Chapter 458: Lifting the Stone Bed
Draft, revised tomorrow.
Qiang Shun knew that it was disgusting, and of course I and the stupid cow also knew, so the two of them ran away from afar, took out a shabby quilt from their baggage, endured the nausea, held their breath, and returned to cover the goatee on their bodies. At this time, the goatee did not dare to touch the skin and flesh on his body, and when he touched it, he came out with sticky and stinky water like oil, which was not only disgusting to the extreme, but also smoked people's eyes.
After the quilt was wrapped, the smell was barely lightened, but neither of them was willing to carry it on their shoulders, and in the end they had no choice, so they took out a list ruthlessly, don't look at these lists The quilts are dirty and broken, which are extremely precious to us.
Put the tightly wrapped goatee on the list, each of them one by one, carry the four corners of the sheet, and lift the goatee up. Then, he took a shovel and a basket, carried the goatee to the woods outside the Taoist temple, found a random place, and buried the old guy. I also called the stupid cow, the two of them urinated on the old guy's grave, and I also sent the old guy a word, this is the fate of you helping to abuse and harm us, reincarnate in the next life, be a good person.
When we returned to the Taoist temple, Chen Hui was digging out the incense ashes from the incense burner with Qiang Shun, and the two of us hurried over to help, digging up more than half of the incense ashes from the incense burner, and covering up the disgusting filth like the oil stains left by the goatee on the square.
In the Taoist temple, we did not see the corpse of the rough woman, and it is estimated that the woman should have survived, but she was recuperating from her injuries in the Luo family at this time.
I deliberately went to the gate of the courtyard again to look, and the little snake that had been broken by the woman was gone, and I was sure that the little snake was dead, and since the body of the goatee was still there, where was the body of the snake? Was it taken away by the woman when she was leaving? It is said that the flesh and blood of adult animals can strengthen the body after eating, and the cultivators can also increase their strength, so women will not take the dead snake home and stew it, right? Someone will always believe this nonsense.
A few people took their luggage, entered the cave, lit candles in the cave, and looked into the cave by the light, it was still the same as before, Chen Hui glanced at the stone bed, turned his head and asked me: "Huang He, was that fellow practitioner possessed by a snake spirit after being pressed by the stone bed?" ”
I nodded, "I guess, I think that's how it should be." ”
Chen Hui looked puzzled, and looked at the stone bed again, "Could it be that there is something down here?" ”
Qiang Shun said: "Dao Chief, there is something, there is a big python sealed in the past, that is, ...... It's the headless python we buried last time. ”
When Chen Hui heard this, he looked at Qiang Shun, and Qiang Shun continued: "I have said it several times, you don't believe me, we lifted the stone bed before, and a big python ran out of it, and we fought with it all night, and later, the white-haired old man put down a thunderbolt from the sky and chopped off the head of the python." ”
After Qiang Shun finished speaking, I immediately said: "I don't believe you, I just can't remember it, and that night, I also felt that something happened." ”
Chen Hui glanced at me again and said, "Now just lift the stone bed and take a look." ”
I hurriedly said, "Dao Chief, I think it's better to forget it, in case something happens if we lift it up." ”
Chen Hui waved his hand, "Since Qiang Shun said before that I took out a yellow talisman from it, let's lift it up and see it at a glance." ”
I stared at Chen Hui and blinked twice, this old Taoist priest often teaches us, don't get into trouble, don't make trouble, why does he want to do something today, it seems that it is not only us young and ignorant people who are curious. Actually, I also want to open the stone bed to see it, for fear that Chen Hui will say that I am messing around.
According to the previous method, Chen Hui went outside to find a stone, and the three of us lifted the end of the stone bed, and slowly lifted the stone bed together, Chen Hui took advantage of the situation to stuff the stone under the stone bed and prop up the stone bed.
Seeing this, Qiang Shun dodged from a distance, looking like a frightened bird, I squatted in front of the stone bed, looked inside, it was pitch black, there seemed to be nothing inside, however, there was a faint fishy smell wafting out of it, but this fishy smell was completely negligible compared to the corpse of the goatee just now.
Chen Hui took the candle from the stone bed, put it on the edge of the stone bed and illuminated it, it was empty, there was nothing.
I suggested that it would be better to turn the stone bed over completely, Chen Hui actually nodded approvingly, I beckoned Qiang Shun to come over, and the three of them lifted the stone bed again, Chen Hui took the opportunity to take away the stone that was propped underneath, and the three of us exerted our strength again, turned it to the side, and lifted the stone bed outward and the bottom up.
The inner groove of the stone bed and the bottom of the stone bed, completely exposed in front of our eyes, Chen Hui held the candle, we took a look through the light, the inside of the stone bed is indeed empty, after turning it over, it is like a big stone trough, we see that on the wall of the stone trough, there are five yellow runes, the upper and lower parts of the stone trough have a total of four yellow runes, all of which are symmetrical, there is only one in the middle, on one side of the stone trough wall, there should be a piece on the other side wall that is symmetrical with it, it seems to have been removed, there are only traces of pasting on it, and the yellow charm is gone.
I subconsciously turned my head to look at Chen Hui and said, "Dao Chief, it seems that what Qiang Shun said before is true, there is a yellow talisman missing here, which should have been removed by you." ”
Chen Hui frowned tightly, looking dazed, he was like me, he couldn't remember what happened that night, as for how Qiang Shun remembered, he was always a mystery. According to my speculation, that night, we must have had an out-of-body experience, and after a vicious battle with the python, the soul returned to the body and completely forgot.
Look at the stone trough, under the stone bed, several people are stunned, and see the position of the stone bed before, there is a black hole with the thickness of a person's legs, several people squatted in front of the hole, and illuminated it with a candle, the black pitch is bottomless, but there is a fishy smell faintly emerging from it.
"There's something in this little hole." As soon as Chen Hui's words fell, he heard the sound of rustling in the hole, just like the sound of scales rubbing against the stone wall, Qiang Shun suddenly exclaimed: "There is another one!" ”
"What?" The three of them looked at Qiang Shun at the same time, and Qiang Shun shouted again: "Dao Chief, Huang He, hurry up and turn the stone bed back, there may be a big python in the hole!" ”
Qiang Shun's voice fell, and a snake's head with thick legs poked out of the hole, because it was very sudden, several people were all shocked, and Qiang Shun would scream "ah", stand up and run out of the hole.
Due to my conditioned reflex, I stood up and raised my leg to kick the top of the python's brain, and the stupid cow saw me kicking the python, raised his foot and stepped on the python, the python seemed to be a little confused at this time, and stepped on the stupid cow, and retracted into the hole.
Chen Hui hurriedly beckoned us, "Quickly cover the stone bed back!" ”
The three of them quickly turned to the side of the stone bed, moved the stone bed and screamed, at this time, the python poked its head out again, and this time it seemed to be a lot more awake, sizzling twice Red Xinzi, its eyes stared at us, its body was facing outward, and it could be more than two feet long.
The three of us were in a hurry, according to the thickness of the snake's body, this python should be four or five meters long, if it is called out, a few of us will be unlucky, the three of us will be unlucky, the three of us made a force again, I and the stupid cow also made a "ah" at the same time, and the stone bed "poof" was lifted back by us, and fell in the original position impartially.
At this time, I heard a few muffled sounds from under the stone bed, as if the big python inside was hitting the stone bed with its head, and the stone bed was hit by it and trembled violently.
After the big python inside pushed a few times, there was no sound, it seemed to retract into the hole again, and stopped for a while, seeing that there was really no more movement, the three of them breathed a long sigh of relief, and at this time, Qiang Shun screamed and rushed in from outside the hole, in his hand, carrying a wooden stick more than one meter long, and saw a few of us sitting on the stone bed, he was stunned, "Big python?" ”
I raised my hand and pointed to the stone bed under my buttocks, "Don't be so timid in the future, fortunately, Brother Chen Daochang and I can lift the stone bed, if you don't lift it, you will take the two wooden sticks for nothing." ”
Qiang Shun swallowed dryly, "Last time, last time I just went outside to find a stick......"
I pulled a cigarette out of my body and threw it to him, "According to your wishes, let's repeat what happened last time today." ”
Qiang Shun stopped talking, lit a cigarette and smoked, Chen Hui stood up from the stone bed, looked at the whole stone bed, and wondered: "How can there be a snake hole under this stone bed?" ”
Later, when we got home, I asked my grandmother, and my grandmother said something very special to me, and my grandmother said, this is not uncommon, our family used to live, and there was a rat fairy.
Although my grandmother didn't explain it to me, what she meant was that people and snake spirits cultivated together in caves, and people knew the existence of snake spirits, and snake spirits also knew the existence of people.
Judging from my years of experience, this cave should be a dojo where people and snake spirits practice together, this is not a serious way of cultivation, this is a crooked and evil way. Originally, the Taoist priests in this Taoist temple were not orthodox Taoists, and the immortals offered were different from those of orthodox Taoists. I estimate that the lifespan of a Taoist priest is not as long as that of a snake spirit, and after the Taoist priests who practiced with the snake spirit died, the snake spirit came out to toss and toss, wanting to monopolize this place, and was later trapped under the white-haired old Taoist priest with a stone bed. Of course, this will be my personal speculation, and the real situation is now impossible to verify.
I discussed with Chen Hui, do you want to leave the cave, find a place to live in another place, there is such a thing under the stone bed, how can you sleep at night, Qiang Shun listened, and agreed with my proposal very much, however, Chen Hui waved his hand, Chen Hui meant, as long as the stone bed is not lifted again, the things inside can't come out, the cave is cool and there are no mosquitoes, where can we find such a good place, when we leave and don't live here, just close this cave and don't let people find it.