For thousands of years, the ancestors of the old woman and her people lived in this valley.

With the passage of time and the passing of generations, not only have the customs, habits, languages and writings in this valley changed greatly, but the deeds of the ancient sages have gradually disappeared from the memories of the villagers, leaving only a few legends, and even the tribesmen doubt the authenticity of these stories.

However, the valley was still densely populated.

It wasn't until hundreds of years ago that a sudden epidemic killed most of the people in the valley, and since then the village has been devastated and now only the patriarch, the old woman, remains. If Xiao Yu and Hua Yue hadn't strayed into this time, this place might have been quietly lost in history.

As for the method of getting out of the maze, it was long ago no longer known, and the old woman did not know it, otherwise the villagers would have left the valley when the epidemic broke out.

Xiao Yu felt that this was an ancient legend, and when Hua Yue was pondering, she asked the old woman: "Just now you talked about treasure hunting, what is going on?" ”

The old woman coughed a few times before she said slowly, "At that time, my great-grandfather was still young, and an outsider entered the valley. After living for a few years, he learned about the history of his ancestors, believed that there was a secret treasure in the mountain, and threatened to lure the former patriarch to take him to hunt for treasures, but was later beaten to death by the villagers. ”

After saying this, the old woman was even more short of breath, and said: "As soon as I die, this branch will be extinct, since you will pass down the words from your ancestors, it is also fate, I will ......"

Xiao Yu thought that the old woman was going to recognize her as a woman, but she continued with all her might: "There is a dark compartment under my pillow, I have lived so long because of it, you can take that thing!" ”

After speaking, the old woman had finished her thoughts, closed her eyes, and after a while, her head slowly tilted to the side.

Xiao Yu stayed for a moment, reached out to probe his pulse, and found that the old woman had gone. Although she was not related to her, her heart was still sad, and her eyes immediately became wet.

Hua Yue spoke: "She's dead?" ”

Xiao Yu nodded, cleaned up his mood, and looked for clothes for the old woman in the house. She had never touched such a thing, and her hands were shaking, and it took a lot of effort to change her clothes.

In fact, according to Hua Yue's intentions, just wrap it in a mat and bury it in the soil, Xiao Yu naturally disagreed.

That night, the two spent the night in the woods.

Early the next morning, because the conditions here were really poor, Xiao Yu and Hua Yue found some tools and ready-made wooden boards in the next room to make a coffin, and buried the old woman in the mountain forest.

The valley is full of abandoned houses.

After standing quietly in front of the grave for a long time, Xiao Yu turned around and returned to the wooden house where the old woman lived before her death. She removed the pillow, but could not find the hidden compartment, so she simply dismantled the bed and took out a carved ebony box the length of her palm.

Xiao Yu opened it and saw that it contained a plain hairpin of mutton fat and white jade, and a luan finch was engraved on the tail, which was simple and generous, but I didn't know what special meaning it had, and I couldn't see anything special.

Hua Yue heard the movement and did not ask, but Xiao Yu took the initiative to tell him. Hua Yue smiled and said: "This hairpin is so valuable, since it is left to you, just put it away." ”

Xiao Yu put the wooden box in his sleeve pocket as he said, and then prepared to take the things that the old woman used before her death to burn them. When she was tidying up, she found a broken silver glass mirror on the table, and immediately asked Hua Yue.

Hua Yue had never heard of this.

Xiao Yu remembered the tomato and pepper of the ancient legend, maybe this mirror was left behind at that time.

It was almost noon, and when the fire burned out, Xiao Yu changed places to make a fire and barbecue, and after eating, Hua Yue proposed: "There is no way to go out now, why don't you go to the temple and have a look?" ”

Xiao Yu readily agreed, such a legendary place should not be missed, and immediately took Huahua to the forest of the stone building.

A ruined wall.

These buildings have indeed been abandoned for a long time, and even the houses have grown a lot of towering ancient trees. Several huge stone pillars stood bare on the ground, the half-collapsed temple was covered by the branches and leaves of the trees, the broken walls were overgrown with wild grasses, vines and moss, and the ground was piled up with thick dead branches and leaves, and even the broken bricks and tiles had long since disappeared.

Only the wind twisted and wound among the rocks, broken walls and ancient trees.

However, even so, it is still possible to see the grandeur of this garden. The two walked around the broken stone pillar wall and walked in the woods for half an hour before they came to the three tall palaces that were still standing. The carving on it has been damaged, but the remaining patterns can still be seen that the carving is simple and smooth, elegant and ostentatious. The wide stone staircase passes through the layers of arches and goes to the top of the building, giving it a sense of reaching into the clouds.

The moss was slippery, Xiao Yu helped Hua Yue to climb up step by step, and couldn't help but think of the mythical pavilion that reached the sky.

It's just that in this palace, except for the crazy wild grass, vines, moss and even trees, as well as the snakes, insects, rats, ants, forest birds and small beasts that followed, there is no trace of human habitation.

Most of them have weathered over a long period of time.

Xiao Yu stroked the stone, which was said to be thousands of years old, brushed aside the branches and vines that blocked the doors and windows, and looked down at the scenery of the valley.

"How will this pavilion be built to survive thousands of years?" Hua Yue sighed.

"yes. Thousands of years have passed, and the stones of poor material have turned into powder. Xiao Yu retracted his gaze and scraped the moss off the wall to take a closer look.

The stone wall is depicted and carved with a mural, which is vaguely recognizable.

Xiao Yu was interested, and carefully cleaned up the barren grass and moss on the entire wall. Unfortunately, only in places where there is less moss has some traces remained.

But even so, Xiao Yu was shocked and froze for a while.

High-rise buildings, cars under the streetlights, and crowds of people coming and going at night...... Memories of past lives come flooding back.

Xiao Yu didn't know how to describe her mood at the moment.

Hua Yue seemed to notice it and asked, "What is painted on this wall?" ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yu came back to his senses and said with a smile: "It's just an ordinary street scene, it's not uncommon." I'm just amazed at how similar the streets of the city were thousands of years ago to the streets of the city today. ”

Although Hua Yue felt that there must be something strange on the wall, she did not expose Xiao Yu, and nodded: "That's quite strange." ”

The two stood for a moment before going downstairs together, and Flowey still followed. The sun was setting in the west, and the unobstructed doorway shone in.

The day is about to pass, but the two are still trapped in the mountains, and they don't know what Zhong Lang and Xiao Pei and the others will be in a hurry outside.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu couldn't help frowning.

Hua Yue also has some thoughts that don't belong.

Xiao Yu called Huahua over, squatted down and put his hand on the tiger's back and said, "Huahua, you grew up outside the maze, you know how to enter this valley, and you must also know how to get out, right?" ”

Flowey looked up and roared.

Xiao Yu stood up and said, "Then you will lead the way in front." ”

Walking out of the dense forest, next to it is a large flat field, but it may have not been cultivated for a long time, it is all barren and overgrown with weeds.

Huahua led the two of them straight through the field.

Not far away, on a piece of land on the side of the mountain, there are some crops with quite tall plants, which are mixed with weeds and cannot be seen clearly, and they seem to be sorghum that is more common in the north.

Xiao Yu became curious and walked over. (To be continued.) )