In the secret passage, with the flashlight illuminating the surroundings, the tunnel is not narrow, the ordinary tunnel is about five or six meters wide, if it hits the corner, it will be ten meters wide, in addition to the spaciousness, the stone wall is also chiseled very neatly, every time you walk a section of water, you can see the beam frame like an arch to support the stone wall, with each other occlusion and staggered structure, built on the stone wall.

At regular intervals, you can see stone niches on both sides of the stone walls, in which lamps and candlesticks are placed, most of which have no lamp oil left, only empty shells. m.

"Brother Zhu, are these secret passages built underwater?"

Song Siyuan asked when she saw that there was no sunlight around.

"Miss Song, this secret passage has not yet left Junshan Island, it is indeed built in the mountains, and after leaving Junshan Island, the secret passage mostly uses the natural karst caves between the islands as passages, and it cannot be regarded as built underwater, but only uses the waterways between the islands to facilitate travel, like the doors we just walked in There are many doors, horizontal between the secret passages of various karst caves, but there is a difference in size, you will know when the time comes."

Zhu Fushun kept rocking the oars, rowing the boat through the tunnel, floating on the water, about an hour later, the chaotic sky began to appear in front of everyone's eyes, and as the ferry rowed out of the secret passage, he really saw that he had crossed Junshan Island and came to the closest broken island area to Junshan Island.

After drawing out the tunnel, Yue Guanchao looked up at the skylight, at this moment the sunset was gradually disappearing, the outline of the surrounding islands was gradually blurred, if you go to the depths of the cave, it is already very close to the dark sky.

"When we came, it was already afternoon, and after walking for so long, it was almost dark, according to the distance on the map, if you want to go to Yugou Island from the nearest road, that is, here."

While speaking, Zhu Fushun slid into the depths of the cave according to the signs on the map, opened the stone gate and walked into it, and in the next two hours, they continued to slide the ferry between the island cave and the secret passage, and when they approached Yugou Island, the sky had completely disappeared the sunset.

At this moment, the stars are hanging all over the sky, the lake is sparkling and reflecting the stars, the boat floats on the water as if floating in the air, and the surrounding islands have completely blended into the darkness unless they are splashed with moonlight.

"Brother Fushun, there is a bandit village on Luwan Island near Yugou Island, please stop the boat for a while, we want to see what the bandit village looks like?"

"Okay, yes."

Zhu Fushun looked at the map, this Luwan Island is located on the right side of Yugou Island, just at the back bow of the crescent moon, there is indeed a bandit village hidden in the island, see the situation clearly, they opened the last stone door and entered the secret passage through the cave.

After about half an hour of drifting, the banks of the secret passages began to appear wider and wider, and the corners suddenly became rounded, and a semicircle the size of a house was concave inward, like a trestle in a tunnel, and the stone steps were built upwards to blend into the darkness.

"This is it, these bandit villages are built in natural caves, you can see them if you go up, I'll stop the boat first, and I'll take you up later."

Zhu Fushun stopped rocking the oars, pulled up the rope and tied the ferry to the pillar next to the stone stack, and everyone went up the stairs with a flashlight and came to the underground cave.

"Here, it's the bandit village marked on the map."

Song Siyuan spoke, illuminating the surroundings, these bandit villages are not only in the cave, but also can not be the ordinary house style, mostly according to the cave wall built by the mountain, in the stone wall to knock the stone hole, insert wood for the platform, the road to open the stack, the second half of the house is embedded in the half of the hole, only the first half of the wall is left, the fan is full of tiles, as if the ordinary house is embedded into the stone wall, the first half of all the houses, are supported by the same stone platform, each other is connected by plank roads, wooden bridges, tunnels, and there are steps between the various levels. It is like a hanging temple built on a cliff, and a five- or six-story courtyard group is built on a stone wall.

As far as the eye can see, the stone walls of this cave are all used in this way, countless ancient houses surround at least three stone walls, which seems to be extremely crowded, and between the stone walls, there are many hemp ropes and cables pulled out of the stone walls, covering the top of the head, and there are shabby clothes on the cables, which have been weathered and decayed.

Looking down, you can see that the ground has been deliberately filled in and regularized, and there are stone wells facing down everywhere, and you can draw water directly from the wellhead, which is considered to be the ultimate use of the cave.

"Why are these houses embedded in caves?"

Song Siyuan became curious and asked Zhu Fushun.

Ma Yanghua interjected: "Sister, this is for the sake of the house is strong, you think about the fact that there is no light in the cave and it is close to the tunnel, it has always been wet, and the wood will immediately become rotten when it encounters water, and it will definitely collapse when it falls into disrepair, which is not conducive to preservation. ”

"Three hundred years ago, the water bandits, is to save the idea of camping in the cave, this is also no way, and only in this way, can solve the problem of solid houses, in addition, there are many ventilation holes in the stone cave, so that the wind can blow in from different directions, in this way, can also make the moisture a little less, those ventilation holes, to resist the official army, it becomes a lookout."

"Lookout? Is that able to see the outside? ”

Yue Guanchao heard Ma Yanghua mention this, a fine light flashed in his eyes, there are only a few hundred meters left from Yugou Island, if there is a lookout here, he can directly see Yugou Island through a telescope, and he does not need to get close to Yugou Island, so as not to startle the snake.

"Brother Yue, of course, the biggest lookout is at the top of the cave, I can take you to see it, although I am not familiar with the map, I did live in a bandit village when I was a child, and I can probably take you to find the lookout with my childhood memories."

Zhu Fushun's words made everyone happy, followed him to the hanging bandit village, and kept walking upwards between the stone walls, tunnels, and plank roads, and when they reached the highest point of the cave, they really saw a passage hidden behind the stone wall.

Walking briskly down the passage, they came to a hollowed-out ball room, which contained only a few rotten tables, chairs, and benches, and a row of lookouts carved into the walls.

Most of the lookouts are the size of copper basins, covered by wooden boards tightly, like a window closed tightly, Yue Guanchao opened one of the window panels, and really saw the wind blowing from outside, and the cold wind at night accompanied by the smell of grass and trees poured into the stone room, which made people feel refreshed, and no longer suffocated just now.

"These lookouts are mostly built on the top of the mountain or on the mountainside, and are covered by karst caves, which are easy not to be discovered, which can be ventilated and explored by the wind, and from this position you can just see Yugou Island."

Yue Guanchao listened to Zhu Fushun's words, stretched his neck to observe the outside carefully, and when he adapted to the darkness of the outside world, with the silver-white moonlight of the full moon, he could clearly see the outline of Yugou Island, and even the glazed tile roof of the Rat Immortal Temple.

"Yue Guanchao, then let's observe here tonight, it's better not to startle the snake, I see that the time of the full moon has also arrived, and I don't see any movement in the Rat Immortal Temple."

Song Siyuan opened another lookout window and stared carefully outside, and Yugou Island was quiet.

"Wait, it's a big deal to stay here all night, you can always see mice worshipping the moon on the night of the full moon, if you can't see it, it means that the people of Junshan Town are lying."

In order to hide people's eyes, they had to extinguish the flashlight and turn off all light sources so that they could blend in with the ink, so that the cave became extremely dark, and the only light source was the moonlight that came through the two observation windows.

After about half an hour, the clouds around the moon gradually dissipated, revealing the bright moon rings.

Jade Hook Island, there is finally movement.

"Hey, it looks like something is on the island, and it's still carrying a lantern."

Under the lights out, the situation of Jade Hook Island came into view, and in the dark island, the bright and yellow lights could not be clearer.

Everyone guarded the lookout and looked into the distance, and really saw the bright yellow lantern from the island to the island, and walked towards the Rat Immortal Temple.

Yue Guanchao picked up the binoculars, stared carefully at the Rat Immortal Temple, as the lantern approached the temple, the black lantern of the Rat Immortal Temple was gradually lit, and after that, even the incense candles and lamps in the temple were lit, making the Rat Immortal Temple brightly lit, like a golden light, particularly clear in the dark night.

With these candles, even if you don't need lights, you can see the movement around the Rat Immortal Temple at a glance.

"Wait, these shadows are big rats?"

After the lights of the Rat Immortal Temple were bright, those black shadows were also lit up from the state of shadows, and the outlines were clearly not living people, but sneaky rats.

Look closely, these mice are about the size of a poodle, the appearance is similar to that of ordinary mice, pointed heads and big ears, fat bodies, slender tails, thin and sharp limbs, upper and lower teeth are clearly visible, each holding a lantern in his hand, walking with two feet, shining on their respective fur between walking, the white hair and gold back line of the water, very beautiful.

"The white-haired mouse is still golden-backed, these are all gray fairies who have become essences."

Sun Daqiao leaned on the lookout and looked carefully at the many rats with lanterns, the snow-white hair was from head to toe, and there was a gold thread on the back, I don't know how many hundred years have passed.

"Is there really a rat fairy?"

Before Yue Guanchao's words fell, these rats suddenly stood outside the Rat Immortal Temple, as if welcoming them in a queue, spreading out to both sides, squeaking and squeaking.

Although they could not hear the noise, they could still feel the joy of the rats, and in a moment they saw a large rat as big as a wolf-dog crawling out of the bush.

Tsk tsk, this big mouse is twice as big as these white mice, with a pointed fat belly, a slender tail, sharp claws, black eyes, the teeth bulging out like a crescent moon, and the two ears tremble slightly, and the beard is shaking, and it looks similar to these mice, the only difference is that there is almost no white hair on the body, all of which are golden and shiny golden hair.

Only on the forehead, a handful of white hairs resembling flames can be seen, which looks very strange.

In the noise, this golden mouse stood in front of the Rat Immortal Temple, and other white mice gradually surrounded it, forming a circle in front of the temple.

Then, the rats all knelt down with a pop, and together they surrounded the golden rat in the middle, as if they were performing some kind of ritual.

Some people died, but not completely......