We walked a little further, and gradually we noticed that the trees around us were much thinner than before, but there were small patches of water on the ground. At the same time, we noticed that the ground here didn't seem to be quite the same as the rest of the place!

The ground on which we were standing had clearly been paved with stone, and in some places there were some stone slabs exposed. Probably because the ground has been treated, here we see more complete buildings, some stone pillars still standing.

Although this place has been deserted, we can still feel the grandeur and solemnity of these buildings when the ancestors gathered here. Even after thousands of years, we can still feel that solemn atmosphere. I now understand that what the second uncle said is right, this place is not a place where people live every day at all, because everything around creates an atmosphere, that is, a sense of ritual.

As we continued to follow these ruins, not only the stone pillars, but also other ruins began to appear, and more and more. Based on these remnants, we can already see how and how this building was built at that time. It's still a mess as far as the eye can see, but it's amazing that it's been able to stay like this for so long, and if outside archaeologists knew that there was such a place, they would be shocked and crazy.

In the middle of the ruins, I saw something familiar, a pile of stone-topped stones.

This spire mound is almost identical in appearance to the one we have seen at the altar of offering in the underground canal, except that these are miniature versions here. Each pile is almost half a man tall.

Lantern Xiao looked at these stone piles, turned to me and said, "Zhuo Ran, you see, it's this kind of thing again. ”

The second uncle looked at Lantern Xiao, "Have you seen this before?" ”

Lantern Xiao nodded, "Yes, it's in the underground river near Xueyanping." ”

When the second uncle heard Lantern Xiao's words, he couldn't help frowning, and then nodded, "It turns out that you came in from there." ”

Lantern Xiao smiled, "Second uncle, we still know that you also left from there." ”

The second uncle was stunned for a moment, "How do you know?" ”

Lantern Xiao looked at the second uncle with a mysterious expression, "First of all, we saw the footprints you left at the entrance of the underground river. Seeing that the second uncle was a little incredulous, Lantern Xiao continued: "Well, I have to be right to Anato, people recognize your shoe prints at a glance, second uncle, the pair of hiking shoes on your feet were bought by Anador." ”

As soon as the Lantern Festival words fell, the second uncle's old face turned red, and he couldn't help rubbing his feet, but he didn't know where to put his feet. The narrator's Anadot cheeks were also crimson, and I was a little speechless, in such a serious and weird atmosphere, there was an ambiguous smell, it was so discordant! This feeling is like eating a bite of chili pepper, and when you are sweating all over your body, you suddenly eat a mouthful of candy!

"But," the second uncle froze, and said with some doubts, "but why didn't I see the kind of stone pile you said in that river?" ”

"Didn't see that? No," Lantern Xiao stretched out his hand and gestured, "It's so big, it's hard to see it." ”

But I saw that the second uncle's expression didn't look like speaking, so I felt that there might be a misunderstanding, so I asked, "Second uncle, which route did you take, did you take along the river beach?" ”

The second uncle shook his head again and again, "The river beach is full of water, how can I walk, I can't leave the road unwalked, go down to the river to swim!" I followed the boardwalk on the stone wall, all the way up, and found an exit from the ridge. ”

As soon as the second uncle said this, we understood, it seems that we and the second uncle took completely two routes at that time, and when the second uncle left, the water level was much higher than when we walked.

I accidentally saw Anadot standing on the side, and suddenly remembered another thing that happened at that time, so I opened my mouth and said to my second uncle, "Second uncle, I want to ask you a question. ”

The second uncle looked at me strangely, "If you kid has something to say, don't beat around the bush!" ”

I nodded and said, "When did you pass through that underground river in Snow Rock Flat?" ”

The second uncle thought for a moment and said, "It was about seven days ago." Or eight days. "I made a rough calculation, the time we passed through there was about five days ago, and the second uncle should have left there long ago. In order to confirm again, I asked again, "Second uncle, did you go back after you left there?" ”

"Go back?" The second uncle was a little confused. "What do you want to ask? Why should I go back? ”

At this time, Anador behind me couldn't hold back, and stepped forward and asked, "Qiu Ye, I'll tell you straight, I saw you in that underground river." ”

"You guys? See me? The second uncle looked at us in surprise, "How is it possible!" Then he said to Anadot, "Won't you be dazzled?" ”

Anador shook her head, "No, I'm very familiar with your back, and I don't think I'm wrong." ”

The second uncle coughed dryly, "This ......" and then thought for a moment, raised his head and looked at us, "Except for Anado, have you seen me?" ”

Lantern Xiao and I shook our heads, and the second uncle looked at Wen Mo again, and then asked, "Wen Mo was also there at the time, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Wen Mo said to the second uncle: "At the end of that river is the turn of the underground river, and there is an offering altar in that place. ”

"I see!" The second uncle listened to Wen Mo's words, nodded, and at the same time frowned, and said to us after a while: "It was impossible for you to see me there at that time, and now it seems that there is only one possibility, you have encountered something unclean." ”

As soon as the second uncle said this, all the hairs on my body stood up, "Unclean things, what are you referring to?" ”

The second uncle smiled, "It's hard to say, it's not human." ”

For a moment, the atmosphere became very oppressive, I felt a pang of panic, and Anadot turned pale.

The second uncle waved his hand, "Okay, it's all in the past, don't think about it anymore, we should pay more attention to the present now." ”

After all, we have experienced similar things before, so we settled down and calmed down, but it was the first time Anadot had encountered such a thing, so her face had not recovered for a long time, and it seemed that she was still immersed in it and couldn't extricate herself.

Lantern Xiao walked to the edge of a stone pile and squatted down, he observed carefully, and then said, "Hey, do you think there is something hidden in here?" ”

I knew what Lantern Xiao was thinking, so I said, "Hey, don't toss around!" Beware of causing trouble again. ”

Lantern Xiao disagreed, "It's just such a small stone pile in total, what can be hidden in it?" What are you afraid of! ”

I turned my head to look at the second uncle and Wen Mo, neither of them seemed to have any intention of organizing the Lantern Festival, and the second uncle said, "Take a look, I don't think it's impossible." Be careful. ”

Lantern Xiao received support, and he no longer hesitated at the moment and began to dismantle this stone pile. However, it is not as easy as it seems, and there seems to be a white substance between the stones on the stone pile, which I guess is something like glue, which was used to strengthen the stone pile when it was built.

However, after all, it has been too long, and no matter what kind of glue, it has lost its toughness. Lantern Xiao used a dagger to dig and pry, and soon dismantled a stone pile in front of him. And we also found that this pile of stones is really not so simple, in the middle of the bottom of the pile is empty, and there are some small round balls in it.

Lantern Xiao's eyes lit up when she saw it, "Hehe, what kind of good thing is this?" I'll just say that this group of ancient ancestors is more thieves, and valuable things are originally hidden here! ”

We immediately looked closer, and saw that the balls were all made of mud, and were about the size of a quail egg. I flicked the short knife in my hand and found that the mud balls were quite hard. I smiled at Lantern Festival, "This baby doesn't look that valuable!" ”

Lantern Xiao stared at the mud ball on the ground and refused to give up, "This is not necessarily, you can't judge the value of an object from the surface, have you ever heard that there is a kind of dart in ancient times called a gourd dart, which is to hide all the gold and silver treasures in ordinary vegetables and sundries, so as to achieve the purpose of avoiding people's ears." ”

I scoffed, "So you mean, there's a golden ball inside the mud ball?" ”

"Just try it and you'll find out!" As he spoke, Lantern Xiao gently picked one up and put it beside him, and then raised the dagger in his hand.

Although I said this, I was still very curious about the mud balls in front of me, and I wanted to find out from the bottom of my heart. Other people probably had similar thoughts to me, so no one stopped Lantern Xiao's move.

We nervously watched as the dagger in Lan Xiao's hand was inserted into the mud ball at once, but the moment the mud ball cracked, a strong rancid smell instantly permeated the air.

We immediately covered our noses and scattered, and Anado ran the furthest at once, with a look of disgust on her face. Lantern Xiao scolded while retreating: "MD, could it be that there is a piece of stinky tofu hidden in it?!" ”

I was unprepared just now, but I felt that the smell rush to my brain as soon as I inhaled it! My head felt a little swollen, and I frowned and said, "I'll go, this thing won't be poisonous!" ”

As I spoke, I looked at the mud ball that had split into several petals, and I noticed that the inside of the mud ball was hollow, and a stream of black water flowed out of it. And this smell should come from the black water in the mud ball.

Lantern Xiao had a disappointed expression on her face, "Bai is happy!" As he spoke, he covered his nose and looked closer, "What the hell is TMD in here?" ”