[Rat cat] Mirror City

"Cat, pass me a towel." At the end of the wash, Bai Yutang found that there were no extra dry towels in the bathroom, so Bai Yutang naturally lay down by the bathroom door and asked Zhan Zhao for help.

Handing the towel to Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao originally planned to go back to the room directly, but when passing by the window in the corridor, Zhan Zhao caught a glimpse of a small figure underneath.

Looking out, Zhan Zhao saw a little girl standing at the intersection.Originally, the little girl was looking into the room, but when she felt that someone was watching her, the little girl raised her head to meet Zhan Zhao's gaze.

It was a small little girl, she just stood quietly in the middle of the road, her small figure would make people feel at a loss in this place at this moment.

What is she standing there for?Zhan Zhao didn't quite understand.It turned out that he thought it was just a passing child. Once he found a stranger looking at him, the child's first reaction was to walk away.But the child just insisted on looking at Zhan Zhao.

It was inconvenient to speak directly to the child, so Zhan Zhao paced around in annoyance.Although the sun outside is not that great, a child standing in the middle of the road is the most worrying thing.

At this moment, the child raised his hand hesitantly, and after a long time of thinking, he waved to Zhan Zhao for the first time.

Are you calling yourself?Zhan Zhao pointed at himself in surprise, does this child want to go down by himself?The kid nodded too.

Although he was puzzled, Zhan Zhao quickly ran towards the stairs.Hasty footsteps sounded in the stairwell, but when Zhan Zhao ran to the yard, the child who was standing at the intersection disappeared.

What about her?Zhan Zhao stood in the middle of the road blankly, looked around but didn't see the child just now, "Where did you go?"

"Mr. Zhan, why are you outside?" The two owners of the house just came back from outside at this time. Although they only lived here for a few days, they liked Zhan Zhao very much. They saw Zhan Zhao standing blankly in the middle of the road. , It is inevitable to step forward and say a few words of concern.

"No... I'm looking for someone." Zhan Zhao was still concerned about the child. It seemed that those two should have just come back from outside. With an attitude of giving it a try, Zhan Zhao asked, "Did you see A child ran out?"

"Child?" The two couples looked at each other strangely, and the husband remembered something, "You mean the little girl, right? I just saw her run out. Is Mr. Zhan looking for her for something?"

"No, I just saw her standing below and wanted to talk to her, it's nothing serious." After greeting the two of them, Zhan Zhao returned to the house.

As soon as he walked up the stairs, a towel covered his head, and then his two hands rubbed his head through the towel.Zhan Zhao didn't struggle, and narrowed his eyes to enjoy Bai Yutang's service.

Bai Yutang wiped Zhan Zhao's hair with his mouth pursed, and only slowed down the speed of his hand a little until the roots of Zhan Zhao's hair stopped dripping, "Run out without wiping your hair after washing, what are you thinking?" ?”

As soon as he saw a big wet piece on Zhan Zhao's shoulder, Bai Yutang picked up a dry towel and wiped Zhan Zhao's shoulder again. Seeing that Zhan Zhao was lost in thought and didn't answer his question, he pinched Zhan Zhao's face again to bring him back to his senses. .

"Ah, no." Seeing that Bai Yutang's face was turning black, Zhan Zhao quickly explained, "It's very strange, just now there was a little girl waving to me from below..."

little girl?wave?Bai Yutang's ears perked up all of a sudden, what strange thing did he hear just now? "Girl?" While speaking, Bai Yutang held Zhan Zhao's shoulder. If Zhan Zhao didn't explain clearly to him today, he wouldn't be able to get out of this door.

"Where do you want to go?" Bai Yutang's raised voice made Zhan Zhao helplessly roll his eyes at him.Both Bai Yutang and his own hair were half-dry, but neither of them planned to get a hair dryer.

Knowing that he had done nothing wrong, Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang's wet hair guiltily, and then put the towel on his head on Bai Yutang's head, just like Bai Yutang did for him just now. As he did, he helped Bai Yutang to brush his hair.

"It's a seven or eight-year-old child, standing alone at the intersection, and seems to have something to say to me." Thinking of the child standing alone at the intersection and waving to himself just now, Zhan Zhao became even more confused, " But as soon as I ran out the kid was gone."

The more he thought about it, the more discouraged he became, Zhan Zhao's movements became lighter, and he was the last person sitting by the bed, thinking about what the child wanted to say to him.

"..." Seeing Zhan Zhao's distress, Bai Yutang couldn't help but comfort him, "This village is not big, if you are worried, I will go out with you to look for it?"

"Okay!" It is Zhan Zhao's dream to be able to solve the matter hanging in his heart at once.After putting this matter aside for the time being, Zhan Zhao sat down obediently and let Bai Yutang brush his hair.

The wet hair stuck to the corners of the eyes, and they seemed to be scratching the corners of the eyes, which Zhan Zhao couldn't ignore.Feeling a little itchy from the strands of hair, Zhan Zhao casually raised his hand to brush it, but failed to push the hair away.

Bai Yutang smiled and pressed the hand that Zhan Zhao tried to raise again, "I'll help you." After speaking, Bai Yutang's fingertips landed on the end of Zhan Zhao's eyes, and gently brushed Zhan Zhao's hair , his fingers were twitching at the hair, combing the soft hair.

There was a water mark in the corner of Zhan Zhao's eyes. He was hot from the stuffy hair before, Zhan Zhao unconsciously turned his head to rub his shoulder, and touched Bai Yutang's fingertips impartially.

Bai Yutang's fingers slid across the corners of Zhan Zhao's eyes, moved upwards, and finally touched Zhan Zhao's eyelashes.The slight but unignorable itching made Zhan Zhao couldn't help but close his eyes.

The thick eyelashes scraped over his fingertips, and Bai Yutang subconsciously withdrew his hand, looking at Zhan Zhao without speaking.For some reason, Zhan Zhao impulsively wanted to thank Bai Yutang, but couldn't bear to break the silence between the two of them, and finally just silently said "thank you" to Bai Yutang.

But is there always such a saying?The quiet and beautiful time is to be broken.For example now.

"Yo, we're so busy, you two children just left us and sneaked back to take care of them, and you're still doing this... tsk tsk tsk, there's no room for the two of us...Gongsun Gongsun, let's go let's go."

Bao Zheng's voice suddenly broke the silence between the two of them. Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both startled. They looked towards the door at the same time, just in time to see Bao Zheng pulling Gongsun Ce to go out.

"Don't, don't." Zhan Zhao couldn't sit still immediately, and jumped to the door in three or two steps, wanting to keep Gongsun and Bao Zheng, "I've been waiting for you for a long time..."

Zhan Zhao looked at the backpack on the table, and then at Gongsun. After all, Bao Zheng and Gongsun are in charge.Sure enough, when Gongsun saw Zhan Zhao's eyes, he knew that he must have brought something back.

"Don't make trouble!" Gongsun's interest immediately came as soon as something serious happened, and immediately stopped Bao Zheng's behavior of pulling him away, "Bao Heizi and I will go clean up, Zhan Zhao, we will come later."

After finishing speaking, Gongsun Ce rushed back to his room, pushed Bao Zheng out of the room with clean clothes in his hand, and slammed the door behind him.Bao Zheng froze, "Wait a minute, Gongsun, didn't you say you need to clean up? Why did you lock me out!"

"Go to Zhan Zhao's room!" Gongsun Ce quickly took off his dirty clothes, and dealt with Bao Zheng casually, "Save time." After finishing speaking, he fell silent.

Bao Zheng stood at the door very conflicted. In fact, he really wanted to tell Gongsun Ce that they could save a lot by using one...but the consequences would be unimaginable.

Before finally turning around, Bao Zheng was still staring at the door, as if he could stare through the door just by looking at it like this, or make Gongsun Ce change his mind and open the door.

Of course, this is a completely impossible wish, so Bao Zheng walked to Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao's room with his clothes in his hands. "Ahem, can I borrow the bathroom from you?" Bao Zheng always made people feel casual when he spoke, but his tone now was exactly the same as when he teased the two of them before.

Zhan Zhao took a look at Bai Yutang, but for some reason, he didn't answer, and made it clear that he had completely given the right to answer the question to Bai Yutang.

For Bao Zheng, bullying Zhan Zhao was an endless trick. After all, Zhan Zhao was thin-skinned and couldn't stand a few casual jokes, but Bai Yutang... Bao Zheng really didn't know how to tease him, and Even if he made fun of Bai Yutang, he could immediately regain his composure.

For example, Bai Wuye has been leaning on the bed and watching him since he interrupted him, neither speaking nor moving, but his whole body has expressed his dissatisfaction with Bao Zheng.

"Do you want to use the bathroom?" Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, determined in his heart to hang him outside no matter what Bao Zheng said.Zhan Zhao immediately sensed Bai Yutang's intentions, and patted Bai Yutang unobtrusively to signal him not to overdo it.

Bai Yutang changed his posture, folded his hands on his chest, and still looked at him, Bao Zheng, just figure it out...

Bao Zheng was at war between heaven and man in his heart, and he would definitely be willing to compete with Bai Yutang in normal times, but right now the most important thing is to clean himself up.Otherwise, when Gongsun Ce came out and saw that he was still sloppy, and he was the only sloppy person among the four... he would definitely be kicked out of this discussion, which is absolutely impossible.

Regarding this stalemate, Bao Zheng knew that the most direct way was to lure each other with benefits, "Ahem, I still have a day or two to spare for this trip, maybe I can go back somewhere..."

Bao Zheng prolonged the tone on purpose, and Bai Yutang knew there must be some sign of it. Sure enough, the cat behind him became interested after hearing the word "Walking around". With an expectant face, Bai Yutang's heart immediately "thumped"—too badly, he was caught by Bao Zheng.

When did cats become so easy to catch... Bai Yutang looked at Bao Zheng helplessly. Just because the cat took the bait, doesn't mean he will take the bait.

Bao Zheng leaned against the wall, looking very confident, "I'm still thinking about whether I should take Gongsun to the world of two people when I go out to play... But it seems that there are more people and it's more lively, Bai Yutang, you think so?"

"Tsk..." Bai Yutang nodded at Bao Zheng before Zhan Zhao nodded in agreement with the statement "it's so crowded", "You can use the bathroom as you please, don't make it dirty."

Bao Zheng raised his eyebrows cheerfully, the cat took the bait, followed by Fifth Master Bai, buy one get one free.

Until Bao Zheng closed the door of the bathroom, Bai Yutang was still thinking about what he gained and what he lost, and the deal was actually not a loss.The only thing Zhan Zhao cares about is that Bao Zheng plans to go to the "two-person world" with Gongsun Ce in the next few days. Gongsun Ce must not let Gongsun Ce know this secret.

It was 10 minutes later that Gongsun Ce and Bao Zheng reappeared. Bao Zheng pulled Gongsun Ce to do it on the chair and helped him brush his hair.

Seeing this scene, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's eyelids twitched at the same time, why does this scene look so familiar...

"Zhan Zhao, where are the things?" Gongsun Ce felt very sorry for not being able to enter the last tomb, so he was very interested in the things that Zhan Zhao brought out.

Zhan Zhao took out the drawing paper from his bag and spread it out on the bed.Bai Yutang didn't have the chance to look at Zhan Zhao's "paintings" carefully when he was in the tomb, but now it seems that Zhan Zhao's painters are really good.

Bai Yutang remembered most of the patterns under the ice layer, and every part, every line drawn by Zhan Zhao on the drawing paper matched his few sharp details.

"Cat, it's pretty good." Bai Yutang couldn't help but praise.Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows confidently, he is quite confident about these skills.

These small jokes were just to adjust the atmosphere among the four of them. Although Gongsun Ce and Bao Zheng did not enter the last tomb, they also understood what was drawn on this piece of paper.

"Is this the pattern of Juque Sword and Miao Dao?" Gongsun Ce concentrated on looking at the lines on it. Although his hands felt the touch of paper, he had been fantasizing about the feel of scabbard and scabbard.

"The sword is indeed lost, isn't it?" Bao Zheng also looked at it intently, and He Gongsun quickly discovered the incongruous part of the drawing, "Some of the lines have been blurred, it's not like you would make a mistake .”

As soon as this was mentioned, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang sighed in disappointment.Zhan Zhao said annoyedly: "Originally, the Juque Sword and Miao Dao were embedded in the ice, but they are indeed gone now. Judging from the traces on the wall, they should have been chiseled off not long ago, and now they have re-frozen. I drew the general situation based on the lines under the ice."

After finishing speaking, Zhan Zhao handed the drawing paper to Bai Yutang, and all three looked at Bai Yutang. As the only one among the four who had seen Juque Sword and Miao Dao, his evaluation was very important to them.

"As for Miao Dao, I only saw it once or twice in my dreams. He always hung the sword on the wall and didn't pay much attention to it, but it was already very similar. But this giant sword is almost exactly the same." Seeing the painting With the graphics on the paper, Bai Yutang fell into the memory of a dream.

"Then that means, before we developed this cemetery, someone had already entered the tomb first...too bad." Gongsun Ce couldn't help being speechless, and Bao Zheng also looked serious.Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao also sensed the contradiction and became worried.Suddenly, the atmosphere in the room became tense.

After a while, the four of them relaxed again.Bai Yutang spoke first as the person with the least formal involvement in this matter, "Now there are two possible situations."

"The first one is what we are most looking forward to so far, and it is also the best situation. A group of tomb robbers entered the tomb before you discovered Zhanbai's tomb. The second situation is that someone in the archaeological team tampered with it." The more he talked, the colder Bai Yutang's voice became.

Not only Bai Yutang's voice, but also the atmosphere among the four of them.

Gongsun Ce decided to keep the second and third tombs a secret, so he only reported the first tomb, but if someone in the archaeological team tampered with it...

"Listen, when Zhanbai Tomb was designed, it was a descending design. The tomb chambers on each floor continued to go deeper and deeper. It was a big project to build the tomb, but this project was worth it, at least The descending design has caused certain difficulties to the archaeological excavation.”

"You mean they finally decided to give up on further excavation?" Zhan Zhao looked at Gongsun Ce in surprise, this was the result he could only wish for.

Although it was said that they restored the layout of the tomb and removed all traces from the mechanism, what Zhan Zhao was most worried about was that other people would discover this switch in the following exploration work.

Gongsun reported only the tomb on the first floor, so that everyone would think it was just an empty tomb, but when there are too many people, accidents are easy to happen, and none of them can guarantee that no one will break through the second door by chance.

Gongsun Ce nodded, not feeling guilty at all, "My words will play a big role in deciding, and the other things in the first tomb are enough to satisfy them. I checked roughly, and there is nothing left to indicate Identity stuff. The cost of further excavation is quite high, and they certainly won't take the risk."

"But the basic condition for all this to be established is the first situation Yutang said. If it is a problem in the archaeological team, then this matter will be in danger." The more he thought about the second possibility, the more Zhan Zhao felt in his heart. Feeling weak, the thoughts of whether he can keep the secret of the tomb kept hitting him, making him at a loss what to do.

"This is indeed a problem." Bao Zheng also agreed with Zhan Zhao's thoughts. The three of them took a big risk in the false report this time, and they couldn't bear this risk for nothing.

"Well, Gongsun and I will check the excavation work tomorrow. If there is a situation, we will help to deal with it. At least we will keep the secret of the third tomb. But the best situation is to prevent them from discovering the door. If the second tomb is found, then the deep excavation cannot be guaranteed.”

After thinking about it, this is the only way at present, but Zhan Zhao doesn't understand why Bao Zheng only pulls on Gongsun and not himself?

Zhan Zhao conveyed this question to Bao Zheng. Bao Zheng tilted his head and said, "Didn't you and Bai Yutang make an appointment to find something together? You still have work to do today, so you have to do it tomorrow. Leave the matter in the tomb to me." It's fine with Gongsun, and you don't want to make love with each other."

Feeling in love with the scene... This is also inevitable.