Chapter 50: Let Go
On the next road, the three of us drove in shifts, according to the instructions of the cowhide map, non-stop, day and night galloping on the endless grassland, and the atmosphere in the car also seemed a little dull. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The Iron Head reverted to his previous taciturnity, barely saying anything too much other than sleeping and driving.
Jin Buchang looked preoccupied, and surprisingly remained silent, no longer having any ridicule and frolic.
I have seen this little black fat man sitting alone in the back seat, looking out of the car window, touching the gold chain hanging around his neck in a daze. Ni Tian used to be the most trusted person by Jin Buchang, but it was this most trusted person who counted him in it, and he almost died, and I don't know what kind of mood he would be at this moment.
This journey was full of confusing doubts, and on the way back, I had probably sorted out these doubts in my mind. First of all, the fourth uncle, he let a bearded man take me into a maze tomb under a grassland lake, and took me into a world of tomb robbers that I would never imagine. But from beginning to end, the fourth uncle did not show any traces, and I couldn't guess his intentions at all, and even his life and death were unknown......
The second is Ni Tian, this man has always given me the impression of being erudite, cautious, and affectionate, but I never expected that in the most strange moment, he would say goodbye in such a strange way. If Ni Tian really knew about the existence of that secret passage, why did he have to fight again and take everyone in a big circle? This contradiction is like a high-rise building, you want to take a friend to the 30th floor, there is an elevator, but you give up, choose to climb the stairs in a circle, and in the end everyone is exhausted.
The explanation I can think of is that Ni Tian did know the existence of the secret passage, but he only stayed at the level of knowing, he had never entered it at all, and he didn't know that this secret passage led to the deepest underground tomb at the bottom of the lake. Or what else happened when the iron head was unconscious? There is no way to guess these things, and I am afraid that only Ni Tian himself can solve this mystery.
I also had doubts about the relationship between Ni Tian and the fourth uncle, but combined with all the things I had experienced before, I rejected this idea again. First, that ancient jade was the fourth uncle's personal talisman, and it was absolutely impossible to give it to someone he didn't trust easily. Second, the fourth uncle is a reckless person who rarely writes, and if he wants to imitate this kind of person's notes, unless he is very close to him, it is impossible to have the opportunity to imitate the notes of the fourth uncle. The most important point is that when I was attacked by that strange corpse, Ni Tian's reaction was definitely not like a coy gesture, no matter how clever a liar was, when life and death were at stake, it was impossible to disguise it seamlessly, he was indeed determined to die to protect me at that time.
The final mystery is who is buried in the two sarcophagi in the tomb? And what kind of opportunity made two people who spanned thousands of years and different eras closely connected and chose to be buried in the same tomb? Who ended up stealing beams for columns, replacing a sarcophagus with an empty coffin? What is the purpose of this? And the strange corpse that appeared in the clay figurines, who is it, and why can it still move like a beast after thousands of years of dust?
All of them, the chaotic interweaving and all the things I have experienced, have completely impacted the worldview I know, and I can't start.
And the death of the pillar made me clearly feel the insignificance and fragility of life for the first time, and at the same time made me deeply experience the taste of guilt and self-blame, if I could have persevered and not taken him with the iron head, maybe all this would not have happened.
Until now, I still can't understand the last sentence of the pillar, "Young master, I'm sorry." What is the meaning of this sentence......
For these strange doubts and strange mysteries, I don't think about it anymore, and I don't dare to think about it anymore. Every time I touch this memory again, the image of the big man who was stunned can't help but come to mind. A fresh life, when I came, I was still jumping, but when I left, I was left with no bones, I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me, that deep self-blame and guilt have trapped me firmly, and I can't think about it anymore.
I didn't say anything all the way, turned back to Hailar Railway Station, Jin Buchang directly bought a ticket back to the capital, and simply said goodbye to me and Tietou. I left Jin Buchang's shop phone number, and told him that if there is news of Ni Tian, he must tell me, after all, I can not worry about other things, but I must find out about the fourth uncle's matter.
After a few perfunctory words, Jin Buchang left alone and boarded the train, not knowing whether he took my words to heart. Tietou and I boarded the train back to Dalian, completely ending this terrifying and strange trip to Inner Mongolia......
Standing in front of the familiar city, the familiar street, and the familiar shop again, looking at the endless flow of people, I sighed heavily, and my complicated feelings made me feel a lot of emotion. This thrilling, weird and terrifying journey has finally come to an end at this moment, even if this full stop is not as perfect as imagined, even if this full stop seems to be full of countless question marks before it, but no matter what, everything is over, and a nightmare is over......
I stood in front of the shop in a daze, looking up at the three big characters "Three Nos" painted with gold leaf on the familiar and unfamiliar wooden plaque, my eyes were a little moist, and I didn't feel the joy of the rest of my life, only the countless doubts and self-blame that constantly tortured me......
"Young Master, let's go in." Iron Head patted me on the shoulder, stepped forward, and opened the door. I nodded, and followed him into the harbor that originally belonged to me, comfortable and calm, and did not ask about the world.
Uncle Ge in the shop was reading the newspaper, and when he saw that it was us walking in, he hurriedly greeted him with a smile: "Yo, Third Young Master, Ah Tie, you are finally back." Hey? What about the small pillars? ā
My heart twitched again, and I didn't answer Uncle Ge's question, but just moved a chair and sat down.
Uncle Ge noticed my abnormality, and he also restrained his smile, sat down opposite me, and said no more, just waited quietly.
My lips moved slightly, hesitated for a moment, and finally slowly explained the whole process of the incident to Uncle Ge briefly. To my surprise, I was telling the story with an unusually calm, as if I was telling a fantasy thriller journey that I didn't go through.
Uncle Ge listened quietly, and Tietou didn't add to some of the details I missed, and no one interrupted my narration. It wasn't until the end that Uncle Ge patted me on the shoulder and said that the matter of the pillar would definitely be compensated, and he would go and say it to the uncle, so that I could rest assured and not think too much.
Next, Uncle Ge briefly explained to me some of the business conditions in the shop in the past few days, what it was, I didn't listen at all, just sat on the chair sluggishly, my mind was blank, until finally I watched Uncle Ge and Tietou leave together, and I was the only one left in the silent "three no-fasting......
I don't know how long it took, I stood up numbly, walked out of the shop, pulled down the roller shutter and locked it, and returned to my home in despair.
For two whole days, I closed the shop, turned off my mobile phone, unplugged the telephone line, in short, cut off all contact with the outside world, used alcohol to numb my nerves, and I don't know how many times I laughed out loud and cried bitterly during this period.
When I woke up again, my home was already a mess like a garbage dump, and even the invited part-time worker aunt took the order with a little complaint after I proposed to double the hourly salary.
On the third day, I returned to Sanbusai, sat comfortably on the Taishi chair, stroked the heads of the three honest little monkey statues in the corner of the table, and watched the bustling crowd outside the window, and once again returned to the trajectory of my life.
In this grassland tomb, those mysteries make it like a story, buried in the depths of my heart forever, until one day, the years will finally erase these mysteries. People can't be too attached to life, especially to some difficult questions that I know will not have answers, rather than let those problems continue to haunt me for the rest of my life, unable to sleep at night, I chose another better ending, let it go, and let everything return to normal.
As for the fourth uncle, if even the uncle can't find his whereabouts, I can't do anything. I didn't ask the uncle if he knew that the fourth uncle was a tomb robber, and whether there was a cooperative industrial chain between them. It's not something I should touch, it's not something I want to cover, they're all my closest people, and if they feel like I need to know that, they will naturally tell me all about it. Since the uncle didn't say anything, at least for now, it seems that it is enough for me to be a little shopkeeper who lives comfortably.
I sometimes even fantasize that when the wind chimes ring, a familiar figure walks outside, which is the fourth uncle, who is already old. He sat quietly across from me, telling me about the legendary tomb robbing experiences he had experienced in his life, and unraveling the mysteries for me......
Of course, the only thing that I can't let go of is the death of the pillar. Uncle called me and said that he had taken care of Zhuzi's aftermath and gave Zhuzi's mother a considerable amount of settling-in money, which was enough to cure her illness and allow their family to live a prosperous life for the rest of their lives.
I didn't ask for specific details, I didn't even ask how much money was given, and I knew that I had chosen to run away from the pillars. The surging sense of self-blame made me wonder how to deal with the pillar's family again.
I also thought about taking Zhuzi's mother to the city and supporting her like my own mother, but in the end I gave up, because I knew that I would never be able to replace Zhuzi, her tall, stunned biological son......
Everything was back to the way it was, calm and calm, and even a somewhat boring life took over my life again.
I thought that with the end of all this, time would be like flowing water, bringing me back to the original trajectory of life, but I was still wrong, all this is just the beginning, the huge mystery is only the tip of the iceberg, the fog, the horror and weird story has just begun......