Chapter 24: The Cave of the Water God
Racing all the way, the car was bumpy and undulating on the muddy mountain road, Ye Tong and Ye Xi had already woken up, and only Zhu Zizhang could sleep on such a bumpy road. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info he fixed his body with the seat belt on the car, and fell asleep well even when the car shook.
Ye Xi covered his mouth and said with a grin: "Uncle Pig can really sleep." ”
Ye Tong smiled and said: "Uncle Pig and our father are like brothers, this time the incident must be very dangerous, he is so old and still comes, this kindness must be remembered by our three brothers and sisters." ”
Ye Xi said: "Well, although Uncle Pig is usually the same as a child, he is still a very good person, I didn't treat him as an outsider, Uncle Pig has no relatives, and we will support the three of us in the future." ”
Ye Fan said: "The old pig is a local tyrant, but as long as I am alive this time, I will definitely let him come back alive." ”
Although Zhu Zizhang was snoring, as if he heard their words, the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
After more than 40 minutes of bumpy driving, the car finally reached the top of the mountain, where there was a water fish village, but there was no record on the map, and it was a completely blank area.
When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they stopped the car, because the village was built on the hillside, except for the entrance of the village, there was no parking space, and they could not drive inside.
As soon as he stopped the car, he saw that there were several off-road vehicles here, and there were license plates from all over the place, Ye Tong got out of the car and said, "Someone really arrived first, let's go and inquire first." ”
At this time, Zhu Zizhang woke up, stretched his waist after getting out of the car and said: "This place is good, the environment is really good, the air is fresh, and the people who live here will definitely live a long life." ”
Ye Fan also got out of the car and said: "Someone has already come first, it seems that there are still a lot of people, we have to speed up." ”
The four of them packed their backpacks and walked into the village with their own equipment. The people in the village rarely seem to see our locals, and many children look at them curiously, and some will run to see the car as if they have never seen it before.
However, these children are just curious about the car, but looking at them with the same eyes as looking at the dead, which makes the four of them feel strange, and this look is too panicked, especially some old people sitting at the door in the village, the eyes are simply scared to death.
Ye Tong asked in a low voice: "Uncle Pig, how the people here feel weird, can't there be any problem, you see their costumes, and the patterns on the houses, they are all from the Qin Dynasty, and no one is wearing modern clothes." ”
Ye Xi said nervously: "Second sister, don't say it, the more you talk about it, the more furious my heart becomes." ”
"Don't think about it, many situations are to scare yourself, this village should have not had much contact with the outside for a long time, and has retained its traditional habits, let's go, find Tianhu first, and then camp and then inquire about the situation." Zhu Zizhang said.
The village is not large, and it takes a long time to pass through this village, and you can see the Heavenly Lake at a glance from the top of the hill behind, where the turquoise water of the lake and the surrounding scenery form a perfect landscape painting.
After choosing a dry and flat land for camp, they began to set up their tents, they could not go into the water to find it immediately, they had to ask the villagers about the situation first, and they would only lose their lives if they walked recklessly.
Now the tents are very simple, they are all automatic tents, and they have been set up as soon as they are opened, and then they only need to nail the windbreak rope to the ground and fix the tent.
After setting up the tent, Zhu Zizhang said: "Fan boy, you haven't slept all night, now sleep for a while, I'll go to the village to inquire about the matter." ”
Ye Fan was indeed very tired, and he was not polite to them, he got into the tent, lay down without taking off his clothes, and soon fell asleep.
Ye Tong went to the pit for the first time this time, although she often came into contact with people and things in this area because of her work, but it was the first time she went down in person, and she was inevitably a little nervous, especially when she heard Ye Xi talk about her last experience, seeing those underground things with her own eyes, which made her a little more afraid, if it weren't for her parents, ordinary people would not go to such a dangerous place.
Ye Xi saw Ye Tong standing by the lake in a daze, and came over with a smile and said, "Second sister, you are scared." ”
"I'm worried about my parents, which eye of yours sees me scared." Ye Tong said with white eyes.
"Haha, I saw it with both eyes, it's okay, this girl will cover you when you go down. The first time I went down, I was scared, but after getting used to it, it was fine, in fact, those ghosts, zombies or something, it's nothing, just kill it. Ye Xi touched the ghost knife behind him and said.
"Don't talk about killing and beating all day long, be careful that you can't get married in the future." Ye Tong was troubled by her, and her nervous mood was much better.
"Hmph, this girl's beauty, people who want to marry me can be lined up in the city, and there are many people chasing me at school." Ye Xi exclaimed proudly.
"Then why are you still single now, don't tell me that your eyes are above the top and you don't look down on others." Ye Tong said.
"Hmph, what's the matter, those people just take a fancy to Miss Ben's beauty, and none of them really like the inside, thinking that all women who have money have to throw them into their arms, who is rare. Miss Ben has to spend money, earn it with her own hands, and earn more than those rich second generations. Ye Xi snorted.
Ye Tong knew the character of his third sister, and after smiling, he didn't say much about this issue, they had already said it many times, "Okay, let's rest too, when Uncle Pig comes, we may have to set off, I don't know if my parents have gone in." ”
The two of them were also a little tired from the bumps on the road, so the two got into a tent and lay down to rest. At around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Zhu Zizhang came back with a big bag and saw that Ye Tong had woken up and sat by the lake in a daze.
He walked over and put a bag of food on the grass and said, "What do you think?" ”
"Ah, Uncle Pig, you're back, how are you inquiring?" Ye Tong asked a little impatiently.
Hearing the sound outside, Ye Fan and Ye Xi also got out of the tent, Ye Xi asked with a hazy sleeping face, "Uncle Pig, is there any news from your parents?" ”
Ye Fan also climbed out, sat on the grass, opened the bag, turned out the contents and ate it, he knew that Zhu Zizhang would say, no need to wait for himself to ask.
"Well, someone did see a man and a woman come in, the man is about sixty, and the woman looks only in her thirties, very beautiful, and many men in the village still remember it, so it shouldn't be wrong, it's your parents. But after they came here, they didn't stop at all, and when they came to the lake on this side, when someone was curious to follow, the two disappeared. Zhu Zizhang said.
"Gone? Is there a secret passage around here? Ye Xi asked in surprise.
Zhu Zizhang shrugged his shoulders and said, "Who knows, but now we can know that two groups of people also followed, and the first group was a very beautiful woman, who went in with five people." The second group was led by a man in his forties, with more than a dozen people, who hired boatmen to go in. ”
"How did they know about this?" Ye Xi said puzzled.
"Don't underestimate the intelligence network of these people, many people are well-informed, it is estimated that Chen Shen is also involved, he reminded us that it may be just to clear up their relationship, this kind of tomb has never been swallowed by a few people, and it needs a huge industrial chain to support it, so we must not only be careful of the dead this time, but also pay more attention to the living." Zhu Zizhang reminded.
Ye Xi said in surprise: "Could it be that tomb robbers are still so rampant now!" They dare to kill people! ”
"You forget, in Yanmen Pass, those foreigners don't care whether others live or die, they kill them all, and your three classmates and Liu Chunming died there." Ye Fan said.
When it comes to this matter, Ye Xi can't refute it, it is true that in the face of some big interests, kindness will be completely buried. Ye Fan then asked: "Since these people can directly find the boatman, it means that everyone knows the place we are looking for." ”
"Well, there's a natural cave called the Water God Cave in the depths of this lake, and it's so deep that no one here knows what's inside. The water flow around the water god cave is strange, the undercurrent and the bright current are staggered into a hollow shape, the boat can't get out when it goes in, and there are countless reefs in the water, and none of the people who go in have come out alive. Only veterans can come out by using the iron ropes on the periphery, but if you actually enter the inside, the history of the village records that no one has ever come out. I found a lot of boatmen here, and they will only show you around the perimeter of the water god cave, and none of them will want to go inside, and they will not even want to rent a boat, saying that they will offend the water god. Zhu Zizhang said.
"It's just a lake, is it necessary to be so dangerous? That's an exaggeration. Ye Xi was a little unconvinced.
Ye Tong shook his head and said: "No, this is definitely not an ordinary lake, I have been sitting by the lake just now, and I found that the lake here has a tide, and the water level here in the morning is different from now, and the water here is salty." ”
Ye Fan was surprised, walked to the lake, put his palm on the water, and said in surprise after retracting his hand and licking his fingers for a while: "There is really a tide, the whole water layer is rising slightly, and the lake water is also salty." ”
Zhu Zizhang said: "Not only that, I stuffed a lot of money, and the villagers told me that the people here rely on this lake to survive, and the lake is full of fish that only exist in the ocean, and the tide rises when the sun rises every day, and the tide recedes when the sun sets, which has lasted until today and has never changed." And to enter the water god cave, only at night, after the tide at night, the water god cave will be exposed, and after the tide rises during the day, the hole of the water god cave will be flooded. ”
"How can we get in without a boatman, we don't have a boat prepared ourselves." Ye Xi said.
"If you take me in, I'll be a boatman for you." A young man sneaked over and said.
Zhu Zizhang stood up in surprise and asked, "Young man, are you?" ”
"My name is Zhou Song, I am a villager here, I am very familiar with the terrain of the Water God Cave, my father is responsible for the recovery of corpses around the Water God Cave, and no one is more familiar with the terrain there than our family."
"People in other villages don't dare to go to the Water God Cave, why do you take the initiative to come to us? For money? Ye Fan asked.
"No, two years ago, my father was entrusted to go there to retrieve the body, because the body was hung on stalagmites, and the body would be difficult to find underwater at high tide, so it was necessary to go at night to find the body, after my father went that night, he didn't come back until dawn, everyone thought that my father died there, but I don't believe it, my father is familiar with the terrain there and can go in and out with his eyes closed, and there is no accident. I always thought that my father might be trapped in the cave, and I wanted to find him, but I didn't dare to go in alone. I had gone with someone else yesterday, but my mother stopped me, and this time I ran out secretly, and I didn't want to regret it. Zhou Song said.
"Oh, it's good luck, we do lack a boatman, so you can take us in, you have a boat." Zhu Zizhang asked.
"Yes, I'm going to row the boat over now." Zhou Song saw Zhu Zizhang agree, showed a happy look, and immediately ran to support the boat.