Chapter 273

"Underground karst cave!" it's not surprising that there are karst caves under the coal mine. Some natural karst caves on the earth are even thousands of kilometers underground. Large enough to take off and land a Boeing 747 airliner, Shu Liang is not interested in this 40 square meter underground karst cave.

"Where is the pear blossom palace?"

"It's almost there. The place in front of it is the cave in." Li Fan pointed to a dark cave entrance.

"Watch out!"

The dark cave entrance is like a giant beast with its mouth open. It makes a "whine" sound and reverberates in the whole underground cave, which is creepy. The dust floating out of the hole obscured people's sight. A incendiary bomb hit the hole. The orange fire reflected the dark and shiny coal seam, and there was a strange color beating faintly.

Shu Liang approached the cave carefully. A cold wind like hell came to his face, which made people stand upside down.

Several fluorescent sticks were thrown into the depth of the hole, flickered and jumped a few times, and a bright color disappeared on the ground. "It's a subsidence!" a huge concave hole appeared on the ground not far away, and a cry for help came from the depths of the concave hole.

"Help!"

"Is there anyone up there? Help us up!"

“……”

A light catapulted into the cave, and the flash of light lit up the bottom of the cave. Several faint figures waved their arms and shouted, "help! We're here!"

Li Fan stood at the edge of the cave, put his head under the cave and shouted, "don't panic, we'll come to save you right away. How many people are there now, and how are the casualties?"

A response came from the bottom of the cave: "there are 16 people here, 5 are missing, 7 are dead, 4 are seriously injured, and others are all normal for the time being...".

"What do you do now? Do you want to..." Li Fan asked in a low voice, and made an elimination action with his hand on his neck.

"This matter can't be concealed for long. First save the people below..." Shu Liang didn't say anything behind. Li Fan has clearly understood the meaning behind from his eyes. There are not only Li Fan and Shu Liang in the coal mine. Huge interests mean that countless pairs of eyes stare here. A little wind and grass will lead to countless guesses.

Several ropes extended from the hole to the bottom of the hole. Several soldiers slid down the rope and followed a lighting wire and some lighting equipment to the bottom of the hole. Soon, the lighting equipment set up at the bottom of the hole shone brightly.

Soon, 16 miners trapped underground, including their bodies, were transported up and then protected in the name of treatment.

"Let's go down", Shu Liang grabbed the cable, his body fell quickly, and reached the bottom of the cave in a few seconds. From the entrance to the bottom of the cave is not deep, about three or four floors high. Scattered gravel is piled everywhere at the bottom of the cave. The air is full of suffocating dust. The dense dust has not dispersed in the windless cave. Under the irradiation of strong light, it emits silver white and gray black alternating luster.

"There it is! Look!"

In front of Shu Liang, a row of neat and upward stone steps appeared. Huge stone lion statues were placed on both sides of the stone steps. They looked at the front with dignity, but the stone lions were covered with dust, but they lacked the imposing momentum.

Directly above the steps, six huge gray and white stone columns are lined up. Each stone column needs two people to embrace it. More stone columns are covered by boulders and soil, revealing only a trace of the grand outline of the palace. Behind the stone pillars are a row of wooden pillars that have lost their luster of vermilion paint hidden in the dark. Each wooden pillar can't be held by one person and supports a huge palace shape.

The dilapidated and rotten doors and windows are open at will. Some fall on the stone steps and are covered with dust. Some hang firmly on the window edge. They will fall down as long as they are touched gently.

Several lights were catapulted into the huge, hollow and dark palace. Perhaps because the palace is closed underground all year round and has no contact and corrosion with air microorganisms, the curtains falling from the sky in the palace are as bright as new and shining with a trace of golden light. However, the gorgeous new color did not last long. Under the gaze of the naked eye, the beautiful curtains that have existed for thousands of years quickly oxidized to white hair and ashes in contact with the air, just like the ashes falling slowly from the air.

Shu Liang walked slowly up the stone steps. The torch lit up his surroundings and wiped away the dust. The white marble stone steps and railings were preserved as new. With a sense of historical vicissitudes, the carefully carved buildings still exuded thousands of years of solemnity and majesty, making people have an impulse to worship.

The light slowly extended in the empty hall, and the chaotic footsteps echoed in the hall, breaking the tranquility of the Millennium pear blossom palace.

"What are you looking for?" Shu Liang stood in the center of the hall. In front of him was a huge square platform more than half a person high. Exquisite patterns were carved around the square platform. The material of the square platform was Millennium golden Phoebe, and a lotus platform with a little metallic luster was placed in the middle. Behind the square platform, there are nine steps. At the top of the steps is a large dragon chair symbolizing power.

Looking up at Shu Liang in front of him, he suddenly asked, startling Li Fan around him. His expression was stiff and embarrassed. He smiled and said, "everything here was a priceless treasure in the past. Isn't battalion commander Shu excited?"

"Heart!" Shu Liang seems to really heart for a moment. He walks to the upper platform, reaches out his hand to touch the beautiful lotus platform, turns his head and stares at Li Fan. "Is there anything strange about this lotus platform?"

Li Fan's heart tightened fiercely, as if he had been exposed. The corners of his eyes beat rapidly. The beads of bean sweat flowed down his thin cheeks. His body leaned weakly against the fence of the square platform, and a reluctant smile squeezed out of his subconscious face.

"You see?"

"Do you still need to see? As soon as you come in, your eyes haven't left the lotus platform, and others' eyes are staring at the Dragon chair in front. Do you want me to continue?"

Li Fan said with a bitter smile: "nothing can be concealed from battalion commander Shu. If there are any treasures in the pear blossom palace, it is not gold and silver jewelry or the emperor throne symbolizing power, but the lotus platform in front of battalion commander Shu...".

"I! Tell me," Shu Liang asked with great interest.

Li Fan calmed his mood and knew that Shu Liang could not hide it anyway. He might as well fight and say, "it is said that there lived a beautiful woman in the Lihua palace who was good at Palm dancing. Yang Guang, emperor of the Sui Dynasty, loved to enjoy the woman's dance. Someone invited merit and offered a lotus platform, which is the lotus platform that battalion commander Shu sees now".

Shu Liang turned his eyes, smiled imperceptibly at the corners of his mouth and said, "then?"

"Then..." Li Fan said with a flash of light in his eyes: "It is said that the woman who is good at Palm dancing danced on the lotus platform every night after she got the lotus platform. She couldn't leave the lotus platform whether sleeping or resting. Suddenly one day, when she was dancing, her body flew up from the lotus platform and flew higher and higher. Later, it was said that the woman became an immortal...".