dragon hunter

Chapter 41
"Second Uncle, you heard something." I stood where I was, feeling a little nervous.

The second uncle paused, stopped, turned his head slowly, and showed me a weird smile.

"Ah!" I took a step back subconsciously, there was no second uncle in front of me, it was a yellow-skinned face.

The yellow man pretending to be my second uncle, with a wicked smile on his face, moved closer step by step.

There is a legend in the countryside here that the refined yellow skin can seduce the soul, if the other party sprays him with breath, that person will become the yellow skin's puppet.

When I looked back, Fatty Wang and Li Xiaolei were nowhere to be seen, so I turned around and ran away, and within two steps, I realized something was wrong.

When I came to the cave, there was a straight road, but now there are a few forks. I didn't have time to think about it. No matter how many forks there were, I just ran forward.

I ran until I was exhausted and out of breath, so I stopped, and when I looked back, the yellow man didn't chase me.

I took out the flashlight and looked around, and I was completely confused. It is said that after running for so long, I should have run out of the cave long ago.

But I found out in despair that after running around for a long time, I actually ran to a completely strange place.

The cave was very quiet, occasionally there was a sound of dripping water, and it was pitch black all around.

"Second Uncle, Fatty Wang!" I yelled loudly.

The shout echoed in the cave, and after a long time, there was no response.

I found out in despair that I was lost, and the emerald jade card was in the hands of my second uncle. I could only touch the elephant blindly and gamble on my luck to see if I could get out.

I took a flashlight and wandered around in the cave. I was actually very scared, and I was very annoyed that I was not careful enough, but I didn't see the abnormality of the second uncle at first.

The group of fat married mice and the cunning yellow-skinned son are all gone now, and in the huge cave, the sound of my footsteps echoes alone.

"Hey, there is a wooden door here." I looked at the wooden door in front of me by the light of the flashlight.

The wooden door looked very old, covered with a thick layer of dust, and some places were rotten.

Do you want to go in and have a look?I was a little confused standing there. I just wandered around for a long time, but I didn't find any clues.

In the end, the desire to get out of trouble overcame the fear in my heart, and I walked towards the wooden door with trepidation.

On the stone wall next to the dilapidated wooden door, there are a few words painted with red paint. The paint has faded because of the age, and the word "air defense" can only be discerned faintly.

I stretched out my hand and pushed gently, and with a "squeak", the wooden door was pushed open.

The dust was flying high, and there was a dull and rotten smell, which made me cough violently a few times. The inside had not been ventilated for many years, so I dared not go in rashly.

He took out a towel from his backpack, wet it with mineral water, covered his nose, and felt much better.

I stood outside the door and took a look with a flashlight, and found that it was a small secret room, with an old desk inside, and a few old file files on it, covered with cobwebs and dust.

On the wall of the secret room, there are several photo frames hanging, covered with thick dust, making it difficult to see clearly.

There is a door behind the secret room, with a white curtain hanging on it, which is dirty and stained with some blood.

I walked into the secret room cautiously, guessing its former purpose. The secret room was full of cobwebs and dust. Even if I covered my nose with a wet towel, I could still smell a strong musty smell.

The secret room was obviously built artificially, and the group of lepers who fled into the mountains probably didn't have the ability.

Thinking of the vague word "air defense" outside, could it be that an air defense facility was built here before it was used as a foothold by leprosy patients?

The situation was a bit unexpected. This labyrinth-like cave seemed to hide many secrets. Thinking of the group of mice carrying the sedan chair and the yellow leather who tricked me, I felt a little chilly.

With the light of the flashlight, I could clearly see the files on the table. The words "files of leprosy patients" on them made my hand tremble and I almost dropped the flashlight on the ground.

The furnishings here are simple, with some expired medicines on the dusty wooden shelves beside it, it is probably an infirmary.

I walked around in fear, and found a small line under the photo hanging on the wall, "As the only doctor here, I can't give up my companions, let alone my daughter!"

The inscription below is a woman named "Xu Qin". She should be the former owner of this infirmary.

I took out the toilet paper and wiped off the dust on the surface of the photo frame. This is a group photo of men, women, old and young, all with dull eyes, and some with abscesses on their faces, which makes people feel frightened.

In the lower right corner of the photo, the words "St. Mary's Gospel Church" are printed. I know this church, and it still exists. People who believe in Christ in the small county go to hear the Gospel every weekend.

It seems that the group of lepers who fled into the mountains were not helpless, at least they could get relief from the church.

"Bang!" There was a dull sound, and the dust in the secret room was flying.

I was startled, and turned around quickly. Under the light of the flashlight, I was horrified to find that the dilapidated wooden door behind me was tightly closed.

"Who... who is outside?" I felt a chill rise from my back and asked in a trembling voice.

It was quiet, without any response, and then there was a small sound outside the door, a crisp "click", like the sound of a lock closing.

I felt something was wrong, so I rushed over and pulled the wooden door hard, only to find that the outside was locked.

"Who? Let me out." I yelled in panic, holding the wooden door with my feet.

The dust on the wooden door covered me all over. I didn't expect that the seemingly dilapidated wooden door was unexpectedly strong. No matter how I pulled and kicked it, I couldn't open it.

Footsteps sounded outside and gradually faded away.

Who is the opponent?Why lock me up here?A series of questions arose in my heart, and I worked hard for a while, only to find that I was locked in this secret room and could not get out.

Some small voices came from behind the dirty white curtains, which sounded particularly terrifying in this dark secret room.

My arms trembled a little, and the light of the flashlight hit the white curtain, and the dark red blood stains looked particularly oozing.

I don't know what's behind the curtain, but the door outside is locked, and I have to find a new exit if I don't want to be trapped here.

The wet towel in my hand was thrown aside by me just now, and I have gradually adapted to the peculiar smell here.

I took a few deep breaths and encouraged myself in my heart. I walked over quickly and opened the white curtain abruptly.

There is a passage behind, and there is a glimmer of light at the corner. It is that kind of dark green light, which is gloomy and scary.

The small voice just now disappeared, and it was quiet, only my own heavy breathing could be heard.

I regretted it very much in my heart. If I knew it earlier, I would not have entered the secret room. Now I have no way out, so I can only go to the dark all the way.

"Crack!" I stepped on something and made a crisp sound.

I shone it with a flashlight and saw what was under my feet, but I was so scared that I took a few steps back. It was a white skeleton with clothes that had turned into rags. It looked at me with empty eyes, and its posture was very awkward. .

I gritted my teeth and ran towards the corner of the passage. This place is too weird, I must find a way out quickly.

At the end of the passage, there should be the main building of the air-raid shelter, which is very spacious.

There is a long wooden table in the middle, the workmanship is very rough, it is not even painted, it is just pieced together with a few wooden boards.

Against the edge of the wall, there was a circle of straw mats, and some straws were scattered on top of it. There were skeletons with strange postures lying on the straw mats, with their clothes in tatters.

I suppressed the fear in my heart, ran without turning around, and kept shouting in my heart, they are just dead people, there is nothing to be afraid of.

On the surrounding stone walls, there are some strangely shaped oil lamps hanging, emitting a faint green light, flickering on and off, very strange.

Not far from my feet, there was a broken plaque lying on a recline. Although it was covered with a thick layer of dust, the writing could still be distinguished.

"Leprosy Church" is engraved with four words, and there is a line of small characters below, "St. Mary's Gospel Church is under construction."

The small sound sounded again, and I looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a fat mouse, holding a small pot, standing on top of the oil lamp, pouring a stream of black oily liquid into it.

The mouse was standing upright like a human, still wearing clothes, and when I looked over, it showed a cunning smile, then its figure flashed, it scurried around, and disappeared from my sight.

I suddenly smelled a sweet and greasy breath, my heart was awe-inspiring, and I remembered an anecdote recorded by my ancestors in the Broken Physiognomy.

My ancestor once helped a prince in the royal family repair his private house. The prince was very superstitious and wanted to light an everlasting lamp in the tomb, so he asked my ancestor if there was any lamp oil that would never go out after being lit.

My ancestor naturally answered no, so the prince was very upset, but his steward suddenly said that he could find the everlasting lamp oil.

The prince was in a good mood, and gave the housekeeper a lot of silver, telling him to buy it quickly. After a few days, the housekeeper did indeed buy lamp oil and came back.

That kind of lamp oil is very magical. When it is lit, it ignites a faint green light, and it also emits a sweet and greasy fragrance, which is very pleasant to smell.

What's even more strange is that as long as the lamp oil is ignited, it will not go out no matter if you blow it with your mouth or fan it with something.

The prince was very satisfied, thinking that this was the legendary ever-burning lamp, which could guide ghosts to find the fairyland.

My ancestor was very curious, so he secretly asked the housekeeper where this miraculous lamp oil came from.

The butler smiled mysteriously and didn't answer, so the ancestor gave him a sum of money, and the butler secretly said that it was not lamp oil, but corpse oil squeezed from the body of a dead person.

After the corpse oil is ignited, the sweet and greasy aroma is addictive. Some addicts feel that opium is not addictive, so they light the corpse oil and inhale the strange fragrance.

My heart was cold, the fat rat that poured into the oil lamp just now turned out to be addictive corpse oil after smelling it.

I didn't dare to get a little bit of this kind of evil stuff, so I covered my nose with my hand, and ran towards the side door at the back of the hall in a panic.

(End of this chapter)