Three days later, Nanyang Yujie Temple, Qishiju. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"A few of you, please come with me, the second master is already waiting upstairs."

After learning the identities of the three of us, the counter guy hurriedly sent someone to guide us upstairs. There are dozens of private rooms on both sides of the corridor on the second floor, and the corridor is filled with a strong incense, and all the private rooms seem to be empty, without any movement. It wasn't until the last room that the guy who led the way stopped.

"That's it."

The man signaled that we had arrived, he knocked lightly on the door, and said in a voice, "Second master, the guest has arrived." ”

The second master is the shopkeeper of Qishiju, whose real name is Liu Wanshan. Liu Wanshan and Master are old friends, and the two have been friends for decades, and he invited us this time I don't know what happened. But listening to his buddies, it seems that there is something important.

"I've finally looked forward to you, brother, sit down. Ah Gao, go down and make a good pot of tea. Liu Wanshan hurriedly asked us to take a seat. When I walked into the private room, I realized that there was still a person sitting inside. I look at this person very vividly, I have never seen it before, it should be Liu Wanshan's guest.

"Sit sit, sit sit." Liu Wanshan saw that we were still standing, and hurriedly came over to beckon us to take a seat.

The guy named Ah Gao, after bringing the tea, Liu Wanshan instructed him to guard the door and not let anyone in. After the guy left, Liu Wanshan began to introduce: "Brother, I'll introduce you." This is Zhang Da Butler, don't look at him if he doesn't speak, he is a big man, and now he has the final say in the entire Wancheng. ”

When the big housekeeper Zhang heard Liu Wanshan's words, the corners of his mouth raised, and he smiled: "Shopkeeper Liu is serious." ”

"You're too humble. If you hadn't spoken for me up there, I'd have come to an end as the shopkeeper. Liu Wanshan poured tea while constantly currying favor with the big housekeeper Zhang.

However, the chief butler seemed to be tired of this set, took a symbolic sip of tea, and said, "Shopkeeper Liu, polite words are exempt." The time given above is tight, so let's get down to business first. These three must have been mentioned by Shopkeeper Liu.."

Before the man finished speaking, Liu Wanshan answered: "The skills of my three brothers are not ordinary. You can rest assured that I will do it perfectly. ”

The big housekeeper Zhang didn't say anything anymore, nodded slightly, and picked up the tea to look at the scenery outside the window.

At this time, the master said, "What is the matter with us coming over in such a hurry this time?" ”

Shopkeeper Liu sighed, and before he could speak, his forehead wrinkled.

"Brother, I can't let you come this time. If you don't help me, I'm afraid I won't be able to overcome this hurdle. ”

The master was puzzled, "Is it so serious?" ”

Liu Wanshan nodded and sighed: "Brother, you have also seen the situation of the lockdown in the past few days. If it weren't for the fact that there was no way, I wouldn't have let you wade into this troubled water. ”

Master's expression was a little incredulous, so he asked him, "The feelings have been closed for the past few days, is it your basket?" ”

Liu Wanshan rubbed his temples, his eyes were red, and he didn't seem to close his eyes for a few days, and he didn't have the shrewd appearance of a businessman at all. He took a sip of water, pressed his throat, and said with a tired face: "There was an accident in the mine, and many people died. If Steward Zhang hadn't come forward in time, I'm afraid the situation would have been out of control a long time ago. ”

It stands to reason that when the master and a few of them talked, Cassia and I couldn't interject. But hearing Liu Wanshan say this, I was curious, so I couldn't help but ask: "Shopkeeper Liu, you can tell me clearly, what happened to the mine." Speak up and we'll help you. ”

Liu Wanshan looked at the housekeeper Zhang, who had been silent, and saw that the latter did not express his position, so he said: "The matter has come to this point, and I can't hide it." ”

In the rest of his narrative, I could roughly hear the whole thing going on. The cause of the incident was that three days ago, a temple was dug up in his mine. The Yin Temple is the name of the ancient tomb, and Liu Wanshan is a businessman, so it is generally taboo to speak out.

However, this ancient tomb is extremely unusual, on the morning of the excavation, many miners died mysteriously because of the untimely evacuation, and the scene was almost out of control for a while. Liu Wanshan had some friendship with this big housekeeper Zhang, so he had to ask him to come forward and be accommodating. In order to block the news, this is the situation of lockdown in the past few days.

However, according to Liu Wanshan, the current situation of the mine is not optimistic, and this kind of thing cannot be concealed for too long, and it is only a matter of time before the news leaks out. Almost in the past few days, if he can't deal with this hot potato, even if Steward Zhang comes forward, he won't be able to protect him.

After listening to Liu Wanshan's words, what I was most curious about was not the unusual Yin Palace, but the simply omnipotent Butler Zhang in front of me. What kind of person is this person, there was such a big accident in the mine, he actually suppressed it by himself, and said that the city would be closed.

After listening to this, the master asked Liu Wanshan thoughtfully, "Then how are you going to deal with this matter?" ”

Liu Wanshan said that Steward Zhang's advice to him was to secretly find a group of people and send them into the ancient tomb to find out the cause as soon as possible.

When Cassia heard Liu Wanshan say this, he immediately couldn't help but ask him: "Shopkeeper Liu, what do you mean by inviting us here today?" ”

"Don't get me wrong, brother."

Liu Wanshan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I have already sent in two days ago, a total of eight. But what I didn't expect was that until now they haven't heard a bit. Judging from the experience of the past few days, I judge that they are probably more than lucky. ”

Liu Wanshan got up and poured tea for the master, and said apologetically: "Brother, there are actually two reasons for letting you come this time. According to people who came down from the mine, the soldiers who were guarding near the mine also had problems in the past two days. I want you to go up the mountain to have a look, after all, they were all sent by Steward Zhang, and I can't explain anything to him if something happens. Plus, there's another reason..."

Liu Wanshan paused, and it seemed that it was not easy to speak.

"After there was no news of those people, I asked Steward Zhang to find a master from the road, and wanted to end this matter as soon as possible. After a few days of tossing and turning, I'm afraid my store won't be able to open. ”

He stopped what he was doing, sat back in his chair, and said helplessly: "Steward Zhang came this time to inform me that he had invited the master, but that person had one condition. ”

"Conditions? It's nothing more than a matter of money. Cassia was straightforward and thought that it must be that the price was not negotiated.

Liu Wanshan shook his head and said: "If you just ask for money, I will give him as much as he wants." But the problem is that he has a request in addition to money. ”

"What requirements?" I wondered, what would these people want besides money?

Liu Wanshan looked at the master and said helplessly: "I'm afraid I'll have to bother my brother to go there." The master offered that he only needed 30% of the money, but he specified that he wanted his brother to follow him in. ”

When the master heard this, he was stunned for a moment: "Is there such a thing? ”

"I don't know what his intentions are, but in terms of safety, don't worry. The person invited by Steward Zhang definitely has extraordinary human skills. And I have inquired, and this man's way is unfathomable,"

As he spoke, he suddenly patted his head and hurriedly said, "By the way, that person also left something for my brother." I was so confused that I almost forgot about it. ”

"Ah Gao"

Liu Wanshan hurriedly called the guy outside the door to come in and gave a few orders. The fellow nodded and walked quickly downstairs, coming back with one more thing in his hand.

It was a long box made of rosewood, and when the master opened it, he found that there was a painting in the box, and there was a seal in the lower right corner. I thought there was something strange about this painting, but upon closer inspection, I realized that it was an ordinary painting. But when the master looked at it, the expression on his face changed, and he suddenly asked Liu Wanshan, "When can you leave?" ”

As soon as Liu Wanshan heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother, you've done a great favor this time. I have prepared my things, as long as Steward Zhang nods, I can set off at any time. ”

The more I listened, the more I felt that something was wrong, and my heart said what was going on? Why did Master agree in a daze? Just about to persuade the master, at this time, the big housekeeper Zhang suddenly stood up and said, "In this case, then shopkeeper Liu, my task is completed." You set off as soon as possible, he is already waiting on the mountain, maybe you can arrive before dark, and I will send someone to take you up the mountain. ”

This person speaks in the form of commands, which makes people feel very uncomfortable. After Liu Wanshan sent him downstairs, Cassia took a sip and scolded, what a thing, and he still regarded himself as a character.

After Liu Wanshan came back, looking at Cassia Ming's expression, he smiled helplessly and said with a wry smile: "I let my brother be wronged, but I finally sent him away, I really responded to that sentence, it is easy to ask God to send God." ”

I asked Liu Wanshan, who is this Steward Zhang? How could he be willing to help you so much?

Liu Wanshan smiled bitterly, how can there be such a cheap thing, this is just a power and money transaction. The money he has given out in the past few days is almost all his savings. The cost of hiring a master alone will use up half a year's savings.

Master had planned to let me and Cassia stay here, but Cassia didn't agree to anything. Master couldn't resist us, so he had to let us follow. After we cleaned up a little, the guards sent by Steward Zhang arrived. Master didn't dare to delay and beckoned us to get ready to go. Liu Wanshan prepared a very complete set of things for us, which saved a lot of work.

Bidding farewell to Liu Wanshan, we were led by the guards and began to march towards Dushan. From Yujie Temple to Dushan, it takes about three hours to walk. The guards in front of me didn't say a word along the way, and hurried away with a straight face, and I even wondered if this person was dumb?

After passing the water, it is close to the foot of Dushan Mountain. By this time, the sun had begun to turn red, and the sky was transitioning to night. The way up the hill became more difficult, and the team hurried towards the mine.

It was getting dark, and by the time we got to the mine, it was all dark. The soldiers guarding the neighborhood were cooking on fire, and after some explanation, we were placed in a nearby marching tent, and there were a lot of discarded stones around the tent, which had been dug out of the mine and thrown here.

We found a black wooden coffin behind the tent, the lid of which had been burned as firewood. Cassia asked one of the soldiers where the coffin came from. The man pointed to the entrance to the mine, saying that he had been dragged out of it the other day. According to him, there were several corpses lying next to the coffin at that time, and they were afraid that something would happen, so they dragged the coffin outside and exposed it to the sun for a day. As a result, after the coffin was opened, it was found that there was nothing in the coffin, only a group of hairy bats.

After hearing this, Cassia frowned and asked, "What is the situation inside the tomb?" Do you know who is buried inside? ”

The man shook his head and said he hadn't been in and didn't know what was going on inside. However, I heard that the scale of the underground palace there is not small, but no one knows what the specific situation is. Since the accident, no one dares to go in again.

In the course of his small talk, I learned that two days ago, eight people sent by Liu Wanshan went in, but so far, no one has come out. And the master invited by Zhang's housekeeper went forward to save people one day, but there is no news so far, and I don't know what the situation is.

"What's the deal with the wound on your neck?" Cassia suddenly asked. In fact, I noticed that not only this person, but everyone else seemed to have similar wounds on their necks, like a bite mark.

Hearing Cassia Ming's question, he subconsciously covered his neck with his hands, shook his head in a panic, and said that it was an accident. But judging by his expression, this man must have something to hide from us. Cassia wanted to ask again, but the man walked away quickly with a panicked expression.

"How did he go?"

I had a foreboding feeling in my heart, as if he was afraid of something.

Cassia stared at the back of the man's departure, and said in a low voice, "There is a problem with the people here, be careful." ”

As night falls, the atmosphere around the mine becomes very eerie. During the meal, a strange stench permeated the entire vicinity of the mine, and the soldiers were silent. But just look at their faces and you can be sure that something has happened here. Cassia seems to have sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and has been vigilantly observing his surroundings since he was eating.