"Master!! That's the shore, let's go there quickly." The bandit holding the torch was the best at swimming and had good eyesight. He saw the opposite shore first and swam quickly over.
Sure enough, this was a dark pool, and the edge of the pool was close to the bottom of the ridge. Everyone swam to the shallows, stood up, and walked towards the shore.
Xiao Yu and Dao Qingqing walked behind the bandit who was leading the group holding a torch, while the other four people pulled the box toward the shore.
Above the dark pool is a bowl-shaped cliff bucket. The light of a torch is enough to illuminate the entire sky above the dark pool. Above is a concave stone pit with a few stalactites and stalagmites hanging on it.
Obviously, this is a natural cave. The shoal is just like the outside, naturally paved with fine sand mixed with large and small pebbles.
The entire beach is only about five feet long and about three feet wide. At one corner of the shoal, there is an artificial stone step that extends into the cliff crevice.
At the exit of the triangular cliff crevice, a lamp holder with a stone cover was artificially created on the wall.
The five mountain bandits were each named Zhou Fei, Zhang Dun, Qian Kun, Sun Chong, and Sun Hou.
Zhou Fei was the one who walked ahead with the torch. The other four people pulled the boxes containing the luggage onto the shoal, and everyone took their own weapons.
The five bandits each prepared a single sword more than two feet long. Dao Qingqing took one of her own swords. Xiaoyu used the sword and held her own sword in her hand.
The remaining items in the box were torches wrapped in oil paper and tung oil in leather bags, used for lighting in the cave.
Zhang Dun and others each took torches. Sun Chong and Sun Hou were brothers. Everyone on this trip had joined Dao's village early in the morning. Dao Qingqing naturally trusted these people very much.
Zhou Fei and Zhang Dun walked in front holding torches and a knife in one hand as pathbreakers. In order to be prepared, they did not need to carry packages on their backs. The three packages filled with torches naturally fell into the hands of the other three.
Zhou Fei took the torch to the cliff crevice and used the torch in his hand to light the wick in the lamp holder on the stone wall. For a while, the entire entrance to the cliff crevice was illuminated transparently.
"Go back to the boss, there is still a little bit of water in this lamp holder, and the wick has been replaced. It seems that there are often people coming and going here." Zhou Fei walked forward to explore the way, lit the lamp, and reported back to Dao Qingqing behind him.
Dao Qingqing heard this and replied: "No wonder the town is often haunted by ghosts and lost children. The lost children can't be found all over the mountain. A group of confused people in the town insist on spreading rumors that the mountain ghosts are haunted. If it weren't for this little brother's cleverness, I'm afraid we are all still kept in the dark by this guy, so I'm going to go up and take a look at what kind of 'ghost' he is, who specializes in kidnapping children, poaching people's hearts, and sucking their blood!"
"Zhou Fei, Zhang Dun, you go ahead and clear the way, and the others will follow." Dao Qingqing said as he followed them.
Dao Qingqing glanced at Xiao Yu, who didn't look very strong. He grabbed a handful of his wet hair and tied it into a bun with a hemp rope. Then he patted his shoulder and comforted him: "Brother Xiao Yu, it's all thanks to you." You are smart, you can even discover this dark pool, and you will follow us later, we will be able to save your sister."
Xiaoyu also tied up her long hair, cupped her fists and said to Dao Qingqing, "Thank you, Master Dao Village, for your help."
Dao Qingqing waved her hand and replied: "You're welcome, my brother died in the hands of the 'beast' in this mountain. Let's leave quickly. I'm really curious about what this heart-eating 'ghost' looks like."
"Please!" Xiao Yu made a concession gesture and let Dao Qingqing go first.
Dao Qingqing took a step forward and followed the two people who led the way up the steps, walking up the cave.
Xiao Yu followed Dao Qingqing and went up the stairs. He accidentally caught a glimpse of Dao Qingqing's figure and praised in his heart: This woman really has a good figure, with a tall and straight buttocks, and her whole body is wet, and her waist is bulging and bulging. She is a martial arts practitioner with a good profile. After looking at her for a long time, she will inevitably become distraught... It's a pity that her temper is too manly... If the gangsters who don't know her temper pay attention, I'm afraid Not a good ending.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yu hurriedly followed her, no longer looking at her back, thinking to herself: don't look at anything inappropriate, don't look at anything inappropriate...
Everyone walked up the cave. Along the way, the stalactites and stalagmites inside the cave were spectacular. Some were like spring bamboo shoots, some were like carriages, or some were like pagodas. Sometimes they were scattered, sometimes they were like dense pine forests. In narrow places, only one person could pass through, and in wide places, Everyone goes together.
Fortunately, someone was digging the mountain stone path, and everyone walked along the bottom of the ridge without any obstruction. After a while, there were lamp holders that had been arranged before. Everyone walked and lit lamps. There was only one mountain path, so they were not confused.
After walking for about half an hour, everyone looked at a gap. About ten feet away, there was a trace of light shining in from the outside, but the gap was covered with thorny thorns and vines.
Xiaoyu stopped and took a look, and thought to himself: We should have passed the Xiaodongxing Mountain boundary here, and will soon be the Dongxing Mountain Back Peak boundary, because he has been here before with Qinggong, but there were too many thorns and the ridges were dangerous, so there was no way If you can get up, just find this gap.
Looking at the surrounding roads, it turns out that only one person can cross it, and it goes up steeply. This should be the steepest ridge section.
After walking for another hour, everyone finally reached the back peak of Dongxing Mountain.
When we arrived at a dark cave, there was almost no sign of moisture anymore. It was just a natural cliff cave with no stalactites at all.
A light shone in, and they stood at the entrance of the cave and looked outside. Zhou Fei was so frightened that he hurriedly took a few steps back.
Dao Qingqing and Xiao Yu stood over and looked outside. They were now on the cliff of the back peak of Dongxing Mountain. Their position was estimated to be at the top. They looked at the straight cliff below, almost It is a hundred feet high, and the Xiaodongxing Mountain below can be seen in full view. Several hills are looming on the mountain. The mist is shrouded in the mountain. The trees below are as big as fingers. The pool where Yu Liufei and his party are is only the size of a washbasin. Looking at the washbasin The few ants on the side must be Yu Liufei and Luo Feng.
They did not stay here too long, but turned to the cave and continued forward. This road was a flat and dry stone road.
At the corner of a stone gate.
There was fire flickering inside, and everyone hurriedly stamped their feet. Dao Qingqing made a downward gesture. Everyone hurriedly waved their hands to hit the torches, flicked out the burning torches in their hands, and prepared to sneak over.
Dao Qingqing pulled the clothes of Zhou Fei and Zhang Dun, and using the peripheral light from the stone door opposite, she motioned for them to stand behind while she walked in front to clear the way.
"Drink, drink, drink quickly. This is a good wine rewarded by the great elder. How many taels of silver does a jar cost? How many people can't drink it in a lifetime!" "Yes, drink, let's drink it happily today, and we will know what's going on." I just went out to arrest people..." "Drink, eat at the same time, this good wine must be paired with good meat, this is called chicken with wine, it is really refreshing..."...
Not far away, there was the sound of several people laughing and eating and drinking. Dao Qingqing asked Xiao Yu and her men to slow down. She took the lead and tiptoed ahead, fearing that she would make some noise and disturb the people inside the door.
Their silent journey was intended to catch him off guard.
