Chapter 4: The Past

The water is really cold, almost so that I can't swim, thanks to the bandits pushed and pulled a few times before swimming, I used to do this in the summer in my hometown, the water is more or less cooked, but I can't stay cold, and my whole body stiffens when it's cold. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

The manhole cover was just at the bottom of the river, because the underwater light was dim, it was difficult to find with the naked eye, I swam over, there were no aquatic plants and vines around, they were all dim, and the water was very calm, but he kept observing the surroundings with a cautious look, and found that there was nothing unusual before he stopped and made a few gestures like me, meaning to let me open the manhole cover with him.

There was no place for the manhole cover to exert force, only to see the bandit hand over a shovel from nowhere, we found a corner, and immediately exerted force at the same time, only to see ripples around the manhole cover, and raised a few sands, but there was still no intention of floating.

The bandit was not reconciled, and it took several pries to loosen the manhole cover slightly, so he hurriedly asked me to resist it, while I was in place, looking behind him dumbfounded.

The slowly appearing human face, pale, without a trace of blood, the epidermis seemed to have been blistered for a long time and was still floating, as if it would shed at any time, and the eyes of the human face were full of blood, almost drowning the eyeballs.

At this time, it was slowly moving towards the bandit's neck with its hands outstretched, like a deadly water ghost, terrifying.

When the bandit saw me like this, he turned his head sharply, and saw the face and the outstretched hands, and reacted almost instantly, raising the shovel and slapping it at the miserable white hand, but the hand retracted sharply, just dodging the shovel.

And the whole body of the man's face was also revealed, a tall figure, his skin was completely bloodless, like a dried corpse, but this dried corpse could still move.

I was horrified, and when I saw this scene, I was about to rush up to help him, but he desperately pointed to the manhole cover and asked me to open it.

He wouldn't let me help, I thought he could handle it, but he suddenly struggled violently in the water, his legs kept kicking, ripples, and it was obvious that the water ghost grabbed him and wanted to drag him into the water.

I thought I couldn't keep my hand any longer, so I hurriedly dropped the shovel to help him, but found that the manhole cover was being hit by something and heaved heavily, and the dull sound was extremely loud, and I didn't know why I subconsciously picked up the shovel and pried it up.

With a "bang", the manhole cover was bounced open, and a figure instantly drilled out of it.

That burly figure and cold face made my sense of security suddenly surge, and I don't think I will ever forget my grandfather in my life.

Ah Gong rushed out of the water, glanced at me, and did not pay attention, but turned his head and rushed to the bandits, who were now staring at the bandits, his hands constantly swimming forward, and behind him, a pair of scarlet eyes were staring at Ah Gong with a fierce gaze.

Ah Gong swam quickly, like a shark in the water, only to see him grab the bandit's hands, then take out a dagger from his body, and instantly stab at the head of the water ghost.

"Snort"

The water ghost was frightened and swam around, the water also became muddy, in the blur I felt my collar being pulled off, swimming under the manhole cover that was pried open, I didn't resist, most likely it was Ah Gong, let him pull, at this time the only little oxygen left in my lungs was about to disappear, I hope the next road is safer.

In a trance, I was dragged into a tunnel, and soon I was on the shore, and the air that I had not seen for a long time came to my face, and although it was a little fishy, I knew that I had finally come ashore and left the damn cold water.

"Ahem...... the bandit clutched his chest, coughed up a few mouthfuls of water, and the whole person collapsed on the ground, panting.

And the grandfather who saved us just sat silently on the sidelines, looking at the bandits without saying a word.

"His grandmother's, you are blessed with a great life, and you scared that thing away with a knife, and it took a lot of effort for me to come up."

Only then did I realize that the old man was also smoking in the corner next to me, and said with a sigh of relief.

"You ......," I looked at him in amazement, full of incredulity, "what is that?" ā€

"Monster," he said, walking up to me and spitting at me.

"I almost died there!!" When I saw his calm appearance, my anger rose without knowing it, and I shouted with my eyes glaring.

"It's good to be alive," the bandit interjected rather annoyingly, probably dissatisfied with me being so noisy.

I calmed down, I realized I was too childish, coughed lightly, and asked, "We, what's next"

The old man smiled, but his brows furrowed deeply, as if he had considered it for a long time before lamenting: "So far, I can't hide too much from you, although the time is not yet ripe, for now, I will tell you a paragraph first, lest you be suspicious and kill everyone for no reason."

He wiped off the cigarette butt, took a heavy breath, and said, "In the years after the founding of New China, I was still young, and my family was an ancestral family that specialized in doing things for the country.

"My family became rich, but the good times didn't last long, and I didn't enjoy it, and the four olds and a big mess knocked my father and them down, and my great-grandfather couldn't escape criticism, and finally died unjustly, leaving my father and my grandfather to live."

"You didn't live in that era, you didn't know the hardships of that time, those who sought death sought death, and those who shared the spoils could be said to be unreasonable."

As he said that, he smiled wryly and shook his head, and I realized that this man had really been through a lot of things that maybe I would never be able to touch in my life.

"After that, as the saying goes, if you don't die, there will be a blessing, our family finally survived, but at that time, the people were not able to make a living, and the problem of food and clothing was far from being as good as it is now, in order to make a living, grandpa took the certificate issued by the state that year, and went to the central government to find a job, so we are also old heroes who have done things for the country."

"But the central government was engaged in civil strife at that time, and the corrupt officials wantonly made money, my grandfather was driven away without rudeness, and he was a lot more emaciated, if it weren't for the support of my grandson, I'm afraid he wouldn't have lived long."

"I was young and ignorant, I followed my grandfather's family to the north and south, and I learned a lot from them, and our family's ancestral inheritance is archaeology, but at that time it was not called archaeology, it was called ......"

"Tomb robbing?" I answered

He nodded: "The times are changing, the material is getting more and more popular, my father is not willing to beg for a life like begging for the sake of the family, so he hid from his grandfather to rob the tomb with the ancestral method, at that time the whole country resold a lot of cultural relics, my father saw more than a dozen, shot a few antiquities, and even the coffin with interest was earned back overnight, which can be said to be a huge profit"

"But my grandfather found out, he was an old man with a temper and a bad health, saying that my father abused the family heirloom of his ancestors and became seriously ill in a fit of anger, and my father not only did not stop, but intensified his efforts and abandoned my grandfather."

"Today, my father and mother are also old, both died two years ago, and my grandfather doesn't know where he is, and my wish now is to find my grandfather's bones, so that their family can get together and reunite" After that, he wiped the crystal tears overflowing from the corners of his eyes, and lit a cigarette again.

"So, what are you here for?" I asked.

"Here's what my grandfather left behind," he said.

I was speechless, I carefully considered what he said, there was nothing suspicious, and it didn't look like he was making up, according to him, although the plot was a little bitter, I also heard a rough idea, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and comforted: "I understand you, I'll go with you"

"Okay," he listened to my answer, a smile flashed across his lips, and he nodded with satisfaction.

"How to get there?" I stood up, patted my butt, and said.

"Follow me" The old man beckoned to the Ah Gong bandits, led us to the side of the stone wall, raised his finger and knocked twice, the sound of Dong Dong was extremely crisp, "What do you hear?" ā€

"No," I shook my head.

The bandit replied, "Empty? ā€

"That's right, there's a shortcut inside, which leads to the bottom," the old man nodded.

"How much can a hill hold?" I didn't understand and asked.

"You don't know much" Ah Gong answered lightly, and immediately took out a cylinder from the bag next to him, and there was a lead at the head of the cylinder, which seemed to be a detonator.

I watched him put five or six of these pipes on the edge of the stone wall in a row, and I knew he was going to blow it up.

But before I could be mentally prepared, Ah Gong instantly pulled the fuse and ran to the side and lay down.

I don't know how powerful it is, but it must not be underestimated, so I hurriedly ran to the farthest place and lay down.