I frowned and said, "Maybe there is something we haven't found..."
Li Su sighed: "Is there anything else we haven't found yet? We've almost dug through this place! The only thing we haven't dug through yet is the tree at the door and a few mouse holes..."
"Tree?" Li Su's words were like an enlightenment that woke me up.
"Yes! That tree in the yard!" Before I could finish speaking, I rushed out.
Seeing me suddenly acting like this, Li Su was stunned and hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with that tree?"
I didn't have time to answer Li Su's question, so I walked quickly to the tree, picked up a piece of broken wood that had not been burned, rounded it up and knocked off the smoking part of the tree.
Seeing that I was knocking on the white-robed general tree in the yard like I was going crazy, Li Su didn't ask any questions. Instead, he reached out and picked up a piece of wood, and together with me, he knocked off all the burning parts of the tree.
With Li Su's help, the two of us quickly removed all the burning parts of the white-robed general tree. At this moment, a dark hole was exposed in front of the two of us.
"It turns out that this tree is hollow!" I sighed in my mind: "This tree is enough for three or four people to hug each other, and this dark hole is enough for one or two people to climb down..."
While I was thinking about it, Li Su suddenly spoke and asked doubtfully: "This tree is actually empty? Hu Tian, how do you know it is empty inside?"
I frowned and said, "I was also reminded by you! If it hadn't been for what you just said, I really wouldn't have thought that this tree would have any articles!"
Li Su said: "What do you think is hidden under here? Is it related to the key?"
I reached out and took out the key from my pocket, glanced down at it, and then said, "I'm not sure about this, but since it can be hidden in such a secret place, the things inside might be of some use to us."
Li Su nodded and said, "Let's go! What are you waiting for? Go down and have a look!"
Li Su said that he was about to crawl into the tree hole, but I grabbed him.
Seeing me dragging her and refusing to let her go, Li Su was stunned, turned to look at me and asked, "Hu Tian, what are you doing?"
I smiled, pointed at the black smoke floating around and said, "I won't stop you if you want to go down, but at least you have to wait a while before saying no! At this time, the inside is probably full of black smoke. Even if there is no agency ambushing below, it is probably The child will also die from carbon monoxide poisoning. If that's the case, wouldn't all the efforts be in vain?"
Li Su nodded when he heard this and said, "That's right! I was too impatient!"
I pointed back at a low wall on the side, and then said: "Where is the relatively cleanest place here? Let's go there and wait for a while, wait for the smoke to dissipate, and then it won't be too late for us to go down." "
Li Su nodded, and then walked slowly to the base of the wall with me.
After sitting down, Li Su let out a long sigh and said, "There is one thing that I haven't been able to figure out."
I asked curiously: "Oh? What's the matter?"
Li Su lowered his head and thought for a moment and then said: "I've been wondering why those people put so much effort into it..."
I reached out and took out the cigarette from my pocket. I fumbled for a long time before I found the lighter in my pocket. After lighting the cigarette, I slowly said: "It's not because of that damn fountain of youth... Sixty years ago , a group of people died and disappeared because of it... It's been so long, I didn't expect that so many people would be involved in it."
Li Su frowned slightly and said, "Although what you said makes sense, I always feel that something is not right about that place."
I was slightly startled and said, "What do you mean?"
Li Su said: "You see... according to the information I have, even the woman named Chen Yuanyuan said that the Fountain of Youth was first discovered in a large tent called Songtao Mountain in Guizhou. However, we people now In the northwest..."
I didn't answer Li Su's words, but took a long puff of cigarette.
Seeing that I was silent, Li Su slowly continued: "Don't you think? Everyone and everything we met along the way seemed to have been arranged... In other words, , we are actually just chess pieces, controlled by an invisible big hand. But I still can’t figure out what this big hand wants.”
I smiled bitterly twice, and then said: "If you can figure it out, then we won't be led by others, right?"
Li Su smiled and stretched out his hand to me. I was stunned and asked, "What are you doing?"
Li Su said: "What else can you do? Of course give me one! I've been taking care of you for so long and smoked it myself. I don't know if I have any stock to share."
I smiled and said, "So you smoke too!"
After saying that, I handed both the cigarette and lighter in my hand to Li Su.
After Li Su took it, he lit one for himself skillfully. After taking a long puff, he said leisurely: "You said they were all for the Fountain of Youth. They were all for the same thing. Why is one in the southeast and the other the same? Did the pole reach the northwest?"
I looked at the unextinguished smoke at my fingertips and the flickering fire, and a thought suddenly came to my mind, "Could it be something or someone hiding in the northwest, and this thing or This person is related to the whole thing, to the Wuzi Rebellion sixty years ago, and to the Fountain of Youth? So, those people will try their best to guide me here, just to let me find that person, Or something like that... But if that's the case, then the question comes again, why does the guy hiding behind have to let me find the key inside? What is the reason behind this? "
In an instant, countless thoughts began to twist around my mind rapidly. Each of these questions had no answer. They were like ropes with dead knots one after another, tying my whole body tightly.
Seeing that I didn't speak for a long time, Li Su touched me with his elbow and said, "What's wrong?"
Only then did I come back to my senses, shook my head and said, "It's nothing! Just like you, I have some issues that I can't think clearly about."
Li Su smiled and said: "Didn't you just say that! If we figure it out, we won't be led by others... Okay, don't think about it! I think the fire is almost out. The smoke has basically dissipated... go down and see what's going on!"
I nodded, said "Okay", and then stood up and walked towards the burnt white-robed general tree.
