Uncle Cha looked expressionless as he looked at the handcuffs that were suddenly placed on his hands.
"Let's go! Come to the police station with me! We suspect you are related to a recent theft at the train station."
I immediately said: "No! Who are you? You dare to handcuff someone just because you have suspicion?"
"Are you a real police officer or a fake police officer? Why don't you wear work clothes? Do you have your ID? Let me see?" I suspected that this person was impersonating.
The next second, the man showed his ID directly in front of me and said in a cold voice: "You dare to talk nonsense! I'll handcuff you too!"
My face changed and I didn't dare to speak anymore. Damn it...it's true.
Unexpectedly, Uncle Cha didn't seem surprised. He said to me with a relaxed expression: "Don't worry about it, kid. I'm full too. Let's go with them. I didn't steal anything from others. I guess there is some misunderstanding." Need to clarify, by the way, remember to put the plate away later."
Seeing Uncle Cha being taken away, I slapped my palm on the table angrily.
This trick is to draw fire from the bottom of the cauldron.
Uncle Cha has only been in Qiandao Lake for two days! I don’t know any locals at all. Who in the area has so much energy? I could guess who it was with my toes!
This is killing the chicken to scare the monkey!
Uncle Cha is a chicken and I am a monkey.
But...what does Uncle Cha's last sentence mean? Want me to collect the dishes?
There was a tray under the coffee cup. I lifted it up and saw a small note.
Uncle Cha must have written this down in advance, but I didn't even notice it.
I saw eight words written on the note.
"Use the strategy to your advantage and go with the flow."
What does this mean?
Did Uncle Cha know that something would happen to him? Then why didn't he tell me?
After pondering for a while, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in my mind.
I understand what he means.
I hurried back to the hotel where Uncle Cha was staying, found his cloth bag, and immediately called Xia Shuishui.
"What! You said tonight!"
Xia Shuishui was frightened by my words, and she said excitedly:
"No! My dad is at home tonight! If he sees it! Both of us will be doomed!"
I also said anxiously: "Stop talking nonsense! It's settled! Keep the back door for me tonight!"
"That's right! Remember to prepare all the room keys at home in advance!"
...
It was past one o'clock in the evening, and the night was thick.
I parked the car half a kilometer away from Xia Shuishui, then walked over and walked around to the back door of her villa.
It was dark all around and there was no one around. I pushed the door lightly and it opened.
Walking on tiptoes through the small garden, I looked up and saw that the window of Xia Shuishui's room on the third floor was open, and a flashlight flashed twice. This was the signal she gave me.
There was a tree in the backyard. I climbed up with the tree in my arms. After I found the location, I jumped to the balcony on the third floor where clothes were dried. In order to reduce the sound of landing, I rolled forward twice, although it was useless. , but handsome.
"Shh..."
Sneaking into Xia Shuishui House, I closed the door with my backhand and motioned for her not to turn on the light.
"Is your dad sleeping?"
"Sleep, you are really good, you are so tall, what if you accidentally fall and get injured?"
"You're kidding, your tree is only a few meters high. I can easily climb a tree that is a hundred meters high..."
In the darkness, Xia Shuishui asked me in a low voice: "Where did Master Zha go?"
"Forget it, it's all your fucking fault for the bad things your grandfather did. Now there is no Master Cha, only Master Xiang."
After saying that, I took out the compass from Uncle Zha's bag and made the orientation smoothly.
Looking at the compass in my hand, I asked in a low voice: "Does your house have a fourth floor?"
"The fourth floor is the attic. No one lives there. It's just used for storing sundries."
"Which floor does your dad live on?"
"He sleeps in the study on the first floor."
"Okay, take the key and follow me. Let's start from the fourth floor and go down level by level."
I know how to use a compass, but I'm not as professional as Uncle Cha. We went up to the attic first, where the compass needle responded, but only shook slightly.
Starting from the third floor, Uncle Cha's compass reaction became stronger and stronger. By the time he reached the stairwell on the first floor, the compass needle began to swing wildly, as if it had sensed something.
The center of the compass is called "Tianchi" or "Sea Bottom" by some. There is a black cross line consisting of horizontal and vertical lines on it. After waiting for a few minutes, I found that the black cross line was almost automatically aligned with the red line on the outer disk. , the magnetic needle pointed out the specific bit.
Zhengnan, Li, Wu, 172.5.
I frowned because this angle clearly pointed at the door in front of me.
Is there something hidden in the door?
I checked it and found no place to hide anything, just a very ordinary solid wood door.
I remembered that the day before yesterday, Uncle Cha pointed at this place with the plate, and Grandpa Xia Shuishui happened to come in at that time.
If the results are the same twice, there must be something wrong.
After thinking for a few seconds, I noticed the carpet under my feet.
Carefully rolling up the carpet, I took a closer look and discovered something fishy.
There is actually a basement underneath! The entrance is hidden under two tiles. I pulled the whole tile hard and it came up.
Xia Shuishui's face was full of shock. She obviously didn't know there was such a basement in her home!
It is said to be a basement, but the structure is actually similar to a "well", with a wooden ladder erected against the wall underneath.
It was very dark and cold after I got down, and I couldn't see my fingers out of my hand. There was a sour smell in the air around me.
I took out the flashlight and turned on the lighting. The next second, I was shocked by the scene in front of me.
Xia Shuishui screamed! I covered her mouth.
She is a timid girl, but now her eyes show fear! Trembling all over!
Fortunately for me, after all, I have done a lot of tomb robberies and my courage has already been developed.
There are all "Spirit Cards" in front of me, there are about thirty of them.
The black and red letters are arranged neatly, high and low, in a well-proportioned manner.
The moment I turned on the flashlight, what scared me was not the spiritual tablets themselves, but the red ropes tied to each spiritual tablet, with one end of the red rope wrapped around a small coffin.
I saw this small coffin, which was as black as ink. It was located in the middle. It was only the size of an adult's palm. Dozens of taut red threads were tightly wrapped around the small coffin, which was like a spider web.
In front of the small black coffin were an incense burner, dried fruits, and an iron scale holding a thick stack of white paper money.
I don't know what this is for, but it feels weird to me.
Xia Shuishui was trembling all over and her teeth were chattering. She pointed and said, "That...that is my grandma's tablet, and that one, that one is my mother's."
"Do you recognize the other names?" I asked her in a low voice.
Xia Shuishui swallowed her saliva and said incoherently: "It seems...it seems that there is also my grandpa and grandma. I'm not very familiar with their generation."
"Is this the ancestral hall of your Xia family? Have you never been here once since you were a child?"
"No! I've never come down here once! If it weren't for you! I wouldn't have known this place existed!"
I don’t know who this dark little coffin belongs to. I wanted to open it and take a look at what was inside, but it was bundled with red ropes. If I wanted to open it, I had to untie or cut the red ropes with a knife.
After thinking about it, I gave up the idea because I didn't understand it, so I didn't dare to make a move.
I suspect this may be some kind of evil Feng Shui formation, similar to the five ghosts that bring fortune.
Right now, it's best to wait until Uncle Cha comes out before making a decision.
I asked Xia Shuishui to help illuminate it, and I took out my phone to take a few photos, and then showed them to Uncle Cha.
Suddenly, Xia Shuishui started to cry, sobbing hard.
"Shh, don't cry. Why are you crying?" I said.
"I'm afraid...I'm afraid..."
"I'm afraid, this has been your ancestors for generations, don't be afraid! I'm here!"
I grabbed her hand, hoping to make her feel a little safer.
Then I made another discovery.
There was no dust on the table, which meant that someone came here frequently to clean it. Furthermore, I found that the small coffin was made of a single piece of dark golden nanmu, with the surface coated with raw lacquer, and one end of the small coffin had cracked.
The crack was quite serious, almost through it. I guessed that if it wasn't tied up with so many red ropes, it would have been scrapped.
Before leaving, he told Xia Shuishui to control his emotions and act as if he didn't know anything or saw anything.
After I went back, I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Whenever I closed my eyes, the picture of the spiritual position always flashed in my mind. I took out Uncle Cha's compass to study it.
After playing with the compass for a while, I fell asleep in a daze.
Maybe I was thinking about it day by day and dreaming at night. I dreamed that I was back in the basement and saw the little black coffin wrapped with red ropes again. At this time, an old voice beside my ear said to me: "Young man, Untie it, untie it quickly, there is gold inside, and if you untie it, the gold will all be yours."
I made some mistakes and slowly stretched out my hand.
Suddenly, there was a crisp sound of "pop" next to my ears!
It turned out that the compass in my hand fell to the ground, and it was dawn outside.
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