Ascend the high beach in the middle of the month, and the stars and men are crossed.

From south to north, the Yong'an Canal in the West City is flowing and the water is drained in the northeast corner of the West City to dig a "sea pool" as a place for release. The various Buddhist houses around the sea pond show that the folk customs are flourishing in religious belief, and it is also a landscape in ordinary times.

Many people poured down after dinner and strolled along the banks of the canal to eat, feasting on the first spring mood. Fang was crowded in the crowd, and he was so hot that he was covered in a thin layer of sweat, and now he is blowing the wind on the shore with his mother-in-law, and he feels very comfortable.

The mother-in-law said that she didn't dare to stay for a long time, and the wind in February and a half was still a little hard. So he turned back from the stone arch bridge, looked at the pliable plain water in the high place, and when the night came, there was only a little starlight left in the sea pool, and the figures were sparse.

The mother-in-law said that the entrance to the dungeon is on the other side of the pool.

I opened my mouth and let out a whisper: "Wow~, will many people know?" ”

Mother-in-law smiled: "Naturally not, among the ten people who know its way, eight people are tooth people like mother-in-law, and they don't spread it indiscriminately, which is also the rule of our tooth people in the east and west cities." The rest of the people who know about it are also a few 'bag inquiries' who need to pay a lot of money in exchange for news, and some strange leaders of the government and the yamen. All in all, if it is not recommended by a credible person, a person who buys this information will not be traded. ”

I asked, "However, since we are underground, there is already a lack of light, and we take advantage of the night to pass, don't we reach out and lose our fingers?" ”

The mother-in-law raised the corner of her mouth: "Who said that I went to the dungeon to play?" When it's dark, you naturally have to sleep, and the dungeon black market also receives guests during the day, and your mother-in-law is taking you to do something. ”

I was excited and expectant, and I was a little afraid of the unknown, and I followed my mother-in-law forward, and when I arrived at the shore of the sea pool, there was a circle of pavilions with similar appearances, two or three floors, and the eaves and corners flew together.

We walked to the bottom of a pavilion with no signboard in the middle, which at first glance looked like a private house, but when we turned our heads, we thought it was not, because the door was still open, and when we looked inside, there was a counter for accounting, where a young man was dialing an abacus bead.

As soon as he entered the door, the small account room looked up and smiled happily: "Yo, Yuan Po, you are here!" Hurry upstairs please. ”

Yuan Po waved the back of her hand, signaling him to "just be busy", and then took my hand up the stairs, the second floor is just a few symbolic statues, a few merit boxes, a Zen room, and the rest of the space is separated by wooden boards, so you can't see it. In short, it is a bit perfunctory, and it does not look like a business that makes a living from incense money.

A few more steps up the stairs, and you can hear the noise on the third floor. When the linoleum curtain at the end of the stairs was lifted, the bright light came to my face, and in front of me were men who did not sit at all, the smell of oil smoke was unpleasant, and the room was so smoked that I took out a handkerchief and covered my mouth and nose.

This turned out to be a private smoke house.

At this time, extremely rare tobacco is the best that has crossed the ocean, come from afar, and is rare among the rare. I heard that there are only three capable people in the capital who have the ability to open this restaurant, and this is one of them.

At a glance, I saw that each of them was holding a very thin bamboo tube, only about one finger thick and two inches long.

A pinch of tobacco is filled with one end, lit it, and then inhaled by mouth from the other end, similar to later cigarette rolls.

I snorted, "Mother-in-law, why did you come here, it's so filthy." ”

"Bear with me. cough, but my mother-in-law has smoked it, and it is very comfortable. Do you want to try it? ”

"Huh?" I was a little surprised, it turned out that the Yuan Po was so "enlightened".

Then she sighed: "Forget it, if your fake aunt knows, she will annoy me again." ”

Hey, I have to lose a sentence at any time, my mother-in-law is really a childish ghost!

The men were so engrossed that we didn't want to see anyone else, and we didn't enter the hall, but turned around in front of the counter and walked down the corridor to the inner compartment.

When my eyes were pulled away from the Cloud Swallowing Beasts, I suddenly saw Lu Youming wearing civilian clothes, sitting in a corner with a few unknown people with a face full of intoxication, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Hey, little one, let me get your handle......

I took two quick steps and disappeared.

Turning east and west in the corridor, every fork in the road mother-in-law remembers clearly, after a maze game, turned the last corner, but ahead, it is still a corridor. The yellow scorched wall skin, the dim oil lamp, I couldn't help but raise the shadow of my hand, and a big rabbit was reflected on the wall, and slowly opened its mouth wide, wanting to swallow my mother-in-law's head.

"Hey~, ahhh

I gestured and scurried forward.

The mother-in-law saw it in her eyes and laughed. Immediately, a big tiger was drawn to fight against the rabbit. The two of us were running wildly on the porch, chasing after me, laughing back and forth.

When running to the end, but saw a hut next to it was a terrace that led to the outside. I was about to go to the terrace, but my mother-in-law stroked the back of my neck again: "This way! ”

"Ahh

"Shhhh

When I entered the hut, I saw sparse wooden planks on the floor, and when I stepped on it, there was a feeling of hanging in the air, like a high platform made of wood. Inside is one of the oldest lifts, with a square iron frame, railings on three sides, and hardwood treads. Under the pedal is an iron mesh that is fused with the entire iron frame, which is very reliable to step on, and the extremely thick wire rope hangs the lift on the beam frame, and the four corners and four large wheels are the primary equipment for transporting people vertically.

She took a lamp from the candlestick and pulled a hemp rope hanging from the wall, as if it had been pulled six times, before she took me to the elevator.

I shook the railing vigorously in my posture, and the whole elevator shook slightly: "The quality is still not good, it's not too stable!" ”

My mother-in-law patted the back of my hand: "Don't move! ”

I pursed my lips and muttered in my heart, how stingy! Iron and gold are rare if they can be broken by me!

Suddenly I heard the clatter of chains, and then the elevator began to move!

The speed is not fast, and it begins to say goodbye to the ground little by little, sinking down.

The surrounding space is cramped, and the visible wall at first is only a wooden plank, but after a short fall, it becomes an earthen wall. I don't know what to do with the wall, poke it with my fingertips, but there are no sand particles falling, it is very solid.

The mother-in-law came to stop her again: "I moved so much, I carefully scratched my fingers." ”

Her words made me think, in fact, I have always felt that I am a quiet mushroom outside. Before crossing over, at most, I followed the railing of the lower bridge, occasionally grabbed the handle on the car to do pull-ups, and jumped on the scale of five cents to measure the weight of the stall for someone to jump on...... It's just a small action like this, compared to the cousin who demolished the family, that's a big fly!

So I came to the conclusion that because she plays the role of mother-in-law and mother-in-law, she mother-in-law mother! Roar!

Thinking of the words, I bit my lower lip and snickered for a moment.

The lamp in his hand flickered in the darkness, and it seemed like a long, long time, until the elevator stopped with a pop, and the flames seemed to settle down a little.

The door opened in front of me.

The mustachioed man who opened the door smiled politely and said, "Yuan Po, why is it so late." ”

Yuan Po said: "It's your turn to be on duty at night!" The city has been unstable lately, so you have to worry about it. Put the lift under it tonight, and if someone pulls the bell, you can go up and pick it up. ”

The man nodded courteously: "Haole." ”

I started to be excited again: "Mother-in-law is so good, she can talk in the dungeon!" ”

The mother-in-law smiled: "Look at the road, look at the road!" ”

As soon as I stepped out of the threshold in front of me, I was stunned!

In front of me is a veritable underground West Market, which has been copied like black magic, and stands proudly in front of me!

Above the dome was a large moon half of the dark blue, faintly visible of the flow of water waves, I was stunned, so beautiful!

I raised my head, turned around, and looked intently, feeling that I had really become a jade rabbit, infinitely close to the Guanghan Palace in my dream!

When my mother-in-law saw me, she laughed and said, "Silly boy, this is under the sea pool." ”

Belch......

Then my mother-in-law pointed to the top of her head and told me, "The water in the pond reflects the sun's light during the day, and it is the sun of this dungeon." And at night, it becomes the moon. However, there is not only one sun and moon, but it is like the world before Hou Yi shoots the sun, there are seven rounds, each round is different, and it is spectacular! ”

I exclaimed, "Wow!! Amazing!! And the stone at the bottom of the pool, it turned out to be transparent! ”

The mother-in-law said: "This is a huge white crystal mine, and there was once a big man who had the whim to store water on the top and dig half of the bottom, gradually forming what it is today." ”

The only thing that is different from the appearance of the Shangdi West Market is that every other section of the road, there is a section of "stone pillars that pass to the sky" as a support.

Also, for lighting, the lanterns on the side of the road can be said to be extinguished throughout the day. It's just that in the middle of the night, it is extinguished to light the way for those in need.

There is no wind in this underground.

After looking around for a long time, there are no big trees, only some plants that do not like light, a lush corner, or lazy climbing, or blooming alone, lacking some vitality.

It's about the end of the night, and there's still a little bit of ion. But it's no better than having a curfew on the ground, and from time to time you will meet one or two inexplicable people.

The so-called inexplicable, its expression, its posture and its dress, can be described as unexpected. Those with tattoos on their faces, those with pierced nostrils, those who lack hands and feet, and those with fierce faces...... There are also children playing with dead rats in the streets, and scantily clad women, scratching their heads and soliciting customers.

I was a little resistant: "Mother-in-law, they seem to be very unkind!" ”

My mother-in-law looked at my expression and squinted her eyes to tease me: "Just treat these people as sharp stones, cold and dead, but if you are able, you can't live in this half-pull cemetery." ”

"Then the black business you are talking about, didn't these people do it?"

"Naturally not, hired killers, targeted theft, human trafficking, etc., those people all work from above during the day, and only spend a few hours staying overnight."

I flashed my eyes twice: "Then these businesses don't often happen, right?" Then there are not many people in this underground West Market, why build such a big one. ”

"You don't know that. Some yamen will also set up an industry here, storing things that are not visible. ”

"Aren't you afraid that these thugs will steal?"

"Most of them are big things that were moved down from other entrances, and besides, these people are thugs from all over the country who are evading pursuit, and they choose to come in, they are all ready to die here, not to mention that they can't get out."

I then asked, "But I haven't seen too many guards along the way, so why can't I get out with more energy?" ”

"The elevator is half-closed every night, and it starts in the morning, and the one on duty is even more master. Let's not talk about whether you can get on the elevator, just talk about the bunch of smokers on the third floor, and a small half of them are in charge of the order of the dungeon. ”

I nodded, "I see!" ”

By this time I had walked more than a mile, and the musty smell in the air was getting stronger and stronger, and I could feel the sparseness of the air, which made me feel uncomfortable.

My mother-in-law saw that I was a little wilted, and hurriedly said, "It's almost there, and it will be fine soon." But wait a while, you have to listen to your mother-in-law. ”

I nodded, since my aunt left me here, it means that she still trusts Yuan Po, so it should not cause me any harm!

Turning into an alley, walking dozens of steps, I stopped in front of a small house.

The mother-in-law took the key and unlocked it, and it was still a small courtyard with three houses.

In the dark, my mother-in-law blew a fire and told me to take it, and then opened the door of the main house, but when I entered, she did not tell me to light the lamp, and just like that, I stood in the dark.

She fumbled for a metal ring-like handle, and with a twist, the lock opened with a thud.

And another inner room appeared.

She beckoned me in, and I groped my way inside, until I saw a box of "little stars" in front of me!

Countless small round beans, some motionless, some shining, shimmering with a light green light.

"Wow~, is this a firefly egg?"

"No, although it looks like it at this time, it is nothing more than the cunning protective color of these young eggs, and when they grow up and show their true colors, with sharp teeth and three pairs of sharp feet, they can gnaw people into white bones. If you love to eat your tongue, you can call it a worm! ”

"Huh? That's terrible, isn't it? ”

"Here, hand me your hand!"

I was creepy: "Don't don't, don't do what?" ”

Yuan Po smacked her lips: "What did you just say, forgot?" Mother-in-law will take a few drops of your blood and you will be able to cure them! ”

After saying that, he grabbed my hand, forcibly pulled it over, and scared me: "If you don't cooperate, I'll leave you here!" ”

By the light of the fire, I was trembling and saying no words, and before I could run away, I saw a sharp knife cut my fingers!

Ten fingers are connected to the heart, and the heart hurts.

I screamed and whimpered, it hurt so much!

The mother-in-law squeezed the wound, and the blood dripped down and sprinkled on the eggs, and in an instant, the blood was absorbed into the eggs! The light green fluorescent light disappeared and turned into a blood-red faint!

I'm stunned again!

My mother-in-law took out a handkerchief to cover my wound and quickly touched my head with one hand: "Okay, okay, although it hurts, but in the next ten years, if you encounter these insects, you won't be hurt!" ”

My face was full of tears and I snorted: "I've never seen this kind of worm before, I just can't hide it, and I have to suffer this crime." ”

My mother-in-law tied a knot in my finger and said earnestly, "Do you know what your Aunt Su is forcing me to hand over?" ”

I was surprised: "Could it be that my aunt wants this bug?" ”

Yuan Po shook her head: "What she wants is not this worm, but a key!" ”

Her words were round, and the trajectory of her lips was exaggerated and deep, hitting my eardrums hard.

"And now, your blood is the key!"