Lan Yue and Shen Chaixing saw that there was a corpse missing, and the two immediately searched the entire courtyard carefully, and finally found a few drops of fresh blood at a side gate on the west side. Obviously, one of the Japanese invaders named Yokono did not die on the spot, and after everyone left, Yokono escaped from the Arctic Palace and hid in the reed pond. Facing the seemingly boundless reed pond, the two of them could not do anything, so they could only sigh with admiration.

Returning to the Arctic Palace, seeing that everything was in order, Lan Yue relieved herself and told the Taoist priests in the courtyard about escaping a widow, so that they could pay attention, and then bid farewell to Daoist Yunhe and left the Arctic Palace.

Along the way, Lan Yue was thinking hard about the few words on the back of the jade plate, and Shen Chaixing didn't seem to be in a high mood and didn't say much. Unconsciously walked to the intersection of the avenue, Shen Chaixing stopped and asked, "Where are we going now, back to Taizhou?"

Lan Yue stood at the intersection and groaned for a long time, and said to Shen Chaixing: "I always believe that King Wu's treasure must be related to the Arctic Palace, and it is even nearby, somewhere under this reed pond. However, whenever a clue seemed to pass through my mind, I reached out to grab it, but it was always a little close. Don't go back to Taizhou first, stay one night, think about it, and simply give up if there is no clue. ”

The two were reluctant to go back to the Arctic Palace, and remembered that Uncle Gu's house was nearby, so they walked to his house.

Faced with the re-arrival of Blue Moon and Shen Chaixing, Aunt Gu showed the unique hospitality of the crop people, boiled water to make tea, and went to kill a big fat duck to entertain the two, making them feel warm and have a feeling of returning home.

In the evening, Uncle Gu also returned home, and he was very happy to see the two, and the three of them drank a few drinks together in the evening. During the banquet, Shen Chaixing told Uncle Gu that they had already been to the Arctic Palace and had done the same, and they would never be haunted again.

Of course, Uncle Gu was very happy, but he sighed again after a while, he lost a child in the village during the day today, and he came back so late because he went to the reed pond with the villagers to look for a day.

Lan Yue and Shen Chaixing were nervous when they heard this, worried that the child had seen the fleeing widow being killed by him, and hurriedly asked if they had found it, and replied that no one had been found, but no body had been found.

Shen Chaixing wanted to ask something, but then a voice came from the door: "Grandparents, poor and pitiful, give me something to eat••••••

The two turned to look, and saw two beggars, an old man and a young man, standing at the door, the old one was in his fifties, and the younger one was ten or eight years old, and the younger one was holding an empty bowl with a few copper coins in it, shaking and rustling gently. The old beggar had a dog-beating stick in one hand and an empty sack on the other.

Aunt Gu sighed, took a copper coin and gave it to the old beggar, and handed the two sun-dried bread cakes to the little beggar, who thanked him, during which the old beggar kept scanning the blue moon with his eyes. Lan Yue pretended not to know.

After the two beggars left, Lan Yue asked, "Are there many beggars at this time of year?" Aunt Gu replied: "Generally, there are more beggars in winter, but there are not many beggars in this season." However, there have been a lot of beggars in recent days, and it may be that something has happened. ”

Shen Chaixing asked Uncle Gu again: "Is it possible for the lost child to run along the avenue to Taizhou City by himself?" When I was a child, I came down from the mountain, ran to the town below the mountain for a day, and then returned home at night. Of course, I was beaten by my father. He laughed stupidly.

Lan Yue glared at him and said to Uncle Gu: "You tell me the name and characteristics of this child, first, when we go back to Taizhou tomorrow, we can ask a friend to help us find it, and second, our brothers and sisters have been running around the rivers and lakes all year round, what if we can meet this child?"

Uncle Gu even said that it was great, and hurriedly told Lan Yue that the lost child was the child of his nephew, a boy, also surnamed Gu, called Niu Kou, seven years old, with a palm-sized blue spot on his left buttocks, and a meat cube on his right ear.

After dinner, the two went to the edge of the village, it was summer, and in the large reed pond, fireflies flew all over the sky, like stars in the sky.

Shen Chaixing said: "Today's old beggar I look like he has some martial arts, is it from the beggar gang, I think he seems to recognize you!"

Lan Yue said contemptuously: "So what? If they want to ask me for merit and reward, they have to exchange their lives. Besides, we'll leave here tomorrow. When it comes to the beggar gang, they all say 'loyal and righteous beggar gang', what good deeds do you say they have done in the rivers and lakes?"

Shen Chaixing said: "Don't ask me about this, I'm the same as you, although I am in the rivers and lakes, I am not in the rivers and lakes." The difference is that you are in exile, and I am returning to the rivers and lakes. In Shen Chaixing's heart, he always subconsciously regarded himself as Shen Heng's descendant, not Zhang Shicheng's descendant.

Looking at the fireflies flying around, Shen Chaixing sighed with emotion: "When I was a child, when I watched the fireflies flying higher and higher at night in summer, I always thought that after they flew away, they would fly to the sky and finally become stars. At this moment in the sky, I don't know which one is the North Star?"

Lan Yue pointed to the brightest star in the North Sky and said, "The northernmost and brightest is the North Star, also called Beichen and Purple Palace." The seven stars in the shape of a spoon not far from it are the Big Dipper, from the spoon to the handle are Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Yaoguang••••••

Lan Yue said this, suddenly stopped, seemed to remember something, and hurriedly asked Shen Chaixing: "What time is today?"

Shen Chaixing replied: "A few days ago, the mango seed was passed, and today should be the summer solstice." ”

Lan Yue suddenly burst out laughing when she heard this, Shen Chaixing was taken aback by him, pushed Lan Yue, and said, "You don't have to get sick every summer solstice, do you?"

Lan Yue replied while smiling, "The jade pendant said: It starts in Beichen and ends in Yaoguang. Nine feet to nine, the sun is in the extreme sun. The summer solstice is the day of the extreme sun, and the day of the extreme sun is today. I already know what these words mean. ”

Lan Yue calmed down a little before explaining to Shen Chaixing: "In general, what the jade pendant is talking about is the celestial phenomenon composed of the North Star and the Big Dipper tonight. You know, this celestial phenomenon is constantly changing throughout the year, and the Big Dipper revolves around the North Star, so their celestial charts are different every season. ”

"Started in Beichen and ended in Yaoguang, today's celestial phenomena determine the angle between Beichen and Yaoguang, falling to the ground, if Yaoguang is the entrance to King Wu's treasure, it is the angle of the Arctic Hall and the entrance to the treasure, and then calculated according to a certain distance, you can find it. 'Zhangzhi to nine' can be calculated in a unit of nine zhang, and finally the location of Yaoguang can be located. ”

When Shen Chaixing heard this, he was also very excited, and he was busy remembering the celestial phenomena at this time, but he was afraid that he would forget them, so he went back to find a pen and paper to draw the celestial phenomena on the paper. The two didn't sleep well all night, and as soon as the morning dawned, they said goodbye to the Gu family and came to the vicinity of the North Pole Temple.

The two of them started from the Arctic Palace, and searched for the reed pond according to the angle and distance calculated yesterday. In an hour or so, the two arrived at the expected location. As expected by the Blue Moon, this is the site of a sea flat, and the ground around it is hard. Blue Moon explained, "The entrance is set up in the sea to facilitate the transport of treasures, and it can also hide people's eyes. ”

The two of them dived underwater, only to see that the waterways below the sea were made of stones. The two of them dived about two feet away and saw a stone gate. There are two round stone plates, one large and one small, on the stone gate. Lan Yue knew that this was what Liu Ji said in his book, the small plate was the son, and the big plate was the mother. Busy according to the number of children and mothers recorded in Shen Heng's notes, the two stone plates were rotated respectively. Hearing the sound of the mechanism inside, the two of them pushed it in, and the underwater stone door slowly opened, and a passage appeared inside, and the two swam in, and the passage went diagonally upward, and after a while, they came to the dry ground, and the two of them breathed air.

The two of them lit torches wrapped in oiled paper, and their eyes lit up. Shen Chaixing found that there was a clump of wire-like things wriggling not far in front of him, and he was startled by a torch, it turned out to be a bunch of snakes wrapped and turned together, I don't know how many there are, it is estimated that there are at least a few hundred. These snakes are not large, only one or two feet long, with triangular heads and fiery red bodies, which are in the way of the two of them.

Shen Chaixing looked furious and asked, "Is this the mechanism you said?"

Lan Yue lifted one with her hand, looked at it carefully, and said, "There are often snakes in the mechanism, but these should not be part of the mechanism. This kind of snake is called 'Huo Chi Lian', the body is highly venomous, very rare, legend has it that this snake likes gold, silver, jewelry and other things, these snakes should be attracted by the treasure in the treasure, so this is a good sign, indicating that we have found the right place, the treasure inside must still be there. ”

Shen Chaixing asked, "But, now these good signs are blocking our way!"

Lan Yue smiled, "It's okay, just ask them to go." "Saying that, he used the Jindan Dafa, and suddenly his eyes shot out golden light, and at the same time, his hands emitted Jindan True Qi, and slowly attacked the clusters and piles of fire red practice. Strange to say, those poisonous snakes can quickly disperse from the huddled mass as if they were suddenly frightened, and flee in all directions, hiding in the surrounding stone crevices and earth holes, lest they swim slowly, and soon scatter cleanly, leaving only snakeskin and snake shells all over the ground. Blue Moon's Jin Dan is worthy of being the world's number one poison-avoiding artifact, and Shen Chaixing is envious.

The two of them walked further on, and came to a path, which was paved with stone after stone, black and white, black and white.

Blue Moon explained, "This is a small mechanism, you just follow me, don't step on the wrong stone." It's easy to get by. As he spoke, he led Shen Chaixing step by step through this passage, which was about ten zhang away. After the two passed, Shen Chaixing said happily: "This mechanism is not so terrifying, it is not as good as those 'good signs' just now!"

Lan Yue picked up a stone, handed it to Shen Chaixing, and said, "You use this stone to smash a random stone block that we didn't walk on just now, and see what happens." Shen Chaixing heard the words and picked up the stone and smashed it, only to hear the "click" non-stop sound, a gang spear from the round holes on both sides of the piercing and retracting, the most rare is that these steel spears from the top and bottom left and right at the same time to stab out and retract, and each stone position has a steel spear pierced out and retracted, which means that if you take a wrong step, everyone standing on it will die, and the steel spear will be withdrawn immediately, so it is impossible to turn off the engine and then come over.

Shen Chaixing stuck out his tongue and screamed dangerously, this is just the first mechanism.