After more than ten hours of hard work, even the Qin brothers and sisters who had kung fu skills felt tired and fell asleep.

Li Er is also tired, but his tiredness is different from people, more like a motor that cannot reach the corresponding power because of insufficient voltage and power.

Qin Xuan set up a gathering array on the balcony on the second floor, in which Li Er sat to concentrate on luck and absorb earth qi to replenish energy. On the other hand, you can sit high and look into the distance and keep vigil for them.

Gradually, after the moon disappeared into the mountains, it was the darkest period before dawn.

The cool breeze was blowing, and there was a sound in the bamboo forest, and the sizzling sounded like a thief.

Li Er felt something different, as if there was a slight sound mixed in the wind.

He stood up and looked around, and although it was pitch black, the vision of the ghost eye was different from that of people, and there was light in his eyes. Through the faint light of the grass and bamboo, he could see his surroundings half-clearly.

"Knock knock!"

Suddenly, there were three sounds, like a knock on the door, sounding like it was at the main entrance.

Li Er was shocked, he didn't hear, he didn't see, and he didn't feel anything approaching the front door. immediately turned over and jumped down, but he didn't even see a ghost.

The door was still closed, and Li Erxin said, "Could it be that I heard it wrong?" ”

Quietly opened the door and entered the house, and saw them sleeping peacefully on the table, breathing evenly, and thinking that nothing happened.

He quietly exited the bamboo hut and climbed onto the balcony to continue meditating. But he didn't let his guard down, his eyes scanning for what might be happening.

"Knock knock!"

But only a minute later, there was another knock on the door.

Li Er flew up and began to look for the target in mid-air. But until I landed, I still didn't see a ghost!

"Impossible!" He thought to himself, "Even if it's a ghost or a monster, I'm a ghost, how can I not see half of it?" ”

For the sake of safety, Li Er quietly entered the house, and what he saw was still the picture of them sleeping peacefully, which made him feel uneasy.

Listening to the sound of their breathing, Jiang Jinjiu's heaviness showed that he was already asleep. Gongsun Zhi and Qin Zhaoyun's breathing was light and long, obviously leaving a trace of vigilance.

If they thought he had done it the first knock, they wouldn't have cared about it. But the second time I should always have a reaction, so that no one woke up.

Are they really too tired?

Simply, Li Er decided to stay at the door, but to see which way the ghost was doing.

He stood in the doorway with his arms crossed, his eyes wide open, not even the slightest sound of the wind.

However, it didn't take long for "knock knock knock!" "There was a knock on the door on the second floor!

Li Er turned over angrily, jumped up to the second floor in the blink of an eye, but still didn't see a ghost.

"! Evil! Li Er's heart was not divided, and he quietly opened the door and entered the corridor, seeing that the two doors were closed, and he couldn't hear any abnormal sounds, thinking that the thing had not entered the house. But for the sake of prudence, he still secretly glanced at the room where Qin Xuan was, and there was nothing abnormal in it.

There is a way that there are no more than three things, and after three things will be different.

Li Er still felt that something was wrong, and he should at least wake up Qin Xuan to discuss. However, after screaming three times in a row, Qin Xuan didn't wake up.

Suddenly, there was a noise downstairs, like something had fallen to the ground.

Li Er secretly said that it was not good, and when he flew out of the house, he saw a glowing thing moving rapidly, and it turned out to be Jiang Jinjiu flying flat on the ground!

Li Er felt incredible, stared at it carefully, and it turned out that there was a cyan thing under Jiang Jinjiu's body, which was just about the same size as a person's body, and he was hunched on his way to the unknown.

Li Er wanted to inform everyone, but Jiang Jinjiu was about to disappear from his sight, and it was too late. I had to kick off the guardrail of the balcony, mark it with a broken pole, and then chase after it as if flying.

But he didn't expect the thing to run faster than the car, and it turned more and more often, and almost lost it.

Li Er thought to himself that it was not a way to go on like this, and it was a matter of time to be dumped. Finding that the lid of the bone china bottle was open, he suddenly jumped up and turned into a ball of light and flew back into the porcelain bottle, and was taken away with Jiang Jinjiu.

It was almost eight o'clock in the morning when the sun crossed the hill and poured sunlight into the bamboo house.

Gongsun Zhi was the first to wake up, and as soon as he put on his shoes, he noticed that something was wrong, and he slept too well, and then found that Jiang Jinjiu was gone.

Gongsun Zhi's first reaction was that something had happened to Jiang Jinjiu, otherwise if he left normally, he would not have been unaware. touched the place where Jiang Jinjiu had slept and there was no heat, indicating that he had disappeared for a while.

Gongsun Zhi hurriedly woke up Qin Zhaoyun and asked him to wake up Qin Xuan, and then look for clues in the house.

But Qin Zhaoyun was too lazy to go out of the house and climb the stairs, knocking on the roof with the sword shell and shouting Qin Xuan's name, and he didn't stop until Qin Xuan answered.

At this time, Gongsun Zhi found something under the window, which was a dozen dried petals. He remembers vividly that when he checked the window at night, there was nothing around.

That can only mean that the petals were brought in by outsiders. However, it is impossible to come in through the window silently, how is it done? Is it a human or a demon?

At this time, Qin Zhaoyun came to his side and looked over to see what he was looking at.

When Qin Zhaoyun saw the petals, he couldn't help but say, "Huh? "Yes.

Gongsun Zhi asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Qin Zhaoyun wanted to pick up a petal, but the petal was very fragile, and it shattered into three petals when his fingers touched it. He picked up a piece with his fingers and looked at it in front of him, and said, "These petals...... Kind of familiar. But how did the petals do this? ”

"What would have happened if not?"

"At the current temperature, the petals should rot, and even if they dry up, they will become crumpled. But you see, the petals are as new in shape, but they have no color, and they are so brittle that they look like burnt ash, like ......."

"It's like being sucked dry."

"Yes, that's it."

"I said? Why don't you see sake lees? ”

Gongsun Zhi sighed: "It may have been abducted." ”

"What!?" Jiang Jinjiu exclaimed, "Impossible! ”

"Senior brother-brother-you come out quickly!" Qin Xuan shouted from the balcony.

The two walked out of the house quickly, and saw the mark left by Li Er on the ground.

Qin Zhaoyun frowned and said, "It shouldn't be, there is such a big movement when the guardrail is broken, why didn't we wake up!" ”

Gongsun Zhi said, "Fortunately, the second master left a mark, at least let us know that the second master and Xiao Jiang are together, and we must not mess up." ”

Qin Xuan came to the two of them and said, "But why do you want to take away the sake lees, he doesn't have anything worth noting on him." ”

Gongsun Zhi said, "I'm afraid you have to find someone to know the answer, Zhaoyun, track you down, go and explore the way first." Qin Xuan and I looked around first and tried to find as much useful information as possible. ”

Qin Zhaoyun made a good gesture, took the sword and walkie-talkie and left.

And when Qin Xuan and Gongsun Zhi took the backpack, Qin Xuan saw the petals under the window and said casually, "Why are there here." ”

Gongsun Zhi asked, "Do you have it in your room?" ”

Qin Xuan nodded.

Gongsun Zhi groaned: "Could it be that we slept heavily because of these petals? ”

Qin Xuan said, "If it's true, then this place is too weird. ”

"That's right, don't be careless."

The two left the bamboo hut and surveyed the surroundings.

At this time, the sun is facing the window of the bamboo house, that is, the bamboo house is in the west, the bamboo shed is in the north, and the stone road is facing east.

There is a path in the bamboo forest on the north side of the bamboo shed, and there is a clearing about 20 meters away, and there are two artificially built square pools.

The waterhole is finished with milky white stone and is now full of green algae.

The one on the left is at least one meter deep, about four meters long and wide, and contains more than a dozen black fish over half a meter and a small crucian carp.

The one on the right is shallow, not past the calf, seven meters long and four meters wide, and there is nothing in the pool.

The water of the pond is crystal clear, and you can see a very thick bamboo buried in the wall of the pond on the north side, which is the water inlet. There are ten thinner bamboos buried in the southwest, which are supposed to be water outlets.

The outlet of the waterhole on the right is a large diameter, and it is thought that it is used for bathing and clothes. Although Qin Xuan really wanted to go down and take a shower, he could only give up now.

There is a wide road to the southeast of the bamboo house, which is sixty or seventy meters long.

The path out is open, and there is a whole row of two-story bamboo houses with single courtyards on the west side, and there are 16 of them.

However, the yard of each house is full of weeds and wild flowers, and they are growing taller than people. Some people have climbing plants in their homes, which almost cover the entire bamboo house.

The entire open area is paved with rock, and on the south side there is a quadrangular tower with rock as the base and trees as the structure. There are four floors in total, but it is as tall as a six-story building.

In the open space opposite the tower, two rows of three-meter-long bamboo tables are neatly placed, as well as shelves made of bamboo.

Most of the tables had a few bamboo tubes, ruler-like strips, and sharp knives of varying lengths, but they were all rusty.

The rest of the table tops are placed brushes and inkstones, sharp cones and strings.

By all indications, this is an open-air bamboo factory.

At this moment, Gongsun Zhi and Qin Xuan both had an idea in their hearts that the people of the Eastern Han Dynasty thrived here, and because they were isolated from the world, the folk customs and technology did not change. But the two need evidence to calm their excited hearts.

The two of them inspected all the bamboo houses, which had long been devoid of the breath of human life, eroded and dilapidated by time. However, all the clothes left in the lockers of all the houses were of the Han Dynasty, and they were the deep coats and skirts worn by people of a certain status, and the silk satin clothes and green scarves were beautifully embroidered.

There are different kinds of pottery pots, pottery stoves, copper wine statues, copper mirrors, and ...... Qin Xuan's eyes lit up, and he said in his heart that he had made a fortune, and he must go back with a few things.

The existence of these things means that the two of them really did not guess wrong. But why is there no one here? By all indications, this place has been abandoned for at least 60 years, what is the reason?

The duo decided to go to the tower to find out, because in ancient times the tower was a place to store important objects and texts.

The tower's main door is locked with a copper three-reed lock, which is still solid except for the greenish surface. But it couldn't stop the two, the wooden gate lacked maintenance for a long time, and the position of the rivets had become rotten, so Qin Xuan kicked the door open and swaggered in.

But what the two didn't expect was that the first floor of the tower was empty.