Stone Road

Before I could see what it was, my eyes were drawn to the dull light and the man. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because of standing on the steps, this person looks very tall, dressed in black fabric tight clothes, with a few laps of leggings on the ankles, and a few circles of black cloth belts tied around his waist, the whole person looks very capable, a bit like a martial artist who came out of the dart game in ancient times, probably because the light can't shine through, and the person's head can't be seen.

The lamp is very ordinary, far less complicated than the lantern production process of the lantern of the lamp bearer, a lamp pole under a vertical windshield, a bit similar to the shape of the palace lamp, belongs to the simplest wick, lamp holder, oil groove, plus a translucent windshield, through the windshield can see the rickety flames, dizzying outward with a dull light, the outermost part of the light has a faint halo, and the person's head happens to be outside the halo, so, from my point of view, the person seems to have no head.

It doesn't matter if there is a head or not, it's not a living person anyway, a living person can't stand motionless like a benchmark, a little more dry corpse, it's very likely to be a puppet, we've seen a puppet, so it's not uncommon for a puppet to appear in the stone road, I didn't go to my heart, my eyes looked away.

The place where the man in black stood was a whole stone carved out of the hole, standing on the steps near the hole, because of the light, it was impossible to see how big the hole was, only some dense chisel marks.

The man in black stood there motionless, just now I guess that even a pig can wake up when he is asleep, and then I see that the man is still holding a lantern seriously, there must be a problem, which makes me more sure that he is a puppet. In addition, the light in his hand could not shine on me, and my heart was not nervous when I saw him at first sight, not to mention that I still held a sapper shovel in my hand, although my physical strength was not as good as before, but I was not a vegetarian.

Although the ravages just now are not fatal, but they are also tortured, the head is groggy and still spinning, fortunately, the air from the hole seems to be flowing, the temperature is lower, and the head is sober a lot when it is so close to a can of heads, but the body is uncomfortable, the body is filled with fine sand, one leg is still trapped in the sand nest, and there are many things around the branches like branches, many of them are on the body, fortunately, these things are not sharp, Otherwise, I guess I can't count the holes all over my body by now.

Originally, there were many large and small scars on the body, so much fine sand was like countless stiff-bristled brushes, which washed those wounds cleanly, if it weren't for the danger, I guess I would cry my father and mother, but it was always thrilling once, and now my heart has gradually calmed down.

After a few breaths of relief on the spot, I began to pull the branches out, but when I touched them with my hands, I didn't feel like branches, but like some skeletons, the bones had been loosened, and there were large and small corrosion pits on the surface of the skeletons, obviously these skeletons were some years old.

It took me about three or four minutes to clear my surroundings, but when I pulled that leg out, I found that it was hanging under me, and at this time only a few thick bone sticks lifted me up, and the reason why I didn't fall was completely blocked by these skeletons, and these skeletons just filtered out the fine sand and held me up.

These skeletons could break at any time, and after thinking about this, I suddenly felt a crumbling feeling, how dare I stay in place, and immediately moved a few times in the direction of the cave with the sapper shovel, but I didn't dare to go directly to the cave entrance.

Now that Tao Lifu's shadow is completely gone, I don't know what the surname Tao has to lure me here, it may be to let me into the cave, I can only explain it this way after a little consideration, then I can only break in.

Last time, I suffered a loss on the puppet, resulting in Qianmo still not seeing anyone dead or dead, so I already have a shadow in my heart, I must be cautious, tighten the shoelaces and trouser belts before entering the hole, and then try to test whether the sapper shovel is blunt, and only after determining these can I walk towards the entrance of the cave, and my heart began to accelerate when I stepped on the first stone step with my front foot.

As I judged before, the entrance of the cave is indeed a whole stone hewn out, the entrance of the cave is about three steps wide, the height is slightly higher than my height, the cave is a stone path that is obliquely upward close to fifty degrees, through the light in the hand of the black-clothed puppet, you can see that seven or eight steps are far away, and these seven or eight steps are not straight up and down rehearsals, showing an obvious arc, from the bottom to the top is indeed winding up.

I was worried about the puppet, so I didn't dare to stay in place too much, basically after confirming that there was nothing abnormal in the cave, I stepped on the third step non-stop, this time it happened to be on the same level as the puppet, this puppet should be about the same height as me before it was born, but the size is stronger than me, the first time I looked at the puppet's neck, the sapper shovel in my hand was already in the position of attacking at any time.

Headless! If this doll really doesn't have a head, a good doll can't have a head, so where will his head go, unless someone takes it.

Because of the light, I just can't see the head of the puppet vaguely, as for how the head of this master moved, I really can't see the traces, not to mention that I don't plan to avenge him, I don't care about my business at all, I only care about the lantern in his hand now, and it will be dark if I go up, and it will definitely not work without a lamp.

Behind one of the doll's arms, one arm made a gesture of picking up the lamp, the lamp was held in the yellow-green hand, the lantern was jumped up with a rusty metal pole, the windshield was full of dust, but the flames inside were still dancing very happily, the oil was very strong, even through the windshield you could smell a smell of burnt skin and meat, there must be something wrong with this lamp oil, in fact, I didn't dare to think about it, I suspect this is a corpse oil lamp.

Legend has it that the corpse oil is infinite in seconds, in the eyes of the warlocks can light the corpse oil lamp to summon the soul, in the eyes of some barefoot doctors can be used as a medicine, it is said that the older the corpse corpse oil is more refined, if you squeeze out a few points of corpse oil from a thousand-year-old corpse, it must be the essence of this person's life, of course, I have never been interested in these, so there is little collection of things in this area.

The corpse oil lamp should not have been lit for a long time, and it is likely that it was reactivated during this sacrifice, which means that this sacrifice has not been opened or has been opened, so according to the previous speculation, it is really possible that Qianmo and Gu Yao will be used as sacrifices.

The thought of a living person being used as a sacrifice made me feel very uncomfortable, not to mention that they were all people I was familiar with, so I didn't dare to waste time, and after seeing that there was nothing unusual about the puppet, I reached out and snatched the lantern.

The lantern may have been too old, and the moment it was caught in its hand, it seemed to be about to fall apart, and there was a violent shaking of the lamp stand to make a squeaking sound, and the wick inside suddenly dimmed with the high and low.

The wick was about to go out, I was a little anxious, and quickly freed up my other hand to stabilize the lantern, and the crumbling wick was re-ignited, but the light was not as good as just now, and it always remained in a shaky state, and I glanced at the puppet by the dim light, and suddenly found that the arm holding the lamp pole was hanging down, so I didn't dare to hesitate, and rushed up the steps with the lantern non-stop, and then stopped to take a breath after stepping a dozen steps.

I was too anxious just now and didn't pay attention to the marks left by Tao Lifu inside, and I felt that there was no movement behind me, so I looked around while walking, the stone road should have not been entered by outsiders for many years, and the dust inside had accumulated enough to slap the back, including the steps, and it was a little soft to step on.

In order to see more clearly, I jumped over my shoulder to let the light shine as far as I could, and made sure that the stone passage was an ordinary stone passage except for the dusty steps, and there were no conspicuous signs.

It's just that I don't know why Tao Lifu brought me here, it could be that they are also in the stone path with a big mouth, I feel that this possibility is very small, the stone road is very quiet, with the character of the big mouth, he can't stay in peace and not make a little movement, unless the stone road is very long.

The dust on the stone steps was thicker, and as soon as I stepped down, there was no sound in the stone path except for the movement I made, and the dim light could only illuminate a small part, casting my shadow on the stone wall, and the darkness was very hideous.

I can't calculate the distance on this kind of slope, I can only roughly count the number of steps to confirm the height, because I am anxious and unconsciously, I have walked nearly forty or fifty steps, and I still haven't heard any movement inside, but this corpse oil lamp may be the reason for its age, and I squeaked along the way, like the life of a part of a certain part is about to reach, in order to prevent a sudden problem with the lamp, so I can only force myself to walk quickly.

After walking up more than 70 steps, I finally felt that my legs were going to cramp, standing on the steps I had to lean forward to stabilize my body, the temperature in the stone path was lower, a little cool in the early morning, I could only grit my teeth and persevere.

At this moment, I felt the squeak of the lantern becoming more and more dense, and then I saw that the wick seemed to be blown by the wind, and suddenly crooked, and I felt that the lantern was dragged into my arms, and at this moment I felt a gust of cold wind rushing towards me, the wind was very strong and it was not a natural wind, and the lamp must not be able to be saved, I quickly drew a sapper shovel to be vigilant around, but still could not prevent a black thing from crashing into the lantern in my arms, and almost knocked me down the stone steps.

By the last glimmer of light before the lights went out, I could see clearly that it was a human head with very long hair. The stone path instantly turned black and dark, the human head hit me and then grunted all the way down the stone road, after a short reaction, I felt the black and rushed up, at this moment, I felt a sudden rush from the side, before I could pick up the sapper shovel to parry, two strong arms had already hugged me.

"Don't make a sound, I'm a big mouth."