At this time, the master's attention was all in the pit, and when he heard the sound, he quickly turned his head to look at it, and was stunned for a moment, and saw a stone pillar tied to a rope in front of it, squatting on a thing the size of a dog, this thing, the whole thing is like a big mouse, thief eyebrows, rat eyes, but it is covered with fish scales-like armor, the mouth is pointy, the hind limbs are thick, the forelimbs are short, and the forelimbs also have sharp claws and toes, one by one like steel hooks, which look extremely sharp.

At this time, the toes of this thing were already clamped on the rope, as if he wanted to clip the rope off, and when the master saw this, he immediately shouted: "Good you brute!" ”

With a sound, this thing was actually drunk, and quickly let go of the rope and went around the back of the stone pillar, and the master rushed over with a torch, and turned to the back of the stone pillar to see, this thing was actually gone.

Where did it come from just now, and how did it disappear without a trace now?

The master lowered his head and searched around the stone pillar, but he didn't even find a shadow, but at this moment, there was a rustling sound from the stone pillar, which sounded like the sound of scales and armor rubbing. When the master looked up, he saw that this thing had actually climbed up the stone pillar, and was still climbing up, and it seemed that it was about to climb to the top of the stone pillar.

The master stretched out his hand and pulled out the Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword in his waist, wanting to shoot this thing down with a short sword, but at this moment, Xiao Laodao's shout came from the hole: "Brother, what's going on there?" ”

The master paused when he heard this, and with this pause, the thing quickly climbed to the top of the stone pillar and disappeared.

The master replied to Xiao Laodao, "There is really something here, as big as a dog, covered in scales, is it the Ling carp beast you said?" ”

Xiao Laodao at the bottom of the pit immediately shouted: "Exactly, grab it, don't let it run?" ”

The grandfather replied helplessly: "It's already gone, and it's gone." ”

"Gone? Something can get out of under your dragon slayer. Xiao Laodao looked a little surprised, "You wait up there and don't move, I'll go up and take a look." ”

Xiao Laodao grabbed the rope and climbed up from the pit, at this time, the master was holding a torch and looking at the stone pillar, Xiao Laodao walked up to the master and asked again: "Brother, where is the carp beast?" ”

The master motioned to Xiao Laodao to look at the stone pillar and said, "That thing wanted to cut the rope with its claws just now, but I snorted, who knew that it would disappear when I climbed the stone pillar." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Laodao looked up at the top of the stone pillar, circled around the stone pillar, and finally, stopped opposite my grandfather across the stone pillar, raised his hand to the top of a cave next to the stone pillar support point, and said, "Brother, come over to my side to have a look." The master walked over.

"What do you see next to the stone pillar?"

When the master heard this, he looked in the direction of Xiao Laodao's finger, and saw that next to the support point of the stone pillar, next to the top of the cave at the support point, there was a depression.

Xiao Laodao asked, "Do you think this place looks like a vertical hole?" ”

When the master heard this, he turned his head and glanced at Xiao Laodao, if Xiao Laodao didn't say it, the master couldn't see it, as soon as he said this, the master said: "It's really like a vertical hole, and the hole under the pit is about the same size." ”

Xiao Laodao nodded and said, "The Ling carp beast you saw just now, after climbing the stone pillar, should have gotten into it, and this vertical hole was also made by it." ”

The master said, "It should have come down from here." Saying that, the master glanced at Xiao Laodao and asked, "Brother Xiao, did you say that the monkey and Xiaoqing also got into this vertical hole?" ”

Xiao Laodao looked at the vertical hole again and said, "The monkey should be fine, but Xiaoqing is a girl's family, but not necessarily." ”

The master didn't say anything, took back the Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword, handed the torch in his hand to Xiao Laodao, and said, "I'll climb up and take a look." ”

Xiao Laodao didn't take the torch, and stopped the master and said: "Don't worry, if you can run, the monk can't run the temple, and the mausoleum carp beast can't run through this vertical hole, and I'll talk about it after I dig out the coffin in the hole." ”

Xiao Laodao said this, the master could only give up for the time being, the two of them came to the front of the pit together, looked into the pit, both of them were dumbfounded, and saw that there was no torch in the pit, it was dark, this is nothing, the most important thing, Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi are gone.

Xiao Laodao came back to his senses first, and shouted at the pit: "The ninth day of the first month!" Eleven! ”

Soon, from the hole above the pit, Xiao Chujiu's voice came: "Master, we are here." ”

Xiao Laodao was suddenly angry and shouted, "What are you doing there!" ”

Xiao Chujiu replied: "That Ling carp beast has come out again, and I and Eleven have come in to catch it." ”

Xiao Laodao shouted: "Whoever asked you to arrest it, don't say hello, give it to me!" ”

Soon, Xiao Chujiu first retreated from the hole and stepped on the stone that the master had erected before, and then Xiao Shiyi also retreated, Xiao Chujiu hugged him and put him at the bottom of the pit.

Xiao Laodao shouted again at this time: "Who let you go in and arrest you!" ”

Xiao Chujiu replied: "Didn't you say that the Ling Carp Beast is a rare and exotic beast in the world, after Eleven and I saw it, we were afraid of alarming it, so we didn't greet you and went in to catch it." ”

When Xiao Laodao heard this, he seemed to be angry, mainly because the two apprentices disappeared at the same time, which made him worry about being a master, and when the master saw this, he hurriedly said: "Brother Xiao, it seems that there is more than one carp beast in this mountain, let's not waste any more time, take out the objects in the coffin, and go to find the monkey and Xiaoqing." ”

Xiao Laodao swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, seemed to suppress the fire, and asked Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi coldly, "Have you two seen it, what is in this coffin?" ”

Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi glanced at each other, looked at each other and shook their heads, Xiao Laodao was furious, "Don't take a look!" ”

The two of them suddenly seemed to be like children who had made a mistake, timidly approaching the coffin, and at the same time peeking inside.

At a glance, the two of them actually raised their heads at the same time and looked at Xiao Laodao, and when the master saw this, he felt that the expressions on their faces were very strange at this time.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Laodao also sensed that something was wrong, "Speak, what do you see!" ”

The brothers glanced at each other again, and then, Xiao Chujiu said hesitantly: "There is a ...... in the coffin There are six wood carvings, four men wood carvings, one green cow wood carving, and one monkey wood carving......"

"What?"

Four men, one cow and one monkey...... The master and Xiao Laodao glanced at each other this time, and the master asked, "How many of us are carving this wood carving?" ”

Without waiting for Xiao Laodao to speak, Xiao Chujiu said: "Liu Daxia, it's just a few of us, there are names engraved on it, the wood carving dressed up by the scholar is engraved with your name, the big man is engraved with me, the small man is engraved with eleven, and our master's ......"

"Hell yes!" Without waiting for Xiao Chujiu to finish speaking, Xiao Laodao shouted: "Don't move, I'll go down and take a look." Saying that, Xiao Laodao bent down to pick up the rope from the ground, but before he could wait, Xiao Laodao looked at the stone pillar that tied the rope and was stunned.

I saw that at some point, the rope tied to the stone pillar was cut, but fortunately, Xiao Laodao took a look at it when he picked up the rope, otherwise he would have to fall into the pit.

Xiao Laodao raised his head and glanced at the vertical hole at the top of the stone pillar, ignored the rope, and asked Xiao Chujiu, "Is there anything else in the coffin?" ”

Xiao Chujiu replied: "No, there are only six wood carvings." ”

Xiao Laodao stroked his goatee and looked thoughtful, "Bring the wood carving, and you can come up too." ”

The rope didn't dare to tie it to the stone pillar again, Xiao Laodao and the grandfather pulled the rope together, and Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi climbed up along the rope.

"Bring me the wood carving."

Xiao Shiyi quickly took out the wood carvings from the baggage and placed them on the ground one by one, Xiao Laodao asked for a torch from the master's hand, squatted in front of the wood carving, and the master also squatted down.

See these six wood carvings, the height and size are different, the largest is one foot high, the smallest is a little more than half a foot, although the face carving is not clear, but from the shape, clothing, it is a few of them, and it is carved according to the height ratio, the largest is Xiao Chujiu, the smallest is the ghost monkey. Moreover, everyone has their names engraved on their bodies, Liu Niandao, Xiao Benxuan, etc., and the little green cow and the ghost monkey are engraved with the mountain god and monkey spirit. This must be a few of them!

Xiao Laodao picked up his own wood carving and looked at it, put down the wood carving, stood up from the ground, and the master saw his solemn face and asked: "What's the matter, Brother Xiao, these wood carvings can't be put into the coffin and joke with us, right?" ”

Xiao Laodao shook his head slowly, and said: "These wood carvings can't have just been put in, judging from the color of the wood and the degree of decay, it is at least fifty or sixty years old......

"What?" The master looked stunned, "Brother Xiao, you can't be mistaken, fifty or sixty years ago, you weren't born yet!" ”

Xiao Laodao's face looked very ugly, "I will never be mistaken, I have seen this situation in the tomb in the past, but those carved are not me." As he spoke, Xiao Laodao paused, bent down and picked up the wooden figure engraved with the name of the master, and asked the master: "Do you know what these wooden figures are for?" ”

The master looked at the wooden figure in Xiao Laodao's hand, and said nothing, he didn't believe that this wooden man had been fifty or sixty years old, someone must be playing a prank!

Xiao Laodao continued: "This wood carving is used for burial, called 'soul burial puppet', there are wood, there are also clay pottery and stone carving, in the past, some vassal kings, not only with maids to accompany the burial, but also with the staff and close ministers around the burial, they especially like to use military generals, however, if these civil and military generals are buried, then their descendants will have no one to support, and the country will be finished, so they will use soul burial dolls, carved into the appearance of civil and military generals, and buried with them, and wait for those civil and military generals to be buried a hundred years later, The spirits will then attach themselves to the puppets and continue to obey their commands. ”

After Xiao Laodao finished speaking, a trace of anger appeared in the eyes of the grandfather and asked, "According to Brother Xiao, have we been made into dolls and buried before we were born?" ”