Chapter 248: Dry Well
We squatted in the cornfield and quietly observed for a long time, but the abbot never reappeared.
I suddenly had a bad premonition, so I whispered to the people around me, "If the abbot is not just hiding. What if he was lying on the ground and had already crawled and fled? There are corn seedlings growing here, and we can't find them at all. "
The moonlight shone on the thin man's face, making him look unfathomable. He looked up slightly from the cornfield. Then he said, "Otherwise, let's hide in the cornfield, move slowly, and look ahead to see what the situation is." "
We both nodded, and told each other, "Be quiet, don't make any noise, and be smart, don't wait for the abbot to be in front of you." "
After getting ready, Wushuang and the thin man and I walked ahead. The fat man and the sloppy Taoist priest followed. The five of us began to move forward in a half-crouch.
After a few steps like this, we soon realized that it was much less strenuous to crawl on all fours like an animal than to squat on the ground and move forward.
The corn seedlings completely hide our figures, and the night is our best camouflage. Without saying a word, we crept forward.
There is only a rustling sound around, and if you don't pay attention to the words, you will even think that the wind is blowing the leaves.
We crawled like this for a while, and suddenly we heard the fat man and the sloppy Taoist priest behind us suddenly arguing.
The sloppy Taoist priest reminded the fat man: "You bow your body too high, you can be seen outside." You've exposed everybody. "
The fat man said dissatisfiedly: "My stomach has rubbed against the ground, and I can't go any lower." "
The sloppy Taoist priest helped him with an idea: "Can't you hold your stomach with your hands?" "
The fat man replied, "My hand is on my chest." "
I was so shocked that I turned back to them and said, "Can you two be quiet?" "
The sloppy Taoist priest and the fat man agreed, and then urged me: "Go quickly, go quickly." I can't keep up for a while. "
I was about to turn around and climb forward. But suddenly I heard Wushuang exclaim. My heart tightened, and when I hurriedly looked back, I found that there was no one in front of me. The thin man and the unequaled disappeared out of thin air.
I was nervous when suddenly there was a ruffle of corn seedlings in front of me, as if something was coming.
I stared at it in horror, lest it was some kind of mountain spirit. I touched the peachwood sword at my waist, and if something happened, I slashed it directly.
At this moment, my hand was suddenly grabbed by a warm object.
Sweating in fright, I looked down as I stepped back and saw that it was my other hand, sticking out of the cornfield in front of me, gripping my wrist tightly.
I took a deep breath, tried not to make a sound, and held my left hand on the ground, holding still. The right hand slowly raised the peachwood sword, and then with the whining of the wind, he slashed down with force.
This time, you must be in place in one step and cut off this hand directly.
However, I was halfway through my sword when a human head protruded out in front of me. She exclaimed: "Xu You, what are you doing?" "
I heard this voice clearly unmatched, and quickly stopped.
At this time, Wushuang opened the corn seedlings in front of me, and I realized that there was something wrong here.
There was a crater in front of it, as if it had been washed away by a long flood. The lower half of the body is inside the pit, and the upper half of the body is outside the pit. One hand was grasping me, and the other hand was trying to climb up.
I asked her, "Did you just fall?" "
Wushuang said angrily: "Yes, isn't it obvious? What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and give me a hand. "
I pulled her up and asked, "Where's the skinny one?" "
Wushuang sat on the ground, panting and said, "The two of us fell down at the same time." I was going to climb up, but there seemed to be a sound below, and the thin man went to explore the way. If there's no problem, let's go down. "
We sat outside the pit and waited for a while. I looked at the pit, and it was like a black hole in the middle of nowhere. It seems to devour everyone.
I was a little scared and couldn't help but look away.
The sloppy Taoist priest asked Wushuang: "Wushuang, have you seen the abbot?" Did he fall into this pit? "
Wushuang shook his head: "I didn't see it." However, I heard someone talking down there just now, and there is a good chance that he will go down. "
We all said a little unhappily: "What the hell is the abbot doing, he doesn't sleep at night, what is he doing in a hole in the ground?" "
The fat man thought thoughtfully for a while, then he looked at the trap and said worriedly, "There won't be any danger for the thin man to go in, or I'll go over and take a look?" "
The sloppy Taoist priest hurriedly stopped him: "Don't mess with your weight." You can go over and crush it all. "
The fat man was really persuaded to retreat: "Then I can only wait for the thin man to come out, it's really worrying." "
The fat man said that he was worried, but his face was relaxed. I suddenly realized that he hadn't thought about it at all, he was just putting on a show. Even after going around in the underworld, he didn't have much boldness.
Ten minutes later, a head appeared in the pit, and it was indeed a thin man.
We eagerly asked, "How?" What's next? "
The thin man's expression was fluttering: "The situation is a bit complicated. "
I was not satisfied and said, "Thin man, why do you talk a little like a crooked-necked cousin now?" To be clear, how complicated is it? "
The thin man sighed and said, "I'm not a college student, and my vocabulary is not rich enough. Otherwise, come down and have a look. "
I asked, "No danger?" "
The thin man said, "It's hard to say, there may be danger, but I haven't encountered it." "
I asked again, "Is the abbot down there?" "
The thin man had shrunk back into the pit. His somewhat muffled voice came from inside: "It's hard to say, it's very likely to be inside." "
We muttered "It's hard to say" of the thin man, and nervously and curiously drilled down.
It's dark underneath and smells earthy. I fumbled and crawled for a long time, and finally my feet reached the ground.
I whispered, "Thin man, where are you?" Unparalleled? Are you there? "
I was shouting when suddenly there was a little light in the darkness.
My eyes had been in the dark for a long time, and suddenly I was blinded by this light.
When I got used to it, I noticed that the thin man was holding a candle. Standing right in front of us.
I was a little curious: "When did you prepare the candle?" When we came out, we were in a hurry, and it seemed that we didn't have anything with us except the peachwood sword. "
The thin man pointed to a corner: "There are candles over there." "
I was a little surprised: "There are candles at the bottom of the pit? "
The thin man nodded: "This pit, someone often comes down." "
Then he walked to the corner with the candle in hand. By candlelight, we found a pile of paper ashes and candles that had not burned out, matches, and even a few lighters scattered around.
Since there are lighters, this means that at least in modern times, someone must have been here.
The thin man held a candle and looked overhead: "Look, this should be a well." It's just that after a long time, some have collapsed. "I looked up and saw the sky at the mouth of the well, dark with a few stars.
At this time, I suddenly heard a voice, as if someone was talking. It's like babbling again. The voice was low, muttering, more like chanting.
That's when I realized that there was something wrong with the well. There's a cave in there.
The thin man pointed to a wooden door at the bottom of the well: "There's something in there." As he spoke, he pushed the wooden door open with great difficulty.
The door wasn't heavy, but it was a little rotten, and when the thin man pushed it open, it made a stubborn and stubborn sound, and it sounded unusually weird underground.
The fat man was scared, he grabbed the thin man: "Brother, do we want to go in?" "
The thin man said as a matter of course: "Isn't this nonsense? If we don't go in, won't we toss in vain? "
The fat man shook his head to find a reason: "I have to go in too?" "
The thin man looked at him: "It's okay if you don't come, just watch the wind outside." The fat man happily agreed, as if he had been pardoned.
The thin man was holding a candle in front of us, and we followed behind, in a long line, and slowly walked in.
I thought it would be a long road when I got in. Unexpectedly, it was like a labyrinth inside. Countless passages crisscross the country. There are a lot of small doors next to the passage.
We casually walked into a small door and found that this was actually a family, with a small courtyard and a main house. There are even tables and chairs inside.
Half of it was covered by dirt, though, and the other half was rotting.
We casually walked around and found that there were countless small courtyards here. They give me the feeling that somebody has built a village here.
The murmuring, chanting voice was still ahead, and we were about to move forward. Suddenly, I felt something was wrong behind me. It was like someone was behind me.
I deliberately took a few steps behind, my eyes fixed on my back. It was darkness that could not be illuminated by candlelight.
Soon, I heard a jumble of footsteps and stumbled.
I thought to myself, "Sure enough, there is a problem." Fortunately, I'm more alert, otherwise, wouldn't it make you calculate? "
Just as he was thinking of this, a huge figure rushed out of the darkness. I didn't think about it, I raised my peachwood sword and stabbed it.
It wasn't until the sword stabbed out that I realized I was wrong. This man is none other than fat.
The fat man obviously didn't expect me to be ambushed halfway through. I was so scared that I was about to scream. I hurriedly stepped forward and covered his mouth.
Then I asked him, "What's the matter with you?" Didn't it make you look out at the wind? "
The fat man looked nervous: "I'm afraid." "
At this time, the thin man at the front also came over, and looked at the fat man dissatisfied: "How can you say that you have also been a yin, don't tell me that you are afraid of the dark." "
The fat man said nervously: "It's not that I'm afraid of the dark, I always feel that someone is watching me." That's why I'm running in to find you. "
I looked behind the fat man, and there was boundless darkness. I can't see if it's anyone.