Chapter 5: Escape from Death
"The bottom of the well is damp all year round, miasma or something is indispensable, crushing dried wormwood and stuffing it into your nose can give you a sense of avoidance of poisonous gas. The old man has a good intention, if you don't appreciate it, just throw it away. ”
Want! Why not, don't be in vain.
But what I thought in my heart was, if what you said was true, what kind of monster was under the well, and the artillery ammunition couldn't be cleaned up, and you could settle it with a single grass?
I put dried wormwood in my pocket, folded some vines nearby and put them down as ropes, and then wrapped my clothes around my hands and climbed the vines, and carefully descended to the bottom of the well. The walls of the well were covered with wet and soft moss, and I almost fell down several times.
The environment at the bottom of the well resembles that of a large flask, with a narrow mouth and a wide bottom, almost thirty square meters.
There was water at the bottom of the well, cold to the bone, up to the knees.
As soon as I landed, I smelled a disgusting stench, mixed with the stench of rotting flesh and aquatic plants, and the stench made my brain dizzy.
I suddenly remembered the dried wormwood that the old beggar had given me, and I didn't have time to think about why he knew that this thing was useful, so I hurriedly plugged my nose with dried wormwood.
The stimulating aroma of wormwood suddenly diluted the stench a lot, and the breathing became a lot smoother.
"The gods of all parties, the little brother has no intention of offending, there is no wonder." I bowed to all directions, knowing that the only way to overcome the fear in my heart was to face up to the source of the fear, but I prayed for peace of mind.
I struggled to breathe, wading through the water, and looking around.
The sun is in full bloom outside, and there is only a beam of light in the circle diameter of the wellhead that can shine to the bottom of the well, so it is still quite dim below, and only the shadow is enough to see the outline and water light at the bottom of the well.
After walking a few steps, I suddenly seemed to step on something hard under my feet, I subconsciously bent down to scoop up the things under the water, and took a look at it in my hand, but found that it was a helmet, because it had been soaked in the water for many years, and the green paint on the surface had soaked off.
It dawned on me that this was the kind of steel helmet that soldiers fought for.
I didn't take a few steps and noticed something shining underwater.
When I scooped it up, it turned out to be a saber.
The handle of the knife had corroded, and only the blade still emitted a cold glow.
I was so frightened that I stepped back again and again, steel helmet, saber, so the old beggar said the truth. More than 70 years ago, a group of Japanese soldiers did die at the bottom of this well......
Soldiers who are well armed with weapons are all dead here.
Then my little life, won't it be cold?
"Sixth Master Qi, what kind of enmity do I have with you, and you want to harm me like this?" I roared in my heart, but it was too late to regret it.
At that moment, there was a gurgling sound from the bottom of the water, as if it was boiling, and something was about to emerge from under the water!
I was so frightened that my neck twisted around as if it were rusty, and a wet human head came out of the water......
I trembled, but finally mustered up the courage to pick up the rusty saber with the handle and prepare for a preemptive strike, no matter what the hell, Lao Tzu gave it a knife first.
Only a small part of the head was exposed, and I seized the opportunity to pick up my saber and cut it in without looking.
The next second, after I saw the face clearly, I hurriedly held the knife, but because of the great force, I still slashed into the water.
The stinky water splashed my face, and I looked at the 'person' who came out of the water in a daze, and it was Zhaodi!
My pale face, water droplets dripping from my wet hair, a pair of big hollow eyes looked at me, and a wicked smile gradually appeared at the corner of my mouth......
"Zhao Di, why are you here?" My eyes widened.
Suddenly, there was a cold light in the darkness, and I don't know when Zhao Di took my knife and slashed at my neck unexpectedly.
My frightened eyes widened, and I inadvertently reached out and grabbed the back of the knife. Thanks to the fact that the saber had been soaked in water for decades, and it was not as sharp as before, it did not cut off my fingers, and even then, my hands were covered in blood.
The light of the knife reflected Zhao Di's face like a paper painting.
I suddenly realized that this is not Zhaodi! People look the same, but their temperament is like two people.
My mind is a mess, why did Qi Liuye deceive me to this place, I have no grievances with him, why did he harm me?
It's a pity that I woke up too late, Zhao Di held the knife and pressed down, the blade gradually touched my neck, my hands were hot and painful, mixed with the cold touch of the blade, but I didn't dare to relax at all.
As soon as I let go, my little life will be confessed here.
'Zhao Di' had a lot of strength, I couldn't resist her at all, the skin of my neck touched the cold blade, and the knife edge slowly ate into my flesh.
At this time, the light of the wellhead darkened, as if something had fallen.
Then, six yellow talismans flew out, exploded violently, turned into ten thousand stars, and fell into the water, like lighting a river lamp.
The grand light illuminated the dim bottom of the well, and I saw the faces of the people in front of me.
Where is this Zhaodi, it's clearly a monster that is not a human or a cat! A human face that looks like a cat, thin and red, I don't know how old I have lived, and a pair of green eyes shine in the dark like ghost fire.
It's the cat ghost portrait I saw in Qi Liuye's house!
The cat ghost looked like a little old man, and the eyes of the owl were staring at me deadly, looking like a sea of blood and hatred.
Grinning in anger, eager to come up and fight hard, as soon as it moved, there was a loud iron sound.
It turned out that its hands and feet were tied with thick iron chains, and the other end was embedded in the wall of the well. In the excitement, the iron chain was like a full bow, stretched straight and exposed from the water.
I looked behind me, and I didn't know when, the old beggar was already standing beside me.
I thought about what had just happened, and suddenly understood why those Japanese soldiers died seventy years ago, and it turned out that this underground monster had the ability to hypnotize people to hallucinate.
Just like just now, if it weren't for this old beggar's action, I'm afraid I would have died at the hands of 'Zhao Di'.
Looking at the blood on my hands, I burst out of anger from the bottom of my heart, wanting to kill me? Lao Tzu fought with you!
The old beggar grabbed me by the collar and struck me with a knife in the back of my neck, and I shook it a few times, and my eyes were so dark that I fainted.
I don't know how long I was unconscious, until a light made my eyes astringent, and I opened my eyes slowly.
As far as I could see, I was under a large tree, and the sun shone through the shade of the tree to my eyes, and then an old wrinkled face came close.
"It's you, old beggar!" I remembered what had happened at the bottom of the well and threw a punch into his face.
This punch knocked the old beggar to the ground, covered his face and said angrily: "What are you doing? Be kind to be a dog's lung, you were so excited at the time, I don't have to stun you and there is no other way! ”
I will be suspicious, "You're not trying to harm me? ”
The old beggar shook his head and sighed, "If I want to harm you, why should I save you?" ”
I sat up blankly, thinking that it seemed to be too. Qi Liuye, who killed a thousand knives, actually fooled me to die, I must get this account back from him!
When the old beggar saw me, it was like seeing a plague god, and he wanted to send me away immediately, and said angrily: "This is not the place where you should come, hurry up and carry the body back." ”
As he spoke, he moved Zhao Di's body to my side, took out a straw rope from the cloth bag, and quickly changed a few tricks, and Zhao Di's body actually landed on my back gently.
The technique is skillful, and it seems to be a little similar to Qi Liuye.
I looked at him in surprise, "Old man, what is your relationship with the Qi Sixth Master of our village?" ”
The old beggar was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "He is my senior brother, but we have different ways and do not conspire with each other, and we have parted ways for a long time." ”
I looked at him and said word by word: "Then do you know that the person who asked me to find the place of extreme yin to bury the corpse is your senior brother." ”
The old beggar's cloudy eyes gradually shone through, "Oh, what the hell is going on?" ”
My heart is also up and down, I didn't expect that Qi Liuye still has a junior brother, and he lives in a mass grave.
But seeing what he did just now, except that his temper was a little weird, not like a bad person, and he saved my life, I was patient at the moment, and told the old beggar the ins and outs of the matter.
After hearing this, the old beggar was distracted for a long time, looked at the sky in the distance, shook his head and sighed: "Senior brother, senior brother, after so many years, you still don't change." ”
I saw that he seemed to know something, so I said, "You have heard my story too, in exchange, should you also tell me what you know?" ”
The old beggar nodded, "Makes sense, what do you want to know, ask." ”
I suppressed the excitement in my heart and asked, "What is the relationship between the monster at the bottom of the well and the cat ghost enshrined in Qi Liuye's house." ”
The old beggar smiled bitterly and said, "This story is long to tell......"