Running halfway up the mountain, He Wenqin happened to bump into me in the opposite face, and he was about to report to me on the other side of the rift, but he didn't expect to run into me before he had gone far.

He Wenqin told me excitedly: "There is indeed a secret door where the two mountain bags are connected, and the location is on the middle line of the North Mountain. ”

Listening to him say this, I knew that I guessed correctly, "inverting Niukou Mountain", it is not the mountain that is reversed, but Qiankun, to put it bluntly, there are two roads on Niukou Mountain, a bright road and a dark road, the direction of the two roads is just opposite, the bright road seems to be a living road, in fact, it can't be passed, and you can only enter the interior of Niukou Mountain by taking the dark road.

Nine times out of ten, the old mansion of the Jin family is at the end of the dark road.

But now is not the time to be happy, even if we find the old house of the Jin family, we may not be able to see He Jiayun, and I estimate that inside the old Jin family's house, there may be powerful institutions waiting for us.

He Wenqin led the way in front, leading us through a hidden path in the bushes to the place where the two mountain bags were connected to meet the white old dogs.

The location of the white old dog is very good, if you look this way from the top of the low mountain, the view will be blocked by the peak of the mountain pack on the left, and you can't see the people hiding here.

However, I still didn't dare to be careless, so I deliberately asked everyone to keep their bodies down and try not to make too much noise when talking.

Bai Laogou and Granny Gu knew early on that the stalker was already very close to us, so they naturally took extra care.

The old white dog leaned over to me, pointed to a stone not far away, and said, "The secret passage is under the stone." ”

The flat stone was very large, but the inside seemed to be hollow, and when the old white dog spoke, the ancient grandmother also pressed the edge of the stone with her palm, and she didn't use much force, but the flat stone still shook violently twice.

I squatted down and looked over to see that there was a circular hole next to the flat stone, and the edge of the hole was surrounded by stone bricks, which looked like an old well hidden in the mountain forest.

The flat stone should have been pressed against the entrance of the cave, but I noticed that there was a lot of moss growing on the stone surface, and there were many similar gravel in the nearby area, so it would not be easy to find the hole if I didn't know the general location of the secret passage in advance.

The ancient grandmother lit the cave, and about two meters into the ground, there was a staircase made of stones, which stretched down obliquely, and the direction of its extension was facing the rift at the foot of the mountain.

The old white dog whispered to me, "How did you know that there is a secret passage here?" ”

"I don't have time to talk about this now, I'll explain it to you later when I have a chance." As I spoke, I straightened up slightly and looked over the Rift.

There are many small trees growing on the mountain, and through the gaps in the vegetation, I can clearly see the stone road on the south side of the rift valley, but it is difficult for the people on the other side of the stone road to see me because the shadow of the trees blocks their view.

At this time, Lin'er leaned over and whispered, "They have gone down the low mountain." ”

I nodded.

Lao Nguyen did not leave many codes in the area of the low mountains, and it took the two trackers nearly an hour to find the stone road on the south side of the rift valley.

I couldn't see their faces clearly because they were so far away, I could only see that they were both dressed in blue-gray clothes, and besides, they both looked young.

Didn't Lin'er say that these two people, one is in his forties, and the other is at least eighty years old?

It wasn't until these two people entered the doorway at the end of the stone road that I asked Lin'er, "Are these two people?" ”

Lin'er also had doubts on her face, but she still gave a positive answer: "Xun Gu said yes." ”

I still believe Lin'er's words, after all, she has no reason to lie to me, but I just can't figure it out, why do these two people look so young, is it because they are too far away, and there are some deviations in vision?

After waiting for more than half an hour, I estimated that these two people had already walked deeper, or they had already hung up, so I retracted and led everyone into the cave.

After entering the hole, you have to fall straight two meters before you can fall on the stairs, Lao Ruan and Gu Granny's body is already poor, plus they are old, Bai Lao Dog and I can only go down first, and then stand on the stairs with one foot high and one foot on the bottom to catch them.

When the white old dog received the ancient mother-in-law, it was called a gentle and considerate, for fear that the ancient mother-in-law would fall and touch, but when the old Ruan came down, the white old dog's technique was rough, and it could not be said that it was rough, it should be said that he didn't exert any strength at all, I didn't expect the white old dog to be like this, or according to the strength of the ancient mother-in-law to pick up the old Ruan, and the result almost made the old Ruan plant a big heel.

From the moment Lao Ruan landed, he and Bai Lao Dog were married.

Actually, I think Bai Laogou is very weird, you said that people didn't recruit you and didn't provoke you, you have to offend people, as if you don't feel happy if you don't get married.

Multiple friends have multiple roads, and multiple opponents have added more blockages. I don't believe that the white old dog has been in the business for so many years, and he doesn't even understand such a simple truth. So his actions became more and more bizarre in my eyes.

A long time ago, Yao Xuanzong told me that Bai Laogou was a strange person, and now it seems that this is true. It's not that he has a bad temper, it's really weird, and I feel that his way of thinking is different from that of normal people.

Lin'er was the last to come down, and then Bai Laogou and I turned on the flashlight and explored the way at the front of the line, with the others following behind.

Originally, He Wenqin wanted to go ahead, but he was too anxious, and I was worried that letting him explore the way might make a moth, so I finally persuaded him to the end of the team.

Walking down the stairs, I noticed that there were some ferns growing here and there on the stone-beaten steps, which was unusual, and it was said that there was no light at all, and it was impossible for vegetation to grow.

The deeper you go, the denser the fern on the stone steps becomes, and the smell of grass gradually develops in the air.

The old white dog has been holding a flashlight to shine on the top of his head, probably to see if there is a hole for lighting on it, but there are only large arched stone bricks directly above the stone steps, and the bricks are tightly seamed, and the light cannot be illuminated at all.

An hour later, there was a loud noise of wind in front of the staircase.

In order to illuminate the road under my feet, the beam of the flashlight kept falling on the ground, and when the wind came in front of me, I raised the flashlight and hit the light forward at the angle of the stairs.

We were close to the end of the staircase, and the beam of light was already illuminating a flat area outside the staircase, which did not look like it was formed naturally, but when the light hit it, it showed a very bright reflection, and the place seemed to be paved with a layer of smooth metal plates, and possibly with polished stones.

The old white dog moved the beam of light and shone it on the walls on both sides of the staircase, and saw that there were many rattans crawling on the damp stones, but the leaves on the rattans had withered, and only bare branches remained.

"Be careful." The old white dog probably felt that something was wrong, so he asked me.

I couldn't help but laugh: "Yo, do you still know how to care about others?" It's not like your style. ”

The white old dog glared at me: "Less nonsense, hurry up!" ”

It's just kidding, what are you staring at?

I pursed my lips and ignored him.

Approaching the bottom of the stone steps, I realized that the place connected to the staircase was a small pond more than six meters wide, and what was in it was not water, but flammable kerosene, and the reflection of this liquid was so bright that I mistakenly thought that it was covered with metal plates.

The old white dog took two quick steps, probably wanting to take a step ahead to see the situation, so I grabbed him and motioned him to retreat.

If the liquid in the pond is really flammable, there must be a mechanism nearby that ignites the fire, and the white old dog may trigger the mechanism if he rushes over.

I raised a hand to signal everyone behind me to stop, and then carefully moved forward.

Every time before I landed, I had to take a closer look at the road under my feet and the surrounding situation, for fear that the Jin family had arranged a hidden trap valve, but I didn't find anything abnormal until I got to the pond, which surprised me a little.

The liquid in the pond is very quiet, and even if the wind is constant, it will not be able to make the slightest wave.

I told the gossip money to dip into the pond, pull it up again, sniff the liquid stuck to it, and try to sense the qi field in the pond.

Fortunately, it is not grease that sticks to the gossip money, but stagnant water that has been deposited.

Generally speaking, even heavily polluted water will not be completely lifeless, and there will be at least microorganisms and bacteria in it, but in this pool in front of you, there is no life at all. The water itself is not clean, and I don't know what ingredients are mixed in it, resulting in a slightly thicker water than ordinary water.

Then I looked inside the pond and found that the stones at the edge of the pond had serious traces of sulfurization, either there had been a violent explosion here, or someone had lit a fire in the pond and poured stagnant water into it after the stones at the bottom of the pond had been completely burned bald.

Seeing that it was relatively safe around me, I beckoned everyone to continue walking.

Skirting the pond and passing through a small semi-arched gate, you will reach the bottom of the Niukou Mountain Rift Valley.

The place is at least 200 meters deep from the surface, and in the center of the valley floor is a man-made open road, and on both sides of the road are towering cliffs.

Everyone took out their flashlights and swept around, and when a few beams of light flashed from the cliff wall on the left, I could faintly see some sharp ridges emerging from the cliff wall. So he also turned on the light and took a closer look, and the beam of light that had just flashed from the cliff wall also came back, and all shone on the sharp corner of the roof.

Now we can finally see clearly, the flat cliff wall has been hollowed out into an irregularly shaped gap, and a row of large stilted buildings are closely connected in this gap, and the architectural structure is somewhat similar to the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang.

The ridge we saw before is actually the eaves of one of the stilted buildings, that is, the eaves that are raised upwards. Many stilted buildings will make a cocked eaves at the four corners of the roof, like a half-moon hook. But the overhangs of these stilted buildings are made into sharp corners with five edges, pointing obliquely to the sky like an awl.

At this time, He Wenqin shouted excitedly: "That's the eaves cone unique to the old Jin family, let's find the right one, this is the old mansion of the Jin family!" ”

(End of chapter)