The bottom of the jar was broken, and a stream of black water flowed out, emitting a smell that was difficult to describe in words.
The fat man groaned, poured a black thing out of the jar, rinsed it in the lake water, and spread it out in the palm of his hand, "It's this thing again."
Wu Xiaoxie's heart suddenly sank. This was actually another piece of iron. Together with the three he found before, this was already the fourth one.
However, what is different from the first three is that this iron block is very small, only about the size of a thumb, and the patterns on it are so exquisite that it can be called a work of art.
The small iron block has a very obvious broken section at one end, which is obviously a fragment cut from the whole iron block.
Several people looked at each other, speechless for a moment.
After a while, the fat man threw the small piece of iron to the younger brother, climbed out of the water, and said, "We can ask Agui about the underwater Yao village. He is an aborigine of the village. He might know what's going on."
Wu Xiaoxie nodded, "Okay, let's go ashore first and try to piece together these bones."
I didn't find any other useful information in my backpack. I looked at the time and saw that it was already past three in the afternoon.
Zhang Zhuxun took out the fixed cone from the space, connected it with a rope and threw it into the water, marking the water area with a buoy.
Then the four people rowed back to the shore. When Agui saw the net bag, he thought they had caught the fish. When he was about to come forward to pick it up, he found that the net was full of bones, and he screamed in shock.
Although Yun Cai was young, his face turned pale a few times when he saw the scene in front of him. He knew that Zhang Zhuxun and the others had something serious to do, so he reacted quickly and quickly told Agui to cook for them, before pulling Agui away.
The fat man was originally thinking about how to explain, but he didn't expect Yuncai and the two to be so straightforward and didn't ask any questions. They were a little stunned for a moment.
Zhang Zhuoxun patted him and said, "Don't be stunned, move these things up quickly and put together a few more before dinner."
I moved all the bones to the open space next to the tent, and piled the rest of the messy things on the other side. I put the diving equipment and these back in the tent, then changed into short-sleeved shorts that were convenient for work, dragged the rubber boat ashore, and tied it to the rocks with a rope. Then unscrew the air nozzle and let out a little air. This will not only save the inflation time when you use it next time, but also prevent the rubber boat from being too tight and inflated, which will accelerate aging under the sun.
Wu Xiaoxie and the two roughly classified the bones, while Zhang Zhuxun and his brother were working on the bones beside them.
When Yun Cai came to ask them to eat, four barely complete skeletons were already placed in the open space.
While Wu Xiaoxie was eating, he asked Agui if he knew about the underwater Yao Village. He guessed that the underwater one might be the former site of the Yao Village. Later, there was a flood or mudslide or something, and the village was flooded, but let What he couldn't figure out was why the current Yao Village was almost the same size as the one under the water, which was equivalent to copying and pasting. Could it be that the people who built the village back then had some obsessive-compulsive disorder?
After hearing what he said, Agui thought for a long time, then shook his head and said: "Actually, I also find it a bit strange. All of us know that there is a lake here, but this lake doesn't even have a name yet. The old man in the village It’s not mentioned often.”
Seeing what he said so absolutely, the fat man suddenly thought of something and asked Agui, "I remember you said that you had an old village that was burned by wildfires. Could it be this one under the water? The village was not actually on fire at first, but It was flooded, so you all said that you can’t see any traces on the ground. Didn’t you call the water away before the fire? You may have misremembered it.”….
Agui still shook his head, "It's been too long. The legend of the burned old village happened during the Ming Dynasty. Whether there is any relationship between the two, I can't tell for a while."
Looking at the thoughtful expressions on the faces of several people, Agui thought of his daughter's words and said: "Otherwise, when we go down the mountain, I will go to the old hunters in the village to inquire. They have seen more than me, and maybe they know something. .”
Wu Xiaoxie nodded, "Thank you very much."
After eating, before it was completely dark, they picked through the pile of garbage they had picked up and found a cowhide notebook. Unfortunately, the contents inside had long been soaked in water.
The little brother pinched the bag from before
With the badge turned out, he was sitting on a stone by the lake with one leg bent, frowning slightly and looking a little dazed.
Zhang Zhuxun took a wild fruit skewered on a bamboo stick from the grill, walked over and handed it to him, and asked softly, "What do you remember?"
The little brother came back to his senses, glanced at the slightly burnt fruit, and didn't dislike it. He took a bite and shook his head, "I don't know. Anyway, that black shadow under the water gave me a very bad feeling."
Zhang Zhuoxun also frowned. The thing was so fast that he didn't even see what it was, but he always felt it had something to do with his slumped shoulders.
Before Yuncai followed them up the mountain, he should have already communicated with Tushou. Since Yuncai chose to cooperate with them, Zhang Zhuxun had no reason to refuse.
"Let Tianzhen and Fatty go down the mountain tomorrow and let them check the written information of the expedition team that year." Zhang Zhu asked.
The little brother glanced at him, understood what he meant, nodded, and handed him the somewhat blurry badge, "Check this too."
If the black shadow in the water really had slumped shoulders, then Nasty and Fatty would be in danger at any time if they stayed here, so it would be better to send them away.
In the original plot, Tall Shoulder chose to defeat them one by one. If he wanted to keep the secret, the first thing he had to deal with was naturally the two people who posed the greatest threat to him, Zhang Chuxun.
Knowing that he can't deal with it alone, he will definitely use the environment he is familiar with and use the method in the original plot to use the siphon tide to trap people to death in Milotuo Cave.
"Eavesdropping is not a good habit, little girl." Zhang Zhuoxun said lazily.
A burst of very light footsteps came from behind. Yun Cai stood behind the two of them and asked softly, "What should I do next?"
Zhang Zhuoxun looked back at her and said, "Since he has received the news, you and your father can take Fatty and the others down the mountain tomorrow. There is nothing else to do."
Yun Cai bit his lip, "What should you two do? It will rain heavily in Yangjiao Mountain soon."
Zhang Zhuoxun smiled and said, "That's good. Let the weather hold them back for a few more days."
"Or you can go out with Fatty and see the world outside."
Yuncai understood the meaning of his words, nodded, and reminded: "I know, you should also be careful, he is... very familiar with this place."
"Don't worry." Zhang Zhuoxun waved his hand, thought for a while, and then added, "That guy, Fatty, is actually not bad. If you... forget it, it depends on yourself."
After all, it's a girl's lifelong thing. Although the fat man is his brother, if it's really not suitable, you can't force the goose and the mandarin duck to get together. ….
Mentioning Fatty, Yuncai pursed his lips and smiled, and said hesitantly: "Brother Fatty...well, he is very good. In fact, I quite like him."
Seeing Zhang Zhuoxun looking at her in surprise, Yun Cai lowered his head in embarrassment, kicked a few small holes on the ground with his toes, and put his hands behind his back a little restrained, "Anyway, thank you."
After saying that, he turned around and trotted back to the tent to pack the things he wanted to take down the mountain.
When the fat man saw this, he hurriedly asked what was going on. When he heard Yun Cai said that Zhang Zhuxun asked them to go down the mountain, he hurriedly pulled Wu Xiaoxie to the stone by the lake and asked with a straight face, "What do you mean? Don't put me and Tianzhen together." How about being your own brother?"
Zhang Zhuoxun rolled his eyes, "Don't think too much, I just asked you to go back and check the information. We have too few clues. It would be faster to divide the troops into two groups, right?"
The fat man didn't believe it, "You kid, don't even think about fooling me. Have you discovered some danger and want to keep us away?"
Zhang Zhuoxun sighed helplessly. The fat man who seemed to be a very nervous man was really very careful sometimes.
"It's true, if you don't believe me, ask me." Zhang Zhu pointed at the man who was posing with a background board next to him, "He can't lie."
The little brother had no expression on his face and said nothing.
Wu Xiaoxie said suspiciously: "You really didn't lie to us? Why do I always feel like you two are hiding something from us?"
Zhang Zhuxun tried his best to make his expression look sincere, "Innocent knows a lot of people, so it is more convenient to check information. Fatty can also follow him to take care of him, and after you two leave Banai,
, which is equivalent to breaking away from the surveillance of those people behind us. It’s just me and my little brother. If they show up, it won’t be a big problem to deal with them. "
Wu Xiaoxie frowned, still feeling something was wrong, but for a while he couldn't see the flaw in Zhang Zhuxun's expression.
The fat man's expression changed several times, and he stared at the dark water for a few times, "That's okay, we can go out for ten days at most, and it may not take ten days. We will come back after we find out."
Zhang Zhuxun breathed a sigh of relief and handed the badge to Wu Xiaoxie, "Let's check this thing too. It should be the symbol of the organization to which those people belonged."
"Okay." The fat man patted Wu Xiaoxie, "Don't worry about their abilities. It's not like we won't see each other again. Let's go back and eat barbecue. My future father-in-law has shot two more rabbits today. I'm standing here It smells like this here."
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Early the next morning, after breakfast, Agui left Yangjiao Mountain with Yuncai and Fatty Wu Xiaoxie.
The weather was indeed as the clouds said, gloomy, covered with dark clouds, and raindrops seemed ready to fall at any moment.
It feels like a storm is coming.
Zhang Zhuxun put away a rubber boat and rowed another boat with his brother to the place marked yesterday.
Putting on their diving suits, the two went into the water again.
This time the goal was clear. Zhang Shuxun and his brother quickly salvaged a pile of bones. After several trips back and forth, they basically salvaged everything hanging on the fence.
I didn't feel it was troublesome at noon, so I ate a self-heating meal on the boat, rested for a while, and then went into the water again.
In the afternoon, they searched for the deep pit created by the siphon tide. The walls of the pit were very smooth due to the impact of the water flow, and it looked like a funnel with a large mouth and a small bottom. ….
Zhang Zhu swam in, trying to find an opening that connected to another large lake, but found that there were several openings at the bottom that were like cracks in the mountain. They were very narrow, at least he couldn't get in after shrinking his bones.
This is really weird. How did the fat man get the slumped shoulders in the original plot?
Or is there another entrance?
Zhang Zhuxun squinted his eyes and took a closer look at the stone at the crack. Huh? It seems a little different.
When I touched it with my hand, it felt cold and slippery, obviously not as rough as stone.
Damn it, Zhang Zhu was startled. Could it be that the jade vein went straight to the bottom of the lake?
After figuring out what was going on, Zhang Zhu turned around and used a flashlight to make a light signal and called the younger brother down.
Pointing to the edge of the crack, he motioned for him to touch it.
The little brother felt it with his right hand and was a little surprised.
Zhang Shuxun pulled out his dagger, poked the jade veins hard several times, pried off a small piece of jade, and then made a gesture to his brother.
The two of them resurfaced, flipped onto the boat, and looked up at the sky. The sky was already so gloomy that it seemed like it would drip water in the next second. It was probably going to rain soon.
The two of them stayed in the water for a long time today and used up several oxygen bottles. Seeing that the sky had become so dark, there was no need to continue going into the water.
"Brother, come back." Zhang Zhu asked.
The little brother nodded and took off the mask on his face, his face looking a little tired.
After all, I'm not a tough guy. Everyone gets tired, but I just won't say it out loud.
After rowing the boat to the shore, the two of them moved everything on the boat to where they were piled yesterday, and then dragged the boat up and tied it up.
I had a simple meal for lunch, but my stomach was already starting to growl in protest.
Zhang Zhuxun and his brother looked at each other in silence for a few seconds.
"I remember Agui left us a rabbit when he left." Zhang Zhuoxun spoke, breaking the silence.
The little brother said nothing and just looked at him.
Okay, Zhang Zhu helps his forehead, it seems that he has to show his hand today.
"Wait, let me give you a taste of my craftsmanship today."
Zhang Zhuxun heated up the bonfire a little more, set up an iron pot, added two pieces of hot pot base to it, and after the thick oil melted, sprinkled a handful of chopped green onions, added a pack of pickled cabbage, and stir-fried with a shovel. , added two more
Bag of pure milk, then pour water, cover the pot, and just wait for the soup to boil before adding vegetables.
While waiting for the soup to boil, Zhang Zhuxun cut into pieces the remaining rabbit meat that Agui had beaten yesterday.
In summer, when the temperature is high, ingredients tend to go bad, so Agui dug a deep hole with a shovel to serve as a temporary cellar, wrapped the meat in plastic, and buried it in the soil.
In the small cellar, there were also mushrooms and wild vegetables that Yun Cai picked in the woods. Zhang Zhu found water, washed them twice, cut them and put them aside.
Some meatballs, dried meat and other ingredients were also taken out from the space. After the water boiled, they were put in one after another. The red oil bubbled and the tangy spicy smell made Zhang Zhuxun's cheeks sore.
"Brother, dinner is ready!"
Zhang Zhuoxun turned around and shouted to the little brother squatting next to the skeleton.
The little brother got up, walked to the river and washed his hands, then walked back and sat by the bonfire.
Zhang Zhuxun handed him the bowl with the meat and vegetables, "Here, let's soak in the water for two days and eat hot pot to remove the moisture. My skills in making this are still very good."
It won't work if you let him stir-fry or something. Although it won't be burnt, no matter how you add the seasonings, the taste will be average and it won't make you look bad.
In fact, Zhang Zhuxun discovered that the younger brother still likes to eat sweet and sour food.
He discovered it when the four of them stayed at the hotel after coming out of the undersea tomb. The cup of fruit tea at that time was so sour that Wu Xiaoxie and the fat man grinned, but the younger brother only moved his eyebrows and still looked at the rest without changing his expression. Finished drinking.
So today's hot pot Zhang Shuxun did not make a very spicy base, but also added spicy milk and sauerkraut.
"Eat more." Zhang Zhuxun smiled and took out all the meatballs in the pot into his bowl with a slotted spoon.
Seeing the little brother eating so deliciously, Zhang Zhuxun had a trace of his aunt's smile on his face, feeling a strange sense of satisfaction.
The plan to feed the family’s parents was a success, oh yeah!
Taibai Nineteen
