Chapter 16: The Past

Time seems to pass very slowly here, and every minute and second is a torment for those present. It's a pity that Junko has never been able to join them, and if they want to go out, it means that he will stay in the rock wall forever. Finally, under everyone's questioning, Feng Sandao told the unknown past.

The story continues after Feng Sandao and his second brother and the knife handle found the bronze mirror, the second brother made a lot of money by relying on this mirror, and the three brothers finally had the capital to turn over, but one day, Yuan Lao Er said that his fate with this bronze mirror was exhausted, and he wanted to find a place to "send it away", so the three brothers came to this Qinglong Mountain to find a place to throw it away, but the second brother was obviously a little reluctant. The second child's real name is Yuan Jiaquan, because his hands can make double knives, he is nicknamed "Double Knife Yuan", also known as Yuan Laoer. On the way to Qinglong Mountain, the old three knife handlers were a little sullen, and they seemed to have something on their minds, which was very different from the usual monkey and monkey personality. Feng Sandao and Yuan Lao Er asked him what was on his mind, and he said that he was a little unwell and that there was nothing serious. The three brothers walked all the way to the depths of the dense forest of Qinglong Mountain, and this is Feng Sandao stopped and said, I said second brother, you are looking for a place to bury it. Yuan Lao Er looked around and said, no, this place is too bland, not enough to support this mirror, let's find another place!

In this way, under the leadership of Yuan Laoer, they came to this cave, and the water flow here was still very large, and the surging river was tumbling like a dragon to the cave. It was already noon when they arrived, and all three of them felt tired and thirsty, so they prepared to go to the river to drink some water. At this time, it was a hot summer, although there was wind in the mountain, but it was also a little extremely stuffy, at this time to see such a good river, how could there be any reason to be unhappy, Feng Sandao felt strangely cool after washing his face by the river, as if the heat on the whole body had dissipated, and the knife handle on the other side had already been held in his hand and drunk, at this moment Yuan Lao Er suddenly shouted loudly, not good! This water is not clean!

As soon as he heard this, Feng Sandao and the knife handle immediately moved away from the river, and before he could speak, the knife handle had already fallen to the ground, and Feng Sandao also felt that his whole body was cold, and he actually had a cold feeling.

What's going on? Feng Sandao asked. Big brother, you see that although this water is extremely clear, there is not a trace of living creatures in it, and there is no grass in the place where it passes, I think this water must not be a good water.

What you say makes sense, we are careless, but what now? Feng Sandao seemed to be in a cold winter moon, and he began to tremble when he spoke, and the knife handle was already unconscious.

Big brother don't worry, since the beginning of the world, these things have followed the path of mutual rebirth and mutual restraint, and it is good for me to go and explore the way and find some ways to get rid of it. After the anxious Yuan Lao Er finished speaking, he entered the cave. Feng Sandao lay on the hot rock, finally felt a trace of warmth, and silently waited for Yuan Lao Er to come back. I don't know how long it took, when Feng Sandao opened his eyes again, he saw Yuan Lao Er and the knife handle looking at him eagerly, and then he was surprised that the knife handle was already healed, and he felt fine. Feng Sandao asked Yuan Lao Er out of curiosity how to save them, he only said that he had found a kind of grass and gave it to them to eat, as for what grass, Yuan Lao Er said that he didn't know it, so he saw two growing on the rock wall and picked them back. Feng Sandao felt that he and the knife handle were fine, so he didn't ask about this stubble anymore.

What are we going to do? Feng Sandao asked Yuan Laoer, where are you going? Yuan Lao Er pointed to the entrance of the cave and said, I went into the cave just now to take a look, and found that there are traces of artificial construction in it, let's go in and take a look. Artificial? The knife handle said in surprise, in this place of deep mountains and old forests, who will build things here, this is Qinglong Mountain! Yuan Lao Er answered, it is precisely because this is Qinglong Mountain that you have forgotten the mysterious disappearance of a regiment here during the defense of Nanjing? They built what was in it.

But didn't the little devils also come to search at that time? Will they notice such a conspicuous place? Said the knife handle. Being conspicuous now does not mean that it was conspicuous before. Yuan Lao Er said, I think we should go in and have a look. Then Yuan Lao Er turned his head and asked Feng Sandao and said, "Big brother, what is your opinion?"

Since you're here, there's no harm in going in and having a look! Feng Sandao said. In this way, the three of them stepped into this indescribable cave, and Feng Sandao's first feeling when he entered the cave was that it was cool, and even had a cold feeling, which was far from the hot summer day outside.

Walking all the way to the high stone platform road built by the river, they did not find anything strange, and when they came to the darkness, they retreated, because it was too dark inside, and they did not bring torches or anything, which was very inconvenient. Feng Sandao already had the heart to retreat at this time, and as soon as he said it, the knife handle also agreed with both hands, but Yuan Lao Er said that he hadn't figured out the situation yet, and he had to figure it out before leaving. In order to solve the problem of lighting, Yuan Lao Er pulled out the saber on his waist, went to the forest to cut some grease branches, and then took off his clothes and tore them into strips of cloth, and made two or three torches, so the three of them entered the hole again.

With the lighting of the torches, Feng Sandao felt a little more confident in his heart, and he was not as worried about something in the dark as he was last time, and people always had a defensive mentality against unknown objects. Yuan Lao Er walked in front with a torch, and Feng Sandao and the knife handle also followed closely with an unlit torch. In this way, they kept walking towards the depths of the cave, and when the third torch in the hand of the knife handle was lit, they finally reached the end of the road, and then they found that there was a lake in front of them, as for how big it was, of course they could not see, but Yuan Lao Er found a shady corner, and the three of them walked towards the corner again, where they found a large stone platform, and there were some rut marks on the platform. What is this place? The knife handle whispered.

Could it really be that the regiment built it here? Feng Sandao was extremely surprised. At this time, Yuan Lao Er muttered to himself, I seem to have been here. Eventually, their torches burned out, and the cave was dark again, and just as they were thinking about how to get out in the dark, a strange phenomenon suddenly happened. The stones in the cave are all glowing! The stone on the top of the cave glows with a little blue light, like the sky is full of stars, and on the other side of the stone platform, there is a colorful river! The glowing colored pebbles at the bottom of the river are very beautiful under the rippling water.

Could this be the place where the gods live? Feng Sandao said. I think it is. The knife handle went on to say, where are the immortals? It can also guide us to become immortals! Yuan Lao Er looked at the strange scene in front of him and exclaimed, what a strange! Wonderful! It's wonderful!

At this time, Feng Sandao hurriedly said to Yuan Lao'er, I said, second brother, do you think this place is used to store your bronze mirror? This kind of fairy land is hard to find! Yuan Lao Er also smiled happily, good! Good! It's right here, and it's not in vain for me to come here! But where to put it? Yuan Lao Er seemed to be extremely excited, eldest brother and third brother, you wait for me here, I'll take a look around.

Looking at the dream-like scene in front of him, Feng Sandao was full of praise, sighing that the wonderful things in the world were really eye-opening! Just as he was intoxicated, the handle of the knife suddenly pulled him. Feng Sandao asked, third brother, is there something wrong? The knife handle looked around mysteriously, and after making sure that Yuan Lao Er had gone away, he whispered to Feng Sandao about the scene he saw after entering the house at Yuan Lao Er's house that day. Feng Sandao shouted at first in shock, but then frowned and thought about it, could what he saw be Yuan Lao'er's fake body, and the current second child is also very good to them? They were saved an hour ago. Feng Sandao persuaded the knife handle not to think too much, he should believe Yuan Lao Er, but in his heart, he began to pay attention to Yuan Lao Er's every move, is it really as the knife handle said that he is a fake who killed their second brother!

Not long after the two of them finished speaking, Yuan Lao Er came back out of breath. Feng Sandao immediately said to him, have you found anything? Yuan Lao Er shook his head and said, no, let's go! The knife handle suddenly stopped him and asked, "Where is your mirror?" Where do you put it? Yuan Lao Er laughed and said, I put it in a place that is the most difficult to find, let's go quickly!

When they went out, they found that it was already dark when the three of them came to the entrance of the cave again, and the sky was already full of stars outside, Feng Sandao was taken aback and said, how did we go in for so long? It's getting dark!

Big brother, we shouldn't really run into the fairy cave, right? The knife handle said with some trepidation, it stands to reason that it should be evening now!

Maybe it's because we don't know how time flies in there. Yuan Lao Er said that it is not easy to walk after dark, and I don't know if there are jackals, tigers and leopards in this mountain, so it is better for us to rest here and leave early tomorrow morning. Feng Sandao weighed it and had no choice but to say, okay, then I'll leave tomorrow.

Because it was the hot summer season, the three of them didn't feel cold, and they chatted outside the cave without a word, and the knife handle suddenly said, we don't seem to have eaten, right? Feng Sandao remembered that when he went up the mountain, he thought that they would go back soon, so he didn't prepare dry food, but after he said this, he was really a little hungry. But now it's nightfall, and they don't have any torches to illuminate, Feng Sandao has to endure until dawn when he thinks about it, but sometimes the more you want to forget something, the more you think about it, Feng Sandao only feels that his stomach is like a fire, and he is really hungry. At this time, the second and third children had stopped talking, they should have been asleep, Feng Sandao had to get up and look around, the bright moon was in the sky, the scenery in front of him was quite clear, and the earth was sprinkled with a silvery white.

Feng Sandao took advantage of the moonlight to walk along the path by the river, trying to find a place to cross the river during the day, and when he came to a bend in the river, he suddenly saw a strange scene, and he was so frightened that he sat on the ground......