Jiaohua

Chapter 470 In Troubled Times (Part [-])
Aunt Rou paused, and raised her eyes to look at him.

Shen Wen is very tall, from this angle, only the side view of his jaw can be seen.

He was covered with a veil, so his browbones became more and more deep, his eyes were like stars, and his eyelashes were long and thin.

Aunt Rou still hears the word "nonsense" he said.

nonsense...

He spoke briskly, and... doting.

It's been a long time since I heard Shen Wen speak in such a voice, even though this "love" is just his casual tone and has no other intentions.

"White tortoise paper," Aunt Rou looked at Shen Wen and said, "My lord, it might have been written 300 years ago. After all, only one country has perished in these hundreds of years."

"Do you know that White Turtle Paper has another name?" Shen Fan said.

"Alias?" Aunt Rou frowned lightly, "Jiuluxuan? Yizhou paper? Qingtan paper?"

Shen Yan shook his head: "White Tortoise Paper has a little-known alias called Baigui Banner. Although not many people know about it, this name has a long history."

"Do you have any explanation?" Aunt Rou has never dabbled in this area.

"There's not much to say, it's just unlucky," Shen Wen said, "Some people believe in omens of good fortune and misfortune, while others don't. It varies from person to person, but those who are skilled in the art will not believe it."

Aunt Rou nodded: "I understand. I've heard that those who are well versed in alchemy are very particular about everything. They try their best to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. They even have to do divination to add firewood to determine the best time and place. "," Rou Gu looked up at the calligraphy and painting in front of her, and said, "It seems inappropriate for this white turtle paper to appear here."

"Well, it's not uncommon for a magician to know the alias of white turtle paper." Shen Yan withdrew his gaze, walked forward with the torch persistently, and said as he walked, "It's just that it was 300 years ago again. The things I met in the past two years were all similar to those of 300 people." It was related years ago, and when times are troubled, it is really easy to change."

"Nowadays, the world is also in trouble." Rou Gu said.

"A good thing," Shen Wen said, "Current events make people, in times of peace and prosperity, there will only be one waste after another who eats all day long, loves leisure and hates work, and many great achievements will only come out in troubled times."

Saying that, Shen Wen stopped and looked ahead.

Rou Gu followed his gaze and saw a small stone gate.

"I'll go and have a look, Young Master." Rou Gu said, drew out her dagger, and walked towards Shimen.

Shimen said it was small, but in fact it was not that small, it was half taller than Shen Yan, but compared to the big Shimen they came in, it seemed much thinner.

Shen Yan followed behind, the fire in his hand shone, and around the stone gate, there were many patterns carved with the same pattern as the outer cliff, full of dust.

The stone door was very heavy, Rougu stretched out her hand to push it open, and at the same time, she held the dagger in front of her chest, the gap became wider, and a strange smell rushed over.

Suddenly a black object jumped out from the stone door, Rou Gu let out a low cry, and jumped back.

The black thing jumped towards Shen Wen, Shen Wen quickly retreated, and at the same time lowered the torch, it was a fat mouse, very big, five times bigger than ordinary mice they had ever seen.

Rou Gu's eyes widened, and she looked at Shen Fan in disbelief: "My lord, am I right? Is that really a mouse?"

"Keep pushing," Shen Wen stepped forward and said, "Give me the knife."

Aunt Rou nodded, and after handing the dagger to Shen Wen, she placed her hands on the stone door and exerted force.

Another mass of black object jumped out, this time Shen Yan had sharp eyesight and quick hands, the torch in his hand quickly rushed towards it, the mouse bumped its head against the torch, making a rattling sound.

Shen An refused to let the mouse escape, and chased into the door, the torch burned the mouse's back, and the mouse sprawled in pain, hissing loudly.

"Young Master!" Rou Gu's voice exclaimed beside her.

Shen Yan raised his eyebrows, straightened up and looked forward.

A huge stone room was so big that it was more like a palace than a stone room. With the torch in his hand, it was difficult to even see the walls on both sides.

The mouse that was scalded twice by Shen Yan squeaked, turned over and ran away.

The front is pitch black, and there is no limit to the void. In the darkness, many small and broken sounds can be heard. Those movements are mice.

"A lot!" Aunt Rou said, "But how is this possible? Where did they come from? What do they eat?"

There is too little possibility of rot in this place, and plants, in such a large barren and deep palace, how can there be sunlight, even if there is food that does not need sunlight to grow, it can't support so many mice at all, especially the size of these mice , it seems that the food is very good.

"And it's winter," Shen Wen frowned, "It's rare to see rats in winter."

"My lord, don't go inside anymore, I'll close the stone gate, you should rest first." Aunt Rou said anxiously.

Shen Yan didn't speak, but looked into the deep darkness.

After waiting for a long time, Aunt Rou urged in a low voice: "My lord..."

"Okay," Shen Yan nodded, "Let's go back."

Turning around, he looked back again, feeling a sense of uneasiness in his heart, which was very strong.

When Aunt Rou closed the stone door halfway back, Xia Zhaoyi pushed open a stone door outside the mountain nearly a mile away from her.

She searched for a long time, but she couldn't find a plank or long cloth for her to slide across the rope bridge, so she gave up and walked down the stone steps until she reached the bottom.

Contrary to Xia Zhaoyi's expectations, there were six floors of the cable bridge, the upper four floors were badly damaged, and the bottom floor was slightly worse.

She walked along the cable bridge, landed on the first platform, and saw this stone gate.

The stone gate was on the cliff, half-hidden, and she pushed it effortlessly.

The air inside was turbid, and there was a strong musty smell. Xia Zhaoyi pulled out the veil to cover his face, and walked inside with a small oil ball lamp.

The corridor is very narrow and narrow, and the further you go in, the wider it becomes.

There is an upward step in front of it, and the stone bricks of the step are smooth and very neat.

At the entrance of the steps, she found a lamp holder that was much taller than her, even a tall adult man.

Xia Zhaoyi looked at the terrain, stepped on the high ground, jumped up, and then kicked on the wall, and went up easily. When he took out the fire pocket, he paused, and there was half a pot of oil in the lamp holder.

After turning on the lamp, Xia Zhaoyi jumped down, looking up at the lamp in amazement.

Lamp oil will volatilize after long-term exposure.

Xia Zhaoyi raised his eyes and looked elsewhere.

Has anyone been to this place in recent years?

Where the light illuminates, the walls are old and mottled, full of dust, and there are lamp holders on the other side, and there will be at intervals when the steps go up.

Xia Zhaoyi went to look at several lampstands, some of which had more oil, and some were dry and colorless.

It seems that someone really came, who could it be?
People from Yuanhe Sect?

nearby villagers?
That's all, don't think about it for now, she went to find Shen Lie first.

Shen Lie has already gone to the drain along the road that Shen Wen walked.

After entering, he had to bow his body. He held the torch that was discarded by Shen Ming's men in his hand. After coming out of the drain, he stood on the spacious corridor. It was so dark that he couldn't tell which way it was.

　Thank you Xuanyuan Tianshang for your reward~~(`) Compassion!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)