I heard a series of shouts coming from far away.
When I got closer, I saw that the Huo family's guys were competing with the leader of the donkey cart.
The green-haired donkey screamed "咴咴崴" with its four hooves stuck firmly in the soil and refused to move forward.
Huo Zhizhi was so angry that he cursed loudly, and called on the two men to pull the reins together, "Why doesn't this stubborn bitch go?"
The fat man took a closer look and immediately burst out laughing. He said to Huo Xiuxiu, "Why are you, the Huo family, so bad-tempered as donkeys? You don't even know how to adapt."
Looking at Huo Zhizhi's disgraced look, Huo Xiuxiu couldn't help laughing, "Is there any reason why this donkey doesn't move forward?"
The fat man picked up the small rope whip on one side and waved his hands to drive Huo Zhizhi and the others away like flies, "Move away, let's see the fat man teach you how to tame this stubborn donkey."
Huo Zhizhi and the others were still unconvinced at first and stood aside waiting for the fat man to make a fool of himself.
Unexpectedly, what happened was beyond their expectations. They saw the fat man holding the reins of the donkey and tilting its head to the right. Then he lightly waved the rope whip and said softly, "Little hilltop!" Walk."
As soon as he finished speaking, the donkey actually raised his legs and walked slowly to the side.
Huo Zhizhi and the others were dumbfounded and couldn't figure out what the principle was.
Huo Xiuxiu was also a little surprised and looked at Zhang Zhuxun, "Why would this donkey listen to the fat man?"
Zhang Zhuoxun smiled and pointed in the direction the donkey was walking, "Did you see that donkey over there with gray fur and a little pink on its nose?"
Huo Xiuxiu looked over there and nodded, "I saw it, what next?"
Zhang Zhuxun explained: "The pink-nosed donkey is a female, and the black and gray donkey next to it is a male, but the black-green donkey named Xiaoshantou led by the fat man is also a male, and it is the same as the pink-nosed donkey. They are a couple, and their love rivals are all standing by my wife's side, so Xiaoshantou can't be anxious."
Huo Xiuxiu suddenly realized, "So that's it."
The fat man led the black green donkey over, raised a small rope and whip and shouted, pulling his love rival donkey to the other side.
The black green donkey meowed happily twice, swung its tail and patted his wife.
The pink-nosed donkey bumped heads with it, snorted, and continued to nibble on the tender grass sprouts growing from the cracks in the bluestone road.
Huo Zhizhi's faces all turned green. Who would have thought of this?
Most of the goods were loaded onto the donkey team, and Huo Xiuxiu returned to the wooden building to ask for Mrs. Huo.
A simple soft sedan made of mahogany was carried out from the yard. Old Mrs. Huo sat comfortably on it, just like the old Buddha riding a chariot in Qing palace dramas. She raised her hand and gave orders, "Let's go!"
The fat man looked at the donkey cart he was driving, and then at Huo Xiangu, who was carrying a large sedan chair, and stared, "Damn it, this old woman really knows how to enjoy it."
Having walked many times on the road to the Yangjiao Mountain Lake, Zhang Zhuxun and the others were already very familiar with it, but they did not show it and just followed the donkey cart.
The entire journey was silent.
After trekking for a day, the team rested beside an ancient tomb at the mountain pass.
It was crowded and lively, and the atmosphere in the team was quite good.
Holding a deck of playing cards, Huo Xiuxiu strolled over to find Zhang Zhu and join them in a Landlord fight.
The little brother leaned against the tree with the knife in his hand and looked at them quietly.
After playing with it for a few times, Zhang Zhu felt that it was boring. He waved to Huo Zhizhi, who was not far away and had been craning his neck to look this way, to come over and replace him.
I drank two cups of good Longjing tea from Huo Xiangu, then turned back and sat next to the younger brother, handing him the tea cup.
The two of them remained silent and did not speak.
This made Huo Zhizhi, who was casually playing his cards and trying to get information with his ears perked up, very anxious. He thought that Zhang Zhuxun and the two were communicating in sign language and wanted to see it with his peripheral vision, but accidentally dropped it in his hand. Out a card.
When Huo Xiuxiu saw this, she was so angry that she yelled, "You idiot, we are farmers in the same group, what are you doing to create a little king?"
Only then did Huo Zhizhi react, but it was too late.
The fat man smiled triumphantly, threw out the King in his hand, and then pointed at the two of them with the last four cards in his hand, "You don't want them anymore, right? If you don't want me, Fatty, I'll explode."
As he spoke, he swiftly threw out the last four 6s in his hand, "Blow them up, hahaha!"
Huo Xiuxiu dropped the cards in her hand speechlessly, "Pig teammate, I won't play with you anymore."
Huo Zhizhi scratched his head in shame. He accidentally turned around and saw Zhang Zhuxun staring at him with slightly narrowed eyes, and his heart suddenly tightened.
I yelled hastily and found an excuse to get out of the way.
Soon, Huo Xiuxiu also said that she wanted to go back to her grandma.
After the others left, the fat man collected his cards and chuckled, "Did the old lady let that silly boy stare at us?"
"It's only normal to be on guard." Zhang Zhuoxun smiled, "After all, we are not our own people who know everything."
The fat man sighed, "I don't know what happened to Tianzhen. The three of us are not here this time, and the boy is only surrounded by Jie Xiaohua. His thighs are not as thick as the fat man's arm, so he doesn't look very reliable." "
Zhang Zhuoxun added a few pieces of firewood to the fire, "Old Mrs. Huo's arrangement naturally makes sense. I prepared a lot of weapons for Tianzhen to save his life at critical times, and also put a small bottle of treated blood in it. He is so smart that escaping unharmed will not be a problem."
"Xie Yuchen's master is the second master of the Laojiu Sect. The second master Hong has unrivaled abilities. Although it is easy for me and my little brother to fight him, in fact, when Xie Yuchen fights, it is more of a test. The nature of that person It’s not simple.”
The fat man smiled and patted Zhang Shuxun, "You are so considerate. With the precious blood of your old Zhang family, no matter if he is a rice dumpling or a corpse, give way to innocence."
The younger brother silently listened to the two chatting. After a while, he suddenly said, "Go to bed early."
Zhang Zhuoxun nodded and used thick firewood to lower the fire.
Then the three of them went back to their tents to rest.
Early the next morning, the team continued to walk up the mountain under the leadership of the guide.
There are many large surveying and transmission machines on the donkey cart. Some sections of the road are difficult to pass, so people have to arrange for people to clear the road ahead, or to take detours to places with more bushes and fewer trees.
After a lot of trouble, we finally arrived at the lake on the third day after setting off.
Judecao's team is still stationed on the shore of the lake. It has been so long. It seems that the old man has not given up looking for clues in the lake.
After knowing that it was someone from the Huo family, Judekao even sent Atu over to say hello.
However, Huo Xiangu didn't want to deal with these foreigners at all. Atu didn't even see her face, so she asked Huo Xiuxiu to politely invite her out.
Because she had enough manpower, Huo Xiangu directly ordered some people to set up the camp, and some technicians began to scan the mountains and forests around the lake in full swing.
Exploration is not easy because various factors such as climate, soil, and rock must be taken into consideration. The scope of each exploration is only two hundred meters at most, and repeated confirmation and analysis are required.
The terrain in the mountain forest is very complicated. On the first day, a technician lost his way and fell into the bushes to find no one.
After a large number of people were used to search for it, they discovered that there was a cave dug by an unknown large animal under the bushes. The man fell into it and was knocked unconscious.
Huo Xiangu looked very calm on the surface and didn't seem to be in a hurry, but in fact, her actions of sitting under the awning and looking up the mountain every day revealed her inner anxiety.
After three days of exploration, the harvest was not great.
Huo Xiangu finally lost her temper and asked Huo Zhizhi to invite people during dinner in the evening.
Zhang Zhuxun and the others have been idle these days and have just returned from fishing in the river.
The fat man was carrying the fish. He was all wet. He touched his chin and asked in a sultry voice, "Does your old lady take care of the food?"
Huo Zhizhi was a little unhappy with his frivolous attitude, but he did not express it. He just repeated, "Old lady, please come over."
"Okay, then let's take this fish over.
To replenish the body of the old lady. "The fat man smiled and called to the younger brother and Zhang Zhuxun who came out of the tent after changing clothes, "Let's go, the old lady invited us to come over and improve the food."
Soon we arrived at Huo Xiangu's tent.
The fat man handed several fishes he was carrying to Huo Zhizhi and asked him to take them down to make fresh fish soup.
After Huo Xiuxiu stayed at the lake for a day, Huo Xiangu sent her back to Banai Yao Village to be responsible for the subsequent equipment transportation.
Huo Zhizhi was mainly responsible for Huo Xiangu's food and daily life. Huo Zhizhi had been with the old lady for a long time and was very familiar with handling these matters.
The tent was very large, and the curtain at the door was tied with a rope and opened wide. A strong smell of mutton soup wafted out from inside.
The fat man sniffed, "This old lady is good at keeping in good health. She knows that eating mutton is the most warming and tonic in autumn."
After entering, I found that Huo Xiangu was already sitting on the main seat opposite the door, slowly stirring the coriander leaves in the bowl with a spoon.
Zhang Zhuoxun paused for a moment, then stepped out and said to Huo Zhizhi, who was serving the dishes in the tent next door, "I don't want coriander in my bowl, thank you."
Huo Zhizhi was already planning to go out with the big plate, but upon hearing this, he put it down and filled up another bowl.
Then he raised his head and pointed to a large plate of roasted lamb on the other side, which was charred and oily, "Please help me."
Zhang Zhuoxun raised his eyebrows but said nothing. He put on his thread gloves and went to pick them up, then walked out of the tent with Huo Zhizhi.
After eating and drinking a lot.
Huo Xiangu wiped her mouth gracefully with a handkerchief, "Have you finished eating? After eating, we will get to the point."
The fat man pinched a fish bone and was picking his teeth with his fingers raised. Hearing this, he made a look of realization, "So, old lady, you are not just here to treat us to dinner. Tsk, tut, eating people is short-tongued and soft-handed. What do you think?" , if you have any instructions, if the price is reasonable, we can consider it."
The look on Qian'er's eyes hurts his eyes.
Huo Xiangu ignored him, just looked at her brother and said, "The exploration process is more difficult than I thought. We don't have much time."
The younger brother raised his eyelids and looked at her without saying a word.
Huo Xiangu was not discouraged and continued: "I remember Wu Xie once said that you were trapped in the outer two waterways of Zhangjia Tower by a gray shadow man, and finally found a way out on the mountain."
"But my people searched the area based on the clues Wu Xie originally described, and did not find a cave entrance that matches the description, but it is not that there are no clues at all." Huo Xiangu waved to the outside as she finished working as a cook and then worked as a cook. Assistant Huo Zhizhi walked in with a roll of drawings.
In the past two days, while Zhang Zhuxun and the others were busy strolling around and catching fish, the Huo family also sent out a group of men to dive into the water to continuously explore. This drawing is a more detailed distribution map of the ancient underwater buildings.
Huo Xiangu motioned to Zhang Shuxun and the others to look at the picture, and then continued: "I have discussed it with the technicians before. Since the road on the mountain is impassable, we might as well start directly underwater."
"There are underwater passages extending in all directions, and one of them must eventually lead to the main building." He said and looked at the younger brother, "What do you think?"
The little brother stared at the drawing and thought for a while, then nodded, "You can give it a try."
Huo Xiangu was overjoyed and said, "Okay, let's start from two directions. The work of exploring the mountain will continue. At the same time, I will bother you and this little friend to go into the water a few times."
Zhang Zhuxun, who was standing next to him, tapped the table with his fingers, "It's not that troublesome."
"Oh?" Huo Xiangu raised her eyebrows, "What do you think?"
Zhang Zhuxun leaned back so that only one leg of the chair was on the ground. Then he turned the chair half a circle, took out a pencil from Huo Zhizhi's jacket pocket, then turned back and sat down, using the pencil to The drawing shows a door in the perspective view of the tower.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Huo Zhizhi hurriedly tried to stop him from scribbling, but Huo Xiangu waved her hand, and Huo Zhizhi just shut up and stood aside.
Huo Xiangu looked at the picture and was a little confused, "What does this mean?"
Zhang Zhuoxun smiled lightly and said, "I suddenly remembered that I chased after you last time.
Following the gray figure, he walked around the ancient building and found that this place could lead directly to the mountain. "
Huo Zhizhi stared at him angrily and couldn't help but said, "Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Zhang Zhuoxun looked at him strangely, "I only said that this place can lead directly to the mountain, but I didn't say that this place can lead directly to the Zhang Family Ancient Building."
Huo Zhizhi choked and retreated angrily.
The fat man smacked his lips and said, "Young man just can't hold his breath. I'll have to practice more in the future."
Huo Zhizhi couldn't refute this. Although he was very talented, he was actually not even eighteen years old.
It was just that when the old lady saw that both of his parents were too pitiful for losing Xia Dou, she took him over from relatives and raised him, and later trained him to be Sister Xiuxiu's right-hand man.
Huo Xiangu knew that she and Zhang Zhuxun were on guard against each other, so she didn't care. She just said, "I'd like to hear the details."
Zhang Zhuxun briefly talked about the underground stone chamber mechanism on the third floor of the ancient underwater building.
After speaking, he reminded: "But if you go in from there, you will face danger, and the gray shadow man hiding in the dark is a super dangerous factor. He is familiar with the underwater passages. If we carry out a sneak attack, we don't care how many people there are. All the Milotuos attracted by him made dumplings, and the more people there, the higher the temperature when they gathered together, and the more Milotuo they attracted."
Huo Xiangu thought for a while and then said: "Anyway, now that we have a direction, we have to give it a try. The three of us are experienced and will be able to work hard."
