Chapter 4 The Passage in the Cave

My grandfather looked at the back of Xiao Chujiu leaving, and was surprised in his heart, a thick stone wall of Zhang Xu Kuan was actually smashed by him with four hammers, how much strength should this big man have?

Xiao Chujiu didn't wait a while, Xiao Shiyi came over, Xiao Laodao raised his hand and pointed into the dark passage, Xiao Shiyi immediately understood, walked over and looked into the passage.

My grandfather wondered at the time, I can't see my fingers in this passage, what can a child see?

After looking at it for a while, Xiao Shiyi looked at Xiao Laodao and shook his head, Xiao Laodao smiled, and the expression on his face seemed to be a lot more relaxed. Xiao Laodao stretched out his hand to untie the small burden on Xiao Shiyi's back, took out the yellow wax and fire fold from it, lit the yellow wax with the fire fold, crossed the messy stones at the entrance of the passage, walked about five or six steps into the passage, and put the yellow wax on the ground.

Xiao Laodao seemed to have some taboos, and after putting down the yellow wax, he didn't stay at all, and quickly turned around and came out. My grandfather doesn't understand what it means to put yellow wax in the passage, the passage is open, and it will be just a matter of going in. The master wanted to take a look at the passage with the help of the light of the yellow wax, but the space in the passage seemed to be very large, and the flames of the yellow wax were too small, except for the flames, the situation in the passage was still invisible.

After Xiao Laodao came out of the passage, he squatted at the entrance of the passage, his eyes looking straight at the flames inside. After a while, I saw that the yellow wax flame actually tilted towards the passage, and it seemed that there was a wind blowing from the outside to the inside, but my wife did not feel the slightest wind, and after a while, the flame actually swayed from side to side, as if there was a wind entering the passage from the outside, and at the same time coming out of the passage, which was quite strange.

At this time, Xiao Laodao took out a cigarette pouch rod from his body, nested tobacco on it, his eyes were still staring at the candle, and he smoked a cigarette.

After just two bags of cigarettes, the candle flame no longer swayed, Xiao Laodao hurriedly put away the cigarette pouch rod and beckoned Xiao Shiyi, "Go and call your senior brother and prepare to go to the grave." ”

Xiao Shiyi turned around and left, Xiao Laodao walked into the passage, took out the yellow wax, and then, from Xiao Chujiu's big baggage, took out two torches, lit the torches with yellow wax, and handed one to my grandfather.

The light of the torch is stronger than the yellow wax I don't know how many times, the passage around the light suddenly lit up, my grandfather held the torch and looked into the passage, and saw that this passage was actually a cave, whether it was the top of the cave or the wall of the cave, it seemed that there was no trace of artificial excavation. Although my grandfather has never entered the ancient tomb, he can also see that this passage is clearly a natural cave.

The master couldn't help but turn his head and ask Xiao Laodao, "Brother Xiao, how do I see this passage like a cave, is there really a tomb in it?" ”

Xiao Laodao smiled very confidently: "Brother Liu, rest assured, this is indeed an ancient tomb, after the coffin was put into the cave, several sons of the owner of the tomb built this stone wall, and later in order to hide people's eyes, a temple was built here, and a portrait of the Buddha was painted on the wall." As he spoke, Xiao Laodao pointed to the big incense burner not far away, "Brother, I saw that the stone incense burner was not, it was for the descendants of the tomb owner to worship, they seemed to be worshipping the Buddha, but they were actually worshipping their ancestors." Now among these great monks in the monastery, only one monk knows the secrets here, and the other monks come here every day to worship the portraits on the wall, they don't know, in fact, they are helping others to worship their ancestors. After speaking, Xiao Laodao laughed.

Hearing Xiao Laodao say this, the master summed it up, and then asked: "Then whose tomb is this, why is it so secretive, and why do you still use temples and Buddha statues to cover it?" ”

Xiao Laodao said: "I heard that it is the tomb of a prince in the Song Dynasty, but in my opinion, it should be a chaotic minister and thief buried inside, otherwise his descendants would not dare to worship their ancestors openly?" ”

My grandfather nodded, "That makes sense, but ...... How did Brother Xiao know this? ”

Xiao Laodao looked at my grandfather and said: "Didn't I say it just now, there is only one monk here who knows the secret, and later, the monk violated the temple rules and was expelled from the teacher, and when he was the most depressed, he met me......" Speaking of this, Xiao Laodao laughed, and the later words, no need for Xiao Laodao to say it again, my grandfather can also guess it, it must be Xiao Laodao who helped the monk, and the monk told the secret here in order to repay him.

At this moment, Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi came side by side, but before the two of them came closer, they gestured from a distance, and Xiao Laodao saw this, handed the torch in his hand to my grandfather, and gestured to them as well.

My grandfather couldn't understand their gestures, and was just about to ask Xiao Laodao what happened, at this moment, there was a series of chaotic footsteps in front of the hall, my grandfather reacted very quickly, turned around and was about to extinguish the two torches in his hand, Xiao Laodao reacted quickly enough, grabbed my grandfather's arm, and waved at my grandfather, meaning that there is no need to extinguish the torch.

Immediately after, a voice came from the front of the main hall, and someone was heard, "What kind of monster is that thing, it's running so fast." ”

Another said, "I look like a monkey." ”

The third person said, "It's not a monkey, how can a monkey grow so scary, it's a monster......"

When my grandfather heard this, he immediately understood that this was the return of the monks from the monastery. At this time, Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi came to the front quietly, Xiao Laodao gave them a look, and the two of them came over separately to ask for the torch in my grandfather's hand.

My grandfather looked at the three masters and apprentices, and they all looked calm, as if they didn't take these monks seriously at all.

My grandfather couldn't help but lower his voice and said to Xiao Laodao: "Brother Xiao, the monks in the temple are all back, let's find a place to hide first." ”

Xiao Laodao didn't speak, only waved his hand at my grandfather, and at this moment, the monks who had just returned were in a mess again, and they heard someone shouting: "It's back again, the monster is back again, catch it!" ”

Suddenly, the monks boiled again, followed by a messy and noisy scolding and chasing, which lasted for a while, the sound became farther and farther away, and the monks seemed to be led out of the temple by the ghost monkey again.

Xiao Laodao smiled again, and said to my grandfather: "This ghost monkey is really alert, a hundred times stronger than its parents, and after digging this big tomb, you give it to me, and I will train it well." ”

When my grandfather heard this, he was a little reluctant, but he nodded slightly, although the little ghost monkey is dependent on him and is considered a friend of life and death, but, strictly speaking, this is a spiritual thing raised by Xiao Laodao, this is a thing of others, however, in the future, it depends on how the little ghost monkey chooses, if it is willing to follow Xiao Laodao, he will not stop it, if he is unwilling, then Xiao Laodao can't stop it.

After the temple was completely quiet, Xiao Laodao greeted everyone, entered the cave together, took the wealth in the coffin, and left here immediately.

When Xiao Shiyi heard this, he didn't say a word, he was the first to walk into the cave with a torch, Xiao Laodao pulled my grandfather, and the two of them followed behind Xiao Shiyi, Xiao Chujiu also held a torch and walked at the rear.

After walking into the cave, my grandfather looked at the formation of several people, felt a little uncomfortable, and said to Xiao Laodao: "Brother Xiao, I look at the danger in the cave, let me go ahead, Eleven is still a child." Saying that, my grandfather quickened his pace to replace Xiao Shiyi in front, but Xiao Laodao grabbed him, "Brother doesn't know, Eleven is a child with natural yin and yang eyes, he walks in front, if there is anything unclean in the tomb, he can be the first to find out, whether the rich and noble in the tomb can be taken out, it depends on his eyes." ”

When my grandfather heard this, he couldn't help but look at Xiao Shiyi in front of him, it turned out that this skinny little mute, and this ability, secretly claimed to be surprised in his heart, and said in his heart, these three masters and apprentices don't look very good, but they are not ordinary people, that Xiao Chujiu, with extraordinary strength, Xiao Shiyi has a pair of yin and yang eyes, then Xiao Benxuan, who is a master, I am afraid it is not simple.

The dampness in the cave is very heavy, the cold is abnormal, from time to time the water droplets fall from the top of the cave, and it falls into the neck and is cold and cold, making people shiver, and the torch makes a series of "zizi" sounds, the more you go inside, the heavier the moisture, it can be seen that this is a typical natural water cave.

After walking about ten meters in the cave, there was a fork in front of it, that is, a cave divided into two holes.

Xiao Shiyi stopped at the two cave entrances, looked back at Xiao Lao Dao, and seemed to ask which cave to take.

Xiao Laodao walked over to the torch in Xiao Shiyi's hand, and took a picture of the two holes, and soon, he raised his hand and pointed, "Take the right one!" ”

My grandfather walked over and looked at the cave on the right, and saw that the cave on the right was much narrower than the cave on the left, at most two feet wide and less than five feet high.

My grandfather wondered, like this kind of cave, it is very difficult to walk on foot, those people who were buried in the past have to carry a big coffin, how did they carry the coffin in, the coffin is wider than the entrance of the cave, and I wondered, this Xiao Lao Dao, will not make a mistake, right?

My grandfather turned his head and asked Xiao Laodao: "Brother Xiao, the cave on the right is narrow and short, will there be a tomb inside, even if people can get in, the coffin can't be carried in." ”

Xiao Laodao looked at the master and smiled: "Why can't you carry it in, people are dead, coffins are alive, the coffin board is disassembled, and one by one it is carried in." ”

"This ......" my grandfather was speechless, but he was still a little unwilling.

Xiao Laodao lit the light with a torch and beckoned my grandfather, "Brother, do you see that this cave is different from the one on the left?" ”