freenovelworld Chapter 560 [Old 9 Gate 39]
Chapter 560 [Old 9 Gate 39]
After hearing this, everyone stopped and decided to take a short rest. They took out the dry food they brought with them and prepared to enjoy it to relieve their hunger and fatigue.
However, just as everyone was about to start eating, a clear bell rang suddenly, and then something seemed to be approaching them quickly.
Zhang Qishan frowned slightly and prepared to get up and go to check the situation. But at this moment, the old man who had been silent all the time suddenly spoke up: "Don't go out, it's safest to stay here."
Youyou sat next to the old man and asked curiously, "Old man, why do you say that?"
The old man slowly explained, "It's a monster that specializes in eating human hair. It's very ferocious and dangerous. So you must not go out. Staying in the house is the safest choice. And this monster will only stay for a while and will leave soon. Therefore, you must not go out during this period of time."
After hearing this, Youyou said to the old man gratefully, "Thank you for your reminder, old man." She took out a piece of bread from her bag and handed it to the old man to express her gratitude.
Although the old man was blind, he could feel Youyou's sincerity and kindness. He took the bread with a smile and said gratefully, "Thank you, girl."
Youyou smiled and responded, "You're welcome, old man."
Er Yuehong looked at the bed and found his family crest on it, which immediately caused him to have numerous doubts. This mysterious old man seemed to have a close connection with his family, and he was eager to get answers from him.
The old man felt Er Yuehong's sincerity. Although he was blind, he clearly remembered that the person who had sung opera with him was Er Yuehong. So he decided to tell everyone about the past.
It turned out that the old man had been working in a mine when he was fifteen years old, and his life was difficult and hard. One day, he was beaten by the supervisor. Just when he felt desperate, Er Yuehong's uncle appeared and saved his life. From then on, the two became friends, and the old man also began to learn to sing opera.
The great uncle once suggested to the supervisor to use gunpowder to open the mine in the name of speeding up the progress of the project. The old man recalled that night when the great uncle of the Hong family told him that if he had the chance to leave here, he must go to Changsha to find Lao Jiumen and report to his family that he was safe and that he had left. Looking back now, the old man realized that the great uncle was actually determined to die at that time and planned to be buried with the Japanese in the explosives.
Back then, when the old man was digging deep in the mine, he accidentally dug a tomb passage. The hateful Japanese invaders went deep into the mine through this tomb passage and discovered some secrets unknown to the world. In order to protect these secrets, my uncle resolutely chose to sacrifice his life. He picked up the explosive pack and died with the Japanese. After the mine was blown up, something inside was also alarmed. However, the Japanese were not willing to give up. They captured other miners and cruelly blinded their eyes, turning them into human mine sentries.
After hearing this story, Youyou was filled with admiration. She looked at the old man in front of her and asked softly, "Old man, since you know the location of the tomb passage, can you take us to see it?"
Qi Tiezui, who was standing by, was a little worried. He reminded him, "Youyou, this old man is blind. How can he recognize the road?"
Youyou said firmly: "I believe the old man will remember the way."
At this time, the old man spoke: "Okay, I'll walk in front, and you just follow me."
So everyone followed the old man deeper into the tomb. The further they went, the darker the light became and the more humid the air became. As they walked, they came to a fork in the road. Both roads looked eerie and scary.
Everyone carefully chose one of the roads and continued to move forward. Not long after walking, they found that they were surrounded by a strange fungus that emitted a faint light and looked very strange. When they reached a dangerous place, many black hairs suddenly came from all directions and quickly wrapped around them. Everyone was terrified and ran away, trying to get rid of these terrible hairs.
Qi Tiezui ran the slowest and accidentally got his arms entangled by a few strands of hair. He turned pale with fear and struggled desperately, but the strands of hair became tighter and tighter. At this moment, Youyou was quick-witted and threw out something. The strands of hair seemed to be quite afraid of it and instantly loosened their entanglement with Qi Tiezui and shrank back. Qi Tiezui breathed a sigh of relief and was glad that he had escaped.
However, the old man who led the way was not so lucky. He ran slowly and was entangled by a lot of hair, and he was trapped and unable to move. Youyou hurried over to check, only to see that the old man was pale and breathing weakly. She carefully felt the old man's pulse, shook her head helplessly, and said: "I'm afraid it's too late to save him. It's a miracle that this old man can live to this day. His lifeline has long been broken. He can hold on until now, probably because he has unfinished business in his heart, and he has been holding back and wants to complete it. Now, he can finally be free." Everyone couldn't help but feel sad after hearing this.
Er Yuehong said with a sad face: "If we hadn't let him go through this, he wouldn't have died..."
Youyou sighed softly and said slowly: "Even if we don't let him leave, his life will soon come to an end. He probably only has one or two days left to live."
Zhang Qishan stared into the distance silently, and said solemnly, "Perhaps, deep down in his heart, this old man longs for liberation, so that he no longer has to endure the pain and torture of illness. In this case, let us bury him properly, so that at least he won't be too lonely."
"Well, okay." Er Yuehong nodded, his voice a little hoarse.
Everyone worked together to build a simple and solemn tomb for the old man with branches and stones. They carefully placed the old man's body in it and then gently covered it with soil. Finally, they found a large stone and placed it in front of the tomb as a tombstone. Because they didn't know the old man's name, they erected an anonymous tombstone here.
After completing all this, everyone stood quietly in front of the grave and silently paid their final respects to the old man.