Chapter 3 Chapter Two Hole

1. Corpses A hole means a hole.The people in Xiaoyuan Town, Lizhou are very familiar with the cave, and the hole on the mass grave behind the town has always been a serious concern for them.In addition to the rumors that some priceless emeralds were found in this place, only the cave on the mass grave is famous everywhere, but it is said that today, twenty-five years after the strange sound from the hole in the mass grave, there is finally a brave man. Careful hero, digging the floating soil at the entrance of the cave, and going into the cave to find out. Hearing such news, the people of Xiaoyuan Town came one after another, one to watch the fun, and the other to see what the brave hero looked like, and whether he was related to his daughter?The third is to see what the hero will dig out from the bottom of the hole.With such three minds, the mass grave in Xiaoyuan Town is very lively today, with more living people than dead people.

Ah Huang is the leader of the pollen business. I am afraid that he is the 22nd person who heard that someone was going to go down to the cave to find out what happened. Good location to watch the excitement. On the loess pile, the round hole has indeed been dug with a shovel to allow people to go in and out, and the bottom is dark and bottomless.The young man who was digging a hole and throwing soil out, that is, the hero who is not afraid of hardships in the rumors, was wearing a gray Confucian shirt with one or two small patches on the corners of his clothes. He looked suspiciously at the onlookers, as if he didn't quite understand why the villagers came to watch the show when he dug a hole in the ground. Haven't they ever seen someone else dig a hole in the ground?

Hey, reader, what are you doing?Ah Huang, who was standing in the crowd, looked at it for a while, and couldn't help asking. The young man coughed, and said gently: I saw a hole here, which happened to be a well on the left and right, so I went to There was an old man in black in the crowd, who sneered when he heard the words: Digging a well on a mass grave?How unreasonable!Where are you from?Did you hear the weirdness in this cave and come here to dig treasures? The villagers in Xiaoyuan Town were uproarious when they heard the words, and Ah Huang felt strange: this person is not a local, the locals never like to dig wells, and drink water directly to the Wuyuan River to carry water, and there is this deadly hole What treasures does he not know?

There is water in this cave, but the mouth of the well is smaller.The gray-robed scholar said with a blank face, "If my bucket doesn't go down, if there are treasures under the water, I will definitely not dig a well here." He murmured, the water must not be clean The old man in black sneered: If you dare to treat the hole as a well, don't you dare to admit that you are here for Huangquan Mansion?In the whole world, how many people are there who know that there is water below?Sign up your name! The gray-robed scholar was still bewildered: there is obviously water under his head.

He picked up a stone and threw it down the hole, only to hear the sound of splashing water, and everyone could hear the sound of water below, and he said apologetically, "Actually, I dropped two coins that day, Only then did I find that there was water under the head, and there happened to be less wells on the left and right. The more Ah Huang heard it, the more curious he was. He grew up in Xiaoyuan Town, and he had never heard of the Yellow Dog Mansion here. It was the first time he had heard that there was water under the hole. Seeing these two outsiders talk about each other He said that the bull's head was wrong with the horse's mouth, he secretly laughed.

At this time, the old man in black was suspicious, and looked up and down at the gray-robed scholar: Are you really digging a well here?The gray-robed scholar nodded repeatedly. The old man in black asked again: What's your name? The gray-robed scholar said: My surname is Li, and my name is Lianhua. Ah Huang suddenly saw the eyes of the old man in black suddenly widen, as if he saw an old hen suddenly turned into a duck, and it was still a ginger duck. His expression suddenly changed from indifference to extreme embarrassment, and then he suddenly laughed randomly: haha , It turned out to be the landlord Li. I don’t know if it is the landlord Li who came here. Please forgive me for the impoliteness!Hahahahaha

Li Lianhua smiled warmly: I dare not Hahahahaha, I said who is so amazing, it was one step earlier than me, it turned out to be the landlord Li. The black-clothed old man continued to chatter, since Mr. Li is here, then what is the secret under this cave, why don't you and I go down and see together. Li Lianhua apologized and said: No need The old man in black patted his chest and said: I will never take back what I said in black cricket. If Mr. Li can help me discover the location of Huangquan Mansion, the treasures here will be divided equally between you and me. There is no lie. Li Lianhua said: "Ah, actually, you can take it alone. I will take it away."

The black cricket said loudly: If Mr. Li thinks there are too few, then I will hand over all the rare treasures in Huangquan Mansion. As long as you find the "Huangquan Zhenjing" for me, no matter what treasures, Black Cricket doesn't even have a finger Will dip it in! He turned around and said to the surrounding villagers: As long as you help me dig the tunnel, everyone who sees this underground treasure will have a share! The villagers had listened with gusto and thought to themselves that the scholar was a big man, but suddenly they heard this and looked at each other, some young people agreed one after another and rolled up their sleeves.

Li Lianhua was dumbfounded. Not long after, the wooden shovel in his hand was taken away. The villagers dug indiscriminately, and the hole soon turned into a big pit. The bottom looked very deep. The water couldn't be seen clearly at all. What could be seen clearly was that after the hole the size of a human head was broken, there was an extremely deep tunnel underneath. Haha, sure enough, here it is!The black cricket was overjoyed, and caught a man from the crowd, and ordered him to explore the way ahead with a torch. Ah Huang was suddenly caught by the black-clothed old man, he was terrified, and saw that he told him to go down the cave, he was ten thousand unwilling, but seeing the black cricket with a knife in his waist, he dared not refuse.

He only heard a long laugh from the black cricket: Mr. Li, I heard that you got a lot of money in the first-grade tomb. If you are as lucky as you are here, you can get wealth that you can't enjoy in ten lifetimes, and I get the first-class tomb in the world. One's martial arts, hahaha let's go down! This black cricket was originally a green forest hero on the martial arts road, his martial arts is not weak, and he is ranked between nineteenth and twenty in the underworld, but he disappeared in the rivers and lakes recently, so it turned out that he was looking for the "Netherworld Scripture". "Huangquan Zhenjing" is a legendary martial arts secret book that is comparable to Xiangyi Taijian and Beifeng Baiyang. The owner of the scriptures claims to be the king of Yama. It is said that the mysterious death of the top ten masters in the rivers and lakes decades ago is the king of Yama. The poisonous hands.But all the rumors about the Mansion of the Underworld and the "Sutra of the Underworld" are mostly legends, and no one has actually seen that King Yama.

Li Lianhua reluctantly walked in the end, Ah Huang reluctantly walked in front, and the three of them slowly descended into the cave.The steps on the cave wall were very simple, as if they were randomly dug out with a rake, and the soil on the cave wall was different from the hard rammed soil on the surface. It contained a lot of gravel, and the sand fell down when several people walked around. The bottom of the cave was far away from the ground, and there was water underneath, so it was very humid. When it was five or six feet away from the ground, Ah Huang suddenly saw something protruding from the wall of the cave below under the faint light of the fire.Instinctively, he waved the torch, looked down, screamed out at this look, and immediately paralyzed aside and trembled uncontrollably. Protruding from the damp cave wall was a human head.The human head had been stuck in the damp soil for a long time, and a layer of wax had actually grown out, and there was still a strange and mysterious smile on his face before death, as if he died happily.The black cricket was also taken aback, Li Lianhua groaned, and murmured: Terrible, terrible! Black Cricket pulled out his saber and stabbed lightly at the man's head, there was a muffled "pop" when the saber touched something hard, he was startled that the head was actually a piece of wood with a layer of wax on it, it looked like It's so real, what the hell! Li Lianhua let out a long breath, and said comfortingly: This is a wood carving. Ah Huang was still in shock, Li Lianhua took the torch for him, climbed on the cave wall together with the black cricket and looked at the dummy head carefully, the black cricket swung his saber and dug away the soil beside the wooden sculpture, the wooden carved human head suddenly fell off , into the water with a splash, it turned out that there was floating soil under the head, and there was nothing there. I don't know who threw this thing in the hole, but today it came to scare people. The three of them climbed down slowly, and then went down another three feet deep, before reaching the bottom of the pit.The bottom of the pit was indeed a layer of accumulated water, Li Lianhua stretched out the torch, under the faint light of the fire, there were many bones in the water, but there were many fish bones. The black cricket snorted: there are many dead fishes down here. Li Lianhua gave a nonchalant hum, and Ahuang Sesu hid behind Li Lianhua, and suddenly yelled: "There is a ghost!" Black Cricket raised his head abruptly, and saw a small hole about three feet from the bottom of the hole, in which a pair of bright eyes flashed away. He was terrified, but he heard Li Lianhua murmur, "Cat Ah Huang breathed a sigh of relief: There are cats in such a deep place? There's something odd here.Li Lianhua still murmured, "Hei Daxia, I'm afraid this is not some hellish mansion, but, but He raised his head and stared blankly at the dark cave wall, seemed to be distracted, and didn't continue talking. The black cricket snorted: Impossible, I have inquired many ways, the mansion of the underworld must be here! "The Sutra of the Underworld" must be in this cave! Li Lianhua said: "This is a big pit. The soil is loose and there is water underground. It seems that it is not suitable for building an underground palace."The black cricket shuddered, but replied: I just clearly saw a wooden human head, if there is no weirdness here, how could there be that human head? Li Lianhua sighed: The weirdness here may have nothing to do with that Huangquan mansion. The black cricket snorted: I didn't see anything but the dummy head. Li Lianhua's eyes widened and she wondered: You didn't see anything? The black cricket was stunned, and said angrily: "Except for the light of the torch in your hand, you can't see anything. What can you see here?" Li Lianhua murmured: Sometimes, it is a blessing not to see The black cricket became even more annoyed, but it was not easy to attack, and asked gloomyly: "What's there to see?" Li Lianhua suddenly raised the torch in his hand, the gloomy flame screamed out of nowhere, and the flames blazed brightly, illuminating the wall of the cave in an instant. When he fainted, even the black cricket wandered through the green forest and experienced many strong winds and waves, so he was also taken aback. On the wall of the cave, facing the small hole, there are two corpses hanging.The two black and swarthy skeletons were fastened to the cave wall by many iron rings. Although the soil here was loose, there were rocks where the two skeletons hung, and the iron rings were firmly nailed to the rocks.Except for the two corpses, there are some tiny emerald-colored gravels faintly growing on that piece of rock. Under the flames, there is a strange light green color, which is terrifying to look at. There are also many knife marks, sword marks, and even traces of arrowheads inserted into it. , there was also a scorched black mark that was suspected to be roasted by fire, and one of the bones was missing three ribs. It was obvious that the two had been abused before they were alive, maybe they were tortured. After the black cricket was horrified, he looked at the condition of the two bones and said: These two people have probably been dead for decades, what is this place? There are hoops for hanging pigs, dead pigs, and knife marks.Li Lianhua suddenly smiled, this place is naturally a slaughterhouse, a place dedicated to killing people. The black cricket's hair stood on end for a while. Who was killed in such a secret slaughterhouse?And who is the person who wants to kill? Li Lianhua whispered in his ear: Maybe the murderer is the King Yama you are looking for. Excited, the black cricket broke into a cold sweat and his heart beat rapidly. According to the villagers, there was light and smoke under here, and there were loud noises every night. Li Lianhua continued to whisper, do you believe in ghosts? Black Cricket shook his head involuntarily, Li Lianhua said seriously: If there is no ghost, there must be someone. The black cricket trembled: But there is no entrance and exit here, the hole is only the size of a skull, it is impossible for a living person to enter and exit. Li Lianhua sighed: "Even the black cricket can't figure it out, so naturally I can't figure it out even more." I suddenly pointed to the east, and the cat came back again. Black Cricket looked back, but he didn't see any cats, but he saw some strange messy traces on the cave wall and opening. Huh?He gave a low cry and walked over to have a look. The entrance of the cave where the cats came in and out was a very small passage, no more than three feet above the ground, and when the fire shone through, it was still dark inside.Although the soil near the entrance of the cave was wet, there were traces of messy climbing. The black cricket stretched out his hand to touch it, and his face changed slightly, rammed earth! Li Lianhua nodded. There was rammed earth, which meant that it was artificially compacted loess, which was completely different from the loose sand in the cave.The traces on the rammed earth are like the traces left by the nails of humans or beasts digging desperately, but the entrance of the cave is really very short. Is there any treasure that must be obtained in the cave? The black cricket stretched out his saber and stabbed at the entrance of the cave, but the cave was empty. He waved his knife, and there was only a sound, which was the sound of metal and iron. There was iron on the other side of the cave! Hei Cricket and Li Lianhua looked at each other, could there be a door here?But after the black cricket beat it, there was a circle of rammed earth except for the very small hole, and the entire wall of the pit was vaguely covered with sand that would fall off at the touch of a finger. After tossing for a while, a lot of sand and gravel fell down, Black Cricket lost interest, closed his knife and said: It seems that Huangquan Mansion is indeed not here.This place is strange, not suitable for long stay Before he could finish his sentence, he heard a scream, Ah Huang's voice shook the sand and earth in the pit: dead man!dead dead dead Li Lianhua looked back suddenly, and saw that the water at the bottom of the pit was flowing slowly because of their walking, some fish bones shook, and a white bone emerged from the bottom of the pit. It seemed that besides the two corpses hanging on the wall, there was another Three dead people. Ah Huang passed out again after screaming, and fell into the water with a thud, and the black cricket lifted him up. Li Lianhua stared at the bone in a daze, and said after a long while: "Half a time!" The black cricket took a closer look at the white bones submerged in the water. Indeed, it was only in half, with a head and two arms. The bones extended to the waist and crotch, and suddenly disappeared. Three ribs were missing in the chest and abdomen, and some bones seemed to be broken suddenly. , some are distorted from a completely different angle from ordinary people. Is this person born with only half?Black Cricket thought to himself, looking at the situation, could it be that this free-moving eccentric hung the two dead in this earth pit?But for some reason, this strange man suddenly died in the pit, so that the pit has been abandoned to this day?Just when he was full of wild thoughts, Li Lianhua said to himself: I know how prestigious the bull's head and horse's face are, and they will die here. It turns out that the cow and the horse are separated. The black cricket was stunned suddenly, and blurted out: "Tau-head and horse-face?" Li Lianhua's torch slowly moved to the hanging corpse on the left wall: Here. The black cricket stared at the corpse for a long time, and suddenly realized that the corpse was missing three ribs, which was exactly the same as the white bone in the pool. Half of the white bone in the water had no legs. Could it be that the two corpses were actually the same? Tool?In fact, the person who was locked on the left wall was a weird man with two heads and two bodies but only two legs? There are legends in the Jianghu that the No. 1 person under the seat of Yan Luo in Huangquan Mansion is called Niutou Mamian.This person is a man with two heads and four arms, brothers conjoined, sharing a pair of legs, one is called the bull head, and the other is called the horse face, and he was very famous in the world decades ago.It is extremely rare for such a person to have two heads. Now the two are separated and died at the bottom of the cave. The walls here are steep, but there is an extremely strange and terrifying atmosphere. Bull head and horse face will die here!Black Cricket's face changed drastically, he didn't know whether it was joy or worry, so this place really has a great relationship with Huangquan Mansion!Then the "Netherworld Scripture" is probably true here! Li Lianhua slowly moved the torch to another corpse hanging on the right side, and after a slight shake, the black cricket's face changed again, and the expression of joy was greatly reduced, and suddenly there was a look of fear. who?If it was King Yama who died, then who is capable of separating the bull's head from the horse's face and killing the mysterious and cruel King Yama?If King Yama is dead, will the "Sutra of the Underworld" still be here?What happened here? Who goes in and out of the hole without leaving a trace, behind the hole where the cat came in and out, is there a door? These black crickets trembled and pointed at the corpse. Is that really King Yama? Li Lianhua shook her head, and the black cricket said happily: No? Li Lianhua apologized: I don't know The black cricket was startled, and then said angrily: "I don't know this, I don't know that, it's a waste of your reputation, what do you know?" Li Lianhua said submissively: I only know one thing The black cricket asked: What? Li Lianhua said seriously: "Cats don't know how to dig holes. There must be a door behind that hole." The black cricket was furious: I don't need you to tell me about this kind of thing!He glared at the door viciously, although he knew there must be something weird, but he really didn't know how to start.At this moment, there was a slight rustling sound, the black cricket stared at the hole, and some sand rolled down from the wall of the hole, the hole seemed to be different from before. Li Lianhua suddenly exclaimed: Be careful! He only heard a slap, and suddenly felt his eyes go dark. He didn't realize what happened, but before his eyes quickly went dark, blood spurted out vaguely, splashing into a black shadow in the air. 2. It is better to live than to die What happened after that?When Fang Duobing heard that Li Lianhua was seriously injured, he came all the way from home. He saw the seriously injured man buying vegetables in the market, staring at other people's chickens and ducks with interest All the feathers are up.When he took Li Lianhua, who was shopping for vegetables and looking at chickens, back to the Lianhua Building for questioning, Li Lianhua stopped after telling half of the story. Later.Li Lianhua said slowly, the black cricket died. Fang Duobing was anxious to hear that King Yama and Niutou Mamian were imprisoned and died. What a shocking thing, but this person who saw it with his own eyes didn't talk about it. How did he die?What about that villager Ah Huang?How did you get hurt? . Li Lianhua spread out his palm, only to see a slight red mark on his fair palm. Fang Duobing raised his palm, stared at the sun for a long time, and asked for a long time: What is this? Li Lianhua said seriously: "It hurts!" Fang Sickly frowned, looked at it for a long time, and pondered: Is this hot? Li Lianhua nodded: yes Fang Duoxing was furious, pointed at Li Lianhua's nose and said angrily: Is this what you said in your letter that you were accidentally injured and couldn't lift your hand, hoping to come to help? . Li Lianhua coughed: the truth is true Fang Duo snorted sickly, and said viciously: I don't want to hear it!How did black crickets die?How did you get this little injury?Where is Ah Huang? Li Lianhua clenched her fist and waved it in front of Fang Duobing: what killed the black cricket was an iron arrow shot from the hole. Fang Sickly said: Is the entrance of the cave actually a mechanism? Li Lianhua said slowly: "It's hard to say if it's an agency, but it's very strange."He spread out his palm again, the iron arrow was very hot, as if it had been baked in a stove. Fang Duobing suddenly realized: Ah, you were the one who rescued people, caught the iron arrow and was scalded by it, but the black cricket still died.Li Lianhua nodded repeatedly and praised: You are indeed very smart. Fang Duoxing snorted again, and said resentfully: "The kung fu is too bad!"Li Lianhua's words, especially good ones, should never be trusted. Li Lianhua said again: The force of the iron arrow is astonishing, it doesn't look like it was shot by human power, but it is unbelievable to say that there are still organs in the cave for more than 20 years, and they can move so well. Fang Duobing's eyes lit up slightly, what do you mean? Li Lianhua sighed: there are people down there. Fang Duobing was amazed: Under the ten-foot-odd earth pit, there were people hiding next to the two decades-old bones. It was a strange thing. For so many years, did he rely on eating earth for a living? Li Lianhua murmured: Who knows? He let out a sudden ah, Fang Duosick was taken aback, and looked around: What's the matter? Li Lianhua mentioned the two pieces of tofu she bought: the tofu was rotten in the hot weather Fang Duoxing squinted at the two pieces of tofu in his hand: I'll take you to a restaurant for dinner. Li Lianhua said apologetically: Ah, it cost you money Fang Duobing took him to the best restaurant in the town with strides, and suddenly turned around and asked: Didn't you really let the tofu go bad on purpose? Li Lianhua said seriously: "Naturally, it was not intentional." Xiaoyuan Town, Douhua Restaurant. Fang Duobing wanted to order all the dishes that could be served in the restaurant, but Li Lianhua said that he wanted to eat Yangchun noodles. In the end, Fang Duobing accompanied Li Lianhua to eat a bowl of Yangchun noodles and paid eight copper coins.After giving the copper coins, Fang Duobing asked for a pot of rice wine, sniffed it, and said, "By the way, what happened to Ah Huang?" Li Lianhua shook her head, Fang Duoxic asked in surprise: What do you mean? Li Lianhua sighed: I don't know Fang Duobing yelled: You don't know?Don't you know what happened to the living people? Li Lianhua apologized: After the black cricket was shot by the arrow, the torch in my hand was extinguished by the arrow wind, and after I touched the black cricket's body, I couldn't touch Ah Huang.After carrying the black cricket out of the hole, I went down to look for it, but I still couldn't find it, so he disappeared. Fang Duo said sickly: Extremely suspicious!Maybe this rouge dealer in Xiaoyuan Town, Ah Huang, is the real murderer who shot the black cricket to death! Li Lianhua shook her head again: This is definitely not the case. Fang Duoxing looked suspiciously at Li Lianhua, and asked after a while, "So, you don't have any clue about this matter?" Li Lianhua sighed and sighed again, but did not answer. While the two were eating noodles and drinking, there was a sudden bang at the next table, the wooden table was lifted, the food and wine were spilled all over the floor, an old man in filthy clothes was pushed to the ground, and a burly man with black hair on his chest was pushed to the ground. The big man stepped on the old man's chest with one foot, and cursed: "Damn old man!"Needless to say, I know that you have gold, silver and jewels hidden in your house, and you must pay back the one hundred taels of silver you owe me today! He grabbed the old man from the ground, raised it high, and exchanged those pearls and emeralds in your house for your old life! The filthy old man said in a hoarse voice: I don't have any pearls and emeralds at all. The big man grinned and said: Who doesn't know that the Yan family was the richest man in the town decades ago?Even if that woman took away most of your property, didn't you keep some for yourself?I can't believe there are such fools in the world!You broke my Gundam Han's pig-killing knife. That knife was inherited from my ancestors. You have to pay for it with a hundred taels of silver!Otherwise, I will sue you to the government, the official is a relative of my cousin's family Fang Duoxing frowned and looked at the big man: Who is this? Li Lianhua said: This is the knifeman who slaughtered pigs in the town. I heard that a few years ago, he did a cheap shopping for treasures. Fang Duobing murmured: This is obviously still in his old business, and he is still doing business with no capital. It seems that he has been rampant for a long time, but no one cares about it? . Li Lianhua glanced at him slowly: that's because most of the heroic youths in the world who weed out the strong and help the weak like to go to the south of the Yangtze River, and rarely come to such places. While he was speaking, Gao Dahan threw the old man surnamed Yan heavily. Seeing that the situation was not good, Fang Duobiao jumped up and caught him: that's it!My friend, you are too deceitful to be seen. When that Gao Gao Han saw his jumping skills, his expression changed, although he didn't know where the master was, he knew that he was invincible, so he immediately snorted, turned around and left. Fang Duoyi raised his sleeves, Shi Shiran walked back to Li Lianhua, sat down slowly, slightly raised the gorgeous white clothes, faintly visible the warm jade piccolo on the waist, every move, handsome and unrestrained, gorgeous and unparalleled, if the person in front of him was not The empty bowl of Yangchun noodles will definitely attract many admiring eyes. The old man who almost fell stood up, and saw that his face had many wrinkles and spots, and his appearance was very ugly. Li Lianhua quickly helped him stabilize, and said softly: "The old man is sitting here, is there any injury?" The old man took a deep breath and his voice was hoarse: I have never met a good person in half my life, the two great benefactors cough cough cough Li Lianhua poured out a glass of rice wine and handed it over. The old man took it with trembling hands, took a sip, and couldn't stop panting. Fang Duoxing asked curiously: How could the old man tie up with him? The old man sighed, but did not speak. Li Lianhua asked: "Is the old man a blacksmith?" The old man nodded, and said hoarsely: That Gundam Han brought his butcher's knife to my store, and said he wanted to make a groove on the butcher's knife, the kind of groove that the knife penetrates into the meat to bleed blood. Well, accidentally broke his knife.He kept saying that I would pay him a hundred taels of silver. How could I have so much silver to pay him?These days, fists have the final say, and no one dares to control it. It's not easy for me, a lonely old man, to survive. Fang Duoxing was very sympathetic, and nodded repeatedly: "This man is really hateful, I'll go and beat him up at night." But Li Lianhua asked: Then why did Gao Dahan blackmail your money? The old man said: "The Yan family used to be a wealthy family in this town. A few decades ago, because the owner's wife got into a lawsuit, the whole family ran away from home, leaving me alone. I thought I still had a private collection of silver taels, but in fact, if I really had silver, how could I have fallen into this situation?cough cough cough Fang Duobing sympathized with him even more after hearing this, and Li Lianhua poured wine for the old man surnamed Yan, but the old man stopped drinking, waved his hands, stood up tremblingly, and staggered away. This bully is really everywhere.Fang Sickness was greatly aggrieved, thinking about how to beat that Gundam Han tonight, Li Lianhua beckoned to the waiter in the shop, pointed at Fang Sickness politely, and coughed lightly: This lord I want to buy you a drink, please serve two dishes. Fang Duoxing was drinking, and he choked on hearing the words: cough cough The waiter in the shop was exquisite, his eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered the two most expensive dishes in the kitchen, and he rushed over with a smile on his face: "The two uncles want to hear about the affairs of the old man Yan's family?" Fang Duo said sickly: Who wants to hear the old story of the blacksmith's house?But Li Lianhua said: "That's right, my son is very sympathetic to that old man, this visit is not bad, this trip is just to visit the many grievances of the people, to return the world to justice, and to return the people to peace." Hearing such a sentence suddenly, Fang Duobing spit out the wine that was choking in his throat: cough cough cough cough cough cough cough The shop waiter's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said quietly: So it was the two adults who visited in private, and that old man Yan met a nobleman, sir, although you are visiting in private, it is too shabby to eat that Yangchun noodles on purpose in such a suit No, it's not like your companion, who is really dignified and used to it. I knew that the two of you were by no means ordinary people. Li Lianhua was smiling, sitting quietly at the side, quite respectful and obedient, Fang was sick but fidgeting, in his heart he cursed Li Xiaohua's dead Lianhua thousands of miles away, and dared to frame him as a fake patrol!But he had no choice but to put on airs, and responded lightly, and kicked Li Lianhua heavily under the table along the way. Our son is a person who is used to dignity.After being kicked, Li Lianhua stood still, and said with a gentle face, remember that you and I must not tell others when we are talking. The waiter in the shop whispered: Don't worry, man, I will stick a piece of dog skin plaster on my mouth after a while. Li Lianhua lowered her voice: So what happened to the Yan family? The Yan family moved here more than 30 years ago. I was not born at that time. I heard from my father that when they first moved here, they were very prestigious. There were dozens of tall and powerful servants. The wife of the Yan family was beautiful I have seen the youngest son of the Yan family with my own eyes, and he is also very beautiful, like a fairy boy.This old man Yan was the housekeeper of the Yan family back then, and for a few years he counted on what he said. The waiter whispered: Later, twenty or thirty years ago, someone got up early in the morning and saw Mrs. Yan's carriage running out of the town, and never came back.There was only the lonely old man left in the Yan family, because there was only one carriage left, everyone guessed that all the gold, silver and jewelry in the family were still in the old man's hands, and everyone wanted to knock him off. Li Lianhua asked curiously: Why did Mrs. Yan's family run away from home suddenly? The waiter in the shop lowered his voice: It is said that the old man Yan hooked up with Mrs. Yan's family. This is absolutely true, and many people in the town know it. Fang sickly let out a sound, and was about to say that the old man looks like this now, he must not be much better when he was young, and he can hook up with his wife who looks like a fairy?There was a sudden pain in his foot, but it was Li Lianhua who stepped on him, so he had no choice but to say calmly: "Trick one by one." Hearing that the master of the Yan family and his wife had a disagreement, Yan Fu intervened and won his wife's heart.The waiter in the shop is mysterious and authentic. One night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the clouds were dense. Li Lianhua said: "How was that night?" The waiter in the shop was cheered up, and his spirits were lifted: Mrs. Yan's wife took a sharp knife and chopped off Master Yan's head. Fang Duoxing was taken aback: Kill your husband? The waiter said, "That's what everyone says, I'm not spreading rumors."Mrs. Yan killed Master Yan and fled in a carriage with the child in her arms. Yan Fu stayed to take care of the family business, but the woman never came back after she left. Fang Sickly frowned: Nonsense!Even if this woman had an affair with Yan Fu, she didn't have to kill her husband. If she killed Master Yan and fled in a hurry, wouldn't she have to be separated from Yan Fu forever? The waiter in the shop was shocked: Everyone in this town said so. What about Master Yan's body?Fang asked sickly. The government pursued Mrs. Yan, but there was no result. They also lost the dead man's head, so they put Master Yan's headless body in Yizhuang. After that, Yizhuang changed a few night watchmen, and those unnamed corpses didn't know where to go. Most of them were eaten up by wild dogs. The waiter said: "Masters, I am telling the truth, there is no adulteration in the slightest, you can ask others Li Lianhua said: "So that's how it is. My young master is aware of every detail and will consider it himself." The waiter couldn't stop nodding.Fang Duo paid the bill hastily, and left the restaurant quickly under the guard of Li Lianhua.The shop waiter stood up and blinked, only to see that the official in a low-clothes private interview had walked out for more than seven or eight feet in a moment, and he couldn't help being a little confused. The official ran faster than the renegades? Dead lotus!After Fang Duoxing strode out ten feet away, he immediately gritted his teeth and looked at Li Lianhua, how courageous you are!How dare you let me pretend to be a police officer?If someone finds out, will you make me commit the crime of deceiving the emperor? Li Lianhua coughed: When will I ask you to pretend to be a police officer? Fang Duoyi was taken aback, Li Lianhua took it very gently: private visits in micro-services are just a very kind fantasy of the people Fang Duobing let out a piss and said: He met you, it was a crime committed in his previous life, it was bad luck. After a pause, he asked, why are you asking about the story of the Yan family?Is it about the hole? Does it matter, how do I know?Li Lianhua smiled slightly, but as long as there are stories in this world, I want to hear them. Fang Duobing said: I think the story of the Yan family is very strange. Li Lianhua said: Oh? Fang Duobing said: "The origin of the Yan family is unknown. Mrs. Yan killed her husband and then escaped, but the housekeeper of the Yan family did not escape. She stayed here for decades, and the property of the Yan family disappeared. Everything was strange, and everything was so strange." Very, there must be a secret in this family! Li Lianhua tilted her head to look at him for a while, then said slowly: You are indeed very smart. The words were familiar, Fang Duoxing looked at Li Lianhua angrily: What do you want to say? Li Lianhua sighed: I didn't want to say anything, except that you are getting smarter and smarter, I just want to say that although the story told by the waiter in the store has twists and turns and is very pleasant, it may not be the truth. Fang's sickly eyebrows were raised immediately, and he yelled strangely: He lied to me? Li Lianhua shook her head again and again: No, no, most of what he said was what he heard. I just want to say that stories may not necessarily equal the truth. He murmured to himself, the truth of this matter is probably so interesting that he suddenly opened his eyes wide, and he shook his sleeves gracefully, the weather is hot, come and sit in my building. After half a stick of incense time, Fang Duobing, who came from afar, finally sat down at Li Lianhua's tea table, and took a sip of the inferior tea that Li Lianhua made herself. The building is located on the mass grave, the terrain is slightly higher, the windows are wide open, and the breeze passes through the hall. If the scenery is not so beautiful, it is refreshing and comfortable. It turned out that there was a puddle under the mass grave.Fang Duobing looked out the window and looked down along the hillside full of tombstones, rocks and graves. There was a small pond at the foot of the slope, only two or three feet in radius. eccentric.There are a few dilapidated houses by the pond, and behind the houses grow a few strange-looking trees with leaves like swords, tall and straight branches, and clusters of golden-yellow fruits growing on the tops of the trees. Where does the water for your tea come from?Could it be the smelly water in that puddle?When Fang Duobing saw the puddle, he immediately stared at the tea in his hand in disgust, or was it the water for soaking corpses under the hole? Li Lianhua was carefully picking out the tea stalks in the tea pot, when she heard this, she said, "This is the water in the water tank." Fang Duobing spewed out the tea on the spot: That nerd doesn't wash his clothes, his pants, and his socks. Is the water he got drinkable?poisoned poisoned He took out a white towel from his sleeve and wiped his tongue, Li Lianhua sighed: Just because he is so lazy, do you think he can boil water for cooking, wash clothes and make tea?So most of the water is still the tank I left in the original building Fang Duobing was still grinning his teeth. When the two were discussing about the water tank, someone knocked on the door respectfully three times: Excuse me, is your lord at home? 李蓮花和方多病一怔，只聽門外有人大聲道：我家佘大人不知大人巡查到此，有失遠迎，還請大人見諒。 方多病還在發呆，李蓮花啊了一聲，門外又有人道：下官五原縣縣令佘芒，不知大人巡查到此，有失遠迎，還請大人見諒。 小遠鎮在五原縣轄內，這個李蓮花自然是知道的，門外那位佘大人顯然以為讓師爺發話，裡頭的大人不悅，所以趕忙自己說話。 方多病和李蓮花面面相覷，李蓮花臉上露出謙和斯文的微笑，方多病幾乎立刻在心中破口大罵，卻也無可奈何，只得咳嗽一聲：進來吧。 大門被小心翼翼地打開，兩位骨瘦如柴的老學士一穿青袍，一穿灰袍，懷中抱著一大摞文卷，顫巍巍地站在門口。李蓮花大為歉疚，連忙站起，請兩位老人家坐。寒暄起來方知這位青袍瘦老頭姓佘名芒，乃是五原縣令，那位灰袍瘦老頭乃是師爺，聽說有巡按大人到縣內微服私訪，兩人立刻從縣衙趕來。問及這位巡按姓名，李蓮花含含糊糊地道姓花，佘芒暗自點頭忖道聽說朝中有捕花二青天，其中姓花者相貌猥瑣，骨瘦如柴，果不其然啊，只是衣裳未免過於華麗，不似清官所為啊。 方多病不知佘縣令正對自己評頭論足，問起兩人懷中的文卷，師爺道說這就是嚴家砍頭殺人一案的文卷，當年也震動一方，既然巡按為此事而來，佘大人自要盡職盡責，和大人一起重辦此案。李蓮花不住頷首，恭敬稱是，方多病心中叫苦連天，卻不得不故作對嚴家一案十分感興趣的模樣，不住詢問案情。 原來三十多年前搬來的這一家姓嚴，主人叫做嚴青田，家中有僕役四十，其妻楊氏，其子嚴松庭，管家嚴福，在小遠鎮買下十里地皮修建房宇，蓋了莊園。莊園的匾額叫做白水，又稱白水園，三十年前一日清晨，嚴家夫人楊氏攜子駕馬車狂奔離開白水園，嚴青田被發現身首異處死在家中，家中僕役逃竄一空，管家嚴福對所發生之事一問三不知，堅稱應是強盜殺人。此案因楊氏逃逸，嚴福閉口不談，且無旁證、物證及殺人動機，已成五原縣積案。因此聽說巡按大人要查此事，佘芒提心吊膽，只得匆匆趕來。 嚴家之事我已大致了然，想請教佘大人一個問題。方多病問道，前些日子鎮上一位叫阿黃的村民失蹤，大人可有消息？ 佘芒一怔：阿黃？大人說的可是黃菜？ 方多病道：正是。 佘芒道：正巧昨日有人擊鼓，說河中漂起一具男屍，仵作剛剛查驗了屍體，乃是小遠鎮村民黃菜，溺水而死，並無被人殺死之痕跡。大人怎會知曉此人？ 方多病啊了一聲，在桌下重重踢了李蓮花一腳，李蓮花溫顏微笑：大人可知小遠鎮窟窿之事？ 佘芒道：窟窿鬧鬼之事早有耳聞，想是村民以訛傳訛，子曰：敬鬼神而遠之，故下官平日絕口不談此事。 這位老縣令有點迂腐，雖讓方多病暗暗好笑，但做官卻是十分認真。 前些日子我命人挖了窟窿，當時點了阿黃為我開路，又請一名身手不錯的護衛，以及我這位李師爺，下洞一探究竟。 佘芒佩服道：大人英明，不知結果如何？ 方多病臉色一沉，緩緩地道：我那護衛在洞下被一枝鐵箭射死，李師爺身受重傷，此時阿黃又溺死水中佘大人，此地是你的治下，怎會有如此可怕之事？ 他疾言厲色，佘芒自不知這位微服私訪的巡按三句話中兩句不實，乃滿口胡說八道，頓時嚇得臉色青白，連忙站起：怎會有這等事？下下官實在不知這就這就前去查明。 佘大人且慢，既然今日佘大人登門拜訪，我家公子想請教大人，不知大人覺得，窟窿底下發生的怪事，和嚴家當年的血案，可有聯繫？李蓮花道。 佘芒道：這個下官不知。 李蓮花道：窟窿之中尚有兩具無名屍首，觀其死狀，只怕也是死在三十年前，三十年前正是嚴家血案發生之時。 佘芒滿頭是汗，尚無證據，下官豈敢輕下斷言？ . 李蓮花一笑：佘大人英明。 方多病和李蓮花多年默契，隨即插口問道：不知嚴家當年兇案之前可有什麼異狀？家中可有出入什麼形狀怪異、形跡可疑之人？ 佘芒為難道：當年縣令並非下官，依據文卷記載，似乎並無可疑之處。 那當年檢驗嚴青田無頭屍首的仵作，可還健在？李蓮花道。 那位仵作年歲也大，已於去年過世，嚴青田的屍首也早已失蹤，要查看當年致命之傷，只怕已是不能。佘芒苦笑。 李蓮花啊了一聲，未再說什麼，方多病等了半天，不見李蓮花繼續發問，只得自己胡亂杜撰，問道：嚴家當年大富大貴，如今嚴福怎會落到以打鐵為生？難道嚴夫人當真是殺夫後攜帶所有細軟逃走？沒有給嚴福留下半點？ 佘芒道：那是因為兇案後不久，嚴家起了一場大火，所有細軟被燒了個乾淨，從此不復富貴之名。 方多病又問：那火是誰放的？ 佘芒沉吟道：根據文卷上記載，那火是深夜燒著，只聽白水園內轟隆一聲，自嚴青田和嚴夫人的主院內噴出一團火焰，很快便把嚴家燒得乾乾淨淨，即使是幾個人同時縱火也不可能燒得如此之快，所以應是天火。 天火？方多病問道，什麼叫做天 李蓮花咳嗽一聲：原來嚴家是遭到天譴，天降霹靂，將嚴家燒毀。 方多病慚慚地摸了摸臉，原來天火就是霹靂。 佘芒和他的師爺兩人誠惶誠恐，方多病和李蓮花隨聲附和，在將案情反覆說了五、六遍之後，佘芒終於忍耐不住，起身拱手道：時候已晚，下官告辭了，大人如有需要，請到五原縣衙調派人手。 方多病頓時大喜：一定、一定。佘大人慢走。 李蓮花歉然道：兩位大人辛苦。 佘芒連稱不敢，和師爺快步離去。 等那兩位老頭離開之後，方多病一屁股重重坐回椅上：李小花，我看你我還是趕快逃走為妙。 李蓮花問道：為何？ 方多病怪叫道：再坐下去很快皇帝都要上門找我這個巡按了，我哪裡吃得消？If you don't leave now, when will you stay? 李蓮花啊了一聲，喃喃地道：皇帝找上門不可怕，可怕的是 他之後說了句什麼方多病沒聽清楚，擠在他耳邊問：什麼？ 可怕的是李蓮花嘴角透露著一絲溫潤的笑意，悄悄地說道，閻羅王找上門來。 What?方多病一時懵了，什麼閻羅王找上門來？ 閻羅王，就是閻王要你三更死，誰敢留人到五更的那一位。 李蓮花很遺憾地看著方多病搖了搖頭，嘆了口氣，原來聽了這麼久的故事，你一點也沒有聽懂。 三、閻羅王 聽懂什麼？方多病瞪眼看著李蓮花，難道你就聽出誰是射死黑蟋蟀的兇手了？難道你還能聽出來幾十年前嚴夫人為什麼要殺嚴青田？ 他心裡半點不信，雖說李蓮花的確有那麼一點點小聰明，但是依據佘芒所說的案情，實在過於簡單又撲朔迷離，何況又怎知那文卷裡記的哪句是千真萬確，哪句是信口開河？李蓮花攤開手掌，很惋惜地看著手心裡的傷痕：我什麼也沒聽出來，只聽出來嚴家姓嚴，閻羅王也姓閻。 方多病一呆：你說嚴家白水園就是黃泉府？嚴青田就是閻羅王？ 李蓮花嘆了口氣：如果嚴青田就是閻羅王，那麼他應該身負絕世武功，又怎會死在他夫人刀下？難道他夫人的武功比他還高？ 方多病又是一怔：這個這個自古那個英雄難過美人關一不小心死在牡丹花下，也是有的。 這是疑問一。李蓮花喃喃地道，撇開嚴青田為何會死在嚴夫人刀下，那窟窿裡和牛頭馬面死在一起的人，又是誰？ 方多病嘿了一聲：這二人之中，必定有一個是閻羅王。 李蓮花似乎全然沒有聽見方多病的話，繼續喃喃地道：這是疑問二。再撇開嚴青田之死和屍骨的身分之謎，在窟窿中失蹤的阿黃又怎會淹死在五原縣河中？ 方多病哼了一聲：你又怎知他不會受到刺激被嚇瘋自己去跳河？ 李蓮花又道：這是疑問三。最後一個疑問，是什麼東西在窟窿底下射死了黑蟋蟀？ 方多病道：你問我我問誰？這這些和閻羅王有什麼關係？ 李蓮花很遺憾地看著他，就如他往常看他的那種目光就像看著一頭豬：你當真沒有聽見？ What do you hear?方多病簡直要發瘋了，剛才那囉嗦的佘芒把嚴家的故事說了五六遍，他當然字字句句都聽見了，卻又沒有聽出個屁來。李蓮花非常惋惜地搖了搖頭：佘芒說，嚴青田的屍體被放在義莊，最後失蹤了。 方多病道：那又怎麼樣？ 李蓮花慢吞吞地道：你莫忘了，嚴家並非沒人，還有管家嚴福在，何況嚴家是在兇案後不久方才被火焚毀，它一度還是很有錢的。身為白水園管家，即使家破人亡，家財敗盡也要留下來看守故土的忠僕，嚴福卻沒有將嚴青田的屍身收回下葬，那是為什麼？ 方多病悚然一驚，他竟然絲毫沒有聽出有什麼不妥來，的確，為何嚴福沒有將嚴青田風光下葬？李蓮花身子前傾，湊近方多病身前，看著他震驚的表情，臉上帶著愉快的微笑：為什麼嚴福沒有將嚴青田下葬？可能性有兩個，第一，嚴青田有問題；第二，嚴福有問題。 此言一出，方多病當真大吃一驚，失聲道：嚴青田有問題？ 李蓮花道：無論是嚴青田有問題，還是嚴福有問題，你莫忘了，他們都姓嚴。 方多病驟然站起，臉上變色：你是什麼意思？你說你說 李蓮花在這時候嘆了口氣，喃喃地說道：所以我說，我怕閻羅王找上門來，你卻不懂。 方多病重重坐了下來，心裡的震驚卻尚未褪去，正要說話大大表示一番對李蓮花推測的不信之情，突地門外篤的一聲輕響，有人輕敲了大門一下， 這時李蓮花正悄悄說到我怕閻羅王找上門來，方多病聽著這一聲敲門聲，剎那間竟冒出了一身冷汗。 請問青青天大老爺在家嗎？一個怯生生，非常微弱的女子聲音在門外問。方多病和李蓮花面面相覷，李蓮花一聲輕咳，溫和地道：姑娘請進。 大門被緩緩推開，門外站著一個衣裳襤褸，面有菜色的年輕女子，她手裡提著一個竹藍，竹籃裡一隻母雞：青天大老爺，請大老爺為我家阿黃伸冤，我家阿黃死得好冤啊 方多病看著那隻小母雞，心中一種不妙的感覺油然升起，那女子看著方多病華麗的衣裳，目中驚惶畏懼之色更盛，忽然撲通一聲跪下：民婦麗華沒有什麼東西可以孝敬青天大老爺，阿黃留下的銀錢只夠買隻雞請青天大老爺為我相公伸冤、伸冤啊！她趴在地上不住磕頭，那隻母雞自竹籃中跳下，昂首挺胸地在方多病和李蓮花跟前走來走去，顧盼之餘還灑下了雞屎若干。 李蓮花和方多病面面相覷，李蓮花語氣溫柔，極有耐心地道：黃夫人請起，妳說阿黃乃是冤死，不知究竟發生何事？他對女子一貫特別溫柔體貼，方多病卻只瞪著那隻小母雞，心中盤算著如何將牠趕出門去。 那位衣裳襤褸的年輕女子正是花粉販子阿黃的妻子，姓陳名麗華，剛從店小二大白那裡聽說了有位大官微服出巡，便提了隻母雞過來喊冤。 Wrong!佘大人說阿黃是溺死水中，但他臉色分明已是青青紫紫，還七竅流血，用銀針刺下，針都黑了，他定是被人毒死的！我家阿黃水性好誰都知道，他是不可能溺死的！青天大老爺明察！要抓住兇手，讓我家阿黃瞑目啊！ 方多病奇道：阿黃是被人毒死的？ 陳麗華連連點頭，李蓮花溫言道：原來阿黃竟是被人毒死的，屍體卻浮在五原河中，啊，啊，這其中可能有兇手殺人拋屍。黃夫人且莫傷心，我家公子定會替阿黃伸冤，查明兇手，妳先起身，把雞帶回去吧。 陳麗華聞言心裡大為輕鬆，這兩位青天大老爺也沒有她想像的那麼威嚴可怕，看來世上畢竟還是有清官的，不禁大為感激：不不，那隻雞是孝敬兩位大人的，我怎麼能帶回去？ 方多病道：那個本官不善殺雞 李蓮花截下他的話，含笑道：黃夫人，為百姓伸冤，還天地正道，是我家公子的職責，天經地義。所謂食君之祿，擔君之憂，食皇糧者，自然要為天下謀福，所以妳這隻母雞，也就不必了。 方多病哼了一聲，淡淡地道：師爺所言不錯。 陳麗華對方多病磕了八個響頭：只要大人們為我相公伸冤，我來世做牛做馬，也要報答兩位大人。 李蓮花啊了一聲：我不是什麼大人 陳麗華突地轉了個方向，也給他咚咚磕了八個響頭：民婦走了。 她也確實質樸，說走就走，那隻母雞卻是說什麼也不帶走，李蓮花和方多病相視苦笑。過了一會兒，那隻雞突然鑽入東面櫃子底下，方多病只得裝作沒有瞧見：阿黃竟是被毒死的？真是奇也怪哉這件事真是越來越離奇了，喂？Li Lianhua!李、蓮、花！他咬牙切齒地看著低下身子捉雞的李蓮花，你能不能不要在我面前捉雞？ cannot.李蓮花道。 明日我送一千隻一模一樣的母雞給你，你現在能不能爬回來和本官繼續討論案情？ 啊李蓮花已經把那隻雞從櫃子底下捉了出來，他拎著雞翅膀，對著方多病揚了揚，笑得十分愉快，這是一隻妙不可言的雞，和你吃過的那些全然不同 方多病耳朵一動，驟然警覺：哪裡不同？ 李蓮花把母雞提了出來：不同的就是這隻雞正在拉稀。 What do you want to say?方多病怪叫一聲，你想說這隻雞得了雞瘟？ oops.李蓮花微微一笑，我只是想說，明天你千萬不要送我一千隻和這隻一樣的雞而已。 他在小母雞身上各處按了按，拔去一處羽毛，只見雞皮之上有些淡淡的淤青，突然噗的一聲，那隻母雞又拉了一團雞屎，方多病啊的一聲叫，那團雞屎裡帶了些血：牠牠怎麼會這樣？ 李蓮花惋惜地看著那隻似乎還正年輕的母雞：你在小遠鎮買一千隻雞，只怕有九百九十九隻會是這樣的，所以你千萬不要在這裡買雞送我，好歹也等我搬家之後這裡的風水實在不怎麼好 難道那阿黃的老婆居然敢在母雞裡下毒，要謀害巡按大人？方多病勃然大怒，咬牙切齒，渾然忘記自己其實不是巡按，重重一拍桌子，這刁民刁婦，委實可惡！ 李蓮花微微一笑：大人莫氣，這隻雞雖然不大好吃，但也不是得了雞瘟，剛才買菜之時，我仔細看過，大凡小遠鎮村民所養之牲畜，大都有些拉稀，模樣不怎麼好看，多少會有長斑點之類的毛病，倒也不是阿黃老婆在母雞裡下毒。 方多病瞪著那團帶血的雞屎後，說道：你硬要說這隻雞沒有問題，不如你就把牠吃下去如何？ 吃也是吃得的，只要你會殺雞且能把牠煮熟，我吃下去也無妨。李蓮花漫不經心地道，你在這裡慢慢殺雞，我出門一下。 方多病奇道：你要去哪裡？ 李蓮花望了望天色，正色道：市集，時候不早了，也該去買晚飯的菜了。 方多病張口結舌，卻又不知道該說什麼，當下只重重哼了一聲：去嗯。 李蓮花面帶微笑走在小遠鎮集市的路上，夏日雖然炎熱，但傍晚的風吹在人身上十分舒適，他並沒有去買菜，從市集穿過，散步走到了邊緣一間店舖門口，扣指輕輕敲了敲打開的大門。 客倌要買什麼？ 店舖裡傳來一個沙啞的聲音，這是間打鐵舖，舖裡深處坐著一位老人，滿牆掛滿打造好的刀劍，閃閃發光，看起來十分鋒銳。 不買什麼，只是想問嚴老一個問題。李蓮花含笑道。 what is the problem?嚴福問，若是要問嚴家當年的珍珠翡翠，咳咳沒有就是沒有 李蓮花道：就是一個關於解藥的問題 嚴福臉色不變，沉默良久，卻不回答。 李蓮花很有耐心地看著他，十分溫和地仔細問了一遍：你沒有拿到解藥嗎？ 嚴福沉重地嘆了口氣，沙啞地道：沒有。 他從打鐵舖深處慢慢地走了出來，手扶門框，佝僂著背，看著陽光下的李蓮花：三十年來，前來尋找《黃泉真經》的人著實不少，卻從無一人能看破當年的真相，年輕人，你的確有些不尋常。 他仰起頭呆呆看著門外的夕陽，緩緩地問：我究竟是哪裡做錯了，才會讓你看穿了真相？ 我在小遠鎮也住了不少時日了，這裡的村民人不錯，雖然亂葬崗風景不美，但也通風涼快，只是有件事不大方便。李蓮花嘆了口氣，那就是喝水的問題。 他前進兩步，走進打鐵舖屋簷底下，和嚴福一樣背靠門框，仰頭看著夕陽，這裡的村民好像從來不打水井，想喝水就一定要跑到五原河去挑水。所以那天我不小心讓兩錢銀子掉進窟窿後，發現底下有水，實在高興得很。 嚴福嘿了一聲：你想說你挖窟窿不是為了《黃泉真經》，而是真要打井？ 李蓮花歉然道：不錯。 嚴福淡淡地道：那窟窿底下，其實也沒什麼好瞧的。 窟窿底下的情形李蓮花又嘆了口氣，下到底下的人都會瞧見屍骨，既然窟窿只有人頭大小的開口，表層的黃土又被人多年踩踏，硬得要命，那當年那些屍骨又是如何進入其中的？這是常人都會想到的疑問。但其實答案很簡單，那水中有魚骨，證明窟窿裡的水並非天上掉下來的雨水，那些水必定和河道相通，否則不會有如此多的魚。所以阿黃摔落水中後失蹤，屍體在五原河中浮起，半點也不奇怪，他不幸摔入潛流河道，隨水沖了出去。 嚴福嘿了一聲：說來簡單，但發覺那底下尚有河道的人，你卻是第一人。 李蓮花臉現歉然之色：然而問題並不在人是如何進去的，問題在於，人為何沒有出來？ 嚴福目中光彩微微一閃：哼！ 李蓮花道：既然人是通過河道進入窟窿，那牛頭馬面被分出來的半個為何沒有出來？他被從兄弟身上分出來以後，顯然沒有死，非但沒死，他還往上挖掘了一道長長的洞口，又在洞內鐵門那裡留下了許多抓痕，但他卻沒有從河道逃生，這是為什麼？ 嚴福淡淡地反問：為什麼？ 李蓮花道：那顯然是因為河道無法通行的緣故。 嚴福不答，目光變得有些古怪，靜靜地盯著打鐵舖門外的石板，像他如此一個佝僂的老人，流露出這種目光的時候，就彷彿正在回憶他的生平。