Ten Days End

"Is there anyone outside?!"

Qi Xia listened carefully to the old voice, and it seemed that it did not come from the alley, but from a farther place.

How could such a distant voice come from this narrow alley that can be walked to the end in just a few dozen meters?

"I heard footsteps!" the voice shouted, "If there is someone, please reply... I am not a bad person! Is there anyone there?"

Qi Xia looked at the black bead between his eyebrows coldly, and then said softly: "Yes."

"Bang".

The black bead shattered after Qi Xia spoke.

He wanted to take the opportunity to leave, but he was a little curious about the scene deep in the alley, so after thinking for a few seconds, he walked forward step by step.

He had just walked less than halfway when his feet made a "crackling" sound, as if he had stepped on something.

Qi Xia carefully moved his feet, then squatted down and picked up the thing on the ground and took a look.

It was a crispy thigh bone.

What made him feel strange was that the owner of these bones looked like he had been dead for a long time, and there was even a little dirt on them.

"Young man?" The old voice came again, "Come forward a little, be careful!"

Qi Xia thought for a while, looked at the beads on his head again, and suddenly had a new idea.

"Be careful of what?" Qi Xia asked.

As soon as the voice fell, the black beads on his head flew out, and no one knew where they flew to in the darkness.

"Be careful of the big pit!" The old man replied, "Go forward a little further, there is a pit! Be careful not to fall into the pit!"

"Pit?"

Qi Xia threw the bone fragments in his hand on the ground casually, and then walked forward tentatively with his feet.

The walls on both sides of the alley were very high, almost completely blocking the light. Qi Xia could only slow down his pace and quickly think about the other party's motives.

Did this old man trick people in and kill them?

But why did he choose such a hidden alley?

If I hadn't walked into the alley according to the map, it would be impossible for anyone to pass by in such a dark alley.

"Where are you?" Qi Xia asked.

"Go a little further!" the old man said, "Come and help me!"

"Help?"

Qi Xia walked another five or six steps, and felt that the stone road under his feet was already covered with sand, and there was a "rustling" sound when he walked up.

After another three or five steps, his feet suddenly felt empty. He used his feet to test the left and right, and found that there was indeed a big pit in the invisible place in front of him, which was completely across the alley.

If it weren't for the old man's reminder, he would have fallen in.

"Are you here?" the old man shouted again, "Here!"

It was only then that Qi Xia heard that the old man's voice came from the pit.

He slowly squatted down, and then looked down. He had almost made all mental preparations before looking, but he didn't expect that the scene in the pit was nothing special at all.

An old man with a dusty face stood in a three-meter-deep hole, holding a shovel in his left hand and a kerosene lamp that was about to burn out in his right hand, looking up hard.

The light of the kerosene lamp was about to disappear, and it could only gather in the hole and could not be emitted.

"Is it a young man?" the old man asked, "Can you see me here?"

Qi Xia paused after hearing this and said coldly: "What are you doing down there?"

"It's a long story..." the old man said, "Anyway, I'm digging a hole, and now the hole is too deep to get out... Can you help me?"

"Digging a hole..."

Qi Xia frowned and looked at the deep hole in front of him. It was about two meters wide and three or four meters deep. If it was really dug by this old man, it should have taken a long time.

"I can save you." Qi Xia said, "but you have to tell me why you dug the pit."

"I was afraid you wouldn't ask!!" the old man said happily, "I seem to have found something incredible! Pull me up quickly, and I'll tell you! Fortunately, someone came before the oil lamp burned out, otherwise I really don't know how to get out!"

Qi Xia nodded. He really couldn't feel the breath of danger from the other party, so he could only agree to the other party.

This old man looked different from Wei Yang. He was very conscious.

A person who was not crazy was digging a pit in a dark alley. Qi Xia was very curious about the other party's motives.

"Put up the shovel." Qi Xia said.

"Ah? Why?"

"The distance is not enough, I will pull you up with the shovel." Qi Xia said, "Otherwise, how can I save you with my bare hands?"

The old man held his shovel and thought for a long time. The shovel in his hand looked like a weapon for self-protection. He couldn't give it up easily, but if he thought about it carefully,There is really no better way.

"Young man, I'll tell you in advance..." the old man said seriously, "I found the "big secret" of this place! As long as you pull me up, I will share this secret with you!"

"The "big secret"..."? "Qi Xia raised his eyebrows, feeling that this trip was right, "Don't worry, if I want to kill you, I can just fill the pit with soil, there is no need to be so troublesome."

"Uh..." the old man nodded after hearing it, "It seems to be right... Wait a minute!"

The old man lowered his head, took off his clothes, and then wrapped a ball of things in his clothes, and finally tucked it under his armpit.

After packing, he raised his head and slowly raised the shovel in the direction of Qi Xia.

"Thank you for your trouble! Young man! "

Qi Xia took a deep breath, squatted down and held the shovel. With the joint efforts of the two, the old man walked up the edge of the pit while pulling the shovel.

Although the pit was not deep, the two still spent a lot of effort.

Although the old man looked very strong, he insisted on using only one hand, causing Qi Xia to have to use all his strength to stabilize the shovel before pulling this old man who looked at most 100 pounds out of the pit.

Qi Xia threw the shovel in his hand aside and said, "Okay, show me your "big secret." "

The old man panted on the ground for a long time, then raised the kerosene lamp to his face and looked at Qi Xia.

"Why are you so impolite, young man?" the old man asked.

"I saved you, do I need to be polite to you?" Qi Xia replied.

"Hey, that's right." The old man took out the clothes under his armpit mysteriously and shook them in front of Qi Xia, "The thing wrapped in it is the "big secret"! "Oh?" Qi Xia asked expressionlessly, "What is this?" The old man put his clothes on the ground and put the kerosene lamp aside. At this time, Qi Xia saw that there were many human bones nearby, and what he had just stepped on was just one of them. What puzzled him even more was that these bones looked like they had just been dug out. The old man carefully opened the cloth bag on the ground, as if showing Qi Xia a treasure that had never been seen before. "Young man... you are lucky to see me here..." Qi Xia looked at the contents of the cloth bag in the dim light and found that it was actually a dirty skull.