Chapter 93. Summer Extreme Cold (3)
The third victim, an archaeologist who was excavating at the archaeological site, is said to have froze to death within minutes of returning to his tent after suddenly convulsing and crying out for cold. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Within half an hour of Ding Lin's phone, the whizzing police car stopped at the gate of the tea house, and Yue Wu and I got into the car and went straight to Canglang Mountain in Tongchuan City, the northernmost part of G Province.
In the car, Yuan Bo told me an important clue: "We learned through investigation that the deceased Yuan Luokui had worked in the ancient tomb of Chu in Canglang Mountain for a period of time, and he suddenly resigned last week and returned home, and this time the deceased named Zhang Qide was once in the same group as Yuan Luokui."
The police car with the siren whistling was speeding on the highway, Ding Lin drove, Yuan Bo sat in the co-pilot, me, Yue Wu and Fan Hanlun sat in the back row, Ding Lin used to be a drag racer, from the provincial capital to Tongchuan Canglang Mountain for 300 kilometers, we only took an hour and a half to arrive, got out of the car, Fan Hanlun and I quickly found a place where no one was and vomited upside down.
The archaeological team sent people to meet us outside the mountain, and under the leadership of the other party, several of us crossed the lofty mountains and mountains to the archaeological team camp located deep in the mountains.
The main camp of the archaeological team is actually several large tents, and outside one of the tents, many archaeologists in overalls have gathered, but people's faces are sad, and their eyes are still flashing with fear.
Ding Lin came to the pile of people and showed his police officer ID: "May I ask who is the leader of the archaeological team?" ”
A middle-aged man wearing glasses stepped forward, shook hands with Ding Lin with a bitter face, and said, "I am Lu Huishan, the leader of the archaeological team, and it is my assistant Zhang Qide who died inside."
As soon as I walked into the tent, a biting cold instantly surrounded me, and there was a sleeping bag in the center of the tent, which was covered with thick bedding and clothes, and a man was lying quietly in the sleeping bag, if it weren't for his white skin without blood, and the whole person had no breath, I really thought that the person was just sleeping.
Moon Dance quickly walked to the deceased's side and prepared to open the deceased's eyelids, but found that the deceased's whole body was stiff, and a pair of eyelids seemed to be glued to the eyeballs and could not be removed.
Seeing this, Moon Dance frowned, she stretched out her hand and gently pressed the body of the deceased, and I only heard the sound of ice slag breaking from the body of the deceased.
After a hasty examination, Moondance said to us, "All the body fluids in his body are frozen into ice."
Fan Hanlun glanced at the corpse lying in the sleeping bag from a distance, and asked Yue Wu, "This person and the two previous deceased were frozen to death from the inside out?" ”
Moon Dance nodded, then looked at me with her eyes fluttering and motioning for me to leave.
I knew she was trying to get me out of the case, but I just pretended not to see it.
Lu Huishan said to Ding Lin with a bitter face, "Comrade, please hurry up and help us see how he died, this kind of thing happened at the scene, which made everyone panic and has affected our excavation progress!" ”
I came to Lu Huishan, the team leader, and asked, "Team leader, may I ask if the ancient tomb you are digging here is the Chu State tomb in the pre-Qin period?" ”
Lu Huishan nodded at me and said, "That's right, according to the epitaph, we suspect that the owner of the ancient tomb of Chu should be the youngest son of King Hui of Chu, Gongzi Zhao."
I asked with some excitement, "Can we see the tomb?" ”
"Does that ancient tomb have anything to do with this case?" Team leader Lu Huishan looked at Ding Lin with a puzzled expression.
Ding Lin smiled a little awkwardly and said, "Is there some relationship, I don't know if we can take a look?" ”
Lu Huishan said with some regret, "I'm afraid that even if you go to see it, you won't find anything, because the coffin and most of the utensils in the tomb have been moved to the archaeological research institute."
I looked back with some disappointment, not wanting to see Moon Dance standing still, her eyes filled with tears.
"Sister Moon Dance, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Moon Dance's pear blossom and rainy face, I was a little overwhelmed.
Moon Dance blinked, wiped the tears from her eyes, and smiled at me, "It's nothing, I just remembered some things about your ancestors before."
After Yue Wu finished speaking, she immediately walked up to Lu Huishan and asked, "Comrade team leader, you said that you have moved Gongzi Zhao's coffin to the research institute, so have you found a crystal stone the size of an egg embedded in the coffin?" ”
Lu Huishan's head shook like a rattle, "No, but there is indeed a notch outside the coffin, maybe the crystal stone was left at the scene!" ”
"Can you take us to the scene?" Moon Dance asked with a concerned expression.
"Could it be that this tomb has something to do with my ancestor named Le Tongling?" I whispered in Moondance's ear.
Moon Dance nodded with a wry smile, her thoughts seemed to go back to the time of a thousand years ago, "That Gongzi Zhao and I are old acquaintances, right?"
I thought for a moment, quickly came back to my senses and said to Lu Huishan, "Team Leader Lu, even if it's an empty tomb, please let us take a look, I suspect that the death of Zhang Qide and the other two is related to something unearthed in your Chu tomb."
Lu Huishan and Ding Lin looked at me at the same time, "What could have something to do with his death?" ”
I hadn't seen the Snow Demon Ice Spirit, so I could only turn my gaze to Moon Dance.
Moon Dance took out a yellowed thread-bound book from her sleeve, and on the cover it was written the words "Treasure of Monsters" in Lishu, "That thing is the crystal stone that should be inlaid outside Gongzi Zhao's coffin, the legend is that that thing is an evil thing, with a terrible curse attached to it, anyone who comes into contact with the crystal stone will be cursed by the tomb owner and be frozen all over the body of blood and organs, Zhang Qide's death is just like the curse says!" ”
Originally, the curse was a fantasy for these scientific researchers who did not believe in ghosts and gods, but seeing Zhang Qide's bizarre death, even the experienced Lu Huishan panicked.
Lu Huishan said in a somewhat nervous tone, "But, but we didn't see the crystal stone when we moved Gongzizhao's coffin out, and we really didn't see any crystal at the scene!" ”
Ding Lin patted Lu Huishan's shoulder, comforted his emotions, and said, "Team Leader Lu, you should take us to the scene to have a look."
We walked to the excavation site under the leadership of Lu Huishan, and along the way, Yue Wu was absent-minded and seemed to be reminiscing about the past, while Fan Hanlun kept following me and asked me, "Lord, do you mean that those three people were cursed to death by the crystals in this tomb?" ”
I nodded, "I've inquired, the curse that can freeze people from the inside out is most likely the snow demon ice spirit that has been extinct for many years, that thing is an evil thing, and it is generally used as a burial object in a coffin to ensure that the body does not rot for thousands of years."
"People say that the coffins have been moved to the research institute, and that place is now an empty tomb, what are we going to do in the past!"
I glanced at Fan Hanlun angrily, "The Snow Demon Ice Spirit is the most yin and cold evil thing, although the coffin has been removed, I believe that the Ice Spirit has been placed in the ancient tomb for more than 2,000 years, even if you go to the scene, you can feel its yin energy."
"The lord means that he wants to go to the ancient tomb site to make sure and see if it is really the snow demon ice spirit?"
I nodded and said, "So we don't have to rush to the research institute in the provincial capital, and you still want Officer Ding to give you another ride?" ”
Listening to my words, Fan Hanlun shook his head vigorously, he didn't want to vomit again.
In fact, I insisted on coming to the scene for the Moon Dance, the protagonist of this tomb, Zi Zhao, knew the Moon Dance before his death, and the tomb of the old man had to come and see, and I saw that Sister Moon Dance seemed to be interested in this ancient tomb.