After the two corpses were dragged out by Uncle Ma, they were thrown on the ground, and some of the exposed bones were white, but because they had been in the cave for a long time, some places inevitably deposited some lime impurities, which looked a little mottled. www.biquge.info Judging by the volume, these should be two adult corpses, about 1.65 to 1.70 meters tall, with a small skeleton, presumably a lean figure before their deaths. It's just that, for some reason, the two corpses were actually intertwined with each other in a twisted motion. The other skeleton held a knife handle in his hand, and the rusty blade was inserted into the opponent's chest, stuck between the sternum, and it appeared to be a one-shot death. The other party stuck his hands on the neck of the knife-wielding man, and it can be inferred that the knife-wielding man was probably suffocated to death.

"It seems," I pointed to the wet corpse on the ground, "these two unlucky people were killed by each other, and I don't know why they ran into the depths of this cave to kill each other, could they really be the subordinates of that Taoist priest?" ”

"Presumably," said Uncle Ma, "these two young men probably hallucinated to varying degrees when they passed through the dark area, so much so that they mistook each other for enemies and killed each other." ”

I said that it is very likely, after all, in the darkness where you can't see your fingers, people's nerves have long been tense to the extreme, and when you are suddenly attacked without knowing the truth, then the first reaction is naturally to resist desperately, and even put the attacker to death. However, if these two skeletons were really the treasure hunters of the past, it would be a little too unlucky, you see, the location of their death is already very close to the edge of the dark zone, that is, they can escape by walking a few steps in this direction, but it is not worth killing each other for unknown reasons at such a close distance from the exit.

Uncle Ma glanced at me, as if he thought my idea was a little naïve, and said:

"Young man, it seems that you still lack understanding of people's hearts, according to the situation at the time, the mental state of those treasure collectors has long been on the verge of collapse, and they have all become frightened birds, not to mention being raided in the dark, even on the bright side, they may be killed by their companions, after all, for that huge amount of treasure, everyone is turning their own careful thoughts."

I say:

"Uncle Ma's analysis is that it seems that my social experience needs to be strengthened, but have you noticed that these two corpses look wrong?"

I deliberately gave Yang Xue a look, wanting her to analyze and analyze, because since we came out, she has been restless, her eyes are always in the dark, and she seems to be very worried about Lao Yang. Although I can empathize, after all, I have no blood relationship with Lao Yang, and because I haven't seen him for so many years, my personal experience is not as strong as Yang Xue's. But Lao Yang's disappearance seems to have another mystery, and I always feel as if he is hiding some secret behind our backs, and he must secretly accomplish something. Such a speculation, without evidence, of course I can't tell Yang Xue.

Yang Xue saw that I was calling her, so she came back to her senses, followed my guidance, and glanced at the corpse on the ground, but at this time, her face changed suddenly, and she didn't speak, she bent down and pulled on the bones, frowning, as if looking for something.

I saw that Yang Xue's behavior was quite strange, so I guessed that she seemed to have made something different, and I couldn't help but restrain my mind and take a closer look.

Yang Xue flipped over the neck of one of the bones, and suddenly made a "huh", picked up a round object from there, and stood up for us to see. I took a closer look, it turned out to be a copper coin, due to serious oxidation, I can't tell which dynasty and which generation of coin, but how can there be a copper coin at the neck of this corpse, is it ......

"This coin should have been threaded through his neck in the first place." Yang Xue said, "But later, because of the years, the fixed lines have rotted and disappeared." This is not surprising, in the past, people liked to use copper coins as necklace jewelry, tied around the neck or wrists, through the master of the copper coins to consecrate, has the effect of auspicious and evil avoidance. Even in modern times, this tradition has been preserved, and in some places, copper coins are still worn on their bodies as a magic weapon to ward off evil spirits. ”

Uncle Ma suddenly interjected at this time:

"This tradition exists in our Miaojiang area, and the elderly like to tie coins around children's necks or ankles, so that children don't run around and accidentally bump into them."

I said, "What's the point, then?" ”

Yang Xue ignored me, still frowning, bending down to play with the other skeleton, but she didn't find anything, she shook her head a little weirdly, and said to herself, "Maybe I'm thinking too much...... But...... It must have fallen inside! ”

As she spoke, she suddenly showed a somewhat crazy expression, asked me to tie a rope around her waist, and she went in to find something. Of course, I refused this unreasonable request, worried that if she rushed in again, there would be trouble. Unexpectedly, she turned her head again and asked Uncle Ma where he found the bones, Uncle Ma thought about it, pointed to a direction in the dark, and said:

"Entering from this position, about two or three meters, very close to ......"

Yang Xue nodded, and didn't care about my objections, she tied a rope around her body, and let Uncle Ma pull it, and went into the darkness again. I was furious from the sidelines, and my heart said how you love it, and I don't want to care about you. However, I can't fool myself, and I can't help but worry about her.

After only about five minutes, Yang Xue walked out of the darkness, her face full of excitement, and walked over and spread out her palms for us to see.

As soon as I saw that there was an identical copper coin in her palm, I asked her if she had found it inside. Yang Xue nodded very affirmatively and said to me and Uncle Ma:

"I found it inside, I touched it along the ground and soon found it. You see, these two coins are exactly the same size, but they are tied around the necks of two people. And, have you noticed, the size and shape of these two wet corpses are almost identical, no, it should be said that they are the same size, this ...... What does this mean? ”

Actually, I have discovered this problem a long time ago, but I am not sure, and I have never said it. Now that Yang Xue has discovered the secret of the copper coin, I can't help but say my conjecture to the two of them:

"The size of the bones is indeed exactly the same, not only the skull, but also the length of the phalanges, could it be that these two people were twin brothers when they were alive?"

At this time, Yang Xue suddenly shook her head and made a bolder speculation:

"If I'm guessing correctly, these two people should be the same person......" (To be continued.) )