Chapter 32: The Eight-Story Sarcophagus
In the dimness, I took a closer look at the corpse in the rubble, and found that it was the corpse of the white-faced corpse, which had been eaten by the two beasts at this time.
I was thinking about it, when the two beasts suddenly rushed over, and the cloth bag monk took a step forward with his right foot, folded his hands, twisted the Buddha beads and chanted words in his mouth, and his voice became louder and louder.
"Nam no Bhavanvadi Ajan Ya Shaha, Nam no Bhavanati Ajan Ya Shaha, Nam no Bhavanati Ajan Ya Saha......"
The murmuring mantra made Liang Ruoyi and I feel like a breeze blowing, the two beasts seemed to have been in the Buddha statue for a long time, or the old monk's mantra was really effective, and they slowly stopped in the sound of the mantra, crawling in place, and soon opened their eyes like two obedient dogs.
"Let's go!"
The voice of the Budai monk pulled me and Liang Ruoyi back from the reverie, I looked fixedly, and saw that the Budai monk had walked behind the Buddha statue and found the tunnel door to open, and hurriedly followed.
The tunnel that appeared in our eyes was completely different from the previous floors. The previous floors were a series of wooden steps that went straight up and down, but this tunnel is a completely closed spiral tunnel, shining a flashlight on it, it is a cylindrical shape, which will be enough for one person to pass.
The cloth bag monk turned his head to look at me, and I shook my head: "I don't feel anything, there should be nothing in it." ”
After I finished speaking, the cloth bag monk walked down first, I walked in the middle, and Liang Ruoyi walked in the end after pressing the flashlight.
The entire dimly lit tunnel is made of wood, and it has a faint aroma, which is supposed to be used to prevent moths or something. The three of us were very crowded in the tunnel, because the tunnel was very narrow and it was always going in circles, and after a while I was sweating.
After five or six minutes, we finally saw the ground on the eighth floor.
"Whew......" I walked out of the crowded tunnel and took a deep breath: "It's too stuffy inside!" ”
"Hey, the eighth floor is already so small?" Liang Ruoyi took a flashlight on the side, and found that the entire eighth floor was only less than half the size of a basketball court. In the center of the eighth floor, there is a Buddha statue, and behind the Buddha statue, there is a gray-white sarcophagus!
"Sarcophagus!" I let out a soft cry and saw the Budai monk walk first in front of the Buddha statue.
I looked over and saw that this Buddha statue was dressed in red, with a fair complexion, and was also sitting on a lotus throne, but his hands were pinching the Dharma together, placing it on his chest, smiling, but there was a little less kindness and a little more domineering.
"I like this Buddha statue!" I opened my mouth and said, "Master, what kind of Buddha is this?" ”
"This is the South Unable Sea Thunder Sound Rulai." Budai monk said.
"Fahai?" I subconsciously asked, "The one you took from Bai Suzhen?" ”
Liang Ruoyi gave me a blank look: "That's Fahai, not Rulai!" ”
I smiled embarrassedly and saw the Budai monk bowing three times in front of the Buddha, and then looked around.
The entire eighth floor can be seen through with a panoramic view, and there is nothing but the Buddha statue and sarcophagus in front of us.
"Do you think this sarcophagus is the Empress Dowager Hu?" Liang Ruoyi asked me softly.
I shook my head: "I don't know. But this is only the eighth layer, it shouldn't be the Empress Dowager Hu, I think it will be a disguise, maybe there is an organ or something, I don't dare to act rashly. Of course, it could also be true, a trick! ”
At this time, it's best to wait for the seventh master to come over, otherwise if something appears that we can't get, it will be too eager for quick success.
"Whoa—"
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of water, and I hurriedly listened to it, as if it was outside the tomb of the tower. According to what the Seventh Master said in Yongdao before, the entire Yongning Pagoda tomb should be built upside down in a huge rectangular box, since it is a temple tower-shaped tomb, the rectangular space outside should also increase with the increase in depth.
The sound of the water came uninterruptedly, and I could easily follow the sound of the water to find the source of the sound, which came from outside the east wall of the tomb.
"The underground channel of the Luo River?" Liang Ruoyi looked at me and asked the Budai monk.
The Budai monk frowned slightly: "I guess yes, this place is all wooden structures, in case it is flooded by the Luo River, we really have nowhere to escape!" ”
"Where the hell is the Seventh Master?!" I was anxious all of a sudden, and I didn't want the pockmarked incident to happen again.
"Otherwise, let's open the coffin and see! If there is anything, you have to get out in advance! Liang Ruoyi said with a deep groan.
The cloth bag monk glanced at me, reached out and took out a piece of bloodstone from the cloth bag and stuffed it into his mouth, twisted the Buddha beads and recited the Buddha name: "Xiao Gu, let's go up." ”
I was stunned, the seventh master is not here, I am very opposed to opening the coffin, but now the situation is forced, if we wait any longer, it is estimated that the consequences will be more serious.
"Good!" I answered, handed the flashlight in my hand to Liang Ruoyi, and followed the cloth bag monk to the sarcophagus.
The whole sarcophagus is gray-white, about six feet long, more than three feet wide, with Lu Hou, no, it should be the same as the coffin of the trial of the food, there is no coffin, but on the coffin surface is engraved with a lot of scriptures.
The words were like Sanskrit, and the cloth bag monk was looking at them carefully, and I couldn't understand them, so I set out to find a place to open the coffin. After looking around, I found that the lid of the entire sarcophagus was directly covered, without any seals or rivets.
Liang Ruoyi stood behind me with a flashlight: "How is it?" ”
"I'll try it first." As I spoke, I cautiously reached over and touched the lid of the sarcophagus, which felt cold to the touch, but there was no evil spirit.
"It shouldn't be a problem." I whispered.
"I don't know who stole this Yongning Pagoda tomb, no matter who it is, this sarcophagus should have been opened, even if there is something inside, it is estimated that it has been solved." Liang Ruoyi said.
"Hmm." The cloth bag monk nodded, reached out and held the coffin lid, gently pushed, "hum", the coffin lid of the sarcophagus was directly pushed open, the three of us subconsciously took two steps back, looked at each other, and found that there was nothing, so we walked over slowly and looked towards the sarcophagus.
To our disappointment, there was nothing in the sarcophagus, empty, not even a single stone chip.
"Well, it looks like a disguise!" Liang Ruoyi said and walked to the Buddha statue: "Let's hurry up to the last floor!" ”
We hurriedly followed, but we were stunned: the ground was flat, and there was no entrance to the ninth floor at all. I instantly remembered that there should be a way to go down, so I hurriedly walked to the wall and banged, but was stopped by the cloth bag monk.
"Even if there is a passage to the bottom, we can't chisel the wall now, and if the water is chiseled, it will be digging our own grave!"
I was immediately deflated, what the old monk said made sense, Liang Ruoyi walked to the sarcophagus and looked at it, and saw that there was no mechanism leading to the lower level inside the sarcophagus, and the three of them immediately looked at each other, and they had no idea!
The Seventh Master hasn't shown up until now, and there is the toad who said goodbye that morning. I feel more and more now that something has happened, and it is very likely that the toad has really killed the Seventh Master and them, and he himself has escaped, turning the three of us into turtles in the urn!
When I thought about it like this, I felt that it made sense, and hurriedly said it to Liang Ruoyi and Budai Monk, at this time, I naturally wouldn't hide that the toad wanted to win me over to kill the Seventh Master and the Cloth Bag Monk or Liang Ruoyi.
"Really?" After listening to what I said, the Budai monk immediately frowned.
"How dare I speak in front of Fahai!" I cried with a sad face: "I'm also afraid that Fahai will tell me one day, 'Your lady is a snake spirit'!" ”
Liang Ruoyi took a bite out of me: "With the skills of a toad, it is possible to succeed in sneaking up on the Seventh Master and the old clam, and there is absolutely no chance of winning if you fight head-to-head." If you think about it, this could happen. It's just that if he really asks for you, why would he do it first? ”
The cloth bag monk also seemed to think that this matter was strange, but the sound of running water outside the wall became louder and louder, and the old monk recited a Buddha horn and made up his mind: "That's it, let's go up first!" ”
The three of us were just about to step back when the west wall suddenly "banged" and was smashed open from the outside!