The Tomb of the Yellow Skin Chapter 18 Viewing the Dragon (I)

We broke into the rat hole, raised the gas lamp and shone it, only to see that we were surrounded by ancient bricks, the bricks were very large, shaped like stone slabs, and the top of the head was also closed into an arc-shaped roof by ancient bricks, but these ancient brick tunnels were built very simply, and there were many places that fell into disrepair and collapsed, coupled with the holes made by wild mice, and the growth and erosion of tree roots above, just in front of such a section of the tunnel has been full of holes, unrecognizable, panic and darkness, we can't carefully distinguish what this is.

The head is deep into the root path of the old tree on the top of the stone and the soil, there are countless worms and white flower eggs, it can be seen that the rats just set up the rat mountain, it is to eat the eggs, although the worm is fierce and vicious, but it is not good at burrowing, the body size can not drill into the rat hole, but at this time the cave where the group of rats gathered collapsed a big gap, so the large and small worms rushed to devour the wild mice that escaped.

In order to avoid the menacing worms outside the cave, we had to retreat step by step to the depths of this mysterious tunnel, the most tricky thing is that the old sheepskin is swollen, and he is completely lost, and the fat man can't carry him if he wants to, so he has to drag his two arms with Ding Sitian, dragging him in all directions, and the lighting supplies are only the dim old kerosene lamp in my hand, which is not three or five steps away at all.

I looked around, and saw that several ancient bricks in front of me were squeezed loose by the roots, and then a little external force, this tunnel had to collapse, and now it can only be a dangerous move, if it is buried alive, it will be recognized, so quickly let the fat man and Ding Sitian drag the old sheepskin to move forward quickly, the faster the better, don't care about the movement behind, and then insert the "Kangxi treasure knife" into the sheath, and use the handle of the knife to aim at the stone bricks above the head and pry it.

As soon as I pried down two stone bricks, the dirt and gravel on them rolled down one after another, I didn't dare to stay, pulled out, and suddenly heard a "boom", the top of the tunnel fell down one after another, killing a lot of wild rats and rats below, those worms couldn't come for the time being, I wiped the sweat beads on my head, and turned around to catch up with the fat man and others who had walked out of a distance.

The fat man heard the movement behind me and asked me if I had stabbed the roof of the tunnel, and I said that the way back was broken, and I could only hope that there was another exit ahead. In the face of this situation, the three of them were somewhat panicked, there is no end to this tunnel, and I don't know if there is another exit, although there are still many big-eyed thieves here, but the holes that big-eyed thieves can drill out, we can't get out, if they are buried alive in this foul-smelling muddy rat's nest, such a way of death is inevitably too nesty.

My grandfather used to make a living by looking at feng shui, and once met some tomb robbers, I heard him say that tomb robbers do things that shuttle through the yin and yang worlds, and there are no timid people who can do this, but they also have very fearful things, and the most fearful thing is to be buried alive in the ground, which is the worst way to die.

However, among the people who are inverted, there are good at the "touch the gold guard", can look at the shape of the mountain, distinguish the leylines inside, whether it is on the ground or underground, can judge that it is the terrain and the leylines, in the eyes of the "touch the gold guard", the universe has a great relationship, the mountains and rivers have a true temperament, they regard the mountains and rivers as living beings, "the body of the mountain, the stone is the bone, the forest is the clothing, the grass is the hair, the water is the blood, the clouds and smoke are the spirit, and the mist is the complexion", as long as you can feel the pulse of the life of the mountains and rivers, you will also be able to find the "door of life" in a desperate situation.

Of course, at that time, I didn't understand these esoteric feng shui secrets, but I remember that my grandfather probably said such a meaning, and I couldn't help but have some envy in my heart "Touching the Golden Captain", there is no way to do things in the world, and it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil. I even feel that this tunnel made of ancient bricks is very similar to the tomb road in the story of tomb robbery, and maybe at the end, there will be a big coffin.

I thought about taking over Ding Sitian, and the fat man lifted the old sheepskin, Ding Sitian carried the hunting gun and held the lamp to illuminate it for us, and the three of them groped forward slowly, I inadvertently told them what I had just thought, Ding Sitian said strangely: "When we were in series, I also heard you tell the story of feng shui tomb robbery, did your ancestors do this?" ”

Without waiting for me to answer, the fat man answered for me: "Lao Hu's grandfather is a big landowner, and after being discovered by the revolutionary masses, he has been criticized and stinky and stepped on 10,000 feet, and he also gave Lao Hu the hat of a filial son and grandson of the landlord class, otherwise why didn't he become a soldier, my situation is just the opposite of him, in fact, our ancestors are all mud legs who ask for food, so poor enough to be honorable, right?" But our old man Leng has a historical problem that has not been explained clearly, it seems that there are still some current problems, and I still haven't figured out whether it is a historical reversal or a current reversal, and as a result, I was also deducted a hat, and I am a white seedling of revisionism, and I can't join the army. Who the am I messing with? ”

The fat man said that everyone was sore in the spot, and the three of them all looked gloomy, I thought to myself that there was something to mention about these bad things, and I felt uncomfortable when I talked too much, so I had to quickly divert this topic, so I said to the fat man and Ding Sitian while walking: "My grandfather does have a few acres of thin land, but he is not a big landowner, and he is not a tomb robber, but he knows some masters of inverted buckets, and he has also seen big zongzi with his own eyes." "I'm worried that they can't understand the jargon, and explain that the inverted bucket is the tomb robbery, and the zongzi is the corpse in the grave, listen to my grandfather, usually say that there are 360 lines in the world, and the line is the champion, but in fact, the traditional Chinese industry that can sing its own system is divided into 72 lines, all of which have their own inheritance origins and ancestors, such as butchers, tailors, carpenters, tomb robbers, ringing horses, etc., do you know what industry is the most bullish? There is a very incisive saying: "Seventy-two lines, tomb robbery is king." Because the technology and knowledge, courage, and craftsmanship required for tomb robbing, as well as the rewards and risks obtained from tomb robbing, are completely incomparable with the other seventy-one lines. Therefore, "Touching the Golden Captain" is the real king of kings in the traditional Chinese profession.

The fat man didn't know how to pretend to understand and said, "Oh, after a long time, do you think we have walked into a graveyard now?" In fact, I don't think there's anything terrible about robbing tombs, aren't ancient tombs just places to bury the dead, and the emperors and generals of those feudal societies and talented and beautiful people are all knocked down. ”