Before he finished speaking, he received a blow on the back of the neck, rolled his eyes and fell down.

Pei Yue withdrew his hand and glanced at Pu Run. Purun didn't get angry, but just sighed and pronounced the Buddha's name: "Go ahead, I'll be here to guard." ”

Nodding, Li Tao shouted "go" to Pei Yue and Li Bai, and went straight to the bottom of the tower.

The moonlight is like a match, gilding the entire tower with silver light, which is more mysterious than the solemnity of the day.

"Do you remember that day?" Li Tao walked to the front of the tower, stood down, and said to Li Bai: "This is your position." ”

He took a few more steps to the other side, "Yuan Jue is here." ”

"Yes."

"Hmm. And then what? ”

Li Bai remembered the scene at that time: "He said that this tower was built by the emperor, and he also pointed out the inscription to me." ”

"That's right." Taking two steps back, Li Tao walked to the monument and stood still, simulating Yuan Jue's movements, "I remember, he stopped as soon as he spoke, his expression suddenly became weird, and he has been in a state of mind since then. Yuan Jue probably found something at that time, and the murderer may have been at the scene, and he noticed that his expression was different, so he decided to kill people. ”

"What could it be?"

"For example, a bloodstain that was forgotten to wipe it," the gaze fell on the Imperial Stone, "or, an accidentally exposed mechanism." ”

As he spoke, he reached out and stroked slowly on the stone tablet. The surface of the stele is unusually smooth and dusty, and it seems to have been specially wiped recently. The finger touched a certain place on the back of the stele, and with a sudden push, there was a "click" sound, and the heavy stele spun in place like a spinning top, and at the same time. A four-foot-square hole appeared in the ground, and Li Tao, who had been standing there, was gone.

Pei Yue and Li Bai were shocked and hurriedly rushed to the stone stele. The entrance to the cave is deep. You don't see it at all.

Pei Yue lowered his throat and shouted, "Little master! Little master! ”

But there was no response quietly, Pei Yue knew that something was wrong, gritted his teeth, and jumped in. Unexpectedly, the foot quickly touched the ground, and it turned out that the landing place was only more than one person high from the ground. Without waiting for a sigh of relief, Li Bai also fell. After stumbling, he slipped down a downward passage with Pei Yue.

The two of them were in a hurry, and their hands were scratching everywhere. But they couldn't find a place to support and grip. At first, he could barely maintain his balance, but then he continued to roll and crawl until he hit a wall-like obstacle with a "bang".

Dizziness and dizziness. Li Bai finally got up. I heard someone "ha" in my ear, and I couldn't help laughing.

Li Bai hurriedly touched his waist, fortunately the sword was still there, he took it out and held it in his hand, and shouted: "The king of the county!" Where are you? ”

"Here."

A lazy reply came from behind Li Bai, and then a star lit up. Li Bai Huoran turned around and saw Li Tao sitting on the ground for a long time, using the firewood in his hand to light Songming. When you look closely. Although Li Tao had his hair scattered, the monk's hat had been thrown somewhere. But he was full of smiles, presumably he had just encountered the same as Li Bai.

Pei Yue's situation was much better than Li Bai's, and he asked nervously, "Little master, are you okay?" ”

"Well, it's okay."

Pei Yue breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Bai complained in a low voice: "Why didn't the county king answer just now? It's also good to be reminded, but it hurt me to fall this big fall. ”

Standing up, Li Tao dusted off the dust on his body: "The so-called blessings are shared, difficulties are shared, holes are shared, and wrestling is fallen." Since they are friends, Brother Li won't mind losing this one, right? ”

"This ......"

Although Li Bai knew that Li Tao was deliberately leading himself down to watch the joke, he couldn't attack.

Li Tao continued as if nothing had happened: "Besides, I am alone in the ground, pitch black, and the situation is unknown, how dare I answer at will to expose the target?" Naturally, I found a corner to hide first. ”

What Li Tao said also made sense, Li Bai didn't care anymore, he suddenly felt a slight tingling in his palm, and when he raised it to his eyes, he saw it, but it was scratched when he was just propped on the ground, and there were several green and black moss marks.

Looking back, the trail is covered with moss, no wonder it's so slippery.

"This is the origin of the imprints on the hands of Jingxiu and Yuanjue. Moss grows not only in the mountains, but also in damp places underground. Li Tao held the pine light upward, and there were water droplets seeping out of the side wall: "The soil here was originally dry, but the top is exactly where the bamboo pipe sink is. ”

"In other words, the two of them have been here before!" Li Baida was excited, "Sure enough, I didn't find a mistake!" ”

Li Tao glanced at Li Bai listlessly, but the words he said seemed to be a basin of cold water: "Not only have I been here, but I have died here." ”

The surrounding darkness was dark, and the only light source was Song Ming in Li Tao's hand. The surrounding walls are all made of rammed earth, and it seems to be a long time.

"Why is there such a tunnel under the tower? It looks even older than the temple. ”

"It's not surprising that the Buddha Gate Temple Tower often has a kind of underground palace to collect secret treasures and holy relics. My guess is that this tunnel has been around before. ”

After taking two steps forward, a passage appeared in front of me, and it was pitch black and I didn't know where it leads. The entrance to the passage is less than five feet high, and it is narrow enough to accommodate only one person. Fortunately, Songming is still burning, and there is no sign of thin air, so there must be another ventilation inside.

"Come on."

Li Tao did not hesitate to bend down and walked in. Pei Yue and Li Bai followed closely behind them, a little apprehensive in their hearts, but seeing that Li Tao looked confident, they immediately calmed down.

The smell of earth came to the face, almost giving the illusion of entering a grave. Li Tao walked very slowly, looking around as he walked, but his footsteps did not stop, and the surroundings were so silent that only the two of them could be heard. Stepping over a stone ridge on the ground, there was a "whew" sound, and the wind was blowing in his face, and he quickly took a step back and stretched out his other hand to protect the fire. In front of me, we had reached a slightly open place, about seven paces wide, facing a stone chamber.

"Look!"

Li Bai couldn't suppress his low exhalation, and the stone door and the ground next to the door were covered with dark brown bloodstains.

"Well, it seems that Jingxiu was killed that day, and this is it." Li Tao quietly leaned over to inspect the marks on the ground, then stood up again and stretched out his hand.

"Sword."

Li Bai hurriedly handed it over. Li Tao motioned for Li Bai to stand aside, first looked carefully around the stone door, and after making sure, he inserted the knife into the crack of the door and immediately dodged. As expected, there was no hidden weapon or anything like that, so I came to the door and pulled it open.

Glance indoors. At first glance, it looks empty, but there are traces on the ground, as if someone has recently arrived, and in the middle of the house there is an earthen platform, as if it was once used to put something, but now there is nothing.

Shaking his head, Li Tao said, "It seems that you and I are late." There should have been something strange here, maybe a treasure, maybe something else. Jingxiu and Yuanjue should have discovered the secret here and were killed. (To be continued......)