The four of them fell to the bottom of the valley one after another, only took a few steps forward, and then stopped, the dense layers of mangroves in front of them, especially the intertwined and unusually developed root system, at this moment it was like a natural barrier, not to mention people, even slightly larger animals did not want to pass through.

Feng Shuzhu said: "It seems that we have to fly in, so as not to be scratched by the branches and ruin our clothes." ”

Chu Qing raised his eyes and looked up, and said, "The bottom of this valley is so hidden, even if you go with the sword, you can't see it above, let alone fly." With that, he stomped his foot, and the first one flew up, stepped on the branches and landed a few times on the mangroves, and then came to the little cabin, looked at the window, and then beckoned.

Feng Shuzhu nodded to the other two, and the three of them also followed Chu Qing's example, several ups and downs, and chased after them.

The four of them stood still not far in front of the house, and when they looked up, they saw that it was a small wooden house, less than a foot long, except for the stone steps outside the door, it was completely made of wooden boards, and because of the rough workmanship, a faint light was exposed in the gaps in the wall panels, but the room was quiet, and I didn't know if anyone was inside.

In the silence of the mangroves, there is such a quiet cabin, the window is faintly bright, but it is a little quiet.

Feng Shuzhu walked up the steps of the cabin, raised his hand, lightly slammed the door twice, stood up straight, waited for a while, and saw that there was no movement inside, but the light inside flickered from the crack in the door. Then he raised his hand again, and slammed the door twice, this time, only a "squeak" was heard, and the wooden door was opened from the inside, and later, a person came out of front of him, who leaned his head out slightly, looked at the wind and bamboo, and then looked at the three people standing under the stone steps of the wooden house.

Several people also saw the appearance of the person clearly, in Chu Qing's eyes, it seemed that they had never seen such an old person, a shabby and dirty burlap clothes, the waist was almost bent to ninety degrees, the withered yellow hair, like a mess of grass, sparsely scattered, and a bright dome appeared in the middle, and the hand holding the candle trembled even more, as if he had exhausted all his strength, a pair of cloudy eyes, looking at everyone hesitantly, as if he had not seen a living person for centuries.

Feng Shuzhu looked at the old man for a moment, then spread out his hand, palm outward, in an instant, in front of the palm of the void conjured a fist-sized, like a flame-like pattern, the old man saw it, his hand trembled even more, the corners of his mouth twitched, and then trembling knelt down, not daring to raise his head, as if he saw the son of heaven.

When the flame pattern disappeared, Feng Shuzhu leaned over and helped him up, and after the old man got up, he didn't speak, but slowly went down the steps, holding a candle in one hand and bending down with the other, turned to the back of the house, didn't go four or five steps away, stopped again, looked back at Feng Shuzhu, as if waiting.

Feng Shuzhu understood, and followed in steps, Chu Qing and the other two also followed, and the old man turned around again, and slowly led everyone around the wooden house in front and continued to walk forward.

It turned out that behind the hut was a small courtyard made of low fences, in addition to planting some vegetables lying on the ground

There was nothing else, and there were patches of mangroves outside the courtyard, but a path three feet wide had been carved out of it, which zigzagged and stretched in the direction of the rock cliff, and everyone followed the old man along the path slowly, and it took a full stick of incense to come to a boulder.

The old man stopped in front of the boulder, looked back at the people, and then cautiously looked up the valley, and then slowly took the candle, went around the boulder, and walked behind, and the people followed, only to see that there was a hole behind the boulder, which should be a crack in the stone, to be exact.

The old man approached the crack in the stone, held a candle in front of him, and held the lamp with his hand, for fear that the wind blowing from it would blow it out, and then squeezed into the crack in the stone.

Feng Shuzhu glanced back at the three of them, but heard Chu Qing smile and said, "Fortunately, we are not fat, otherwise this secret passage is really not well considered." ”

Feng Shuzhu smiled, and on one side, he also squeezed in, and the remaining Chu Qing and the three of them also squeezed in one after another.

After moving inside with difficulty for less than a few feet, Chu Qing thought to himself: "If you squeeze all the way to Shuiyue Palace, you won't become a crab, you will only walk sideways." "Not to mention the narrow cracks in the stones, there are sharp and raised gravel under your feet from time to time, and it is very difficult to step on them. Thinking so in his heart, he stared at the wind and bamboo in front of him, and moved two feet sideways in the stone crevice, but entered a relatively open passage, and several people let out a long breath.

Through the faint candlelight in the old man's hand, it can be seen that this is a hand-dug out of the road, about more than zhang high, leaving countless traces of knives and axes on the stone wall, which makes people admire its labor, I am afraid that it will take decades to dig out.

The old man glanced at the four of them a few more times, as if he was afraid of missing one, and only after making sure that all four of them had entered the corridor did he slowly walk forward again.

The old man stopped in front of the stone room, pondered for a long time, and then chose the largest one and walked in, shook the surroundings with a candle, and saw the things in the house clearly, and then used the candle to light the oil lamp on the table, and then motioned for the four to sit down.

By the light, the four of them could see that this was a stone room, and the room was very simple, except for the tables, chairs, and oil lamps for human use, there was nothing left.

The old man saw the four of them sitting still, and shook from side to side in place for a long time, before he looked at the wind and bamboo, stretched out a finger, pointed to the roof, and then raised his arms with difficulty, and his ten fingers naturally hung down, shaking a few times, and his mouth also made a "whine" sound.

Everyone was puzzled, only Chu Qing thought it was very interesting, came to be interested, thought for a while, and immediately guessed: "He is saying that it is going to rain outside, and he wants us to take shelter from the rain and wait here." Why did Chu Qing dare to guess so boldly, just because before Xiao Jiu spoke, and when he was with Xiao Fat Bear Bag, every communication was guessed by action.

When Feng Shuzhu heard this, he nodded to the old man, and the old man was relieved when he saw that they understood, and nodded deeply, before slowly holding the candle, turning slowly, and walking outside, a short road, but he walked for a long time.

Wait for its back to disappear into the darkness

Soon after, there was a loud rumbling sound, followed by something like something big touching the ground, causing a lot of shaking.

In the stone room, everyone looked at each other, their faces were surprised, Feng Shuzhu reached out his hand, picked up the oil lamp on the table and walked out, the three of them also followed, followed out, walked back to the entrance through the corridor, looked at it by the oil lamp, only to see a boulder falling in the corridor, sealing the entire passage tightly, leaving no gap.

Chu Qing shrugged her shoulders and pouted, "It's okay now, we're locked up here." ”

Feng Shuzhu shook the boulder with an oil lamp and said, "Since the old man told us to wait, then let's wait with peace of mind." ”

Chu Qing looked at the other two people who didn't say a word, turned to Feng Shuzhu and said, "Give me the lamp." As he spoke, he took the oil lamp from Feng Shuzhu's hand, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Let's go to a few other rooms to have a look, maybe we will find some hidden passages." As he spoke, he walked back.

Without the oil lamp to illuminate, the corridor fell into darkness, and Feng Shuzhu and the other two had to follow silently.

The four of them turned around each stone room, only to know that in those stone rooms, some were bedrooms, some were kitchens, some were empty, and there was nothing, and some seemed to be half-excavated, and they were placed there in the future when they could be completed.

When he returned to the largest stone room again, Chu Qing put the oil lamp on the table and said, "This place doesn't look like a secret passage, but like a secret room to hide from enemies." ”

Feng Shuzhu said with a smile: "Jiuli Chifang trusts this old man so much, there shouldn't be anything wrong, maybe he went out to get something and asked us to wait here for the time being." ”

Chu Qing thought for a while and said, "He looks so old, deaf and dumb, will he forget us in a moment, the old people have a bad memory." As he spoke, he tapped his forehead with his finger.

When Feng Shuzhu heard this, he looked at the old woman beside him, and couldn't help but smile: "Looking at his respectful appearance when he saw Jiuli Chifang's edict, it shouldn't be." ”

Hearing this, Chu Qing pouted and said, "Hopefully, don't wait too long." ”

Seeing that there were no outsiders around, the four of them took off their masks in order, guarded the oil lamp on the table, and sat silently in the cold stone room.

It was the first time to look at the old man and the young man at such a close distance, Chu Qing squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully, only to see that the old woman's face was wrinkled, full of silver hair, but her face was chubby, and she looked a lot, and she looked older than Granny Duan, and the young man had very fair skin, like a weak scholar, but his face was full of extremely incongruous strong beard, and even covered his lips, and his bright eyes were very clear.

The young man glanced at Feng Shuzhu and Chu Qing sitting opposite, and seemed to sense that Chu Qing was peeking at him, so he coughed lightly and leaned over slightly.

When Chu Qing saw what he found, he also pretended to look away, but he didn't forget to take a peek, and he couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart, this young man was actually well-defined from the side, if he shaved his beard, he was really a beautiful man, and when he saw this, he couldn't help but look at the wind and bamboo, but he saw that his eyes were lowered and condensed

Looking at the table, I don't know what I'm thinking.

I don't know how long I waited, I'm afraid it will be more than a few hours, and the four of them have nothing to say, it's really boring, Chu Qing stood up and said: "That old man may have gone back to the house and fell asleep, Brother Feng, I'm so sleepy, I'll go find a stone room to sleep in, you wait slowly, there is new news, remember to call me." After saying that, he yawned and turned away.

Seeing Chu Qing leaving, the old woman and the young man glanced at each other, and then said, "Leave one person to wait, let's go and rest." After speaking, without waiting for Feng Shuzhu to speak, the two of them got up and left.

In the cold stone room, only Feng Shuzhu was left, with a wry smile on his face, he casually picked up a mask on the table, and forced himself to open his eyes.