Chapter 49: The Hanging Corpse
Zhu Sunling continued to look at the book in front of her...... Notes written by tomb robbers.
"Ghost Blowing the Lamp" tells the story of Captain Jin, but in fact, there are many fictional contents. At least, using the hooves of a black donkey to restrain zongzi (a kind of hidden word for ghosts in "Ghost Blowing the Lamp") seems to be completely apocryphal. The location of Yinmen Village is located at the junction of Hunan and Hubei provinces, and from the perspective of feng shui, it is quite suitable for tombs. According to the research of the notes, it is believed that there is a burial place in the late Qing Dynasty here.
The tombs of any feudal dynasty in China are afraid of being robbed by tomb robbers, so various anti-theft methods emerge in the tombs, and it is no wonder that tomb robberies like "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" can be so popular.
"The people of this village covet the treasures in the tombs of the late Qing Dynasty, so they choose to rob the tombs."
It is not difficult for Zhu Sunling to understand this, this village is located in the middle of a remote area, in the midst of poor mountains and bad waters, there is no water or electricity, and it is difficult for the villagers to make a living by farming, and young people can also choose to go to the city to work, but it is understandable that an elderly person like the village chief has the evil idea of robbing tombs in order to get rid of poverty.
How he got his hands on this tomb robbery notebook is unknown. But what is certain is that he did what the notes were in!
"We, what should we do?"
Mi Ruiyi is still as unassertive as ever, and even the more decisive Choi Myung-hyuk has difficulty making up his mind to go to the tomb. If the village chief and others go there because of tomb robbing, then ...... If they go again, will they be looking for death?
"If we don't go, we'll all die."
But Zhu Sunling did not hesitate for too long on this point.
Her top priority is not to survive in the exam scenario, but to complete the exam paper. She has every reason to be sure that the key to the answers to many unfinished questions in the exam paper lies in the secret tomb of the late Qing Dynasty.
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Dark, deep cavern depths.
Quiescence......
Deathly silence.
Gao Ying first tied the rope to his body, and then several candidates grabbed the rope above and slowly entered the tomb. He has been nearly 100 meters below and has finally ...... His feet hit the ground.
He held up the candlestick in his hand and brought a spare match with him. Before, he was worried that he didn't know if the sound of striking a match was too loud, but he didn't expect Jiao Chaoming to boldly pick up a match and draw a fire, and some of his style couldn't help but remind Gao Ying of that headless female ghost. Is he bold and nervous, or is he really not afraid of death?
Immediately followed, it was Ji Yixuan. At present, not all candidates dare to come in, after all, there is a tomb below! So in the end, it was decided that Gao Ying, Ji Yixuan, and Jiao Chaoming would go to the tomb, and Shen Junhao, Cheng Ge, and Lin Jia would stay on it. Gao Ying speculated that Shen Junhao probably planned to wait for Gao Ying to come up, and once the skeleton closed its eyes, he could copy the answer.
Gao Ying, who was holding the candlestick, was responsible for walking in front, while Ji Yixuan and Jiao Chaoming were carrying a spare candlestick.
Ji Yixuan is different from Gao Ying, he has watched "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". The phrase "people light candles, ghosts blow out lamps", he remembers it clearly. Now, he was paying attention to the flickering light of the candlestick in Gao Ying's hand, and he was worried that the candle would go out. If the candle is extinguished, then it will be a rather terrifying thing in this underground where there is no light.
To be honest, if you look closely at those tomb robbers, you will know that you need to be well prepared to go to the tomb. They went to the grave in such a hurry, really looking for death. But...... There is no way, they have no choice, and there is still too much content in the exam paper that has not been made. Gao Ying carefully checked the exam papers that had not been made, and was sure that there were still many exam questions that needed to be made in the underground tomb below! This is where they find the truth. Why the villagers are ...... You will be cursed to be quiet all the time, why the deserted village has become a dead world.
This tomb is so eerily quiet that even if you don't deliberately hold your breath, you can't hear anything. The Dead Tomb**, guided by candlelight, has several different underground forks.
In the multiple-choice questions of the exam paper, there is a question that reads: "When candidates have different forks in the road in front of them in a dark place where there is no daylight, which one should they choose?" The four options given can eliminate a lot of fork directions.
But even though the exam paper cleared out some of the forks in the road for them, they still didn't know which fork in the road to take.
It's a headache.
Gao Ying looked at the different forks, but he slowly walked to the front of each of the underground forks mentioned in the multiple-choice question, illuminating the ground with candlesticks.
Then he saw in front of one of the forks in the road, and there was a cloth shoe not far ahead!
Gao Ying immediately walked up!
That cloth shoe, obviously, is not a product of antiquity. And the shoes, although they look old, are never antiques.
These are the villagers' shoes!
"It's here!"
The four forks correspond to different directions in the southeast, northwest, and northwest, and although this is already underground, Gao Ying remembers the direction of the rising sun very clearly. He quickly filled in the answers to the multiple-choice questions on the exam paper with ease.
At this time, Ji Yixuan and Jiao Chaoming also walked up. Looking at the shoes in front of the fork in the road, they also understood and borrowed the candlestick from Gao Ying to complete the answer to the exam paper.
This means that the ...... lies ahead their destination.
His next decision was to mark the path ahead. Otherwise, it would be unimaginable to get lost in this underground tomb. They had to go back here, and then let Shen Junhao and them pull themselves and the others up. With Shen Junhao, a candidate who survived the last monthly exam, on it, Gao Ying can also rest assured.
Then, Gao Ying came to the wall and picked up the pen to make a mark......
But he saw that there was already a word written on the wall.
"Ming"!
This is obviously a recent word.
Bright...... What do you mean?
Could it be that this is a Ming Dynasty mausoleum? No...... Probably not so......
But at this time, Gao Ying suddenly found that the handwriting of this word was very familiar!
(Yes!) It's the same words on that piece of paper! )
At this time, Ji Yixuan and Shen Junhao also walked up, and when they saw the word "Ming", they were also a little surprised.
"Could it be that the villagers wrote it?" This was Ji Yixuan's first reaction.
However, Gao Ying shook his head.
"It's her...... The girl who wrote the note. ”
Female candidates from the K examination room!
That female examinee has also been here!
Gao Ying held up the candlestick to illuminate the front, and the fork was only wide enough for two people to walk side by side, and the height was less than two meters. I don't know what lies ahead.
"We ...... Let's go! ”
Gao Ying said this sentence so softly that he could hardly even hear it.
So, the three of them began to move forward slowly, and due to the weak candle flame, Ji Yixuan and Shen Junhao were almost next to Gao Ying's body. Here, they felt even more oppressive and terrifying than in that deserted village.
Outcome...... After walking for about five minutes, the fork in the road still did not come to an end.
As he moved forward a little bit, Gao Ying's hand holding the candlestick also began to tremble.
Suddenly!
In front of the candlelight, two black shadows appeared in the air!
Seeing this scene, Gao Ying was horrified, and almost all of them subconsciously took a few steps back!
But at this time, Gao Ying suddenly remembered an exam question in the exam paper!
Two...... Shadow?
He looked at the black shadow hanging in the air, and boldly continued a few steps forward.
In front of the candlelight, he suddenly saw that the two black shadows hanging in the air were two bodies that were hung high, wearing Qing Dynasty official uniforms that were very common in Qing court dramas...... Rotting corpses!
Gao Ying swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he remembered the question in the exam paper, "If you see two hanging corpses, then what do the corpses look like?" ”
It's a multiple-choice question!
Gao Ying remembers the options for each question very clearly, option A is that the corpse is facing each other, option B is that the corpse is in the opposite direction, and option C is the same as in front of him, which is two corpses facing forward at the same time.
As for option D......
Gao Ying gritted his teeth and said, "Let's continue...... Advance! ”
Ji Yixuan and Jiao Chaoming also thought of that multiple-choice question. Thereupon...... They understood Gao Ying's intentions.
Thereupon...... The three of them walked at the same time, walking towards the two hanging corpses......