Chapter 103: The Cave of Corpses
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However, this little bit of coolness is nothing to the master, the master lifted the Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword and swam quickly towards the opposite bank, with his water nature, it is no problem to swim across the Yellow River, and the pool dozens of meters wide is of course not a problem.
After a while, the master swam to the center of the pool, at this time, the whole pool was calm, the master suspected that there was no huge thing at all, and it was estimated that the fish that the ghost monkey bit to death was the biggest thing in the pool. Draft, revised tomorrow.
Swimming forward for a while, seeing that he was about to reach the shore, suddenly, the master felt a stream of water quickly paddling past him, and the whole person shook with the current, the master was stunned, not good, there is really a big guy in the water, and the speed is extremely fast.
The grandfather immediately sped up, and the current swept past my grandfather again, and the grandfather's body shook again, but the grandfather did not pay attention to it, and quickly swam to the shore, and when his legs were able to step on the bottom of the water and stand up, the grandfather breathed a sigh of relief, dragged the rope in his waist, and went ashore.
There is a meadow on the shore, and not far from the meadow is a slope, and under the slope, there is a big tree, and the master turned around and greeted Xiao Laodao, and asked him how much rope he still had, and the master wanted to tie the rope to the big tree. Xiao Lao Dao replied, it's still long.
The master dragged the rope and tied it to the big tree under the slope, Xiao Laodao here, after the master tied the rope, they also found a place on the opposite bank and tied the rope.
Xiao Laodao beckoned everyone, pulled the rope and was about to go into the water, but the master hurriedly waved at them, saying that there was a big guy in the water, and you were crossing the river when you cleaned up the big guy.
The master held the Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword in one hand, pulled the rope in the other, and went down into the water again, but after swimming back and forth in the water twice, the thing never appeared again. In the end, the master swam to Xiao Laodao with the rope and told Xiao Laodao about the situation.
When Xiao Laodao heard this, he pondered for a while and said, it must be that you have a heavy spirit, that thing doesn't dare to touch you, you take a rest on the shore, and we will go into the water together later.
The master waved his hand, and didn't want to rest, because he was soaked at this time, and he was almost shivering from the cold, and after resting for a while, he had to freeze to death, so he hurriedly urged Xiao Laodao to go into the water quickly, and when he reached the opposite bank, he lit a bonfire to warm up.
At this time, Xiao Laodao glanced at the girl and discussed with the old man, the water in the pond is too cold, I am afraid that this girl will not be able to stand it, it is better for the two of you to stay here, the old man disagreed, the old man's meaning, the big tomb before, let them stay outside, nothing helped, this time the girl can stay again, he must go down to the tomb to help.
When the girl heard this, she did not agree, she was not weak, and it was fine to go into the water, since she could not be allowed to go to the grave, she could not leave him on the other side.
In the end, everyone went into the water, with Xiao Chujiu taking the lead, and my grandfather padding, all of them dragged the rope down to the pool. At that time, women basically couldn't swim, except for some wild girls who grew up near the water. The girl couldn't swim, so she panicked as soon as she got out of the water, and the master was behind her, and hurriedly supported her arm with her hand, and the girl looked at my master gratefully.
Strange to say, or perhaps because of the large number of people, the thing just now did not appear again, and everyone actually reached the other side safely.
The master and the others were busy chopping firewood and lighting a bonfire, while Xiao Laodao walked up the slope and looked at the mountain in front of him.
After a while, the master and they got a lot of firewood, but because of the entertaining girl, they couldn't take off their clothes, and the bonfire was lit, and they were all dressed and smoked. The burdens on the backs of several people, except for the two small burdens of Xiao Laodao and Xiao Shiyi, were lifted above their heads by Xiao Laodao without getting wet, and the other burdens were all soaked and smoked.
An hour later, when the time came to noon, everyone re-roasted the grilled fish on the fire, drank the water and ate again.
In the afternoon, everyone packed their luggage and headed for the mountainside, this mountain is very large, because it is inaccessible, the vegetation is particularly lush, fortunately the mountain is not too steep, but it is also very difficult to walk.
It took more than an hour to stop and go, and everyone came to the mountainside, at this time, everyone stopped at a place on the mountainside that was still a platform to rest, and Xiao Laodao took out the compass and looked back and forth.
In a few moments, he beckoned to the crowd not far away and found the tomb. Everyone suddenly came to their senses and walked over with their burdens on their backs.
Walking to the front of Xiao Lao Dao, the master took a look, and saw that at the foot of Xiao Lao Dao, there was a barren land with no grass, and the radius was about ten steps. Xiao Laodao said that this should be the tomb entrance, after the coffin is buried, the tomb entrance is sealed, and the rammed soil of the seal is mixed with quicklime, so there will be no grass here. However, in doing so, it also exposes the location of the tombway.
Xiao Laodao beckoned everyone and dug up the seal to take a look. It may be because the proportion of sealing soil is not right, the quicklime is too large, and the rammed earth of the sealing is not too hard.
At the moment of digging, a foul smell rushed out of it, but fortunately, everyone was prepared and did not choke on the stench.
Away from the seal and waiting for a while, the stench dissipated, Xiao Laodao lit a torch and shone it inside, and the master stood beside Xiao Laodao and looked at it by the light of the torch.
It was not a cemetery, but a cave, which looked like a natural cave. The master listened to Xiao Laodao say to himself, "Why does it feel so wrong?" ”
The master asked, "What's the matter, Brother Xiao?" ”
Xiao Laodao waved his hand, "I can't say, but I don't feel like this is an ancient tomb." Saying that, Xiao Laodao condescendingly looked back into the distance, and said: "But the feng shui here is excellent, not an ancient tomb, what could it be?" Forget it, since you're here, let's go and see it first. ”
Xiao Laodao divided the division of labor for everyone again, this time, the girl and the ghost monkey were guarding outside, and the old man also went in with him.
It was still Xiao Shiyi who took the lead, Xiao Laodao and my grandfather followed, the old man and the young man walked behind the grandfather, and Xiao Chujiu was at the rear.
The entrance of this cave is not too big, the height of an adult, more than three feet wide, the whole is inclined downward, the cave is wet and damp, and there is a foul smell remaining.
Walking not far into the cave, a big stone tablet appeared, everyone stopped in front of the stone tablet, Xiao Shiyi used the torch in his hand to shine on it, and saw that the stone tablet was engraved with dense runes, Xiao Laodao looked at it and said, it is not like Taoist runes, like some tantric runes, but I don't know, what are these runes engraved in the cave.
Bypassing the stone stele, everyone continued to walk forward, and after walking a short distance, a large area of dry corpses appeared on the ground in the cave, densely packed, not to mention hundreds.
Xiao Laodao hurriedly beckoned everyone to stop, and he lit another torch and took a picture of the corpses on the ground. The grandfather also looked at the corpses, and it was the first time in his life that he had seen so many corpses.
The grandfather asked Xiao Laodao: "Brother Xiao, are these people all martyred for the tomb owner?" ”
Xiao Laodao shook his head, "I'm afraid it's not that simple." As he spoke, Xiao Laodao kicked a pair of bones under his feet, "Judging from the clothes of these people, they look like coolies, and they are all men, these people ...... It should be a craftsman! Saying that, Xiao Laodao glanced at everyone, "This should not be a tomb, but a craftsman's mound, many large tombs, after they are built, the tomb owner will wipe out all the craftsmen, and the people here should be escorted into the cave and killed all of them after building the tomb here." ”
Xiao Laodao immediately beckoned everyone, "Let's go, let's take a look inside." ”
This time, Xiao Chujiu took the lead, and walked towards the cave while cleaning up the corpses on the ground.
Further inside, there are corpses, how many there are, the master they can't count, there must be thousands, and not all of them are men, there are also women, and children, but they are also wearing clothes similar to those of coolies, and some of them still have shackles. And all of them are not normal deaths, many of the bones have scars of knives and guns, all of them were hacked to death by random knives, some only have bodies and can't see their heads, and some only have heads and can't find their bodies.
Everyone walked in the pile of corpses, and even the grandfather felt shocked. Xiao Laodao may have said in order to stabilize people's hearts: "There are many people here, it should be a family, one person committed a crime, and all the nine clans were taken here, and some people with shackles should be some serious offenders." It seems that these people were all brought to repair the tomb, and after the tomb was repaired, they were all killed here. ”
When the master heard this, he asked, "Since this is not an ancient tomb, where is the real ancient tomb?" ”
Xiao Laodao glanced at the master, "I'm afraid that the eunuch tomb we dig is the real ancient tomb, this is just a burial pit, a trick made by the eunuchs, a fake tomb." These people, I'm afraid that some of them are Zhongliang who was framed by him, and he quietly escorted them here and built a mausoleum for him! ”
As soon as Xiao Laodao said this, Xiao Shiyi quickly gestured at him, Xiao Shiyi's gesture meant to say: The cave is not clean, there are ghosts!
Xiao Laodao smiled faintly and said disapprerovitically: "There are so many dead people, such a big grievance, and it is not uncommon for there to be a few ghosts in the cave. ”
Xiao Shiyi immediately gestured again: It's not a few, it's many, and we are all surrounded by roads.
Xiao Laodao was stunned for a moment, and the master looked around and couldn't see anything, but at this time, he felt that the cave was cold and biting, and the old man and the young man were already trembling.
Xiao Laodao suddenly screamed badly and quickly withdrew. Everyone hurriedly turned around and walked back the same way.
I walked back for a long time, but I didn't see the entrance of the cave, the master nodded at this time, he asked everyone to stop, something was wrong, according to the distance he came in before, he should have gone out a long time ago.
Taiye and Xiao Laodao looked at Xiao Shiyi at the same time, Xiao Shiyi shook his head, and didn't seem to see anything abnormal.