Chapter Ninety-Six: A Tail
The front of the iron fence was empty, and there was no one, so the old man of the Hu family carried a lamp and spoke to the corner of the empty wall. I said a few words in a row, but there was no response at all.
"Second uncle!" The old man of the Hu family accentuated his tone and said, "I beg you to say something!" ”
"Nope."
It was not until this time that an old and hoarse voice came from the corner of the wall, and the old man of the Hu family took another step forward, lowered the lamp in his hand, and the light flashed, and I saw a dry and thin old man squatting in the corner next to the iron fence. The old man cowered in the corner, silent, and if it weren't for the light, he wouldn't have noticed that there was anyone else.
The old man stood up slowly against the wall, his eyes were gray, and he rolled his eyes as he spoke, looking like he was blind. The blind old man doesn't know how long he has been in this tunnel, and the whole person has almost melted into the darkness, even if he is a good person, if he stays here for a long time, his eyes will be blind.
"You can't go in, unless your father comes in person, otherwise, no one else can go in." The old blind man's voice was hoarse, but his tone was light, he stood up and shook it for a while, and said, "Go back." ”
"Second uncle! Stop guarding your old calendar! Ye has been dead for so many years, do you know that in the decades you have stayed here, how much unspeakable loss has the Hu family eaten, as long as something happens in that well, the basin will immediately be deducted from our heads, and now the world outside is different, there was an accident in the well a few days ago, people died, and the world was leveled, if you continue like this, sooner or later someone will be discovered! When the time comes, will our Hu family still live! ”
The old blind man leaned against the wall and didn't say a word, the more he was so muffled, the more anxious the old man of the Hu family became.
"Second uncle! You can't say a word! You are also a member of the Hu family, and you don't care if you see your children and grandchildren in disaster? Do you know that you don't let go of the rules of the year? ”
"It's not that I don't let go." The old blind man sighed and said, "Even if you go in, what can you do, what can you do that your master didn't do well back then?" If we can do a good job, our Hu family will not have to abandon the old house and move away. ”
"I'll go in, I'll finish what I have to say, and if I can't, I'll die inside!" The old man of the Hu family was troubled by the people in the village several times, and it was estimated that he would have been unbearable for a long time, and he had a posture of letting go of everything, and said: "There is no big deal except death!" Second uncle, you were also a good man back then, why did you stay here for so many years and wear out all your blood? ”
The old blind man was silent again, and the old man of the Hu family kept persuading, he was right, the current world is no longer the chaotic and strife years of the past. The matter is related to the most fundamental interests of the Hu family, and after persuading for a while, the old blind man can't hold his breath. He is a Hu family, and he must be the most loyal, otherwise he would not have been arranged to stay here for decades.
When I saw him, I couldn't help but think of the old ghost again.
"Good!" The old blind man pondered for a long time, and finally nodded, and said: "Go in, when I came here, I knew that sooner or later this matter would have to be settled, and if it was not settled, the Hu family would never be able to turn over, and they would have to suffer from it." ”
The old blind man came out of the corner with a key at his waist, just one, a little outrageously large, he couldn't see anything, and fumbled around the iron fence to pick up a big and frightening lock. This iron fence is already extremely strong, and with such a big lock, it seems that the Hu family is very uneasy about what is behind the iron fence.
What would that be?
The old man of the Hu family and the old blind man opened the lock on the iron fence, and the two of them worked hard together to slowly push the fence open. After the fence, it was still a long tunnel, and when the old man of the Hu family and the old blind man walked out one after another, the old blind man reflexively locked the big lock from the inside, and said to the old man of the Hu family: "If something really happens, forget it if our two old guys die inside, don't bother the juniors." ”
"The second uncle is right." The old man of the Hu family sighed, not knowing whether it was melancholy or what, but without a little fear, he walked with the old blind man towards the passage behind the fence.
The three of us breathed a sigh of relief, and Maitreya gave me a look and asked me if I wanted to keep up. I always felt that the Hu family had installed such a heavy iron fence in the tunnel, which clearly meant danger. But the whole thing has invisibly mobilized my curiosity completely, and now I am reluctant to retreat halfway.
Xiao Jiuhong was more anxious than me, and tried her best to persuade me and Maitreya to continue to follow, but the big scary lock was already locked, and the fence could not be opened. After the old man of the Hu family and the old blind man walked away, Maitreya didn't know where to find a very thin steel wire, poked it into the keyhole, closed his eyes and gently tinkered, and soon, the big lock opened with a click. The blind man's sense of hearing is very sensitive, so we tried our best to quietly open the iron fence, and in such a short time, we were already sweating profusely.
"Actually, I don't think the Hu family is like a person with a bad heart." Maitreya touched the sweat on his head and whispered, "At least these two old guys still have good thoughts." Even if you know that you are going to die, you can still think about the juniors in your family. ”
I paused, not wanting to take Maitreya's words, because when I talked about it, I thought of my grandfather. I shook my head, told Maitreya to shut up, and listened until I couldn't hear any more movement, and then I passed through the iron fence gate. The twists and turns of the tunnel are still a bend in a while, and I can't tell the difference between east and west, but after walking a few steps, I suddenly woke up. This tunnel in the courtyard of the Hu family should lead to the old well!
I was immediately nervous, but there was a faint excitement, and if I went forward, there would inevitably be unforeseen dangers, but the secret in the old well must be ahead. The atmosphere of risking death to explore the secrets made me restless all over my body.
We are afraid that the old blind man will hear the insignificant footsteps of the three people, so he has not dared to follow too closely, the Hu family is not far from the old well, but the tunnel turns around, the distance is extended a lot, about half an hour, the tunnel is wide all of a sudden, at the same time, a very bad smell comes to the face. The place where the tunnel is widened is just a corner, I look at the edge of the wall, the old man of the Hu family and the old blind man stand in front and look left and right, under the light, I see that there are two big stone piers in the widened place, which are paved with a messy layer of things that I don't know whether cotton wool or fur, the original white fur has been stained with blood, scarlet, and faintly black. There is air convection here, and the stench wafts in this direction, and it is the smell of dead people or dead animals after they have rotted, and it smells terrible to death.
Maitreya gestured to me, and when I got here, I guess I was very close to the old well.
"Why isn't it there?" The old man of the Hu family may not be very familiar with this place, so he glanced left and right, looked ahead, and the tunnel in front of him narrowed again, about three or four meters wide.
Hearing his words, I suddenly felt that the things that were in the old well in the corpse place seemed to be here, and then there was no trace.
"The god pattern steel is a seven-door thing, and if you lock anything, you can't run away, it must be there, it's on the side of the old well." The old blind man listened attentively, but he couldn't hear any movement, and the attention of the two people naturally turned to the narrowing tunnel ahead.
"Second uncle, be careful." The old man of the Hu family walked in front, slowly raised the lamp, and as soon as the light shone, on the narrowed tunnel ground, there were some bones thrown around, some of which had long been dry and black, and some of the flesh on them had not yet rotted, and the messy bones looked messy and very gloomy, I blocked Xiao Jiuhong, lest she would scream involuntarily after seeing something.
The tunnel was so quiet that you could almost hear the heartbeat of people, and when the old man of the Hu family slowly walked into the narrowed tunnel, there was a loud bang, and a person suddenly fell down from the tunnel. It must have been a woman, with long hair and dressed in white, like a hanged man who had been placed on a beam of a house and had suddenly fallen. The woman's face was obscured by her hair, and only her blood-red tongue could be seen. The old man of the Hu family was startled and sat on the ground.
The hanged woman giggled, her voice as crisp as a bell, and a little flattering, and the listeners were distracted. The old man of the Hu family didn't have much kung fu, and when he was frightened and sat down on the ground, the woman reached out and grabbed him.
boom
The thin old blind man moved at this moment, and his body was staggeringly fast, and he raised his hand to block the woman. In a flash, the hair in front of the woman's face spread out, revealing a very beautiful face. Her cheeks were as white as cream, her facial features were very delicate, and her lips were red as if they had been stained with blood.
As soon as her body moved, there was a rattling sound under her feet, apparently locked by an iron chain. The old blind man walked like a fly, ran around the woman, and then pulled out to drag the old man of the Hu family back.
"It's my own family!" The old blind man grabbed the arm of the old man of the Hu family, turned back to the woman and said, "Don't hurt him!" ”
Giggles
The woman laughed again, showing her white teeth, but the smile was indescribably frightening. The old blind man can't see things, he can only distinguish them by his ears, his kung fu is actually very good, and he wants to go back first when he drags the old man of the Hu family. The woman didn't move again, but followed them a few steps, the iron chain under her feet was thin and long, and although it was locked, it was able to move within a certain range.
"It's been so many years that no one has come to see me, why do you suddenly have a conscience today?" The woman forced the two men to step back, and asked them with a smile, her voice very good, with a kind of coquettishness in her weakness.
"Don't kill people through the old well anymore, otherwise, the Hu family will let you die sooner or later!" The old blind man helped the old man of the Hu family up.
At this moment, I saw a fluffy tail slowly emerging behind the woman in white, the tail was very long, soft like a snake, and poked out silently, the light was very dim, the old blind man couldn't see anything, and the old man of the Hu family was also frightened, and by the time he saw this tail, it was too late.