In the back garden, there are fewer rockery stones and green bamboos, replaced by small and exquisite pavilions and water pavilions, as well as a two-story promenade built on the rockery, standing on the corridor, the scenery on both sides can be seen.

"The scenery is very good," Hehuan looked left and right, "such a small city, there is such a land of mountains and rivers, how good it is to be comfortable." ”

Xue Chen smiled lightly: "There is no shortage of gardens like this, and the most famous attractions are still to come." ”

"And huh?" Hehuan was a little surprised when she heard this, she thought that this small garden was like this.

"Of course," Xue Chen smiled mysteriously, pulled Hehuan down to the first floor, and entered the narrow corner gate, but there was a different cave in front of him, and it was a gurgling stream, but there was no stone bridge, and there were many mountains and rocks around, strange shapes, and even more novel.

"Look at these stones, what's so special."

Xue Chen's gourd was selling medicine, so he looked at Hehuan in a mysterious way, Hehuan was confused, looked at those stones carefully, looked at them for a long time, and didn't see the reason, so he had to say: "Isn't this the Taihu Stone?" It's just a little more famous, and there's nothing else special? ”

After hearing this, Xue Chen pulled Hehuan to take a step back and said, "You count how many stones there are." ”

He Huan looked at it and said, "Twelve." ”

Xue Chen smiled: "Yes, twelve, no more, no less." ”

Hehuan suddenly understood, she had just flashed the idea of the twelve constellations, but she was immediately rejected, where did the ancients know what constellations, then in addition, it was the zodiac.

Thinking of this, Hehuan looked over one by one, and sure enough, the stones in front of him also came alive, especially the zodiac dragon and monkey, the long dragon was entrenched, and the beard was also a little sharp, slightly raised, quite imposing.

And the monkey is also more pictographic, with two arms up and down, one holding his chest, and the other scratching his head, but it is full of naivety, and the tail is also cocked, and the dynamics are also very vivid.

"It's really similar, the more I look at it, the more it looks like it."

Hehuan looked at them one by one, turned around and smiled at Xue Chen, there are not many strange stones and strange mountains, but it is really not easy to get together the twelve zodiac signs.

"Is it all natural?"

Hehuan still felt a little incredible, only to see Xue Chen nodding and saying, "Of course it's natural, otherwise how can it become a scenic spot?" Speaking of which, there were once people who said that this Taihu Lake stone was man-made, and it was a real small animal inside, which was similar to the suspicion of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang at the beginning, but later it was scientifically verified that it was indeed just a stone inside. ”

Hehuan was a little surprised after hearing this: "This brain hole is big enough, but this too strange thing will always have some fantasy colors." ”

Xue Chen nodded approvingly.

Looking at the Taihu Lake Stone of the Zodiac in this circle by the stream in front of him, after looking at it for a long time, it didn't feel as novel as it did at the beginning, just after noon, there were fewer people, Xue Chen looked at the time and said, "Do you want to eat?" ”

Hehuan nodded, and then went back, it was the ancestral hall, it was not interesting, but as soon as he turned around, a low muffled roar came from behind him, Hehuan paused, and looked back vigilantly.

There were no people in the back garden, and there was less excitement, and the sound of the breeze blowing through the bamboo leaves could be heard clearly, not to mention the muffled roar just now, and even the ground under his feet trembled a little.

Hehuan's eyes condensed slightly, and he grabbed Xue Chen and asked, "Did you hear any movement?" ”

Xue Chen turned his head and shook his head after a moment's delay: "No, what did you hear?" ”

Hehuan lowered his head uncertainly and thought for a moment and said, "I just heard the voice of some animal, lion?" It's also a bit like a tiger, forget it, maybe auditory hallucinations. ”

Xue Chen looked at the Taihu Stone behind Hehuan suspiciously, everything was fine.

She shouldn't have seen any strange images, right?

Hehuan herself was also very confused, this time she really only heard the hazy voice, but she didn't see anything.

Before leaving the boat homeland, Hehuan always had a doubt in his heart.

Outside the green bamboo jungle, a corner of a blue-blue cheongsam fluttered in the wind, and the woman's eyes were as heavy as water, watching Hehuan and Xue Chen go away, and then came to the back garden alone, gently caressing those vivid Taihu Lake stones......

After dinner in the evening, when she returned to the hotel, Hehuan was still puzzled, Xue Chen saw that she was still entangled, and said helplessly: "I knew I wouldn't tell you so much, it's just a legend, how can there be any animals in the stone, you think too much." ”

Hehuan pursed her lips, she couldn't explain clearly, the roar of the beast became clearer and clearer in her heart, it was definitely the cry of a trapped beast, it was impossible to appear in the garden where people came and went.

As the night deepened, Xue Chen covered the quilt for Hehuan, adjusted the air conditioner to sleep mode, turned off the bedside lamp, and fell asleep in the moonlight.

However, in the quiet night, Hehuan just felt sleepy, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he only heard a faint chirping sound, which was so small and fragmented that Hehuan's scalp was numb, and he sat up reflexively, pulled Xue Chen aside and said nervously: "There will be no rats here!" ”

Xue Chen was pulled by Hehuan in a daze, turned over and hummed: "Eldest sister, this is the eleventh floor, you can also exercise as a mouse, climb so high." ”

Xue Chen took out his arm, wrapped it around Hehuan, and with a slight force, he pulled Hehuan back to the bed, leaned into his arms, and said dimly: "Okay, okay, sleep, sleep, sleep......"

Leaning on Xue Chen's arms, Hehuan didn't seem to hear any sound, so he closed his eyes and fell asleep, but it was quiet in the middle of the night, and the slightest sound would be infinitely amplified......

"Tick-tick-tick-"

The faucet in the bathroom didn't seem to be too tightened, and the sound of water dripping sounded from time to time, stirring up all the good dreams of Hehuan, and quietly got out of bed, didn't dare to alarm Xue Chen, and came to the bathroom in the dark to tighten the faucet, and in the mirror on the sink in front of him, there was a faint flash of green light......

A cold chill, revealing an eerie sense of oppression, made Hehuan can't help but look up at the mirror, who knew that as soon as he looked up, he saw a big mouth of blood, suddenly broke out of the mirror, and attacked himself, and there was a thick roar in his ears, Hehuan was like two legs were filled with lead, and he couldn't hide from it, and he was about to swallow himself when he saw that the big mouth of the blood basin, and suddenly there was a dog barking sound in his ears, and then he looked back, and the mirror in front of him was still intact, smooth and smooth, without any flaws.........

Just...... Was it just her hallucination? Or is it a dream?

Hehuan slowly came out of the bathroom with his support to the wall, Xue Chen was still asleep on the bed, the moonlight still spilled in through the cracks in the curtains, and the room was a soft night, quiet and peaceful.

"Hiss~" Hehuan gently pinched his arm, a little painful, not a dream.

That means that she just saw a strange scene again, the bloody mouth was like a python devouring, and the sound was like a dragon roaring and a tiger's roar, which was not very clear.........

Hehuan just breathed a sigh of relief, lay back on the bed, and gently slipped back into Xue Chen's arms, but he couldn't sleep at all.

Zodiac ......

And the voice she heard today, what she saw just now, is the Taihu Lake stone in Zhoujiayuan really just a simple pictogram?