Chapter Ninety-Six: The Way Back
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The notebook in his hand aroused his interest, full of notes written in Japanese from the first page to the middle, presumably until he got here, it was better to look at this note first.
Although the ground was damp** and some of the papers were already glued together, Mochizuki still read patiently. The author of this notebook should be the chief butler of the Mochizuki family in his grandfather's generation, Momoi Tsuruto, that is, Chiyuki and Chiyo's grandfather, Mochizuki glanced at the two sisters, and did not tell the truth, but continued to look down.
The time of the notes begins with their first step into Chinese soil. The article said that after receiving the news that there might be a Shenmu in the southwest of China, the four of them, under the leadership of the head of the Mochizuki family, landed in Korea by boat, entered the northeast, and followed the Japanese invasion of China all the way to Central China, during which they wantonly killed in the name of the imperial samurai on Chinese territory, led a small group of elite troops to collect various Chinese treasures and cultural relics for the royal family, and recorded the origin and names of these treasures one by one, many of which Mochizuki Kazuki had seen in the National Museum of Japan.
Later, after the defeat of Japan, these four people did not return to China with the team, in order to avoid tracking, they turned into war refugees and hid in China to continue some investigations. At that time, there were refugees from other places everywhere, and because they were proficient in Chinese culture, these people integrated into the life of the locals and had a legal Chinese identity.
After dormant for a few years, they came to the southwest, wandering among the famous mountains in the name of digging herbs, searching for news everywhere, until they met a gentleman surnamed Zhuo, Mochizuki Kazuki looked up at Zhuo Yugui, and it should be him here.
In order not to leak the news, they poisoned the wine and slaughtered almost the entire village, leaving only Zhuo Yugui for later use. The next day, the four of them walked directly from the mountain road to the mist-shrouded Qifeng Mountain.
Then it is to introduce what they saw and heard in the mountains, they saw the ancient buildings, and also suffered from some unknown characters, among them there is a kind of big snake, and finally after a thousand dangers, into a dungeon, in the dungeon they encountered many unbelievable situations, in the process of being chased by a kind of fishman, walked into a fork. In order to cover the head of the Mochizuki family to go first, the three of them attracted those fierce fishmen to pursue them, and it was not until they entered this place that they blocked the entrance with a large stone, and at the same time blocked their own way out, and finally the three decided that instead of starving to death, it was better to thank the emperor by disembowelment!
After reading it, Mochizuki closed the book, glanced at the Momoi sisters, and put the book into his own agency, no wonder my grandfather has been unwilling to say the reason, as a samurai, in exchange for other people's sacrifices for his own reluctance, this is an absolute insult!
Looking at the pile of dead leaves, Mochizuki had an idea in his heart, since he hadn't seen any trace of the Taoist priest until now, he must have been scattered. Instead of being trapped here, why don't you look for the fork in the notebook, since your grandfather can get out, then as long as you get there, won't you be able to get out too? After speaking, he thrust his sword a few times beside him, and sure enough, he touched a hard place, and after pulling it with his hand for a while, several boulders were exposed one after another.
"Mr. Zhuo, come here and get a hand, move this place!" Although he said it politely, Zhuo Laohan knew that this was a naked order. A good man does not suffer immediate losses, this has always been the principle he abides by as a man.
The weight of this stone is not light, and the two of them tried for a long time before moving a piece, and they were already tired and out of breath. Chiyo and Chiyuki rested for a while, their faces looked better, and it seemed that their health was improving, so they also came over to help.
Little by little, the four of them finally moved away from the last boulder, and sure enough, a hole was exposed, which could drill into a person. Mochizuki glanced at Zhuo Laohan, who knew that he was going to step on thunder again, so he took the lead and said without waiting for Mochizuki to speak: "I'll go down to explore the way for you first." ”
Mochizuki was very satisfied with Zhuo Laohan's performance this time, and equipped him with a rope to tie around his waist, and the other end was pinched in his hand, and if something was wrong, he would pull it back.
This is a vertical cave with a very steep slope, the old man slipped down like a slide lying in the hole, and the old skin on his ass did not know how much was worn off, and he grinned in pain, but fortunately the depth was not deep, and he reached the bottom after a while. Only then did he shout upwards: "Mr. Mochizuki, it's safe down there, come down!" ”
The first to come down were the Momoi sisters, Mochizuki himself was the last, and after landing, all four of them carried lighting equipment and found themselves in a crack in the stone, which seemed to be naturally formed. According to the notes on the note, when you walk out of this passage, you can find forks in the road, one is the route where my grandfather escaped, and the other is supposed to be the place where my grandfather and his family came, that is, the kind of place full of dangers.
Now that he has lost his troops, Mochizuki does not dare to hold it up, and plans to take the road where his grandfather escaped first, and then look for clues. Since they hadn't found the Divine Tree in that dangerous area back then, why did they bother to visit it?
Less than 500 meters down this passage, there is indeed a fork in the road, and according to the records, if you want to get out, you have to go to the left-hand side. Although I don't know if my grandfather had any trouble on this road, at least he got out safely, while the three were trapped to death. After firming up his thoughts, Mochizuki asked Zhuo Laohan to take the lead in the front, because with the lesson of the last time, they were relatively far apart at this time, and they always maintained a distance of three meters.
Tragedy always comes so quickly, just like the vagaries of nature, when a pile of boulders appeared in front of him, Zhuo Laohan could only look back at Mochizuki in despair. From a geological point of view, these stones have clearly just fallen, and there are small stones rolling down from time to time around, presumably the consequences of the previous earthquake, the road, broken!
Looking at these boulders, Mochizuki already understood that his grandfather's escape route no longer existed, and the only thing he could do now was to go back and take the same path they had entered the mountain! But he had already remembered the things recorded in the notes, and he didn't know if those things were still there after these decades. At the moment, he has no choice but to turn back, if it weren't for the need for someone to step on a mine, Mochizuki even had the heart to tear Zhuo Laohan apart, and said angrily: "Turn back, continue to walk in front, go down this road all the way, if I don't shout to stop, you won't stop, understand?" ”。
Zhuo Laohan rubbed his swollen calves, since he came out of the mountain, when has he suffered this kind of hardship, but he can't expose it yet, in case he makes the king of Hades unhappy, he will be beaten at least, and his head will be gone.
Mochizuki Kazuki also pretended to be clever and tied the rope to him again, Zhuo Laohan is really like a dog now, being led by someone to explore the way ahead, what is this called? This is called self-inflicted iniquity, and you can't live!
Along the way, there are rocks rolling down, but fortunately, it is not so big, this crack is not very stable, and the earthquake has just left, and a little common sense knows that there is a high probability of aftershocks later, so the speed of walking is also consciously accelerated. After walking for half an hour, they made their first discovery, a corpse lying on the side of the road, and a bronze Ge beside him. The corpse was the most disturbing, because from any point of view, a person's ribs would not grow like this, densely bulging outward, more like the bones of a fish. If you don't have limbs and a head, you'll be a big fish.
In particular, the remains of that foot are obviously several times larger than a normal person, which makes Mochizuki, who lives in Japan, the first to see that this is not a foot, but a webbed! Because of Japan's well-developed fishing industry, seals are hunted all year round, and Mochizuki himself once hunted them in a casual way, and the bones left behind by this man's feet are exactly the same as the webbed shape of seals!
"Fishman! We have to be careful, this guy must have been killed by my grandfather back then, and there was a kind of fierce fish-man in the notes. After Mochizuki gave the order, he pulled out a small dagger from his body and threw it to Zhuo Yugui, saying that it was for his self-defense, and he picked up the mp5 and followed behind.
The four of them walked step by step towards the road that their ancestors had fled all the way to, no one knew if they would encounter those things, and at this moment, what should our Cha Wenbin do in the face of the "superson" of the golden mask?
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