I quickly got up and pushed the door open.

"Don't argue, Professor Gu went to the big pit last night, I saw it with my own eyes!" I said.

As soon as several people heard my words, they all looked at me with a very confused expression, and they didn't know whether they believed my words, or if they were frightened that Professor Gu went to the pit alone in the middle of the night.

"What do you say? Teacher Gu went to ...... by himself."

"Yes! I saw it with my own eyes, and I followed him to the edge of the pit. ”

Zhang Kailong hurriedly asked: "That...... What about others? Didn't come back with you? ”

I replied, "I saw him go into the pit, but when I went to look for him again, there was no one in the pit." ”

"What?" All three exclaimed almost simultaneously.

Obviously, Zhang Kailong believed my words, after all, they have experienced too many bizarre and strange things together these days, and he has also seen my skills, but the two graduate students don't seem to believe me, and there is suspicion in their eyes.

"I haven't figured this out yet, there is only one entrance in this pit, I have been guarding outside the entrance of the cave first, and then I went in to find it, and at this time Professor Gu is gone!"

"Impossible, right!? There are so many coffins and other messy debris in this big pit, will he be blocked? ”

Zhang Kailong continued to ask.

"Probably not! Don't you know my sight and hearing? If there is any shadow or sound, I will be aware of it. ”

"But this big pit is at least seventy or eighty meters above the ground, and there is no other exit!"

Zhang Kailong is still in disbelief.

Actually, don't talk about them, I haven't figured it out until now, theoretically this thing will never exist, could it be my illusion or illusion?

I didn't say anything about seeing a dark shadow on the ground, but I still based on the principle that more is better than less.

At this time, Chen Laosan, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke: "Maybe his disappearance has something to do with the platform in the center of the big pit!" ”

I hurriedly asked, "Is there any basis for what you say?" ”

Chen Laosan didn't answer, but sneered twice, and said in a low voice: "There is no basis, whether I guessed right or not, I'm afraid I'll be able to see it today!"

Zhang Kailong looked at his watch, it was already early seven o'clock, and we agreed to start work at half past eight last night.

At this time, Wang Jiliang's aunt called us, saying that the meal was ready, and let us go to the courtyard to eat.

It was August, and the tail of the scorching heat was still exposed, so the people in the village liked to be outside for breakfast and dinner. Pull the table outside, a few people gather around, eating and chatting, that feeling can be described in one word is comfort!

During the meal, everyone felt a little tired, thinking that it was because they had been busy all day yesterday, and they had drunk so much wine, and their physical strength had not recovered, but I thought it should be related to their strange behavior last night, otherwise why would Aunt Wang be very tired?

I hesitated, but decided not to tell the whole village about the roar, so as not to cause unnecessary panic.

After eating, it was not yet eight o'clock, Zhang Kailong couldn't sit still anymore, and beckoned us to go to Dakeng in the west of the village.

As soon as we arrived, we heard the sound of car engines coming from the west side of the village, and a few minutes later, several police cars and cars from the cultural center drove up.

"Team Zhang! You're early? ”

The driver, Xiao Zhang, hurriedly said hello.

Soon, more than 30 policemen surrounded him, led by the criminal policeman Lao Guo (now the acting captain), and they all happily shouted Zhang Kailong, which shows that his position in this team is irreplaceable.

"I've just arrived—don't be so polite—and I'm not the captain now!" Zhang Kailong replied embarrassedly.

I feel more and more that Zhang Kailong is really good, in the face of gangster murders, he is an iron-clad man, and when it comes to human affairs, he looks like an immature big child, maybe this is the reason, after his daughter-in-law died unexpectedly, he has been single so far.

"Team Zhang! We all know that your temporary resignation is also for these cases! Xiao Zhang shouted.

Lao Guo also spat and said confidently: "The brothers of our task force only recognize you Captain Zhang, if you change it, do you recognize it?" I...... I'm just acting for Team Zhang right now. ”

"That's right!"

"Except for Team Zhang, we don't recognize anyone!"

……

Maybe these calls have an element of encouragement, but it is still very clear from them that Zhang Kailong is a person.

Everyone giggled and laughed for a while, Zhang Kailong's expression was stunned, and he said, "That's right! There may be another accident! ”

Zhang Kailong told me about describing last night's incident, and I added a few words appropriately, which made the surrounding policemen look nervous.

"Why did this happen, according to what you say, Professor Gu should still be in this big pit!"

As he spoke, everyone gathered around the edge of the pit and looked into the pit.

The perspective from the top is more comprehensive, although the area of the pit is large and there are many debris, but there is no shadow of Professor Gu in the place where he can be seen, unless he gets into a coffin, or in the big stone platform in the middle of the coffin, but how is this possible!

A few minutes later, the roar of machinery was heard outside the village, and two light trucks and a crane arrived one after another.

As yesterday, the people present were divided into two groups, this time Zhang Kailong, me, Chen Laosan and a dozen policemen were sent down by crane first, several cultural center staff (including two graduate students) were the second group, and the others remained on the ground.

As soon as we arrived in the pit, we immediately dispersed, and everyone tacitly searched every corner, before and after each coffin, and still did not see Professor Gu, so it can be determined that Professor Gu is missing in this big pit.

At this time, Yang Guoshan's voice came from the ground: "Below! I invited two archaeological experts from Linxian County, who can be a companion with Lao Gu! ”

Curator Yang Guoshan didn't know that Professor Gu was missing, and his voice was full of excitement.

The crane sent Yang Guoshan and the three old men down, all of whom were wearing old gray shirts and glasses as thick as bottle bottom caps.

Before they could come down, I saw that the old man's eyes were straight, and his mouth was wide open, and I think that although the three of them all wore archaeologist hats on their heads, they were afraid that this was the first time they had seen this kind of scene in a small place like ours.

"Huh? What about the old guys? ”

Yang Guoshan glanced around, and his gaze was fixed on the faces of the two graduate students.

"Director Yang, my teacher...... Teacher, he's missing! ”

One by one, we told the previous story again.

Then a new day of archaeological excavation began, first a few black coffins were cleaned up, and the surrounding area of the platform was cleaned, counting, a total of ninety-nine coffins.

I said in my heart: Isn't it a "hundred ghosts and trapped beasts"? Why is there one missing!

With so many coffins, and the ground has been "broken", Yang Guoshan discussed with three experts and decided to open the coffin on the spot.

After all, archaeologists belong to the literati, and in addition to tools, it takes a lot of strength to open the coffin, and Chen Laosan and I, as well as three young policemen, played the role of "strong workers".

"Why did this coffin have eleven nails?"

The tall old man Lao Huang bent down and glanced at the coffin lid and said with a sigh.

I also know that in our traditional funeral customs, all coffins must be topped with nine nails, which is the so-called "coffin closure theory", which has the meaning of blessing the prosperity of future generations.

As for other ways to nail the coffin, it is said that there are ten nails, which means "very smooth", but Lao Huang has never seen the eleven nails in the coffin.

Another short and fat old man leaned over and asked, "What?" Eleven? Is it really eleven? ”

This old man's surname is Wen, and he is the oldest of the three, and naturally he is also the most experienced.

He held his reading glasses in his hand, stretched out his fingers and counted them one by one, and after confirming that it was really eleven coffin nails, I saw that his hands began to tremble.

"I ...... My teacher said that he ...... He had also seen a coffin with eleven nails nailed to it, he said...... He said that this is called the 'Eleventh Soul Chasing Nail', and the things in this coffin are not human! ”

"Not people? What is that? Old Wen, why haven't I heard you say this! Lao Huang hurriedly asked.

"I don't know what it is, the teacher also said it after a drunken accident, they found a coffin with eleven nails nailed in it during an archaeological activity, and later ...... Later, there were eighteen people in the entire archaeological team, and only Master and the other survived......"

Lao Huang couldn't wait to ask: "You didn't ask, what's going on?" What's in this coffin? ”

Old Man Wen's face sank and he sighed.

"I asked several times, but each time I was reprimanded by the teacher, and then I was simply not allowed to mention this matter anywhere or to anyone again - speaking of which, my teacher has been dead for thirty-eight years!"

Lao Wen's words calmed us, we don't know whether this coffin will be opened or not, the seventy or eighty-year-old man will not make something out of nothing! If it was true that a coffin contained something that could kill sixteen people, then the contents of ninety-nine coffins were enough to kill everyone in the nearby village.

At that time, in addition to the police (or special police), who were studying archaeology, they did not dare to open a black wooden coffin, which is the greatest irony of science.

"Let's go! If there's anything dirty, I think I, Chen Xiaozhen, can take charge of it on my own! ”

Seeing their tangled looks, I straightened my back and shouted with confidence.

Later, I learned that there was a reason why several old men were so cautious, and that it had something to do with me.

A few months ago, Yang Guoshan and I went to Linxian County to retrieve the Yellow River Ancient Bell, when a deputy curator surnamed Wei received us, and then a series of inexplicable strange things happened, the curator Wei was bizarrely crazy in his own bathroom, his state was miserable, and he died a few days later, which had a great impact on the staff of the Linxian Cultural Center.

The reason why they dared to come early in the morning was because they heard Yang Guoshan say that the big pit that suddenly appeared was under the ancient temple where the ancient bell of the Yellow River was placed.

Most of the people here already know me very well, and they don't realize that I am also impulsive, pretending to be a big-tailed wolf.

The coffin nails were still detained one by one, and the professional archaeological tools were easy to use, otherwise it would have to be delayed for several hours with the nails nailed.

When the lid of the coffin was pushed to the side, everyone present froze, and it was indeed not a person lying in the coffin.