"Xiangyu, why is this cave so long? I feel like I've walked almost a thousand meters, and I haven't reached the square array you mentioned yet."
I asked Xiang Yu next to me. Actually, I felt guilty and panicked, as if Wang Zhishui had been following us not far or near.
"Yes, we just walked around and felt that this cave should surround the entire mountain below the Zhangjiajie forest area. After we came down from the cliff, we accidentally found an entrance, and then walked inside
, but it took a very long time, probably about three hours, to reach the place where you were just now." Xiangyu said.
Xiangyu said that they unexpectedly found an entrance under the cliff. I suddenly thought that the entrance I just found was also found in the snow under the cliff. Could these two entrances actually be the same one?
What about the entrance?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but ask: "Xiangyu, my entrance was also found under the cliff. I wonder if these two entrances are the same?"
"Probably not, because when we went in, we didn't find any stone figurines at the entrance. The stone figurines suddenly appeared after walking a certain distance. And you see, when we walked from the place just now, these were all on the left side.
Stone figurines with facial features dug out.”
"Xiangyu, I don't know why, but I always feel that these stone figurines have an indescribable sense of familiarity, as if I have seen them before somewhere, but I can't remember them for a while." I shined the hernia lamp on the stone figurines as I walked.
Above, I have been thinking about it in my mind.
"Could it be that you have seen it in the ancient books collected by your grandfather? In fact, China's traditional culture is inherited from the same line. The huge number of strange stone figurines in this cave must have some origin.
It will not be a single independent existence." Xiangyu said.
"But, I've been thinking about it all the way and still can't remember it." I said a little frustrated.
If we know the cultural connotations behind these stone figurines, it will be of great help to us. It's a pity that my broken brain can't store things, and I won't be able to extract them when I need them.
"It doesn't matter. If you can't remember it, don't think about it. Just take it one step at a time. Moreover, there is something strange in Shentang Bay. Maybe they didn't play according to the rules." Xiangyu said.
"By the way, Xiangyu, I've always been puzzled by how suddenly you left that day, and after taking away the astrolabe, you brought it back to me." I lowered my voice and asked Xiangyu.
"Take away the astrolabe, what take away the astrolabe, I don't understand." Xiangyu stopped and looked confused.
"You didn't take the astrolabe away?" I was shocked.
"How is it possible? I suddenly left at that time because my father made a very unreasonable request to me. And to tell you frankly, this request was indeed related to the astrolabe, but I really didn't take the astrolabe away. He
I was not asked to take the astrolabe away. You may not know yet, but these astrolabes are only effective in your hands. To others, they are just ordinary stones."
Xiang Yu's voice got louder and louder, alarming Zhou Lan and Chen Mo who were walking in front.
"Then why are you with Chen Mo and the others again? Didn't you follow your father back?" I asked.
"I asked Xiangyu to enter Shentang Bay with us. This Shentang Bay belongs to the Yufu Clan, so there are some things in it that only the descendants of their Yufu Clan can control." Zhou Lan said.
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"Brother, are you talking about the sound of the flute?" I suddenly thought of that night when Xiangyu played the flute to attract the angel long-tailed silkworm pupae to deal with the iron worms.
All of them suddenly became silent at the same time.
At this time, I remembered one thing. Since Xiangyu was able to deal with the iron worms on the cliff, why did he just let Zhang Jisheng be eaten by the iron worms without saving him?
Thinking of this, my face suddenly turned cold, and I asked in a very unfriendly tone: "Since Xiangyu can control the angel long-tailed silkworm chrysalis with the sound of the flute, why did he let Zhang Jisheng be tortured by the iron worms?
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"Zhou Cang," Xiang Yu's voice suddenly softened, as if she was eager to explain something to me.
However, Zhou Lan beat him to it: "Because this person must die."
The coldness in his voice surprised me. Could my twin brother be such a cold-blooded murderer?
If so, then I can't accept it, even if he was taken away by a mysterious organization in my place since he was a child.
"Zhou Lan," Xiangyu turned her eyes to her brother, her expression full of unbearability.
"Why do you have to speak so cruelly about yourself? He is the same age as you. He should also bear what you can bear." Chen Mo, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said this, and then said with a sharp expression
eyes staring at me.
"Forget it, I promised my father that I would protect Xiao Cang." Zhou Lan said, his tone full of the charm of stopping what Chen Mo was about to say.
As soon as I heard the word father, I suddenly lost my composure. I grabbed Zhou Lan's hand and asked, "Have you seen dad? Where is he now? Is he safe?"
"Dad, he's fine, but he has more important tasks to complete, so he can't meet with us for the time being." Zhou Lan said lightly.
As soon as I heard that my father was still alive, I couldn't help but let out a deep sigh of relief in my heart. Since I got involved in the astrolabe thing, although I have never seen my father, I always have a feeling that my father has always been there.
My surroundings help me and guide me, so every time I am in jail, I can turn danger into good fortune.
"It's good that my father is safe. Now, tell me why you must kill Zhang Jisheng. Tell me everything you think I can't bear."
I was a little excited, and maybe my face looked ugly, so Xiangyu, who was standing between me and Zhou Lan, looked at a loss, but didn't dare to say anything.
"Xiao Cang, my father's expectations for you are different from others. Therefore, there are still some things that I cannot let you know for the time being, because after you know them, your mentality will be different, which may prevent our entire plan from being completed smoothly.
." Zhou Lan looked at me and said with complicated eyes.
"You have to believe in father and me, okay?" Zhou Lan looked at me and said nothing.
What he said actually surprised me. It turned out that my father, who had always been thought to be dead, was the planner and manipulator behind this incident.
Did his father do this just to free the Zhou family from the control of the mysterious black hand behind it?
Or there is another purpose.
Speaking of which, when grandpa begged the mysterious man to let the Zhou family go in the study that night, was he actually acting?
Does he know his father's plan?
And grandma, all her speech and behavior are so strange.
When I first decided to go to Wawu Mountain with Xiangyu and the others, she once said to my grandfather, "It hurts to cut bones and flesh, but it will be done once and for all."
If she is also an insider of this plan, or even a participant, then it is not difficult to hear from this sentence that in the end, this plan may hurt me or even sacrifice me.
Thinking of this, I instantly understood why they had been so secretive about the entire plan and the truth behind it and refused to let me know.
Are you afraid that I will back down after knowing the whole plan?
For some reason, when I found out that they were going to give up the car to keep the coach, I suddenly felt relieved.
In fact, I really want to say that I will do anything for the Zhou family.
"Zhou Cang, what's wrong with you?" Xiangyu pulled my sleeve and said nonchalantly.
Only then did I realize that I had burst into tears without even realizing it.
"It's okay, I just suddenly got sand in my eyes." I found a lame excuse, stretched out my hand, and wiped away all the tears on my face with my sleeves.
But just as I was wiping away my tears, I rolled my eyes and saw the stone figurine next to me. Its body suddenly overlapped with an image in my mind.
I know where the familiar feeling comes from when I first look at these stone figurines.