Chapter 158: The Long Night
"Guan Ju" has been passed down through the ages, since the advent of this poem, there are more than 10 million people who can recite it since ancient times, and almost every literate person knows this poem. Wang Yuan is actually ripe and backwards. It's just that I usually just quote poetry, knowing that this is a love poem that expresses love and admiration, but I never really delve into the literal meaning of each sentence.
And now, standing in the icy water, what Wang Yuan hears in his ears is not the love expressed in this poem, but only dismantling the poem from the literal meaning, capturing the information that can make him shine.
In the empty well, Lan Xinhui's voice echoed in it, filling the ear drums. Wang Yuan's mind was boiling, racking his brains to hear from it that he usually understood something other than this poem.
"My Fair Lady, good gentleman. If we look at the situation in front of us, don't we describe the treasure as a fair lady, and those who want to get the treasure rush to it? 'I can't ask for it, but I can't help it. Leisurely, tossing and turning. Isn't that compatible with the present predicament? Isn't that the feeling that you can get close to it, but you can't get it? Tossing and turning, unable to sleep at night, isn't it a portrayal of yourself tonight? Otherwise, how could the third watch come to dig up this treasure in the middle of the night? ”
The more he thought about it, the more Wang Yuan admired the person who set up this secret word, not only being able to slowly guide the treasure hiding place out of each other, but also designing many problems to make people overwhelmed. Even the psychology and situation of the treasure digger were vaguely expressed, and Wang Yuan seemed to be able to see a wise man standing in the void smiling proudly at him.
The cold water had already reached his waist, Wang Yuanwu didn't realize it, standing in the water and pondering, Huang San didn't know what to do, sitting in the sewage in the basket, smacking his lips and just shouting: "Erlang, Erlang, what should we do?" Give me a word. ”
Wang Yuan woke up suddenly, and suddenly a fierce man plunged into the cold water and disappeared. Huang San was shocked, looked at the bubbles and shouted, "Erlang, what's wrong with you?" Where have you been? Don't scare me. ”
When the people above heard Huang San's shout, they all looked down with wide eyes in horror, but they only saw Huang San sitting alone in the big basket, but Wang Yuan was gone.
Li Xin'er shouted: "What about Erlang? Where did Jiro go? ”
Huang San raised his head and shouted: "It's sunk into the water, he got into the water by himself, what should I do?" What to do? Jiro, where are you? ”
Li Xin'er shouted: "Go into the water to fish, why are you still in a daze?" ”
Huang San cried and said with a sad face: "I don't know how to water, I will be dizzy as soon as I get into the water, or I will throw a rope down, I will tie the rope and go into the water to fish." ”
Li Xin'er stomped her feet, got up and shouted: "This is troublesome, the water inside has flooded Erlang, and there is no shadow of anyone." ”
All the women were terrified, and Gongsun Lan also had a serious expression, and said in a low voice: "Get out of the way, let me go down to save people." ”
Everyone hurriedly got out of the way, Gongsun Lan reached out and grabbed the rope, hooked the rope lightly with her toes, and her body slid down quickly, sliding down in an instant. The others tightly fixed the shelf, allowing Gongsun Lan to slide smoothly, and their faces all looked like they were about to cry.
Gongsun Lan slid down the rope, her toes were on the edge of the basket, regardless of Huang San, who was like a chicken in the basket, holding a torch to look at the bubbling water, trying to find Wang Yuan's traces. Suddenly, the water splashed on the water, and a figure emerged from the water, splashing a large splash, Gongsun Lan hurriedly covered his face with his sleeve to block the churning splash, but saw that the person who came out was Wang Yuan, who was breathing in the air.
"Jiro." Huang San exclaimed in surprise: "Are you okay, you're scared to death." Thought you were drowned. ”
Wang Yuan spat out a mouthful of water and gasped: "What nonsense? I'm so good at water, how can I drown? Hey, cousin, why did you come down? ”
Gongsun Lan frowned and said, "I came down to collect the body for you, and sure enough, it was really someone who died for money." Now that the water is up to your neck, you should die, go up quickly, don't mess around. ”
Wang Yuan laughed and said, "Who is messing around, look at what this is?" As Wang Yuan spoke, he held a slippery clay pot from the water with both hands and struggled to emerge from the water.
Gongsun Lan and Huang San were surprised: "What is this? ”
Wang Yuan laughed proudly: "Jagged wattles, pick them left and right." I knew there was a mystery. There are moving stones on the left and right of the underwater stone wall, just now I held my breath and went into the water, pulled out the stones, touched a groove, and took out this jar, guess what is here? ”
Gongsun Lan and Huang San were dumbfounded, they never expected that Wang Yuan would actually realize the secret language and really touch something underwater.
Wang Yuan struggled to lift the jar, Huang San reached out to catch it, and accidentally almost got out of his hand, and shouted in his mouth: "What a heavy jar." ”
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Send it up first, I still have to go down to touch it, my cousin will also go up, there are too many people to get in the way, and it won't be fun if the bamboo basket rope is broken for a while." ”
Gongsun Lan stretched out his hand and took out the short sword from his waist, looked at the vertical cutting on the wall of the well, and after a while, he had a foothold, jumped to the wall of the well, and shouted upward: "Pull the basket." ”
The women above knew that Wang Yuan was not in danger, and when they heard that something had been dug up, they were immediately excited, and they stirred up Huang San and the clay pot together.
Wang Yuan tilted his head in the water and smiled at Gongsun Lan: "Why can't my cousin go up?" Are you afraid that I will be alone and leave me as my companion? ”
Gongsun Lan whispered, "Don't hurry up?" The water is getting deeper and deeper, and after a while you're out of options. ”
Wang Yuan squeezed his eyes and said, "The water is so cold, my cousin will give me a fragrant kiss to cheer me up." ”
Gongsun Lan stretched out her hand and picked up a small stone and clasped it in her hand, and was about to launch it at Wang Yuan, but saw Wang Yuan plunge into the water with a fierce son, and after a few bubbles, he was silent.
Wang Yuan's every minute and second under the water made the people on the water extremely difficult, and as time passed, Gongsun Lan also stared at the water with a nervous face, the water splashed up, Wang Yuan rose again, holding a clay pot in his hand, panting heavily.
Gongsun Lan hurriedly took the clay pot and put it in the bamboo basket that was put down again. Wang Yuan's face was pale, holding the edge of the bamboo basket with his hand and panting, Gongsun Lan squatted on the edge of the basket and looked at Wang Yuan, suddenly blocked the sight of the people above with her body, lifted her clothes and gently wiped the water stains on Wang Yuan's face. Wang Yuan froze for a moment, and then smiled.
Gongsun Lan said viciously: "What are you laughing at? Is there anything left? If not, hurry up, this water is cold, and you can't stay long. ”
Wang Yuan said in a low voice: "When my cousin gives me a kiss, my blood is boiling, and I am not afraid of the cold." ”
"You are still talking nonsense, they are all watching, if you dare to come nonsense, I will really slaughter you with a sword, and let you be buried here forever."
Wang Yuan smiled, pouted and kissed in the air, and before Gongsun Lan could react, he didn't enter the cold water. After going up and down several times, he found three more jars, and then he climbed up to the bamboo basket exhausted and gasped: "No, even if I have it, I don't have the ability to catch it, the water is too cold and too deep." My cousin is right, you can't give your life because of this little money, cousin, let's go up. ”
Gongsun Lan saw that Wang Yuan's lips were blue and purple, and he shivered coldly, and reached out to touch Wang Yuan's hand, which was cold. Hurriedly ordered to pull it out, and at the same time took off the shawl on his shoulders and gave it to Wang Yuan to drape on his shoulders. Wang Yuan reached out and gently touched her hand, Gongsun Lan did not move away, but gently held it back, giving him warmth.
When they came to the ground, everyone helped Wang Yuan dry himself, put on his robe, and built a small fire to warm Wang Yuan's body. Seeing that Wang Yuan's face was ruddy, he was relieved. Only then did he turn his attention to the five and a half large clay pots lined up in a wet line.
The mouths of the pots were tightly corked and wrapped in pieces of rotting thick cloth. Wang Yuan shook his wet hair and walked to the clay pot, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for the treasure here, we would have worked in vain this night." ”
Huang Xing shouted: "It must be a baby, how can it be a busy job in vain." ”
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "That's not necessarily, what if you open the jar and a few toads pop out." ”
Huang Xing was startled, she was most afraid of toads, and she unconsciously moved a few steps away when she heard this.
"Tie it up with a rope and carry it home to see, I want to drink a pot of hot tea now, and slowly open the can to see the baby." Wang Yuan said with a smile.
Everyone nodded in agreement, the jars were heavy, Wang Yuan and Huang San could only lift three cans, the other two cans Huang family sisters carried one can, Li Xin'er and Lan Xinhui carried one can, and then they came out of the woods.
The full moon had been obscured by the clouds in the west, and the sky was very gloomy, and it should be the last hour before dawn, and there was silence in all directions. Just as everyone was walking along the slope to the grass under the forest, Li Xin'er, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and said, "Why does it seem that the sound of a fight is coming from home?" ”
Everyone was startled, and they hurriedly listened with bated breath, looking in the direction of the house with all their eyes, and sure enough, there seemed to be a faint noise of fighting, mixed with the sound of iron colliding.
"It seems to be coming from the east firewood room, it seems to be the rattle of iron chains." Li Xin'er said in a low voice.
"Not good." Wang Yuan suddenly realized: "The sound of chains, isn't it that the prisoners escaped?" ”
Everyone was frightened and stunned, and Gongsun Lan said coldly: "Don't move yet, stay here." Xin'er stayed here to protect everyone. I'll go to my house and take a look. ”
The words fell, his body flashed, and he was already outside the door in an instant.