Chapter 4: The Cave of the Dead
As soon as Pan Zi said this, I immediately knew what to expect, took out my luggage from the car, and carried it on my back, so as not to be taken away by someone along with the ox cart if something happened.
The big man Akui also glanced at me, telling me to follow closely and not to be left alone, I saw that these two people were not good, and I didn't know what was wrong with the old man, and I was a little nervous, at this time, the "donkey ball" plopped and swam back, and the old man slapped the cigarette gun on the trouser tube, "Go!" The ship is coming. ”
Sure enough, a flat boat sailed out from behind the mountain, the boat was cement, and a raft was dragged behind, and there was a middle-aged man in the mountains standing at the bow of the boat, I looked at it, it was extremely ordinary, and it belonged to the kind of person who couldn't find it when he threw it into the pile, but I didn't know if it was a psychological effect or what, when I remembered the matter of eating dead human flesh that the third uncle talked about, I felt that this person looked ghostly, and there was a trace of cunning.
The man shouted at us, leaned the boat against the rock, and the old man patted the ox on the neck and beckoned us to board.
Our luggage was turned into the boat's body, and the ox cart and oxen were pulled to the raft at the back, and this time we had too many things to sit, so we had to sit on the side of the boat.
The third uncle negotiated the price with him, and then beckoned to start the boat, the middle-aged man boat was very fast, the boat floated out at once, we went to the middle of the mountain stream, around a mountain, suddenly a cool breeze blew, and the front suddenly opened up.
There is still a section of the way to the cave, this section of the scenery is extremely good, the mountains on both sides are steep, the mountains are stacked, it is simply beautiful, I took out my digital camera while admiring, and took a lot of photos.
The man flattened the boat, and we drifted down the current, and the deep stream at the bottom of the valley flowed along the course of the mountains, zigzagging and flowing, and whenever we thought we had reached the end of the deep stream, the boatman would turn the bow of the boat, and there was a great scenery ahead. We walked for a long time in the complex veins of the river, and when I drew the third "Eight Joys", he stopped the boat and said to us, "Wait a minute, there is a water hole ahead, and when you are in the hole, please speak quietly, don't look at the water, and especially don't speak ill of the mountain gods." ”
We looked at each other and didn't know how to deal with it, Pan Zi asked the third uncle in Hangzhou dialect: "What should I do, do you want to listen to him?" ”
The third uncle thought about it, and also replied in Hangzhou dialect: "Now I don't know if there is really a problem with these two people, there are nine twists and eighteen bends here, which is more dangerous than I expected just now, let's listen to him for the time being, take one step at a time, and the guy first." ”
We each nodded, and I also heard a few locals say on the way that they tricked outsiders into stealing property in hidden places, and then killed them all without leaving a living mouth, and buried the corpses on the spot, and the gods could not find them. But this is all before the liberation, I don't know if there is still a thing.
Pan Zi was a soldier and was very calm, and at this time his hand was already pressed on his waist knife, giving me a look, and I also clung to my backpack to prevent things from falling into the water.
The boat made a big bend of almost 180 degrees, around a bow cliff, the cave appeared in front of us, when we just discussed, we always imagined it as a big cave, but in fact, we couldn't help but scream badly, this hole can not be called a cave, it can only be called a hole, the width is just ten centimeters larger than this ship, the most terrifying thing is its height, people can't get in when they sit, they have to lower their bodies to barely get in.
It is said that big rats don't enter the narrow hole, such a little space, if the people inside want to plot against us, we can't move at all. Pan Zi scolded: "Damn, this hole is too cold." ”
There is a very famous underground canyon in the scenic spots in Yimeng Mountain, the entrance is quite similar to here, I thought this is also a crack in the karst terrain, which is full of stalactites hanging upside down, go in and see, only to know that it is not what I thought it would be. The cave was still bright when he first entered, but after turning the corner, it immediately turned black, Panzi turned on the miner's lamp, and shone all the way forward, only to see that the surrounding cave walls were smooth and damp, glowing with strange green, as if there was a layer of moss.
Akui looked at the top of his head and took a breath: "Third master, this hole is not simple." It seems to be... It's a thief! ”
The third uncle reached out and touched the wall of the cave, with a puzzled expression, "his grandma, it's really a cave thief, the ancient circle is near, and it has been many years." ”
The middle-aged man knelt on the bow of the boat with a single breath, supported the penny with one hand, and paddled little by little, listening to us say this, he interjected: "Oh, this one seems to have some origins, and he is right, the mountain we are living on now is called Wufenling, which was handed down earlier, saying that this whole mountain is actually an ancient tomb, and there are many large and small water holes near here,"
"Oh, it seems that you are also an expert," the third uncle politely handed over a cigarette.
He shook his head and said, "What a connoisseur, I also listened to the people who came here before. If you listen to it a lot, you can say two sentences, and you know that it is so simple. You don't want to say I'm an expert. ”
Pan Zi and Da Kui's hands were pressed on their knives, laughing while staring vigilantly at the movements around them, I didn't feel anything wrong with the atmosphere on the surface, but cold sweat began to break out in the palms of my hands unconsciously.
The third uncle lit a cigarette and asked the boatman about the things in the cave, and the boatman said that he didn't know what was going on, but there were many rules handed down from above, such as not talking loudly, not looking at the water, as long as they did it, nothing would happen, they had been like this for generations, and no one had broken the vows, so he couldn't tell if it was true.
As he was pulling, the stuffy oil bottle suddenly waved his hand and shouted softly: "Shhhhh Someone talked! We were startled by his sudden movement, and immediately held our breath, and sure enough, we heard the sound of Si Xi Qi coming from the depths of the cave.
The sounds were very ethereal, and the echoes of the cave gave it a very strange feeling, and I tried to distinguish what they were saying, but I always felt that I could understand and not understand.
After listening for a while, I couldn't hear a reason, so I asked the middle-aged boatman if there was often this sound in this hole, and after asking a few times, no one answered me, and when I looked back, there was still a boatman on the bow of the ship, which had long been missing.
I was so surprised that I cried out, and when I looked back, the old man was gone.
"Panzi, where have they gone?" The third uncle shouted anxiously
"I don't know, I didn't hear the sound of diving," Pan Zi also panicked, "just now people seem to have suddenly lost their minds." ”
"Oh no, we don't have corpses on us, I don't know what will happen!" The third uncle was annoyed, "Panzi, you fought in Vietnam, have you ever eaten a dead person!" ”
"What are you kidding, third master, when I was a soldier, the army was basically withdrawn over there, and I didn't even fire a gun!" Pan Zi pointed at Akui: "Fat Kui, you didn't say that your family has been selling human meat buns for a long time, you must have eaten a lot when you were a child." ”
"Fart, I covered it indiscriminately, besides, this human meat bun is also sold to others to eat, who do you see selling human meat buns and eating them desperately?"
I saw that they were about to quarrel, so I hurriedly made a pause gesture and said to them: "The three of you are more than 150 years old, there is no shame in it!" ”
As soon as I finished speaking, the boat suddenly shook a little, and Pan Zi hurriedly picked up the miner's lamp and shone it into the water, and we saw a huge shadow swimming in the water by the light.
Fat Kui's frightened face turned white, pointing to the water, his jaw clicked for a long time, and he didn't say a word. The third uncle was afraid that he would turn his back on him, so he slapped him and scolded: "It's useless!" What's the matter, the two little ghosts didn't say anything, you have been following for so many years, and you have eaten? ”
"My mother, the third master, this thing is too big! I'm afraid a few of us won't be enough to eat" Fat Kui looked at the water with palpitations, he was originally sitting on the side of the boat, but now his ass has moved to the middle of the boat, as if he was afraid that something in the water would suddenly come out and take him away.
"Whew!" The third uncle glared at him fiercely, "We want guys here, guys, guys, people?" My third child of the Wu family has been digging for sand for so long, what demons and monsters have not been seen? You're okay to fart me here. ”
Pan Zi's face turned pale, but for him, it was fear, not to mention shock, in such a narrow space, such a huge thing swept under the water, and it was not surprising that everyone's brains cramped for a while. Pan Zi looked around and said, "Third Master, this cave is weird, I'm panicking in my heart, let's talk about it when we go out, how about it?" ”
Fat Kui immediately agreed, in fact, I couldn't wait to go out, but after all, I am the third uncle's family, and I have to wait for him to express his position before speaking.
The third uncle actually looked at the stuffy oil bottle at this time, as if he was asking for his opinion, with the personality of the third uncle, the king of heaven and Lao Tzu did not pay attention to it, but now it seems that this kid is very taboo, I can't help but wonder.
The stuffy oil bottle didn't listen to us at all, but the original stone-like expression was gone, and his eyes were staring straight into the water, as if he was looking for something.
I wanted to ask the third uncle what the origin of this person was, and now the occasion was not suitable, so I had to ask Pan Zi secretly, Pan Zi also shook his head and said that he didn't know, he only knew that this person had two strokes, he especially pointed to the man's hand with his chin and said, "Look, how many years does it take to practice this hand?" ”
I really didn't pay attention to the man's hand, a look, it's really unusual, his hand, middle finger and index finger are particularly long, I immediately think of the ancient Fa Qiu Lang Lang General's two-finger cave exploration work, I have seen the relevant records in my grandfather's notes, the master of the Fa Qiu Lang General, this pair of fingers, as steady as Mount Tai, great strength, can easily crack the small mechanism in the tomb, and to practice such a unique skill, you have to practice from a young age, the process must be miserable.
I was still wondering what he was capable of with this hand, and I saw him raise his right hand and plunge it into the water like lightning, and the movement was so fast, almost a flash of white light, and his hand was already back, and there was a black flickering bug between his two strange fingers, and he threw it on the deck, and said, "Don't panic, this thing just now." ”
I looked down and couldn't help but be stunned: "Isn't this a dragon lice!" So that big shadow just now, just a large number of water lice swimming past? ”
"Yes," the man rubbed his hand with his garment,
It's not quite acceptable, but we're relieved. Fat Kui suddenly stomped the bug flat, "Damn, I'm scared half dead." ”
But I thought about it, no, how could there be so many dragon lice moving at the same time? And this water lice is too big! I turned my head to look at the stuffy oil bottle, and found that he was also looking at the water a little confused, not knowing what he was thinking.
Fat Kui trampled on the corpse of the worm, probably to save some of the face of the gaffe just now, the third uncle picked up a broken foot, put it under his nose and smelled it, and said in shock: "This is not a dragon lice, this is a corpse." "When we were stunned, we all thought it was not good, and the name sounded unlucky.
"This kind of insect eats carrion, and there are a lot of dead things, and if you eat well, it will grow bigger, and it seems that there must be a place upstream that is a place where corpses are accumulated. And the area is not small. The third uncle looked at the dark hole.
"Then does this thing bite a living person?" Da Kui asked timidly
"If it's a normal size, it definitely won't bite, but if you look at the size of this one, I'm really not sure if it bites or not." The third uncle looked at it in wonder, "This thing usually stays in places with a lot of dead people, and it doesn't swim around often, why is it moving together in such a large group now?" ”
The stuffy oil bottle suddenly turned its head to the depths of the cavern, "I think it may have something to do with the strange sound we just heard, did you hear what it was?" ”
Fat Kui shook his head, "I can't understand how I listen, I feel, it seems that I don't listen to him carefully, I feel that someone is talking, but if I listen carefully, I can't understand-"
The stuffy oil bottle nodded, "It feels like someone is whispering behind my back..., is there something watching us around here?" ”
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