Chapter 41: The Fifth Man
My heart couldn't help but lift, and I didn't dare to breathe and crawled towards the figure.
I held a torch in one hand and a stabbing horse's claw in the other hand to open the way in front of my head, the blind man and Pan Ying were in the middle with the meat floss, and behind the Dou Dabao Palace, four people and a dog slowly crawled forward.
The blind man was right, it was indeed a robbery cave that was diagonally downward, and at intervals there would be a special wooden frame to support it, presumably by the previous robbers, in order to prevent the roof of the cave from collapsing.
Although I was nervous, I couldn't help but secretly sigh, it is really a unique art, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, ordinary people would never have imagined that under this deep mountain frozen soil, there would be such a wonderful and ingenious project.
The torch fire was always strong, which made us not have to worry about whether we could breathe well.
But the further I climbed, the more suspicious I became, looking at the soil in the cave and the wooden frame that supported it, this cave was at least ten years old, or even older. Even if it was deliberately covered up and closed, after such a long time, the traces of people entering and exiting before would have long since disappeared.
Along the way, I deliberately checked, but I didn't find any new traces of someone crawling.
Even if Xu Jie's body is small, if he climbs in from here, it is impossible not to leave half a trace......
The blind man straightened up and whispered next to me:
I was thinking about it, when suddenly, in the light of the fire, I saw what seemed to be a figure in front of me.
My heart couldn't help but lift, and I didn't dare to breathe and crawled towards the figure.
When I got closer, I poked out the torch and saw the man's face, and I was completely disappointed.
My heart couldn't help but lift, and I didn't dare to breathe and crawled towards the figure.
It was indeed a man, a man's corpse to be exact.
Judging from the dress, this person must have been born in the eighties at least, wearing liberation shoes on his feet and trouser legs tucked in socks.
He was very thin and well-dressed, and he should be the tomb robber who hit this cave.
But despite his small size, the diameter of the thief hole was limited, and he sat there cross-legged, blocking almost two-thirds of the hole.
With him blocked, it is impossible for others to go forward without moving him.
I whispered to the blind man behind me, "Xu Jie is not here. ”
The blind man was silent for a while and said, "If it is in the snow, the meat floss may not smell, but in the cave, the dog's nose is not affected." Xu Jie should be inside, but not from here. ”
Pan Ying should have also seen the male corpse, snorted twice, and whispered something to Dou Dabao.
I gritted my teeth and said in my heart that I was here, and I had to go down to see what was going on.
It's just a human skin with clothes on!
I crawled over to remove the body.
But when I got to the front and saw the corpse, my scalp exploded.
The man had no eyes on his face, no tongue in his gaping mouth, not even teeth.
Looking at his black hole hole eye socket and black hole hole, I couldn't help but shudder.
It's just a human skin with clothes on!
"It's okay, this guy doesn't know how long he's been dead, and his soul has long been lost in the mountains and forests. Turning into a walking corpse and following you, it is only because the silver has been with him for so many years, and the breath is integrated with him, so he instinctively follows him...... Burden. ”
What creeps me out is that he has a painful expression on his face, which can almost be seen through by firelight, when it is human skin.
It's definitely not that someone is acting as a demon and deliberately putting a swollen human skin here.
I gritted my teeth and said in my heart that I was here, and I had to go down to see what was going on.
I'm sure it was originally the corpse of a man.
It's just that for some reason, the flesh and blood in his body have been hollowed out, leaving only such a pair of skins.
"Get him out of the way!" The blind man's voice trembled unconsciously.
He is a feng shui gentleman, but he has never been involved in tomb robbing, so he is inevitably as nervous as I am.
"Get him out of the way!" The blind man's voice trembled unconsciously.
It's just that he didn't see the dead body as clearly as I did.
I froze for a moment, gritted my teeth, held my breath, and stabbed the dead body with my stabbing claws.
My heart couldn't help but lift, and I didn't dare to breathe and crawled towards the figure.
I didn't want to destroy it, but with a single stab, the body was completely 'paralyzed' on the ground. It looked like the balloon had been deflated, with only a pile of clothes left there.
"Damn, it's a dummy!" Pan Ying whispered.
Looking at the distance not far ahead, which seemed to be spacious, I said to myself: Just treat it as a dummy, otherwise I will have nightmares for at least a year and a half when I go back.
I whispered to the blind men to avoid the pile of 'dirty laundry' and to hold their breath and keep crawling.
After climbing another five or six meters, the front was a little more open.
"Really...... Is it really a burial chamber? ”
Although it is still a cave, it is clearly naturally formed, large enough to stand upright.
"Get him out of the way!" The blind man's voice trembled unconsciously.
The blind man straightened up and whispered next to me:
Twisting my almost completely stiff neck, I turned my head slowly, squinting at the shadows reflected in the firelight on the stone wall.
"What happened to that guy just now?"
"It's a dead body, and there's only one skin left." I said in a voice that only two people could hear.
I rolled my eyes to look at the stone wall, and silently counted in my heart:
The blind man gasped and motioned for me to move on.
I nodded, leaned slightly to the side, and held the torch in front of me as I walked on.
Thinking of the bizarre and strange appearance of the dead body, my heart became more and more unsteady.
The further you go, the more open the space becomes, but the feeling of depression after entering has never diminished.
I rolled my eyes to look at the stone wall, and silently counted in my heart:
Turning a corner, I glanced back and whispered to everyone to be careful.
Turned his face and took two steps forward, but his heart twitched violently!
Seeing that I had stopped, the blind man poked his head forward and asked in a low voice why I didn't go.
I gritted my teeth and said in my heart that I was here, and I had to go down to see what was going on.
Twisting my almost completely stiff neck, I turned my head slowly, squinting at the shadows reflected in the firelight on the stone wall.
At this point, I didn't think about anything else, so I didn't hesitate to get in.
Although I just glanced back in a hurry, in the special environment, the nervous feeling automatically adjusted people's nerves to the most sensitive level.
I turned around and realized that something was wrong, there were four of us, plus a dog.
For example, if there is a hundred-dollar bill on the ground, Hanako will definitely pick it up when she sees it, and multimillionaires will still bend down to pick it up when they see it.
But at a glance, I realized that the number of shadows seemed to be wrong.
It is important to know that when people are accustomed to a certain amount, they have a certain degree of intuitive sensitivity to sudden increases or decreases.
I rolled my eyes to look at the stone wall, and silently counted in my heart:
For example, if there is a hundred-dollar bill on the ground, Hanako will definitely pick it up when she sees it, and multimillionaires will still bend down to pick it up when they see it.
"One, two, three... Four...... Five......"
Sure enough, it's not right!
In our marching ranks, there is one more person!
"Really...... Is it really a burial chamber? ”
"What's wrong?" Dou Dabao poked his head out and asked me.
"It's fine."
But despite his small size, the diameter of the thief hole was limited, and he sat there cross-legged, blocking almost two-thirds of the hole.
I whispered, took a deep breath, and took a step forward.
As soon as the blind man behind me took a step forward, I turned sharply and rushed to the rear in two arrows.
There was indeed another person behind Dou Dabao, but when I saw this person's appearance clearly, my whole body froze.
This man is the same man we dug up in the snow last night!
"Damn, what a son of a bitch!" Dou Dabao saw that there was someone behind him, and his speech was out of tune.
I confronted the man, and he didn't react, just stared at me coldly with a pair of dead fish-like eyes.
I'm sure it's a corpse, a dead body that doesn't breathe.
The only difference from yesterday is that when we dug him out of the snow, he had a weird smile on his face, but now the corners of his mouth are down, as if he was angry.
I suddenly remembered the footprints I found outside the cave in the morning.
This damn ...... I think he followed us to the cave last night, but he just lingered outside the cave and didn't come in. When we got into the hole, he followed!
The blind man also came up with the guy, and when he saw that the male corpse was just there with an angry pestle, he asked me what was going on.
Twisting my almost completely stiff neck, I turned my head slowly, squinting at the shadows reflected in the firelight on the stone wall.
"It's the walking dead." I slowly took out a talisman from my bag, recited the mantra, and pasted the talisman paper on the forehead of the male corpse.
The talisman was added, and the male corpse immediately closed his eyes and slid stiffly on the ground against the cave wall.
Pan Ying was already frightened, and only then did she ask tremblingly:
"Why did he follow us?"
"You ask him." I glanced at the blind man.
The blind man touched his bag, and suddenly gritted his teeth, and said to the corpse:
"How do I know?" The blind man looked at me in amazement.
Dou Dabao also reacted at this time, and pointed to his nose with a tangled face, "You took his burden...... If you take people's money, can the owner of the family not follow you? ”
"Damn, I'm still thinking about the silver when I don't even have my life." The blind man wiped his cold sweat in fear.
"It's okay, this guy doesn't know how long he's been dead, and his soul has long been lost in the mountains and forests. Turning into a walking corpse and following you, it is only because the silver has been with him for so many years, and the breath is integrated with him, so he instinctively follows him...... Burden. ”
I comforted the blind man with my mouth, but I doubted it in my heart.
Is this male corpse who sacrificed his life and wealth another mountain and forest bandit in the early years, or the beard of the old turtle mountain?
At this point, I didn't think about anything else, so I didn't hesitate to get in.
If it was the beard of the old turtle mountain, why did he appear in the snow and bury it so shallowly......
Thinking of the bizarre and strange appearance of the dead body, my heart became more and more unsteady.
The blind man and I looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
The blind man and the others followed in, and they were all stunned when they saw this.
"It's okay, this guy doesn't know how long he's been dead, and his soul has long been lost in the mountains and forests. Turning into a walking corpse and following you, it is only because the silver has been with him for so many years, and the breath is integrated with him, so he instinctively follows him...... Burden. ”
My heart also jumped and I subconsciously quickened my pace.
I looked at him with tears and laughter, took out two pieces of yellow paper from my bag, folded two ingots, bent down and stuffed them into the arms of the male corpse. Straightened up and pushed the blind man by the shoulder, motioning for him to move forward.
"I won't give it back to you! If you're so greedy for money when you're dead, have you spent the money in the yang world? ”
"Damn, it's a dummy!" Pan Ying whispered.
Looking at the layout, this is more like a mourning hall for the newly deceased, but how could someone set up a mourning hall in the underground tomb in the belly of this mountain?
This boxy space is about the size of a house, and a black-lacquered coffin is parked in the middle...... This is indeed a man-made burial chamber.
The four of them and the dog walked forward for a while, and the meat floss suddenly barked.
The blind man touched his bag, and suddenly gritted his teeth, and said to the corpse:
"Really...... Is it really a burial chamber? ”
It took a long time for Pan Ying to tremble and say:
I shook my head and told myself that there was only one purpose for this trip, which was to find the 'female liar', make it clear to her what she wanted to say, and leave nothing else, let alone think about the fact that the answer was probably obliterated by the years.
For example, if there is a hundred-dollar bill on the ground, Hanako will definitely pick it up when she sees it, and multimillionaires will still bend down to pick it up when they see it.
I never expected that the first thing that caught my eye was a big black coffin!
At this point, I didn't think about anything else, so I didn't hesitate to get in.
There is no reason to talk about this kind of thing.
However, on the side facing the coffin, there was an offering table close to the wall, on which a spiritual tablet was enshrined, and the incense burner, candlestick, and even candle tears burned out on the candlestick......
For example, if there is a hundred-dollar bill on the ground, Hanako will definitely pick it up when she sees it, and multimillionaires will still bend down to pick it up when they see it.
The gap was not long, but when I got out of the crack, the whole person stood on the spot.
There is a very mysterious connection between people and gold and silver banknotes.
Turning an angle, the cavern shrank abruptly, and became a crack that barely allowed people to pass sideways.
A blind man is by no means a person who regards money as his life, and the remuneration he gets for helping people look at feng shui is not to say that he is a multimillionaire, but there are always millions of families.
This damn ...... I think he followed us to the cave last night, but he just lingered outside the cave and didn't come in. When we got into the hole, he followed!