The three of them stopped, turned off the lights and looked ahead with bated breath, and after a while, there was the sound of tapping, tapping and tapping footsteps in the darkness ahead, and a flickering light slowly "walked" from a distance.

When the footsteps came more than ten meters in front of them, Lao Wang suddenly turned on the flashlight and shouted:

"Who!"

Lao Wang's voice sounded in the crack like an explosion, and the person who came from the darkness was taken off guard and exclaimed, "Ahh Po Tong fell to the ground, and the oil lamp he was carrying fell to the ground and shattered.

The three of them turned on their flashlights in unison, and a frightened face shone in the light.

"Village, village chief?" After Zi Yang saw the man's face clearly, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide.

Under the light, this thin, short, gray-haired old man was none other than Qin Xianghe, the village chief of Qinhan Village.

Lao Wang also recognized him, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him: "! Why are you here, old man? ”

When Qin Xianghe saw Lao Wang approaching, he was so frightened that he retreated again and again, and his eyes were full of fear.

Lao Wang stood there stunned, turned around and looked at Zi Yang and Su Rui and asked, "Old man, what's wrong with this?" ”

Zi Yang suddenly thought that when they came to Qinhan Village last year, they were with Professor Zhang and them, and Qin Xianghe must have mistakenly thought that he was with Professor Zhang.

Seeing Qin Xianghe constantly retreating, Zi Yang hurriedly stopped Lao Wang, who was about to catch up, and said softly: "Village chief, don't be afraid, we are different from that group, they are bad people, we, we are here to help you!" ”

This sentence had an effect, Qin Xianghe no longer retreated, but still did not speak, standing in the distance and looking at them suspiciously.

"It's true! You, do you remember Wang Juan? It's the ...... who talks to Qin Ruilin about friends," Ziyang stammered and explained to Qin Xianghe, for fear that he would accidentally scare him away.

"With Ruilin is another girl, they died on the mountain, they died, ......"

Qin Xianghe finally spoke, and when he mentioned the tragedy that happened last year, this dry old man's mouth was deflated, and his face was full of tears.

"Yes, yes, there are two other people Chen Ruixi and Wang Juan, right? That girl named Wang Juan was later captured by the bad guy surnamed Zhang, and we just rescued her! Lao Wang shamelessly took the credit for Jin Guoqiang on himself.

Qin Xianghe looked at him suspiciously: "What about Rishi?" Is Rishi still alive? ”

Lao Wang said hesitantly: "This, this, we don't know, it should still be alive, right?" We only rescued the woman - you, you take us out, let's ask Wang Juan together, maybe she knows about Rishi! ”

Lao Wang also understood, Qin Xianghe, who appeared here "inexplicably", may have the secret of leaving the underground cave, in order to escape from this dangerous cave, Lao Wang began to rack his brains to win Qin Xianghe's trust.

Who would have thought that it was okay not to mention Chen Ruixi, as soon as his name was mentioned, Qin Xianghe had an angry look on his face:

"This little B cub caused such a big disaster, and caused the big guy to be like this, he would have died early!"

Zi Yang and Lao Wang looked at each other, it seemed that the old village chief had a deep grudge against Chen Ruixi, but think about it, if it wasn't for him stealing explosives to fry fish, Qin Ruilin and Jin Xia would still be alive, Qinhan Village is still peaceful and prosperous, and the villagers live and work in peace and contentment, which is like being displaced and devastated now.

"Old man, everyone in the village has already migrated, why are you the only one left? How did you get here? Su Rui asked softly.

Zi Yang also had the same question in his heart, the pool outside was seventy or eighty meters deep, could this Qin Xianghe dive in with his bare hands without diving equipment?

Qin Xianghe rolled his eyelids to look at her, and said in a sullen voice, "You guys want to go out, right?" When the ancestors built this place, they left a secret passage. ”

The three of them looked at each other, their faces were happy, and sure enough, there was a door!

This old man must have gone into the secret passage and hid when Professor Zhang's people cleared the scene, hiding in this underground where there is no light of day to survive, no wonder no one has found him.

"I remember, when we were surrounded by gargoyles in the main hall, someone outside whistled to lure them away, and that person was you, right?" Lao Wang said excitedly.

Qin Xianghe turned around and said, "If you want to go out, come with me!" ”

Although he did not answer Lao Wang's question, it was already equivalent to acquiescence.

The three of them followed Qin Xianghe and wandered between the narrow mountain walls, and Zi Yang couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, are the people who live in Qin Han Village really the descendants of the Qin Army?" ”

Qin Xianghe said without looking back: "The villagers of Qinhan Village are all descendants of the Qin army. At that time, His Majesty the First Emperor ordered the Jiuyuan Army to reject the Xiongnu in the north, and even if Great Qin was destroyed, there was no need for reinforcements. Ordered the Lingnan Army to march to Baiyue, and the same is true!

After the death of Great Qin, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Lingnan Army became ownerless and lonely souls, and one of them wandered here to build a homeland, which has been passed down to this day. ”

This Qin Xianghe spoke in an old-fashioned manner, and still called Qin Shi Huang "Your Majesty" in his words.

After hearing this, Lao Wang was speechless again and again: "Damn, if hundreds of thousands of troops fight back, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu won't be able to kill you, right?" Just because Qin Shi Huang said a word, you won't go back? Don't joke with me, old man! ”

Qin Xianghe was silent.

Su Rui said: "The Chu-Han coalition army did not meet the main force of the Qin army back then. The two main armies of Great Qin, the south and the north, did not participate in the battle, and the northern army withdrew to Guanzhong after the death of Qin, but was destroyed by Xiang Yu in the Battle of Julu. The Southern Army never came back with reinforcements. For thousands of years, historians have been puzzled by this. ”

Qin Xianghe looked back at Su Rui and muttered, "You two little guys really know a lot. ”

Everyone understood that one of the two little guys he was talking about was referring to Su Rui, and the other was definitely not referring to Lao Wang.

"When I interpret the mural, you're the one behind me, right?" Zi Yang asked tentatively, it seems that this Qin Xianghe had already known that they were coming in, and had been secretly monitoring them.

Qin Xianghe was noncommittal, and continued to walk forward, saying as he walked: "Back then, thousands of cavalry of the cowardly Xue army came to Qinhan Village and clashed with the villagers. However, at that time, there was a strange person in the Cowardly Xue Army, called the Heavenly Machine Dao Chief, who stepped forward to stop the attack of the Cowardly Xue Army and saved the lives of his clansmen. ”

Su Rui and Zi Yang glanced at each other, it seemed that Zi Yang's guess was right, the Dao Leader on the mural was a very key figure, and now they knew that this person was called the Heavenly Machine Dao Chief.

Qin Xianghe chattered and said, "Later, the Heavenly Machine Dao Leader talked with the clan, and he promised the patriarch that the Cowardly Xue Army would help us subdue the demons in the sinkhole. The people didn't believe him. But I don't know what means he used, but he actually caught a few flying dragons from the sinkhole and came back.

After seeing his methods, the people threw themselves to the ground with the five bodies that he admired, and at this time the Daoist of the Heavenly Machine said: He can help us seal the sinkhole forever and avoid the suffering of the living sacrifices of the clansmen - on the condition that the villagers help them build an underground palace to suppress these underground demons. ”

When Qin Xianghe said this, Lao Wang looked back at Ziyang and blinked: "Lao Li has you, you guessed it right!" ”

Zi Yang put his finger to his lips and motioned for him to shut up and listen carefully to what Qin Xianghe said.

"After the completion of the Immortal Palace, the Heavenly Machine Dao Chang diverted water to fill the sinkhole. Tianji Dao Chang is really a god, it is said that he built this underground palace with the stunts of Ziwei Doushu and Qimen Dunjia, Tianchi sealed the sinkhole, and there is still living water flowing inside!

The Taoist of Tianji said that as long as this palace does not fall, the people of the world will be peaceful forever. The Heavenly Machine Dao Master also promised the descendants of the Qin Army that as long as the clansmen guarded this ancient tomb, they would never invade this place. ”

"So, you're the grave keepers?"

Zi Yang finally understood why these descendants of the Qin army would conclude a peace agreement with the cowardly Xue army, and why they would protect Kublai Khan's underground palace for generations.

What is recorded on the mural is really a historical deed.

"Hey! The Qin Dynasty is dead, whose tomb are you guarding? Lao Wang suddenly spoke, and his words were not without irony.

Qin Xianghe stopped and said angrily: "I am guarding the tomb of the Great Qin World!" The people are the world! Great Qin is dead, but the people are not dead! ”

Qin Xianghe stood there majestically, and everyone was stunned!

These righteous and awe-inspiring words came out of his mouth, and people immediately felt that his thin body was much taller.

Qin Xianghe straightened up and stood there for a while, as if he had suddenly deflated, then returned to his hunched back and continued to walk forward slowly.

Lao Wang, Su Rui and Zi Yang followed silently, and no one dared to say anything anymore.

After a while, Qin Xianghe said: "We don't care what others think, at least after the completion of the Immortal Palace, Qinhan Village has been smooth and safe for thousands of years. Until that little brute stole the explosives and attracted you outsiders ......"

Qin Xianghe was emotional when he said this, holding on to the stone wall and coughing again and again.

"Rest the old man." Su Rui said softly, unconsciously, they had been walking for a while, and this underground crack was full of twists and turns, and they didn't know how many roads were ahead.

Qin Xianghe's waist bent over, shook his head and said painfully: "I'm old and useless." The secrets of the grave keepers are passed down from generation to generation, and it is the last generation that has been passed on to me. Ahem...... Originally, the mantle of the grave keeper was to be passed on to Ruilin, I think he has been very talented since he was a child, and he has been secretly cultivating him, who knows...... cough cough cough ......"

"Oh, uncle, don't worry, I see that your body is still very strong, at least you can live for another thirty or fifty years, and you can find a good seedling to cultivate in the village when you have this time......" Lao Wang said nonchalantly.

Qin Xianghe stopped coughing, raised his head and looked at Lao Wang panting, his eyes full of grief and indignation.

Lao Wang suddenly remembered that the villagers of Qinhan Village had been relocated as a whole, and now this has become a ghost village, and the old man really has no successor.

"This, if it really doesn't work, you can pass it on to me, I'm quite a good person to keep secrets." Lao Wang said with wide eyes, looking quite sincere.

Qin Xiang turned his head angrily and ignored him.

"Old man, what exactly is enshrined in this Immortal Palace?" Su Rui asked suddenly.

"Yuwang Jiuding! Don't you already know? Qin Xianghe said angrily.

Su Rui and Zi Yang glanced at each other, and then said, "This Yu Wang Jiuding is the cowardly Xue Jun, that Tianji Daoist, did they bring it?" ”

Qin Xianghe shook his head: "Jiuding was brought out by the Lingnan Army, and the ancestors came here precisely to hide the traces of Jiuding. ”

Everyone was shocked, it turned out that the missing Jiuding was actually brought out by Qin Jun himself, what was the reason for them to smuggle out this supreme treasure? There must be another twist and turn in the story.

"Does the Heavenly Daoist know about the existence of this Jiuding?" Su Rui continued to ask.

Qin Xianghe snorted twice: "Of course the Heavenly Machine Dao people know, and they know more than us. It was the Tianji Dao people who came up with the idea to let us build the Immortal Palace underground and use Jiuding Town in it. ”

Zi Yang suddenly remembered something and opened his mouth to ask, "How did those exploration team members die?" ”