Da Lei lit a cigarette, squatted at the door and smoked.

This thing is still taught to him by the sixth child, there is a kind of tree in the desert, the bark is white, you can tear off a piece with a light hand, the texture is soft and thin, the sixth said that this play should be called 'Luo Shu', after the bark is picked, you can roll some weeds, smoke much stronger than smoke, and the top can stand for seven or eight days.

Da Lei squinted for a while, and the fright passed, but he was very upset, and the little girl who looked so beautiful and kind turned out to be looking for herself to be a substitute for the dead ghost. It is said that seeing is believing, so according to this situation, can you still believe what you see in the future?

"Brother?" Xiao Hai patted Da Lei's shoulder, squatted down beside him, and said, "Don't think about it, you just think about it day and night." You see, I can't touch it. That 'thing' may just come to you because you're always thinking about it. ”

"You've heard it all?"

"The sixth told me."

"Hai, I ask you, do you know what Ketata means?"

Xiao Hai's face changed and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"This morning, the god of Ganu will say this to me."

Xiao Hai pondered for a while and said: "After I woke up from a coma, I had a lot of strange pictures in my head, and I don't know if it was a dream or a hallucination. I asked him what he meant, and he said that he was a man who had fled from the devil and was going to die. ”

Da Lei took the last puff of cigarette violently, a strong burnt smell filled his mouth, and then drilled into his nose and brain, his whole person was a little light, he raised his head, and spit out the last puff of cigarette at the green and yellow sky, which was really comfortable.

The one who runs away from the devil and dies after all?

Could it be that she only escaped Senna for the time being, and she will still have to be called her substitute for death in the future?

"By the way, brother, isn't this knife the one that the sixth brother gave us at the beginning? I remember you said you lost it. Xiao Hai asked as he turned his head and pointed to the knife on the table.

Da Lei pressed the rest of the grass butt on the sand, then clapped his hands and stood up, and said to Xiao Hai: "I'll go find the sixth child." ”

The door of the sixth family is still closed, usually the sixth is open at this time, he said that it is too stuffy to always close.

After hesitating for a while, Da Lei still knocked on the door.

No one answered.

I knocked two more times, but still no one answered.

Da Lei has a hunch that the sixth child must be in it.

After a long time, it was almost dark, and the sixth man opened the door slowly, he didn't expect Da Lei to be outside all the time, and after opening the door, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked a little unhappily: "Something?" ”

"There's something I want to ask you." Da Lei shook the medicine bottle in his hand.

The sixth child's face became very ugly when he saw the medicine bottle, he seemed to have guessed what Da Lei was going to ask, and lowered his voice: "Go out and say." ”

"Someone in your house?"

"It's none of your business."

"Ask casually, what are you anxious about?"

The sixth man wanted to say something, just opened his mouth, and suddenly a stumbling pounced on Da Lei, Ganu squeezed out from behind the sixth, Da Lei held him down, who knew that this cub's strength was surprisingly big, and he broke free in two strokes, and ran fast.

Da Lei looked at the back of Canu running away and didn't speak, the sixth coughed twice dryly, and said, "What do you want to ask, ask quickly." ”

Da Lei said: "This medicine bottle is someone I know, why did it appear here with you?" ”

"Coincidence."

"Coincidence?" Da Lei snorted coldly: "And the knife you gave me, the pattern on the handle is the same as a touch on the bottle, what is the relationship between you and the fifth master?!" ”

The sixth didn't speak, and looked at him expressionlessly.

"Don't speak?" Da Lei approached him and whispered: "Let me guess, many years ago, a group of bandits came to Lop Nur in search of the legendary treasure, and they lived and died along the way. When they arrived at the Loulan Tomb, there were only eight people left. But there are many mechanisms in the ancient tomb, which is more dangerous than the outside, and in the end, only two survived, one in the village where birds don't until now, and the other was locked up in the ancient tomb that did not see the light of day. You say, how did the man in the village get out of the tomb? ”

The sixth man still looked at him expressionlessly.

Da Lei continued: "He must have a roadmap for the ancient tomb to enter and exit, and he will not go back easily until he has to." Two people have conflicts and resentments over the treasure. Otherwise, why are they brothers and sisters in the bandit village, and after arriving at the ancient tomb of Loulan, one escaped, but he was unwilling to save the other. ”

The sixth still didn't speak.

"Maybe that person just wants to torture the other, so that he would be worse off than dead in that kind of immortal place. But I didn't expect that Xiaohai and I would break in, the two of us wanted to leave quickly, but there was an accident on the way, I accidentally entered the Loulan Ancient Tomb, and also met the fifth master who had been trapped in it for more than 20 years, in order to prevent me from escaping with the fifth master, the person in the village sneaked into the ancient tomb, and wanted to kill me in the stone statue water, but it didn't succeed. But it didn't matter, he still killed the fifth master. ”

The sixth child's eyes changed.

"The fifth master once told me that although there are thousands of manbai plants in the ancient tomb, which can cure all kinds of diseases, the most powerful is the mangu, which is red in the flower core, which is different from other plants. It is huge, it blooms once in ten years, and it withers in one day, and only when it is picked off and the rhizome is separated, can the flowers bloom for a long time. It can bring people back to life and keep their faces forever. The so-called treasure must be this. ”

The sixth child's lips began to tremble.

"Man Gu should be very difficult to find, he wants to keep this secret all the time, and leave when he finds the treasure. It's just that I never expected that the tomb would collapse. I didn't even think I would come out alive. ”

"During my coma, maybe he wanted to kill me too, but thinking that I had been in the tomb for so long, maybe I knew something about Man Gu, so I didn't do it. Unfortunately, not only did I not know anything, but I also struggled to find out other secrets that I shouldn't know. He wanted to teach me a lesson. ”

The sixth man's face turned iron-blue.

So he sneaked into the ancient tomb again, cut off the fifth master's head, and cut off his tongue. Then I threw my head in the well, calculated the time, waited for the sweat to draw water, mixed the human head into the bucket, and waited for the sweat to be delivered to my house. Khan Meng was old, and the night was dark, and he would definitely not find out. Even if it is difficult to carry water, Khan Meng will feel that he is not strong enough because he is carrying a second bucket of water. ”

The sixth child was trembling all over.

"The result? Not only did he not scare me, but he also gave me a warning, that is, to strike first! Suddenly, Da Lei took out a knife from his arms and stabbed straight at the sixth child!

As soon as the sixth dodged, the knife was deflected and slashed on his arm, and the sixth fell to the ground in pain, holding his arm with a distorted expression.

Da Lei is in control of his strength, he didn't want to kill the sixth child, the sixth child is the foot of the slope, it is inconvenient to walk, and he is not really sure that he is the man in black in the stone statue pool at that time, and he is not sure if he killed the fifth master. It's just that all kinds of things are signs pointing the finger at the sixth child, and I wanted to wait a little longer, wait until the time is ripe, and wait for more evidence.

But this knife.

Da Lei looked at the bright and sharp weapon in his hand.

At that time, it was obviously lost in the ancient tomb, and I didn't know where it was lost.

Why is it happening at this moment?

I only came into contact with the sixth child this day.

Early in the morning at the patriarch's place, the sixth child was worried about himself, insisted on sending him back to the house, and said a lot of comforting words, and only left after he fell asleep. And just after he left, the knife turned out to be on the table, such a big coincidence..... It's hard not to let yourself doubt him.

Now he just wants to force the sixth child to tell the truth.

The sixth child's face was pale, his eyes were still red, and he didn't know what he was muttering, Da Lei squatted down and approached him, only to hear clearly, what he said was: "The fifth brother is actually dead...."

The sixth child's tears crackled and fell, and finally turned into a low wail.

The air was filled with oppressive emotions, and the moonless night hung over the silent village, like a black cloth over the eyes of a departed person.

The sixth child gulped down a leather cigarette, which was already his fifth.

There was also a thick circle of manbai on his wound, like a white cloth tied during mourning.

The sixth sighed, paused, and said, "That ancient tomb has a curse. ”

Then after taking the last sip, he said slowly: "It is rumored that four thousand years ago, the king of Loulan gave birth to two daughters, and invited a wizard to divination, and the wizard said that it was an auspicious meaning, and it was a gift from God's poor people. An allegorical curse is the devil's constant punishment for the wars of recent years. Later, for some reason, both princesses died. The king buried them in two places, and the auspicious princess was buried in the ancient tomb where you had entered. And where the other princess is buried, I don't know. ”

"Since the owner of the tomb is an auspicious princess, she should be a good person! Why is there a curse in the tomb? ”

The sixth shook his head: "You don't know, people were superstitious in ancient times, especially in the ancient Western Regions, which were even more evil. The priest knows, right? They have always felt that this auspicious princess is a gift from God, and now that she is dead, she must ascend to heaven. Now that I've ascended to heaven, I have to bring some gifts back. ”

"What gift? Treasure? But there are no valuable treasures in her tomb. ”

"It is people who are sacrificed. A thousand people. ”

Da Lei was stunned.

No wonder...... The tomb is extremely large, and there are thousands of coffins in thousands of holes, and I still wonder what I do...... It turned out that they were all funeral goods.

"That's not right." Da Lei spoke: "The coffins of those who accompanied the funeral were all painted with black paint, since it was a gift to God, why did it paint black?" ”

"It is said that in the year of the princess's death, the people of Loulan contracted a strange disease, and their bodies were red and their skin seemed to be transparent. When he finally died, he had no body! The bones seemed to melt and were gone, except for a huge head. The wizard said it was because God felt that they had not taken good care of the princess, so he punished them for their strange illness. In order to return the gift, all 1,000 maids in the palace were buried together. In order to apologize, the coffins were all painted with black paint, which means that these people will never be reincarnated. ”

"But the tomb has collapsed, and even if there is a curse, it will disappear."

"The devil is more unprovoked than God. Legend has it that after the death of another princess, eight men were sacrificed to the devil as compensation. That is, he will accompany the princess to the burial. ”

"The sacrifice to the gods uses a thousand maids, and the devil uses eight males? It's a bit far off. ”

"Have you ever heard of 'Fu Teng'?"

"Sounds familiar."

"In ancient times, there was an emperor, in order to keep his youth forever, he listened to the slander of traitors, killed a thousand golden boys and a thousand jade girls, and soaked the triangular Fu Teng made of jade with virgin blood, and the light-colored jade was soaked into blood red, and he kept wearing it, but he could live a long life."

"What kind of thoughts does this person have....."

"One of the eight men who were sacrificed was wearing a talisman. But..."

"But what?"

"In the end, only seven people died. Because only seven bodies were found. 'Seven' means blasphemy in the ancient Western Regions, and the sorcerers said that they had sinned against the devil, and in order to make final amends, the tomb was cursed. Even whoever goes in must die! ”

"But does this curse have anything to do with the tomb of Princess Auspicious?"

The sixth man shook his head: "That tomb is full of manbai, and it is a good medicine for treating a hundred people." You say, what will be buried in the tomb of the cursed princess? ”

Da Lei pondered for a while and said, "...... Manju Sahua? ”

The sixth nodded: "Not bad." Although I don't know where the other princess is buried, it is said that Manju Sawa and Manbai are born from the same stem, so they must be very close. ”

"That is, no matter which princess's tomb you enter, you will be cursed?"

"Yes."

"Where did you know all this? Is it reliable? ”

"Fifth brother should have told you that the reason why we came to Lop Nur was to rob a shipwrecked merchant's package, right? Not only did the package contain a map of the treasure, but there was also a book that recorded it in detail, and you said it was not credible. ”

"Since it's a curse, there will be a day when it will be broken. Didn't the book say that? ”

"Got it." The sixth man suddenly laughed: "Eight more people will die, and they will all live." ”

... Da Lei's back is cold, eight?

In the ancient tomb, there were four corpses in the lid of the white jade coffin, each with a black knife stuck in their head. There was a corpse under the white jade coffin, which had been gnawed and rotted by the corpse. In the tunnel inside the stone statue, the fifth master was hung up, and his tongue stretched out.

These are six corpses ....

Counting the sixth, it is seven.

Count yourself......

Eight.