Chapter 4 Thousand Coffin Plank Road

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The palm covering my mouth was very moist and I could feel a slight tremor. Apparently he was also extremely nervous.

Seeing that I didn't mean to resist, my palm slowly loosened. But it was still on my face, and it seemed that it was still wary that I would suddenly scream.

"Ah Fa?" I asked, trying to search my mind for information related to the name. But after thinking about it for a long time, I didn't find any information.

This person named Ah Fa may have been impatient to wait, and said in a low voice: "I won't hurt you, don't make a sound." After saying that, he completely let go of the hand covering my face.

In the faint light outside the window, I could see the outline of his face. Combined with the voice he spoke just now, it is estimated that he should be about the same age as me. Could it be my former playmate? Damn, you didn't come to me in the middle of the night to catch up with me, did you? I muttered in my heart and asked, "It's so late, what's wrong with me?" Why don't you come to me during the day? ”

In the dark, Ah Fa touched his nose and asked in a suppressed voice, "Do you remember who I am?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, and the usual method of the merchant came up: "Remember, you are Ah Fa." After a pause, he added: "We played with mud together." ”

It is estimated that there is something urgent, and Ah Fa does not care about anything on this issue anymore. After easing his breath a little, he said, "I was also present at the meeting in the ancestral hall just now, did you notice anything wrong?" ”

After hearing this, my first reaction was that he was talking to me. But I haven't been back for so many years, and there's nothing for him to cheat, right? Besides, the person who decided to go to the meeting tomorrow should know about it, so there is nothing he doesn't know.

"I mean, don't you think your uncle is weird?" Ah Fa said.

Weird? I frowned and thought carefully about the way my uncle looked when he was in a meeting in the ancestral hall, and suddenly felt a little unusual. But this is also a momentary feeling, and I can't describe it if I really want to express it.

Ah Fa saw that I hadn't thought of anything after thinking about it for so long, so he asked, "Don't you think what he said is a little wrong?" ”

While secretly scolding this kid for playing dumb riddles with me in the middle of the night, I began to recall what my uncle said in the ancestral hall.

I went through what the uncle said in my mind, and although I couldn't find anything wrong, the uncomfortable feeling became stronger and stronger.

"Alas" Ah Fa sighed softly and said, "I was standing not far from you during the meeting, and I heard the conversation between you and your uncle clearly. Didn't you realize that the decision to enter the ancestral hall was made by your uncle? ”

Oh, it dawned on me.

Man is an extremely independent creature. The reason why I felt uncomfortable just now was probably because my uncle made a decision for me.

"But it's not a big deal." I said, "Even if Uncle hadn't made the decision for me, I would have made the same decision in the end." ”

"No," Ah Fa said, "haven't you noticed that although he has been saying to respect your choice, he has actually been luring you in?" ”

I made a pause gesture for him to pause so I could remember. But he ignored me, and continued: "You haven't been in the village for so many years, and the people in the village have long since changed. After a pause, he continued: "In the ancestral hall, there are not only tablets, but also many tombs of officials and nobles in the deeper inside. ”

Hearing this, I seemed to understand, so I asked, "What do you mean, is it true that my uncle asked me to go in to find my father, and that he wants to rob the tomb?" But as soon as the words came out, I knew that something was wrong, and immediately asked, "How do you know?" ”

"Me?" Ah Fa smiled bitterly and said, "Do you know how I have been here for more than ten years? Your uncle gathered all the children in the village and gave us all the known grave robbing techniques. In order to be able to enter the depths of the ancestral hall and steal the burial goods of the ancestors. ”

"What does this have to do with getting me back?" I asked, "I mean, since my uncle already has this plan, it doesn't matter if he doesn't get me back, right?" ”

"Your uncle wants to go in justifiably. After all, there are still the older generation alive in the village, and they will not agree to go in and steal the tombs of their ancestors. ”

"You mean to let me stop my uncle?" I asked.

"No, don't stop it." Ah Fa said. After saying that, I saw him get up and touch the door and put his ear on it. After a while, after making sure that there was no one outside the door, Ah Fa returned to me and said, "If you want to go into the ancestral hall to find your father, I will accompany you." After saying that, Ah Fa got up and walked to the window, leaned out and looked out.

"As long as they don't follow them without you, they won't have a reason to go in. I think that's why your dad asked you to move every few years. After saying that, I saw him waving to me in the dark: "Quick, let's go now." Then before I could react, he pulled me to the window.

Standing at the window, by the moonlight I saw something resembling a flying tiger's claw buckled to the windowsill. It seems that this kid just climbed up along this one.

"Quick, slide down it."

"Damn, I won't!" I smiled wryly.

Ah Fa looked anxious. Directly stuffed the rope into my hand, "This is only the second floor, and you can't be killed if you fall five or six meters." Hurry up! ”

Then I might as well jump. I smiled wryly and grabbed the rope and rubbed it down little by little. When he rubbed more than two meters from the ground, his arm was really weak, so he simply let go and jumped straight down.

Don't look at the usual distance of two meters, it doesn't seem to be far, but if you change it to height, it will be enough. As soon as I hit the ground, I hit my foot. But fortunately, the injury was not serious, and it returned to normal after running for a while by Ah Fa.

Standing in the big bamboo forest at the mouth of the ferry, I looked at Ah Fa by the moonlight and asked, "You don't want to swim over, do you?" First of all, I'm not as good at water as you are. When you get into the water, I guess you have to go downstream. ”

"It's your uncle's people who ferry, and we can't take a boat to get there. Gotta swim through it sneakily. After speaking, I only listened to Ah Fa learn a few bird calls. Then he dragged me into the dark.

It wasn't long before I heard a rustling sound overhead, as if something was moving on it. I instinctively looked up, only to see that the bamboo was growing in the area where Ah Fa had pulled me to hide. The dense foliage obscured the moonlight overhead, and nothing could be seen.

"Hey" I was about to ask Ah Fa what the situation was, but Ah Fa covered his mouth.

The sound of rustling stopped above us, and then I heard the same birdsong as Ah Fa had just heard. Ah Fa let go of his hand after hearing the bird's call, and learned to respond to the bird's call.

Hearing Ah Fa's response, there were a few rustling sounds from the tree, and then the bamboo branch shook violently a few times, and a figure fell.