Chapter 20: The Pile of Corpses
"Hadron, there's a grenade in your backpack, or let's blow this door open." The big head saw my hesitation and said directly to me.
It's not that I haven't thought about blowing up the stone gate with a grenade, I've already blown it up once before, and I also know that there are grenades in the backpacks of the big head and the big group. But I always feel that this stone gate is different from the others, and I can't say why, just the feeling in my heart.
Once the stone door is broken by violent means, the three of us may be in danger. So, I'm not very much in favor of blowing it up with a grenade.
The big head and the big group looked at me at the same time, and as soon as I gave the order, they would not hesitate to pull out a grenade from their backpack and blow the stone door open.
"Look for it again, don't worry about it yet, and then blow it up when you can't find it." I'm as anxious as the two of them now, and although I didn't see the figure in the passage, the feeling of being spied on was still there.
After listening to my words, Datou and Datuan didn't say anything, and continued to carefully look around the door for the switch to open the door. I searched carefully again, but I still didn't find it.
Just as I was deciding to blow open the stone gate with a grenade, I saw that the Pixiu on both sides of the stone gate were a little different. To be exact, there are some differences between the two Pixiu, the one on the left has wings, while the one on the right does not. It's just that the wings of Pixiu on the left side are shorter and clinging to the back, and from a distance it looks similar to the one on the right.
Pixiu is a legendary Rui beast, divided into male and female, the male is Pixi, and the female is Pixiu. Although there are many different shapes for the appearance of Pixiu since ancient times, if you look at the two sides outside the stone gate, the shapes should be similar. It is not possible to have one wings and the other without them.
When I saw this, I went straight over and touched Pixiu's wings with my hands. When I touched it, I realized that the wings were actually moving, probably the opening of some mechanism.
But I didn't dare to move, for fear that if this was not the mechanism that opened the stone gate, but some other trap, the three of us would be in danger if I pressed it.
Datou and Datuan looked at me and touched the Pixiu, and asked a little strangely: "Qiangzi, what's wrong, did you find anything?" ”
"I found the mechanism, but I don't know if it opened the stone door, or if it opened somewhere else." I said to the big head and the big group.
"Whether it's or not, let's try it first, in case it is, you can get in." Datuan's words gave me the courage to push the switch. But for the sake of safety, I still let the big head and the big group stay away from me.
The hand on the Pixiu's wings trembled a little, and I didn't know what I would expect. He took a deep breath and pressed it hard.
I was relieved that there were no arrows piercing my heart or quicksand toppling as I had imagined, but the stone door didn't open as soon as I pressed it.
When I pressed my hand, the two Pixiu also fell into the ground. Then I heard a crunching sound, and I stood with the big head and the big group, looking at the situation on the other side of the stone gate from a distance.
Slowly, the heavy stone door slowly opened, and it was dark inside. Behind the door of the black hole, it looks like a monster, and the stone gate is like a monster's mouth, waiting to devour us.
After the stone gate opened for a while and the dust around it settled, the three of us and Datou Datuan began to enter. This time, the big head was in front, I walked in the middle, and the big group was behind.
Datou and Datuan still have a flashlight in one hand and a shovel in the other, and I also have a shovel in my hand. The range of the flashlight is not very far, and I can't see the whole picture behind the stone gate, but I can faintly see a stone statue facing the stone gate, which looks like a Buddha statue, and I can't tell which Bodhisattva it is.
The Buddha statue is as tall as a three-story building, and the surface is already pitted. After the three of us entered the door, the big head and the large group of flashlights were directly aimed at the stone Buddha and looked at it.
If you look carefully from the bottom to the top, it's okay not to look at it, but you feel that your legs are cold at a glance. The stone Buddha's huge eyes stared at us, as if to see what was going on. And what scared me was the smile on the face of the stone Buddha, and this weird smile, from the grimace of the hotel to the dead Zhong Ah Si, and now, this weird smile seems to have been around me.
There was nothing left for the big group around him, and the big head almost screamed. He had seen the grimace in the hotel and Zhong Ah Si's corpse, so this weird smile also made him feel frightened.
I feel that this weird smile appears on people, or on grimaces, or even on the dead cold knife. But now, it actually appeared on the face of this huge stone Buddha, which made me a little stunned and shocked for a while. So much so that the two of us, Datou and I, put all our minds on this stone Buddha and didn't notice the situation around us.
"Who's there?" A shout from the big group brought me and Datou back to their senses. A large group of flashlights circled around, as if looking for something, and the big head also shone the flashlight over.
"Datuan, what's wrong?" I saw Datuan's solemn face and knew that something must have happened.
"I saw the figure again, and it was gone. The speed is very fast, and this time, I'm sure, no dazzle, it is indeed a figure. "Datuan's words made us nervous again for a while.
Until now, we hadn't figured out where it was behind the stone gate, and as soon as we entered, we saw a strange smile on the face of the huge stone Buddha, and then the mysterious figure followed, so we had to be careful and vigilant.
The flashlight shone around, but still didn't find the mysterious figure, but it did make a clear look at the space behind the stone door.
Behind the stone gate, it looks like a hall, in addition to the three-story high stone statue, there are two rows of stone statues standing neatly around, which looks a bit like terracotta warriors, but from the point of view of dress, it is the dress of a military general in the Tang Dynasty. The statue was about one person tall, but the leader knelt on one knee and bowed down to the statue as if to say something.
I carefully looked at the two rows of stone statues, there were eighteen in total, nine on the left and right, eight standing, one half kneeling, all facing the stone Buddha. The person who carved the stone statue is highly skilled and vividly carved, which makes people remember it after seeing it, but each person of the stone statue is numb and has no expression.
"Qiangzi, this fucking terracotta warriors, how much will it cost if you carry one back." After seeing these two rows of stone statues, the big head forgot all about the strange smile on the stone Buddha's face just now, and began to think about it.
"I don't know how much it is, I know you can't carry it, even if you carry it out, if you dare to buy it, you will really have to eat imperial food for the rest of your life." If this thing goes out, it must be at the level of a national treasure, and stealing and selling a national treasure is not an ordinary matter of getting some antiques.
"I'll just tell you, I don't know how long we can live this life, and life is the most important thing." The big head's words made the pressure in my heart even heavier, and both of us were targeted by the powerful ghosts in the Hidden Ghost Cup.
I thought that grandpa would have a way, but when I saw the photo, grandpa and Zhang Dahai also got the Hidden Ghost Cup, and now grandpa and Zhang Dahai don't know where they went. Datou and I really don't know how to get rid of the powerful ghosts in the Hidden Ghost Cup now, if there is no way after 7749 days, we may become the second Zhong Ah Si.
"Hadron, there's something wrong over there." While I was sighing with Datou, Datuan spoke, pointing to the corner to the left of the stone Buddha, where there was a faint green light.
The three of us walked towards that side together, very carefully. We are always vigilant about the unknown.
When I got to the front, I found that this was actually a pile of bones, all of which were dry bones of human beings, and the pile was about one person high, with a radius of about two meters. The bones on it are both new and old, lying horizontally and vertically, and the green light is emitted by this pile of bones, which is also called ghost fire.
When I saw this huge pile of corpses, I don't know why, the first thing that came to my mind was the skinned mercenary. I think he might be a new corpse on top of this pile.
"Qiangzi, how many people have to die here, there are still a few more over there." I followed the flashlight on the big head and looked over there, and sure enough, there were several corpse piles, and the corpse piles were only big compared to this one.
The pile of corpses emitting a faint green light gave me unprecedented fear, and the deepest source of this fear was the stone Buddha with a strange smile that I just saw when I entered the door.
The Buddha is generally compassionate and heartfelt, but in this tomb, the Buddha will also have a strange smile on his face, and will also accept the bowing of the soldiers, and the Buddha will also be so miserable.
I glanced back at the huge Buddha statue, but I was almost scared to death. I saw that the eyes of the Buddha statue were also looking at me, and the smile on his face became even more weird.
In this fright, I quickly withdrew my gaze, and after calming down for a while, I continued to look, and this time I found that the stone Buddha was still the same as we had just come in, looking at the two rows of stone statues on the left and right at our feet. I shook my head, rubbed my eyes, and continued to look, and it was still the same, and it didn't look at me.
That said, I don't think I was dazzled the first time. At that time, the stone Buddha's eyes and weird smile were so real.
"Qiangzi, what are you looking at, have you also seen a human figure, what should I do now?" The big head always looked behind me, thinking that I had seen the figure too.
But it's strange to say, Datou and Datuan both saw the figure, but I didn't see it once, although I believe that what they said is true, but without seeing it, I can't be sure what it is, and some of them still have to be seen to be believed.
"It's nothing, I think we'd better get out of here now and go find Kong Sanye and them." The hall behind the stone gate was full of weirdness, and I didn't want to stay any longer.
I think Datou and Datuan should have the same idea as me, especially after seeing these large corpse piles, I think it's better to leave this place early.
If you want to leave here, you have to find a way out of here, and of course you can't go through the stone gate that comes in later, so you have to find another way out. This hall is really not ordinarily big, about twenty or thirty meters high, the size of three or four football fields. But in addition to some corpses, all that was left was the stone Buddha and two rows of soldiers, as well as a dozen large stone pillars, each with two stone statues.
The whole hall seemed a little empty, and the three of us walked in it, and there was a slight echo, which made people even more frightened. After a careful search, I finally found a small stone door in the corner of the hall, and it seemed that this was the only exit left here.