We found ourselves in a small space. Lantern Xiao and I raised our flashlights and looked around, only to see that this was actually a room, and some tables and chairs were there, but these things had become dilapidated.

We looked around and found a wooden door, with the two panels closed facing each other. Lantern Xiao waved at me, "Let's go!" As he spoke, he reached out and pulled the two doors. But as the wooden door opened with a "creak", Lantern Xiao also let out an exclamation, "Hey! What's going on? ”

When I looked over, I realized that the outside of the wooden door was not empty, but completely filled with a thick layer of earth. Lantern Xiao and I were a little confused, it turned out that the room we were in was actually completely buried in the earth!

"Dead end?" Lantern Festival said differently. I have no way to answer the question of Lantern Festival, because this is also my question. I turned my head to look at the door, and suddenly I saw a teapot near the base of the wall. I walked over curiously, squatted down and shone a flashlight, it was just an ordinary-looking coarse porcelain teapot, the teapot was also covered with dust, but I always had a strange feeling that this teapot appeared here with an indescribable abruptness.

I reached out curiously, and I couldn't help but move in my heart, the teapot was not empty! Lantern Xiao also leaned over to take a look and asked, "Is there any problem?" As he spoke, he also reached over and carried it, and immediately he was slightly stunned, he opened the lid of the teapot and shone it in with a flashlight, "There is still water!" ”

I nodded, and Lantern Xiao continued, "Could it be your second uncle's leftovers?" ”

I shook my head slightly, "I don't know. I turned my head to look away, and a little further in the room, there was a half-collapsed stove. There is also a window on the other side, and of course the outside of the window is also buried in the earth. Some dirt also poured in through the windows.

I thought for a moment and said, "Now the question is, if my second uncle came in from here, then where did the others go?" The doors and windows here are sealed, how did he get out? ”

Lantern Xiao pondered for a moment and said, "Could it be that your second uncle came in with water and planned to explore, but he didn't expect to find that this was a dead end, so he retreated again?" He's gone. ”

I smiled, "How is that possible?" My second uncle knows everything about this. With my second uncle's ability, he would never make such a mistake! I shone my flashlight around, "There must be another mystery in this room!" ”

Lantern Xiao couldn't help frowning, "But where is this so-called mystery?" ”

I thought about it again and again and said, "Lantern Festival, what do you say is the way for a house to be able to lead to the outside, except for doors and windows?" ”

Lantern Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Sewer!" ”

"Fart!" I glared at Lantern Xiao and said, "Does a house that is more than a thousand years old have TM sewers?" Halfway through my sentence, I suddenly remembered something, "But you really reminded me." ”

"What?" Lantern Xiao asked curiously.

I looked at Lantern Xiao and said, "If the bottom doesn't work, then you can consider the top." ”

Lantern Xiao was slightly stunned and said, "You mean the chimney?" With that, the two of us looked back at the half-collapsed stove behind us at the same time.

Lantern Xiao approached the stove, squatted down and raised the flashlight to shine on it, "Zhuo Ran, don't say it, it's really possible to go out of the chimney, it's more spacious than you imagined!" ”

I also squatted down to take a look, and found that in fact, not only that, but there were also grooves on both sides of the wider flue, which were smashed out, which was just right for pedaling. I thought our guess should be right, so I patted the Lantern Festival, "Let's go!" Lantern Xiao nodded slightly, and took the lead in climbing up.

The two of us climbed to the top of the chimney, and Lantern Xiao carefully went out to take a look, then grabbed the upper edge with both hands and flipped out with a force. When I saw the smooth movement of the Lantern Festival, I knew that there should be no danger above, so I also climbed to the top of the chimney, grabbed the chimney mouth with both hands, and ran out with both arms.

My body was just halfway out when Lantern Xiao suddenly reminded me, "Hey, be careful! But before he finished speaking, my head hit something hard, I only felt a buzz, if it wasn't for the Lantern Festival in front of me and grabbed me, I was likely to turn over and fall down the chimney again.

Lantern Xiao pulled me out of the chimney with a pull, "I'll go, what's going on!" I said as I rubbed the top of my head.

Lantern Xiao sat aside, checked my head, then smiled and said, "I also said that I was frizzy, I don't think you are much better, just run away when you come up!" ”

I was a little helpless, "I'll go, I didn't know it was so low!" As I spoke, I raised my flashlight and looked around, only to realize that the space here was actually very small, just a passage more than a meter high.

Lantern Xiao helped me up and said, "I saw it just now, this should also be a thief hole, but a thief hole of this scale is definitely not something that can be done in a while." ”

I looked at the relatively large thief hole in front of me with some surprise, thought for a while and said, "In other words, the second uncle or the Zhuo family has already dug such a passage, but why is this?" ”

Lantern Xiao sighed and said, "Maybe it's just to deal with this situation at this time!" After speaking, Lantern Xiao beckoned to me, "Let's go!" Just take a look! ”

I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then I came to my senses and quickly followed. Based on the situation just now and the experience we gained from the last time we came here, I speculate that we are now above those buried houses, maybe this is an emergency passage left by the ancestors of the Zhuo family? I know one end of it is connected to the exit, so where will the other end be?

However, no matter where we will get through this thief hole, it seems that it is much safer to walk from here than through the streets of the dungeon below, and the last experience still scares me when I think back to it!

Lantern Xiao and I were half-squatting in the cave, although this position was more difficult, but because we didn't encounter any resistance, our walking speed was not slow.

After walking forward for a while, the Lantern Festival in front of him suddenly turned his head and asked, "Zhuo Ran, do you feel that the temperature seems to have dropped?" ”

I didn't pay attention to it, but when I heard Lantern Xiao say this, I deliberately felt it, although it was not obvious, but I could still tell that the temperature around me at this time was indeed colder than when I first came in just now, and I said: "Could it be that after nightfall, the overall temperature has decreased, after all, it is not too deep here." Let's take a look and be careful! ”

Lantern Xiao nodded and continued to walk forward. But before we could go far, the two of us stopped at the same time, and Lantern Xiao turned to me and said, "No, Zhuoran, it's not right, the temperature is dropping too fast!" ”

Of course, I noticed the problem, and I raised my flashlight and looked around, but I couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. Suddenly, I heard that ethereal, looming sound again, and I can't describe what I heard, it was just a ring. And I can't even tell if it's my auditory hallucination.

A bad premonition gradually rose in my heart, I clearly remember the last time I came in with Lantern Xiao, I had encountered a similar situation, when we were hiding in the Niangniang Temple, a strange voice approached us and left, at that time it was also accompanied by a sudden drop in temperature, is it ......

Thinking of this, mine immediately got goosebumps. Lantern Xiao seemed to think of it, and her face instantly became a little ugly, "This, shouldn't it be the same as last time!" ”

I looked left and right, "It's a small space, and it's closed from top to bottom, left and right, so even if there's anything here, you can't get out of here, right?" ”

The two of us hesitated, then gritted our teeth and decided to move on!

Actually, if we hadn't had the last experience, we wouldn't have known what the temperature drop would mean to us, but we had the previous experience, and the horrible experience kept flashing back to us. As we went deeper, I didn't know if it was the temperature or because of the tension in my heart, my teeth began to flutter a little, and I always felt that something was peeping at us in the darkness before and after.

I looked backwards, but at the moment when I turned my head, I suddenly crashed into Lantern Xiao's body, I was unprepared and was startled, "Your uncle, why are you still braking!" ”

Lantern Xiao sighed, "I don't want to either, it's just that there is a fork in the road ahead." ”

I leaned forward, and sure enough, I saw a fork in the thief hole in front of me, I was stunned, I didn't expect such a situation to occur at all, I muttered, "Which one should we take?" ”

"Nonsense!" Lantern Xiao was also at a loss, "I don't know!" Otherwise," he said, he turned his head to look at me, "or else throw a coin!" ”

I thought he could say something good, so I couldn't help but glare at him and scolded, "Throw your uncle!" "Faced with such a fork in the road, the two of us froze here at once.

I turned around and sat down against the cave wall, feeling a little depressed. At this time, Lantern Xiao pushed me, and said in a nervous tone: "Hey, Zhuo Ran, do you see if something is coming from over there?" ”

I raised my head suddenly, followed the gaze of Lantern Xiao, and sure enough, I saw that something seemed to be moving on the fork in the road, and I wondered a little, it stands to reason that if something really came over, and it had come so close, I should have heard at least some sound, but now I can't hear any sound at all.