Chapter 25: The Water Monkey
The creek is very narrow and only three meters wide, and it was originally a diagonal downward passage, illuminated by the sheepskin water lanterns, which can be seen artificially built stone steps and rich stone carvings on both sides, but after being washed in the water for hundreds of years, there is basically no specific content, and the granite beasts placed on the stone steps have long been crooked and corroded.
Shen Jinsan and Wu Xin were very surprised, it turned out that the old man's water nature was so good, and the two of them paddled their limbs desperately, but they barely followed him so as not to be thrown too far.
After diving about eight or nine meters deep, you can vaguely see that the stone steps are almost at the end, and the space below is unexpectedly large, and it is full of broken sand and gravel full of aquatic plants and stacked fish bones, it seems that Jiaolong usually eats some fish here.
Swimming to the bottom of the water, the three of them exchanged a few breaths with fish bubbles, this depth was too buoyant, Shen Jinsan and Wu Xin could only hold on to the iron chain hanging on the gravel to prevent their bodies from floating.
Old Man Zhuo continued to swim forward and illuminate one side of the stone wall with a sheepskin water lantern, there was a boxy stone gate on the stone wall, a boulder stopped above it and hung in the air, two stone statues of warriors holding sledgehammers and swords, one person was more than one tall and glaring angrily, standing on both sides, in this dark water, it looked really terrifying, I was afraid that they would come to life in an instant.
It should be this suspended boulder that they pulled up with iron chains, and this must be the entrance to King Yue's burial palace.
It is also strange to say that Old Man Zhuo can come and go freely in the water, and he can stabilize his body in the water with a simple stroke of his hands, and at this moment he is smiling and beckoning with his back to the entrance of the cave, telling the other two to hurry over.
Just as Shen Jinsan and Wu Xin were about to leave, a small patch of red suddenly fainted from the entrance of the cave, and then fluttered up and down and stretched out half of the human head.
Wu Xin hurriedly fetched water, didn't he meet a water ghost, so he quickly pulled out the dagger on his waist,
"Hmmm! Well! Well! Well! .......”
However, he couldn't speak underwater, so Shen Jinsan had to hum and desperately gesture to Old Man Zhuo to remind him.
Seeing that it had no effect, Shen Jinsan simply grabbed the chain and crawled towards the old man, and before everyone could see what was coming out of the hole, the sheepskin water lantern suddenly went out, and the surroundings fell into darkness.
Wu Xin prepared the next flashlight that can be used for underwater lighting before coming, since the old man has a sheepskin water lantern, in order to save electricity, he has been hiding in the multi-functional belt of the night coat, and quickly took out a flashlight from his waist to light it, and suddenly saw that the old man Zhuo was grinning and overflowing with a strange smile, and he was looking at her face against his face, and the hands without temperature had been quietly put on her shoulders, and the tips of their noses were almost touching each other at this moment.
Wu Xin took a closer look, the old man's face was covered with fine gray fluff, and his appearance had changed slightly.
The old man reacted quickly, pushed his body forward with both hands and swam backwards far away, he bared his teeth at Wu Xin with an angry face, and he showed many sharp little fangs, where are these human teeth.
Could it be that the old man has fallen into evil, or is this not the old man at all, Wu Xin tightened the dagger in his hand and felt some inexplicable fear.
It should be a little jealous of the dagger in Wu Xin's hand, Old Man Zhuo didn't dare to swim too close, just like a gecko, he had to use his limbs to pick up the stone wall and look here, this time Wu Xin can see it more clearly, Old Man Zhuo has long yellow and white hair all over his body, and a face that looks like a human and non-human is more and more like a monkey.
The consumption of blood oxygen is particularly large when people are extremely nervous, coupled with a series of actions in the water just now, Wu Xin is already at the end of his crossbow, and if he doesn't breathe, he will probably have to suffocate on the spot.
At this time, Shen Jinsan suddenly swam out of the stone gate, took her hand and swam into the stone gate without saying a word, although Wu Xin was a little confused and didn't know who to believe, but she had no choice but to watch out for the old man while following Shen Jinsan in.
Entering the gate, Shen Jinsan dragged Wu Xin up quickly, unexpectedly there was a lot of space inside, the water did not flood to the top, and there was a half-meter-high mezzanine for people to breathe, and the two of them were relieved at the moment they came out of the water, but before they could completely ease up, something grabbed Wu Xin's feet and dragged them to the bottom.
This girl is not a fuel-efficient lamp, she pushed Shen Jinsan to turn over, kicked the top of her feet and got into the water.
Shen Jinsan hurriedly followed and dived down, only to see Wu Xin twisting with something that looked like a monkey, and the night clothes on his body were also torn open a lot, and the blood had dyed a faint red around them, but it seemed that the monkey didn't get much good in the hands of this little girl, and it struggled to escape when it saw that someone was killed, but Wu Xin grabbed the hair on its head and didn't let go.
Seeing that Wu Xin was injured, Shen Jinsan was angry from his heart, and he opened his five fingers and was about to pick out the beast's eyeballs, but the monkey was infinitely powerful, and he kicked out the blood that kicked him and almost vomited blood.
Taking advantage of the distraction of this beast, Wu Xin raised the dagger and slashed it on its chest, the monkey trembled and kicked her away with a kick at Wu Xin, and the top of the head was torn off by Wu Xin with a large piece of fur and skin, so painful that it bared its teeth and kept rolling in the water, and then quickly hid into the darkness and fled deeper.
Afraid that the beast would come back to take revenge, the two didn't dare to stay in the water for long, so they hurriedly rose to the surface of the water to breathe, this time Shen Jinsan didn't dare to delay, and said, "Come with me, I'll explain to you later", and hurriedly took Wu Xin to continue swimming deeper. Soon their feet touched the steps.
The two of them climbed up a dozen steps before they completely broke off the water and entered a very deep passage with no light source, the passage was smelly, and the ground was full of white bones and rattled by them.
Wu Xin took out a flashlight and shone it deeply, the old man Zhuo was sitting on the ground against the stone wall with his face covered in blood, and he was overjoyed to see the two old men, and stood up and walked this way.
Wu Xin saw that Old Man Zhuo's face was covered with blood, and thought that it was the monkey who had been scalped by her just now who had changed his appearance to deceive them, so he raised the dagger on his chest and prepared to fight, but was pressed down by Shen Jinsan.
Shen Jinsan: "Don't get excited, this should be the real old man." ”
"Quick, come here, don't get too close to the water's edge, there's something there!" Old Man Zhuo waved his hands and shouted loudly.
"Uncle Zhuo!" Wu Xin choked and quickly ran to Old Man Zhuo and hugged him, and as soon as the old man opened his mouth, he decided that there would be no fake.
"Haha, little girl, what are you crying about, the old man is not dead, I will tell Jin San the joke later, tell me quickly, what was in the water just now?" Old Man Zhuo held on to the wall with one hand and swept away the bones on the ground with his feet, and pulled Wu Xin with the other hand to let her sit down together.
Wu Xin: "I don't know what's going on, we swam to the bottom of the water, and there seemed to be something coming out of the stone gate behind you, and suddenly the water lantern went out, and then that thing turned into your appearance and attacked us."
"Stop!" When Wu Xin said this, Shen Jinsan, who was standing on the side, interrupted her.
Shen Jinsan: "Let me analyze it for you, in fact, it was not the real old man who swam us down at the beginning, after coming to the bottom of the water, it wanted to lead me and Wu Xin into the stone gate, and it happened that the real old man swam out of the stone gate at this time, and the thing quickly extinguished the water lantern after discovering it, I grabbed the chain under the water and swam to the stone gate, and was pulled and dragged into the hole by the old man, and after floating on the water, I remembered that there was a waterproof spotlight tied to my head, and after opening it, I saw that the old man was covered with blood, The old man told me that there was a raised tomb road that was not flooded, so I told him to go in first and wait, and when I turned back, I saw Wu Xin holding a dagger and confronting that thing, and then I pulled Wu Xin up to ventilate, and the girl actually returned to the water to fight with that thing, even I was almost kicked by it into internal injuries, and finally the thing showed its true face, I felt very much like a water monkey in folklore. ”
Zhuo old man: "Jin San said should not be wrong, legend has it that the water monkey lives in the water, similar to the monkey is good at the art of change, is the water ghost like to eat human brains, I found this stone gate before swimming in to investigate, just touched the current position was knocked out by something, and when I woke up, I found that the diving tools were gone, so I had to rely on my memory to touch the wall and return the same way, swim to the back of the stone gate and see the light, and then saw Jin San swimming towards me, but the water lantern suddenly darkened, I didn't think much about it, Grabbed Jin San's hand and swam inside, at that time, the water monkey probably thought I was dead, so I didn't rush to enjoy it, how do I know that I suffered a big loss in the hands of the girl! ”
Wu Xin took out a small bottle and sprinkled the medicinal powder inside on Old Man Zhuo and his wounds: "It's really not easy here, although I am also a person who learns the Dao method, I never believe in the existence of dragons and phoenixes, and today is considered a long experience." ”
Shen Jinsan: "In the first century AD, there were depictions of dragons on the murals of the Temple of Isis in Pompeii, Italy, and they were almost exactly the same as the dragons of our Ming Dynasty, and there were also photos of dragon bones in the Qing Dynasty. ”
Old man Zhuo got up and wiped the blood on his face and said: "Okay, don't talk about this, the water monkey is only powerful in the water, and even the monkey is not as good as the monkey when you go ashore, let's not worry about it, I don't have a big deal here, there has been a lot of delay in front, I'm afraid that the fat man can't wait, let's hurry up!" ”