Chapter Eighty-Six: Freshening Up the Coffin
There was darkness all around, and a musty smell came to my face.
The moment I turned around, I felt a black shadow next to me swish, as if it was wandering in my vision, but the light was too dim for me to see clearly.
Daddy also noticed my abnormality, and he asked in a low voice, "Fanwa, what's wrong?" ”
Maybe it was because I was too nervous, after all, I was inevitably nervous in such a place, and I didn't find any trace of the shadow just now, so I slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
I shook my head at my dad to say it was okay, and I followed him on.
To be honest, I was curious in addition to being afraid.
The wooden planks that cover the cellar entrance are new, indicating that someone has actually entered them in recent times. In our village, it is possible to know that there is a cellar under Li Aiguo, in addition to Li Qing, perhaps Wang Xiu'e, who was closer to Li Aiguo at that time.
In rural areas, as long as there is no activity, all kinds of weeds will grow. However, when I came over with my dad just now, I also noticed that there were no weeds near the entrance of the cellar, which means that someone must have been here regularly. Wang Xiu'e's house is close to here, could it really be her?
Coupled with the fact that Wang Xiu'e also gave Zhu Danian Gu poison last night, I am more and more suspicious of Wang Xiu'e.
There are various clay pots under the cellar, most of which have yellow talisman seals on them.
In addition to these large and small clay pots, there is also a bed in the corner on the other side, which has a bed.
My dad walked over, he reached out and touched the futon, and then sniffed it again.
"It's a woman, and there's always been a woman living here!" My dad said, there has always been a woman living here, is it really Wang Xiu'e?
However, Wang Xiu'e's house is not far from here, and she can't live comfortably in her own home, so she has to go to live in this weird place, which doesn't seem reasonable.
"Who's going to live here all the time?" I asked Daddy.
"I don't know, but the woman who brought you here shouldn't be easy." Daddy looked at me and said, I was actually thinking, who is the woman who brought me here?
Daddy found a place to put the candles, and placed them in a higher position, so that basically the whole cellar could be seen similarly.
In fact, the cellar was quite simple, except for the bed I had just seen, and then there were the clay pots with sealed mouths, and there were clay pots of all sizes and little else.
This place may have been used by Li Aiguo to practice evil arts in the past, and there was a small earth pit on the ground in front of it, and some small clay pots were half-hidden in the sand.
I walked over to that side, trying to dig one out and take a look, but my dad suddenly stopped me: "Don't move! ”
I immediately withdrew my hand, but immediately I saw a small clay pot begin to move.
It shook and creaked.
After about a few minutes, a small hole was made in the mud that had been sealed in the mouth of the pot, and a finger-thick worm crawled out of it.
I immediately took a few steps back, and my father whispered, "Fanwa, don't go near those jars in front, no matter how big or small, the things inside are very dangerous!" ”
I nodded, just now such a big worm really scared me, when I was a child, I was most afraid of this kind of thing, and now I still feel terrible when I look at it. There are a lot of such insects in the countryside, but this is really the first time I have seen a worm the thickness of a finger.
My dad and I deliberately avoided the jars around us, and after looking around the basement, we didn't seem to find anything else.
Originally, I thought that the disappeared coffin in Li Qing's house and the things in my grandfather's jar might have been moved here by him, and he should be able to find some clues when he came down to the cellar.
However, it is only now that I have found out that there seems to be no other clues in this cellar except for a messy clay pot and a female residence.
Did the woman in white bring me here yesterday just to let me see these things?
Definitely not, I think there must be something that my dad and I didn't find out.
While I was thinking about this, my father suddenly walked to the other side, and there were a lot of clay pots over there, and they were all very large, and there were a lot of them.
Daddy walked straight over and moved a clay pot aside.
Daddy also emphasized just now that he can't get too close to the clay pot, will he be in any danger? However, in the next second, I noticed a detail, a clay pot over there was not sealed at all, which meant that it was empty.
I also walked quickly towards my father, who was already busy with his work. I think Daddy must have found something, something must be hidden behind the clay pot.
Two people together, the clay pot is not heavy, that is, ten minutes, and the large pile of clay pots are all stacked aside by the two of us.
Sure enough, just as I had just guessed, there was room on the other side of the pot.
The candlelight was a little far away from here, and I could only vaguely see something in front of me, a huge shadow.
Daddy gave me a look, and I understood, and went over and brought the candle that I had put before. The light of the candle spread out for a split second, and I saw a bright red object appear in view.
That's right, bright red, a huge red coffin.
My dad and I didn't hesitate, and quickly moved the last two large clay pots that stood in the way, and walked over there. I really didn't expect that there was such a big red coffin hidden here. This red coffin is much larger than ordinary coffins, larger than the red coffin dug up in the bamboo forest before, and the color is more colorful, the red paint looks very heavy, and it has a certain age.
From where I was standing, I could see that the lid of the coffin was carved with a dragon motif on it.
I looked at my father, and I asked in a low voice, "Dad, how can there be such a big red coffin here?" ”
My dad just shook his head, he probably hadn't seen a coffin of this size. In the countryside, no one can afford such a domineering coffin, the general ones are poplar and paulownia wood, and this one can feel unusual at a glance.
But I couldn't see anything else.
"Dad, what will be in such a big coffin?"
"If you don't open it, how do you know what's inside, Fanwa, you go back, I'll go over and open the coffin, and if there's something wrong later, don't look back, just run, understand?" Daddy looked at me and said.
I didn't expect Daddy to say such things, and it was clear that Daddy thought the coffin was dangerous. However, Dad went to open the coffin, what if something happened?
"Dad......"
I was only halfway through the sentence before I felt like I heard something.
Daddy also fell silent, and the surroundings fell into a dead silence for a moment. Sure enough, when my dad and I stopped, we began to feel a very faint singing echo throughout the cellar.
I was a little distracted by this, and I felt that my head was becoming a little dizzy, and my father immediately said, "Fanwa, plug your ears, don't listen to that voice!" ”
Naturally, I did so, and the yellow sheet paper I carried with me plugged my ears indiscriminately, but I could still faintly hear the sound.
At this time, I saw my father walking towards the big red coffin.
I thought my dad was going to open the coffin, but unexpectedly, he walked up to the big red coffin and suddenly knelt down with a thud.
His expression was dull, and I shouted at my father, "Dad, wake up!" ”
But my dad didn't respond at all, and I even saw him in the coffin, and his hands began to make that very strange movement.
He was grooming and dressing, yes, the kind of woman who was grooming and dressing, and the coffin was like a mirror.
My head buzzed, what's wrong with my daddy?
It's also so weird!
"Dad, what are you doing, wake up!" I shouted again, but Daddy still didn't respond. I can't continue like this, I really can't imagine that Zhu Danian was poisoned and turned into a donkey yesterday, my dad should not become a woman, right?
Thinking of this, I couldn't let this happen, and I didn't think about it so much, so I pounced on my dad.
I pushed at my father, but before I could touch my father, he slapped me.
I couldn't dodge it, and I was stumbled by my father, and I didn't know what I tripped under my feet and squatted on the ground.
When I first got up, I realized that one end of the big red coffin was inlaid with a bronze mirror, and my father was still grooming, and inside the mirror was a miserable white woman's face, and she was staring at me.