The guard originally wanted to fight back, but the sharp knife was resting on his neck. The feeling was uncomfortable, and he immediately stopped struggling.
"Don't!" The guard dared not even turn his head, and said hurriedly: "I will never move, I will never move..."
I moved the knife down to reach his back. The guard relaxed a little, and slowly looked back at me. I am definitely a strange face to him.
Immediately afterwards, the guard saw what Huangquan gold medal was hanging on my neck, he was immediately shocked, and looked at me again.
"Why, don't you recognize this gold medal?"
"Recognize..." The guard grumbled and said, "I definitely recognize the gold medal, but..."
"But, how does this gold medal hang around my neck, right?" I sneered: "Why does the gold medal hang around my neck, don't worry about it, let me ask you a few words, be honest."
"It must be honest, honest..."
I first asked about the origin of the guard, and he said that he was from the Jiao Shulin Jiao family. The Jiao family used to be a dart board a long time ago, betting on behalf of others. Since the late Qing Dynasty, they have changed their way and did all kinds of messy things.
The guard was called Jiao Ren. He said that their Jiao family was hired, and a total of twenty people came out, all of whom worked here.
Anyway, these twenty people were basically acting as guards, only Jiao Ren. It is said that he was born with a strong yang energy, so he found a relatively leisurely errand, and went to Longzui on the west side of the abyss every two days.
I don't know what Longzui means, so Jiao Ren hurriedly told me that Longzui is actually the cave of ten thousand corpses that people here said.
The winding river, even if it reaches the end when it reaches Longzui, all the river water flows into a big hole. Old Liu once told me that those who escaped, as well as those who died here, were all thrown into the Cave of Ten Thousand Corpses.
"What do you do when you go to Wanshidong every two days?" I thought, this Jiao Ren can't come here for a leisure meal. Since he has to make a trip every two days, he must have a purpose.
"Bring food." Jiao Ren raised his hand slightly, pointing to the jar in his hand, and said: "In addition, brother, can you take the knife away from me? Gold medal, no matter how bold I am, I dare not do anything with you..."
I moved the knife away a little bit, but Jiao Ren hadn't let down my guard yet. In order to show that he did not lie, Jiao Ren specially opened the jar. I saw some food in it, but there was meat.
"Who is this meal for?"
"I don't know, I really don't know, I just go to deliver the food every two days, put the food down, and then bring back the empty jar from last time. I really don't know who to deliver the food to."
I thought about it in secret myself, and now I can't fully believe what Jiao Ren said, but, with the gold medal of Huangquan, he shouldn't lie too far.
"Go, take me to Longzui to take a look."
"Good, good." Jiao Ren promised hurriedly.
He took the jar and walked in front, and I followed, but the knife never left my hand. Jiao Ren has also walked around the rivers and lakes, knowing these rules, anyway, as long as the knife doesn't hit his midfielder, he won't say much. While walking, I asked some other things.
However, Jiao Ren is just a chore here, better than that
The status of these coolies is a little higher, but they are also limited. It is impossible to get in touch with any important affairs. The situation he said is similar to what Old Liu said.
He said that the guards hired by Renjianlu here basically say that it takes at most half a year. Everyone has two taels of gold a month, and that's twelve taels in half a year. The Jiao family kept half of the money, and the rest was given to the guards' family members, so these guards stayed here, all for the sake of the money.
There are more than two hundred guards and chores. The most important thing is that the terrain here is very dangerous. As long as you guard the only rope ladder that you can go up and down, it will be difficult for the coolies under the abyss to escape. After all, it is impossible for everyone to escape. Like Lao Liu, he climbed up the cliff forcibly.
Just walked and said, after a while, I learned about the general situation here again.
However, Jiao Ren didn't know the identity of the Huangquan corpse hunter, he only knew that he was a big man.
Longzui is really not close. We walked for another hour or so before Jiao Ren pointed to the front and said, "It's almost here."
I took a look, and sure enough, that Huangquan River had indeed changed its direction. Standing here, I could vaguely hear the sound of rumbling water. As I continued to move forward, a cold and icy atmosphere came from all directions, making me involuntarily fought a cold war.
"Brother, your body is not good enough." Jiao Ren had been talking to me for so long, and he might have relaxed a little, and said, "You have Huangquan gold medals on you, and are you afraid of this coldness?"
Many guards here know that the Huangquan gold medal is not only a status symbol, but also has practical uses. This gold medal can resist the pervasive cold air beneath the abyss. Other guards can only use lightning to strike the bones to dissipate the Yin Qi after burning, but with this gold medal, nothing is needed, it is enough to avoid the erosion of Yin Qi.
"The first time I came here, it was mostly uncomfortable. It will be better after a long time." Jiao Ren hurriedly added when he saw me not talking. Long, I can’t stand this..."
"Shut up, I don't want to stay here long."
"Yes, yes." Jiao Ren was silent, and after that, we reached the side of Long's mouth.
The dragon's mouth is a big hole, and all the river water is poured into the dragon's mouth. The Yin Qi on the side of the dragon's mouth was indeed very heavy. I stretched my head and looked down. In the huge hole, apart from the spray, I could see a dim light.
Jiao Ren came to the edge of Longzui leaning on the north side, where there were a few iron bars that were hit directly in the stone. Each iron bar is as thick as a forearm. He unfastened the rope from an iron bar and then pulled it upwards. After pulling it for a while, I saw the other end of the rope, which was also tied with one to hold food. Jars.
Where the rope sags, the river is rushing, and Jiao Ren stepped on the shallow water and raised the jar to take a look. There is still a lot of rice in the pot, mixed with river water, and it has become a mess.
"I didn't eat it again." Jiao Ren untied the jar and re-tied the one he had just brought. He tied the mouth of the jar tightly with greased paper, and then put it down again along the edge.
"Brother, my errand is over." After putting down the jar, Jiao Ren looked at me timidly and said, "If there is nothing wrong, I will take a step first.
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"You stay here honestly!" I pointed to Huangquan's gold medal: "I am carrying this gold medal, do I make you unable to move you?"
"No, no." Jiao Ren hurriedly explained: "I just don't have much abilities, and staying here won't help much."
"You can just stay honestly." I looked down. After all the river water flowed down, it scattered to the edge of the hole, and then I didn't know it flowed there again.
In the middle of the hole, you can see a lot of corpses faintly. I don't know how many layers are stacked, and they are densely packed. When I look from above, I feel dizzy. A bit of bitter cold breath continued to spread from below, almost freezing me stiff.
Pieces of water curtains blocked my sight. I turned my head to look at Jiao Ren and said, "You tell me the truth, who do you serve meals every time?"
"I haven't seen it!" Seeing that I didn't believe what he said, Jiao Ren immediately became a little anxious, and swore to the ground, "If I lie, you just throw me down, I really don't know... "
Jiao Ren might not know how this is. I looked at this hole, and my heart was a little restless, and a dream that I had ever had immediately appeared in my mind.
That dream was made when I was waiting for him in Shihewan after the fake master left. As soon as the fake master left, there was no news, and I was not allowed to find him. I had that dream just after I was sure that the fake master would probably not come back.
In my dream, I dreamed of a water curtain like a waterfall. Through the water curtain, I could vaguely see the fake master in the water curtain, constantly being washed by the water.
The fake master must have been restrained, and I couldn't escape. When I had this dream, my heart was very unreliable, but the fake master's whereabouts were unknown, and I had nowhere to look for him.
Nowadays, although I am not sure who the person locked up below is, there are many details and clues that have undoubtedly explained this.
The fake master also told me at the time about the corpse hunter in Huangquan. When I went to Longzui with my own eyes, I probably guessed that after the fake master said goodbye to me, he came here and saw the corpse hunter in Huangquan.
I can't guess what happened next, but the result must be that the two broke up unhappily, and the corpse hunter Huangquan trapped the fake master here.
Thinking of this, my heart, liver, spleen and lungs seemed to tremble together, and I immediately walked to the iron bars nailed to the edge of the dragon's mouth and took a look.
The iron bar is as thick as my arm, the nails are deep, and very strong. I tried it with the rope on the iron bar, at least it can bear a few hundred kilograms of weight.
I am a little impatient, and want to go down and see for myself to verify whether my guess is accurate. As soon as I cleaned up the ropes, Jiao Ren became silly at the side. He hurriedly pulled my sleeves behind and asked, "Brother, what is this going to do?"
"I'm so annoyed to stay up there. Go down and cool off." I pushed Jiao Ren away and said: "You stay here, don't go, I will come up after a while to cool down."
"Brother, no..." Jiao Ren said with a weeping face, "This man, no one can go down to see him, brother, although you have a gold medal in Huangquan, but..."
"Don't talk nonsense." I ignored Jiao Ren's persuasion, without saying anything, grabbing the rope and starting to climb downward.
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