Chapter 178: The Cave of Ten Thousand Corpses
Several people looked at him, and Cen Zhaohou continued, "If the pictures we saw last night are really the memories of the high priest, then those vivid and profound pictures that can even make us empathize with should also be the memories of the high priest, and only in that picture, the high priest seems to want to justify something, if the timeline of the scene where she eats with the eldest lady is counted after that picture, then the high priest will almost not fight back and scold back." ”
Yun Sha also remembered the depressing scene that made her empathize with her yesterday, and felt that what Cen Zhaohou said was very right, and thought, "Since this is the case, is that the villager who died because of Gu poison, and everyone knows that the high priest will use Gu?" ”
Ermu said, "No, this high priest has been in the village for five or six years, and naturally knows the taboos of the people in this village, how can he rashly use Gu poison to harm people?" ”
Yun Xuan said, "And at that time, the high priest obviously felt wronged and wanted to defend himself. Could it be that the villager's death was not caused by the high priest at all? ”
As they were talking, they unconsciously returned to the home of the corpse chaser.
Several people suddenly stopped the discussion.
The eldest lady is still as enthusiastic as ever, and she and the high priest staged a picture of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
There was also a table of sumptuous dishes on the table as usual, but Yun Xu and a few people didn't know how to eat it, so they got off the table after eating hastily.
A few people walked outside the house and said, "Why don't we go to the cave of ten thousand corpses and take a look at the corpse of that villager?" In this way, it can be known whether his death was caused by Gu poison. ”
Cen Zhaohou nodded, and suddenly remembered another thing, "The last time we came to the Boundless Valley, the corpse of the corpse chaser who was hit by the Bone Eater was put into the Ten Thousand Corpses Cave by Yang Yang. ”
Yun Xue said, "Yes, in that case, let's go to the Ten Thousand Corpses Cave now to investigate the situation." ”
A few people walked all the way to the Ten Thousand Corpses Cave according to the path in their memory.
Yun Sha remembered that the Cave of Ten Thousand Corpses was in a rock at the back of the village, but when they went around the back of the village to cross the small river that surrounded the village, it was as if the river had been enchanted, and whether they crossed the river with light skill or flowed through the river, they could not reach the other side of the river.
Geya's eyes were full of horror, "It's okay now, not only can't we go to the Ten Thousand Corpses Cave, but now we can't even get out of this village."
Cen Zhaohou also frowned after repeatedly confirming that they could not cross the river.
Yun Sha sat at the water's edge, and suddenly saw the eldest lady working in her own field not far away, and a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, "This morning, the eldest lady asked the corpse chaser to rest well and prepare to drive the corpse at night, which means that this corpse chaser is going to the Ten Thousand Corpses Cave at night, will it be at night, we can cross the river?" ”
When Cen Zhaohou heard this, his eyes also lit up, "Okay, then let's wait for the evening to go to the Ten Thousand Corpses Cave to have a look." ”
The day and night in the Infinite Valley seemed to pass quickly, and in a few moments, night fell.
A few of them were still at the aunt's house next door at night, but this time the four of them asked to stay in a room.
As soon as it was dark, Geya and Ermu fell on the table again.
This time, Yun Sha and Cen Zhaohou woke them up by the side.
Ermu opened his eyes, his mind was still groggy, "Why did I suddenly fall asleep again." ”
Yun Xuan said, "Don't worry about it for now, let's hurry up and go to the Ten Thousand Corpses Cave." ”
A few people went around to the back of the village, and sure enough, the river in the middle of the day had become a dry river, and a few people easily crossed the river.
Geya inadvertently turned around, and saw that the house they lived in was densely packed with horrible corpses, and instantly screamed.
Ermuzhu hurriedly covered her mouth, but the dead corpses noticed them and staggered towards them.
Where had Geya seen this scene, her eyes were full of horror, and her feet slipped and almost slipped down the river.
Ermuzhu hurriedly pulled her up, but in the time of this delay, the dead bodies had already reached the other side of the river.
Yun Sha swallowed his saliva, and cold sweat slipped down his forehead.
If so many corpses attacked the four of them, even if they had great ability, they would definitely not be able to leave intact.
Cen Zhaohou had already drawn his sword and protected Yun Sha behind him.
Just as they were about to turn and run, the dead bodies stopped, and they couldn't cross the river just as they couldn't cross the river during the day.
Yun Xuan unconsciously whispered, "They don't seem to be able to get by." ”
Sure enough, the dead bodies lingered beside the river for a while, then turned around and returned to the village.
Geya exhaled.
"It seems that these villagers can't get out of this village day or night. ”
The few people did not delay any longer, and quickly went to the Ten Thousand Corpses Cave.
The Ten Thousand Corpses Cave is still the last time they came, but this time they came at night, it was inevitable that there was some eerie horror, and the smell of corpses in the air irritated their noses.
Fortunately, the moonlight was very bright tonight, and several people could clearly see the scene in the Ten Thousand Corpses Cave.
The corpses seemed to have not decomposed for years, and their bodies remained the same as they had been.
Most of the corpses had relatively clean faces and died peacefully, so Yun Sha quickly found the villager with a bloody face.
Several people squatted around the corpse, Geya pulled Ermuzhu's sleeve tightly for fear, but Yun Sha directly reached out and broke open the corpse's mouth.
His mouth was full of dirty black blood, and there was a strong fishy smell.
Yun Sha said, "It does look like he died of poisoning." ”
Yun Sha ripped open the collar of the corpse a little more, and sure enough, he found a small hole in the corpse's neck, which looked very much like the traces of Gu worms crawling in.
Yun Xuan frowned and said, "Could it really be that the High Priest killed him with Gu worms?" ”
Ermu looked at the small hole for a long time, suddenly shook his head, and said, "No, this is not a Gu worm. ”
Several people looked at him, and Ermuzhu continued, "This insect is called a fine worm, because its body is very small, so if it crawls into a person's body, people will not notice it, unless it is poisonous. But this kind of insect is not like Gu poison, it can't survive in the human body, so it will die after a while after entering the person's neck, unlike the Gu worm that crawls into the human abdomen or the blood veins of the whole body. You see, there's a slight protrusion near this little hole, and that's inside the corpse of the bug. ”
After listening to Ermuzhu's words, Yun Sha suddenly realized, "Then isn't this fine insect common in the mountains and wilderness?" Otherwise, why didn't those villagers find out, and they still thought it was Gu worms? ”
"It's not uncommon, but there are many." There are such insects in the back mountains of the palace of the Scorching Sun King, but these insects are not stupid, they will not rashly climb into people's bodies, but they will lose their lives. I will know that this worm was discovered because Geya accidentally went to the back mountain when she was a child and was poisoned after she came back, but the palace people in our palace often go to the back mountain but have never been drilled by this fine worm. ”
Cen Zhaohou nodded, "So the people in the village don't know this fine worm, they only think it's a Gu worm, and they will mistake it for the person who harmed the high priest." ”
Yun Xuan said, "Now that this matter has been figured out, let's come to the corpse chaser again." ”
The last time they came, they and Yang Yang personally sent the corpse chasers to this Ten Thousand Corpses Cave.
Several people looked for it.
It stands to reason that the corpse chaser died because he was injured in the bones, and when he died, he looked hideous, very different from everyone else, and should be easy to find.
However, several people searched for a whole stick of incense, but they did not find the figure of the corpse chaser.
Yun Xuan frowned and said, "How can this be? Isn't the corpse chaser in this cave of ten thousand corpses at all? ”
Several people were puzzled when they suddenly heard footsteps outside the Ten Thousand Corpses Cave.
Cen Zhaohou hurriedly extinguished the fire fold in his hand, and several people hid in the secret place of the Ten Thousand Corpses Cave.
In a few moments, the footsteps came closer.
Taking advantage of the moonlight, several people saw that the person with righteous thoughts in their mouths was the corpse chaser they had been looking for.
It's just that although the corpse chaser is moving, he doesn't look like a living person at all, he rolls the whites of his eyes, and the expression on his face is also very hideous, and he doesn't look like the normal person who eats next to them during the day.
Geya whispered, "What is he doing?" ”
I saw that after he entered the corpse cave, he stopped his mouth movements, and squatted down as if he was holding something, as if he was putting something away.
Yun Xuan said, "He's chasing corpses." ”
There was obviously nothing around the corpse chaser, but he made a gesture of chasing corpses, and it was clear that the only corpse that needed to be placed around was himself.
After a while, it seemed that the "corpse" had been placed, and the corpse chaser stopped.
Started walking outside.
A dark light flashed in Cen Zhaohou's eyes, "Let's follow him." ”
After Cen Zhaohou finished speaking, several people followed behind the corpse chaser and walked forward with him.
Unaware that someone was following him, the corpse chaser walked towards the village.
Outside the river, unlike the villagers, he crossed the river and walked into the village without the slightest hindrance.
Yun Xue and several people also hurriedly followed.
When he saw the corpse chaser enter the village, his pace gradually increased, as if he was about to do something in a hurry.
The corpse chasers walked all the way to the aunt's house, and the bodies of the densely packed villagers were still under the house, and they didn't know if it was their delusion, they only felt that these villagers seemed to be more restless than when they left.
The corpse chaser walked through the dense mass of corpses to the bottom of the house.
The villagers seemed to get even more irritable, and they kept waving their weapons in their hands.
Some of the villagers were holding guesses, some were holding axes, and some were even holding iron pots.
The younger ones also had stones in their hands.
The corpse chaser began to tremble, as if he was afraid of something.
Suddenly, the names of the villages stopped waving, as if they had suddenly become calm.