Living in the mountains and forests as hunters

Chapter 68

The husband and wife suddenly seemed speechless. An Dalang reached out and grabbed Zhao Yiyi's hand, tightening silently. Then, holding the torch, he walked straight forward, following the upward direction. Walking through the wide passage of Mi Duo, Zhao Yiyi could feel the warmth of those big hands. For some reason, she suddenly felt relieved, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up. So what if it was weird?So what about horror!With such a man on her head, she is not afraid of anything.

Maybe it's because of this thought, maybe it's stupid and bold, anyway, after walking three or five steps, turning a corner and taking five or six steps, after continuing to turn, a stone room that was obviously once inhabited appeared. , Zhao Yiyi's heart was surprisingly calm, and she still had the mind to look and check seriously.

The small place is only about ten square meters, and the height is only three or four meters. A stone bed is placed in the innermost part of the stone room, and the so-called air vent is actually an obviously man-made hole on a stone wall. The window dug out is not big, just the size of an iron pot. Although I don’t know how the person who opened the hole in the stone wall calculated that this is the weakest part of the stone wall, so he opened such a hole, but from the so-called window It can be seen from the rotten wood on the roof that this place was really cleaned up by caring people. An Dalang walked over quickly, looked out from this stone window that happened to be one person high, and took a closer look at the scenery outside. , and then said to Zhao Yiyi with a shocked face:
"This is the south side. I can see our path up the mountain. It is estimated that the location is less than ten feet south of the gate of our house. I never knew that there was such a place here. I never knew that there was another Such a hole."

The tone of An Dalang's voice has begun to change. What he is thinking at this time is, I don't know when this stone room was built. If it was before their family moved here, then there is nothing to talk about. What if it is after?Doesn't that mean that their family has been living under their noses since his grandfather's generation?Then if they have any evil intentions, wouldn't it be that their whole family is over and they don't know why?
The most important thing is that he suddenly thought of the passage leading to their cave. Was it innate or opened up by these people later?If it was developed, why did they develop it?Are you thinking of connecting to your own cave?That's right, their own cave is not only convenient for going down the mountain, but also has good lighting. Since they want to connect, why are they so close to not opening it?Or are there other issues here?

The husband and wife didn't know what to say at this time, they were very panicked, they just wanted to quickly read the whole place, they wanted to know where this stone room came from.Back at the fork in the road, the two of them hurried to the passageway going down again, and it was about ten steps. After a few turns, a cave not smaller than their home cave appeared in front of them. Yes, this cave also bears man-made traces. There is a man-made stone house on the right side, which is also about ten square meters, with a stone bed. There are stone tables and benches made of stone in the middle of the huge stone hall, and the so-called According to An Dalang's calculations, there is a crack on the northwest side of his own cliff in the north, and the light comes in from this crack, and the northeast corner of this stone hall is probably just north of their cave. At the location of the storage room, there is a stream passing by. It looks like a mountain spring, and this mountain spring seems to be the entrance of a cave, covered by many vines. An Dalang walked over carefully, standing on tiptoe, avoiding the moss around the water, Stepping on stones like stone steps, he climbed up carefully, and when he opened it, he found that there was actually a platform stretching out, which was five or six square meters in size, and on the side of the platform were winding vines. , going all the way down.

At this time, Zhao Yiyi's mind began to expand, and she couldn't help it, because at this time, what she thought of was not the Water Curtain Cave, or the adventures in the martial arts novels about jumping off a cliff and finding a cliff, and then martial arts secrets.There are too many in the book, and there are countless versions for her to refer to. Do you think she can just cover it if she doesn't open it up?

On the other hand, An Dalang looked at the cliff at this time, and he didn't know what he thought of, so he turned around in a hurry, pulled Zhao Yiyi and walked back, knocking on the surrounding stone walls as he walked, as if he was looking for something.Zhao Yiyi foolishly followed like this, not knowing what to say, until An Dalang made a hollow sound in a place near the northwest, and his mind came back to his senses, but the eyes looking at An Dalang were gone again. changed, how do you say that?What kind of treasure is this?The precipice of Mr. Golden Snake?The Treasure of King Chuang in the Snow Mountain Flying Fox?Why is there a secret room here?
The big knife in An Dalang's hand has already started to move, and he used the handle to explore carefully around the place where he knocked out different sounds. After a while, a stone wall like a stone gate came out, and An Dalang's face was full of surprises!Pushing inside with all the strength of the whole body, the stone wall seems to be very thin, but after a few strokes, it was pushed away. If you look closely, you can find that the so-called stone wall is actually just broken stones glued together. It's just that it is covered with dust, which prevents them from seeing it at first glance.It’s just that the inside of the stone wall is still just a stone room of ten square meters. Although there is a large stone table and a few stone benches, there is nothing else. All of a sudden, it made it to the ground, as if hope was shattered.

Zhao Yiyi finally couldn't bear it anymore, pushed An Dalang's shoulder, and asked:

"What's wrong with you? Don't you know where this is? What are you looking for?"

"It's a story."

"story?"

"Yes, my father told me. I heard that my grandfather told my father. I grew up listening to this story when I was young."

When he said these few words, An Dalang's face carried a hint of tenderness and warmth of memories. Zhao Yiyi had never seen such an An Dalang, and seeing such an An Dalang, she couldn't help but also sighed. Then he sat on the ground, wanting to hear the story that An Dalang told from his grandfather.

"I heard that more than a hundred years ago, before the demise of the former dynasty, the people were in dire straits and the officials were corrupt. Many people had no way of living. Even those who relied on mountains and rivers mostly fled with their families. By the river, the poor people simply sell their sons and daughters directly on the pier, hoping to sell the children to a place where they can survive. This is the way of life, and there is hope for the poor, because there is a thief near here. , no one knows his name, nor where he is from. They just know that there is such a hero who specializes in opposing those who are unkind to the rich. He robs the rich and helps the poor. Many poor families have been helped by him. People, the people like it, but those officials, those wealthy households hate them very much. They have found countless officers and soldiers, and the masters want to find him and catch him, but no one has ever known where he is. I found his trace, that is, he fled to this mountain after being chased by people. It is said that someone saw this hero can walk fast on the cliff, and then he dodged and disappeared. I just saw the hole above the stream, There is a stone platform of five or six square meters. There are many vines on the side of the stone platform, hanging down to the bottom of the mountain. At that time, I was thinking that the owner of this stone room must use vines to climb up. When he reached the platform, he could directly enter through this hole , Thinking about it this way, I thought of this story, I thought, maybe in the story they saw the hero walking fast on the cliff because he climbed the vine, and this is the place where the hero hid. "

An Dalang told this story very dryly.Let Zhao Yiyi, who is used to watching and listening to wonderful martial arts, be very dissatisfied, but no matter how dissatisfied she is, it doesn't mean that she can't understand the key point here. After hearing the story of An Dalang, she immediately realized that An Dalang had just What are you looking for, probably looking for the traces left by the hero, or you can say that you want to find the treasure left by the hero, but I didn't expect to find the treasure room, but there was nothing in it.

"More than a hundred years ago? Then there is no news about the last hero?"

"Well, I don't know. Anyway, from my father's story, there is no ending or anything. I'm just curious. If this cave was born, what about the window that can see the path down the mountain at home? The cave in our house It seems that there is no cover! That hero can’t be found, isn’t it! It’s impossible not to think about opening these caves, after all, then he will have a way out. But if it’s not natural, then the passage from our house How is it that some places are high and some places are low? It's so strange!"

"There are even more strange things! Haven't you thought about it carefully? The cave in our house plus this one, and the one we saw at the beginning, together, it seems that the place we are in The precipice and rocks suddenly became three levels, upper, middle and lower, and each level has a cave. Tell me, isn’t this mountain almost empty! I really don’t know how this mountain holds up.”

Zhao Yiyi sat on the ground and listened to An Dalang's words, holding a twig in his hand and began to draw a topographic map of their route. It was formed naturally, so she could only worship this nature, pulled An Dalang's sleeve, and showed him the somewhat abstract picture she had drawn, while she herself leaned on An Dalang, She looked lazy. To be honest, she was really tired. Of course, the most tired thing was mentally.

It's just that they didn't seem to be planning to let them rest this day. Just when An Dalang looked at the picture with a confused face and wanted to ask for clarification, Dabao's shout suddenly came from the passage, and the two I was startled, stood up quickly, and rushed out.

(End of this chapter)