Chapter 54: The Village Under Water
In the haze, I felt as if there was a bright light above our heads, and the sound of the water came from this bright light, could it be dawn?
I pointed to it, and my grandmother reminded everyone to pay attention. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoWhen everyone looked up, they were all surprised. The secret passage in this tomb was originally under the land, and although there is a leaking pond in the rice field in the west of our village, it is not so big that it is above our heads.
Everyone looked at each other, and their eyes showed that everyone thought of the big river in the south, that is, the big river where the Ninth Master fought the Japanese devils back then, wouldn't we, we walked from the secret passage to the bottom of the river?
"Look at the mark, Xiao Wu is walking in this direction, and this upward mark also shows that he also saw this phenomenon, everyone be careful." Grandma instructed.
"Big, grandma, if there is water, then it won't leak early?" The village chief's analysis is exactly what we thought.
"That's right, the water flows to a low place, but this is not an ordinary place, judging from the way of that thing, since it can be a ghost, it has a certain ability, not to mention that Xiao Wu said that the weasel has nothing to do with it, let it do whatever it wants, you can't imagine that it has something to avoid water in it, or in this secret passage." As she spoke, she stabbed the thinnest spot with her crutch.
A piece of soft dirt had fallen, and it was indeed a flowing river. I couldn't help but get excited, and it turned out that we were not only in the secret passage, but also under the river, which was strange.
"If that's the case, then Xiao Jiu should also be on it, isn't he guarding the big river on the South Road?" The father of the second son reminded.
"That's right, Xiao Jiu is guarding the big river on South Road, but I don't know where this kid is in the river now, you don't know the size of the big river." Grandma Tai said as she continued to observe the water flowing above.
Since Xiao Wu can't be found, and Xiao Jiu doesn't know where he is, what should he do next? Everyone focused their eyes on Grandma again.
Grandma took out the compass from the cloth bag again and measured it. The pointer first spun in circles, then slowly stopped until it pointed in the direction of the hole marked by Xiao Wu.
I couldn't help but ask Grandma, "What does it mean this time?" ”
"Now it refers to the direction, not the yin and yang!"
There are so many exquisitenesses, I can't help but be a little interested in the role of this compass. The heart said, when this is done, I must let my grandmother teach me how to look at the market.
Grandma Tai said that the current pointer is the hole marked by Xiao Wu, and the direction of our tomb is also straight to the big river, and the pointer should be a guide, so we should be facing the big river in the south, and we have been walking for so long, it should be under the river.
This time, the adults are also you look at me, I look at you, I'm afraid that they will grow so big, although they are in this village, they see the river every day, but they didn't expect that one day, they will enter the bottom of the river.
Since the water of this river cannot flow in above, it means that there is something in this secret passage to avoid water, so we can boldly enter it." Grandma pointed out the direction. But although I was a little excited, I was also very scared when I thought of the big water, but now there is no way out, so cold sweat is also on my face.
Grandma asked me what was wrong, if I was scared, I gritted my teeth and said, "No!" "But the calf is also straight to the tendons.
I asked my grandmother, "What is it that is so powerful that it can avoid water?" ”
"Although I don't know what it is, there must be a treasure that keeps the water of this big river from pouring into the secret passage, and if you get it, I will give it to you to play with, and let you take it into the water to play." I don't know if grandma is teasing me, anyway, I suddenly came to the spirit again, I heard that there are treasures, and they can still be given to me, and they can also avoid water, and this motivation is immediately leveraged.
After walking for so long, everyone was hungry, grandma took out the baked thin noodle cake with shrimp sauce and rolled green onions from the bag, so one person came to a set, you know, this dead noodle cake can support the stomach too much, it is real, so everyone not only eats with relish, but also a set, it is indeed not hungry, and the body is full of strength. The messenger quickly regained his strength, and he didn't need to be helped by his father and the village chief, which added a lot of strength to our team.
Everyone drank some water again, and under the leadership of Grandma Tai, they continued to walk towards the depths of the secret passage. This time, the father of the second son volunteered to be the pioneer of the road, so everyone asked him to lead the way in front, while Grandma, Grandma and I walked in the middle, the village chief and the messenger protected behind, and the group of six people walked deeper into the secret passage.
From time to time, I would look up, and in some places where the mud was thin, I could see that there was water flowing on it, and sometimes, I could see big fish swimming over it, which was really interesting. At this time, I kind of miss Uncle Nine and Xiao Wu, if they are here, they must be as excited as me, especially Uncle Jiu, he didn't expect people to be able to walk underwater.
After walking for a while, the secret passage grew bigger and bigger, and finally it was like a big road, I really didn't expect that there was such a vast place under this ground. And what is unexpected is that the more you walk, the more you look like a long-lost village, there are rice fields, trees, stubborn stones, and grinding plates, so you can't go back to the village, right? This thought in my mind really scared me.
As we walked, we all looked at each other, as if to say, isn't this just a village? It's just an underwater village. If there is a village, there should be talents, right, just thinking about it, there is a house in front of me.
Grandma Tai whispered to stop the second son's father, and then waited for the village chief and the messenger to follow, gathered everyone together and said, now, we can't have too far away, it seems that this place is not ordinary, I am afraid that there is something bad, this compass has been turning, so danger exists at any time, everyone should be more careful.
Everyone also felt that although there was a village in front of us, it was different from our village, how to look at it was gloomy, as if everything was as quiet as death, and in this silence, people felt that there were pairs of eyes staring at us.
I was a little scared, and my grandmother took my hand and said, "Ryoko, just hold the box on your chest with your hand, this is the most effective magic weapon in an emergency." ”
I couldn't feel the movement in the box for a long time, and if it wasn't for my grandmother's reminder, I would have forgotten about it. Now as soon as my grandmother said it, I touched it with my hand, and it was okay, it was still there, and it seemed that there was movement inside.
The village chief and the second father each held an iron shovel in their hands, the grandmother held a golden abacus in her hand, and the grandmother took out the "floating" short sword, and the messenger followed with a rope in his hand, and I was in the middle, and everyone marched towards the village in a circle formation.
Along the way, you can see the marks made by Xiao Wu in obvious places, and it seems that our direction is not wrong, but we haven't seen half a person or a demon shadow after walking a long way.
We didn't enter the houses in the village, but when we looked through the windows of each house, it felt like it was a village from a long time ago, and it was still a thatched roof, an ancient village that had been flooded.
There was no one in the village of Nuoda, which added a lot of horror to this scene, and I carefully followed my grandmother's side, and said in my heart, when will I be able to get out, this place is too weird.
Halfway through the road, a very imposing building suddenly appeared in front of the village, with a plaque hanging on it, which looked like an inn. Although everyone is a little tired, but this place, even if there is an inn, no one dares to live, but it is not okay if you don't go in, because Xiao Wu's mark clearly points to the building.
Grandma took out the compass, and after a few quick turns, the compass pointed to the building, and it seemed that there was something in it.
The gate is hidden, and the eyes of the stone lions on both sides of the gate are so vicious? It was still the second father who rushed to push the door, and the grandmother immediately stepped forward, crossed the first threshold, and threw a handful of rice on the ground in the front yard.
Soon the rice disappeared into thin air, and then left a room of bloody footprints on the ground, as if a group of people had just walked through it.
Grandma and Grandma looked at each other, and then they lit a piece of incense and inserted it in the courtyard, and then a yellow talisman drawn on red paper was pressed under the threshold.
The group entered the courtyard, and the gate at the back of the courtyard "creaked" and shut. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they kept their original formation and walked inside.
There was a foul smell coming from the second door, and I quickly covered my nose, and my grandmother motioned for everyone to go on both sides. We cautiously crept in from both sides of the corridor, and on the opposite side of the second door was a screen, and we didn't have time to see what was painted on it, because the stench came from behind it.
First the second father and grandmother quietly hid under the root of the screen, then the messenger hid under a large vat in the courtyard, and my grandmother and I hid behind a wooden door.
After a while, there was no movement, and the stench continued, and everyone couldn't hold their breath, and said that if it goes on like this, let alone catching demons, smoke can also smoke people to death.
Turning retreat into advance, everyone moved closer to the screen one by one, until the six people arrived, they quietly walked around the screen to the next yard, the stench behind the screen became more and more serious, and everyone's hearts were hanging, this kind of stink had never been smelled, but grandma said that this stink seemed to have appeared in the village many years ago.
I don't have time to think about it, but it's the best way to find the source of the smell and dispose of it as soon as possible. As soon as everyone entered the second gate, the scene in front of them seemed to be seen from a mythological story.
(To be continued)