Volume 2 Chapter 36: Escape
I remembered a little and remembered who Xie Lianhuan was. To say that the Xie family and our Wu family have some connection, it may be related to the relationship of the cousin’s cousin. As the saying goes, a table is three thousand miles away. In my generation, I am not very familiar with them, but they are also a family with a long history of digging family, Xie Lianhuan, seems to be a second-generation descendant who is relatively close to Uncle San. I have only seen him a few times, but when my grandfather scolded Uncle San, he often mentioned the Xie family. He said that because of Uncle San, our Wu family has never been able to hold our heads up in front of the Xie family. It’s a pity that Xie Lianhuan, the child, followed you and had an accident!
Now I now think back, and realize that Xie Lianhuan died in such a way. No wonder my old man didn’t want me to hang around with Uncle San. It turns out that Uncle San had a criminal record.
The fat guy was pushing me from behind, so I couldn’t think too much about it. I gritted my teeth and moved forward a few more steps. A dark hole appeared on the top of the brick. The fat guy shouted happily. He had actually reached the end of his life. He was covered in blood from the front and back, as if he had just taken a Turkish bath. I I wasn’t much better than him, my legs were a bit weak. But there was no hurry, so I first climbed up and looked inside, then kicked the walls of the hole to make sure they were strong enough, and then pulled me in. The fat guy was in a bit of trouble, I couldn’t pull him up by myself, but when he got serious, he yelled and pushed up with all his might, scraping off a large piece of skin on his back before he was able to get out.
After we After we had stabilized, we looked down and couldn’t help but feel scared. There was only a narrow gap between the two walls. I didn’t dare to think about what would have happened if I hadn’t escaped. This time, there really was no way that the heavens would let us down. If we had found the hole a few minutes later, we wouldn’t have been able to climb in.
I I looked up and saw that the hole was only about a person’s height, and it immediately changed direction, slanting to the east. I guessed it was connected to the hole above. My legs were weak and I couldn’t hold on for much longer. I urged the oil lamp to go faster. The three of us climbed to the slanted section, exhausted, and leaned against the wall, gasping for air.
At this time the sound of the stone wall closing completely came from below. I let out a sigh of relief, rubbed my legs, and pounded my tight calf muscles to try to relax. I was so nervous just now, and now that I’m relaxed, I feel a little dazed and yawning. The fat guy leaned against the inside of the hole like a dead man, his body covered in broken skin. He said, “This time I’ve learned my lesson. I’ll have to lose a few pounds when I get back, or else I’ll write my name backwards.”
This brick head of the cave. I had heard them say that the cave was very well-built. It looked like the person who built it was no ordinary person. I looked up and saw that the entire cave was zigzag-shaped. In architectural terms, this kind of construction would not pose a great danger even if a small-scale collapse occurred. If you went straight up a shaft to save energy, the bricks above would collapse, and the outcome would be no different from being hit by a pile driver.
The fat man After a short rest, he asked the fat man, “I say, little brother, what the hell is going on? How come this path was fine twenty years ago, but this time we almost got crushed to death? Did you take the wrong path?”
The fat man was resting in the room, thinking for a moment and said, “This is unlikely, unless the markings on the stone tablet indicating the entrance to the living room have been changed. You see, the situation was so dangerous just now, I guess we entered the dead room.”
The fat man was puzzled and asked, “Could it be that the woman found out that we weren’t dead and came to ambush us again?”
I shook my head. I admit that she is vicious, but I don’t think she has the ability to change the ancient tomb mechanism hundreds of years ago. This is really outrageous, but there is no fifth person here. I thought about it and couldn’t help but be a little suspicious. Could it be Uncle San? (After the previous plot was revised, Uncle San disappeared in this ancient tomb.)
Muyou Bottle saw my worries and patted me on the back, saying, “Actually, I have a hypothesis about this matter. If you are so concerned, you might as well listen to my analysis.”
He was He was a participant in this matter and had personally experienced the most important part of it. He could provide some advice to me, so of course I wouldn’t refuse. I nodded and asked him to continue. The bottle said, “First, let’s assume that 20 years ago, Uncle San and Xie Lianhuan knew each other, and they even had a very good relationship. However, they didn’t show it. When we first dragged them, Xie Lianhuan may have discovered the existence of the tomb at the bottom of the sea, but he didn’t tell anyone, only telling Wu Sansheng.”
They Both of them were born in the tomb-digging industry, so of course they wouldn’t let this opportunity pass them by. So they took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and found a time to sneak into the tomb. They were both experts, so this shouldn’t have been difficult at all. However, after they entered the tomb, something unexpected happened, causing Uncle San to have murderous thoughts and want to kill Xie Lianhuan.
We don’t know the specific process we can not know, but we can be sure that Xie Lianquan was cornered, and left a blood-written message on the brick ceiling of this corridor. But he suddenly discovered that the brick ceiling was hollow, and he must have had some tools with him, so he quickly made a hole and saved his life.
I nodded, and said that the analysis was perfect.
Xie Lian After he escaped, he wanted to use the escape hole to escape. He relied on his own experience and finally escaped from the tomb after several failures. After that, of course, he immediately wanted to go to Wu Sanxian to settle the score, but he didn’t expect to run into Wu Sanxian, but was killed by him instead. His body was disguised as an accidental death caused by being stuck by a coral reef.
I listened I heard him analyze it like this, and I felt a little uncomfortable, but I couldn’t find a reason to refute him. He also said it was a hypothesis, so I calmed down and continued to listen.
After that Wu Sansheng, for some reason or to escape the storm, took us all into the underwater tomb, and then pretended to be asleep. At this time, I discovered the secret of the porcelain and took everyone to the bottom of the pool. This may have been something he hadn’t thought of. He had no choice but to pretend to be possessed by a female ghost and led us into the room where the models were placed. Then in the tunnel behind the mirror, he knocked us all out.
After After we were unconscious, he must have done something to us. I don’t know how the others got out, but I’m sure they must have lost their memories like me. In the past twenty years, even if they see each other, they will only feel familiar. I heard this and asked him, “Why didn’t Uncle San just kill you all at that time? Wouldn’t that have been the end of it?”
The Bottle said, “I can’t figure it out either, but maybe he didn’t think it was necessary to kill us because we didn’t know anything after all.”
His assumption almost made me think of Uncle San as a scheming, premeditated devil. I really couldn’t accept it. In my impression, Uncle San would not and definitely not be such a person.
The fat guy He seemed to have an epiphany and said to me, “Wu, I just remembered something that might explain this, but don’t laugh at me if I tell you.”
I listened, now is really the time to brainstorm, the fat man’s brain is straight, maybe he can think of something I can’t think of, so I hurriedly asked him to speak up. He pretended to be mysterious and said softly, “I think this matter is actually very simple. After your uncle arrived at this place, he may have encountered something… something unclean, and he was trapped. Didn’t you just say that your uncle learned to comb his hair like a woman? You think, isn’t this a hint for you to find the way to the heavenly gate? Who knows this matter the best? Then It’s the old ghost in this tomb. I think your uncle must have been controlled by the ghost of the tomb’s owner. If you find your uncle, you can pour a basin of dog blood on him and force the ghost out.
I think what he said is getting more and more ridiculous. He said, “Your explanation is as good as the story of Liaozhai. I have lived with my uncle for more than 20 years, and I have never seen him act like a woman. This doesn’t count.”
The fat guy said, “I didn’t say that the ghost must be a woman. This psychopath also has times when he doesn’t attack. Maybe your uncle is normal in front of people, and then he paints his face and does embroidery.” The fat man said this and cocked his finger. I looked at it and said, “You think you’re invincible in the East and still embroider? This doesn’t make sense.”
Muyou Bottle listened to the fat man talking and said, “No, he said this, I think it’s possible, in the tomb, there really has been such a thing.”
The fat man Seeing that someone agreed with him, he immediately became arrogant and said, “You see, I, the fat guy, would never make things up. I estimate that this has a lot to do with the fact that the tomb is at the bottom of the sea. Feng shui, the so-called wind and water, rises with the wind and stops when it meets water. Do you know why the water ghost needs a substitute? Because his soul cannot leave. This tomb was built in the water. Although the feng shui is good, it is very bad for the tomb owner.”
I listened He spoke so convincingly that I couldn’t help but believe him. I said, “Well, let’s just remember that if we really find Uncle San, I’ll put a Buddhist seal on my forehead to see if it has any effect.”
We We also each came up with some ideas. At this time, we all recovered our strength. The fat man looked at his watch and said, “Let’s not hold a congress here. If it’s really like I said, if we starve to death here, our souls will definitely not be able to leave, and we won’t be able to cast even a fetus, which would be a big loss.”
The fat man said this, scratched his back, and asked me, “Xiao Wu, do you feel that after entering this ancient tomb, I don’t know when it started, but my body itches badly?”