There were no bunches of grapes on the vines, and crisp leaves lay on the ground under the vines, making a cracking sound when stepped on. There are still moon chrysanthemums in the flower pond, but they are no longer as red and pink as before, and the sun is just right at this time, slightly making up the makeup for those flowers that are about to wither, and occasionally one or two bees buzzing and shuttling through the flower branches.

Broken leaves are all over the ground, weeds are indiscriminate, it is estimated that Zhao Ruozhi has long been accustomed to such a scene, but he is still a little embarrassed and said: "Miss Lu, my hometown is a little dilapidated, I hope you don't mind." ”

Lu Shuijiao smiled and said: "Hehe, it's very good here, leisurely and elegant, clean and comfortable, it would be nice if I could live here, hehe." She was telling the truth, after living in the city for a long time, she would inevitably have a feeling of yearning for nature, and she always wanted to have such a garden in her heart, so she couldn't help but joke that she wanted to live here.

The more beautiful the woman, the more unbelievable she said, Zhao Ruozhi couldn't have imagined that Lu Shuiyi was telling the truth at this time, he only thought that Lu Shuiyi was joking, he pointed to the wall not far away and said: "That is my cellar, last time, I sealed it when I went with Lao Sha." ”

At the base of the wall, a mysterious cellar is hidden under a raised mound of earth.

Zhao Ruozhi continued: "Let's take a break, and then I'll take you to Phoenix Terrace, from where you can directly enter the ancient tomb." ”

Lu Shui smiled and said, "Hehe, then why don't you take me to Phoenix Terrace directly?" Did you deliberately take me home because you didn't have a good heart? Her voice was soft and charming, and she didn't seem to be very sad about finding her father, who had been missing for many years.

In an instant, Zhao Ruozhi's face was flushed, why he brought Lu Shui back home, he didn't know the reason, maybe it was because there was a cellar at home.

Zhao Ruozhi said embarrassedly: "Let's go to Phoenix Terrace." He immediately changed the topic, for fear of making another fool of himself in front of Lu Shuiyi, and he had already forgotten what he said about the rest.

The poplar forest in late autumn is a little desolate, the poplar ditch is full of fallen leaves, the surrounding artemisia grass has dried up, and the high earthen wall occasionally falls clods of soil.

The two walked along the poplar ditch and walked for more than ten minutes to Phoenix Terrace. Lu Shuiyi asked, "This is Phoenix Terrace?" I thought there was a phoenix. ”

Zhao Ruozhi said with a smile: "How can there be a phoenix in this world, you look at the platform in front of you, it is the head of the phoenix, you can't see the overall outline here, you can only see it clearly when you go up the mountain." ”

There are more than a dozen apricot trees and persimmon trees growing on the phoenix platform, Lu Shui doesn't look like a phoenix no matter how she looks, she said: "It turned out to be a ground-breaking platform." ”

Zhao Ruozhi pointed to the earthen wall opposite the Phoenix Terrace and said, "You see, we came out of there in the first place. He walked under the earthen wall, which was about ten meters high, and the wall was covered with jujube trees. He cautiously looked for something in the jujube tree, and after a while, he heard him say excitedly, "Found it." ”

It was a rope, Zhao Ruozhi pulled it hard, it was still very strong, he said: "Let's climb up, you see the hole in it, there is a thief hole in it, it is likely to be..."

The jujube tree was covered with spikes, and Lu Shui looked at the cave above nonchalantly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zhao Ruozhi said: "I'll go up first." He stepped on the earthen wall with one foot, and the "hulala" slid down the broken earth, and he prepared a machete in advance, and he crawled on the hurdle, and quickly fought his way.

After all his efforts, Zhao Ruozhi finally climbed into the dirt hole, and he shouted towards Lu Shui below, "You can come up." ”

Lu Shui is not wearing a field outfit, and climbing the earth wall is inevitably a little unsightly, even if he climbs up, this slightly ladylike outfit will be covered with dust. Who knew that she pulled the rope, jumped with a jump, and came up in a few clicks, and Zhao Ruozhi was stunned.

Zhao Ruozhi took out the flashlight and crawled out of the thief hole, with the experience of the last time, this time he was familiar with the road, and soon arrived in the ancient tomb. Lu Shui patted the dust on his body and stared at the quiet ancient tomb.

The headless ancient corpse lay quietly in the coffin, Zhao Ruozhi was not timid this time, he reached over and pushed open the bottom of the coffin, revealing the spiral ladder below.

Zhao Ruozhi said: "It's at the end of the spiral ladder. ”

Looking at the spiral staircase circling down, Lu Shuiyi frowned slightly, she had thought about finding her father countless times, and wanted to lose her temper with him countless times, but now that she was about to find it, she didn't have any complaints in her heart, she didn't understand why, maybe this is blood thicker than water.

On the stairs lay a skeleton, the head of the skeleton was missing, and a chain was placed on the body of the skeleton, which was exactly the same chain as Lu Shui.

Lu Shui stared at the corpse and didn't squat down for a long time, maybe her heart was full of hatred and helplessness, or her heart was still full of sadness and loss.

Zhao Ruozhi pointed to the passage and said, "Uncle's head is there." ”

Lu Shui glanced at it and didn't walk over, only then did she squat down and pick up the chain.

Once upon a time, how much I longed for a life with a father in my heart, and once upon a time, how much I looked forward to sitting on my father's neck and growing up happily. However, where was he when he grew up? It turned out that he had been lying here, lying silently in a dark corner.

The skull's deep empty eye sockets looked at Lu Shuiyi expressionlessly, his open mouth was bare with two rows of withered yellow teeth, seeing his daughter, did he feel relieved?

Zhao Ruozhi said: "When I saw my uncle at that time, he was lying here, and he probably fell from above, but there is another possibility. ”

Lu Shui said without thinking: "It's likely that he was pushed down by someone else, right?" ”

Zhao Ruozhi said: "Yes, but the strange thing is that the weapon in my uncle's backpack was not snatched away, from this point of view, if it was pushed down, it was not for money and murder, but for another reason, as for what it was, we don't know at all." ”

Lu Shui looked up, his expression was indifferent, he looked at the passage in front of him again, and said, "Where does this passage lead?" ”

Zhao Ruozhi had some doubts in his heart, he didn't know whether to tell Lu Shuiyi about the black box here, after a little contemplation, he replied: "It's a labyrinth inside, it seems, it seems to be built to protect the black box." ”

"Black box?" Lu Shui asked.

Zhao Ruozhi said calmly: "Yes, Lao Sha and I found a black box here, and we also know the legend of the Twelve Street Caves, so I walked with Yunhai, in fact, I am also looking for my father." ”

Lu Shui didn't expect that Zhao Ruozhi was also looking for her father, at first she thought that Zhao Ruozhi was also the kind of uneasy and kind guy, after getting along for a long time, she found that Zhao Ruozhi was not that kind of person, but she didn't expect Zhao Ruozhi to be looking for her father. She asked, "Could it be that your father has something to do with the black box?" ”

Zhao Ruozhi looked at Lu Shuiyi with confused eyes, shook his head and said: "I don't know, I just listened to what others said, where is my father, I don't have a clue at all, the only thing I can do is to find that secret, maybe everything will surface at that time." His tone was helpless.

Lu Shuiyi was puzzled: "Could it be that they found the black box in the first place?" So pushed down? But why didn't the person who hurt people take the black box, but you got it? ”

Zhao Ruozhi thought for a moment and said, "Is it possible that person is guarding the black box?" Could it be that there is still a force in this world that guards the black box? ”

Things are getting more and more strange, Lu Shui frowned, she said, "Help me pick up the skull, let's go out and talk." ”

What the? Bring the skull? Zhao Ruozhi swallowed his saliva, stared at the skull on the ground, and when he became timid in his heart, he looked at Lu Shuiyi again, Lu Shuiyi had already begun to sort out the remains on the ground, and he didn't look at him at all. He moved over step by step, walked to the skull, and only bent down after a while, slowly stretched out his hands to the skull, and silently said in his heart: "Uncle Lu, offended, don't become a ghost and come to me, the one next to you is your daughter, don't look at the monk's face, but also look at your daughter's face, God bless, God bless." "He had never touched a human bone in his life, and now, under this gloomy and dark tomb, it was really embarrassing for him to pick up the skull.

After touching the skull, Zhao Ruozhi was shocked, he didn't know what it felt, he forced himself to calm down, took a deep breath, didn't dare to look at the skull again, tilted his neck, and hugged it fiercely in his heart.

Lu Shui was busy sorting out her father's remains, and didn't look at Zhao Ruozhi's behavior just now, and when she raised her head and saw Zhao Ruozhi crooking her neck, she couldn't help laughing: "What are you afraid of, he won't eat you, give it to me." She picked up the skull.

Lu Shuiyi's feelings for her father are not very deep, the most is hatred, even in the face of her father's remains, the hatred in her heart has not completely disappeared, and there is not much sadness, so it is enough that she can still smile at this time to show that her mentality has not been affected much.

After a meal, the remains that had been buried in the dark for decades were rediscovered.

After coming out, Zhao Ruozhi asked, "Are you going to take your uncle back?" ”

Lu Shuiyi replied: "Besides, take him back, I don't know if my mother will forgive him, he has been a lonely ghost for decades, and it is okay to send him back." She looked a little dazed, the man who abandoned his wife and daughter died in a foreign land, should she take him back now?

Zhao Ruozhi guessed Lu Shuiyi's thoughts, and said: "I heard that when people die, the most inseparable thing is their family, the fallen leaves return to their roots, and they are in the ground, and their uncle may regret it before he is alive, so you don't have to hate him anymore, if he knows that you forgave him, he will also leave with a smile." ”

Lu Shui's eyes lit up, she didn't expect Zhao Ruozhi to be so delicate that she could see through her thoughts, she didn't say anything, she looked at the Sanfeng Mountain in the distance and said, "Didn't you say that you wanted to take me up the mountain to see the phoenix?" ”

Zhao Ruozhi raised his head and looked at the glamorous Lu Shuiyi, the fine white skin on her neck was tender and charming, Zhao Ruozhi thought: "When did I say that I took you up the mountain, alas, she is actually quite good-looking." He said to Lu Shuiyi: "That uncle? ”

Lu Shui looked at the bag on the ground and said, "Put him at your house first, and when I come back from the mountain, I will take him back." Her tone seemed to be a little reluctant, maybe after returning from the mountain, she was going to break up with Zhao Ruozhi completely, maybe because of this, she had a sense of loss in her heart, she thought: "Do you like this stupid boy?" ”

After placing the bones, as soon as Lu Shui changed his clothes, the two of them headed towards Sanfeng Mountain.