Half fairy

Chapter 226
Hearing some movement, he made sure that something was not coming, so he continued walking towards the place where there was a sound.

Not far away, there was another ascending step, and the sound came from above the step.

Before going up, I can feel that the temperature above is not normal. The temperature seems to be a bit high, which is very different from this cool and authentic environment.

what's the situation?Yu Qing was curious and turned up again.

At the end of the steps, the clanging above the head soon disappeared, but some strange noises could be heard, and someone was talking vaguely.

Hold up the oil lamp for lighting. On the top is a large stone slab, which is fixed on it by two iron rods. The temperature under the slate is even higher, giving you a feeling of scorching.

He tried to reach out to touch it, and when he touched it, it was so hot that he flicked his fingers, and immediately realized that a fire was burning on the stone slab.

The steps lead to this place. This is obviously an entrance and exit. How could there be someone burning a fire on it?With such a secret way, it stands to reason that no one can easily touch the entrance and exit.

After a little observation by the oil lamp, I found that there is actually a metal chute where the two iron rods and the stone slab are connected. That is to say, the stone slab can be pushed and pulled, but there is a metal piece stuck at one end.To push the slate away, the metal piece must first be turned.

He wanted to open it to have a look, but there was obviously someone outside, and he didn't know who it was, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

Noticing that the gap at the top of the stone slab was blocked by ash, I reached into the pocket of the servant’s clothes and took out a thin bamboo stick, gently stuffed it into the gap of the top slate to remove the blocked ash bit by bit, In the end, a gap was slowly pulled out, revealing the flame above.

Enduring the scorching heat, he leaned closer and took a look inside the gap, and after a little observation, he understood what was going on above.

Above is a stove in the kitchen, where a fire is roaring, and sparks and ashes are constantly falling on the stone slab. The sound of clanging just now should be that someone is digging out the ashes in the stove.

This entrance and exit is actually in the kitchen stove.

Yu Qing was a little speechless, and listened carefully, only vaguely heard a few women laughing in slang, as if they were preparing supper for someone.

Feeling bored, he turned and left.

When he walked down the steps to the bottom, he suddenly felt something was wrong, lowered the oil lamp in his hand, stared at the ground carefully, and vaguely felt a faint mist floating against the ground, which would not exceed a foot above the ground.

Previously, it was only found that the surface and walls of the tunnel were relatively moist, and no mist was seen floating on the ground.

He held up the oil lamp to look carefully, and found that there were dense spots in such a place, and it seemed to fade away in places farther away.

Looking back at the top of the steps, I feel that it may be caused by the interlacing of high temperature and low temperature here.

In order to verify his guess, he squatted down and reached out to feel the temperature of the ground.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his hand was stretched into the cloud, the big head, which was temporarily hidden in his sleeve, suddenly rang out "pidididi".

This cry, the echo of the sound in the tunnel, I don't know how far it can travel, almost scared him into shock, he jumped up, changed hands with the oil lamp, and pinched the big head in the sleeve, obviously Shut up the big head.

At the same time, he blew out the oil lamp, so that no one would find out if he came over.

"You are my uncle!"

The big head was grabbed from the sleeve, and the exasperated man spat and cursed in a low voice.

He has slowly retreated to the back steps and hid under the stone slab. Once he finds something is wrong, he will lift the bottom of the pot above and get out first.

The big head in his hand didn't bark anymore.

This is the habit of the big head, and it has always been enough to call once when he wants to, so as not to waste his loud and clear voice.

Yu Qing knew about this nature, but she was really shocked just now, and subconsciously wanted to cover Datou's mouth.

After he calmed down a bit, he realized that something was wrong. He knew the big head, and he would never bark. Either he was provoked by someone, or he was touched by something.

Immediately, he thought of the scene where he reached out his hand into Yunyu just now, and was a little startled, what's wrong with that Yunyu?
Immediately, Yun Gong carefully inspected his body and found nothing unusual.

With doubts in his heart, his heartstrings were tense, and he was on high alert around the surroundings, because the big head was making a noise, so he also put the big head on his shoulders.

The chattering and laughing in slang on the stone slab continued vaguely, and it seemed that the big head's cry was not heard.

Waiting quietly, after waiting for about half an hour, he made sure that he didn't hear any abnormal movement, then lit the oil lamp again, and quietly went down the steps, not forgetting to look at the cloud under the steps again.

After being yelled at by the big head, he didn't dare to stay for a long time, and retreated quickly, pulling out the road signs he had inserted in the cracks of the wall along the way.

He walked quickly, passed a fork, and the others had already passed by, but suddenly stopped, and then retreated, put his hand on the ear, listened carefully, then turned around quickly, and groped towards another road.

After walking for quite a distance, the sound of "Aoao" became more and more clear.

That's right, this non-dog, non-cat sound a bit like a tiger's bark is the one he remembers. There's no way, I went to his place to eat the overnight bad meal this morning, it should be the little dog's spiritual pet.

Isn't this puppy raised by the third lady?
It was for this reason that he gave up on evacuating quickly and took the risk to see what happened.

Thinking of the appearance of Wen Xin he saw during the day, his heart was filled with young people's yearning again, and his pace quickened a little.

The young man's heart has already forgotten the danger, and just wants to see what Wen Xin is doing.

When he passed another fork in the road, he stopped suddenly, sniffed, and raised the oil lamp in another dark direction. He couldn't see the end, but only smelled a scent.

A kind of vaguely present, but can suddenly feel very strong fragrance, like sweet-scented osmanthus.

What's in that darkness?Yu Qing was puzzled and curious, but in the end she was seduced by the incessant calls of "Aoao", and continued to move forward quickly.

The cry became clearer and clearer, and it seemed to be very painful.

An ascending step appeared on the side of the road, and it was from this that the cry came, and he ran up immediately.

The end was stopped by a huge rockery. He saw the metal pull ring on the edge of the exit, and he should be able to touch the metal pull ring by reaching in from the gap outside to find the right angle.He knew that this might be the mechanism to open the exit, but he didn't dare to open it, because someone was talking outside.

After turning off the oil lamp, he lay down on the gap and looked out. In the pavilion not far away, three women were gathered around a stone table, and an iron cage was placed on the stone table.

The three women were Wen Xin, Song Pingping and Xiao Hong.

Yu Qing only knew Wen Xin, but neither of them.

He didn't see the other two in his eyes either, he just stared at Wen Xin.

Wen Xin obviously came out after taking a bath, with long black hair, and a different kind of style under the lantern. On this bright moonlit night, in his eyes, there are only four words: closed moon and shameful flowers!
The dog was barking miserably, rolling and splashing in the cage, and kept barking anyway.

This night, Yu Qing didn't know why the dog kept howling, no wonder he heard the movement in the tunnel.

In short, it was so noisy that people couldn't hear what the three women were saying, Wen Xin's face was full of unbearable expression.

Yu Qing stared at her frown and every move in the dark, daydreaming wildly, if only Wen Xin could give up the glory and wealth and go back to Linglong Temple with him, it would be great if she was poor, she would be poorer, men farming and women weaving can live on, as long as they can get along day and night, He didn't bother to take any more risks.

Of course, he can also work hard to make money for Wen Xin.

Even the picture of Wen Xin with her big belly about to bear him a child has appeared in his mind, and he even imagined the names of the children.

On second thought, however, people are rich and honored, why did they go to the mountains with you to suffer poverty?

Are you working hard to make money for others?I'm afraid that all the money you earn all your life will not be enough for other people's pocket money, and the pets they keep casually are Ziyunji.

Give up the identity of the head of Linglong Temple to marry?In Wen's eyes, what is your Linglong view? Do people think of you?
What's the point of cheating as Ashheng Tanhualang?What's more, if you can't stand the test, you will be exposed sooner or later, and your enemies will come to you after hearing the news.

He is already engaged, and he is going to marry a son of a famous family. As for you, you have no money, no skills, and no family background. You are just a country boy.You don't even dream of doing this.

Thinking about it, the beautiful fantasy disappeared, leaving only a sad face.

"Ow..."

The puppy's endless barking stopped abruptly, its nose fluttered, it rolled up suddenly, turned around, and shook its head and tail enthusiastically towards the rockery.

"..."

The three women were dumbfounded, they didn't know what was going on, and they all slowly turned their heads to look in the direction it showed favor with.

Yu Qing shrank his head in fright, and quickly tiptoed back to the entrance, sneaked back into the tunnel, lit the oil lamp, and heaved a sigh of relief after walking a little farther.

Soon, the little dog's barking and barking sounded again.

Yu Qing muttered and cursed, "Father is dead or mother is dead, why are you crying so miserably, I am sick, I am scared, today I have encountered evil things."

What really dissatisfied him was that it interrupted his appreciation of Wen Xin.

When he came to the intersection where he smelled the aroma before, he smelled it again, and the oil lamp in his hand shone it, and the front was still pitch black and bottomless.

After hesitating again and again, since he had already come, he thought about it, and then walked in to have a look, following the fragrance step by step to explore.

This section of the road gradually made Yu Qing feel strange, it was a bit long and there was no fork in the road.

Suddenly, the fragrance was gone, and a stench came oncoming. The fragrance seemed to prevent the stench from escaping.

Holding his breath, he raised the oil lamp and looked around, trying to confirm where the stench was coming from. His eyes flickered, and he saw a faint figure floating in the air in front of him.

His heart was startled suddenly, and when he looked closely, the shadow of Wen Xin in his heart was frightened away.

The floating figure is vaguely a skeleton!
The skeleton was still wearing clothes.

Yu Qing, who was on high alert, soon realized that something was wrong. The floating skeleton was motionless. He steadied his mind and observed carefully, only to find that the skeleton was hung by a rope.

He saw steps under the skeleton's feet again.

Holding an oil lamp, he approached and saw that there was something abnormal on the skeleton, so he climbed up the steps to look, only to find that the back of the steps was empty, and there was a deep pit with messy bones piled up in the pit.

And the foul-smelling skeleton was hanging in front of him, as if it was about to reach out and touch him at any time.

(End of this chapter)