Chapter 349: First Step
"This is it?"
Lu Tao looked left and right, and stepped on this piece of ground again, but he didn't find any encouragement from the secret passage that Peony said before.
"It's here, that's right!" Peony looked at a small river in the distance, compared the distance, nodded and said to Lu Tao: "It should have been here in the first place." ”
Lu Tao looked at the river, it was really a coincidence, that river happened to be the one that Lu Tao had taken when he dived from the lake before, and he didn't expect that on the map given by Fang Tianhua, the location of the secret passage was by the river?!
It can only be said that Fang Tianqi's map is too unreliable, and Lu Tao is preconceived, patronizing to find the buildings marked on the map, he never thought that the secret passage was so close.
Looking at the solid ground on the ground again, Lu Tao scratched his head a little: "Isn't there a more accurate position?
"Hmph, stupid! I can smell the rotten smell down there, hahaha! Humans are not perfect creatures, they are rubbish!"
Lu Tao: "......"
He glanced at the dog in his hand, if this thing didn't speak, Lu Tao would forget about it, ignore its taunts first, Lu Tao looked around, that is to say, the secret passage is really here?
Peony also looked around: "The exact location is not ...... But wait a minute!"
With that, Peony ran to the side, and after a while, she came back with a few strangely shaped shovels, Lu Tao counted them, a total of four.
Peony handed two of the shovels to Liu Ruyan and Xiao Tao: "Take it!"
Liu Ruyan took the shovel, but Xiao Tao was unwilling: "Our young lady has never done this kind of work!"
"Cut!" Peony cut off: "What kind of princess do you really think of your young lady? The dignified princess is here! Even I have to do this kind of rough work! What are you?!"
Lu Tao held a shovel in his hand, with a black line on his face: "You are all princesses!
Peony and Liu Ruyan glanced at Lu Tao, and then glanced at Lu Tao's clothes thoughtfully, and the meaning in their expressions was self-evident.
Lu Tao: "...... Hurry up and find out the secret passage! Don't talk about what you don't have here! If those people find you, you won't even have time to cry! And ...... Liu Ruyan, aren't you in a hurry to find the emperor of Great Qin?"
Liu Ruyan didn't say a word, she grabbed the shovel and began to dig under her feet, although she had never done such a thing in her appearance, and the shovel was never made for digging a pit.
Lu Tao sighed, looked at the dog in his hand again, then tore a piece of fabric from the hem of his clothes, and then began to recall the binding technique in the movie.
Tie the dog's four legs in one place, and then come horizontally and vertically a few times, Lu Tao nodded with satisfaction, he remembered that in movies and documentaries, the sheep and other four-legged animals were tied like this, as long as the legs were controlled, there would be no problem, Lu Tao threw the dog aside, ignoring the foul words in the dog's mouth - anyway, it was just a few words over and over again, such as bastard, not a good death or something, Lu Tao didn't know where it was learned.
Lu Tao tested it with the shovel in his hand, the thing is really not suitable for digging, compared to digging, this shovel seems to be more suitable for weeding, the flat head part in front is not good at all, and I don't know where the peonies were found from, the rust on them is about to jump out and bloom.
However, compared to the three peony and a little peach who is a little passive and slacking off, Lu Tao's side is really fast.
Because of listening to the words of the dog before, Lu Tao put his main attention on a small area around him, and sure enough, before Lu Tao dug a big hole, he heard a "bang", and the shovel in his hand hit something hard.
Several other people paused for a moment, and they all looked at Lu Tao expectantly, and Lu Tao glanced at them angrily: "What do you see!
This speed was much faster, and it didn't take long for a rather large pit to appear in front of several people, and under the pit was a heavy stone slab.
Without Peony and Liu Ruyan saying anything, Lu Tao jumped into the pit, and with all his strength, the entire stone slab was lifted away, revealing a pitch-black hole in the ground.
"Found it!Sure enough, it's here!" Peony said with a look of surprise.
Lu Tao glanced at her: "Could it be that when you told me before, you weren't sure that the secret passage was here?"
Peony snorted: "I just can't remember clearly, you also know that this was all thirty years ago, I was brought here by someone, it was more than ten years later, I can rely on this river to find a location is already very good, right?"
Lu Tao could only nod, if Peony remembered wrongly, he would have to do useless work, but now it's okay, he finally found a position.
Lu Tao jumped up, waiting for the smell of decay under the mouth of the dark hole to dissipate, but basically did not find any sense of decay, Lu Tao looked at the dog that was still left on the ground, and wondered what it was talking about.
didn't think too much, since the air under the secret passage was quite fresh, there was no need to say anything, Lu Tao grabbed the dog that howled on the ground for a while and then began to raise the corpse, and jumped into the dark hole first.
"I don't want to go down! Help! I won't go down!" The dog suddenly struggled violently, and in the eyes of others, the dog caught by Lu Tao seemed to be crazy and barked non-stop.
"What are you doing bringing this guy down, it's noisy!" Peony frowned: "It's better to throw it on it!"
Lu Tao shook his head: "Who knows what's in front of you? In case there is something like a beast, throwing it out can still attract the attention of the other party, so we can escape." Also, you can use it to test for poison! If we get stuck somewhere, we can roast this guy and eat meat!"
Peony nodded: "That's right! Well, then bring it." ”
Tied dog: "......"
The dog finally quieted down, and Lu Tao also breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked in first.
The tunnel is very spacious, there is still a hand's distance from the top of the head to the ceiling, Lu Tao just reached the ceiling, and such as the small peach willow like smoke, you have to jump up to touch the top of the secret passage, so it seems that the peony is higher.
While walking, Lu Tao felt the flow of air in the air, needless to say, although it was underground, there was definitely a ventilated place here, and after a distance, the darkness finally completely overwhelmed the four people in the secret passage, and only the voices of the three people behind him could be heard, and those voices echoed endlessly in the tunnel, sounding a little trembling.
Peony touched Lu Tao's shoulder and handed over the fire fold: "Although it won't last long, let's use this." ”
Lu Tao nodded and took the fire fold, then opened it and blew it twice, until a small flame rose, and then carefully placed it in front of him and continued to walk forward.
The beating flames also proved that the passage did have wind passing through it, and the passage went all the way forward, and Lu Tao had not seen any forks in the road for the time being.
Walking and walking, some voices suddenly appeared in front, ticking and ticking, and only when he got close to Lu Tao did he see clearly, not far in front, there were dripping water dripping down above his head, and then fell to the ground, just caught by a horizontal ditch, and then along the opening that was only the size of a fist on both sides, I don't know where it flowed.
"Miss, did we pass under a river?" Xiao Tao looked at the curtain of water illuminated by the firelight, and asked Liu Ruyan with some surprise, "Where did all this water flow? Could it be that there is a big hole in the ground?"
Liu Ruyan also looked at the openings on both sides seriously: "...... You have forgotten that there is a big hole in the city where we live, and a lot of water flows into it, and there were people who tried to go down to see what was inside, but never came back. ”
"Ah, miss, did you say we'll never come back?" asked Xiao Tao with some concern.
"Don't be so crow-mouthed!" Liu Ruyan frowned: "Be careful, it's really fulfilled!"
Lu Tao: "......"
Don't these people know that there is such a thing as an underground river? The underground river is intricate, and the water inside may rise at some point, and if you go in and get out, it will be fateful.
He didn't care about the conversation behind him, some people said that it was good to talk, so that it would not make this secret passage seem so deserted.
Carefully protecting the small flame in his hand, Lu Tao stepped over the water curtain, and there was still a long corridor behind him, and this time it didn't take long for a door to appear in front of the four of them.
The door was a stone door, carved with patterns, and in the middle of it, there was a large keyhole, but the stone door was not locked, but revealed a passage that was just enough for one person to pass through.
Lu Tao was a little silent, and the others also thought of something, Peony spoke, but Lu Tao couldn't see her face: "Could it be that someone here has already taken the lead? This is not good news." ”
Lu Tao thought for a while, and then looked at the traces of the stone gate and the ground: "From the outside, even if someone takes the lead, it is not a matter of the near future, it is better for us to go first and take a look." ”
"That's what I said!" Peony nodded in agreement, and then turned his head to look at Liu Ruyan: "Let's say it first, if you still want to find your father, I advise you to dispel this idea as soon as possible, and I won't let you get your wish." ”