In the early morning of the next day, when He Chenxue woke up and opened her eyes, she climbed out of the tent neatly, but found that there were four people sitting outside the tent, in addition to Xingshu, Bai Zhongzheng and Guo Shiji, there was another pale-haired man who was also wearing a corpse face, and it could be seen from the gray hair that the newly appeared corpse-faced man was already old.

Xingshu sat on a stone and looked at the three people in front of him - Guo Hongkui sat in the middle, Bai Zhongzheng on the left leaned against the tree, Guo Shiqi on the right squatted there smoking a cigarette, and He Chenxue's appearance made Guo Hongkui, who was originally talking about something, no longer speak.

The torture technique beckoned, asked He Chenxue to come to his side, and at the same time introduced: "Kui Ye, this is my wife, He Chenxue." ”

"Yes." Guo Hongkui nodded, although he knew that He Chenxue was not the real wife of the torture technique, but it was pointless to break it at this time, "If it weren't for the fact that you had already deduced that I was still hiding in the shadows, I would definitely not have shown up." ”

When Guo Hongkui said this, Guo Shiqi looked at Bai Zhongzheng on the left with complaining eyes, and felt that Guo Hongkui's defeat was all due to him.

"Hello Kuiye." He Chenxue said immediately, and Guo Hongkui nodded slightly.

Torture pointed to the distance and said to He Chenxue: "The gate of the earth has been opened, Kui Ye just said that when we fell asleep last night, the killer had already entered the gate of the earth first, and he has not come out until now." So, we were discussing whether or not to go down, and if we went down, whether to leave one person outside, and if we didn't leave anyone, if someone closed the door from the outside, then we were dead. ”

"Don't worry, there must be another way out." Bai Zhongzheng interjected, "That killer, as well as the three foreign treasure hunting experts, they are not fools, knowing that we are all outside, all four of them go in, which means that there must be other exits below." ”

He Chenxue nodded and said, "Does this also mean that the killer may have something to do with the cult tragedy back then?" ”

"I think so too." "It seems that the previous speculation was correct, the killer may have something to do with the mastermind behind the scenes, but it is not necessarily the person who experienced that incident back then, you must know that it has been decades since that era, even if the person is still alive, he is already very old, and he can't withstand this kind of tossing at such an old age." Therefore, this killer must know the general situation below, and also know that there is another way below. ”

After listening to this, Guo Hongkui said: "In this way, the so-called treasure vault has an entrance and an exit, the entrance can only enter and not exit, and the exit cannot enter but can only exit." ”

Torture nodded: "It should be like this, so, without further ado, we should discuss it, what should we do next?" The sooner the better, otherwise they will take the lead, and we will be empty. ”

After the torture was finished, Guo Shiji's eyes looked directly at He Chenxue, and the torture technique immediately said: "My wife's eyes are not good, you should know that she can't see too far, so she must follow me, she stays on the ground, I don't worry, and it's useless for her to stay, of course, I can't stay." ”

Guo Shiqi said coldly: "Then you are really good at calculating and getting Yan Gang and Tian Lianfeng away." ”

Xingshu looked at Guo Shiji and said: "Even if they are here, they have to go down, Yan Gang is the bodyguard I hired, Tian Lianfeng is the master, only you were killed halfway, and your skills are good, one of you is the most suitable to stay, and it can be regarded as a kind of trust, because the person waiting outside is very critical, and he can even be said to have decided the life and death of others." ”

Guo Shiji shook his head: "Didn't you say before, the entrance can only enter but not exit, is there any point in leaving people outside?" It doesn't make any sense, so all five of us can go down. ”

"Agreed!" Xingshu smiled, "But Kui Ye, I still don't understand, why do you want to cooperate with us, with the strength and wisdom of the three of you, you don't need to form an alliance with us at all, right?" ”

Kui Ye's eyes fell on He Chenxue and asked, "Girl, can I take a closer look at your eyes?" ”

He Chenxue hesitated, took off her sunglasses and said, "Okay." ”

Kui Ye stepped forward, squatted in front of He Chenxue, looked at her eyes carefully, looked at her for a long time, took out a piece of jade from his pocket, and asked, "Girl, may I ask how many layers of patterns are in this piece of jade?" ”

"Five floors." He Chenxue replied quickly.

Kui Ye asked again: "How many lines are there on the third layer?" ”

He Chenxue nodded and looked at it: "12, this kind of moire stone is fake, a mixture of glass and plastic, it is worthless." ”

Kui Ye returned to his place: "Girl, I can help you find your eyes." ”

He Chenxue was startled, and was about to speak, but Xingshu subconsciously pinched her hand, signaled her not to speak, and asked Kui Ye at the same time: "Kui Ye, this has nothing to do with the current matter, right?" ”

"Deal." Kui Ye put the fake jade in his pocket, "Help each other." ”

"How?" Torture looked at Kui Ye.

Kui Ye said lightly: "You have the clues of Qimen in your hands, and I have the clues of Shuangtong, let's exchange." ”

"Impossible." After the torture was finished, he squeezed He Chenxue's hand again, meaning that she should not be excited and not be easily deceived.

Kui Ye saw the small movements of the torture technique and his worries, and immediately said: "Don't worry, I won't let you share the clues you know, absolutely not, I just hope that my people can participate in all your next actions, of course, the people I sent don't have to worry about you to eat, drink, and Lazar, and at the same time can provide you with corresponding protection, how about it?" That's a good condition, isn't it? ”

Xingshu shook his head: "Kui Ye, I don't know you at all, but you know me well, isn't it fair?" ”

"Once raw and twice ripe." Kui Ye smiled, "When you go to buy meat, you are also making a transaction, do you still want to know about the family situation of the person who sold meat?" Or do you want to know which pig the piece of meat you bought came from? Where was the pig born, what did it eat, and when was it slaughtered? ”

Xingshu smiled: "Kui Ye, I am negotiating with you now, it is a negotiation between people, things are different, of course the reason is different, the metaphor you just now seems to say, I am negotiating with pigs, have you ever seen a pig killer negotiating with a pig?" Have you ever seen a pig killer ask the pig if he has any last wish before going under the knife? ”

Guo Shizheng was about to get angry, but was stopped by Guo Hongkui, but Bai Zhongzheng didn't say a word, still leaning against the tree.

"Okay, I'll take a step back, I only have one condition, he-" Guo Hongkui pointed at Guo Shiqi and said, "He follows you down, Bai Zhongzheng and I are guarding above, no problem, right?" ”

Xingshu got up, ready to say something, but held back, raised his hand and pointed at Bai Zhongzheng and said, "The matter has come to this, I will not argue anymore, I will choose him." ”

Guo Hongkui nodded: "Okay, no problem, it's the same for whoever you choose." ”

Xingshu turned his head and whispered to He Chenxue: "Go pack your things, I'll wait for you here." ”

He Chenxue turned around and went back to the tent to pack his things, and Xingshu stood there and simply packed his backpack, and then Guo Hongkui and Guo Shiji sent the three of them to the gate of the ground, and before going down, Guo Hongkui handed over his backpack to Bai Zhongzheng and didn't say anything superfluous.

Bai Zhongzheng was in front, He Chenxue walked in the middle, and behind the break was the torture technique, the three of them kept this simple formation and walked down the stairs, it was very dark below, even if it was illuminated with a strong flashlight, at most it could only shine five meters in front of them, and the light seemed to be swallowed up by the darkness here, giving people a feeling that they were already in hell.

"So deep?" He Chenxue was a little surprised, "And it's a straight line distance." ”

"It's not a straight-line distance, it's an arc." Bai Zhongzheng said, and then placed his flashlight next to the wall, adjusted the light of the flashlight to the most concentrated position, and pointed to the pillar of light, "Look carefully, the pillar of light is straight, and it should be parallel to the stairs and the cave wall on the right, but the stairs and the cave wall five meters away are facing the left with an arc. ”

Torture squatted down and watched: "The stairs are facing left?" Just not so obvious? ”

"No, it's actually obvious, it's just too dark, and we won't notice it when we slowly descend, there is a special stone on the surrounding cave wall, which I've seen before, like fluorescent stone, but it will only absorb the light source and will not release it." Bai Zhongzheng continued to walk downward.

The torture technique said in the back: "You are talking about a kind of stone used in the alchemy of the former Taoists, right?" ”

"Yes, that's it, I heard that it was inadvertently refined by a Taoist priest in the Ming Dynasty when he was refining pills, it's a chemical substance, that kind of stone must be stored in a certain humidity, and if it's too dry, it will crack." Bai Zhongzheng touched the cave wall next to him and said, "The stones on the cave wall are very wet now, and the ground has begun to slip, and there is still water seeping out. ”

At this time, the torture changed the topic and said: "I deliberately gave that Kui Ye a face, I didn't break it, in fact, he did it on purpose, he really wanted you to follow us, not Guo Shiji, that Guo Shiji I see, in addition to knowing a little medical skills, he is not as good as you in other aspects, and if Kui Ye points at you first, it will make me feel that his purpose is too strong, in fact, there is no need for this, even if he said to let you follow at the beginning, I will agree to come down." ”

At this time, Bai Zhongzheng suddenly stopped, stood there and said coldly: "Boss Criminal, there is one thing, I have to remind you, we are just a cooperative relationship, not partners, and it is impossible to become friends or brothers one day in the future, so you had better not get too close to us, it will not be good for you, you will regret it." ”

Xingshu smiled: "Thank you for the reminder, but unfortunately, the relationship has already been pulled." ”

Bai Zhongzheng was silent, and continued to walk downward, and then remained silent for a long time.

Above the earth gate, Guo Shiqi and Guo Hongkui stood there, Guo Shiji looked a little bored, and continued to play with his jade filter, while Guo Hongkui stood there staring at the earth gate, just watching.

"Kui Ye, in fact, you don't want me to go with you at all, right?" Guo Shiqi said in a weird manner.

Guo Hongkui hummed and said: "If you have three long and two short, the Guo family will be the last, if you have a son now, then I will definitely let you go down." ”

"I thought you thought I was inferior to Bai Zhongzheng, but it turned out that you cared about me." Guo Shiqi continued to maintain that tone, "I really misunderstood your kindness. ”

Guo Hongkui turned his head and glared at Guo Shiqi suddenly: "Shiji, you are a man!" Don't be like your mother-in-law, scolding Huai and insinuating, I care about you, and I also think that you are not as good as Bai Zhongzheng, this is your own cause! ”

Guo Shiji knew that he was excessive, so his tone immediately changed, and he asked, "Kui Ye, what do you want to do?" Since this has nothing to do with Qimen, why do you want Bai Zhongzheng to follow? ”

Guo Hongkui stared at the underground gate and said, "Since the torture art knows about our existence, does it make sense for us to hide it again?" It's better to be honest, send someone by their side, I am very relieved of Zhongzheng's skills, people like him are like opium, they will make people addicted, what does torture do? It's a cargo division, a cargo division looking for things all over the world, in fact, it's an adventure, if you want to take risks, you need people with good skills and brains, Zhong Zheng is a good candidate, this time the criminal art cooperates with Zhong Zheng, if there is a next time, he will definitely look for him, just like a weapon, people always have to choose a worthy weapon. ”

After Guo Shiji listened, he thought for a while and asked: "However, if Zhongzheng's weapon falls into the hands of torture......

"No matter how well you use any weapon, it will always hurt others, whether it is your own enemy or yourself." Guo Hongkui sneered, "Soldiers, ominous weapons, not gentlemen's weapons, have to be used as a last resort." Sadly, once it's used, who can put it down. ”

After listening to this, Guo Shiqi nodded as if he didn't understand, and his eyes fell on the gate again.

The three of them, who continued to descend, didn't find any hidden passages or anything like that, except for being dark and slippery, there were no other dangers, but after walking for a while, they found that the stairs began to go up, and it felt like walking down a spiral staircase, going to the bottom, and then going up from the spiral staircase connected to it.

"Why did you go up again?" He Chenxue was puzzled, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Bai Zhongzheng said: "Probably not, this kind of road is generally called 'the way back', in the past, when the non-royal family built the tomb road, they would build such a road if they could, of course, the premise is that kind of people have a good heart." ”

He Chenxue asked, "What do you mean?" ”

The torture technique took Bai Zhongzheng's words and said: "It means that if we are unwilling to set up a mechanism in the corridor to take people's lives, or even to take the lives of tomb robbers, most of them will place some property on this kind of way back, and let these people take their property and leave, but the place we are in now is not an ancient tomb." ”

Bai Zhongzheng said coldly in front: "If it is a tomb, the criminal boss will die, and the rule of the chaser is not to take the funeral goods, if anyone takes it, the first offender will cut off his five fingers, and the second offender will cut off his hands." ”

He Chenxue continued: "Well, the Jade Casting Society also has this rule, and it will never touch the dead jade." ”

Bai Zhongzheng continued: "But the contradiction is that the chaser can collect the things of the dead on the ground, for example, in the past war period, some people would pick up things on the battlefield to be, and this kind of thing chaser can collect them, but they have to worship before receiving, which makes people feel that this business is very hypocritical." ”

Torture snorted coldly: "You know very well. ”

Bai Zhongzheng said: "I have been in contact with a lot of cargo chasers. ”

"What about the death by your hand?" The torture technique asked coldly, He Chenxue was shocked, and he didn't know what the sentence of the torture technique meant.

Bai Zhongzheng continued: "Murder is a crime. ”

The torture is unrelenting: "If it is not discovered, then it is another matter." ”

"It's over." Bai Zhongzheng stopped, looked at the darkness in front of him, and used a flashlight to shine on the stairs that had disappeared in front of him and were facing up, and then used the flashlight to shine in front of him, and found that there was a door about seven meters forward where the stairs disappeared, and the door had a dark red light, and in the darkness it was like a red door hanging in the air.

The torture technique stepped forward, walked to the end of the stairs, reached out and probed below, found that it was empty, and took out a special pocket for small stones, and threw it down, after the stone fell, it took a long time to hear the sound of water, and when I used a flashlight to shine, I could only shine on a depth of about five meters down, and it felt like there was a deep ditch with a width of seven meters in front of them.

"Surely." Torture looked at the doorway opposite, "If you can't get there, the killer and the three treasure hunters should be standing here, not disappearing." ”

He Chenxue looked at the bottom of the deep ditch, and Bai Zhongzheng asked, "Miss Shan Tong, can you see anything?" ”

"Water, faintly." He Chenxue raised her head and said, "Maybe that red door is just a look, and the actual passage is underwater." Otherwise, how can we explain that those four people are not here now? ”

Xingshu looked down, shook his head and said: "No, you must die if you jump down, you didn't find that there is nothing clean on this staircase, there is no gravel at all, which shows that the people who built it are very cautious, clean it very clean, and don't let the people who come here pick up anything that can 'throw stones and ask for directions', although he knows that the people who come will bring some small objects, small stones and the like, but it is impossible to bring things that are too large, such as stones above five or six catties, I think, even if there is water below, it is estimated that it is very shallow, Throwing down a small stone can hear the sound of water, which makes people mistakenly think that the water is very deep, and how much does a stone weigh? A person is more than 100 pounds, jumping like this, if the water depth is only a little more than one meter, he will fall to death directly, this is a trap, you can't jump. ”

He Chenxue nodded, and asked again, "Then how did you get over?" ”

Bai Zhongzheng was shining a flashlight on the opposite door at this time, carefully looking at the lines and patterns on the door, and then asked: "Boss Xing, you are an expert, look at the age of the door opposite, maybe the clues are on it." ”

The torture technique made Bai Zhongzheng shine with a flashlight, and he looked at it with a monocular triple telescope, and he didn't have a clue for a long time, thought about it, changed his position, took Bai Zhongzheng's flashlight and looked at it carefully, and looked at it for a long time before saying: "It's a double-layer door, the first layer is through jade, and the second layer doesn't know, the first layer of the door is carved with Sanskrit Diamond Sutra, the second layer is Chinese, and the Chinese characters are in regular script." ”

"Double doors?" Bai Zhongzheng wondered, "What is that?" ”

He Chenxue explained on the side: "It is a kind of light and shadow mechanism, under the premise of no light, you can only see the text on the first layer, but this kind of large, I have seen it for the first time, I have seen a small one before, it was built by Shandong craftsmen in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, called Jiulong Tower, and the folk also nicknamed Long Live Jiulong Tower......