Chapter 3 The Last Man

(Sorry, I said I had another chapter yesterday the night before yesterday, but I forgot about it.) Now make up for it. Updating this kind of thing credibility is the most important. I'll come back from class and have a chapter for today. ）

"Nine people went in, and none of them came out?" I asked, looking at my uncle in front of me. Such a large cave is full of people who don't even turn on the lights, and the ideological spirit of saving resources is quite thorough.

My uncle slowly filled it with tobacco while holding a large bamboo tube, and after filling it up, he lit a fire and smoked it, and he didn't answer me.

In order to make sure that my uncle didn't hear me behind his ear, I called him softly again, but I saw the uncle waving at me. This uncle is now the oldest person in the village, and he is also the oldest of his generation. What I mean by looking at Uncle is that I don't rush and take my time.

I nodded, and said in my heart that this uncle is probably a little slow to react when he is old, so just wait.

After a long while, my uncle stood up and carried a large bamboo tube and knocked it on the stone on the side. I was almost asleep sitting next to me, and when I saw that my uncle had finished smoking, I quickly cheered up and planned to ask him again. Unexpectedly, my uncle sat down and began to fill the bamboo tube with tobacco again.

It's still a old smoking gun. I cursed. got up and walked to his uncle and squatted down, shook his hand holding the bamboo tube, and asked, "Uncle, how could there be nine people in back then?" Isn't my dad alone? ”

My uncle looked up at me, his eyes were all black with the dim tungsten light bulb and the sporadic firelight, and he couldn't see the whites of his eyes. I was a little cautious, and instinctively tried to avoid his eyes. But when he thought that he might know many things back then, he had no choice but to raise his head and look at him.

"Your dad did go in alone." Uncle said.

"That" I was about to ask, but I saw my uncle wave his hand at me again, and motioned for me to let my uncle continue.

"Your dad didn't go in long and came out again." As he spoke, he drew another match and lit the cigarette, "After coming out, your father personally selected ten people, and went in again the next night with people." ”

"Ten? Didn't you say that nineteen went in and none came out? I was stunned and asked.

The uncle puffed out a puff of smoke, looked up at the uncle behind him, and said, "Your father brought ten people in." But a lot of things happened in it, and they all died one after another. ”

"You mean there's one more person alive?" I hurriedly asked. But after I asked, I realized something. So he asked, "You are the only one of the ten who survived?" ”

"No," the uncle stood up and knocked on the bamboo tube, turning to look into the depths of the ancestral hall behind him. After a long time, he said: "Including your father, I am the only one of the eleven people who came out alive. ”

My heart trembled. Although I had long been mentally prepared for my father to die in the ancestral hall, I still couldn't accept it for a while when I heard my uncle say so sure.

"But don't be sad, it's just my guess that your father died inside. Your father was still alive when I came out. ”

"Then why didn't my dad come out with you?"

"We've had so many things in there, and too many people have died. Your father didn't want me to die in it too, so he let me come out first. After saying that, my uncle saw that I didn't speak, and said, "Before I came out, your father told me to find you and bring you here." ”

"Take me here?" I subconsciously looked into the depths of the ancestral hall, where it was pitch black and bottomless like a black hole.

"Alright, let's do it for now." The uncle suddenly said, "Nephew, you have a good rest tonight, and I will bring someone in with you tomorrow." ”

I was about to say something, but I saw Uncle turn around and call a few names to the group behind him, and then waved them all away.

On the way back from the ancestral hall, the group of people was dead silent, leaving only the rustling sound of walking. I deliberately slowed down and followed my uncle. At first, the uncle called me a few times to let me follow, and after a few calls, he didn't bother to pay attention to me when he didn't want to keep up.

"Uncle," I whispered from behind. My uncle is old and walks very slowly, and now he walks on mountain roads. The mountain road is full of twists and turns, and the people walking in front of it have long been gone. "Uncle, what did you encounter inside? How can there still be dead people? “

"Do you know what the ancestral hall is for?" My uncle didn't look back at me, but walked by himself.

"Isn't it for the tablet?"

"Yes. But do you know what's in the depths of the ancestral hall? ”

I muttered, and my heart said I hadn't been in again, how do I know. So he asked, "Isn't it supposed to be a tablet inside?" ”

My uncle suddenly stopped and turned to face me. I followed him so closely that I almost hit him when he stopped.

"Inside is the coffin, it's the grave."

I was stunned for a moment, but I immediately understood. Wei's ancestral hall is open on the mountain, not to mention such a large space to enshrine the tablets of generations in a village, even if it is dedicated to a town, there are still left.

"When your father took us in, we encountered a mechanism set up by the previous people." After speaking, the uncle turned around and continued walking. I didn't dare to follow too closely, for fear that he would suddenly stop again. So I kept a step away from him.

"Uncle, I heard that my father went in to find the true image of my grandfather's death?"

After saying this, I saw that my uncle's body stagnated slightly, and then returned to normal.

"Your grandfather, he died protecting a secret." After a long time, my uncle said.

"Secret? What secret? I asked.

"I promised your grandfather that he wouldn't tell anyone."

"But didn't my grandfather tell my father that if you want to know, you should go into the ancestral hall to find the answer?"

"So your dad went in." After a pause, my uncle said again: "You are the same, if you also want to know, then go in." ”

I frowned and asked, "My father brought so many people in and died, isn't it also looking for death when I go in?" ”

"I'll go in with you tomorrow." Uncle said.

"Then can't you just tell me?"

"There are some things that you need to figure out yourself." Uncle said, and after speaking, he looked up at the ferry port not far away. Uncle, they're already waiting for us there. "You don't have to ask anyone what the secret is. Except for your grandfather, only I know now. After the uncle finished speaking, he lowered his head and stopped talking. I had already reached the edge of the crowd as I spoke, and I had to choke on what I wanted to ask. I'm going to find some time to ask for clarification later.

After a tired day, I didn't say anything after returning to my uncle's house, and after a simple wash, I returned to my room and was ready to go to bed.

But just as he was about to fall asleep, there was a slight sound outside the window, and a figure jumped in from the window.

Damn, this is the second floor, how did you get in? As soon as I got out of bed, I wanted to scream for the thief. But who knew that the figure came directly to me in a flash, and covered my mouth. I just wanted to struggle, but I heard the figure lower his voice and say, "Don't panic, I'm Ah Fa." ”