Chapter 53: Execution
We walked in the direction of the tomb, which seemed to be right in front of us and could be touched, but we had to climb two hills to get there. For those who sit in the office all year round, the amount of exercise is really huge, and when I get to the grave, I am tired and panting, and my legs seem to be filled with lead.
I found a clean place to sit down, took out a sports drink from my backpack, and drank it in a big gulp, while looking at Qin Dan and Li Yang. The two of them walked up the steps of the white stone to the grave.
This tomb covers a large area, and there are exterior walls made of blue bricks on all sides, the ground is paved with marble, there are two small stone lions, and there is also a tall wordless tablet, which looks like Wu Zetian. The terrain occupied by this tomb is a bit interesting, built on a very steep slope, the whole tomb walks according to the situation, the back is high and the front is short, if there is no staircase to repair the Lu, it is quite difficult to climb up.
The mound bun is a large mound of earth, raised high, covered with weeds, and when the mountain wind blows, the grass dances with the wind, which looks extremely desolate.
It is said that those who can build such high-standard tombs are not local tyrants but also middle class, but it seems that no one has come to sweep the tomb for a long time, there is no incense, lonely and cold, not relying on all sides, and it has become a lonely grave.
Qin Dan stood in front of the tombstone, his hands folded, his eyes slightly closed, and his mouth was full of words, looking very pious.
At that time, the sun was baking a little hot, and I looked at her as if I were looking at the West as if I were watching a Western view. After thinking about it, Qin Dan untied his backpack, carefully took out a very small copper incense burner from it, placed it on the grave, and took out two small plates. I look at it strangely, is she going to pay tribute to this tomb?
Qin Dan took out three sticks of incense and inserted them in the incense burner, lit them with a lighter, and said to us: "I'll do it for a while, don't make a sound." ”
Li Yang hurriedly stepped aside, crossed his legs and looked at it with his hands behind his back, it looked very much like a Dharma protector.
Qin Dan took out another vial filled with red liquid and a small yellow paper bag from his bag. She opened the paper bag first, and it was actually white flower rice, which was poured into one of the small plates. Then he opened the cap of the vial and carefully poured the red liquid into another saucer. I was so surprised that I stood up and stopped drinking water.
Looking at her shelf, it doesn't seem like a sacrifice, and I don't know what medicine the gourd sells.
The girl pushed the two saucers to the tombstone, sat cross-legged on the ground, sealed her hands, and began to chant the incantation.
The incense was faint, the green smoke was billowing out, and Li Yang and I stood aside and waited for a long time, but we couldn't see what was happening. The sun was still shining in the sky, and there was silence all around, and after watching for a while, I felt a little sleepy.
At this time, Qin Dan stood up, his face was cloudy, biting his lower lip and not knowing what to think.
Li Yang leaned over and asked what was wrong. Qin Dan didn't speak, like a master, he walked two steps in front of the grave with his little hands behind his back, and then said to us: "Lao Liu, Lao Li, assign you a job." ”
"What?" I asked.
Qin Dan pointed to the grave bun and said word by word: "Dig the grave." ”
Hearing this, I almost jumped up: "Sister, you're not wrong. This is so good, you let us rob the tomb? ”
"What kind of tomb to rob, I won't agree if you want to rob the tomb." Qin Dan snapped his fingers: "Lao Li, bring your backpack over." ”
When I came, I saw Li Yang carrying a big bulging bag, which looked quite heavy, and I didn't know what it was containing. When he opened it, there was nothing else inside, just two military folding shovels.
Qin Dan said: "You two take one handful, start digging." I want to open it up and take a look. ”
I smiled bitterly: "Qin Dan, don't make trouble." ”
Qin Dan glared at me: "Who is messing with you?" I'm trying to verify one thing. You just say dig or not, right? She saw that I was still grinding and chirping, so she turned her face to Li Yang and said, "Li Yang, let's do it!" ”
Li Yang was really unambiguous, and began to climb the grave bag above with a military shovel. Qin Dan was also going to follow, so I hurriedly stopped: "Yes, yes, I'm afraid of you." But you have a good wind, and someone comes to cough quickly. ”
Qin Dan chuckled: "You hurry up, let's do a bunch of work, finish it early and finish it early." ”
Li Yang and I began to dig graves. Neither of us had ever engaged in such intense labor, and after digging for a while, the pit was not big at all, and the tired back hurt and there was no comfortable place for the body. Especially the hot hands, they all grind out two cocoons.
The sun was buzzing, and I was drenched and sweat was dripping down. This grave bag is as easy to dig as you go down, and the humidity inside is very strong, and you can clearly see a pit when you go down with a shovel. After digging for more than an hour, I was so tired that I almost collapsed, and finally dug up the grave bun. The earth below had turned black, and there were many insects between the clods, and when the sun shone, they were scattered like birds, and they plunged into the deep earth.
We all saw a red coffin faintly preserved under the surface of the earth.
Qin Dan held on to the edge of the pit, jumped down, put on gloves, and carefully swept away the dust on the coffin lid. The coffin was covered with mud, but it was still clear that there were many deep moire carvings on the surface of the coffin, and there were no specific patterns. Judging from the preservation of the coffin, there are already signs of decay, and it seems that it has been left for many years, but it will not be too long.
When the coffin was cleared, I was completely stunned, even though it was broad daylight, there was still cold air coming from the cracks of my bones.
This coffin is only one meter long, not to mention pretending to be a person, saying a disrespectful word, even if it is a dead dog, it is not long enough. Qin Dan breathed a long sigh of relief, but a happy smile appeared on his face: "Sure enough, I was not mistaken. ”
"What the hell is going on?" I couldn't help but ask.
Qin Dan said: "Just now I made a small spell, called the Necrocerization Technique. If there is a corpse in the grave, the bowl of white rice and chicken blood will react. You can see it, and it hasn't changed, so it's ......"
"Does it mean that there is no body in the grave at all?" Li Yang said.
Qin Dan nodded: "That's right." ”
"What are you doing with a grave without a body?" I wondered.
"Have you ever heard of the mound of clothes?" Qin Dan asked suddenly.
I nodded: "The body of the deceased cannot be found, so he buried his clothes, hats, and crowns in the grave to commemorate his death." That's why it's called a mound of clothes. You mean this tomb is a mound of clothes? ”
Qin Dan beckoned the two of us, dug for a long time, and finally dug out the small coffin. The lid of this coffin was closed so tightly that it was almost impossible to find a place to start. Li Yang really did it, took a military shovel, poked the shovel head along the gap in the coffin, and then used the principle of lever to start prying, only to hear the crisp sound of the "rattling" wood bursting, and the coffin lid exposed the gap.
I looked at it without blinking, panicked in my heart, and had some doubts: "Qin Dan, once you read it wrong, if there is a corpse inside, it will be troublesome." I know that this is called a violent corpse! If we have no grievances with the deceased, we can damage yin virtue by doing so. ”
Qin Dan looked at me with a little nose: "I said Lao Liu, am I so unreliable in your eyes?" Don't worry, there really aren't any bodies inside. If there were a corpse, I wouldn't have opened the grave like this. Besides, how can it be called no grievance and no revenge, that demon who would rather suck copper lock yang energy. ”
My heart moved: "You mean that Ning Ning has something to do with this tomb?" ”
"What do you think, why did she rub the monument in front of this grave for no reason? Okay, let's not guess, just see what's inside. ”
Li Yang really worked hard, kept changing positions with a shovel, and finally pried the lid of the coffin. As soon as he exerted his strength, he shouted "get up", only to hear the sound of "gaba", and the whole coffin lid opened, and he saw a breath coming out of it, which was dispersed by the wind.
"**, corpse gas." I pretended to cover my nose.
Qin Dan chuckled: "Where does the corpse qi come from without a corpse, it is that it has been closed for a long time, and the wood camphor gas produced in it is fine." ”
We looked over and saw that although there were no bodies in the coffin, there was still an uncomfortable smell. A rotten garment was placed on it. The clothes are very old floral jackets with buttons on the collar. This style of clothing is so old, in my mind, it seems like my grandmother wore it when she was young, and she was pressed to the bottom of the box for countless years. When my aunt got married, my grandmother wanted to pass it on to her, so that my aunt could laugh at it.
This kind of clothing was indeed popular in some parts of the countryside before the fifties of the last century.
Underneath the clothes, there seemed to be something bulging in the pockets. Li Yang picked up the military shovel and used the shovel head to pick out clothes. Qin Dan stopped him, it was too rude, the girl wore gloves and carefully took out her clothes.
Sure enough, there was something visible underneath, this is a black stone, and there are many words engraved on the stone, all of which are in traditional Chinese, although it has been buried in the soil for so many years, many words can still be seen clearly.
Qin Dan read according to the words: "...... When it was the time, it was the period of the Cultural Revolution, and the world was shaken...... The new deal was vigorously promoted, and the whole country was panicked...... People's hearts and customs are confused...... There is Wang Shining, who is frugal and frugal, but when the situation changes, he was stigmatized and shot in the back mountain. In the future, a person who traveled to Taiwan, Ren Weng Lin, built this well-dressed tomb to remember his ......"
According to the above written records, during the Red Revolution in the sixties of the last century, there was a man named Wang Ning, who was slandered and charged with crimes, and was shot dead in the back mountain in that chaotic era. Later, when the body was collected, her body was mysterious, and there might be some supernatural events, which made the locals panic. A few years later, a Taiwanese surnamed Lin donated money to build a mound for Wang Ning.
If it is linked to Ning Ning's behavior of wiping the tombstone, it can be determined that this clothed mound was built for her.
Ning Ning himself, whose full name is Wang Ning, died unjustly, and the biggest strange thing is that the body disappeared after he died. Unexpectedly, decades later, she came out to make waves, demonizing the world, and let the unlucky copper lock run into it.
Qin Dan read the epitaph, sighed, and gently wiped the surface of the stone with a small brush. I used the mobile phone writing software to quickly record the words on the tombstone, took a few more photos, and then motioned for us to reseal the coffin.
After such a toss, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon. Finally, the last shovel of soil was covered.
Li Yang and I came down from the grave bag, our backs and legs ached, and we couldn't move a single step.
Seeing that we sealed the soil, Qin Dan lit three incense sticks, raised them above his head, chanted words, and then inserted incense sticks on the grave. After a while, she gently plucked the three sticks of incense, two of which had been extinguished, and one of them was still smoking.
Strange to say, the smoke wafting out of the incense was not directed towards the southwest, but drifted towards the southwest.
Qin Dan's expression was very serious, and asked us to pack up our things and go with her.
I smiled bitterly: "Grandma, it's not you who dare to dig the grave, you just let us rest for a while, even if it is to drink saliva." ”
"Nope." Qin Dan said: "This incense can sense Ning Ning's direction, we must find her before the incense is extinguished." Otherwise, there is no chance. ”
I gritted my teeth and put my backpack on my back, supported Li Yang, followed behind Qin Dan, and walked towards the mountain road in the southwest direction.
After climbing a few hills, I was so tired that I almost vomited blood, and my legs were filled with lead. At this time, when she came to an upwind outlet, Qin Dan stood still in front, and the mountain wind was very strong, blowing her hair wildly. We came up behind her and looked down.
I saw that in the col not far away, there was a dilapidated building alone, and its dark silhouette stopped in the mountain wind, revealing an extremely gloomy and murderous atmosphere. The incense in Qin Dan's hand, the incense was faint, and it floated straight in the direction of the building.