Chapter 10 Touching the Sigil of the Golden Captain
"Ahh Yes! ”
Qi Lu and Shu Yao screamed in unison, and with their exclamations, everything in the room returned to normal, and those weird butterflies all disappeared.
"What's wrong with you?" Lao Wu and Ding Xiaolan, who didn't know the truth, asked at the same time.
"I seem to have hallucinated just now." An irrepressible fear gripped Shu Yao's heart.
Ding Xiaolan turned around and asked Qi Lu: "Then what's the matter with you, are you also hallucinating?" ”
Qi Lu didn't say anything, he sat back in his chair in a daze, and the strange butterfly shadow lingered in his mind, bringing his thoughts back to a long, long time ago.
Seeing that Qi Lu didn't answer, Ding Xiaolan still wanted to ask reluctantly, but heard Shu Jiao hesitate and say, "A few days ago, I did encounter a strange thing, I don't know if it is a supernatural event. ”
"What's the matter, can Xiao Shu tell me?" Hearing this, Qi Lu was suddenly stunned, and his thoughts returned to reality.
After Shu Yao took a teacup and poured himself full of tea, he took a sip silently before he spoke: "Last Saturday, I, Zhao Gang and Wei Hua went to Liuxian Cave to play privately."
"Liuxian Cave!" Qi Lu and Lao Wu couldn't help but scream.
A few months ago, they accompanied Professor Jiang Wenhao to investigate the supernatural events of the ancient tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the last place they arrived through the secret passage was Liuxian Cave. At that time, they had seen a lot of supernatural events in the cave, and even the undeserved rays and sharks in the world appeared in front of them.
Qi Lu hurriedly asked, "Xiao Shu, why do you want to go to that place to play?" ”
"We saw news reports that a huge cave had been found in this cave, which was very beautiful, and the government was going to develop it into a tourist area. We were immediately interested, and we wanted to go inside the cave for a fee. ”
Could it be that Hong Yi is here to make trouble again? Thinking of this, Qi Lu's heart couldn't help but sink, and he hurriedly asked, "What strange things did you encounter in the cave?" ”
"We found four skeletons under a tall stalactite column in the cave."
"Skeletons?" Qi Lu was stunned again when he heard this, remembered what happened in the cave that day, and immediately understood that the skeletons that Shu Yao and the three of them saw were several tomb robbers who sneaked into the ancient tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty to steal cultural relics.
Lao Wu also remembered this, he frowned and said, "Miss Shu, are you sure you saw a few skeletons?" ”
"Yes." Shu Yao nodded in response.
Lao Wu glanced at Qi Lu and didn't ask again. But Qi Lu understood what he meant, the archaeological team led by the professor had already investigated the cave, even if the archaeological team did not hand them over to the museum as cultural relics, they should have found a place to bury them, how could Shu Jiao still see these skeletons.
Qi Lu paused and said to Lao Wu, "You can call Professor Jiang and ask about the situation." ”
"Okay." Lao Wu took out his mobile phone and walked out the door to make a call. After a while, he went back to the house and whispered to Qi Lu: "The professor said that he presided over the investigation of the cave after he was discharged from the hospital, and other cultural relics were found, but he couldn't find the four skeletons. ”
Presumably, the professor thought that the skeletons had been transferred by Hong Yi and made into dolls, and later in the fierce battle to rescue Ding Xiaolan, they had been destroyed by himself and Lao Wu, so the professor didn't take the loss of the skeleton to heart.
This cave, hidden deep underground, does not see sunlight all year round, and is naturally a place where yin objects like to focus. Then these skeletons of the previous dynasty died unexpectedly, and their souls could not be detached, and they lingered in the cave for thousands of years and finally turned into ghosts, which must be a very likely thing.
Qi Lu pondered and began to believe what Shu Yao said, and he asked again, "Are those skeleton souls harassing you in the cave?" ”
"Not really." Shu said: "It's just that I dropped my iPhone in a hole while playing." After speaking, she took out the mobile phone she was using now, which was the domestic mobile phone she had just bought.
Qi Lu couldn't help laughing, he thought that Shu Yao would tell him a bizarre encounter, but he didn't expect it to be this bad thing.
Just when Qi Lu was disappointed, thinking that he would not get more useful clues from Shu Yao's mouth, Shu Yao's next words surprised him.
"But I didn't suffer a loss, because Wei Hua found a treasure in a skeleton's tattered clothes, and he gave it to me, and I still earned it."
Qi Lu hurriedly asked, "What is it?" ”
"A brass seal."
"Can you show me the bronze seal?"
Shu Yao walked into the bedroom and took out a small cloth bag from the drawer in front of the desk, then came out and handed it to Qi Lu.
Qi Lu untied the red rope tied on the cloth bag, and saw a turtle button square seal full of patina. There were a few words engraved on the back of the seal that could still be vaguely recognized, and Qi Lu felt as if he had seen these ancient characters somewhere.
In the end, Qi Lu recognized these eight words, and he handed over the bronze seal to Lao Wu with a solemn expression.
"Heavenly officials bless, there are no taboos!" When Lao Wu read these words, he couldn't help but change his face greatly, and muttered in his mouth: "This is another talisman that touches the golden captain!" ”
"It's not surprising that the people who dare to enter Hongyi's shelter to rob the tomb are naturally not idle people, and most of them are also masters who want money rather than life." Qi Lu smiled slightly, and many of the questions that had been hovering in his heart before were gradually disappearing at this moment.
Shu Yao asked, "Have you ever seen the same seal?" ”
"Not bad." Qi Lu nodded and said, "It's not a secret, we found these skeletons long before you, and at that time, we also found a copper seal similar to your sigil on one of the skeletons. It's just that at the time, we were too busy tracking down other things to carefully examine the relics of the other skeletons. ”
"Can you tell me the origin of this bronze seal, and if it is valuable?" Shu Yao didn't realize the risk that this special talisman for the golden captain brought her.
"I'll answer your question later, but it's more important for you to tell me anything unusual since you got this sigil?"
"Something unusual, it doesn't seem to be." Shu Yao hesitated for a moment, as if she remembered something again, and she continued: "It's just that when I went home to sleep that day, I had a little strange dream, I don't know if this counts?" ”
It could be seen that Shu Yao didn't take this dream seriously, but Qi Lu looked nervous, and he instinctively felt that maybe this dream was the key to solving all his doubts.
"Do you remember the contents of the dream?"
"Yes." Shu Yao said: "I dreamed that a man in ancient clothes was wandering outside my door but did not dare to come in. I was surprised, so I asked him what was going on with me, and he said that he was a general under the command of Huyu, the king of Sanyang, and that I had come to claim the lost property because I had taken his official seal and made his soul restless. ”
"Then did you promise to return him in your dream?"
"Of course not, I can't just listen to this guy and give him something."
"What happened then, was he angry?"
"Yes, but I didn't hand over the bronze seal, and he didn't dare to force his way into the house, and finally he had no choice but to leave. Before leaving, he threatened me that he would come and eat me tomorrow night. ”
Qi Lu chuckled and said, "He didn't appear in your dream the next day, and you haven't seen this ancient man until now." Naturally, I didn't take this dream to heart, and thought it was a strange dream that I had unconsciously, right? ”
"Yes, Mr. Qi. Dreams are fake, and no one takes them for real. ”
"Xiao Shu, you are wrong, maybe other dreams can be laughed at, but this dream is true."
Shu Yao was stunned for a moment and asked, "What does Mr. Qi mean?"
"This seal is a smug that tomb robbers carry with them when they rob the tomb, and it focuses on countless evil spirits, plus its owner died unnaturally, and the resentment generated before death is focused on the seal, so this sigil has become a harmful evil thing."
"Mr. Qi isn't joking, is he?" Shu Miao didn't believe what Qi Lu said.
"Xiao Shu, I can prove right away that what I said is not the truth." Qi Lu turned his head to Lao Wu and said, "Please prove it." ”
Since Qi Lu was drained of his true qi by the Demon Kui, his mana has been greatly reduced, and now he can no longer cast spells as he wants, so he has to turn to Lao Wu for help.
"Miss Shu, you have to keep your eyes open." Lao Wu laid the talisman flat on the coffee table, then stretched out his index finger to his lips and gently recited the incantation. Shu Yao looked at him nervously, his eyes revealing uneasiness.
After reciting the incantation, Lao Wu moved his finger to the sigil and shouted: "The unjust ghost is not going to appear soon!" ”
In an instant, a wisp of blood light faintly appeared on the seal's body, and the blood light slowly expanded, covering the entire rune, and at the same time, a man's sigh was heard.
Just when Shu Yao was frightened, a male voice suddenly sounded in the room: "If you don't return my things, you won't have to die!" ”
"That's the voice, he's the man I saw in my dreams!" Shu Yao screamed, his body trembling. If Ding Xiaolan hadn't helped her in time, I was afraid that she would collapse on the ground on the spot.
"What a bold man, a little ghost dares to be arrogant in front of me!" Lao Wu took out a spirit talisman from his bosom and pasted it on the body of the seal, and the copper seal immediately returned to its true color.
Lao Wu calmly asked Shu Yao: "Miss Shu, you should believe our words now, right?" ”
"I believe it, I believe it!" Shu Yao nodded frequently, her voice still trembling.
"There is a resentful ghost in this sigil, and I must purify it with mana. Otherwise, it's dangerous for you to carry it. ”
"Then please chase this ghost away for me!"
"Miss Shu, don't be nervous, I have already used the talisman to imprison the ghost's actions, and he can't come out to harm people for the time being."
"You take care of the sigil first, don't open this sigil, otherwise you will bear the consequences."
"Good, good!" Shu Miao hurriedly agreed.
"I will pick an auspicious day to come to your house to set up an altar to eliminate this evil ghost. However, at that time, the sigil will corrode into useless scrap copper due to the elimination of anger, do you mind? ”
"Won't I be able to make any money? Yes...... No, no, whatever you do, I don't want my soul to haunt me. Shu Yao's body trembled again.
Qi Lu sighed: "I only know now the reason why Wei Donglin's house is haunted. ”
Ding Xiaolan said: "Could it be that these skeletons are doing tricks? ”
"Yes, no wonder Wei Donglin couldn't find the hiding place of the ghosts in the mass grave, it turned out that their habitat was that cave! This ghost is so cunning that he deliberately burrows into the orphaned grave to confuse us. ”
Qi Lu paused for a moment and said: "The three people who really came into contact with the evil ghosts were Zhao Gang, Wei Hua and Xiao Shu. Zhao Gang was bewitched by this evil ghost, so he committed suicide by jumping into the river. ”
Shu Yao asked in surprise: "Ah! Mr. Qi, what you said is true? ”
"Not only that, but this demon wants to take your lives." Qi Lu smiled and comforted Shu Yao: "Fortunately, we found out early, please rest assured, with me, I will never let the unjust soul come to disturb you again, of course, including Wei Hua's family." ”
"Wei Hua doesn't know about this yet!" Shu Yao couldn't help but worry about him, took out his mobile phone and called him again, but the busy sound from the other end of the phone still couldn't be connected.
"Where the hell did he go?" Shu Miao was in a hurry.
"The signal is not working, and there are few places in the city where you can't make and receive calls!" Ding Xiaolan also felt very strange.
"I probably know where Xiaowei went"
Qi Lu just wanted to say the answer, but Lao Wu had already answered for him, "He went to Liuxian Cave." ”
"Yes!" Shu Jiao screamed: "When we went to pay homage to Zhao Gang this morning, he said that he wanted to help me find the iPhone lost in the cave. I thought he was joking."
"Alas, he dares to do this kind of thing, Xiaowei is not ordinarily good to you." Qi Lu glanced at Shu Yao meaningfully, and then got up to say goodbye.
Now that he knows Wei Hua's whereabouts, there is no need for him to chat with Shu Yao here. If you delay a little longer, Weihua will be more dangerous.