"How long have we been gone?" Li Qing asked in a low voice.

Deng Shi looked down at his watch: "About two hours." ”

Li Qing suddenly stopped and sighed softly: "Go around for two hours." ”

"Why, don't you leave?" Deng Shi also stopped behind Li Qing, with a look of doubt on his cheeks.

"It's not. Li Qing shook his head, glanced at the colorful clouds beside him, and then raised his hand and pointed forward, "Aren't we already here." ”

"Oops!" Deng Shi exclaimed, ran more than a dozen steps forward past Li Qing, squinted his eyes to look, only to see that an entrance more than ten meters wide had appeared in front of him, and a long staircase stretched upward, obviously the three of them had found the entrance to the eighth floor of the ancient building.

"Why are your eyes getting worse and worse, you can't see it so obviously..."Li Qing walked up from behind and muttered nonchalantly.

Deng Shigan laughed, a touch of embarrassment on his cheeks. He stepped forward quickly, raised his foot and tiptoed lightly on the steps, then retracted again, and half-knelt on the ground to find the steps with a flashlight.

The flashlight flashed, and the steps took on a deep black-green color, with a faint glittering sheen.

Li Qing pulled Caiyun behind Master Deng and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

With a flick of his finger on the steps, Master Deng turned his head, with a deep surprise in his eyes: "This step is carved of jade, and the color is perfect, just a piece as big as a fist is sky-high outside." ”

Deng Shi stood up and breathed a sigh of relief: "There are so many here... This step alone is enough to buy half of your Li family..."

Li Qing froze slightly, and then his face changed: "Don't talk nonsense, how much is that broken industry worth? The most important person in my Li family, I can't buy it with any amount of money." ”

When the words fell, Li Qingjing raised his feet and stepped on the first step: "Go up and take a look, I think Yuyan should have arrived first." ”

Master Deng nodded: "There are footprints on the steps, and there are indeed people who are one step ahead of us." ”

All the way up, on both sides of the jade steps are bronze statues, each bronze statue also has a strange bronze mask, in the dim flashlight, like crawling out of hell to ask for life.

Deng Shi was obviously more interested in jade, and the whole person was almost lying on the steps, climbing all the way up.

"Captain, when we're leaving, let's break a piece and go. Deng Shi muttered, "I now have a feeling of stepping on the banknote, and I take the initiative to send it to the door cheaply, and I don't take advantage of it." ”

Li Qing rolled his eyes angrily: "If you still have this kind of leisure at that time, feel free." But don't try to get involved with me, I'm not interested in dead people's stuff. ”

"Okay, well, you're rich and don't care about that. Deng Shi said with a smile, "Our small family, I really plan to break a piece and go back to make a few pairs of bracelets and give them to my little wives." Caiyun, do you want to send you one too?"

Caiyun glanced at Li Qing lightly, her little face flushed with a blush, and she replied softly: "I'm not rare..."

"Stop!" Li Qing suddenly shouted.

Master Deng's body stiffened suddenly, and the hand that reached out retracted again, and his face was shocked: "What's the matter? I'm about to be scared out of heart attack by you." ”

Li Qing turned his head and asked Caiyun, "Have you counted?"

"Eighty-one. Caiyun replied softly, "Counting this last one, there are a total of eighty-two steps." ”

Li Qing nodded lightly: "That's right, it's the same as what I counted." ”

Master Deng straightened up and crossed his hands on his hips: "What do you mean?"

Li Qing replied in a deep voice: "There are only eighty-one steps on the map, and the ancients have always regarded ninety-nine as one, and there can be no eighty-two steps. ”

Deng Shi stretched out his finger and pointed: "Then this..."

"It's a mechanism. Li Qing replied lightly, "Jump over." ”

"Oh, I see. Master Deng had a look of sudden realization, bent down again and shone it with a flashlight, and a smile flashed across his face, "Yes, yes, there are really no footprints on the last step, it seems that our Miss Xie is also very smart." ”

Deng Shi's voice fell, his feet kicked violently on the ground, and the whole person jumped in.

Li Qing and Caiyun glanced at each other, and the two were about to enter later, but suddenly they heard a miserable scream from Deng Shi, who had to enter first, and the whole person flew out later.

His eyes were slightly condensed, Li Qingyi stretched out his hand and happened to catch Deng Shi who flew out upside down, and asked coldly, "What's the matter?"

Taking a deep breath, Deng Shi's face was flushed with annoyance: "There was a bastard ambushing me inside, and I was kicked out!"

"Go in again!" Li Qing's voice fell, and he slammed his arms into a fierce fight, throwing Master Deng back again.

"Ahh

Li Qing and Caiyun followed up, and Deng Shi was leaning against a stone wall and panting, with a faint scratch on the corner of his forehead, and blood was overflowing.

"Captain, this bastard... It's so tight..."Master Deng muttered.

Li Qing raised his eyes and looked at the other side, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook up a smile, the man with a bruise on his cheek standing opposite Deng Shi at this moment was Hu Feng.

Seeing Li Qing, Hu Feng's cheeks slowly swelled up with a touch of astonishment, and then gradually calmed down, stared at Master Deng and asked, "Master Li, is this your person?"

"Well, this is my brother. ”

"I'm sorry just now, but Miss asked me to stay here, offended. Hu Feng nodded at Master Deng, and then breathed a sigh of relief, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile, "The head of the Li family can come over, and my heart is much more stable." ”

"I'm sorry for the trouble. Li Qing said softly, "What about Yuyan?"

"Inside, still angry, the head of the Li family should be careful. ”

"Thank you. Li Qing thanked him, then patted Master Deng on the shoulder, bypassed the stone wall, and continued inside. Li Qing also has a slight understanding of Hu Feng's details, and Deng Shi fought with him at a disadvantage, but neither of them took advantage of it, which was already quite difficult.

Turning his head to look behind him, Deng Shi lowered his voice and asked, "Who is this? Why haven't I seen it before?"

"Hu Feng, Yuyan's personal bodyguard. Li Qing replied lightly, "It was hidden so deep in the past that even I couldn't figure out his way." ”

After walking forward for a while, the lantern embedded in the stone wall has been lit, and the remaining lamp oil in it is slowly burning, exuding a faint fishy smell, reflecting brightly in all directions. Li Qing turned off the flashlight that didn't have much power, and suddenly came to the light, and his mood was also a lot more open.

Caiyun stared at the relief on the stone wall in a daze, pursed his lips tightly, and said nothing.

Li Qing saw that this little girl's face was pale, and couldn't help but reach out and touch her little head: "Are you uncomfortable?

"I don't really understand, but it seems to be some kind of ritual. Caiyun replied softly.

Li Qing also followed her gaze to look at the stone wall, which seemed to be carved with a picture of a soldier slashing and killing a slave, and there were some strange symbols around it, like ancient characters. Li Qing couldn't understand it, so he had to give up, thinking that maybe he could ask Xie Yuyan for advice when he saw him later.

While they were thinking about it, the three of them had already walked out of the stone path and entered a large hall with bright fire.

The eighth floor of the ancient building is much smaller than the other seven floors, roughly the size of half a football field. However, it is unusually empty, and the most conspicuous thing is nothing more than the bronze pillars of the solid building, which are carved with strange patterns, but because they are covered with a thick layer of patina, it is almost impossible to distinguish.

More than 20 bronze tripods stood on all sides, and the fire was raging inside, even though it was more than ten meters away, Li Qing seemed to be able to feel the scorching heat.

The jade stone is paved on the ground, and a bronze statue is surrounded by a circle in the center, and a copper coffin is placed in the center of the circle. Li Qing's gaze stopped above the bronze coffin, a woman with a beautiful face and a graceful body was sitting on the coffin, and a water bottle was drinking in her hand.

The corners of Li Qing's eyes twitched slightly, and a funny look appeared on his face.

Deng Shi shrunk his neck, and said cautiously behind Li Qing: "This Miss Xie is really extraordinary, sitting on the coffin and drinking water? ”

"Shut up, you take care of Caiyun, I'll take a look. Li Qing said in a low voice.

"Hehe, I'll pray for you. Master Deng looked around for a while, "Be careful, don't be emasculated by this ancestor." ”

Li Qing took a deep breath and stepped forward. Xie Yuyan had obviously received the report from his subordinates first, but he didn't show too much surprise at the moment. She lowered the kettle, blinked her beautiful eyes, and stared at Li Qing who came all the way with an inexplicable expression.

The old gun stood at the foot of the hall with a dozen people, not knowing what he was busy with. And more than a dozen bodyguards from the Xie Family Mansion were resting not far away, talking in a low voice, and a few people were standing around Xie Yuyan, patrolling around vigilantly to deal with emergencies that might arise at any time.

"There are only more than 30 people left?" Li Qing felt a hint of surprise in his heart, and looked at Xie Yuyan carefully again.

Xie Yuyan's cheeks were a little paler than the last time, but he was still in good spirits and didn't seem to be in any serious condition. Seeing that she was fine, Li Qing was also slightly relieved.

Standing outside the bronze statue, Li Qing pulled the corners of his mouth and forced a reluctant smile: "Yuyan, I'm back." ”

"Oh, the eloped dog man and woman have finally escaped. Xie Yuyan blinked his long and narrow eyes, and his words were a little mocking.

Li Qing glared: "Xie Yuyan, you are also from a scholarly family, can you keep a little virtue?" Besides, is this how elopement is used?"

Snorting lightly, Xie Yuyan said coldly, "Then what do you want me to say?"