When I was still thinking about how to crack the cause of this underworld, I saw Company Commander Wang take out the walkie-talkie and turn it on and debug: "I'll see if I can get in touch with Xiao Liu and them." ”

Xiao Liu and another soldier were still waiting on the boulder in Rainbow Pool, and if there was no news within 24 hours, they would report back to the company headquarters - of course, at this time, I was not sure that with the strength of the two of them, they would be able to climb back from the boulder to the top of the cliff.

There is no suspense, all the wireless signals are out of order, just a rustling noise.

", the positioning system can't be used, what can I do, it seems that the gang can't end for a while, if the two of them go back to the company for help, it will definitely cause more comrades to come over and go into the water, wouldn't it be more troublesome!" Company Commander Wang scolded and angrily stuffed the walkie-talkie back into his bag.

Jin Facai was still frowning and thinking, I patted him on the shoulder and quipped: "Don't bother, there are some things that you can't think of the more you think about them, maybe you will eat and drink for a while, and then faint for a while, and then all of you will remember." ”

"Yo, it's okay if you don't say it, I'm really hungry when I mention it!" Jin Facai turned around and pointed to the sluggish soldiers on the ground and said, "Or I say, let's find a place to eat something first, it's useless to just guard these half-stupid people, maybe eat something, the way is here!" ”

Aliangbo said: "There are a lot of restaurants here, but everyone is dressed like this, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to go out, in case you are hit by those ghosts, it will be a big trouble!" ”

Everyone was hesitating, and then Li Youwu whispered: "I'm afraid they won't see us, but I'm just thinking about looking for these ghosts." After speaking, he patted the row of sharpened small wooden sticks around his waist.

That's what I'm going to do, if I've been hiding in this yard, I'm afraid I won't have a clue at all, since I've come here, it's better to let go of my hands and feet.

After some deliberation, the comrades who had lost their souls were guarded by a few fellow villagers here, and our group was led by Alan Bo and went out to the city for a walk.

Aliangbo called a fellow man to run out to explore the way, and then led us all the way forward.

A group of more than a dozen people, after turning around the small alleys, returned to the brightly lit main road in the city, Aliangbo led the way while a little nervously left and right: "Although this is a small city, but there are outside, there are all available here, this whole city is a circle, surrounded by a circle of walls, only that one gate, the rest are dead ends...... Even if you want to go over the wall, it's useless, the river outside is a poisonous river, it is said that someone has been in the water before, and as soon as the body is dipped in the water, it does not come out. ”

Ah Liang Bo told us about the owners of the shops on both sides of the way, or who lived in such and such a block, etc., probably the names of some old people that Ah Zi knew, and now most of them have lost their souls, and these people who have lost their souls have long since ceased to recognize their fellow countrymen, just like a stranger, no matter how hard Ah Liang Bo and they tried, they couldn't make these fellow villagers recall the past, they were like half an idiot.

After about half an hour, when we reached the end of the street, a huge circular square suddenly opened up in front of us, and in the center of the square there was a towering six-story hexagonal tower, surrounded by a high wall, and a gate was closed, which looked like a temple and an ancient official palace.

"Where is this?" Li Youwu pointed to the tower and asked.

"Oh, this is the big temple, all of us have to go here to get our wages, usually there is no one, only before and after the city gate is opened, there will be those people who are not ghosts and ghosts."

Li Youwu's nose fluttered deeply a few times, and it seemed that he didn't smell anything.

"This is the center of the city," he continued, "and around this tower, there is a street like this, and the whole city is run through these two streets, and there are small roads all around it, leading to different areas, and I don't know how many people live there, and there are many houses that are empty anyway, and maybe some new people will be brought in in later." …… Walking, in front of you is the largest restaurant here, which was opened by the first group of people in the city, and the owner, like us, also knows it here. With that, he pointed to his head.

Bypassing the tower, we continue to follow the street forward, the pattern of the city has been roughly understood, the layout of the street and the square is like a central "in" word, the big temple is on the center of the vertical line, the square comes and goes there are many city residents walking around, under the rough look is no different from ordinary people, look down, are dull eyes and expressionless.

Walking in it, I felt a cold sweat on my back. Looking at the few people in the same company, all of them were nervous and walked in small steps, only Jin Facai looked up at the tower and looked back frequently, if he hadn't been pulled by Li Youwu, he still wanted to stop and take a closer look.

"Why aren't you hungry? Are you coming to a tourist attraction, do you want to take another photo of you? I teased him.

"Hey, I'm just curious about how rough this tower is, it's familiar, like the three-dimensional cemetery in our hometown, what is there to take pictures of this bird place, if you want to take a souvenir, it's better for me to go over and soak hot urine in a while, and write a visit here."

While laughing, we had come to what Alalbo said was the largest restaurant in the city, a three-story corridor built along the street, with a few unintelligible words written on the signboard, and a row of small characters on the side of the Wei monument - "Drunken Dream Building".

There was a little second under the doorrail who was rubbing the doorpost, and when he saw us coming, he didn't say much, and directly led us to the most upstairs. Aliangbo turned around and said, "This one is also sober, except for him and the boss, the rest here are stupid." ”

Entered a large private room along the street on the third floor, which has a group of tables and chairs displayed, consistent with the style of other places in the store, and has a Ming Dynasty decoration style.

A few people put together a few square tables, sat down, Xiao Er brought a few plates of tea such as peanuts and fruits, made a pot of Pu'er tea, said a few words to Aliangbo, and went out.

"I've asked the fellow who opened the road to come and inform them, and it is estimated that the boss will come in a while."

I sat by the window and looked down to see the brightly lit street below, lined with shops, and many people walking around and trading. At the height of the third floor, looking into the distance, you can also see some dimly lit residential areas, with irregular rows of low houses until the distance. Looking up at the night, there were no stars, no moon and no clouds, as if the entire city was covered with an oversized black iron pot lid.

After a while, there was the sound of footsteps on the stairs, and an old man with a wrinkled face, who should be seventy or eighty years old, dressed in a white shirt and black hexagram, with a black cloth bag wrapped around his waist, wrapped in a black turban on his head, and rubbing a hookah pipe in his hand, greeted Aliangbo in a local accent.

Although this person is old, he is in good spirits, with vigorous steps, and his voice is full of energy.

Under the introduction of Aliangbo, we greeted one by one, it seems that this old man has also known our origin, and does not see the outside, not only does not see the outside, but also seems very close to us, although the language barrier, but from his eyes, it can be seen that it is very friendly, not only friendly, but also with a sense of love, just like a grandfather looking at his grandchildren.

I thought to myself, sure enough, it was the first batch of old townspeople who came to the city, and I don't know how many groups of newcomers I had seen before and after, and in his eyes, we were probably just like Aryanbo and them, another group of new townspeople who had entered the city with clear heads.

I saw Ah Liangbo talking to him, and Ah Zi translated with us in Chinese, which probably meant that those of us who were dressed differently were not from their clan, but the rescuers from the mage Tuomeng, and this girl was the princess of their generation, and so on.

The old man listened and smoked a hookah, occasionally looking sideways at us, smiling and nodding, not looking surprised.

Xiao Er served a lot of hot dishes after a while, all of which were big meats such as roasted whole chicken, boiled beef, roast leg of mutton, and some boiled vegetables, all of which were packed on a large plate with a large basin, and a large jar of rice wine was served.

When all the dishes are ready, Xiao Er went downstairs to see the door, a few of us who have eaten compressed biscuits for two days, saw such a large table of dishes have already drooled, and after a few simple and polite words between the guests and hosts, they will feast on the wind.

Jin Facai pulled a chicken leg, and before the meat in his mouth was swallowed, he showed: "Don't rob any of you for a while, this meal is all on my Jin Yuanwai, I pay, I pay!" ”

Ah Liangbo put down his chopsticks, took out two peanut-sized green stones, and said with a smile: "What's so embarrassing, you are noble heavenly soldiers, and we should have come to treat you!" What's more, you don't have any money here! ”

This is not tight, but it stimulates Jin Facai's ostentatious energy, and the oily hand reached into the trouser pocket and touched it for a while, and snapped a green stone the size of a fish ball on the table: "Look down on me as a gold officer, but as long as you have money, I will not be less than you here!" ”

This shot not only shocked Aliangbo's eyes, but the old man who had always been reserved stopped his pipe, raised his hand to pick up the stone and took a closer look.

Jin Facai squeezed his eyes at me, and whispered in my ear: "I said that this old guy is putting on a good score, and you see, when he sees this big money, he still shows the true colors of a greedy profiteer, hehehe." ”

"Brother Jin, where did you get this!" Ah Zi's apricot eyes widened, and the rest of them also stopped to look at Jin Facai, waiting for him to explain. Only the corners of Li Youwu's mouth were slightly crooked, and he continued to drink the wine in the bowl, I guess he must have seen the scene of Kim Fa Cai peeing and picking up stones in the riverbed at that time.

"Hey, hey, your wealth is not exposed, you are also born in a big family, don't you understand this reason?" I laughed.

Jin Facai was just about to open his mouth and continue to show off, when the old man suddenly got up, closed all the windows, then bolted the door of the box, put down his pipe, and leaned in front of Jin Facai, muttering with a stern expression, as if asking something.

Aliangbo hurriedly translated: "The old man asked you where the money came from. ”

Jin Facai smiled: "I don't steal or rob, I don't cheat and I don't gamble, this money, uncle, I picked it up!" ”

"Nonsense!" Alan Bo didn't wait for the old man's words, but said first: "The largest amount of money in this city is the size of a quail egg, and I don't know how much credit I have to do and how many days I have saved to get one." So far, there are only three in total, all in the hands of this old man, how can you pick up such a big one casually! ”

After that, Aliangbo replied to the old man about Jin Facai's words.

I was afraid that they would misunderstand, so I hurriedly told us briefly about sinking into the riverbed and picking up stones as souvenirs, only to see that the old man looked at us with a trace of the sharpness of the elders and a little more hesitant.

Under the translation of Ah Liang Bo and Ah Zi, we know why this old man is so out of shape:

It turned out that when the old man entered the city, it was a dilapidated and empty city, and although the city also had these buildings and furnishings, it was empty.

At that time, the old man was the great wizard of the clan leader family in the Wild Elephant Valley at that time, and one year, several young girls in the clan suddenly disappeared, and one of them was the underage daughter of the chief.

According to the experience left by the predecessors, the great wizard judged that most of them were captured by the mountain ghosts, because these women were all virgins with eight characters and all yin, and if they were eaten as human medicine, the mountain ghosts would be able to cultivate their immortal bodies to maintain their immortal life.

So the leader was furious, and sent the great wizard with magic weapons, pulled a dozen knife hands, and went into the depths of the mountain to look for mountain ghosts.

In order to redeem the women from the mountain ghosts, the great wizard also brought a lot of cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese and other living creatures, as well as large frames of vegetables, rice, noodles, tea and oil, and thought of exchanging them as sacrifices.

When they found the Rainbow Pool, a sudden gust of wind blew all their teams into the pool, and finally they arrived in the city, never leaving this place again.

For so many years, the great wizard and the group of swordsmen who had been dispersed became the first inhabitants of the city, and they were called back and forth by those ghosts, and they were building the city walls, and farming and animal husbandry, until more and more clansmen entered the city, and they were slowly no longer called to work, and took the lead in the largest restaurant in the city to make a living.

And because the number of people in this city is increasing, there is a need for a circulating currency to balance the gains and losses, so the first batch of old inhabitants were taken to a riverbed by a bewitching woman with a spell, and several bags of stones were transported, and in the hexagonal tower in the city, they were processed and polished to the current size and are still in use today, and no one has ever been to the riverbed with green stones since.

The reason why the old man saw the stones auctioned by Jin Facai was so out of shape was precisely because he knew that these big stones were not the currency of the city, nor were they visible to ordinary people.

"Oh?" My heart trembled, and when I heard this, I figured out some clues:

1, this "Yunnan Yue Underworld" was already in existence before the first batch of people entered by the old Han people.

2, a long, long time ago, there were constantly missing girls in the clan, and they were all yin...... I remember that Ah Zi's eight characters are also all yin, is it really like the legend, what kind of mountain ghost needs to eat these women and prolong his life?

3, the bewitching woman who led the old man to carry the stones, is it a mountain ghost?

4. This is very important, that is, as long as there is a certain way, it is still possible for us to go back to that riverbed again!

I was deep in thought, slowly trying to deduce an answer from various details to explain all the doubts in my mind, when suddenly I was hit by a blonde "Huh? Interrupted the train of thought.

I saw that Jin Facai was still holding the half of the chicken leg in his hand, stared at the dishes on the table for a while, turned his head and asked Ah Liangbo: "I said Ah Liangbo, you said that all the people in this city have never died of old age, and there has never been a newborn baby?" ”

"yes, never, what's wrong?" Alean Bo replied.

"That'...... The ......" Jin Facai pointed to the dishes on the table, glared at him and asked, "What about these roast chickens and roast pork...... Your animals here have been killed and eaten for so long, since no one can give birth to children, then animals can't give birth either, where are there so many...... Could it be that these things can't be killed and eaten? ”

I chuckled in my heart, yes, why didn't I think of this stubble......