At this time, it seemed that half of the cave had been ignited, and there was a crackling sound in the fire, and then I saw clearly that the triangular cave was an artificial building, built entirely of wood, probably mixed with pine resin and butter to keep the wood strong, and smeared on the wood.

This wooden building, about the size of seven or eight private houses, I don't know what it was built here for, the wooden building is surrounded by a corpse that has been sucked dry by the black belly, there are people and various animals, and all the water in the body has been sucked up by the black body, which is equivalent to a dehydration treatment of the corpse. Although the corpses were wrapped in black-cheeked spider silk, they could still see the tragic situation of being slowly tortured to death before death, and their faces maintained painful and distorted expressions.

As the wood burned and collapsed, I saw three huge fireballs writhing and struggling in the fire, and after a while, they slowly did not move, I don't know whether they were burned to death, or they were stoned to death by the collapsed wood and stones, and gradually turned into charcoal.

The fat man and the big golden tooth and I were so frightened that we wanted to run away, but we didn't obey the call, so we had to sit down on the spot. Seeing this fire, they couldn't help but look at each other, what is this building composed of big wood and big stones? Why did the black-clad make this place their nest?

The fat man suddenly pointed to me and the big gold tooth in the fire and said, "Old Hu, old gold, look at the two of you, there is a human face." ”

The big gold tooth and I looked at the place where the fat man had said, and sure enough, a huge human face appeared in the fire, several times larger than the human face formed by the pattern on the back of the black belly, and a larger human face carved on the stone coffin.

The face in the fire was reflected in the firelight, adding a bit of mystery to its already grotesque expression, and this huge face was located in the middle of the building, and as it was burned down and collapsed, it was revealed, and it turned out to be a huge bronze tripod with a strange human face cast on the tripod.

The fat man asked me, "Old Hu, is this also part of the ghost mound of the donkey day?" ”

I shook my head and said to the fat man, "It shouldn't be, it may be that the ancient people worshipped this cruel human-faced black cheek as the incarnation of the gods, and specially built such a temple at their lair for worship." At that time, it was not a good person to take people, and it may have been how many slaves were sacrificed to give these black cheeks a tooth sacrifice. Today, we have destroyed their nests, which can be regarded as doing the right thing for heaven. ”

The ghost tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty is probably related to this altar for human faces.

It is possible that after the ancient tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty was destroyed, it was preserved because it was located in the depths of the cave and was extremely hidden. But these things have become the dust of history, and I am afraid that only those who study the history of the Western Zhou Dynasty know a thing or two.

I said to the fat man, "Now let's not talk about these useless things, are you hurt?" Let's pick up the big gold tooth and leave this place as much as possible, maybe there will still be a black claw that is not dead, if it is attacked, we will now have pants left all over our bodies, and we will not be able to deal with it at all. ”

The fat man said: "It's a pity to leave now, when the fire is extinguished, find a way to get the copper tripod out, if this thing can be moved back to Beijing, it is estimated that it can be replaced by a few buildings." After speaking, he pushed the big gold tooth again: "Old Jin, how is it?" Has it been relieved? ”

The big golden tooth was even frightened, and was hit by the mountain rock a few times, staring at the fire in a daze, and was pushed twice by the fat man, before he came back to his senses and said: "Ah, fat man, Hu Ye, I can't imagine that the three of us brothers are in ...... again The underworld has met, this ...... Where is this place? Have you crossed the Nai Ho Bridge now? ”

The fat man said to the big gold tooth, "Are you confused? This is not dead, if you can't die, you have to continue to live and suffer. But I tell you good news, we have made a fortune, and there is a bronze figure in the temple in front of you...... Ouch, this thing doesn't burn, does it? With that, he stood up and wanted to go closer and have a look.

I lay on the ground and shouted to the fat man, "I said can you stop for a while, now I don't even have clothes, and I still think about the pile of scrap metal with my bare ass." ”

The fat man's eyes lit up, and he turned a deaf ear to my words, but the fire was extremely strong, and after taking a few steps forward, he could not stand the scorching breath, so he had to retreat, and stepped on a dead man who had been sucked by a black body, and he was unsteady, and fell squarely, and threw himself on the dry corpse.

The dry corpse doesn't know how long it has been dead, with the big mouth of the black hole, there are only two black holes left in the position of the eyes, the fat man pounced on the dry corpse, just face to face with the dry corpse, Rao is he is bold, and he is not scared, he shouted, his hands are supported on the dry corpse, and he wants to struggle to get up.

The fat man hurriedly tried to push the dried corpse away, but inadvertently ripped something off the neck of the dried corpse, the fat man felt that there was one more thing in his hand, so he raised it up to watch, and found that the object was like an animal's claws, shining in the firelight, dark and transparent, and there was a circle of gold wire inlaid at the bottom, the fat man turned his head and said to me: "Old Hu, do you see if this is a golden talisman?" After speaking, he touched the dead man's body again: "Hey, there is a big bag of good things here......"

As he spoke, the fat man took out a cloth bag from the bosom of the dried corpse and shook the contents on the ground to see if there was anything of value.

The big gold tooth fell to the ground, his eyes were hooked, obviously frightened, and he hadn't recovered yet. My whole body was sore and aching and I was about to fall apart, although I was worried that there were other human-faced giant spiders nearby, but I couldn't leave immediately, and when I saw that the fat man suddenly found a gold talisman from a nearby dried corpse, I asked him to throw it over to show me.

The fat man was busy looking at the things in the arms of the dry corpse, and threw the gold talisman in front of me, I picked it up and took it in my hand to look closely, the gold talisman was dark and transparent, shining with a moist light under the firelight, the front end was sharp and sharp, the lower end of the conical shape, inlaid with several turns of gold wire, made of the style of "through the ground pattern", the talisman body was engraved with the two ancient seal words of "touching gold", held in the hand, I felt a trace of coolness, very textured.

This is definitely a genuine gold talisman, the sharpest claws of the pangolin, first soaked in wax for 7749 days, but also buried in the dragon tower 100 meters deep underground, borrowing the leyline aura for 800 days, in order to make a genuine gold school captain qualification certificate. I have only seen one of Shirley Yang's real gold talismans, and the big gold tooth once gave me and the fat man two forgeries, and compared with the real thing, the real and the fake can be distinguished.

This gold talisman is worn by the dried corpse, could it be said that he is the predecessor of the fishbone temple and the thief hole? Presumably he was also trapped in the ghost mound, with no way out, and finally discovered the secret of the live bird, and wanted to retreat from the thief hole, but halfway through it was the same as us, he was ambushed by the black belly, and he was alone, once he was hit, there was no room for maneuver, and finally died here tragically for no apparent reason. When I think of this, I feel very sad in my heart.

The fat man walked up to me with a bag of things in his hand and said to me, "Old Hu, what do you want?" Take a look at what these are

The stuff was all on the corpse. ”

I took the things that the fat man handed me and looked at them one by one. The sack was like a treasure bag, full of bits and pieces, seven or eight candles, and two paper lamps pressed into a stack. These candles are worth a lot of money to us, and we don't have any lighting tools except a lighter, so I told the fat man to put away the candles and paper lamps, and then I will walk out of the cave, counting on them.

There are also a few old German dry batteries in the bag, but there are no flashlights; In addition, there are three small red pills. When I saw these pills, I was taken aback, could this be the secret medicine that Captain Jin had prepared in the old days? There is corpse poison in the ancient tomb, and the former gold school captains have passed down a set of secret recipes from generation to generation, develop Chidan, take a pill before entering the ancient tomb and pour the bucket, which can neutralize the corpse poison in the ancient tomb, but it has no effect on the perennial air that does not circulate, and only when the coffin is opened and the gold is touched, and the corpse is in close contact, it is used to prevent the corpse poison from invading the body. Because ancient times are not like modern times, modern gas masks can even protect the eyes, but the ancient protective measures are relatively backward, no matter how tightly the mask is, the two eyes must be exposed, if the coffin is sealed better, the tomb owner is autopsied in the coffin, and the corpse gas is left in the coffin. However, it is limited to dissolving corpse poison, and other harmful gases other than corpse poison should be solved by other methods, such as turning on the horn (ventilating the tomb), gas detection (allowing live animals to enter the ancient tomb) and so on.

However, the principle of this medicine is to poison the poison, and it also has a certain toxicity, if it is taken for a long time, it will lead to osteoporosis, although the impact on the human body is not very large, but it is also harmful and not beneficial, and it is not necessary to use it, so try not to use it.

This red pill, called "Chidan", also known as "Hongqi Miaoxin Pill", has long been lost. Some veterans who touch gold are still accustomed to taking a red pill in their mouth when opening the coffin, and then touch the gold with their hands.

There are a few things in the treasure bag that I can't name, in addition to a simple compass, which is used for positioning, and a piece of saltpeter, which is also known as "ground frost" or "northern earth Xuanzhu" in traditional Chinese medicine, and its properties are hard, bitter, warm, and non-toxic. This is to prevent poor air quality in the tomb and lead to headache and coma, in which case it can be relieved by inhaling a little bit of saltpeter foam into the nasal cavity, which is similar to the alcohol odor effect of Shirley Yang.

When I saw the end, I found that there was still a slender steel wire in the treasure bag, a knife more than three inches long, a small bottle of Yunnan Baiyao, a bottle of brains, and one thing I was most familiar with, the black donkey's hooves in the treasure bag, and then a roll of ink line, the ink line and the black donkey's hooves were used to deal with corpses.

The fat man asked me, "How about Lao Hu, are these strange things valuable?" ”

I shook my head and said, "There are no valuable things, but there are a few things that are very useful, and from this treasure bag, you can think of the demeanor of a captain who touched gold back then." This must be the senior who stole the cave in the Fishing Bone Temple, acting the same as us, and can be regarded as the same door, but unfortunately he died tragically here, and he has been afraid for more than 30 years. Since we have touched him, don't let him be here again, you carry his bones into the fire and incinerate them, I hope he has a spirit in the sky, and bless us to leave this place smoothly, and his things will be burned together. ”

The fat man said, "It's okay, I'll cremate him." However, we burned these human-faced giant spiders today, which can be regarded as revenge for him, so the items in this pocket can be regarded as a thank you to us, maybe they can be taken back to Beijing and sold at a good price in the antique market. ”

I said to the fat man: "It's not impossible to do this, anyway, it's not a valuable thing, especially this gold talisman, water and fire don't invade, and it can't be burned, it just so happens that we also need this thing, you're welcome, the rest is really worthless, there are a few red pills, probably expired, we can't use it at all, let's let this treasure bag go with its owner." ”

As soon as the fat man heard that there was nothing of value, he felt interested, the dried corpse did not have much weight left, the fat man took the treasure bag of Captain Jin, grabbed the dried corpse with his other arm and left, and when he reached the vicinity of the burning temple, he threw the dried corpse of Captain Jin into the edge of the fire from a distance.

I turned my neck, feeling that the abrasions on my body were still painful, but I was able to move my hands and feet freely, so I pushed the big gold tooth next to me and asked him how the injury was and if he could still walk.

The injuries on the big gold tooth are similar to mine, mainly abrasions, and the head is not lightly hit, half conscious and half confused, nodding half-consciously, moving the jaw slightly, it hurts so much that he breathes in the cold.

I beckoned the fat man back, and the three of them discussed how to get out of the cave, but they were dragged far away by the black man, and they twisted and turned, and lost their direction completely. The locals say that under this Longling, there are all karst caves, but when I looked around, I found that the place where we were was not a karst landform, but a mountain cavity with loess rock structure, which was relatively dry, so it seemed that this place belonged to a complex landform with a variety of geological structures.

Folklore is mostly about chasing after the wind, and there are often people and animals missing in the vicinity, which may be related to this black nest, and the missing people and sheep are dragged into this place to eat, rather than trapped alive in a labyrinthine cave.

We now have no food, no grass, no clothes, and no equipment, and one more minute of delay will make it more difficult to get out. This underground temple houses a huge bronze statue with a human face. The tripod was used to worship ancestors in the Western Zhou Dynasty, or to record heavy events to show future generations. It seems that this underground temple has some connection with the ancient tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty, it is possible that the tomb owner of the ancient tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty worshipped the black belly during his lifetime, so near his own mausoleum, set up a temple to support a nest of human-faced giant spiders, and later his tomb was destroyed, no one used slaves to feed the nest of black birds, they preded on their own and multiplied to this day. I don't know if there are any others besides these few in the temple, if one or two more come out, it will be enough to kill the three of us.

At this time, the fire was weakened, and by the light of the fire, we could vaguely see that there were more than a dozen caves around it, and we must have chosen a way to go, but we didn't discuss the results of which cave to go from, but I thought that since the black frogs were going out to forage, there must be an exit nearby.