Yuan Ji and Lang first led the spirit helmet soldiers, walked to the Zhu Yuan people who were holding wine and delicacies one by one, took the things they handed over with tears, and devoured them.

Huang Lao also smiled with tears in his eyes as he watched them silently finish the sumptuous meal in many days. When everyone was almost resting, Huang Lao called Yuan Ji and Lang Xian and asked, "Two of you, is the food delicious?"

Yuan Ji wiped his mouth and said, "Well, it's very delicious, it's the most comfortable meal in the past few months." I have always heard that in addition to being good at poetry and songs, Zhu Yuan's cooking skills are also extraordinary! Okay, we're well fed and drunk, can the old-timers take us out on business?"

Huang Lao stroked his beard and said, "I can understand your feelings, but please also ask the general to settle his soldiers before setting off." After waving, a middle-aged elder sister next to her came over, saluted Huang Lao, and said, "General Huang, I have arranged the people who are staying in the house according to your instructions, and everything has been arranged." ”

Huang Lao nodded, and said to Yuan Ji and Lang Xian: "I have arranged a residence for everyone." The house is shabby, I hope you don't dislike it!"

Yuan Ji immediately waved his hand when he heard this: "It's already very embarrassing to be able to eat your food here, so I can't disturb the villagers anymore." ”

Lang Xian also said: "That's right, the kindness of our predecessors is remembered by our Spirit Helmet Army, but we are all people in the army, and we are used to sleeping in the open. I see that the square is wide enough, and I wonder if we can borrow it for the time being, and set up camp?"

Huang Lao saw that the two were so resolute, so he no longer insisted on it. Nodding his head, he said, "You guys can camp here, and if you need anything, you can find Jiugu." Just now, Jiu Gu, who was about forty years old and had a weathered face, bowed her head and squatted down to Yuan Lang and the two, and only said, "I have something to order." ”

The Spirit Helmet Army is an elite division selected from many famous families in Zhu Yuan, and they all want to perform well in front of the villagers of the Zhu Yuan clan. So, in Yuan Ji's order to "set up camp", the whole square was in full swing, and it took less than an hour for an orderly camp to be completed, and the onlookers were all called fast.

Without much talk, Huang Lao, accompanied by his grandson, led Yuan Ji and Lang to investigate the secret passage first. The group walked through the dense forest to the foot of a low hill south of the town. The group of four stopped in a jungle full of thorns, Yuan Ji looked around, and said suspiciously, "General Huang, have you arrived at the place?"

Huang Lao nodded, Yuan Ji looked around again, and asked, "But there's nothing here!" I only saw thorns and weeds, and the most were trees. ”

Lang Xian also looked around, nodded and said, "This place is the exit of the secret passage, and it can really be done without knowing the ghosts." ”

Huang Lao made a gesture to his grandson Huang Yu, Huang Yu nodded, jumped into the barren grass and disappeared. Yuan Lang and the others were shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to check, only to see that Huang Yu was struggling to clear the camouflaged thorns and sand in the grass more than one person high. Yuan Ji, who was anxious, also hurriedly jumped in and helped Huang Yu clean up.

After about half a burnt incense, a door buried in the ground appeared in front of me. Yuan Ji and Huang Yu looked at each other and smiled, and one of them opened the door left and right with all his might, and a staircase for three people to walk side by side appeared below. Lang first supported Huang Lao, step by step, step by step, and came to the entrance of this tunnel. Yuan Ji couldn't help but say that it was like jumping inside, Huang Yu grabbed him, and hurriedly said: "General Yuan, slow, this tunnel has been closed all year round, and the air inside is turbid, and wait for a while, let the air flow inside and outside blend for a while before entering." ”

Yuan Ji asked puzzledly, "What would have happened if I had jumped in in a hurry just now?"

Lang Xian snorted coldly and said, "In the process of walking, I will suddenly feel dizzy and dizzy, and finally collapse and die." ”

Yuan Ji shrunk his neck and said in shock: "Thanks to Brother Huang for pulling me, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!

Huang Yu put his index finger on his lips and asked Yuan Ji not to speak, he lay at the entrance of the cave and listened to the movement inside. After listening carefully for a while, he dipped his index finger in a little saliva in his mouth, and then put his finger into the hole to test the direction of the airflow. After waiting for a while, Huang Yu turned around and said to everyone: "It's okay, I can already feel the air flow inside, let's go down." ”

After Huang Yu finished speaking, he turned over and entered the stairs in the cave, Yuan Ji jumped down without saying anything, and Lang first supported Huang Lao and slowly followed at the end.

After walking about ten steps, the light inside was very faint. Huang Yu took out a fire fold from his waist, opened it and shook it. A flame illuminates a small area in front of you.

After walking down this staircase for about ten steps, I stepped on a stone brick floor. With the faint light of the fire, Huang Yu groped around the wall for a while and caught a torch. Hold the torch close to the top of the torch and set the pine resin on fire.

Suddenly, the light shone brightly. Huang Yu held the torch and went back to find Lang Xian and Mr. Huang. Huang Yu said to Huang Lao with a smug face: "Grandpa, grandpa, I found the torch today with just a fire fold. Next time, I can touch the torch with my eyes closed!"

Huang Lao smiled and praised him: "Our Yu'er is the best, and you will lead the team to collect the stones this year." ”

Huang Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and took Huang Lao's hand and asked, "Is what Grandpa said serious?"

Huang Lao nodded and said seriously: "Naturally, it is true, and there is no lie." ”

Huang Yu laughed and said: "Since my father died, my grandfather can only take the lead again, but now that Yu'er has grown up, she can share her grandfather's worries and solve problems." ”

Huang Laole patted Yu'er's shoulder and said, "Good grandson, lead the way ahead." ”

Huang Yu agreed, and happily ran ahead with a torch to lead the way.

Everyone continued to move forward, and under the orange light of the torches, Yuan Ji and Lang Xian both began to look at the tunnel. The pavement of this tunnel is all paved with a single piece of blue striped stone, and the surrounding walls are also made of green bricks one by one. Lang first knocked on the wall with his hand, only to hear a muffled echo, knowing that this tunnel was unusually strong, maybe in order to prevent the sudden surge of groundwater in the south, a thick waterproof layer was made on the outside of the wall. It can be seen that Zhu Yuan's ancestors spent a lot of manpower and material resources to manage this temple and secret passage.

Yuan Ji sighed: "It is a pity that the ancestors spent so much money to build such a magnificent Zhuyuan Temple, but in the end they could only be buried in the ground for a long time, and they did not see the light of day all year round!"

Lang Xian also sighed and said, "Our Zhu Yuan clan's attainments in poetry and poetry and architecture are second to none in the entire void. But for many years, the king only knew how to dance and write, and the people were also drunk and drunk, which led to the relaxation of armaments, so that the coalition forces outside had another opportunity to take advantage of it!"

Huang Lao nodded in agreement, and he said, "But it's no wonder that we have those ancestors! After all, the divine bird Zhu Yuan doesn't like to fight by nature, otherwise he wouldn't hide in the great wilderness forest of this Southern Yanzhou all year round. Where are they like those dragon pythons, they are born to be brave and ruthless, and they have to fight to the death for every little thing. ”

After walking for a while, Lang first asked Huang Laodao: "Dare to ask General Huang, did Ling Lang have any accidents?" I heard Huang Yu talk about the news of his father's death just now, and the juniors were very shocked. ”

When Huang Lao heard him ask about this, he only said lightly: "This is still going to be said from fifteen years ago." That year coincided with the 15th of July every year, the Divine Stone Festival. Oh, and we call the day of the stone every year the Stone Festival the Sacred Stone Festival. On that day, Huang Yu's father, as in previous years, led the young and strong laborers of the clan to the temple through this secret passage to retrieve the stone. When we arrived at the temple on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the pile of stones was already there. When you arrive, you just need to carry and load the truck. ”

"But who knows, on that day fifteen years ago, when everyone arrived in the temple hall, they did not find the stone as promised. Everyone was flustered, thinking that God had stopped showing mercy to Zhu Yuan, and they knelt down and kowtowed to the huge white stone god in the center of the main hall, begging for his forgiveness. At this time, Yu'er and his father did not panic, and on the other side of the main hall, that is, opposite the position where the stones used to appear, he found a sphere that looked like mercury. At first, it was a fist-sized bubble, but it slowly grew in size, eventually turning into a ball the size of a person. ”

So Yu'er and his father beckoned everyone to come forward to investigate, but the others were afraid of this strange mysterious orb and cowered. Only I had the courage to go up and check it out. ”

Huang Lao paused, his face gradually became sad, he sighed, and then said: "The person who was traveling with him came back and said that my son first put his hand into the mercury ball, and felt that there was nothing unusual, so he boldly put his head into it. About half a pillar of incense passed, everyone thought that something had happened to him, so they called his name loudly, but he only said to everyone when he turned around: Don't be afraid, I saw the fairyland. Then he walked in. Everyone hurried over to grab him, but he had already walked in, and there was not even a shadow to be seen. No one dared to cross the ball at the time, so they all looked at each other now. After a while, all kinds of rocks began to fly out of the ball. After another half of the incense time, the ball began to slowly get smaller and finally disappeared. ”