A few days ago, my uncle called my mother on a business trip and asked my mother if she wanted to bring something back, and it was because of this that I knew that my uncle was not at home at that time.

After eating, my master and Chen Daochang began to look at their watches constantly, and Liang Houzai and I were so bored that we had to worry about doing our homework. When we came to Wangzhuang, the two of us were in a hurry and didn't bring our schoolbags.

I asked my master tentatively, "Master, when are we done?" I haven't done my homework yet. ”

When my master heard this, he knew what I was thinking, and he first "snorted" and then said, "You don't have to do it today." ”

Hearing my master's words, my heart was happy, but I didn't dare to laugh on my face, I looked back at Liang Houzai, he was also expressionless, but I knew that his heart must also be happy.

At that time, Liang Houzai and I were not tired of studying, but we didn't want to do homework, and the two of us seemed to have an innate aversion to homework.

I also think back to that time, and I realized that in fact, such an aversion will definitely not be innate. Think about the two of us, we don't even have a little spare time every day, practice, class, homework, practice, every day is arranged by my master to be full, and whoever it is, it will be more or less unbearable.

But even so, when I grow up, I occasionally remember those days.

It wasn't until the old wall clock in the earthen house rang nine o'clock that Daochang Chen said to my master, "It's time." ”

My master nodded, took an empty glass bottle from the table, came to the earthen kang again, grabbed the kang head and lifted it hard, and the whole bed board was lifted by my master.

You must know that most of the things on the soil kang are formed in one piece, but the cement slab on my master's kang is actually covered. It was only at this time that I realized that the reason why Master's clay kang has never been connected to the stove is because such a kang cannot be heated.

Curious, I ran over to look, and saw a dark passage under the bed, and some of the stone steps in the passage were broken, apparently some years old.

From the protrusion of this dark passage, there is also a slight sound of running water from time to time, and there seems to be a river vein below.

Chen Daochang opened his legs and walked into the dark passage, and said to Liang Houzai and me: "This place, which used to be the entrance to an ancient tomb, has been abandoned for many years. ”

As he spoke, there was a distant echo in the tunnel.

My master asked me and Liang Houzai to go in first, and he walked in the back.

After entering the dark passage, the sound of running water became clear, and the damp cool air greeted me, and I couldn't help but shiver.

Master held the bed board and put it back on the cover, then he came over, patted me on the back, and said, "Buckle it up, be careful not to catch a cold." ”

Only then did I realize that I was opening my arms, and I quickly buttoned it up.

When the bed was covered, the light became very dim at first, but when my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I could see a faint glimmer of light. The light emanated from the surrounding stone walls, but they were faint enough to be seen only in the darkest darkness.

Chen Daochang, who was walking in front, knocked on the stone wall and sighed: "After so many years, these luminous stones are too old to shine. ”

When he said this, his tone was very lonely, and it made me feel as if he was talking about himself.

Master took my hand and asked me to hold Liang Houzai, and then led us slowly forward.

The dark passage is very long, about more than a hundred meters, at the end of the dark passage, there is a large wet riverbed, and the stone walls around the dark passage, the riverbed also constantly emits a faint ghostly light, like an incomparably huge jade.

And the reason why I know this is the riverbed is because the sound of the river pulses comes from the boundary of this riverbed.

I never dreamed that there would be such a place directly below the mountain of mass graves.

Master took me to walk on the riverbed, and from time to time the soles of my feet would sink into the damp mud, and the feeling was very sticky and uncomfortable.

When I was about to reach the middle of the riverbed, Master suddenly stopped, pointed in the direction where the sound of the water was coming from, and said to me, "This dark river is a yin vein under the Mountain of Mass Graves, you should pay special attention to this river in the future, if a corpse is sunk in it, it will turn into an evil corpse in an instant." ”

I asked Master, "Is it because of this river that the mountain of mass graves can't grow crops?" ”

The master nodded: "Not only does it not grow crops, if it is not for the yin qi at the bottom of the tomb, the mountain of mass graves will not grow a single grass, and it is easy to provoke evil spirits to stay here." ”

At this time, Xian'er also showed her head, looked around, frowned and said, "How can there be such a place under the Mass Grave Mountain, Chai Ye, why haven't I heard you say it before?" ”

"What's there to say about such a thing?" My master replied sullenly, then pulled me back and continued to walk forward.

After crossing the riverbed, there was a long tunnel, and when I walked in, I found that there were many holes on the stone wall of this tunnel that could accommodate a person, and every time my master passed through a hole, he would put a spirit talisman on it.

I asked Master, "Where can these holes lead?" ”

Master said, "I don't know, I haven't been in." However, some of the caves are very damp and should lead to the river veins. ”

There are a total of thirty small openings in the entire tunnel, which corresponds to the number of spirit runes.

After passing through the last hole, the air, which was still very humid, suddenly became dry, and even the surrounding temperature became a little hot.

The master walked without saying a word, and Daochang Chen in front of him did not speak.

I looked at Liang Houzai and saw that he was frowning, looking in all directions.

When I asked him what he was doing, he said, "I always thought this place looked familiar." ”

I heard my master say on the side: "It's familiar, with Lao Li's temperament, after you enter the master's door, I will definitely take you to the underground palace of King Yelang, the structure here is the same as the underground palace." ”

Liang Houzai nodded, pursed his lips, and stopped talking. I think he's probably missing Grandpa Li again.

We had walked for a long time until we came to the end of the tunnel, and a few paces away from me was a wide stone door, locked in front of it with heavy black chains, thicker than my arm, and with a soft glow of oil, as if it had been waxed.

I found that there were still large reliefs on the door panels, but because of the age, many of them could no longer be seen clearly, and I could only vaguely see a Taoist temple, a long tunnel, and a rushing river carved on them.

Chen Daochang groped for a while on the stone gate, then turned his head and said to me with a smile: "My Taoist temple was originally built next to this mass grave mountain. ”

As I spoke, I saw him tap lightly in the center of the door, and I heard a "click", and something seemed to be opened behind the door.

After that, he said to my master, "Old Chai Tou, it's your turn. ”

My master walked up, handed the glass bottle to Daochang Chen, grabbed the iron chain on the door, and pulled it to both sides with all his might. Those chains look very heavy, and even my master has to use all the strength of his body to pull them.

Chen Daochang came to my side and quietly lit a dry tobacco. I glanced at my master again, and I saw that there was nothing left on my master's waist, and in normal times, he would hang the cigarette stick on his belt.

When did Chen Daochang take the cigarette stick away?

I guess my master must have felt that the cigarette stick had been taken away, but he was struggling with those two chains, and he didn't have the extra heart to pay attention to Chen Daochang.

Chen Daochang smoked a cigarette beautifully, and said to me: "Let me tell you, your master is a man who is obsessed with money. At the beginning, he came to me and said that the ancient corpses in this place were the things they kept upright. I'm also generous, so I gave him the Taoist temple. Guess so, he actually demolished the Taoist temple, my Taoist temple is a little old, but it's also a cultural relic, isn't it? He demolished it, and he demolished it, and bought all the stones and wood used to build the temple as building materials. ”

At this time, my master had already opened the chain, so he ran over like a gust of wind, grabbed the cigarette stick, and said to Chen Daochang sullenly: "What are you talking nonsense to my apprentice here?" When did I sell your Taoist temple, after this Taoist temple was demolished, I didn't move a single brick or tile, and I used those old materials to build a new temple for you, all the money was taken by me, and you didn't pay a single penny! ”

Chen Daochang seemed to have grasped some handle, and said angrily: "Look at you, don't you admit that you are rich?" Give me that cigarette of yours, give it to me, such a rich man, stingy! ”

My master ignored him, walked straight to the door, pressed the door with both hands, and pushed hard.

With a "creak", the stone door was slowly pushed open, and I couldn't help but gasp when I saw what was inside.

I saw a female corpse with a snake tail in the center of the tomb on the other side of the door, this is not the first time I have seen a human-like evil corpse, the bronze armored corpse when I entered the industry, the huge body like a hill, is not what humans should have.

But even if it is a bronze armored corpse, it is not as shocking as the evil corpse in front of him.

I could tell that it was a corpse because it was no longer "angry", but it looked unusually alive, the scales on the snake's tail, the skin on its body, and the hair fluttering gently with the heat in the burial chamber. The female corpse had a bronze mask on her face, and I couldn't see her face, but there was always a feeling as if she was staring at me through the gaps in the mask.

Around the female corpse, there were thick black iron chains, and they were also covered with spirit runes. But I had a feeling that it could break through the chains at any moment, and it was holding its chest with its hands crossed, and I kept staring at her fingers, afraid that she would suddenly move.