Chapter 66: The Artifact
Uncle Liu said: "The yin air in the mountains is too heavy at night, it's best not to walk around casually, no one knows if they will be hit again, let's just rest next to here." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
Yu Aiting glanced at the bottom of the stone steps with trepidation, of course, she couldn't see anything but the darkness, and asked, "What if...... What if those things get out? β
Uncle Liu said: "Let's make a fire, and no ghost will dare to approach!" β
He was the only one of the three who had the right to decide, and after the events of this night, I didn't dare to be willful anymore, so I had to obediently obey his arrangement.
Judging by the feeling of the feet, there are a lot of dead branches and leaves here, which should be much better than the fire on the edge of the cliff, and the density of trees here is large, and there is very little sunlight during the day, and the dead branches are more or less damp, and they don't burn so quickly, and they last much longer, so it meets our requirements.
We didn't dare to walk around, so we gathered all the branches and leaves within one meter of each and piled them into a small mountain bag more than half a meter high, and then Uncle Liu set the leaves on fire.
Soon, the fire was bigger, and the surrounding fog and darkness were also dispelled a lot, at this time, I saw the willow tree engraved with symbols next to the steps, and I couldn't help but feel a little angry, and I discussed it with Uncle Liu, and simply cut it down as firewood.
Fortunately, the tree is only thigh-thick, so there is no danger of being crushed when cutting down the tree. Uncle Liu took out a firewood knife more than a foot long from his backpack and handed it to me.
Anyway, no matter how evil this willow tree is, it is impossible to make any trouble next to the fire, I held the knife in both hands and cut it down, Uncle Liu said: "The fresh tree can be burned, it is very suitable to use this tree to make firewood, and there is no need to add firewood at night." β
Chopping and chopping, the firewood knife was suddenly broken by a hard object, making a metal impact sound, I borrowed Uncle Liu's flashlight to shine a photo, but I saw that there was a green thing in the crack of the tree that I had chopped.
I couldn't be sure what it was, so I changed sides and continued to cut, and soon, the willow tree was already crumbling, Uncle Liu came over, stood next to it and pushed the trunk diagonally, and said, "Go on." β
I slammed it down, and the willow tree creaked and fell slowly to the other side.
Uncle Liu and I dragged the tree to the edge of the fire, and we saw a hook-like green object at the fracture, I slowly dug this thing out with the tip of a firewood knife, Uncle Liu took it in his hand and checked it, then put it in his ear and flicked it, observed it for a long time and said: "This ...... It looks like a copper hook used to hook a mosquito net. β
Born in modern society, I naturally haven't seen this kind of ancient thing, but I have seen it on TV, and this kind of thing has appeared in those costume dramas and Republic of China dramas.
"And how does it grow in a tree?" That's the weirdest thing I ever did, so I asked.
Yu Aiting said: "What's so strange about this? When I was a child, there were two poplar trees in my grandfather's yard, and my father tied hemp rope to the two trees to make a swing, and then I grew up and saw that the rope of the swing had been broken, but the rope tied to the tree had grown into the bark, and the bark of that circle was like a circle of nodules bulging, which was interesting. β
Uncle Liu sniffed the copper hook, frowned and said, "This must be an ancient tomb down here!" β
"Huh?" I suddenly felt a little restless.
"That's right, judging from the patina, this copper hook is at least a few hundred years old, and there is a smell of corpses and earthy smells on it, which only the underworld has this smell." Uncle Liu threw the copper hook to me and analyzed it to himself.
I sniffed it hard, but it didn't have anything to do with the stench of corpses, except for the smell of wood and a kind of squeamishness.
Yu Aiting asked, "Do you mean that the artifact you said is an antique?" β
Uncle Liu said with a smile: "Some of the antiques handed down from the family cannot be called a dark weapon, and the rest can be called a dark weapon as long as it is an unearthed antique, that is, a relationship between inclusion and being included, and there is no need to delve into it." β
Yu Aiting said: "Is there really a ghost in the world? The one on the edge of the cliff, and this mansion ......" she said, she couldn't help but shudder, and didn't dare to say any more.
Uncle Liu's smile gradually disappeared, and he said calmly: "No one can say whether there is this thing or not, if you believe it, you don't believe it, if you don't believe it, if you have to force an explanation for this abnormal phenomenon, then you can only use 'illusion' to explain it, just like encountering a mirage in the desert." β
She is studying medicine, and she doesn't believe in the theory of gods and ghosts, I don't want her to go to work with shadows in the future, so I patted her on the shoulder with a smile and said: "You think too much, what ghosts are there in this world, maybe, what we do tonight is a dream, and when we wake up, it's gone, maybe our life is a dream, maybe we will wake up one day." β
She glanced at me and said, "You think you're a pig, dreaming for such a long time!" β
The two of us teased a few words, and the atmosphere suddenly became much more lively, and the feeling of fear was much lessened.
As I chatted with them, I cut the willow tree into two feet and set it up above the fire, and I looked at the willow tree a few times, but I didn't notice the mark I had seen before, the bark was intact, and there was no sign of destruction at all. I suddenly felt a shock in my heart, and I thought, could this all be an illusion?
I took out my phone and looked at the call logs, there were indeed call logs between my dad and the unknown number, this thing can't deceive people, which ones are true and which ones are false, I can't tell the difference at all now.
But...... Where the hell did my dad go?
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After such a toss, everyone has begun to get sleepy, Uncle Liu and I discussed, for the sake of insurance, he and I took turns keeping vigil, changing every two hours.
I got some dead leaves from the side and spread them on the ground for a few layers, and then lay down with Yu Aiting to rest, as soon as I lay down, I immediately felt a strong tiredness attack, and soon fell asleep deeply.
I don't know how long I slept, I was suddenly woken up by Uncle Liu, I rubbed my sleepy eyes, and saw Yu Aiting running to the side and bending over and vomiting, Uncle Liu also ran to the side and started vomiting after waking me up. I was wondering, I felt a cramp in my stomach, and the pain made me sweat come down instantly, and then I felt my qi and blood surge, and I ran to the side in three steps and two steps, and I started vomiting wildly while holding on to a tree.
I hadn't eaten anything, my stomach was empty, and I couldn't vomit anything but sour water.
Suddenly, I felt a smell of urine in my throat and mouth, and my stomach twitched again, and I vomited again, this time I vomited a pale yellow liquid, not fishy, but stinky, ten times stronger than the smell of urine!
After spitting out this kind of thing, I suddenly felt a lot better, and I no longer had the feeling that life was worse than death just now, but I felt weak and my ears were ringing and my eyes were dizzy.
With the last bit of consciousness, I staggered to the fire, threw myself on the leaves of the tree, and could never open my eyes again.