The light of the headlamp shone into the coffin, and the situation inside was clear.

I saw that on the inner side of the sarcophagus and under the coffin lid, there were many deep or shallow, long or short scratches.

No wonder Uncle Mei deduced that the coffin was picked up by itself and crawled out, and this trace did look like it was left by the deceased inside when he desperately opened the coffin.

At this moment, I suddenly thought of the coffin I saw in the whirlpool of the Tuojiang River, and the strange black shadow that roared out of the coffin. Could it be the same thing that crawled out of this sarcophagus as the one that came out of the coffin?

At this time, Uncle Mei opened his mouth coldly again: "I think eighty percent of the coffins climbed out by lifting the lid themselves, otherwise why are these coffins empty?" At most, the rat will open the coffin and steal the treasure, but he won't even steal the old corpse, right? ”

This is said with reasonable evidence, and even Jiang Yongguang is difficult to refute.

But the more reasonable Uncle Mei's words were, the more terrifying things became, Xiao Liang was so frightened that he couldn't help but move his steps to drill into my arms.

But Jiang Yongguang still stood up and denied it: "Third Brother Mei, your statement is too evil, I have been dealing with coffins for so many years, and I have never seen a coffin that can climb out of it." ”

"Then how do you explain these scratches!" Uncle Mei asked persistently.

Jiang Yongguang thought for a moment and replied: "There are many explanations for this, for example, the deceased in these coffins were not in a state of death when they were buried, they may have been put into the coffin alive......"

I heard a cold sweat and asked, "Packed into a coffin alive?" So cruel? ”

Jiang Yongguang nodded and said: "Yes, this is the famous living martyrdom in history, living martyrdom is very common in slave society, and sealing the living directly into the coffin is already a more benevolent way of living martyrdom......"

The more I listened, the more I was amazed, and I asked, "What?" Is this more benevolent? What about the more cruel way of living martyrdom? ”

Jiang Yongguang said expressionlessly: "There is a way to be martyred, which is to directly pour mercury into the bodies of boys and girls, so that mercury fills the whole body, so as to ensure that the corpse will not rot for ten thousand years." But when the blood does not circulate after death, mercury cannot reach the whole body, so it must be poured raw - that is, while the boy or girl is still alive, mercury must be poured into it......"

"Stop! Say no more! ”

At this time, Xiao Liang couldn't bear to listen to it anymore, she covered her ears with her hands and shook her head desperately.

I couldn't help but curse.

No wonder Confucius wanted to say that "the initiator has no aftermath".

Jiang Yongguang sighed, brought the topic back on track, and said: "If the dead in these coffins are victims of living martyrdom, then they were alive when they were buried, and after being sealed in the sarcophagus, they struggled desperately before dying, leaving these scratches on the inside of the coffin. ”

After hearing this, Uncle Mei immediately pointed to it and said, "Then you can see if this scratch is new, whether it was left in the recent past or in ancient times, isn't it clear?" ”

I couldn't help but admire Uncle Mei's wit, and hurriedly probed in to take a closer look, but this look scared me into a cold sweat!

I saw that most of these scratches were brand new, the color of the scratches was completely different from the color of the outer wall of the sarcophagus, and there was not even dust in the cracks.

"It's all brand new scratches!"

Xiao Liang's face instantly turned whiter.

Jiang Yongguang was very calm, shook his head and said: "This doesn't mean that the coffin has crawled out, maybe these scratches are left by the rats." Scratches may be left when the coffin is opened, scratches may be left when turning over meat dumplings, and scratches may also be left when carrying cultural relics......"

"Turning meat dumplings?" I couldn't understand a lot of black words at that time, and when I heard about "meat dumplings", I thought Jiang Yongguang was referring to the meat dumplings I ate, and wondered, why are tomb robbers so unparticular and still eating in coffins?

Jiang Yongguang hurriedly explained: "The meat dumplings are the coffin pulps, the remains in the coffins, many ancient remains are wrapped around the body cloth, which looks the same as the zongzi, hence the name." In addition, the body of the remains often carries a lot of valuable treasures, for example, the mouth often contains embalming treasures, and all the holes on the body will be plugged if they pay attention to a little bit, these treasures are like pieces of meat in the meat dumplings, and the rats turn over the corpses to find the treasures, just like turning the dumplings to pick meat to eat, so the black word is called turning the meat dumplings. ”

I suddenly realized, but I felt nauseous in my heart, thinking that I would never want to eat meat dumplings again during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Jiang Yongguang finally concluded: "In a word, there are many possibilities for the scratches in this coffin, and the most unlikely thing is that the coffin will climb out by itself. ”

Uncle Mei was not convinced, and couldn't help but say: "What about the coffin in the Tuojiang whirlpool?" And the black shadow crawling out of the coffin, what the hell is that? ”

Jiang Yongguang couldn't answer, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I can't figure this out yet, but I think I'll be able to give you the answer soon." ”

Uncle Mei didn't believe it at all, and snorted coldly: "Can you give a hammer answer!" ”

Jiang Yongguang was not angry, but smiled faintly.

The environment of the catacombs was eerie and cold, and from time to time there was a dark wind blowing, and thanks to my young and strong kidneys, I was not blown by this cool breeze and wanted to go to the toilet.

But I'm still in good health, but there are some old brothers in Xiaoling Wei who are not very good at age.

One of them, a slightly chubby, slightly bald old brother obviously couldn't bear it, and came over and said to Jiang Yongguang: "Dayong, this little wind blows me urgently, I'll go and make it easier." ”

Jiang Yongguang nodded and reminded: "Be careful and pay attention to safety." ”

The bald old brother smiled and said, "I won't go far, I'm sure it's safe." ”

Jiang Yongguang said: "I am asking you to be careful not to pee on cultural relics and pay attention to the safety of cultural relics." ”

The bald old man scolded with a smile and walked away with hurried steps.

It didn't take long for me to hear the bald old man's satisfied "hum" following the occasional wind in the tomb.

I smiled and joked with Xiao Liang: "You definitely don't have to go to the toilet, after all, you have already gone to the toilet just now." ”

Xiao Liang's fair face turned red instantly, and he glared at me faintly, and said coquettishly: "Chen Rongsheng, you hate it!" ”

Saying that, he actually raised his pink fist to hit me.

I hurriedly coughed and said, "Don't make trouble, my father-in-law is watching from the side!" This has a bad effect! ”

Xiao Liang had no choice but to give up and warn me angrily: "Chen Rongsheng! If you dare to mention that again...... That's what I'm going to ...... I'm going to puncture your oxygen cylinder so you can't swim out!" ”

Ten minutes passed in a blink of an eye, but the bald old brother never came back, and the vigilant Jiang Yongguang immediately noticed that something was wrong, and wondered: "It's strange, why did Lao Zhang go for so long?" ”

I also felt strange, and hurriedly said, "At first, I could still hear him humming, but then he didn't move." ”

Jiang Yongguang's face changed: "What? Lao Zhang snorted? What is it to pee and hum? I'm afraid he's in danger! ”

Before he finished speaking, he had already chased in the direction of Lao Zhang, and at the same time pulled out the diving blade on his waist and entered a state of combat readiness.

The other Xiaolingwei were like astute wolves, and they reacted immediately after seeing the head wolf's action, following Jiang Yongguang's steps and rushing towards Lao Zhang's position together.

Uncle Mei and Xiao Liang and I also followed, and followed Xiao Lingwei to find Lao Zhang.

We came out of the current burial chamber, crossed a corridor, and walked a short distance forward, and we saw Lao Zhang.

Or, to be more precise –

I saw Lao Zhang's body.