In the secret cave of Nanfeng Mountain.

At five o'clock in the morning, the sky was already dark.

As soon as he entered the secret cave, Tang Xiaosheng opened his mouth and asked, "Yingying, you haven't told me yet, since you didn't cross over on the night of the Lantern Festival, why did you disappear in the cave at the same time?" ”

Ren Biying pointed to the ground of the cave and said, "Brother Tang, the reason is very simple, because at the bottom of the cave, there is a pit. ”

"Pit?" Tang Xiaosheng frowned slightly, he had been to this cave dozens of times, and he had never found any pits. As soon as he heard her, he looked around the cave again, and found that the ground was very flat, and he did not find any traces of excavation, which did not look like there were pits.

Ren Biying explained: "Brother Tang, from the outside, it is difficult to tell that there is a soil pit under the ground of this cave, because the entire ground of this cave is covered with a Five Elements Bagua Array. Only when this array is triggered will the ground open and the pit will be discovered. ”

"Five Elements Bagua Array?" Tang Xiaosheng's brows tightened slightly.

He is no stranger to the Five Elements Bagua Array, a more subtle formation derived from the Taiji image, which is broad and profound, very difficult to understand, anyway, Tang Xiaosheng has never figured it out. However, he had seen the wonders of this formation.

At the end of last year, in order to deal with Dongfang's undefeated, Xiao Zhao set up a five-element gossip array in the living room of Tang Xiaosheng's house. This formation connects all the furnishings of the entire living room into one, restraining each other, like a flexible net, if someone falls into the formation, unless they are proficient in the art of Qimen Dunjia, they will always be trapped in the formation, and it is difficult to break free.

At that time, Tang Xiaosheng felt that this five-element gossip array was very suitable for being placed at the gate, and it was definitely better than the security door. If this array is placed on the ground and used to seal off a pit underground, this should be fine.

Tang Xiaosheng looked around the cave again, pointed to the ground under his feet, and asked, "Yingying." Is there really a pit under the ground? ”

"Hmm. Brother Tang, I'll trigger the Five Elements Bagua Array right now and open the ground. Ren Biying said.

"Good!"

After speaking, I saw Ren Biying start to jump left and right on the ground of the cave. Jumping forward from time to time. From time to time, he retreated backwards, as if he was in a certain order of direction, in order to trigger the Five Elements Bagua Array.

Tang Xiaosheng had never understood such a subtle formation, he only vaguely remembered. Xiao Zhao once told him that the eight hexagrams of the Five Elements Bagua contain eight kinds of hexagrams, among which Qian is a horse, Kun is a cow, and Zhen is a dragon. Xun is a chicken, Kan is a pig, Li is a pheasant, Gen is a dog, and Dui is a sheep. When arranging the array, it is based on these eight hexagrams to evolve, and the eight directions in the array form a subtle relationship, and finally form a unified and mutually restrained array.

Rumble!!!

I was thinking about it, at this time. There was a sudden loud noise under the ground of the cave, and before Tang Xiaosheng could react, he felt that his feet were suddenly empty, and the whole person suddenly fell down sharply, falling downward. In the blink of an eye, he fell into a dark place, and the surroundings were suddenly pitch black, and he couldn't see half of his fingers.

"Brother Tang. Rest assured, we've just fallen into a big pit under the cave. And there is no danger. At this time, he heard Ren Biying beside him whisper, and she also fell into this pit.

Click!

At this time, a small flame suddenly lit up in the darkness, and it turned out that Ren Biying had turned on a lighter. Immediately after, she lit a red candle with a lighter, and finally there was some light around.

By the faint candlelight, Tang Xiaosheng looked around and found that this was indeed a dirt pit. The size of the pit is not too large, about three meters long, about two meters wide, and about two meters high. Looking up, I found that the top had been sealed, and the four walls of the pit were all flat brown earthen walls, which should have been excavated with tools.

"Yingying, on the night of the Lantern Festival, you just triggered the Five Elements Bagua Array, and then fell into this pit?" Tang Xiaosheng asked curiously as he looked around. He stood at the entrance of the cave that night, and then, when he heard a loud bang, he ran into the cave, only to find that everyone had disappeared. And he heard a loud bang first, and then he fell into this dirt pit.

"Brother Tang, you're right. That night, me, Miss Long, Miss Zhao and other eight people all fell into this pit. Ren Biying said affirmatively.

"But, why is there such a big pit here?" Tang Xiaosheng asked puzzled, turned his face, looked at Ren Biying, and asked, "More importantly, how do you know that there is a pit in the cave of Lu Dao, and you also know that Lu Dao is blocked by the Five Elements Bagua Array?" ”

Ren Biying said slowly: "This pit was the first one I discovered. I discovered the pit in early January of this year. At that time, I happened to learn some knowledge of the Five Elements Bagua with Xiao Zhao, so I successfully opened this Five Elements Bagua. After opening this array, he unexpectedly found that there was a dirt pit under the ground, and there were more than forty heads buried in the dirt pit! ”

"Heads?" Tang Xiaosheng's face was shocked, "Mei Chaofeng? ”

Ren Biying nodded: "My first reaction at that time was also Mei Chaofeng. This soil pit should have been dug by Mei Chaofeng, and the Five Elements Bagua Array on the ground of the cave should also be laid by Mei Chaofeng. ”

As far as Tang Xiaosheng knew, Mei Chaofeng had lived in this cave for about a year, and it was naturally not difficult for her to dig this soil pit. And Mei Chaofeng is Huang Yaoshi's apprentice, and he may also know a little about the Five Elements Bagua, so it shouldn't be difficult to set up a formation on top of the dirt pit.

However, Tang Xiaosheng still didn't understand why Mei Chaofeng wanted to dig such a big pit for Lu, and asked, "Yingying, in addition to more than forty heads in this pit, are there other things?" ”

"Yes! There were also some plastic bags of instant noodles and women's clothes, among them, there was a women's slacks with a blood book, on which were written the mantras of the second volume of "Finger Snapping Magical Power" and "Nine Yin True Scripture". In addition, there is a coffin. Ren Biying said truthfully, paused, and added, "I guess this pit is Mei Chaofeng's tomb dug for herself, and she may be preparing to bury herself here." She may have lived in this pit for a while and lived by eating instant noodles. ”

Hearing these details, Tang Xiaosheng basically said that this pit should have been dug by Mei Chaofeng, and Ren Biying's guess may not be wrong. Mei Chaofeng's greatest wish in life is to be forgiven by Huang Yaoshi. In the cave of Nanfeng Mountain, Tang Xiaosheng once forgave Mei Chaofeng as a fake Huang Yaoshi, and Mei Chaofeng felt that he had died without regrets. It is not impossible that she will dig a grave in this cave and prepare to be buried here.

I searched around the pit. Tang Xiaosheng found that there was nothing left in the pit at this time, so he asked curiously, "Yingying, didn't you say that there were more than forty heads, clothes and coffins in the pit?" Why is there nothing here? ”

Ren Biying replied: "At the end of last year, the heads, clothes and coffins here were all moved to other places in Nanfeng Mountain and buried. ”

More than half a year ago. The police were searching for Nanfeng Mountain. Some heads have been found. Tang Xiaosheng originally thought that these heads were buried by Mei Chaofeng, but now he realized that Lu Dao's heads were originally buried in this soil pit, and they were later transferred by Ren Biying.

"Yingying, why did you transfer these things from Mei Chaofeng? And also. Why do you deliberately hide from me through the pit? Tang Xiaosheng asked suspiciously, ‰ years ago, Xiaolongnu, Zhao Min and other eight people mysteriously disappeared from the cave, he thought that they were walking away, but who would have thought that they would fall into the pit under the ground of the cave. This pit was blocked by the Five Elements Bagua Array, and they obviously didn't fall into the pit unintentionally. Instead, it was premeditated, deliberately making Tang Xiaosheng mistakenly think that they had all crossed over.

Ren Biying explained: "Brother Tang, in fact, since you confessed your fake identity to everyone, Xiaolongnu and Zhao Min have decided to never see you again. Because they can't betray Yang Guo and Zhang Wuji, whether they succeed or not, they don't want to have anything to do with you anymore. Therefore, in the ten days before the crossing, that is, from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month of this year, Zhao Min, Xiaolongnu and I secretly gathered in this cave in Nanfeng Mountain. Discuss together how to leave you. After discovering that there was a dirt pit in the cave, we decided that if we failed to cross it, we would use this pit to avoid you and make you mistakenly think that we were all gone. ”

On the night of the Lantern Festival. After Zhao Min, Xiaolongnu and others decided to give up the opportunity to cross over, they also decided not to see Tang Xiaosheng again, because they wanted to be loyal to Zhang Wuji and Yang Guo. So, they deliberately let Tang Xiaosheng guard outside the entrance of the cave. Then open the Five Elements Bagua Array in the cave and fall into this dirt pit together.

When Tang Xiaosheng outside the cave heard a strange noise. When he entered the cave, he found that they were all missing, and then mistakenly thought that they had crossed over. After that, he remained alone in the cave, silently, and flipped through the dark green diary a few times. It's just that he never thought that in the diary, Zhao Min had already made a coma in advance. When he looked through his diary, he had unconsciously fallen into this coma, and after about two hours, he fell asleep.

After Tang Xiaosheng fell asleep, Zhao Min, Xiaolongnu and the other eight people opened the Five Elements Bagua Array, came out of the dirt pit, and then quietly left Nanfeng Mountain. When Tang Xiaosheng woke up, he didn't know that he had just been in a coma, he only thought that he had fallen asleep unintentionally, and he didn't know anything about Zhao Min and Xiaolongnu's escape. After that, he stayed in the cave for two days and three nights, and did not find anything unusual, before leaving the cave and going down the mountain.

Talking about this, Tang Xiaosheng suddenly realized that Zhao Min, Xiaolongnu and others had done so much, it turned out that they just didn't want to see him again. Even though they had all given up the chance to cross back, they still deliberately avoided him. Their decision to stay shows that they are full of nostalgia for this world. And after they stayed, they had to try to hide their feelings, and all the nostalgia turned into longing. It is not difficult to imagine that their inner state must be contradictory and painful.

"Brother Tang, Xiaolongnu and Zhao Min decided to avoid it because they didn't know how to face you. In their hearts, they also don't know how Lu Dao faces Yang Guo and Zhang Wuji. Each of them was originally a very dedicated woman, and they were all single-minded about their feelings, but now they suddenly find that they are in love with two men at the same time, which is completely unacceptable to them, so they are in a dilemma, extremely painful. ”

Ren Biying slowed down and said seriously, "The only way to help them untie their hearts is to make these two men they love at the same time the same person." That's why I suggest you continue to pretend to be time-travelers and deceive them, at least to make them feel better. ”

Tang Xiaosheng thought for a while and asked, "My identity has already been exposed, how can I impersonate it again?" ”

Ren Biying said: "There is a person who can help you." ”

"Who?"

"Jin Yong."