Chapter Forty-Seven: The Mountain Girl
After the voice finished learning to speak, it knocked on the lid of the "wooden coffin" again, as if it was playing with me.
It may be that adversity strikes, and I suddenly have a plan. Since I can't open the lid on it, it's better to take advantage of this prankster guy outside, even if I go out and work hard, it's better than this.
So I tapped the board three times in response, and said, "Win for opening the lid!"
There was no timely response outside, only the sound of "da-da-da" footsteps could be heard again. At this moment I was concentrating, and I felt that the footsteps were very strange, and it felt like they were jumping.
Could it be the legendary mandrill?
The mandrill here does not refer to the primates living on the African continent, but a kind of mountain spirit that has always been said in Chinese folklore, also known as mountain ghosts or one-legged ghosts. This thing was first published in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas, Scrolls of the Sea", and it is said that there is only one foot, so it can only jump around. In ancient times, there have been many legends about mandrills, and the legendary novels of the Song Dynasty, such as "Yijian Yizhi" and "Yiyuan", have recorded relevant stories, and even related poems have been handed down.
According to most of the relevant accounts, mandrills are three feet tall, able to speak the language, ugly in appearance, and legend has it that they like to wear hats and rubble. Mandrills can control the beasts in the mountains, especially tigers, and are also divided into two types, male and female, male will call themselves mountain males, and female ones will call themselves mountain aunts. They will even help you if you give them something they like.
If this guy out there is really a mandrill, then I can really hope to get it out for me.
"Dare to ask whether it is a handsome and dashing mountain prince or a mountain aunt who is shy of flowers in the closed moon, whether you can save the little brother out, the little brother will definitely be rewarded!" This person likes to be slapped on the back, and the charm of the ghost is also not running.
As soon as I finished speaking, I held my breath and listened carefully to the movement outside.
"Hehehehehehe. "There was a series of shrill laughs, the same sound as fingernails scraping a blackboard, which made the roots of my teeth itch and make my whole body uncomfortable.
"I have clothes, and my companions have all kinds of treasures, which can be offered to the immortals. I followed closely. At this time, I only have clothes on my body to take out my hands, and it is really helpless to be so flattering at this time.
As soon as the words fell, I heard the sound of the coffin lid above me writhing, and then there was a "bang", only to feel that the front of me was a little blurry, and a black lid changed from large to small.
The black cover was the coffin board, and at this time, I don't know what force it was subjected to, and it flew straight up, as if the coffin had kicked it twice.
The sudden change, coupled with the incoming light, made me a little dazed, and when I came back to my senses for a few seconds, the coffin board had already begun to fall straight down.
"Help!" I snorted, it would be too late to run at this time, and if this coffin board was smashed on my body, I would have to return to the west.
When I saw that the coffin board was about to hit me in the face, it suddenly stopped falling, and after a few shakes above the wooden coffin, it stopped.
I didn't have time to think about it, so I quickly turned over and went out first, and glanced back at the short side of the "wooden coffin", only to see a hairy-faced little monster less than a meter tall also staring at me.
The monster had no neck, and its round head had a lot of black hair, which looked quite stiff. The face is somewhat similar to that of a human, with two eyes, a nose and a mouth. The structure under the head is more simple and crude, that is, a cylinder, connected with two thick arms, at this time it is raised above the head, pinching the coffin board, the bottom of the bead has several claws, at this time it is laboring to clasp the floor, thinking that it should be its feet.
I didn't even think about it, I twisted my buttocks with my feet, and I turned around and knelt on my knees to give a big salute.
"Thank you to the Immortals for the rescue. "As the saying goes, those who know the times are the best. Judging by how it looks, this monster must be 90 percent mandrill. Mandrills can even be cured of tigers, and if you want to kill me, it's like playing, just holding the coffin board with this hand, it's no longer a human being. There is no malice at this time, and I must not be able to kill myself.
With a "bang", the mandrill threw down the coffin board and jumped a step towards me, and the two big eyes blinked flickering, and he actually said, "Rouge bring it." ”
My mother didn't run away, I panicked, if I wanted the clothes to be fine, if I wanted rouge, where would I change, if I couldn't give it, it would be anxious, and then I would be eaten alive.
"Mountain girl, don't worry, I don't have rouge at this time, but I can give you these clothes, if you can help me out, and then find other companions, I will ask them to take rouge and jewelry for you." "My voice trembled unconsciously, not because I was afraid of mandrills, but because I was overwhelmed by the urging of one stubble after another.
"Bring it. A sharp voice came, and the mandrill didn't seem to be a bad talker.
I quickly took off my jacket and handed it over. The mandrill took it, feeling very excited, and fiddled with it on its body, jumping up and down, the scene was a little funny, but I didn't dare to laugh, so I could only stand in place and continue to observe the surrounding situation.
At this moment, I seem to be in a dungeon, and at a cursory glance, the area of this dungeon is not small, almost the size of a football field, and the height of the ground from the top is not low. There are candles lit all over the dungeon, and the visibility is good, but the edges and the top are not clear. But for some reason, the large number of light sources did not make me feel bright and transparent, but rather gloomy.
There is no doubt that the place where I was trapped just now was a wooden coffin, but the size of this coffin was unusual, and it was obviously a large circle. There are other coffins scattered throughout the underground palace, and there are dozens of them, all of which are standing upright in all directions at this time. It feels like some kind of strange formation, but I'm in it at the moment, and I can't see my true face, so I can't see the doorway inside for a while.
The mandrill jumped twice, as if tired of playing, came back to me, took off his clothes, opened his mouth and said, "It's not good-looking, it's not easy to wear." ”
This guy is quite picky, I hurriedly clenched my fists and arched my hand: "Mountain girl, if you are not satisfied with this dress, wait for you to help me go out and find a companion, there are other things I can pick for you." ”
The mandrill rolled its eyes and let out a giggle that sounded eerie and made me nervous.
It took another step forward, looked up at me, and said in a strange tone. "In the underground palace, the living can't get out, and the dead can't go. ”