I wondered, "Why are these female corpses facing the sky on their backs, but their limbs are hanging down at an incredible angle?" But then I thought of the "dead drift" I had just seen in the water, could there be more such "dead drift" in the hole ahead?

These female corpses are so weird, who are they? The corpse has been soaked in water for thousands of years, why has it not rotted to this day? And I always feel that this kind of "dead drift" is not like what we usually call floating corpses, what is that strong resentment to convey? I looked at the "fossil altar" several times, but there were so few recognizable parts of the altar's grinding paintings that I could not find any clues.

At this time, the big toads in the vicinity dived into the water again, and the water surface suddenly calmed down, I looked around, the vicinity of this fossil altar was quite safe, because they had been swimming in the water for too long, the three of them felt a little tired, so we decided to take a short rest here for a while, eat some caloric food, and it was necessary to readjust the plan of action according to the current situation.

I hesitated a little in my heart, the past experience gave me an ominous premonition, it was difficult to make a decision for a while, so I had to ask for the opinions of Shirley Yang and the fat man, this gourd-shaped ancient cave, the location of the gourd mouth, is the Xuangong of the tomb of the king, but the last part of the journey is unpredictable, no one can figure out the true face of the mountain god, as well as those "dead drift", the most direct threat we face, is the female corpse that disappears under the water from time to time, if you return the same way, of course, you can, But it may not be possible to find another entrance to the tomb of the king. The point is to assess now whether it's worth the risk.

Shirley Yang said to me: "Actually, there is more information conveyed in the painting, but you don't notice it, you see that the natives in this painting are all with feathers on their heads. Only the leader is the one who wears a horned helmet. The composition of the grinding painting is too simple, so it is easy to overlook this detail, we have found a mask worn in the witching ceremony in the jade coffin of the high priest of the king, and I think the golden mask is convenient for this. ”

Is the head of the natives in the mill painting wearing a helmet or a mask? It's hard to tell the difference, except for the two long curved horns, which indicate that this person is a high priest who is in charge of important rituals, if not the great leader of everyone.

I asked the fat man to take out the golden mask and take a look at it, the fat man was never willing to leave the sacrificial vessels, and kept it in his own carrying bag, and took it out at this moment, the top of the golden mask is two forked dragon horns, or antlers, the lion's eyes and tiger's mouth, and the ears are in the shape of fish ears, which combines the characteristics of various animals, and the shape is very strange, and on the decoration of the mask, many undulating eyeballs are cast, and at a glance, it is the same as the totem worshiped by the exquisite people in the ancient desert city, so look at it, The horned helmet of the leader of the Nayi people in the grinding painting does resemble the shape of this golden mask.

Shirley Yang said: "The grinding and painting of the fossil altar is first, at least more than 3,000 years old, and the tomb of the king is in the back, only more than 2,000 years, I think maybe this secret cave in the underground is the only path that can lead to the tomb of the king in the outside world, and the so-called mountain god entrenched in the cave has been the object of worship and sacrifice of the local Yi people since ancient times, so the subordinates of the king of Xian, applied the ancient traditional sacrificial ritual of the Yi people here, after the king tomb is closed, if you want to enter the Ming Tower to worship the king, you will act according to law, At the end of the burial ditch, those wooden boats in the shape of the Qin and Han dynasties, as well as those decaying long poles, can prove that at least one such sacrificial ceremony was performed after the king's tomb was closed. ”

Shirley Young paused and continued: "In addition, according to what I know about animals, the large toads in the nearby waters should not live here, but gather in a wet source somewhere in the valley, and it is only because the insects that have recently bred underground are in the spawning period that they attract so many large toads. ”

I listened to Shirley Yang's analysis, and it was really true, and I exclaimed: "Chief of Staff Yang is far-sighted, and he has analyzed so much information from just starting from a mask that has not attracted our attention in the slightest......

The fat man was quite unconvinced, and before I could finish speaking, he said to Shirley Yang: "This gourd cave leads to the tomb of the king of Xian, long before we came in, I was the first to see it, but you tell me what the mountain god and the female corpse are, and what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?" ”

Shirley Yang shook his head and said: "I'm not a prophet, how can I know that, I just made inferences based on the clues at the moment, what is going on, how can I say accurately if I don't see it with my own eyes?" But I think the information on this altar should be true, the mountain gods and those female corpses are all there, even if their original form is very different from the understanding of the ancients, but there must be something strange in the cave. ”

Shirley Yang asked me again: "Old Hu, you are a well-informed person, based on what you see, what will be the true face of this mountain god?" Are we sure we're going through this gourd hole? ”

I said to Shirley Yang and the fat man: "As far as I can see, the black-faced mountain god has hard hair on his face, and his face is lifeless, he must be a thousand-year-old zombie spirit living in a cave, and there is a lot of corpse poison on his body, and the meaning of the grinding painting on the altar is very clear, the Yi people caught the big toad and hung it into the hole with a long pole, not because it was eaten by anything, but because the toad itself has poisonous glands in its body, once it encounters a more vicious poisonous gas attack, it will release poison through the poison glands behind it, and finally the essence and blood are exhausted by the corpse poison. So when I took it out, it became toad jerky. Only in this way can the old zombie be temporarily cleaned of the corpse poison, and then use the golden mask to suppress him, it is possible to pass through the gourd hole. There have been such folklores in Yunnan in the past, my inference is reasonable, but I didn't make it up, but the kind of dead floating corpses, I really can't say it, I have never heard of it, I have never seen it, I don't know what those female corpses have to do with the thousand-year-old zongzi essence. ”

Although the fat man is not a strong and dry person, but at this moment, I heard me say that there are ancient zombies three thousand years ago, and he is also a little stiff, after all, no one has ever seen those things, with the black donkey's hooves and glutinous rice, who is sure that he can handle it, so he said: "Political Commissar Hu, what did you just say that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, this is too good, what you say, no matter what you say, the old zombie has also lived here for so many years, and has not violated the law and discipline, nor has he made trouble in society, what does this mean, it shows that people are great good citizens, I haven't recruited anyone, I haven't provoked anyone, if we have to get along with others, we have to force our way through here, with our skills, it's not impossible, but it seems that we don't understand things, I think we might as well take a detour, give each other face, and be safe with each other. ”

Shirley Yang said: "It is very possible to use a toad to consume the poisonous gas in the hole, but I don't think there may be any old zombies into essences, how could the ancients regard zombies as mountain gods, this is absolutely impossible, but the naked corpse that appeared under the water, naked, faintly shrouded in a layer of ghostly halo, as soon as the female corpse appeared, it will make people feel an inexplicable sadness, as if there is some kind of strong resentment, it seems that there will be more in the hole in front of it, I don't know what is famous in it, but this has to be guarded against." ”

The fat man and I heard Shirley Yang say the word "naked corpse", and exclaimed in unison: "Bare-ass female corpse!" I knew that I had lost my words, so I hurriedly covered my mouth with my hand, but it was too late, and I was very strange in my heart: "Why does this fat guy say the same thing to me?" And it's not even bad for a word, this guy is really a hooligan. ”

I saw the female corpse that suddenly floated from the bottom of the water and quietly disappeared, because of the suddenness of the incident, I didn't pay attention to see whether the female corpse was naked, I only noticed that the floating corpse was a woman, and the figure was very young, and there was a layer of cold and sad white light on her body, and now in retrospect, it seems that she was indeed a naked corpse, but why didn't she wear clothes? Is it blistered? Even if it's a real zombie, it's beautiful when it's bare, and I was curious, and I suddenly had the idea to take a closer look.

I felt a little embarrassed to say the words of the bare-ass female corpse just now, so I pretended to cough twice, and said to Shirley Yang and the fat man: "We have come here, how can we not advance but retreat, we should leave now, if you are brave enough, put on a gas mask with me, and go into the last section of this gourd hole, no matter what kind of ghost zombie he is, no matter what is in that hole, as long as we are not afraid of sacrifice and overcome all difficulties, we will definitely be able to win the final victory." ”

The fat man is a person who can't pretend to be a person in his heart, he seems a little excited at this time, pats his thigh and says: "That's it, Professor Chen's old man's life is in the middle of the day, there is no room for delay, let's save people to the end, send the Buddha to the west, the heavy responsibility is on our shoulders, so that we can't stop, the iron must be hot to succeed, this is the final struggle, Interna Xiongnael will definitely be realized, the mountains and rivers are evil, can not stop the ambition, the sky is high and the clouds are light, can not stand the eagle to strike the sky, tomorrow morning when the morning glow rises, We must return to our homeland with the joy of victory, recall the days and nights of the battle, and the passion in our hearts is not dry, and we must solemnly report to the motherland, for the happiness of mankind......"

The attitude of the fat man and I towards whether to continue to walk through the last section of the gourd cave suddenly became positive, which made Shirley Yang a little inexplicable, looking at us with curious eyes, I saw that the fat man was nagging endlessly, and hurriedly pulled him secretly, and whispered: "Throwing the jar in the toilet, it's your stinky words flying around, pretending to be a grandson, don't you just want to see the naked corpse?" Sensei nonsense, hurry up and copy the guy to open the way. ”