Chapter 10: Back from the Dead (2)
The next morning, the four of them had breakfast. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Xu Sanniang took Uncle Tie and the three of them to the compartment. I saw her take out a key and open the locked iron door. Behind the door, there is a dark and secluded road, which leads to nowhere.
Xu Sanniang pressed the switch on the wall, and the dim light of the electric light suddenly lit up in the corridor. As soon as she took a step, she walked into the corridor. Although Uncle Tie and the other three were scared in their hearts, they also followed in.
At first, the tunnel was dug inward, but then for some reason it turned upwards again, and so on and on, as if the person who excavated the tunnel had intended to dig to the center of the mountain, and had to dig upwards after digging it could not be done.
Uncle Tie and the three of them followed Xu Sanniang in the corridor for a long time, and finally came to a relatively wide place, and the four of them rested for a while before continuing to move forward. After this, the trend of the road suddenly turns straight upward, and it seems that the people digging the road have finally given up their intention to dig into the mountain.
This road excavation is not suitable, so it is extremely narrow, Xu Sanniang is slender, and there are martial arts in the body, so it is not difficult to walk. However, Uncle Tie and the other three are huge, and in some places they have to turn sideways to barely get by, so the gap between Xu Sanniang and several people is getting bigger and bigger. Uncle Tie was not in a hurry following her, and was about to tell her to wait for the next three people, but suddenly found that Xu Sanniang, who was walking in front, was gone.
This frightened the three of Uncle Tie, and they used all their strength to climb up, and suddenly felt that the top of their heads suddenly brightened, and it turned out that they had reached the end of the road.
The three of them climbed out of the corridor, and by the dim electric light, they saw that they were in a huge cave. The width and height of this cave reach several zhang, and there are traces of artificial excavation on both sides of the cave wall. But the road to and from this cave was blocked by two jacks of boulders.
The three of them were amazed, and they were all discussing how the workers who built this place carried these two boulders in the first place.
Xu Sanniang saw that the three of them didn't know how to pretend to understand, so she didn't sneer at the three of them. But she was too busy looking for a mechanism to open the door, too lazy to talk to them. I saw that she was taking out a drawing, and she was turning the mechanism on the jacky door inside according to the mark on the drawing. After a while, I heard a bang, like the ground shaking, and a square hole leaked out of the upper right corner of the jack stone door inside.
Xu Sanniang called Uncle Tie and the three of them over and said, "I'm going to enter this ancient tomb later." There are many mechanisms in this, and you don't know martial arts, so if you go in, you will die in vain. You wait for me outside, and I won't bring the child in, but you will take care of it for me. ”
The three of them agreed. Xu Sanniang got her equipment ready, climbed up the jacky gate, and penetrated through the small hole, and then disappeared.
The three of them waited outside for most of the day, but they didn't see Xu Sanniang come out. The three of them were not anxious, but said that she died inside. The three of them were about to retreat, so they slipped back. only heard a sound at the entrance of the cave, and Xu Sanniang crawled out covered in blood.
When Uncle Tie and the three of them saw that she was covered in blood, their faces turned white with fright. Xu Sanniang jumped down from the entrance of the cave and said, "Don't be afraid, it's all some skin trauma." Then he threw the burden on his back in front of the three of them and sighed: "I didn't find what I was looking for by myself, but there are a lot of things you want." Divide yourselves. ”
Uncle Tie and the three of them opened the baggage and took a look, only to see that the baggage was shining with gold, in addition to a few gold bars, there was also a set of golden drinking utensils. The three of them suddenly saw so many gold ornaments that they couldn't believe their eyes for a moment. It took a long time for them to react, and they shouted with joy like madmen.
Regarding the reaction of the three of them, Xu Sanniang acted as if she didn't see it, she silently walked over, picked up her child, and said to herself: "Xiao Wan, mom will definitely be able to find that thing to save you." ”
Xu Sanniang waited for Uncle Tie and the three of them to calm down, so she asked the three of them to go down and cook the food and send it over. Uncle Tie and the three of them got the gold, so they were naturally very active, and when they brought the food up, they rolled up Xu Sanniang and their own bedding together, they were worried that Xu Sanniang would have to climb this road and go down the road to delay the time.
There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Xu Sanniang entered the ancient tomb again.
This time it took less time than yesterday. All three had cooked dinner, but she hadn't come out yet.
Uncle Tie saw Xu Sanniang's child lying quietly in her bed in the distance, so he said casually: "This child is really weird." I don't eat for a day, I can't see my mother, and I don't cry or make trouble. ”
Yi Haotian heard this and said: "Oh, look at us, we almost forgot about other people's daughters." Third, you go there and get some food to feed her. Since they have entrusted their daughters to us to take care of them, we must do a good job. ”
Tie Zhengye agreed, served the meal, and walked over. Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the child's futon, he screamed in fright, staggered, and fell to the ground with a bowl of rice.
Seeing him so flustered, Uncle Tie scolded, "What are you doing? A small child can scare you like that. ”
Tie Zhengye trembled and said, "Big brother, this girl is dead!" ”
Uncle Tie was taken aback when he heard this, and the three of them gathered around to take a look, only to see that the child's eyes were closed, and when he touched it with his hand, his whole body was cold and had begun to stiffen, and when he sniffed again, his heartbeat and breathing had long been gone. Look at it like this, I've been dead for more than a day.
The three of them thought about it, and since they came here, they hadn't heard the child cry. I'm afraid he would have died long ago.
The three of them were only so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat at this time, and the more they thought about it, the more scared they became, after a discussion, this Xu Sanniang acted secretly, and the three of them would never have any good results if they stayed any longer. Make up your mind at the moment, take the thirty-six plans as the best plan, and quickly slip away.
The three of them hurriedly cleaned up the gold and silver, and as soon as they took a step, they heard Xu Sanniang shouting: "Three of you, please stay!" ”
I saw that Xu Sanniang had come back for some time. The three of them were scared half to death by her.
Xu Sanniang said: "The three of you don't need to panic. To tell the truth, the little girl has been suffering from an incurable disease since she was born. I've come all the way here to find something here that can bring the dead back to life so that I can save her life. Unexpectedly, the sky is not beautiful, and as soon as she comes here, she will leave me forever. I thought to myself that since I was here, there was no reason to go home empty-handed. First, I'm afraid that after the three of them find out, it will be inconvenient to move. Second, I wanted to take her back and bury her, so I didn't tell you. Now I've found it, but it's going to take someone to get it. Now I might as well tell you that inside this cave is the place where the gold and treasure are hidden in the thirty years of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the seventy-two caves. There are countless treasures of gold and silver in it, and if you are willing to go in with me, you can take whatever you like, and I will not stop you. All I need is that thing to go. There is only one chance, whether to go or to stay, you decide for yourself. ”
After the three of them discussed, they all felt that, as the saying goes, starve the faint-hearted, and live the bold. Since you are here, why not follow her to do this vote, if you succeed, you will not only have no worries about food and clothing in this life, but also enjoy glory and wealth.
The three of them immediately decided to let Tie Zhengye follow Xu Sanniang into the cave to get the treasure tomorrow. Uncle Tie and Yi Haotian stayed outside to answer.
The plan was decided, and the next morning, Xu Sanniang hugged her daughter's body and led Tie Zhengye into the ancient tomb.
Uncle Tie and Yi Haotian thought that they would be able to come back in the evening as usual. Unexpectedly, they waited for nine days and nine nights. The more they waited, the more anxious they became, the more they waited, the more scared they became. In the early morning of the tenth day, Uncle Tie heard a sound from the small hole in the giant door, and he thought that Xu Sanniang and Tie Zhengye were back, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
He picked up the flashlight and shone it into the hole, this photo scared him away, only to see that in the small hole, a thing was slowly crawling out, the thing was red all over, as if the skin on its body had been peeled off, and it was staring at Uncle Tie with two eyes wide.
Uncle Tie screamed at that time, and instantly woke up Yi Haotian. Uncle Tie didn't have time to sit down and explain, and shouted, "Hurry up!" The two of them picked up the luggage they had packed a long time ago, ran with their feet up, and jumped into the corridor. This time they climbed and crawled, and finally returned to the stone chamber and locked the iron door, but they only heard a sudden cry of a child in the corner.
Uncle Tie turned on the flashlight and looked over, only to see Xu Sanniang's little daughter, her face flushed, as if she had just been born, crying there non-stop.
At this time, Uncle Tie and Yi Haotian completely collapsed. He remembered that the child had died ten days earlier and had been brought into the tomb by Xu Sanniang. Now this little girl could still be here. At this time, the two of them couldn't manage so much, so they pulled their legs and ran outside. They would rather be bitten to death by a poisonous snake outside and eaten by a beast than stay in this place for another second
After the two ran out of the mountain, they wanted to follow the way they came. How do you know that there are changes in this deep mountain and dense forest, Uncle Han has searched many times, but he can't find any traces when he came.
At this time, they had to find a direction, and they hurried away. I thought that as long as I walked in one direction, I would definitely be able to walk out of this mountain forest.
They walked like this all night, and at dawn the next day, when the two looked back, they saw that the mountain was still close in front of them. First, the mountains are high and the trees are thick, and secondly, it is inconvenient to travel at night, so although they have walked all night, they have not gone far.
The two saw that the sky was already dawning, and they were not as scared as before. At this moment, the two of them were tired and hungry, and every step they took, they felt that their bodies weighed a thousand pounds and they couldn't lift their feet. Seeing a large tree with foliage in front of them, the two of them climbed up to the tree, sat down on a huge trunk, and took out the dry food they had made from their baggage and ate it. In the days when they were waiting for Xu Sanniang and Tie Zhengye, the two had already prepared almost the dry food for the return trip, and they escaped in a hurry this time, fortunately they still remembered to bring this burden, otherwise they would only be hungry now.
After eating the dry food, the two fell asleep against the tree.
I don't know how long I slept, Uncle Tie saw Xu Sanniang covered in blood, carrying two guns, killing him, blaming him for not saving her when he saw death, and threw her daughter in the mountains. Tie Zhengye followed behind Xu Sanniang, scolding him and Yi Haotian for not being righteous, and throwing such a young girl in the mountains to die. After speaking, without waiting for him to explain, he drew out a firewood knife and slashed at him.
Uncle Tie saw the two of them, their bodies were covered in blood, their eyes were crooked and their mouths were cracked, their mouths were not open and they were spitting out words, and they flew to the ground without touching their feet. It must be that the two of them were unbearable after they died, and they came to ask for their lives. Thinking of this, Uncle Tie was only frightened, and ran away. Unexpectedly, he fell from the tree with a "snap", which turned out to be a nightmare. Fortunately, the trunk of the tree was not high, and the ground was full of rotting leaves that had fallen from the tree, and although he was in pain from the fall, he was not seriously injured.
At this time, when he looked up, he saw that the sun had set in the mountains, and seeing that the night was coming, Uncle Tie was about to eat some dry food and continue to hurry, but he didn't expect to hear a child's cry behind him, and the sound was only a few feet away from him. And this voice was exactly the same as the cry of Xu Sanniang's daughter he heard in the stone room.
Uncle Tie was really shocked and scared at this moment. Could it be that the baby couldn't follow him? But the baby is less than 100 days old, so what could be behind him? Lang Lang Qiankun, did he really meet a ghost? Or is there another baby in the middle of the mountains and forests?
At this time, I only heard the child cry more and more. Seeing that it was getting late, Uncle Tie knew that if he didn't take advantage of the fact that it was still dark to see what was going on, he was afraid that he would not be at peace this night.
Having made up their minds, Uncle Tie woke up Yi Haotian, and the two of them found a wooden stick in the nearby weeds to defend themselves, lowered their footsteps, and slowly approached the source of the sound.
After walking about 50 meters, I picked up the grass in front of me and saw that five or six meters away, under a few trees in front of me, a baby was lying on the ground crying. The bedding that wrapped the baby was torn and thrown aside. Around the baby, a group of wild monkeys are constantly circling around the baby, and several trees next to it are full of onlookers, and the bush monkeys are shouting excitedly, as if discussing something.
Uncle Tie looked at the bedding around the baby, and then looked at the peace charm around the baby's neck, and knew that this was Xu Sanniang's daughter. It seems that he had walked in a hurry last night and had not closed the stone door, and the monkeys, hearing the child's cry, went in and took her away, and brought her here. Although the two of them usually do not behave very well in the village, they can't bear to see such a baby fall into the hands of this group of wild monkeys.
Immediately, Uncle Tie asked Yi Haotian to cover behind him, and he puffed up his own breath, shouted, and jumped out of the grass. The monkeys couldn't react for a while, couldn't figure out what was going on, and fled in all directions in fright. Uncle Tie hurriedly ran over and picked up the baby girl, took off her clothes and wrapped her up, and the baby girl immediately stopped crying. Uncle Tie knew that the monkeys in the deep mountains were not easy to deal with, but once they reacted and went and returned, he was afraid that even he would become their plaything. Therefore, he and Yi Haotian didn't dare to stay, and continued to hurry.
Uncle Tie and Yi Haotian took Xu Sanniang's little daughter to walk and stop in the deep mountains, and when the dry food ran out, he had to find some wild fruits and vegetables to satisfy his hunger. Fortunately, there are few people in the mountains, and it is only early winter at this time, and many of the wild fruits that bear fruit in autumn have not yet fallen. After walking like this for more than a month, he finally walked out of the mountains and came to a village.
When they inquired about it, they found out that it was a hundred miles away from their village. He claimed that he had gone into the mountains to collect medicine for his daughter and got lost. Most of the people in the mountains are simple and hospitable, and the baby in his arms has won him a lot of sympathy, so they all believe in Uncle Han's words. That night, the two stayed in a well-wisher's house, and the next day they asked about the road to the county seat, and then left.
At that time, the traffic was not as convenient as it is now, and the two walked with the baby for most of the day, and came to the county seat at more than three o'clock in the afternoon. At that time, the scale of the county seat was not as large as it is now, and the two turned two streets to find a gold shop and walked in. When the other guests were gone, he took out a pair of gold bars and showed them to the boss, saying that he had dug them up in the ancestral house to see how much he could sell them for. When the boss saw what the two of them were dressed at the time, he only said that he was an unscrupulous hillbilly, so he casually quoted a price. How did the boss know that when Xu Sanniang gave them the gold, Uncle Tie and the other three had already asked the current gold market clearly. Therefore, as soon as the two of them heard the boss's offer, they took back the gold, raised their feet and left.
The boss was anxious when he saw it, and quickly pulled them back. Uncle Tie said: "Don't fool me, I have already inquired about the market of gold." At the moment, everything Xu Sanniang said to them was copied out.
When the boss heard it, he thought he had met an expert, and he couldn't be fooled. Then he quoted the price again, and said with a bitter face: "These two brothers, you see that our place is not as good as the big city, and you can buy such a good price." You see, if our price is right, we will make a deal, and I will give you the money immediately. If you don't think it fits, you can take it back with you. ”
Uncle Tie was waiting for the money at this time, and when he saw that the price of the old newspaper was about the same as the price in his heart, the deal was immediately closed. After getting the money, the two went to buy a suit, bought some supplies for the baby, found a hotel to freshen up, and then went to a restaurant to eat.
After three rounds of drinking, Uncle Tie said, "Second brother, in the past few years, you have followed me, and you have suffered a lot and been looked down upon. Now although we have lost the third child on this trip, we have finally gained something. There is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed, I think we will go away from today and go our own way, so as not to be traced down and cause another incident."
Yi Haotian also said when he heard this, "Uncle Tie, since you said so, I will listen to you." But I have a reluctant request. I can't hide it, my little brother, I am congenitally insufficient, and I am afraid that this quilt will not be able to give birth to children. I see that this little girl is well-behaved and cute, I don't know if the eldest brother can let me raise it, and let the younger brother have someone to be filial when he is old."
When Uncle Tie heard this, he thought that he was free and easy by nature, wandering around, and it was inconvenient to be around with a small baby. This second child is stable, and it is the most suitable choice for the child to be handed over to him, so he immediately agreed.
In this way, the two said goodbye to each other in this small town in Guangxi and went their separate ways.