The area around the Hongdong Cliff originally belonged to the territory of the Lake Country.

The cangyan is an inaccessible place, and although the shoe that I accidentally found in the sand is worn, the pattern on it is still clearly recognizable.

By the contrast between the moonlight and the fire, I carefully looked at the shoe that the ninth princess was holding in her hand.

The dark bottom of the shoe is a strong and firm fabric, and the whole shape of the shoe is like a small boat, and the toe is slightly upturned.

The soles are particularly thick and the feet are very fine.

The most striking thing about this shoe is the pattern on the body, which is densely embroidered with multicolored silk threads into patches of clouds.

At the heel is a whole piece of pattern, and if you look closely, I can't tell what kind of flower it is.

The ninth princess stroked the patterns with her fingers, and explained: "This is a cuckoo, and the body of the shoe is embroidered with clouds, which means that the feet step on auspicious clouds, and turn evil into good fortune, and the cuckoo symbolizes blessings." “

She played with the shoe repeatedly, and then said, "I don't know what kind of man the owner of this shoe is......"

The sentence she swallowed and didn't say should be: I'm afraid that I am no longer in this world.

I sighed, the atmosphere was a little depressing, poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a spring boudoir dream!

During the conversation, the agile Chen Yuqing had already searched the entire reachable sandy area with Ah Si again, but found no other traces.

It was the middle of the night, the mountain wind was cold, and the people settled down again, Ah Si urged the fire to be lit, threw a few large dead branches into it, and I curled up on the simple bed I had laid before, and closed my eyes.

There are still mountain roads to catch up with tomorrow, so hurry up and rest in the middle of the night.

It may be that the later I sleep and the earlier I wake up, I dreamed a few times in a daze, and then I opened my eyes.

Chen Yuqing and the others have all woken up, checking their baggage and adding things to bring.

When the sky was bright, our group set off to rush to the Cang Cliff.

This large area of sand appears to be as far as the eye can see. It's not big, I really caught up and found that the distance was not close, obviously capturing Cangyan in the morning haze seemed to be within reach, and when I really arrived at the foot of the mountain, the sky was already bright.

The mountains and rocks are steep, the weeds and trees are overgrown, there is no good road waiting for us here, and the ninth princess and I were taken care of as the only two girls in the team, so we stayed where we were to rest, and Yun Chu stayed with us. It is still Chen Yuqing, Lan Tianfang, and Ah Si as the vanguard.

They looked around, occasionally swinging their knives to chop down clumps of branches.

After groping for a while, I finally carved out a path under the cliff.

The ninth princess and I heard the shouts of the blue sky. Hurriedly approached and probed the road.

I can't talk about what kind of road it is, but the trees in front of me reveal a cave that is half a person high, and when I get closer, I can't see the end at a glance when I extend it black, and I set a torch in the sky and walked into it for a short while. Fu turned back and said: "The torch has not been extinguished, you can explore it, it is likely to be the road to the mountain." ”

After discussing it, a few people decided to be the same as when they came, Chen Yuqing, Lan Tianfang. Ah Si and the three of them took turns to explore the way forward every few moments, and I followed the ninth princess and Yun Chu behind.

Between words. Ah Si was the first to walk in with a torch, and the people behind followed him into the hole one by one.

I just lit a torch, and Yun Chu quickly snatched it, I looked at him strangely, and reached out to take it back. He was so tall above me that I couldn't get my torch back from him when I jumped up.

The Ninth Princess watched the two of us push and shove. He smiled at me with a subtle expression, and left me to light a torch and enter the hole.

Yun Chu whispered: "My Royal Highness, you go in first." ”

Since he insisted, I could only glare at him angrily, bow my head and follow the ninth princess into the cave.

As soon as I entered the cave, I felt that the temperature was much colder than outside, and the ground was a little damp.

After walking forward for a short while, the rocky road was rugged, and the ninth princess in front of me slipped and fell once, because she was holding a torch, she couldn't free up her other hand to support the ground, if it wasn't for the Tianfang in front of her who heard the movement and quickly turned around to help her, it is estimated that this time there will be another wounded soldier in the team.

The pace of progress paused, and the ninth princess was not squeamish, she raised her head and smiled: "Brother Tianfang, thanks to you, otherwise my clothes would have been ruined." ”

If you have the leisure to joke, it means that there is no big problem, and after a short rest, we continue to walk along the cave.

I think back to the previous scene, and then realize Yun Chu's intentions, this person is always like that, and he can't say things clearly, even if it is for my good, it also tosses me in the clouds.

I turned to look at him, and when my eyes met, he smiled at me, and it was all silent.

Going deeper into the cave, the road ahead was no longer as wet as before, Yun Chu took a few steps forward and whispered to me: "This cave looks like it is going up, but in fact, our current position is about the same height as the place where we started to enter. ”

It dawned on me that the previous wet road surface was due to the infiltration of rainwater from the hole, and the section we just walked on was a concave inside, but because the mountain road was difficult to walk, we ignored the difference between the road surfaces, and now since we walked from one end of this concave to the other, it is logical that the water on this road surface is gone.

Taking advantage of the break, I leaned closer to Yun Chu and asked, "Do you think this road was dug by man, or is it naturally formed?" ”

"Do you have bad eyes?" Without waiting for Yun Chu to answer, I approached Chen Yuqing's smiling face again, and Yun Chu put his arm around me and pulled me away from the nasty ghost.

Yun Chu raised his hand to take a piece of gravel from the cave wall and said: "This road doesn't look like it was dug by man, but according to my concept, this road should be sealed, and it is beyond my expectation that it is so easy to walk now, in other words......"

Yun Chu suddenly stopped talking and looked at Chen Yuqing.

The latter continued: "This is not a good thing, the road that should be closed is so easy, obviously the road behind it is very difficult to walk." “、

I couldn't understand the conversation between the two of them at all, so Tianfang approached us and joined the discussion: "As I thought, the road behind must be more difficult, you see, whether my junior sister and the ninth princess will stay here and wait for us, or go in with us." “

"Brother Tianfang," the Ninth Princess called out to him, "I will definitely follow you to the end." “

"Me too!" Don't allow them to refuse, I quickly expressed my attitude, from the bottom of my heart, I have concerns, after all, my life is important, but looking at the current situation, Yun Chu is bound to go with them to the end, how can I leave him and stay here alone.

Our wills are very strong, so it's hard to say anything more.

Going deep into the cave, I was more attentive to the shape of the road under my feet than at the beginning because of Yun Chu's explanation just now, and sure enough, I found that the mountain road I walked was not only the concave shape just now, but walked many in succession, and carefully recalled the road I had walked before, and it was summarized as if our route was drawn a horizontal line on a plan, and it would be up and down.

Two torches in front and behind illuminate the road under my feet, I raised my head from time to time to look at the stone wall of the cave, the cave gradually opened up, my vision also became broader, I walked a long way, now I don't need to bend my waist like when I first came in, I have to raise my hand to touch the stone wall above my head.

Our speed is not fast, Chen Yuqing, who took the lead, half of them are to take care of us, and half of them are also out of caution, so the speed along the way is controlled, even so, walking such a closed and dark road, psychologically will feel very tired.

Seeing that the road was so wide that even a tall man like Chen Yuqing needed to raise his hand to touch the top of the cave, our team rested again.

"If nothing else, the most difficult road should start soon," Chen Yuqing exchanged glances with Tianfang, and his tone was very relaxed.

In the days I have spent with him, I have a little understanding of his character, except for those chickens and dogs jumping, basically the more nervous he is, the more relaxed he is, I don't know if it is because he has led the Martyrdom Pavilion to circulate all day long in the shadow of the sword and sword, and the foot board stepped on the coffin lid in the shadow of the sword in the past few years, which has created his character.

"The next road, don't be too far between the two of you." Chen Yuqing instructed.

The overhanging stone wall was getting farther away from us, and the road was wider than before, and now it was not like walking in a cave, but like walking in a passage.

"Do you think so?" The Ninth Princess turned back to me and whispered, "I think it's colder here than the one that came in earlier. ”

I tightened my coat and nodded approvingly.

Although there was a previous concave pavement to confuse the vision, in general, our position was gradually going deeper underground, and the women's sensitivity to the temperature was higher than that of the men, so the Nine Princesses and I obviously felt that it was much colder here than at the beginning.

The team did not stop, and walked for a long time, the cave wall was no longer heightened, and Ah Si, who had been walking in front, suddenly shouted.

Caught off guard, the ninth princess and I were also scared and screamed, and when we saw the road ahead, there were no roadblocks, and it was normal.

"It's okay, you're having a convulsion." The Ninth Princess said angrily, "I thought I had encountered a mountain monster." “

"Shhhh......h “

"Water?" I looked around the cave wall in amazement, this is a good end of the passage, where does the water come from?

I saw Yun Chu raise his hand and wipe the stone wall, so he did the same, and his fingers touched the stone a little wet.

Chen Yuqing tapped the stone wall above us back and forth with his fingers, and knocked on the ground again, looking at Ah Sidao: "There is a distance between the sound of water, it may be that there is a dark river under the ground in this area of Cangyan." ”

I shrank back in fear and asked, "Can you tell if we are below or above this dark river?" ”

Of course, I asked this out of concern for safety, if our position was above the Dark River, but if it was under the Dark River, if this stone wall was not secure, we would have to meet the King of Hades. “

I thought to myself, if we were under the dark river, if this stone wall broke, there would be a lot of trouble around us......

This trip was originally for treasure hunting, but now I don't see a single golden bean, let alone the treasure.

"Neither." Yun Chu looked down at me and patted me on the shoulder comfortingly.