Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 59 Seeing

So, not long after, Jiang Tian, ​​accompanied by a small group of people, came to the first scene in the southeast suburb of Chang'an City, near Baqiao City.A small abandoned village where the vegetation withered and the buildings collapsed to the point where only some walls remained.

Logically speaking, as a place in Guannei with a large population, it is also the suburb of Chang'an in Gyeonggi-do; there should not be many abandoned places.However, because a large number of hydraulic workshops were built along the Bashui River, which is connected to Baqiao City, it inevitably affected the water use of surrounding farmland and was abandoned.

The scene that was said to be very tragic at the beginning has also been cleaned up; however, when Jiang Tian walked into these ruined walls, only blackened remnants on the walls and dry residues in the gaps remained; There are still some miserable green shoots growing out.

Although it was a symbolic story, Jiang Tian was also quite curious about what it was that could kill and shred six fully armored Jinwu disciples in a short period of time.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look behind Guo Feng, the two Jinwu soldiers in Mingguang armor.

Thanks to the many conveniences and legacy brought by the predecessor of the traverser, Liang Gong, Datang's forging steel technology and steel production have also developed by leaps and bounds.Therefore, in the upper reaches of the Jingshui River and the Yellow River, there are not only special coal transport terminals, but also nearby iron smelting plants and hydraulic forging plants.

Therefore, while the armor is excellent, the armor rate of the Tang army is very high; at the same time, as a reward and exclusive product from the imperial court, it is exported in large quantities to those remote vassal states that are conquering foreign territories.Just like the bright light armor worn by these two Jinwu soldiers, it is also an improved product.

There was no round guard, which was dubbed the iron bra by later generations, and it was replaced by a whole piece of breastplate.Although it is a lightweight model with reduced counterweights on the corresponding neck, shoulders, arms and thighs, the large steel surface that tightly covers the chest and hem still looks quite reliable.

If he used the "Guiding" ability to carry out long-range attacks, it would be difficult to penetrate the positions covered by these steel plates in one breath, and he needed to find other vital points such as the exposed head, face, neck and lower gear; of.Moreover, if there are too many people, they will basically be caught blind.

Then, when he turned around inside and out, he really didn't find anything; after all, it is said that the scene was cleaned up very clean, and even the blood-stained soil on the ground was shoveled back.Guo Feng, who accompanied him, dictated some records of the on-site inspection at that time, and there was nothing more to gain.

Even so, Guo Feng, the concubine who was accompanying (monitoring), patiently recounted the scene at that time, as well as some subsequent conjectures and judgments.Even Jiang Tian didn't have any more clues besides asking questions.After all, it has been more than two months.

However, Jiang Tian finally came up with an idea to find the highest point near this abandoned village and take a good look at the terrain here.Afterwards, he easily climbed up with hands and feet, and there was a luxuriant tree near Bashui, covering almost half an acre of trees.

However, this look made him see a clue.This abandoned village is only the size of dozens of households; however, the layout of the collapsed and abandoned buildings is very compact and regular; this is also the typical layout feature of the military village used to rebuild the Fubing when Taixing was revived.

And all the houses are neatly arranged around the center, and a large open space is specially set aside; it is not only a grain drying field for piling up grain when receiving goods, but also a small school field for regular daily operations.It's just that after being abandoned with the evolution of the dynasties, the flat land is full of weeds.

But there is a piece of wild grass inside, which seems to be slightly different from the surrounding area, and the color is lighter; it seems to have sprouted later.Thinking of this, he made a mark on a hastily hand-drawn distribution map, and came to the approximate location again.

"But have you found anything?"

At this time, Guo Feng also seemed to be aware of it and came over and said: "However, the two Jinwu soldiers who accompanied him inevitably showed disapproval.

"It's a little bit, it needs to be verified;"

Jiang Tian replied indifferently:

Then he roughly demarcated a long strip, and asked people to use the small shovel he brought with him to dig horizontally from one end one by one; this is also a little skill he learned when escorting the archaeological team.Under his demonstration, Guo Feng also brought two other gentlemen to join in with tools.

"Use a shovel to poke down first, and when you feel something hard, dig it out."

Seeing this, Jiang Tian also took advantage of the situation and explained:
After a while, after he dug out more than a dozen small pits mixed with pebbles, gravel, grass roots, and insects, he suddenly heard someone shouting;

"Dig up a different object."

Immediately, a small black object, after knocking off the soil and roots covered with it, revealed some rusty metal texture.Immediately, Guo Feng was on guard outside, and one of the Jinwu soldiers called over.Use this small object to press on the opponent's chest involuntarily.

"Sure enough!"

Afterwards, he let out a cold voice, and his face became extremely solemn and said:

And the next moment, Jiang Tian also understood that although the small object just dug out was seriously corroded, it was quite similar in shape to the corner of the breastplate of the Jinwu soldier.Immediately, the two Jinwu soldiers couldn't help but actively joined the excavation ranks; it didn't take long to turn over the grassy ground.

At the same time, I also harvested more, which obviously did not belong here; the broken nail pieces, the silk polyester used to tie the luan bag, the thick cloth strips used as the lining of the armor clothes, and even a few gray and white finger bones.At this moment, Jiang Tian was finally sure, and said to Guo Feng seriously:
"It seems that this is the first scene where those people were killed."

"What does Jiang Sheng mean?"

Guo Feng, however, hesitated and said:
"It should be that someone sneaked up here and killed them, and then moved to another place not far away. The corpses were deliberately dismembered on the spot, thinking that they were hiding something. It should be trying to cover up something, or something was accidentally discovered?"

Jiang Tian continued to deduce:
"Okay, I'll send a message and go back to find someone. Let's continue to search and dig three feet to find more clues."

Guo Feng gritted his teeth without hesitation and said:

Afterwards, after continuing to expand the scope of excavation, apart from accidentally discovering nail plates and broken fabrics, another narrow, translucent off-white, inch-long object similar to bone was dug out.However, seeing this thing, Jiang Tian's heart moved again, but he thought of something.

Then, he picked up the sharp point of this bony object, and easily drew shallow marks on the back of a standard horizontal knife.And at this time, the excavation and exploration in all directions came to an end again.Stepping on the uneven grass stems and soil; Jiang Tian took advantage of the situation and came to a collapsed house.

This should be the abandoned former military village, where the daily barn and public warehouse are located.Therefore, through the cracks in the wall, the remnants of the decayed beams and columns can be seen inside.Debris that has collapsed on the ground, and a plain view of planks and brick paving; wait, brick paving?Jiang Tian then called out:

"Is there any water, bring some water here."

"Use mine!"

But at this time, the two Jinwu warriors had a stroke, but the older one handed out a bag without hesitation and said:

Immediately, Jiang Tian poured the liquid on the bricks one by one, but found that the color was a bit wrong, and after smelling it, it turned out to be wine.But he didn't say much, just continued to pour out the wine in the skin bag, and then someone handed another one, which was the young Jinwu soldier.

When several catties of wine in the second skin were poured out and only a small portion remained; the obvious change finally occurred.Compared with the traces of slowly absorbing dryness in other places, after the dust was washed away in the innermost corner, several blisters similar to the cavity effect appeared.

"It's here!"

Jiang Tian shouted without hesitation:
Then, without his own hands, people rushed forward, and the bricks embedded in the ground were lifted out one after another; and a shallow layer of covering soil was dug up; The outline of a large wooden deck with rusted tabs.

As the heavy and stagnant wooden cover was lifted together, there was a stale and musty smell that had been stagnant for an unknown period of time.Immediately, Guo Feng couldn't wait to throw one away, and the ignited paper rolled down and dangled for a while before slowly extinguishing.

Then there was an accompanying gentleman who tied the rope and jumped down resolutely, and then there was another crashing sound.But then he hastily pulled the rope and shouted:

"I'm fine, it's just that the stairway is broken."

After a while, Jiang Tian also took advantage of the opportunity to come to this underground space. Under the illumination of the white glazed lantern brought from the carriage, it can be seen that this is a secret place transformed from an underground warehouse; not only has it been specially enlarged and reinforced; There are even dedicated vents to introduce faintly flowing air.

It's just that there is nothing left except for some overturned wooden frames and cages.However, if you take a closer look with a wind lamp, you will find that the mottled traces deposited on the four walls are not the natural texture of the soil piled up, but something similar to spray.

Therefore, rather than saying that this place is a secret hiding place, it is more like an underground prison and prison; or it is also a kind of testing ground.Then, when someone knocked on the four walls, they found a secret door covered by piles of soil again;
After walking through a narrow ramp along the secret door, he actually appeared in a dry well that was mostly covered by dead branches and leaves.And in this dry well, which is small at the top and big at the bottom, there is not only a layer of suspected human and animal skeletons piled up.On the four walls, there seemed to be scratches in all directions, climbing up.

When Jiang Tian exited the underground darkroom again, he saw Guo Feng coming forward with a serious face, and shouted in a low voice and hurriedly:
"I just found out that someone was spying outside, and I still let people go around and arrest him."

(End of this chapter)