The little man in black got up and walked over to me and said, "These dry bones below should be people who have been here, but they ended up being bones spit out of the mouth of the candle dragon. ”

"What?"

I was taken aback, and everyone was silent, it seems that we are not the first people to see the candle dragon, there are countless people who have come to this place, and it is estimated that all of them have been plugged between the candle dragon's teeth.

Looking at the abyss below, I took out the crumpled black and white photo from my pocket, and I couldn't help but admire my grandfather's courage back then, how did my grandfather come out of this place alive thirty years ago? I hope he can bless me in heaven and let me find the dragon candle and leave alive!

We bypassed the abyss crater and continued to hurry, this time we were all extra careful, for fear of encountering any danger again, the little brother in black took the lead, walking in front to explore the way, the three of us followed slowly behind, every step we took, we had to observe what was abnormal around us, for fear of losing our lives here.

The four of them kept hurrying, the sweat on their foreheads also fell drop by drop, wiped the sweat on their foreheads, and finally reached the halfway up the mountain, looked up, and there were tall stone steps in front of them.

The stone steps are huge rectangular, and each stone step is polished very smooth, without any edges and corners on both sides, like a tall wardrobe, and one stone step alone is more than a meter high.

Several of us were stunned, staring at these huge stone steps, each weighing dozens of tons, and we don't know how the ancients moved to this cliff.

In modern times, it is also a difficult problem to move these stone steps neatly, and it is impossible to do it without a large-scale engineering team, and I secretly admire the courage and wisdom of the ancients. The stone steps were so high that we had to climb them one by one.

Each stone step was marked with a serial number, and the fat man said that these stone steps were supposed to be some kind of ritual, and there were ninety-nine in total, but he did not know what they were.

After a while, the fat man said: "In ancient times, people attached great importance to tombs, and those princes and nobles in ancient times dug their tombs before they died, and then they brought a lot of burial goods to bury them together after their deaths. The higher a person's status, the more diverse and valuable the funeral goods will be. ”

The fat man took a breath and continued, "Therefore, the better the tomb is built, the more it proves that the treasures here are worth more money!" ”

I nodded, thinking about it, just these stone steps are so gorgeous, and in addition to the dragon candle in the candle dragon's lair, there may be some good treasures hidden.

But I thought about it for a moment, how did our search for the dragon candle have something to do with tomb robbing? It's really close to Zhu and red and black to ink, and I've been messing around with the fat man for so long, and I'm now a half-captain who touches gold.

Thinking about it, sweat was already drenching my clothes, I gritted my teeth, and I could only insist on continuing to climb up.

The fat man complained all the way to the seventh stone step, the fat man's shirt was already soaked with sweat, leaned on the stone steps and panted, lit a cigarette and said: "I said that this candle dragon has invited the Egyptian pharaoh over, such a large stone step is about to catch up with the pyramids, if anyone likes to climb the mountain, I can recommend him to come to this place." ”

Several people stared at the fat man, not because they didn't want to pay attention to him, but because they were so tired that they didn't even have the strength to speak.

Chen Haoyue leaned on my shoulder and kept coughing, her forehead was very hot, her body was very weak, she had been tossing with us for so long, I and the fat man couldn't bear it, but Chen Haoyue didn't even say a word of complaint.

The four of us came here, each with its own purpose, I was looking for the secret left by my grandfather, the fat man was for the dragon candle that turned stone into gold, and the little brother in black may be to get the commission of the second uncle, but what about Chen Haoyue? For me?

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt very selfish, and I also felt sorry for Chen Haoyue, it was really not easy for her to come to this kind of ghost place with us as a girl.

After resting, I helped Chen Haoyue to go, Chen Haoyue nodded at me and said it was okay, I was very sad, there was a tear in my eyes, I swore in my heart: If I can come out alive, I will definitely propose to Chen Haoyue!

The fat man picked up a branch from the side, tore a corner from his worn-out T-shirt, tied it to the branch, raised the branch with both hands, walked in front and shouted: "Comrades have worked hard! In order to carry forward the great revolutionary spirit, even if the mountains ahead are high and the water is deep, we must always keep our mission in mind! ”

……

The fat man's encouragement gave us a little motivation, thinking that the Red Army had walked a long march of 25,000 miles, and it was all about eating wild grass and gnawing tree bark to satisfy our hunger, and we should be glad that we had not reached that point.

We continued to move forward, and suddenly, the stone steps in front of us began to sink slowly, and the little brother in black yelled that it was not good, and we quickly stopped.

The fat man joked: "Don't be afraid, everyone is here, with your fat master and little brother here, what is there to be afraid of." ”

I learned from Chen Haoyue to pinch the fat man from behind and told him not to be embarrassed here. While the stone steps began to sink, I told everyone to hurry forward.

For the sake of safety, I gritted my teeth, picked up Chen Haoyue, used all my strength, and ran forward.

In the face of dangerous situations, all the potential in my body is stimulated, my legs no longer obey the command, although I still hold Chen Haoyue in my arms, but my running speed is no slower than the little brother in black and the fat man.

The fat man panted as he ran, and when he looked back, he was already at the back of the line, and the little brother in black had to run back and pull him.

At this moment, the stone steps in front of us suddenly sank violently, but our strength had reached the limit, and the bones in our body were about to fall apart.

Seeing the stone steps in front of me collapsing little by little, I tried to stand up with all my might, but my legs were numb and I didn't even have the strength to stand up.

No matter how big the fate is, it seems that we will die here today, a few of us sat on the stone steps gasping for breath, looking directly at each other, in the face of unknown disasters, no one can control life and death.

When the fat man saw my sad face, he handed me and the little brother in black a cigarette and said, "! I think about how many tombs of emperors and emperors I stole back then, and every time it was safe and sound, I didn't expect to plant a heel in this place today. Isn't it death? What are you afraid of! Come! Xiaotian, Xiaoge, you two smoke! ”

I took the fat man's cigarette and lit it, and watched the stone steps rise little by little, and I didn't know where to get us. I didn't expect to die like this without even finding a girlfriend in this life, thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh.

We lay on the stone steps gasping for breath, watching the cigarettes gradually burn out, and at some point there was a heavy fog around us, only to feel that there was a white expanse in front of us, and we couldn't see anything clearly, lying on the stone steps with our eyes closed, waiting for death to come.

……

"Hey! Wake up! Wake up! ”

I don't know how long it took, and I don't know who shouted at me, I opened my eyes slightly, Chen Haoyue's face appeared in front of my eyes little by little, I woke up almost instantly, and hugged Chen Haoyue tightly, for fear that she would leave me again.

"Okay, don't make a fuss, there are so many people watching here!"

Chen Haoyue's voice was gentle and considerate, I couldn't help it anymore, tears flowed down drop by drop, hugged Chen Haoyue tightly and didn't let go, shouting in my mouth: "Don't leave me Xiaoyue!" I want to protect you well, and I will never let you suffer the slightest grievance, if there is an afterlife, I will definitely marry you, I'm sorry Xiaoyue, I didn't cherish you well when I was alive............"

"Look at this kid, the world of young people can't understand it!"

"Come on, I think I chased my daughter-in-law back then, but I mobilized the whole village to propose marriage!"

"Why don't we get out of here first, it's embarrassing to be here......"

A group of people whispered behind me, I was a little confused, wasn't I already dead? How can there be so many strangers talking here?

I bit my lip and felt a lot of pain, did I mean I wasn't dead?

Just when I was puzzled, I didn't know who kicked me behind me, accompanied by stern words, and said: "If it's okay, get up for me quickly, don't be embarrassed here!" ”

I turned my head suddenly, and suddenly felt unhappy in my heart, clenched my fist and turned to wave away, but when I turned around, it was the second uncle and some bodyguards and drivers in front of me, the fat man was filming with his mobile phone, and the little brother in black was standing aside and smirking.

I secretly scolded in my heart, it seems that what happened just now has been seen by all of them, I like Chen Haoyue's things can no longer be hidden, this time it is really embarrassing!

After a while, the crowd dispersed, and I was still stunned in place, what is this place? What just happened to get us here? How could the second uncle and the others appear here?

Scratching his head, looking at the unfamiliar environment in front of him, the towering mountains are in full view, accompanied by pieces of white clouds, and the terrain and environment of the entire primeval jungle are all at a glance.

When the fat man saw me looking around, he came over and patted me on the shoulder, and said, "Be careful, this is the top of the mountain, don't accidentally fall down!" ”

I was taken aback, how did we run to the top of the mountain? With doubts, he asked, "Fatty, what happened just now?" ”

The fat man lit a cigarette and said with a look of surprise: "Just now I also thought that this time I was dead, but who would have thought that those stone steps were like magic, and they actually lifted us to the top of the mountain, and as a result, your second uncle was already waiting for us here!" ”

I finally realized that the stone steps should be attracted by some kind of magnetic attraction and float up from the bottom, and I knew that it would be a waste of our efforts.

"You three hurry up and rest for a while, you will enter the Nine Heavenly Palace in a while, don't make any mistakes for me!"

The second uncle reprimanded, I had to lower my head and whisper yes, and in a blink of an eye, the second uncle took the little brother in black and walked not far away, and I didn't know what he was talking about.

For a while, the brain seemed to be filled with paste, and countless mysteries were stirring in his mind, how could the second uncle appear here? Where are we now? What is the Nine Heavenly Palace mentioned in the second uncle's mouth just now?

Seeing Chen Haoyue and the fat man staying aside, I quietly walked to the second uncle and the little brother in black, wanting to hear what they were talking about?

I quietly hid behind a stone, and I could vaguely see the second uncle constantly accusing the little brother in black with his hand, and the little brother in black lost his composure in front of the second uncle, bowing his head and being silent.

"Didn't you go and kill him! How did you bring him alive! ”

Vaguely heard the words of the second uncle, I felt a chill in my back, I couldn't believe that these words came from the mouth of the second uncle, I and the fat man and Chen Haoyue had no grievances with the second uncle, how could he let the little brother in black get rid of us ruthlessly?

Confused, I continued to listen.

"He's not the ghost, we might be looking for the wrong person."

This sentence was said by the guy in black, and I was even more confused for a while, what is the "ghost" he said? People can only become ghosts when they die, isn't that an obvious curse on us!

I was about to continue listening, when suddenly, someone tapped me on the shoulder from behind, and I immediately shuddered and kicked a rock.

Time seemed to stand still, the second uncle and the little brother in black immediately became vigilant, and the eyes of the two of them stared at me directly, and I could see goosebumps on my body!

"Xiaotian, what are you doing here? Being a spy? ”

It turned out to be the voice of a fat man, and I finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the second uncle and the little brother in black also came over and greeted us with a smile, without the slightest creepy gaze just now.