Jiaohua

Chapter 496 The Image of Fear (Part [-])
That light and shadow was in the water in the front right, the water surface was shimmering, driven by the wind, and the orange light was too small and the range was not wide, she couldn't see it clearly, it seemed to be nothing.

Just when she lowered her head to turn off the light of the small oil ball lamp, there was a flash of light and shadow over there, she was taken aback for a moment, and now she was sure that she saw it right, that side was dark.

Is there really light down there?

……

……

"Master!"

"Master!! Where are you!"

"I found my senior sister!!"

"Master, I miss you!"

……

The open space is quiet, and the fire light comes from the brazier in the corner, which is placed on a low wooden frame with three two-foot-long logs cross-bound.

The southeast side of the brazier was facing a large pillar that had been demolished, and there were large pieces of mud and stone scattered on the ground, mixed with pieces of broken and broken dry corpses.

Since the dust was still flying when he came, Zhili judged that the old man had not been away for a long time, but now he shouted for a long time, but there was no reply at all.

Tired of shouting, he put his hands on his legs and shouted with his last strength: "Master!!!"

The empty space brought back the echo, it was all the shouts of the young boy Qingyue.

"Master must have heard it," Zhili turned to look at Xia Zhaoxue, "but why did he ignore me?"

Xia Zhaoxue squatted on the ground, turned over the dead wood in his hands, and said, "Are you sure he must have heard it?"

"Uh, yes, it should be."

"Then are you sure that the person who left before we came is the senior?" Xia Zhaoxue looked up at him.

Zhi Li was taken aback, and said: "Senior sister and second brother mean that the person who left just now may not be the master?"

"Ah."

"Who could it be..." Zhili looked forward and shouted again, "Master, I saw you! Come out for me!!"

The echo was sent back again.

Xia Zhaoxue withdrew his gaze, and Chang Mu turned the two glued heads over.

The skulls were squeezed severely, one of them was severely deformed, its teeth were crooked, and its description was hideous.

Zhili knelt down beside him, looked at the bones on the ground, and said puzzledly, "Senior Sister and Second Brother, what are you looking at?"

"These corpses are handled a little differently," Xia Zhaoxue said.

"Why is it different?"

"The pillar that the predecessor smashed first today, the corpses inside were filled with mud, but these corpses may have been roasted."

"Bake it with fire?" Zhi Li was surprised.

"Yes."

"Miserable." Zhili said.

"Actually, I have also met Qiao's family," Xia Zhaoxue said. "When I was your age, I once rescued a person in the eastern suburb of Binghe County, Muzhou. He was hunted down by many people. When he escaped, he met When he got into the wild wolf, his left leg was bitten off, and it was completely broken from the knee down. After saving him, he told us that it was a pseudonym. Maybe he had too many pseudonyms, and he himself was confused. In the next ten days of getting along , He called himself Lin for a while, Zeng for a while, and Li for a while, my guards couldn't stand it, so he was finally willing to tell the truth, his surname is Qiao."

"Huh..." Zhili sighed, "It's Joe again, suffer, what happened next?"

"I followed us for another half a month. Before returning to Beijing, I ordered Jinwei to arrange him in Hengping, and found a decent job for him. A year later, I was told that he was dead."

"How did you die?"

Xia Zhaoxue shook his head: "I don't know the exact cause of death. After hearing his screams, others rushed to his room. There was no one in the room. There was a big puddle of blood splashed on the ground. With that amount of bleeding, he should not be able to survive."

"Too exasperating!" Zhili yelled, "However, could it be the emperor's man? Isn't the court also hunting down the Qiao family?"

"People in the imperial court like to break through doors during the day, but never break through windows in the middle of the night."

"That's right," Zhili looked back at the corpse on the ground, and said, "Then, senior sister and second brother may have the answer now?"

"I'm even more puzzled," Xia Zhaoxue said, standing up, "Where are we going, we can't find Senior all the way, should we continue to look for it, or go back first?"

"Let's look for it," Zhili also got up, and said, "Master, it's true, how can you run around?"

"Perhaps he is also puzzled," Xia Zhaoxue said, looking down at the fragmented corpses on the ground, "Let's go."

"Ok!"

Responding to the sound, they ran to the brazier in the corner and picked up the torch they put on it.

They had never been to this road before, and they would not have come if they hadn't seen the brazier burning here and the pillars being smashed from a distance.

But even though he has never been here before, Zhili remembers the terrain drawn by his senior sister on the "map", and knows that if you go straight to the northeast on the right front, you will encounter a deep ravine, with several stone bridges connecting the two sides.

If you don't go that way, just go straight down the current corridor, and you will find a stone room for alchemy. The other exit of the stone room is a long and narrow cage. connected by a stone bridge.

Their intersection, stone chamber, and stone bridge seem to be able to piece together a triangle.

Now they decided to go straight ahead and go to the stone chamber first.

The road from this intersection to the stone chamber should be clear and clear, and much simpler. Along the way, I don’t dare to speak, and I am on guard and full of vigilance.Because if the person who left before them was really not the master, but someone else, then they might be attacked secretly at any time.

Fortunately, no, except for a few snake corpses found on the ground, there was no trouble.

Looking at the entrance of the stone room from a distance, the lights are brightly lit. The stone door is very large. One door is closed and the other is open. It is simple and solemn, and there is also light in the stone room.

As he approached, he heard a loud noise coming from inside, as if something had smashed to the ground.

Zhili and Xia Zhaoxue froze at the same time.

"Quick!" Zhili yelled, he had already rushed out, his movements were extremely fast.

He took the lead to reach the entrance of the stone room, only took one look, and widened his eyes, as if he had encountered some panic, then subconsciously turned around and turned his back to the stone room.

When Xia Zhaoxue arrived, Zhili hurriedly ran back, reaching out to stop him: "Wait! Wait! Senior sister and second brother!"

Xia Zhaoxue frowned: "What's inside?"

"I, I'm afraid," Li Li's voice trembled a little, "My God, my God, how can I tell you..."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Xia Zhaoxue said, pushed away and walked towards the stone room.

Just then, another voice came from inside.

Something was knocked to the ground, kicking up dust in half the room.

Xia Zhaoxue drew out his long sword and went to the door.

Ji Li's hands and feet trembled a little, took a deep breath, and followed behind him, with his head slightly lowered, his heart beating wildly: "If you see something scary, don't be afraid..."

Before he finished speaking, Xia Zhaoxue's footsteps had already stopped at the door of the stone room.

Looking at the stone room, he was stunned for a moment, his star pupils widened, his eyes were dazed, his handsome face was rarely surprised, even frightened.

(End of this chapter)