Chapter 25: The Ruins of Wuxian
Chen Yun once explained to me, saying that because I am my grandfather's grandson, this reason is too far-fetched, I think it is a little funny, Chen Yun seems to be hiding something from me, I really can't figure it out.
But anyway, after three years, everyone finally united the front again, and when we came out of the turbulent slope, we returned the boat to the owner and got the deposit back. Ge Zhuang couldn't wait, and said that let's just go down the river and go to Wushan to find the tomb of the emperor, right? Chen Yun disagreed, saying that the tomb of Lijun was not a joke, everything had to be planned as a whole, and she would talk about it after she had arranged everything.
In the end, under Chen Yun's repeated persuasion, Ge Zhuang could only promise to be patient and accompany us to return to Chongqing by boat. In the middle of the night, the river was shrouded in a faint white mist, and I saw Lao Zhong squatting alone in the aft corner, holding the * in his hand, wrapped in a yellow cloth, quietly wiping the barrel of the gun, and taking the initiative to go to him to ask for a cigarette.
I sat side by side with Lao Zhong, looking at the heavy river, the river was quiet after the early spring, except for the noise of the motor under the buttocks, everything was quite comfortable, I lit a cigarette, took a puff myself, and asked Lao Zhong why he was so nervous about his gun, 24 hours without leaving his body?
Lao Zhong said that he was used to being in the army, holding the barrel of the gun, like hugging his daughter-in-law, so that he could sleep steadily. I said you modified this gun yourself, right? He said yes, I have touched the gun for more than ten years, and I can make one with my eyes closed, but this power is still not as powerful as the old buddy who has been playing for more than ten years.
I said can you lend it to me? Lao Zhong handed me the barrel of the gun, I gently unfolded the yellow cloth wrapped outside, looked at it a few times, the barrel should have been sawed out by him with a stainless steel pipe, the weight was very heavy, * there were a lot of marks on it, it felt a little prickly, I frowned and said Why do you have so many insect eyes on this gun?
Lao Zhong laughed, saying that this is not an insect eye, I drilled it out with a drill bit, * the surface is polished a little rougher, you can avoid slipping, I don't know what environment is when I go down to the tomb, maybe I have to go into the water again, last time I * slipped. I said you're really careful, but in this world, it's a felony to keep this thing private, so you don't consider changing it to something else?
Lao Zhong said that he couldn't change it, he had been playing with guns all his life, and if he didn't touch the gun, his hands were shaking, and only by holding this buddy could my heart be quiet.
After a while, Chen Yun and Ge Zhuang also came over, and when they saw the * in Lao Zhong's hand, Chen Yun frowned, and said You should be careful, there are many people on the dock, be careful to show others. Lao Zhong said that he was not afraid, I usually carry it on my back and wrap it in clothes, and no one will usually see it.
Ge Zhuang has a very strong love for firearms, so he asked Lao Zhong if he could lend him a gun to play for two days? Lao Zhong's eyes widened, and he said Dead fat, why do you want to play with my daughter-in-law? Ge Zhuang pursed his lips, and said, your little Ding hook is too small, and the caliber of this gun barrel is less than three centimeters, so it's a shame that you can stuff it in.
Lao Zhong glared, and he was going to quarrel with him again, Chen Yun said okay! Can you pay attention to the image, don't open the yellow cavity every time? Especially you, fat man, your stinky mouth is really open, more poisonous than anything else!
gave her a criticism, both of them were dumbfounded, Lao Zhong continued to play with his shotgun, Ge Zhuang squatted next to him and watched, saying that the fat man would also get a hand to play another day!
I said fatty, didn't the old man let you play with guns?
To say that Ge Zhuang was born in a red family since he was a child, he has naturally touched guns and other things, but the old man feels that playing with guns is still too dangerous after all, and there will not be much way out in peacetime, so he has always forbidden him to contact these.
Ge Zhuang told me about an experience, saying that before he went to the secondary school, he used to shout that he wanted to enter the barracks, but he was pulled back by the old man with a tiger face, saying that you want to play with a gun, unless I die.
Ge Zhuang laughed and said that the old man did say this, I will get it as soon as he dies, and when the firecracker money is saved, I will stand on the grave and fire the gun! I said that you really want to do this, aren't you afraid that the old man will be so angry with you?
Enough jokes, we sat down and studied the next itinerary, Chen Yun said that Xiaoyue's record book was destroyed, and we don't know what traps are hidden under the tomb of Lijun for the time being, so this time I will go back to Professor Yang's house first to see if I can get useful things from his house.
I said what about me, the old turtle grandson is engaged in capital, the master, and the righteous corruption, I will definitely not enter his house, it is better for everyone to withdraw after getting off the boat, and then go to Chaotianmen Wharf to meet in two days, right?
Chen Yun said What do you want to do, Sima Nan, I warn you, without my permission, if you dare to go to the grave with the fat man without permission, the consequences will be very serious. I said that you have misunderstood, and I have taken the time to pay homage to Master in the past two days.
Count the days, Lao Luo has been dead for more than three years, I was raised by him since I was a child, but I have not been to his grave for three years, I Sima Nan is not an ungrateful person, I almost immersed the villagers of Niuzigou in a pig cage and sank to the bottom of the river, if it weren't for him, I would have drowned and starved to death.
Ge Zhuang also said that this is exactly the reason, in the past three years, our brothers have been squatting for more than two years, and I don't know if he will think that we are ashamed. No matter what, this master's favor still has to be repaid, and going to his grave to burn some paper money can be regarded as a little bit of heart as an apprentice.
Ge Zhuang has only been with Lao Luo for three months, and his relationship is not as deep as mine, but the old craftsman attaches great importance to the inheritance of his master, and giving him a few pillars of incense on his grave is also regarded as a heartfelt gesture for the two of us.
After the discussion, Chen Yun didn't stop us, and said that I will only give you two days, and no matter whether you arrive or not after two days, Lao Zhong and I will set off to Wushan to find the tomb of Emperor Di.
Lao Zhong said, Are you sure that the tomb of the Emperor found this time must be in Wushan? Chen Yun nodded, and said that Xiaoyue's notes were indeed recorded like this, Wushan belongs to a poor county under the jurisdiction of Chongqing, and its reputation is quite big, it is said to have originated from the ancient Wuxian lineage, and the second brother of Yan and Huang belonged to the same period, and was called Wuxian Mountain at the earliest, but in the Sui Dynasty, in order to avoid secrecy, the word "Xian" was removed, and the name Wushan has been used to this day.
I said that the Wuxian lineage is also a branch of the Baguo River Basin, and the legend is also one of the birthplaces of the witchcraft of witchcraft, and I am afraid that it will not be so easy to go to the tomb this time.
Combined with the experience of Xiaoyue and Professor Yang, I have always had a great taboo about the word "witch Gu", since the Western Han Dynasty had a palace coup d'état about the "witch curse", witchcraft has been wiped out in all beings, extinct for thousands of years, no one in modern people can say, this kind of supernatural spiritual curse, how many terrible things exist, we don't even have a way to prevent it.
Chen Yun chuckled lightly, shook his head and said You don't have to be so nervous, witchcraft is not as terrible as imagined, and the Emperor is dead, a corpse, it is impossible to cast a spell on people twice in a row, Professor Yang has already gone through a minefield for us, so we should be safe.