The light and shadow of the fire fold danced in Hui Ci's eyes, dyeing her gaze with a bit of scorching brilliance, there was inquiry, some appreciation, and more of an indescribable emotion.

There was even a moment of flickering, as if through Zhou Shu, I saw someone else.

"Poor Ni knows who you are, but she hasn't seen you before." She collected her attention and said slowly.

"Haven't you seen it?" Zhou Shu raised his eyebrows slightly, "But why do I think you look familiar?" ”

Hui Ci lowered her eyelashes to cover the complex emotions under her eyes, "Maybe I have a slight resemblance to someone you know, right?" ”

Zhou Shu was thinking about more important things in his heart, and he didn't notice the almost inaudible sigh at the end of the sentence, and he didn't have so much leisure to inquire about her identity. Telling Ebony to let go of her, he arched his hand at her, "I want to see the one, and the old master will guide me in the way." ”

Hui Ci clasped his palms and returned the half-salute, "That one doesn't like outsiders to disturb, so the poor nun can only bring the donor over alone." ”

Zhou Shu was not surprised, nodded, and instructed Long Jing and Ebony: "You stay here and wait." ”

Ebony answered "yes" very simply, but Long Jing hesitated, "Second Young Master......"

"It's okay, I'll come as soon as I go." Zhou Shu stretched out his hand and pressed it on his shoulder, turned around and made a "please" gesture to Hui Ci, signaling her to lead the way.

Hui Ci whispered a Buddha name, put on his hat again, and walked forward with a gentle step.

Zhou Shu followed her around the two old locust trees, walked about 100 meters, and came to the back wall of Shuiyue Nunnery. Pushing aside the dense vines that climbed on the wall, a heavy wood door was revealed underneath. This door is less than a person high, and you have to bend down to get through.

Beyond this door, we came to a small square courtyard on the left side of the apse, there was no house, and a shed was erected next to the west wall to shelter from the rain, which took up almost half of the entire courtyard, and in the shed was neatly stacked with chopped firewood and farm tools.

On the east side of the wall were a series of pot-bellied porcelain jars, each half a man high, some covered with pointed caps of straw. Some are pressed against large stones. If you get closer, you can smell a salty and sour smell. I think it's used to make pickles in sauce.

There was a stone mill in the middle of the courtyard, which seemed to have been abandoned, and there was no grinding disc, only a broken grinding table. There are several bamboo baskets stacked on top of each other. There is also a half-wheel grinding disc lying dirty on the side of the grinding table. Most of it is embedded in the dirt. Reduced to a stepping stone.

Hui Ci walked to the grinding platform with ease, squatted down~ and moved a few stones from the wall of the platform. A dark hole was revealed.

"That's it." She straightened up and whispered, "There are candles down there that can be used for lighting." ”

Zhou Shu approached, and took a photo of the fire, and saw that inside the entrance of the cave was a shaft that only allowed one person to pass through, and a wooden ladder stretched obliquely into the ground. The brightness of the fire fold is limited, and the bottom is not visible, and it is roughly estimated to be more than two meters deep.

Seeing that Hui Ci stood away from afar, and had no intention of going down, he couldn't help but feel alert, "Won't Mrs. Shi go with me?" ”

"The poor nun is only responsible for guiding the way, and cannot set foot in it." Hui Ci's tone was soft and light, "Donor, please, after seeing that person, someone will send you out." ”

Zhou Shu understood, it turned out that the entrance and exit were not in the same place. Also, if there is only one exit, if someone finds out, wouldn't it be a good one? The cunning rabbit still has three holes, not to mention the hole cards that his father painstakingly hidden, I am afraid there are more than three holes below.

With the prudence of King Ji'an, it is indeed impossible for Hui Ci to see the true face of that person. It was expected that an old woman in her twilight years would not be able to play any tricks, so she said to her, "I have to work," and climbed backwards into the hole, and slowly moved down the ladder with her feet.

As his feet touched the ground, he heard the sound of moving and laying stones from above, and the last rays of light disappeared, plunging him into darkness. The smell of dirt and rotting leaves in the air added to the oppressive feeling.

He stood for a moment, took out the fire fold from his sleeve and looked around, and as Hui Ci said, there was a small wind lamp hanging on one side of the wall.

Lift the lampshade, light the candle, put away the fire fold, and walk forward with the wind lamp.

In front of me is a tortuous tunnel, and the body rubs against the walls on both sides from time to time while walking, and in some places you even need to turn sideways to pass. The top wall also rises and falls, and if you are not careful, you will hit the top of your head.

After walking like this for about two quarters of an hour, the tunnel suddenly became wider, and on both sides were smooth natural stone walls, not like the section of the tunnel that had just been walked, and there were traces of manual excavation everywhere.

Further on, there is a huge stone cave, the roof of which is overhung with thick stalactites, and the ground is covered with stalagmites. Some stalactites are connected with stalagmites to form tall stone pillars, dividing the cave into many spaces of different sizes.

He walked around for a long time before he found the passage. However, it didn't take long for one passage to become two. He didn't know which one was the right way, so he picked one at random with the mentality of taking a look around.

Ten paces away, this one split into three, and he had to go back and walk the other. Who knows that the other one is more complicated, like the trunk of a tree, branching and branching. Rao is that he boasts that his memory is not bad, and he has walked back and forth a few times, and he can't tell the difference between southeast and northwest, and he doesn't know where he is.

He really didn't have so much time to waste on the maze game, so he simply didn't leave, took a deep breath, opened his throat and shouted, "Are there any living people?" ”

Voices are transmitted through the channel, echoing in waves.

When the last wave of echoes fell, a shout rang out, "Who is here?" ”

The voice was hollow, and it was impossible to distinguish the specific location, and only a man could be heard who spoke. For some reason, his shouts didn't echo in the slightest.

Hearing the response, Zhou Shu knew that this shortcut was the right one, so he reported to the door of the house, "In the next Zhou Shu, my father ordered me to come over to meet with him, there are important matters to discuss, please lead the way." ”

There was silence for a moment, and two words came over, "Credentials?" ”

"The Blood Jade Talisman is in my hand." Zhou Shu didn't care if the other party could see it, took out the blood jade and shook it into the void.

He was answered by a long silence.

It took a quarter of an hour before I heard a faint sound behind me. Looking back, I saw a figure flash from the darkness, and in a blink of an eye, it stood in the circle of light of the wind lamp.

It was a young man in his twenties, with a thin figure and a pale face, and a pair of slender eyes that seemed to have been immersed in ice water, revealing a cold and formidable edge. His gaze condensed on the blood jade in Zhou Shu's hand, and then he walked straight forward past him, "Keep up." ”

――(To be continued......)

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