The light and shadow was in the water in front of her to the right. The water was sparkling and driven by the wind. The orange light was too small and the range was not wide. She could not see it clearly, as if it was not there.
Just when she lowered her head and was about to extinguish the light of the small oil ball lamp, there was a sudden flash of light and shadow over there, and she was stunned. Now she was sure that she had seen it correctly, it was dark over there.
Is there really light down there?
…
…
"Master!"
"Master!! Where are you!"
"I found my senior sister!!"
"Master, I miss you!"
…
The open space was quiet, and the fire came from the fire pot in the corner. The fire pot was placed on a low wooden frame made of three two-foot-long logs tied crosswise.
Opposite the southeast side of the brazier was a large, demolished pillar. There were large pieces of mud and rocks scattered on the ground, mixed with pieces of cracked and broken dry corpses.
Since the dust was still flying when he came, Zhili judged that the old man had not been away for long, but now he had been shouting for a long time, but there was no reply at all.
Tired of shouting, Zhanli put his hands on his legs and shouted with his last strength: "Master!!!"
The clearing brought back the echoes, all of which were the shouts of the young boy Qingyue.
"Master must have heard it," Zhili turned back to look at Xia Zhaoxue, "But why did he ignore me?"
Xia Zhaoxue squatted on the ground, turning the long wood among the corpses in his hand, and said after hearing this: "Are you sure he must have heard it?"
"Uh, yes, probably."
"Then are you sure that the person who left before we came is the senior?" Xia Zhaoxue looked up at him.
Zhili was stunned and said: "Senior sister and second brother mean that the person who left just now may not be the master?"
"Um."
"Who could that be..." Zhili looked forward and shouted, "Master, I see you! Come out!!"
The reply was sent back again.
Xia Zhaoxue looked away, and Changmu turned over two of the heads that were stuck together.
The head was severely compressed, and one of the heads was severely deformed, with crooked teeth and a hideous appearance.
Zhili squatted down beside him, looked at the bones on the ground, and said in confusion: "Senior sister and second brother, what are you looking at?"
"The methods of handling these corpses are somewhat different," Xia Zhaoxue said.
"Why is it different?"
"The corpses inside the pillar that senior smashed first today were filled with mud, but these corpses may have been roasted."
"Roast it with fire?" He was surprised.
"yes."
"Tragic." Zhili said.
"Actually, I have also met the Qiao family," Xia Zhaoxue said. "When I was as old as you, I once rescued a person. It was in the eastern suburbs of Binghe County, Muzhou. He was chased by many people. When he escaped, he encountered
He got into a wild wolf and was bitten off his left leg, which was completely broken from the knee down. After rescuing him, he told us that he gave us a pseudonym. Maybe he had too many pseudonyms, and he was confused. During the next ten days of getting along with each other,
, he called himself Lin at one moment, Zeng at the next, and Li at the next. My guards couldn't bear to listen, so he finally agreed to tell the truth, his surname was Qiao."
"Huh..." Zhili sighed, "It's Qiao again. He suffered. What happened next?"
"He stayed with us for another half month. Before returning to Beijing, I ordered Konoe to arrange for him to live in Hengping and find him a fairly good livelihood. A year later, I was told that he was dead."
"How did you die?"
Xia Zhaoxue shook his head: "The specific cause of death is unknown. Others rushed to his room after hearing his screams. There was no one in the room, and there was a large pool of blood spattered on the floor. With the amount of blood loss, he should not survive."
"It's so annoying!" Zhili shouted, "But could it be the emperor's people? Isn't the imperial court also hunting down the Qiao family?"
"People in the imperial court like to break into doors during the day, but they don't like to break through windows in the middle of the night."
"That's right," Zhili said, looking back at the corpses on the ground, "Then, senior sister and second brother may have the answer now?"
"I'm even more confused," Xia Zhaoxue said, standing up, "Wherever we go, we can't find our senior. Should we continue looking, or should we go back first?"
"Let's look for it," Zhili also stood up and said, "Master, really, how can you run around?"
"Perhaps he is also confused," Xia Zhaoxue said, looking down at the scattered corpses on the ground, "Let's go."
"Um!"
In response, Lingli ran to the brazier in the corner and picked up the torch they put on it.
They had never been to this road before. If they had not seen the burning brazier and the broken pillars from a distance, they would not have come here.
However, although he has never been there, Zhili remembers the terrain drawn by his senior sister on the "map" and knows that if he goes straight to the northeast on the right front, he will encounter a deep stream with several stone bridges connecting the two sides.
If you don't go that way, go straight down the current corridor, which is a stone chamber for alchemy. The other exit of the stone chamber is a long and narrow cage. The cage is connected to the stone chamber and is connected to the end of the deep stream.
A stone bridge connects them.
Their intersection, stone chamber, and stone bridge seem to be able to piece together a triangle.
Now they decided to go ahead and visit the stone chamber first.
The road to the stone chamber from this intersection is clearer and much simpler. Along the way, Zhili didn't dare to speak. He was on guard and full of vigilance. Because if the person who left before them was really not the master, but someone else,
Then they may be attacked secretly at any time.
Fortunately, apart from a few snake carcasses found on the ground, we didn't encounter any trouble.
From a distance, I saw the bright lights at the door of the stone chamber. The stone door was very large, with one door closed and one open. It was ancient and solemn. There was also light in the stone chamber.
As I got closer, I heard a loud noise coming from inside, as if something had fallen to the ground.
Zhili and Xia Zhaoxue were shocked at the same time.
"Hurry!" Zhili shouted, already running out, his body movements were extremely fast.
He was the first to arrive at the door of the stone chamber. He only glanced at it and his eyes widened, as if he was frightened by something. Then he subconsciously turned around and turned his back to the stone chamber.
When Xia Zhaoxue arrived, Zhili hurriedly ran back and held out his hand to stop him: "Wait! Wait! Senior sister and second brother!"
Xia Zhaoxue frowned: "What's inside?"
"I, I'm scared," Zhili's voice was trembling, "Oh my god, my god, how can I tell you..."
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Xia Zhaoxue said, pushed away and walked towards the stone room.
Just then, another voice came from inside.
I don't know what happened, but it was knocked to the ground, causing half of the room to be filled with dust.
Xia Zhaoxue drew out his long sword and went to the door.
Zhi Li's hands and feet were trembling a little, so he took a deep breath and followed him, his head slightly lowered, his heart beating wildly: "If you see something scary, don't be afraid..."
Before he finished speaking, Xia Zhaoxue's footsteps had stopped at the door of the stone chamber.
Looking at the stone room, he was suddenly stunned. His starry eyes widened and his eyes were stunned. His handsome face was extremely surprised and even frightened.
