Chen Ran stared at the water with expectant eyes.

But apart from the shadows of the trees, there was no movement on the surface of the pond.

Chen Ran gradually became a little impatient, and nodded with his left foot and right foot alternately: "Do you want to go down and have a look?" ”

"Go and see!" Zhang Xiaofo didn't say anything at all.

"This ......" Chen Ran still hesitated when he saw the green pool below.

The longer the time dragged on, the greater the variables, Zhang Xiaofo bit his fingers without hesitation, and drew a talisman under the windowsill.

Chen Ran couldn't help it, picked up a piece of broken glass on the ground and threw it out of the window.

The glass enters the water like a switch. The water in the pool began to be unsettled. Centered on the place where the glass entered the water, a circle of waves spread out viscously rippling in all directions.

Suddenly, the water shook violently, Zhang Xiaofo pulled Chen Ran to squat down together, shrunk under the window, and at the same time, the scalps of the two were scraped by the things that crossed over their heads, and when they woke up, they found that Wuwu was covered in blood and fell in the middle of the room.

Zhang Xiaofo walked over to check: a large piece of skin and flesh was torn off from Wuwu's ribs, revealing the organs inside. Without hesitation, he tore off a piece of the sheet and bandaged Wuwu to temporarily stop the bleeding. Wu Wu struggled violently, but was held down by Chen Ran.

"There are very few people who can hurt Uwu underwater!" Zhang Xiaofo opened his mouth after bandaging, and took out a piece of fish scales from Wuwu's wound: "This fish scale is really big enough!" ”

"I wonder how big a fish must be with such big scales?" Chen Ran looked at the half-palm-sized fish scales in Zhang Xiaofo's hand and was dumbfounded.

"There's something wrong with this pond! The mullet just now is also huge! Looks like the things in the pond are huge! Zhang Xiaofo was silent.

"How so? When we stayed, I saw that this house is still very clean and tidy, and there is sunshine! It stands to reason that there will be no problem with such a house! Chen Ran was also confused.

"The window is broken, it seems that the landlord did not come up to ask!" Zhang Xiaofo finally discovered something abnormal.

"That's right!" Chen Ran picked up Wuwu and followed Zhang Xiaofo out of the door.

The house is not big, a courtyard house. The second floor where Zhang Xiaofo lived was built privately later, but part of the east side was not completed, and at this time, there was only a group of guests in the entire house.

There is a well in the yard, bluestone paving, an old deck chair under the vines, and a young purple clay pot is placed on the ground next to the deck chair. After the smudge of time, the surface of the purple clay pot has a layer of jade-like luster, which is different from ordinary dead objects.

"Why is there no one?" Chen Ran remembered that a thin old man received him when he first came, but now the old man is nowhere to be found.

"You're really good at picking places!" Zhang Xiaofo sighed from the bottom of his heart.

"What's wrong?" Chen Ran was puzzled.

"This doesn't seem to be the place where the living should live!" Zhang Xiaofo found inscriptions on the edge of the well, which are generally used on funerary objects.

"Inscription?" Chen Ran's eyelids were not shallow, and other inscriptions were found in this building one after another.

"Generally, the inscription is engraved on the funeral goods, and if there is an inscription here, then the whole house is actually not a funeral object!" Zhang Xiaofo is quite calm.

"Are we leaving now or ......" Chen Ran asked Zhang Xiaofo's opinion: "It's a pity that the gold!" ”

"You're short on money?" Zhang Xiaofo asked.

Chen Ran looked like I was very pure, don't lie to me, I won't be fooled again: "Of course I'm short of money!" ”

Zhang Xiaofo pointed to the purple clay pot with his hand: "That's very valuable!" ”

Chen Ran also knew that it was valuable, but he was still very resistant in his heart: "It belongs to the owner and the landlord." If you take it, it's a theft! Chen Ran said and saw Zhang Xiaofo's disagreement, and explained embarrassedly: "Gold is different, who would throw gold into the pond?" It's ownerless, and if you take it, you will take it! In the end, Chen Ran also felt that he had explained very reluctantly, and closed his mouth stupidly.

"This is the imperial capital, right?" Zhang Xiaofo suddenly asked a very strange question.

"Hmmm! Yes, of course! The imperial capital of the Great Celestial Empire. Regardless of the change of dynasties, this has always been the highest center of power. Chen Ran followed Zhang Xiaofo's gaze, although he didn't see anything, but he yearned for it inexplicably: "It's strange to say, when I was looking for a house yesterday, I found that except for one piece here, other places are relatively modern, only here seems to be like a deserted village in the city, there are few people, and the accommodation is cheap." Although it is said to be a suburb, it is also a bit outrageous, I don't know what caused it! ”

"......" Zhang Xiaofo was also confused, but he was sure of one thing: "Let's go!" ”

"I can't go!" Chen Ran hugged Wuwu and said.

Outside the door is not the way you came.

"Gotta try!" Zhang Xiaofo paused for a moment and stepped out of the door. Before going out, he seemed to have a feeling and glanced back, the chaise longue under the grape trellis in the courtyard shook, and the figure of an old man disappeared from time to time.

"Little Buddha, your eyes!" Chen Ran asked.

After coming out of that illusory space, Zhang Xiaofo's eyes also returned to normal, and I don't know why there are all whites of his eyes left now. Because of his previous experience, Chen Ran was relatively calm this time.

"Changed again?" Zhang Xiaofo was unconscious: "I don't feel anything this time!" ”

The outside world was foggy, neither day nor night, gray particles floated in the air, Zhang Xiaofo and they would consciously avoid them when they passed, and then regather behind them.

Several people walked for a long time, but they still couldn't find a way out.

"We seem to be lost!" Chen Ran said dejectedly: "Can't you let us take a good rest?" ”

Zhang Xiaofo ignored Chen Ran's complaints and walked forward silently, but it was still a pity that he did not find a way out.

"Little Buddha!" Chen Ran couldn't feel the change in Zhang Xiaofo's mood, he was very worried, although he didn't encounter any danger now, he would be exhausted if he continued to walk so endlessly.

"I'm fine! It's not time for despair. Zhang Xiaofo finally stopped and began to change things around. For example, cutting off a branch of a tree and moving a stone from the side of the road away from its original position: "We are now trapped in some kind of formation. So I'm making some small formations now, trying to block some breath between the formations, so that I might be able to get out. ”

"How do you know that?" Chen Ran asked.

"It's all in the books!" Zhang Xiaofo also has the attitude of giving it a try. In the base below the paper shop, Zhang Xiaofo didn't drink those coffees in vain, he thinks that it is not a bad thing to master a little more, whether it is useful or not, you can try it at critical moments, so as not to be helpless when you encounter danger.

"What book? Lend me a look! Chen Ran was curious.

"Go back and see for yourself!" Zhang Xiaofo felt that the air was a little blocked, and he couldn't breathe well, and knew that his small movements might have played a role.