Old Man Yuan glanced at us again, seeing that everyone was looking at him sincerely, then he let out a long sigh and began to speak: "I am indeed a descendant of Xuanheng, you guessed this correctly. ”

Although we guessed these, after listening to Old Man Yuan's personal confirmation, we were still shocked, could it be that Xuan Heng really didn't die? If this is the case, why has Old Man Yuan been guarding here for decades?

Everyone held their breath and listened to Old Man Yuan continue: "My ancestor Xuanheng - indeed as recorded in the historical records - after entering the crater with the prince of Zhu Leting, he mysteriously disappeared, no one was born, no body was seen in death, that year, Xuan Heng was exactly forty-one years old, and his two sons had married and had children, and he became a grandfather.

In fact, long before he fled, he secretly sent his family to Jiangnan, otherwise, it would be difficult for our whole family to survive, and there would be no descendants like us.

Our family tree records that when the family members were in Jiangnan, they heard that this area was captured by King Li Chuang's troops, and they all felt that my Xuanheng seniors must have died and martyred, so they set up a mourning hall in Jiangnan, held a funeral for him, and buried a tomb of clothes.

Late one night, Xuan Heng's eldest son's family was sleeping soundly, suddenly, there was a sound of gently knocking on the window outside, Xuan Heng's eldest son woke up suddenly, and saw that the wife and children next to him were still sleeping soundly, so he took a stick from the corner of the wall and quietly came outside.

In the moonlight, there was a person standing there with his hair disheveled and ragged, Xuan Heng's eldest son was so frightened that he almost screamed out, but suddenly felt that the figure of that person was so familiar, and after a little calm, he immediately distinguished, it was obviously his father!

Regardless of whether the father standing in front of him was a human or a ghost, as a close relative, he didn't feel much fear, but was surprised and happy, hurriedly took two steps forward, knelt down with a plop, and called 'Father' in a trembling voice, and the person with the skin did not say whether he was Xuan Heng or not, but said in a low voice: "Tonight's incident, don't tell anyone, you take this book and take a look, all the things I want to say are written in it." The man said and handed over a book, and the eldest son quickly took it, and from the sound, he was even more sure that this was his father Xuanheng.

After saying this, the man turned around and was about to leave, the eldest son stood up, and just wanted to stop him, but he heard the man still say in a low voice: 'Son, don't stop me, now I am half human and half ghost at most, as for what happened, I have written it in that book, you can take it back and read it carefully.' When he said this, the man's hair was still covering his face, and his voice was even more eerie, and the eldest son suddenly felt a little creepy, and when he was stunned, the man quickly went out and disappeared.

The eldest son stood there stunned, he didn't react for a long time, he thought that this must be his father's ghost, to give him a dream, but after he pinched himself hard, he was sure that this was indeed not a dream, and the book in his hand, he really held it in his hand.

He tried to calm himself a little, and by the moonlight, he went to the study on the west side, and immediately turned on the lamp, and began to read the book, and when he saw the contents of the book, he was shocked beyond words, because the things written in the book were so strange and unbelievable.

It turned out that the book was written by his father Xuan Heng, and it recorded the escape process between him and the vassal king Zhu Leting.

Before Li Zicheng's troops arrived, Zhu Leting knew that with his identity, he could no longer escape, if he was an ordinary official, he might still disguise himself and sneak away, but his status was too prominent, which made him hide and hide, and he was very unpopular in this area.

But he was really good to Xuan Heng, so he persuaded Xuan Heng to flee for his life, and Xuan Heng also knew how to repay his kindness, and was very loyal to Zhu Leting, the so-called 'death for his confidant', he was willing to repay Zhu Leting with death, and resolutely refused to leave, but just sent his family away.

In fact, Xuan Heng had already planned a "retreat" for Zhu Leting - it was in that crater. Because underneath that crater, there is a large mysterious space, and in that space, you can avoid the disaster of the sword soldiers, and except for him Xuanheng, outsiders are absolutely inaccessible.

Although it was underground, it was not dark there, because there was a very large stone in it, and it was very strange, and whenever it touched water, it would glow, and above that stone, there was a small dark river, and the water was poured on the stone, so that the stone would shine brightly for a long time, and that light was wonderful—bright, but not dazzling, and not hot.

There were many other small stones around the big stone, so if you put them in the cave where there is a spring, they will also glow like a bright lamp.

Not only that, but in that hole, there are all kinds of strange birds, and the strange birds in these holes are the birds that our Xuanjia uses to make a fortune, these birds are not only very different from ordinary birds, but some of them are also very intelligent, but some are just very large, but their intelligence is no different from ordinary birds.

For some reason, in that space, all birds with high intelligence had a human-like face.

In that space, there are caves passing through, but the strange thing is that the entrances of those caves are like labyrinths, even if people find the holes, it is impossible for people to enter the space from the holes, but the air outside can enter, so that there is both light and enough air in that space.

But how to get in through that hole?

It is by the call of a bird - as long as the sound of that bird is loud enough, a hole will appear above the crater, and the size of the hole can be controlled by the sound of that bird.

This secret was discovered by Xuan Heng's great-grandfather, and Xuan Heng has followed his father since he was a child, often going into the space under the meteorite, catching some strange birds in it, and then taking them out and selling them.

When you catch those birds, you don't use a bird net, but you use a flute -- to deal with different birds, you have to use different flutes, as long as you blow the flute, those very intelligent or fierce birds, will be caught lightly, and the sound of the flute will also make those strange birds become more obedient.

This magical method of bird hunting alone is enough to make people unbelievable.

When planning a way back for Zhu Leting, Crazy Six thought of this incomparably mysterious space under the crater, but for the sake of strict secrecy, neither he nor Zhu Lotting would enter the crater until the last moment.

Originally, they thought that the troops of the Ming Dynasty in this area could resist for a while, but they didn't expect that the army had mutinied, and they would join forces with King Li Chuang, and the area quickly fell into the hands of King Li Chuang, so Xuan Heng and Zhu Leting looked so wolf when they fled, and they almost fell into the hands of King Li Chuang.

At the last moment, the two of them and a few henchmen managed to enter the space below the crater. ”

After listening to Old Man Yuan's words, we knew what was going on, and what he said was indeed something we thought of, and some didn't.

For example, we don't know that those labyrinthine caves also lead to the space under the meteorite, but for ordinary people, those labyrinthine caves really can't pass through at all, and they will be trapped and die in them, which we have learned more than once.

But as for why he came here to "guard the tomb", and he has been guarding it for several generations, Old Man Yuan still didn't say, this is also one of the biggest mysteries for us, but before we asked, Old Man Yuan took a sip of water and continued to talk: "Alas, some things in the world no one would have expected, and the same is true for Xuan Heng. In the past, when he entered this space, he only stayed for a short time, and he didn't feel that this space had any impact on people, but after escaping with Zhu Leting for about a month, Xuan Heng found that the bodies of several of them had undergone extremely strange changes.

Because King Li Chuang's troops searched and stationed here for more than ten days, they hid inside and did not dare to come out during these ten days. But in just over ten days, their bodies have undergone irreversible changes.

First of all, their skin began to itch violently, even if they scratched and bleed, it was still unpleasant, and the itch seemed to come from the flesh, which made them feel painful.

One of the attendants, who had followed him, could not bear the itch, so he struck himself to death on the rock, and several of them survived.

After a few days, the itch gradually subsided, and finally disappeared, but their skin changed noticeably - it became more and more uneven, and covered with dense wrinkles, much like the epidermis inside the stomach of animals, and it was extremely horrible to look at.

Think about how terrifying it is for the skin of a person's whole body to become wrinkled like the mucous membrane of the stomach.

What's even more strange is that they gradually don't want to eat, Xuan Heng stored a lot of food in Li before going in, and it was all air-dried food, enough for them to eat for a few months, but when their skin became like a gastric mucosa, they lost a little appetite, and even if they ate hard, they would quickly vomit out.

But the incredible thing is that as long as they dip their bodies in the water in that space, the hunger will be greatly reduced, and after soaking their bodies, they will become energetic.

But the folds in the epidermis of their body are proliferating very quickly, if they are not treated in time, they will grow thicker and thicker, and it will be more and more difficult to breathe, it may be that Xuan Heng has come here more and is more accustomed to the environment in the cave, and he has the slightest change. And the strictest is Zhu Leting.

Escaped into that space with them, there is also a medical officer who specializes in treating Zhu Leting, usually responsible for Zhu Leting's health, this medical officer has very high medical skills, he was originally the imperial doctor in the palace, his hometown is here with us, and after his father died of illness, he came back to mourn, just at that time, Zhu Lotting was seriously ill, just asked him to come for treatment, but he didn't expect to be cured soon, so he was rewarded by Zhu Leting, at that time, the court was already in turmoil, so this medical officer did not return to the capital, Instead, he stayed in Zhu Leting's mansion as a medical officer, and finally fled with Zhu Leting to the crater ......".

"Oh, old man, why are you off topic? We want to know why you came here to guard the grave, and what did you say about the medical officer? Sister Li was more anxious and couldn't help but interrupt Old Man Yuan.

Old Man Yuan was not angry at all, but smiled and said, "Don't worry, girl, this medical officer has a lot to do with me coming here to guard the tomb." ”