61. Coffins of locust trees

We walked around the sarcophagus coffin, and there was no ghost uncle in this tomb. However, this tomb is only these two burial chambers, and Uncle Ghost's body seems to have evaporated and completely disappeared into this tomb.

In this tomb with excellent feng shui, the successive strange events made me unable to explain it, and the sarcophagus in front of me was covered with charms that seemed to be used to suppress ghosts. Coupled with the thick iron chain, it makes people feel that the things in this sarcophagus are definitely not ordinary.

We've searched all over the main tomb, and there's nothing out of the ordinary, it seems that the hope of being able to get out is getting slimmer and slimmer, originally everyone thought that as long as they could find a mechanism or secret passage to get out in the main tomb. We don't plan to open the coffin in front of us, after all, this sarcophagus has always given people a ghostly feeling.

"Let's find a way to get it out of the way, we have no choice anyway." Lao Li looked at Uncle Zhao.

Uncle Zhao waved his hand to signal don't worry, he stayed in front of the sarcophagus and pondered for at least ten minutes before saying, "Do it, I can't do it." After speaking, Uncle Zhao knelt on his knees, knelt in front of the sarcophagus, kowtowed respectfully and said: "Don't be surprised, the younger generation is just desperate to interfere with you. ”

"What is Uncle Zhao doing?" I looked at Pei suspiciously and asked.

"This is called 'ritual ghosts', to put it bluntly, that is, to give a salute to ghosts, and the older generation of tomb robbers are very particular about these things. Anyone who enters the tomb to touch the gold, must respectfully kowtow to the tomb owner before opening the coffin. Pei explained to me.

After saluting, Uncle Zhao didn't say a word, and took out the dagger on his waist. The dagger in Uncle Zhao's hand has a sharp blade on the front, and there is a jagged tooth tip on the back of the dagger, which looks like a sharp saw blade.

Uncle Zhao held the knife in his backhand and sawed back and forth at the iron lock in front of him, and sparks sparked from the sharp serrations and chains from time to time. I don't know if Uncle Zhao's dagger is sharp, or the iron chain has rusted, and it didn't take long for the iron chain to be sawed in two. The iron chain was torn off the coffin directly with the strength of Uncle Zhao's arm.

After removing the chain, Uncle Zhao said to the three of us before opening the lid of the coffin, "Remember, we will lift the lid of the sarcophagus together in a while, and everyone only needs to exert a violent force at the same time, and then lose their hands." Don't put your body in the coffin, I don't know what is inside, in short, safety first.

The three of us followed Uncle Zhao's slogan of "one, two, three", and pushed the coffin lid forward with sudden force, and then quickly threw away our hands. The lid of the coffin slid backwards, and the coffin was halfway opened.

After retracting our hands, we all took a few steps back, for fear that something scary would pop out of the coffin. After waiting for a while, I stood far away and pointed my toes trying to see the situation inside the coffin, but the half-open sarcophagus was pitch black, and I couldn't see what was there.

"It should be fine, don't come here, I'll go and take a look." After Uncle Zhao finished speaking, he walked in the direction of the stone coffin.

I wanted to stop Uncle Zhao's reckless approach, but looking back, there might not be any danger. After all, what we have in front of us is just a coffin wrapped in a coffin, and even if there is really something feminine, it must be in the coffin inside the coffin.

In order to keep their coffins from being damaged by some rats and small things, the ancients generally made a coffin outside the coffin to protect it, some made of copper and other metals, and some made of stone.

After watching Uncle Zhao slowly approach the coffin, he tentatively poked his head into the coffin, and then beckoned to us to signal that there was no danger. Only then did the three of us approach the sarcophagus coffin, and when we arrived at the stone coffin, we saw that as I expected, there was a black wooden coffin that was almost the same as the burial chamber outside.

In order to open the wooden coffin underneath, we first removed the stone lid from the coffin. When the stone lid is completely removed, the black wooden coffin completely enters our eyes, this wooden coffin is the same as the wooden coffin outside, it is made of black paint, but the quality of the wooden coffin seems to be a little different. The surface of this coffin is obviously much more shiny than the outside, and even the black paint is almost as if it has just been brushed.

I tapped my hand lightly on the lid of the coffin, and the sound was muffled, and it was obvious that the wood was of the same dense quality as a tree. Before I could figure out what kind of tree it was made of, Uncle Zhao said, "Don't look at it, this is made of locust wood." ”

"Uncle Zhao? I didn't hear that, did I? Are you sure it's locust wood. I asked curiously

"That's right, it's locust wood, you smell it carefully." Uncle Zhao's nose is certain, even if he is smiling, he can smell it, and I just put my nose on the coffin lid in front of me, I am afraid that I will not be able to smell it.

Hearing the affirmative answer from Uncle Zhao's mouth, I couldn't believe it, this is the first time I've heard of a coffin made of acacia wood.

The first chapter of the "Book of Burial" is about the exquisiteness of the coffin, which corresponds to Feng Shui. The high-quality materials in the coffin are high-quality catalpa wood, nanmu, fragrant wood, and the last of which is golden silk nanmu, which can be done by some people with certain economic strength. Ordinary people generally choose, fir wood, poplar, and other more common wood, but locust wood is never used. Huaizi disassembles the wood and the ghost, the ghost in the wood is difficult to be an official, the coffin, the official wealth, how to make money without an official, if the wood of the coffin is chosen wrong, the deceased lying in such a coffin, can still count on any good luck in the next life.

There are still many people who think that the locust is the most unlucky tree, and use this tree as a coffin for the deceased, the deceased will definitely die without turning a blind eye, and will not be able to live forever, and the descendants of the family will definitely not be safe.

There are many more sayings about the locust tree, and my grandfather once told me that the locust tree belongs to the yin and the willow tree belongs to the yang. It is said that the locust tree is the most shady tree in the world, and it is easy to recruit some unclean things to stay overnight, so many locust trees look strange.

There are even some old locust trees, if you look closely around its bark, you will see that there are rows of human faces growing on it. However, the willow tree belongs to the yang, and people with a little common sense know that this willow tree fights ghosts, and ghosts are three points shorter.

When I think of the above, I feel that this locust tree coffin is a little too unreasonable, and there are too many things that are unreasonable in this tomb. has come to this point, and there is no way to do it, the crowbar in Uncle Zhao's hand is inserted under the lid of the Huai Mu coffin, and with a fierce effort, the coffin lid is pried open with a big crack.

"Hurry up and remove the lid of the coffin." Uncle Zhao pressed the crowbar vigorously in his hand and shouted at me and Li Wen.

Li Wen and I didn't care about timidity, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab the edge of the wooden coffin lid with one hand and support the edge of the sarcophagus coffin with the other. With the strength of me and Li Wen, the coffin lid was directly lifted by me. When the flashlight shook into the wooden coffin, I suddenly inhaled my heart and lungs with a cool breath, and sat on the ground with a soft foot and a buttocks.

"This ....."