Chapter 2: Killing Stars and Snow Moon Scars

A hurried phone ringing broke the silence of the night, Xiao Xing grabbed the phone in a daze and said dissatisfiedly:

"Who's calling, so late! What's the matter!"

A frightened young woman's voice came over the phone.

"Director, Director, the person who went to excavate Tomb No. 4014 just now called back and said that seven highly decomposed corpses had been found in the robbery cave. Only one of them had a head, and the heads of the others were missing!"

Xiao Xing felt a chill instantly run from under his feet all over his body, and finally rushed into his brain, and the sleepiness just now disappeared all at once. Xiao Xing calmed down and said:

"Xiao Huang, don't worry about calling the police immediately, I'll arrive later. ”

Xiao Xing put down the phone only to find that he had been wet with cold sweat. Xiao Xing took a deep breath to calm himself down as much as possible, he has been doing archaeology for seventeen or eighteen years, and there is nothing new about finding the bones of tomb robbers in robbing caves or tombs, but he just heard things like this one casually said by his old comrades.

Speaking of which, it was 18 years ago when he had just graduated from the Department of Archaeology of Peking University and had just been assigned to the archaeological team of the Cultural Relics Bureau. At that time, due to the state's propaganda of atheism and materialism, there was no such thing as ghosts and gods, and everyone had no scruples when working, just doing their work wholeheartedly. Once, during a rescue excavation of a general's tomb in the late Southern Song Dynasty, a large number of bones of tomb robbers from various periods were found in the tomb, and all the bones were cut off from the waist. A few staff members from a family of tomb robbers pretended to be sick and withdrew from the excavation work when they saw the bones, and the other staff members were found to have been cut off and died in front of the tomb after more than ten days.

I heard those old comrades say that it was because the owner of the tomb had never been reincarnated because he was concerned about something, and destroying his tomb was equivalent to demolishing his home, so that he could only be a lonely soul and a wild ghost and never be reborn. The Taoist priest's method was to let the general's soul go beyond him and reincarnate him, otherwise as long as someone wanted to destroy the general's tomb, he would die a tragic death. After that incident, the state became much more cautious about the work of excavating ancient tombs, and would not excavate ancient tombs unless absolutely necessary. This time, it was also because a few farmers found a robbery hole when they went up the mountain to cut bamboo, and they decided to excavate this ancient tomb. Xiao Xing even wondered if his decision to excavate the tomb was a mistake in the first place.

Xiao Xing lit a cigarette and smoked it against the head of the bed, trying to calm down his trembling body. His wife Xie Fangqing on the side sensitively felt Xiao Xing's abnormality, he would never smoke at home usually, something must have happened. Xie Fangqing sat up and asked with concern:

"Old Xiao, what's wrong with you?

Xiao Xing took a deep breath of cigarette, extinguished the cigarette, tried to keep his voice calm, and said:

"Didn't I tell you a few days ago that we were recently rescuing and excavating an ancient tomb that may have been before the Jin Dynasty?

Xie Fangqing was stunned for a moment and comforted:

"It's normal for people to steal the tomb a few times for so long, don't take it to heart. ”

Xiao Xing shook his head, and said in a slightly trembling voice:

"It's nothing if it's just stolen, and the scariest thing is that it's not stolen. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Xing couldn't help but shiver and lit another cigarette. Xie Fangqing asked puzzledly:

"Isn't it a good thing that it hasn't been stolen? Why do you wish it had been stolen?"

Xiao Xing took a few puffs of cigarette and said fearfully:

"Do you think that no one has ever discovered the tomb for so many years? Ancient tomb robbers knew more about the specific location and interior of the tomb than we thought, and there was a reason why it was not stolen. A large part of this is due to the clever design of the mechanisms in the tombs, which cannot be accessed by tomb robbers for a while. And then part of it is "

Speaking of this, Xiao Xing stopped and trembled, his face turned pale without a trace of blood, and cold sweat slipped down his cheeks. Xie Fangqing asked:

"You mean, what's going on with the rest!"

After a while, Xiao Xing plucked up his courage and said:

"The rest is because the owner of the tomb did not go to the underworld to reincarnate and remained in the tomb because he had any concerns, and this kind of tomb cannot be opened no matter what. The owner of this kind of tomb will never allow anyone to destroy his tomb, and once his tomb is destroyed, he will only be a lonely ghost and will never be able to live beyond life. This kind of tomb is absolutely unopenable. ”

Xie Fangqing smiled reassuringly and said comfortingly:

"Lao Xiao, you have been doing archaeology for almost twenty years, how can you become superstitious. There are no ghosts or gods in this world. ”

Xiao Xing took a deep puff of cigarette and said tremblingly:

"I didn't believe it at first, but I overheard it when I was chatting with a few old comrades when I first joined the archaeological team. In the early days of liberation, this kind of thing happened during the excavation of an ancient tomb, and several of the people who participated in the excavation were from a family of tomb robbers. All the others who participated in the excavation were cut off and thrown outside the tomb. Later, it was a wandering Taoist priest who cast a spell to overtake the owner of the tomb before he was able to continue. ”

Xie Fangqing said impatiently:

"You can believe this kind of joke, go to sleep!"

Xiao Xing let out a long sigh and said:

"I didn't believe it at first, but now I can't help but believe it. Xiao Huang called me just now to tell me that several grave robbers' bodies had been found in the robbery cave. ”

Xie Fangqing said nonchalantly:

"What's that, don't you often say that tomb robbers kill each other because of a priceless treasure?

Xiao Xing didn't care about his wife at all, and said in a trembling tone:

"Tomb robbers kill each other, why cut off the heads of their companions and take them away. That's too illogical, isn't it?"

Xie Fangqing sat up in fright, and looked at Xiao Xing in surprise for a long time, and no one dared to speak. Xie Fangqing suddenly screamed, covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes opened to the limit, Xiao Xing snuffed out the cigarette butt in her hand and said:

"The soul of the owner of the tomb generally does not leave the tomb, so don't worry too much. ”

Xie Fangqing grabbed Xiao Xing's left arm with both hands, and worked hard for a long time before he could speak.

"Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu went to the excavation site of that tomb with Xiao Wang this morning!

Xiao Xing grabbed Xie Fangqing's shoulders in surprise and roared angrily:

"How can you let Xiaoyu go to that kind of place! It's a martial law zone now! How can you let her go there and that! How many times have I told you that you can't go, you can't go, how can you still let her go!"

Xie Fangqing went crazy and yelled at Xiao Xing:

"How do I know that your archaeology is still so dangerous! Now I'm asking if Xiaoyu is in danger! My daughter is only sixteen years old! I'll divorce you if something happens!"

Xiao Xing angrily shook off his wife and began to get dressed, Xie Fangqing asked anxiously:

"Where are you going?"

Xiao Xing said angrily:

"Where else can I go! I'll go to the scene and bring Xiaoyu back! You can really make trouble for me!"

Xie Fangqing hurriedly got up from the bed, pulled the corner of Xiao Xing's clothes, and said:

"I'll go too, you wait for me!"

Xiao Xing shook off his wife violently and roared angrily:

"Are you still idle and cause me less trouble? Yesterday I just unearthed a few relics left by tomb robbers in the Tang Dynasty, which are second-class cultural relics! They are still on the spot! If something goes wrong, I will have to go to jail! Wait at home honestly!"

Xiao Xing slammed the door and walked out, and Xie Fangqing sat on the floor as if she had lost her soul.

Xiao Xing drove his car on the road, completely oblivious to the fact that his car was now far more than a hundred miles, and several police cars were already following him with their police lights on. Xiao Xing didn't notice the police cars at all, he just wanted to get to the scene quickly.

Xiao Xing, who had been driving for more than four hours, arrived in less than half an hour, and as soon as he got out of the car, seven or eight police cars surrounded him, and dozens of policemen quickly pressed him to the car and put him in handcuffs. Xiao Xing hurriedly explained:

"Comrade! Comrade! I'm from the Cultural Relics Bureau! Something happened at this excavation site, and I rushed here because I was afraid that the cultural relics would be lost! You caught the wrong person! You."

Before Xiao Xing could finish speaking, he felt a ball or something like that fell on his back, and then a stream of warm liquid soaked his back, and just when Xiao Xing was wondering, a human head fell in front of him with a "bang". Xiao Xing fainted in surprise, it was one of the few policemen who had held him down just now. Xiao Xing slowly turned his head and found that all the policemen's heads were gone, and their bodies stood there straight, blood kept spurting out from the broken wounds in their necks, like small fountains, but these fountains were not beautiful, but terrifying. Xiao Xing screamed and knocked through the corpse of the policeman lying on top of him and ran into the work site, the scene in the work site was even more terrifying, almost all the staff and the armed police who did the security work were beheaded, only the women were not injured, but they were all frightened.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom" A rhythmic sound of stone chips crashing came from the left side, Xiao Xing immediately turned his head, and a ten-year-old white-haired boy walked out of the darkness, the boy was wearing an armor made of three or four millimeters thick stone chips, each stone piece was connected with gold wire. The boy wore a bun on his head, a crown carved from bluestone bound the boy's snow-like white hair, and a stone hairpin was inserted into the bluestone crown. The young man held a bronze long sword in his right hand and a bronze Fang Tian painting halberd in his left hand. The young man's handsome face did not have the slightest expression, and the armor on his body was covered with bloodstains, and the young man seemed to be a Shura who had walked out of the Shura field, which made people feel frightened.

The young man stopped five or six meters away from Xiao Xing, raised his halberd and pointed at Xiao Xing and said:

"Go back and inform the monarch of Erzhi quickly, and then dare to disturb my master's rest, blame me for killing the Golden Palace and taking his life!"

The young man turned around and walked towards the grave, Xiao Xing looked at the young man in a daze, and suddenly Xiao Xing remembered that his daughter mustered up the courage to chase after him, and stopped the young man while making strokes and asked eagerly:

"There's a girl who's about this tall, you didn't kill her, did you?"

The young man snorted coldly, his face was full of anger, and the monstrous murderous aura was released from the young man's body, and the wind raged in an instant, and the dark clouds quickly covered the sky. The young man put Fang Tian's halberd across in front of Xiao Xing and said sharply:

"You dare to underestimate me! Xue Yueji is grateful to the master for not giving up serving the sword for the master, and he has been fighting with the master for eight years of hesitation, and the souls under this halberd are not as good as a million! How can he ever kill a woman! If there is a little woman's blood on this halberd, I Xueyue Scar should kill himself here with the master's sword, if there is the slightest complaint, it is not the husband's doing!"

Xiao Xing let out a long sigh of relief, got out of the way and sat down on the ground. The young man who claimed to be Xue Yueji didn't look at Xiao Xing and strode towards the grave, and then a dozen heads flew in front of Xiao Xing's eyes as if they were controlled by something, and flew towards the tomb. Xiao Xing shook a few times and fell to the ground, his vision gradually blurring.

The entire excavation site became a paradise of death, and the only thing that could be heard was the cry of a woman. A sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl hiding in the corner trembled and picked up the mobile phone, her beautiful little face had lost her blood color because of fear, and her fingers were no longer under his control, and it took a long time for the girl to dial out the three numbers "1, 1, 0", but her fingers couldn't put it on the launch button anyway. With a snap, the phone slipped from the girl's hand and fell to the ground, a stone just connected the launch button, and a few seconds later, a slightly mechanical woman's voice came from the phone's earpiece:

"Hello, this is the 110 command center, please wait and get you connected immediately. ”

The girl seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, quickly grabbed the mobile phone and put it tightly on her face, and a man's voice came out of the earpiece:

"Hello, this is the 110 Command Center, do you need our help?"

The girl worked hard for a long time before she trembled and said a few words:

"But, yes, quick, come, only, here, there's a murderous ghost! come and help, save us! come and save us! quick."

The girl was about to go on, but a figure had already appeared in front of him, and the girl slowly raised her head and let out a piercing scream after taking a breath of surprise, and that figure was the boy who called himself Snow Moon Scar. The urgent call of the male policeman came from the receiver of the mobile phone:

"Miss!Miss!Are you still there?!What happened to you!Hey!Hey!Hey!Hey!Miss!Are you listening?!"

The girl looked at Xue Yueji in surprise and couldn't say that she couldn't make a little sound because of the fright, and tears rolled in her eyes for a long time before they flowed out. Xue Yuejian saw the tears that the girl slipped down, her brows wrinkled slightly, she casually inserted Fang Tian's halberd on the ground, stretched out her left hand to wipe away the tears on the girl's face, pulled up Fang Tian's halberd, and turned away. The girl looked at the back of the snow moon mark that was gradually fading away, and gently stroked the tears that the snow moon mark had just wiped away with her left hand, and muttered to herself:

"His hands are warm. He's not a ghost, his hands are warm. His hands are warm, his hands are warm, his hands are warm"