Chapter 42: Blood, the Dead, and the Coffin
I didn't know what was going on, so I could only lie on the ground honestly under the cover of Ji Gang, and after a while, I suddenly heard a gunshot, and I could tell it at the first time, this is the sound of a shotgun, it seems that the fat guy really has stock.
After three or four minutes, Ji Gang slowly got up from me, I was about to get up, but I was stopped by the little demon, she touched my back, leaned on my ear and whispered, "How does your back feel?" ”
I felt it carefully, and said in wonder: "I don't feel anything, it's just that your hands are sticky, which makes me very uncomfortable, what did you just touch?" ”
The little demon slowly pulled me up and spread out her palms in front of me, the palms were full of sticky blood, I was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Where did the blood come from?" ”
The little demon pursed his lips and pointed at my back.
I immediately felt creepy, and I lost so much blood that I could have sensed that something was wrong, but why didn't I feel anything at all? Could it be that the toxins of the killer bees have not been completely removed, and at this time they have another attack?
Slowly moving the muscles on my arms and back, and after confirming that I didn't feel anything, I said tremblingly: "Don't scare me, if I bleed so much, the wound on my back will be at least twenty centimeters long, and I can't feel it at all." ”
The little demon patted me the back and whispered, "Your clothes are not torn, it's not your blood, it's something that just hit your back, it's the blood of that thing." ”
I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, fortunately it wasn't the blood that flowed from my body, but the next moment my heart was lifted again, what was it, running around with so much blood on my body?
The fat man also came over, picked out a clean piece of clothing from the package and threw it to me, and while reloading the shotgun, he said slowly: "That thing was not small just now, but I didn't see his appearance clearly, I only saw a black shadow flashing, like a ...... Man, but the movement was too fast, I shot indiscriminately, but the bullet passed through his body, as if it was not a person, it was a ghost! ”
At last, his face shivered palely, and his fat hands clung to the barrel of the gun, fearing that he would have to pull out all the bullets at the slightest disturbance.
I changed out of the blood-stained clothes and was about to put it away, but I found that there was a fishy smell on it, I took a flashlight to look at it, the blood stains on it were rapidly turning from dark red to black, and the smell was getting worse and worse, and a foul smell came out of it and rushed to my head through my breath, making me dizzy and uncomfortable.
It was as if the blood had left the host's corpse and was dying fast.
The garment was so weird by the blood stain that I had no choice but to throw it away and replace it with my last garment.
Ji Gang had already checked the bullet marks and came back, and he still held a few picked up steel balls in his palm, and said to the fat man: "Boss, most of the bullets are embedded in the mountain rocks, only a few scattered ones have bounced out, and no blood stains or other things have been found, as if they really passed through some black shadow." ”
Ji Gang didn't say it, but as soon as he said this, the fat man's face turned three points whiter, his teeth stumbled, and he kept looking around suspiciously.
I don't know what weird things lurk around us, the fat man is a ghost who fears the unknown, and I am afraid of the hidden knife master, in case he rushes out in the night, the four of us will definitely have no power to fight back, and he will be put down like chopping vegetables and melons.
Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the master doesn't come out, even if the ghost with blood on his body just now comes out from time to time to harass us, we can't stand it, the tent sleeping bag and other equipment for the night are all lost, if we stay here all night, I'm afraid it will be very uncomfortable.
The little demon should have gone with me, she looked at me and sighed, and said softly: "Let's go, this is not suitable for the night, in case that thing comes out from time to time, we really can't bear it." ”
I didn't speak, but turned my inquiring gaze to the fat man, who was obviously also in a dilemma, and wanted to stay, and was afraid that the black shadow would come out from time to time to make out with him; If you want to get out, you have to go through those dense coffins, I guess he must be stunned in his heart.
Ji Gang suddenly raised his head and said: "Bosses, now the lights are blind, if we go from there at this time, I'm afraid it's not safe, you see the cliff with the coffin, it's a ninety-degree angle straight up and down, we don't know anything about this road, and there is no insurance rope protection, if it really falls, it is not a fall to death or a high paraplegia, and in case in the process of rock climbing, I am afraid it will be very troublesome to encounter the sneak attack of that thing just now." ”
The thoughtful little demon tilted his little head and thought for a while, and then talked eloquently: "These two questions, what you said are reasonable, but don't forget, the problem on the other side of the cliff is objective, tomorrow and today, this problem can't be solved, and the one you said...... Let's call him a ghost for the time being, that ghost disappeared instantly after the fat man shot, in fact, this also shows from the side, that thing is not very strong at all, just because we don't know this place, pretending to be a ghost here, as long as we leave its home field, then its power will definitely be greatly reduced, and if it comes out to harass us again, it will be a shot to cut its head and cover its face, so that it can't eat and walk around. ”
I thought the same as the little demon, seeing the gloomy environment around me, I didn't want to stay here for a moment, and after the little demon finished speaking, I immediately added: "I think the little demon said well, it's all about walking early and late, we've come to this point, and the door is going to step in anyway, and I always have a feeling that this place is particularly evil, the ghost that just came out, it's likely to come out to explore the way, if we stay here all night, who knows what strange things will be encountered!" ”
Ji Gang was looking forward to the fat man, and the fat man was obviously moved by me, and after being silent in place for two minutes, he made up his mind, held the gun and gritted his teeth and said, "Go!" If you dare to come out with something to scare people, Shen Ye, I will shoot him off with one shot! ”
Since we have unified our opinions, we have to set off as soon as possible, pack up our things, Ji Gang will open the way in front, the fat man will be behind the tail hall, and the little demon and I will walk in the middle, walking towards the cliff full of coffins.
The coffin of the most examined is also nearly three meters high from the ground, fortunately there are a few crooked neck wild trees growing under the base of the cliff, but the little demon is playing at this time, taking out a small dagger from the package and carving the words "come here" on the trunk.
Ji Gang was the first to jump up like a vigorous raccoon, helping me and the little demon to climb up, the fat man is really a heavyweight tonnage, and the three of us used our strength to pull this kid up.
In fact, although this kid is heavier, he jumps up and down on weekdays, and he is also an extremely flexible master, and has always been called "the most flexible fat man after Sammo Hung" by friends.
A jet-black old crow "croaked" and flew over our heads, the fat man was obviously trembling, and almost fell down when he stepped on the air, but fortunately, Ji Gang's eyes were quick and grabbed the fat man's arm, and the fat man looked down with palpitations, his face was pale and his teeth were stumbling.
The little demon sighed helplessly, covered his head with one hand and said to the fat man: "Brother, we just went up two meters, and you can't even hold your feet when you fall, and you haven't touched the coffin yet, can you fight for some anger, big man!" ”
The fat man with a sweaty face still stiffened his mouth: "Who said that Shen Ye I was scared, I accidentally stepped on the air just now, isn't there just a few hundred coffins and bone racks, which also makes me afraid?" ”
The little demon pursed his lips and didn't speak, obviously he didn't want to worry about the fat man who was holding up, his light figure turned several times in a row, and he climbed up to seven or eight coffins in a minute, squatting on it without blushing or panting, looking at us condescendingly with a smile.
The fat man was trembling, I saw that this was not going to work, so I changed the topic while slowly climbing up with him and said: "Fatty, how many people do you say this Bailongyu has to die to make up enough coffins for more than a thousand coffins." ”
The fat man panted, and panted while climbing up with his hands and feet: "For so many years, Bailongyu is remote, and the cremation must not have been extended to this side, and this place is so big, I'm afraid there is not only Bailongyu, but the people in the nearby villages will probably be transported here after death, and there are thousands of coffins that can't be accumulated." ”
I shook my head, feeling a little weird in my heart: "I don't think it's right, this weird form of collective burial has some vague signs in my mind, like this kind of collective burial form cultivated by long-term social customs, in fact, the inspection is extremely strict, such as women who marry from other towns are not allowed to enter the tomb after death, and those who die of epidemic disease cannot enter this kind of tomb, in other words, the burial in this kind of collective tomb is the old people who die naturally in the same-sex clan, and they want to gather so many people, What a huge undertaking that would have to be. ”
The fat man squatted on a coffin and let out a long breath, "Yes, if you say so, it is really not easy to gather so many dead people, hey Old Tang, have you found it, we have climbed three or four layers of coffins, these coffins ...... It doesn't seem to have changed much. ”
The fat man's words made me creepy, and as soon as he said it, I immediately found that the coffins of the three or four layers were almost identical, which should never be, if you want to gather thousands of corpses that died of natural old age, the time span will definitely be very large, and it can even be said that it is not an exaggeration for hundreds of thousands of years, so this form of collective burial is only possible for ethnic groups in remote areas to achieve, after all, this kind of place is located in a corner, just like Tao Yuanming's peach blossom source "I don't know the Wei and Jin Dynasties", It is possible to complete such a huge project with hundreds of thousands of years of accumulation.
But in this case, there is a core factor that cannot be avoided, after thousands of years of development and historical evolution, the form of the coffin cannot be unchanged for thousands of years, and even if it is a good coffin, after thousands of years of wind and frost, it must also deteriorate and rot, and it is absolutely impossible to preserve it so well!
The fat man and I looked at each other, and although we didn't speak, we both understood what we meant.
These people died en masse not too long ago!