Chapter 47: The Sound of Breathing
"Those female corpses are sacrificed to attract zombies, and according to legend, zombies like to drink the blood of virgins, presumably those dozen girls were hidden somewhere, used to attract zombies, and finally were sucked alive and died. Zhong Hongshan's face was a little ugly, such a cruel scene was really uncomfortable to imagine, Linglong's face also changed greatly, looking at the direction he came, the throat agitator almost spit out again. "Don't worry about those corpses for now, you see that this underground palace is completely different from the one just now, not to mention that this is obviously an altar thing, just the mechanism that is not in front of it is very revealing, the owner here doesn't want us to see this place, or this is a very important place. Zhong Hongshan said. One flew up the steps, cautiously poked his foot to try, and made sure that there was no mechanism, and then walked up step by step with the help of Linglong, approaching the altar little by little. The altar looked small from a distance, but when it got closer, the altar was so tall that the entire dungeon was occupied by it, and the pitch-black stone was so smooth that the delicate probe went in and looked at it, and nothing could be seen in it. "What is this?" Linglong curiously scraped it inside with her sword, scraping off a layer of black paste, which looked crystal clear, like black agate. "It's corpse oil. Zhong Hongshan took it and sniffed it, and a faint fishy smell came out of the paste, "This is the remnants of a large number of burned corpses, as if it was left by the sacrifice." "Ahh "Be careful. Zhong Hongshan told Linglong to touch the back half of the altar by himself.
The altar as a whole resembled a large cup, in a circular shape, and there seemed to be something at the back end that they could not see. Zhong Hongshan picked a little corpse oil with a sword, smeared it on a piece of clothing, used a sword to draw a spark and ignited it, leaned over there, looked back at Linglong and looked at him with a nervous face, Zhong Hongshan smiled bitterly, "Don't worry, don't lean over." Thinking about using the fat on the corpse as fuel, Zhong Hongshan was also nauseous, it seems that he didn't want to recover his appetite for three months after going back this time. Linglong nodded, followed Zhong Hongshan stubbornly, and didn't dare to touch around, just thinking about checking it out early and going back early, this place didn't want to stay for a moment. Turning to the back, I found that there was a small incense burner behind this altar, which seemed to be used for worship, and there was a shelf in the center, as if it was offering something, but now it was gone, only an empty shelf remained, Zhong Hongshan leaned over to check, and suddenly found something, and sighed lightly. "What did you find?" Linglong closed her eyes tightly, afraid that it would be a corpse, a bug, something terrifying, and she had been frightened enough. "I guess we're not the only ones here. Zhong Hongshan said solemnly.
"What does that mean?" Linglong was surprised, looking at Zhong Hongshan suspiciously, he wouldn't have said this to comfort her, right?" "You see, the black ash here is obviously someone who came recently, and something was burned here, it can't be fifty years ago, so it disappeared so long ago." Hearing this, Linglong also leaned down to check, only to see that the small incense burner was full of incense ash, the fragrance had long been dissipated, and there was a thin layer of dust on it, which had not been used for a long time.
A little behind the incense burner is the shelf, and in front of the shelf, there is really a layer of black ash, touch it with your hand, there are still unburned pieces of paper! Linglong picked out the pieces of paper with her hands and handed them to Zhong Hongshan to check, Zhong Hongshan put the pieces of paper towards the torch, and there were barely a few words on it that could be seen, and it was written in four big characters: "Sucheng Tongbao". "Isn't Sucheng Tongbao the dark coins sold in Suzhou City?" Linglong underestimated, turned the production over, rubbed it carefully with his hand, and was shocked: "It's really the dark coins sold in Suzhou City, this feels like a straw paper that has been released recently!" "That's very revealing." Zhong Hongshan's face was very bad, "This means that someone has recently opened the underground palace and taken a route that we don't know, and it is very likely that they came for the things on that shelf." Hearing this, Linglong looked down at the shelf, and saw that the shelf was carved with dragons and phoenixes, shrouded in black ash, and wiped it with her hand, and a touch of golden light came out from above. "Hey, it's golden!"
Linglong was surprised, since it was golden, why didn't the man take it away, if it was for property, it didn't make sense. It seems that what the man wanted was not gold or silver jewelry at all, but something to be offered on the shelf, which should be something very important. Zhong Hongshan frowned, searched around with a torch, and finally found two doors in a corner. These two doors, one is stone, the other is bronze, and there is actually a keyhole on it, Zhong Hongshan stepped forward, rubbing the keyhole carefully, and his face changed greatly, "This, this lock has been opened!" "The enshrined thing is probably the key." Linglong said, her voice trembled a little, this change seems to have been deliberately caused by someone, who is behind the scenes planning all this, releasing a zombie, is this going to make Suzhou City bleed?" "The key has been removed, should we go back to the house and discuss it later?" "Shhhhh "What are you doing?" Zhong Hongshan was a little surprised, Linglong would not make such a bold move, unless...... Zhong Hongshan asked Linglong with his eyes, Linglong nodded, took a deep breath, "That breathing sound appeared again!"
The two of them stood in front of the bronze door, neither of them dared to act rashly, and the sound of the third person's breathing was heard very clearly in their ears, and the strange thing was that they could only hear the faster and faster heartbeat of the two of them, and nothing else could be heard. Linglong made a gesture to wipe his neck, and asked Zhong Hongshan if he wanted to kill him now, the longer it dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be for them, Zhong Hongshan shook his head, gently leaned his head against the bronze door, pressed against the bronze door, listened carefully, and after a while, pointed to the bronze door with his finger, and made an inhalation motion. Linglong's scalp exploded, and Zhong Hongshan even said that the breathing sound came from inside the bronze door, could it be that the hundred-year-old zombie was inhaling?! The torch in Zhong Hongshan's hand was about to burn out, and it wouldn't be long before this place would be completely plunged into darkness, what should they do then?
Zhong Hongshan took a deep breath, as if he had made some decision, reached out and took the Linglong thin sword, gently inserted it into the crack of the door, looked down fiercely, and with a creak, the door lock was destroyed by the sharpness of the thin sword, Zhong Hongshan threw the sword in the direction of Linglong, reached out and took out the wine gourd, kicked open the bronze door, and squirted out with a sip of wine! A tongue of fire bloomed a gorgeous light in the ground, and also illuminated the scene in the underground palace. Linglong screamed, almost sat on the ground, where is this burial chamber, this is simply a bloody place! Blood red stained the wall, two coffins were placed in the middle, one was open, the other was still closed, but the one that was open, there seemed to be something different on it. There were about eight cats, all of them were covered in blood, and all the blood flowed into the open coffin, which turned out to be no breathing sound at all, it was the sound of something sucking! This terrifying sight frightened Linglong's brain was stunned, and she actually stood on the spot, not Zhong Hongshan covered her mouth with one hand, and she had already screamed on the spot.
Linglong made a bony sound in her throat, a pair of beautiful eyes opened in horror, Zhong Hongshan shook her head, dragged her out of the tomb, and went to check it alone, if she took Linglong, she didn't know what would happen.
Walking into the tomb, blood red seems to have become the only theme, dead cats are discarded on the ground at will, all of them have been drained of blood, it seems that someone regularly comes here to put fresh cats, Zhong Hongshan leaned over and checked it, it was not more than five months. Quietly walked to the open coffin, Zhong Hongshan looked at it, a huge black black coffin was in front of him, on the top of the coffin, there was a small hole, the blood flowed from there, there was a very loud sucking sound from inside, Zhong Hongshan's scalp exploded, this must be the old zombie! Who made the evil and poured cat blood on the corpse, is this to resurrect the zombie? Zhong Hongshan is in a hurry, if the zombie is brought back to life, there will definitely be a catastrophe in Suzhou City, and at that time, not only Suzhou City, but also the imperial capital of the imperial court will be implicated, Zhong Hongshan's eyes are fixed, and he has already made a decision. Turning around and taking the delicate thin sword, Zhong Hongshan closed his eyes and plunged into the hole fiercely, stirring it twice, hoping to hang the zombie.
With a bang, it was as if something bit the sword, Zhong Hongshan stabbed and pulled out, unable to move at all, Zhong Hongshan broke out in a cold sweat, what bit the sword?