Beneath the half-foot-long stalk of the cut down chest-length grass, a white-flowered toothy skull looked at the two of them with black hole-in-the-dark eyes.

Sen Sen's white teeth, deep eyes, like a smile but not a smile, like a word, a glimpse, makes people's souls fly away.

Wang Yuan and Gongsun Lan both let out nervous gasps, looking at the skulls and scattered white bones on the ground, they didn't know what to do for a while. The cold wind blows around, and the long grass is surging like a wave, making a rustling sound, which really makes people feel scared and chill down their spines.

Wang Yuan bit his tongue and calmed down, and said softly: "It's okay, it's just bones, since someone has disappeared here, it's not surprising that there are bones here." ”

Gongsun Lan also returned to normal, nodded and said, "Yes, let's continue to move forward." ”

Wang Yuan nodded, reached out and picked up a dead branch, gathered the skull and a pile of bones, and covered it with the long cut grass.

"There must be a lot of these things under this long grass, cousin, be careful, maybe you will encounter it again. Fortunately, we are about to arrive at the house, and it is not early, so we need to figure it out before dark. ”

Gongsun Lan seemed to have gotten used to the title of cousin, or she didn't want to put her mind on it at all here and now, so she turned around and went to mow the grass again with her short sword, this time without encountering the remains of dry bones, and soon arrived at the backyard wall of Liu's house. There are many places where the wall of this courtyard has collapsed, but the places that have not collapsed are as high as one zhang or three or four feet, which is the standard for the walls of large households.

The two found a collapsed gap, and gently climbed into the backyard through the gap, and as far as the eye could see, the backyard was depressed and dilapidated. In the west, tall trees shade the sky, and a tall rockery is covered with withered vines and charred foliage, and spots of moss are thriving in the bare places.

On the side of the rockery, a dilapidated pavilion stands, the glazed tiles at the top have collapsed in half, and the four corners of the pillars are wrapped with vines, and you can vaguely see the colorful patterns and lacquer prints on the mottled pillars and cornices, you can imagine that this pavilion was originally a delicate place for people to rest in the backyard.

In what was once a meadow, the grass grew up to the knees, and a swing squeaked and swayed in the wind, and it looked like the rope was about to break and collapse at any moment.

On a gravel-paved path, grass grows in the cracks of the stones, but after all, it is much sparse compared to the surrounding wild grass, and traces of the road can be vaguely seen. The two of them walked lightly along the path, and there was no trace of human or living creatures except for the wild growth of trees and weeds, and a small pond messed up with duckweed and dead lotus leaves, and there was no sound in the whole backyard except for the rustle of the wind blowing the trees and grass and the creaking of the swings.

The round arch of the back garden is in front, and before entering the back house, Gongsun Lan and Wang Yuan hid on the side of the rockery and discussed a few words in a low voice.

"I'll go check it out first, and then you come in, and if there's anything weird, I'll deal with it myself, and you'll have time to run away at worst." Gongsun Lan whispered in Wang Yuan's ear.

Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "Go in together, how can you let you be in danger alone?" I am a man, how can I hide behind you? ”

Gongsun Lan frowned and said: "Now is not the time to be reckless, listen to me, I will come when I go." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "It's not reckless, you may be more afraid than me when you encounter ghosts, men have yang energy, ghosts are afraid of three points, even if you are the first in the world in martial arts, you can't replace it, let's advance and retreat together, and take care of each other." ”

Gongsun Lan frowned and said angrily: "Why do you have so much to say? ”

Wang Yuan smiled, pointed to a small tree and said, "Help me cut it down and sharpen it for a weapon, although I'm sure there are no ghosts here, but always just in case." ”

Gongsun Lan moved his wrist, brushed a few times, and a pointed wooden stick was handed to Wang Yuan, Wang Yuan picked his fingers, walked towards the arch, lifted the vines that fell like a curtain and stepped into the back house, in front of the desolate stone road were seven or eight crumbling houses, the two did not dare to swagger close, quietly hiding their figures, but in fact, they were also deceiving themselves, how could they avoid it if there were really ghosts.

The back house with its beautifully carved beams and eaves still has the charm of the past, and although the walls are collapsed and cracked, the beams are crooked, and the cobwebs are all over the place, but the scale and grandeur of the house can still be imagined.

"Go in and take a look." Wang Yuan said in a low voice.

Gongsun Lan nodded, waved her sword to cut off the tattered curtain hanging at the back door of the main house, and jumped into the room, Wang Yuan hurriedly followed, and the two of them instantly turned into clay sculptures and wood carvings, standing there with big eyes and goosebumps on their bodies.

The scene in the house was so eerie, not that there were ghosts waiting in the house, but that the light from the tattered roof made the ground in the house look strange. The ground of the main house, which is dozens of steps square, is full of craters, like the craters on the face of a leper or a crater on the surface of the moon.

It should be said that it is more serious than that. The floor of the house was filled with large pits and small pits, and the whole ground was full of pits, one after the other, and there was no flat ground. At this moment, the place where Wang Yuan and Gongsun Lan settled was a pit at the back entrance, but it was a little shallower.

Gongsun Lan looked at Wang Yuan in shock, and a trace of panic flashed in her eyes.

Wang Yuan squinted his eyes and carefully examined the traces of the surrounding potholes, and said in a low voice: "Go to the wings on both sides and take a look." ”

Gongsun Lan nodded, and the two carefully bypassed the deep pit and climbed through the shallow pit with difficulty, and first came to the wing room on the left side to check. Looking at the wing room on the right, it was still the same, and I went out of the front door to the small courtyard at the patio of the back house, and found that there were many potholes on the ground of the small courtyard, but it was not as dense as in the house.

The two gathered again in the corner under a tall mulberry tree, Gongsun Lan saw sweat on his forehead, and said slightly: "What the hell is going on?" It's weird, isn't it...... Are there really ghosts? Otherwise, how could there be such a strange situation. ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "Cousin is scared? ”

Gongsun Lan glanced at him and said, "What am I afraid of?" I just think it's a little weird. Do you know what's going on? ”

Wang Yuan said softly: "I know, these are the tombs of the graves, and the corpses inside have crawled out, and the big and small men and women will come to us for trouble in a while." ”

Gongsun Lan screamed, leaned closer to Wang Yuan, clinging to Wang Yuan's body, raising the short sword in his hand, and looking around nervously. Wang Yuan was very happy in his heart, Gongsun Lan's body was soft, with a unique body fragrance, and she leaned on her chest to be specially used. From this angle, you can see Gongsun Lan's snow-white and slender neck, as well as the bulging chest that can't be concealed in men's clothes, Wang Yuan even had the slightest urge to reach out and wrap up Gongsun Lan's thin waist, but in the end he still didn't dare to reach out.

"Let's get out of here quickly, and if it's as you say, we won't be able to linger again." Gongsun Lan spoke hurriedly, grabbed Wang Yuan's arm and was about to leave.

Wang Yuan suddenly laughed, and Gongsun Lan turned his head to look at Wang Yuan in surprise and said, "What are you laughing at?" Evil? ”

Wang Yuanxiao's stomach hurt, and he gasped: "You really believe that I am talking nonsense, what I said is lying to you, what kind of tomb is there, I made it up to scare you." ”

Gongsun Lan was stunned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? But what you said is quite true, full of potholes, why is that? ”

Wang Yuan smiled and pointed to the pit on the ground and said: "If it is a tomb, at least there are traces of coffins, even if it is rotten, there is rotten wood, so many tombs will not be seen as soon as the coffin board is gone, how is it possible?" ”

Gongsun Lan frowned and said, "That's the same." But what's going on here? ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "I have checked carefully just now, and there are obvious digging marks of pickaxes and hoes on the edge of the ears of these pits, which seem to be caused by deliberate excavation, and they are definitely not some tombs." Hehe, scared you. ”

Gongsun Lan ignored Wang Yuan, carefully inspected the edges of several pits, and when he stood up, his face was already full of anger, and he said to Wang Yuan in a cold voice: "You dare to tease me, believe it or not, I let one of the pits become your tomb." ”

Wang Yuan hurriedly said: "I believe it, just kidding, I didn't expect you to be really fooled." My fault, I don't dare anymore. ”

Gongsun Lan said angrily: "If it weren't for this weird place, how would I fall for you?" You're so hateful. ”

Wang Yuan apologized repeatedly, and Gongsun Lan gritted her teeth hatefully, but after all, she still endured it.

The two of them went from the back house to the front hall and the front yard, and it was very strange that almost every room in the ruined house had been dug with large holes and small pits. Even some of the walls collapsed as if they had been excavated by man, because the interior walls of the house, which did not bear weight at all and were not protected from wind and rain, also collapsed, which is obviously illogical.

"What kind of people do you say are digging so many holes here, it's not something that can be dug in a day or two, so many holes even a group of people have to dig for three or five years, and the question is why are they digging holes here? It's weirdly tight. Gongsun Lan frowned and pondered.

Wang Yuan said: "Such a digging method seems to be looking for something buried in the ground or hidden, which is really strange." ”

"Looking for something?" Gongsun Lan seemed to understand something, looked around the mansion and said: "The old man said that this was originally Liu Wenjing's residence, and Liu Wenjing was the founder of the Tang Dynasty, and he was once favored and favored, can he say ......?"

Wang Yuan had a flash of inspiration in his mind, looked at Gongsun Lan and said, "Cousin, I seem to understand." ”

Gongsun Lan nodded slightly, and said with a hint of excitement in her eyes: "I seem to understand something." ”