Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Coffin of Nine Holes
I and (Lin Zongran) while watching a few old men busy, those old men moved very fast, looking at the threads on the ancient coffin frozen there, and soon recorded the shapes and text patterns on it, the sun gradually fell into the sky in the busy work of everyone, the dim platform was almost invisible, (Lin Zongran) looked at the surrounding environment and decisively let the soldiers light the torches.
After thousands of soldiers lit the torches, the old soldiers also finished studying, and a few people gathered around to discuss, then walked up to me and (Lin Zongran), handed the notebook in their hands to (Lin Zongran), (Lin Zongran) handed it to me without looking, and several old soldiers looked at me strangely and did not speak.
I took the book and looked at it under the eyes of everyone, only to see that there were a lot of strange patterns and shapes drawn on it, some of which I could understand and some that I couldn't understand, in addition to those patterns, there were some inscriptions and hieroglyphs, I didn't have much research on ancient culture and history at that time, and I knew how to solve it.
After looking at it for a while, I handed the notebook back to (Lin Zongran) and shook my head: "The things recorded above are too profound, and I don't know how to solve them." After speaking, he looked at a few old soldiers, (Lin Zongran) saw that I didn't know what was going on, and he also looked at the old soldiers.
A few old soldiers, you look at me, I look at you, and you see one of them and say: "There are nine palaces, gossip, and pictogram codes, text codes, several complex ancient literature mixed together, and we can't solve them." After saying that, a few old soldiers gathered around again, bowed their heads and studied their share, depending on the blame that was not afraid of (Lin Zongran).
But (Lin Zongran) didn't dare to do anything to them, the only few code-breaking experts in the army, or a group of old men who simply relied on the old and sold the old, obviously (Lin Zongran) was also used to it, and when he saw a few old soldiers say this, he pulled me aside: "You kid is honest, are you sure to open the coffin, you really don't understand anything?" ”
(Lin Zongran) obviously doubted me when he said this, but it was true that I knew a little bit, but I didn't dare to tell him before I was sure, and after glancing at him, he said: "You are an almighty immortal, you know everything, and those old experts of yours don't understand, and I don't know." ”
After listening to my words, (Lin Zongran) was puzzled and said, "You didn't lie to me.. ..”
I didn't give (Lin Zongran) a second chance to ask and walked forward, and a few old soldiers studied around the book, (Lin Zongran) saw this and had to give up and walk back to the edge of the platform to rest, I looked back at the helplessness in my heart, and at the same time felt sad for this group of soldiers, I really don't know what to say when I meet such a commander.
When we were studying the things in the book, the time had unconsciously arrived at night, the cold mountain wind blew from time to time, it was already autumn weather, and the mountain breeze at night was not generally cold, I suddenly shivered, wrapped in the clothes on my body, looked around, and found that there were only a few of us left in the center of the platform
Originally, the soldiers who surrounded us on the inner and outer three floors for a long time, saw that we had not made any progress and lost interest, and now they all returned to the tent to rest, only a few legions in the distance and (Lin Zongran) drank there, and looked at us from time to time.
I saw that there were large and small tents around the platform, and we were in the middle, and I felt a little more at ease, thinking that even if something suddenly came out, I could call someone in time, but although I thought so, I still vaguely felt that something was wrong there, I took a deep breath and shook my head, and continued to study with a few old soldiers.
I looked at the patterns and words on the notebook, while looking up at the ancient coffin of the circle of threaded passwords, the moonlight has risen very high, the cold moonlight shines on the coffin, I suddenly found something different, I looked carefully for a while, only to be sure that it was indeed not me who was wrong, there were indeed small holes on the coffin that were almost invisible to the naked eye, and they were regularly arranged on the top of the coffin lid.
The abdomen of the coffin is a circle of threaded passwords like a key locking the coffin, I carefully looked at the small silver holes on the coffin and thought: why does the coffin suddenly appear such a small hole, so many people did not find it during the day, this is wrong... The more I thought about it, the more I felt that something was wrong, and immediately called a few old soldiers to tell them about the small hole in the coffin.
Sure enough, they were also shocked, only to see the oldest soldier among them say, "What is this hole for, I don't think I know how many people I am doing!" After speaking, he looked at me with his old but sharp eyes.
I was wondering how this strange hole was so familiar, when I was suddenly uncomfortable when he stepped on it like this, and I thought back to the old man's words: he couldn't have hinted at me anything, although I knew a little bit of it, but I really didn't know what was going on.
As soon as I thought about it, I said, "Don't look at me, I don't know, you better don't sell it." After saying that, I was not the only one who looked at him, and everyone present looked at the old soldier who had just spoken.
The old soldier looked at me and frowned slightly, and he didn't see him interrogating me but said, "I have only seen this small hole in one place, that is, in an ancient tomb in Sichuan, but there is not a hole in the coffin, but on the top of the tomb, on the top of the sealed soil." ”
I listened to the old man's words and asked, "What do you mean by that?" Is there a relationship between the two? ”
The old man was not angry when he heard my rude interrogation, and continued: "I don't understand whether the two have anything to do with it, but I heard from the people there that whether it is an ancient tomb or a coffin with small holes, it must be used to suppress corpses. ”
"What... Suppress the corpse..."Grandpa's words were just halfway through, when he heard Zhou Fan exclaim, everyone in the room was frightened by his shout, and couldn't help but look at him suspiciously.
Zhou Fan saw that everyone was looking at him, smiled embarrassedly and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't hold back for a while, grandpa, you continue." ”
Tianyou and the others almost didn't want to strangle this guy, but when they heard that their grandfather was talking about the key point, they ignored Zhou Fan, and quietly waited for their grandfather's next words: "I heard the old soldier talk about the corpse, and I couldn't help but feel a pimple in my heart, and I didn't think about yelling at (Lin Zongran) from afar, (Lin Zongran) saw me calling him and immediately ran over. ”
I looked at the strange coffin and didn't interest in laughing at him when he arrived: "Are you sure you want to open this coffin?" There may be a powerful zongzi in it, this is the last time I ask you, if you really plan to open the coffin, then be ready to do it. ”
(Lin Zongran) was originally drunk, but when he heard my words, he immediately felt energetic, straightened his chest and said: "It must be opened, Lao Tzu Japanese devils have beaten it, and I am afraid that it will be a zongzi." After saying that, he hugged me with a smile and said, "I knew that you kid must have a way to open this coffin." ”
I slapped his paw off and said, "I don't dare to guarantee if the method will work, but after listening to Elder Fang's words, I plan to give it a try, it must be a zongzi in it, and it is better for us to take the opportunity to get rid of it than when it will break the coffin and harm people." ”
(Lin Zongran) suddenly realized after hearing this: "So that's the case, isn't it just a zongzi, Lao Tzu should remove this scourge for the heavens." ”
The old soldiers in front of me were confused, and they didn't know how I should open the coffin, so they asked: "How do you open this coffin, smash it or tear it down." ”
"Hehe" I smiled and said, "It's not... is to let it open on its own. ”
"It opens on its own..." (Lin Zongran) muttered puzzled.
When I saw that they were still puzzled, I said: "This coffin is called (Jiukong Town Corpse Coffin), if you want to open the coffin, as long as you block the nine holes and prevent Yin and Yang Qi from entering the coffin, the coffin will naturally open by itself." ”
"Grandpa, you actually knew (Jiukong Town's corpse coffin) at that time," Zhou Fan sighed at this time.
Grandpa glanced at Zhou Fan and said: "It's not that I understand, but when I was young, there was such a coffin in our village, it was your grandfather who told me, when I was young, it was the early days of the Republic of China, and there was an old coffin in our village, I heard that it was during the Northern Wei Dynasty, and then I don't know what happened and the government knew about it and confiscated it."
And at that time, your grandfather was a respected older generation in the village, he said that this kind of coffin is (Jiukong Town corpse coffin) can not be opened by the people in the village, otherwise it will harm the whole village, I also knew at that time that (Jiukong Town corpse coffin) exists, and then I followed your grandfather to learn things and asked him a little about this kind of coffin, but my grandfather told me that if I encounter (Jiukong Town corpse coffin) in the future, I must be careful, and I can avoid it. Grandpa couldn't help but sigh after speaking.
"Why does grandpa encounter this kind of coffin must be avoided." Zimeng took a puff of his cigarette and asked the doubts in everyone's hearts.
But he didn't see his grandfather answer, but instead set his eyes on Zhou Fan, everyone knew that they were afraid that Zhou Fan would come to explain it again: "Look at me again..." Zhou Fan was a little speechless, obviously the old man knew that he would let me say, this is not clear to test me: "(Jiukong Town Corpse Coffin) is a kind of coffin specifically suppressed (stiff), and (Jiukong Town Corpse Coffin) is different from other coffins, this kind of coffin must have zombies buried in it,
It's still a powerful character, the ordinary coffin depends on where you bury the coffin, what feng shui burial method you use, the mountains and rivers and the leylines, the mausoleum yin veins, the trend of the heaven and earth dragon veins, etc., can affect the lord in the coffin, but (Jiukong Town corpse coffin) is different, the master who goes here is already a zombie, so why can you avoid this kind of coffin when you encounter it.
It's because you don't know if there will be (stiff - zongzi) in ordinary coffins, but there must be zombies in the town (Jiukong Town Corpse Coffin), and the zombies that can be suppressed with (Jiukong Town Corpse Coffin) will definitely be a disaster if they are accidentally released. ”
Suddenly, Zhou Fan said and exclaimed: "Grandpa, what you said accidentally released something, could it be the zombie in this (Jiukong Town corpse coffin)." After speaking, he looked at his grandfather in surprise.
"Ahh Grandpa sighed and said, "At that time, we were all to blame for being too young and vigorous" Grandpa began to blame himself again.
"Grandpa, I can't blame you, besides, it was (Lin Zongran) who had to open the coffin at that time, don't blame yourself, what happened to you next." Seeing this, Tianyou couldn't help but persuade his grandfather.
After a while, grandpa looked up at everyone and said: "At that time, I didn't know if this method could really be opened (Jiukong Town Corpse Coffin), my grandfather told me that to open (Jiukong Town Corpse Coffin) must first completely block Jiukong, and then water the coffin with blood, but if you really do this, the things suppressed in the coffin will be more violent, and it will be more difficult to deal with, I didn't know if the method was credible at that time, so I told (Lin Zongran) in doubt." ”
After listening to it, he pondered for a long time before he said: "Listen to you, what do you say, Lao Tzu will be the first to come out of the zongzi." ”
I didn't care whether (Lin Zongran's) words were true or not, so I said to him: "Let people find some raw glutinous rice, seal the nine corpse holes, and then find someone to put some blood on the soldiers and water the whole coffin when they are young." ”
(Lin Zongran) didn't say a word and arranged for the soldiers to do the next thing, but I looked at the nine silver and translucent corpse holes, and I felt uneasy in my heart.