Continuing from the previous chapter, the book talks about Zhang Xiaobian'er and Sun Mazi.
They are both bold and stubborn knight-errants who never know where the sky is from the sky.
When they saw a big dark hole on the ground inside the building, they thought they had found a secret passage in the Sophora Garden where gold, silver and jewels were buried.
They couldn't help but feel happy in their hearts.
They didn't care what they were talking about. , one in front and one behind, carrying a lantern and feeling into the hole.
Sure enough, there is a wide and winding secret passage under the cave.
The ground is full of broken soil and mud, and there are many chopsticks scattered everywhere.
There are countless caves of different sizes criss-crossed around it.
The walls of the cave are uneven, with ups and downs, wide and sometimes wide.
It is narrow, the excavation is rough and crude, and there is no structure at all.
Seeing such a labyrinth-like place under the Sophora Garden, Zhang Xiaobian couldn't help but secretly smacked his lips and whispered to Sun Mazi: "It's probably because the treasure buried under the Lou family's old house has aged so long that it became a monster.
I turned into a naked boy digging around in the roof of the house, listening to my old master.
It has been said that the root of a thousand-year-old wolfberry can turn into a puppy, and the ginseng that has grown for ten thousand years can turn into a woman.
But I don’t know what kind of extravagant treasures are hidden in the sophora flower garden.
How can it be so supernatural?
If you can teach us brothers to find it, you and I are the Deng Tong and Shen Wansan of Lingzhou City today."
Sun Mazi said happily: "Deng Tong and Shen Wansan are incredible.
I have also heard that their family is richer than Beidou.
They are ancient people who are richest in the world and famous all over the world.
As long as we can reach half of Master Shen's family wealth, we will make money every day You should be satisfied if you have roast chicken and pig trotters to chew on.”
Zhang Xiaowei'er smiled and said: "Mazi, you are really shabby.
You only know how to eat roast chicken and pig's feet.
If we could have half of Shen Wansan's family fortune, we would let you eat as much as you want all day long.
It’s not enough money to spend.”
Even though Sun Mazi didn't know a few Chinese characters, he and Zhang Xiaobian'er usually liked to listen to books and watch plays with the Caotai troupe.
They also liked to hum a few lines and had a lot of folk songs.
In the local opera literature at that time, there was a play called "Wealth and Treasures", which was very lively and represented the gods of wealth from various dynasties and generations.
Whenever there are festivals or festive decorations, and a lucky draw is needed, the opera troupe will be invited to perform this play.
Deng Tong was a figure in the Han Dynasty.
He was awarded the title of Tongshan by the emperor, and he could collect copper and make coins by himself.
There is a saying that "there is so much money in the world, I don't know how much more there is in Deng Tong City", which refers to the place where this man made coins.
Shen Wansan was a wealthy man from the south of the Yangtze River in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties.
Legend has it that when Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang founded his country and built his capital, he had to borrow money from Mr.
Shen to build the city.
He was truly a wealthy man whose wealth rivaled that of his country.
These two ancient men have always been regarded by the common people as the gods of wealth who were reincarnated into the mortal world.
In modern terms, they are regarded as idols of getting rich.
Therefore, even poor boys like Sun Mazi and Zhang Xiaowei'er, who were homeless and wandering around, were familiar with the stories of Deng and Shen Ergong in drama reviews.
They even dreamed of becoming the same wealthy family, but they didn't know that Deng Tong and Shen Wansan didn't get good results in the end.
Zhang Xiaobian'er and Sun Mazi each recited several times, "The Cat Immortal and all the Gods of Wealth bless the disciples with great wealth."
Then they cheered up and started to hunt for treasures.
However, there were so many holes in the secret passage at the root of the building that it was dazzling for a moment.
I didn't know where to look.
Just when I was about to take action, I heard the sound of a child crying in the depths.
When the two heard the noise, they hurriedly ducked into the hole and followed the cry.
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Although Zhang Xiaobian'er is obsessed with money, he is still a veteran of sneaking around.
He has some thief's wisdom and knowledge, and he knows to leave a way out for himself in case of escaping.
Seeing the intricate secret passages under the Sophora Garden, he first put the black cat in his arms and asked Sun Dazi to use a short stick to pick up a lantern to clear the way.
He followed behind, supporting the ground with his palms and knees as he climbed.
Gather the scattered chopsticks on the ground and lay them out in the shape of a long snake as a road sign, in case you can't find the way and get stuck underground when you come back.
The black cat was not very courageous.
It was trembling with fear from someone unknown.
It seemed that it had a premonition that a disaster was coming.
At this time, it curled up in Zhang Xiaowei'er's arms and said nothing.
Only two shining cat eyes were exposed, staring at it in fear.
Looking around.
Zhang Xiaowei'er secretly complained that the black cat he got from the drug store was useless.
Yunwu Tongzai describes all kinds of creatures in the world.
As the saying goes, cats have cat records and dogs have dog records.
One of the cat records states very clearly that in ancient times, Lingzhou produced excellent black cats, named "Yueyingwu".
Cat with golden eyes."
This kind of black cat has gold threads piercing its eyes.
Its body is as soft as bones and as light as the wind.
It can climb over tiles and walls.
It is an expert at climbing walls and trees, catching butterflies and birds, and can even break into houses to steal gold and jade.
When this cat moves, it is as agile and light as the wind.
Even if it comes and goes in front of everyone in broad daylight, people can only see its shadow but not its form.
However, Lingzhou City has a long-standing custom of worshiping the cat fairy, so the local cats, whether domestic cats or wild cats, are greedy and lazy.
The black cat that Zhang Xiaobian'er had worked so hard to find was a truly lazy cat.
Although it is a rare purebred moon shadow golden cat with black eyes, the skills that its ancestors were famous for hundreds of years ago have been lost, leaving only a trace of climbing trees to catch birds. ability.
Zhang Xiaowei'er still remembered that a few days ago in the tomb of the noble concubine in the Golden Coffin Tomb, the old ghost in the forest once told him: "If you want to get a piece of wealth from the haunted house in Sophora Garden, you must first go to Songhe Hall and exchange it for the zombie beauty."
The moon shadow black pupil golden cat he raised at home .
Without the help of this cat, we would not be able to get even a cent of the gold and silver hidden in the Sophora Garden.
Remember, remember."
These words have long been firmly imprinted in Zhang Xiaowei'er's mind as an imperial edict.
Even in my sleep, I didn't forget to repeat it over and over again.
Now the black cat and the secret passage in the locust garden have been found, but the old ghost in the forest did not explain how to use the black cat to obtain the treasure.
Zhang Xiaobian'er thought to himself that the so-called secrets of heaven cannot be explained clearly.
Even if you encounter immortals to guide you, the paths they point out to mortals are mostly in the clouds and fog, and you have to rely on your own understanding and deciphering to understand them.
After all, his knowledge was limited.
After searching for days, he could only deduce that 80% of the time he needed to use the "cat's eyes" of black cats to ward off evil spirits.
Although this cat is lazy, it may not be useless when collecting treasures.
It is not yet clear what is hidden underground in the Sophora Garden, so naturally he is not willing to let the black cat escape easily.
With random thoughts in his mind, he crawled a few feet into the narrow dark passage and suddenly heard the soft sound of water flowing in front of him.
Sun Mazi also stopped.
It turned out that although the cave gradually widened and extended into a large hollow, there was an unfathomable Yin River in front of it blocking the way.
There are large areas of exquisite pavilions, corridors, water pavilions, pavilions and pavilions in the Sophora Garden.
Although several pools and springs in the garden have dried up, the underground water veins still exist, and the sound of the child crying comes from the Yin River. came from the darkness on the other side.
There was an awe-inspiring wind on both sides of the underground river in the underground cave, and the children's cries were intermittent, as if they were not too far away.
Zhang Xiaobian'er has never heard such pitiful crying in his whole life.
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It sounded like his throat was probably broken and bleeding.
He couldn't help but feel weak.
In order to embolden himself, he cursed towards the dark place on the opposite side: " For eighteen generations of your ancestors, have you ever heard of the name of your third master, Zhang Bingdao?
I think it’s because you, the golden and silver souls, have gained some sway.
He actually knew that he was going to be poached by Mr.
Zhang tonight, so he hid in the dark and screamed and screamed to scare people.
But he didn’t know that your Mr.
Zhang is a ruthless person with a heart of stone.
How could he be afraid of your little moves?
"Say that.
He reached out and grabbed the tail of the black cat in his arms, hoping that the black cat would bark a few times to scare the monsters mutated from the gold and silver treasure back to their original form.
Sun Mazi had an upright heart and did not see injustice in the world.
When he heard the cries and tears, he seemed pitiful and did not seem to be intentionally scary, so he stopped Zhang Xiaobian'er and said, "That's not right.
Third brother, listen carefully.
This is It's obviously a child crying.
Could it be that there is really a ghost complaining and asking us to wash away his grievances during his lifetime?"
Zhang Xiaowei'er said: "If a child of one or two years old can have any grievances, there must be some treasure that gathered the five elements of spiritual energy between heaven and earth, and hid in the ground for thousands of years before it took the form of a child.
At this moment, take advantage of the opportunity He is not very knowledgeable and can only cry and crawl.
We can catch him and exchange him for wealth.
Otherwise, if we wait a few more years and let him achieve greatness, we will never find any trace of him."
Sun Mazi shook his head in disbelief: "This child may have been abandoned and starved to death in a cave."
After thinking about it, he added, "But with a silver lock around his neck, he doesn't look like a child from a poor family.
That's probably He was smuggled here and killed by a traitor who was trying to steal his family property.
Naturally, he was full of resentment.
He didn't expect such injustice to happen in the world.
It really made people feel angry.
In short, you and I, brothers, must not stand by and watch."
He is a reckless person who does not believe in evil.
He said that "if you are upright, you will not be afraid of a crooked shadow, and if your feet are upright, you will not be afraid of a crooked shoe."
He also firmly believes that "you should not do anything wrong if you are a man, and you will not be afraid of it in the middle of the night.
"Ghosts call at the door" principle, so I have never been afraid of ghosts.
At this time, I lost my temper.
With a straight face, I insisted that the child's cry was a ghost complaining about grievances.
Although Zhang Xiaobian'er had a slippery tongue, he couldn't speak to him.
He thought to himself: "Whether he is a ghost, a monster, or some kind of treasure that has become a spirit, you have to wait until you get close to see it clearly.
At this moment, you and Sun Dasha are arguing here."
What's the use if you don't know clearly?"
They said no more at the moment.
Seeing that the Yin River was deep and difficult to wade through, the two had no choice but to find a way around it.
Zhang Xiaowei'er and Sun Mazi planned to find a place with a narrow water flow, and then jumped over.
After walking a few feet along the river, they felt that there were more and more chopsticks under their feet.
They used the light of the lantern to shine around, and saw the undulating ground.
There were also many messy chopsticks scattered on the table.
Wooden chopsticks and bamboo chopsticks are the most common things in daily life at home.
How common are they?
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It is like a thief who steals from thousands of houses.
One day he accidentally enters a poor house and finds that the walls are suddenly...
There was no rice in the vat, so there was nothing to steal, but the rule of not stealing anything could not be broken, so I had to take a few rotten straws from the kang mat and steal them.
Even so, the "gentlemen" in Liangshang would never take the chopsticks from other people's cupboards, because dry straw can keep warm, and if you collect more, you can exchange money for things.
But I have never heard of anyone willing to pay for the poor.
A few tattered chopsticks that have been used at home for many years.
There are all kinds of chopsticks in the cave.
They are obviously not belonging to one family.
There are tens of thousands of them like arrows.
Who would be so full that they would take these chopsticks into the cave and put them in pigtails?
It would break their head.
I couldn't guess what the reason was, so I had to accept it as strange.
He took a few more steps forward and saw a bridge spanning the water deep in the cave.
The entire bridge is made of chopsticks.
Although the chopsticks are long or short, and the materials are old and new, the bonding is very strong and smooth.
The bridge deck is slightly arched and less than two feet wide.
I picked up a lantern and shined it towards the opposite side of the Chopstick Bridge.
It turned out that there was a city gate tower hidden in the darkness.
It was also made entirely of chopsticks.
It looked very untidy, but it had both form and spirit.
There were also city gates and towers.
There are actually dozens of arrow windows left to watch the enemy, and both sides are walls built with countless chopsticks.
This Chopsticks City and the Chopsticks Bridge in front of the city are much smaller than the real towers and bridges.
Zhang Xiaobian'er and Sun Mazi held their breath and stepped on the Chopstick Bridge, and were able to barely cross the river.
But when they got to the city tower, they discovered that the city gate was not for people to walk through at all, and the city gate hole was not much bigger than a dog hole.
The gates of Chopsticks City were wide open, and one could smell the pungent wind blowing out of it, the stench hitting the face and touching the brain.
Zhang Xiaobian'er and Sun Mazi quickly pulled off a piece of their clothes and wrapped it around their mouths and noses to cover their breathing.
Then they looked at the tower built with countless chopsticks.
The remaining bones were scattered in a mess, and they were all chewed up to pieces.
There was not even a trace of flesh left. , can’t tell whether they are human bones or animal bones.
The two of them were shocked: What is the place under Lou's Sophora Garden?
How could there be such a strange city?
Who lives in Chopstick City?
This incident was completely unexpected.
Although Zhang Xiaobian'er and Sun Mazi were bold, they did not dare to act rashly immediately.
They held their breath and lay down in front of the city gate, peeking inside.
I saw the bright lights in the Chopstick City, and the rows of houses, all of which were built with various types of chopsticks.
The gloomy streets were wide and deep, but the pavilions and houses in the city were all small doors.
It was no different from the human world, but only cats could live there, and the child's cries kept coming from it.
The ominous cries were so strange and inexplicable that patches of hairy chestnuts formed all over the skin of the two people and the cat.
The situation in Chopstick City is no small matter.
This is exactly what it means: "It sounds like it scares the courage of heroes, but it sounds like it frightens and cripples the hearts of strong men."
If you want to know what happened next, let's listen to the explanation in the next chapter
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