Chapter 19: Wheezing in the coffin
The tomb road ends here, there is only this burial chamber in front of you, and there is only that passage behind you, this must be the main burial chamber.
I felt my heart "thump" up, this burial chamber is the main burial chamber, this sarcophagus is the main coffin, then that piece of jade must be in this sarcophagus.
I've finally reached my destination!
I glanced at Lao Ma, but his expression was indifferent, and he didn't see any excitement, too, he was an outsider from beginning to end, and that piece of jade was related to my blood curse.
I raised my hand to glance at the time, only to find that the surface had shattered, and the time had stopped at eight and a half.
I felt a little breathless, this watch was a gift from my father, and I actually broke it.
I calculated the time, and it was probably around eight o'clock when we were fighting the black hair, and the watch must have been smashed at that time.
I felt very sorry and sorry for my father, but when I thought that it was shattered by unlocking the blood curse of the family, I was a little relieved, as if my father was fighting side by side with me.
I raised the sapper shovel with great interest: "Let's get started." ”
The old horse sat down leaning on the sarcophagus: "Anyway, it's all here, and it's not in a hurry, there is nothing to eat, and it's good to work when you're full." ”
Lao Ma said that I also felt very hungry, although it didn't feel like it was long, but I was frightened all the way, and my physical strength was extremely exertional.
Thinking of this, I also sat down against the sarcophagus, took out compressed biscuits and water, handed them to the old horse, and tore open a bag and stuffed it into my mouth.
In the past, I would never eat this kind of thing, let alone hold it with a hand that had touched a corpse, but now I feel very fragrant, and it is really an environment and an attitude, and people's adaptability is really amazing.
Just as I was enjoying this rare rest, the old horse suddenly pressed his ears against the sarcophagus, and his expression gradually froze.
"Listen, Daze, what kind of sound is this?!"
The old horse barked so loudly that I was startled, and I had never seen him look so serious since I entered the cemetery, and I could not eat it at once.
"What?"
Before I could finish speaking, the old horse jerked me down and pressed my ears against the sarcophagus.
"Listen, there's a panting sound in there!"
I feel my scalp tingle, this is an ancient tomb more than 2,000 years ago, this is a coffin used to hold the dead, how can there be a panting sound.
If there is a gasp, God knows what is in the coffin!
However, I did hear it, and through the thick walls of the coffin, I heard a burst of rapid breathing from inside, although it was not very clear, but I could still tell that it was breathing!
I jumped straight to my feet, and I was shocked by the speed at which I stared at the sarcophagus, my back tingling.
I thought I had arrived at my destination, as long as I opened the coffin and took the jade, who knew what would happen, what was in the coffin!
I took two steps back, and saw the old horse leaning low, his ears pressed against the bottom of the sarcophagus.
Soon he stood up and picked up the sapper shovel: "Open the coffin!" ”
I looked at him in amazement, and when I saw that he was about to plunge the sapper shovel into it, I stepped forward and snatched it down.
"Old horse, be sober! If you know what is in it, open the coffin, it's a thing that has been dead for more than 2,000 years and is still panting! ”
I don't know why Lao Ma is going to open the coffin immediately, he is probably fascinated by something, but I have to stop him, if the contents of this coffin come out, we will definitely not live!
The old horse's strength was so great that he snatched the sapper back in an instant, and his expression was serious and determined, not at all like he was fascinated.
My wrist hurt terribly, and the old horse used a very strange posture to retrieve the sapper shovel from my hand, and at that moment I only felt my wrist numb, and I couldn't hold anything at all, and he seemed to hold down one of my acupuncture points.
I looked at the old horse in front of me, and suddenly felt very terrifying, this old horse and a few days ago were completely like two people, the old horse has good physical strength, and his strength is great, but it is definitely not so strong, and the most important thing is that he will discuss with me no matter what he does, and he will never make a move on me.
My fear and surprise were all written on my face, and the old horse sighed, and his tone calmed down: "Daze, look at this sarcophagus, it is so tightly sealed, if it is really a thing that can still pant inside, after more than two thousand years, won't it suffocate to death?" ”
I hesitated for a moment, and the old horse continued: "Panting means that it needs air, and those who need air must not live for more than 2,000 years, right?" ”
I gradually calmed down, what Lao Ma said was right, the corpse will not breathe after the corpse.
"And what could it be?" I asked, hesitantly.
"Stupid, of course it's the living who can pant!" The old horse looks like he hates iron but not steel.
I feel a little funny, nothing in this can be a living person, this sarcophagus is very large, and the coffin lid weighs at least five or six hundred pounds, unless this person is a weightlifting champion to enter, and it takes several times more effort to close the coffin lid in a lying position after entering, it is even more impossible.
What's more, this sarcophagus is covered with a whole layer of salt, and there are no gaps, if you want to get in and wait for the salt to be completely covered, the people inside must have already become pickled people, how can they still be alive?
Take 10,000 steps back and say, who will be idle and get into the coffin by themselves? Even if there is nowhere to escape in danger, it is simply too late to open and close.
Seeing that I still didn't believe it, Lao Ma sighed: "Daze, I know you don't believe it, I'll open the coffin myself, you can hide away, if it's really a monster, kill me first." ”
I was speechless, but I must not let the old horse open the coffin, and I must not allow him to die in front of my eyes.
"Old horse, calm down, aren't you really fascinated by something? If you have to open the coffin, give me a reason. I said in as calm a tone as I could.
"I'm not hooked! It's a living person, that's why! If we don't open the coffin quickly, he will be suffocated inside! ”
The old horse almost roared, his serious expression, instantly shattered my confidence, he was right, if there was really a living person inside, if he suffocated to death because of my hesitation, I would not have peace in my life.
Almost instantly, I disarmed and surrendered: "I'll drive with you." ”
The old horse breathed a sigh of relief, but my heart was a mess, I didn't know what was wrong with me, I knew that the chance of a living person was very small, I still chose to take the risk, I was really afraid that the small chance would become a reality.
Lao Ma is my friend, he even said that he died first, what reason do I have not to help him, after all, I will definitely not be able to escape if he dies, it is better to be a pair of brothers in distress.
Just as we had already inserted the sapper shovel under the lid of the coffin, there was a clear knocking sound from the coffin, and we immediately stopped moving.
I looked at the sarcophagus in a daze, every second, three, three, three, every second, three, three.
I felt a stream of blood rushing to the top of my head, this is the SOS tapping method in the Morse code, I can now really be sure that this sarcophagus is a person, and things from more than 2,000 years ago will definitely not knock out the SOS.
I didn't look at the old horse again, and I didn't hesitate any longer, we used the fastest speed to pry open a crack in the sarcophagus, and the sound of breathing immediately became clear.
The two of us pushed open the lid of the coffin with all our strength, and the lid of the coffin slammed on the ground with a loud dull sound.
There was indeed a person in the sarcophagus, but it was a person I couldn't have imagined, and I was stunned and felt that all my five senses had disappeared.
There was a woman in black lying in the coffin, the woman in black I had seen three times, she was soaked all over, her hair was also wet, and she was stained on her pale face one by one, she looked very embarrassed, her eyes were still very cold, but she didn't have much energy.
I was completely speechless with my mouth open, and my mind was blank, why did this woman appear here, in a sarcophagus that had been sealed for more than two thousand years!
The old horse's eyes were also surprised, but not much surprised, as if he had long known that it was this woman lying in the sarcophagus.
He stepped forward and took the woman out of the sarcophagus, made her sit down against the sarcophagus, and brought out water for her to drink.
I looked at them in a daze, the old horse's movements were very skillful and natural, but my tears filled my eyes in an instant, and my voice trembled almost like my own.
"Old Ma, you already knew she was in the coffin, didn't you? You've known her for a long time, haven't you? You said you didn't hide anything from me, you lied to me, didn't you......"
In the end, my voice was so low that I could barely hear myself, and the old horse looked up at me: "Yes, I have known her for a long time, and I have long heard her breath in the coffin, but I didn't lie to you, because ...... I'm not an old horse at all. ”
I felt a chill all over my body, the voice of the old horse in the first half was still that of the old horse, but the last sentence suddenly changed tone, the voice was high and fast, completely different from the slightly deep voice of the old horse, it was obviously two people.
I felt like something was shattering in my head, I was almost out of thinking now, I had so many questions I wanted to ask that I couldn't put together a whole sentence.
The whole world seemed to be overturned before my eyes, I was even wondering if I was still myself, the two people in front of me became very blurred, and I actually shed tears, but I didn't know why.
I had already noticed that something was wrong with the old horse, but I had never thought of him as another person, and although I doubted it, I only thought that he was like this because he was acquainted, and I could not imagine that there would be a person who looked exactly like him, and even had the same voice.
What is real?
I'm inseparable from the old horse tomorrow day and night, when did this person replace him? Or is it that I have always been around him, and there is no old horse at all?