Chapter Twenty-Four: The Pearl of the Night
yes, I didn't realize it for so long, only I had a light. Liu Yang was forced to come here after being calculated by the authorities. What about Kong Xian? He doesn't have a lamp in his hand, just a Swiss Army knife, how did he operate underground before I met? Blind people touch blind?
I looked at Kong Xian, and then glanced at the corpse on the ground, and suddenly a chill spread from the soles of my feet all over my body, and I even felt that the corpse on the ground had a strange smile on his face.
Kong Xian saw me looking at him with such eyes, his expression was a little dazed, and he asked, "Why are you looking at me like this?" ”
I swallowed and foamed, looked at Liu Yang next to me, and didn't know if I should ask if I should say this. Trust between the three of us is crucial at this time, and if suspicion arises, every step will be more difficult. However, if Kong Xian did have a problem, Liu Yang and I would be in danger.
Liu Yang also looked at me very strangely and complained, "Little brother, are you okay?" It was Jin Ye before, and now it's you, you haven't fallen for evil, Lao Tzu is about to be played crazy by you. ”
I thought about it, no matter whether Kong Xian had a problem or not, even if he pierced this layer of window paper, there was no way to solve it. After thinking about it for a while, I decided to continue to believe in Kong Xian, because what he had told us about the irradiated leaves had indeed happened, and only the two of us knew about it, so there shouldn't be much of a problem.
Besides, when I was drowning, I heard someone talking to Kong Xian, maybe Kong Xian was sent here by those people, and then created an illusion of a chance encounter with me, in order to return to our team.
"Nothing, let's go." I said hello, handed the headlamp to Kong Xian, and asked him to go ahead and open the way.
I wanted to follow behind Kong Xian and let Liu Yang be behind, but he shook his head and said: "The location of this place is too narrow, maybe there is a place where I can't get by, you guys are one after the other, there is really something to take care of me." ”
I thought about it, Liu Yang is big, if I really encounter a place that I can't get in front of, I can still help Kong Xian alone.
After Kong Xian got in, Liu Yang hurriedly followed, his physique looked hard, but it was actually okay, and he got into it after a few twists.
There is an upward staircase, and the space is very narrow, and Liu Yang can only walk sideways. I also learned from him to walk sideways, because as soon as I turned around, I had to turn my back to the corpse, and I always felt my hairs stand on end.
We walked forward for about ten minutes, and Liu Yang suddenly stopped, patted his head, and said, "Oh no, I dropped something." ”
I looked him up and down and asked, "What else do you have to drop?" ”
He smiled embarrassedly and said, "Didn't you see a black rope on my arm before?" It was tied to me by my mother, and it was woven with hemp grass, which was a blessing to ward off evil spirits. ”
I really remember what he said, and he did have a black rope tied around his wrist all along.
"Little brother, look...... It's not convenient for me to come out and go in, can you go back...... Help me find it, we're waiting for you here. ”
After he finished speaking, Kong Xian in front handed over the headlamp.
I am 10,000 unhappy in my heart, but it's hard to shirk when I think about it, although this thing is not important to me, but it is still very meaningful to Liu Yang. The point is, if you want to say that you are scared at this time, then where do I put my face.
Holding the headlamp, I took a few deep breaths and began to walk back alone, turning back and instructing: "You two be careful, you can't see without a lamp, but don't be taken away by wolves." ”
I didn't see his black rope all the way down the stairs, and I guess it fell when we lifted the statue, but I'm not sure, because I haven't been paying attention, and it is possible that it fell before we entered the bronze door.
Back in the triangular room with the stone statues, the last thing I wanted to see was the corpse on the ground, but the paradox was that I had to see him at first sight, otherwise I wouldn't be at ease, and I would even wonder if he was still there, and wouldn't be ready to give me a frightening party.
I was relieved when the headlamp shone on the corpse's robe on the ground, but I didn't dare to look at the corpse's face again. When a person returns to this room, all the ghostly sensations before return to the body. I was very uneasy, and my eyes quickly scanned all the corners, hoping to find the black rope as soon as possible.
However, the more nervous you feel, the more you can't find it, and the more you feel like something is about to happen. I searched every corner except the area around the corpse.
I swallowed my spit, and gave myself the courage to quickly search the area around the body, but I really didn't forget it, maybe it would have fallen before it happened.
I held my headlamp and slowly approached the corpse, his posture unchanged. I thought to myself, "That's not a corpse, that's not a corpse, it's just a sleeping Kong Xian." "Thinking about it really gave me more courage.
However, when I actually walked up to the corpse and shone the headlamp on the corpse's face, I almost didn't catch my breath. I saw that the corpse was no longer what it was before, and the place where his skin was exposed was as shriveled as a dried bean, and his whole face was hideous and terrifying.
I sat on the ground and tried to move backwards, at this time I didn't care about what was not good, and not wetting my pants meant that I was already very brave. I just wanted to get away from the corpse, but I didn't pay attention to what was behind me, "Bump! I realized I had hit a stone statue in the corner.
The stone statue fell to the ground, making a sound of stone breaking, I was afraid that there was another corpse in it, and I didn't dare to look that way, I just wanted to hurry back to that section of the stairs and join Liu Yang and them.
Thinking so, as I was about to climb back into the stairs, I accidentally glanced at the stone statue that I had just knocked down. At this glance, I was stunned, only to see a faint light of lilac light in the cracks of the stone statue.
My fists were clenched so tightly that my nails were bent into my flesh, and fear and curiosity were fighting in my heart. After a few moments, I gritted my teeth, helpless, and my curiosity triumphed.
I held my headlamp and shone it again on the shriveled corpse on the ground, making sure that he was lying there honestly and unchanged, before slowly walking towards the fallen stone statue.
The stone cracked and was easy to break, and I twisted one of the stone statue's arms off in two clicks. Looking through the opening in my shoulder, my eyes instantly widened, and I saw a fist-sized bead inside, emitting a dazzling lilac halo that could even illuminate the entire space I was in.
I carefully pulled it out of the stone statue and found that there were some strange patterns in the beads, like some kind of totem. I pinched this bead, feeling a little apprehensive, and I didn't know whether to tell Liu Yang and Kong Xian.
After thinking about it, I pulled a piece of cloth from my clothes, wrapped the beads and put them in my pockets. It's better to wait until it's out and tell them about it. After all, people have greed, and this bead may be worth a few dollars, not to mention Kong Xian, Liu Yang will definitely want to break the other two stone statues to see if there will be this thing. When the time comes, it will be a blessing or a curse, who can say.
I was holding my headlamp and was about to go to the stairs to meet Liu Yang and Kong Xian. I don't know what luck I had today, but when my headlamp swept over the corpse, I happened to see a black rope, covered by the corner of the robe, hidden next to the buttocks of the corpse.
I was amused in my heart, wondering if Liu Yang had touched someone's buttocks, and how could he have fallen here.
The moment I picked up the black rope, I suddenly had an idea, since in ancient times, in order to prevent embalming, some gems and other things would be put into people's mouths or anuses. When the body first came out, it was fresh as if it had just died, and we opened his mouth to see that there was nothing in it. But now it's suddenly dry, and there are only a few of us here, and one of them must have secretly taken the embalming thing from him. And Liu Yang's rope was scattered just near the buttocks of the corpse......
I finally understand what Kong Xian said now, don't trust anyone. Sighing with a wry smile, without stopping too much, I picked up the rope and entered the stairs, and soon returned to Liu Yang.
Liu Yang took the rope and said with a smile on his face: "Thank you so much for our little brother today, I will definitely invite you to dinner when I go out." ”
I shook my head with resentment on my face, sighed and said, "The meal is free, don't make trouble for me anymore, I thank you for your eight lifetime ancestors." ”
Liu Yang knew that he was wrong, and he didn't say anything anymore. I handed the headlamp back to Kong Xian, and we continued up the stairs.
After walking for about five minutes, the staircase suddenly showed a 90-degree right angle to the right, and the staircase became a gentle ground and the space was much wider. Turning this right-angled position of about two or three meters is already at the end.
To our surprise, another bronze door appeared in front of us. There is no lock or deadbolt on it, but it can't be opened, and nine times out of ten it is locked from the outside.
This one is exactly the same as the bronze door we looked at before, but the painting on it is different. The painting on it is just the opposite of the one we saw earlier. The previous bronze door depicted three people surrounding a monster squatting in a pot, but this bronze door depicts three monsters surrounding a man squatting in a pot.
Liu Yang looked at the paintings and said, "These two paintings are a set, right?" The name is Feng Shui Rotation. ”
Kong Xian touched the painting on the bronze door, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid these two paintings were not painted at the same time. ”
"You can see that?" Liu Yang asked in surprise.
I was also a little surprised, I didn't expect this kid to have this kind of eyesight, if my aunt had sent him to study art or something, maybe now he is also a painter.
Kong Xian pointed to some patina around the picture, and said: "These two doors should belong to the same period, but these two paintings are not, this pigment has a protective effect on copper, the painting we saw before, the picture is dark, but the copper surface below is very intact, it should be painted first." If you look at this painting again, the paint is relatively bright, and the copper door below has obviously been treated with rust removal, and it is definitely painted later. ”
"Impossible." I said, "Who would be so bored to come in and paint this second picture after so long." ”
Kong Xian shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either. Then he asked us inexplicably: "If you were the one who painted these two paintings, which door would you choose to go out from?" ”