We walked forward a while, and gradually we found that the surrounding trees were much sparse than before, but there were a small patch of water on the ground. At the same time, we noticed that the ground here seemed to be different from other places!

The ground we were standing on was obviously paved with stones, and some stone slabs were exposed in some places. Perhaps because of the ground treatment, we saw more complete buildings here, and some stone pillars were still standing.

Although this place has been abandoned, we can still feel the grandeur and solemnity of these buildings when our ancestors gathered here. Even after spanning thousands of years, we can still feel the solemn atmosphere. I now understand that what I am saying in my second uncle is right. This place is not a place where people live every day, because everything around creates an atmosphere, that is, a sense of ritual.

We continued to move along these ruins, and gradually not only stone pillars, but other ruins began to appear, and more and more. Based on these remaining ruins, we can already see the construction method and layout of this building at that time. Although it was still a mess, I was very surprised that it could still be like this after so long. If archaeologists from outside knew that there was such a place, they would definitely be shocked and crazy.

In the middle of this ruin, I saw something familiar, which was a pile of steeple stones built of stones.

This kind of steeplet pile is almost the same as the ones we have seen in the underground river offering altar. From the appearance, it looks almost eleven, but the ones that appear here are all reduced versions. Each stone pile is almost half a person tall.

Yuanxiao looked at the piles of stones and turned to me and said, "Look, it's this kind of thing again."

The second uncle looked at Lantern Festival, "Have you seen this before?"

Yuanxiao nodded, "Yes, it's in the underground river near Xueyanping."

After hearing the words of Yuanxiao, the second uncle frowned and nodded, "So you came in from there."

Yuanxiao smiled and said, "Uncle Second, we still know that you left there too."

Uncle Er was stunned for a moment, "How could you know?"

Yuanxiao looked at her second uncle with a mysterious expression, "First of all, we saw the footprints you left at the entrance of the underground river." Seeing that Uncle Er was a little unbelievable, Yuanxiao continued, "That's right, it's a loss to An Naduo. People recognized your shoe prints at a glance. Uncle Erxiao, you bought the hiking shoes on your feet."

As soon as the Lantern Festival finished speaking, the second uncle's face turned red and he couldn't help but rub his feet. He didn't know where to put his feet. The narrator's cheeks were also flushed, and I was speechless. In such a serious and weird atmosphere, there was an ambiguous smell, which was so disharmonious! This feeling was like taking a bite of chili, which was so spicy that it was sweating all over, and suddenly I took a bite of candy!

"However," Uncle Er calmed down and said with some confusion: "But why didn't I see the pile of stones you mentioned in that river?"

"Don't see it? No," Yuanxiao reached out and gestured, "It's hard not to see it if you are such a big man."

But when I saw that my second uncle's expression didn't look like I was talking, I felt that there might be a misunderstanding, so I asked, "Uncle II, which route did you take? Did you follow the river beach?"

The second uncle shook his head repeatedly, "Why do I walk in the river beach? I can't let the road go without walking, go down the river to swim! I followed the plank road on the stone wall, and then found an exit from the ridge."

After Uncle Second said this, we understood. It seemed that we had taken two routes with Uncle Second at that time, and when Uncle Second left, the water level was much higher than when we walked.

I accidentally saw An Naduo standing by, and suddenly remembered another thing that happened at that time, so I spoke to my second uncle and said, "Uncle II, I want to ask you a question."

The second uncle looked at me strangely, "You guy has something to say, don't beat around the bush!"

I nodded and said, "When did you pass through the underground river in Xueyanping?"

Uncle II thought for a while and said, "It was about seven days ago. Or eight days." I made a rough calculation. The time we passed there was about five days ago. Uncle II should have left there long ago. In order to confirm again, I asked again, "Uncle II, have you gone back after you leave there?"

"Go back?" Uncle Er was a little confused. "What do you want to ask? Why should I go back?"

At this time, Anado behind me couldn't hold back and asked, "Qiu Ye, I'll just tell you, I saw you in that underground river."

"You? See me?" Uncle Second looked at us in surprise, "How is that possible!" Then he said to An Naduo: "Are you dazzled?"

Anado shook his head, "No, I am very familiar with your back, I don't think I've read it wrong."

The second uncle coughed dryly, "This..." and then thought for a while, looked up at us, "Did you see me except Annaduo?"

Yuanxiao and I shook our heads, and the second uncle looked at Wenmo again, and then asked, "Wenmo was also present at that time, what do you think about this matter?"

Wen Mo said to the second uncle: "At the end of the river is the turn of the underground river, there is an altar for offerings in that place."

"So that's how it is!" Uncle Er nodded after hearing Wen Mo's words, and frowned at the same time. After a while, he said to us: "It was impossible for you to see me there. Now it seems that there is only one possibility. You have encountered something unclean."

After Uncle II said this, all my hairs stood up all over my body, "What are you referring to for unclean things?"

The second uncle smiled, "It's hard to say, but it's right if it's not a human being."

In an instant, the atmosphere became very depressing, and I felt a little scared, while Anado turned pale.

The second uncle waved his hand, "Okay, it's all over the past, don't think about it anymore, we should pay more attention to the present now."

After all, we have experienced similar things before, so we calmed down and calmed down. It was only the first time Annaduo encountered such a thing, so his face had not recovered for a long time, and it seemed that he was still immersed in it and could not extricate himself.

Yuanxiao walked to the edge of a pile of stones and squatted down. He observed carefully, and then said, "Hey, do you think there is something hidden here?"

I knew what Yuanxiao was thinking again, so I spoke, "Hey, don't mess around! Be careful that something will happen again."

Yuanxiao disagreed, "In total, it's just such a small pile of stones. What can I hide in it? What are you afraid of!"

I turned to look at my second uncle and Wen Mo. Both of them seemed to have no intention of organizing the Lantern Festival. My second uncle said, "I think it's not impossible to open it and take a look. Be careful."

Lantern Festival was supported, and no longer hesitated and began to dismantle the stone pile. However, it was not as easy to actually start. There seemed to be a white substance painted between the stone piles. I speculated that this should be something like glue. It was used to strengthen the stone pile when it was built.

However, after all, after too long, no matter what kind of glue is, it has lost its toughness. Yuanxiao used a dagger to dig and pry it, and soon broke up a pile of stones in front of him. And we also found that the pile of stones was indeed not that short. It was empty in the middle of the bottom of the pile, with some round balls inside.

When Lanxiao saw this, his eyes lit up, "Hehe, what good thing is this? I'll say that these ancient ancestors are more thieves. It turns out that the valuable things are hidden here!"

We immediately looked closer and found that these small balls were all made of mud, about the same size as a quail egg. I gently tweaked them with the short knife in my hand and found that the mud balls were quite hard. I smiled at Lantern Festival, "This baby doesn't look so valuable!"

Yuanxiao stared at the mud ball on the ground and refused to give up. "This is not necessarily the case. You can't judge its value from the surface of an object. Have you ever heard of it? There was a kind of escort dart in ancient times, which was to hide all gold, silver and treasures in ordinary vegetables and debris to achieve the goal of avoiding people."

I sneered, "What do you mean is there a golden ball inside the mud ball?"

"Just try it!" As he said that, Yuanxiao gently picked up one and placed it beside him, and then raised the dagger in his hand.

Although I said this, I was still very curious about the mud balls in front of me, and I wanted to find out from the bottom of my heart. Others probably had similar ideas to me, so no one stopped him about Lanxiao's actions.

We watched nervously as the dagger in Yuanxiao's hand suddenly penetrated into the mud ball, but as the mud ball cracked, a strong smell of rotten smell instantly spread out.

We immediately covered our noses and spread out. Annaduo ran the farthest, with a look of disgust on his face. Yuanxiao retreated and cursed: "Md, is there a piece of stinky tofu hidden inside?!"

Without any preparation just now, I felt that the stench stinking into my brain as soon as I sucked into my nose! It made my head feel a little swollen and painful. I frowned and said, "I'll go, this thing won't be poisonous!"

As I said, I looked at the mud ball that was cracked into several petals. I noticed that the inside of the mud ball was hollow, and a stream of black water flowed out from it. This odor should be from the black water inside the mud ball.

Yuanxiao looked disappointed, "I was so happy!" As he said that, he covered his nose and looked closer, "What is TMD in this?"
Chapter completed!