The third time I saw the kiln god, the little rabbit was squatting next to the second animal and the third mule scratching his scalp. His head had long been covered with mud and sweat, and now it was lumpy, itchy and painful. He took off the broken wicker hat on his head, put it on his thigh, and tentatively scratched it with his hands. He was very careful, and when he scratched his head, he gently picked off the filthy, fishy-smelling dirt that stuck to his scalp, trying not to touch the wound on his head. The second animal and the third mule were discussing whether to pick up the blockage in the roadway in front of them. They did not have a unanimous understanding of this issue, and the second animal advocated picking, but the third mule did not advocate picking; They all turned their heads to ask the little rabbit for his opinion, but the little rabbit didn't answer. The little rabbit was now a little irresponsible for his own life, and he couldn't even imagine that he would crawl to the ground alive. When the three of them touched for a few days, and then returned to the old place, the three mules wept loudly, and the second animal stamped their feet and cursed, but he was very calm, as if he had expected such an end. And now they felt the blockage of the alleyway again, and went up the ramp that had made them go up once; Stepping back, it is a hell of ghosts and shadows, and the second animal thinks that no matter what, no matter how difficult this pile of blockages is, they must try to pick it up; The three mules, however, advocated retreating to the back of the alleyway and finding a new way.

The two discussed quietly at first, and then simply quarreled.

While the second animal and the third mule were arguing, the little rabbit saw the face he had seen twice, and he saw his kiln god!

The kiln god suddenly appeared three or five paces away in front of the little rabbit. His face was bright and clear; His small eyes, sunken deep in their sockets, shimmered like fireflies; On his high raised head was an irregular scar, the bulge of which shone like oil paint; His crooked nose was also half-light and half-dark, flashing a cold blue light at the little rabbit's face. His entire face was still a light blue, like a clear morning sky. He was smiling slightly, his lips half-open, and the missing teeth in his mouth were faintly visible.

The little rabbit shuddered, and his two arms, which were caught in the hands of the second animal and the third mule, trembled slightly. He wanted to get up, rush forward, throw himself into the arms of the kiln god, and follow him—no matter where he went, he would never regret it! But he didn't dare, he was afraid that he would rush over and alarm the second cattle and the three mules, and he was afraid that his kiln god would blame him.

This time, he no longer doubted. He concluded that this frequent blue face was his kiln god! Yes! It's his kiln god! His kiln god is here to save him, to protect him, he can't die!

The blue face beckoned to him, and he clearly saw the hand twisted like a chicken's paw. The hand swayed from time to time in a blue light, motioning for him to walk over, walk over.

He mustered up his courage at once, and suddenly pulled his arm out of the arms of the second animal and the third mule, and crawled forward tentatively......

The second animal and the third mule cried:

"Bunny, what are you going to do?"

"You...... Where are you climbing? ”

Heard it. He heard the cries of the second animal and the third mule. He ignored it. He felt as if their voices were coming from somewhere very far away, very far away, and he was only afraid, afraid that the blue face would also hear them, that he would be scared away by them. His eyes remained motionless and crept towards him.

His kiln god didn't move. He stood bent over a crooked shank leg, his hair standing on end like a shrimp whisker, fluttering in the alley breeze like a wisp of smoke that appeared and disappeared from time to time. He saw his garment, which was very shabby, with a large patch on his chest, and a few fire-burning holes in his placket that seemed to be smoking......

As he crawled forward, he was retreating. He also noticed that one of his legs was lame, and he was so lame that he had to lean his body with every step back. He retreated silently, as if his whole body had no weight at all, as if he were floating in the dark air.

The second cattle and the three mules followed, and they grabbed him by the feet and put their arms around his waist. He struggled desperately, desperately spreading his arms and rushing forward, his eyes fixed on his kiln god, and he didn't even dare to blink his eyelids.

"Rabbit, what are you doing, what are you going to do?" It's the two animals that are talking.

He shook his hand and hit the second animal, and suddenly broke forward, which freed him from the entanglement of the second animal. But one of his feet was still in the hands of the three mules, and he kicked them aside with another kick.

As he struggled to break free from the entanglement, his kiln god did not leave, and he still stood in an unfathomable darkness beckoning to him.

He became desperate. He stood up and threw himself in front of him. This pounce, but he pounced on a pile of real gangue, his head and face were broken by the gangue, and he fell to the ground **.

Lying on the ground, he could still see his kiln god, and he stood not far in front, behind the pile of gangue; He couldn't see the gangue, but he saw his kiln god with certainty. Ignoring the pain in his face and head, he threw himself in front of him again.

He stumbled over the pile of gangue again.

This time it hit so hard that he fainted.

When he woke up, his kiln god was gone. He searched everywhere and found nothing.

He was gone, quietly walking away when he passed out.

He whimpered and cried......

But the second animal and the third mule wondered why the little rabbit had hit his head twice in a row against the pile of gangue that was blocking their path, and they thought he was going to die, so they comforted him with kind words. Unexpectedly, the more comforting he was, the more fierce he cried.

The second animal is on fire:

"Cry! Cry! Cry your motherfucker's cunt! I'll strangle you if you cry again! ”

The little rabbit cried and screamed:

"Strangle me? Don't you dare! Don't you dare! The Kiln God will strangle you! ”

The three mules felt a little strange, so they asked carefully:

"Little rabbit, what's going on? Why are you hitting that pile of gangue? ”

"I ...... I ......"

"He's going to die, he's got enough of his dog's life!"

Second, the animals hate the authentic.

The little rabbit blurted out:

"I ...... I won't seek death! I...... I saw the Kiln God! Saw it three times! ”

The second animal and the third mule were stunned.

"Tell me, little rabbit, tell me what this kiln god looks like?"

The little rabbit sobbed and said:

"This kiln god is born...... Born with a blue face, crooked nose, small ...... Small eyes, a large scar on the forehead, and thick lips like ...... Like two bruised balls of flesh, he was a cripple. ”

"How old is he?" The second animal asked nervously.

"Probably, in his fifties...... No, maybe in his sixties, his hair was stiff and stood straight up, like the whiskers of a prawn. ”

"Have you seen this man in the past?" The three mules asked.

"I didn't ...... No...... No! ”

The three mules were puzzled:

"That's weird. I've never seen this guy before! Even among those who died under the kiln in the early years, there is no such appearance. Second brother, think about it, have you ever seen such a person? ”

The second animal thought for a moment and exclaimed:

"Yes! Yes! I...... I...... I've known such a person before! This man's appearance is almost the same as that of a little rabbit, oh, except for the blue face. But...... It was a long, long time ago, though. ”

The three mules hurriedly urged:

"Tell me, talk about it, second brother! Maybe...... Maybe I've seen it too! ”

2. Livestock Road:

"Nope! No! You won't know this man, and rabbits won't see one. When he died, the rabbit was still in his mother's belly! It was in the official kiln bureau of Qingquan County, about the sixteenth and seventh years of Guangxu, there was an old potter named Zhao Lao Wu in the No. 2 Dayang kiln. once rose to the top and smashed his leg; Once, a flying gangue wounded his head; Another time the wooden cart hit him in the nose, but it didn't kill him. In the twenty-first year of Guangxu, the No. 2 foreign kiln was permeable, and dozens of people died at once, and this Zhao Lao Wu climbed up with his mother. Later, everyone called him Zhao Banxian, Zhao Yao Shen ......"

"And then, what happened to him?" The little rabbit asked.

Later, he died, and was killed under the kiln when the dirty gas exploded. Everyone didn't believe that he would die, and they all said that he had ascended to heaven! Who knows? The kiln was later sealed, and the dead were not brought out! ”

"Second brother, don't say it! Scratch! Let's pick it up right here! Zhao Banxian, Zhao Yaoshen is here to lead the way for us! Let's chop it! My good second brother! ”

The three mules shouted happily.

In front of this conclusive existence of the kiln god, the will of the three of them quickly united, and they all stubbornly believed that in front of this blockage was the road to Inoue, the road to hope.

The gods are blessing them!

It was a long, long time.

I don't know how many times they fell asleep and woke up and repeated it, I don't know how many times they were bumped and bruised on their bodies, but I don't know how many times they were bumped and bruised, but they only ate half of the stinky horse meat they had brought with them, and the alleyway was finally opened.

At first, it was just a big hole, and the wind blew from the other side of the hole, which made their groggy heads somewhat sober. They didn't pick it up, they tried to drill through, but they didn't succeed after drilling several times. Even the smallest rabbit can't get through.

They had to pick it up again.

I never thought that this pick caused a burst of gangue on it, and buried the hole that was originally pulled out again.

They were not discouraged, they had judged from the wind blowing from the mouth of the cave that the alleyway should be open, which meant that all their efforts had been in vain, and the blue-faced kiln god had indeed shown them a way out!

The second animal used an axe to dig in front, and the third mule and the little rabbit were not far behind him, and then he handed over a piece of gangue and threw it behind him. They don't care about the road behind them, and even if they get it wrong this time, they don't want to take the road full of death behind them again.

They quickly pulled out the hole again.

The second animal was the first to poke its body over.

Unexpectedly, the axe in the hands of the two animals touched a protruding gangue when passing through the hole, and with a "bang", the coal and gangue on it fell down again, and the two animals were stuck at the waist and eye.

The second animal seemed to scream, and then shouted desperately:

"Quick! Ouch! Push me ...... Push it over! Ouch, ...... Fast...... Push! ”

The three mules and the little rabbit on the side of the cave hurriedly pounced on the second animal, and tried their best to push the buttocks and thighs of the second animal, but this push made the second animal scream.

The three mules stopped:

"Nope! Can't push! Bunny, pick it up! Fast! Second brother, bear with me! ”

The three mules and the little rabbit quickly picked up the gangue ballast under the two animals.

At this time, the second animal who was stuck at the entrance of the cave suddenly discovered: There are still people at the entrance of the cave! The man was squirming somewhere in front of him, and he heard the man's breathing, and heard the rolling of the gangue and coal beneath him, and he judged that he was crawling towards him.

"Brother...... Brothers...... Fast...... Come to the rescue...... Save...... Help me! The two animals endured the severe pain in their bodies and called out to the man for help.

The man did not answer.

The crawling sound was gone.

"Brother...... Brothers...... Good brother...... Pull...... Give me a hand! I...... I don't...... No more! ”

The crawling sound rang out again.

However, the man did not speak.

The man climbed under him, stretched out his hand and groped around, and in the process of groping, the man touched one of his hands resting on the gangue.

"Quick...... Fast...... Pull me ...... Pull it out! ”

The man's hands grasped his hand. The man's hands were like chicken paws, as if there was no flesh at all. He grabbed his hand and shivered for a moment.

"Good...... Good brother, ...... Give me a hand! ”

The man's hand was scratching at his arm, and gradually, the man's head was raised, and the second animal smelled a foul smell of rotting corpses, and he was so frightened that he raised his head desperately.

He thought of ghosts.

The man had clutched his arms to the ground, and the hard nails of his hands had dug into his flesh, causing him pain. He had to move his other hand over to stop the man's digging.

But his hands were so weak that he couldn't tear those claw-like hands away from his own arms, and the man's hands seemed to grow on him.

He felt a ball approaching his arm, and it occurred to him that it was a man's head.

The head had a legitimately long mouth, and that mouth legitimately had two rows of teeth, which seemed to be legitimately close to his arm. Suddenly, he had a very ominous premonition in his heart, and he wanted to quickly raise his hand and push the head away, but before he could raise his hand, the man had already bitten his arm fiercely!

The man bit his arm so hard that he couldn't break it off.

The man tore a bloody piece of flesh from his arm with a belt!

The second animal screamed sharply and almost fainted.

"Quick! Ouch! Fast! Ouch, pick up, this ...... There's ...... over here There are wolves...... There are wolves ......."

The wolf was still clutching at his arm.

The wolf was chewing on the flesh of the second animal in his mouth and holding his arm in his hand.

That is to say, he is ready to eat the second animal alive!

Second, the animal doesn't know how this wolf is currently living? I wonder how much strength this wolf has in his body? But he has to fight with "it"! Gotta strangle "it"! Strangled to death!

You die, or I die.

You live, or I live.

One or the other.

The second animal no longer thought about the body stuck at the entrance of the cave, and he wanted to use his two hands on this side of the cave to engage in an inhuman fight to the death with the wolf in front of him. He knew that the wolf in front of him was hungry and crazy, and he ate the first bite, and he had to eat the second bite; He was going to wait for "it" to poke its head in front of him again, and then choke "it" by the neck with both hands......

Sure enough, the wolf poked its head back in.

The second animal suddenly suspended his hand on the ground into the air, endured the severe pain on his body, grabbed the hair on the wolf's head, and touched "it" neck with the other hand. The neck was so thin and long, like a poor little chicken, and there was almost no meat left on it. Based on this, the second animal judged that his opponent might not be an adult wolf, but a skinny wolf. That is to say, he can strangle this wolf lamb to death with his own two hands!

He used the hand that touched the neck of the wolverine to pinch "it" throat, pinched twice but did not pinch it, the wolverine tried its best to break back, "it" sharp claws with long nails, scratched and scratched on the face, neck, and shoulders of the second animal, and the second animal could not dodge it at all.

The wolf's whimpering and whining as it struggled and scratched, its protruding Adam's apple rolled up and down, and its throat emitted a gasping sound of "purring, purring" with thick phlegm, which was not loud, as if it came from a leaky ball, without any confidence at all.

However, the strength of "it" struggle is not small, and the second animal grabbed "it" claws, and was almost broken free by "it" several times. In just a few moments, the two animals had many blood marks on their faces, foreheads, and shoulders. The second animal couldn't bear it anymore and almost let go of his hand, but at this moment, he grabbed the bulging throat of "it".

He won.

He choked "it" by the throat.

The second animal also let go of the hand that was grasping the hair, and put the two hands together and grabbed the neck of the wolf. At this time, the second animal once again felt that the wolverine was so thin that "it" could almost be grabbed by its small neck; At the moment when he grabbed the neck, he even felt a little pity, he didn't even want to kill "it", but "it" struggled again, and opened its mouth to bite his nose. The second animal was on fire, and with one force, the two big hands pinched "it" neck tightly, and pinched it for a long, long time, until the three mules and the little rabbit loosened the gangue and coal on him and under him, and pushed him through the hole, and he let go of his hand.

The wolf lamb died.

The three mules and the little rabbit also crawled through the hole.

The three mules asked:

"What happened just now, is there really a wolf?"

The second animal lay on the ground and gasped, and said weakly:

"People, one ...... A person bites ...... Bite me...... Bites off a ...... A piece of meat, ouch, hurts...... It hurts me! ”

"What about the man?"

"...... Pinched by me...... Strangled! At...... At my feet, you ...... You go and touch it! ”

The three mules touched the feet of the second animal, and sure enough, they found a thin corpse, which was naked, with almost no flesh on its body, and its two legs were like two dry sticks, and one leg was broken. When the three mules touched "it", there was still a trace of warmth left on "it".

"II...... Second brother, yes...... It's a child! ”

"Yes...... It's a wolf...... Lamb of Wolver! ”

"It's a kid! Child! The three mules cried out.

The three mules remembered the child he was doing child labor in the mines. He also had a son, the age of the dead child, buried deep in the depths of the earth, and he had no reason to associate his son with the strangled child. He thought, maybe his son was in this alleyway, maybe his son was still alive, maybe his son was dying waiting for him to come to his rescue, maybe—maybe this strangled child was his son!

He leaned down in pain and stroked the dead child once more, hoping to touch some feature on the corpse that would prove his suspicions.

However, no.

I didn't touch any features.

He thought that it would be nice if there was a fire, and if he could light a fire, he would be able to see the child's face clearly—even if he was hungry and deformed, he would recognize his son.

However, they have long since lost their foreign fire......

In the depths of the earth, they have long since lost their light. Along the way, they wandered around as soon as they touched the corpse, but they never found a single intact oil lamp, not a single lamp oil...... They have to grope and struggle like animals living in the dark, relying on intuition, memory, and survival instinct.

He had to give up trying to identify the child, and secretly prayed in his heart for his son, that he would live, that he would climb the well before him. He tried not to think about the dead child, and he tried to comfort himself, to convince himself that this wolf-like child, who had been strangled to death by two animals, had nothing to do with his son! Even if his son starves to death, he will not gnaw on other people's flesh! Yes! His son is not a wolf!

Two hot tears rolled down his eyes. Tears flowed down his cheeks, down the base of his nose, into the corners of his mouth, and he tasted the salty taste of tears.

"II...... Second brother, you ...... You shouldn't have strangled him! ”

The second animal is still lying on the ground. He said while **:

"Mules, mules, you...... You...... You say he'...... Fucking bastard talk! I...... I...... I don't strangle him, ouch, he's ...... He had to eat...... Eat me! Ay...... Ouch! ”

"But you shouldn't strangle him, you shouldn't, you shouldn't!" The three mules pounced in front of the second animal, grabbed the second animal's hair, and dangled in the air, "We still have horse meat!" When we come, we can give him horse meat to eat!" He...... He's still a kid! I...... I also have a child in ...... In this mine! ”

The tears on the faces of the three mules fell on the chest of the second animal, his hand holding the hair of the second animal loosened, and his face was buried in pain on the chest of the second animal.

The second animal struggled to get up, and when he was halfway up, he lay down again, and he was pressed against three mules, and he could not get up.

He panted and said:

"Mules, mules...... Mule, you are going to ...... Hate ...... Hate me, just ...... Just strangle me to death! I...... My second Tian is not a human! I...... I...... Come...... Come and pinch, mule...... Mule! ”

But the three mules did not move.

The three mules whimpered and cried.

After crying for a long time, the three mules said:

"II...... Second brother, let's ...... Let's go! I...... I know! I fucking know that! This...... You can't blame you for this! Let's go! Walk...... Let's go! ”

The three mules picked up the two animals, as if they were holding their own brothers, along the side of the alley, slowly touched forward, the little rabbit followed step by step, and the sound of three footsteps with life sounded in the quiet, dark alleyway......

Water began to appear in the ground.

The further you go, the deeper the water becomes.

At first, the water was shallow, barely above their ankles; Later, it gradually passed their knees; Later, it drowned their thighs. There were still gusts of warm winds blowing in front of the road, with the smell of smoke, which showed that the roadway was open, and the groundwater did not flood the entire roadway.

However, they did not dare to venture forward. The situation is clear, they are walking towards a lower alley, and the further down they go, the deeper the water accumulates, and although the alley is open, it is difficult to say whether they will be able to walk through.

There were corpses floating on the water, and the corpses emitted an unpleasant stench, and they felt dizzy and disgusted. The little rabbit vomited twice and spat out the spoiled horse meat that had been eaten in his stomach again. The second animal also held on to the shed leg and retched for a while, only the third mule was better, he had no desire to vomit, but felt a little hungry, and there were bursts of chills all over his body.

In the cold water that reached the base of their thighs, they stopped.

"Second brother, no, I can't go on! Let's find a place to rest and eat something! The three mules said.

"Alright, alright! Can...... But we can't go back, how far do we have to retreat, let's go a little further, maybe there is a sheltered hole next to the laneway! "Two cattle said.

"Let's go ahead, the water isn't too deep yet!" The little rabbit also said.

The three mules didn't say anything anymore, and they held the two animals, and "bang, bang" touched forward with the water, and after touching about 20 steps, they really found a hole on the edge of the roadway, and the hole of the hole was also full of water, and there were some wooden wedges floating on the water, and the hole was not airy. With the mentality of giving it a try, the three mules supported the two animals and dragged the rabbit into the hole. After seven or eight steps up the hole, the water was gone, and under their feet there were dry loose coals.

They breathed a sigh of relief, and like soft dough, they all collapsed to the ground......

At this time, another unexpected thing happened -

As they sat down, there was a sudden ragged noise from the depths of the cave. At first, they thought it was the gangue on the roof that was falling, but later they realized that it was the sound of many people crawling and rolling.

There are still people here!

These people are still alive.

The three mules trembled with joy, and he cried out desperately:

"Hey, guys, the road up there doesn't work?"

"No...... Be obstructed! ”

The voice of a trembling, limp middle-aged man could be heard in the darkness in the distance.

"You...... Do you have lights? The second animal then asked.

"I didn't ...... No! The middle-aged man's voice came from the darkness in the distance.

"What cabinet are you from?" The three mules asked again.

There was a buzzing in the darkness, and from this buzzing sound, the three mules and the second animal judged that there were many people in this cave, at least seven or eight.

They did not answer the words of the three mules.

The three mules asked again:

"What cabinet are you from?"

The people in the darkness still did not give a clear answer, and they in turn asked the three mules an inexplicable question:

"You ...... How many of you are there? ”

"Three, we have three! We've got some horse meat with us! The three mules replied proudly.

The answer immediately caused a commotion, and the sound of rolling coals and the crawling of human bodies in the ground immediately sounded in the darkness ahead. Then, a burst of raised coal dust rushed in front of them, and with the arrival of the coal dust, a powerful resonance composed of human gasps also sounded in the darkness.

The little rabbit suddenly felt scared. The horse meat he brought with him was lost, dropped, and eaten, and there was not much left, at best, only three or five catties. He was afraid that the hungry and crazy men would divide his horse's meat, and even more afraid that the second animal and the third mule would force him to divide the horse's meat, so without greeting anyone, he stood up and slipped quietly under the cave until he reached the stagnant water in the alley, and then he held his breath and stopped.

He made up his mind to keep his horse meat, and whoever dared to rush up and take his horse meat would fight with them! Even if it's two animals and three mules, he has to fight!

By this time the cave was in a mess, and the little rabbit heard the scuffling of "plop" and "plop", and heard a terrible howl, and also heard the cries and curses of the three mules and the screams of the two animals.

They fought!

Sure enough, they pounced on the three mules and the second animal to grab the horse meat!

They're completely insane!

If the three mules and the second animal had not brought horse meat, they might have eaten both of them alive, which is entirely possible, or why did they ask them how many they had at the beginning? If there are fewer people, it will be delicious!

The little rabbit thought creepily, desperately touching the waterlogged alley, he thought, even if he was drowned, he couldn't be eaten as food by these madmen!

The water gradually went over his stomach, over his chest, and below his neck......

He didn't dare to go forward, he hugged a shed beam that floated on the water, and rested in a daze for a while. His eyelids involuntarily snapped together. In a trance, he took a nap with the wooden beam......

When he woke up, there was a sound of wading water behind him. He was so startled that he didn't even fight, so he hugged the life-saving shed beam, hit the water with both feet, and paddled forward desperately, he expected that the people behind him were coming to chase him! They must have killed three mules and two animals, and they must have chased him again!

He paddled hard, splashing water on his face and head from time to time. He trembled with nervousness. He looked forward to his kiln god, and hoped that the blue-faced kiln god would come to save him, otherwise, he would be finished......

It's really going to be over -

The water almost reached the top of the alley, and he felt that there was little hope of swimming out of it. His head was pressed against the glow of the alleyway, and the cold black water was swaying and swaying under his nose, threatening to burrow into his nostrils and choke into his lungs. He had given up the life-saving beam, which was useless and a redundant burden. His hand grasped a shed beam at the top of the alleyway, silently waiting for death to come.

However, at this moment, the blue face floated out of the black water in front of him, and he was waving to him; As he beckoned, the waves around him shook slightly.

He held his breath and plunged headlong into the water......