Chapter 42 Lone Lamp (below)

The old sheepskin said: “I have a big age, I am afraid of even ball ah, I am worried about this girl child, alas …… I have been peaceful and self-centered in my life net vegetarian, although not shaved his head all his life, is only a even hair monk, how bad luck are let us catch up … …” half of his words could not be said, I know he probably thought that even if he returned to the pastoral area on the significant loss of cattle, sheep and horses. …” He said half of his words can not go on, I know that he probably thought that even if back to the pastoral area, the significant loss of cattle, sheep and horses can not be accounted for, the old sheepskin this old man’s stomach is full of bitterness, how can I think of a way to help him and Ding Sistern to shirk their responsibilities?

While we were talking, the fat man has completely dismantled the brick wall, the rest of the wall is brick and cement dead part, I asked the fat man: “This iron cover can be pulled open?” Fatty reached out and touched it, “80% of it can be pulled open, there’s an iron bolt but it’s not locked or welded.”

I pulled out the knife, let Ding Sishen ready to use matches to illuminate, in order to see clearly what is behind this iron cover, see all ready, I reached out and patted the fat man’s shoulder, the fat man got the signal, then lifted his feet stomped on the brick wall to lend strength, with two hands to pull the heavy iron door edge of the handle, the darkness then came “kah giggling” heavy sound, only to smell a choking sound, and the heavy sound of a choking sound, and the heavy sound of a choking sound. Heavy sound in the darkness, only to smell a choking breath from the back of the iron cover came out, the smell of people want to vomit, to be more unpleasant to smell, like a disgusting pungent soot and grease mixed together, we hurriedly blocked the nose.

I listened to the movement, whispered to Ding Si-Tsiang: “On the bright.” Dinsi sweet immediately scratched a match, the fire light up, behind the open iron lid, is a layer of more than a meter thick black stone tiles, and then inside is a cylindrical upward vertical well, not up to the sky, not down to the ground, the inside of the well wall are thick black carbide, as if perennial smoke and fire and the formation of the I used Dinsi sweet’s scarf wrapped around the nose to drill in to explore the bottom of the bottom of the darkness can not see the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the top, there is a small piece of the Hazy starlight, as if there is a round skylight at the top of the building, the shaft is narrow, if you use your hands and feet to support the wall of the shaft, you may be able to climb a little bit to the skylight position.

I turned back out, the fat man also drilled in and looked, the old sheepskin and Ding Si sweet asked me what exactly is located behind the iron cover, I am not too sure, “I look like …… a big chimney flue.” The old sheepskin has not seen such a big chimney, a little not quite believe, I explained to him: “When I was tandem with Fatty Sistern, there was a visit to the old revolutionary area to experience the spirit of the revolution, a day did not eat, and went back to the evening when the meal time, but we have to do the revolution on the day it is the night also can not be hungry ah, so Fatty went to steal a pig in the pigsty in the township. Piglet, I am responsible for holding the piglet, put it into the burning brick kiln, want to bake and eat roasted suckling pig, the results did not master the fire, the temperature inside is too high, froze quite fat a small pig to bake, and then the old township with people came to catch us, we will be the enemy into my retreat, withdrew into the chimneys of the brick kiln factory of the abandoned brick kiln to hide until dawn, only to be able to escape being held accountable by the revolutionary masses for the theft of socialist piglet crime. ”

It is that experience, so that we have an extremely deep intuitive experience of the chimney, a lifetime can not be forgotten, I just wiped my hand in the flue behind the iron lid, are soot, and then a twist, sticky and greasy like greasy smoke, this flue under the kiln or hearth, so long not been used, why would it be so greasy? In addition, there is that disgusting odor ……

An ominous thought surfaced in my mind, this is the cremation of the incinerator, even if it is not burned, at least also burned a large number of animals, is brought to the flue by the high temperature and smoke grease, cooling and solidification of the left, so although it has been a long time, this thick grease is still not disappeared, the second floor of the brick wall of the iron lid is not like the hearth, but is used to clean up the flue to prevent the blockage of the dredging operation with the passage, only the old-fashioned crematorium incinerator. Only the old incinerators in crematoriums need such facilities because the grease in the flue must be removed manually. I heard that the German Nazis would use incinerators to dispose of corpses after massacring the Yutais with gas chambers, so did the Japanese also introduce this German equipment to destroy the corpses? Most of all, we can’t figure out, if this is really a big chimney, why does it need to be so tightly camouflaged and closed? I’m afraid that there is definitely more to it than simply covering up.

The thought of the incinerator may have burned countless corpses, I almost ate the first half of the night baked big-eyed thief all spit out, and hurriedly wiped off the black grease on the hands in the clothes, but in order to get out of the trap and escape from the sky, it is necessary for someone to climb up from the incinerator’s flue, but this process can not be used matches to illuminate the light, so as to avoid smoke will be the road of the remnants of combustible materials lit on the ignition of fire, and there is also a way to touch the darkness to go to the basement, but There should be a big iron furnace there, there may not be an exit, only a few remaining matches to go to the basement is not very realistic.

I put this intention with the companions said, fat man immediately opposed: “not, this is absolutely blind activism, I say old Hu you this is a whole high degree of difficulty ah, although we sooner or later will have to go out from this chimney one day, but burned into the smoke with the feeling of living to climb up is too different, this is not for the living, and then again, the flue is glued with a layer of ointment so thick, climb up, you may think that the flue is so thick, it must be slippery, you may think that it’s a good idea to go to the basement. You may think that it does not matter, the big deal is to fall down to the stove, fall dead and fall disabled will not feel any shame, but if the narrow size of the upper side of me stuck in the middle, can not go up to come down to suffocate alive is not uncomfortable? I can’t accept this kind of death, I’m afraid there’s no precedent in the world, and I don’t want to break this kind of world record.”

I said: “We myopia with mirrors – must solve the current problem, now there is no other rut, not my personal heroism, I see this thing now only have to take a risk try, you wait for me here, I climbed out single-handedly, and then try to open the iron gate from the outside to let you out, if the fall down …… then even if I go first, we will see you in the next life.”

Ding Sitian grabbed my arm and advised bitterly, “Don’t go, the chimney of the cremation furnace is to climb and play? Even if you don’t fall to your death, the soot and oil smoke inside will choke you to death, we’d better think of another way.”

I also rely on a time when the blood brave ruthless, afraid of a little hesitation will not dare to risk climbing that flue, people need to add nine strong ruthless, horse strong to add eighteen whips, can not be a soft ear at the critical moment off the chain, so I disregarded Ding Sishen’s discouragement, once again drilled into the flue after the iron cover, with the scarf to the mouth closed all masked, up to look at the mouth of the chimney, from me to the exit, only a floor and a half of the distance, and not I looked up the chimney, from my place to the exit, only one and a half floors away, not much, plus I still have more confidence in my own means of climbing ladders and heights, gritted my teeth and poked my body into the flue.