Chapter 4 Dialogue in the Tea House
We found a window seat.
I took a sip of tea, the astringent bitterness filled my mouth, and asked, "Master Li, everyone doesn't say you die?"
Feeling a little inappropriate, he said again: "Everyone said that you disappeared, why did you appear here?" ”
The blind man Li ignored me, he took a sip of tea and said to himself: "There is a Wangjia Mountain two hundred miles south of the town. ”
I looked at him and didn't speak.
The blind man continued: "According to legend, a long, long time ago, a minister discovered that he could count 10,000 mountains while standing on a certain mountain, and the minister told the king the news of this.
The king did not believe it, and said, "If I could count 10,000 mountains, I would build a royal palace on that mountain, and the next day the king led the soldiers to the mountain that the minister said, but no matter how the king counted, there were only 9,999 mountains, counting from day to night, and from night to day, until half a month later the king vomited blood and died on that mountain." ”
According to the king's wishes, the minister built an underground palace for him at the bottom of the mountain, and the underground palace was completed, and after the emperor was buried, the minister hanged himself.
The minister who hanged himself left a letter, "The drought in the country is becoming more and more serious, and I am not afraid that the king will build a palace and waste the people and money, so he pointed to his rockery, but the king died of illness in it, and the minister could not sleep and eat, so he built a palace under the real mountain and left a book by hanging." ”
After the blind man Li finished telling the story, he suddenly asked, "You set the fire?" ”
This is for sure, not a question, I know I can't hide it, and I said: "Master Li is worthy of being an old Jianghu, I can't even hide this from you, that's right, it's me."
The blind man Li bared his teeth, showed a row of yellow teeth, and said, "Actually, I'm just guessing, because I've also gone down that hole." ”
I secretly cursed in my heart: "Sure enough, it's an old fox." But you have to pretend to be surprised, "What have you been down too?" ”
The blind man Li became serious: "Twenty-three years ago, I accidentally discovered the ancient tomb, so I took two apprentices to go down to find out, on the way we encountered very strange things, and finally the two apprentices died, and the letter left by the minister was found in the coffin. ”
I scolded in my heart, "Damn, I'll just say why the tomb is so clean, the feeling is that this old thing has made the things in the tomb so empty, needless to say, his apprentice must have been killed by him." ”
I continued to pretend not to understand and asked, "What's the strange thing?" ”
"We met faces that change faces and mountains of snakes," the blind man Li sighed and continued, looking at me who pretended not to understand; "That kind of monster can become the appearance of the people around you, and can extract people's memories, so people can't guard against it, I almost died at the hands of that monster, after I escaped, I was seriously injured, so I recuperated here for two months, and then I hid my identity and settled here."
I muttered to myself, "Huh, settle down? I think it's for the tomb artifact! ”
Half a month or so ago, I went to that place again, the tomb road had collapsed, and the periphery was burned bare, and I thought that someone must have been attacked by the snakes, set fire and fled, and inadvertently entered the thief hole, afraid that the snakes would chase it, so the thief hole collapsed. So I came to try my luck at the hotel near here, and just now I accidentally found that there is a faint corpse smell on you, so I want to confirm with you, Li Blind said.
I was secretly surprised, and sure enough, it was exactly what he guessed, I raised my arm and smelled it, except for the smell of soap in the bath, there was no other smell on my body, and I looked at the blind man Li in confusion, "There is no smell!" ”
The blind man looked at my puzzled expression, "Hmph" and sneered, "Do you think anyone can smell it, a young bud cub like you who has just debuted is still far from Taoism." ”
I didn't want to talk to him and asked straight to the point: "Master Li, you asked me to come here"
The blind man Li took two sips of tea, looked up at me sharply, and asked, "Have you ever gone down?" ”
In the face of his sharp gaze, I felt uncomfortable, I felt completely seen through, and my heart was a little empty, and I asked, "Where is it?" ”
The blind man Li retracted his gaze and said, "Don't pretend, if I didn't find the secret way to go down, I still need to ask you." ”
I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, where did he mean to go down? Suddenly, it dawned on me that he was talking about Yelang's tomb? Thinking about it carefully, it's right that he hasn't gone down, the mechanism of the secret passage is very secretive, not to mention, even if he finds the passage, the passage is open downward, and he really doesn't dare to go down without any courage.
Pretending to be stupid, he asked, "Master Li, haven't you ever gone down?" No, even if you don't find the secret passage, you can still enter the thief hole! ”
After a pause, he continued: "I haven't gone down. ”
Cave thieves? Hmph, the outside of the tomb is full of whole pieces of basalt, how long will it take to dig the thief hole? Even with explosives, it would take ten days and half a month to blow up, and that thing is very eye-catching. The blind man Li opened my eyes deeply, "You really haven't been in?" ”
Affirmatively and resolutely: "No." ”
"Then how did you escape, I remember that the tomb had collapsed at that time."
I told him about the coma, and the blind man Li didn't look like I was lying, and frowned and didn't ask any questions.
"Master Li, I have to go back to Chengdu tomorrow." Seeing that he didn't say anything more, maybe I should leave, got up and settled the bill, and said goodbye to him.
Suddenly, the blind man Li roared: "Slow." ”
I stopped and looked at the blind man.
The blind man Li smiled with a slight meaning on his face, "I believe we will meet again soon." After speaking, he ignored me and drank tea by himself.
See you again? He glanced at him puzzled, turned to leave.