Chapter 35 The Book of the Double Death 17 Luoyang descends the coffin

According to legend, at the end of the Song Dynasty, there was a sect hidden in the Qingli (waist) mountain six hundred miles northwest of Luoyang, called the Qingshan Sect.

Many of the sects are mountain people, dressed in green clothes, and worship mountain gods and water gods.

However, the world calls it a cult because many of the activities of one of the sects are carried out at night, and the members of the sect wear very ugly masks like devils and mountain monsters.

Second, for the Song people, who had strict etiquette, the members of the Tsing Yi Sect could be described as promiscuous and immoral.

They are not actually married, they like each other and are together, and even many people live together. Partners change on a whim, there are even group promiscuities at parties, and most children don't know who their biological father is.

Third, at least once a year, a living person is sacrificed to the gods.

The process is to dig out the hearts of living people from the altar of the Holy Land, and the priests pray and offer them, and their corpses are left in the mountains to be eaten by wild beasts.

If a stranger strays into the holy place, he must also make a living sacrifice on the altar to worship the gods.

The Tsing Shirt cult is frightening in its brutal methods, especially against enemies and apostates.

Legend has it that they would be subjected to a descent technique, cutting off their limbs and burying them alive in a sarcophagus that would be tormented for weeks before they were considered dead.

However, death is not the end, but the beginning of suffering.

Although the body is dead, the soul is immortal and never transcendent, and is forever imprisoned in the body.

What's even more evil is that the soul will not know that it is dead, and it will feel alive because of the descent technique. Hunger, thirst, cold, heat, pain, suffocation...... None of the sensations in the body go away.

Imagine being in a small space, so dark that you can't see your fingers, you can't breathe in the air, your body is cold to the bone, and you're hungry and thirsty. I feel like my body is being corroded by my own gastric juice, I feel like my flesh is festering, I feel like maggots are growing in the severed limbs, and I am constantly biting in the cracks between muscles and bones...... But he couldn't shout, he couldn't move, he could only endure it silently. I can't die if I want to die, I can't go crazy, I don't know day and night, I suffer from loneliness, and I am tormented every second and every second.

And the caster used a method to slow down the rate at which the corpse decomposed. It will take at least a few decades or even more than a hundred years for a corpse to turn into a skeleton, even if it reaches the eighteenth layer of hell.

The sarcophagus is buried deep in the wilderness at the foot of the mountain, and legend has it that it can reach a depth of up to 100 meters.

The black soil that covers the lid of the coffin is not simple, and legend has it that the mountain spirit (a kind of lizard) was chopped into a pulp of meat after eating the limbs of the person inside the coffin.

When the mountain spirit eats the limbs, it will remember the taste of the soul of the person in the coffin - the soul is tasteless, and this is like marking the soul with a mark, so that the mountain spirit will not admit mistakes.

Then, when the mountain spirit was halfway digested, he used a wooden hammer to smash it carefully from the tail to the head. The tragic death was used to provoke the resentment of the mountain spirits, and finally mixed with the black mud under the dead trees of the swamp. Apply corpse oil, sheep blood and other substances every day, and dry in the shade for seven days before curing.

If someone shelters the person in the coffin, he will be chopped into flesh mixed with black mud by the congregation, and his soul will never be reborn.

The black soil made of it will stick to the lid of the coffin like concrete, and its resentment will press down on the sarcophagus like an invisible mountain, so that the soul inside the coffin cannot be released.

Three years after entering the earth, it will be poisonous, forming an extremely powerful protective cover, and no one should think of touching it, that is, the soul in the coffin will be tormented forever and cannot be relieved.

Since this law is known only to the law enforcement elders in the church, the name is unknown to outsiders.

Later, someone found one in Luoyang, and named it "Luoyang Coffin".

That's all there is to the book, and there is no record of how to break the coffin.

However, it mentions the danger of this coffin, and believes that the soul in the coffin is tormented in a state of death rather than death, and its resentment is different from that of ordinary ghosts. In addition, the coffin lid is attached to the soul of the mountain spirit who died tragically, and it is feared that it will become a demon after a long time, and it is unknown whether it is still a thing restrained by the coffin soul after the coffin is broken.

There is also poisonous sludge that has been stuffy for I don't know how many years, and it is not easy to open the coffin. Even if it can be opened, the situation is that the tiger will suffer if it comes out of the cage, and even the upper body of the ancestor may not be able to cover it.

In order to confirm whether this was the coffin mud that had been lowered, Qin Xuan asked the villagers to dig up the sides.

Not long after, a rectangular bluestone appeared in front of everyone's eyes. Its surface is uneven and at first glance looks like a rock.

However, if you look closely, you will see that there is a washbasin-sized round surface in the center, which is very smooth. It is painted with paint, although it has fallen off a lot over time, it can still be seen to be a symbol, which is very similar to the recorded Qingshan Sect emblem, this is really the Luoyang coffin!

But why Luoyang coffin appeared in Shaanxi is really called Qin Xuan can't figure it out, could it be that there were law enforcement elders of the Qingyi Sect who fled here? And rebuilt the sect? Or is it a mistake?

Let's put these aside, now that part of the coffin is revealed, there is no disorder on the compass, but there is only an occasional slight beat, indicating that the yin qi of the coffin will not be dispersed.

Why does the yin qi become so strong at night? Formation of a yin circulation?

Not long after, all four sides of the sarcophagus were dug up. It seems that the workmanship of the sarcophagus is very rough, and it only seeks to have a coffin shape rather than a flat wall.

The middle and lower parts of the stone slab on the north side and a small part of the bottom of the coffin are broken, and a large hole is leaking. Looking at the marks on the edges, it is obvious that they are left by sharp tools such as chisels.

Seeing this, the Qin brothers and sisters and Master Xu judged that this coffin had been stolen, or it might have been cracked and left traces.

But this doesn't make sense, since the coffin should be broken, but I haven't heard of the haunting of Weiyang South Village and its vicinity for many years.

Theoretically, this place should be full of yin and qi and become an ominous place, and there is no basic condition for the formation of the Huiyang Bureau.

Not only that, but this is also an agricultural base for bumper harvests for many years, forming a heavy situation of Huiyang, which is simply unreasonable.

In order to have more clues, you need to find a way to see the situation inside the coffin.

Qin Zhaoyun offered a high-tech product "electronic mouse".

Its shape is a cartoon version of a mouse, the feet are four wheels, the eyes are wireless cameras, it has night vision function, and the effective transmission distance is 300 meters. A searchlight is mounted on the forehead and is used to probe narrow holes or pipes.

After the animatronic rat descends, the inside of its coffin appears on the monitor.

The first thing that catches your eye is an iron rod about 30 centimeters long, nailed to the coffin lid. It was rusty, the ends were a little bent, there were no rust spots on the cross-section, and it seemed that the iron rod was originally an iron hook, and now the hook part is broken.

On the lid of the coffin is carved a circular pattern with iron bars as the center, the size of a basin. It was covered with dirt, like a stain of congealed blood, almost covering the figure, so that it was not known what was engraved.

There are many ancient characters engraved around the circle diagram, which Master Xu and the Qin brothers and sisters recognize, and they write about the crimes committed by this person, as well as curse words.

And the paint of the handwriting is very special, reflecting the light in the display of bright white, the reflection is obvious.

Combined with environmental speculation, it is estimated that it is a kind of saltpeter powder that can be seen by the soul, and other negative materials. so that the deceased may always see the sins they have committed and be cursed by them.

Looking at the four walls of the coffin, it is as uneven as the outside, and the person who wants to make the coffin does not pay attention to aesthetics at all. But the walls of the coffin were scratched everywhere, as if they had been scratched by the claws of some kind of beast.

In addition, in each of the four corners of the coffin, there is a round ball the size of an egg, and the texture and function are invisible.

Looking at the bottom of the sarcophagus, there is a human-shaped groove, the depth of which cannot be seen, and it is filled with some kind of black object, and there is no graphic text on it, I don't know what the function is.

But...... There were no bodies in the coffin...... But there was a cat with a swarthy body, cowering on the belly of a humanoid!

When I got closer, goosebumps popped up all over the four of them.

I saw that the cat's eyes were open, the pupils shrunk into a thin black line, and the white part of the eyes was different from ordinary cats, it was snow-white! The light from the searchlight glowed cyan, and the monitor looked very indecent.

"Brother, you say...... Is it dead or alive? Qin Xuan pointed to the cat's nose and said, "I always feel like it's still breathing." ”

"Eighty percent is your delusion, this cat doesn't even have a single bloodshot in its eyes, it should be dead, it is impossible to be alive." Qin Zhaoyun looked at the sarcophagus and wondered, "But why is there a cat inside?" ”

It stands to reason that grave robbers would not use an animal like a cat to explore a coffin.

First, cats like to swim in the dark, and they are afraid that they will not come out if they put them in a coffin. Coupled with curiosity, I am afraid that it will inadvertently destroy things.

Second, cats are not very vocal animals, and if they don't bark when they need to hear a sound, they will make a mistake.

Therefore, most of the grave robbers use small birds or pigeons, and if they are put into the robber's cave and do not die, they will fly towards a place where there is wind or light. It will fly out of the hole in the ground so that the grave robbers know that it is safe inside.

At this time, the four of them had their own thoughts, and suddenly there were a few women's screams, followed by various exclamations, and someone ran directly to Master Xu's side, pointed to the dug mound and said in a panic, "Master, go and see what it is!?" ”

The four of them looked over and saw that there was a thick hemp rope in the mound, one end of which was deep into the soil. However, where the rope joined the surface of the mound, there was a dark red mass, and in the middle of it was a white object, which looked ...... It's bones!

"Pig's head! Go pull the rope. Qin Xuan pushed Jiang Jin into the wine.

Jiang Jinjiu was very reluctant, "That, my arm hurts, can I ask others?" ”

However, looking around, no one wanted to help, which made him really want to cry.

Qin Xuan pushed him again and scolded, "Is it a man, go quickly!" ”

Helpless, he had no choice but to pull the hemp rope.

Despite his mental preparation, the touch from his hand under the pull made the roots of his teeth itch.

The thing on the other side of the rope seems to be so fragile that even something as round and blunt as the rope can cut it, creating a vibration that bursts the bubbles. It was passed down the rope to his palm, and it felt very uncomfortable.

He was so uncomfortable that he didn't want to consume it anymore, thinking that a long pain was better than a short pain, and as soon as he gritted his teeth and exerted himself, everyone present exclaimed.

The rope was wrapped around a corpse with no limbs!

It was naked, and the only remaining carrion was covered in a layer of slime, which was full of maggots, and the stench was so bad that it was impossible to distinguish whether it was a man or a woman. And there was a curved iron tendon stuck to the corpse's mouth, which was clearly a broken iron hook.

For a while, there was a lot of vomiting, and many people ran to the side to vomit.

Although Jiang Jinjiu was disgusted, it was not the first time he had seen a dead person, and this time he was able to hold on, gloating at others.

Suddenly, Qin Xuan shouted loudly, "Ah! I understand! The people present were so frightened that they all glared at her.

Qin Xuan gave an apologetic smile, and after calming the nervous emotions of the villagers, he turned around and told Jiang Jinjiu, Qin Zhaoyun, and Master Xu his conjectures.

"Although I don't know when this coffin was buried, judging from the chisel marks, it must have been done by tomb robbers, and it happened not long ago, I think it was 20 to 40 years ago."

"How do you know it's the tomb robbers?" Jiang Jinjiu interjected and asked.

"Pig head, do you think there are ordinary people who can chisel such a thick sarcophagus now? And it's buried so deep! Is! If you don't understand, don't interrupt, listen attentively! ”

"But ......"

Jiang Jinjiu still wanted to know, Qin Xuan sighed helplessly, "Okay, explain it to you...... This professional grave robber does not start digging from the top of the grave, but digs a hole in the ground diagonally from the side, leading to the soles of the deceased's feet, and opening the coffin wall to search inside. When the deed is completed, no one can see the traces of the theft from the outside, which is called the method of the tomb robbers. Look at the hole in the bottom of this sarcophagus, you understand what's going on, right? ”