Chapter 46. coffin
Hu Zongren told the other party on the phone, the case in the school was deliberately pushed to me to make me do it, right? You're also from the Xuanyuan Society? Dare to ask which faction it is? Hu Zongren's words are much more atmospheric, there are too many Taoist branches to count, and the Xuanyuan Society is a community assembly exclusive to Taoism, since this time the handling of the school's case is related to the Eight Pole Seal on the body, then the other party naturally has an inextricable relationship with the Xuanyuan Society.
The other party said on the phone, you don't care who I am, I just happened to help connect the Eight Pole Seals on your body with this matter. Hu Zongren asked, what is the meaning of association? The other party said that it is calculated that you should have a level to pass at a certain time, and if I don't connect this level, it will become your own creation. It's just up to you. But since I have such a case in my hands, it is just related to you. I couldn't help but ask, so in this way, you were also involved in placing the Eight Pole Seal on Hu Zongren's body?
The other party heard my voice, and sneered again, and then said, you really found a helper, if I guessed correctly, the one who spoke should be the stinky boy of the Wu family that Yao said from the seniors, right? Many people in my life have scolded me for being a stinky boy, so I didn't say much, but it was the "Yao senior" that the other party said that caught my attention. I quickly thought about it, but all the people I knew who could be called old-timers, but I couldn't find anyone with the surname Yao. So I replied to him, I am Li Yifan, Hu Zongren is my good brother, his business is my business, and I am naturally duty-bound. He said, okay, it's really righteous, this is only the third level, and there are still five levels left, pass it, and then show off your friendship to me.
Hu Zongren said loudly, who are you? Hide in the dark and put the gun, there is a kind of coming with Lao Tzu's open knife and open gun! The other party said, my surname is Ma, don't you all know the Tao? If you want to find me, make sure your phone doesn't run out of battery. After saying that, he snapped and hung up the phone. I was thinking about what to do when Hu Zongren suddenly grabbed the phone again and made a call. I only heard him call Mr. Huang in an anxious tone, and asked Mr. Huang what is the origin of this person, if it is inconvenient for you to disclose it, can you tell us the contact information of the "friend" who introduced Master Ma. Mr. Huang probably sensed Hu Zongren's anxiety over the phone, so this time he didn't continue to make things difficult for us, but quickly sent a message after Hu Zongren hung up the phone.
According to what Mr. Huang said earlier, he found Hu Zongren because of a friend's introduction, and the "friend" at the end was Master Ma, who called today. And Mr. Huang also gave us the contact information of the friend in the middle, so Hu Zongren couldn't wait to call. But the result is regrettable, the person on the phone said that he and Master Ma are not very close friends, but something happened in his family before, and he once asked Master Ma to help consult. When Hu Zongren went further and asked, the other party began to ask three questions. After hanging up the phone, Hu Zongren received another message, and this message was sent by the master Ma.
The content of the message is an address, and this address is familiar to me. Because there was a long period of time when I used to run to that area a lot. This place on the information is in a certain village in Hualongqiao. When I saw the address, I said to Hu Zongren, do you remember that the two of us had a lot of trouble with Cha Wudao last year, and the earliest beginning of this matter has something to do with the address on this information. So I briefly explained to Hu Zongren that I found Mr. Wei's air-raid shelter and his altar not far from Hualong Bridge in accordance with Master Situ's instructions, and I said that it was still quite early, let's go directly to that place to find it, since Master Ma told us all the addresses, he must have asked us to go there to find something, which may be the clue to the Eight Extremes Seal Kun position on your back.
Hu Zongren didn't speak, just nodded, so the two of us drove in the direction of Hualong Bridge.
Hualongqiao is an old place name in Chongqing, according to legend, in the early years of the Jingyan battle, Emperor Jianwen once fled to Chongqing, the pursuit of Jinyiwei made him nowhere to escape, can only hide in the temple, the temple here, is now located in Chongqing Shapingba District Ciqikou Ancient Town "Baolun Temple", and the former name of Baolun Temple, is called "Longyin Temple", refers to Emperor Jianwen in this temple seclusion. On the way to Longyin Temple, Emperor Jianwen passed through the first place he passed was Hualong Bridge. Hualong Bridge used to have an ancient city wall, but it was abandoned among weeds and shrubs due to its age, and even the old people who have lived in that area all their lives rarely know the specific location of the root of the city wall. Legend has it that when Emperor Jianwen passed through the city gate, in order not to let the officers and soldiers defending the city recognize him, he prayed to the Buddha before leaving the city, and the Buddha appeared and let him go out of the city all over the world. So later, this place was called "Hualong Bridge".
During the Anti-Japanese War, because of the special topography of Chongqing, the area around Hualong Bridge was mostly covered by uneven hills, and the Japanese because Chongqing was located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the south side of the Jiange Shu Road, it would be difficult to enter from either side, so they failed to hit Sichuan from beginning to end, Chongqing was used as an accompaniment during the Anti-Japanese War, many dignitaries and celebrities including Chiang Kai-shek were in Chongqing, and there were many military enterprises, so the Japanese thought that since the army could not get in, then I would bomb it, It can also greatly deal a blow to the momentum of the Chinese National Government at that time. In order to prevent being killed, almost all the mountains in Chongqing have dug air-raid shelters, and the most concentrated air-raid shelters are around Hualong Bridge.
So before Hu Zongren and I rushed over, I vaguely felt that this address was actually an air-raid shelter. Because although there are a lot of old houses in that area, most of them will not only mark a certain village on the address, but should be a certain village, a certain society, a certain number, according to the habits of Chongqing geography, this number exists alone, either the façade of the street, or it is converted into a civilian air-raid shelter.
Hu Zongren and I inquired around the Hualong Bridge, and it took us a while to find this place, and sure enough, it was an air-raid shelter. To be precise, it is a row of air-raid shelters lined up on the side of the road, and the surrounding holes are rented out to merchants for motorcycle parts or repairs. This kind of air-raid shelter is relatively short, not very deep, and it is the oldest batch of civil defense projects in Chongqing, but it is precisely because the people at that time are kind and honest, so this hole has not been in danger of collapsing for more than half a century. When we arrived, the bomb shelter referred to at the address had been locked and the surrounding businesses were still open, so we didn't know if it was time to break in. Hu Zongren proposed, why don't you call that Master Ma first, since he asked us to come to this place, there is no reason for us to go home empty-handed. I looked up at the signboard above the air-raid shelter, the spray-painted cloth on the signboard had been torn off, and the tore mark was quite new, so it wouldn't be long. Considering that we might have to pry open the door secretly, we didn't look for the surrounding merchants and what this store used to do.
After Hu Zongren got through the phone, he told Master Ma that we had arrived at this place but the door was locked, and it was impossible for us to pick the lock in full view of everyone in broad daylight. Master Ma sighed, with a feeling that Hu Zongren's rotten wood could not be carved, and then said to Hu Zongren, the key is hidden under the crack of the roller shutter door, you should at least look for it first and then call, it's really a shame for your master. After speaking, he hung up the phone again, and when Hu Zongren called again, he had already turned off his phone.
I was a little shorter than Hu Zongren, so I asked Hu Zongren to help me keep an eye outside, and I leaned down and felt in the crack of the door. Through the crack in the door, I saw the light, which showed that the light was not turned off in the cave, and at the same time, it seemed to tell me that someone had deliberately turned on the light and locked the door, waiting for me and Hu Zongren to arrive. I squatted up when I felt the key, and then I opened the roller shutter.
Hu Zongren and I entered the cave in a flash, and then I quickly pulled the door down, but it was not locked. When I turned to look at the inside of the cave, the whole cave was empty, there were traces of cabinets on the ground after they were removed, a calendar for 2007 was pasted on the wall, and there was a dim incandescent light swaying on the top, and the shadows of Hu Zongren and I were also shaking, and on the ground facing the incandescent light, there was a boxy, covered with red silk cloth, the size of a computer keyboard.
Hu Zongren was about to go to see what it was, but I stopped him. I said don't worry, maybe there's a ghost in there. In my experience, there is a small hole at the end of this type of bomb shelter, and the hole is usually dug into the mountain, so there is occasionally groundwater, and even if there is none, it can provide enough moisture to the whole bomb shelter. But when I found the dark hole, I found that it was cement-mixed bricks and firmly sealed. Judging from the degree of solidification of cement, it was at least a few years ago. Only then did I retreat to Hu Zongren's side and say let's open it and see what it is.
Since Hu Zongren and I are both people who have been tricked by others, it is inevitable that we will be a little bit of a snake. Hu Zongren found a stick of incense, used it as a stick, and picked up the red silk cloth on the box, and I saw clearly that under the silk cloth was a brownish-red, coffin-like urn. The meaning of the coffin for the Chinese is very chic, originally there is the auspicious meaning of "promotion and wealth", which is also why many urns will adopt this shape, in order to bless future generations, promote officials and make fortune.
Hu Zongren asked me, will there be a lot of hidden weapons flying out of this coffin as soon as I open it? I gave him a blank look and said, "Are you watching too much of Zhang Jizhong's TV?" He smiled, and then we both crouched down and opened the lid of the coffin.
When I opened it, I saw a few things inside, and the most eye-catching thing was the plastic doll, the kind that people my age used to play with when they were children, and the eyes would open or close by themselves as they stood or lay flat. And strangely, one of the doll's eyes was gone, leaving a black eye hole, and the clothes on the body were dirty, and I looked closely, and those dark parts, if I guessed correctly, should be dried blood stains. In addition to missing an eye, a closer look reveals that the doll is missing a finger and the sole of its right foot. The posture of the doll in the box is as if a person is lying in a coffin, and there is a talisman on the doll's forehead, which I know Hu Zongren and I all know, and it is a talisman that is usually used to seal the soul. The doll's hands were wrapped around its belly, and a piece of red paper was pressed under it. Hu Zongren glanced at me, stretched out his hand and pulled out the piece of paper, and we saw a few lines written on it:
"The hole of Hongya Cave, the door of East Water Gate. The rock of Hutou Rock, the city of Jiangbei City. ”