At the end of the road, there is a large area of tall houses, with dense eaves and tiles, vermilion lacquer pillars and beams, and gold plaques hanging high, which look majestic and magnificent, like an official office. The road is divided into two roads leading directly to the east and west, one left and one right, extending horizontally in the east and west directions, and leading to other streets.

When they came to the junction, they looked left and right, and the two roads (actually an east-west road) were opposite to each other, and the routes seemed to be symmetrical, and the end turned south.

Everyone stopped, all thinking about how to choose a route. Nanyang said: "Everyone, how do we go?" ”

Zhou De looked at the compass, the pointer turned wildly for a while, and pointed to the main hall in the center of the ancient city for a while. He said nervously: "I can't figure out which way to go, there are too many dangers here!" ”

Xu Ming sneered and said: "This is just an empty city, the streets and alleys are empty, what's so scary?" We'll just walk to the side, and we'll have to walk around here sooner or later. ”

Nanyang nodded and said, "Be careful, if we go to that hall, we can also go straight through the front room, so we don't have to take a detour." ”

Zhou De shook his head and said, "No! We try not to enter the building here, as there may be an ambush inside. He leaned over and looked at the road, as if looking for some traces, but found nothing. Finally, Zhou De looked at the road to the east on the left, frowned, and decided: "Let's go this way!" ”

The group walked along the left road, and on both sides were densely packed pavilion rooms, most of which had open doors and windows, so that they could clearly see the furnishings inside, and these buildings seemed to wait for people to enter.

Everyone stopped and stopped, and they saw that every room was furnished with furniture and antiques, and some were still hung with calligraphy and paintings. Looking at those wooden tables, wooden chairs, screens, vases and other items, each one is an original, intact and high-quality cultural relic, which is worth a lot of money.

Gao Qin and Xu Ming were dizzying, but they couldn't enter the room to observe it up close, so they had to use the camera in their hands to take a lot of pictures. If the memory card is full, replace it immediately.

Qiu Tian also holds a camera, but his attention does not seem to be on the artifacts, but on the landscape. Qiu Tian was like a tourist, pretending to take a few photos of the building, but Nanyang was secretly staring at him.

Qiu Tian is not only photographing pavilion houses, he is also interested in the trees here at the moment: although these trees grow deep underground, without sunlight and no rain, they are still alive (and have lived for hundreds of years)! Can't explain it either!

And they followed the road for a while, and then they came to the junction again: there was still a straight road in front of them, which stretched eastward, and when it reached the end, it turned to the right and went south; At this moment, turning right at the intersection is a road to the south.

It's a labyrinth, with a path leading to the main hall in the center of the city, and everyone has to make a choice.

Qiu Tian saw that there were several ancient trees growing on the side of the intersection, green and straight, so he walked over to take pictures. Gao Qin and others studied the route that should be chosen next. Xu Ming said: "It's not a way to go on like this, I don't know how long it will take to find the route to the main hall, it's better for us to act in two groups, and the speed can be faster." ”

Nanyang shook his head and said, "Now that we are trapped here, if we still act in groups, it will not be conducive to your safety." The pace of work can be slowed down, but the safety of the experts is paramount. He took out the walkie-talkie and said, "What's more, I've already tried, and the walkie-talkie is out of order here." Nanyang's implication is that if the walkie-talkie is good, the two groups can contact each other anytime and anywhere, and it is possible to act separately. Now the two groups can't contact each other, and they have to act rashly, which is really risky.

Xu Ming took a walkie-talkie and tried to talk to Nanyang, when the distance between him and Nanyang was more than eleven or twelve meters, there was only swishing interference in the walkie-talkie, and they couldn't hear each other's voices. Xu Yang frowned, but he didn't expect the walkie-talkie to fail.

Xu Ming adjusted the frequency and tried to get the walkie-talkie, but there was only a sizzling sound in the walkie-talkie. He adjusted the frequency again, and suddenly there was a sound of "boom boom" on the walkie-talkie, like a crack in the ground.

Everyone was shocked: the sound was like the earth tearing apart and the ghost door shut! But the strange sound died down immediately.

Xu Ming's forehead was sweaty, he adjusted the frequency again, and only the walkie-talkie was left with a sizzling sound, and after a while, there was a strange sound of "buzzing" from the walkie-talkie.

The "buzzing" sound was fleeting, and the walkie-talkie was left with a sizzling sound. This time, no matter how Xu Ming debugged, there was no longer a strange sound on the walkie-talkie.

Everyone looked at each other speechlessly, and they were all a little stunned: what does the voice received by the intercom by chance mean?!

At this time, Qiu Tian put down the camera in his hand, and he seemed to have found something.

Qiu Tian stood by an ancient tree and said to Zhou De, "Master Zhou, look! ”

When everyone heard Qiu Tian's words, their spirits perked up, and they all turned their heads to look at him.

Zhou De was thinking about the strange sound on the walkie-talkie, when he saw Qiu Tian calling him, he asked, "What did you find?" ”

Qiu Tian said: "Someone left a mark on this tree!" ”

When Zhou De heard this, his expression became excited, and he hurriedly walked to the tree.

Everyone gathered around in amazement, only to see a mark on the thick trunk, which was not deep or very obvious, and looked carved by a sharp weapon.

If Qiu Tian hadn't been taking pictures of the tree, almost no one would have noticed the marks on the tree, and at the same time, it also showed Qiu Tian's keen observation.

The crowd saw someone leave a mark on the tree, indicating that someone had been here. Gao Qin lost his voice and said, "Senior brother, is there really a tomb robber who has been here?" ”

Xu Ming said: "Looking at this mark, it is indeed deliberately left by someone to write down the route and prevent taking the wrong road." He said to Gao Qin, "However, it is not yet certain who is the one who engraved the mark. If it was a tomb robber, why didn't they steal the precious artifacts in the room above? ”

When everyone heard what Xu Ming said, they all felt that there was some truth: those gold treasures in the upper room were already worth a lot of money, if the tomb robbers had come, how could they leave those treasures? So who are the people who come in here?

At the same time, everyone was puzzled: since someone had found this ancient ruin, how could this ancient ruin be preserved intact to this day?

Zhou De didn't speak, his expression became even more excited, as if he already knew who left the mark, and chased after him along the road to the south.

When everyone saw that Master Zhou had set off, they all followed, and Ah Hu and Zhu were afraid that Master Zhou was in danger, so they strode after him.

The crowd followed the signs along the way, turned left and right, passed through many streets, walked through many intersections, shuttled between buildings and buildings, and sure enough, they were getting closer and closer to the center of the ancient city.

Xu Ming, Gao Qin and Nanyang walked behind, and Xu Ming whispered: "Senior sister, Mr. Nanyang, I think this strange old man seems to know the person who left the mark, and besides, he found this place, is he also one of the accomplices?" Could there be some conspiracy? Also, the guy surnamed Qiu always helps him, and I don't think they can figure it out. ”

Gao Qin disagreed: "No! I don't think Master Zhou is a bad person, not to mention that he is also the first time to come here, so he doesn't know anything about this place. ”

Nanyang said: "Although we could not find the details of Master Zhou, we can be sure that he must be an upright scholar. Of course, it can also be determined that he must have some connection with this ancient ruin. At the mention of Qiu Tian, Nanyang's eyes were like electricity: "Researcher Qiu is a little unusual. ”

Xu Ming's eyes lit up, and he said in surprise: "Oh? Mr. Nanyang, you don't think he's a serious person, right? Hmph, I've long seen that he's a slippery head, a selfish villain, a guy who covets fame. ”

Nanyang smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just can't see through him a little." ”

The three of them didn't talk much anymore, they had found clues at this moment, and they were chasing the mark all the way, and there must be something to gain in the future. Everyone cautiously followed the signs and shuttled through the empty city, passing through markets, restaurants, inns, green buildings, theaters, aristocratic mansions, official yamen and other places, as if returning to hundreds of years ago.

Everyone walked for about forty minutes, getting deeper and deeper into the ancient city, and everyone felt that under the miserable white moonlight, the silent and empty streets and alleys had a sense of oppression from all directions, and became gloomy.

Everyone walked to a junction again, still wondering where the destination was, when Zhou De turned a corner, his face turned pale and he suddenly stopped.

Gao Qin, Nanyang and the others noticed that something was wrong, and hurriedly walked over and looked at Zhou De's gaze, only to see a large pool of dark blood on the light cyan stone road not far away.