Chapter 16: Empty Coffin?!
The sun is scorching at noon, let alone mountain climbing.
Except for Master Ren and Ren Tingting, who were sitting on the sedan chair with a covered roof, everyone else was sweating from the sun.
"Whew, whew"
Uncle Nine was okay, but Shi Chen's physique couldn't bear it, and he couldn't stop panting.
"Master, shall we take a break?"
Shi Chen wiped a handful of sweat from his forehead, and his back was already soaked.
Although Qiusheng didn't take the initiative to speak, he was obviously tired enough, and beads of sweat the size of beans slid down the side of his face.
Uncle Nine glanced up, the entire queue is only halfway up the mountain now, and it is most appropriate to open the coffin in the scorching sun at noon, if it is delayed, I am afraid there will be variables.
"You two find a shady place to rest for a while, and then follow later, and follow them up the mountain first."
Seeing that the two baby apprentices were sunburned, sweating, and feeling a little distressed.
After thinking for a while, Uncle Nine quickly explained.
Shi Chen and Qiusheng were not hypocritical, the two of them helped each other to the shade of the shady tree on the side of the road, and sat down against a big tree.
"This Shicheng Mountain is too big."
Shi Chen licked his somewhat dry lips, sat in the shade and let his quickly dissipating physical strength recover some, and began to chat with Qiusheng.
"The reason why Shicheng County is called Shicheng County is because of this Shicheng Mountain, there were many Huang Lingxian on Shicheng Mountain in the early years, but in recent years, as people lose their awe of Huang Lingxian, coupled with the hunting, killing, skinning and selling of hunters, Huang Lingxian has become less and less."
Qiusheng is a native of the country, living with his aunt, and usually helping to run his aunt's fat powder shop in Ping'an Town when he has nothing to do, so he has far more knowledge than Shi Chen.
"What is Huang Lingxian?"
Shi Chen asked curiously.
Qiusheng touched the remaining sweat on the tip of his nose, and then explained: "Huang Lingxian is a weasel, a yellow roe deer. ”
As soon as Shi Chen heard Qiusheng say this, although he came through and fused half a bucket of water with the memories of literary talents, he also knew that the creature weasel was really evil.
Even in the modern society before the time, there are still many strange stories and legends about weasels, which cover a wide range and cover most places.
The term weasel has long been detached from the animal meaning, and more symbolizes a spirit, an alternative creature with unknowable mana for humans.
"Aren't weasels wicked?"
Thinking of this, Shi Chen continued to ask, and his heart became more curious about this Shicheng Mountain.
"Evil nature is also evil nature, but no matter how evil nature is, it can't fight people's greed, and not only since when, the ladies and young masters in the provincial capital have become popular with yellow roe deer fur."
Qiusheng leaned under the tree, and when he saw that Shi Chen was very interested in this topic, he began to talk seriously.
"At first, no one dared to fight Huang Lingxian, but then the price of Huang Lingzi fur broke the sky, and countless mountain hunters entered the mountains one after another, wantonly hunting and killing Huang Lingxian, killing the whole nest, who cares about the evil or not in the face of money?"
As he spoke, Qiusheng shook his head, seemingly with emotion.
Shi Chen was also a little speechless, and suddenly thought that if he told those noble ladies and gentlemen that eating zombie meat can prolong life, I am afraid that zombies can be eaten and exterminated...
The two chatted for a while, rested for more than ten minutes, and their state eased a lot, so they each got up and hurried towards the top of the mountain.
By the time the two of them reached the top of the mountain out of breath, everyone had already arrived.
In an open field in the middle of the hilltop, there is a luxurious tomb.
It is a good green mountain stone, carved auspicious cloud totem along the side of a circle, meaning auspicious wishes, the atmosphere is surging, far from being comparable to ordinary small tombstones.
The landlord's house, even the cemetery is more spacious than the poor.
The location of the tomb is directly opposite the mountains in the distance of Mt. Seokseong.
All the mountains are one head shorter than Shicheng Mountain, and the topography of the tomb is quite a view of the small mountains, which is an excellent feng shui place within a radius of 100 miles in Shicheng County.
At this time, a group of strong men were working hard to build a triangular bracket with three stakes of wood, with hooks and rough pulleys on it, ready to lift the coffin.
The solid wood coffin is quite heavy, at least hundreds of catties, and it is difficult to get it out without a triangular bracket to lift it.
Uncle Nine was chatting with Master Ren by carrying the sedan chair at this time, and Shi Chen and Qiusheng also hurriedly came up.
"The location of this tomb sits in the north and faces south, is pressing the end of the mountains, the mountains gather luck, all converge on the top of Shicheng Mountain, it is the hole of atmospheric luck, and it can indeed ensure the success of future generations."
Uncle Nine glanced at it, and suddenly understood in his heart, and said to Master Ren.
"Yes, it did go smoothly for ten years, but later..." Master Ren nodded in agreement with Uncle Jiu's words.
"There is no need to use the vicious method of carrying the coffin of the Nine Babies in such a treasured land... Not good! ”
As he spoke, Uncle Nine seemed to think of some kind of bad possibility, and his face was instantly solemn.
"Dare to ask Master Ren, when the old lady of the Ren family is buried, will he be buried in a vertical coffin with his head and feet?"
"Yes, when my father was buried, it was indeed a vertical burial, which was also specially explained by the feng shui gentleman back then, what did Uncle Nine mean?" Master Ren saw that Uncle Nine should have discovered something, and hurriedly asked.
"Hey, I'm afraid that the old lady Ren offended that feng shui gentleman before his death, this is not a formation to raise luck at all, but to turn the original place where luck gathers into a great omen, ten years as the boundary, the first ten years of wind and rain are smooth, and the next ten years are ruined!" Uncle Nine said with a solemn face.
Master Ren also had an iron face, what Uncle Jiu said was exactly in line with the situation of the Ren family in the past 20 years, the first ten years were smooth sailing, the wealth was extensive, and the family was ruined in the last ten years, and the clan died early!
What a vicious feng shui gentleman!
Uncle Nine sighed slightly, using feng shui to harm people's families, what kind of grudge is this.
Shi Chen listened to it with relish, this live version of the strange talk sounded exciting, but it was much more exciting than the novels and movies I had watched before.
While the two were chatting, the strong men also dug open the ground of the tomb, revealing one end of the coffin, and carefully dug downwards to dig up the entire coffin, and then tied hemp ropes at both ends, hung pulleys, and began to lift the coffin.
With the joint efforts of many strong men, the whole coffin was quickly pulled to the ground.
Uncle Jiu, Shi Chen, and Master Ren immediately stepped forward to check.
Even though the sun is scorching today, the moisture residue on the surface of the coffin still lingers.
"It's so damp..."
Uncle Jiu's face was more solemn and damp, which was not a good sign for coming out of the coffin.
"Except for Master Ren, everyone turned around to avoid it, and this coffin has to be lifted by the two of us in person."
Uncle Nine shouted, and then said to Master Ren.
Master Ren glanced at Ren Tingting and waved at the strong men before everyone turned around, including Shi Chen and Qiusheng.
Uncle Nine and Master Ren took a crowbar, and quickly dropped the coffin nails one by one, and then pushed the coffin lid open together.
When the two saw the inside of the coffin, they froze in place.
This is an empty coffin!