After saying that, Long Baoyu ran out of the cave and picked up three stones from the outside. She gave one to each of them. The three of them were responsible for one wall each and started to knock and check. However, a depressing situation occurred. Most of the stone scriptures they knocked on were hollow, and very few of them made a solid sound.
Coincidentally, the stone scripture that Li Rui knocked on shook a little. It seemed that he could take it off. He gently pulled it with his index fingers and took it off the wall. He found that there was a slightly sunken mountain wall behind it, and the hollow sound was caused by the sunken mountain wall.
"Stop, I was wrong just now. We have to analyze it again."
Li Rui raised his hand to stop Long Baoyu and Xie Duzhong. He analyzed again, "Since I can take this stone scripture off, others can do it too. Besides, there is another possibility. The material that binds the stone scripture loses its stickiness after a long time, causing the stone scripture to fall off the wall. Once it falls off and the Buddha's Sarira is indeed hidden in the wall, won't it be exposed? Therefore, I think the Sarira is definitely not hidden casually in the wall behind a stone scripture. "
Lin Meidian also chimed in, "This cave is outside the Lonely Hanging Temple. If Pu Wu wants to hide the Sarira here, he must consider the anti-theft measures. It can't be sneaked in by any thief. It's easy to find the place where the Sarira is hidden and take it away."
Daina said, "Don't forget that the Sarira is stored in the stone. According to the ancient carving technique, the stone is as thick as an adult man's forearm no matter how small it is. If such a large stone is hidden in the wall, it must have a small hole. After this small hole is stored in the stone, if it is not covered with the stone scripture, it will be easily discovered under the two possibilities mentioned by Li Rui just now! "
Li Rui's eyes lit up when he heard that. He said excitedly, "So, after Puwu hid the stone box containing the Sarira in the small hole in the cave wall, he would use bricks and stones to block the hole. He would even deliberately repair it and disguise it as a normal cave wall. Then, he would stick the stone scripture on it. In this way, even if the stone scripture was removed by someone or fell off naturally, the hole would not be directly exposed. Moreover, the most important thing is that the more he tries to hide, the more he tries to make the gap between the stone scripture and the cave wall as small as possible. This way, when people knock on the stone scripture, it will produce a real sound and not a hollow sound. Thus, no one will suspect the truth behind the stone scripture. "
Long Baoyu was overjoyed and shouted excitedly, "Yes, that's it. It must be like this. He must have thought so and done so."
Li Rui smiled and said, "So next, we don't need to pay attention to the stone scriptures that are hollow. We just need to look for the ones that produce solid sounds."
Long Baoyu shouted, "I'll find it right away, hurry up!" She excitedly continued to check the echoes of the stone scriptures on the cave wall.
Li Rui smiled and glanced at Daina. He thought to himself that this woman's thoughts were really meticulous. No wonder she could be an assassin for so many years without failing.
Just now, when the three of them were knocking on the stone scriptures to determine the truth behind the stone scriptures, there were many stone scriptures that produced hollow sounds, which made it difficult for them to continue checking. However, now that they were looking for stone scriptures with solid sounds, the number of targets immediately decreased by a lot. Usually, there would only be one or two stone scriptures in each layer (each cave wall was divided into three layers), and the entire cave wall only had three or four stone scriptures. In this way, there were only eight to nine stone scriptures on the three cave walls. Whether it was to take them down or put them back, it was abnormally simple and would not affect the overall view.
Ten minutes later, they had finished checking. All the stone scriptures that produced solid sounds were marked by Lin Meidian with the charcoal she picked up outside the cave. Li Rui counted and found a total of nine pieces.
"Let's start taking them down!"
Long Baoyu gave the order to start, but she quickly said with a frown, "This won't do. We don't seem to have brought any handy tools."
Although some of the stone scriptures on the cave wall were already movable and could be taken down, most of the stone scriptures were still very tight and could not be taken down without tools.
Li Rui thought about it. This place was too far from the village, so it was not realistic to go back and buy them. However, there was a set of tools in the trunk of the car that should be useful. He called Long Baoyu, took the car keys from Lin Meidian, and went down the mountain to get the tools.
When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, the two found two sets of tools from the trunks of the two cars. They chose a few handy ones and took a few more bottles of mineral water. They went up the mountain again. When they rushed back to the cave, they were already panting.
However, Long Baoyu was unusually excited and did not feel tired at all. When he returned to the cave, he began to work. First, he inserted a screwdriver with a plastic handle into the gap between two stone scriptures. If he couldn't insert it, he used a rock to smash it in. When it reached the bottom, he used the principle of leverage to gently press it, and the stone scripture moved. The two gaps on the left and right moved back and forth, and the stone scripture was slowly pried out. During this period of time, it did not take much effort.
Xie Duzhong went forward to help him hold it. The two of them worked together and quickly took down a piece. After taking it down, they carefully examined the cave wall behind the stone scripture. After a while, Li Rui also took down a piece and carefully placed it under his feet. He leaned against the wall and observed the cave walls and rocks.
Just like this, the three of them continuously examined the cave walls behind eight stone scriptures, but did not find anything. Seeing that all the marked stone scriptures on the two walls that Long Baoyu and Xie Duzhong were in charge of had been examined, and Li Rui was also taking down the last marked stone scripture near the corner of the two walls. Long Baoyu was a little disheartened, muttering, "Could it be that the sarira is not hidden in the cave?"
"Ah!" Lin Meidian suddenly cried out in surprise.
Long Baoyu and Xie Duzhong were both shocked. It just so happened that they had nothing to do here, so the two of them quickly walked over. Long Baoyu asked, "What's wrong? Why are you so surprised? "
Actually, it wasn't just the two of them. Even Li Rui, who was standing not far from Lin Meidian, didn't know what she had discovered. He asked, "What's wrong?"
Lin Meidian pointed to the cave wall that was exposed after he took down the stone scripture. Very excitedly she said, "This … this is … this is …" Li Ruiqi said, "What is it?" He moved his head to look. Lin Meidian moved her body sideways and pulled him over, letting him stand in her position to look.
At this moment, Long Baoyu and Xie Duzhong also moved over, putting their heads together with Li Rui's. The three of them and six eyes looked over at the same time, but they couldn't see anything strange.
They only heard Lin Meidian call out, "Do you see … Li Rui, do you see? Here … look here … "Her voice was full of surprise and joy, like a seven or eight year old girl who found the toy she lost last year in the grass.
Li Rui focused his eyes and saw that in the direction she was pointing at, there was a mountain rock. Its surface was uneven, with many edges and corners. It appeared horizontally on the cave wall behind the stone scripture that he had taken down. Compared to the other cave walls that were smoother and smoother, the appearance of this towering and strange mountain rock here was really incomparably abrupt. Moreover, the cave wall where this mountain rock was located had a large degree of depression. Otherwise, this mountain rock would prevent the stone scripture from sticking up from outside.
Long Baoyu looked and subconsciously called out, "There's a problem!"
Lin Meidian also said, "That's right, the other cave walls have all been smoothed, only this big rock is sticking out here."
Xie Duzhong looked and frowned, "But this doesn't explain the problem. Maybe it's because it's between the two walls, so it's not easy to grind. Look, this mountain rock seems to have grown out of the mountain. It's very natural. "
Li Rui shook his head and said, "No, it's still far away from the angle. Wait, I'll pry off the stone scripture next to it. "
Long Baoyu heard this and moved over to help him, picking off the stone scripture on the left as well. These two stone scriptures were on the first layer, so even if they squatted, they would still be higher than them. After the two stone scriptures were taken down, the mountain rock was completely exposed. The quality of the stone was exactly the same as the other cave walls, and it also grew very naturally. The only strange thing was that it didn't seem to have undergone much polishing.
Long Baoyu suddenly raised her foot and fiercely kicked it. Her strength wasn't small, and it made a muffled sound. The mountain rock didn't move, and the rock dust drifted endlessly.
"There's no problem, it's grown in the mountain." Long Baoyu said with a slightly disappointed tone.
Li Rui said, "I'll give it a kick." As he said this, he stood up and raised his leg, stomping heavily on the mountain rock.
His strength was much greater than Long Baoyu's. If this mountain rock didn't react after his stomp, then they would be completely disappointed and might have to return home.
Another muffled sound was heard, followed by a light cracking sound. Then the five people saw the mountain rock shake for a moment, and then a crack appeared where it was connected to the cave wall.
Although the crack wasn't big, it was enough to make the five people pleasantly surprised.
"It's actually alive." Long Baoyu excitedly called out.
Li Rui laughed and said, "Don't get too excited, I'll give it another kick. I feel like even if I kick it out of the mountain, it won't take too much effort." Long Baoyu stood back and said, "Then give it another kick."
Lin Meidian said, "Be careful, don't hurt your foot."
Li Ruixin felt a warmth in his heart. He smiled and nodded at her, and used all his strength to give it another kick. Daina looked at the two's interaction thoughtfully.
This kick was even stronger, and the entire mountain rock bounced a few times. The crack between the mountain rock and the cave wall became even bigger, about the size of a pinky finger. It was dark inside, and nothing could be seen.
Xie Duzhong stretched out his hand to test the crack, and looked up at the others with a puzzled expression, saying, "There's wind!"
The four people were both surprised and happy.
Li Rui squatted down and stretched out his hand to test the crack. Sure enough, a cold breeze seemed to be blowing out from inside. He said happily, "There really is wind. This means that the space inside isn't small. Maybe there's another way out of the mountain."
After he said this, the image of a large dark room appeared in front of the other four people's eyes.
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