Chapter 36: Escape

After a little recollection, I remembered who Jie Lianhuan was. Speaking of it, the Jie family and our Wu family are somewhat related. It may be related to the relationship of cousins of cousins. As the saying goes, a cousin is three thousand miles away. By my generation, I am not very familiar with them, but they are also a tomb-robbing family with a long history. Jie Lianhuan seems to be a second-generation rich man who is relatively close to my third uncle. I have seen him a few times at most, but when my grandfather blamed my third uncle, he often mentioned the Jie family. He said that because of my third uncle, our Wu family will never be able to raise our heads in front of the Jie family in this lifetime. It's a pity that Jie Lianhuan, this child, got into trouble with you ! Now that I think about it, Jie Lianhuan died in this way. No wonder my old man didn't let me follow my third uncle. It turned out that Sanquan had a criminal record. The fat man pushed me from behind, and I couldn't think about it anymore . I gritted my teeth and moved forward a few steps. A dark hole appeared on the top of the brick. The fat man shouted happily. In fact, his time had come. The front and back were rubbed blood red by the Qinggang stone, as if he had just taken a Turkish bath. I was not much better than him. My feet were a little weak. But there was no rush now. Menyouping first probed upwards, crawled in, kicked the two walls of the stolen hole, and made sure it was strong enough before pulling me in. The fat man was a bit troublesome. I couldn't pull him up by myself, and I saw him get ruthless, shouting and arching upwards. A large piece of skin on his back was rubbed off before he got out. After we stood firm and looked down, we couldn't help but be afraid. There was only a narrow gap between the two walls. I didn't dare to think about what I would be like if I hadn't gotten out. This time, there was really no way out. If it was a few minutes later, even if we found the stolen hole, we couldn't climb in. I looked up again, and saw that the tunnel was only about one person high, and then it changed its angle and tilted toward the east. I guess it should be connected to the tunnel above. My legs were weak and I couldn't hold on for much longer. Urging Menyouping to climb up quickly, the three of us climbed to the inclined section. We were exhausted and leaned against the cave wall, gasping for air. At this time, there came a sound of the stone wall completely closing below. I let out a long breath, rubbed my legs, tapped my taut calf muscles, and tried my best to relax. I was too nervous just now, and now I feel a little dazed and yawning when I relax. The fat man leaned in there like a dead ash, with broken skin all over his body. He panted and said, "I've learned my lesson this time. After I go back, I have to lose a few pounds, otherwise I will write the word Wang upside down."

I just heard them talk about this brick tunnel, it was very well dug. It seems that Qunzi is no ordinary person. I took a photo upwards and saw that the whole tunnel was zigzag upwards. In architecture, this way of digging, even if a small-scale collapse occurs, it will not cause a big danger. If you go up a straight well to save energy, the bricks above will collapse completely, and the result will be no different from being hit by a pile driver. Fatty took a break and asked Menyouping, "Brother, what's going on? How come we were fine when we took this backup path 20 years ago? But we were almost crushed to death this time. Did you take the wrong path ?" Menyouping closed his eyes and thought for a while before saying, "This is unlikely, unless the mark on the stone tablet indicating the life gate has been changed. You see, the situation was so dangerous just now. I guess we have entered the death gate." Fatty was puzzled and asked, "Could it be that the woman found out that we are not dead and came to plot against us again ?" I shook my head. If you say she is vicious, I admit it, 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 doubt it. Could it be Uncle San? (After the previous plot was modified, the third uncle disappeared in this ancient tomb.) Menyouping saw my worry, patted me on the shoulder and said, "Actually, I also have a hypothesis about this matter. If you are so concerned, you might as well listen to my analysis." He was a participant in this matter, and it can be said that he had personally experienced the most important part. He could provide me with some advice, and of course I would not refuse it, so I nodded and asked him to continue.

Men You Ping said: "Let's assume first that twenty years ago, Uncle San and Xie Lianhuan knew each other, and they even had a very good relationship, but they didn't show it. When we were searching for the first time, Xie Lianhuan might have discovered the existence of the underwater tomb, but he didn't tell anyone and only told Wu Sanxing." Both of them were tomb raiders, so they naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity. So they found a time when others weren't paying attention and sneaked into the ancient tomb. Both of them are masters, so this shouldn't be difficult at all.

However, after they entered the ancient tomb, something unexpected happened, which made Uncle San want to kill Jie Lianhuan.

We don't know the specific process, but we can be sure that when Xie Lianhuan was desperate, he left a blood letter on the brick roof of the corridor, but suddenly found that the brick roof was hollow. He must have some tools with him, so he quickly dug a hole and saved his life. I nodded. The analysis up to this point can be said to be flawless, he continued. After Xie Lianhuan escaped, he wanted to use this hole to escape. He relied on his experience and finally escaped from the ancient tomb after several failures. After that, of course he wanted to settle accounts with Wu Sanxing immediately, but he didn't expect that after meeting Wu Sanxing, he was killed by him.

His body was disguised as an accidental death caused by being stuck in a coral reef. I felt a little uncomfortable when I heard his analysis, but I couldn't find a reason to refute him, and he also said it was a hypothesis, so I calmed down and continued to listen.

Afterwards, Wu Sanxing took us all into the underwater tomb for some purpose, or really to avoid the storm, and then pretended to sleep.

At this time, I discovered the secret of the porcelain and brought everyone to the bottom of the pool. This might be something he didn't expect. He had no choice but to pretend to be possessed by a female ghost and led us into the room where the model was placed. Then, he mesmerized us all in the passage behind the mirror.

He must have done something to us after we fell into a coma. I have no idea how I got out or what happened to the others, but I am sure that the others have lost their memories like me. Even if we saw each other in the past twenty years, we would only feel that they looked familiar.

When I heard this, I asked him, "Why didn't Uncle San just kill you at the time? Wouldn't that put an end to it all?"

Men You Ping said: "I can't figure it out either, but maybe he thought there was no need to kill us at that time, because after all, we knew nothing."

His assumption is almost like imagining Uncle San as a scheming and premeditated villain. I really cannot accept this. In my impression, Uncle San would not and definitely is not such a person.

When the fat man heard this, he seemed to have an epiphany and said to me, "Xiao Wu, I remember something that might explain this, but don't laugh at me when I tell you."

When I heard this, I realized that this was really a time for brainstorming. Fatty was smart and might be able to think of something I couldn't think of. I hurriedly asked him to speak quickly. He pretended to be mysterious and said softly, "I think this matter is actually very simple. After your third uncle arrived at this place, he might have encountered something... unclean and fell into the trap. Didn't the little brother just say that your third uncle learned to comb his hair like a woman ? Think about it, isn't he giving you a hint of how to find the Heavenly Gate? Who knows this matter best? It's the old ghost in this tomb. I think your third uncle must have been controlled by the wronged soul of the tomb owner. If you find your third uncle, you can just pour a basin of dog blood on him to force the ghost out and everything will be fine."

I saw that what he said was getting more and more ridiculous, so I said, "Your explanation is as ridiculous as Liao Zhai. I have lived with my third uncle for more than 20 years, and I have never felt that he is like a woman. Your explanation doesn't count."

The fat man said, "I didn't say that this ghost must be a woman. This mental illness has different times of attack and non-attack. Maybe your uncle is very normal in front of people, but behind people he is wearing rouge and doing embroidery." The fat man said and raised his orchid finger. I looked at him and laughed, and said, "You think it is Dongfang Bubai, and you are embroidering? Your explanation doesn't make sense."

Menyouping listened to the fat man and said, "No, I think it is possible that he said this. This kind of thing did happen in the ancient tomb."

When the fat man saw that someone agreed with his opinion, he immediately became proud.

He said: "Look, I, Fatty, am not a liar. I guess this has a lot to do with the fact that the tomb is at the bottom of the sea. Feng Shui, Feng Shui, as the saying goes, wind and water rise, and they stop when they meet water.

Do you know why the water ghost needs a substitute? Because his soul cannot leave. This ancient tomb is built in the water. Although the feng shui is good, it is very unfavorable to the tomb owner. "

I couldn't help but not believe what he said, so I said, "How about we remember this first. If we can really find Uncle San, I 'll get a blessed Buddhist seal and put it on his forehead to see if it works."

We each raised some ideas, and by this time we had all recovered. Fatty looked at his watch and said, "Let's not hold a representative meeting here. If it's really like what I said, if we starve to death here, our souls will definitely not be able to leave, and we won't even be able to reincarnate, which would be a big loss. "

The fat man scratched his back and asked me, "Xiao Wu, do you feel that you have been itching a lot since you entered this ancient tomb ?"