Lantern Xiao shook her head and smiled mysteriously, "I thought the same thing at the time, but later, by chance, I learned that the dead branches do not hide any secrets, because the dead branches themselves are secrets!" ”

I couldn't help but be surprised, "Oh? Why? ”

Lantern Xiao stared at me and said word by word: "Because that branch comes from the ancient tree of Uznamu!" At that time, I didn't know what the meaning of the so-called Uznamu Ancient Tree was, and I didn't know what it meant until I came out of the Shan Huan Ancient Kingdom! ”

I couldn't help but be stunned, "The ancient Uznamu tree has been extinct thousands of years ago, where did this branch come from?" ”

Lantern Xiao shook her head, "I only know these furs, as for the specific things, I don't know." However, I heard that the operation of the four major families to Gurbantunggut twenty years ago was also related to this secret of the Tang family. ”

My heart couldn't help but move, it was twenty years ago, it seems that a lot of important things happened twenty years ago, if you want to figure out a lot of things, you need to start with that incident twenty years ago!

We were thinking about it when the second uncle and Anado's father pushed the door and came in. Lantern Xiao and I both stood up at once, I looked at the two of us and saw that there was no trace of a fight, and it seemed that nothing drastic happened in the meeting just now.

The second uncle opened his mouth and said to us, "Let's go back first, let their father and daughter stay for a while." ”

The two of us nodded, and went back to our own hospital room with the second uncle.

As soon as we entered the door, we couldn't wait to ask, "Second uncle, what did you talk about with Anado's father?" ”

The second uncle's expression was very serious, he sat on the bed a little depressed, and looked at us with a strange expression, "Actually, Anado's betrayal was coerced. Shortly after Anado and you left her house, her father was kidnapped. ”

"Not long ago?" Lantern Xiao tilted her head and recalled carefully, "I clearly remember that on the morning of our departure, Anador said that his father went to the neighboring village to see Grandma, which means that it is very likely that at that time, his father had been kidnapped. ”

"What?" This situation was unexpected, "Who did it?" ”

The second uncle shook his head, "Anado's father can't say this clearly, but one thing is certain that it is not Mr. Hong's person or Tang Jian'an's person." ”

"But," I thought for a moment and said, "At that time, Mr. Hong and Tang Jian'an had already entered the mountain, who would be the one who kidnapped Anado's father?" ”

"It's very simple," said Lantern Xiao, "which means that Mr. Shan Waihong has arranged another team of people to deal with these things!" ”

The second uncle pondered for a moment, "So whose people will this team of centaurs be?" People from the Tang family? Or is it Mr. Hong's own people, or will other families be involved?? ”

However, the matter has passed, and there is no practical point in thinking about these things for the time being, so I sighed for a moment and said, "In this case, Anado suddenly turned against each other and became a traitor because she was threatened. ”

The second uncle nodded, and Lantern Xiao also spoke: "So everything she did was a last resort." The second uncle nodded again. For a moment, all three of us fell silent. In my mind, Anado's expression of helplessness and sadness when facing us appeared again, and I fell into deep self-reproach when I thought about some of what we had done at that time. At the same time, I also knew that Anado's father attributed Anado's injury to the kidnapping he suffered, and his mind was simple, thinking that it was because Anadot had inadvertently offended people and been retaliated against, and he didn't think that this matter was actually related to a few of us. It is precisely because of this that he did nothing to us, and in this case, we cannot explain it, but can only acquiesce, which adds to our sense of self-blame.

After a while, Lantern Xiao raised her head, "Second uncle, it just so happens that Anado's father is also here, let's arrange for Anaduo to transfer to the hospital, as long as she can be cured, I am willing to spend as much as I want!" ”

The second uncle nodded, "I told her father about this, and he was also worried that Anador would be in danger here again, so he agreed to transfer to the hospital." We all know that this matter is not directly related to Anado's father and daughter, so only by curing Anado can we make up for the damage we have done to them. ”

I agree with Lantern Festival very much with this statement. The second uncle took out his mobile phone and called the people from the company in Guiyang. Arrange for someone over there to contact a hospital with the best brain department, and once it's done there, we'll take Anador back to Guiyang.

During the days of waiting for a reply, since Anador's father was taking care of her, it was inconvenient for us to go over and bother all the time. Of course, another reason is that when we see Anado in the hospital bed, and his sad and haggard father, we feel a strong sense of guilt.

So the three of us stayed in the ward and reworked the experience. After I entered the abyss, I saw the stone hall on the stone wall, and told the second uncle in detail. After the two of them heard this, they couldn't help but be amazed, and the second uncle was even more embarrassed by my thrilling experience.

Lantern Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Zhuo Ran, you said that the headless stone statue in the stone hall doesn't seem to be a stone?" I nodded.

"If it's not a stone, what could it be?" Lantern Xiao asked curiously, "Could it be that it's also a zongzi?" In this case, the identity of this zongzi is not ordinary! ”

The second uncle pondered for a moment and said: "It is rumored that the Yellow Emperor and Chi You are fighting, and they are in the wilderness of Zhuolu, and their bodies are different, so don't bury them." ”

After listening to the second uncle's words, I immediately understood his thoughts, and I looked at the second uncle with some shock and said, "Second uncle, you mean that the headless stone statue is actually Chiyou's body?" ”

The second uncle smiled and waved his hand, "I'm just guessing, I don't have any credentials." ”

I thought for a while and said, "Second uncle, what is in the stone box that Mr. Hong took away?" ”

The second uncle shook his head, "How would I know, if I knew, I would have to spend so much effort to get it." ”

Lantern Xiao sighed, "It's so hard, it's also in vain, and the key things have been taken away by Mr. Hong's bastard!" ”

I thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I don't think that's the only thing that's critical. ”

Lantern Xiao looked at me, "Zhuo Ran, what do you mean?" ”

I grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and drew a picture from the memory in my head. The picture shows us behind the temple beneath the ruins of the underworld, and the one we see is made of tree trunks.

Lantern Xiao recognized it at a glance, "You're talking about that turtle shell-like symbol?" ”

I nodded, "Yes, that's right. This symbol has been with us since the ancient kingdom of Shanhuan, and I think there must be an extremely important message hidden behind it. Speaking of this, I looked at the second uncle, "Second uncle, I have seen you leave a similar symbol in the underground royal city of the ancient kingdom of Shan Huan, what is the origin of this symbol?" ”

The second uncle nodded, "Speaking of this symbol, we have to start with the operation of the four major families to go deep into the ancient country of Danhuan twenty years ago, although that operation ended in failure, but it was not without gains, they once found a mysterious stone box in the ancient city of Pamigar. ”

Listening to the second uncle say this, I suddenly remembered that when we were trapped under the stone tower of the Acropolis of the Ancient Kingdom of Shan Huan, we saw the message left by the Tan family, and it was also mentioned that this stone box was also mentioned above, and it was also recorded in the information that when the stone box was opened, a strange power gushed out of it, and the upper body of a person present instantly turned into nothingness.

I nodded at the second uncle, "I remember, what's in this stone box?" ”

The second uncle pointed to the pattern drawn on my paper, "Inside the stone box is a tortoise shell, and this symbol is engraved on the tortoise shell!" This is also the only gain from that four major family actions! ”

Lantern Xiao wasn't with us at the time, so he didn't know what my second uncle and I were talking about, so he asked curiously, "Why did the Shan Huan Ancient Kingdom value such a strange symbol so much at that time?" ”

The second uncle nodded, "After the ancient kingdom of Shan Huan was defeated by the army of the Zhou Dynasty, just in case, all important things were transferred from the royal city to its vassal state, the ancient kingdom of Pamigar. The discovery of this stone box there indicates that it must have been of great significance to the ancient kingdom of Shan Huan. However, after the four major families got this symbol, they didn't know what it meant at all. Later, with the annihilation of the Tan family's army and the withdrawal of other families from Gurbantunggut, the matter of this symbol was also shelved. However," the second uncle took a sip of water and continued, "But as far as I know, the four major families have all launched investigations into this mysterious symbol, and I am involved in some of the Yuan family's actions in this regard. This also led to a series of later events. ”

Lantern Xiao and I listened to the words of the second uncle, and couldn't help but nod, it turned out that there was such an experience about this symbol. I opened my mouth and asked, "Second Uncle, is it because of this symbol that you returned to the depths of Gurbantunggut and entered the ancient kingdom of Shanhuan?" ”

Unexpectedly, the second uncle shook his head, "No, actually, before returning to the ancient kingdom of Shan Huan, we had already discovered this symbol again." ”

"Where?" I asked curiously.

The second uncle slowly spoke: "At the bottom of the island tomb, in the leather coffin containing the body of the great shaman!" ”

"The Great Shaman of the Huns?" Hearing the second uncle say this, I couldn't help but widen my eyes all of a sudden. "Why did the people of the Huns know such a symbol?"

Lantern Xiao pondered for a while and said: "Actually, it's not strange, do you remember the incident of 'Xiongnu Nanshi'." ”

After being reminded of the Lantern Festival, it suddenly dawned on me that the Xiongnu, a nomadic people whose appearance and demise were as mysterious as their demise, seemed to be far from being as simple as we imagined.