Chapter 45: The Dead Drifter
I walked to the drawbridge and looked down with my flashlight on my flashlight, frowning secretly.
There seemed to be an invisible mist in the air under and around the bridge, as if it could absorb light, and not only could you not see the situation below, but even how long the suspension bridge was and what the condition was at the other end. The entire suspension bridge is suspended in an endless dark space.
Zang Zhiqiang looked at me and said:
"I'm only responsible for leading the way, if you really encounter a situation, you can only rely on yourself, you know, I have no body, even if there are trap beasts, they can't hurt me."
I nodded.
He didn't say anything more, turned around and walked forward.
I glanced at the standing corpse again, and Jinghai saw what I meant, saying that what had just come out of the corpse's eye socket was no ordinary poisonous snake. If you guessed correctly, it should be the spirit beast that the tomb owner deliberately left behind to protect the coffin. He didn't have time to react when it happened suddenly, and now he has lowered his head on us to restrain snakes and insects, so we don't have to worry about being attacked by poisonous snakes.
I nodded, said another word to Sang Lan, and turned to get on the suspension bridge.
The suspension chain of the suspension bridge is the thickness of an adult's arm, and the wooden planks laid on the bridge deck should have undergone special anti-corrosion treatment, so it is still very stable when walking on it.
It's just that the moisture coming from below gives me a very special feeling, a feeling that I have never felt before, but I can feel the smell of danger.
walked forward for about twenty meters, and Sun Lu behind him suddenly leaned in.
Looking back, my heart is also mentioned.
We hadn't walked far, but the light of the flashlight was shining back, and it was no longer possible to see the hole connecting the drawbridge.
It seems that there is indeed an aura in the air here that can block the light, but we can't see it in it.
After walking thirty or forty paces further, the end of the road was completely hidden in darkness.
Fortunately, at this time, the suspension bridge was finally coming to an end.
But this did not make me feel a little steady, but more confused and vigilant.
At the end of the suspension bridge, it seems that it is just a rectangular stone platform of seven or eight square meters suspended on the stone wall.
There is no portal to the stone wall, but another suspension bridge is connected.
Strangely, the two suspension bridges are side by side, and the bridge deck is also level.
However, we came all the way and only found that there was another parallel bridge.
I stepped onto the stone platform and looked at it carefully before I reacted.
The two suspension bridges are not exactly parallel as we feel, but both have a certain angle of inclination, zigzag diagonally downward.
Looking at the drawbridge diagonally downward, Jing Hai glanced at the blind man: "Now do you still think, what kind of concubine's tomb is this?" ”
The blind man was silent.
The truth is that at this point, everyone feels that something is wrong.
Although I am not familiar with the tombs, I have also gone to Hebei with Zhang Xi and Sun Lu to see the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty. The tombs of ancient emperors are not without grandeur.
Until now, I haven't seen how luxurious this tomb is, but just two suspension bridges with a length of fifty or sixty meters are not a small project in ancient times.
Even if the emperor had supreme power, how could he build such a huge project for a concubine who had given death?
Zang Zhiqiang glanced at me and went up to another suspension bridge without saying a word.
I shone a flashlight on the bridge deck and walked forward.
In addition to that special feeling before, I vaguely felt that something was wrong, but now looking at Zang Zhiqiang's back, I finally knew that something was wrong......
There are five of the same suspension bridges, all of which continue downward in a zigzag shape.
When I got down to the fifth bridge, I was able to see the black water below through the light of the flashlight.
Walking to the middle of the bridge, there is only a height of less than two meters between the bridge deck and the water surface.
Being so close to the surface of the water, I felt more clearly that there was an incomparable danger hidden beneath the seemingly unwavering surface of the water.
I was observing the surface of the water, and Sang Lan suddenly pulled me and whispered in my ear:
"There are dead people in the water, look at the ...... over there"
When she looked in the direction she was pointing, she saw two dead bodies floating on the water near the bridge.
The two corpses were dressed in the same way as the three bodies seen earlier. Both bodies were soaked face down in the water, except that one of them had long hair that floated like a woman.
"Wait, you guys follow me."
Jing Hai suddenly said in a deep voice, and walked a few steps past me and Sang Lan.
As he walked, he waved his hands slowly, like in slow motion in a movie, as if throwing something to the surface of the water.
But his hands were obviously empty, and there was nothing......
The further you go, the closer the suspension bridge is to the water.
At the end of the sight, there will never be more than a foot between the bridge deck and the water.
However, just as we were about to reach the end, our clothes were already wet and sticky to our bodies.
Suddenly, the surface of the water, which had been stagnant without waves, suddenly churned.
With the splashing waves, more than a dozen naked male and female corpses appeared in the water one after another!
The corpses didn't know how long they had been soaked in the water, and their white bodies were about to burst like balloons. It's just that I don't know why, and there are still no signs of decay.
And as soon as the dead bodies floated up, they all faced the drawbridge, and slowly stood up, staring at a pair of dead fish-gray eyes, as if they were staring at us!
"Damn, where did you get so many dead drifters......"
As soon as Sun Lu muttered, Jing Hai turned his head and glared at him fiercely, and at the same time put his finger to his mouth and made a silent gesture.
As we moved forward, the corpses soaked in the water slowly floated towards the stone platform at the head of the bridge.
Even though I've seen the 'big scene', the current situation still makes my hairs chill out.
It was easy to cross the bridge and go up to the stone platform, and all the dead bodies surrounded the stone platform.
What's even more strange is that all the dead bodies slowly raised their heads and focused their eyes on us, as if they were saluting us.
Sang Lan seemed to be frightened, dragging my arm, clenching her teeth, her eyes were full of tears, and she couldn't hold back and didn't dare to make a sound.
Not only him, but also Sun Tuzi and the blind man, who have always been bold, have no color on their faces.
Zang Zhiqiang turned around, his eyes swept over each of us in confusion, as if he didn't expect this situation to happen.
But he didn't say anything, but turned around and waved his hand, and walked into an arched stone door on the stone wall.
Jing Hai made a few more vocal gestures and walked in.
I was about to follow up when the blind man suddenly grabbed me and pointed in one direction with his other hand.
Looking in the direction of his finger, I couldn't help but be stunned.
On the other side of the stone platform, there are two arm-thick iron chains.
Even though it was only a short section of the water, it was not difficult to imagine that it was actually a suspension bridge!