014 Corpse Cave
When my second uncle smiled at me, I had the illusion that I saw my grandfather smiling at me. It was an elder-like warmth, but with a little relief.
"Why are you still stunned, let's go." I was stunned for a moment, and the second uncle had already walked into the cave.
I was overjoyed, and my second uncle finally agreed to let me go with me.
In his heart, he was full of spirit, imagining in his mind the scene of defeating Cai Mingdao and cutting him down with a knife like a hero. I couldn't help but clench the knife in my hand.
The knife is a recurve knife, which is very heavy, the handle is made of horns, the belly of the knife is wide, and the blade is bent forward, like a dog's leg. There is a V-shaped groove at the junction between the blade and the shank. Looking at the texture, it has been some years, and I vaguely feel that this is a valuable and effective knife.
The fact that the second uncle can entrust this thing to me shows that he recognizes me.
Later, I learned that this knife is called the Gurkha knife, which is the national sword of Nepal and originated in ancient times. I have always carried this knife with me since then, and it can be regarded as a kind of commemoration of the second uncle. But I usually call him a dogleg knife.
While playing with the dogleg knife, I followed the second uncle and walked deeper into the cave.
It's very strange, the general caves are warm in winter and cool in summer, but this cave is extremely cold, and the more you go inside, there is a layer of goosebumps on your skin.
The second uncle let Zhou Xiaoyu walk in front, holding a peachwood sword in his hand, and he was on full alert to prevent Zhou Xiaoyu from turning back and killing him immediately. The other hand carried a flint lamp. This flint lamp is used by the old miners, the surface is covered with rust, and it is not very bright, but it has the advantage that it can not only be used for long-term illumination, but also as an oxygen measurement tool, if the light starts to become unstable, it means that the oxygen in the cave is insufficient, and it must be withdrawn immediately.
Fortunately, the light of the flint lamp has been very stable, which means that the cave is well ventilated, and we can go inside with confidence.
In the cold hole, we walked in one foot deep and one foot shallow.
The further you go, the wider the hole becomes, and the front seems to be black and endless. I don't know why I suddenly felt like I was going to hell.
After entering a few hundred meters, Huo Ran branched out of the passage in front, a bit like the Pansi Cave in the movie. If there is no Zhou Xiaoyu to lead the way, I am afraid we will be lost.
Yes......
Yan Rong suddenly screamed, and the sound echoed in the cave for a long time.
Concerned and chaotic, the second uncle was the first to come forward to inspect, only to see her eyes widened, and she pointed to the corpse facing the mountain wall with a frightened expression.
The corpse was as recognizable as an old man with yellow muscles and thin muscles, thin skin and bones, and sunken eyes. The clothes on the body are quite old, tattered coarse cloth, sewn and sewn, this corpse does not know how long it has been here, and its body is covered with dust.
I looked around and saw that there were five or six more such bodies in the cave. The appearance is different, the only thing that is the same is the sick and thin old man.
Second Uncle...... What the hell is going on? The corpse looked so lifelike that it seemed to wake up at any moment, and I couldn't help but panic a little, my throat was dry, and I clenched the dogleg knife in my hand.
Lu Qingchen lifted the peachwood sword, dipped his fingers in a little dirt and licked it with his tongue, and then looked around for a while, before saying, if I am not mistaken, this is the so-called corpse breeding ground. This place is in the shade of the mountain, there is a river below, the soil is quite cold, the soil color is black, it is the place where the Tibetan wind is in the shade, the corpse is placed here, it can not decay for decades or even hundreds of years.
I heard him say this, and my mood relaxed a lot, no wonder Cai Mingdao would use this place as a hiding place, he was originally in the state of the living dead, and he was stored here, but his body could not be decomposed.
Can...... What happened to these old people's corpses?
The second uncle stepped forward to inspect the corpse, and did not avoid the smell, touched the abdomen of the corpse with his hand, and said after a while, these old people's abdomen was empty, and at first glance, the old people from poor families, they were sent here by their children to wait for death.
My eyes widened, this is too inhumane. Whose children are so unfilial that they send their old people here to wait for death......
The second uncle laughed a little mockingly, you are still young. I haven't lived the hard life before. In the past, the peasants were greedy for early planting, and less than half of the harvest went into their own hands, and most of it fell into the mouths of corrupt officials and landlords. As for the old people who have lost their labor, they will be carried to the mountains to find a hole for him to fend for himself, and when the hard days have passed, the bones of the old people will be retrieved and buried. These unclaimed corpses, their descendants may not have survived famine or war, and after a few generations, no one remembers.
I felt very bad when I heard it, no wonder the ancients had words. The world rises and falls, and the people suffer.
Yan Rong said to the second uncle, these old people are also quite miserable, they suffered from war and famine during their lifetime, and they can't be buried after death, and when we go out for a while, we will bury their bodies by the way, and set up a tombstone by the way.
The second uncle smiled bitterly and said, My wife, you are kind. It's just that isn't it a bit muddy Bodhisattva crossing the river and it is difficult to protect itself? Maybe we'll be like them in a moment.
Yan Rong muttered, it doesn't matter if it becomes like this, as long as it can be with you.
The second uncle held her hand, his eyes were full of tenderness, let's go.
The next second, we were all dumbfounded.
Because Zhou Xiaoyu is gone.
The only explanation is that she slipped away quietly while our attention was on the corpse.
The second uncle pointed at my nose angrily, you, you, I have long said that the female ghost is not a good person, you don't believe it, and you are willing to say that she was deceived.
I stuck out my tongue, don't rely on me, my aunt also agreed at that time, don't you pick soft persimmons and pinch them......
The second uncle was even more anxious, Yan Rong stepped forward, "Don't quarrel, let's discuss what to do, whether to move forward or withdraw." ”
The second uncle smiled bitterly, "If you want to retreat now, I'm afraid it's too late." ”
"What do you mean?" Yan Rong and I said in unison.
"See for yourselves."
Card Wipe ......
The sound of crunchy bone joints could be heard in the silent cavern, and the scalp tingled to hear. The corpses facing the mountain wall turned their heads one after another, their sunken eyes slowly opening.
It was a pair of dead gray eyes, filled with inhuman resentment.
"Second uncle, what should I do?" Looking at the corpses coming up around me, I smiled bitterly.
"What else can I do,!" Lu Qingchen pulled out his peachwood sword, his back stopped straight, and a light appeared in his eyes.
"Wife, optimistic about Lu Ming." The second uncle stepped forward and did not forget to command.
I was embarrassed, thinking that I still had to rely on a woman to protect me, and I was not manly. Summoning up his courage, he took the dog-legged knife and slashed at the oncoming corpse.
With a bang, the knife slashed directly into the flesh of the corpse, which shook my mouth numbly.
The corpse's face was pale, his hand pressed on the back of the knife, and he grabbed the knife out, the strength was extremely great, my eyes widened in horror, at this moment, Yan Rong stepped forward, took a step forward to the right, turned left, left hand back to the corpse's abdomen, right hand on the left elbow joint, throwing sandbags like throwing the corpse three or four meters.
I was dumbfounded, this seemingly weak young woman was deeply hidden!