The bonfire singing and dancing lasted all night until dawn. After daylight, the bonfire burned out, and the people gathered around the bonfire gradually dispersed.

The grandfather and a few people didn't close their eyes all night, Xiao Eleven and Xiao Twelve were nothing, the grandfather felt a little awkward, and he was also the only one among several people who dared to raise objections with Xiao Laodao.

The master said to Xiao Laodao: "Brother Xiao, is it really necessary for us to keep guarding their cottage, come over in a few days, but wait until they have a funeral." "Thank you 68Wang for the 10,000 grinding iron coins

Xiao Laodao sighed and said to the master: "Brother, didn't I already tell you, they will definitely go up the mountain to bury people, we have to calm down, they will be funeral soon, if they leave at this time, it will be a failure." ”

Although Xiao Laodao said so, in the eyes of the master, they were wasting time on these barbarians.

It lasted until noon, and the people in the stockade gathered around the burnt bonfire one after another, and then the drums and beats sounded again.

At this time, I saw more clearly than in the night, and I saw that among these people, there were a few young and strong people, and together they carried a large cloth roll, and many of the other people, many of the adults carried bamboo baskets, and the bamboo baskets were filled with some ashes of the burning plants and trees of the bonfire, and some earth, and the children each carried a water bag full of water.

The master couldn't understand what this was for, and soon, accompanied by the sound of drums and percussion, these barbarians lined up in a vertical row, and a few people carrying large cloth rolls walked in the front, and the others followed one after another, walking towards the depths of the cottage.

Seeing this, Xiao Laodao slapped his thigh and said: "Feelings, the way up the mountain is in their cottage!" ”

Xiao Laodao immediately beckoned the grandfather and a few people, "Go, go down and follow them." ”

Not everyone in the cottage went to the funeral, there were still guards at the door of the cottage, and there were also some old and weak women and children who couldn't climb the mountain in the cottage.

The grandfather did not enter through the gate of the cottage, but climbed in through the wooden fence on the side. Subsequently, bamboo huts and thatched huts were used to avoid the sight of the elderly, weak, women and children in the cottage. In the end, God unknowingly touched the depths of the cottage.

This cottage is built on the back of the mountain, at the end of the depths of the cottage, next to the big mountain, on the mountain, there is a sheep intestine path, winding up the mountain.

At this time, the grandfather and a few people could barely see the funeral people above, densely lined up on the winding path, and it seemed that there were three or four hundred people.

The master said to Xiao Laodao: "Brother Xiao, there is no shelter on this mountain, if you follow now, I am afraid that they will be noticed, it is better to return here and come back at night." ”

Xiao Laodao waved his hand, "When you enter the village at night, there are many people, and you will inevitably be seen, so follow them first and see if there is a place to hide on the mountain." ”

A few people followed the path up the mountain, and after walking not far on the path, the slope of the mountain was not so steep. Xiao Laodao immediately beckoned everyone, left the path, and climbed directly to the top of the mountain.

So, everyone grabbed the weeds and shrubs around them, and climbed up and down with difficulty, and they didn't know how long they had climbed, and when they looked back and looked down, the path under them was already far away, and it looked like a small snake winding around the mountainside, and then they looked at the mourners, all of whom stopped halfway up the mountainside, as if they had reached the cemetery.

At this time, the sound of drums, singing, and crying sounded again, and Xiao Laodao hurriedly beckoned the grandfather and a few people, squatted into the grass nest, and condescendingly peeked at these people.

After an hour had passed, the drumming and singing stopped, and the people on the mountainside returned one after another, apparently burying the dead.

When all these people returned to the cottage down the mountain, the sky was also dark, and several people squatted in the grass nest and did not move, because the vegetation on the mountain was not too lush, and if they stood up from the grass nest, it was very likely that they would be seen by the people in the cottage at a glance.

After waiting for another hour, the sky was completely dark, and the cottage was lit with oil lamps.

At this time, a few people stood up from the grass nest and all moved their muscles and bones, and then, Xiao Laodao beckoned a few people to go to the place where they were buried first, and I guess these barbarians are the descendants of the feudal official.

A few people followed the hillside back to the path, and along the path, they came to the place where the barbarians were buried.

This is a small clearing that has been carved out, and the radius is about three zhang, but there is nothing in the clearing. Xiao Laodao walked to the mountain at the end of the clearing, took a closer look, smiled, and beckoned the master and a few people to come over.

The master walked to the front of the mountain, and when he took a look, he saw that on the mountain in front of him, there was an earthen wall, which could be as high as one person and as wide as half a person.

Xiao Laodao touched the earthen wall with his hand and said with a smile: "If my guess is right, there should be a cave behind this earthen wall, and these barbarians use cave burials." ”

When the master heard this, he asked, "Won't this be the tomb we are looking for?" ”

Xiao Laodao said: "This is not good, it is not possible to keep it here, it may be the entrance to the tomb of the feudal official." After that, Xiao Laodao beckoned Xiao Twelve and Xiao Thirteen, "Take out the guy and smash this earthen wall to see." ”

Along the way, Xiao Twelfth and Xiao Thirteen played the role of Xiao Chujiu in the past, responsible for carrying the grave digging guys.

Soon, the two of them took out the sledgehammer and two crowbars that Xiao Chujiu used in the past, although Xiao Twelve's figure was not as good as Xiao Chujiu, but his strength was almost the same as Xiao Chujiu, and he walked to the earthen wall with a sledgehammer.

Seeing this, Xiao Laodao hurriedly stopped him, "You can't smash it, the movement is too big, it will alarm the people in the cottage." ”

Xiao Laodao's voice fell, Xiao 13 came over with a crowbar, and said to Xiao Twelve: "Did you hear it, the master said that you can't smash it, you have to use this guy to pry." With that, Xiao 13 walked to the earthen wall with a crowbar and stabbed it at the earthen wall with a crowbar.

Seeing this, Xiao Twelve glanced at Xiao Laodao, put down the sledgehammer, and turned around to get a crowbar, at this time, Xiao Thirteen seemed to have discovered a new continent, and shouted in a low voice: "Master, this is not an earthen wall, this is a stone wall." ”

When Xiao Laodao heard this, he walked over, and the master followed him, and saw that where Xiao Shisan pried it open, the soil layer peeled off, revealing a layer of stones inside, but there was no filling between the stones, as if it was on a living base.

Xiao Laodao glanced at the wall a few times and said, "This is a living wall, and this layer of mud on the outside is used to seal it to prevent mosquitoes, rats and ants from burrowing into the hole and destroying the corpses." As he spoke, Xiao Laodao took off a piece of mud from the wall, put it on his nose and sniffed it, nodded and said, "Yes, this wall mud is also mixed with a secret medicine against rats and ants." Then he beckoned to Xiao Twelve and Xiao Thirteen, "Dig it, dig this layer of mud first, and then take down the stones on the stone wall, as long as you don't alarm those people down the mountain." ”

After peeling off the mud, there is a stone wall, the stone wall is made of neat stones, between the stones, there is no glue and filling, Xiao Laodao speculated that the dead people in their cottage may be buried in the cave, and the entrance of the cave needs to be opened frequently, so the entrance of the cave is not dead.

When Xiao Twelve and Xiao Thirteen took off the stones piece by piece, a dark cave appeared inside, which Xiao Lao Dao guessed the same, and a strange smell wafted out of the cave.

Xiao Laodao sniffed it with his nose, and then comforted everyone, don't worry, this is the smell of burning herbs, this herb can not only suppress the smell of corpses, but also play a role in smoking bad luck and evil qi, it seems that this is really a cave where they buried people.

Xiao Laodao immediately beckoned Xiao Shiyi, Xiao Shiyi was the first to enter the cave, and then, Xiao Laodao ordered Xiao 12 and Xiao 13 to follow in, Xiao 12 had a blank face, and got into it, Xiao 13 was a little worried, and asked Xiao Laodao: "Master, is this...... How many of them were buried? ”

Xiao Laodao said: "How many people, just enter and see." ”

Xiao 13 asked again: "Will there be ghosts?" ”

Xiao Laodao suddenly glared at him, Xiao Shisan shrank his neck, swallowed dryly, didn't say anything anymore, and timidly got in.

Xiao Laodao then said to the master: "Brother, you just take the wind outside, once there is any movement in the village under the mountain, hurry up and greet us." ”

The master nodded, in the past, the tomb robbery was led by the master and Xiao Shiyi, but at this time, Xiao Laodao asked him to take the wind outside, which is understandable. Because it is equally important to take the lead in exploring the tomb, if the master does not control the wind, he can only leave one of Xiao Twelve or Xiao Thirteen, and the two of them cannot be fully trusted, so they can't be left outside. In other words, the person who controls the wind outside is the door of life and death of the person who goes down to the tomb, and controls the life and death of everyone in the tomb.

Not long after Xiao Laodao entered the cave, Xiao Shisan's voice came from the cave, the cave seemed to be very deep, Xiao Shisan's voice still had the sound of an urn, and Xiao Shisan said in surprise: "Master, come and see, these people are wearing silver jewelry!" ”

When the master heard this, he turned his head and glanced into the cave, and saw that in the depths of the cave, there was a faint glimmer of light, and there seemed to be a candle or a fire fold inside. The master then glanced at the village under the mountain, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the angle of light in the cave was facing upward, and the people under the mountain could not see it.

Soon, Xiao Laodao's shouting and scolding came: "Put things down!" Have you forgotten the rules I told you, they are ordinary people, let's not take ordinary people's things! ”

Xiao 13 said: "If they are ordinary people, how can they have so many silver jewelry on their bodies, look at what they wear on their heads, what they wear around their necks, as well as bracelets and foot bells......

Xiao Laodao said: "This is their barbarian accessory, which is only worn during the New Year's Festival, and after death, it is used as a funeral item, and there is a way to steal, we can't take these things from them!" ”

Xiao Laodao said, there was no sound in the cave, and after a while, Xiao Laodao and several people came out of the cave one after another.

The master hurriedly asked Xiao Laodao, is there a big tomb in it? Xiao Laodao shook his head in disappointment and said, "I didn't find the big tomb, this is just a burial cave for their barbarians, and every corpse in it has more or less a silver ornament on it. Saying that, Xiao Laodao paused for a moment, and then said: "No wonder the middle-aged man before didn't want copper coins, he had to be gold and silver, I was afraid that it was just for the purpose of creating silver jewelry, and ......" Xiao Laodao glanced at Xiao Shisan and said: "They drove us out of the cottage because they were afraid that we would know the location of their cave burials and come to rob the tomb and loot the silver jewelry on the deceased!" ”

Xiao Shisan lowered his head, Xiao Laodao didn't seem to want to let go of Xiao Shisan, and said: "In the future, if you go to the tomb, no one is allowed to do it first without my orders!" ”

Xiao Shisan nodded timidly and asked, "I broke the mud on a few corpses, what should I do?" ”

Xiao Laodao stroked his goatee angrily and said, "This...... Let's talk about it when we find the tomb and leave. ”

It turned out that the funeral method of these barbarians was very peculiar, not only cave burial, but also a thick layer of grass plaster on the deceased after putting the deceased into the cave, as if the deceased was made into the form of a mud tire. They carried straw ash and mud up the mountain in bamboo baskets to make mud tires for the deceased.

Many of the deceased were able to keep their bodies intact in the mud womb, and each person's posture was different, some were sitting cross-legged, some were facing the sky, some were lying on their sides, and some were curled up like babies.

At first glance, it looks like a mud tire in a temple, but when the mud layer is peeled off, the clothes and the deceased inside are revealed.

After Xiao Shisan entered the cave, he accidentally touched a mud tire, and knocked off a piece of the mud block, and he found the silver jewelry inside the mud tire, and wanted to take it, but was stopped by Xiao Laodao.

A few people worked together to build the stone back, and then, Xiao Laodao said to a few people, judging from the location of the cave entrance, it is not the best feng shui treasure place for this mountain, this cave was just an ordinary cave in the past, and it had nothing to do with the tomb. Before dawn, if you look carefully on the mountain, you should be able to find the entrance to the tomb.