Chapter Twenty-Six: A Fragile Old Man
The smoke behind me chased me quickly, and it quickly surrounded me like a myriad of ghosts. I held my breath and pushed the sack in front of me with one hand and kept pushing the other hand to help my body crawl forward.
At the same time, I heard the master's nervous and anxious shout, "Xiao Lin! Xiao Lin! β
The familiar voice that I hadn't seen for a long time came into my ears, and I suddenly felt at ease, and replied with a loud voice, "Master, I'm here!" β
But I regretted it as soon as I opened my mouth, and the smoke that drilled through the cracks instantly choked me and coughed.
I finally crawled to the entrance of the thief cave with great effort, threw the sack in my hand, and then exerted force with both arms at the same time, ready to jump out, but my hands were grabbed by a big hand when I just reached the edge of the thief hole!
I couldn't help but feel numb in my scalp, wondering how the zombies could still run in front of me and still pretend to be my master!
Well? Master? When I looked at the hand, although it was a little withered, the green tendons were rough, and it was clearly flesh and blood!
"Stinky boy, why don't you come out quickly, wait for death?"
It turned out to be really Master! I thought he was far away when I heard his voice just now, but I didn't expect to grab my wrist at this moment!
I smiled at the corner of my mouth but didn't dare to open my mouth to speak, only to see him exert his arms and shout! "Phew!"
Pulling me out of the hole, I lay on the ground, gasping for air, trying to stand up and give Master a big smile, but the idea was too naΓ―ve for me to do.
I was so frightened and tired, I had been holding my breath for so long when I came out, I rolled over, chose a comfortable position, and couldn't help but moan softly.
Da Le, who was watching from the sidelines, kicked my calf and said.
"Stinky boy, why don't you hurry up and fill in the pit, what should you do if the smoke attracts the people in the audience for a while?"
Well, I'm right, but why didn't this old man fill it in himself, he knew to call me!
But I thought about it, but I didn't dare to say it, I would pant evenly, and in desperation, I struggled to prop up my sore body, picked up a copper shovel, and began to backfill the thief hole.
After a while, there was no smoke coming out, and I collapsed to the ground again. The master asked,
"Where is there such a big smoke in this burial chamber?"
"It's the dragon oil of the Western Regions, I ordered the whole tomb for him"
The master "snapped" and kicked my calf again,
"Where did you get the Western Regions Fire Dragon Oil!?
I was angry and thought I was hiding it, so I quickly replied.
"It's the owner of the tomb, he used the Western Regions fire dragon oil as an anti-theft mechanism, and then I lit it, didn't you see an iron ring under the coffin when you went down to the bucket?"
The master's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said,
"Why are you so bold, you know that it is an organ, but you still dare to pull him, we didn't dare to pull the six brothers back then, you actually pulled him away! What if it's not dragon oil? Yes? β
I wiped the black ash on my face and smiled, "Hehehe, you're right, but your life was hanging by a thread at that time, if you don't make this decision, I'm afraid you won't see me!" β
"Tell me more about the situation."
Then I told the master about the tomb, and the master pinched his long goatee, and the old god said,
"I see, alas." οΌ
Seeing the master sigh, I asked,
"Why is the master sighing?"
The master shook his head, did not speak, walked to the sack of money decorating his brother's ashes, gently lifted the sack, and said to the ashes through the sack,
"Brothers, we met again, I never thought it was today's scene, what the eldest brother promised you back then has been done, let's go, let's go home."
Seeing that the master's eyes were a little moist, I also got up and followed him silently and walked towards the top little by little. He suddenly turned around and said to me.
"Go back and rest, leave me alone."
I nodded in agreement, knowing that the master probably had a lot of things in his heart over the years, and I wanted to tell the uncles, but he was older, and I was afraid that he would be emotional and something would happen.
So they secretly followed him and walked down the mountain together, and from the back, the master's footsteps were resolute and steady. I don't know how long I walked, and I stopped next to a small stream,
The stream was still very clear in the light of the moonlight, and the master gently placed the sack on the ground, and his movements were very careful, much stronger than when he hit me.
I took out the bones in the sack one by one, not as violent as when I pretended, but as if I was treating my wife very gently.
After arranging each corpse, whether it matched the original body or not, seeing that it was all in order, he took a few steps back. He knelt down and kowtowed three times to the five corpses, and said something in his mouth,
"Brothers, the covenant was finally reached, although it was not done by me, but it was done by the apprentices I personally taught, and I will remember your kindness all my life.
Second child, I remember when we first met, you were still a naughty child who was chased and beaten by the officials, I saved you, you recognized me as a big brother, passed on your skills, taught you martial arts, I didn't expect you to be stupid enough to attack with flesh and blood, and return my life,
Third, you have become a grandfather, your wife has been a widow for you all your life and has four sons, their lives are very good, I often take care of them, please rest assured, your grandchildren are still in charge of me.
Fourth, you are the only one among us who was cheating and playing tricks when you were studying art, but you were the only one who pushed me at the most critical juncture......"
Speaking of this, the master howled and cried, and for the first time I saw a seventy-year-old sonorous old man crying like a child,
His heart turned out to be so soft, and the brotherhood of the year was silently buried in the master's heart, taking root for many years.
"My brother... Woo woo... O my brother! I can't live with you, I can't live with you!! Woooooo
"Today, my apprentice avenged you, he killed the Cambrian King, killed the Cambrian King's grandson, you can look at it, if you have anything to say in the future, just say it to me directly, and you don't have to beat around the bush to give my apprentice a dream,
There are successors of my Tomb Sect, you don't have to worry, after I die, I will also tell my disciples that your descendants will take good care of him.
I still have a big revenge to avenge, you wait, don't rush into reincarnation, don't rush to drink Meng Po soup. When I'm dead, our brothers will have another glass of wine by the bridge,
Hand in hand, we will walk the road of Huangquan together, step into the gate of reincarnation, and live in the next life... In the next life..."
At this point, the master could not say anything more than choked up, but saw him light a torch with flint and steel, took two of them, and lit the bonfire of the tree that had been prepared by the brook a long time ago.
After putting their bones one by one, the master was still crying, he took a deep look at the moon that was about to set in the sky, and whispered the last sentence.
"It's time to give him that book."