The reborn cannon fodder

Of course, Mu Changyun wouldn't laugh at Liu Qiyan every day, only once in a while when Liu Qiyan was learning how to swim with others, he ran to watch around, watching people flopping about in the water in a mess, he was really happy physically and mentally. The boredom is swept away!

Just half a month later, Mu Changyun's wound finally scabbed off under Liu Qiyan's careful care and the elixir that he carried with him, leaving a pink scar, which is still shocking to look at, but it will not affect the activities up. <し

Liu Qiyan's swimming learning was not so smooth, he still couldn't float himself...

But letting Mu Changyun go to explore alone, he couldn't rest assured. In the end, he thought, anyway, it's diving, so he can do his own exercises and hold his breath.

He who knows martial arts is really very witty!

Mu Changyun was very speechless about this, but he didn't stop him. Anyway, he has excellent water skills, so he wouldn't let this person drown in his own lake.

On this day, the two counted the items to be brought, wrapped them tightly in oilcloth, and jumped into the water.

The water in the early spring was still very cold, and when he stepped into the water, Mu Changyun shivered. He hurriedly practiced exercises to warm himself up, and then began to swim around in the water.Compared with Liu Qiyan's somewhat clumsy posture, Mu Changyun's movements are much lighter and more graceful, very easy to handle.

Liu Qiyan knew that she could only be a burden in the water, so she didn't dare to make unnecessary movements, so she just tried her best to follow behind Mu Changyun. Fortunately, she had a deep skill and a long breath, and with the sudden study in the past few days, there was always some effect. The underwater movements are fairly smooth, and from time to time, I need my sweetheart to take me out of the water to take a breath.

The two rummaged around for a while, but they didn't see anything suspicious. While they were wondering, when they swam to a hidden place not far from the shore, they felt a strange surge of water, as if they wanted to suck people in. , making people involuntarily want to go with the current.

Mu Changyun only struggled for a moment, then relaxed his body, letting his body drift with the current, swimming deeper into the bottom of the lake.

Seeing this, Liu Qiyan immediately understood Mu Changyun's intentions, and sank down together.

The bottom of the lake was dark, even if the martial arts practitioners had excellent eyesight, the two of them could only vaguely see a rough outline.The place where the water flows is in the dark place under a rock wall at the bottom of the lake. If it is not guided by the water flow, it is extremely difficult to find a cave here.Before entering the cave, Mu Changyun instinctively reached out to grab Liu Qiyan, knowing that this person was not good at swimming, if he couldn't hold on, he could help at least.

Liu Qiyan also secretly regretted that she should have dragged Mu Changyun to get a breath before coming down here, now that both of them have entered this narrow cave, it would be extremely difficult to turn back.He didn't know how long the underwater cave was, he could only secretly hope in his heart that he wouldn't make himself a big fool.

It's a pity that heaven failed to fulfill people's wishes, and the cave is very long.Moreover, there are twists and turns, and you have to turn a corner from time to time to avoid being washed directly on the stone wall by the turbulent water. Even though Mu Changyun is very good at water, he also finds it very laborious, not to mention that Liu Qiyan's face has already turned red, and his eyes have also begun to twitch. Hei, just remember in his heart that he can't open his mouth and can't give up.

Mu Changyun knew that the person next to him was probably trying to force himself, so he was anxious, and he didn't care about the many things. He grabbed a bump on the stone wall with one hand, and pulled the person he was grabbing to him with the other hand. Opening his mouth to his face, he breathed a sigh of relief, then met the man's wide-open eyes, pointed to the front pretending to be serious, signaled him not to be distracted, and quickly followed, and continued to swim forward .

But at this time, Mu Changyun was rejoicing in his heart, thanks to the cold and dark water at the bottom of the lake, he didn't have to have a fever on his face, and the blushing person couldn't see...

After swimming for a while, Mu Changyun felt that the movement of the person in his hands was starting to slow down, and he couldn't help feeling a little anxious. Even he himself began to feel a little bit reluctant, and he didn't know where the end of the hole was.

Until the two of them suddenly got out of the water, Mu Changyun couldn't help taking a big breath, and Liu Qiyan coughed so badly that he sat on the edge of the pool in a state of embarrassment. After panting for a while, they laughed together.

Mu Changyun looked at the unmistakable friendship in Liu Qiyan's eyes, and couldn't help but think of that time when he breathed underwater just now, he felt his face burning, and wanted to explain that he had no other intentions, but felt that it seemed more guilty to speak like this, In the end, I pretended that nothing had happened, and began to look at where I was.

Liu Qiyan would never embarrass her sweetheart, secretly rejoicing, she just exposed the matter.

This is a dark cave, the cave wall is very smooth, there are inconspicuous excavation marks, obviously left by the predecessors.The light falling from the gap in the cave roof showed that this place was already higher than the lake, and the magnolia petals falling from the gap made the two of them understand that this place was clearly under the garden of Mu's Biezhuang!

But before the two of them clearly searched around in the other village, there were no entrances such as stone caves, secret rooms and dark rooms.

After going around this big circle, he had to go through the water, but he returned to Zhuangzi's territory.My ancestors were really...

There is not much space in the cave, and it is empty, which can be seen at a glance.A blank picture scroll hangs on one wall, and a small desk is placed under the picture scroll.Mu Changyun stepped forward to watch for a long time, but couldn't figure out what to do.

"Brother Qiyan, can you see what is the mystery of this painting?"

Liu Qiyan rubbed the table carefully, and said in a deep thought: "Changyun, the table is very clean, without any dust, it seems a bit wrong."

Hearing this, Mu Changyun was startled, could it be that someone came here before them?

"Brother Qiyan, what you mean is that there were items on the table, but after they were taken away, the traces were erased?"

Liu Qiyan's head, if it wasn't for this, it would be really hard to explain, the roof of this cave is ventilated, wind and rain can enter, and there are many stains of dust, mud and water on the ground, why is this case alone so clean?

Mu Changyun's face was also a bit solemn. Although the large area of ​​water at the entrance is owned by Mu's Biezhuang, there is no guarantee that no one who fell into the water will drift here and enter the cave by mistake.In addition, although the ancestors of the Mu family lived in seclusion and had been doing business for generations, their reputation was not obvious. If someone with a heart pays close attention to the investigation, they may not be able to find clues.

"If the imperial edict is lost, I'm afraid the royal family will blame it."

"Changyun, don't worry too much. Since there is no dust on the table, it means that even if someone breaks in, it is a recent incident, and it may even be before you and me." As he spoke, Liu Qiyan tapped the scroll on the wall, lightly After lightly lifting the end, he turned one over and found that the back was also a painting. This painting was obviously made into two sides when it was bound, one side was blank, and the other side had inscriptions, calligraphy and painting, "Look here."

In the painting, there is a man looking up from his back. What he is looking at is not the sky and cliffs, but a number of fish and water shadows. On one side, there is an inscription in wild handwriting: "The cave at the bottom of the lake".Other than that, there is nothing else.

"It seems that this is only the entrance, and someone specially turned the painting over to hide the reminder. This person may be the ancestor of your Mu family, or other people who broke in. In any case, I'm afraid there is a lot of mystery along the way, Chang Yun Just be more careful."

"Brother Qi Yan is the same." Since there is an entrance, there must be a passage, so Mu Changyun turned to look at other places in the cave.

Sweeping across the stone wall, they could vaguely see some traces of water stains drying up. The two walked up to take a closer look and found the handprints left by human exploration. They looked at each other. Although the handprints were completely dry, they looked It can be concluded that it is still very new, and the handprints are big and small, there are only two people who came here, only a short time before them!

"If the person who came has not left, you and I will definitely meet him this time."

"Indeed, from now on, when you and I talk, we will use the secret voice of internal force to transmit the voice, and no one will be able to detect it."

After the two reached a consensus, they acted more cautiously. After finding fingerprints in several stone crevices, they finally found the entrance mechanism in a stone crevice.

Without hesitation, he opened the mechanism, and immediately, the gap between the rocks gradually became larger, and there was a slight sound of rock rubbing, revealing a black Haloxylon hole.

The two immediately sneaked in, and after a while, the sound of friction sounded again, and the entrance of the cave returned to the same stone wall as the surrounding ones.

The inside of the cave was pitch black, Liu Qiyan took out the flint and the torch and lit it while the cave was not yet closed, finally they didn't make the two of them blind.

The two of them were on a narrow road, they only walked a few steps, and there was a turning point, the ground was uneven, with some bumps and depressions, and there were some steps going down, which was very messy.

While observing the front carefully, Mu Changyun kept on stepping, following Liu Qiyan as he flew by.

The two were extremely fast, and they came to a small room in a blink of an eye.After many illogical turns and ups and downs, Mu Changyun was a little unsure about the boundary of this place, but if the end point was at the bottom of Wushang Lake, they probably turned back all the way and went down.

There are not many ornaments in the small room, only two stone doors, standing solemnly and quietly.A stone tablet in the center of the stone gate reads: [Non-members of the Mu clan can enter the right gate, and members of the Mu clan can enter the left gate with tokens].

Liu Qiyan took the lead to go to the left door for a closer look, there was a strangely shaped hole on the door, presumably the so-called "token" was used as a key to open it.

"Chang Yun, come and take a look, do you have that token?"

Mu Changyun walked forward unhurriedly, looked at it carefully for a moment, showing a strange expression, upon seeing this, Liu Qiyan immediately had a bad premonition in his heart.

"This thing is the token of the Patriarch of the Mu family—" Mu Changyun said hesitantly, but there was a hint of embarrassment in his eyes, and then he quickly finished the rest of the sentence, "Give this thing to Changsi before you leave home so that you can establish your own. The prestige signal ordered the subordinates in the family to deal with urgent matters."

Liu Qiyan choked up a bit when he heard the words, feeling in his heart——is this so?Sure enough! —— feeling, muttering to himself: "So I said that your unreliable family is inherited from the ancestors, and I am absolutely right..."

Mu Changyun felt a little guilty. Before he set off, he only wanted to make everything go well for the girl, but he forgot, how could he do without a token when he came to his ancestors to get things!It was really not thinking properly, so he couldn't help but look at Liu Qiyan apologetically.

"Now, is Chang Yun planning to retreat and wait for the intruder, or go to the right door to catch up?" Liu Qiyan smiled freely, since he was here to accompany him anyway, everything depends on Mu Changyun's decision.

"It's not right to go back and wait. I don't know if there is another way out of this cave at the bottom of the lake. Let's catch up from the right door."

"That's right. It's just a few more tests. Changyun and I can always pass the test smoothly!"

After finishing speaking, the two came to the right door together, and slowly pushed the door opening mechanism into the stone wall, and the original heavy stone door also slowly opened.

The two looked at each other, and Liu Qiyan was afraid that something might happen, so he stopped Mu Changyun and walked in first.