Seeing that the severed hand at the door of the tent had let go of the tent entrance, the second uncle looked at me in surprise, "Hey, I was really blinded by your kid!" ”

I smiled with relief, but the second uncle's next sentence made my heart sink again. The second uncle looked at the female corpse on the ground, then picked up the strange little lamp on the table, and said slowly: "You promised her just now that you would help her find out the mastermind behind it, don't forget!" With that, he shoved the lamp into my hand.

I looked at the flames dancing on the wick and thought to myself if I let her know that I was just talking nonsense, I wonder if she would jump up and strangle me immediately! I looked at the wick left in the lamp, so I took some tape out of my bag and sealed the flap on the lamp. As the oxygen in the bottle ran out, the flame quickly went out, and I packed it in my backpack.

The second uncle walked to the door of the tent and gently lifted the tent entrance. It looks like the female corpse is really going to let us go!

We walked out of the tent with a slight sigh of relief, but the severed hand was nowhere to be found again, which made me feel a little unsure.

Kong Xue asked me quietly: "Do you really have the ability to find out the mastermind behind it?" ”

I smiled bitterly, "Expediency, there is no choice, let's talk about it later!" ”

We left the tent, keeping an eye out for the human-faced beetles as we continued along the river.

I asked the second uncle, "Listening to you just now, how did you know that the woman in the tent was killed by her own people?" ”

The second uncle smiled, "Actually, it's very simple, after the woman was killed, the body was placed back in the tent, and she was covered with a piece of clothing, and everything in the tent was taken away, except for the small lamp, if it was an irrelevant person who killed someone, he would not have done these things after the killing!" The murderer would do this because he or they felt guilty. And twenty years ago, the people of the four major families who came here, those people saw more dead than alive, if they did it, I am afraid that no one would feel guilty because they killed her, the only possible one is her own companions, that is, those people from the Tan family! ”

After listening to the second uncle's words, I nodded, it is true, the second uncle's analysis is very reasonable.

"But I still don't understand a little bit," I then asked: "At that time, shouldn't it be unanimous to the outside world, why did the Tan family still kill each other?" ”

The second uncle thought for a moment and said, "Do you still remember, the cause of death of the female corpse?" ”

I looked at Shi Tao, "I remember Brother Tao said that this woman was strangled to death!" ”

The second uncle turned his head to look at me, "Then have you ever thought that you are already going to kill her, why do you want to cut off her hand!" ”

I was stunned for a moment, I really didn't think about this question, so I asked the second uncle, "Why is this?" ”

The second uncle also shook his head, "I don't know, in short, twenty years ago, there must have been a very huge change within the Tan family!" ”

I suddenly remembered something, "Do you think that the knife that cut off the hands of the Tan family medicine is somewhat familiar, as if you have seen it somewhere." ”

Shi Tao listened to my words and immediately nodded, "Indeed, I also feel this way, this knife and the knife that killed Tan Da's master, I think very much, it is very likely that it came from the same person." ”

The second uncle frowned when he heard this, "If this is the case, this person must be very unusual, he first united with the people of the Tan family to kill this woman, and then killed the only surviving Tan Da Boss, I even suspect that the death of the rest of the Tan family is inseparable from him!" ”

I didn't expect that as we went deeper, more and more clues were discovered, and some old stories from twenty years ago gradually surfaced again, and we peeled back the cocoon, reasoned and evolved, and gradually came to some amazing conclusions, it seems that the incident of twenty years ago is far more complicated than we know!

Kong Xue asked the second uncle: "If this is the case, then the Tan family and this person were in a cooperative relationship back then, and the Tan family was in great power, isn't it a big help for this person, why did he get rid of all the people of the Tan family!" ”

The second uncle sighed, "As the saying goes, the birds are good and the bows are hidden, and the cunning rabbits are dead and the lackeys are cooked." In the line of inverted fighting, for the sake of a dead weapon, there are fewer examples of killing you to the death, it is obvious that this person is to kill people after achieving the goal! ”

I can't help but think that the death of the Tan family's medicine man is probably the same, due to the special system, maybe she was the first to get something, or discovered a secret. It is precisely because of this that after she refused to hand it over, she was cut off a hand, and then killed, of course, these are my guesses, the real situation back then, I am afraid that except for the person who used the knife, everyone who knew about it died.

The second uncle patted me and said with a smile: "It seems that you really said it, there is really a mastermind behind this matter, now you can have an explanation for the female corpse, lest people dream of you in the future!" ”

I got goosebumps when my second uncle said it, glared at him, and ignored him.

While we were discussing what had just happened, we moved forward, and before we knew it, we had walked for a long time.

I asked the second uncle, "Aren't we going to look for the dark river?" If you follow this river in this way, will you be able to reach the ancient king city of Shanhuan? ”

The second uncle said: "Tuya Dark River, located in the depths of the desert, has been diverted many times in history, but it has not changed much, so the ancient country of Shan Huan can exist for thousands of years, otherwise once the Tuya Dark River is diverted to other places, how can the people of Shan Huan who have lost their water source survive!" The second uncle pointed to the river under our feet, "This is the original ancient river channel of the Tuya Dark River, it is more ancient than the current river channel of the Dark River, so it is safer to walk here." ”

As we continued to move forward, the river became a little narrower than before, and the towering stone walls on both sides of the river gave people a strong sense of oppression.

We shone our flashlight upwards and saw that there were still many shallow caves on the stone walls on both sides of the river, and a figure was sitting in them. We walked in the middle, there was always a strange feeling, as if there were many pairs of eyes looking at us in the dark, this feeling, people felt very uncomfortable, there was always a feeling of being on the back, after a long time, we began to become a little noisy.

At first, we chatted with each other intentionally or unintentionally, but slowly everyone stopped talking, and everyone fell silent for a while, in this dark underground world, gradually everything became a little illusory, only a few shaking flashlights, so that we still have some real presence.

For this situation, I am a little worried, human beings are used to living in the light, in this environment for a long time, people's thoughts and spirits will undergo bad changes, so I plan to start a random topic, everyone chat, distract attention.

But as soon as I opened my mouth, and before I could make a sound, suddenly we heard a strange sound, as if it was some kind of running water, and it seemed to be approaching us.

I looked at the river under my feet, and suddenly, I thought of something, and immediately stopped, and looked at the front and back of the river, but it was impossible to see the end of the river, I could only see a void in the darkness.

The others noticed my movements and looked at me inexplicably, "Zhuoran, what's wrong with you?" ”

I frowned, "What?" Didn't you hear? ”

"Hear what?" Others were even more puzzled.

"The sound of water!" I said, "Don't you hear the sound of running water?" ”

The second uncle shook his head, "We didn't hear any sound, even the sound of the dark river was almost inaudible when we found the tent, the dark river should have been diverted to the deeper under our feet, or into the parallel rock formations." is unlikely to be heard. ”

"But I heard it!" I couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Kong Xue patted me lightly on the back, "Zhuo Ran, don't get excited, maybe your hearing is different from ordinary people, so you can hear sounds that we can't hear." ”

I took a deep breath and nodded, "Maybe, maybe I'm having auditory hallucinations." "In spite of what I said, I believed that there was nothing wrong with what I heard, and I found that it was getting louder and louder, and I could already hear the rushing momentum of the water, and this time I could hear it, it was coming from behind us.

I looked at the endless darkness behind me with some nervousness, as if there was a desolate beast hidden in the darkness, ready to pounce at any moment!

At this moment, the second uncle, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped, turned to look at me, "I heard the sound of water you said!" Not only the second uncle, Shi Tao also said that he also heard it, and Kong Xue also nodded affirmatively.

Suddenly, I had a feeling of grievance, "Look, I'll just say it!" ”

The second uncle looked at me, "Eldest nephew, can you hear where this water sound is coming from?" ”

I pointed behind me, "That's the direction, and the water is not small!" ”

Hearing my words, the second uncle's face changed, "No," the second uncle couldn't help muttering, "How is this possible?" ”

I opened my mouth and asked, "What's impossible, second uncle, tell me!" ”

The second uncle nodded, "If there is a sound of water in this ancient river channel, and according to you, the water potential is not small." Well, there is only one possibility, and that is that the dark river will be diverted again and return to this course, but this is impossible! The diversion of rivers, whether above ground or underground, is caused by changes in the structure of the earth's crust. At least there was a relatively strong earthquake, otherwise it would be impossible to change the course of the river casually! ”

"But," I was about to say something, but the second uncle waved his hand and interrupted me, "I know what you want to say." Although theoretically impossible, I think we would rather believe it than not, this kind of ghost place, nothing strange can be seen! Let's climb as high as we can on the rock wall, and be prepared for the change! ”