It suddenly occurred to me that Qiu Yan said so much, but she didn't get to the point, she didn't say what happened to Peng Yonglie and Peng Da Worm Keyi, and she didn't mention the matter of the tiger bone spearhead.

So I asked:

"Did the inscription mention anything about Peng Da Worm's suitability?"

Qiu Yan shook her head and said dejectedly:

"No, I've seen all the stone slabs, and they are all about the sacrificial places recorded in the tone of the Han Emperor, and I didn't mention Peng Yonglie and Peng Da Worm Keyi in the back, and the things I just said about Peng Yonglie are just my speculation."

Well, after tossing around, I returned to the original point, and I dared to love my tired and tired work, but in the end it was still empty.

"By the way, does it say who is presiding over the ceremony? Since Peng Yonglie can find Tima to hold the ceremony, then Chen Youliang should also have a Tima too! I asked.

"I remember mentioning a person named Huang Zongman above, I don't know if it's Tima or not, but it seems to mean that he helped the protagonist of the inscription complete the ritual."

Huang Zongman? Another person surnamed Huang, shouldn't this Tima in Xiangxi all be surnamed Peng?

These intricate relationships between the characters really make me head two big, and I don't even know what to say in the next sentence.

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the ward began to become depressing, and Qiu Yan and I had our own thoughts, and we fell silent for a while.

After a while, I found Qiu Yan with her head down and sighing, so I comforted:

"Don't be discouraged, we have at least confirmed that Peng Yonglie's ritual exists, that is to say, Peng Da Worm Keyi did not kill Peng Yonglie just because he wanted to usurp the throne, when I am injured, let's go to Xiangxi to investigate, I don't believe it, a dignified Liangjiangkou Tusi will not even have a grave."

Qiu Yan stood up, looked out the window with her hands folded, and said:

"Even if we investigate, we have to have a source, we don't have any clues now, how can we investigate?"

I thought about it for a moment, and then said:

"If Peng Yonglie's reincarnation ceremony is really an evil ritual, then Peng Da Worm Keyi is obviously wronged, like this kind of thing, it is impossible for the folk to have no legends, in this way, let's not care about the causes and consequences, let's start with Peng Da Worm Keyi's death, let's first go to the prison where the big worm Keyi squatted back then, and see who touched his corpse back then."

Qiu Yan turned back to me and smiled gratefully:

"He Zimu, can you find a breakthrough when everything comes to an end?"

I also smiled back at Qiu Yan and replied:

"As the saying goes, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, and when I was in the army, my buddies practiced to survive in a desperate situation, so, believe me, that's right!"

Qiu Yan laughed and said:

"Good! Listen to you! ”

......

More than a month later, my injuries had fully recovered, and I found Qiu Yan to discuss with her about entering Xiangxi again.

Qiu Yan didn't say a word, first threw me a backpack, I opened it and looked at it, it was full of my things, codex, tortoise shell, and the metal pen found in Pujiling, the cinnabar box, and the firewood knife that was still cold.

After that, Qiu Yan handed me the mask she had found in the coffin in Pujiling.

I was stunned for a moment and asked:

"You found it, what are you doing for me?"

Qiu Yan smiled:

"What I found, what did you find? This thing is useless to me, but if you hold it, it may be useful, so I'll give it to you! ”

"What's the use of me holding it?" I took the mask, looked at the somewhat terrifying and strange human face on it, and asked.

"These things are all used by Tujia Tima, you are a corpse chaser, you have to figure out what is the use."

I was noncommittal, and when I saw Qiu Yan's insistence, I put the mask in my backpack.

"Let's talk about it, I'm healed now, when are we leaving?" After putting away the backpack, I asked Qiu Yan.

Qiu Yan seemed to hesitate, and after pacing back and forth in the room for a few steps, she said solemnly:

"He Zimu, are you sure you want to continue? You almost died last time, and I don't know what could be more dangerous after that! ”

I smiled and replied:

"Well, since you've said that, I'll confess to you.

That's right, Qiu Yan, I want to earn your salary, my family doesn't have much money, and the ranger's more than 1,000 yuan is just enough for me to eat and drink, but that's not all the reason why I'm willing to work hard with you.

Since the Tusi Tomb in Wushan came out, I have wanted to find out the origin of my family, I want to know who my ancestors are, and what is the origin of my codex.

And, most importantly, most importantly, where else in the world could there be more exciting and fun? ”

Qiu Yan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and finally laughed out loud:

"Fun? He Zimu, do you think this is fun? ”

Seeing that the matter had been explained, I no longer had any scruples, so I said my actual thoughts in one go:

"Don't laugh yet, I'm not kidding.

I'm the kind of person who can't stand the 9-to-5 life, after I came out of the army, I can't stick to any job, I think that kind of life is a complete waste of life.

Later, I went to work as a forest ranger, and to be honest, I liked that job a lot, it was unconstrained and free, but the skills I learned from the reconnaissance company were only used to hunt rabbits and pheasants, don't you think it's a bit overkill?

In fact, after you and Xiang Wei left Lin Feng Farm, I looked forward to you calling me every day, because I think this kind of adventurous life is what I really like, you see, follow you without worrying about food and clothing, and fight a zombie beast from time to time, isn't this the dream of almost all men when they are children?

So, you don't have to worry about me, just pack your bags and go! ”

After listening to this, Qiu Yan was full of smiles, she looked at me as if she had just met me, and then said:

"He Zimu, I can't see it, you still have a lot of ideas, so you are willing to accompany me to the end?"

I immediately replied solemnly:

"Yes!"

At this time, Qiu Yan changed her face again and asked thoughtfully:

"And what if the zombie beasts are all gone? What will you do then? ”

I smiled and said:

"I've thought about this for a long time, after fighting the zombie beasts, I'll stay at home honestly, and then write our things into a novel, I've thought of the name, it's called the Secret History of the Tujia!"

"Hahahaha, writing a novel? He Zimu, do you know how to write articles? ”

"What's so difficult about that, don't underestimate me, I think when I was studying, the essays written by my buddies were often used as model essays by teachers!"

Qiu Yan paused at this time, and then said:

"Okay, don't listen to your bragging, since you say so, then I'm welcome, let's pack up and set off in the next few days!"

"Okay!"

......

Three days later, I, Qiu Yan, Long Quan and Erwa drove on the highway to Xiangxi.

The personnel arrangement was jointly drawn up by me and Qiu Yan, Qiu Yan insisted that she would never rush into danger when she returned to Xiangxi, so she didn't bring too many people, she didn't even plan to bring Long Quan, but then I repeatedly asked for it, and Qiu Yan agreed to take Long Quan.

The reason why I insisted on taking Long Quan with me was to keep him by my side, so that I could observe what he came from, and again, Long Quan was so good that he could help a lot, so he didn't have to use it in vain.

The destination of our trip is Baojing County, I have calculated with Qiu Yan, Peng Da Worm Keyi was finally arrested, most of them were locked up in the prison of Baojing Division, if we want to find the grave of Big Worm Keyi, we must start from scratch.

Before going to Baojing, we sent the second baby back.

Meet the old man Peng again, the atmosphere seems so cordial, the old man Peng said that he has thought about it, now that he has money in hand, he will not take the second baby to suffer in the mountains, he said that he has visited the house in the county, and it will not be long before he will move down with the second baby, and then let the second baby go to school for two days, find a good job in the future, and find a good daughter-in-law, he will be satisfied in this life.

Qiu Yan patted Erwa's head and said that she would let Erwa go to study first, and there was no need for Old Man Peng to worry about work.

When I left, the second baby didn't let me go with tears and snot, and I said that I would come to see him again when I came back from Baojing, and he reluctantly let go of his hand.

After tossing and turning on the road for a few hours, when we arrived at Baojing County, it was already late at night.

Due to its historical status, Baojing County is also a famous tourist county in the local area, and as soon as we enter the hotel, we see posters and brochures of various tourist attractions.

I was bored for a moment, so I grabbed a copy.

When I got back to my room, I lay down on my bed and looked through it.

I didn't know if I didn't flip, I was startled, I didn't expect a county town, there are more than sixty or seventy scenic spots, the most famous, is what Han Dynasty bronze smelting, Spring and Autumn Warring States ancient tombs, of course, there are primeval forests and the like.

Suddenly, I saw a few eye-catching words on one page of the manual: Youshuiyan Tomb Group, which immediately caught my attention.

"There are more than 20 rock tombs of indigenous ancestors on the cliff near the river. Some are natural karst caves, and some are artificially excavated; Some are more than two meters square, some are too small to accommodate themselves, some are decorated with patterns, and some are rough and simple. The sheer number and scale of these are rare. This is what the manual says.

In addition, there are a few pictures in the manual, and I looked at them and found that they were very similar to the hanging coffins we saw in the canyon, except that there were sarcophagi in the canyon, and here are just some caves.

It seems that people at that time were in vogue for this form of tomb, and maybe the big insect Keyi was buried in this cave in the end.

With this discovery, I immediately found Qiu Yan and showed her the contents of the manual.

After Qiu Yan finished reading, she asked:

"Do you think the big insect is in these rock tombs too?"

I nodded and replied:

"That's right, you think, the hanging coffins we found before happened to be near the sacrificial place, and the people buried in those hanging coffins seem to be people with status, so I think, Peng Da Worm Keyi is also a toast, and the person who collected his body must have respected him very much, so this person or these people are likely to bury him in such a high-standard form."

Qiu Yan clasped her hands, walked a few steps in front of my eyes, and then said:

"What you say makes sense, but we can't be sure that he happened to be in this rock tomb group, you think, at that time, the big worm Keyi was still in the prison, he died in the prison, that is to say, when the big worm Keyi died, the people in power still couldn't get along with him, so will this person in power allow the big worm Keyi to be buried in this high-standard form?

Besides, what if the person who buried the big worm took him away? There are so many hanging coffin rock tombs in the entire Xiangxi, it is possible for him to take it anywhere, maybe it will be in the hanging coffin in the canyon! ”

I pulled Qiu Yan over, sat her down, and said:

"Don't worry so much, we're in Baojing County now, we're here to investigate, so, no matter what, let's go and have a look first."