The battle in front of the county at dusk was earth-shattering in the small Qingdi Township. However, except for An Qing, no one in the village witnessed it, so no one could tell the cause and effect of that battle, and no one could understand the outcome of that battle.

As a trace of the battle, the two big drums next to the yamen are now broken, and the four drum feet are broken together. And An Qing, who was in the center of the storm, was protected by the two of them, and was not harmed in the slightest.

After the First World War, Zhao Wu'an stayed away from Qingdi Township, and Su Qinghe closed his door to recuperate and did not go out for several days. The drums that were destroyed in front of the county government were also not repaired. If it weren't for Zhang Chen's black clothes and black pants again, he came to the county government to ask for a result, and no one would have remembered that Su Qinghe was still in Qingdi Township.

It was An Guangmao who opened the door. Qingdi Township is just a quiet small township after all, and there are not a few cases throughout the year, most of them are trivial, and now the county government is completely attracted by the homicide case. In the face of Zhang Chen's questioning, An Guangmao obviously couldn't scold him as proudly as the county lord, he could only appease the excited Zhang Chen, saying that the day Su Qinghe came out of the customs, the case would be revealed.

Zhang Chen snorted coldly: "What seven-rank magistrate, when he investigates the case, he fights with people." I have also heard about the document issued above, and if the case is not solved within 15 days, it will be held accountable. Even if Su Qinghe is not punished, he will have to make a mistake. I don't think these young people are in shape. ”

An Guangmao didn't speak rashly, he thought about it for a while, and then slowly persuaded: "We have caught the suspect, and no matter what Su Yan's considerations are, at least within fifteen days, we can give you an explanation." ”

The anger on Zhang Chen's face did not subside because of this, but he slightly lost interest in An Guangmao's anger, and snorted: "Your daughter An Qing, and Kong Xiu's friendship is not deep? ”

An Guangmao was stunned, touched his head and said, "My girl, I don't seem to have seen much recently." ”

In the blink of an eye, it was dusk again, and the residents of Qingdi Township ended the day's callouse and returned one by one. When the murder occurred, this place was several times quieter than before.

But it doesn't seem to be the case.

A little girl dressed in red, carrying a food box in her hand, walked through the dense forest in front of the mass grave in three steps and two steps, and broke into the Land Temple in one step.

The temple is spotless, the red candles are lit, the prayer flags are fluttering, and the clay wooden Buddha is kind and kind.

The white-clothed layman, who was sitting on the futon, not knowing whether to close his eyes or recite the Dharma, panicked: "Slow down! ”

An Qing couldn't help laughing and held up the food box: "I'm bringing you food, big secret agent." ”

Zhao Wu'an swallowed his saliva: "Vegetarian?"

"Yes, yes, I really don't understand why you have to be a vegetarian as a fake layman, how delicious the beef is. An Qing muttered as she grabbed a futon and sat on the spot, opened the food box, took out some vegetarian foods such as shallots, tofu, mushrooms and celery, and placed them in front of Zhao Wu'an's eyes one by one.

Zhao Wu'an was like a real monk, clasped his palms together and shouted Amitabha Buddha to the wooden Buddha, so he picked up the chopsticks and started in a hurry.

An Qing was picky about these dishes, and she didn't have a very good appetite, so she asked him after eating for a while: "Have you thought it through?" After thinking clearly, it's time to go out and teach Su Qinghe a lesson." ”

In the first battle of the county government, in terms of martial arts, Su Qinghe, who was not ranked in the sixth grade but only hid one move, faced Zhao Wu'an, who did not know how many back moves he had hidden in the third grade, and the outcome could be imagined. Zhao Wu'an, who had the upper hand, still kept his hand, and only took a magpie tread branch out of the box with his sword, held it in his hand, and fought against Su Qinghe's three-foot love. Relying on the swarming sword intent in the box, it was only after less than fifty moves, and the victory was decided. It's a pity that Su Qinghe's fighting spirit has not diminished, and he still fought hard until a hundred moves before he was defeated, and the injuries he was greatly exceeded before.

This battle seemed to An Qing, who regarded martial arts as a physical strengthening, to be like a fight with immortals, and immediately worshipped Zhao Wu'an beyond measure. Su Qinghe was injured and recuperated behind closed doors and could not continue to investigate the case, but Zhao Wu'an lived in the land temple every night from that day on, facing the wooden Buddha in a daze, thinking hard about the case.

Of course, this is also against An Qing's appetite, she took the initiative to take on the task of delivering food to Zhao Wu'an in the morning and evening, but if it wasn't for Zhao Wu'an's point out of the ingredients, she would definitely eat much happier than now.

This is also a very cost-effective deal for Zhao Wu'an, anyway, the provision of food and accommodation was agreed to by the An family's father and daughter when they first went down the mountain, and he didn't want to go at all.

Zhao Wu'an held chopsticks in his mouth, supported the ground with his hands, and looked at the Buddha statue affectionately. The trap cannot be opened from the outside, so the back of the Buddha statue is still the tunnel entrance to the ancient tomb. Using a banner cloth underneath the seated Buddha as a cover, two layers of wooden planks, one to bear the weight of the Buddha statue, and the other layer to be propped up outward to reveal the entrance, is not ingenious, but it is enough for most people. Basically, there won't be anyone who has nothing to do and stare at the Buddha's feet, right?

"There are two other places," the chopsticks bit into his mouth, and Zhao Wu'an's voice sounded vague, "First, I touched it for several days and didn't find that there was a mechanism outside, so whether it was the deceased or the murderer, how did it go down?

An Qing could only think about the first one: "Will there be other exits?"

"It's only possible, so, I don't have to say, I still have to go to the grave. ”

An Qing was dumbfounded, a piece of shiitake mushrooms that had been sent into her mouth fell, and Zhao Wu'an quickly grabbed it with his chopsticks and put it back in her bowl.

"So," Zhao Wu'an looked at her, "are you still going down?"

An Qing thought for a while, and her eyes were resolute: "Next!"

Zhao Wu'an nodded: "Refreshing, go." ”

An Qing threw away the chopsticks, and saw that Zhao Wu'an was still eating slowly, so she couldn't help but say helplessly: "Didn't you say to go?"

"Finish eating and then leave. Zhao Wu'an chewed slowly.

After the two of them finished eating hastily, Zhao Wu'an took the lead in jumping down the tunnel, and An Qing followed. The oil lamps on the stone wall were still on, but the lights were slightly dim, and even if they met again, the slope of the tunnel still made them all gasp.

But it's tiring to come up, but it's easy to go down. Carefully holding on to the wall to avoid slipping, the pace involuntarily became very fast, during which Zhao Wu'an told An Qing three times to "be careful", An Qing heard it as if she didn't hear it, and after walking a few steps, she overtook Zhao Wu'an.

Zhao Wu'an was helpless, lowered his head to search, and searched for a long time before he found the last piece of cloth. He bent down slightly, picked up the piece of cloth, and tucked it into his sleeve.

Half a mile away, An Qing was half-walking and half-jumping, and soon arrived at the stone room at the end. Like the last time I left, there were still pottery urns all over the place, and there were a few broken ones, and An Qing didn't dare to take a closer look when she heard that it was a child inside. Zhao Wu'an was not in a hurry to leave, and felt around the disc.

"What are you doing?" asked An Qing.

"Su Qinghe opened the door at that time, wasn't it turning in the right direction, I want to try what effect it has in reversing it. Zhao Wuan said, really turning in the opposite direction.

An Qing shook her head and sighed, "How can this be effective......

Before the words fell, there was a rumbling sound in the tunnel, and Zhao Wu'an turned around and raised an eyebrow at her.

An Qing rushed to Zhao Wu'an's side, watching in disbelief at the earth-shattering changes taking place in the tunnel. Before, it looked a rather strange layout of green bricks, but now it is regular to the point of horror, every other section, there is a large area of ground subsidence, the section is neat and square, with the increase of faults, the degree of inclination of each part is also constantly changing, although it is still inclined, but it is finally to the point of acceptability.

"This ...... What's going on?" An Qing only thought it was incredible.

Zhao Wu'an looked expected: "Actually, I tried it last night, just to show you." This may explain why the stone steps are designed so slanted for the sake of this mechanism. ”

"What's the use of this kind of mechanism? Is it scary? I can't leave it when it's like this. An Qing felt unable to understand these ancients.

"It's not for people to walk. Zhao Wu'an's words made An Qing frightened and silent. Knowing that the expression was wrong, Zhao Wu'an explained: "It should be to facilitate the transportation of the pottery urn. These urns have something in them, which are of varying weight and uneven distribution, and roll straight off the ground, making it easy to get stuck in the middle or crash into a few laps. In this way, not only will the transportation efficiency be slower, but the loss will also increase. Therefore, designing such a ladder to reduce the distance of the pottery urns to roll and properly let them fall straight down can improve efficiency. ”

"Won't the pottery urn break?" An Qing asked a very standard question.

Zhao Wu'an pointed to the pottery urn in the stone room: "These words are indeed easy to break. ”

He then said, "But I have also been to see the rooms through which Antihath's party passed. The pottery urns there seem to have been made in a special way, and they are clearly covered with moire, but they are difficult to break. ”

An Qing sighed: "Two kinds of pottery urns, different things?"

"Different. Zhao Wu'an shook his head as he walked towards the depths of the tomb, "What is placed here, as Su Qinghe said, contains dead children and some cyan liquid, I think it is a ritual of the tomb maker." The blue ghost we encountered was most likely a survivor of this ritual. ”

"He must be in pain. An Qing said softly.

Zhao Wu'an smiled and did not answer. took An Qing around the dark tomb a few times, he was confident, but An Qing followed suit, pulling his sleeve in fear, lest he accidentally get lost and unable to leave.

"It's the only place that hasn't been checked, and you're lucky, I think you'll be able to find that hidden entrance today. Zhao Wu'an said lightly.

Sure enough, after turning a few stone chambers, a bright spot appeared in front of them, which seemed to be a faint pillar of light from above. Walking all the way, there are huge pottery urns around you.

"You haven't said what's inside these urns. An Qing said.

Zhao Wu'an's answer was very brief: "Liquid." ”

An Qing was stunned, and when she asked, she didn't respond. Zhao Wu'an walked to the pillar of light, raised his head, and saw that it was pitch black above, with only a few stars flickering.

He stretched out his hand and gestured, his brows furrowed: "This height, I'm afraid it's twenty or thirty zhang, right?"

The top is indeed a hole, but the entire exit is cylindrical and leads straight up. Zhao Wu'an took out the pulsatilla and lit it up, although there were protruding stone slabs on the surrounding wall that could be used to stand on, they were far away from each other. Zhao Wu'an measured a few that were close in front of him, and the distance between the straight lines alone was close to a zhang.

Reaching out and touching the round wall around him, the stone wall is not smooth, rough and rough, and there are still many gaps, but whether it is fingers or toes, it is a fool's dream to make a fuss and climb on these gaps.

"Only the green ghost can climb out. An Qing smacked her tongue, "That's right, if he can't go out, how should he live in the ancient tomb." ”

No one can climb except the green ghost. Zhao Wu'an's brows furrowed, and then, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and it seemed that all the vague clues were connected in an instant.

The stars in the night sky sprinkled clear light, regardless of An Qing's surprise beside him, Zhao Wu'an slowly squatted down, and his eyes faintly flashed with brilliance.

One last thing missing. That is the most obtrusive and crucial thing.

Suddenly.

"Chains......" Zhao Wu'an muttered to himself.

I see.