As soon as the two of them entered the cold water of the underground river, they couldn't help but shiver. Fortunately, both of them were wearing sharkskin water braces, which were airtight and insulated.

They are both from Shanyin County, Shaoxing Prefecture, fellow villagers from the same county. They grew up by rivers, and diving and swimming is a piece of cake.

The two of them held their breath and paddled forward gently. The underground river was very wide, and in the darkness, they marched straight forward just relying on their vague feelings.

On the map they looked at, from where they entered the underground river, they could swim more than thirty feet straight ahead to reach the well of the mansion.

The distance of more than thirty feet is not far for normal swimming, but it is not that far if you want to be silent in the dark.

In the cold, quiet and invisible river, Gu Zhunian felt inexplicable fear for the first time.

The blood that was previously stimulated has already turned cold, and this dark and cold feeling is like sinking into hell.

He didn't dare to think too much, and just swam forward slowly, constantly comforting himself in his heart.

Don't be afraid, the Major General is right in front of him.

At this moment, the person who can support his spirit in his heart is Chen Tianhua whom he admires, the incomparably brave Major General.

More than thirty feet long, a normal trip would only take a cup of tea, but to Gu Zhunian, it was like going through a life cycle.

After swimming in twists and turns for who knows how long, he finally saw a faint light.

Although it is extremely weak, it does exist.

Light symbolizes hope.

He swam faster and finally reached the place where the light came from, where Chen Tianhua was waiting for him.

It was a well mouth connected by an underground river and a well. A ray of moonlight shone down from above the well mouth. It was weak but very heartwarming.

Gu Zhunian swam over, then surfaced, wiped the water on his face with his palms as usual, and took a big breath of air.

He has never longed for light as much as he does now.

Seeing Gu Zhunian suddenly surface and make a noise, Chen Tianhua shook his head in dissatisfaction.

In the silence of the night, the sound of an embroidery needle falling on the ground is enough to alarm the night watchman or watchdog outside the well.

This deep well, marked on the map, should be located in the courtyard of the large house. There is a night watchman and a watchdog here.

"Woof woof woof..."

Sure enough, the guard dog guarding the courtyard was the first to be alert and howled.

The confused Gu Zhunian finally understood that it was his careless movement just now that alerted the watchdog above, and he dived into the water in fear.

At this time, people's voices came from above their heads.

"Boy, there seems to be a noise down there?"

"where?"

"It should be in the underground river under the well."

The heads of two men poked out from the mouth of the well. They took advantage of the moonlight to carefully observe what was going on in the well...

However, after looking around for a while, they found nothing.

"Damn it, this dog is usually nervous and bluffing. In this dark underground river, even the water ghosts are asleep at this time, how can anyone come?"

"That's true, maybe it's the rats in the river causing trouble. Let's go inside and warm ourselves by the fire, drink wine, and eat some Xiaoye."

"Okay, let's take a walk..."

The footsteps of the two night watchmen gradually faded away.

Gu Zhunian floated up again.

This time his movements were very light and he didn't make any sound.

When he saw Chen Tianhua again, he was still in the shadow of the water, his feet stepping on the water but his body motionless, as if he had merged with the darkness.

Yes, he was too panicked just now, and Gu Zhunian was ashamed.

Chen Tianhua pointed at the wellhead, and the two of them slowly swam to the center of the wellhead, where the light shined through.

He just took out a roll of thin rope from the leather pouch on his waist, and on one end hung a small iron piece wrapped with coarse cloth.

The well the two of them stayed in was a large deep well with extremely deep walls, more than three feet deep. To draw water, a winch was needed.

The winch was directly above their heads, a dark mass.

Chen Tianhua threw out the small piece of iron at the end of the rope in his hand.

This kind of thin rope is made of vine hemp bark. It has high surface friction, strong strength and strong load-bearing capacity.

But if a person wants to climb up in the air by relying on it, it is extremely difficult to succeed without certain lightness skills and super strong arm strength.

The rope with the cloth-wrapped iron piece hanging on it was thrown out by the internal force, just fell on the arm of the winch, and went around several times.

Chen Tianhua pulled the rope hard and felt it was stuck. He turned to look at Gu Zhunian.

Gu Zhunian nodded knowingly. He held his breath and sank to the bottom of the water. He supported Chen Tianhua's feet with both hands, slowly floated up, and used force to lift him out of the water.

This way, it won't make any noise on the water surface.

At the same time, Chen Tianhua stepped on the palm of Gu Zhunian's hand that had surfaced, used his toes a little harder, pulled the rope, and used his strong arm strength to climb up.

He climbed quickly and silently, like a black snake swimming, which made Gu Zhunian look shocked.

When he was approaching the mouth of the well, Chen Tianhua put his hands on the edge of the well, suddenly jumped in the air, and landed on the ground without making any sound.

He lay on the ground and carefully scanned the darkness around him. After confirming that nothing was abnormal, he stood up and moved forward.

Learning from the experience just now, he must get rid of the guard dog first just in case.

He hunched his body and walked slowly forward for a few steps. The watchdog suddenly barked in the darkness and chased after him.

It turned out that this watchdog had noticed the movement at the wellhead for a long time. Although the movement was very small, the dog's sensitivity was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Chen Tianhua was well prepared. He quickly took out a meat bun from the leather pouch at his waist and threw it out.

The fragrant meat buns immediately attracted the hungry guard dog. It pressed the meat buns with melon seeds, sniffed and slowly lowered its head to eat.

This is an ordinary guard dog, not a specially trained military dog.

The two night watchmen in the room were drinking heartily at the moment. They heard the dog bark a few times and then stopped barking. Thinking that they had been deceived by the dog just now, they were even more lazy to pay attention.

The guard dog devoured the meat buns happily, grunting from time to time, and swallowed the whole meat buns in just a few times. It also used its tongue to lick the remaining meat foam and oil around its mouth, still wanting to finish it.

After a while, the guard dog slowly fell to the ground. The dog raised its head a few times, opened its mouth and gasped a few times, then lowered its head and became motionless.

Chen Tianhua waited quietly for another half minute, and found that nothing happened. He then returned to the wellhead, took off the thin rope from the arm of the water fetching winch, wrapped it around his arm a few times, and moved the vertical rope.

, signaling Gu Zhunian to grab the rope.

Speaking of Gu Zhunian, who was staying in the underground river, he watched Chen Tianhua climb up, and the figure disappeared in a flash, followed by several barking dogs. He was so anxious that he could only gnash his teeth below, and his heart was moved.

Throat.

He didn't know what happened above, but fortunately he didn't hear other sounds, such as fighting or gunshots. The dog also howled a few times, so he could only wait patiently.
Chapter completed!