Chapter 6: The Ancient Corpse in the Coffin
Xiao Shiyi held a crowbar in one hand and a torch in the other, Xiao Chujiu picked up the hammer and went all out to smash the round head of the crowbar.
Xiao Shiyi hurriedly let go of his hand, bent down to pick up another crowbar, walked to the tail of the stone coffin and scraped it a few times, and hit it.
Xiao Chujiu turned around, picked up the hammer again, and "dang" the ground again, and knocked this crowbar into the gap, almost an inch deep.
In this way, a small gap was cracked between the cover plate and the coffin, Xiao Chujiu picked up the hammer again, and smashed it twice on the two crowbars, and the duck beak of the crowbar completely drilled between the cover plate and the coffin.
At this time, Xiao Shiyi waved his hand at Xiao Chujiu, Xiao Chujiu understood, put down the hammer, grabbed the crowbar at the head of the stone coffin, Xiao Shiyi handed the torch to Xiao Laodao, grabbed the crowbar at the end of the stone coffin, and the two of them shouted at the same time and pressed the crowbar down.
As the two crowbars were pressed down little by little, the gap between the cover plate and the coffin became larger and larger, at this time, Xiao Laodao handed the two torches in his hand to my grandfather, he took out a wooden block more than an inch thick from the small burden on his body, and quickly stuffed it into the cracked gap, Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi saw this, and immediately pulled the crowbar out of the gap.
My grandfather saw that the three masters and apprentices were familiar with the road, and they cooperated quite tacitly, and it is estimated that they have stolen a lot of tombs.
Immediately after, the three masters and apprentices took out two pieces of red cloth from their baggage and quickly wrapped them around their left and right hands. After wrapping up, Xiao Laodao was at the head, Xiao Chujiu was in the middle, Xiao Eleven was at the end, and the three of them stood in a row, reaching into the gap and lifting the cover. Xiao Laodao shouted a slogan, the three masters and apprentices exerted their strength at the same time, and "suddenly", the whole cover was lifted, and the three masters and apprentices shouted again, "poof", and the cover was lifted off the coffin by three people and fell heavily to the ground.
At the same time, a faint strange smell wafted out of the stone coffin, my grandfather frowned, I can't tell what it smelled like, maybe it was the rotten smell of the coffin inside, anyway, it didn't smell very good.
The three of Xiao Laodao's masters and apprentices hurriedly dodged away from the stone coffin, took off the red cloth in their hands, and took a breath.
After a while, Xiao Laodao pointed to the coffin and motioned Xiao Shiyi to look over, Xiao Shiyi asked for a torch from my grandfather's hand, walked to the stone coffin, looked inside a few times, turned around and nodded at Xiao Laodao.
Xiao Laodao immediately beckoned Xiao Chujiu, "Take out the rich hook." ”
Xiao Chujiu hurriedly took out two iron hooks tied with red cloth strips from the big baggage, these iron hooks can be the thickness of a thumb, one end is a sharp crescent hook, and the other end is an iron ring, just like the hook on the meat stall, but the arc of the meat hook is not large, Xiao Laodao took the hook and stretched the hook into the stone coffin.
My grandfather was curious, and walked to the stone coffin with a torch to look inside, and saw that there was a large black lacquer coffin embedded inside, and the sun and moon boards on the left and right of the coffin were close to the wall panels on both sides of the stone coffin, and there were almost no gaps.
Although my grandfather doesn't know how to rob tombs, he also knows that if he wants to open the big black lacquer coffin in the stone coffin, he can only start from both ends of the coffin, because the two sides of the coffin and the stone coffin siding are too tight, and the crowbar can't go down, only the two ends of the coffin have space. Just see the glans plate of the coffin head, about a foot away from the head plate of the stone coffin, and the same is true for the tail, the tail of the coffin tail is about a foot away from the tail plate of the stone coffin.
Here to explain the coffin, all styles of coffins, are composed of six plates, up and down two, respectively the ceiling and the floor, the left and right two for the sun and the moon, also called the sun and moon wall, the left is the sun, the right is the moon, the front head plate is called "glans", the back of the tail plate is called "turtle tail", the dead person is not buried for the "coffin", the dead person after the burial is the "coffin", usually called the coffin, that is, the coffin after the burial of the dead.
Xiao Laodao walked to the head of the coffin with an iron hook and stretched the hook in, the top plate of the coffin head, that is, the coffin lid, is generally a few inches longer than the sun and moon plate below, and the hook is very cleverly designed, just a few inches below the coffin lid.
Xiao Chujiu picked up the two previous crowbars at this time, crossed them into the iron rings on the iron hook, and the duck beaks of the two crowbars were placed on the side panels of the stone coffin.
Xiao Laodao and Xiao Chujiu's master and apprentice jumped on the stone coffin at the same time, stepped on the side plate of the stone coffin, each grabbed a crowbar, and used the principle of lever to lift it a few times, this is to loosen the coffin nails, and the ordinary old coffin can't stand such a toss. In the end, it felt almost over, Xiao Laodao nodded at Xiao Chujiu, and the two of them shouted at the same time to lift up, and they heard the creaking ——, the coffin lid was lifted up little by little.
At this time, Xiao Shiyi took out another crowbar from the big baggage. In my grandfather's opinion, their big burden is like a treasure bag, and they have nothing to offer, and they are inexhaustible.
Xiao Shiyi put the crowbar one end under the coffin lid that was pried open, and with the side plate of the stone coffin as the support, he pressed the crowbar down and erected the coffin lid, which was equivalent to giving Xiao Laodao and Xiao Chujiu a second hand, and the two of them took the opportunity to take off the iron hook on the coffin lid, and pulled out the crowbar from the iron hook, and the two crowbars also reached under the coffin lid. The three masters and apprentices shouted the trumpet, and at the same time, the coffin lid suddenly creaked.
The centuries-old coffin can still be so strong, which shows that it is well sealed. My grandfather held a torch and lit up the three of them, he actually wanted to go up to help at this time, but he was afraid of breaking the rhythm and tacit understanding between their master and apprentice.
The coffin lid was quickly pried open, with a "pop", and the stone coffin cover just now, it fell heavily to the ground, but before my grandfather looked into the coffin, Xiao Laodao's master and apprentice quickly dodged away from the stone coffin, Xiao Laodao also gave my grandfather a gesture to stay away, my grandfather saw this, and hurriedly took a few steps back, at the same time, a strange smell floated out of the coffin, still can't say what the smell is, it seems to be similar to the smell just now, but it is much stronger, and it is a little pungent.
Xiao Laodao took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms at this time, and he didn't know what the porcelain bottle contained, so he saw Xiao Laodao quickly pull out the cork, pour a big mouthful into his mouth, and spray it out above the coffin, "poof", raising a cloud of mist.
Later, my grandfather learned that this is a secret medicine prepared by Xiao Laodao himself, specially used to detect poisonous gas, if the gas floating out of the coffin is poisonous, the water mist will turn red or green, if it is not poisonous, the water mist will not change color.
After the secret medicine was sprayed out, it did not change color, Xiao Laodao seemed to be relieved, put away the porcelain bottle, asked for a torch from my grandfather's hand, walked to the coffin and took a photo, my grandfather also held the torch and passed, with the light of the torch, he looked into the coffin, and was shocked at this glance!
I saw that in the coffin, there was an old man with a vivid face, looking to be in his sixties, with white eyebrows, white beard, eyes closed, mouth slightly open, and a trace of blush on Bai Sensen's cheeks, how to look like a living person lying in the coffin.
This is...... Corpse? The only ones who don't decompose are zombies, and they're hundreds of years old!
My grandfather reacted very quickly, and pulled out the short sword in his waist with a "brush", and wiped the old man's neck as expected, but at this moment, Xiao Laodao grabbed him from the side, "Brother Liu, what are you doing here?" ”
My grandfather turned his head and glanced at Xiao Laodao, and said: "Brother Xiao, this is a zombie that has turned into evil, and it must be disposed of, otherwise it will not only be bad for us, but also a disaster, as long as you cut off his head and take it outside to burn it, it will be fine." ”
Xiao Laodao smiled when he heard this, and said, "Brother Liu, who told you that this is a zombie?" ”
My grandfather was stunned, only to see Xiao Laodao's unfazed look, my grandfather said: "My father said, those whose corpses are not rotten are stiff, and those who are concentrated in the chest are evil, at least one and a half years, and more than three and five years, the spirit comes out of the body, the corpse comes out of the hole, day and night, and it is a disaster!" ”
After hearing this, Xiao Laodao laughed even more, "Brother, I have also heard about Ling Zun, the famous master Xuanyi on the side of the Yellow River, but you are not as good as your father, take a closer look, is this a zombie?" ”
When Xiao Laodao said this, my grandfather's face was slightly red, and he looked at the old man in the coffin again, the corpse was indeed not decomposed, and it was lifelike, what is this not a zombie?
Xiao Laodao seemed to see my grandfather's confusion, and he didn't want to sell it to my grandfather, so he immediately said: "The zombie is covered in hair, do you see that he has hair on his face?" My grandfather was stunned again, and then looked at the old man in the coffin, there was indeed no hair on his face, and smiled awkwardly at Xiao Laodao, "I still hope that Brother Xiao will give you ......advice."
My grandfather has been partial to martial arts since he was a child, and he has no interest in this craft in our family, when he was a child, my ancestor forced him to learn, but, after learning, he didn't use it, and the zombie said, he just listened to my ancestor dictated, never seen it with his own eyes, the old man zombie in front of him, under a closer look, is indeed not the same as what my ancestor dictated, at least, there is no hair on the body.
Xiao Laodao said: "Brother, I don't need to guide you to this, brother, put away the sword, let's wait for a while, you will understand in a while." ”
My grandfather suppressed the doubts in his heart, put away the short sword, Xiao Laodao pulled him away from the coffin, and beckoned Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi: "You two go to the edge of the coffin and watch, when did you do it, when did you tell me." ”
? What did you do? My grandfather turned his head and glanced at Xiao Laodao, he didn't understand what he meant, and wanted to ask, but he felt embarrassed, so he squatted not far from the coffin with Xiao Laodao. Xiao Laodao took out the cigarette pouch rod from his body, and smoked it again, Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi came over, took the torches in their hands respectively, and guarded them next to the coffin.
After about two quarters of an hour, Xiao Chujiu turned his head and said to Xiao Laodao: "Master, it's done." ”
It's "done" again, what did it do?