"Ah Le, I can't do it, I need to rest for a while, it's too hot here."

Tang Qianrou, who was crawling in the tooth hole, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and lay there and closed her eyes.

Ah Le in front of her retreated, lying there parallel to her, turning her head with difficulty, and avoiding the teeth-like rocks in the tooth hole, reaching out and shaking her body: "Qianrou, don't sleep, it's too hot and dry here, the more you sleep, the more tired you will become, and the more you sleep, the more dizzy your head becomes, I saw a bright light in front of me earlier, and I can go out immediately." ”

Tang Qianrou reluctantly opened her eyes: "How did those things get us through, this place is simply too narrow, and it is difficult for the two of us to climb on our own, let alone drag two more people." ”

Ah Le said: "Now is not the time to think about this, we have to leave this ghost place immediately, stay for another hour or two, I will be at the limit." ”

Ah Le's previous statement that he saw the light was originally a white lie, but what he didn't expect was that after climbing forward for a while, he really saw the light, but this light was a firelight, a flickering firelight.

When Ah Le helped Tang Qianrou climb out of the hole, he found that the exit was in a stone room, the stone room was like a well, and there were stairs close to the wall of the well around it, and on the walls around the stone room, there were several permanent lanterns, and there were murals on the left and right of the permanent lanterns.

When Ah Le stepped forward to look at the mural, Tang Qianrou, who turned to look at the entrance of the cave, said "Huh", Ah Le turned around when he heard the sound, only to see that the hole they had climbed out of earlier was a strange beast head, and the entrance of the cave was the mouth of the beast head.

The appearance of the beast's head looked similar to the water monster seen in the waterhole before, and the body carved out of the stone wall behind the beast's head was also similar to the water monster.

Tang Qianrou stepped forward and touched the beast's head: "This kind of carving can't come from the hands of nomads, the style should be from the hands of craftsmen in the Zhaozhou area, similar carvings, I have seen in the Berlin Temple Tower." ”

"Berlin Tower?" Ah Le also stepped forward to look, but he couldn't understand it at all, "What is that?" ”

"There is a Zhao County in Shijiazhuang, which was called Zhaozhou in ancient times, and the Berlin Temple Tower is in Zhao County, which was built in the first year of the Northern Song Dynasty." Speaking of this, Tang Qianrou suddenly remembered something, "The Song boat in that cave, the carver here, is it really related to what happened at that time?" ”

Ah Le asked, "Qianrou, aren't you looking for Qimen?" How did it get there? ”

Tang Qianrou glanced at Ah Le: "I don't know much, my father doesn't want to tell me too much, just said that he will tell me the details when he arrives in Sijishan, and besides, most of what my father knows comes from my mother." ”

Ah Le frowned and said, "Are you crazy?" You didn't know that you dared to come to this place? ”

"That's my parents!" Tang Qianrou argued, "I grew up under their teaching, what do you expect me to do in that environment?" ”

Ah Le said angrily: "You want to find Qimen, but you don't know many clues, and you also know that no matter how you struggle or do anything, you can't escape the constraints of your parents, right?" Qianrou, you are not a child in your teens and twenties, in terms of age, you are now a middle-aged person, and no one lives in such a mess as you. ”

"So!" Tang Qianrou roared, "That's why I have to find Qimen, to prove myself, to break away from them, to break away from the company!" ”

Ah Le pointed at Tang Qianrou and said, "Are you sick!?" You live for yourself, not for your parents, not for the company, you were tricked by your parents. ”

Tang Qianrou sneered: "Aren't you being tricked by the big boss?" ”

"Yes, I was tricked by him, but it was your father who first harmed me." Ah Le shook his head and said, "If it were you, would you have a chance to take revenge, wouldn't you take revenge?" ”

Tang Qianrou smiled: "So, if I have a chance to find Qimen, I will also find it!" ”

Ah Le couldn't find any reason to refute it at all, so he had to stand there dumbfounded.

Tang Qianrou calmed down her emotions, and after checking the beast's head for a while, she walked to the mural again, looked carefully at it by the firelight, and after looking around, she stood in the middle and said to herself: "There are six murals in total, but three of them are repeated, so in fact, there are only three ......."

Ah Le stood there, looked up, and asked, "Who is that man in strange armor, and he is on every painting." ”

Tang Qianrou shook her head: "I don't know, and besides, this doesn't have to be a person." ”

"Why? They all look the same. Ah Le stepped forward to look at it carefully, and then realized why Tang Qianrou said that, because although there were people wearing the same armor on the six paintings, everyone's face was not clearly drawn, but it was only smeared with white oil paint, and there were no obvious facial features at all.

After looking around, Ah Le said strangely: "Why don't you paint your face?" ”

Tang Qianrou didn't speak, just stood there thinking, Ah Le asked again, Tang Qianrou raised his hand and asked him not to speak, Ah Le had no choice but to walk up the stairs, because he hadn't eaten for too long, even he couldn't bear it, but Tang Qianrou seemed to be enchanted, standing there, whispering to herself, approaching the mural from time to time to look, and shaking her head from time to time, as if she didn't know that she was hungry.

Ah Le sat on the stairs and looked at Tang Qianrou: "Qianrou, we should go, I don't know what place this is, it's not safe, maybe those monsters will come back at any time, we have to find something to eat, see if we can get the equipment back, by the way, we have to find your mother and them." ”

Tang Qianrou shook her head, but said: "In the cast iron immortal, Yelubei and a series of materials related to Qimen that we collected before, different dynasties have different people, and there are also different cast iron immortals, including our Tang family is also one of the branches, I wonder, is this what the mural wants to express?" ”

Ah Le said: "Then what does this cast iron immortal want to do?" ”

"As long as you find Qimen, you will know what he wants to do." Tang Qianrou's gaze turned to the mural again.

Of the six murals, three are actually repeated, and the first of those three paintings shows the man in armor, raising his hand, five fingers spread, and five rays of light shoot out from the five fingers, directly into the chest of the five people kneeling in front of him, and the five men are full of sadness, and their hands are raised, as if they are ready to bow.

In the second painting, the man in armor stands on the edge of a high bed, surrounded by a kneeling man, on the bed lies a dead man with his eyes closed, and at the top of the bed floats a person who looks exactly like that person, but face down, with eyes open and a happy face. The man in armor touched the chest of the man on the bed with one hand, and pointed at the man hovering at the top of the bed with the other, and his body was still glowing with gold.

In the third painting, in front of a furnace, the man in armor raises two hands, holding a black object in his left hand and a golden object in his right hand, and there is no one around.

Tang Qianrou stood there, using her memory to record all the details in the painting, and then got up and walked up the stairs, and the two kept climbing the stairs towards the top, walking for at least half an hour without stopping, before they reached the stone chamber at the top end.

Ah Le stuck to the door of the stone room, signaled Tang Qianrou not to make a sound, looked inside by himself, was stunned just after a glance, and then slowly walked to the door and looked inside.

Tang Qianrou on the side didn't understand what was going on, so she also took a look, and after seeing it clearly, Tang Qianrou was startled, but quickly calmed down, because there were more than twenty dried corpses hanging upside down in the stone room.

"Dry corpse?" Ah Le covered his nose and walked in, although the dried corpse did not have a strong smell, but because of the environment, he subconsciously made this action.

Tang Qianrou has seen a lot of this kind of scene, after all, she personally supervised the production of a lot of iron-clad Buddhas, so these corpses that couldn't threaten her couldn't scare her at all.

"It's not just a dry corpse, it looks like a person who died in the snowy mountains." Tang Qianrou shuttled back and forth among the dried corpses, "You see, the clothes worn by these dried corpses are all modern, basically down jackets and cold-proof clothing, some of them are still wearing hiking boots on their feet, and the one over there is also carrying a hiking bag." ”

Ah Le looked at the corner on the side of the stone chamber, where there was still a lot of equipment, covered with dust, which should be the equipment used by these dry corpses before they died.

Ah Le wondered, "Why do those monsters want to get these dried corpses back and hang them here?" Could it be stored grain? They don't eat people, do they? ”

Tang Qianrou shook her head: "Probably not, this place feels like an exhibition room, a place like a showroom." Suddenly, Tang Qianrou found something, she walked quickly to a dried corpse, picked up a black palm hanging from the corpse's neck, and said in surprise: "This person is a cargo chaser!" ”

Ah Le immediately stepped forward: "How do you know?" ”

"The chasers have this kind of palm token, and I have it too." Tang Qianrou looked at the black palm carefully, "It's made of obsidian, I think about it, who would use the palm made of obsidian as a token, I remember my mother told me before......"

After thinking for a while, Tang Qianrou raised her eyes and said, "I know, it's Sun Fang!" ”

"Who is Sun Fang!?" Ah Le hurriedly asked, "Is it famous?" ”

Tang Qianrou nodded and said: "Famous, in the nineties, Sun Fang was a more famous feng shui master in Hong Kong, but in fact he was a cargo chaser, he had a nickname called Yan Guo plucking, talking about all the rare treasures that passed through Hong Kong, he would find a way to leave one, I heard that he had a warehouse in Guangdong, full of his collections, this person disappeared in the millennium, no one knows where he went, I didn't expect it to be here." ”

Speaking of this, Tang Qianrou remembered something again, and began to look for the dried corpses around, and after looking around, Tang Qianrou stopped in front of one of the dried corpses: "It's too strange." ”

Ah Le hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Look at these few." Tang Qianrou pointed to several of the dried corpses one by one with her hand, "Do you see those palm tokens hanging around their necks or waists?" ”

Ah Le said: "You mean, most of these people are cargo chasers? ”

Tang Qianrou shook her head: "I don't think most of them, maybe all of them." ”

Ah Le was taken aback: "These more than 20 dried corpses are all cargo chasers? ”

"Yes, in addition to Sun Fang, I also recognized the other five from the tokens on them." Tang Qianrou pointed to the dried corpses and called out the names one by one, "Bai Shichang, Guan Qiwen, Duan Hongbao, Yan Xinzhe, Ma Qianli, Ma Qianli I also had a relationship, do you remember the shell I gave you before?" ”

Ah Le nodded: "You mean that shell that can change color by itself when put in water?" ”

"Yes, that shell was given to me by Ma Qianli, and I met him in Thailand." Tang Qianrou looked at Ma Qianli's dried corpse, "He is a Thai overseas Chinese who doesn't like to hide his identity at all, although he is generous, but he belongs to the kind of money that has how much money to spend, the strange goods he found are basically sold, what he likes is just the process of chasing strange goods, I admire him very much, and I envy him, because few cargo chasers can be as greedy as him, that shell was given to me by him, he found it in the Strait of Malacca, I didn't expect him to die here......"

Ah Le thought for a while: "Qianrou, this matter is not right, you said that you found this place according to the clues of Xing Renju, but why do these cargo chasers also know this place?" ”

Tang Qianrou nodded: "Yes, why?" I'm aware of this problem just now, so let's get out of here and get out of this place first. ”

Ah Le and Tang Qianrou left immediately, opened the iron door next to them, as soon as the door opened, the two of them were blown back by a gust of wind, Ah Le subconsciously raised his arm to block, and when the gust of wind blew, after he put down his arm, he looked out blankly with Tang Qianrou - outside is a huge valley, there are many narrow rifts in the valley, on the cliffs on all sides of the valley, there are artificially hewn houses, all the houses are very old, but at first glance it is the style of the ancient Chinese Central Plains, Add to that the snow and mist that floats between the houses in the valley, and the colorful birds that fly by from time to time, and it's not an exaggeration to say that it's like a fairyland.

The two stood at the door for a long time, unwilling to believe that what they saw was real, and thought it was a hallucination caused by hunger and fatigue, until the second cold wind blew, and the two shivered, then they came back to their senses, slowly walked forward, leaned out and looked outside.

As soon as Ah Le poked his head out, a colorful bird landed on the railing of the building in front of the two of them, standing there with his head bowed and combing his feathers.

Ah Le stared at the bird and asked in a low voice, "Qianrou, have you seen it?" I'm not the only one who sees it, am I? It's not a hallucination, is it? ”

Tang Qianrou nodded slightly: "I also saw it, it's not an illusion, that bird looks like a phoenix." ”

A smile appeared on Ah Le's face: "Phoenix? What are you kidding, is this a wonderland? ”

"Maybe......" Tang Qianrou walked out slowly, "Maybe, this is the Qimen we have been looking for." ”

Just as the two of them were about to get close to the bird, the two also realized that someone was slowly leaning over on the left and right of the building, and the two immediately stood back to back, only to find that the people surrounding them were the "monsters" who attacked them first.

……

"Pretty bird?" Torturer ate breakfast and drank coffee as he listened to Murmov's stories of the strange events recorded in Gromov's diary.

Mo Duqiao flipped through the diary and handed it over: "Look, there are still sketches of Gromov here, what do you look like?" ”

When the torture technique took the diary, Ma Fei, Lian Jiuqi, and An Gu all leaned over to look at it.

After Ma Fei glanced at it, he immediately said, "Isn't this a phoenix?" ”

Angu also recalled there: "Yes, it's like the phoenix in the atlas I saw in China. ”

Lian Jiuqi took the diary and looked at it carefully: "It does look like a phoenix, this is really strange, there is a phoenix in Kuhan City, but is this a phoenix, or a phoenix?" ”

Ma Fei also said strangely: "There are all phoenixes, is there a dragon in it?" Kirin? White tiger? ”

Torlie appeared at the entrance of the cave with his soul brand: "It's not too early, we should set off, we may not be able to go to the Four Seasons Mountain today, but we must also get close, before the sun sets, we have to find a foothold." ”

Lian Jiuqi handed the diary back to Mo Duqiao: "Dusk Bridge, the diary is hard for you to read." ”

Mo Duqiao nodded, took the diary, and when Lian Jiuqi, Ma Fei, and An Gu all left the cave with their things, Mo Duqiao deliberately blocked the torture technique with his body, signaling him to stay.

Torture asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Mo Duqiao said: "There is one thing, I have to tell you, the main purpose of your master and Chen Taidong going back is to find the mastermind behind the scenes, and besides, your master gives me the feeling that ......"

Torture frowned: "What is it?" ”

"Death is like home." Mo Duqiao finally said those four words, "He said, after doing this, he will truly retire." ”

The torture technique was silent, and just as Ink Twilight Bridge was about to walk out of the cave, he asked, "Is there something my master is hiding from me?" ”

Mo Duqiao stopped and sighed: "Everyone has their own secrets, and your master is no exception, of course, you have to believe that your master is not a bad person." ”

Xingshu frowned: "I'm asking about Lian Jiuqi, I think Lian Jiuqi's identity is not so simple, you should know, his original surname is Helian, what is Helian's surname, what is Helian's origin, you know, my master knows better, Qimen originally had a clear relationship with the Khitan, in addition, even Jiuqi's life experience, my master, you, you have never said it, even Jiuqi himself is confused, isn't it strange?" ”

Mo Duqiao nodded and turned around: "Criminal art, I have to say, your thinking ability is almost unlimited, you think more than others, and you are more thorough and broad than others, but there are some things, I don't know much, I am not a good inquirer, the reason is that once I inquire well, it will attract people to study me, do you know what I mean?" ”

Xingshu shook his head: "I don't understand, you make it clear." ”

Mo Duqiao smiled: "There are some things that can't be explained, just like Angu, even if he dies now, he is unwilling to say what he experienced during the time before he entered the Four Seasons Mountain, everyone has their own reasons for keeping secrets, he also has them, I have them, your master also has them, if you want to dig out the secret, you have to be ready to sacrifice, and you have to be ready to accept the facts behind the secret." ”

When the Twilight Bridge was about to leave again, the torture technique took two steps forward and asked, "One last question for you." ”

Mo Duqiao nodded, "Ask." ”

Xingshu glanced at the entrance of the cave, made sure that there was no one there, and asked, "What is the relationship between Lian Jiuqi and me?" Is he my father? ”

Mo Duqiao didn't answer, just looked at the torture technique.

Xingshu clenched his fists: "I know you are all hiding from me, Lian Jiuqi and I have too much contact, I noticed it from the beginning, especially when Lian Jiuqi said about the jade piece that day, I remembered, my adoptive father said to me, when my mother was alive, he repeatedly told him to let my adoptive father not let me touch jade, contact antiques, otherwise it will be doomed, and then when it's okay, she will sing that song He Rijun will come again, and, before she died, my adoptive father asked her what she wanted, she said, she wanted to watch the jade piece again, My adoptive father didn't understand what that meant, and I didn't understand it until that day when Lian Jiuqi told the story of the jade tablets, and I didn't react......"

Mo Duqiao said expressionlessly, "Then why don't you recognize him?" ”

Xingshu looked at the ground: "Then why didn't he come back to me and my mother after he escaped death?" 2k reading network