There was no time to spend on the research box, and after coming to this conclusion, Sheng Shiyao put away all the two boxes and prepared to go to the foot of the mountain to find out if there was a passage.

Walking along the river to the foot of the mountain, I didn't dare to wander around, the back of my neck felt cold, and I had speculated about the existence of this river before, but now I understand the origin of this river. It is the pit that was incinerated by the military advisor, probably after the death of the people in the village, he brought in the water from the lake and annihilated the place.

At the foot of the mountain, we searched little by little, but we couldn't find any exit. I asked why not look at the foot of the hill at the entrance of the village, but only behind the collapsed house? Sheng Shiyao said that whether it was the Khitan king or the military advisor, they all prevented their people from leaving here, so if there was a passage, it must be the closest place to his residence, otherwise troops would need to be sent to guard it twenty-four hours a day. In fact, the most likely passage intersection was under the house, and only then no one could escape the eyes of the two of them. But the house has collapsed, and we can't dig out the bricks and stones piece by piece to find them.

After looking for the evening, Sheng Shiyao decided not to look for it anymore, because it has been two days since we set off, and most of the three days have passed, and we can't delay any longer. Walking by the river one after the other, the mood was very low, this trip was to witness the unknown historical story and get an empty box that I didn't know what to do, I didn't gain anything, it was equivalent to wasting two days. But we still have a cave on that mountain to explore, and it's not a dead end.

Thinking about my thoughts, one of them was not paying attention, and my feet slipped, and I leaned towards the river before I had time to exclaim. The heart is over, and I'm going to fall into a pit full of ashes. At the last moment, Sheng Shiyao, who was walking in front, turned around and pulled me in front of him, and the momentum was too strong, and his body hit him, and he took a step back. The road we walked was about as wide as the ridge of the farmer's field, with a pond on one side, a ditch about a meter wide on the other, and then a mountain, which was overgrown with weeds as tall as a man. So Sheng Shiyao took a step back and took me into the weedy ditch together.

Fortunately, the water in the ditch was dry, and he stepped on the ground as soon as he stepped on it, and the situation of leaning forward and turning backwards did not occur, because when Sheng Shiyao fell, he used his hand to support the mountain wall on the other side. After standing firmly, I apologized repeatedly, but saw that Sheng Shiyao's attention was not on me, but let go of my hand to touch the mountain wall.

Knowing that he must have found something, he hurriedly went up to look at it, only to see that he knocked it with his fingers, and heard two "dong dong" sounds, and it was empty. He took a step back, raised his foot and kicked it against the stone wall, and sure enough, it was loose. When the entrance of the cave appeared in front of me, I was speechless in astonishment, and then I became excited, pointed to the entrance of the cave and said excitedly: "It turns out that the passage is here!" "It's really crooked, and the secret passage that can't be found is actually hidden here.

He poked inside with a flashlight, it was very deep, and he couldn't shine to the end, which confirmed his previous guess that this was the only way out to the outside world. I happily said, "Let's go, let's go in and have a look first." But Sheng Shiyao grabbed me, "Don't go in yet, wait until you take Zhou Tong and the three of them over, and then go in together." ”

I saw that his face was calm, and there was no objection, so I silently followed him back to the boat along the same path, and only after the departure did I ask the doubts in my heart: "There is also a cave on the mountain where our ancient ship was placed, which must be connected to this place, and we should have to go much faster from the secret passage than on the water, why don't we go in and find them directly from there?" ”

"It's uncertain whether this mountain road is the way to the outside, even if it's a life road, there are too many unknown possibilities inside, we can't waste time on exploring, and wait for everyone to meet before we act together."

Nodding silently, I didn't think it through, and when I saw that there was a hole, I intuitively decided that it was a way out, and I was anxious to go in and have a look. I have already learned Sheng Shiyao's calmness and adaptability, and I feel that he is extraordinary at this time, and he can always make correct judgments and considerations at critical times. Because of the time delay, in order to speed up the process, I did not rest and helped him row together.

When we rushed back to the side of the mountain on time, both of them let out a long breath, my arm was so sore that I couldn't lift anything, and when I waited for the next return trip, I would stop doing this physical work, and leave it to Zhou Tong and Liuzi to do. After securing the boat on the shore, we went up the hill, but we didn't see them on the shore, presumably waiting for us where they found the ancient ship. But when we got there, there were still no of them, and there was not even a burden on the ground, and Sheng Shiyao's face suddenly sank.

I advised, "They may be too bored to wait and walk around the neighborhood." Let's take a look. But when these words came out, even they could not convince themselves, the mountain was bare, the rock wall was smooth and steep, and this was the only way that could be allowed to walk, either up or down, and the raft on the shore was still there, and it was clear that they had not left the mountain, and there was only one possibility, that they had entered the cave.

When Sheng Shiyao was leaving, he told them several times not to enter the cave without permission, but in the end they still didn't listen. Seeing that his face was so ugly, I didn't dare to say more, so I waited next to him to listen to his decision.

His gaze drifted to a certain place, fixed, squinted again, and then exclaimed: "Sheng Shiyao, look, it seems to be blood." "On a rock next to where the ancient ship was placed, half of it was red, and it was clearly bloodstained. Something happened! They were attacked? Is it Wong Tai Sin's people? They also came out of the labyrinth?

Sheng Shiyao took a closer look and sniffed it, "It's not human blood, it smells of water, it's very likely that the lake monster has come ashore." Let's go, let's go up the mountain! In the blink of an eye, he was ten meters away, and I hurriedly followed. There was a difficult way up to the entrance of the cave, and we had to lean on it, and when we got close to the cave, we found blood again, and we no longer had to tell whether it was strange or human blood, and it was almost certain that the three of them had been forced into the cave by the lake monster.

Judging by the degree of coagulation of the bloodstains, it should have happened not long ago, relatively speaking, we still have a chance to catch up and save them. If we had just left three days ago, and the lake monster had come up, it would have been very unlucky.

This time we had no chance to hesitate, so we could only go to the cave without hesitation. Needless to say, the cave is pitch black, fortunately the two of us each have a flashlight, this flashlight is certainly not cheap, it is not broken in the lake, it should be waterproof. One person followed the road ahead, and the other followed the bloodstains to find it, but in fact, even if there was no bloodstains to guide the way, there was only one road extending into the cave.

I was the one in charge of staring at the ground, and after walking for nearly half an hour, I found that the blood on the ground was gone, and I hurriedly reminded Sheng Shiyao. He paused, shone a flashlight on the ground, and his expression was extremely cold. Knowing that he was worried about the safety of the three of them, I also helped to find traces on the side, and as I searched, I suddenly had a question: "Why didn't I see any traces of a fight all the way over?" Is it that the lake monster has been chasing after them, not catching up with them? ”

Sheng Shiyao paused, his eyes fixed on my face, I was inexplicably looked at, and asked him, "What's wrong?" Is there something wrong? ”

His expression changed inch by inch, and finally there was doubt in his eyes, only to hear him exhale urgently: "Not good! We've been tricked, quick, run back! After speaking, without waiting for me to react, he took my hand and ran back, but it was too late, we only ran a few dozen meters, and a huge black shadow appeared in front of us, blocking the way out of the cave.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is huge, this cave is more than two meters high and more than two meters wide, and the black shadow is full of it, this volume is the size of three bears. When the flashlight shines past, it can be seen that it has black hair on its body, and where it seems to be its head, there are two terrifying eyes staring at us viciously. This is the lake monster? It's a behemoth.

Without our hesitation, the lake monster has already pounced, and the target is me! Sheng Shiyao pushed me behind me hard, he greeted him, but even if he was tall, he became very small when he came to the monster, seeing its huge palm waving, Sheng Shiyao avoided it with a short body, and wanted to drill past it to behind it, but it was very sensitive, and the palm speed was very fast, and it blocked Sheng Shiyao's way at once, and he had to retreat.

The monster ignored him, and swung his giant palm at me, only to hear Sheng Shiyao roar beside him: "Use the Shadow Moon Knife!" "I was originally shocked, but I suddenly woke up like a dream, hurriedly reached into my arms and pulled out the shadow moon, and slashed at the outstretched palm, and said in my heart, I want your bear paw to come and go! But when I saw that the palm was about to be slashed by my Shadow Moon, it suddenly retracted, and it took two steps back, staring at the Shadow Moon in my hand. When I saw that there was a door, I suppressed the fear in my heart, and rushed forward to slash it again, but it took two steps back, obviously afraid of my Shadow Moon Knife.

I didn't think that this thing still had the memory of being hurt, and I would be afraid to know that it was slashed by my shadow moon. Sheng Shiyao took the opportunity to attack it, but it seemed that his fist smashed into it like an itch, and it didn't hurt or itch. I also rushed to help, and with the Shadow Moon Knife in hand, I was much more courageous. The two joined forces, and the monster was jealous of the shadow moon in my hand, and every time I cut it, it had to retreat two steps, and we forced it to retreat to the cave door.

Seeing that hope was ahead, I attacked even more ruthlessly, and suddenly the monster palmed together, and even ignored my shadow moon, aimed at the top of Sheng Shiyao's head, I hurriedly stepped forward to save, but the monster's left palm changed direction and slapped at my right wrist, and when I found out, I couldn't avoid it, so I could only dodge as much as possible, the bones were crisp, and the severe pain immediately invaded the whole body, and the whole arm was unconscious.

Needless to say, the Shadow Moon Knife also landed.

The monster giant palm wanted to pick up Shadow Moon, but was kicked by Sheng Shiyao, Shadow Moon kicked away a few meters away, and he shouted: "Go and get it back, you can't fall into its hands!" "I endured the severe pain and ran over, and was just about to stretch out my left hand to pick it up, when I suddenly felt wind on the back of my neck, and my conditioned reflex dodged to the side, and the giant palm grazed my ear.