Suddenly, a colder breeze blew gently across his cheeks.

Blown by this cold wind without warning, Wang Tao felt that he was much more energetic, and opened his eyes blankly and glanced at the courtyard at random, only to see a vague figure standing motionless.

"Who is it?"

Wang Tao reflexively stood up from the threshold and yelled loudly.

The reason why he roared so loudly was actually to embolden himself, because anyone who suddenly saw a stranger standing in the courtyard of his house on this big night might not be calm.

Don't look at his loud roar, but in fact, he panicked in his heart.

In order to prevent an accident from happening, Wang Tao quickly pulled a wooden stick from the door and held it in his hand, pointed at the person in front of him tremblingly, and shouted again: "Who are you?" Open your mouth to speak! Otherwise, you're welcome! ”

By the afterglow of the moonlight, when the person in the courtyard slowly raised his head, Wang Tao couldn't help but be surprised: Judging from the shape and clothing of this person, how could he look so familiar?

After all, Wang Tao was at the age of being young and vigorous, and because of the curiosity in his heart, he took two steps and slowly approached the man.

The closer he got, Wang Tao's heart was even more horrified, because he obviously saw the person standing not far from him, who was clearly Zhou Guangcai, who had been searched by the villagers for many days but was nowhere to be seen.

"Uncle Guangcai! Is that you? ”

Wang Tao called out in surprise, but he still had some doubts about whether he was wrong, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, and looked carefully again, only to find that the person standing in front of him was undoubtedly Zhou Guangcai.

Wang Tao threw away the wooden stick in his hand and trotted to Zhou Guangcai's side: "Uncle Guangcai!" Where have you been these days? Do you know how worried the folks are about you! ”

Zhou Guangcai didn't speak back immediately, his whole mental state didn't seem to be very good, and his face was not only full of exhaustion and burnout, but also pale and terrifying.

As if he hadn't woken up yet, his eyes were always slightly squinted, and his body moved slightly stiffly until he heard Wang Tao ask.

However, this state did not last long, Zhou Guangcai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said coldly: "Xiaotao, you and your uncle go to the outside of the village." ”

"Huh?"

Wang Tao, who didn't know why, was stunned for a while, subconsciously glanced at the dim sky, and said a little strangely: "Uncle Guangcai, it's so late, why don't you hurry home to report your safety, why do you still run outside the village?" ”

It stands to reason that since Zhou Guangcai has returned to the village, he should go home first as soon as possible, so why doesn't he go back?

Is there anything more urgent than going home?

Thinking like this, Wang Tao began to beat a drum in his heart.

When the fox was uncertain, he only heard Zhou Guangcai repeating the muttering: "Come with me, it's too late to be late..."

Too late to be late?

Could it be that Uncle Guangcai really wants to do something important?

Wang Tao didn't doubt it, nodded immediately, and followed Zhou Guangcai side by side to the outside of the small courtyard.

Zhou Guangcai didn't say a word all the way, which made Wang Tao, who was still in a very happy mood, a little uneasy for no reason.

So Wang Tao asked him without words: "Uncle Guangcai, you went out to do business smoothly, right?" ”

Zhou Guangcai turned his head inwardly, looking at Wang Tao with a slight trace of sadness in his eyes, he shook his head helplessly, but said nothing.

Seeing his expression, Wang Tao was full of doubts in his heart at the moment, and he couldn't help but pause.

The heart said: Could it be that Uncle Guangcai met a robber on the way, so his belongings have already been looted, which caused him to feel shameless in the face of the family, so he hid outside for so many days before he dared to show up.

And even if he showed up, he still dared to come out at night, probably because he wanted me to help him work together, and only when he earned money could he return to the village again.

Wang Tao secretly admired his speculative ability in his heart, and then asked softly with pity: "Uncle Guangcai, you tell me the truth, did you encounter anything on the way back, something unfortunate, such as..."

Before Wang Tao could finish speaking, Zhou Guangcai directly interrupted him, stretched out his hand and pointed to a dense bush next to the dirt road: "Xiao Tao, there is something in the cave over there, I need you to help me get it." ”

"Caves?"

Following the direction of his finger, Wang Tao stared back and forth at the messy bushes: "Where is it?" Why don't I see a cave? And what's in there..."

While speaking, Wang Tao subconsciously turned around and looked behind, but he was startled.

Because Zhou Guangcai, who was still behind him just now, actually disappeared again.

Wang Tao stood in place dumbfounded, thinking that he had just met Zhou Guangcai, why did he disappear in a blink of an eye?

"Uncle Guangcai, Uncle Guangcai!"

Standing in place in a daze and roaring twice, seeing that no one responded, Wang Tao's heart began to furry again, and then looked around at the dark environment, and finally Wang Tao decided to go back to the village first to find someone to come over and search together...

Not long after, under the dark night, near the bridge and cave not far from the outskirts of Tuli Village, a group of villagers holding torches were constantly rummaging back and forth in the barren grass pile under Wang Tao's guidance.

Everyone had an anxious look on their faces, but what was even more puzzling was that everyone had been looking for so long and found nothing.

At this time, some people began to lose their breath, and they ran to Wang Tao's side and asked him if he had misremembered the location.

Wang Tao held the torch in his hand, held it high above his head, looked at it carefully in front of and back, left and right, and then said to the people around him very firmly: "That's right, yes, it must be around here." ”

Scratching his head and rolling his eyes, he thought for a long time before he suddenly grinned and said, "Ah! I was separated from Uncle Guangcai here before, and I remember he told me that there was a cave here, and then there was something in that cave, yes, hey, I forgot what to do anyway, but there was something, and it seemed to be a particularly precious thing. ”

"Something particularly precious?"

Everyone fell into deep thought for a long time and couldn't extricate themselves, they didn't know what kind of precious thing Wang Tao was talking about.

Everyone was at a loss, and at this time, I don't know who shouted nonsense: "Hey, I know, it is estimated that Brother Guangcai found a cave where the treasure is buried!" He asked Wang Tao to tell us so that we could come and dig up the treasure! Do you think that's the case? ”

"Treasure!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned for a moment, and when they came back to their senses, they didn't need to be mobilized at all, they turned their heads and ran into the grass behind them.

With the temptation of the treasure, everyone's enthusiasm was high, and they searched more carefully in the barren grass around them, for fear that if they fell slowly, the treasure would be robbed by others.

Diametrically opposed to everyone's enthusiastic reaction was the Zhou family, who didn't seem to be moved by the temptation of the treasure, and still came to Wang Tao's side anxiously, wanting to further find out Zhou Guangcai's whereabouts from him.

Surrounded by the Zhou family, Wang Tao was also very embarrassed, because he had already told the Zhou family about how he met Zhou Guangcai.

Now that they came to ask about Zhou Guangcai again, Wang Tao really didn't know what to say.

Just when Wang Tao was scratching his ears and cheeks anxiously, he suddenly heard someone yelling not far away: "Hey! I found it, I found it, there is indeed a cave here! ”

This sudden voice not only attracted the surrounding villagers, but also attracted the attention of the Zhou family.

Seeing that the Zhou family finally ran towards the source of the sound, Wang Tao felt a sense of relief, he stood in place and calmed down a little, and then followed closely behind them, trotting over.

By the time Wang Tao ran to the entrance of the cave, everyone had already run into the cave one step ahead of him.

Wang Tao took the torch and probed into the cave, and the firelight suddenly illuminated the scene in the cave like the white sun.

I saw that the height of the cave in front of me was extremely limited, and if it weren't for the fact that Wang Tao was still very short at the time, I am afraid that the cat would have to bend over and go inside.

Besides, the width of this cave is not very rich, Wang Tao relied on a slightly thin body, his hands clenched into fists, and he could only barely tilt his two arms into a figure-eight shape.

Not long after walking cautiously along the cave, Wang Tao suddenly heard a frightened scream in front of him, and then someone hurriedly bent down and ran back.

Seeing that Wang Tao was still standing still in a daze, the man hurriedly yelled at him: "Don't block the hole, run quickly!" ”

"Ah, what's wrong? Why are you running? I haven't gone in yet."

To be honest, the reason why Wang Tao was stunned was that on the one hand, he did not react, and secondly, he was frightened by the hideous expression on the face of the roaring villager.

The combination of the two factors caused Wang Tao not to act at the first time.

The villager didn't care to explain more to Wang Tao, and directly kicked him out of the cave simply and rudely.

After arriving outside the cave, the villager didn't dare to stay here longer, and quickly ran farther away with Wang Tao's collar.

Wang Tao usually thinks that he is still relatively bold, but he never expected that at this moment, he was so frightened that he was like chaff and trembled all over.

Although he didn't know what terrible things were in the cave, judging from the panicked expression on the face of the villager, Wang Tao could more or less vaguely guess one or two points, and estimated in his heart that there was probably no treasure in the cave at all, and if there was treasure, he could still run out in a panic?

But the most important thing is that Wang Tao couldn't figure out what kind of monster could frighten this villager for a while.

It wasn't until they got farther and farther away from the entrance of the cave that the villagers carrying Wang Tao stopped panting.

Maybe it was too tired, or maybe it was too frightened, but the villager let go of the palm that bound Wang Tao, and then fell to the ground with a limp butt.

Although he was panting heavily, his eyes were still staring....