Chapter 28: The Punishment of the Basin
"Old Cui, come up and see, there's something in the pool, my mother" At this time, Dazui was already standing on the edge of the big pool, looking down with a pale face.
Hearing the big mouth say this, my curiosity suddenly rose, stretched out my hands to climb the edge of the pool, jumped up, the edge of the pool is not very backward, less than half a meter, I turned around cautiously, pulled the little hands that had been waiting for a long time, and lifted Gu Yi up.
The inside of the pool is quite spacious, far larger than I imagined, the four walls are all made of polished and smooth black stones, flat and smooth, five or six zhang deep, a piece of white flowers at the bottom of the pool, reflecting the miserable white light under the light of the flashlight, all are human skeletons, large and small, all kinds of postures, it seems that there are enough people who have died here.
"A pit of a thousand people? Mass grave? Who the is so cruel to do such a conscientious deed," the big mouth scolded angrily.
Three flashlights swept around the white bones at the bottom of the pool at the same time, as if these white bones were turning, it was creepy, if there were ghosts in this world, then there were at least a thousand ghosts here.
This should be the real reason why the little black shadow brought us here, then this pool is a place to worship the river god. It's just that where is the owner of the pool? Obviously, Big Mouth and Gu Yi also thought of this, and were frowning at me, especially Gu Yi, who was holding my arm and his little hands were cold.
"Brother, could this be the legendary pot?" Gu Yi took his eyes off the skeletons of Bai Sensen, and said: "Back then, Daji Cong Yong Wang Remnant, dug a large pit with a radius of hundreds of steps and a depth of five zhang in front of the Star Picking Tower, and then threw the snake, scorpion and bee fly into the pit, and then threw the seventy-two palace maids into the pit and let the insects bite it, it looks a bit similar to this big pool, is this the legendary place where the punishment of the pot is executed?" ”
"I have also read the punishment of the basin you said in some books, among which I remember the tragic situation of those palace maids before they died, because the punishment of the basin is heavy on torture, it will not let you die easily, you can imagine the situation of those palace maids in poisonous snakes and poisonous insects, as long as there are holes in their bodies, these poisons will not hesitate to drill in, and even force holes in their bodies, the whole pool is full of wailing, miserable......" I said vividly.
"Brother, say something else, don't forget that I'm also a woman, I really hate it, what is a place with holes, I ...... I curse you" When I just said energetically, Gu Yi bit my arm viciously, and I almost fell headlong in pain, women, women really can't afford to offend, if you have a little affection for her, she will give you splendor.
"It's a pity, there are so many beauties, I think that the woman who can enter the palace must be the national color and Tianxiang, tsk" Big mouth chirped, with a distressed look of virtue, it seems that there is a suitable girl, I have to find one for Big Mouth, this man can't do without women after all.
I moved my eyes to the bottom of the pool, strange, where has the owner of this place gone, and there are no other moving corpses in the pool except for human bones, is the owner here still alive? Hidden in this cave?
I broke out in a cold sweat at my own thoughts, and quickly shone my flashlight into the corner of the cave, and there was nothing but a pool of stagnant water and strange rocky walls, but I thought there must be a pair of greedy eyes here, staring at us with drooling at this time.
"Lao Cui, why don't you retreat, you can't work hard for the people of Mayi Village, you can do one less thing, don't forget the goal of our trip, it's the right thing to help Gu Yi find that bronze mirror" said with a big mouth pretending, and also used Gu Yi's matter to press me, very smart, he knew that I now treat Gu Yi as a baby, so he directly poked at my weakness.
I pinched Gu Yi's tender face, and then nodded to the big mouth and said, "You finally did a job and said a few words, good boy, you know how to use your strength."
I turned around and jumped into the water, and then I couldn't wait to jump off the basin with a big mouth. However, just as I stretched out my arms to help Gu Yi down, I didn't know that there was a sound of chains colliding in that place, and the three of us were stunned in place, especially Gu Yi was still standing on the edge of the pool, and his legs began to tremble. Then there was the clatter of chains, accompanied by a low roar, which was low but far away, and the whole cavern buzzed.
"What is this called, have any of you ever heard it?" I asked the novelist.
"I grew up in the mountains of the Qinling Mountains, but I've never heard any strange screams, let's run first, otherwise it's too late" Big Mouth was ready to rush when he spoke.
I also realized that this place should not stay for a long time, so I quickly grabbed Gu Yi, and was about to turn around and run, when there was a noise of seven highs and eight lows in front of us, and at the same time, the light of a flashlight was dangling.
"Everyone turn off the flashlight, it seems that we are temporarily looking for a place to hide, today is the day of worship to the river god, unfortunately let us catch up" I spoke at the same time, I have begun to look for a cover where you can hide from people, there is a big stone more than one person high on our left, I am worried at this time that if it is discovered by that group of mountain people, something may not happen, Mayi Village has been passed down for thousands of years, if they know that the secret is discovered by outsiders, maybe they will kill people, without further ado, think of this, I grabbed Gu Yi and ran towards the rock.
Fortunately, we found out in time, and when we just hid, a few swift mountain people quickly ran towards the basin, and a few dim flashlights flashed in the cave for a while, and they all jumped to the edge of the basin.
"Let go of me, you can't die well, the old lady curses your whole family to go to eighteen layers of hell, let go of me!"
"Uncles and uncles, please, let me go, my father, my mother, let me serve the river god and grandpa on their behalf, woo"
"Makes you cry!" Then there were a few loud slaps, and the three of us really listened to it, and I secretly thought, these ignorant mountain people are so pedantic to such a world, and they have been reforming and opening up for several years and still believe in this set of messy things, hey, I don't know whose children are going to be unlucky again.
The next words were like a thousand needles and swords strung into my ears and pierced into my heart, only to hear an old voice say: "Xiao Ting naughty boy, you are disrespectful to the river god grandfather, and you are not responsible for the more than 1,000 lives in our Mayi Village, in front of the honorable river god grandfather, the old man will not care about you, retreat quickly."
When I heard Xiao Ting's name, my body moved involuntarily, and then my heart calmed down again, after all, I am not a peerless master in martial arts, and it is impossible to rescue her parents unconsciously, so I have to suppress my anger and wait quietly, waiting for a miracle to appear.
Xiao Ting spoke again and said: "What kind of bullshit Taoist priest are you, why don't you sacrifice your relatives, I curse you not to die well, die old man, you go and die!" Woo."
"Yellow-mouthed child, can you afford to talk nonsense and blaspheme the gods in front of the gods? Someone came to plug Xiao Ting's naughty boy's mouth, the time has come, let's start the sacrifice."