Chapter 178: Dead Bodies and Hanging Coffins
Looking along the place pointed by the big head, I saw a thing floating on the water, I couldn't see what it was, and it stands to reason that the water here is as deep as a calf, so there shouldn't be anything big.
But when the big man turned the thing over with a stick, we were shocked that it was a corpse. The corpse looked like it had been soaked in the water for a long time, about half a month. But even if the corpse has been soaked for about half a month, it will not float in the calf-deep river.
"Big head, there's something wrong with that corpse, get him here." Kong Sanye felt that the corpse should be able to see something, and directly asked the big head to fish the corpse out of the water to the river.
The five of us stood by the river, surrounding the corpse. Kong Sanye squatted down, picked up a stick from the ground, and straightened the corpse.
When I saw the front of this corpse, I felt a chill in my back. The corpse had been soaked beyond recognition, and in the empty eyes, it was empty, and there was nothing.
Kong Sanye slowly picked off the corpse's clothes with a stick, and then suddenly stabbed the stick into the corpse's stomach. Seeing Kong Sanye's action, several of us took a step back together. The imaginary scene of intestines flowing to the ground did not appear, but saw a column of water spraying up about ten centimeters high.
Seeing this scene, a few of us were a little dumbfounded, Kong Sanye continued to take a stick and stab the body of the corpse a few times, the corpse was like a colander, from those holes began to spray water, after a while the spray ended, Kong Sanye motioned for us to go over and look at the corpse carefully.
At this time, we realized that this corpse had no internal organs at all, and there was only an empty shell left on its body, no wonder it could float in the calf-deep water. But now another question comes to our minds, how did this man become like this, and where did his internal organs and bones go?
A few of us looked at Kong Sanye again, since Kong Sanye could find out that this corpse was wrong and let the big head pull it over from the water, then it was very likely that he would know how this thing was formed.
"The internal organs must have been eaten, but as for what was eaten, it was probably an animal like ants." Kong Sanye looked at us and looked at him, stood up and shook his slightly numb legs and said to us.
If other places say that animals as small as ants eat people, many people may not believe it, but there are some social ants that can not only eat people, but also steel. And in the dense forest of Xishuangbanna Miaojiang, there is a kind of ant-like animal that can eat people, which is not surprising.
Looking at this corpse, it floated down from the upstream, so the place of death should be in the upper reaches of this river, which is also the place where we are going, so this brings a vigilance to our forward movement this time. Because the corpse was soaked in the water beyond recognition, it was impossible to see when the normal time of death of this corpse was, but according to Kong Sanye, this corpse should have died within three months.
The cause of death is unknown, and the phenomenon of hollowing out the body should have occurred after the death of the person, so it can be inferred that there is a group of animals that eat the internal organs of the dead upstream.
"Let's go, everyone be careful, the further you go, the more dangerous it will be, this should be a warning." Kong Sanye pushed the corpse into the middle of the river with a stick, watched the corpse go down the river, threw the stick into the water, stood up and sighed and said to us.
The corpse slowly flowed downstream along the current, although the corpse drifted away, but the warning it brought us made us remember it very deeply. After that, I walked more carefully.
This river is very quiet, there are no animals in the water, not even some small insects, the dense aquatic grass on the bank of the river has a person to deep, the big head and the big group in front of the careful opening of the road, generally cut off the aquatic grass, while also have to pay attention to whether there will be a group of insects under the feet, after all, the appearance of the corpse before, he is memorable.
"Qiangzi, Kong Sanye, rest for a while and get something to eat." Datou and Datuan stopped in a relatively flat place, turned to us, and said.
Looking at the sky, it was time for dinner, and since we saw the corpse, we had become cautious in walking, which was particularly physically exhausting, and now we felt a little exhausted. After Datou and Datuan finished speaking, they checked their surroundings, sat directly on the pile of grass they had cut, and lay down.
A few of us were also tired, so we sat down directly with our big heads and big balls, and our crooked mouths turned out to be the same as no one else, picking up firewood over there, taking out a few fish from the big head plastic bag, cleaning up by the river, and directly lighting a fire and starting to grill the fish.
Crooked Mouth grew up with Datuan, and I heard Datuan talk about it before, Crooked Mouth's craftsmanship is even better than his, and seeing Crooked Mouth grilling fish over there makes me look forward to it. Yesterday, although the big head brought me two of the big grilled fish, I also ate half of it, and he ate one and a half of it.
It didn't take long for the scent to waft in. The skill of crooked mouth is indeed good, we who were still tired just now can't do it, smelled this smell, and half of our sleepiness was gone. The big head jumped up directly from the haystack and ran towards Crooked Mouth, shouting that Crooked Mouth would teach him to grill fish as he ran.
When eating fish, because it was really delicious, the crooked mouth had to grill a few more to satisfy the gluttony of several of us, especially the big head, and one person ate three and a half meters long fish.
"Qiangzi, let's not go forward yet, I always have a bad feeling, and I can't say why, I always feel that it will be dangerous to go further." Just when Datou and Datuan were eating fish over there, Kong Sanye pulled me aside and said what he thought.
If it had been before, I would have obeyed Kong Sanye's advice completely and unconditionally, because his feelings had saved us many times in the previous few times. But this time, I don't plan to listen to him, probably because of some of the words that the old man of the Ah Feng family said before, plus the fact that Kong Sanye has behaved differently during this time, makes our suspicion of him more and more serious.
"Third Master Kong, we didn't bring too many things this time, we didn't dare to delay, we had to hurry up, there should be no danger in this area, there is a record in my grandfather's diary." Grandpa's diary, Kong Sanye knew about it, and he already knew it when he was in Shaanxi before.
Hearing me say this, Kong Sanye sighed, and did not force it, but sighed, and walked towards the big head and the big group, I looked at Kong Sanye's back, and wanted to see clearly who he was, and which force he belonged to, but it was a blur, and it was really unclear.
"Qiangzi, come and eat, the last few are gone, don't eat anymore." Hearing the shout of the big head, I withdrew my gaze from staring at Kong Sanye's back and walked over there.
After eating, we hit the road again. Before leaving, I saw Kong Sanye's mouth open, as if he wanted to try again, let's not go first, but then he didn't say it, just carried his backpack and walked towards the front with us.
The further up the river goes, the steeper the mountains become, and the amount of water in the river begins to get smaller, but it becomes more difficult to walk. From a distance, on the cliffs on both sides of the mountain, you can see many coffins, which are very famous hanging coffins in the local area. The hanging coffin is also a kind of cliff burial, which is a very ancient burial method that is more popular in these ethnic minority gathering places in the southwest. Cliff burials include hanging coffins and cliff cave burials.
"Qiangzi, how did you say that coffin was brought up on the cliff?" The big head pointed to the coffin on the opposite mountainside and asked me.
I don't really know about this yet, and so far nothing has been conclusive. Looking at the coffin hanging on the cliff, I was deeply impressed by the wisdom of the ancient people.
Just when a few of us looked at the coffin on the opposite cliff, I found that Kong Sanye's expression became serious, this kind of expression I am very familiar with, generally speaking, if there is something big before, Kong Sanye will put on this expression.
"Third Master Kong, what's wrong, is there anything wrong?" I let the big head and the big group come to Kong Sanye's side and ask him.
"Qiangzi, we have to hurry up, I always feel that it is not safe here, do you feel that it is colder than just now?" When Kong Sanye spoke, his eyes kept staring at the opposite cliff, and he didn't turn to look at me.
I paid all my attention to the coffin before, and I didn't feel how cold it was, but after listening to Kong Sanye's words, I noticed why it suddenly became so cold here.
"Hadron, big head, go quickly." Just as I was about to tell Datou and Datuan, Kong Sanye suddenly shouted loudly at us. I turned around and took a look, but I didn't find anything unusual, but Kong Sanye's face was obviously filled with fear, as if something powerful was nearby.
Datou and Datuan glanced at me, and at this moment I chose to believe in Kong Sanye's judgment and nodded at Datou and Datuan. Then we began to run wildly with our luggage on our backs, and what could make Kong Sanye feel afraid would definitely not be a simple character.
"Hadron, pull out the knife, pull out the dragon pattern knife, quickly." Just as I was running forward with all my might, Kong Sanye, who was holding his mouth crookedly, suddenly turned around and shouted at me.