According to Tang Haitang, he planned to return the same way, after all, we now have enough supplies and firearms, so we are naturally not afraid of confronting the spies of the Buddha's Hand Society. But when we were about to leave after packing up our things, the bustard suddenly stopped us and said that we had found something again.

The bustard took us to the corner of the earthen hole, where we saw a hollowed-out hole in the wall around the corner. The old bustard pointed to the hole and said that he had just come here to relieve his hands, and suddenly he found that the bottom of this wall was hollowed out, and he had collapsed a lot of earth with a few gentle kicks with his foot, and then he found that a hole had been dug in this wall.

I stepped forward. The hole in front of him was about the size of Keju, and the dirt around the entrance was a wet dark color, which must have been the result of the bustard's urine.

Tang Haitang also looked at the hole, after staring for a few seconds, he poked the soil along the edge with an iron umbrella, and more soil fell down, as the soil continued to "collapse", the size of the hole continued to expand, and slowly, the real width of the hole was revealed, at first glance, it was as wide as a column, and it was bottomless and I don't know how long.

I looked at it and said, "It looks like it was dug up." ”

The old bustard touched the stubble on his chin, and said: "It should be dug up by the catfish demon, the kind of fish I have seen in the pond, and the slimy always loves to rub around in the dirt, and this hole is estimated to be rubbed out of it." ”

"But where does this hole lead?"

"Know? The entrance to the cave was covered with mud, and it seemed that the catfish demon didn't want people to know about the existence of the cave. ”

The old bustard's eyes were fixed on the dark hole, and after a while, he proposed, "Shall we go in and have a look?" ”

Then he continued: "If we go back to the pond the same way, there are many cave entrances, and we can't judge the right direction, although we have plenty of supplies now, but the agents of the Buddha's Hand Society also know the situation here, and he can use the complicated terrain to attack us, just like an ambush war, we will easily get messed up at that time." It's better to walk down this hole and try to avoid encountering the spies when you're not familiar with it. ”

Tang Haitang thought for a while and said: "Also, the so-called predecessors planted trees and later people enjoyed the shade, this catfish demon digging this hole naturally has its reason, let's go in and see what it is, maybe we can find a way." ”

Uncle Bai and I didn't have a big deal, so the big guy was ready to enter the cave. The old bustard lit the kerosene lamp he had found with a match, and then carried the kerosene into the hole, and looked tentatively with his head outside, and when he saw that there was nothing serious, he bent down and went into the hole.

The three of us are the next to be the last three. As soon as I entered the cave, I smelled the smell of urine left by the bustard, and I had to pinch my nose to wonder what this bustard had eaten recently, and the smell of urine was so rancid. Further on, I had to bend down, and although the width of the cave was wide, the height was still relatively short, and all four of us had to hunch forward.

The light of the kerosene lamps illuminated the road ahead, and we could see that the cave was very long, and it was still dark at first glance. By the light, we can see that there are some obvious mud marks on the walls on both sides, which are very rough, and it seems that they are indeed constantly dug up by the catfish demon.

I don't know if it's a mistake in my heart, whenever I'm in this claustrophobic environment, I feel a kind of uneasiness inexplicably, even if my head is stuffy and restless, but my bones still feel a little cold.

The kerosene lamp kept swaying with the bustard's movements, and the light emitted by it was also swaying, which lit up my eyes from time to time, making the whole atmosphere a little confusing.

Truly!

At this moment, there was a sudden burst of mad laughter from the cave, which really scared us all!

The old bustard at the front suddenly stopped, froze in place, and turned his head in surprise: "You guys, did you hear it?" ”

The three of us nodded.

It was a baby's laughter, and the milky tone sounded in this secluded cave, which seemed particularly abrupt and eerie! Although the laughter stopped abruptly after a few seconds, we were sure it wasn't an auditory hallucination.

"Damn, how can there be a doll's voice?" The old bustard wrinkled his facial features, and at this moment he didn't dare to move forward easily, so he stayed in place and moved the kerosene lamp in his hand to watch around.

Tang Haitang subconsciously clenched the iron umbrella in his hand and looked at the surrounding situation, but did not find any movement.

All of us are very vigilant at this time, and we don't know what the source of this laughter is, after all, places like the demon mound are inherently evil, and evil things follow one after another, which is unexpected.

Just when our nerves were tense, the laughter suddenly sounded again:

Truly!

The baby's laughter resounded in the cavern again, and then echoed in the empty space, so that the sound filled the air around us, and it felt like there were man-eating imps standing around us smiling wickedly.

"Look there, there's a figure!" Uncle Bai suddenly screamed at this time, pointing to the end of the cave, looking a little nervous.

We looked in that direction, and saw a tall figure with a wide body and a large head, and his arms unusually thick, hanging down in front of his shoulders. Since it was some distance from us, we couldn't see it very clearly.

When the bustard hurriedly pointed the light of the kerosene lamp at the figure, we could see its face clearly: the guy had a fat head and big ears, and his face was very large, like a big plate, and its two big ears were also very large, like two fans. The strange thing is that this face is very immature, and the facial features are particularly small, the sides of the cheeks are painted with a round flush that looks like a foundation, and there are two bulging buns like balls on the top of the head, like a baby. But the monster's face was very pale, the edges of the face were still outlined with colorful oil paint, the eyes were smiling, the pupils were red, the corners of the mouth were grinning, and the lips were pale. And then it looks weird.

I steadied my mind and looked again, and found that the lower half of its body was also similar to that of a baby, with a red cloth belly pocket wrapped around its chest, bare feet, and silver rings on its wrists and chest. The whole thing looks like a bare-cheeked doll that has been beaten several times.

The monster looked at us, laughed wryly, and then turned and ran, disappearing into the shadows.

"It's a reckless elephant!" The bustard recognized the monster's name.

I was confused: "Elephant? ”

Tang Haitang on the side explained: "The elephant is a kind of water monster, and it is said in the "Chinese Lu Yuxia": the monster of water is called the dragon and the elephant. This elephant looks like a three-year-old child, and is an animal that eats the liver and brain of the dead demon, and goes in and out of the demon mound. ”

The old bustard pulled out the pistol stuck in his waist and looked at the end of the cave: "This elephant has a permanent temperament, and he is not very intelligent, and he uses brute force. Their appearance has two advantages: first, this demon feeds on the corpses of demons or people, and its appearance means that this place is not far from the tomb, and second, this kind of demon likes gold, silver and jade, and often steals the burial goods in the tomb as its own decoration. This is undoubtedly another oil and water for us demon thieves to come to the book. That's why the elephant is jokingly called the 'Lucky Demon' by us demon thieves. ”

The bustard alerted us and then gestured to us in front of us, signaling us to move on.

Everyone was cautious in the process of walking, although the bustard said that the monster was not very dangerous, but it was better to be cautious in this cave. I don't know if it was because we found the elephant, and we didn't hear the laughter of the crane in the next walk.

The rest of the journey was not very long, we soon saw the exit, the bustard rushed out, but just out of the hole for a moment, it seemed to see something remarkable, and immediately stunned in place with a face full of surprise. I called out his name but there was no response, so the remaining three of us quickly followed and drilled out of the hole, and the scene in front of us suddenly became apparent.

When I saw the scene in front of me, I was stunned like the old bustard: at this time, I stepped on the black paint smooth floor, looked up were gray beams, and then looked around, all of them were as smooth as obsidian, carved with rows of Sanskrit, orderly according to the interval inlaid with a side of bright and bright jade blocks, the so-called "reef as a beam, jade as a lamp", this "palace" light is a little dim, like a dilapidated underwater dragon palace. The appearance of this cave is different from what I saw before!

Everyone was surprised, and Uncle Bai was even more speechless with his mouth wide open.

"That's it?" I stared blankly at the spectacle, "Is this the real Demon Mound?" ”

The surprising sight is not only that. Soon we noticed that there were three or four statues standing in each row on the left and right sides of the stairs of this "hall"! He stood motionless, looking at us with that baby-like but eerie smile.