Lu Yu guessed that these were all food scraps that had recently entered the stomach of the strange bird, because if it was a long time, the smell could not be so strong.

There are also some large and small sand and snow blocks scattered around, and it seems that it is indeed possible that the ground on the top layer has been crushed by the recent heavy snowfall.

There is a road ahead, about a zhang wide and nearly three meters high, a bit like the kind of secret road that I walked through when I was in Zuilanfang.

Lu Yu's first reaction was to have some illusions that this was a passage to a certain place, because the surroundings were very flat, and it looked like it had been some years. However, because the light is not very sufficient, you can only see that there is a road ahead, and a few meters further there is darkness, which makes people fearful.

At this time, Zhang Wu and Wei Cong were studying the environment here, and when they saw that Lu Yu had already come in, Zhang Wu said: "Wei Cong and I both think that this place was specially dug up by someone, what do you think, second brother?" ”

Lu Yu said: "I'm also sure that this place is not natural, and it should be some years old, and the road ahead is ...... It looks a bit like a secret passage to somewhere. ”

Wei Cong nodded and said, "Yes, the villain thinks that this place was built at least a hundred years ago, and there must be an empty space in front of it." It's just that I think it's a little strange, because no one has ever noticed it before, and I haven't heard of anything strange happening, so is that strange bird living here all along? So it's over 100 years old? ”

At this time, the soldiers had also entered the cave one after another.

Zhang Wu pointed to the ground and said, "There is no other way to go here, and the blood on the ground shows that the strange bird left from here." ”

Lu Yu squatted down to observe the ground, and sure enough, he found that the blood stains had been extending to the darkness.

Wei Cong said again: "This place is very dark, in order to prevent that strange bird, the villain suggested that a few soldiers pull the net to open the road in front, and we will follow behind to further probe, I don't know what the general wants?" ”

Lu Yu nodded in agreement and said, "Wei Cong is very careful, and Long Yangjun really didn't pick the wrong person." ”

Wei Cong was somewhat satisfied with Lu Yu's praise, and immediately called four soldiers to pull a trapping net apart, one person on each side, and the other two held torches to help them light up and open the way in front, so that Lu Yu and they could see the situation ahead.

This "secret passage" is not straight, but always biased to the left, and there is a slight feeling that the ground is sloping downward, and the more you go, the darker it becomes, as if there is no end.

Wei Cong said to himself, "Could it be that this is a tomb? ”

When Lu Yu heard his words, he "chuckled" in his heart and said, "You mean that the strange bird has taken a tomb as its nest?" ”

Wei Cong squatted down and studied for a while before he said, "I hope the villain guessed wrongly, but this strange bird should have lived here originally, not recently." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "cluck" in the dark place, which sounded a little like the cry of the strange bird. Everyone was on high alert, but the voice disappeared without a trace, as if it had been an auditory hallucination. The four soldiers in front of them were pale, obviously a little timid, and in the light of the torches, they looked quite unscrupulous.

It's really a bit weird here, if it's really like Wei Cong said, then who built an underground villa for the strange bird?

After a while, there was no movement inside. Lu Yu instructed everyone to be careful before moving on.

Under the illumination of the torches of the soldiers who opened the road in front, the passage became narrower and narrower, slowly narrowing from the original width to about five feet, but it finally saw the end. The end is vaguely rectangular and looks a bit like a door frame.

Or rather, it's an entrance.

Suddenly, there was another sound coming from inside, but this time it sounded like metal dragging on the ground.

Lu Yu lowered his voice and said: "It should be the sound of the beast trap dragging on the ground, it seems that the strange bird is in the dark place ahead, everyone be careful." ”

Everyone stopped, Mu He stepped forward and said, "The blood stains extend all the way to there, General Lu should have guessed well." ”

Wei Cong glanced at the three soldiers behind him, asked them to come to the front together, walked in slowly, and then lined up on both sides.

Everyone walked very carefully, and every step was very light, because the brightness of the torches was very poor, and they could not illuminate the entire space in front of them, not only was it pitch black a few steps ahead, but even the road behind them was also dark, which made people feel a little depressed and frightened.

Fortunately, when the seven soldiers lined up, they had already reached the width of the space in front of them, which was only about two arm's lengths between each two, and it was just enough that the torches of every two people could shine on each other.

At this time, a soldier on the left suddenly said in a trembling voice: "The villain seems to be ...... I saw a coffin......"

Before the crowd could react, the soldier said, "It seems...... It seems like there is more than one ......."

All the soldiers almost exploded, and another of them said he saw the coffin.

Lu Yu and the others looked at each other in amazement, Wei Cong had suspected that this was a tomb before, did he really guess correctly?

So the passage that came in from the outside was the legendary thief hole?

When everyone was puzzled, there was a sound of "snorting" and "snorting" in the darkness ahead, which seemed to be the sound of the strange bird.

The sound is a bit like the breath that comes out when holding a cat in your arms and being comfortable.

Apparently the strange bird could not be comfortable enough to snore, because it still had a trap on its foot.

Zhang Wu and Lu Yu glanced at each other, obviously both of them thought the same.

Lu Yu said: "That strange bird should have lost too much blood and has no strength to escape, everyone carefully follow this sound, and you can see it a few steps further." ”

Although he said this, the soldier before said that he had seen more than one coffin in front of him, so everyone still walked step by step, each step very slowly.

Sure enough, after walking forward for more than two feet, the torch had already shone on something like a hill, which was the strange bird that had fallen to the ground, which happened to be the end of this space.

At this point, it was completely powerless to stand up against the people in front of it.

Lu Yu frowned and asked, "Then the beast trap should be drugged, right?" ”

Wei Cong said: "I asked Zou Ping, it is indeed smeared with poison, if not, I am afraid that it is still fighting with us at this time, and I don't even know how much effort it will take to catch it." ”

I thought there would be a vicious fight, but I didn't expect that in the end, this ferocious beast was defeated under the contemporary "high technology".

Lu Yu secretly screamed in his heart that it was a pity, this strange bird of unknown breed could not be ruled out as an animal that was about to become extinct, and now because it ran out from here to forage, it was finally planted in the hands of humans. But if you don't, it's a hassle to capture it alive.

Sure enough, the eyes of the strange bird were no longer as fierce as before, but were covered with a layer of gray, and at this time it was already out of breath and less in breath, and it seemed that it would not take long to die.

Wei Cong ordered the soldiers to use two large nets to connect them and drag the strange bird out.

Mu Chuan walked around with a torch and said, "There is no other exit here, but there is an ear chamber, and a large number of animal bones have been found. ”

Everyone exclaimed in unison: "Two? ”

Mu Chuan was taken aback by the reaction of Lu Yu and the others, and hurriedly said: "One has been dead for a long time, and it is also in that ear chamber, it looks like it should have been dead for several years." ”

Only then did everyone relax that if there was still one alive, it would be a real headache.

Lu Yu had a question in his heart, because if the entrance to the cave had only recently collapsed, and there was no other exit here, then these hundred birds would not have to eat, and they would not go out to catch animals to eat until the hole appeared?

Wei Cong said: "Anyway, anyway, it has been confirmed that the other one has long since died, which is already a great blessing." ”

Lu Yu couldn't help but ask, "The bones of those animals are enough for two strange birds to eat for decades?" ”

Mu He also said: "The world is so big, there are no surprises, I have heard that there is a kind of divine beast that can continue to be like hibernation without eating for many years, but if it is decades or even hundreds of years, it is a little incredible." ”

Wei Cong smiled dumbly and said, "Could it be that these two strange birds are the divine beasts used to guard these coffins?" ”

Lu Yu "chuckled" in his heart and said, "What Wei Cong said is very likely to be the truth. However, these two strange birds are not divine beasts, but mortal beasts. ”

Everyone laughed, and suddenly there was a sense of ease in completing the task.

Lu Yu suddenly found that Zhang Wu was not by their side, so he asked again, "What about the eldest brother?" ”

Only then did everyone realize that Zhang Wu was not beside them.

But soon, Zhang Wu's voice sounded in the back: "I'm studying these coffins, and there seems to be some doorway." ”

When Lu Yu heard him say this, he looked for the sound and walked over.

Wei Cong and the Mu brothers also surrounded the area with torches held high, lighting up the area.

Zhang Wu said: "I walked around just now and found that there are a total of seven coffins here. The orientation seems to be a little strange, as if it is arranged according to the orientation of the Big Dipper, but I'm not sure, I need someone to stand next to each coffin and hold up a torch for me to be sure. ”

When Lu Yu heard him say this, he asked Wei Cong to do what he ordered. At this time, there was a fire at the entrance, and it was the two soldiers who had gone and returned.

Wei Cong shouted and told them to walk over to each coffin and hold the torches aloft.

Lu Yu, Wei Cong, and the Mu brothers groped their way to the other four coffins, plus Zhang Wu, there were just seven people.

I only heard Zhang Wu say: "I really didn't guess wrong, the position of these seven coffins is exactly according to the position of the seven stars, my corresponding position is Tianshu, the second brother is Tianxuan, Wei Cong's position is Tianji, followed by Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Shaoguang." It seems that the person who arranged it, or the person inside the coffin, should have some doorway. ”

Lu Yu took a look and felt that although the position of the seven people was standing was a bit like the seven stars, it was not the funnel-shaped Big Dipper that he was familiar with, as if the direction of the seven coffins corresponding to the seven star funnels was not the same. But he was not familiar with astronomy, and he was not very sure, because he had heard before that the position of the seven stars was not fixed, maybe the shape of the Big Dipper two thousand years ago was this.