Yan Lu stepped forward and whispered a few words into the small hole, then stepped back.

After waiting like this for about five seconds, there was finally a sound of gold and iron intersecting inside the iron door, and then the iron door opened a gap only wide enough for one person.

"Follow the old slave."

Yan Lu took the lead and entered the iron gate.

Then came Wu Liang and Dian Wei, and then more than twenty fully armed soldiers also came in. During this process, the eyes of those soldiers never left Wu Liang and Dian Wei for a moment.

It can be seen that Zhang Liang must have attached great importance to the two of them, and may have really known something, so he sent so many people to escort them.

Wu Liang was naturally a little worried about this.

When you arrive at this large stone house, the first thing you see is a stepped altar made of brick and stone, like an auditorium.

There are hundreds of tablets of various sizes placed on the altar. These tablets are all painted with a white background, but they are blank, without any surname or name information written on them.

This is not what a normal ancestral temple should look like, otherwise these tablets would definitely not be empty and should correspond one-to-one with the Zhang family tree.

Moreover, in front of the altar and tablets, there were no incense cauldrons, futons or other worship utensils.

Yan Lu's behavior after entering the ancestral hall also confirmed this.

As Zhang Liang's slave, if the tablet placed here is indeed the tablet of Zhang Shi's ancestor, then Yan Lu should kneel down respectfully to show respect, even if it is just to show Zhang Liang, he has to do it, and he

However, he ignored these xenophobic remarks and led Wu Liang and Dian Wei directly to the back of the altar where the memorial tablets were placed.

"..."

Wu Liang judged that this ancestral hall was completely used to cover up people's eyes, and Zhang Liang's secret was hidden under this ancestral hall. However, under this situation, it was not convenient for him to have any communication with Dian Wei, so he could only follow Yan Lu

Keep walking.

After arriving at the altar, the first thing you see is a "cloakroom".

In fact, this is not a room, but a row of wooden shelves set up near the wall, and the row of wooden shelves is filled with winter coats that look very thick at first glance.

And unlike the short winter coats in the style of cotton-padded jackets that were popular in this era, these winter coats were actually long winter coats similar to later military coats. From visual inspection, even if worn by a big man like Dian Wei, they could still cover the crotch.

When Wu Liang put it on, it covered the area around his knees.

"The place we are going to next is extremely cold. If you don't want to freeze to death, just pick something and wear it outside."

Yan Lu first took a long winter coat and put it on himself, then turned back and said to Wu Liang and Dian Wei.

And those soldiers came forward in twos and twos and put on their winter clothes consciously... It turned out that it was already the twelfth lunar month, and people had already put on their winter clothes. Putting on this long winter clothes, it looked very special.

It's bloated, not to mention that these soldiers are all wearing armor, which will even affect their actions.

"Thank you, steward, for the tip."

These people must have already been to the place where they are going next, so they are so conscious. Wu Liang thanked Yan Lu first, and while imitating their example and putting on his winter coat, he was thinking about where he was going next.

More curious.

He still remembered what Zhen Mi said before.

Because of the "solid meat", that place must be full of corpse poison and miasma. It may be for this reason that it is extremely cold there, and it is necessary to add a layer of winter clothes to keep out the cold.

After he and Dian Wei had put on their winter coats.

Yan Lu didn't mean to avoid it at all. He turned around and opened a linen curtain hanging on the back of the altar, revealing a small pig iron door hidden behind the curtain.

This small door is about the same size as a bedroom door in later generations.

And unlike the cast iron door of the ancestral hall, the handle and bolt of this small door are exposed and can be opened from the outside.

"Go down first and get a few people to help you."

This time Yan Lu did not enter first, but nodded to the accompanying soldiers.

"promise!"

Six soldiers stepped forward, tightened their winter coats, opened the iron gate, and entered.

Then there was a "crunching" sound inside.

Through the iron gate and the torches in the hands of the soldiers, Wu Liang saw a vertically downward hole.

Directly above the entrance of the hole is a wooden instrument similar to a well pulley, but this instrument is much larger and taller than the well pulley.

The bottom of the well wheel is connected to an equally large frame platform.

Two soldiers had already stood on the frame-shaped platform, and the remaining four soldiers stood aside and began to slowly turn the well pulley. At the same time, the frame-shaped platform also began to descend smoothly.

Not long after, the frame-shaped platform and the two soldiers on it completely disappeared from Wu Liang's sight.

Only the dark hole opening vertically downwards was exposed, and the thick rope slowly stretched out from the well...

The length of the rope is not small.

After winding around the well reel many times, it is difficult to visually determine the specific length of the rope with just two eyes. However, if all these ropes need to be stretched out so that the frame-shaped platform can be lowered to the bottom of the cave, Wu Liang estimates that the hole will be at least

It also has to be tens of meters deep.

Are Zhang Liang and Zuo Ci under this cave now?

Wu Liangliang was full of slander.

If this is the case, this hole should be just an entrance, and there must be a horizontally extending space below. Otherwise, the area of ​​​​the hole will only be a few square meters, and there will be no room for a few people to stand.

in addition.

Wu Liang personally dislikes such an entrance.

If there is a group of people who can be absolutely trusted to be stationed above the cave, then there may not be any problem. Otherwise, if someone has other intentions, they can easily destroy the "well pulley" above the cave entrance and trap those who go down inside.

Death, even the steps of destroying the body and eliminating traces are omitted.

And now.

He and Dian Wei will obviously have to go down there soon, which will make him feel very insecure. After all, the people stationed and operating the "well pulley" are Zhang Liang's people. This is tantamount to handing over his fate to Zhang Liang and Zhang Liang.

In the hands of Zhang Liang's people, there is always no way to feel at ease.

And in this case.

His behavior with Dian Wei will also be greatly restricted.

Even if they find an opportunity to counter Zhang Liang below, they can't take action without hesitation, because they still have to consider how to come up...

…

finally.

When the rope on the well reel stretched halfway, the rope connecting the frame platform had loosened, which meant that the two soldiers had already descended to the bottom of the cave.

It looks like this.

This hole should not be as deep as imagined. Wu Liang speculated that it should be about thirty or forty meters at most.

However, this is still a height that is difficult to climb with human power alone.

And judging from the entrance, the hole is still round like a well. If the walls inside the hole are relatively neat and smooth, there won't even be a place to put force.

"Please."

Yan Lu looked at Wu Liang expressionlessly and made a gesture of invitation.

Although he didn't like this kind of entrance, Wu Liang still wanted to go down and take a look, to find out whether there really was a huge formation hidden underneath as Zhen Mi said, and to find out what Zhang Liang was selling in this boring gourd.

medicine.

It is very likely that the secret of Zuo Ci becoming the most mysterious land god in the history of the Three Kingdoms is hidden underneath.

"please."

In response, Wu Liang and Dian Wei walked into the iron gate.

The four soldiers who operated the "well wheel" also began to turn the wheel quickly, and soon they pulled the frame-shaped platform up from below.

During this process, Wu Liang noticed a very clever detail.

There is also a relatively thin rope hanging next to the well. One end of the rope is connected to a bell, and the other end hangs directly into the hole.

After the two soldiers went down to the bottom of the cave, the soldiers above who were responsible for operating the "well wheel" did not act rashly. It was not until the bell hanging next to the well ring rang that they began to drag the frame platform up.

This ordinary bell is a prop used to convey messages up and down.

When going down, if you successfully reach the bottom of the cave and ring the bell, the people above can recover the frame platform.

And when you want to come up, you ring the bell, and the people above will know that someone is coming up, and they will naturally lower the frame platform to pick up the person.

"You two get off first, and the people below will pick you up."

After the frame platform stopped, Yan Lu stepped forward again to urge.

This Yan Lu should also be going down, otherwise there would be no need for him to put on winter clothes with Wu Liang and others.

"Walk."

Wu Liangchong nodded and took the lead on the frame platform.

Although this frame-shaped platform has four corners suspended and some necessary reinforcements have been made, it is definitely not up to the level of later elevators, and it will rock like a boat when you first step up.
To be continued...