I poked my head out from behind Yuanmei and stared wide-eyed, trying my best to look forward, only to see that there was a turn in front of me, it was pitch black, there was nothing, and the second master also said in my ear suspiciously: "I didn't see anything, is Commander Li wrong?" ”

Yuanmei whispered: "I obviously saw something, why are you two squeezing over and gone?" ”

"There's a mouse and fox in this hole, it's normal." ”

Although the second master said so, I still heard him pull out the box cannon of Brother Xiaowu, and Yuan Mei and I also hurriedly drew the sword and the end of the gun, and the three of them switched positions, with the second master in front, Yuan Mei in the center, and my palace behind, and walked forward cautiously.

As soon as the second master turned the corner, I heard him sigh, I hurriedly clenched the sword in my hand, and quickly followed, only to find that there was actually a room in front of me, saying that it was a house, but it was actually a very spacious passage.

Of course, what surprised the second master was not only the spaciousness, but that there were still tables, chairs, benches and a single wooden bed here, looking at the style of the furniture, the age was not very old, and the most surprising thing was that there was still a person sitting at the table.

This man dragged his cheeks with one hand, put the other hand on the table, the skin on his face had dried up and sunken, his mouth was slightly open, and his eyes were two holes in the black hole, which had already become a dry corpse, from the black coat on his body and the long white braid on his head, which must have been left here when the tunnel was built.

How did he end up living here? It's empty, what does he do for a living? In contrast, his identity has become irrelevant, even if he is the ancestor of the Lei family, he is now just a dried corpse, and it will not help us at all.

There is a bunch of candles on the table of the dry corpse, this candle seems to be disorganized, and if you look closely, it seems to be placed in the style of a plum blossom pile, each of which has the thickness of an arm, like chicken fat, yellow with red, the second master is fast, pick up one and put it in the bag, Yuan Mei grabbed him, grabbed the candle, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, sniffed it again, and finally put it back in place steadily, took out the fire sickle and planned to light it.

Looking at her solemn appearance, no one between me and the second master dared to speak, and stood quietly to the side and looked at her.

This candle may have been damp for too long, Yuanmei held the velvet and burned it for a long time, but it didn't light a single one, the second master couldn't hold it back, pulled Yuanmei away, and pressed the torch directly, even so, it still burned half a cigarette, and the candle was only one by one emitting a faint green light, and slowly lit up.

The sudden green light startled me and the second master, and he flashed to the side and asked Yuanmei: "Commander Li, why is this green fire?" ”

Yuanmei shushed and pointed to the wall on the side, we stared at the wall hard, but we didn't find anything unusual, I don't know what she meant.

Yuanmei also thought for a long time in surprise, and suddenly said, "Put out all the torches." ”

The second master looked at me suspiciously, I don't know why, but since she said so, there must be her reason, so I had to shrug at the second master, press the torch on the damp stone wall, and extinguish it.

At this time, in the deep dark hole, the three of us stood in a cloud of green light, staring at the opposite wall in a daze, and gradually, the candle emitted a faint fishy smell, this smell was very familiar, but I couldn't remember where to smell it for a while.

I was about to turn my head and ask Yuanmei if she had seen enough? Suddenly, Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the wall in front of the second master as if it had moved slightly, but when he looked closely, he didn't find anything, but the second master was also staring at the blue bricks on the wall, it seemed that there was really a problem.

Just thinking about it, suddenly a person appeared on the wall in front of me, at first it was just a vague human form, I didn't pay much attention at first, but he moved violently, startled me, hurriedly took a step back, clutched the sword, stared at him, the second master was also startled by me, and opened the insurance of the gun in his hand while retreating, only Yuanmei, still standing in place, looking at a figure that appeared in front of her.

There were more and more figures, more and more clear, and then these people moved like a Western scene, and the whole wall was full of people coming and going, but silently, and there was a dried corpse sitting behind him, which made all this reveal an indescribable weirdness.

As the figures became clearer and clearer, I gradually saw some doorways, these people seemed to be in a hurry to build something, groups of three or five, some sawing wood, some nailing and chiseling, and some ramming piles, because there was no sound, it was not lively at all, it could only be said to be busy.

In the end, all the wooden stakes were built, and as soon as the picture turned, these people began to pull huge stones again, more than a dozen people carried ropes in front of them, and there were three or four people pushing behind them, and there were people next to them who kept stuffing logs under the stones, which made me suddenly wake up, it turned out that this was the scene of the construction of Longchang and the tunnel.

Only then did I understand why Yuan Mei had to look at these things, she wanted to find the true location of the other half of the Eight Masters Ancient Jade, but how did she know that this information was hidden on this wall? Is she deliberately hiding something from us?

At this time, the picture on the wall changed again, and in the blink of an eye, all the people who were working were standing in a row in the tunnel, and then, one by one, they quickly fell down, looking at their constantly distorted faces, I am afraid that they were poisoned or something, and after everyone fell to the ground, the picture started again from them sawing wood and driving piles.

The second master, who was still engrossed in watching the Western scenery, suddenly asked, "Gone?" ”

I was also stunned on the spot, and I said vaguely casually: "Hmm".

Yuanmei stood motionless and watched the cycle back and forth no less than four or five times, and finally she sighed and said, "Light the torch." ”

At the same time as the torch was lit, the figure on the wall disappeared in an instant, Yuanmei blew out the candle, and I took the opportunity to ask, "What is the situation?" ”

"This thing is called a mirage candle, according to legend, the mirage inhabits the coast or the mouth of a large river, the appearance is very similar to Jiao, the mirage is the mirage of the breath of the mirage, but the use of mirage fat can also be made, as long as the mirage fat is mixed into high-quality wax to make a candle, usually lit at dusk when it is about to rain, you can see the phantom, here is dark and damp, very suitable for this condition."

And in ancient times, there is a secret technique is to store some of the emperor's major events in the mirage candle, in order to wait for the emperor to give birth to the queen, so that future generations will always remember his majesty and achievements during his lifetime, this technology disappeared from the palace as early as the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the reason is that this mirage is too few, too difficult to find, it is said that the mirage is the offspring of the snake and the pheasant, and the pheasant lays an egg only the size of the thumb, this egg comes out, it will cause the lightning and thunder in the sky, only when the thunder splits it into the sand, and the sand and stone are integrated, and it is possible to hatch the mirage after two or three hundred years. ”

I said in my heart that no wonder the smell I smelled was so familiar, it turned out that this thing was made of Jiao oil, when it was at the mouth of Yingkou Tianzhuang Village, it was this smell when it was rotten, I don't know if it would be a mirage?

The second master asked with a look of surprise: "Then this is a good thing, you can take it out to relieve boredom when you have nothing to do at night, hey, this is your thing?" As he spoke, he reached out and plucked the candle.

Yuanmei shouted: "Don't move! ”

The second master's hand immediately retracted as if he had been electrocuted, and he muttered unhappily: "Stingy." ”

Yuanmei eased her emotions and said: "It's not that I'm stingy, look at this dry corpse, the purpose of his living here is to guard the candles, let's go straight to Guyu this time, or try to cause as little trouble as possible, don't touch other things, don't take them if you can, okay, let's go."

Although these words are very reasonable, but the second master is still sullen, and slowly follows Yuanmei forward, but his eyes keep glancing at the candles, I comfort him in the back: "Okay, don't look at it, when you go out, I invite you to look at the Western scenery, that thing is much better than this, I heard that there are foreign women dancing in skirts, but it is exciting." ”

The second master said with a happy face: "Okay, what you said, when you go out, take the second master and I'll take a good look at it, I've heard that it's interesting, or his mother's big nose will enjoy it, and when I have money, I'll buy a gramophone, do you remember Zeng Weiguo?" Put on the record and listen to whatever you want. Hey, Commander Li, those candles are worth a lot, aren't they? ”

"Well, how do you say that? It's not a question of whether it's worth a lot of money, after the early Tang Dynasty, people who have seen this thing are afraid that they can count it on two hands, and now, I've heard very few of them, I also heard my grandfather mention it to me back then, saying that the master has a few in his hand, but for the origin, he has always avoided talking about it, and has never let others see it, this thing is not like antique jade, yellow and white things have a relatively uniform price, this thing, priceless. ”

"Ho! That's what priceless treasure is talking about, so let's do it. Two golden lights shot out of the eyes of the second master, and he was incoherent with excitement, and he turned around to go back, I grabbed him and said: "What Yuanmei said is priceless is not that it is valuable, you took it out, and no one knows it, right, Yuanmei?" ”

"Well, there is a saying in the antique shop called Qin and Han Dynasty after the antique, the things of the three dynasties are called artifacts, from the Qin and Han dynasties, all kinds of historical records of court things gradually increased, more and more detailed, detailed, and before that, the Xia Shang and the three dynasties, and further eras, there were almost no historical materials, even if there were, most of them were destroyed in the war, and the surviving records are in the form of myths, such as "Fengshen Bang" and the like, and there are more different books in the three dynasties, "Hetu", "Luoshu", "King Wen's Thirty-six Hexagrams", "Fuxi Sixteen Hexagrams" And so on, so in addition to pots and pans and other commonly used things, there are many things related to sacrifices or divination, those things do not say that put it now, that is, in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, it is difficult to say its use and origin, this kind of thing naturally has no concept of value geometry. ”

"Ah, forget it in that case, hey, Xiaofeng, how much do you say this Eight Ancient Jade is worth if it is sold?" ”

As soon as Yuan Mei heard this, she turned her head and glanced at the second master, and I hurriedly relieved the siege and said, "Are you the head of a money string?" You're crazy about money, why don't you sell yourself? ”

He also knew that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly explained: "I'm just asking casually, isn't this going to fend for myself right away, don't worry, that thing was bought by everyone with all their might, even if I really sell it, I can't sell it." ”

Yuanmei snorted: "It's almost the same as selling by catty." ”

"Yes, yes, it can't catch up with the price of pork, and it has to be more expensive than offal." The second master knew that he was at a loss, and said flatteringly.

Yuan Mei ignored him anymore, turned her head and continued to walk forward, and after a few steps, the second master sniffed and sniffed, and suddenly said, "Why is this getting more and more smelly?" ”

I also smelled a strong rancid smell, Yuanmei stood still, asked everyone to tear off their sleeves, poured water on their noses, tied the back of their heads, and made a simple mask, but even so, the further I went, the more the stench kept drilling into my nose, and I couldn't imagine what it would be like if I took off the mask.

As I went deeper, I heard some movement in my ears, as if something was scratching the wall, like a mouse biting something, squeaking and rattling, and the three of them were all silent, tensed their nerves, and turned another turn.

The moment I turned around, the second master in front suddenly stopped, I thought there was a dry corpse or something, squeezed over to take a look, but saw that in the dark hole, there were layers of dead corpses full of white flowers, one by one against the wall, like sandbags all the way up, piled up to a person's height, at a glance, there was no head at all, only leaving a side barely able to cross the path, it turned out that this was the source of the stench.

I covered my mask and asked, "These are all the people who do the work?" ”

Yuan Mei at the front replied in a low voice: "It shouldn't be all, you see." As she spoke, she shone it with a torch, and I noticed that the head of the corpse closest to us had been smashed, and I couldn't help blurting out: "Pillars? ”