Now there is no other way but to listen to him swim forward, and I have tried my best to eat milk. Fortunately, when we insisted on swimming for a while, we finally saw the reef that Tianxiang had mentioned before.

However, the reef is pitifully small, only a small part of it is exposed to the sea, and only two people can be squeezed out.

Tianxiang swam much faster than us, and he was the first to climb the reef. By the time my brother and I got to the reef, he had already rested for a while, and he helped me up to the reef and stood on the edge of the reef by himself. The waves are very big, every time a wave comes, the senior brother has to be slapped in the sea, and then climb up, after falling down several times in a row, the senior brother simply soaked in the sea directly, and no longer came up.

Seeing the tiredness on the face of the senior brother, Tianxiang jumped into the water by himself and helped the senior brother to sit up.

"Oh, yes! Did you notify anyone when you came? Tianxiang suddenly asked as if he remembered something.

"I don't know, the master brought us here, and when we got to the ship, we knew that we were going to go to sea." The senior brother replied suspiciously, even he was confused about this question.

"That's a problem, if we can't find the 702 salvage ship, we'll probably be trapped on this reef." Tianxiang then said: "When he came, he reminded Tian Tian Lux that he hoped to bring a rescue team to be a reserve force, but Tian Tian Lux was afraid that the more people who knew the Dao, the more dangerous it would be, so he did not agree." ”

I looked at the two of them and asked, "So what are we going to do now?" ”

Tianxiang replied, "Wait for death!" ”

The elder brother also said: "Yes, I can only wait." ”

Hearing their answers, my heart pounded! I never thought death would be so near, could it be that I really want to die on this reef? At this time, various scenes of being with my master in the past came to mind, and I recalled the happy times in the past.

I've been sitting on the reef, and Senior Brother and Tianxiang have taken turns coming up to rest. Gradually, the sky is dark again, if during the day, when you look at the sea, you can still feel a view, and it is not so lonely and lonely, then at night, the sea water leaves us with only fear and loneliness. The icy sea water laps against the reef, and the splash makes people feel extremely cold, and a cold full moon hangs in the sky, emitting an icy cold light, flickering in the dark blue water, like a series of strange black shadows, making people feel terrified.

Yes! This is the first time I have felt the fear of death, and I have followed my master to dig a hill a few times, but I have never felt that death is so close.

When Tianxiang and Senior Brother changed shifts again and came up to rest, I glanced into the sea below me, and this glance almost made me fall down.

There was a faint green glow in the sea again, and it was just below us, and although I couldn't see the corpses below, the fear still made me shiver all over. Senior Brother and Tianxiang also saw this scene, neither of them spoke, just quietly waiting for these green and faint lights, gradually moving forward. Through the moonlight, you can clearly see that the green water is constantly moving forward.

"It's okay, these corpses should only move at a fixed parallel height in the sea, and they will not sink or rise. The corpse that chased me at the beginning didn't chase me when it sank, so I got rid of that corpse and went to you. Tianxiang said on the side.

I think what Tianxiang said makes a lot of sense, when we followed those corpses later, we returned to that height, and that corpse would follow Tianxiang again. As for the two corpses that did not follow, it should be that we went upstream and got out of the range of the corpses.

Senior Brother frowned and asked, "When you went down to look for us, you had already swam out of the river for a long time, we couldn't see you anymore, that corpse should be far away, and the corpse is not very fast, why when we go back to swim with those corpses, that corpse will come back to follow you, and how can that corpse be chased back so quickly?" ”

Tianxiang also shook his head and said, "I don't understand it either, but one thing is for sure, those corpses are moving at that fixed height, and if they are out of that plane, the corpses will not follow." ”

Almost an hour later, the sea below us was once again green, this time I was obviously not so afraid, maybe what Tianxiang said just now, I was able to feel a little more at ease.

Tianxiang hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Have you ever thought about this problem, those corpses floated in one direction, but you didn't find where they floated out from. ”

Tianxiang asked me and the senior brother to observe different directions, and the three of us looked in three directions, only the direction of the corpse floating did not need to be seen.

Tianxiang asked the senior brother, "Did you see where you came from?" ”

Senior Brother shook his head, and I said, "I didn't see it." ”

"That's weird, let's wait and see, this time we'll see carefully." Tianxiang's face was full of doubts.

Sure enough, another wave of green light appeared beneath our water, and we still didn't see the direction it was coming from. At this time, the senior brother was holding the reef with both hands in the sea, and the senior brother and Tianxiang said in unison: "Could it be floating out from under this reef?" ”

When it was too late, Tianxiang jumped down, looked at the reef and replied, "It is possible that this corpse floated out from under this reef." ”

"When it's dawn, we'll go down and figure it out." Senior Brother waved his hand and sighed.

Five times the scales floated by, and none of us said much. Everyone is already very tired, so they can only stay on the reef for the time being, and spend the night temporarily.

To be honest, sleeping on the reef is really not very pleasant, but in extraordinary times, you have to persevere. Finally stayed up until dawn, the warm sun shone on each of us, and the warm current seemed to melt the cold body, which was very comfortable.

I jumped down and let them both rest on it at the same time, not in the sea is really not knowing what it feels like to be in the sea. It turned out that I was so strenuous in the sea, I held the reef with both hands and poked my head out of the water, but after a while, a wave beat me, and every time I was patted, my head would be submerged, so I also drank a lot of seawater, it turned out that the sea water is so salty! When the wave comes, you have to push the reef hard with both hands to avoid hitting your head on the reef.

As the saying goes, "Easier said than done", and that's true! The taste of soaking in the sea is really unpleasant, at this moment I can feel how tormented Senior Brother and Tianxiang were last night, and my nose can't help but sour when I think of this.

The elder brother looked at my head, constantly submerged in the sea, and jumped into the water, and pushed me up and onto the reef.

I stood on the reef and looked into the distance, as if I saw a boat, but the boat was flickering and not very real.

Am I going to die? I'm hallucinating, no! The senior brother and Tianxiang in front of me are clearly in front of my eyes, what's going on? I wondered to myself.

"Do you think it's a ship?" I asked out loud.

Tianxiang stood up suddenly, looked in the direction of my finger, and hurriedly shouted: "We are saved, it is a boat!" That's the ship! ”

He hurriedly took off his clothes and swayed vigorously in his hands, hoping that the people on the boat would see us, and I took off my clothes and followed his example. Fortunately, after more than 10 minutes, the boat turned in our direction and whistled a long whistle and gradually approached.

At this time, Tianxiang said to us: "From now on, you must all remember what I said. ”

Before Senior Brother and I could understand what it meant, Tianxiang began to say, "When we get on their boat, they will definitely ask us, why are you here?" We couldn't tell them the truth, and if we told them what we were doing, we had to call the police, so we said, we're diving enthusiasts, diving here, and when we came up, we found that our boat was missing, and we had to time it, not to mention bad. Senior Brother and I nodded as we listened.

When the boat was almost ten meters away from us, we swam forward excitedly until we grabbed the lifeline they had thrown down, and the three of us were dragged onto the deck, a fishing boat operating in the ocean, preparing to return to Fujian. They did ask the questions that Tianxiang said just now, and we also answered according to what Tianxiang said.

They brought us thick clothes and food for us. I lay on the deck and fell asleep, and I don't know what time it was, but the elder brother was filming me and telling me to get up and get off the ship.

I asked the elder brother, "Where are you going?" ”

"Get off the ship first and study it."

I saw that Tianxiang gave the owner some money, and I don't know where Tianxiang got the money. Senior Brother and Tianxiang took me to a small hotel near the dock and opened two rooms, Senior Brother and I lived in one room, and Tianxiang himself lived in one room.

After dinner, Tianxiang came to our room and asked Senior Brother, "What are your plans?" ”

The senior brother said: "Now that the master is gone, we have to stay here for a few days, wait for the news, and we have to go to the dock to find the 702 salvage ship first, maybe that ship is the only clue to the whereabouts of the master of Zhilu Dao." ”

"I don't want to stay here, Tian Yuan Lux has already explained, if he can't come back this time, let me hand over the property and money to his wife and children, and I will take care of his business." Tianxiang let out a long sigh, and a sadness appeared in his eyes.

Senior Brother and I comforted Tianxiang a few more words, but in the end we couldn't change his decision to go back, the previous phenomena showed that it was likely that the master had an accident, but we would rather it wasn't true! But the reality is in front of us, and people have to believe it!

After resting at the hotel for the night, we went to the wharf and began to inquire about the news of the 702 salvage ship, and Tianxiang didn't know where to find several helpers and asked them to find all the wharves in Fujian. After looking for 3 days and no news of the 702 salvage ship, we really despaired this time.

Tianxiang said: "I will go back to Yunnan tomorrow, and I won't wait here." ”

The senior brother said to me helplessly: "Let's wait another day and go back to Hebei." ”

The senior brother asked Tianxiang not to spread the news of his master's disappearance, and Tianxiang agreed, and promised that he would never mention it to anyone who had nothing to do with him. Tianxiang also asked the senior brother to go to his side to talk about cooperation after he went around, and the business of Tianyuan Lux will be taken care of by him in the future, so that we can go to Yunnan to find him if we have something in the future.

The next day, Tianxiang left early and left us some money before leaving. My brother and I waited for another day, and in the evening my brother went to book a ticket to go back to Hebei tomorrow.

On the way back, I could see that the senior brother was preoccupied, and I couldn't help but ask the senior brother: "Senior brother, the master is gone, how can I tell the senior sister when I go back?" ”

The senior brother shook his head and said, "What else can you say, just tell the truth!" If someone asks, they say that the master went out to meet a friend."

"Then if the other brothers ask me, will I say the same too?"

"Except for Shi Niang, the rest of the people answered like this." The senior brother said categorically, and I didn't ask too much.

We took the train for more than a day to return to Hebei, and it was already more than 23 o'clock in the evening. The elder brother found a small van, and we took the van back to Chengde, and when we arrived in Chengde, it was already more than 2 o'clock in the second half of the night. We ran directly to the master's house, the master should still be sleeping, and the senior brother will be bell-bell...... knock on the door.

The master's house is an old courtyard house with 4 main rooms and 2 3-room wing rooms. The master and the lady usually spend the night in the main room, but when I don't go home, I live in the second room of the east wing.

Through the crack in the door, you can see that the lights inside are on, it should be that the teacher heard the knock on the door, and the teacher asked who was inside?

The senior brother said: "The master is me, learn to be red." ”

Shi Niang opened the door and looked at the two of us and said: It's Xuehong and Xiaoqi, come in, why did you come back so late, what about your master? Here's an explanation: Xuehong is the name of the senior brother, and the real name of the senior brother is Li Xuehong. The little seven that the master called just now is me, my name is not Xiao Qi, my name is: Luoquan. I am the seventh apprentice of the master, so the master and the master call me Xiaoqi, and of course the brothers also call me that.

The senior brother glanced around and asked quietly, "Are there any outsiders at home?" ”

"No, what's wrong? Did something happen to your master? A look of panic flashed in Shi Niang's eyes, and she said worriedly.

"Let's go inside." After saying that, the three of them entered the house together.

I can only hear "plop!" As soon as I saw this scene, I immediately understood, and I could clearly see the tears shaking, and the senior brother told me what happened to him, and also told him about going to the sea to find the master and the corpse.

After hearing this, the master didn't speak, and I knelt next to me and said, "Maybe the master is on the 702 salvage ship now." "I wanted to say a word of comfort, maybe I said something wrong, the senior brother looked at me fiercely, and the master mother cried at this time, but after crying a few times, she didn't cry anymore.

Shi Niang endured her grief and wiped her tears, looked at the two of us and whispered, "Get up." ”

My brother and I stood up. Shi Niang asked again: "Xuehong, who knows about this matter?" ”

"As far as the two of us and Tianxiang's buddy Tianxiang Zhilu said, I have already told Tianxiang that he will not say it." The elder brother replied.

"Where's that guy?"

"He went back to Yunnan to take care of the business of Tianyuan Lux."

"This matter can't be known to others, especially a few old men from the same sect."

"I won't let them know the truth, I have already told Xiao Qi what to say." After the senior brother finished speaking, I nodded again and again.

"Xiao Qi, if someone asks you, where is your master, what do you say?" My wife looked at me and asked.

I immediately replied, "My master has gone out to see a friend on the road." ”

"Then if someone asks you when your master went, you won't be able to tell you exactly what you're going to do, and you won't know what to do." The teacher instructed, and I said "um" to say that I understood.

After a while, Shi Niang told the senior brother to find some fresh faces to investigate the whereabouts of the 702 salvage boat.

My sister pulled me aside and said to me, "Xiao Qi, when you come back with your senior brother in a while, don't let people see that you are sad, and you must come back happily with your senior brother." "I'm confused, didn't I come back with my senior brother? But I didn't ask much, and it must make sense for my sister to arrange it this way.

After the elder brother pulled me out, he walked towards Chengde Station, found a nearby hotel and rested. After dawn, the senior brother called a few of his apprentices over and told them that they had come back too late last night and had spent the night in the hotel.

After returning to the pawnshop, my wife asked me in front of many people, where was my brother and me?

The elder brother replied, "The master has gone out to see a friend on the road, and he said that he will be back in a while." The master didn't ask again, just explained the things in the pawnshop, let the senior brother have more snacks, take care of more business, and don't be idle all day long. I heard that the words of the master are for others, the senior brother is the master who is most at ease to take care of the business, when the master is there, the senior brother can be the owner of the pawnshop, and the senior brother is never lazy.

In fact, this pawnshop does not belong only to my master, but it has always been managed by the master himself. This pawnshop was left by my master, handed over to my master, the master and the master said, this pawnshop can not be down, nor can it be divided, this is the proof of the existence of our Faqiumen, and many things in the same door are passed through here, many things from the master and uncle are traded from here, the pawnshop is just to earn them a small difference, and they have to take the risk to ship, just like that, my uncles, uncles are always dissatisfied, always mention the shares of the pawnshop, said that the pawnshop was left by the master to all of them, but when the pawnshop was to be rebuilt and decorated, they did not pay a penny.

Most of the pawnshop's income still depends on the master and the brothers to dig the hill themselves, if it weren't for the master digging the hill to supplement the pawnshop, this pawnshop would have closed down a long time ago.

Speaking of pawnshops, we have to introduce the history of our Fa Qiu Men:

Faqiumen was established in the Warring States Period, by the Yan State of several skilled Feng Shui Yin and Yang warlocks formed, Murong Shuo is the head of the family, the disciples respectfully call him: Master Zu.

At first, Fa Qiu Men mainly taught others Feng Shui Yin and Yang, helping dignitaries and nobles to fix acupoints and point pulses. Later, due to the continuous war, the people were not able to make a living, and the disciples began to do nothing but learn and do nothing, and began to dig graves everywhere and steal property by virtue of the skills passed down by their ancestors, becoming the largest tomb robbery system at that time.

Founded in the Yan Kingdom, flourished in the Han Dynasty, and gradually cooperated with the government, Faqiumen went through thousands of years of turmoil, declined in the Ming Dynasty, revived again in the early days of the Republic of China, and is still the mainstream of tomb robbery today.