I smiled bitterly and said, "Third uncle, I beg you not to praise me in the future, every time you praise me, I feel like you're praising yourself." ”

The third uncle said: "I'm just seeking truth from facts." ”

"So, am I right? Is this really a copper box? ”

The third uncle nodded affirmatively: "Of course, you know the third uncle's knowledge." If it weren't for copper, I'd have eaten it. ”

As he spoke, the third uncle casually tapped the edge of the box with the sapper shovel in his hand.

Unexpectedly, just like this, the box fell apart with a bang.

This scared me and my third uncle, and no one expected that the box would be so bad. One thing is certain, though, that the box is 100% copper.

I glanced at the third uncle and asked, "Third uncle, I didn't expect your taste to be so strong." Whether you want to eat steamed or braised food, I will process it for you right away, eldest nephew. ”

The third uncle's face was red and white, and he was a little embarrassed. However, he quickly recovered, and said unashamedly: "Well, this...... Big nephew, the third uncle will teach you again, if we get something from the murderous house, don't pay attention to the outer packaging, the important thing is the inside. Like this box......"

As he spoke, the third uncle picked up the scattered boxes with a sapper shovel and began to rummage inside.

I laughed secretly and pretended to be stupid, which is also the consistent style of the third uncle.

The box was not copper, it was supposed to be wooden. The wood was rotten, rotten in many places. When it was just unearthed, it was still able to remain intact, and it was normal to see the light of day outside, be blown by the wind, and then fall apart by the third uncle.

The third uncle picked out some of the broken wooden pieces, spread them aside, looked at them a few times and said, "That's true." Although the chest is made of wood, the surface of the chest is painted with charms. These spells seal the chest, and the reason is the same as that of the copper chest. ”

According to the third uncle, sealing the box with a charm means that there must be something in the box that needs to be sealed.

Maybe the things that Fei Yao was rummaging around at that time were in this box. That's why she rummaged through the house frantically and ended up in vain.

When the third uncle opened all the pieces of the box, a piece of red cloth wrapped in the box really appeared.

I stabbed it lightly with my mahogany sword, and it was so hard that I couldn't feel what it was.

I glanced at the third uncle, and he nodded at me.

I used my mahogany sword to gently pick at the red cloth wrapped on the outside, layer by layer, until the last layer of red cloth was opened, and the contents were completely presented in front of us.

"Ah......h

Inside was a skinned animal that looked like a cat.

We've been surrounded by black cats since we came here, and we've even been attacked by a group of cats. It is not surprising that a dead cat appeared in the box. The strange thing is that the cat has been buried in the box for an unknown number of years, but instead of rotting, it has turned into a dried corpse. Moreover, this dried corpse was strangled with iron wire

lived.

It was the dried corpse of a skinned cat.

The third uncle was not too surprised, he used his peachwood sword to look at the cat's dried corpse, and finally picked up the cat's corpse. I looked at the appearance of the cat's corpse, and I couldn't hold back any longer, so I squatted aside and vomited wildly.

After a while, the third uncle said, "Don't vomit, come and have a look." ”

I endured my nausea and covered my mouth and leaned over.

"Yoko, isn't it a little strange for you to look at the cat's belly?"

After being reminded by the third uncle, I paid attention to the cat's belly. Only then did I realize that the cat's belly was bulging outward, as if it had been inflated.

"Got something in your stomach?" I asked.

The third uncle nodded, took out a fruit knife from his body, and was about to cut the cat's belly.

"Third uncle, your taste is too heavy, right? The cat may just be pregnant. I reminded.

The third uncle glared at me: "Fart, this is obviously a male cat, which one is pregnant." You Rory, why don't you come? ”

I quickly covered my mouth and ran away for some distance.

The third uncle shook his head in hatred, pressed the cat to the ground, and with a force, cut the cat's stomach with the fruit knife.

Something's falling out of the cat's belly.

The outside of the thing was covered in blood, and it didn't smell anything special because it had been so long.

This also aroused my curiosity, so I slowly leaned over to take a look.

The third uncle was about to disgust me to the end, he put on cowhide gloves and began to peel off what fell out of the cat's belly. The thing did look like a kitten cub in terms of size. But it's not four-legged, and it's obviously not what I thought it was. Come to think of it, if it's really an unborn cat fetus, it's a bit too normal and doesn't quite fit the conventions of our industry.

When the third uncle had almost cleaned up the blood paste on the outside of the thing, he asked me to take a bottle of mineral water from the car and rinse it up. Only then did we realize that it was actually a wood carving.

The wood carving is a woman wearing a cheongsam, and the carving technique is extremely exquisite, which can be called a stroke of genius. The woodcarved woman is very beautiful, but what is amazing is that the charm of an ancient woman on her body, as well as the faint grievance between her eyebrows, have been completely copied into this work.

Looking at this wood carving, it is simply a miniature version of a real person. This kind of carving process, I think no one can match it in modern times.

Who could be this wood carving woman? Why is it put in a cat's belly?

The third uncle looked up at the lilac tree again, thought about it, nodded and said, "I understand why this lilac tree suddenly died." I see. ”

I asked, "Could it be that the earth qi in this soil has been absorbed by this thing?" The tree lost its breath and quickly died. ”

The third uncle nodded: "That's right." But you're only half right. Even if there was no earth, the tree would not die so quickly. Or because of this wooden figurine, it not only absorbs the earth's qi, but also releases dead qi. The dead air flows down the roots of the lilac tree into the trunk, and the tree dies quickly. ”

I asked again: "But, this wood."

The figurines must have been buried in the ground for many years, right? Why did it take only two days for the death of the lilac tree to die? ”

The third uncle explained: "It's very simple. It's because of the lilac trees, the cat corpses, the wooden figurines, and the land here, these things together form a balance. And in recent times, it is possible that this balance has been perceived as upset. That's why a series of events took place. ”

(End of chapter)

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