With Mr. Liao coming forward, this matter has taken a turn for the better, and the shopkeeper Wang doesn't take Sister Hong in his eyes, but he doesn't dare not give Mr. Liao face.

After Mr. Liao opened his mouth to propose, the shopkeeper Wang took a deep breath and fell into deep thought, he looked at the underground river full of piranhas in front of him, and said quietly: "Is there really no other way?" ”

At this time, Xiao Wu, who was bitten and covered in blood, couldn't help but say: "The pot is supported, there is really no other way, but to grieve the earth dog." ”

If you refuse to use the corpse of the earth dog as bait, I am afraid that you can only use living people such as Xiao Wu and Sister Hong to feed the mermaid.

Uncle Mei and I stood under the dead old tree and watched everything that happened on the other side, and the scene in front of me reminded me of the words "watching the fire from the other side". Fortunately, our two masters successfully crossed the river with their extraordinary water nature, otherwise they would have been involved in this matter, and I am afraid that they would be calculated by this group of tomb robbers.

After a little pondering, he gritted his teeth and made a decision, saying, "Then do it, send two people to drag the corpse of the earth dog over, and use him as bait to cross the river!" ”

Immediately, two tomb robbers took the order and climbed up the rope ladder to the upper chamber.

Mr. Liao said comfortingly: "Shopkeeper Wang, you are doing the right thing, people die like lights going out, and they have no consciousness at all." Taking care of a living brother is more important than taking care of the dead. ”

Shopkeeper Wang's face was still not good-looking, but he nodded reluctantly, agreeing with Mr. Liao's statement.

While they were carrying the corpses of the dogs, I secretly looked at the piranhas in the groundwater, counting their numbers.

According to a rough estimate, just one earth dog may not be enough to stuff the piranhas in the river.

If this group of people wants to successfully cross the river, they will probably have to sacrifice.

Of course, I didn't say these words clearly, and if I said them in advance, I was afraid that it would cause a commotion on the other side.

Since Uncle Mei and I are already in a safe place, there is no need to look for trouble.

Just as I was looking at the underground river, Uncle Mei suddenly stroked the thick trunk behind us and said in shock, "Good girl! Is this ebony? The whole tree has turned into ebony! ”

I was stunned when I heard this, and quickly turned around and asked, "Uncle, what is ebony?" Is this tree called Ebony? ”

Uncle Mei gave me popular science: "It's not that this tree is called ebony, it's that this tree has become ebony, and ebony is not a tree, but a state of wood." Some old trees are buried in the ground or in the river, and after years of precipitation, they will slowly turn into this kind of black wood, which is called ebony! This ebony is known as the Oriental Sacred Wood, also known as the gloomy wood, which is very precious! A ton can be sold for tens of thousands! ”

"Can a ton be sold for tens of thousands?" I listened to people stupid, "So valuable? ”

"That's a must." Uncle Mei said seriously, "As the old saying goes, a family with half a square of ebony is better than a box of treasure." This is not for fun. ”

After speaking, he looked up at this towering giant tree that was twenty meters high, and said with emotion: "Usually it is difficult to find even a two or three meters long ebony, but now there is a whole ebony tree in this ancient tomb, Rong Sheng, this tomb robbery business is really profitable, not to mention the gold and silver treasures in the coffin, even if you get these ebony out, you can also make a lot of money!" ”

After listening to Uncle Mei's explanation, I was also deeply shocked.

This tree is tall and thick, and if the whole tree is dug up, there are probably dozens or hundreds of tons, and if it is really a ton of ebony that can be sold for tens of thousands of yuan, this tree alone can be worth a lot of money.

However, it may not be easy to transport this towering giant tree out of this dark cave.

I followed Uncle Mei's example and caressed the ancient tree in front of me, only to feel that the trunk was as warm as jade, and it was really different from ordinary wood.

Then he looked up and saw the bronze dragon remains cast by the ancient Shu people entrenched on this old tree, as if guarding some treasure.

Recalling the ancient Shu tomb in Tuojiang before, the location where the dragon remains appeared is where the coffin of the tomb owner is, and then reminiscent of what the king shopkeeper said before, this dragon is called "Tomb Guardian Dragon", which also confirms from the side that its role is to protect the main tomb, presumably the owner of the mausoleum must be sleeping near this ancient tree.

Thinking of this, I looked around, taking advantage of the faint glow of the headlamp, to look east and west at the trees.

Suddenly!

I suddenly saw a white shadow on the treetops a few meters above my head, and when I looked closely, I saw that it was a long-haired woman dressed in white, squatting on a branch and looking down at Uncle Mei and me!

She was motionless and silent, I don't know how long she had been lurking in the shadows, her features were hidden in the darkness, and because of the distance, the light was limited, and I couldn't see her exact face.

I first gasped, and then hurriedly pointed to the woman in white and shouted to Uncle Mei, "Uncle! Look! It's that fairy girl in white! ”

When I said this, Uncle Mei also saw the strange person, according to our previous discussion, she is likely to be the culprit who killed Aunt Mei!

"Are you a human or a ghost?!" Angry, Uncle Mei didn't have the slightest fear of her, and stood up and asked loudly.

The white-clothed fairy girl didn't answer, still squatting on the treetops, tilting her head to look at us without saying a word.

"it!"

Uncle Mei gritted his teeth and scolded angrily, rolled up his sleeves and crawled towards the branch where the white-clothed fairy girl was.

I recalled that the white-clothed fairy girl took the life of the earth dog as soon as she raised her hand, for fear that Uncle Mei would suffer at her hands, so she hurriedly climbed up along the ebony tree, and stopped Uncle Mei while climbing: "Uncle, don't be impulsive, be careful of this person's black hand!" Steady to the point! ”

But Uncle Mei was bent on avenging Aunt Mei, and he was obviously already on the top, so he didn't care about my dissuasion, and climbed up with both hands and feet.

I was born with a good water nature, but climbing trees is not my forte, Uncle Mei can't swim me in the water, but I can't climb him in the trees.

Seeing that Uncle Mei had already jumped up two or three meters, I had just climbed half a person high, and I couldn't catch up with him at all.

At this time, the shopkeeper Wang on the other side of the river saw me and Uncle Mei suddenly climbing the tree, and couldn't help but ask across the river, "What are you going to do?" Where do you go up the trunk? ”

I glanced back in the direction of the shopkeeper, and then realized that I couldn't see the white-clothed fairy girl from their position, and she happened to be hiding on the other side of the tree trunk.

While chasing Uncle Mei, I shouted to him, "There are people in the tree!" It's the fairy girl in white who hurt the earth dog! ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he reminded in a deep voice: "That person has some means, you two don't send them to death!" ”

I also understand this truth, but I can't stop Uncle Mei.

When I raised my eyes and looked again, Uncle Mei seemed to have climbed to a position not far from the feet of the white-clothed fairy girl, and at this moment, I saw the strange woman squatting on the branch suddenly waved her sleeves towards Uncle Mei!

"Uncle! Be careful! ”

I hurriedly reminded her, but I was afraid that she was going to go to the knife!

Sure enough!

I saw a cold light thrown out of the sleeve of the white-clothed fairy girl, shooting towards Uncle Mei!