Chapter 17: The Tomb Guard
Lao Wu's expression was extremely serious, as if something extremely terrifying was about to appear.
The atmosphere instantly became tense.
We just lay on the rocks, staring at the darkness ahead, not daring to blink our eyes.
It was accompanied by a burst of rapid gasps, about ten minutes or so.
"Smack!"
"Smack!"
A rhythmic sound came from the depths of the Coffin Gate Gorge.
"It's coming!"
Old Wu's expression became nervous.
As soon as he finished speaking, a strange mist suddenly surged from the depths of the Coffin Gate Gorge.
The fog was a little black, and it quickly spread in all directions.
As the sound got closer, I felt like my heart was beating at its peak, like it was fucking about to jump out of my chest.
The tension of this life, I guess it was all used up in this mountain.
After another two or three minutes or so, under our fearful gaze, a shadow suddenly appeared in the black mist!
Immediately after that, there is the second, third, and fourth......
I don't count exactly how many, but it looks like there could be hundreds.
"Smack!"
"Smack!"
It wasn't until then that I knew what that rhythmic sound was.
That's the fucking sound of footsteps!
The dark shadow slowly appeared, and I could see clearly that it was a group of soldiers in armor!
It was a uniform, well-trained group of soldiers, exuding a murderous aura that made our hearts sway.
It seems that I saw the battlefield of thousands of troops galloping and bloody battles!
However, their armor was tattered and rotten, and the spears they held in their hands were rusty.
Looking at the armor style, it seems to be a Tang Dynasty soldier more than a thousand years ago.
But the strange thing is that these soldiers are all made of black gas!
The two flickering red dots in the black air of the face seemed to represent the eyes.
Looking at such a terrible scene, a sentence suddenly appeared in my mind.
"Yin soldiers cross the border, and the living avoid it!"
No wonder Lao Wu said that there are more fierce things here than foggy teeth.
With such a strong aura and a well-trained team of Yin soldiers, it is estimated that they can tear the foggy teeth alive.
Not an opponent at all!
"Ahh
I don't know who suddenly sneezed, and in this extremely tense scene, I almost jumped in fright!
We all turned our heads to look, only to see Scar's mouth grow.
Seeing this, Dayong hurriedly covered him and suppressed the sneeze.
It may be that the situation is urgent, Dayong's hand is a little heavy, and his face is red when he is covered by the scar.
He was constantly afraid of hitting Dayong's hand and making a 'whine' sound.
After reacting, Dayong hurriedly let go and looked at Scar with an apologetic face.
"You're trying to murder, grass!!"
Scar glared at him fiercely.
"Don't make a sound!"
Lao Wu lowered his voice and looked at us.
Scar's sneeze just now made us the target of public criticism in an instant.
The Yin soldiers, who had been advancing, stopped at this moment, as if they were looking for the source of the sound.
Seeing this, we were so frightened that we didn't dare to come out, and our eyes were staring at the Yin soldiers below.
I have to say that Lao Wu's decision to let us camp on it is extremely correct.
The Yin soldiers seem to have searched for the left and right, but they didn't pay attention to it.
Or maybe it's because they don't look up.
After a minute or so, they continue on their way.
In the deathly silent coffin gate gorge, there was a sound of 'popping' footsteps again, neat and powerful, breathtaking!
"Is this a Yin Soldier? Where are they going? ”
Dayong spoke up, quite curious.
Lao Wu shook his head: "Who the hell knows, how many years have you been dead." ”
I frowned, I seemed to have seen this scene in a book.
After thinking about it for a moment, it dawned on me.
A few people looked at me with puzzled expressions: "Do you know the red flag?" ”
I nodded: "Taiping Guangji once recorded that the Yin soldiers borrowed the way, and combined with modern history, the Yin soldiers borrowed the way and divided into three types. ”
They suddenly became interested and hurriedly asked, "Which three?" ”
I said: "The first type, after the defeat of the soldiers, the soul of the army is not scattered, they don't know that they are dead, and they still want to kill the enemy and serve the country, so they will linger in the place where they died. ”
"The second type, a disaster has killed a lot of people, these unjust souls gather together and refuse to leave, the yin qi is soaring, and it will cause harm to the living, at this time, the underworld will send yin soldiers to lead these unjust souls to reincarnation."
"Finally, they're grave keepers!"
Several people were stunned for a moment: "Tomb keeper? ”
I nodded: "It is rumored that some emperors will choose a team of elite soldiers to accompany them when they die, and use an extremely evil method to seal the souls of those soldiers in their bodies, so that they can guard the mausoleum for the rest of their lives. ”
After hearing what I said, Scar's eyes widened and they looked quite shocked.
"Hongqi, which one do you think?"
The tiger looked at me and asked curiously.
After pondering for a moment, I frowned and said, "I think it's probably the last one!" ”
"Why?" , Scar asked.
I looked at them and said, "The Taiping Guangji records that the soul sealed by evil magic cannot be liberated, does not enter reincarnation, and is full of resentment, and the resentment devours the body and attaches itself to the soul, so it manifests itself as an evil soul. ”
"This should be the reason why their bodies are a cloud of black gas!"
Scar wondered, "Could it be Ma Xian Gu?" ”
I was speechless and said, "This is a soldier of the Tang Dynasty......"
After a moment, Lao Wu frowned: "In this way, there is also a tomb of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty here, but why has it not been discovered?" ”
I can't answer because it's beyond my knowledge.
But I always feel that the imperial tomb of the Tang Dynasty should have something to do with Ma Xiangu.
After a moment of silence, we put the issue aside for the time being.
Lao Wu glared at Scar fiercely: "What the hell happened to you just now!" ”
Scar looked aggrieved: "Brother Yi, I really don't blame me for this!" ”
He pointed to the rock next to him: "Well, I don't know when this thing got into my nose, I can't hold it back." ”
In confusion, we turned on the flashlight and shone it away.
It was a bug the size of a little fingernail, pitch black, like a shield with a long tail.
It emits a faint blue light, a bit like a firefly.
However, he was killed by a scar, and the blue light on his body was disappearing little by little.
"Huh! What the hell is going on? ”
Dayong suddenly let out a startled sigh and pointed at the dead bug.
When we took a closer look, we realized that the blue glow on the insect turned out to be something similar to phosphor.
At this moment, it is slowly drifting into the air.
Seeing this, Lao Wu's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly shouted: "Cover your mouth and nose with your mother!" ”