When the Japanese officer led everyone to the iron carriage, he took the mask from the hand of the military doctor at the door and handed it over: "Although I am sure that it will not be infectious, I should be careful." ”

Everyone took the mask from his hand in turn, and when it came to Qian Sinian, Qian Sinian waved his hand and said, "I won't go in." ”

The Japanese officer glanced at him, his eyes full of contempt and disdain, but he didn't say anything, just put on a mask and walked into the carriage first.

After Tang Qianlin, Yi Mochen and Li Yunfan walked into the carriage, Qian Sinian waved his hand and called the spy who was waiting in the distance and asked, "What is that cigarette butt called, have you checked it?" What's the way? ”

The agent replied: "I checked, the background is not clean." ”

Qian Sinian asked cautiously: "Unclean?" What color? ”

The spy hurriedly explained: "It has nothing to do with the anti-Japanese elements, a bit of an underworld background, but it's not deep, he was originally a thief, or a gambler, in the major casinos in Harbin, no one doesn't know him, I heard that he is fast, there is nothing he can't steal, and it is rumored that he will cheat in a thousand, but he has never been caught." ”

Qian Sinian pondered for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face: "It's kind of interesting." ”

The spy said again: "The person has already been picked up, and he is detained in the car outside, what do you think about it?" ”

"Let him in." Qian Sinian looked at the carriage where the corpse was stored and said, "I want to see how they are going to play the following scene." ”

In the carriage where the corpse was stored, the Japanese officer uncovered the white cloth on a stretcher, so that Tang Qianlin and the others could clearly see the horrific corpse under the white cloth.

The carriages are not sealed, there are vents around them, and it stands to reason that in this season, if such freight trains are loaded with soldiers, the vents will be closed, or artificially sealed, because it is too cold. But because of the need to transport the corpse, there is no need for that kind at all, and the temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius can keep the corpse from decomposing in the carriage.

When everyone saw the corpse under the white cloth, they couldn't help but tremble, because the face had become almost translucent, and even the blood vessels under the skin could be clearly seen, and the surface of the skin was densely covered with irregular cracks, like porcelain that had been broken and put back together.

Li Yunfan frowned and said, "How can this be?" ”

The Japanese officer shook his head and said: "I don't know, our military doctor only knows that it is poisoning, as for what poison it is, and why it has such a change, I don't know at all, we brought the corpse back for autopsy and testing." ”

At this time, Yi Mochen thought in his heart that it would be good if he could get a corpse, even if he could take some skin tissue from the corpse and bring it back for Xiao Tianjun to test.

Tang Qianlin, who had been silent, completely lifted the white cloth below, looked at it carefully, and after seeing the position of the heel of his feet, Tang Qianlin raised his hand to cover the white cloth and turned to leave.

Seeing this, the Japanese officer chased after him and asked, "Is there a conclusion?" ”

Tang Qianlin shook his head: "No, you better take it back for careful testing." ”

After speaking, Tang Qianlin left the carriage, and Yi Mochen and Li Yunfan also left after him, leaving the Japanese officer alone in the carriage.

When they walked out of the carriage, Tang Qianlin and Li Yunfan saw the cigarette butts standing at the station, rubbing their hands and stomping their feet.

Qian Sinian stepped forward and said, "How is it?" ”

Tang Qianlin just shook his head: "I don't know, I've never seen this situation." ”

After speaking, Li Yunfan asked again: "Where is the train we are on?" ”

Qian Sinian pointed to the train in front of the car where the Buddha statue was stored not far away and said, "Over there." ”

Tang Qianlin nodded and said, "Let's get in the car first, I'm tired too." ”

Qian Sinian led the way in front: "Rest, rest in the car these days." ”

After a few people got into the car, they found that in addition to the arrested traffic officer Zhang Dagen, Qingquan, who had disappeared for a few days, and two other strangers were also in the car.

Seeing Tang Qianlin and a few people walking in, Zhang Dagen glanced at Li Yunfan, lowered his gaze again, and sat there silently.

Qingquan stepped forward and said, "I finally saw you." ”

Tang Qianlin asked, "Where have you been these days?" ”

Qingquan smiled bitterly: "In prison." ”

Qingquan's answer made Tang Qianlin and Li Yunfan stunned, and they immediately understood that Qingquan was arrested and interrogated about the specific situation in the sacrificial cave at that time.

Because Qian Sinian was there, Tang Qianlin didn't want to ask anything, just found a place to sit down and looked out the window.

Outside the window, the Japanese Kwantung Army soldiers were busy running in the direction of the rear of the carriage, where the Japanese officer from earlier was also directing.

Li Yunfan, who was sitting opposite Tang Qianlin, listened for a while, then glanced around, and made sure that Qian Sinian, who was far away from him, didn't notice this, so he lowered his voice and said, "It's strange, they also hung the carriage that transported the Buddha statue in the back." ”

Tang Qianlin asked, "How do you know?" ”

Li Yunfan said: "The Japanese was directing the soldiers to hang the carriage at the end. ”

As the two were talking, they heard the roar of the front of the car again, Li Yunfan subconsciously leaned out, and when he retracted his head, he immediately said: "There is also an armored train hanging at the end of the carriage, which has just driven from behind." ”

Yi Mochen was puzzled: "I just transported it back and pulled it away, what do you mean?" ”

Li Yunfan pricked up his ears to listen to the shouts of the Japanese officers outside, and then said: "Listening to their conversation, it should be to transport this Buddha statue to Xinjing." ”

After listening to this, Tang Qianlin said: "In this way, we still have a chance along the way." ”

"What chance?" Li Yunfan frowned and asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

Tang Qianlin squinted at Qian Sinian, who was sitting with Zhang Dagen and the others in the distance, and said, "I still need to confirm that Buddha statue again." ”

Yi Mochen reacted very quickly: "You mean to say that there is a problem with that Buddha statue?" ”

Tang Qianlin said: "That's right, there must be a problem, if I didn't guess wrong, it was not a Buddha statue, but a human coffin." ”

When Tang Qianlin said the three words of the coffin, Li Yunfan and Yi Mochen were stunned, glanced at each other, and asked almost at the same time: "What is that?" ”

Tang Qianlin explained: "It is a unique burial method of a mysterious sect in the Northeast, when the Yuanzi sect was looking for shamanic relics in the Northeast, they once found this kind of human tomb coffin in the Heihe area, but the human tomb coffin was just an ordinary stone statue, not a Buddha statue. ”

Yi Mochen asked: "Then how can you be sure that this Buddha statue is a human coffin?" ”

"Because of those shrunken ghost frogs." Tang Qianlin subconsciously looked in the direction of Qian Sinian, and said in a low voice, "When the Xuanzi faction found the coffin, although they were very careful, they also damaged two people, one was a local guide who paid for money, and the other was a prisoner, and their deaths in the record were almost exactly the same as the corpses of the Japanese soldiers I saw earlier. ”

Li Yunfan frowned: "Is it really the ghost frog who did it?" ”

Tang Qianlin nodded: "The ghost frogs themselves are like ice, their body temperature is extremely low, and under the premise that there is no food, the way they adopt is to reproduce and devour their own kind at the same time. After opening the coffin, they found that in addition to a human corpse that looked like it had just died, there were countless surviving ghost frogs, all of which were very small. ”

Yi Mochen finally understood: "I understand, putting the human body into the human grave coffin, and at the same time putting the ghost frog in it, can ensure that the corpse does not decay, and the ghost frog naturally degenerates its body in this specific environment in order to survive, and the originally harmless ghost frog also mutates and produces toxins in this process." ”

"That's right, the Yuanzi faction also speculated so back then." Tang Qianlin looked out the window, and at this time, the Japanese soldiers outside the window began to assemble, and the train began to start slowly with the sound of the whistle.

Tang Qianlin's gaze moved back, and he said: "After the death of any creature, the corpse will rot and produce bacterial toxins, even if the human corpse does not decay at low temperatures, it will still produce other things, and under the premise of closure, the things secreted by the ghost frog itself and its feces, plus the corpse gas and corpse poison produced by the corpse, will make the only living ghost frog mutate." ”

Li Yunfan nodded: "Understood, then why use a human grave coffin?" What kind of people will use human grave coffins? ”

Tang Qianlin recalled: "According to the investigation of the Yuanzi faction, this burial method is divided into two types, the first is called the human mound coffin, which is a high-standard burial, and the people buried inside are all people who were regarded as good people by everyone before their deaths. ”

Yi Mochen asked, "What about the second type?" ”

Tang Qianlin said: "The second kind is called the ghost mound coffin, and the one who was buried should be the captured evil sa, of course, these are just the speculations of the Yuanzi faction at that time, after all, although they found two at that time, one of them has been artificially damaged, and the corpse inside has also been taken away, and it can only be from the objects left in the coffin, judging that it should be evil sa." ”

Li Yunfan asked, "What's left?" ”

Tang Qianlin said: "There are several boxes of different sizes left. ”

"Box?" Yi Mochen was puzzled, "What is that for?" ”

Tang Qianlin explained: "The evil sa who was found and arrested basically had two ends, the first criminal law was lighter, just exiled to a wild place, and the second was to die on the spot, and then divide the body into seven parts, limbs, head, and a body divided into two, these seven parts will be packed into a box, and then put into a ghost mound coffin, which probably means the same as what our Han people say will never be born." ”

Yi Mochen raised his eyebrows and said: "It's really ruthless, in your judgment, is the body of a certain evil sa in the Buddha statue pulled in the back carriage?" ”

Tang Qianlin shook his head: "I just don't know, I just want to verify, you think, that thing was dug up from the non-like mountain, and if the Shaman Spirit Palace is really there, the people buried inside will provide us with very valuable clues, so before we arrive in Xinjing, we must find a way to open it and take a look." ”

Li Yunfan looked around and said: "The key is that the car is full of people from the secret search class, and it is also about the soldiers of the Eastern Army, and it is very difficult for us to start." ”

Yi Mochen was also embarrassed: "And it's a stone statue, it takes both tools and time to open it, even if we have tools, we may not be able to open it, and we may not have so much time to open it." ”

Tang Qianlin said calmly: "This problem is not big, you think, the ghost frog can run out of it, it means that there are cracks or holes in this human grave coffin itself, we can start from there, and now the question is, how can we find a reason to check it, or, let's just look at it generously." ”

Li Yunfan immediately objected: "Won't the Japanese know about it then?" ”

Tang Qianlin said: "Send it to Xinjing, they will open it sooner or later, if there is really no way, we will open it to find out the situation, and then find a way to destroy the things inside." ”

Yi Mochen shook his head regretfully: "It's a pity, that's a baby." ”

"Of course I know, but what if the contents are researched by the Japanese and used in war" Tang Qianlin looked at the Kwantung Army soldiers at the junction of the carriages, "I don't believe that they investigated and researched these mysterious events for the benefit of mankind." ”