Forbidden City

Chapter 33

I came to the door of my second uncle's house again and knocked on the door of his house.But after I went in, I found that the coffin was not in his house, so I asked my second uncle where he put the coffin, but the second uncle kept secret: "I will tell you when the time is right, let's go and have a look under that tree, some It's time for you to understand."

"What's the matter?" I asked curiously.

The second uncle said solemnly: "Come with me." He locked the door and walked towards the land with a flashlight.

I saw that my second uncle was more serious than ever this time, and a strong expectation suddenly rose in my heart. Are there many mysteries that will be solved today?Several times, I had the urge to ask my second uncle, and this time it made me understand what was going on, but seeing the frowning of my second uncle, I held back.

When I came to the land, I was surprised to find that the roots of the trees that had grown up had all dried up in just one day, as if all the water in the roots had been lost overnight.

The second uncle was obviously also stunned by this scene, staring at the dead tree roots for a long time without making a sound.

"Why are they all dead?" I couldn't help asking.

The second uncle said: "Maybe—the tree below is also dead."

I really wanted to know if the inverted tree below was really dead as my second uncle said, so I walked to the entrance of the cave in three steps and two steps.But when I was about to go down, I found that the root of the tree protruding from the hole had been cut down!My second uncle and I were dumbfounded for a moment. We originally climbed down the tree root, but now the tree root has been cut, and we can't go down for a while.

"Damn it, which bastard hacked this?" The second uncle yelled.

I'm also very annoyed, that person is too boring, it's not good to chop other things, but he just chopped off this key tree root, obviously, he didn't want us to go down.

Don't want us to go down——I suddenly remembered that the ones who don't want us to go down are Lexus except Muyi. Could it be that one of them cut it off?Also, why didn't they let us go down?Mu Yi may be worried that we will be in danger if we go down, so what about Lexus?This kid originally wanted to put me and my second uncle to death, so of course he wanted me to go down, and the more dangerous it was, the better.From this point of view, this tree root is probably not easy to cut off.

"It must have been chopped off by the surname Ling!" The second uncle blushed and scolded thickly: "This bastard, if I let me touch him, I will definitely cut off his dog's paw!"

I comforted my second uncle and said: "Anyway, the root of this tree has been cut down, so don't be angry, let's find a way to get down."

"What can I do?" Second Uncle asked me with a stare, as if I had cut off the tree root.I remembered the scene when we hung the amber coffin and Wu Banxian's corpse, so I suggested that we could find a crossbar to place above the entrance of the cave, and then find a thick rope to tie it to the crossbar, and then hang down by grabbing one end of the rope, like It's like hanging water.

The second uncle thought about it and said it was okay, and then told me to find the crossbar and the thick rope.

"Don't you have one at home?" I said, "Just use the tree and rope we used to hang the coffin up last time."

"Okay, you go to my house to get it." The second uncle said while handing me a key, then sat on a tree root, took out a cigarette, lit it, and smoked leisurely.I took the key and sighed secretly, alas, he smokes, I run away, his uncle is too leisurely.

When I came to my second uncle's house and opened the door, I suddenly remembered the amber coffin. Where was it hidden by my second uncle?Will it be in this house?I have to go find it.Driven by curiosity, I searched all the rooms on the first floor of my second uncle, but I couldn't find it, so I went to the second floor.

Just as I was about to step up the stairs on the second floor, I suddenly saw a person walking up, and I froze immediately.Is there someone in the second uncle's family?

This staircase is a straight line leading directly to the second floor, and the man just finished climbing the stairs and walked slowly to the living room on the second floor, leaving me with a slender back and a strand of black hair.

Because of the angle of view and time, I just saw her and went up, and the interval was less than two seconds, so I didn't see who it was, but I can tell it was a woman.I was immediately amused, could it be that the second uncle also played the trick of Jinwu Zangjiao?I really want to know what this mysterious "aunt" looks like. It must be very beautiful to be spotted by the second uncle and hidden away.No wonder Mu Yi asked to open the door before and he never opened it.Thinking of this, I couldn't wait to go upstairs.

But when I got halfway to the stairwell, for some reason, I suddenly thought of Ling Ziyao.The reason why I hide her at home so that no one can see her is because she is a ghost.Could it be that the beauty hidden by the second uncle is also a ghost?And just now I've been looking for her down here for so long and she didn't show up, no matter how "shy" a person is, she won't be like this.

As soon as I thought that the woman might be a ghost, I was afraid, and I didn't dare to go up for a while, for fear that when I got to the top, the ghost would suddenly pounce on me... But then I thought again, it's not like I haven't seen ghosts before, like Ling Ziyao and Wu Banxian , they didn't hurt me.Maybe ghosts don't hurt people at will, otherwise why am I safe and sound after I've been in the house for so long?
Finally, curiosity finally defeated fear, and I finally went up step by step.

Up the stairs on the second floor is a living room. The left and right sides of the living room are rooms, and the front is a balcony.I looked around the living room and found no one, so I asked softly, "Is anyone there?" No one answered.

Is there no one?Did I get dazzled just now?I didn't believe in this evil, so I searched room by room.I found two rooms, but they were empty.When pushing the last room, the door was locked.Fortunately, I had the key, so I took out the keys and matched them one by one. I matched three keys in a row, but they didn't work.I was wondering, is there a key in this room?Just as I was thinking about it, my hand loosened, and the key slipped out of my hand and landed on the floor with a "clang".

Damn, even the key bullied me, I bent down to pick it up, just touched the key, I suddenly felt something was wrong, there was someone behind?

I hurriedly turned my head, and sure enough there was a person standing behind me, staring straight at me.

"Ah!" I screamed, and I stepped back straight away, hitting the door heavily.

However, I immediately calmed down, because, to my surprise, the person standing in front of me was Ling Ziyao.She looked at me without moving, eyes full of resentment and resentment.

"Ziyao, it's you." I forced a smile and said, "Why are you at my second uncle's house?" I subconsciously looked at her belly as I spoke, and found that her belly was still swollen, and it seemed that the ghost baby hadn't been born yet. .Ling Ziyao remained expressionless, and asked stiffly, "Where's the amber coffin?"

"I don't know, I'm looking for it too." I said, "I don't know where the second uncle hid it."

Ling Ziyao rubbed her bulging belly, and said word by word: "The baby is about to be born, if you haven't found the amber coffin by tomorrow, then... that would be bad."

"Does it have to be born in an amber coffin?" I asked cautiously.

"Yes, it must be born there." Ling Ziyao said: "Otherwise, it will be..." She stopped here, and I hurriedly asked, "What will happen?" Ling Ziyao said again: "You should find Amber as soon as possible. The coffin." After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked downstairs.I quickly followed up and asked, "Where do you live now? Where is Lexus? Did he make things difficult for you? Are you in the same group?"

Ling Ziyao stopped, and said coldly: "You don't need to worry about this, you need to find the amber coffin quickly." As she spoke, she gently patted her bulging stomach and slowly walked down the stairs.

I stood on the spot, feeling a little overwhelmed for a moment, but when I regained my senses and prepared to catch up, I found that she had disappeared.Thinking of what she said just now, I hurriedly turned around and continued to open the door of that room.

After matching all the keys, when the last key is matched, it is finally paired.I was pleasantly surprised, this door is so difficult to open, maybe the second uncle hid the amber coffin inside!

Of course, I never thought about it at this time, how could Second Uncle bring such a big and heavy coffin to the second floor by himself?This is totally unrealistic.But at a certain point, people tend to get hotheaded and ignore even the most basic common sense.

Just when I was about to open the door and go in, suddenly, a voice came from behind: "What are you doing?"

(End of this chapter)