At this time, several people stood in front of a stone city wall, which was not very high, about a zhang, and the whole was made of large and small, irregular stone blocks.

Xiao Laodao greeted everyone, and several people walked up along the root of the city wall, and after walking not far, the city gate hole appeared on the city wall, and it was a double door hole, each door hole was about five feet wide and six feet high, vault-shaped.

Xiao Laodao asked for the torch in Xiao Shiyi's hand, looked at the door hole with the torch, and said to everyone: "This should be an ancient city hundreds of years ago, and there is no one in the city for a long time. ”

When the master heard this, he turned his head and asked Xiaoqing beside him, "Is the earth treasure you said in this ancient city?" ”

Xiao Qing blinked his big eyes twice and said, "It's right here, but there seems to be something else inside." ”

"What else?" Xiao Laodao asked.

Xiaoqing shook her head, "I can't tell, there are other things anyway." ”

A few people passed through a city gate hole, and walked to the end of the door hole, which was a rotten wooden gate, Xiao Chujiu stepped forward and pushed it gently, the wooden gate fell backwards, and fell to the ground with a "poof", and at the same time raised dust and dust, it fell apart, obviously it has been many years.

Walking into the city, everyone was stunned, the layout of the city was different from all the cities they had seen, only inside the city gate, only a small space for the city gate to open and close, in addition to this space, surrounded by a high-walled courtyard made of stones, a house next to a house, between the courtyard wall of the house and the city wall, there was only less than two feet of space for one person to pass through, between the house and the house, there was only a space for one person to pass, and on the wall of these courtyard walls, there were many square holes, one foot square, some high and some low, There is not a single main road in the whole city, and it is all narrow passages between walls.

Xiao Laodao asked for the torch in Xiao Chujiu's hand, took a picture of these narrow passages and stone houses, and muttered, "The layout of the houses in this city is really strange, why are they all small alleys that are one person wide, and there is not even a road?" Xiao Laodao immediately turned his head and asked Xiaoqing, "Where is Dibao in this city?" ”

Xiao Qing closed her eyes and sniffed her nose, and replied, "In the middle of the city." ”

Xiao Laodao immediately greeted her, "You still lead the way, this place, the front and back are not far away, and there are walls on both sides, so it is a labyrinth city." ”

Xiaoqing nodded, but he didn't rush into the city, looked at my grandfather and said, "Brother, you go in the front, I'll be behind you and show you the way." ”

When the master heard this, he glanced at Xiaoqing, didn't say a word, took the torch in Xiaoqing's hand, and walked into the alley between the two courtyard walls.

I didn't go far in the alley, a courtyard wall blocked the out, turned my head to look at both sides of the courtyard wall, the T-shaped road, either go to the left, or go to the right, but the left and right are still narrow alleys that are wide for one person.

The master turned around and asked Xiaoqing: "Go left or right?" ”

Xiaoqing blinked, "Go to the right." ”

The master walked up to the right with a torch, and at this time, he heard Xiao Laodao behind him say, "This is a city that resists foreign enemies and integrates attack and defense. ”

As soon as Xiao Laodao said this, the master noticed that after walking through a house, the master looked at the front and back of the house, and there was indeed no door, and each house was like a city.

At this time, Xiao Laodao said again: "We can't go around in this small alley, climb up the courtyard wall to see, I estimate that the people who live here usually walk on the courtyard wall, much faster than walking in the alley." ”

When the master heard this, he handed the torch in his hand to Xiaoqing, and he ran forward a few steps by himself, leaning on one side, holding his hands on the courtyard wall, followed closely, with his arms facing up, and his body climbed onto the courtyard wall.

I saw that the courtyard wall can have a thickness of two feet wide, and it is very flat, walking on it is flat and stable, and in the courtyard wall, there is a two-story step, which is also two feet wide.

The master immediately greeted Xiao Chujiu, Xiao Chujiu took out a straw rope from the burden and threw it to the grandfather, the grandfather went down the straw rope from the wall, and Xiao Laodao and several people all climbed up the wall.

At this time, Xiao Laodao stood at the head of the wall, looked around, and said, "This is really a city that is both offensive and defensive. As he spoke, he illuminated the second floor of the steps with a torch, and said: "This step is for standing people, and people standing on it, holding spears, can condescend and assassinate the enemy troops in the alley outside the wall. ”

When the master heard this, he said: "This place is located in the deep mountains, inaccessible to people, build such a strange city, will there really be an invasion from other places?" ”

Xiao Laodao said: "There should be foreign enemies, otherwise the city would not have worked hard to build like this." ”

By the light source of the torches, which were not very large, they stood at the top of the wall and looked around, and they saw that the houses in the city were lined up one after another, one after another, with tall stone walls and wooden roofs, but because of the passage of time, many of the roofs had collapsed, and some of the better ones had also collapsed more than half.

At this time, Xiao Laodao walked down to the second-story steps, and then jumped into the courtyard from the second-story steps.

The master asked him, "Brother Xiao, what are you doing here?" ”

Xiao Laodao replied: "I'll go to their house and see which dynasty built the city." ”

When Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi heard this, they also jumped into the courtyard, and entered the house with Xiao Laodao, the house of this house, fortunately, the roof was not completely collapsed, and after a while, Xiao Laodao led the two apprentices out of the house, without saying a word, climbed the courtyard wall, jumped into another courtyard, and after going into the house to take a look, he came out again.

Then, he jumped into the third courtyard, this time, after Xiao Lao Dao came out, the grandfather found that his face was solemn, as if something had happened, and the grandfather hurriedly asked: "What's the matter, Brother Xiao, is something wrong?" ”

Xiao Laodao said: "In this city, there are people in every room, and there are several people in the family. The whole city has at least several thousand people. ”

When the grandfather heard this, he felt incredible, even the roof had collapsed, could there still be people living in such a dilapidated house?

The master said, "There can't be anyone here." ”

Xiao Laodao said: "It's all dead, the bones are almost rotten, and it seems that they have been dead for at least a few hundred years." ”

The master said, "Is there really a foreign country that invaded the city and killed them all?" ”

Xiao Laodao shook his head puzzled, "It's strange here, these three families I saw, all the family members died in bed, regardless of size or gender. After that, Xiao Laodao waved to the grandfather and a few people, "Let's go, let's take a look at other households." ”

A few people stepped on the courtyard walls of each house and walked some distance towards the middle of the city, and then several people stopped and jumped into a family's house again, and this time, the grandfather also followed into the house.

The roof of this family also collapsed, however, the collapse is not serious, the grandfather walked into the house to see, in addition to the collapse of the beams in the house and smashed some things, the other furnishings are in order, there is a suite inside and outside, there is a bed in the suite outside, there are three skeletons on the bed, on both sides are a man and a woman, and there is a small one in the middle, it should be a child of four or five years old.

Walking into the room, there is also a bed, and there are two skeletons on the bed, judging from the teeth of the skeletons, it is an old couple, which is equivalent to a family of five.

Later, several people jumped into another family's house and found that all the people in this family were lying on the bed.

At this time, Xiao Laodao said to my grandfather: "It seems that they died at the same time, and it seems that they died at the same time in their sleep, overnight, without scars on their bodies, and they wore very few clothes. ”

As soon as Xiao Laodao said this, several people all looked at each other, and the master said: "The people in the entire city will all die overnight, this is unlikely." ”

Xiao Laodao said: "There is nothing impossible, let's be careful." Saying that, Xiao Laodao glanced at Xiaoqing and asked, "What else can you see besides Dibao?" ”

Xiaoqing hurriedly replied: "There is also a black gas, which has been floating near the Dibao, I don't know what it is." ”

"Was that black gas killing the people in the city in the past?" Xiao Laodao asked.

Xiaoqing shook his head, "I don't know, if they really have been dead for hundreds of years, hundreds of years ago, I don't know if there is this black gas." ”

Xiao Laodao nodded, and the master said: "Let's not care about so much, find Dibao as soon as possible and leave here, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”

A few people climbed up the wall and walked out towards the center of the city, and as they walked, Xiao Laodao regretted, "It's a pity that such a good city, I don't know which dynasty built it." ”

Xiaoqing asked, "Dao Chief, what's the pity about this, isn't it just some stone houses?" ”

Xiao Laodao explained to Xiaoqing: "Don't you see this stone wall, all square holes, once the enemy attack, the strong men of the family, climb the wall to resist the enemy, women and old people stand in front of the hole, the enemy from the outside alley, they only need to sword or spear, from the square hole suddenly pierced, can hurt the enemy, the enemy outside because of the small place, weapons can not be used at all, there are strong men on the wall with spears to guard, easy to defend and difficult to attack, in other words, even if the enemy breaks through a family, it will not help, Because each house is a city, and they take care of each other, and they work together to resist the enemy, and if the enemy army can't attack a few, they will be killed and wounded. ”

After Xiao Laodao finished speaking, Xiaoqing blinked a few times with big eyes, "I didn't understand...... Xiao Laodao was stunned, and immediately stopped paying attention to her.

Soon, everyone followed the wall and came to the middle of the city, and saw that in the middle was a slightly larger stone courtyard, and the front of the courtyard was much higher than the other houses, and this large stone courtyard was not a wooden roof, but a stone roof with a vault.

Xiao Laodao laughed after seeing it, and said, "This house, how to repair it is like a tomb." ”

Thanks to the crown of the "Hailangping" tip.