Merchant of the Underworld

At this moment, a pleasant cell phone ringtone woke me up from my stupor.

I picked up the phone and saw that there were a dozen missed calls, followed by several text messages.

The calls were from Yin Xinyue, Captain Huang, and Li Mazi, and there were several unfamiliar numbers.

The text messages were also sent by these people.

Yin Xinyue's text message asked me what I was busy with. The crew will be finished in a few days. During this period, she has been safe under Oyu's protection. She will come back to meet me for a while. I pondered for a long time and replied: Durex Already very hungry and thirsty!

Captain Huang’s text message was very simple, with only three words: He won’t change.

It seems that Boss Guo does have something wrong. He is more interested in the expensive watch and does not care about the ancestral pendant!

My reply is also simple: Got it.

Li Mazi’s text messages were the longest and full of complaints!

He asked me if I could have anything else to replace the Golden Lotus Scale. He really couldn’t stand this old lady...

This old lady was born with mysophobia and was extremely stubborn. It had just been a day, and in order to stop her from washing her feet, she almost tried her best to stop her from washing her feet. She was so tired that her mouth was dry.

In order to stabilize this old lady, Li Mazi went all out and recognized her as his grandmother. Later, he listed more than a dozen methods and asked me if this could be used instead of Hundred Days of Dirt, otherwise he would really not be able to persist! Otherwise, let Boss Bai come over and help him for two days...

Faced with Li Mazi's many complaints, I only replied with one sentence: Success or failure depends on this, Mazi still needs to work hard!

I put away my phone and hurried downstairs.

Just after turning the corner on the third floor, I saw Xiao Wu sleeping soundly against the wall. His face was stained with glutinous rice, incense ash, and streaked with tears. It seemed that he was really exhausted.

I didn't want to disturb him, so I walked past him lightly.

But he immediately hugged my thigh and shouted: "Grandpa, grandpa..."

This cry shocked me! Did something unexpected happen to Mr. Wu?

At that moment, she no longer cared about letting him sleep peacefully, so she quickly shook him awake and asked: "Xiao Wu, how is your grandpa?"

Xiao Wu suddenly woke up and hesitated for a moment. When he saw it was me, he immediately jumped up and said with a smile on his face: "My grandpa is awake. Thank you, Shopkeeper Zhang! I originally wanted to inform you earlier, but it depends on you I'm sleeping soundly and I don't have the heart to disturb you."

While talking, tears started to flow down again, making her look like a big painted face in Peking Opera.

"Where is he? Take me there quickly." When I heard the news, I was extremely happy!

"He's in my room. Uncle Mute is taking care of him. He asked me to wait for you upstairs and said he would call you over as soon as you wake up. He seems to have something to say to you." As he said that, Xiao Wu He wiped his tears randomly and hurried ahead to lead the way.

When he opened the door, he saw Mr. Wu leaning on the bed and looking out the window. He turned around when he heard the door.

Although his body was still very weak, the swelling had already subsided and he was back to his original state, and his mental outlook was surprisingly good, especially that eye which was blazing with light.

"Mr. Wu, I'm so happy to see you sitting here so well!" I walked up with a smile and held his hands tightly - this was not a polite word, Mr. Wu has always been kind to others, and he was also sinister. The seniors in the world of things have always helped me a lot. Seeing him turn away from death and return to his original appearance, he naturally felt an indescribable feeling of joy.

"It's all thanks to you." Mr. Wu replied with a smile, then turned to the mute uncle who was standing aside and Xiao Wu who was standing at the door, raised his chin and said: "You two go out first, I have something to say I need to talk to Jiulin."

The dumb uncle nodded and walked out quickly. Xiao Wu closed the door gently.

"Jiulin, you sit down first." Wu Laohuai pointed to the chair specially placed next to the bed in anticipation of my arrival and said, "I want to tell you this matter in detail from beginning to end..."

"You all know that I was a tomb robber back then, but I had no choice but to do so!"

"Back then, our family was so poor that we couldn't even eat. As a child, we would lie down in the landlord's pig trough and fight with a group of piglets for food. We were so poor that we couldn't live! Our Wujiazhuang itself was a miserable place. In a good year, I can eat until I am full, but in a year of severe drought, even grass roots and tree bark cannot fill my stomach. Originally, we were three brothers and sisters, but my sister just couldn’t catch a full meal and died of it. , not long after that, my parents also starved to death! Alas! Those days..."

Mr. Wu thought of the very painful past and couldn't help but sigh and shook his head.

"The only half-brother left in the family, Wu Qianwu, was really hungry, so he and I got up in the middle of the night to catch mice in the cemetery."

"One night, while we were grabbing, we heard something moving in the cemetery. We were both frightened and turned around and ran away. Unexpectedly, we fell into the hole of the grave in a panic. He twisted his feet and I followed him. Without moving him, the two of them were so frightened that they cried loudly. At this time, an old man crawled out of the cave."

"He took out two big cornmeal pancakes and waved them in front of us, tempting us and saying, do you want to eat? If you want to eat, just do him a favor. There is a cave underneath that is so small that only children can get through it. Go in, you go in and help me take out the things inside, and I’ll give you these two big pancakes. If you don’t agree, I’ll kill you now! As he spoke, he pulled out a bright sharp knife from his waist.”

"We were both hungry and scared at the time, so we had no choice but to obey him and follow a thick hemp rope to the grave."

"Now that I think about it, it was an ancient tomb from the late Ming Dynasty, with a sky-sealing all-brick structure outside. Once the hole was made bigger, it would completely collapse, so he didn't dare to expand it any further. He had no choice but to let us go down. "

"That was the first time that both of us entered the ancient tomb. We were all so frightened that we almost fainted inside. But luckily, we finally took a few porcelain plates and sent them up. At that time, we were still cautious. Just say that there is more down there, but I’m too hungry and don’t have the strength to go down any more…”

"I originally wanted to cheat him into eating the cake without being killed by him, but who knew that the old man burst into laughter after hearing this. He said that we two were very talented and asked if we would like to be his apprentices. As long as we do As his apprentice, I have big pancakes to eat every day, and I still manage enough! I can also cook meat and roast chicken once a month."

"When we heard it, we were immediately overjoyed, and we started to rob tombs from then on."

"More than ten years later, the master passed away, and we both became the best in this industry. But I don't know when, our temperaments became completely different."

"I saw how pitiful the people in the village were, so I exchanged all the money I got from selling the antiques for food. In the middle of the night, when no one was watching, I threw bags one by one into the courtyards of various houses - after all, this money comes from It’s not very legitimate, digging graves would have been a serious crime in any dynasty!”

"Wu Qianwu said that I was a stupid roe deer. I just threw away the money that I had worked so hard to earn with my life. I don't want people to know that you did it. What was the purpose? He took the money and went to visit the brothel. The casino will be completely built within a few days." Wu Laohuan sighed.

"Then one day, when the two of us were sweeping dishes and looking for ancient tombs in a barren mountain, we found an old man wearing tattered clothes and his face covered with grease under a big willow tree."

"The old man said he wanted to eat peaches. There was a big peach tree not far from the mountain. He asked who of us would be willing to pick one for him?"