Coincidentally, after Zhou Xiaolong got the bones of the two children, he followed Guo Laohan down the mountain, and when they were going down the mountain, they happened to see a ruined temple.

Director Wu himself is engaged in tourism, and he is also particularly interested in Taoist temples or temples and other buildings, and he also has a certain amount of research.

The ruined temple in front of him, although it is very dilapidated, is very old at a glance.

According to the experience of Director Wu, this temple was built at least 300 years ago, and the scale is not small.

At this time, it was already a little dark, and Director Wu stopped at the gate of the temple and didn't leave, wanting to go in and have a look.

Zhou Xiaolong is also more interested, because places like ancient temples will make people have a delusion of going in to explore the secrets.

The door of the main hall was tightly closed, because it had a large bronze lock on the outside, and it was not known who it was, or what era it was locked.

However, this does not mean that there are no people in here, because right next to it, there is already a corner of the wall that has collapsed, and one can get into it by leaning down.

At the suggestion of Director Wu, everyone walked into this temple, and when they got inside, they saw that there were many traces of smoke and fire on the walls, but most of the faces were still vaguely recognizable.

This hall should be the main hall at that time, and the ceiling part is made of hollow wood carvings, carved with Tai Chi Bagua, gourds, cranes and other patterns.

The walls are painted on all sides, and the murals on both sides are indistinguishable, only the figure on the mural on the right can still be distinguished, this mural shows an old man holding a dust, as if meditating.

Looking at the costumes of the characters on the murals, it seems that it is not a monk temple, it should be a Taoist temple.

The lines on the surrounding walls seem to be composed of words or symbols, which is very peculiar.

Zhou Xiaolong couldn't help but look at it a few more times, but he was attracted by those things that looked like words, although he couldn't understand it, but he felt that Uncle Bai Zimo or Professor Cui could probably understand it.

So, Zhou Xiaolong took out his mobile phone and took some photos of the patterns on the wall.

Guo Laohan said: "The older generation of people call this place the temple of the gods, as for what gods have come out of our poor ravine, I really don't know, and then there is a man-made house or something, I came here to pick bricks to build a house, but I don't know how to do it, the house built with the wall bricks in this temple is easy to fall, and a family has been stoned to death, gradually, everyone will not dare to use it......"

Listening to Guo Laohan's words, Zhou Xiaolong and Director Wu walked into the apse, and what made people feel terrifying was that the entire space was empty, except for a large vermilion coffin in the middle, and the ash on it had fallen to a full layer.

The musty smell in this room was very heavy, but fortunately there was a bright tile overhead, and the light from outside was shining through the bright tile, and it was not dead and dark here, but something could still be distinguished.

After Director Wu saw the coffin, his courage seemed to have become smaller all of a sudden, so he asked Guo Laohan who was sleeping in this coffin, and was it the owner of this broken temple? !

Guo Laohan smiled bitterly, and asked Director Wu not to be nervous, there was no one in this coffin at all, it was just an ornament, since he was a child, this was an empty coffin.

It turned out to be just an empty coffin, and Director Wu breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Xiaolong was a little puzzled, why put an empty coffin in a ruined temple, what is the purpose of this?!

Zhou Xiaolong turned his head and asked Guo Laohan, but Guo Laohan shook his head and said: "I don't know, this empty coffin is very heavy, it seems to be connected to the ground, no one can move it, and the people in the village generally don't enter here, so it has been kept in its original state until now......

Director Wu looked at the sky a little nervously, and said to Zhou Xiaolong: "Mr. Zhou, this place is gloomy and compassionate, and it's getting dark, otherwise, let's go!" ”

There was no point in continuing to stay here, so Zhou Xiaolong followed Guo Laohan down the mountain.

……

After going down the mountain, Zhou Xiaolong and Director Wu continued to go to the small inn arranged by Director Wu to rest.

I will stay for another night, and I will go back tomorrow morning, because Director Wu's ancestral grave has also been moved, and there is no need to continue to stay in this mountain village.

At night in this mountain village, people go to bed very early, and as soon as eight o'clock in the night, there is no pedestrians outside, as if it is late at night.

Normally, Zhou Xiaolong didn't go to bed until eleven o'clock at night, and now it's only eight o'clock, and Zhou Xiaolong can't sleep.

It was really boring, so Zhou Xiaolong made a phone call to his uncle Bai Zimo, and by the way, he told his uncle about the broken temple and the empty coffin in the broken temple when he went down the mountain in the evening.

The fat bird on the other side of the phone is eating peanuts while watching TV, which is very comfortable.

When the big fat bird heard Zhou Xiaolong mention what he had encountered, Bai Zimo couldn't help but say coldly: "Xiaolong, let me ask you, what is the purpose of your trip to the mountains this time?!" ”

Zhou Xiaolong replied without thinking about it: "Of course, I accompanied Director Wu to see the ancestral tomb!" ”

Bai Zimo said again: "Since you haven't forgotten, just do what you need to do, what do you want to do so much?!" ”

Zhou Xiaolong nodded and said, "Well, Uncle Shi, what you said is also right. ”

Bai Zimo said impatiently: "After you get what needs to be done, let's go home quickly, okay, the deity still wants to watch TV, I won't talk to you." ”

Bai Zimo hung up the phone, and Zhou Xiaolong put his hands behind his head, but he still couldn't sleep.

People are always like this, the more they want to fall asleep, the more they are not sleepy, and the more they feel that time flies really slowly.

After tossing and turning for a long time, I turned on my phone and looked at the time, only ten minutes had passed, but it felt like an hour was so long.

Zhou Xiaolong really couldn't bear it anymore, he suddenly sat up, since he came, why didn't he open it and take a look?!

Zhou Xiaolong was born with such a problem of hand debt, and his curiosity was very strong, and the empty coffin had been lingering in his head.

If he didn't open it to see what was inside, just go back like this, with Zhou Xiaolong's character, he would definitely regret and feel uncomfortable.

As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, I'm afraid it's a rare tiger, and I can't sleep this night anyway, so Zhou Xiaolong decided to go to the broken temple by himself to find out!

Just like that, Zhou Xiaolong got dressed, quietly left the small hotel, and ran in the direction of the broken temple by the moonlight.

In fact, the ruined temple is not very far from this small hotel.

Zhou Xiaolong ran very fast, and within half an hour, he arrived at the place.

After entering, this time, Zhou Xiaolong did not choose to look at the wall, but went directly to the unknown coffin, in his consciousness, he felt that there must be something wrong in this coffin?

Generally speaking, if there is a master in the coffin, before the coffin is opened, the Xuanmen disciples must first put three pillars of incense on the coffin, if the incense can be burned smoothly, it proves that the main owner in the coffin will not be in big trouble.

If the incense is extinguished halfway through, it means that the owner of this coffin is no longer very happy with you stirring up here, and the sensible Xuanmen disciples will dispel the idea of opening the coffin and leave as soon as possible.

However, there was nothing abnormal about the three incense sticks ordered by Zhou Xiaolong, and after the incense was finished, Zhou Xiaolong respectfully made a gesture for the coffin.

When the incense was burned, there was nothing unusual, but that night, the dark clouds in the sky covered the moon, and it looked very dark.

Zhou Xiaolong rubbed his hands, and he was ready to open the coffin......

The coffin lid was quite heavy, and it took Zhou Xiaolong a long time to push open a crack and shine a lighter inside, and sure enough, there was nothing inside, it was empty.

Oops, it's an empty coffin!

Zhou Xiaolong felt a little more comfortable, but he was also a little disappointed, but at least he opened it and read it, and he could sleep with peace of mind when he went back.

Zhou Xiaolong was about to restore the coffin lid, but at this moment, the fire in his hand flashed, and Zhou Xiaolong seemed to see that there was a very hidden place on the side of the coffin, as if there was a circular bulge?

Zhou Xiaolong didn't think much about it, so he pressed it casually, but unexpectedly, the bottom of the coffin made a clicking sound, as if it was cracked.

Zhou Xiaolong pressed it with his hand, and a crack opened at the bottom of the coffin, which obviously looked like a secret door......

I'll it, there's a secret passage here, what's the secret down there?!

Zhou Xiaolong stood up, leaned in, and was about to push the lid of the coffin open to look inside.

At this moment, Zhou Xiaolong's big mobile phone suddenly rang, and the music sounded quite discordant here, even if Zhou Xiaolong was bold, he was taken aback!!

Zhou Xiaolong picked up his mobile phone, and when he looked at the number, it was actually his uncle Bai Zimo calling, and he immediately connected the phone.

"Uncle Shi, what's wrong?!" Zhou Xiaolong said a little nervously.

"I ask you, where are you?!" Bai Zimo asked sharply.

"I ......" Zhou Xiaolong's voice was very unconfident, and when he heard it, he felt a ghost in his heart.

", Xiaolong, why are you so disobedient," Bai Zimo's shout came from the phone, "The deity just felt that you seem to be entering a rather dangerous place, you get out of there quickly, if you don't listen to Uncle Shi's advice, I won't go there to help you collect the body!! ”

Bai Zimo's words were very serious, and Zhou Xiaolong was scared into a cold sweat.

After all, that fat bird's mana is boundless and can be calculated, could it be that there is really any great danger in the secret passage at the bottom of this coffin?!

As the saying goes, if you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer in front of you, although Zhou Xiaolong wants to go down and take a look, but he still has some sense.

In the end, Zhou Xiaolong listened to Bai Zimo's advice, and after restoring the coffin lid, he quietly returned the same way.

Back at the small hotel, Zhou Xiaolong lay on the bed, maybe he was tired from running all the way, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he actually fell asleep.

Zhou Xiaolong slept until dawn.

(End of chapter)