Chapter 163: Dig down layer by layer
Although the preparations were lively, Zhu Da and the others were not in a hurry to cook. After having dinner in advance, they processed more than a dozen wooden guns and placed them around the cart with wooden straw, which looked like an irregular large box.
When it was completely dark, the caravans in the yard were locked and their guards were strengthened. The inside and outside of the circumference became quiet. Zhu Da called on the hired workers and the handlebars to light torches and headed towards the circumference.
After dark, the ruins of Zheng Family Ji, which were a little lively during the day, were immediately silent. The birds and beasts made it look like a wilderness. Without the Zheng family, the power of the government and the powerful could not reach here for a while. Without the public heart and conscience of everyone during the day, Zheng Family Ji at night was a lawless hell.
Darkness can cover up many things. As long as everything that happens in the dark is not caught or retaliated, it has never happened. Zhou Qingyun shot and killed two people at night. Although the caravans of these two were not far away, no one came forward to admit it, and even the corpse was not seen, and he only did not happen.
At this time, no one wants to come out, nor does no one want to die in the dark for no reason, even if there is no cause or reason, the darkness will amplify the courage of many people. The humble beggar in the daytime will also use the darkness to kill at night. What's more, it is difficult for you to defend in the darkness, and you may have a plot from the place you don't notice.
No one with a family and a business does not have to take risks. Without valuable goals, the powerful gangs are too lazy to move, leaving only some lonely ghosts, but these are still dangerous. Under this logic, it does not mean that good people with a family and a business will not kill people at night, nor does it mean that the bandits will not go out overnight.
Everyone thinks this way, and no one takes risks, so it makes Zhu Da's team look particularly different. Four large trucks are connected to the end, and the two large trucks in the middle are framed with wooden boards and grass, and torches are tied to the shaft of the large truck. On both sides are green and strong holding swords and guns and carrying wooden spears. Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun are not riding horses, and the two people's mounts are tied to the yard. The two people hold a knife, and there are bows and arrows on the carriage beside them, and they are in the center to command and guard.
Their team has a lot of torches, and the inside and outside are illuminated clearly. The caravans are all lying on the cracks on the wall and the door to see clearly. Everyone feels amused and crying, and they are also worried that it is easy to cause trouble. Moreover, with such a big fanfare, it is easy to attract uneasy and kind-hearted people.
"The lights are bright, although others can see clearly, but we can see clearly." Zhu Da has his own reason.
It's okay to be within the yard, but after entering the earthen enclosure, the surrounding area suddenly became completely quiet. There were a few bright lights in the earthen enclosure. But from a distance, I didn't know whether it was phosphorus fire or something else, and I vaguely looked like a ghost.
"Dear young and old, we come here to do things. Don't get close to anyone without any concerns, so as not to have any misunderstandings. If the lights can reach, anyone who is killed will be killed!" Zhu Da shouted.
He finished speaking loudly, and the hired worker and the handlebar style seemed to be fun and shouted, "Don't kill!"
The 20 or so people shouted in unison, and it was very far away during this quiet night. Then Zhu Da shouted again, and the others shouted, "This kind of shouting can be more courageous." After shouting several times, I became more and more stable. Look at the partners who fought with me, and then look at the weapons in my hands. Think about the power of throwing spears, and my confidence will be stronger."
Of course, what really made everyone feel confident was Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun. If these two masters didn’t ride horses, they wanted to share life and death with everyone. With the two bows in their hands, they could get through any difficulties.
"This is the King of Hell's patrol of the underworld!" There was the fastest handlebar and everyone burst into laughter, making the atmosphere more relaxed.
After the team of more than 20 people entered the siege, there was no abnormal movement around. In this quiet environment at night, a little movement and sound were easily discovered, but the team was always peaceful, and they followed the road to the Zheng family's courtyard.
Of course, the destination of this trip was the abnormal well. It was not excavated immediately, but was arranged first. Four large trucks were used to arrange a small circle around the well location, and six bonfires were arranged with the firewood they brought to lay out at all distances of more than 40 steps outside the large truck circle.
When the bonfire is lit, within eighty steps of the distance around the well as the center, all of them are clearly reflected by the flames. This distance is the effective range of the bow and arrow, unless the opponent brings a large bow from the army and Mongolians, if someone appears, you can immediately see clearly through the flames.
"Who?" When I went to light the fourth bonfire, I saw someone flashing in the distance, but I couldn't see where I went. Someone was hiding in the dark and following Zhu Da and others with torches in front of me, but now I can't keep it hidden. A hundred steps away, I can't see anything clearly and can't do anything in time, let alone the place where I really do things is covered by a cart.
Zhu Da circled a circle with his memory, and the hired workers immediately became busy and began to think that they would dig a few shovels of soil. Unexpectedly, they encountered a hard object just halfway through the shovel, and it was not the same place. Everyone simply shoveled flat and soon shoveled the soil in the well area clean.
"Why hasn't anyone noticed it?"
"Because no one knows that there is a well here, even if you step on it, you will feel that the soil here is soft. Even if you want to dig three feet of the ground, they are too lazy to make trouble in the yard. The cellars and other things are all under the house."
Zhu Da chatted with Zhou Qingyun beside him for a few words. Zhou Qingyun ignored the excavation. He stood on the cart with a bow and arrow in his hand, constantly watching around. With his eyes and senses, it is difficult to escape observation if there are any abnormal movements.
The soil was cleaned up, but a few bluestone slabs were exposed, which made the young and confused hired workers excited. The bluestone slabs were not huge. After digging the surrounding sand and soil, the two of them could lift it. Not long after, the four stone slabs were lifted, revealing the wellhead below.
But after it was exposed, everyone was a little stunned, because the wellhead was blocked, and the scattered stones and weeds were intertwined, and there was also sand and soil on it. It looked like the damaged and blocked wellhead. There was nothing unusual. If a deep well was really blocked, these twenty people would probably have to dig for a few days to clear it today, but what's the point?
The scene was a little cold. Zhu Da frowned and leaned over to him, took a shovel and inserted it. The strong return force seemed to be filled with solid filling.
Is there nothing? It's just a destroyed well, and then the well was filled by the Tartars and the refugees behind it. The reason why it was covered with bluestone slabs and floating soil on the stone slabs was just a coincidence. Although it was a bit too coincidental, it was not impossible.
The employees looked at each other, and the handlebar style was a tense face and wink, which meant that everyone should not talk nonsense, so as not to get into the master's bad mood. They did so many things wisely and majestic. It was nothing to be dazed a few times occasionally, just go back early.
Zhu Da wanted to come over and scrape the floating soil under the stone slab with a shovel. The rubble, stones and weeds mixed together. It seemed that they had been landfilled at will. Zhu Da turned to look at Zhou Qingyun. The other party was standing on the cart to guard the surroundings. Did he make a mistake in his judgment? While thinking disappointed, he scraped it a few times.
I saw something wrong with this scraping. The rubble, stones and weeds in the wellhead are still there, but without the cover of the floating soil, I can see some differences. The rubble, stones and weeds are distributed very regularly.
"Two people came over and cleaned the floating soil on it." Zhu Da said in a quiet voice, and started cleaning with the two employees who came over. The guards and handlebars exchanged glances with each other. They all felt that they could not find anything this time, but since the master wanted to do it, everyone would just work hard.
After cleaning the floating soil, I understand this layer. It is a straw bag made of reeds, filled with rubble and stones, and mixed with common weeds. If the floating soil is not cleaned, it does look like it is landfill. Moreover, if you dig or poke with iron tools, it is like hitting the landfill, and it is difficult to find out. Zhu Da reached out and sucked it. He took some effort to make a straw bag, which was about the size of a jar of two kilograms of wine.
Seeing Zhu Da do this, the two people who came to help do it. Not long after, after moving the layer of candids, a layer of bluestone slab below was exposed. After discovering the layer of bluestone slab, Zhu Da waved his fist excitedly, and the busy workers around the side couldn't bear their excitement. It was Zhou Qingyun who spoke to remind him that he could barely be quiet, and the employees who were not on duty were crowded forward.
"Release the stone slab and be careful not to fall down." Zhu Da pulled out a piece of hay and tried it in the gap in the stone slab. He found that there was a wind blowing. He knew that there was a large gap below and quickly reminded him.
The handlebars took off the ropes that tied the goods from the truck and tied them to the waists of the people who were trying to lift the stone slabs. The positions of these stone slabs were already one and a half feet lower than the ground. The stone slabs were easily lifted, and they could be lifted by prying them up with a pickaxe.
If the stone slab was too tight, it would be difficult to take it out after being lifted, and it would even fall off easily. I never thought that there was a tic-tac-shaped stone beam under the stone slab. Both ends of the stone beam were nailed deeply into the well wall, and there was no looseness when stepped on it, which was strong enough.
The three stone slabs were quickly sent outside the well and looked down with a torch. The stone beam also used iron chains to help the two big buckets. Everyone subconsciously held their breath and wondered if there was a treasure hidden in the big bucket.
Chapter completed!