Chapter 39: The Human Head and the Body of a Snake
The human-faced monster poked out of the coffin above the tree and hovered above my head, and I was fully prepared to fight to the death.
And when I looked up, I found that the sky was already slightly bright, the coffin on the tree was still lying quietly at the junction of the branches, the coffin cover was still intact on the coffin, and there was no snake monster crawling out.
As a result, after a long time, I was shocked into a cold sweat, and I just had a nightmare. It was probably when I was thinking about it last night, because as soon as my highly tense spirit relaxed in the past few days, I fell asleep unconsciously. And the slippery and smelly tongue in the nightmare is actually the fat man's stinky feet that have been rubbing against my face. It was very hot and humid in Ishiya, and I took off the fat man's coat and shoes before going to bed last night, so that he could rest easily and comfortably.
Seeing that it was a false alarm, I leaned down and observed the fat man's complexion, and I heard that he had begun to snore softly, and it was estimated that after sleeping for another three or four days, he should be able to wake up. After an abnormal nightmare, I found that I was able to stand up with the help of the tree, my left knee was no longer in excruciating pain, and I could use my strength to support my body, but my right ankle was still so painful that I did not dare to step on the ground. I once again leaned against the tree to take a cool place in the shade, picked up a few fruits stored near my backpack, wiped them with my clothes, and threw them into my mouth, quickly settling my breakfast.
I was so frightened by the horrific nightmare that I feared it was a sign that something would not go well when we opened the coffin. Not to mention the mechanism in King Xiang's coffin, the mysterious person hiding in the dark will definitely eradicate me and the fat man mercilessly after we open the coffin. The dangers of this journey are not over, and another battle is about to begin, and my heart is inevitably very disturbed.
The mystery man has to wait until we open the coffin before he does it, and his perfect plan is a mixed bag, which gives us time to rest and reorganize.
For the rest of the day, I collected some Quercus fruits, and then leaned against the trees to smell the aroma of flowers and plants, admiring the blue sky and white clouds, and the strange peaks and strange rocks in the distance.
The next day, while the fat man was still asleep, I broke a thick branch from the tree, used it as a walking stick, and began to wander around the valley of stones, and when I was tired of walking, I sat down on the soft grass to rest.
The stone valley rock peak is scattered, there are many protruding short rock pillars erected on the peak, and the black and swarthy cave can be seen in the high place, climbing is not a problem, but it is too high, it is estimated that the whole day without rest and non-stop climbing, it is enough to choke to climb out of the stone valley.
Three days later, my left knee was probably just a traumatic injury, so it was almost fine, only my right ankle was still unable to move freely. The fat man was still unconscious, and he didn't know if it was due to his injuries, or if he had simply fallen asleep. The mysterious man had been very patient in hiding in the shadows, and I was really bored, so I tried to climb the tree in various ways, and after a whole day of unremitting efforts, I finally climbed to the branch above my head and admired the painted hanging coffin on top of the tree.
The coffin is three feet long, three feet wide, the whole body is lacquered (red and black lacquer), the side is open and painted with panes, and the outer side is decorated with coiled golden dragon and phoenix patterns, the whole is golden and magnificent, dazzling eyes. The outer edge of the coffin cover is wrapped with gilt wrapping, and the center of the cover plate depicts the scene of an immortal flying through the clouds. I thought to myself: This Xiangwang Lao'er wanted to be the overlord of the Central Plains when he was alive, and he wanted to fly to the fairyland when he died. But I don't know how the evil lord who has mutilated countless lives can fly to the immortal realm, and after a few days, the master will break your spring and autumn dream.
At night, I looked up at the starry sky, and my heart was full of mixed feelings, this was the first real sense of my life to rob the tomb, from today on, I have become a real inverted fighting craftsman. When I think about how to see tomb robbers in the future, my feelings and thoughts are not optimistic. The dark tomb underground is far more terrifying and thrilling than imagined, and it is possible to lose a small life anytime and anywhere, but there is no way to dissolve the passionate blood in my heart, life in the world, not a chic walk, it is equivalent to living in vain, I am convinced that I have a deep bond with the tomb robbery, and I hope for a more or less exciting adventure in my heart. However, the premise is to protect your own life, it seems that you really have to listen to the fat man's words and exercise your body well.
I didn't say anything all night, and the next morning, before I could open my eyes in the fog, I heard a deafening snoring, and I couldn't help but smile in my heart, the fat man was out of danger. I sat up from the grass, shook off the dew from my clothes, and thinking that there was still a lot to do and that time was pressing, I turned to the side, slapped the fat man and said, "Wake up, fat man wake up, don't sleep." Are you feeling better? As a result, I just shook the fat man's body a few times, and his right fist, with lightning speed, gave me a cannon shot, and his mouth was still noisy, "Lao Tzu and you fight, fight." ”
I covered my right eye, and my sore nose almost left me with tears, and I was very happy. The fat man's punch was amazingly powerful, and it seemed that his injuries were not as strict as I imagined, and he had almost healed.
So, I stood up with the big tree, the corners of my mouth rose, I raised my foot and kicked the fat man's ass fiercely, saying, "Dead fat man, wake up, don't sleep." ”
The fat man finally opened his eyes that had been closed, and sat up from the ground in a daze, and the first thing he said after escaping death was, "Is it time to eat?" ”
I was so angry and amused that I threw him a few pieces of fruit, and then pulled out the last bit of dried meat in my backpack and handed it to him.
The fat man took the food and ate it, and then asked me, "Where is this?" What's wrong with me? ”
I sat down on the grass and began to tell the fat man what had happened after he passed out. The fat man's mouth was stuffed with fruit, and he said slurredly: "Lao Zheng, I didn't see that you were quite powerful, and the big worm called you to death so lightly?" ”
I said with a smug face: "You forget, I once single-handedly captured a big rat essence, and a small insect is not enough to worry about." ”
The fat man said disdainfully with juice dripping from the corner of his mouth: "Come on! Bring you a top hat, and you really don't know how high the sky is and how thick the ground is. ”
I said to him, "I am your savior, you have to be kind to me." After speaking, I remembered that when I launched an attack in the Strange Insect Domain, the fat man desperately stood in front of me, and I couldn't help but say to the fat man with pantothenic acid in my heart: "Brother, why did you stand in front of me at that time." ”
The fat man chewed the fruit and thought for a moment before he understood what I was asking, and he smiled and said, "What else can be the reason, it is the conditioned reflex, the action made by the subconscious body." Listening to the fat man's understatement, I was so moved that I couldn't speak, and stared at the fat man intently.
When the fat man saw my tired eyes, he choked on the juice in his mouth, and said to me while coughing: "Fake Sven, don't look at me with such fleshy eyes, I really can't stand it, and I have goosebumps all over my body." ”
I said to the fat man very gratefully, "Brother, I really want to thank you for saving my life at that time." "If the fat man hadn't swooped in front of me at that time and blocked the fatal blow of the Giant Insect Domain for me, with my small body, I would have gone to report to Lord Yama a long time ago.
After listening to me, the fat man said to me very unhappily: "We are brothers, don't make these vain words of thanks, and you can give me some practical favors in the future, such as inviting me to eat a few more meals." Besides, with your weak little body, how can you withstand the wind and rain, of course, the critical moment is that the fat man and I have to stand in front of my brothers, and we are brothers of life and death who stick knives in each other's ribs. "Fat man and I have said since we were kids that real brothers are the ones who can block bullets for you at critical moments. If it were a fat man who was in danger, I would not hesitate to sacrifice my life to save him, and I could block each other's bullets in times of danger, and we both believed in this.
I smiled and said to the fat man: "I'm not a window paper that can be broken at the first stab, why can't I withstand the wind and rain?" I'm not that weak. Hurry up and eat, stop talking nonsense, let's open the coffin after eating. ”
The fat man swallowed the last fruit, stood up and moved his muscles, and then smiled and said to me, "So what are you waiting for?" Do it now! ”
I took the slingshot in my hand, handed the dagger to the fat man, and asked him to carry the backpack on his back.
As a result, the fat man said to me very reluctantly, "What are you doing with this dead thing?" Put it under the tree first, and then take it when it comes down from above. So I approached him and whispered to him, "Be vigilant when the coffin is opened, not only to be careful of what is inside the coffin, but also to watch out for movement behind you." You don't know, there has always been a haunting tail lurking behind the two of us, just wait for us to open the coffin before we can do it. When the coffin is opened, it will be put directly into the backpack, and if there is any trouble, we will immediately let the two of us slip away. ”
After listening to me, the fat man glanced around, and then said domineeringly: "Dare to grab things from Lao Tzu, fat grandpa, I will abolish him." After speaking, he immediately climbed the trunk of the tree, stepped on the branches, jumped to the side of the coffin, and exclaimed loudly to me who was still climbing: "Lao Zheng, this coffin is really beautiful for his grandmother, shining gold, and there must be a lot of good things in it." After speaking, without waiting for me to climb up, he scraped the seal paint on the coffin and overturned the coffin lid with force.
I originally wanted to remind the fat man to be careful of the hidden weapon and the poisonous corpse gas in the coffin, but when I saw that he quickly overturned the coffin lid and nothing happened, I approached the coffin and looked inside. The inner layer of the painted coffin is also covered with vermilion lacquer, and there is an inner coffin inside, the coffin lid of jade, which is embossed with nine strong and powerful dragons, and there are hidden cloud patterns on the body, which is beautiful and very good-looking.