There is a way to roar when the road is uneven, and the rivers and lakes are chivalrous and courageous, but everyone is disgusted by bad luck, and this time the old man's plan to rush to Tanmen was forced to stop by the things in the village. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

When I arrived at the rocky area, I really felt that there was no place to put my feet, but fortunately, the ancestors in the village regarded this place as a cemetery for generations, and a small path was cleared in the middle, but only the big stones were left behind. The man-bear curiously turned over the small stone, but after a few moments he sighed, there was still a stone underneath the small stone, and from the exposed part, it was obvious that there was a bigger one.

The sarcophagi were placed one by one at a distance not far away, and there were no tombstones, and the information of the deceased was engraved on the sarcophagus.

After a while, the old village chief stopped at the two empty sarcophagi, where the bodies had been lost.

The old man squatted down to study the coffin lid placed next to him, only to see that the coffin lid was carved simply, except for some simple cloud-shaped patterns, only the edge under the cover attracted attention, that is some concave and convex particles that can only be found after careful looking, and dense holes, this is the reason why the old village chief said that the water does not enter, as long as the edge is leveled, these natural concave and convex will be naturally inserted up and down.

But this coffin lid is really called a heavy, and the three of them worked hard to lift it up and put it on the sarcophagus, and once the upper and lower gaps were stuck, they could not be pushed open from the side at all, that is, this thing could only be lifted up and down, and it was difficult for one person to complete it quietly.

Li Lao squatted on the lid of another coffin and looked at it for a long time, then put his nose on it and sniffed it, and finally simply lowered his head and almost stuck it to observe.

After a long time, he whispered to the old man.

"Boss, it's strange, you're familiar with the smell of corpses, and you're here to smell it."

"Oh? It's normal to have a corpse smell on the inside of the coffin lid, this volcanic stone has a lot of gaps, and the corpse has just been lost for a few days, but, what are you looking at there? ”

"There's the fluid coming out of the corpse's decomposing body, and this location..."

When the old man heard this, he quickly sniffed in the sarcophagus, and then sniffed at the place where Li Lao pointed out, and sure enough, now that the coffin lid is separated, the corpse smell in the sarcophagus is the strongest, and then there are two places on the inside of the coffin lid, and the rest of the place is almost tasteless, and there are obvious traces of liquid drying in those two places.

"Is this the position of the hands? Other words? ”

"The corpse may have crawled out of the coffin by pushing it open on its own."

"No, no, no, I've seen zombies move, but those are all reactions of corpses suddenly touching the air, just like cremation, corpses move around, but they are not undead people like resurrections."

"It's hard to say, when you are buried, you must first enter the coffin and then put on the cover, how can there be two remnants of corpse fluid on the inside of the lid for no reason, strange, let's not tell the old village chief first, it's enough to give people bears and tell them, so as not to frighten the old man."

In the end, everyone chose a position surrounded by a view in the dense forest outside the sarcophagus area, which was in a half-circle, and if a thief came to the door, a few directions would be enough to outflank him.

The man bear took a machete and a few people with short legs to chop down some trees and tie them up to form a bush, and when everything was ready, he returned to the old village chief's house.

And Ji Bin went home early to prepare dinner after arranging the funeral, these three days are the time to accept condolences and mortuary, so the old man They don't need to be too nervous.

As soon as I entered the door, the fragrance of this meal came to my face, and my eyes took a look, okay, the whole is a whole sheep feast, the black goat is one of the best mutton, not as big as the taste of Inner Mongolia mutton, and it is tender and smooth, a pot of stewed mutton is very delicious even if it is just sprinkled with salt.

Ji Bin looked like an expert in making black goats, and deliberately selected a little lamb, in addition to stewed meat, he also went to Dongpo mutton, the meat was fried just right, and the thick juice was bright in flavor.

The man and bear stood there stupidly drooling, and after the old village chief asked the old man for his consent, he set up a big table in the courtyard, and the owner and the guys sat together, and the short legs were the most worked, and they quickly poured everyone full of liquor, and saw the old village chief raise his glass with both hands, and after turning around in the air to everyone, he finally looked at the old man.

"Zhou Dongjia, this glass of wine, the meaning is profound, one comes to the remote land to hear the sound of the country, the old man is very pleased, the second is to respect the owner and Mr. Li Gaoyi, with the brothers to help my village solve the problem, three I wish the owner and his party to go to Tanmen to open a victory, and the wealth is extensive! Ladies and gentlemen, drink to win! ”

"Thank you, old man!"

"The owner, it's really blessed to come out with you this time, new clothes, good food, and more chivalrous and righteous, my bear has always heard that the owner is arrogant, and today he is willing to sit on an equal footing with us, what he said, I am a bear with you in this life."

As soon as these words came out, the others hurriedly expressed their positions one by one, and the old man waved his hand.

"Okay, don't shoot the fart, what is arrogant, it's nothing more than a stinky temper, or that sentence, as long as you work hard, I won't treat any brother badly, this sounds simple, but the simplest is the heaviest. Big brother, these guys are rough people, don't be surprised. ”

"Where, all the brothers are first-class heroes, and they are willing to say these words because they are convinced, come, brothers, I will give you a drink."

While drinking, Lao Ba and Lai Yu also rushed back, and when they entered the door, they made a fuss about eating meat and drinking, but they didn't forget to count the things one by one, and bought a lot of things for the old village chief's house.

"Old man, when you enter Wolong Cave today, you are really shocked, and you really feel like a fairyland, did you often explore caves when you were young?"

"Yes, yes, the mountains here are strange, there are big holes at the top of the mountain, there are small holes at the bottom of the mountain, and the holes are connected to the holes, when I was young, I did like to drill a hole and take risks, but I don't think it's strange to see too much."

"And what are the legends of the cave name here?"

"Hey, we don't have any rules for naming the cave here, it feels like it's called when you open your mouth, and it feels like there's some kind of allusion to outsiders when it's passed down from generation to generation. Later generations like to be far-fetched, but they just make up some mythological stories, and they can't be true. ”

"Are there any strange legends? Don't look at us going from south to north to do business, but we are all good to inquire about these local wonders, and we have more to talk about chatting with guests. ”

"Well, the legend of the fairy cave has been told to you, I want to think about it, oh, by the way, someone once said that they had seen a flying dragon in Longmen Ridge, and even the memorabilia of the county chronicles also recorded that 'on the fifth day of December in the thirteenth year of Tongzhi, the stone mountain, shining like day in the middle of the night, the villagers got up at night and saw a golden dragon in Longmen Ridge, flew into the sky and disappeared.' But this is a matter of age, and it is not clear whether there is a real dragon or not, but it is true that the emperor died that day. ”

"Where is Longmen Ridge?"

"Our village is called Longmen Village, which is also named for this, in fact, between two stone mountains, there is a cave below, which used to be called Longmen Cave, and then it was sealed."

"Oh? Why do good caves have to be sealed? ”

"Well, it's not because something terrible happened, the time wasn't long, and I was there."

In 1885, the eleventh year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, the old village chief was 15 years old, and he was favored as the only son of the family. Everyone looked at it, and it was actually a team of officers and soldiers, led by the generals and colonels, fully armed, and there were even two Taoist priests on the accompanying horses.

"Zhang Fengcheng, a guerrilla general of the Lubiao Battalion of Qiongzhou Prefecture, led the team to pursue the thieves so far, which one is in charge of the village, step forward and reply!"

This newspaper is amazing, this person in front of him turned out to be a high-ranking military official from the third grade, and the thief who can alarm this kind of high-ranking official to personally pursue must have a great background, but this army is mixed with Taoist priests and other warlocks, and after all, it looks nondescript.

Ji Qiyun, the grandfather of the old village chief, was the village chief at that time, and hurriedly stepped forward to reply respectfully, but Zhang Fengcheng was silent, and with a finger of the horsewhip, he went to a remote corner with the Taoist priest.

"The general is here, looking at the dust and dust, I don't know what I can do?"

"You're the village chief? Okay, now what I will tell you, don't spread it, Zhang is also a child of a peasant family and Qiu Ba was born, so he won't take it big. Half a year ago, it was reported that there were murderers wandering around Qiongbei at night to eat people, and their appearance was unknown, only a child who was hiding vaguely saw that the thief was covered in scales. ”

"At the beginning of the period, although the state government attached great importance to it, it did not think about it, but it was just a child's frightened imagination, and found that these people who were eaten had nothing to do with each other, so there was a vicious person who was killing people to vent his anger. But this person came and went without a trace, and rumors spread in ten miles and eight villages, and people panicked. ”

Finally, this errand fell on Zhang Fengcheng's head, and he had no clue, but he just looked at the location of the crime on the map, and found that no matter how often the crime was committed, it was always in the area where the stone mountains were distributed, that is, Chengmai, Wenchang, Anding, Qiongshan, etc., so he urgently transferred troops and stationed them, and asked the local guards to lead the people to patrol together.

Just a day ago, the murderer suddenly appeared in Jiming Village, Anding County, he was eating a child, next to the child's father lying next to him, after the nearby soldiers and civilians surrounded him, he really found that this person was wearing only rags from head to toe, and the exposed parts were full of scales. Immediately someone shouted about the monster, but it moved quickly, and rushed out of the encirclement when the people were frightened and stunned, and scared a few timid people to death.

It is said that this monster's face is full of fine scale armor, and the hair is very thin, growing out of the gaps in the scales one by one, and the facial features on the face can only distinguish the human form, and when it is angry, the hair is set up and the scale armor is propped up, and the red and tender flesh underneath can be seen.

Fortunately, Anding County is the place where the Jade Toad Palace is located, many Taoist priests traveled down the mountain and settled in the county, they also joined the local patrol after hearing about the murder, and there were two Taoist priests present at that time, so they tracked all the way, and found that the monster got into a cave here.

But the danger in the cave is unknown, the Taoist priest did not dare to enter, had to guard the entrance of the cave, Zhang Fengcheng also rushed to come after getting the news, a inquiry, the original hole is called Longmen Cave, there is a Longmen Village not far away.

"The murderer the general said was actually a monster? And it's just outside the village in Longmen Cave? Then why don't you go far away and eat us villagers, but go out from afar? ”

"You village chief is so bold, do you suspect that General Ben is teasing you? At this moment, what the murderer was, it was only seen and not confirmed, and the two Taoist masters were present at the time and saw it clearly, but then the pursuit was at night, and the monster got into the cave before dawn. ”

"The general is angry, whether it is a human or a demon, in short, it is near my Longmen Village, and I am willing to listen to the general's dispatch in public and private!"

After all, Zhang Fengcheng was a man who sat on a horse, looked at the little village chief contemptuously, and said respectfully to the two Taoist priests.

"Two Dao Masters, I don't know if you can care?"

"It's not a secret, that demon has very strong feet and excellent eyesight, and he runs at night like walking on the ground, we have been practicing martial arts for many years, but you can see how difficult it is when you look at this scar. Now the situation in the cave is estimated to be known only to the local villagers, and they have to rely on them. ”

"Okay, it's time for you little old man to make meritorious contributions, hahaha, don't say that General Ben doesn't take care of you, this is a big case, if you don't solve it, I'm afraid people's hearts will fluctuate, if you help General Ben, you will be indispensable all the way to the end of the matter."

As soon as the village chief heard this, he knew that this matter had too much pressure on Zhang Fengcheng, and the dignified Sanpin senior member actually promised him benefits, so he smiled slightly and said in a Hebei accent.

"My father hung his seal to escape here, but he still thought about the safety of the people, the general didn't have to lure him with money, he just wanted the general to help the village cultivate some fields after the matter was completed, please ask the general to order."

When Zhang Fengcheng heard this, his face changed suddenly, the peasant in front of him was neither humble nor arrogant, and there were only villagers in his mind, so he stepped forward and asked about the situation in the cave, but when he heard that most of the caves here were like labyrinths, and the villagers did not dare to go deeper, many caves were deep and did not know at all, how should this be good? Do you want to let your men and horses enter this intricate cave, and you will inevitably fall into the mouth of the tiger?