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After a short rest, Yu Chengjun and Jin walked back along the river and tried to climb up from the waterfall, but the almost vertical rock wall, which was too slippery to hold on to, was the biggest obstacle.

Yu Chengjun also thought that he could cut a few holes in the wall and climb up while cutting, but they didn't have rock climbing tools, so it was quite dangerous to do so.The drop of the waterfall is almost 20 meters. If you stumble when you climb to the top, you will not be as lucky as before and fall into the pool.

Although the road from the waterfall is not completely hopeless, Yu Chengjun guessed that the old man Yigui's personality would definitely wait until the end of the mountain before considering retreating.

On the way back to the camp, Yu Chengjun kept thinking about how to persuade the ghost old man to give up.But Jin is quite satisfied with the current situation. For him, cooking canned food or grilling fish by the river is like going camping with the whole family...

"Jun, look, there are stars." Jin said excitedly, pointing at the cave ceiling.

"I know." Yu Chengjun said without raising his head.

As the stalactites broke and fell to the ground one after another, the originally inconspicuous beads inlaid on the cave roof were exposed, reflecting a faint light under the light of the fire.Only then can it be seen that the inlay and size of the beads are compared with the brightness of the actual stars. The brighter the star, the bigger the beads.

Yu Chengjun thought to himself, although the distance is too far to get them, those beads should be quite valuable, but it's a pity that a few of the stalactites did not fall by the way.

Jin didn't know that Yu Chengjun was calculating the value of those "stars", so he said to himself: "This is so carefully done, it can be regarded as a constellation chart. That is the 'Emperor', that is the 'Prince'..."

Yu Chengjun couldn't help smiling when he saw Jin's high spirits. At this time, the only person who can be carefree is Jin. Although it may be because he doesn't know how bad the current situation is, but seeing Jin excited Like a kid who goes hiking for the first time, Yu Chengjun can temporarily forget about annoying problems.

"Now the general saying is different." Yu Chengjun squinted his eyes and observed, "The "Emperor" you mentioned is β Ursa Minor, and the "Prince"... should be γ Ursa Minor."

"Oh, that's what Westerners say, right?" Jin looked up at the rock wall, not noticing the roughness of the ground, and stumbled.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Yu Chengjun grabbed Jin with one hand.

Jin Zui didn't stop, and continued: "This fake sky is painted on one of the three walls "Ziweiyuan". It is generally believed that Ziweiyuan is the place where the emperor of heaven lived, so the Forbidden City is named after it."

"It seems that you don't just read novels, you should learn what you should learn." Yu Chengjun said jokingly.

Jin puffed up his chest and said proudly: "I also lived in the Forbidden City for a while, and my father is the emperor. I can't even know these things."

"You know a lot more than I do." Yu Chengjun said with a smile: "I only recognize the constellations such as Ursa Minor, Ursa Major and Tianhou where you can find the North Star, which is very convenient for survival in the wild."

Yu Chengjun looked at the ceiling, frowned suddenly and said, "Why is there a star missing? Could it have just fallen when it collapsed?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he lowered his head and began to search on the ground, even Jin also helped.After looking at it for a while, Yu Chengjun sighed: "It should have fallen into the water. Unfortunately, that bead should be quite big..."

"Jun, which star are you talking about?" Jin Dong looked around.

Yu Chengjun stood up, patted his pants and said, "Alpha Ursa Minor... is the North Star."

"Polaris..." Jin looked up and said in surprise, "That's right, 'Gou Chen Yi' is gone."

Yu Chengjun pointed out the positions of the stars one by one and said: "It should form a spoon shape with the "Emperor" and "Prince" over there and the other four stars. That is the constellation Ursa Minor, also known as the Little Big Dipper. Seven stars, but there shouldn’t be a so-called Little Dipper.”

"Well, I did hear it once..."

"If I can get back that North Star, Master must be very happy." Yu Chengjun said with a little regret.

The two talked and returned to the camp.The ghost old man heard their conversation from a distance, leaned against the fallen stone lion and said weakly: "What are you talking about about picking up stars... Do you think you are acting in an idol drama? Or have you already progressed to the point where "I can pick up stars for you?" phase of the moon?"

"You're so old-fashioned, people don't say such old-fashioned things nowadays." Ye Li interjected, "But Ah Jin was from 100 years ago, so he probably thinks this kind of lines are still effective."

Yu Chengjun explained their discovery to the old ghost with a wry smile.

"What? I didn't notice there was something on it!" The ghost old man jumped up and stepped out of the shadow.He looked at it for a while, then turned his head and said to Cheng Jun: "My good disciple, why don't we use the remaining gunpowder to blow up all those beads?"

Yu Chengjun was about to put down his backpack, but when he heard Old Man Gui say this, he put it back on his back immediately.

"Just kidding, what are you doing so seriously?" the ghost old man muttered, and then said with regret: "It would be nice if we could knock down a few of them, let's go and see if there are any that fell with the stone... "

The old ghost ordered Yu Chengjun to climb up the city gate to see if he could knock down a few beads.Jin also awkwardly climbed up to help, but the location of the star map was some distance from the city gate, and the two of them could only look at the stars and sigh.

When Yu Chengjun was about to go down, Jin sat down on the glazed tile and sighed: "This door... When I was young, I could only see it from a distance. After I left the palace, I had no chance to step into the city. But now , I actually stepped on the roof of the Supreme Harmony Gate..."

"... Supreme Harmony Gate? What Supreme Harmony Gate?"

Jin turned his head and said with a strange expression, "It's the Gate of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City."

"The Gate of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City?" Yu Chengjun's doubts deepened.

Jin slightly nodded: "Although you can only see the front half, the specifications and appearance of this door are exactly the same as the Taihe Gate, except that there is no plaque on the door."

The Gate of Supreme Harmony is one of the five gates of the Son of Heaven, and it is also the fourth gate after entering the Imperial Palace, Duanmen, and Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City in Beijing.After entering the Taihe Gate is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the main hall of the Forbidden City.

Yu Chengjun stood on the roof and looked down, feeling really surprised. When he saw this door just now, he thought it looked familiar. He never expected that there would be a door in the depths of the ground that was exactly the same as that in the Forbidden City in Beijing thousands of miles away.

The old ghost and Ye Li on the ground also heard it, and quickly turned on the miner's lamp to the brightest, wanting to see if it was true as Jin said.

Ye Li looked at it for a long time, then said reservedly: "About this Supreme Harmony Gate, I'm not sure what it looks like, but this gate does look like something that only appears in the imperial palace."

The ghost old man clicked his tongue and said: "It took a lot of time to build such a thing... Then, behind the door must be the Golden Luan Hall with the treasures of the Qing Dynasty..."

With the help of Chengjun, Jin slowly climbed down the red pillar.He stood in front of the fire, looked at the flames reflected on the faded beams, and said: "I don't know the details, because I can't get close, I only saw it from a distance... But this is indeed the Taihe Gate in my memory. "

Yu Chengjun pondered in his heart, what is the intention of the people who built this place?It sounds too unreasonable to build an underground palace for storing treasures.

From the murals in the front to the current city gates built in imitation of the imperial palace, it seems that such a place was built after the death of the emperor because he could not be the emperor. Unfortunately, the most critical murals have been dug up. Otherwise it should be possible to get detailed intelligence from it.

When Yu Chengjun came back to his senses, he saw the old man Gui commanding the other two, trying to push a bronze tripod.

"What are you doing?"

Ye Li blushed and pushed his neck thickly, while panting, he said, "Ah Jin said that the positions of the bronze lion and the bronze tripod are both wrong, so..."

Seeing that Ye Li had no energy left to speak, the old ghost continued, "So I think this should be the key to opening the door. If we move these things to their original positions, maybe the door will open."

Although Yu Chengjun would occasionally do things in vain to make the old man happy, but it should be quite a huge project to move these clumsy and heavy bronze tripods and bronze lions back to their original positions.

He frowned, ignoring the old ghost's order to help him, and said, "If this is the way to open the door, it should be moved to the same position as the original..."

He knelt down next to Jin and pointed to the ground, "What's more, this copper tripod leaves quite deep marks on the surface of the floor tiles, so I think..."

"A dead horse is a living horse doctor, maybe there is more than one way to open the door." The old ghost said indifferently: "Anyway, it's not my contribution, let the young people exercise..."

Ye Li was so angry that he cursed loudly, and the old and the young started bickering routinely every day.

Suddenly an idea flashed by, and Yu Chengjun suddenly realized that something was wrong.

It is impossible for these bronze tripods and bronze lions to move by themselves, they must have been placed by the people who built them.So, why is this arrangement?

He looked at the positions of the two bronze lions and the four bronze tripods, and found that the bronze lions lined up on both sides of the gate were in the right position, and there was a bronze tripod in front of the two bronze lions, but the other two bronze tripods were in the same position. On the right side of the gate...

Yu Chengjun took out a pen and paper, and carefully drew the arrangement of bronze tripods and bronze lions with floor tiles as units.

Before he finished painting the last bronze tripod, Yu Chengjun discovered the mystery hidden in it.

"...This is?!" He couldn't help calling out.

Bronze lions and tripods are arranged in the shape of a spoon on the paper.

"Is this the Big Dipper?" Hearing that Yu Chengjun seemed to have discovered something, the three of them scrambled to get a closer look.Ye Li stood close and was the first to propose.

Yu Chengjun took a pen and gestured in the air: "No, if you look at the spoon straight, the handle of the Big Dipper is drooping. But the handle of this spoon is facing upwards, so it should be the constellation Ursa Minor, but..."

"Missing a... Polaris!" Kim exclaimed in amazement.

The four of them looked up in the same direction at the same time.

──The star map on the top of the cave is missing the brightest North Star.

Yu Chengjun jumped up from the ground, and rushed to one of the bronze tripods with a stride.The astrological position corresponding to this bronze tripod is δ Ursa Minor, so the Polaris is...

He looked at the approximate location where the North Star should be, but there was nothing there.Yu Chengjun squatted down and carefully tapped the nearby floor tiles. Finally, a floor tile made a hollow sound.

This floor tile looks the same as the one next to it, and you have to lie down to see that it is a little damaged.It is estimated that it was lifted up and then embedded back, and a layer of plaster was applied around it to completely cover up the traces.

He took out a Swiss knife and inserted it into the concrete around the floor tiles. Unexpectedly, this insertion was like cutting tofu, and the whole knife was easily sunk into the ground.Yu Chengjun dug along the floor tiles, while Jin helped clean up the small debris.When he felt that the floor tiles were loose, he inserted the knife obliquely under the floor tiles and lifted it hard.

The stone brick was turned up, and below it was a square hole about [-] centimeters deep. A round Khotan jade about the size of a fist was placed in the center, with a warm and delicate color and a faint brilliance.

King looked at the rock and murmured, "This...is the real North Star."

Yu Chengjun lightly touched the stone, turned to the old ghost and said, "It seems to be stuck to death."

"This kind of mechanism either presses down or pulls up. It's useless for you to scratch it?" The ghost old man squeezed away from Yu Chengjun, lying on the ground like him, observing the stone while thinking: "Be careful not to make mistakes. Otherwise, the mechanism may be triggered..."

The old ghost reached out his hand to feel under the jade stone, and immediately grabbed it with both hands and pulled it up.

The Hetian jade was pulled up all at once, probably because he didn't expect it to be so easy. The old ghost fell unexpectedly, still holding on to the stone tightly.The spherical stone was connected to a one-piece stone pillar, and when it was pulled out, there was a sound under their feet.

The ground shook slightly, and the underground gears began to rotate, making a rumbling sound of mechanical operation.Yu Chengjun and Jin walked to the door and waited with bated breath.

The vermilion door slowly opened inwards, a gust of wind blew through the dark cracks of the door, even the campfire was blown out, and the damp and rotten air blew in.When the opening of the door stopped, the sound of the mechanism also stopped abruptly.

Within the limited range illuminated by the miner's lamp, the other end of the door is an endless corridor.The passageway with the same width as the Taihe Gate was cut squarely and straight, the walls were carefully polished, and the floor was paved with bluestone bricks.Half a person's height stone lanterns were set up every few feet on both sides of the passage. Countless stone lanterns were lined up straight and extended into the darkness.

"Tsk, I thought there was a treasure house behind this door, but it seems that we have to go on. At least this road is spacious and grand, doesn't it look like Huangquan Road?" The ghost old man glanced at Ye Li, seeing his frightened appearance , I couldn't bear to push and push

Looking at him, he said, "Little grandson, you go first. How can you inherit the family business after you are so timid?"

"I don't want it!" Ye Li's face was pale, but his tone was quite firm. "Let me tell you the truth, I have never participated in the courage test or night tour held in the class. Even if I am called a coward, I don't care. It's better than scaring the shit out of seeing something I shouldn't see."

Yu Chengjun picked up a few larger stones and threw them into the passage to test whether there was a weight-activated mechanism hidden under the ground.After seeing that the stone rolled a few times and stopped, and the passage was still quiet, he stopped the old ghost and Ye Li who were arguing, and said, "I will lead the team, Master, you escort the team."

Yu Chengjun took the lead to step through the door with a lamp in hand, and his feet in hiking boots stepped on the bluestone brick floor calmly, causing echoes in the dark corridor.He told the others to stay first, and then tried to walk a few steps, stomping on every floor tile, feeling all over the surrounding stone walls, and after confirming that there was no mechanism, he turned his head and nodded slightly.

Probably because of the current of water and the opening of the door, although the air in the corridor has a bit of a corrupt and damp smell, it is not hindered to breathe.

Yu Chengjun looked around lightly, took out his camera and carefully took pictures.

This is his habit. Everywhere he goes, he will take pictures of the details in order to facilitate future investigations.After entering the water cave, he has taken hundreds of photos along the way, including the opening stone stuffed into the backpack by the ghost old man—the old man even emptied the backpack, and would rather give up his survival equipment than take the stone Valuable stone.

He adjusted the aperture and focus, and when he was about to press the shutter on the stone lantern, there was a sudden "pop" from the stone lantern, and then the fire flashed, and the oil lamp in the center ignited.

Not only this one, the two rows of stone lanterns in the corridor were also lit up at the same time. Although the hundreds of weak lights were not very bright, they were enough for people to clear the stone bricks under their feet.The scene looked like an airport runway in the dark, with lights on both sides to ensure the plane could land safely, but this road could lead them to the bottomless abyss.

While the stone lantern was lit for no reason, Jin and Ye Lizheng stepped in cautiously. The sudden change frightened the two of them, and they scrambled to turn around and run away.

Yu Chengjun also took a few steps back, not because of fear, this situation must have touched some mechanism.

He bent down and carefully inspected the place he had just stepped on, as well as the stone lantern he had touched, but found nothing unusual.There is no mechanism or ignition device on the top and bottom of the lamp. The oil lamp seems to be some kind of animal fat, which is quite flammable...

Yu Chengjun thought about it. Generally, tomb robbers often encounter spontaneous combustion. This has nothing to do with ghosts haunting, but the static electricity carried by the human body when entering the tomb and the friction with the air causes sparks.But this place is so humid that it's hard to even light a campfire, and how could static electricity be generated...

The ghost old man strode into the door without stopping. "It doesn't matter whether it uses the demon method or switches to light the lamp, it's none of my business? The two little boys quickly catch up, or they will leave you behind."

Yu Chengjun turned off the miner's lamp, took out a pistol while walking, loaded the bullet, and put it in his waist.

"Can I have one too?" Ye Li looked at the gun and swallowed.As long as it is a man, no one can not be interested in weapons. "If I'm allowed to hold a gun, at least I'm not that scared. If something happens, it's easier to deal with the crowd..."

"Xiao Yezi, it is against the law for minors to possess guns." Jin said solemnly: "If you want to take it, I should take it. With the excellent reflexes and precise marksmanship I have trained in CS for the past two months... ..."

"The laws of this country do not allow the possession of firearms at all!" Ye Li said with contempt on his face: "Ah Jin, you are playing tricks..."

Yu Chengjun was worried that the rampant ghost old man might cause unnecessary trouble...or it should be said that the ghost old man himself was a trouble, so he insisted on waiting for Ye Li and Jin Du to come in before starting. Now there are two children who need to be protected Now, the old man should restrain himself a little.

Sure enough, although the ghost old man was unwilling, he still walked safely at the end of the team.

The lights flickered, reflecting the shadows of the four people and countless stone lanterns, making one feel as if there was something hidden in the darkness.

The air is damp and thick, almost stopped flowing, and there is an old and rotten smell. Time seems to have settled in the depths of the ground, and the unpleasant smell of burning animal fat is too heavy to breathe.

The place was quite spacious, and the ceiling could not even be seen due to the dim lighting.Yu Chengjun was secretly astonished. After digging such a large space, there was not a single pillar or beam to support it.They are located deep underground in Changbai Mountain, with a huge mountain above them, which sounds really unsafe.

However, Yu Chengjun also noticed that after passing through the gate, the structure of the cave seemed to be different. When he was looking for the mechanism just now, he noticed that the rock walls on both sides felt much firmer.He speculated that this place should be built in a vein of minerals. Although he didn't know the type of minerals, he estimated that the craftsmen who built this place must have gone through exploration and research to ensure that the cave would not collapse.

The sound of their chaotic footsteps echoed in the huge space, it sounded like there were countless people following behind, making people quicken their pace unconsciously.

Yu Chengjun took a long breath and slowed down his pace. Even the unbelieving he felt cold sweat on his back walking in this place.Although he was quite calm along the way, it was all to prevent others from panicking.

Both Jin and Ye Li were startled when they saw their own shadow, but the old ghost was acting in disregard of the rules. If even he couldn't hypnotize himself to keep calm, he might not be able to get out today.

This place is indeed evil and weird, even better than the tombs he has robbed so far, at least the goal in the past is quite clear, but here, it is not even known whether it is an underground palace or someone else's underground warehouse.

Judging from various signs, it is quite possible that it is the place where the dragon veins of the Qing Dynasty are located, but Yu Chengjun intuitively believes that this place is not the place where the so-called treasures are hidden.

Yu Chengjun thought over and over again, but the fatigue and nervousness of the past few days made him decide to give up.As soon as he looked up, he saw a gap in the line of lights in the distance.

It was a toppled stone lantern, the upper half of which was empty as if it had been broken off in the middle.

More or less broken stone lanterns were found along the way, most of which were shot by bullets, but the fragments were all cleaned up, let alone bullet casings.Yu Chengjun guessed that one of the parties who shot here should be the same group as the bodies found in the cave.Of course, the old ghost also noticed, but the two chose to keep silent.

Yu Chengjun knew that this unusable stone lantern meant that the fighting between the two sides must have been quite fierce at that time, but it was as insignificant as the corpse found in the cave before, and if it was pursued, it would only slow down the progress.

However, Ye Li and Jin started to study Qishi lanterns with great interest, and Yu Chengjun knew that they had to do other things to distract their attention, so they didn't stop them.

"I thought and thought, there must be a trigger mechanism like a flint and steel hidden in this stone." Jin squatted beside the stone lantern and said confidently: "I don't talk about strange powers, all of this must be explained by science."

"It's rare that we agree." Ye Li also squatted beside him, carefully observing the marks on the broken surface of the stone lantern. "I also want to find out how this is done. The school celebration will be in a while, and the class has already decided to build a haunted house. If you know this trick, you can create a lot of gimmicks."

The stone lantern is almost solid, leaving only a hollow part in the middle whose diameter is less than the size of a one-yuan coin.Ye Li took a flashlight and shined it into the small hole for a long time, but he couldn't see why. He only found a thick cotton thread in the hole, which seemed to be the same material as the wicks of other stone lanterns.

Ye Li looked at the other stone lanterns, and found that the wick was not placed in the oil cup, but sticking out from the bottom of the metal oil cup welded to the stone lantern.Therefore, Ye Li can conclude that not using the trick of spontaneous combustion must have something to do with this.

He dug out for a long time but couldn't pull out the wick, so he said to Jin: "Ah Jin, I see something weird inside this rock, can you pull it out?"

Jin nodded, then stood up, bent down, reached out to hug the stone lantern and pulled it out, all movements were done in one go without losing fluidity and elegance.

Ye Li shook his head and glared at Jin: "The diameter of this thing is also as thick as the mouth of a bowl..."

Jin put down the stone lantern and said with an innocent face: "The bottom of the stone lantern is cracked, you just need to lift it up, I believe even a weak chicken like you, Xiao Yezi, can lift it up..."

"Forget it! I'm not speculating with you!"

After the broken stone lantern above was moved away, only a little root remained on the ground, exposing a large section of cotton thread.The cotton thread seems to be soaked in fat wax, which is hard and brittle. When it is pulled lightly, the yellow-white wax will be broken, and it feels greasy.Ye Li tried to pull the cotton thread, but the thread seemed to protrude from the ground deeper than the place where the stone lantern was connected to the ground.

Ye Li closed one eye and looked into the small hole, then took a thin rope and tied it to a small stone and slowly poked it into the hole, and when he felt something, he pulled the rope out.

He compared the length of the rope pulled out by Bibi, and said in surprise: "There is at least one foot deep below, it can't be the foundation of the stone lantern, right?!"

Jin and Ye Li took out the cross spade and shovel and began to dig hard.

The old ghost sat resting a little far away, watching the two of them busy, and then looking at Yu Chengjun, he couldn't help but said: "These two little boys are really strong, they shouted their legs after walking for a while. You are sour, but you are very motivated to do such meaningless things. But you are only a few years older than them, why do you look like an old man..."

"..."

"Chengjun..." the old ghost hesitated to speak.

Seeing the stammering look of the ghost old man, Yu Chengjun asked strangely: "What's the matter? I can't do it if I want to borrow money."

"Who borrowed money from you, an iron rooster?" The ghost old man said angrily, "I have a lot of money here. I will keep your money for myself and ask my wife to use it later."

"...Are you feeling unwell?" Yu Chengjun asked suspiciously.

The old ghost cursed in his heart, this guy really doesn't know how to look at his face at all, this time should be a time of warmth, why can't he even see this...

"Although I don't want to admit that your sex is also trained with me, but I still treat you as my son."

Only then did Yu Chengjun suddenly realize that the old ghost probably knew he was old and wanted to confess his last words, so he sat upright and said solemnly, "I'm listening."

The old ghost cleared his throat, and said in a deep voice, "After we finish this vote, let's stop."

"……what?"

The lights flickered, leaving deep shadows on the old ghost's wrinkled face.His expression was rare and serious, "I have always regretted letting you live this kind of life with me. If you can do some ordinary work, I think it will be more suitable for you."

Yu Chengjun was silent.It's not that he didn't think about this matter, he also had the opportunity to choose, but he couldn't guarantee whether it would be more suitable for him if he chose a different life.

"I've thought about this for a long time. We should seldom do immoral things like stealing other people's ancestral graves. I think it may be because we have done too many unscrupulous things, so your wife and I have never been able to have a child. I have always regarded you as my own For your own good, I still have to let you know that I don’t ask you to continue to do this business, but I want you to do something else..."

Probably because he couldn't think of a suitable wording, the ghost old man was uncharacteristically procrastinating. "You should also wash your hands and ask for a daughter-in-law. If you continue to do this, which woman would dare to marry in?"

Yu Chengjun sighed. "Master, don't worry, I also have the same intention. Now the prospect of the tomb robbery industry is worrying. Modern people will adopt the burial method less and less, and there are not so many ancient tombs to find. I also plan to find another way out. Finally, the financial tsunami has passed, the economy has recovered, and it is easy to find a job.”

"You are really realistic..." the ghost old man muttered.

"As for the postponement of marrying a wife, I want to wait until I settle down to think about it..."

The old man ghost rolled his eyes twice, peeked at Jin who was concentrating on digging the ground, and asked in a low voice: "You don't marry a wife because of... that? I thought it was the little zombie alone Lian, I didn't expect it to be pleasing to each other... If this is the case, it is indeed too difficult for you to marry a wife."

Yu Chengjun's heart beat twice.He looked nervously at the old man Gui, guilty of guilty fear of seeing a trace of something wrong on the old man's face.However, the old ghost did not show any disgusted expression as he imagined.

Yu Chengjun took a deep breath, his mind was already full of thoughts.

"...Master." Yu Chengjun said softly, "If... I really like men, don't you think so?"

The old ghost asked suspiciously: "What's the matter? Don't you just like men?"

"I mean, you don't object? After all, there are still many people who can't accept it. There are many controversies in religion or social perception, or even moral ethics..."

Yu Chengjun finally uttered the uneasiness that had been buried in his heart at this time, trembling slightly and fearing.

The old ghost laughed and said, "Your puberty seems to be a bit late. Let me ask you, do you have any family members who want to sever ties with you because you are gay?"

Yu Chengjun raised his head and looked at him.

"Or do you have a job where you are discriminated against for being gay?"

Yu Chengjun couldn't react for a while, thinking over what old man Gui said.

"So you understand? You don't understand that your family doesn't have a job, and you worry about what you will lose if you like a man? You are too petty, you can do whatever you want, you don't have to be a woman to find a wife, and you don't have to have children. Do you want to live by yourself, work...there are so many opportunities, why are you afraid you won’t find them? So, you don’t need to worry about others, just be happy yourself.”

After being told by the ghost old man, Yu Chengjun suddenly felt that his troubles were unfounded and mediocre...

"But Yiqing is not human at all!"

Yu Chengjun also tried to "turn the tide".He didn't understand his intention of doing this, maybe he just wanted to find some meaning for his worries for many days, or maybe he just hoped to get affirmation from the ghost old man...

"I don't know if he will suddenly turn back into a mummy, what should I do then?"

The old ghost frowned, rubbed his chin and said, "Not human...that's a problem, but at least he looks normal now."

Yu Chengjun was about to reply, but when he turned his head, the scene in front of him made his words stuck in his throat, and he couldn't utter a word.

In this vast and unknown place, the two lines of light formed by the stone lanterns and candles they rely on to advance are rapidly shortening.

The lights were extinguished one by one from the direction they came from, and wisps of thin smoke floated into the air and slowly dispersed. After the lights disappeared, the darkness seemed to have life, overwhelming and rushing towards them.

"Damn it..." The old ghost also saw it, and his expression changed drastically, "It's clear that we can only enter but not exit!"

Ye Li and Jin were in the midst of digging, unaware of the situation behind them.

"Yes!" Ye Li said in surprise.

He threw the shovel aside and began to clear the gravel with his bare hands.They had knocked open the roots of the remaining stone lanterns, and dug a big hole along the small hole where the wick protruded and on the ground covered with stone bricks.

"The mechanism is indeed underground!"

Jin was also quite excited, using his brute force to quickly reveal the buried mechanism.

Probe down along the yellowed cotton thread, and buried in the ground is a long object wrapped in cotton cloth. The hole they dug with a diameter of about [-] cm can only see part of the mechanism, not the actual size. .

"Damn, this ignition device is too big!" Ye Li complained dissatisfied, "The classroom will be full if you put a few more."

Jin took out a knife and carefully cut the black-gray stiff cotton cloth. The cloth was very fragile and would shatter with a little force.When Jin opened the rag and saw the mechanism under it, he suddenly felt that his heart, which had stopped for 100 years, was about to jump out of his chest.

Inside the cloth was not the mechanism or gears they expected to see, but a rotten and hideous human face.

"Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah──"

Ye Li and Jin screamed in unison.

The two almost scrambled away from the scene of the incident, rushed to Yu Chengjun's side and didn't even dare to turn their heads. They pointed to the back tremblingly, but they couldn't even say a word.

The old man Gui and Yu Chengjun approached the big hole they had dug, and they were really surprised when they saw the corpse inside. No one expected that a corpse would be found at the end of the cotton thread.

The corpse was located about a foot deep underground just below the stone lantern, and the head and chest of the corpse could be seen within the limited range they dug out.

The corpse wore a heavily corroded peaked helmet. The red tassels tied to the helmet had already turned into dirt after a long period of time. The lower edge of the helmet was covered with thick orange cloth around the neck. Clothes with collar and buttons.

The old ghost pinched his nose and said vaguely: "This is the costume of the Eight Banners Army! It seems that this guy has a high rank, and he is still a member of the Yellow Banner. At least he is a leader or a guard."

Yu Chengjun was not interested in the origin of the corpse, because he saw a layer of yellow objects on the surface of the corpse's skin at first sight, and then a nausea came up.

This white-yellow-yellow thing is corpse wax. When a corpse is buried in a damp place, the fat in the body decomposes and the calcium and magnesium contained in the soil form corpse wax on the surface of the skin.After the formation of corpse wax, it helps to slow down the decay of corpses. Many ancient corpses that have been unearthed have been preserved by corpse wax.

Yu Chengjun, who had seen many corpses, of course understood the origin of the corpse wax, but what surprised and disgusted him was that the corpse wax should be the fat component of the "unknown animal" in the oil cup.

At this time, looking at the long cotton thread used as the wick, the buttery and greasy appearance should be because the whole thread is soaked in corpse wax.

Yu Chengjun suddenly felt that the air seemed to be filled with the stench of burning fat.

The countless lights here are burning human fat.

Yu Chengjun didn't dare to imagine and didn't want to find out whether the same thing was buried under other stone lanterns. He could only curse himself in his heart for being meddlesome. Why did he even clearly record several stone lanterns along the way...

The ghost old man is much calmer, he has seen even more disgusting corpses due to his rich experience.While checking the state of the corpse, he joked, "In addition to the pork buns made of human flesh and the lanterns made of human skin, there are actually 'human oil candles'. It seems that this stinky skin can be used in a wide range..."

Hearing Old Ghost's joke, Ye Li tremblingly raised his hand.In the dim light, the right palm still had yellowish white corpse wax fragments and a greasy feeling.

Ye Li resisted the nausea and rubbed his hands on the ground desperately, trying to wipe off those things.After rubbing for a long time, his movements suddenly froze, and he let out a "gudu" from his throat, and then finally couldn't help but bend over and began to vomit.

With a pale face, Jin forced himself to be calm and said, "Little Yezi, if you want to vomit, you should stay to the side, or you'll vomit on those corpses..."

At this time, Yu Chengjun told them about the automatic extinguishing of the candle, but Ye Li and Jin didn't want to find out whether there was a mechanism hidden under the stone lantern.After seeing such a disgusting sight, facing the sudden darkness seemed less scary.

Ye Li looked at the darkness behind that merged everything into it, and felt that turning back was better than continuing to move forward under the guidance of human oil candles.

The ghost old man poured some water from the kettle to wash his hands, then handed it to Ye Li to wash his hands