At first, the big fox was very vigilant towards the three of them, but when it saw that the three of them were ignoring it, it turned its head back. The little foxes began to gather around the big fox's belly to play. Humans and animals coexisted in peace here.
"Why don't we leave the silver ingot here for the next person who finds this cave?"
Li Rui saw that the bag was full, and he was too lazy to take the silver ingot, so he gave this idea.
Xu Da smiled and said, "I don't care."
Gao Zixuan picked up the silver ingot and said, "Why should we leave it to others? Since we're here, we should take it all. There's an old saying that goes, 'if you don't take what God gives you, you'll be punished.' "Li Rui smiled and said," If you don't take what God gives, you'll be punished. You're talking nonsense. " Gao Zi Xuan flew into a rage out of humiliation. She walked to his side and raised her hand to pinch his waist. "You're the only one who knows a lot. What are you trying to show off for? No matter how much you know, you still have to listen to me, understand?" Li Rui grimaced in pain and said with a smile, "I know, I know. Please forgive me. Miss … Miss Gao, please be merciful."
Gao Zixuan saw that he almost called her 'little wife', so she glared at him and let him go.
Li Rui said, "I asked you to find a book or a stone tablet. Did you find it?" Gao Zixuan said, "In this cave, there's nothing on the ground except for something on the stone platform … No, there's fur, there's fox fur. Do you want it?" Li Rui didn't trust her and said, "Give me the flashlight, I'll look again." Gao Zixuan handed the flashlight to him and pinched his arm. Of course, she was angry that he didn't trust her.
Li Rui took out his flashlight and started to check the left side of the stone platform. He carefully checked the platform, the bottom of the platform, the corners, the ground, the four walls, and the ceiling of the cave. He walked around the cave and finally returned to the front of the stone platform. He was lost in thought as he stared at the stone platform.
Gao Zixuan saw that he didn't find anything, so he mocked him, "I told you there was nothing, but you didn't believe me and insisted on looking for it yourself. But what did you find? Tsk, this is really a slap in the face. Haha, haha. "
Li Rui glanced at her sideways and asked, "Don't you think it's strange?" Gao Zixuan's smile froze on her face and she asked in confusion, "What's strange about it?" At this moment, Li Rui suddenly became a top-level treasure hunter. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and his expression became solemn and wise. He said in a deep and suppressed voice, "If it's just to place these treasures and weapons, why would they build a stone platform in the cave? Wouldn't it be better to just throw the treasures and weapons on the ground? Am I right? "
Gao Zi Xuan listened with a confused expression. She looked like she was dumbfounded. Obviously, she couldn't answer his question.
Xu Da thought for a while and answered tentatively, "Could the person who hid the treasures have considered that this cave is too low, and it is very likely that there will be water. Once there is water, it will drown the treasures on the ground, so they deliberately made this one meter high stone platform?" Li Rui shook his head mysteriously and said with a strange smile, "That's impossible. Do you think that the treasures would be afraid of being drowned? " Xu Da was stunned and said, "The treasures are not afraid of water, but the weapons are afraid of water. Steel swords and iron spears will rust when they come in contact with water."
Li Rui said, "If it's just the weapons that are afraid of being drowned, then they can move a few stones and place the weapons on the stones. This can also prevent them from being touched by water, and it also saves them the trouble of making such a large stone platform." Xu Da was stunned again. She thought carefully and nodded, "What you said makes sense. The existence of this stone platform doesn't mean much, at least on the surface." Li Rui said, "I think there is something wrong with this stone platform. I have never seen such a layout."
Gao Zixuan laughed at him and said, "How many times have you entered a cave where treasures are hidden in your life? How dare you say that?"
Li Rui shook his head and ignored her. His right hand moved and snatched the silver ingot from her hand.
Gao Zixuan didn't understand and called out, "Hey, what are you doing?"
Li Rui smiled and looked at her. He held the silver ingot tightly in his right hand and bent over to the stone platform. Starting from the top right corner, he gently knocked on the stone platform.
Following the crisp sound of metal hitting the mountain stone, Gao Zixuan and Xu Da both understood what he was doing. He felt that the stone platform was strange and thus suspected that it was hollow, or at least a certain part of it was hollow. Therefore, he used the silver ingot in his hand to knock on the platform to determine whether it was hollow or not. He then discovered the truth of the stone platform's existence.
Gao Zixuan curled her lips and said, "I really have to hand it to you. You have already found the treasures and yet you are still not satisfied. You still want to use this stone platform to mess around. I want to see if you can make any changes."
Xu Da smiled and said, "I do hope to find some clues."
The stone platform was not large. Li Rui quickly knocked on the left side of the stone platform, which was where the treasures were. The fox nest was still in their nest and didn't escape. They just stared at him.
At this time, Gao Zixuan called out, "Hey, don't disturb the fox nest. They are lying in their nest. Don't disturb them. " Li Rui didn't even turn his head and said, "It shouldn't be in the top left corner. According to our traditional Chinese culture, placing things in the center is very important. It's fine if there are no secrets in this stone platform, but if there are, it should be in the center. "
As he spoke, he returned to the center of the stone platform. He stared at the platform for a while and suddenly thought of something. He took a step back and squatted down. He shone the flashlight on the front wall of the stone platform and looked around. He then used the silver ingot in his hand to knock on the stone platform.
Gao Zixuan rolled her eyes and said, "Are you done? Hurry up and leave. Do you have to wait for an outsider to come before you are satisfied?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a sound different from the sound of metal hitting stone came out. "Bam!" It was obviously hollow. At the same time, it proved that the stone platform that made this sound was hollow.
Suddenly hearing this sound, Gao Zixuan was both surprised and excited. He said, "Oh my god, you guessed it right? Is there really something in this stone platform? "Li Rui said proudly," What do you think? I have to correct you. It wasn't guessed. It was scientifically deduced. "
Xu Da had a smile on his face. He walked to the stone platform and squatted down. He reached out his hand and placed it on the wall of the stone platform. He gently and carefully stroked it. It was as if he was caressing the smooth skin of his lover.
Obviously, if there really was a mystery in this stone platform, then the person who made this mystery had done enough to disguise it. At the very least, it couldn't be seen with the naked eye. One had to touch it to find the entrance or switch of the mystery.
"Hmm?"
Xu Da suddenly cried out in surprise. She looked up at Li Rui, but her right hand had stopped moving.
Li Rui said happily, "What did you find?" Xu Da said, "Look at my hand."
Li Rui looked and saw that two fingers of his right hand were pressing on the stone platform. Suddenly, he pushed inwards. The palm-sized stone platform that his two fingers were pressing on actually sank in by one centimeter.
Li Rui and Gao Zixuan saw this scene and were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths.
Xu Da smiled and suddenly let go of his right hand. The stone platform that had sunk in actually popped out again. After it bounced back, it was actually two centimeters above the surface of the stone platform. A small rectangular stone strip was exposed. At the very top, there was a small hole that allowed one's finger to enter. It seemed to be used to pull out the entire stone strip.
Li Rui was pleasantly surprised and said, "Pull it out and let's see what kind of treasure is inside. How could it be hidden so deep?"
Xu Da nodded but didn't put his finger into the small hole. Instead, he used his right hand to grab the exposed end of the stone strip. He pinched it hard and pulled outwards. More than half of the stone strip was pulled out. When he pulled it out, he realized that it wasn't a stone strip, but a stone drawer.
This stone drawer was ten centimeters square and one foot long. It was hollow inside. The hollow part was seven or eight centimeters square. Its length was slightly shorter than the length of the drawer. The three of them looked at the drawer with their six eyes. Under the strong light of the flashlight, they could clearly see that there were two things in the drawer. One was a silver plate. It was round and the size of a palm. The front was engraved with the image of a female Bodhisattva. The workmanship was very exquisite. Below the plate was a simple book. The cover was made of leather. At this moment, it had completely decayed and stuck to the bottom of the book like debris. There were many names written with a brush on the page. Below each name was a suffix. Some were "Chuan Tou (Small)", while others were "Chuan Tou (Large)". They could see that it was "Chuan Tou", but they couldn't understand what it meant.
Xu Da reached out and picked up the silver plate. After looking at it for a while, he turned it over and saw that there were two words engraved on the back of the silver plate: "Main Association".
Gao Zixuan shouted, "Main Association? What does that mean? " Li Rui smiled and said, "This isn't 'Main Association', but 'Association Leader'. Don't you know that the ancients wrote from right to left?" Gao Zixuan asked, "Then what does' Association Leader 'mean?" Li Rui shook his head and said, "I'm not sure. Based on my experience of reading wuxia novels, this seems like the meaning of the leader of a Taoist sect. For example, the Dagger Society. As for this plate, it seems like a token of the Association Leader. "
Xu Da nodded in agreement and said, "I think that's the meaning. From the swords and spears on the stone table, this should be a Jianghu organization. Moreover, this organization is related to the female Bodhisattva on the plate. It's a pity that we don't understand this. Otherwise, we would be able to recognize it." Li Rui thought for a while and said, "I know a friend who works in an archeological team under the Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics. She is quite knowledgeable about history. I think that if we show her this plate, she might be able to discover the truth." Xu Da passed the plate to him and said, "Then you should find some time to give this plate and this book to her. Who knows, she might be able to discover something important."
Gao Zixuan was not interested in this at all and said, "Let's go, let's go. I'm about to freeze to death. It's probably going to be dark soon. Don't forget that we still have to hurry to the city."
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