"That's right." I agree with Maitreya's speculation that it is impossible to demolish the old mansion that I have lived in for so many years, and the secrets of the Hu family are all in the hearts of the Hu family, and they are also in the depths of the old well full of mystery and horror.

"Well, are you interested in finding out?" Maitreya smiled.

"Well, I want to know what's going on." Xiao Jiuhong applauded at the time, but I always felt that things were not so simple, around this old well, many people have died, and it is a mystery until now, if the secret is so easy to be discovered, the secret of the old well has already been dug out.

"This well must not be able to be built." I said to Maitreya, "Think of something else." ”

"The well can't be lowered, let's start from the Hu family." Maitreya said: "Anyway, there is still time, slowly stare at the Hu family here for a while, I think, today they were made by the people in the village again, and it is estimated that they will not be able to sit steadily." ”

The three of us discussed for a while, the sun had already set behind the mountain, and the mountain road was difficult to walk, so Maitreya hurriedly led us down the mountain. After going down the mountain, it was already dark, but the night was not yet deep, so we found a place to stay until about twelve o'clock in the morning, and then got up and went to Hu's house, which was three or four miles away. Maitreya's meaning is to take his time, first go around the courtyard of the Hu family, fully understand the situation outside, and then look for opportunities. However, as soon as we approached the Hu family's compound, we vaguely saw the small door of the courtyard suddenly open, and the three of us immediately withdrew and hid aside.

Walking out of the small door was the old man of the Hu family I had seen during the day, and when I thought of the strange tail behind him, my heart was furious. The old man of the Hu family went out alone, and when he closed the small door with his backhand, I saw that he was only about 100 catties of pigs.

"What is this for?" Maitreya was fat, and as soon as he squatted down, he touched his belly and said, "A pig went out on the bridge in the middle of the night, suspicious, Xiao Jiu, don't you know about the Hu family?" Does the Hu family have this habit? ”

"I'm sure I know." Xiao Jiuhong really had nothing to say, and muttered: "Someone walks birds and dogs, people can't sleep in the middle of the night, can't get up and walk the pigs?" ”

As soon as the old man of the Hu family came out, the three of us didn't dare to speak, for fear of being discovered, but the old man of the Hu family seemed to be more careful, and he had to look back and forth a few steps out, and we waited until he was far away, and then slowly followed. I am not very familiar with the terrain on this side of Huangshachang, but after walking for a while, I realized that the old man of the Hu family is going in the direction of the old well.

As expected, after walking more than three miles at night, the old man of the Hu family arrived near the old well, but the pig in his hand squatted down and guarded for half an hour, until he was sure that there was no one else on the old well, and then continued to walk forward.

The old well looked very blurry in the middle of the night, and the old man of the Hu family didn't turn on the lights, so he came to the old well by the moonlight, looked at the well, and groaned for a long time, and then bent down and said to the well: "Almost, it's really almost"

Saying that, he used a rope to bring the pig along the mouth of the well slowly put down, the pig was very tightly strangled by the rope, immediately after entering the well, began to call, the cry floated out of the well, and came far away, the old man of the Hu family sped up his speed, and quickly put the pig at the bottom of the well. As soon as the pig fell to the bottom, the cry was a little quieter, but it still hummed vigorously. The old man of the Hu family kept pacing around the well, looking a little uncertain.

For more than ten minutes, the pigs in the well were still calling, and the old man of the Hu family flicked his arm and pulled the 100-pound pig up from the bottom of the well.

"Almost!" He began to speak towards the mouth of the well again, his tone was obviously much heavier, a little angry, and a little impatient: "Something will happen in a few years, and there will be many deaths, not afraid that capable people will stare at this well?" Our Hu family, we really want to be dragged down by you! ”

The old man of the Hu family spoke in a very heavy tone, threatening for a while, dissuading for a while, he might really be afraid that there would be deaths in the old well one after another, and if he was targeted by some people, he might be investigated to the end. After talking for a long time, the well was still silent.

"I'll die in front of you!" The old man of the Hu family was in a hurry, and in such a hurry, the tail bounced out from behind him: "Dead and clean!" It's better than watching the Hu family die in the future! ”

After saying this, the old man of the Hu family, Erqiao Pig, hurriedly walked towards the way he came, walked back to the courtyard of the Hu family in one breath, and re-entered the small door.

"He guesses he'll have to do something!" Maitreya crouched outside the wall and whispered to us, "It's better to keep along." ”

"Isn't that going to turn over someone's yard?" I'm a little uncertain, the Hu family in Huangshachang was famous in the past, and I have been the head of the 36th side door for a long time, and I don't think I can come and go freely in the Hu family with this little ability.

"I can see that he just has a lot of strength and doesn't practice kung fu much." Maitreya said: "He went out quietly in the middle of the night, not only did he not want outsiders to find out, but he even had to hide it from his family, we were quick with our hands and feet, fast, otherwise it would be too late!" ”

I thought about it, in terms of age, the old man of the Hu family is not much older than the old knife, and in the generation of the old knife, the Hu family has long been down, except for his bloody eyes, other people may not have much ability. As soon as I said this, I was a little relieved, and quietly climbed up from a very inconspicuous corner of the wall, stepping on Maitreya's shoulder, trying to climb over the wall from here. This kind of big yard, a few before and after, this section of the wall I climbed over the wall are the thatched houses and places where sundries are piled up in the backyard of large families in the past, I thought there would be no one, but as soon as I showed my head, I immediately saw the old man of the Hu family walking quickly from the front yard, I quickly withdrew my hand, only showing a pair of eyes, looking at him from outside the wall.

I don't know whether the old man of the Hu family is in a hurry or angry, anyway, he is in a hurry, he opened a small room with doors and windows closed on the opposite side of the courtyard wall, which is the place where the family usually uses firewood and coal, the moonlight can not penetrate the window, I can only vaguely see the old man of the Hu family after entering the door turned over a large pile of firewood, tinkered for a long time, followed by a soft click, he suddenly disappeared against the corner of the wall.

"He's gone." I lowered my head and whispered to Maitreya and Xiao Jiuhong below, "I don't know what is in the house. ”

"Gone?"

"Don't be in a hurry." Xiao Jiuhong looked up at me and said, "Stare at it for a while, the fat man can withstand it." ”

I turned my head and looked carefully for a few minutes, the old man of the Hu family was indeed gone, this was definitely not some fox fairy apparition, I suspect that he should have drilled down the hut somewhere. It was a very important situation, and I immediately got excited, slowly kicked Maitreya on the shoulders and climbed up the wall, and then tiptoed down. Maitreya and Xiao Jiuhong also jumped over the courtyard wall with me one after the other, and I walked out of the window of the hut, and looked inside, just as I thought, under the big pile of firewood, the floor tiles were removed, revealing a very thick wooden flap.

"He must have gone down from here."

"I'll see." Maitreya also ran over, for these things, he is more familiar than me, the situation was immediately confirmed, under the flap is the tunnel that every family of the big family in the past, before the liberation, the Yellow River beach three religions and nine streams are mixed, the Central Plains is a place where soldiers must fight, the war is continuous, in the years of war and chaos, everyone is difficult to protect themselves, in the event of a war or a river bandit attack, the people at home can escape from the tunnel with a soft heart. But it is unknown where the tunnel of the Hu family leads.

The situation under the tunnel is unknown, Maitreya took the lead in the past, gently pressed the flap, the hole under the head was exposed, Maitreya took a look at the hole, the old man of the Hu family didn't know where to go, the air in the hole had a faint damp smell, but it didn't feel stuffy at all, indicating that this hole has not been closed, and people often come in and out.

"I'll go ahead, don't follow too closely behind." Maitreya said: "If something goes wrong, it won't be wiped out." ”

As soon as Maitreya straightened his stomach, he went under the flap, but the entrance to the ground was half sealed by stone bricks, and the entrance was too narrow, and he was stuck at once.

"Fatty, I'll help you." Xiao Jiuhong stepped on Maitreya's shoulder with her foot and pressed him down, Maitreya grinned and reluctantly entered the hole, and after walking out a few steps, Xiao Jiuhong and I followed.

The hole is not straight, it goes straight ahead, and the old man of the Hu family did not go too far, until we got into the hole, we could still see a little bit of ethereal light. The three of them didn't dare to use the light to illuminate, touched the wall, and slowly followed the old man of the Hu family.

At this time, I was completely sure in my heart that although this old man of the Hu family didn't say anything, he was absolutely aware of the secrets of his family. And walking in this tunnel, I have a hunch that the secret of the Hu family may be getting closer and closer.

At first, we could still make out the direction, but after a few turns in the tunnel, we were completely dizzy after walking for a while. Fortunately, there is only one way to the cave, so you won't get lost. I secretly calculated the distance I walked according to my own steps, this hole is very long, when the Hu family dug it must have put a lot of effort into it, about a mile away, the old man of the Hu family suddenly died in front.

We clinged to the wall, the atmosphere did not dare to breathe, in the dark, the lamp in the hand of the old man of the Hu family was the most conspicuous target, the light jumped, I saw an iron fence in front of the tunnel, all iron bars as thick as a forearm, blocking the way to the road.

"Second uncle." The old man of the Hu family coughed lightly over there, and said to the corner next to the iron fence, "Let me go in and have a look." ”