. Wouldn't he beg for death?

"I don't believe I really can't get out..." Qin Ge was quite calm. After all, until now, this cave seems to be much safer than the treasure cave in the Later Jin Dynasty. "According to the ancient map, the route here is not very complicated! The Han Dynasty painters not only retreated, but also touched the detailed structure here!" After that, Qin Ge didn't bother to touch the wall and stomped his feet, and strode to the edge of the stone platform, "Look! It should be possible to go down here!"

Although the poems on the wall are quite tragic, what Qin Ge said is not unreasonable, so everyone still holds some hope. After hearing what Qin Ge said, they rushed to the edge of the stone platform like a rush.

The stone platform is surrounded by four square stones, with a black square passage in the middle. Although the side length of the stone platform is at least two meters long, the passage in the middle is not spacious, at most one meter square. There are steps in the passage, but it is very steep. When you shine down with a flashlight, it will sparkle, as if there is water. Above the stone platform, there is a water eye that has been blocked. The water eye is not big. Look at the angle, the water flow should flow to the inside of the passage before being blocked. There are two small seal script characters engraved: Tianmen.

"Tianmen..." Old Liu stared at these two words and thoughtfully, "The poem just now said: 'The way of ascension to heaven will naturally leave'... What does the ascension to heaven have to do with this 'Tianmen'?"

"Don't care..." Zhang Guozhong drew his sword and was about to go down the passage.

"Slow!" Old Liu grabbed Zhang Guozhong with a hand, "The bare butt and the iron chain thing just now. If it didn't turn, it should have been from here..." Speaking of this, Old Liu pulled out the pistol from Qin Ge's waist, "I'll go first!"

Zhang Guozhong also heard about the power of the "Red Nitrogen Sandwich Bomb", so Lao Liu wanted to take the lead, but he did not stop him. He followed Lao Liu with a sword and went into a hole behind Lao Liu.

The water in the cave is not as far as the altar, just passing through the foot. It was only a few meters down, and the water didn't reach the waist. Fortunately, the water seemed to be waist-deep, and the passage was much wider than the entrance. It was about two meters wide, so it was not difficult to walk. "It seems that the waterways on the edge of the cave outside are connected to the sky gate. The water eyes above are the water source for water replenishing these caves!" After getting down the cave, Zhang Guozhong found that there were black holes on both sides of the cave wall, which were about the size of a mouse hole. He shone it in with a flashlight and couldn't see the bottom. "Ancient people were so fucking capable. Senior brother, how did you tell them how these holes were cut through?"

"You haven't seen anything more evil..." Old Liu said, "The Egyptians dug a river in the desert. How did you think that was dug?"

"President Zhang, I want to ask you a question..." Qin Ge has been following Zhang Guozhong with great worries, and suddenly spoke, "I have studied the history of Taoism. Taoism emphasizes ascension to heaven, that is, becoming an immortal. Do you think people can really become immortals?"

"Mr. Qin, there are no real gods in the world." Zhang Guozhong turned around and smiled.

"Why?" Qin Ge couldn't believe his ears. Western pastors and priests firmly believed in the existence of God. Zhang Guozhong, who was the head of a sect, actually said this, which surprised Qin Ge, who was deeply influenced by Western culture.

"If you kill someone in the city, there will be police to arrest him. If you kill someone here, who will arrest him?" Zhang Guozhong said.

"No one caught it!" Qin Ge said.

"This is the role of religion!" Zhang Guozhong smiled, "Christianity teaches people to be loving and go to heaven after death, otherwise they will go to hell. Buddhism teaches people to do more good deeds, and they can reach the Western Paradise after death, or get good rewards in the next life. The same is true for Taoism. Any religion is good to others. It teaches people no matter when and where, even in such wilderness, there will be a pair of eyes looking at you! In fact, the so-called gods are in everyone's own heart!"

"President Zhang, it seems that you are not only a Taoist sect, but also a philosopher!" After hearing Zhang Guozhong say that, Qin Ge couldn't help but nod, "But there are many legends about Taoist priests' ascension, and there are many real people in history!"

"Mr. Qin, in fact, the so-called ascension to heaven in Taoism refers to the realm of thought, just like the Buddhahood of Buddhism..." Zhang Guozhong said, "The most precious wealth left to us by our predecessors is not a treasure of magic, but a thought! The reason why Shi Jia Muni was worshipped by later generations is because his thoughts influence generations of believers, and the same is true for Taoism. The ancestor of Taoism, Taishang Laojun, was actually Laozi Li Er, from the Warring States Period! He was not a Taoist priest, and he had never invented any Taoist techniques. These Taoist techniques were all due to the experience and wisdom of talented people in the past dynasties! But what guided these Taoist techniques to benefit the people was Laojun's thoughts!"

"Zhang Zheng, according to what you said, the so-called 'ascension' in the poem is not real?"

"I can't say this. Mr. Qin, immortals and demons are only a short distance from each other. They are very capable. The key is whether he uses these abilities to do good or bad things..." Zhang Guozhong is also skeptical about the so-called ascension to immortality mentioned in the poem. Who knows what secrets are hidden in this cave? "Mr. Qin, some people seek gods as a pious belief, but some people do not understand religion, but they also worship devoutly, all because of their selfishness. I hope someone will bless them. Even before the underworld robs the bank, they will also pray to worship gods. Mr. Qin, do you think gods will bless those who rob banks? Even if they succeed in doing bad things, is it really a gods bless them?"

"Zheng Zhang, are you saying that the person who writes poetry may become a demon?" After hearing these words, Qin Ge couldn't help but tremble.

After hearing what Zhang Guozhong said, not only Qin Ge, but also Old Liu was worried, "Guozhong! I said, don't scare yourself! I think that career may be because he looked at the records of ancient times and was obsessed with evil spirits! I really want to become an immortal, but he can't be in such a place! Since he understands the Iron Bamboo Formation, he must know this!"

As he was talking, the water surface not far ahead suddenly sounded, as if a big stone fell into the water. Old Liu was so scared that he immediately raised his pistol. In a few seconds, waves of water reached the place where everyone stopped.

"What...who is it?" Old Liu's voice trembled a little. The passage was full of water. If there was something, even the Juque Sword would have to be discounted...
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