"What are you talking nonsense!" I glared at her in annoyance, and the more passive the situation, the more verbose she became, and the mess was endless. But after scolding her, I felt that Xiao Jiuhong's face was indeed very wrong, and I stammered with my mouth open and wanted to say something.

"Don't be fierce, say it quickly" Xiao Jiuhong grabbed my arm tightly: "Don't be angry with you, you say, the stone man has long legs."

"Nope." I softened my tone and glanced around, it was still so quiet, I didn't see anything unusual, I said, "Don't be surprised, it's okay, the two of us will settle the account when we get out." "

"Since I don't have legs" Xiao Jiuhong's eyebrows collapsed suddenly, crying and mourning, the hand holding me was not only very tight, but also trembling slightly: "Then why is there one missing?"

"What? What did you say? "

"Stone people, seven, now one less." Xiao Jiuhong turned his head and counted from the direction where we had just stopped: "One, two, three, four, five, six"

I didn't pay attention to these at all, but as soon as Xiao Jiuhong reminded me, I suddenly noticed that the seven stone figures that were originally standing by the pit were now only six left!

I was afraid that I would be dazzled, and then carefully counted twice, the number of stone people is not much, as long as you pay attention to the number, it is absolutely impossible to count wrong, after counting twice, the sweat on my forehead also began to rise outward, the seven stone people who were clear before, sure enough, there are only six left, and the remaining one, without a trace!

"The stone man has run away! Run! Xiao Jiuhong was arrogant, but after all, she was a young girl, and her courage was limited, in such a closed, dark and unknown environment, she was immediately frightened, grabbed my arm, and said while jumping: "Where are you!" Where did it go! "

"Be quiet! If you shout again, I'll kick you out to fill the river! "I wiped the sweat off my head, things have come to this point, it must be too late to hide, even if we retreat, we can only retreat to the previous dead end. I held the whip in my hand, deliberately straightened the Zhenhe mirror around my neck, and then walked forward slowly.

I don't know if there is any predetermined order in which these stone figures are placed, but when I look closely, I see that the missing stone figures are the one furthest away from us. Xiao Jiuhong followed me step by step, she was nervous, I was nervous, so I walked seven or eight steps away, and suddenly a figure jumped up from the ground in front of me, and ran in the opposite direction quickly.

"Someone!" Xiao Jiuhong shouted violently, she was afraid of those gods and ghosts, but if she really met a living person, it really didn't scare Xiao Jiuhong. The old ghost is so powerful, Xiao Jiuhong also dared to challenge with a big grin at that time, as soon as he found that figure, Xiao Jiuhong came to his senses, let go of my arm, and jumped over: "Stop!" Let the old lady be scared for so long! I'm the little Jiuhong of Pai Jiao, have you heard of it?"

As soon as she chased after her, I also pulled my heels, and the figure ran very fast, but the terrain of the space was limited, and she was always in sight, and we were chasing closer and closer. We chased forward twenty or thirty meters away, and suddenly a large waterhole appeared in front of us, a very large waterhole, estimated to be at least about twenty meters in diameter, and the waterhole blocked the way. The figure paused when he ran to the edge of the waterhole, he didn't want to be caught up by us, but he didn't seem to dare to go into the water, after a pause, the other party continued to run along the edge of the waterhole to the side, but just after such a pause, Xiao Jiuhong had already caught up.

"Still running!" Xiao Jiuhong is definitely far behind the red lady, but she has practiced it, and she raised her hand and grabbed the other party's back. I also rushed over to help, and with a wave of the whip, it rolled against the ground to the other party's calf, and pulled hard, and the person was immediately grabbed by Xiao Jiuhong's clothes in the back of his heart.

I raised my feet and rushed over, went around to the front, and blocked this person in the middle with Xiao Jiuhong, and the moment I went around in front of the other party, I was stunned, because no matter how I thought about it, I would never have thought that it would be this person.

The corners of the person's mouth couldn't help twitching, her facial expression was very complicated, she was a little weak-hearted, and she looked a little timid, she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at me, and her mouth stammered for a long time before she said: "Big palm lamp"

"How could it be you!?" I can see it very clearly, this person, I saw it in Baoliu Village, is the middle-aged woman in her forties, if I remember correctly, it should be Tang Pingchuan's wife. Tang Pingchuan and my father are of the same generation, but he died of illness, he has no son, and after the Tang family is broken, he is not valued in the seven gates.

I was very surprised and confused, in fact, I had a very good impression of this woman, at that time, the two Song Dawu brothers and a few other old guys were embarrassed by the old ghost openly and secretly, and only she helped say a few words.

As soon as the aunt of the Tang family was caught up by us, she was completely honest, without any intention of resisting, lowered her head, and whispered: "This matter, I am wrong, don't blame the big palm lamp"

"What the hell is going on?" I put away the whip in my hand, the aunt of the Tang family appeared very suddenly, but she should be a very well-behaved person, at that time the old ghost pushed me to sit in the position of the big palm lamp, no one in the seven doors is willing to really admit it, but at least the aunt of the Tang family is still willing to recognize me as the big palm lamp.

The aunt of the Tang family slowly raised her head and looked at Xiao Jiuhong next to her, intentionally or unintentionally, she didn't know who Xiao Jiuhong was, and she might not want to say something in front of Xiao Jiuhong. I saw her concerns, so I asked Xiao Jiuhong to go to the side first. Xiao Jiuhong was suddenly unhappy, and shouted: "I caught the person, why should I be asked to go to the side, I still want to say that you should go to the side!" "

"If you are told to go, you will go! Where is so much nonsense! I said, "Wait a minute, you go by yourself!" If you encounter something, you deal with it yourself! "

Xiao Jiuhong was afraid of this, looked at the darkness around her, and didn't dare to fight back all of a sudden, while scolding in a low voice, she reluctantly walked a few steps to the side, I didn't think it was enough, and urged her to walk for a while.

"Aunt Tang." When Xiao Jiuhong walked away, I whispered: "We are all people from the Seven Gates, I don't embarrass you, what are you doing here?" Let's make it clear, we're still a family. "

"Big Palm Lamp, I did something wrong about this, nothing to say." The aunt of the Tang family hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted her teeth and said: "My head is gone, but I am still a member of the Seven Gates, and I admit what punishment I should receive." I came here to get a piece of lotus wood. "

"There's a lotus wood here?" I was taken aback, but the words of the aunt of the Tang family were like a bright light, instantly illuminating some doubts in my heart. I think of the pit, the pit is more than ten meters long, four or five meters wide, not deep, such a length and width, just enough to fit the lotus wood statue in the Yellow River.

"Big palm lamp, you should know about the copper and wooden statues." The aunt of the Tang family was very wary of Xiao Jiuhong, and said in a suppressed voice: "I heard the head of the family say so many words in the past, who knows, it is still the wrong day." "

The old rule of the seven gates of the river has always been passed on to men but not to women, and it is impossible for the wives and daughters in the family to know anything. But Tang Pingchuan has no son, and he has so many things stuffy in his stomach, and after so many years, he has more or less told the Tang family's aunt some things.

I guessed right, this place is used to store lotus wood statues. The lotus wood statue has been drifting in the Yellow River, back and forth for 30 years. Every 30 years, the lotus statue floats to this place, where it stays for eight months to a year, after which it begins to drift again. The mystery of the lotus wood statue is known to many people in the Seven Gates, but it is a divine object, and no one dares to act rashly.

"The seven gates are scattered, and the long gate is far away, so I thought, take a little bit of lotus wood, it should not be in the way." The aunt of the Tang family looked guilty and said, "The old man in the family is old, so he wants to point to the lotus tree and let them live for a few more years." Big palm lamp, although I am a woman, but I will be subject to the rules, what punishment should be received, I have nothing to say. "

If Tang Pingchuan hadn't died, the aunt of the Tang family probably wouldn't have the courage to come here to get the lotus wood without permission, but after calculating it, she still miscalculated the days when the lotus wood floated back, and ran over and fell short. didn't wait to leave, Xiao Jiuhong and I arrived here, and the aunt of the Tang family didn't have time to run at that time, so she simply stood motionless on the edge of the pit and wanted to see the opportunity to act.

"Forget it." I thought about it, it's not like there's anything wrong with it, I guess Song Baiyi and those people don't know these things very well, otherwise, they would have smashed the lotus wood a long time ago: "It's okay, Aunt Tang, how did you get to this place?" Remember the way out? "

"Yes." The aunt of the Tang family said: "There is an exit far from the river beach, but, Dazhang Deng, I almost lost half my life along the way." "

"It's hard to walk?"

"This place is very evil, I was more careful, but I still ran into something."

"Aunt Tang, Uncle Tang didn't tell you back then, what kind of place is this? Just to store the lotus wood statue? "

"The head of the house is very vague." The aunt of the Tang family thought for a while and said, "Big palm lamp, you come." "

Saying that, she stood up and walked back, I followed later, Xiao Jiuhong was squatting next to me and sulking, maybe she didn't want to deal with me, but she still couldn't stand it and followed. The aunt of the Tang family took me to the pit before, pointed to a place a few meters away, and said, "Big palm lamp, take a look." "

I visually inspected it, and a few meters away, it should be the most central part of this confined space. In the direction of the Tang family's aunt's fingers, there is a flat shallow dent, only two fingers deep, this dent can't see anything, but I always feel that the size of this dent should be the same as the size of the stone coffin.

This was also the place where the stone coffin was stored? In other words, the lotus wood statue, the stone coffin, all floated out from here?

The lotus wood statue, the stone coffin, the stone man with the severed hand, all these made me realize that this place has an extremely close relationship with the seven gates of the river.

Standing here, I couldn't help but see the six stone figures still standing on the edge of the pit.

"Aunt Tang, what's the use of these stone figures? Did Uncle Tang say it in the past? "I always felt that no one would go to the trouble to get the six stone figures in as decorations.

"Big Palm Lamp." The aunt of the Tang family glanced at Xiao Jiuhong tabooly, pulled me to the side, and said to my ear: "Actually, this is not a stone man. "

"Huh? Not a stone man? I looked at her in surprise.

"It's not." The Tang family's aunt's tone was very calm, not like she was lying, and she then whispered: "This is the true body of the old ancestor of the Seven Gates of Hezizi." "