Chapter 24 The Final Realization of Taxes and Silver

In the dark lobby, a strange human face appeared out of thin air.

This is a living man, imprisoned in clay sculptures in an almost cruel way.

If it's just this clay sculpture, it's better to say. Although this statue is strangely shaped, it can be seen in the village. But the many coffins arranged in the lobby made everyone's hearts tremble.

Among the mountains and fields at night, there will always be some terrifying rumors, and the right guard sergeant, who has just flaunted his might, has an ugly face at the moment.

Tang Yun swept it with his eyes, and the entire hall was full of coffins, like Yizhuang. The coffins were not placed in any order, as if they had been brought in and discarded aside.

Lu Pengyuan raised the torch with one hand, walked to a coffin, and said in a loud voice: "Why are you stunned, do you want me to carry it myself?" ”

Tang Yun grabbed Lu Pengyuan's arm: "Wait, there may be an organ of the evil god priest in the coffin, stay away!" ”

Lu Pengyuan hurriedly took his hand away from the coffin, and he suddenly remembered the corpse dug up from the clay sculpture. It's not just that people can do it, it's just a bunch of crazy people who can't do anything.

"That's what Brother Tang said! Come over a few people and open the coffin! ”

The general is here, and naturally there are still people who are willing to behave. There were no nails on the surface of the coffin, and three muscular sergeants pressed their spears against the lid of the coffin and pushed forward. With a bang, the coffin was opened.

Yikes!

Like a bubbling voice, several sergeants were prepared, covered their mouths and noses with their hands and ran back.

The torches illuminated the hall, and a black gas floated out of the coffin. Several people pushed away with guns and sticks, but the spears were not withdrawn. There was a stabbing sound on the spears stained with black gas, and suddenly the wooden sticks became pitch black.

Lu Pengyuan broke out in a cold sweat, if Tang Yun hadn't reminded him just now, I'm afraid he would have become a puddle of blood by now. looked at Tang Yun gratefully, but found that Tang Yun was already close to the coffin.

Seeing that Tang Yun was fine, Lu Pengyuan pretended to be brave and walked over.

At this time, the black fog in the coffin had dissipated, and inside the coffin was a pitch-black corpse. The corpse was rotting and only the bones were left, and as soon as Lu Pengyuan approached, a pungent smell came to his face. Even if he covered his nose, his eyes felt spicy, and he quickly retreated.

"How long has this been dead, phew! This smell! Lu Pengyuan looked disgusted.

Tang Yun frowned, he walked to the coffin, and said in a deep voice: "No, this bone has only been dead for a long time. ”

"No way, his bones are rotten!" Lu Pengyuan shook his head, obviously not convinced.

Tang Yun picked up the wooden stick beside him and touched the hand of the corpse in the coffin. The hand was still intact, with flesh and blood on it, like the hand of a living person.

"What's going on?" Lu Pengyuan was surprised.

Tang Yun pulled the corpse aside with a wooden stick, and suddenly touched it downward with the wooden stick, and the wooden stick and the bottom of the coffin hit each other, releasing a thumping sound.

Tang Yun's face changed, and he suddenly cocked the wooden stick upward, and the entire corpse was pouted. Tang Yun shouted: "Take a gun and stab him and fork him out!" ”

The sergeants came with spears, stabbed them hard inside the body, and pulled the body out of the coffin.

The corpses were all covered in black blood, gathered together, and the pungent smell suddenly permeated the entire hall.

Tang Yun found another gun, aimed the tip of the spear at the bottom of the coffin, pressed against it, and lifted it upward, only to hear a click, and the wooden board at the bottom of the coffin was actually pried open.

Lu Pengyuan covered his mouth and nose and looked at it from afar.

Illuminated by the torches, the silver ingots shimmered with a whitening glow.

……

Lu Pengyuan was very excited.

He raised his agitated fingers, ignoring the pungent smell around him, and grabbed the silver ingot from the bottom of the coffin. The cold touch reached the brain, and each piece was a silver ingot of ten taels, engraved with the symbol of Cantonese tax silver.

"Found it! Haha, this credit Lao Tzu finally grabbed it! What are you still doing in a daze, find out all the silver ingots for Lao Tzu! "Lu Pengyuan is like a crazy demon.

The sergeants of the right guard hurriedly stepped forward and lifted the coffin. The corpses inside were thrown on the ground, and sure enough, silver ingots were hidden in each coffin.

The allure of money is enormous.

Even if the money doesn't belong to you, it's a great achievement to find it. When you think about it, the pungent smell that permeates the surroundings is negligible.

Lu Pengyuan was holding a silver ingot in his hand, if it weren't for the fact that it was stained with a lot of black blood, he would almost have put it in his mouth.

"Brother Tang, without further ado. Although those people fled, they didn't know that the gang had made a mysterious comeback. How about we get these ingots out first? Lu Pengyuan said excitedly.

Tang Yun nodded and looked at the coffins around him: "With such a lot of silver, I'm afraid we don't have enough of them." Call the two lieutenants as well. ”

Lu Pengyuan patted his head: "That's right, I almost forgot." ”

A sergeant quickly ran out, and there was a signal of mutual contact between them.

"Don't be idle, take out the silver ingots and count them to see if there are enough of them!" Lu Pengyuan shouted.

It turned out that the bottom of these coffins was hollow, and there was a gap where things could be stored.

These corpses are really weird, in fact, they didn't die for long, they should have been put into the coffin and what was done. It was probably some very corrosive agent, but these were not evenly sprinkled, resulting in a complete decay of the body and an intact hand.

As for why they did this, it was supposed to be to hide the silver hidden underneath.

The sergeants brought out the silver, and there were hundreds of coffins in it, and even if they were all removed, it would take a long time.

Although Lu Pengyuan was very excited, he was also the one who led the troops, and he quickly regained his calm. He suddenly frowned, looked outside, and muttered, "Why is it so slow......"

After a long time, there was still no movement outside.

Lu Pengyuan went out and bumped into a sergeant who ran in.

The sergeant's face was full of panic, trembling, and almost collapsed. This time bumped into Lu Pengyuan, Lu Pengyuan was furious: "What's the matter? ”

"General, something happened!"

Tang Yun and Lu Pengyuan rushed outside together, the wind was raging in the barren mountains, and as soon as they went out, a gust of wind blew.

A few people walked cautiously against the wind and came to the direction of return.

I don't know when the stone steps I stepped on when I came here all collapsed. It was as if there was a mudslide in the mountain, and the whole mountain sank.

There is no way back for them.

This mountain is a lonely mountain. It is surrounded by cliffs, and only this relatively gentle slope can be walked down.

In the dark night, the river is still turbulent.

The torch in the sergeant's hand was blown away by the wind, so he had to protect the flame with his hand and point to the opposite mountain wall.

Above the mountain wall, several dark shadows appeared.

That's a person.

was nailed to the wall.