Chapter 15 Chapter 14 Huozhi Finance
Shopkeeper Qian got out of the ground, and he was in the ground, and he had resumed his nature of digging into the ground, stealing gold and robbing tombs, his eyes glistening.The oil lamp that Shopkeeper Qian brought up from the ground was very small, only the size of a palm, and covered the flame the size of a bean with a glass cover. The light was not enough for a candle, but it was enough for tomb robbers like Shopkeeper Qian.At that time, lighting appliances such as flashlights were still very rare gadgets, and they had to be illuminated by fire.The Qiandilong lineage is good at robbing tombs, and often travels underground. Knowing that in the tombs, oxygen is scarce, and it is difficult for people to breathe. How can there be extra air to light up lamps with larger flames for lighting, so they are often prepared with these oxygen-consuming lamps. lamps, called "bean sprouts lamps."
Shopkeeper Qian was nicknamed the Diving Mouse, but it was not for nothing. Apart from his ability to drill holes in the ground, he was also extremely careful in his actions.Shopkeeper Qian landed on the ground, lay dormant for a while, then stood up straight, and walked towards the ladder silently.He originally wanted to climb up the ladder and get out of the back kitchen, but because of his habit of being cautious, he took a deep sniff and retreated subconsciously. After walking around the room, he quickly noticed something wrong. proper place.
The oil lamp that had been hanging on the wall in the house was gone.
Shopkeeper Qian's heart tightened, and with a shake of his hand, he turned off the bean sprout lamp, and the room was suddenly pitch black.Shopkeeper Qian has very good eyesight, after a little getting used to it, he saw a gleam of light coming out from the depths of the tunnel, and cried out secretly: "There is someone inside! Could it be that little daughter-in-law!" Pulling out the flat knife, holding it in his hand, he calmed down, took a little look into the tunnel, and then got in without a sound, and immediately merged with the darkness, disappearing without a trace.
Huo Xiaoxie dug hard, but didn't notice anything unusual, but Shui Yaoer frowned slightly, a little restless, always looking back at the dark place.Huo Xiaoxie's arm was sore, he paused for a while, loosened his muscles and bones, saw the appearance of Shui Yaoer, and asked: "Shui Yaoer, what's wrong?"
Shui Yao'er said: "I don't know what's going on, I feel panicked, I always feel that someone is watching us."
Huo Xiaoxie said: "Don't scare people, people are already cautious here."
Shui Yaoer said: "It's been more than two hours since we went down to this cave, and no one has disturbed us all this time, don't you think there is any problem?"
Huo Xiaoxie wiped off his sweat and said, "Maybe no one would have thought that the two of us are down there."
The water monster said: "If someone comes down, I will definitely notice it. But since just now, I have been feeling very bad. I always feel that someone is staring at us in the dark, but I can't find anything."
Huo Xiaoxie said in shock: "Who is so powerful?"
Shui Yaoer said: "Maybe it's just my illusion. After all, among the five elements, Tu restrains water, and the Shui family is not good at moving in underground pits. If you meet someone with Tu family skills, it's really hard to deal with."
Huo Xiaoxie asked: "Is there no Tujia people here?"
Shui Yaoer looked into the darkness, spoke louder, and said: "At first I saw this giant pit to kill elephants, and thought that the shopkeeper Qian and others in the Lost Horse Inn were students of the Tujia. Using such a method to deal with us, looking at the layout of the tunnels here, it seems to be the work of gold thieves studying tomb robbers. Hehe, tomb robbery is a branch of Tujia thieves. Ancestor teacher!"
Huo Xiaoxie's ears perked up, his eyes opened suddenly, and he also sensed the presence of someone in the darkness.Huo Xiaoxie's expression tightened, and just as she was about to speak, Shui Yaoer stood up, pointed into the darkness and shouted: "The thief hiding the eavesdropping! Come out!!"
Someone in the dark laughed three times and said, "No wonder Fourth Master Zhang wants to catch you with his life. You are from the Shui family!"
A black shadow flashed out, did not move forward, but leaned against the intersection of light and dark at the corner of the tunnel, it was the shopkeeper Qiandishuqian.Shui Yaoer lifted the oil lamp and took a clear picture of the money shopkeeper.
It turned out that the money shopkeeper, who was lurking, came from the entrance of the tunnel looking for the faint light. After passing the four forks, he faintly heard the sound of digging.Shopkeeper Qian searched for it all the way without making any noise until it was close to the place where Huo Xiaoxie and the others were digging. Then he hid in the darkness at the bend of the tunnel, huddled up, adjusted his breathing to be extremely weak, secretly observed their movements, and Don't rush to do it.
If you want to be a high-level thief, excellent patience is one of the essential elements. As long as it is beneficial to you, even if you hide in a dangerous place for ten and a half months, you can remain calm and unmoved.Hei Sanbian, one of the four great thieves in Northeast China mentioned above, don’t look at him getting angry and rushing, in fact, his patience is enough. He and Huo Xiaoxie lay on the Buddhist hall, Zhang Siye Before they came, they saw the female body jade lying on the bottom, still as quiet as Mount Tai, lying motionless for most of the night.Even the preparations for the Black Three Whips in the early stage were all patient. They sneaked into Fengtian City for nearly a month, asked Three Fingers Liu about the news of Fourth Master Zhang's home, and carefully deduced the overall plan without any sloppy.Shopkeeper Qian was also a top figure in the lineage of Qiandilong who was famous in the Northeast ten years ago. In terms of patience, he is only higher than the three black whips.
The thieves are patient, not to say that they are slow. When it is time to act, they are as fast as lightning. The opportunity is fleeting, and all their patience is waiting for the moment to act.
With Shopkeeper Qian's skills, Shui Yao'er did not find out, it was all based on feeling, this feeling is also called "thief".That is to say, if the thieves have reached a certain state, they can feel each other's existence under certain conditions and places.This "thief idea" is not a feudal superstition, let alone a fantasy, but a fact that can be verified.Among the masters in all walks of life throughout the ages, it is also a common situation. For example, two top "stock experts" in modern society are operating the same thing. Although they have never met, they can always vaguely understand each other. About to feel each other's presence.
Shui Yaoer's "thief thought" rose, and her mind was restless. When talking to Huo Xiaoxie, she not only expressed her own feelings and answered Huo Xiaoxie's questions, but actually said a lot of things deliberately for the people around her to hear.
When Shui Yaoer talked about Shuijia, Tujia, tomb robbery, etc., the treasurer Qian hid in the corner, and was terrified when he heard it. His mind was churning, and he snorted secretly: "How come you have such a big background, and you know the Tujia, the king of the earth?" Things! Mom, they are really not simple!"
Thinking of this moment, Shopkeeper Qian suddenly lost his breathing, and his body moved slightly, making a faint rubbing sound.Huo Xiaoxie and Shui Yao'er immediately noticed this little movement and the close distance. Shopkeeper Qian knew that he had been discovered, so he didn't want to hide from them, so he stood up.
Huo Xiaoxie picked up the hoe, and immediately scolded: "Old bastard, what do you want?"
Shopkeeper Qian chuckled and said, "What do I want? Naturally, I will arrest you two and tie them up and give them to Mr. Zhang."
Shui Yaoer snorted coldly: "Treasurer Qian, you speak so boldly. Come over and try if you have the guts?"
Shopkeeper Qian said, "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, do I have a few words to ask?"
Huo Xiaoxie scolded: "Stop talking nonsense, who is afraid of you?" Holding a hoe, he was about to take a step forward.
Shui Yaoer stopped Huo Xiaoxie and said, "Master Qian, I'll ask you first, then you can ask me later!"
Shopkeeper Qian waved the flat knife in the air, threw it into the other hand, and said, "Okay, little girl, I see you speak very loudly, and my old man doesn't care about you, just ask first."
Shui Yaoer snorted and asked, "Master Qian, who are you? Where are you from? What are you going to do?"
Shopkeeper Qian said: "Good question! I might as well tell you that ten years ago, people in the world called me the Diving Mouse, and Qian Dilong was my senior brother!"
The water demon said, "What else?"
Shopkeeper Qian said: "Hey, you asked three questions just now, and I've already answered one, now it's time for me to ask you!"
The water monster said: "Okay! You ask!"
Shopkeeper Qian asked: "Okay, you girl, listen clearly, didn't you just talk about the Tujia Tujia or something, let me ask you, do you know anyone in the Tujia family now?"
The water monster replied coldly: "I don't know."
Shopkeeper Qian chuckled: "Girl, think it over clearly, don't tell lies."
Shui Yao'er had one hand behind her back, and a sharp knife slid down from her sleeve. She held it in her hand. It was the same knife that Huo Xiaoxie used to cut the bottom beam of the wooden table and untie the bezoar rope.The water monster planned that as long as Shopkeeper Qian answered one more question, she would strike first!
Water Yaoer scolded: "If you don't know, you don't know."
Shopkeeper Qian laughed loudly: "Okay! It's good if you don't know each other!" Shopkeeper Qian flashed his body, then went back into the tunnel and disappeared!
The water monster was startled, and immediately shouted: "What a stinky thief!" He ran after him, and Huo Xiaoxie chased after the water monster, cursing: "Old bastard, don't run away if you have the ability!"
Shui Yaoer and Huo Xiaoxie ran to the intersection where Treasurer Qian turned. Huo Xiaoxie was about to turn in, but Shui Yaoer pulled Huo Xiaoxie and shouted: "Wait! Don't go in! Go in soon It's been tricked!"
Huo Xiaoxie looked at the pitch-black tunnel in front of him, the inside was silent, not at all like someone who just ran in.Huo Xiaoxie said anxiously: "But if we don't chase, this old bastard will climb up and ask people to come down, it will be terrible!"
The water demon thought it was true, frowned tightly, and said: "You are right! I think he didn't run far! Monkey, take the oil lamp and light it for me! Follow me!" The water demon stuffed the oil lamp into the Huo Xiaoxie shook his hand, and flashed a sharp knife from his sleeve. Holding two knives, he walked slowly into the tunnel.
Shui Yaoer concentrated on walking forward, and shouted as she walked: "Master Qian, it's time for me to ask you, don't play tricks! If you run up to call someone, you are not a hero, but a bear! I am a little girl and a Half-children, they frightened you so much that you ran away, and even the junior brother of Qiandilong! Your senior brother has made you lose all face!"
There was a buzzing voice coming from the front of the tunnel, which seemed to be coming out of the wall: "Hey, hey, little girl, don't provoke me! You and that kid can find this place, you still have some skills! I won't Go up and call someone, I will meet you for a while with my own ability! I will convince you to lose! You go forward! I won’t run, so don’t you either!”
Shui Yaoer kept on stepping, and said, "Master Qian, let me ask you, are you a student of the Tujia family?"
The voice of shopkeeper Qian came: "Hey, if I were a student of the Tujia family, would I stay in this Luoma inn for ten years? Haha! Little girl, you know a lot! To tell you the truth, the Tujia thief king is a We have a relationship because our master is a student of the Tujia family! It’s just a downcast student who was expelled by the Tujia, haha! Little girl, it’s time for me to ask you! You stole something from Mr. Zhang ?”
Shui Yaoer led Huo Xiaoxie, and they had reached the four-way intersection, which was still a foot away, just enough for Shui Yaoer and Huo Xiaoxie to stand in the middle.The voice of shopkeeper Qian still came from all directions, and it was impossible to distinguish the direction.
Shui Yaoer quickly lowered her head and looked up at the top of her head and her feet, and said, "I can't tell you this question, you can ask Fourth Master Zhang yourself!"
Huo Xiaoxie also said: "Yes! If you have the ability, you can ask Fourth Master Zhang! We won't tell you!"
The voice of shopkeeper Qian said: "Hey, I know you don't want to say it! Well, since you don't want to say it, hey, then I won't let you go!"
The water demon snorted: "Who wants you to let us go! Just don't run away!"
The voice of shopkeeper Qian said: "Now you have four roads ahead, only one is the road of survival, and the other three are the roads of death, you choose one! If you choose the right one, you can find me! How about it? Do you want to give it a try?"
Shui Yaoer scolded: "Who wants to try! Shopkeeper Qian, don't play tricks! Come out and compete face to face if you have the ability."
"Hey, hey, hey..." Shopkeeper Qian's voice gradually faded away, and then fell silent!
Huo Xiaoxie and Shui Yaoer froze on the spot, unable to move at all.The two were stunned for a moment, and then Huo Xiaoxie whispered, "This old bastard..."
The water demon pulled Huo Xiaoxie away, hissed softly, and whispered in Huo Xiaoxie's ear: "Don't speak loudly, he must be hiding somewhere, and he can overhear us."
Huo Xiaoxie hurriedly lowered her voice: "What's going on? Should we chase after him?"
Shui Yaoer snorted in a low voice: "The four-door and four-direction formation is indeed one of the maze formations for beginners of the Tujia, but it seems a bit nondescript here. It stands to reason that the underground tunnel is not large, and there is no way to put four doors and four directions. Xiang Zhen."
Huo Xiaoxie could only ask in a low voice: "Then which direction should we chase?"
Shui Yaoer pointed and said, "Over there!"
Huo Xiaoxie looked at the tunnel entrance on his right and asked, "Why is it over there? We've never been there before!"
Shui Yaoer said: "It is because we have never been to that road, so we go there!"
Huo Xiaoxie said: "Okay, let's go!" After that, he was about to leave.
The water demon thought for a while, and said, "Monkey! You stay here, don't move! I'll go alone!"
Huo Xiaoxie said urgently: "Then how?"
Shui Yaoer stepped forward to hold Huo Xiaoxie's hand holding the oil lamp, looked seriously into Huo Xiaoxie's eyes, and said in a low voice, "If you stay here, maybe something really happened, and there is someone to take care of you."
Huo Xiaoxie said anxiously: "But, I..."
Shui Yaoer put a knife into Huo Xiaoxie's hand, and said, "Sit here, no matter what happens, don't run around! This tunnel looks ordinary, but if the authentic owner comes, it's hard to tell." Already!"
Shui Yaoer took the oil lamp out of Huo Xiaoxie's hand, and continued: "We are separated, he can only catch one at a time, and the remaining one still has a chance!"
Huo Xiaoxie sounded reasonable, pursed her lips tightly, and nodded heavily.
Shui Yaoer took a deep look at Huo Xiaoxie, took the oil lamp and walked slowly to the tunnel on the right hand side that had never been passed before, and soon turned a corner, and no one could be seen.
Huo Xiaoxie stayed on the spot alone, and fell into darkness again.
According to what Shui Yaoer said, Huo Xiaoxie sat down slowly, held the knife tightly, placed it on her lap, took two deep breaths, calmed down her heart, pricked up her ears, and resorted to "take the plate" "Son" skills, listening to the movement around with full concentration.
After the water monster walked out for a while, Huo Xiaoxie suddenly heard the sound of a mouse passing by at high speed above his head. He passed by and headed towards the direction of the water monster.Huo Xiaoxie secretly yelled: "Not good!" Just as he was about to stand up, he felt something rolling past the ground, also heading towards the water monster.
Huo Xiaoxie couldn't help it, and yelled: "Shui Yaoer!" As soon as Gulu got up, he wanted to run to the tunnel where the water monster went, but Huo Xiaoxie remembered the water monster's advice, and bit him hard. Gritting his teeth, without taking a step, he sat down again.
But as soon as Huo Xiaoxie sat down, she heard the exclamation of "Yeah" from the water monster, which came from the tunnel, and then there was a rumbling sound, and there was no more sound.This tunnel was already very eerie and weird, and this incident made Huo Xiaoxie's hair stand on end.Huo Xiaoxie kept Shui Yaoer's advice firmly in mind, but didn't stand up, thinking: "Oops! Something happened to Shui Yaoer! Is that road really a dead end?"
Huo Xiaoxie shouted: "Old bastard, get out! I'm still here! Come and catch me."
No one answered, Huo Xiaoxie cursed again: "Old bastard, come out, if you don't come out, you are my grandson! Grandson, don't hide from your grandpa!"
"Hey, hey, hey..." Shopkeeper Qian's voice came from far and near, surrounded by Huo Xiaoxie, but he still couldn't tell the direction, "Boy, what are you doing here? Afraid of death? The little boy just now The girl is dead, do you want to go and have a look?"
Huo Xiaoxie scolded: "Old bastard! My good grandson! I can go, come out and give me a few kowtows!"
"Boy, your tone is not small. How capable do you think you are? With your virtue, I don't think you even have the skill to steal five bells!" The shopkeeper Qian said from all directions inside the wall.
Huo Xiaoxie laughed instead: "Grandson! You don't know how powerful your grandfather is! Do you know who your grandfather is?"
"Oh? Kid, who are you?"
Huo Xiaoxie scolded with a smile: "Want to know? Telling it will scare you to death. If you get out, grandpa will tell you happily. Let you kowtow to grandpa a few times, and grandpa will spare you!"
Shopkeeper Qian's voice was silent for a moment, and he asked, "Boy, who is that little girl?"
Huo Xiaoxie scolded: "Your grandfather, I don't talk to mud, get out if you want to know!"
"Hey, hey, hey, you are cruel."
Huo Xiaoxie still wanted to scold, but only heard the slight sound of footsteps coming from the tunnel he dug, and a flame as big as a small pea came out, and shopkeeper Qian was already standing at the tunnel entrance at the intersection of the four forks.
Huo Xiaoxie remained calm, sitting as firmly as Mount Tai, humming: "Grandson, you are obedient."
Shopkeeper Qian put the "Bean Sprout Lamp" on the ground, and instead of coming up, he stood at the entrance of the tunnel and asked, "Boy, don't be silly, let me ask you, who are you?" forward.
Huo Xiaoxie also imitated Shopkeeper Qian, and said gloomyly: "Let me tell you, I am from the Mu family!"
Shopkeeper Qian was stunned for a moment, and scolded: "Boy, stop talking nonsense, with your sloppy appearance, are you going to pay back the Mu family?"
Huo Xiaoxie snorted and said, "It's up to me to say it or not, believe it or not, I'll tell you separately! In the eyes of my Mu family, the tricks you played are like trivial things!" Huo Xiaoxie didn't know that "it's not worth it!" The word "a contempt" can only be filled with trivialities.
Shopkeeper Qian's eyes flashed fiercely, and he scolded: "Stinky boy, pretending to be the five great families, you are not small! Watch me come up and chop you up and feed it to the wild dogs!" forward.
Huo Xiaoxie pointed at Shopkeeper Qian and scolded: "If you have the guts, come here, your grandfather, I will warn you, I am not only a member of the Mu family, but also has a nickname, Mu Duxie! If you have the courage, go forward and try ! Xiao Mian, see if you chop me up, or I will poison you to death!"
Shopkeeper Qian paused, he had already jumped over, but after hearing Huo Xiaoxie's blow, he immediately took two steps back, staring fiercely at Huo Xiaoxie.
Huo Xiaoxie's bastard trick of telling nonsense was practiced in Fengtian City, purely to frighten his captors, in order to save him from being beaten or to take the opportunity to escape. The red heart does not beat, the words are reasonable, and it is true when you hear it suddenly.Stealing snacks from Mr. Zhang's house was caught by Butler Liu and the others. Huo Xiaoxie boasted that he was nicknamed Napoleon, and that he was the tyrant of Fengtian City; Spraying blood all over others; when digging holes with the water monster, he boasted that he could run away alive and well without drinking water for three days and three nights.Huo Xiaoxie does not live by deceiving people, and he is not a person who runs the train with his mouth full on weekdays. He doesn't talk nonsense unless he is in an emergency, but when he is in a hurry, he can screw up everything he has heard and seen recently. Talking nonsense together is extremely smooth.
The reason why Huo Xiaoxie said that she is from the Mu family is because she heard Shui Yaoer said that the Mu king broke the ten-mile palace of the earth king Tian Shiqiu, and she remembered that Shui Yaoer said before leaving that this place might be the four-door and four-way of the Tu family. After a while, he made up his name as Mu Duxie, and if he knew how to use poison, he would divert his thoughts at will, specifically to scare people.
Huo Xiaoxie's nonsense, if it was Jianghu bastards like Zheng Dachuan, they might have been fed with a few bullets, but if it was the shopkeeper Qiandishuqian, he would be terrified when he heard it, and would rather believe it than believe it.
Shopkeeper Qian has a gloomy personality, but he is not a thoughtful and exquisite guy. Just look at his two stupid buddies Jia Chunzi and Jia Qingzi.If shopkeeper Qian had half the brain power of Shui Yao'er, he wouldn't let Zheng Dachuan, a bastard who only knows how to use force, drive him into the cave with a gun.Shopkeeper Qian has a character like a mouse, and he does have a clever side, but if he encounters a cat made of porcelain on the road, he will be frightened out of his wits.Besides, shopkeeper Qian said that his master was a student expelled from the Tujia family, which is true. He knew from the time he was apprenticed to the master that the Mu family was specialized in conquering the underground palace of the Tujia family, and that the Mu family was good at using poisonous attacks, so he happened to be in harmony with the Huo family. Xiao Xie said the same thing.
Shopkeeper Qian stared viciously at Huo Xiaoxie who was sitting on the ground, pondering over what he just said in his mind, the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was true.Shopkeeper Qian gave himself three reasons. First, Huo Xiaoxie was indeed with a Shui family master like Shui Yaoer; It's not unusual for a half-sized boy; thirdly, Huo Xiaoxie sits in the middle of the four gates, which is exactly the way to break his half-baked Tujia's four-door four-way array.
Treasurer Qian said in a slow tone, "Brother Mu Duxiemu, hehe, I have admired you for a long time! Let me just say, how do you know that digging at that position is a good way to save people? This."
Huo Xiaoxie snorted: "Now that you know who I am, why don't you let my brothers at the bottom of the pit go!"
"Let it go! Let it go! Let it go for sure. To tell you the truth, I don't want to do this either. It hurts a lot to waste my inn."
"Then why do you still do it?"
"Isn't it because of Zhang Siye's order, hehe, actually, as long as you tell me, Mu family brothers, why Zhang Siye wanted to arrest you, did you steal his treasure, and what is that treasure, I will definitely go and find it." Let the old men in the pit come out."
"I told you, what can you do?"
"I just want to know why Fourth Master Zhang is so mobilizing to arrest you this time. To tell you the truth, I also hate Fourth Master Zhang. If I can know the secrets of Fourth Master Zhang, I will help you deal with him. Fourth Master, it's not a problem. Brother Mu, what do you think of this deal?" Shopkeeper Qian's wishful thinking is quite good.
Huo Xiaoxie picked up the knife in his hand, flashed it in front of his eyes, and said: "It's not for anything else, it's for this knife!"
Shopkeeper Qian was surprised: "This knife?"
"Yes, this knife contains Fourth Master Zhang's earth-shattering secret!"
Shopkeeper Qian was even more surprised: "The earth-shattering secret? Brother Mu, what is this secret?"
"You want to know?"
"I want to know, I want to know!" Shopkeeper Qian nodded repeatedly.
"Then come here."
"No, brother Mu, just say that."
"Then I won't say anything!"
"There is no one else here, Brother Mu, if you say so, I will help you rescue the brothers from the pit. You must know that Zheng Dachuan and the others above, more than a dozen, are all holding fast guns , They insisted on giving the man to Fourth Master Zhang!"
"But why should I trust you?"
"Brother Mu, you can kill me easily. The reason why you didn't do it was because you thought I could help you? Tell me, I guessed right." Shopkeeper Qian's mind was spinning rapidly at this time, but he couldn't do it at all. On the right road, he ran farther and farther on the crooked road, and he still felt very energetic.In fact, even though shopkeeper Qian had some taboos towards Huo Xiaoxie, he didn't believe that Huo Xiaoxie could kill him easily, but shopkeeper Qian was secretly complacent when he said this, thinking that he had grasped Huo Xiaoxie's mind.
Huo Xiaoxie hesitated for a while, and thought: "If I don't continue to edit, I'm afraid he will be suspicious of me, but if I persist in this stalemate, I will lose my words, and I will definitely show my flaws. What should I do? !"
Huo Xiaoxie hesitated for a while, but still couldn't make up his mind. Shopkeeper Qian was not in a hurry, and kept looking at him attentively.
Huo Xiaoxie looked at Shopkeeper Qian, smiled suddenly, and said, "Okay! I believe you this time! Take the knife, unscrew the handle by yourself, and take out the note inside to read! If you dare to cheat, immediately I want your life." Huo Xiaoxie said and stood up.
Shopkeeper Qian was taken aback for a moment, and asked nervously, "Why did the Mu family brothers get up?"
Huo Xiaoxie scolded: "I didn't want your life, you're so naughty!" As he said that, he rolled the knife on the ground and rolled it to the feet of Shopkeeper Qian.
Shopkeeper Qian quickly bent down to pick up the knife, feeling more at ease in his heart, pinched the handle of the knife in his hand, and concentrated on twisting it, but couldn't unscrew it all at once, and couldn't help frowning slightly.
Huo Xiaoxie scolded: "Put on harder! Are you really old? Would you like me to step forward and help you?"
Shopkeeper Qian said quickly: "No, no, no! I will continue, I will continue."
Shopkeeper Qian tried his best, but still couldn't unscrew the handle of the knife. The light was dim and he couldn't see clearly.
Huo Xiaoxie burst into laughter suddenly, and when Shopkeeper Qian raised his head, he muttered: "What?" As soon as he said the words, he felt the wind pressure hit the back of his head, and before he turned his head away, he was hit hard on the back of his head. Hitting and humming, he couldn't make a sound, so he fell to the ground, unconscious.
Huo Xiaoxie shouted: "Shui Yaoer, you are too slow! I almost died of anxiety!"
The water demon came out of the darkness, dropped the stone in her hand, kicked the two feet of the money shopkeeper who was lying on the ground, clapped her hands, and said with a smile: "Monkey, you really have you, and you can hold him for such a long time!" Time! Not bad not bad!"
Huo Xiaoxie said displeased: "You come up and kill him with a single knife, or else it's fine! You also have to pick up stones to smash them."
Shui Yaoer said: "Keep him, it will be very useful! Haven't we stolen Brother Yan and the others yet?"
Huo Xiaoxie walked up to Shui Yao'er, and the two squatted down, untied Shopkeeper Qian's belt, and tied it tightly.
Huo Xiaoxie said: "I thought something happened to you? How did you come out from behind?"
Shui Yaoer smiled and said: "He broke the formation and trapped me for a while at most! Thanks to you, he was tricked out and stabilized. Otherwise, I would be really hard to deal with him in the tunnel! He just needs to show up and replace me In the dark, he is no match for me at all!"
Huo Xiaoxie asked: "Then what happened, why did you come out from behind him?"
Shui Yao'er said: "If it were an ordinary person, I'm afraid I would lose my life." Shui Yao'er then detailed her experience after leaving.
It turned out that after Shui Yao'er entered the tunnel, after walking a few bends, he could vaguely see the end of the tunnel.Shui Yaoer wondered, the journey was smooth and calm, and nothing strange was seen, could it really be a way to survive?Shui Yaoer walked forward again, and when she was about to approach the end of the tunnel, she felt her feet tremble, and the ground sank, Shui Yaoer yelled badly, and backed up hastily, who knows where her feet were sinking.There was a bang, and a cover about two feet long on the ground was opened, revealing a deep pit as wide and narrow as a tunnel. The water monster screamed and fell straight down.
If it were an ordinary person, it would probably fall to the bottom, and Shui Yaoer would not panic at all when she saw this. At the beginning of the fall, Shui Yaoer had already recuperated her figure, kicked the cave wall hard with her feet, and fell to the ground. The speed is stagnant.The water demon was all over, and the knife in his hand pierced into the soil with a chirp, while the oil lamp that was originally in his hand fell into the pit.Shui Yao'er grabbed the handle of the knife with both hands, leaned against the cave wall with her whole body, and slid down another foot before stopping.The water demon gasped for a long time, and heard a rumbling sound again. A few round boulders rolled out of the grooves on the side wall of the cave, and smashed into the pit, making a muffled sound. If someone fell to the bottom of the cave, they would surely lose their lives !
Shui Yaoer originally wanted to climb up as soon as possible and rush back to meet Huo Xiaoxie, but thinking that shopkeeper Qian was still in the mud, it was still not an option to go back like this!The water demon simply leaped forward, relying on her small stature, grabbed onto the hole where the boulder rolled out, and got in.Sure enough, according to the water monster's guess, he didn't climb very far along the groove, and he touched a spring room with several holes leading to all directions.Huo Xiaoxie on the top of his head was talking nonsense to seduce shopkeeper Qian, and Shui Yaoer heard it clearly from below.The water demon climbed up a hole, and came out not far behind the treasurer Qian.It turned out that the method for Shopkeeper Qian to disappear suddenly was not very clever, but a board covered with mud was used under the tunnel wall to cover the hole. It's really hard to find.
If the water monster is hiding in the dark, it will be more than ten years before Shopkeeper Qian wants to find out.Shui Yao'er didn't realize it until she got close to Shopkeeper Qian's back.But Huo Xiaoxie was overjoyed when he saw Shui Yao'er, so he threw the knife to Shopkeeper Qian.By the time Shopkeeper Qian unscrewed the handle of the knife with all his heart, Shui Yaoer had already picked up a stone and knocked Shopkeeper Qian unconscious.
After the water demon finished speaking, Huo Xiaoxie praised: "If it were me, I would definitely be stoned to death!"
Shui Yaoer said with a smile: "I still admire you! If you trick this old bastard out and keep it safe, I'm afraid there will be more trouble!"
Huo Xiaoxie smiled awkwardly, and said: "It's just a shock, cough, let's go back and dig a hole!" In fact, it was the first time Huo Xiaoxie heard Shui Yaoer praise him like this, and he felt as if he was drunk. As sweet as a pitcher of honey.
Shui Yaoer nodded and said, "Wait a moment, I will close the mechanism here."
Shui Yaoer went back to the underground spring room, closed the mechanism, and found an oil lamp slightly larger than the "bean sprout lamp" from the spring room, turned around and came back, and checked that the ground was indeed locked. Three ways to survive and one way to survive are purely to seduce people to take a risk. In fact, the four ways are all deep pits and traps.In the Tujia maze technique, there is a technique called "Fly Scare", which is when you are extremely depressed and difficult to find a way out, deliberately showing a way that seems to be able to survive, making you overjoyed, thinking that this way can go out , but if you plunge in, you will really get out of all difficulties and be trapped to death in the underground palace.The method of three deaths and one life used by shopkeeper Qian can only be regarded as a deception, which is despised by the Tujia people.
After Shui Yaoer finished the inspection, Huo Xiaoxie dragged the treasurer Qian, and Shui Yaoer returned to the excavation site with the Bean Sprout Lamp.
Huo Xiaoxie left the unconscious money shopkeeper aside, raised his hoe and continued digging. After digging a few hoes, Shui Yaoer suddenly shouted: "Oops!"
Huo Xiaoxie hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?"
Shui Yao'er pointed to Shopkeeper Qian and said, "If he stays tied here, I'm afraid those two big fools will come down to look for him!"
Huo Xiaoxie slapped his forehead, and said bitterly: "That's true! Then what should we do, we can't let this old bastard out again!"
Shui Yaoer suddenly smiled and said, "I have an idea!"
"Speak quickly."
"I became like him, and I went up and made up a lie to deceive them, or I'll do it!"
"You become like him?"
"Monkey, today I want to open your eyes and experience the real unique skill of the Shui family - the disguise technique." Shui Yaoer spoke flatly, with the appearance of a lady.
The so-called no coincidences can't make a book, that's it.How did Huo Xiaoxie and Shui Yao'er know that the shopkeeper Qian was actually driven underground by Zheng Dachuan.On the ground, if Zheng Dachuan wants to see Shopkeeper Qian again, he will probably kill him without thinking.
Shui Yaoer straightened Shopkeeper Qian, looked at it carefully under the light, and stroked Shopkeeper Qian's face with her hand, measured the height of Shopkeeper Qian's nose, face, and jaw with her fingers, and then touched Shopkeeper Qian's face. Eyelids rolled up to observe, and then he took out a palm-sized iron box from the bottom of the rucksack behind him, snapped it open, and spread his hands, the iron box was divided into three layers, each layer has a small slot , the volume is large or small, filled with pigments of different colors and small objects, such as granular, hairy, sticky, etc., are different.
Huo Xiaoxie was stunned watching, and dared not speak.
Shui Yao'er covered her beautiful hair with a black scarf and tied it tightly, exposing her entire face, and said: "Fortunately, this money shopkeeper was caught. He is similar in size to me. If those two guys come, how easy is it?" It won't even look like it."
Shui Yaoer dipped her fingers into the paint in the small tank, and dabbed it on her face finely. While applying it, Shui Yaoer said: "Shui Family's Disguise Technique, the color is the first, and the makeup is fixed." Soon Covering his fair face, he turned into the same complexion as the money shopkeeper.
The water demon picked up a small lump of sticky substance from the small slot of the iron box, and continued: "The eyes are the foresight, the shape of the nose is the shape, the half of the palm under the eyebrows is the opening for disguise." A lump of sticky substance, slowly smear it on the eyes first, then take out the thin thread from the iron box, stick it on the eyelid, rub it repeatedly, and open and close the eyes.After that, the water monster smeared the bridge of the nose again, took out a dough-like soft thing from the iron box, and stuck it on the bridge of the nose.
Shui Yao'er finished the eyes and nose slowly like this, and said: "The cheeks are stable, there is no difference." Shui Yao'er touched the shopkeeper Qian's chin with one hand, and at the same time daubed on her cheeks.
The water demon said: "Monkey, help me take off his coat." Huo Xiaoxie agreed, untied Shopkeeper Qian, and quickly stripped Shopkeeper Qian of his clothes.
The water monster said: "You continue to dig, I still have a moment, so don't look at me for now."
Huo Xiaoxie was interested in seeing it, and even though he was reluctant, he still followed Shui Yao'er's instructions, raised his hoe and continued digging.Behind Huo Xiaoxie, the water monster hid on one side, continued to dress up, making rustling noises, which made Huo Xiaoxie so itchy that he really wanted to turn his head and look again.
又过了片刻，只听一声咳嗽，有人说话：“小杂毛，以为我这么骗的吗？”
火小邪听着这说话，分明就是钱掌柜的声音，惊的一个翻滚，退到墙边，定睛一看，眼前站着的不是钱掌柜又是谁？此刻他正面露凶光，牢牢盯着火小邪，一手持着扁刀，就要扑上！
火小邪大叫一声，把锄头横在胸前，可余光一撇，还有个没穿衣服的钱掌柜躺在角落里。火小邪指着站立着的钱掌柜，说话打颤：“你，你，水妖儿？”
“钱掌柜”眉头一展，嘿嘿冷笑，声音还是和钱掌柜一模一样，说道：“猴子，你看我装的象不象？”
火小邪惊道：“这也太神了吧！象！太象了！你怎么嗓音都变成他那样子了？”
水妖儿依然用钱掌柜的嗓音说道：“这是因为我嗓子里别了一个簧片，我再刻意模仿他的语调，只要不连续讲话多了，一两句是听不出来的。”
火小邪赞道：“奇了，真是奇了！你连动作神态，都模仿的惟妙惟肖啊。”
水妖儿说道：“易容术最难的还不是把面貌做的一样，而是气质神态，行为举止，装什么人要象什么人，前面靠的是化妆的手法，这个则是要靠天赋了！所以，易容术可不是人人都能学的精通的。好了，猴子，也耽误了不少时间，我现在就走，快去快回，你不要担心。”
水妖儿把机簧室里带出来的油灯留下，自己取了豆芽灯，最后仔细的把头发别在钱掌柜的瓜皮帽中，快步离去。
火小邪看着水妖儿的离开的姿势，都和钱掌柜别无二致，感叹道：“水家的这本事，打死我也学不会的。”
火小邪见水妖儿走了，扒拉了一下钱掌柜，紧了紧绳索，他还是昏迷不醒，也就放心心来，舒展了一下筋骨，继续挖洞。
水妖儿易容为钱掌柜，看着花了不少功夫，实际不过二盏茶时间，算是极快。所谓的易容术，听起来神乎其神，好像换张面皮，就没有人能够识破，那实在是太天真了！水家人的易容术也最多只能做到九成半，还需要掌握几个关键要领。
其一是抓特点，这和现代素描里的速写近似，就是要能够确定一个人面部最显著的特征是什么，如果特点抓对了，人就象了五成；其二是仿身形，我们日常生活中识人辩人，并不是看到正脸才认得出，毕竟人不断移动，仔细端详正脸的机会不多，所以身形体貌特征也起相当作用，可模仿体貌行为比模仿长相还要难了数倍，毕竟长相为静，体貌为动，有时我们看到某人照片，象极了另外一个，可是拉到一起，却一点不象，这原因里体貌占的比重颇大；其三，也是易容术里最难的一项，就是神态似，人都有五官，除了长的歪瓜劣枣的以外，差不多都是那个神态，洋人看中国人都是一个样子，分不出来，中国人看洋人也觉得是一个模子里刻出来的，便是人的气质神态作祟。一个优秀的演员，稍加化妆，只要把某人的神态学足，那就象了八成；其四是嗓音同，张口说话要是嗓音不同，东北话说成了广州话，前三者你都十分精通的情况下，照样会被人识破，不过嗓音同可以敷衍，比如装作伤风感冒，或者少言寡语，都有糊弄过去的可能。
水家人的易容术，这四者皆通，若有时间做足了准备，可以做到九成。水妖儿易容成钱掌柜，顶多只做到了八成，但这已经足够，只要掌握好光线明暗，不要近身相处，懵住火小邪这样的人片刻工夫，还是没有问题的。
水妖儿拿着豆芽灯，沿梯子而上，把豆芽灯挂在梯子边，推开盖子，钻出地面。水妖儿躲在阴暗处观察了一番，只见郑大川他们的人分两堆团团围坐在地上，也有人在坑边巡视，却没有看到贾庆子和贾春子两人。
贾春子此时正绑的结结实实，塞紧了嘴巴，丢在草料堆里面，折腾累了，一动不动，水妖儿自然看不见。而贾庆子也早就被郑大川他们挖坑埋了，自然也没有踪影。
水妖儿并不知情，见院子里的人比原来更多了七八个，暗想：“那两个傻大个呢？难道已经跑去找钱掌柜了？不应该啊。”
水妖儿从后厨绕出，借着黑夜沉沉，四处转了转，还是寻不到贾庆子和贾春子的踪影。水妖儿心惊道：“莫非他们两个下到坑里去看守了？哎呀，真是头疼，我还是去会一会那个光头笨蛋吧。”水妖儿所说的光头笨蛋，就是郑大川。
水妖儿拍了拍衣服，把钱掌柜那酸溜溜阴沉沉的模样，学了个十足，缓步从黑暗处走出，迎着郑大川他们走去。
郑大川正在剥花生吃，却突然看到坐在旁边的赵烟枪眼睛都直了，嘴里的花生都滚出来，盯着自己的身后不动。郑大川正想骂，却也顺着赵烟枪的目光转头一看，这一看不要紧，吓的郑大川从椅子上跳了起来。
水妖儿抱了抱拳，喊道：“郑老大，回来的迟了点！这里还好吧！”一脸假笑而脚步不停，径直走了过来。
赵烟枪低声颤抖着说道：“鬼，鬼啊！”
郑大川反应激烈，震得桌椅乱响，所有人都注意过来，无不看到了这个“钱掌柜”稳步向郑大川走过来，都是惊的呆若木鸡，眼睛都转不动了！见过胆大的，没见过这么胆大的，真是见了鬼了！
郑大川五官扭曲，脑子里想了千万种理由，也不明白“钱掌柜”为何毫无惧色的走来，咔啦把桌上的枪一把夺在手中，指着水妖儿大骂：“钱老贼！你来找死？”
水妖儿也一愣，停下脚步，疑道：“郑老大，你这是为何？我不过离开了片刻工夫，你怎么说翻脸就翻脸啊？”
郑大川大吼道：“老贼头，你玩什么花样？老子一枪崩了你！”
郑大川把枪已然举起，大吼大叫，却不敢开枪，他实在想不明白，天下还有刚刚跑掉不久，却又主动送到枪口上来的人，还能恍若无事的模样，难道说“钱掌柜”就是想骗他们开枪？
六行道也跑过来，同样异常紧张的拿枪指着水妖儿，低声问道：“开枪吧！郑老大，你等什么！”
郑大川盯着水妖儿，骂道：“老贼，你回来干什么？”
水妖儿也是纳闷，说道：“到底怎么了？我的两个伙计呢？他们去哪里了？”
郑大川气得直冒青烟，天下真有这么大大咧咧装糊涂的人，明明贾庆子已死，贾春子绑着丢在草料堆中，不禁大吼道：“你妈的巴子，你装什么糊涂？”
赵烟枪在郑大川身后，神色一凉，惊道：“郑老大，难道有两个钱掌柜？或者他就是个山鬼，变成钱老贼的样子，来迷惑我们的？”
郑大川听赵烟枪这么说，全身鸡皮疙瘩乱跳，头皮都麻了，他今天在落马客栈，碰见的诡异事情太多，要说真有个山鬼来了，他也能信八成！
水妖儿学着钱掌柜的样子，压了压手，说道：“郑兄弟，有话好说，有话好说！放下枪！放下枪！”
郑大川骂道：“放你妈的个鬼枪！你他妈的要是个山鬼树精，现在就给老子现形！老子命中九把天火，小心让你永世不得翻身。”
水妖儿真是哭笑不得，见郑大川这些人一个个神经兮兮的，心中略略猜到一定是钱掌柜和郑大川他们发生了什么事情，再留在此地和郑大川他们周旋，极为麻烦。
水妖儿想起火小邪编瞎话戏弄钱掌柜的一幕，干脆也将计就计，嘿嘿冷笑：“好眼力啊！郑老大！你怎么看出我是个山鬼的？嘿嘿嘿，嘻嘻嘻。”嬉笑间，竟已夹杂着女声。
郑大川他们众人顿时吓的哄然一声，乱成一团，赵烟枪大叫：“这是山鬼！已化成人形！”
郑大川手中枪也抖了，大叫自己的狗头军事赵烟枪：“是山鬼！怎么办！”
赵烟枪大叫：“开枪是打不死他！看我的！”赵烟枪说着，从怀中抽出一块红布，跳上一步，冲着水妖儿大叫：“山鬼你听好了！老子手中的布是大觉恩寺开光的镇邪之物，还不退散！否则把你打入十八层地狱，永世不能翻身！”
要说东北这地界，地广人稀，通常跑上百八十里都见不到一个人。郑大川这些跑信镖的，经常深夜赶路，穿山越岭，也见过不少鬼火挡路的奇事，别看他们孔武彪悍，却最是迷信世界上有鬼神存在，尤其迷信山鬼一说。以前就发生过跑信镖的人暴毙于山上，全身赤裸的奇事，反正也不知道原因，一律都归为山鬼夺命。山鬼之说传的邪了，都说是能够在黑夜之中，化成熟悉的人形，让你放松了戒备，偷摸着挖人心肝吃食。又说那山鬼刀枪不入，枪械刀具不能伤其分毫。
赵烟枪说是郑大川的狗头军师，也是身兼神汉一职，沿路遇见鬼哭狼嚎的怪事，都是他出面念咒烧香，做法驱邪。
水妖儿看了看赵烟枪手中的红布，赵烟枪正张牙舞爪的乱舞，顺着他的劲头说道：“啊，果然是好宝贝，得罪了得罪了！我这就退去！”
水妖儿慢慢后退，赵烟枪仍然疯癫了一样，嘴中念念有词，全身中风一样的抽搐，好像是他正在发功，把水妖儿逼退一般。
水妖儿暗骂：“可笑！真是可笑！”
水妖儿慢慢后退，眼睛仍然四处乱瞄，眼看着郑大川他们身后不远处的马料堆里，滚出一人，呜呜大叫，看身形不是贾春子又是谁。贾春子是个混人，脑筋不灵光，听到郑大川叫钱老贼什么的，睁眼一看正是“钱掌柜”在不远处站着，哪里听得进赵烟枪叫嚷什么“山鬼”，只认得这是自己的大爷。贾春子一个折腾，便从草料堆中滚出来，让水妖儿看了个正着。
水妖儿心中大致明了，故意阴阳怪气的笑了两声，退入黑暗中，身子一闪，就不见了。
赵烟枪依旧抽风般跳跃了半天，见再无声息，才直喘粗气的停了下来。郑大川赶忙上前一步，扶着赵烟枪，十分敬畏的说道：“赵烟枪，赵军师！多亏了你！”
赵烟枪呼呼直喘，说道：“郑老大，这个山鬼十分凶猛，刚才吓退他的时候，我全身精气都险些被他抽走！实在是危险万分！现在，咱们这些兄弟，都要聚成一团，谁都不可离开，只守着坑边，静待天明啊！”赵烟枪反正一通胡说，说自己刚才太上老君附体，大家都会信他，自然这时候的吩咐，有如天王老子的命令，谁敢不从。
郑大川吆喝着聚拢了众人，把火盆聚起，所有人团团围拢，再也不敢放肆。
水妖儿躲在后厨断墙边看了，骂道：“一帮子神经病！不过也好，至少他们不会来找了！”
水妖儿回到后厨内，揭开地洞盖板，钻了回去。
火小邪在地下挖的又累又渴，强忍着全身酸疼，仍然在奋力挥锄。他和其他年纪相仿的小贼不同，其他小贼都是见好就收，遇难就退，偏偏火小邪的性子从小就不服输，别人说他不行的他就偏偏要去做。奉天城的张四爷家谁敢去偷？那可是寻死的风险，可火小邪许诺给自己的兄弟弄来张四爷家的点心，就真的去偷了。所以，要让火小邪放弃挖洞，那是绝不可能。
火小邪牙关紧咬，一锄一锄的锄上，那洞已经挖了四尺深浅，丝毫没有尽头的迹象。火小邪毫不气馁，丝毫也没有怀疑水妖儿指示的方位不对，又是一锄上去，只听“咚”的一声闷响，似乎挖到了硬物，火小邪大喜，俯下身子把头钻进洞中，伸手一摸，果然摸到极硬的一面墙壁。
火小邪用手连抠带挖，将泥土拨开，就着灯光看上去，这面硬墙黑乎乎的，连成一片，不像是砖瓦砌成，再凑近了一闻，有一股子沥青味道。火小邪哼道：“怎么看着象奉天城里新修的柏油马路？”火小邪这些在奉天城里偷窃的小贼，天天在街上闲逛，哪里街景路面变化了，都是记得。年前张大帅府邸的门前，新铺了这么一条柏油马路，火小邪他们惊奇还有这么一大片平平整整、黑乎乎的、没有缝隙的“石板路”，还好好的在上面玩耍了一番。
火小邪钻出坑洞，心中还是大喜过望，啐了啐手，又挥锄挖上，仍然“咚”的一响，竟挖不动分毫。
严景天他们四个坐在坑底，这次可全部人都听到了墙壁内有“咚”的一声传来，严守震身子一动，凑在严景天耳边说道：“嘿！有人！在挖洞呢！”
严景天皱了皱眉，也低声说道：“不妥啊！再这样挖下去，声音定会越来越大！传到地面让人听到了，十分糟糕！”说着说着，又有“咚”的一声传来。
严景天站起身，想向后窗洞壁处走去，只听坑顶有人大叫：“起来干什么！坐下！坐下！”原来是在坑上不断巡视的郑大川他们。
严景天冲上面喊道：“解个手都不行吗？”
坑顶的人骂道：“就在这拉！又不是婆姨！还要躲着？”
严景天也骂道：“那就不解了！”坐了下来，严守震又凑过来低语：“严堂主，如果是来救我们的，咱们要赶紧通知他们，不要这样挖啦！”
严景天压了压手，说道：“如果是水妖儿和火小邪两个，以他们的聪明，定会明白不能硬挖！”
火小邪听到咚的作响，仍不挖不动分毫，眉头一皱，停止挖掘，心中暗想：“不行，挖也挖不动，还咚咚作响，若声音传到坑外面去了！那可糟糕！”
火小邪把锄头放下，返身回到昏迷不醒的钱掌柜身边，捏住钱掌柜的鼻子，啪啪抽了两个大耳光，骂道：“醒醒！你这个老杂毛！”
钱掌柜脸上被抽出十条指痕，身子晃了晃，悠悠转醒，睁眼一看，正见火小邪面对面的盯着自己，钱掌柜啊的一叫，就想闪身逃开，可丝毫不能动弹，知道自己已被牢牢捆住。钱掌柜摆出一副苦瓜脸，苦道：“木家兄弟！你真是好身手！我既然落在你手中，念着我没有害你，饶我一命！”
火小邪骂道：“老杂毛！还敢说你不想害我！”
钱掌柜头一低，摆出个死猪不怕开水烫的姿态，闷头不语。
火小邪抓着钱掌柜头顶的稀疏头发，把钱掌柜拎起来，骂道：“老杂毛，别装混，我问你，这墙里面的硬墙，怎么挖开？”
钱掌柜哼道：“木家人都不知道？我怎么知道？”
火小邪一个大耳光子抽上，打的钱掌柜一歪，骂道：“老杂毛，犯横？告诉你，你要是不说，我有七七四十九种刑法对付你！”
钱掌柜继续哼道：“你就是打死我，我也不知道！爱咋地咋地！”
火小邪发狠道：“好你个老杂毛！看是你狠，还是我狠！”火小邪一把将钱掌柜按倒在地，正想动粗，就听到水妖儿说话：“猴子，你干什么呢！”
火小邪扭头一看，就看到钱掌柜打扮的水妖儿钻了回来，便狠狠瞪了钱掌柜一眼，说道：“水妖儿，你回来了？上面怎么样？”
钱掌柜看着和自己一模一样的人走进来，也是看的呆了，水妖儿唬了钱掌柜一眼，也不搭理他。
水妖儿把上面的情况大略讲给了火小邪听，火小邪也正觉得纳闷，就听钱掌柜哈哈大笑：“小丫头，你的易容术的确高明，真让郑大川那些混球把你当成我了！你知道我为什么在地下吗？乃是郑大川突然翻脸，开枪把我赶下来的！嘿嘿！我一定要宰了郑大川这个畜生！”
火小邪指着钱掌柜，突然笑道：“哦！钱掌柜，那你还不帮我们，把这个墙壁弄开？”
钱掌柜哼道：“我宰了郑大川是我的事，帮你们弄开墙壁，万万不能！我就算便宜了郑大川，张四爷也会记得我的好！帮你们把人放了，我岂不是啥屁都没有了！嘿嘿！”
水妖儿一听，便问火小邪怎么回事，火小邪把挖坑已经挖到硬墙的事情说了，水妖儿也略略兴奋了片刻，钻进洞中看了看，却也皱眉不展的出来。两个人商量，这硬挖肯定不行，声音太大，恐怕深坑顶上的人能听到，若是再寻其他法子，则还没有个头绪。两人都觉得，目前唯一的办法，就是从这个钱掌柜嘴中问出怎么不动声响的挖开硬墙的法子。
水妖儿主持，火小邪当副手，对钱掌柜又是威逼利诱，又是甜言蜜语，又是拳打脚踢，可这个钱掌柜已经王八吃秤砣，铁了心肠，又如地下千年的蛤蟆精，软硬不吃，赖成一团，如论如何也不肯说。
水妖儿神色凄厉，哼道：“好你个老鬼！本来还想留你一条性命！这回也留你不得了！我不信你不说。”说着从怀中摸出一颗惨白色的药丸，捏开钱掌柜的嘴巴就要塞进去。
火小邪惊道：“水妖儿，你要杀了他？”
水妖儿点头道：“这是迷颠丸，吃下去没有问不出来的东西，只是药效过后，疯癫而死！其间痛苦，世间上没有人能说出，因为吃了没有不死的人！”
钱掌柜哼道：“小丫头，别装模作样吓唬我，你小瞧了潜地龙一脉的人了！我们这些盗墓的，一不怕死，二不怕疼，有啥花样，尽管来就是！墓穴之中危险重重，若不注意中了招，所受痛苦保管你们想破脑袋都猜不到一两分！来吧来吧，我倒想尝尝你这个什么迷颠的鬼玩意，是甜的还是咸的！”
水妖儿骂道：“好！那我就成全你！”一把将钱掌柜嘴巴捏住了，就要塞进去！
火小邪把水妖儿手腕一拉，说道：“稍等！你让我独自审一审他！”
水妖儿说道：“刚才我们两人，都审不出什么，你还有什么办法？”
火小邪坏笑一下，说道：“刚才咱们两个，有些法子不太方便，你给我一点时间，我再审一次，水妖儿你稍微躲开一些，别看我。”
水妖儿看了看火小邪，见火小邪眼中自信满满，手一握收了迷颠丸，说道：“好！你再试一试！”说着站起身退到一边，背过身不看火小邪他们。
火小邪对钱掌柜满脸坏笑的说道：“啊，钱掌柜，咱两个大男人在，我就不客气了啊！”说着把自己脱掉的褂子捡起，把钱掌柜的嘴塞了个结实。
水妖儿背着身，不知火小邪在干些什么，只听钱掌柜猛哼一声，极为惨烈！水妖儿正想回头，火小邪嚷道：“水妖儿，别看！别看！”水妖儿只好又转过头去，心想火小邪到底在玩什么花样？
只听得身后火小邪骂道：“说不说？说就点头！”
钱掌柜没有言语，随即大声闷哼，好像火小邪干了件让他极为难受的事情！火小邪又骂：“不说老子一根根给你拔光！”钱掌柜又是闷哼！这样来来往往了七八遭，水妖儿听的心惊，再也不敢回头。
火小邪骂道：“说不说？”
钱掌柜呜呜呜连哼不止，火小邪叫了声好，听声音似乎把钱掌柜的嘴巴松开。
钱掌柜气喘吁吁的说道：“你，你，还是人不？你要杀便杀，一定要这么羞辱我吗？”
火小邪骂道：“快说！要再试试吗？”
钱掌柜喘道：“我说，我说！求你不再拔了！这个墙，挖不动，最好的办法就是用火烧。”
火小邪骂道：“怎么烧？”
钱掌柜喘道：“烧就是了，还能怎么烧？”
火小邪骂道：“老杂毛！还逞能！”话音未落，钱掌柜又啊啊大叫，身子乱扳乱摔，显得极为难受。火小邪拉着长音咬牙骂道：“说……！你说……！”
钱掌柜的声音不住颤抖，说道：“火烧，火烧，小火慢慢烧！”
火小邪又骂：“说清楚点！为什么要这样烧？”钱掌柜又是惨叫，撕心裂肺一般。
钱掌柜急促的说道：“因为，因为，坑中墙壁上，都是易燃的沥青松油，如果直接烧穿了，就会引燃，所以，所以，只能小火慢慢烧，这个硬墙，就是怕火，你们烧化一层，刮掉一层，但不要让墙壁着了，就这样一直烧到快穿了为止，便安全了，一脚就能踹开。祖宗，祖宗，我都说了，求你松手，松手啊！”
火小邪笑道：“是个好办法！行！信了你！”
火小邪又淅淅簌簌干了些什么，这才对水妖