The bright moon sits on the ground

"I heard that there was an accident when the construction started." Tan Rongchong shook his head. "More than a hundred people disappeared, and the Qin family also suffered heavy losses. A dozen of them were missing in total. Such a tragedy, how could it be possible?" Is it an accident that can be summed up in two words?"

The elders and cousins ​​who taught him since he was a child are all missing. How could Qin Rongchong simply expose this matter?

As the youngest and outstanding child of the Qin family's generation, he was carefully raised and only knew such a little information, so wouldn't the others know even less? This matter is definitely not that simple.

Thinking of his cousin's expression that night, Tan Rongchong couldn't help shivering.

He secretly followed the second head of the Qin family, and listened carefully outside the window.

Although everyone in the Qin family has learned the art of refining Gu, and few of them know martial arts, but it is the first time for Tan Rongchong to eavesdrop, so he is inevitably a little nervous and scared, so he hides a bit, and would rather stand far away, listen It is not clear, and it cannot be discovered by others.

"I only heard some words intermittently, maybe it means..." Tan Rongchong tapped the folding fan in his hand, recalling the feeling of being suddenly shrouded in fear at that time, "When digging Lingyan Lake,? what."

As for what it is, even the people in the house are vague, not willing to say it directly.

Or, even they don't know what it is.

At that time, his imagination was running wild, thinking of a terrifying and dangerous thing sealed under Lingyan Lake, he felt terrified.

The lake was supposed to be dug extremely deep, but the work stopped only that night, and half of the soil was filled back, and then filled with water in a hurry, becoming today's Lingyan Lake.

It was also from then on that the Qin family had an unwritten rule.

The Patriarch of the Qin family must stay at Lingyan Lake and must not leave Xiayan City for half a step.

"Does this sentence sound familiar?" Tan Rongchong asked suddenly.

Nie Qiu tapped lightly on the armrest with his fingers, "Patriarch of the Bu family, you must stay in the ancestral hall."

"After that, we invited Bu Qingzhong, the 'send ghost to guard the bell'. After he saw it, he suppressed the water corpses in the lake, but the seal is not permanent, and we don't know when it will disappear completely. Can't help us all the time." Tan Rongchong said, "So he said, from now on, we can only rely on the descendants of the Qin family to guard us day by day. For decades, the Qin family has always kept this in mind."

"Ten years later, the Bu family was destroyed, and a few years later, the seal completely dissipated. Even though the Qin family put their lives to protect each other, the water corpses in Lingyan Lake still broke out. The Qin family seemed to be targeted by something at the bottom of the lake. , only one person survived that outbreak.”

He raised his eyes and said slowly: "Except for the people who stayed at home, everyone else in the Qin family is dead."

Tan Rongchong recalled that time, the endless gurgling sound, subtle and dense, was like a curse to his ears.Dozens of Tan family members dived into the lake to put the last silver stick left by Bu Qingzhong into the seal, but in the end he was the only one who succeeded—when he returned to the surface, he found that he was the only one who survived down.

He didn't know what was buried in the wet soil, but he could see clearly the moment he inserted the silver rod, the purple blood gradually seeped out from the gap, bit by bit.

This is the picture that has haunted him for decades.

"From then on, I will stay in Xiayan City and suppress Lingyan Lake."

Nie Qiu asked, "You still don't know what's at the bottom of the lake?"

"I don't know. The bottom of the lake is already dangerous enough. I can't take the risk of breaking the seal."

Nie Qiu pondered for a moment, "I will find out the reason for the impact on the copper bell as soon as possible these days. During this period, Mr. Qin, you should also be careful not to let the surrounding people enter Lingyan Lake by mistake, so as not to cause another change."

"I see."

Although Tan Rongchong didn't know what was at the bottom of the lake, and even the elders in his family were vague, but those who were present at that time must know what happened that night.

——Xie Mu.

Now things have reached a stalemate, and perhaps only after going to see him will there be a turning point.

I hope his attitude this time will not be as contradictory as last time.

Nie Qiu thought to himself.

The sky turned from bright to dark, each family set up paper lanterns at the door, and the shallow and dim candlelight reflected the pedestrians on the street.

In the evening, Nie Qiu went to see Xie Mu as promised.

Xie Mu only let him go alone, so Nie Qiu didn't ask Fang Qisheng to go with him.

Before he left, Fang Qisheng reminded him not to trust Tan Rongchong blindly, and Nie Qiu nodded in response.

He remembered the position Xu Lang had calculated last time, and after waiting for a while, Xie Mu really appeared in front of his eyes.

A boy about eight or nine years old frowned, his brows were gloomy, and he was meditating like an adult.

Nie Qiu said frankly, "I went to see Qin Rongchong."

Xie Mu snorted coldly, "I know. What did he say?"

After listening to Nie Qiu's words, Xie Muruo said thoughtfully: "The Tan family really kept this matter a secret."

"What happened that night?"

Xie Mu hung in mid-air, and sat down cross-legged, "Xu Lang persuaded me later, I thought to myself, it doesn't matter if I really tell you."

"I know what you're thinking, and I know what Tan Rongchong is thinking too. I just think there's something evil hidden at the bottom of the lake." He said, "Big mistake! The most evil thing in this world is made by man, just For example, the living dead of the Shending Sect, and the Gu refining technique of the Tan family. What is buried there is not any evil at all..."

Xie Mu's family was poor, and he learned divination completely by himself. After becoming famous, his family gradually became richer.

Even though he is some kind of "Buddha reincarnation, blue bird reincarnation", his mind is much more mature than his peers, but he is still a child. He gets sleepy in the evening and goes to bed early. According to common sense, he should have fallen into a deep sleep at this time up.

"Mu'er, wake up."

Xie Mu's rough hand pressed Xie Mu's narrow shoulders, and shook it slightly.

Xie Mu quickly woke up under the call, holding a cloth tiger tightly in his arms, looking at her sleepily, "Mother?"

"Your father asked me to call you, what to say—" Mother Xie thought for a moment, "People from the Tan family have something important to discuss with you."

"The Qin family?"

Xie Mu struggled to lift his eyelids, and watched honestly as Xie Mu put the clothes back on for him.

She fastened her belt, and when she turned around and pushed the door open, the cold wind howled in from outside the door, and penetrated into Xie Mu's neckline along her neck, which made him tremble and wake up completely.

"Understood, then I'll go."

Xie Mu put the naive tiger puppet in his hand beside his pillow, and stepped out of the room.

He walked for a while, and suddenly had an inexplicable impulse, so he turned his head in the dark, and took a leisurely look at Xie Mu.

Mother Xie's face was covered with wrinkles, and seeing him look over, she showed a gentle and kind smile.

Xie Mu bent his eyes, didn't look any further, and left.

Every step he took was a step closer to the abyss, closer to the end of his life.

At this time, no one knew that this was the last look.

The second head of the Qin family condescended to come to welcome the famous and talented celestial master in Xiayan City in person.

If Xie Mu refused, it would be unreasonable.

On the way, the Erdangjia briefly talked to Xie Mu, basically saying that they dug a road when they dug the lake.

The tunnel hidden under the soil was extremely narrow and could only accommodate one person to pass through. He tried to walk in, but it didn't take long before he realized that the tunnel was terrifyingly long. Roughly estimated, it could almost pass through half of Xiaxia. Yancheng, do not know where to lead.

The tunnel happened to be right there, and the project of digging the lake couldn't be carried out. They had to go in to see what was inside, and if it didn't work, they blocked the other end to avoid accidents when filling the lake.

Call Xie Mulai, because you can trust him, let him go to the scene to do a divination, and calculate whether it is dangerous inside.

When the tunnel was dug, nearly a hundred young and strong men were digging hard.

There were so many people, and the news of digging the tunnel spread in a short while. If the second master hadn't arrived in time and let a few servants stare at them, it is estimated that these people had just left behind and told their families after returning. Everyone in Xiayan City knew about it.

If the Qin family knew what was inside in advance, they would have let these people go.

Even if they tell the secret way, with the Qin family's power in Xiayan City, as long as there are rumors, most people will believe them.

It's a pity that the second head doesn't know, and neither does Xie Mu.

Xie Mu blinked, resisting sleepiness, stood in front of the narrow hole, took out a square mirror, and began to read silently.

After a while, he raised his head to look at the Erdangjia standing beside him, and said, "There is no danger."

The people around are all working hard, but their ears are pricked up, eager to lean over to listen to the conversation between them.

Erdangjia nodded, and called a few servants over to go in and have a look.

He was worried, and wanted to go in and see for himself, but worried that something might go wrong with Xie Mu's divination, so he hesitated.

Xie Mu put the mirror into his arms, and couldn't help but yawned, "If you're worried, I can go in with you."

Now that he has made such a promise, the second leader is no longer entangled. It just so happens that his youngest son is also there. Some, they groped the earth wall and went in.

This tunnel is indeed very long and narrow. They stopped several times on the way, and found that there was an extremely imperceptible ventilation hole above. Wet and breathless.

Erdangjia calculated the distance and direction, but felt that it was very strange that this tunnel had already taken them out of Xiayan City.

When climbing to the end of the tunnel, the first servant gently stretched out his hand and pressed the thing in front of him, "It seems to be a brick."

Xie Mu consciously took out the small square mirror, and made some guesses based on the position given by the second master.

"To the north is the falling mountain of Xiayan City, to the west is the Fengxue Mountain Range, and to the east is the Tongtian Peak that blocks the swamp..."

He clasped the square mirror tightly with his fingers, and concluded, "Surrounded by three sides, this place has very good feng shui."

Immediately, Xie Mu raised his face and said, "There is no danger ahead."

They separated a certain distance and made sufficient preparations before asking the servants at the front to forcefully push away the bricks and tiles.

A group of people came out in a single file. Xie Mu, with short legs, was surprised when he was carried down the cave and landed on the ground.

This is a room, the bricks and tiles on the wall are exquisite, and it is full of gorgeous and unique murals. Looking around for a week, I saw a huge Xuanwu statue in the center of the room, its eyes were inlaid with green emeralds, and its back was shining with gold, made of pure gold.And the room is full of all kinds of rare treasures, which is dazzling.

Xie Mu calmed down first, he was not interested in these things outside of him, he was just observing the layout of the room.

Just as the others were amazed, Xie Mu caught a glimpse of the Erdangjia's complexion. He turned his face and said a few words to his youngest son, and then walked a few steps towards the entrance of the cave. Quickly drilled back again.

strangeness.

The Second Head's gaze swept over, and Xie Mu turned his head back calmly, frowning.

The instant panic on his face was unmistakable.

"what!"

Xie Mu was still thinking, but suddenly there was a scream not far away.

A servant stepped on something, and only heard a "click", which seemed to trigger a mechanism somewhere.

In an instant, the star chart above his head changed, the white dotted star turned up, and the pitch-black crossbow protruded out.

"Don't move!" Seeing that servant was going to shrink to one side, the second master shouted sharply.

It's a pity that the person's subconscious reaction was faster than his brain, and he moved his feet before the second leader finished speaking.

They held their breath, not even daring to breathe.

There was silence in the air, they froze in place, and waited for a few minutes, but nothing happened.

Xie Mu's expression was as usual, he wasn't even too surprised, he just said: "No problem, as I said, there is no danger."

The leading servant went over to check carefully.

"Second leader, this mechanism has not been activated yet, so nothing will happen if it is triggered..."

The second master seemed to have thought of something, and his face became even uglier.

"Don't open the door, all back, go back the same way - don't take anything!"

Just taking one of the things in this room can make a family's life prosperous for the rest of their lives, not to mention there are so many things in it, so it doesn't matter if you take it, no one will find out anyway.

This is what other people thought for a moment.

Erdangjia sensed their thoughts, his expression was not good, and he said coldly: "Do you want to try my Gu worm?"

No normal person would want to try the Gu worms of the Qin family.

So those servants didn't say a word, obediently obeyed the order of the second leader, those who should lead the battle should lead the battle, and those who should be cut off should be cut off from the back.

In this way, he returned the same way.

While thinking about it, except for Xie Mu, no one found out that the second head's youngest son had left long ago.

When Nie Qiu heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "What exactly is there?"

"You still don't understand?" Xie Mu looked coldly, "This place is surrounded by three sides, the Feng Shui is very good, and there is a star map on the top, the room is extremely luxurious, and those patterns are colorful and not vulgar... Because the owner hasn’t lived in it yet, the traps haven’t been opened yet. Who in this world values ​​Feng Shui the most and pursues longevity? And who has such power and wealth to build a small room like this?”

He paused, and said a sentence in a calm tone that was enough to change the situation in the world.

"That place is the imperial mausoleum."