Chen Yulin's heart had become cold, and at the same time, a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face: "I really didn't expect this to be the case, a few colleagues of the Liu family, I'm really sorry, if those thieves break into our ancestral land, please try your best to help, otherwise the mustache of the master on the coffin will also be ruined." ”

At this time, Chen Yulin shone the light of the flashlight on these coffins on the ground, and all the positions of the coffins were engraved with carving knives on the ancient Zhuangjia local characters, which is the carrier of Shigong's scriptures.

The fourth master smashed his mouth: "I really didn't expect that this simple thing would be so difficult to return." ”

"Let's continue to walk inside, let's not talk, it's better to turn off the flashlight from now on, otherwise we will startle the snake, those thieves in the distance heard the sound and saw the light, and ran away, we want to chase the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse?"

We all agreed with Liu's proposal, although turning off the flashlight would lose some safety. However, it will be easier for us to catch the thief who sneaked into the cave.

"Moreover," Liu Ruxiang suddenly changed her words at this time, "Master Chen, you have to be mentally prepared, I estimate that it is very likely that this thief has taken a fancy to the corpse of your Chen family's ancestors." ”

"After all, there are no priceless treasures in this cave, and I thought about it, maybe the corpses that have been dead for hundreds of years can impress others. And these things, for some evil crooked ways, may be the most treasure. ”

I very much agree with the inference of the cook.

"Chase out the corpse?" Chen Yulin asked vigilantly.

"Possibly." Liu Ruxiang frowned.

The fourth master snorted coldly: "Lao Tzu walked the rivers and lakes when he was young, and it is not that he has not touched the same vein as chasing corpses, this area of the Li River is the territory of my teacher's religion, how old is he?" Came to me to make trouble, and his leg was lame! ”

"Besides, the usefulness and ability of chasing corpses are becoming more and more useless." Speaking of which, the four masters told me about the origin of the corpse chase.

The traditional concept of the ancients is relatively strong, and paying attention to the end of life is just one meaning, and the opposite of the end of life is to die in a foreign land. For example, if a merchant dies of plague in a foreign country, what should be done with this corpse? After all, it is a society that pays attention to the return of fallen leaves to its roots, and people are looking forward to their children and grandchildren to give them incense. And if you die in a foreign land, the land has its owner, and you can't be buried casually.

What to do? It gave birth to a business of chasing corpses, which is said to be able to awaken people's last breath before death, that is, obsession, and then use secret techniques to control these dead corpses, so that these wanderers who died in a foreign land can return to their hometown for burial.

Or there is another theory, that is, some corpse chasers do not actually have the ability to penetrate the world, and cannot let the corpse walk home by itself, but use chariots, horses or foot force to transport the dead body home. But on the way, I was afraid of encountering robbers, and the people in this business made up a terrifying legend, saying that they could drive away corpses, so that ordinary thieves would dare to come forward to rob when they saw it? It's been running far away.

At that time, although the corpse chaser had a low social status, he was also a money-making business, after all, the reward for transporting the corpse was quite a lot.

But with the development of the times, the world has changed too fast, and there is no need to chase corpses at all, you can run far away by train, and you can travel thousands of miles a day, and the profession of corpse chasers has gradually disappeared.

When the fourth master said this, he sneered: "When I was young, I met a corpse chaser in the northwest region, but he could control the corpse, but his actions were very difficult, and he was far less flexible than the normal living dead, so I didn't believe it." ”

I listened to the four masters tell so many stories, and I was also half-convinced.

If you really encounter such a corpse chaser, and with a wave of your hand, many living dead people will pounce on you, it will inevitably be too rebellious.

After chatting for a while, everyone became vigilant and began to discuss their plans for the future.

If there is danger, Liu Ruxiang and the four masters will go up first, and I will quickly turn around and run, while Chen Yulin is responsible for containing those gangsters and covering everyone's retreat little by little.

After the assignment of duties, my heart trembled.

We continued to hold our breath and walked towards the depths of the cavern.

A group of four people walked here without making a sound, and because it was already pitch black, you couldn't even feel who you were in front of you.

The deeper you go, the closer you feel to the abyss, as if you will fall in the next second, making people feel terrified of their whole body.

There was no wind in the air, and the air stopped flowing, as if it were a completely frozen mass of ice.

I swallowed, a little scared.

"Master, let's join hands, right?" I asked, then stopped.

There was also a pause, and it was the voice of the four masters: "Hand in hand, why don't you hold my hand?" ”

I immediately thought of the previous chanting, the fourth master actually pulled the hand of the corpse of the living dead, no one would have thought that it would be like this, very abrupt and terrifying.

After thinking about it, I still think it would be more appropriate for us to hold hands in the dark, after all, we both know where we are, and because we hold hands with each other, if something happens, we can quickly support each other.

Thinking of the hand of the fourth master pulling over the corpse, I felt sick in my heart, and persuaded myself countless times in my heart, and finally overcame it and slowly stretched out my hand.

My left hand groped in the darkness and grasped a slightly old hand, the joints of which were prominent, the skin of which was hard and a little cold, unlike the hands of a young man like me, full of fire and heat.

As soon as I caught it, I regretted it a little, but I still gritted my teeth and persuaded myself: "Okay, let's go." ”

The footsteps of a few of us resounded, but at this moment, before we had taken two steps, a burst of footsteps stopped abruptly.

I was already engrossed in this time, and I immediately stopped.

"How...... What's going on, how did it stop? I asked, puzzled.

Liu Ruxiang was also a little resentful: "Ask Shan, you are a man, why are you so cowardly, and you still hold hands, don't blame the master, I look down on you." ”

Liu Ruxiang's voice sounded in my ears, and when I heard it, I felt much more at ease, although he was blaming me.

But then, the fourth master spoke in the next second: "Ask Shan, didn't you say you wanted to pull my hand, why didn't you pull me, didn't you pull me?" ”

As soon as the fourth master said this, I immediately felt cold, goosebumps on my back erupted, and that terrifying feeling filled my whole body.

"What's going on?"

The fourth master said that I haven't pulled his hand yet, so I'm ...... now Whose hand is it pulling?

I shuddered all over my body, and the fear made my throat tremble, and I couldn't help but cry out, "Ahhh

I let go of my hand vigorously, and then I found that my hand was grabbed by that hand, and I couldn't pull it away.

"Ahhh I screamed in horror and couldn't help but run towards the arms of the cook beside me.

It was pitch black, I didn't think that Liu Ruxiang was behind me, and I hit him directly into his arms so suddenly.

Immediately, it was as if something soft had touched my back.

The thing brushed against my neck through my wet clothes, and then I heard the cook behind me snort.

"You...... What the hell. Liu Ruxiang let out a coquettish sigh and finally turned on the flashlight.

"Bah-"

Liu Ruxiang's flashlight emitted a dazzling light, and it immediately illuminated the entire cave space in this section of our section.

"What's the situation, what's the matter?"

I turned my head to look, only to see that Liu Ruxiang's face was flushed at this time, and then her eyes became murderous and glared at me.

"Little bunny, you've hurt me." Liu Ruxiang said, and immediately clenched his angry fists.

A punch was put on my lower back.

Oops!

I exclaimed, and Liu Ruxiang's fist quickly released as it approached me, squeezing it around my waist.

I couldn't help but cry out in pain, maybe it was the pain that made people sober, or maybe it was Liu Ruxiang's light that dispelled the darkness, I saw clearly at this time, the person who grabbed my hand was the fourth master.

The fourth master actually smiled from ear to ear at this time, he let go of his hand, and immediately squatted on the ground to cover his stomach, his eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile.

"Aha-what a coward, you, Liu Wenshan, you are really a coward." The four masters laughed mercilessly.

My heart was beating so hard that I was almost jumping out of my throat, and just when I thought it was something dirty, it was just a joke.

I was so frightened that I almost cried when I pouted.

"You, you, the fourth master, I have never seen such a bad person as you, I, I will go back to the old patriarch to complain, and let the old patriarch criticize you when the time comes."

Liu Ruxiang has a good relationship with the old patriarch, and by the way, he loves the house and Wu, and sometimes he can say a few words when he meets me.

The fourth master covered his mouth: "I didn't laugh, I didn't laugh, you went to the old patriarch to complain, and told him that you were scared by the ghost and cried." ”

"You ......"

After a bit of play, we continued our group's departure.

In order to punish me for bumping into her just now, Liu Ruxiang came over to punish me for helping her carry the gift box.

The few of us continued to grope our way slowly in the dark, and after a while of playing, I was no longer afraid.

"The scariest thing here is people."

I thought to myself.