Chapter 50: Into the Grave
It took ten minutes, the two of us came to Xiaowanzi, this time period, it happened to be noon, but there were no villagers out to hang out, it is estimated that they are taking a nap, the old man and I can rest assured that we can take the body boldly, without worrying about being found by others.
The old man quickly untied the bundle of hemp rope from his waist, then took out one end, walked to a big tree on the shore, wrapped it around it a few times, tied it in a knot, and tied the other end to his waist.
I also drew the gourd according to the scoop, and tied the hemp rope to the tree in a similar way, and tied the other end to my waist, and I tried to pull it a few times, and it was quite strong.
At this time, the old man took out a transparent plastic sheet, and used it to pack the canvas bag and carry it on his back, in order to prevent water from entering it and wetting the magic weapon inside.
"Double happiness, you will go into the water and follow behind the teacher in a while, be careful." After making these preparations, the old man said to me.
I nodded, indicating that there was no problem, and then we stepped into the water with our feet up, and walked little by little towards the center of the small bay.
As I walked deeper and deeper, the water reached my shoulders by the time I reached the shore or so.
At this time, the old man waved his hand at me in front of me, pointed to the water, and then plunged into the water.
This is the first time I have been in the water here, and I used to hear adults say that there is carp essence here in Xiaowanzi, so I was so scared that I didn't dare to come here to bathe.
As I swam, I looked at the underwater scene of the small bay, the water was crystal clear, and there were aquatic plants more than a foot high growing at the bottom of the water, and around my body, from time to time a few fish would swim by, and if it wasn't for the right thing, I would have swam over and grab a few.
In this way, the old man and I swam in the water for about a minute, and we estimated that we had reached the center of the small bay, and finally a dark hole appeared under the water in front of us.
The entrance to the cave is diagonally deep into the ground, and the entrance is surrounded by green rocks except for aquatic plants, and I looked at the entrance carefully and found that there were traces of artificial excavation.
Obviously, this must have been the work of the old man, who set up the entrance of this thief cave underwater in order to make a hole into the tomb, the purpose of which was to hide people's eyes and ears, but it was also painstaking.
Then the old man untied the hemp rope from his waist, tied it to a raised rock, and then waved his hand at me, and swam first along the swarthy entrance of the thief's cave.
I glanced around, and quickly untied the hemp rope and tied it to the rock, and immediately followed without stopping.
Swimming into the entrance of the cave, because there is no sunlight, my vision gradually becomes dim, but I still faintly see that this is a tomb with a radius of about ten zhang, the whole body is made of green bricks, due to the reason of soaking in water all the year round, the cracks on the green bricks have long been overgrown with green aquatic plants.
The tomb was completely empty, with no coffins or burial items, and it seemed that it was a secondary chamber, or a pseudo-chamber, used to confuse the tomb robbers.
If I had expected it to be true, there should have been a passage leading to the main chamber from this burial chamber, and sure enough, when I looked around, I found that there was a hewn staircase directly north of the burial chamber, which was extending upwards.
At the same time, the breath I held on the shore was about to be consumed, and my chest was like a big stone pressed against it, and my face was red.
I couldn't speak underwater, so I had to touch the old man's arm, and when he turned around, I quickly stretched out my finger and pointed to my mouth, indicating that I was running out of oxygen.
Seeing this, the old man hurriedly took out a bulging plastic bag from his bosom and handed it to my mouth.
When I saw this, my face was happy, fortunately the old man had already prepared oxygen, otherwise I would have to be suffocated, I couldn't wait to put the plastic mouth at my mouth, and took a deep breath, which made my chest feel much more comfortable.
When the old man saw that I had finished inhaling oxygen, he quickly grabbed my arm and swam towards the staircase, which was also filled with water, and after we swam up the stairs for about a minute, our heads finally came out of the water, and I sat down on the ground and took a big breath of fresh air.
After taking a few breaths, I looked up and saw that there was still an endless staircase in sight, all the way up, showing the trend of a slope, but the more I went up, the less water there was.
I roughly calculated the distance I traveled along the way, and I was sure that this ancient tomb should have been excavated in the mountain next to Xiaowanzi.
The old man and I entered the cave in the swarthy rock underwater, past the burial chamber, and then up the steps, and by now we must have been in the mountain.
At this moment, I admire the old man very much, not to mention the thief hole under the water, but to dig out this staircase passage to the main tomb, which cannot be completed in a year or two, and I don't know how he did it by himself.
At this time, the old man took the canvas bag off his back, then ripped off the waterproof plastic sheet, opened the bag, took out a red candle from it and lit it, then took my hand, stepped on the steps, and walked slowly over.
The old man was very familiar with this place, and walked forward with a light car, and every two meters he walked, he would put a red candle on the walls on both sides and light it, and after walking about twenty meters, the whole passage was already lit up by red candles.
However, we walked up a little more, and by the faint light of the red candle, I suddenly saw a figure standing motionless above the steps, looking at me and the old man.
When I rubbed my eyes and looked closely, this figure was none other than the little female ghost wearing a red belly hood, ponytail on her head, and blue face.
At this time, she was looking at us master and apprentice with a cautious face, especially at the old man's gaze, full of deep fear.
"Master! The little female ghost was on the top of the steps. I quickly pulled the old man's clothes and pointed to the top of the steps and shouted.
There is no need for me to remind him, the old man has already seen the little female ghost, he took out a yellow talisman from the canvas bag without panic, recited a few incantations in his mouth, and shouted: "Disease! As soon as the words fell, he stretched out his hand and shook it, and the yellow talisman shot quickly towards the little female ghost.
"Stinky old man, why did you come to my house again?" As soon as the little female ghost saw Huang Fu flying towards her, her complexion changed suddenly, and she dropped a clueless word, and she was so frightened that she ran away, and in the blink of an eye, she disappeared into the darkness ahead.
"Master, why is this little female ghost here?" Seeing the little female ghost running away, I couldn't help but ask.
It stands to reason that this little female ghost is a drowned ghost, and she should stay under Xiaowanzi's water, but her appearance in this tomb and the fact that this is her home make me a little confused.