At the end of the steps, the road becomes wider.【】
Xia Zhaoyi lit up several oil lamps on the side of the road, and the light spread widely. It was so dark at the end that it was impossible to see to the end.
As she walked over, the lights were turned on, and gradually she could see a large, rusty iron door. At the same time, there were many dusty calligraphy and paintings on the walls on both sides.
The calligraphy and painting were very clear. She looked all the way and saw that they were all made of white turtle paper.
“The spring breeze blows away the snow, and the cold sun shines on people.
If you don't see the old mountain, you will have nothing left to pay."
No payment was made.
She turned to the other side:
"Ten years of crazy dreams until now,
Today it is autumn clouds again,
If you don't act like you're old,
The white gull is returning,
No more old love.
Who is like an old friend with a heart as iron as iron?
Why travel thousands of miles together?
Should I be born outside Chengdu?
The journey home from the end of the world,
After all, youth and frivolity lead to debt.”
Still no payment.
Further on:
"Full of melancholy,
No more new sentences,
Farewell to the old tourist place,
I'm just afraid that I have no basis for this.
There is nothing unforgettable in this world,
It’s not that I didn’t allow it.
Who knows the true meaning of God?
Laughing at yourself comes from old age.”
There is also no signature.
There are twelve paintings in total, and the last one reads: "The accumulated snow calms the storm, and the clouds welcome strangers."
In the painting below, there are blooming peach branches and clear water, and an idle scholar is sitting in it playing the piano.
There is neither snow nor floating clouds in the painting, and there are no coffins or bamboo mats carrying the deceased. It is just a painting of leisure and ease.
"Visitors who have passed away." Xia Zhaoyi looked at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall and muttered softly.
These calligraphy and paintings were all made of white tortoise paper. Twelve of them were written by two people in total. One of them looked familiar to her, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it before. She only remembered that she had seen it a long, long time ago.
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"Visitor who has passed away." Xia Zhaoyi looked at these three words and recited them again very softly.
Clouds welcome strangers, not clouds send strangers.
Is this, bringing back the dead?
Xia Zhaoyi withdrew his gaze and walked forward, muttering softly: "I don't know, I thought it was written by my master."
She reached out to push the iron door, but at this moment, there was another loud bang on the ground, very, very loud.
The iron door suddenly buzzed, causing Xia Zhaoyi to squat down and cover his ears with his hands, almost going deaf.
The gravel and dust fell down, and the huge vibration made her chest hurt.
What is that sound?
Did someone trigger the trap?
At this time, thin and broken sounds came from the front. Gradually, the movement became louder and louder, very dense. With the movement, the earth seemed to be shaking slightly.
It's...a mouse.
Although he hasn't seen it yet, it's not difficult for Xia Zhaoyi to guess.
She stood up, drew out the dagger, and stared straight ahead with cold eyes.
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"In this way...can the mouse run away?"
Zhili looked at the huge disk in front of him and said in surprise.
The stone room was very small, only half the size of his bedroom. The surrounding space was airtight and the smell was very unpleasant.
They came down from the secret room of Yuanhe Sect and walked up countless steps and secret passages, going around and around, before finally reaching this point.
There are three people in total now, besides him, there is the old man and Xia Zhaoxue.
Before Xia Zhaoyi left, she repeatedly told him to keep an eye on her second brother and not let him escape.
So Zhili went to see Xia Zhaoxue to play. After Xia Zhaoxue kicked him out several times and politely kicked him out, Zhili simply moved a stool and sat at the door of Xia Zhaoxue until the old man came, and the old man took Xia Zhaoxue down the secret passage.
Old Sect Master Pei refused to come down, saying that there would be many weird rats down there, and the place was eerie and scary. Old Sect Master Pei didn't dare to come, but he openly told everything he knew about Qianqiu Palace.
old man.
For example, this darkroom.
The switch in the dark room is connected to an underground mechanism in a side hall. The mechanism is so huge that when it rings, the earth will tremble, your ears will collide like ancient bells, and all kinds of waves will rush forward.
"Yeah." The old man responded, raising his hand and gently moving the disc again.
There was a dull sound coming from a very far away place. Because they were too far away, they could only feel the slight shaking of the mountain.
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There was another loud noise.
The approaching rats immediately went crazy and ran towards Xia Zhaoyi who was about to attack them.
The panicked rats crawled from the stone wall of the corridor and ran along the two walls while squeezing each other. Many rats hit the wall, and many collided with each other. After getting up, they continued to run wildly.
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Some rats panicked and ran towards Xia Zhaoyi, but were kicked, beaten, and thrown away by the tails of the girl, who had no sympathy at all.
After kicking away a few more mice, Xia Zhaoyi jumped up on a high wall and kicked an oil lamp off the wall.
The oil lamp fell to the ground, the oil splashed, and the fire quickly burned into a small wall of fire half a person's height.
The burned mouse squealed and ran away faster, avoiding the fire wall and the girl standing behind the fire wall.
All the mice were looking for an exit, and the corridor where Xia Zhaoyi was located was the only exit leading below.
These rats formed a long river and rushed towards them quickly. Xia Zhaoyi and the wall of fire in front of him were like rocks in the water, forcibly creating a clearing in the river.
I don't know how much time passed before the mouse finally ran away. Xia Zhaoyi was covered with a cloth, but she could still feel the stench in the air.
She frowned, walked around the fire wall, and walked forward.
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"It looks like it's quite fun." Zhili looked at the direction of the loud noise and said.
"It's not fun," the old man said. "Anywhere under it will be built, and someone will be injured or lose their life. And for such a large mechanism, you can't even imagine how many people would die when it was originally built."
"Yes." Zhili nodded and stretched out his hand to touch the switch again.
When he was about to touch it, he pulled back and said, "No, senior sister should be down there already, it will scare her."
"I'm afraid you've been scared." Xia Zhaoxue said from the side.
"Let's go." The old man said, turned around and walked towards the west. He touched a mechanism on the wall. After opening it, the stone door opened and a step down appeared.
Xia Zhaoxue held the torch and followed.
"It's another step," Li Li took a few steps towards the old man, "Master, how far do we have to go?"
"I've never been here before, so I don't know." The old man said quietly.
"What do you think?"
"I never thought so," the old man replied.
"What do you think?" Zhili turned around and asked Xia Zhaoxue.
"I don't know." Xia Zhaoxue said.
Zhili sighed and followed without saying a word.
After walking this section, another secret door opened and another set of stairs.
After descending the steps, Zhi Li stepped on something under his feet. He took a step back. It was a human tibia, and there was a skull under the wall beside him.
After following the old man for so long, he didn't get frightened. He followed the old man calmly.
"Master, I'm afraid." Zhili said in a low voice.
"What?"
"I'm scared." Zhili said.
A small white porcelain bottle was handed over by the old man.
