Chapter 34: The Tomb of the Living
When Aunt Shen heard this, she said that Lu Dashuai had told her that if something really happened, she would invite her to the kitchen and let the maid "Mingyue" take her away.
The maid named Mingyue had been discharged from the hospital several times, and the last time she came in, she gave up waiting and took us to the inner kitchen.
Aunt Shen shouldn't have understood Lu Jingcheng's intentions, but this Mingyue is familiar with the road, and after taking us to the kitchen, she directly twisted the bellows on the side of the stove.
After the bellows was pulled, the whole stove instantly moved to the right, and I squinted and looked down, and found that there was actually a secret passage underneath.
There are steps down, Mingyue helped Aunt Shen down first, and we and the remaining maidservants went down one by one.
After all of them were at the bottom, Mingyue closed the mechanism on it again and lit the kerosene lamp hanging on the stone wall.
I saw that at the end of the stairs was an iron gate, Mingyue helped Aunt Shen to the iron gate, took out a bunch of keys, opened the iron door, and led us inside.
I thought that this would be a secret room, but I guessed wrong, this is actually an extremely empty cave, and the upside-down stones hanging on this cave can also emit colorful beams, but probably because it is underground, so it is very cold.
"Hurry up!" Mingyue saw that the people behind her were still looking at these stones in a daze, and suddenly became a little anxious, and shouted loudly at us.
We all followed her, and after walking for at least half an hour, she finally said "It's almost there."
And not long after, we did see a "stone tower" towering in the middle of this cave.
This stone building is three stories high, and we turned several stone steps before we saw it.
"What is this place?" I can't help but wonder who would build a building under this ground?
"Sister, this is a tomb!" Chitose suddenly spoke: "Aren't the specifications here and the direction of the construction of this building built according to the dead man's house?" ”
"This is indeed the tomb of the living." Mingyue doesn't deny it either.
"Tomb of the Living?" I couldn't help frowning and staring at the stone building: "Then are we going to enter this living tomb?" ”
"In?" Mingyue turned around and shook her head at me: "I don't know where the entrance to this living tomb is, the big man only said that if there is a change, he will take Aunt Shen to the tomb guarding house." ”
The tomb house that Mingyue said was on the side of this stone building, it was a low stone house, and the stone door concealed the darkness inside.
"Uncle You, I'm Mingyue, there has been a change in the Marshal's Mansion, and I came here today on the orders of the Marshal." Mingyue raised her voice and shouted at the stone house.
I couldn't help but wonder, is there anyone living in such a cold and damp place?
Soon, there was a sound of muffled footsteps in the stone house, and then the stone door slowly opened, revealing a very unkempt head with white hair.
"What's wrong?" The old man asked in a low voice, and his voice was very old, as if it had come from the ground.
"Jincheng is lost." Mingyue lowered her eyes as she spoke.
Who knows, the old man was extremely calm, turned sideways directly, and invited us into his stone house.
Mingyue helped Aunt Shen to walk in the forefront, and we also followed into the stone house, as soon as I entered the stone house, I felt that the moisture in the stone house was extremely heavy.
Moreover, the stone house is so narrow that everyone doesn't even have a place to sit, so they can only sit on the ground next to them to rest.
"Where's the handsome?" The old man asked, tilting his head.
"I'm going to pick up the old lady, I should be there in a while." Mingyue said, and asked Youbo to light the lamp.
Youbo hesitated for a moment: "Mingyue, when the lamp is lit, it is the day of the change of guard, you should be clear." ”
Mingyue nodded: "Now, the Great Marshal's Mansion is about to fall, do you think this living tomb can still be saved?" ”
"Hehehe, then you can order." Youbo actually laughed, and in this dark stone house, his laughter seemed so eerie.
Mingyue walked to the door of the stone house, raised her hand and grabbed the fire fold on one side, and directly lit the small lantern in the house.
This small lantern is the size of a person's head, and it does not shine brightly, but it is enough to illuminate the stone house.
"Little girl, this is handed over to you, and in the future, this stone building will be guarded by you." After the old man finished speaking, he squatted down tremblingly, pulled out a somewhat shabby burden from the corner of the stone house, and turned around to get out of the stone house.
However, he was stopped by Mingyue.
"As I said, the Marshal's Mansion has fallen." Mingyue said and stretched out her hand and pressed it on Na Youbo's shoulder.
"Don't touch him!" I hurriedly shouted.
Mingyue turned her head to look at me for some reason, but I had a solemn face: "He has no living popularity!" ”
As soon as these words came out, Na Youbo suddenly tilted his head and asked, "You mean I'm dead?" ”
"Let him go!" Long Xuanling also opened his mouth coldly.
Mingyue looked at Long Xuanling suspiciously, but although he had doubts, he didn't continue to stop the old man from leaving.
The old man staggered up the stairs step by step, and he walked all the way forward, but where he walked there were piles of white corpse maggots.
"He's dead, but he has an obsession in his heart, so he has survived until now, and when he goes out, the obsession can be eliminated." Long Xuanling's voice was very steady, but the people around him showed a shocked expression when they heard it.
They all clasped their hands to their chests and looked at Long Xuanling in horror.
"Sister Mingyue, let's go quickly."
The little maidservants were too frightened to stay any longer.
"Let's go, where are we going?" Mingyue raised her voice and asked.
The maidservants all looked at each other a little blankly, and had no idea.
"Don't worry, the big marshal will be here soon, and when the time comes, he will leave with us." Mingyue said and walked back to Aunt Shen's side to comfort Aunt Shen.
All of us were also silent, quietly waiting for Lu Jingcheng to come over.
But time passed little by little, and Lu Jingcheng still didn't come back, so he could only send Chitose out to have a look, Chitose could go away, and he didn't dare to say anything else, this ability to escape was unmatched.
Before leaving, I told her for a long time outside the stone gate, informed her of the location of the old lady's residence, and told her not to act rashly, and to come back as soon as she found out the situation.
She nodded in agreement, walked to a place that those people couldn't see, and quietly walked away.
All we can do now is wait.
I don't know how long I waited, but everyone was already hungry, and after rummaging around the stone house for a while, they found some dried pieces of meat, but they didn't find water.
I don't know, how did the old man live here before, couldn't it be that he only ate meat and didn't drink a drop of water?