Chapter 311: The Coffin
There are three mountain roads in Xingyang Village, east, west and north, and when Professor Tao came five years ago, all three mountains were run, and he felt that the most suspicious was Dongshan. γLatest chapter reading. γ
The terrain of Dongshan is relatively open, the mountains are densely wooded, and there are even some rare animals, a scene of vitality, not as lifeless as the other two mountains.
The mountain road is not easy to walk, but fortunately, several of us can run, especially Professor Tao, although he is old, he is not inferior to me at all when he climbs the mountain.
We didn't have any purpose, so we just wandered around the mountains casually, but walked quietly, and asked, "Changtian, do you have any special feelings, do you want to try to sense it." β
I'm not a psychic wizard, so I don't feel so magical, but it doesn't hurt to try, and maybe my past life will show me the way.
I stood next to a tree, slowly closing my eyes, feeling the surrounding environment and the flow of air with all my heart.
I tried to let the breath flow through my body, and after a while, I felt a surge of relief all over my body, and I could even hear a voice calling out to me.
I don't know if it's my auditory hallucination, but it's a small voice, but it really seems to be calling me.
I opened my eyes abruptly and walked in the direction from which the sound came, and Jing Jing and Professor Tao also noticed my strangeness, but they did not disturb me, but followed me closely.
I turned left and right in the middle of the forest, and soon came to a huge tree, and strangely enough, as I got here, the small sound disappeared.
Professor Tao saw that I had listened and asked, "Luo Changtian, what the hell is going on, why did you bring us here?" β
I looked left and right twice, and replied, "Professor Tao, I don't know, I just heard a voice calling me, and then I followed the sound to find here." β
At this moment, Xiaomei suddenly shouted: "Senior, look, this tree is full of black fruits, is it the tree that Lao Li touched the night before yesterday." β
After Xiaomei's reminder, I took a closer look, and it was really full of black fruits.
I said, "Professor Tao, what kind of tree is this?" β
Professor Tao was an old pedant, he circled the tree twice, touched the trunk, and even picked a few fruits and put them under his nose to smell them twice, showing a look of surprise and said, "How is this possible, this is absolutely impossible." β
Quietly looked at Professor Tao suspiciously, and asked, "Professor Tao, what is impossible, is there something wrong with this tree?" β
Professor Tao nodded and said with a serious face: "Of course there is a problem, and the problem is not small. β
Professor Tao's meaning is very simple, he came once in five years, and Dongshan also walked through it, and he didn't see the tree at that time, of course, it is possible that they didn't notice it.
However, the origin of this tree is not simple, Professor Tao said that this is an extremely rare ginkgo tree, the scientific name is black ginkgo, the shape of the leaves is the same as that of ordinary ginkgo trees, but the fruit is purple-black, which has hallucinogenic toxicity.
Lao Li didn't know the goods, and he accidentally ate the fruit of the black ginkgo, so he would become that ghost.
I said, "Professor Tao, if it's just hallucination, Lao Li won't become that ghost." β
Professor Tao continued: "I don't know the specifics, there may be other toxicity, I also saw the record in an ancient book, I didn't expect that this long-extinct tree species still has remnants, but the ancient books say that this kind of tree is very evil, if irrigated with animal or human blood, it will grow more vigorous." β
There will never be long black ginkgo in the barren mountains for no reason, I think, will the entrance to Luohe Town be nearby.
Just as I was thinking hard, I suddenly let out a scream when I walked into the distance, and shouted, "Professor Tao, Changtian, come and see." β
Hearing the quiet voice, I hurried over, and following the direction she pointed, I saw a deep pit where the earth had been turned over, and there was a brown-red coffin in it, but the coffin was empty.
A bad premonition came to my heart, a coffin was found in this kind of place, and the coffin was still empty, which is too evil.
Professor Tao also walked over, he carefully inspected the coffin, and said sharply: "Judging from the technology of the process, it should be a coffin from the Republic of China period, strange, how can it be empty inside." β
Judging from the traces of the soil being turned over, it should have been dug up recently, and it is possible to say that the body inside has been looted.
Xiaomei suddenly pulled my arm and said, "Senior, look here, there seems to be bloodstains." β
I followed Xiaomei's pointing, and found that as she said, there were a lot of blood stains on the top of the coffin, although it had dried up, but the color was still relatively bright, and it should have not been drip for long.
Professor Tao also saw the bloodstains, and responded: "Luo Changtian, it should be that the person who dug up the coffin was injured, so there will be blood stains, this coffin is made of high-grade mahogany, and the person buried should be a dignitary." β
"Who, who!" Just as I was discussing with Professor Tao, Quiet suddenly shouted loudly.
I looked around and didn't see anything strange.
I said, "Sister Quiet, what's wrong, did you see something?" β
Quiet shook his head and said, "I don't know, maybe it's wrong, I seem to have seen a strange figure just now, hiding behind the tree in the west." β
I walked slowly behind the quiet tree, and although I didn't see anyone, I did see footprints in the dirt.
Quiet is right, there were indeed people here just now, strange, who the hell is it, how did they run so fast.
Before I knew it, the temperature in the mountains suddenly cooled, and I felt a little cold.
I looked at the time and found that it was already 17:10, and if I didn't go down now, it would be dark when I went down the mountain in a while, and it was obvious that the night road in the mountain was not easy to walk.
I went back to Professor Tao and said, "Professor Tao, let's go back, and we'll be here today." β
Professor Tao didn't say anything, and began to go home, but on the way back, I always felt as if someone had been following us, but whenever I turned around, I didn't see anything.
When we returned to Xingyang Village, it was already 18:30 in the evening, the sky was starting to darken, and Mrs. Wu had already prepared a sumptuous dinner and was waiting for us to go back.
During the meal, Mrs. Wu looked very happy, she said that their house has not been so lively for many years, and she sincerely hopes that we can stay here for a few more days.
Anyway, I had nothing to do, so I asked, "Mrs. Wu, what kind of skills have you learned, why are you so powerful, just drink two bowls of runic water, and you can cure the disease." β
Mrs. Wu didn't hide her selfishness, and replied very happily: "Actually, it's nothing, but it's just Zhu You's thirteen departments, which is a very traditional medical technique, I am the tenth generation of Xingyang Zhu Youshu, but it's a pity that the young people now have gone out to work, and I'm afraid that my ability to see and treat diseases will be lost." β
Speaking of which, I'm quite excited, and I don't know if Mrs. Wu is willing to teach me, but now is not the time to learn this, let's wait until I find Xiaoai and come to apprentice.
Xiaomei is a talker, and without waiting for me to speak, she asked directly: "Mrs. Wu, when we were walking around Dongshan in the afternoon, we found a black ginkgo tree, and we also found a mahogany coffin that was dug up nearby, but it was empty, have you heard of it?" β
Mrs. Wu didn't react much, but replied lightly: "Our side is a rural place, even now there is a habit of burial, it is not unusual for you to see coffins in the mountains, but the mahogany coffins are quite valuable, it should be from the Republic of China." β
God, although Mrs. Wu didn't see it with her own eyes, she was immediately hit by her.
I said, "Mrs. Wu, you are so powerful, how do you know that it is a coffin during the Republic of China." β
Mrs. Wu smiled and said: "Changtian, you don't know, my master told me that our area is a treasure of feng shui, and when the Republic of China, there were often some dignitaries buried here, and they didn't erect tombstones, in order to prevent others from finding their coffins." β
Referring to the coffin, I asked, "Mrs. Wu, since the coffin has been dug up, and there is no body in it, it means that it has been taken away, has anyone in the village suddenly become rich recently?" β
Mrs. Wu frowned slightly, and responded: "If you want to say that you have money, it is the old Wu who sent people over early is more suspicious, he lives on a few acres of land planted by his family, but a while ago he suddenly went to the city, stayed for about a month before coming back, and when he came back, he was quite depressed, I heard him say that he went to a relative's house to play, but I knew at a glance that he was lying." β
Lao Wu is indeed quite suspicious, but this matter has nothing to do with us, we are here to find Luohe Town, not to find cultural relics.
I sighed and changed the subject: "Quiet, what does the weather forecast say, has there been any thunderstorms recently." β
After a quiet glance, he replied, "No, the next few days will be cloudy, and there is no sign of rain." β
At this moment, Mrs. Wu suddenly looked at me very strangely, and asked in a heavy tone, "Luo Changtian, what are you waiting for the thunderstorm?" β