When he left the camp before, Xiao Laodao explained to Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Eleven, after dawn, if he and my grandfather have not returned, they will pack their luggage and continue to walk west, and he will leave marks along the way.

My grandfather and Xiao Laodao walked back for less than an hour, and they met Xiao Chujiu and a few of them, at this time, it was already bright and the haze was completely dissipated.

Xiao Chujiu saw my grandfather and the two of them, one carrying a ghost monkey on his back, and the other carrying a big fish four or five feet long, and they all threw away their burdens and came to help.

Everyone found a nearby place and stopped to rest, and the entertainer girl asked my grandfather curiously, what happened, what happened to the little monkey, and where did he get such a big fish?

Before the master could say anything, Xiao Laodao smiled and briefly explained the experience of finding the ghost monkey.

At this time, Xiao Chujiu and the others hadn't eaten yet, because the brothers were worried about Xiao Laodao, and it was not yet dawn, so they called the three of them to the old man.

The master and Xiao Laodao didn't eat at this time, they were all a little hungry, so Xiao Laodao instructed Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi to light a bonfire, clean up the big fish and roast it. Xiao Laodao said that this is a fish that is not poisonous, but it is big and the meat is edible.

Lighting the bonfire, Xiao Chujiu used a short knife to scrape off the scales of the big fish, remove the internal organs, and roast it on the bonfire. Perhaps because of the smell of grilled fish, the ghost monkey actually woke up from a coma.

The ghost monkey basically doesn't eat meat, but this time he made an exception, sat by the bonfire, and ate the fish with everyone, and the master saw that it was eating meat very ruthlessly, as if he had a deep hatred with this fish, and the master asked the ghost monkey, what happened last night, why did a person run to the river.

The monkey gestured while eating the fish and told everyone in detail.

Last night, Xiao Laodao used two ropes to tie himself and the ghost monkey waist respectively, and the other end of the rope was tied to my grandfather's feet.

Originally, my grandfather's alertness was very high, and he could wake up as soon as there was a disturbance, but in order not to wake up my grandfather, Xiao Laodao only passed under my grandfather's ankle, and played a retractable buckle on the ankle, and did not directly strangle my grandfather's ankle.

After the rope was tied for a while, Xiao Laodao glanced at the outside of the camp in the west, and as soon as he went down, he fell into the illusion, stood up and left. Seeing this, the ghost monkey hurriedly went over to pull him, but the ghost monkey was light and couldn't pull Xiao Laodao, so he wanted to jump up and slap Xiao Laodao, but the rope in his waist was too much of a hindrance, so the monkey untied the rope.

At this time, the two of them basically came to the outside of the camp, after the rope was untied, the ghost monkey wanted to jump up and slap Xiao Laodao, but at this time, it couldn't help but glance at the outside of the camp, it didn't matter if it looked at it, it saw that not far from the camp, two big monkeys that looked the same as it appeared, and the ghost monkey immediately recognized that it was his parents!

The ghost monkey suddenly had mixed feelings, where could he still take care of Xiao Laodao, and ran towards his parents, but as soon as it ran here, its parents turned around and left, and the ghost monkey chased after him.

Chasing after it, suddenly, it felt cold all over, and by the time it came to its senses, it had fallen into the water. The ghost monkey has very poor water properties, and all the water around Leng Buding has become water, and he panicked all of a sudden, and fluttered lifelessly in the water.

At this time, the roof leak also happened to rain for several days, and suddenly, one leg was bitten by something, but he dragged it to the bottom of the water.

The monkey was in a hurry, curled up, scratched the thing with its paws, and after a few scratches, the thing let go of the ghost monkey, but it didn't want to give up so easily, and began to push the monkey with its head, trying to push the monkey to death.

The ghost monkey is not a vegetarian either, and after being pushed a few times, he hugged the thing and lay on the back of the thing like a horse, at this time, the ghost monkey felt that it was a big fish.

The fish is very strong in the water, and the body is not slippery, the monkey has no way to take it, fortunately, the monkey is full of thick and hard manes, and there is a certain friction on the big fish, otherwise, it would have been thrown down by the big fish.

Hugging the big fish and fighting for a while, the monkey was in a hurry, and bit it on the back of the big fish's head, the big fish suddenly felt pain, and his body stood up, and he suddenly jumped out of the water, but it should also be the bad luck of the big fish, and after he came out, he did not fall into the water again, and fell to the shore.

As soon as it reached the shore, it had no ability, and the ghost monkey suddenly gained the upper hand, and hugged it to death, and a fish and a monkey tossed on the shore, and the big fish jumped up and wanted to jump back into the water, but the monkey just didn't let it jump into the water, and rolled on the shore. In the end, the big fish died on the shore due to exhaustion and lack of water, and the ghost monkey also passed out due to physical exhaustion.

After that, the ghost monkey's ability to express himself is limited, but the master and they can imagine the ghost monkey fighting the big fish in a hurry, escaping from death, and the scene of danger.

The master looked at the ghost monkey, and there was no scar on his body, but this was because the ghost monkey was covered with a thick mane, and under the thick hair, he was afraid that it was all scars and bruises from the beating, and the master was faintly distressed.

The big fish was so big that everyone was full after eating only a quarter, and the rest of the fish meat was not willing to throw it away, so they chopped it into several pieces with a knife, freed up a burden, and wrapped it in the baggage.

After resting for a while, we picked up our luggage and headed west. On the way, the master asked Xiao Laodao, you didn't finish your words yesterday, what is going on with those illusions?

Xiao Laodao smiled, did not speak, and pointed to the ground, the master was puzzled, Xiao Laodao asked: "Look at these weeds on the ground, how much do you know?" ”

The master looked at the weeds around his feet and said, "I don't know much, the grass in the mountains is not the same as the one on the ground." ”

Xiao Laodao said: "It's different, and, among these weeds, there is a kind of grass that you may not have seen before......" said, Xiao Laodao walked a few steps to the side, and pulled up a very peculiar-looking grass from the ground, the grass leaves are sword-shaped, straight up, like more than ten sharp swords, the hilt is facing down, the tip of the sword is upward, inserted on the ground, in the middle of the sword leaves, there is a grass stem, and there is a flower like a windmill at the top of the stem, at this time it is already autumn, and the flower has long dried up and died.

"This grass is called Ecstasy Grass." As he spoke, Xiao Laodao plucked the flowers, rubbed them with one hand, revealing a few purple seeds, and then said: "This is its seed, the drug used by those flower thieves before was made from these seeds, not only the seeds, but the grass leaves of this ecstasy grass can emit a hallucinogenic poisonous gas at night, colorless and tasteless, if it encounters foggy weather, the toxicity will be doubled." ”

The master suddenly understood, "The illusion we saw was because of these grasses, why have I never heard of it?" ”

Xiao Laodao said: "Of course you haven't heard of it, this kind of grass is not available in the north at all, only in the deep mountains and old forests in the south, after being poisoned by this grass, it will cause hallucinations at least and coma at worst, and some people will also have ghosts hitting the wall and going out of the forest forever." ”

The master asked, "Then how can there be such grass in this mountain?" ”

Xiao Laodao smiled, "I didn't understand it before, but later, when I found the ghost monkey by the river, I figured out that it was transplanted by someone from the old forest in the south." ”

The master asked again: "Who will transplant this grass here, and for what purpose?" ”

"What do you say?" Xiao Laodao didn't answer and asked: "What is the purpose of our entry into the mountain this time?" ”

The master was stunned for a moment, but he quickly figured it out, "This is transplanted by the owner of the tomb for the purpose of preventing theft." ”

Xiao Laodao nodded approvingly, "Yes, when we found the monkey at the water's edge, I found that the water's edge was full of this kind of grass, and the more grass there was, the heavier the poisonous gas. And there may be something in the water, otherwise, we wouldn't have heard the sound of stirring water......"

Speaking of this, Xiao Laodao paused and sighed: "People have been dead for hundreds of years, but the things in the water and these grasses are still alive, and they are still alive and prosperous...... All of them were led into the river by the Ecstasy Grass, and they were dragged into the bottom and eaten by the things in the river. ”

The master said, "If that's the case, are we already close to the tomb?" ”

"Yes." Xiao Laodao said: "The mountain we saw yesterday is where the ancient tomb is located, the ancient tomb is on the mountainside, where the mountain is backed and the water is overlooked, and the feng shui is excellent, but if you want to reach the ancient tomb, you still have to?" The water crosses the river, and if there is something in the river, it will be difficult. ”

An hour later, the people came to the river. At this time, Taiye and Xiao Laodao both saw clearly, this in front of them is not a river, the image point is to say, it is a big pool, thirty or forty meters wide, opposite the pool, is a mountain covered by verdant plants, if you want to approach the mountain, you must cross the waterhole in front of you, and on both sides of the waterhole, is a mountain like a city wall, countless streams on the mountain, gurgling down, into the pool, want to bypass the side of the pool, the only way is to wade across the pool.

Xiao Laodao looked at it, smacked his mouth, and said: "These misers, in order to prevent theft, are really scheming, there are mountains behind, and deep water in front, not only excellent feng shui, but also a solid place to guard, but it's a pity, the dead have only one plan, but the living have thousands of plans, no matter how shrewd the dead are, he can't fight the living." ”

At this time, it was already noon, and everyone set up camp on the edge of the waterhole, and how to cross the waterhole, judging from the color of the water, the waterhole was extremely deep. A small river? In the past, I was afraid that it was unlikely, if I swam in the water, the things in the water would definitely come out, and the big fish that attacked the ghost monkey yesterday was not the most powerful in the water, there must be bigger ones, and it would be troublesome to be dragged into the bottom by them.

In the end, Xiao Laodao thought of a way. Xiao Laodao said that the water surface is not too wide, and the rope they brought is connected together, enough to cross the water, and the two ends of the rope are fixed on both sides of the pool, and everyone can pull the rope to float over, but someone must carry the rope and swim to the opposite shore first, and the rope can be fixed on the opposite bank.

When the master heard it, he had to belong to him, he had good water quality, he could kill a dragon in the turbulent Yellow River, a small pool of calm water, what was it to him?

The master immediately volunteered, and no one else objected, the person who killed the dragon lord in the Yellow River, in terms of water and ability, who can compare with him?

Xiao Laodao explained a few words to the master, after going down to the water, as soon as he saw that the momentum was not right, don't be reckless, come back quickly, a few of us are pulling the other end of the rope on the shore, if not, just say hello, we can pull you back to the shore.

The master smiled, "Brother Xiao, you also underestimate me too much, the dragon slayer is not in vain, there is no stake in the water, if there is, let's roast it and eat it." As he spoke, the master tied the rope to his waist, pulled out the Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword, ran a few steps, jumped into the pool, and jumped into the pool.

The calm water surface was broken by the grandfather with a "pop", and the grandfather shivered when he got into the water, and in the late autumn season, the water was too cold......