"You don't need to worry about this." As soon as he finished speaking, suddenly, deep in the corridor, behind the huge stone door, there were loud "rumbling" sounds.
Including Meng Laoer, all of us saw a gap slowly cracking in the middle of the motionless "wall". With a slight vibration, the door opened by itself.
A strong musty smell came out. Liu Ruxiang took a flashlight and looked inside twice. She couldn't see anything clearly, but she could vaguely see some reflective things.
"Stop! Get behind." Meng Laoer suddenly spoke and scolded the cook.
His hand holding the knife tightened again, and I pressed against him with all my might, my heart almost jumped out of fear.
Liu Ruxiang's face was not angry, but the handle was held in her hand, so she had no choice but to follow Meng Laoer's instructions and retreat little by little behind her, to the side of the big hole we just entered.
"Boy, hurry up!" Meng Laoer pushed my back with his knee and dragged me towards the dark space behind the door.
The knife was held on my neck, and my body was no longer mine. My legs were shaking and weak, and I was breathing rapidly, walking little by little toward the dark world behind the door.
After entering, Meng Laoer turned the searchlight on his head brighter and twisted to the side. Only then did I see the surrounding environment clearly.
I couldn't see far with my peripheral vision, but when I got closer, I immediately noticed something wrong.
To my left, there was a ditch made of stone bricks that was half a person wide. There was only a thin layer of water in it. In the center of the ditch, there was a strange monster as huge as a washbasin.
This thing has a long neck and four very short legs. Its head is similar to that of a turtle, but its back and waist are covered with long black thin lines.
Meng Laoer's eyes seemed to be attracted to it, and he led me towards the thing in surprise.
When I got closer, I saw the guy moving slowly towards the other end of the canal. The thin black thread even gave off an oily sheen. I couldn't help but feel that it seemed to be human hair.
I was shocked as soon as this idea came up, and I quickly rejected it. How could human hair grow here? I guess it just looks similar.
Meng Laoer smiled ferociously: "God help me."
He strangled my neck tightly with one hand, and quickly swung the knife with the other hand. The blade cut through the air and nailed the black-haired monster directly.
The dagger was pulled out, and blood flowed out from the wound, soaking a small ditch.
I was shocked, I didn't expect him to come out like this. My mind was racing at that time, and I quickly turned around and bit his wrist. Then I pulled the searchlight off his head and rolled on the ground, disappearing.
The only light was a searchlight, and when I held it in my hand and turned it off, he naturally blackened and blinded me.
"Damn it, you little beast." He yelled in the darkness.
I held my breath, a lot of cold sweat broke out on my back, and walked lightly on tiptoes.
"Don't let me run away, let's see if I don't kill you today!" A rush of footsteps suddenly approached.
My soul was scared out of my mind, so I quickly turned around and ran away.
I clearly felt the breeze brought by Meng Laoer when he chased me, and my heart beat violently.
"I see you!"
There was laughter in the darkness, and I was horrified. I rolled and crawled on the ground, and then I hit a hard stone wall.
"Hiss—" I gritted my teeth in pain and wiped my forehead, and immediately touched a trace of sticky blood.
There was blood on my neck and head. I was really afraid that I would die next moment. The sadness surged in my heart, and I fell to the ground and sobbed silently.
But the chase I expected seemed to come to an abrupt end, and there was no sound.
Until the light of a flashlight shone over me, I saw Liu Ruxiang running towards me quickly.
Liu Ruxiang didn't say anything. She squatted down and found a few strips of cloth. She washed my wound with water, sprinkled it with medicinal powder, and wrapped it carefully before she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Where's that Meng Laoer?" she asked me, with a hint of anger in her dull tone, as if she was a high explosive next to the stove, probably about to explode at one o'clock.
I shook my head and described to him what I had just encountered, the strange black-haired beast, its counterattack and pursuit. Liu Ruxiang slowly turned her head, staring at the black hairy monster in the ditch next to her, and walked straight over.
I limped back to my feet and followed Master.
I saw Liu Ruxiang stretched out her hand and gently poked the monster's body, twisted a few hairs, then lowered her head and opened the monster's belly, and said incredulously: "This is a turtle with human skin. I didn't expect that what was recorded in the ancient books was actually real." of."
Seeing that I didn't understand, Liu Ruxiang smiled and explained to me.
There is such a story in the ancient classics of Shigongjiao passed down by the Liu family:
Once upon a time there was a landowner named Duke Wei who had countless cattle and sheep and hundreds of slaves.
Before he died, he wanted to hand over all his inheritance to his young son Wei Zhongping, but he was afraid that bandits would steal it, so he went to his master Shen San and said to him: "After I die, all my inheritance will be given to me." Give it to your son when he grows up, but it must be placed in a place where no one can touch it. He can only pick it up and cannot use a lock. Please agree to my request."
So Master Shen San found a white turtle and said to Duke Wei: Please build a solid secret room in the cave first, and let the turtle be the sacred beast that leads Wei Zhongping to take away the treasure.
After Duke Wei had built the secret room and put the treasure inside, Shen San split open the turtle's shell with a knife.
Duke Wei was worried that the turtle would die, so Shen San said to him: "Peel off your scalp, wrap it around the turtle's body, and sew it tightly with needles and threads, and the turtle will be able to live again. It will inherit your last wish. As long as Wei Zhongping drops blood into the pool in front of the secret room, the white turtle will come over and trigger the mechanism and lead Wei Zhongping to take away the treasure."
Duke Wei didn't have much time left and was very satisfied with the design. He cut his own scalp with a knife and asked Shen San to sew the turtle up and put it in the pool in front of the secret room until he walked out of the secret room and filled it with earth and stones. After burying it, he was exhausted and fell off the cliff.
The news of Duke Wei's death spread back to his hometown, his servants fled in all directions, and the robbers took away the cattle and sheep, but his infinite treasure was not found...
When his youngest son Wei Zhongping grew up, he came back from other places and came to the door of the cave built by his father. He dropped his own blood into the sink, and the door opened as expected. A turtle with black hair all over its body immediately emerged from the ditch behind the door. It was the hair that grew from the scalp of his father, Duke Wei, and it was exactly the same color and texture.
After Wei Zhongping saw it, he talked to the black-haired turtle and called it father. Tears also flowed from the corners of the black-haired turtle's eyes. The black-haired turtle shook its head, crawled forward, and drove the mechanism to open the innermost door of the cave, helping Wei Zhongping take away all the treasures.
