Gu Yue walked slowly to Li Qing's side and asked softly, "Do you know what is under this water?"

Li Qing raised his head slightly and stared at Gu Yue with a very strange gaze: "You already knew, didn't you?"

"Tsk, that's not like a voice to a lifesaver. ”

With a slightly gloomy face, Li Qing stood up and breathed a sigh of relief: "If I'm not mistaken, those things... That's where you came from?"

"Hmm. Gu Yue bowed slightly.

Xie Yuyan stood aside, completely ignoring the conversation between the two people, and asked bluntly, "What do you mean?

"Yes, not only have I seen it, but you have also seen it. Li Qing said as he bit his middle finger with his teeth, then bent down again, reached into the water and stirred it.

Under the turbulent water, a large black shadow surged up in an instant, and it quickly moved towards Li Qing. Xie Yuyan's face changed color suddenly, and he took half a step back, and Hu Feng behind him hurriedly greeted him when he saw this, protecting his young lady.

At this time, Li Qing had already pulled out his hand from the water with lightning speed, and at the same time threw another thing onto the riverbank.

Everyone gathered around to look, and all they saw was a black strange fish struggling on the ground. The fish slapped its body desperately on the shore, and while the others were stunned, one of them wanted to rush back into the river, but was kicked back by Li Qing, who was guarding the shore, and smashed on the stone wall, and then fell to the ground.

Someone was quick and pulled out a dagger and nailed it firmly.

The old gun squatted down, shone a flashlight, and opened his mouth wide in astonishment: "What the hell is this? It's so ugly that he doesn't even have eyes." ”

"After being underground for too long, their eyes have deteriorated. Li Qing walked back and stared at the little guy who was pierced through his body by a dagger, "A strange fish of the Lazu perch family, you can tell by looking at its teeth that this thing eats meat." We found it two years ago in Gangbei Bay, Lingang, and a lot of people died at that time, and then we invited a group of biologists to come over, but they had never seen anything like this, and suspected that it was some new species that had not been discovered. They always appear in groups, which is why there is such a big shadow. ”

"It turned out to be this kind of thing. Xie Yuyan understood, and snorted lightly, "At the beginning, we suspected that the fish eggs were parasitic on those bronze boxes, so they were taken to Lingang. If the previous assumptions have been correct, then it doesn't mean that in this underground river..."

"That's right. Gu Yue smiled and nodded, "On the riverbed of this underground river, it's all that kind of thing. ”

Xiu frowned slightly, Xie Yuyan looked up at Gu Yue: "What is it for?"

Gu Yue didn't answer, but instead asked Xie Yuyan another question: "You should have also investigated, what is in the bronze box?"

Li Qing and Xie Yuyan glanced at each other, cleared their throats and interjected: "It is a strong acid, as well as rotten human tissue, and some other Chinese medicinal materials, I discussed with Yuyan at the time, and I think this should be an ancient sacrificial method." ”

Gu Yue nodded, suddenly smiled evilly, turned around lightly and poured his gaze on Caiyun: "You Hakka people have a sacrificial recipe, called human sacrifice, have you ever heard of it?"

Caiyun hugged the head of the big yellow dog, and when she heard Gu Yue's question, she trembled delicately, and raised her pale little face: "That kind of thing, I just heard Ah Gong talk about it... It's been a long time since I stopped doing it. ”

"That's nature, such an evil method of sacrifice was abolished more than a thousand years ago. Gu Yue said with a smile, "During the reign of Sejong of the Ming Dynasty, Gu Jing served as the general of the Longxi Zhen Domain, and he issued a strict order to prohibit the human sacrifice of the Hakka people, and also cut off the heads of a group of witches and priests for this purpose. But before that, the practice of human sacrifice has been passed down for thousands of years among your Hakka tribes. ”

Caiyun's little face was full of surprise: "Who are you? How do you know so clearly? Ah Gong once told me that few Hakka people now know these things. ”

While a few people were talking, Hu Feng had already arranged for a few people to assemble the sapper shovel and bring it together, and tied the clothes with ropes at the end to the water to salvage it, and after a while, sure enough, a bronze box that was almost exactly the same as what Li Qing had seen before was lifted from a slightly shallow place on the river bank.

"This thing has been around for years. The old gun tapped on the box with a shovel, then turned around and arched his hand respectfully at Gu Yue, "Miss Gu, please dial one or two." ”

"This is nothing, it's just a sacrificial activity of the Hakka people. Gu Yue looked at Li Qing and said slowly, "You should remember the last time we were on a mission in Shillong, due to the abundant iron ore in the local area, the direction of the compass was wrong, and we ended up on a wrong path. ”

Li Qing nodded: "Remember." ”

"This part of West Asia is not only rich in magnetite, but also quite rich in pyrite. The earliest generation of Hakka people used pyrite to make sulfuric acid, and soaked the captives and slaves in the tribal war with medicinal herbs for sacrifice. They believed that the sacrifices that were corroded in acid were truly accepted by their ancestors. After all, I can't see it, it's like I've been enjoyed. ”

Li Qing was still at a loss: "But what does this bronze box in the underground river represent?"

"Isn't this simple?" Gu Yuexiu frowned slightly, "How can it be called the water of the Yellow Spring as an underground river?" Of course, some other condiments must be added to it. ”

Li Qing was slightly stunned, and then suddenly came to his senses. It turns out that the purpose of all this is nothing more than to artificially create a river of Styx! The ancients really did not compromise on the means to achieve their goals.

"We're going to find a way to cross the river now. Xie Yuyan's beautiful eyes blinked lightly, and said lightly, "We still have a tail behind us, the hound is very hungry, and it will bite people." ”

Li Qing said in a deep voice: "You can't go underwater, let's cross the water." ”

Hu Feng used a nail gun to drive the rope to the opposite bank, nailed it to the stone wall, and then fixed the other end of the rope so that a zipline was formed on the river surface, which allowed people to climb over it smoothly.

Li Qing used a dagger to cut a few pieces of rope, knocked down the big yellow dog, and tied its legs.

"Good, rhubarb, don't make trouble. Caiyun patted the big yellow dog's head and looked at Li Qing worriedly, "We... It's going to be fine, right?"

"Don't worry, I'm here, it's going to be fine. Li Qing grinned at Caiyun, stood up after tying the rope tightly, and waved at the two Xie family bodyguards behind him, "Put it on the rope." ”

The two Xie family bodyguards lifted the big yellow dog upside down, and the latter naturally felt uncomfortable, and immediately wailed again.

"You're following me. Li Qing said to Caiyun, "And this, hide it so that no one else can see it." ”

Caiyun looked down and saw that Li Qingsai had given him a pistol with a dark luster.

Everyone passed through the underground river smoothly, and Li Qing untied the big yellow dog that had been frightened and incontinent again, rested in place for a while, and then prepared to continue on the road.

Hu Feng cut the rope with a dagger, but deliberately left traces of passing here.

Xie Yuyan took the flashlight from Li Qing's hand and shone it in all directions: "There are so many holes, which one to go?"

"The road in the middle. Gu Yue replied without raising her head.

"Where's the map, show me the map. Xie Yuyan stretched out a jade hand at Hu Feng, she obviously didn't fully believe Gu Yue at the moment.

Hu Feng hurriedly rummaged through the backpack, found the map and handed it to Xie Yuyan. The latter took it in his hand, sat down against the cold stone wall, and watched quietly by the light of the flashlight.

The old gun took a sip of water, beckoned Huo Yi aside, and muttered that he didn't know what to say.

Li Qing looked down at the electronic watch on his wrist, two or three hours had passed since they entered here. It should be nearly dark outside, but they still don't have a clue inside.

"How is it?" Li Qing leaned over to Xie Yuyan and asked in a low voice.

"Not very optimistic. Xie Yuyan pursed his lips and said, "We are indeed moving along the route marked on the map, but I always feel that something is not quite right. ”

"What do you mean?"

"I can't tell. Xie Yuyan shook his head and stood up from the ground, "Take the middle road and set off now." ”

Li Qing pulled up his backpack and stared at the swarthy hole in front of him, and that strange feeling surged in his heart again. Will the ancient building of the town really exist at the end of this road?

The others walked into the cave one by one, Li Qing put the backpack on his back, turned his head to look at the last remaining Gu Yue, and beckoned with a smile: "Let's go." ”

"Li Qing. Gu Yue withdrew her gaze from the surging underground river, "If I die here, how will you remember me?"

Li Qing was stunned for a moment, and shone a flashlight on Gu Yue's cheek.

The intense glare of light made Gu Yue instinctively tilt her head to the side, but she still couldn't hide the sadness on her delicate cheeks that bordered on despair.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Qing asked with a confused expression, "Since you arrived here, it has made me feel weird, is there anything wrong?"

"No, I'm just asking. Gu Yue lifted the waterproof bag, wiped past Li Qing, and walked into the deep cave.

Li Qing followed behind, raised his hand and knocked on the cold stone wall, muttering to himself: "No, this place is too weird..."

The so-called "weird" in his words actually means that this place is too ordinary and normal. Although the group of strange fish in the underground river made some waves, it is nothing new. From beginning to end, nothing has happened that can really stimulate Li Qing's nerves, which is what he is really worried about.