"Zhou Cang, how did you know there was a secret passage here?" Xiangyu opened her eyes and looked at me in disbelief.
"It just so happened that I had seen this pattern before, so I knew that there was an extra stroke on the bronze mirror. I originally wanted to touch it, but unexpectedly, I found the mechanism that opened the secret passage." I looked at that.
Said the dark staircase.
"Zhou Cang, your actions really make me wonder if you have been here before." Zhang Jisheng said, the expression on his face was a bit complicated. He obviously had doubts in his heart, but he still pretended to be joking.
The look makes people feel bored just by looking at it.
I really didn’t want to talk to him, but for the sake of face, I still forced a smile on my face: “It’s not impossible. You all know that my consciousness will always wander elsewhere from time to time. Maybe it really is.
Have been here before."
"Zhou, let's go down and take a look?" Andrew said to me, ignoring the emotional changes between Zhang Jisheng and me.
"However, it's pitch dark under the stairs, and our diving equipment is all placed in the yard. Wouldn't it be too dangerous to go down hastily without lighting equipment?" Xiangyu said.
"I don't know if the wireworms are still in the yard. Isn't it a wise choice for us to go out and get a hernia lamp now?" Zhang Jisheng said.
"I have a fire stick on my body, so I don't have to worry about the lighting problem." Andrew said. Sure enough, he took out a fire stick from his body, blew it a few times, and saw an open flame.
With the open fire, the house suddenly became much brighter. Only then did I realize that the eaves and corners of the house were full of spider webs, but the furniture placed here was spotless. These contradictory things
Phenomenon, I don’t know if it has anything to do with the existences I just felt.
Andrew had already stepped onto the stairs. When he saw Xiangyu Zhang Jisheng and I were still standing by the table, he stopped there and looked at us with a puzzled look.
I didn't have time to think too much and stepped into the stairs.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Jisheng got ahead of me this time and followed Andrew.
I can’t let a girl named Xiangyu come to the back. I have no choice but to let her go in first, and then I walk at the back.
Just after we walked down about ten steps, the door at the top of the stairs suddenly and slowly closed amid a dull sound.
For some reason, the moment the door was completely closed, I seemed to see a figure standing beside the desk. That figure looked very much like Lao Li.
The stairs are very dark, and the height of each step is about twice the height of our ordinary stairs. And for some reason, there are water marks on the stairs. Therefore, it is a bit difficult for even me to climb, let alone Xiangyu.
, just walking such a short distance, she almost fell down several times.
Just when I was wondering how long the stairs were, a carved wooden door appeared in front of us.
But the stairs haven't reached the end yet, they are still extending downward.
Several of us stopped at the same time and looked at each other.
"Should we go in and take a look?" Xiangyu spoke first.
"Now that we've come here, there's nothing to be afraid of. Let's go and take a look." I said.
Andrew was still a little worried at first, but after hearing what I said, he turned around and faced the house that looked eerie in the dark.
"In that case, let's go." Zhang Jisheng said, still occupying the position behind Andrew and in front of Xiangyu and me.
We slowly approached the carved wooden door that actually frightened all of us. When we reached the door, a gust of wind came from nowhere and shook the two copper rings on the door leaf.
There was a crisp "ding-ding" sound. The timing was so coincidental that it felt like someone was knocking on the door for us.
"Ah~" Xiangyu finally couldn't hold it back and shouted.
Her condition is a little bad, I don't know if it is because of Lao Li's death.
Before I could react, Andrew had already held Xiangyu's head in his arms and comforted him softly: "It's okay, it was blown by the wind."
Xiangyu swallowed her saliva, hoping to calm down a little. She broke away from Andrew's arms, and then said softly: "I'm sorry, I didn't control my emotions well and dragged the team back."
"Xiang Yu, you are already very courageous among girls. We were all frightened by the situation just now, let alone you." Zhang Jisheng said.
Seeing that Xiangyu returned to normal, I took a deep breath, walked to the edge of the carved wooden door, and then pushed the door open with both hands.
The moment the door opened, a strong smell of moldy dust hit my face. I was not mentally prepared and was choked and coughed violently.
"Zhou, are you okay? Take a drink of water to calm your nerves."
I squatted on the ground and coughed so hard that I felt like my lungs were almost being coughed out. Upon seeing this, Andrew unscrewed the water bottle on his body and handed it to me.
Most of our equipment was left in the yard, so the jug of water on Andrew's body may be the only jug we have left.
I didn't hesitate, took Andrew's water bottle and took a sip.
With the moistening of the water, the moldy dust stuck in my throat seemed to dissipate all of a sudden, and my coughing stopped.
However, before I could even stand up, I heard Xiang Yu’s voice that was almost unable to speak completely: “Professor, your fire folds are often moved closer to the room. Why do I feel that there is a braided rattan inside?
The horse seems to be shaking all the time."
Xiangyu's words were finally expressed completely with a trembling voice.
The expressions of Andrew Zhang Jisheng and I changed almost at the same moment. Everyone should have seen the darkness in the room that was slowly shaking with rhythm.
And I also heard the sound of a rattle coming from the side of the rocking wooden horse.
Andrew glanced at me, then squatted down, lying on the floor in front of the door and listening. After a while, he rolled his eyes up, and then said to me: "Zhou, we seem to have arrived.
A kindergarten is inseparable from children everywhere. In the house just above, there were several children playing, but this one is isolated, and a person is rocking a wooden horse and playing with a rattle."
I glared at Andrew and didn't speak. Instead, I took the fire stick out of his hand, crossed the threshold, and walked directly into the room.
To be honest, the moment I stepped into the room, I was still scared to death. However, at this point, I had no choice but to bite the bullet.
Just when the light from the fire in my hand filled the whole room, the rocking horse suddenly shook violently a few times, and then slowly stopped.
At this moment, Andrew Xiangyu and others followed me in. Seeing this, the foreigner actually had the guts to joke: "Zhou, you scared the kid away."
"Professor, is this the time to joke?" Xiangyu seemed to be really angry, her voice raised a lot.
"Okay, okay, no kidding, this room only has this wooden horse and other scattered toys. It feels like a children's toy room. It seems that we have entered a wealthy family." Andrew
said.
"Our lighting equipment is limited, and the stairs haven't reached the end yet. We can't waste too much time and go down further to see if we can find any useful information," I said, looking at everyone.
"Well, the road above is blocked anyway, so we can only go down one step at a time." Zhang Jisheng said.
Everyone agreed, so they left the toy room and walked down the stairs.