My daily mountain driving, I met a fox at the beginning and got married

Sun Pingkuan's collar was grabbed tightly by someone, but his expression did not change at all, as if he was not afraid at all.

"Haven't I made everything clear before? Do you want me to continue now? All I can tell you is some information about this incorruptible corpse. I really can't tell you anything else."

Zhang Hao didn't understand why he had to keep certain secrets, but at the moment, it seemed that there was no point in continuing to argue with him about this matter.

Fatty Wang really wanted to attack this guy, but considering the overall situation, he could only suppress the anger in his heart and loosened his collar.

"I'm warning you, Sun Pingkuan. Of the three of them, one is as cold as ice, one is too polite, and the other is not sober. I'm different from them. I'm a fat man. I say whatever's on my mind and do whatever I want. Although this is not our world, we won't be completely at your mercy.

You have to understand that it is you who want to leave here and finally can only turn to us for help, not us who are controlled by you. You'd better understand your position before you speak. From now on, I will keep an eye on you, and if you do something wrong, I will beat you up. "

This was already a naked threat, and the words were merciless. But strangely, after hearing these words, Sun Pingkuan did not react much, but just smiled faintly.

It was this smile that confirmed Zhang Hao's guess.

He felt that Sun Pingkuan might not want to go back to the original world with them. Because from the beginning, it was Sun Pingkuan's father's will that Sun Pingkuan entered the cycle of life and death. Sun Pingkuan was forcibly sent there by his father from the beginning.

Maybe his thoughts haven't changed now.

It's unclear what he wants to do, but he definitely still needs us now.

As long as we figure out his ultimate goal, everything will become clear.

"Haoxie, come here." Zhang Hao called Haoxie outside.

"what happened?"

"Let me just tell you my guess. Sun Pingkuan might not even want to go back there with us."

"To be honest, I think so too. I even think that Sun Pingkuan is the mastermind behind all this."

After Hao Xie said this casually, he saw that Zhang Hao also fell silent, and he felt a little uncomfortable for a moment.

"You don't think so too?"

"Yes, in fact, we should have discovered one thing at the beginning. Why was Sun Pingkuan the only one who left clues among so many people back then?"

Let’s talk about the Natural Resources Bureau first. Unlike everyone else, Sun Pingkuan can live freely on the second floor, unlike those who are locked up on the third floor.

All the clues on the third floor disappeared, and no one's identity information was left. However, a strange diary was left on the second floor, with the identity indicated.

At that time, they were only focused on finding Wu Sansheng, so they didn't pay attention to these deliberate details. But now looking back, all the evidence left behind at the time, after some investigation, they were able to string together a complete chain of evidence.

In other words, these seemingly unintentional things were all left behind intentionally by someone!
“At first I thought these were all clues left to us by my third uncle, but now I think Sun Pingkuan did all this himself.

Zhang Hao nodded and agreed with this conjecture, but at the same time, another problem was put in front of them.

"If that's true, then what role does your Third Uncle play in this matter? Was he coerced or did he plot with Sun Pingkuan? Or did your Third Uncle hide himself and want us to find Sun Pingkuan? Or did Sun Pingkuan want us to find your Third Uncle?"

The more they thought about it, the colder their backs felt. Perhaps the person who led them into this game was not these two people, but a being hiding in the darker place.

After a while, Zhang Hao suddenly had an idea.

"I found a way."

"what?"

"Let's split up like before. Maybe the person behind the scenes is sure that we will be with our companions no matter what. Think about why Zhang Qilin came to us. Maybe Zhang Qilin was also paying attention to this matter from the beginning. We gathered together again for no apparent reason. Isn't it because we have to gather together?"

The two of them had a tacit understanding for many years, so Hao Xie subconsciously understood his thoughts.

When the two came out again, they both had gloomy faces.

When Fatty Wang saw their expressions, he realized that something was wrong.

"what happened?"

Hao Xie smiled.

"It's okay. Open this crystal coffin and see what secrets are inside. Finish it quickly and go back."

After hearing this, Sun Pingkuan, who had been silent, frowned subconsciously.

His eyes moved back and forth between Hao Xie and Zhang Hao, as if he was judging something.

Zhang Hao walked over without saying a word, put his hand on the coffin lid, exerted a little force, and the next moment the transparent shell broke into pieces and fell down.

Their initial guess was correct; this thing was just a shell and not solid.

Zhang Hao picked it up and took a look, and it was indeed crystal.

This piece of crystal is a whole piece directly covering it, without any impurities in the middle, and it is made of natural materials. To form such a piece, not only does it require extreme coincidence, but also a bit of luck. This thing is so precious, it seems that the identity of this woman is not simple.

The body had been exposed to the air for a while, and even though the crystal shell was opened, the appearance of the body did not change at all.

It seems that the secret to preventing the corpse from rotting is not the crystal.

Zhang Hao looked down and suddenly asked Hao Xie: "Now that you see this, can you guess what kind of preservation method this is?"

The clothes worn by the corpse left large areas of skin exposed. If the body was to be preserved by clothes, the person would at least be wrapped into a mummy.

"Isn't it obvious?"

Hao Xie pointed at her mouth and said, "It's obvious that something is stuffed in her mouth."

In addition to the conventional preservation methods, there is actually a more evil method, which is to hold a jade bead in the mouth.

Not many people know the secret of jade beads from ancient times to the present. Even Zhang Hao today only has a vague understanding of this thing and has never figured out the principle behind it.

Zhang Hao reached out his hand and carefully pried open the female corpse's mouth, and sure enough, there was a light green bead inside!
Although they hadn't touched the bead yet, everyone around them felt a slight chill.

"This pearl should be priceless..." Fatty Wang stared at the pearl and said greedily, "If we sell this pearl, it will be enough to buy several houses!"

Fatty Wang has always liked these treasures, and when he saw this bead, his eyes lit up.

Zhang Hao reached out and slapped him to wake him up.

"Okay, we don't know what the situation is right now, so don't cause me any trouble with your hands!"

"Hey?" Fatty Wang slapped him back: "Be more polite when talking to me! I am no longer the naughty Fatty Wang!"

Hao Xie rolled his eyes, then took Zhang Hao's hand away and closed the female corpse's mouth.

"Don't touch this body. Finding out the origin of this body is the most important thing."

Among all the people present, no one knew everything here better than Sun Pingkuan.

He definitely knows more than he lets on, but he just doesn't want to say it.

After noticing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Sun Pingkuan sneered.

"This ancestor has been dead for at least hundreds of years. What does he have to do with me? This time I really don't know." "Then why don't you tell me about the rumors about your family? Or when your father brought you here when you were a child, did he warn you about any details?"

"I don't know. I can't remember."

Fatty Wang still couldn't resist the urge to hit someone, but he had been warned before and couldn't do it again, so he could only hammer the coffin lid hard.

The next moment, the bottom of the coffin loosened because of his punch, revealing a small gap!

Everyone was shocked.

"Fuck...my hands can actually do this!"

"Okay, stop standing there, lift up the board. There might be something we are looking for underneath." Zhang Hao said as he reached out to lift the board. Seeing this, others hurried to lend a hand.

Only Sun Pingkuan stood aside with his arms folded, neither helping nor intervening, while Zhang Qilin stood sentry at the side, also indifferently folding his arms and watching coldly.

The weight of a woman plus a stone slab was not too heavy. The three men placed the slab of the body steadily on the ground beside them, took a look, and then reached out to straighten out the clothes that were messed up when they just moved the body.

"We apologize for the offense, but we have no choice. Once we figure out the secrets here, we will restore everything to its original state. As for this crystal plate... Don't worry, our boss Han's treasure chest has all kinds of treasures. We will give you some extra burial objects when the time comes."

Zhang Hao: “?”

Why is it involving me again?

And what the hell is a treasure box? He probably meant space.

I do have a lot of valuable things, but I don’t know if this great man lying on the ground would like to see them.

Well, these are issues that need to be considered later.

Under the coffin was a small staircase that was only wide enough for one person to pass through. No one knew where it led to, but there seemed to be no other way out.

Zhang Hao and Hao Xie exchanged glances. Zhang Hao took the lead, Hao Xie and Sun Pingkuan were in the middle, Fatty Wang followed at the end, and the young man was guarding outside.

The road below was indeed narrow, but relatively stable. Holding onto the wall, I could slowly walk down in the dark.

In this quiet and small space, apart from the footsteps of a few people, the only sound was Fatty Wang's occasional complaints.

"This broken staircase is going to crush me! When will it end?"

Zhang Hao couldn't answer this question either, because he really couldn't see the road ahead clearly.

At this time, Sun Pingkuan spoke.

"Can you find a way to get some light...even a spell to illuminate this place?"

Zhang Hao suddenly stopped and turned to look at him in surprise: "Are you afraid of the dark?"

When Zhang Hao stopped, everyone else stopped as well.

They were silent, all waiting for his reply.

Sun Pingkuan was silent for a long time before he spoke: "I don't know either. Now I can tell you the truth. My fear of this place is much deeper than you can imagine. There are too many past events here that I cannot bear to look back on."

Zhang Hao suddenly heard something strange in his words.

"You're not pretending anymore? Didn't you say you don't have any memories of this place? That means you know much more than we thought. Do I have something I can use to hold you hostage?"

Zhang Hao's reply with a smile seemed to turn the situation around in an instant.

Fatty Wang took out a flashlight from his pocket, turned it on for two seconds, and when he saw Sun Pingkuan turning his head to look at the light, he quickly turned it off and said with a playful smile, "Be honest, or we will leave you in this dark place forever. As I said, they are good people, but I am not."

After saying that, the fat man turned on the flashlight and shone it on Sun Pingkuan's face.

But at that moment, Fatty Wang saw a scene that was a little unbelievable to him.

I saw that his eyes seemed to suddenly turn into vertical pupils at some moment, and a red light flashed in his eyes.

But it only lasted for one or two seconds before disappearing. It was so short that Fatty Wang even wondered if he had seen it wrong.

Sun Pingkuan lowered his head, tightly grasped Wang Pangzi's flashlight and said, "Don't turn it off. I really don't know what's down there, but I've been locked up down there before."

"So that's why you are so scared of this place? Why are you locked up here?" Zhang Hao asked.

Sun Pingkuan shook his head.

"I don't know, I really don't know. I have forgotten a lot of things. It may be the protection mechanism of my brain. I only remember that there was a very scary monster down there."

A very scary monster?

Zhang Hao walked forward slowly, wondering what this meant.

Judging from Sun Pingkuan's appearance, he must be extremely afraid of these things, but if these fears have been rooted in his heart since childhood, then what he sees and feels may be different from the actual situation.

Even a kitten, in extreme fear, might mistake it for a monster from the abyss.

Zhang Hao put the doubts in his mind aside and continued walking.

When he touched the wall, he also vaguely felt that the wall seemed to be more damp than when he first came in.

Even if they go deeper underground, they are still in the mountainous area where the Sun Family Ancestral Hall is located. When Zhang Hao came here before, he noticed that this mountainous area is densely wooded and has abundant water resources. If there is an underground river or underground pool where they are going now, then the damp walls can be explained.

After walking for a while, the steps behind suddenly became a mess. Some were wide, some were narrow, some were high, and some were low. It was easy to miss a step in the dim environment.

After Zhang Hao stopped, Hao Xie subconsciously asked, "What's the matter?"

"It's okay. The steps ahead are a little unstable. Fatty, give me your flashlight. I'll light the way ahead."

The fat man handed over the flashlight without saying a word, and then grabbed Sun Pingkuan.

"The light is in front of you, I'm behind you, don't be afraid."

Unexpectedly, Sun Pingkuan said directly: "Actually, I'm more scared when you're behind me."

Fatty Wang was speechless.

Hao Xie was laughing so hard in the front that he fell backwards. It’s no wonder that the atmosphere suddenly became less depressing after hearing this joke.

Although the stairs ahead were becoming more and more cluttered, they were at least becoming wider and wider, and they gradually changed from a narrow passage to one where two people could walk side by side.

Zhang Hao wasn't paying attention and missed a step again. The flashlight rolled on the ground for several meters before it went out completely.

Everyone stopped because it was still pitch black ahead and without a flashlight, there was no point in walking in the dark.

Sun Pingkuan's breathing began to become more and more rapid.

"Can you... use any magic, just to make some light here?" (End of this chapter)