Ghost Blowing Lantern II

Partridge Whistle raised his hand and grabbed him by the collar, preventing him from sitting on the ground and making any noise. He made a silent gesture to the two of them, and took the lead in covering his mouth and nose with black gauze to cover up the breath of the living person. Then he pulled out the German-made mirror box, opened the nose of the machine and held it in his hand so that it could be fired at any time. He pointed to the direction of Miss Hong and Dong Manzi, indicating that they should follow closely behind, and he would take the lead. He slowly followed the sound of crying and howling in the forest.

Partridge Whistle, dressed in night clothes, led Red Girl and Dongmanzi, and the three of them walked forward in search of sounds in the night. The direction of the crying sound in the forest happened to be where the huge rock fell, and the closer it got. , the sounds of sobbing and wailing became clearer, the cries and screams were extremely sad and chaotic, as if a large group of people were crying at the same time, and the cries echoed in the forest with the wind. They were definitely not caused by the wind, Lin Tao or the like. The noise made.

Is it unusual for Partridge Whistle to see such a strange sound in the middle of the night? He was secretly wondering, so he mustered up all his energy, held his breath and walked forward for dozens of steps. A dense old tree appeared in front of him, and the sounds of ghosts, cries and howls came from among them. The shadow of the middle moon is sparse and ghostly.

When the guide Dongmanzi saw this scene, he was already frightened. He also knew that he could not say anything at this time. He even made gestures to signal Partridge Whistle and Miss Hong not to take another half step forward. How could there be anyone else in the dense forest in the middle of the night? It must be the ghost in the Pingshan Ancient Tomb who saw that the tomb was destroyed and lingered nearby. The three of us would not dare to go inside even if we were full of courage.

Partridge Whistle was not willing to pay attention to Dong Manzi. He saw that the shadows of the trees were thick and blocked the moonlight, and it might not be safe to walk through the forest. He grabbed Dong Manzi's collar, pointed at the tree whistle to Miss Hong, and immediately took Dong Manzi with him. Manzi climbed up an old tree. The branches in that forest were so thick that the branches could bear a lot of weight.

Dongmanzi among the three people is also a local aborigine who is accustomed to climbing mountains. Red Girl and Partridge Whistle are even more agile. They climbed onto the tree crown quietly and lowered their bodies, hiding among the branches and leaves of the forest whistle. Among them, from a high place, through the hazy moonlight, I quietly peeked under the tree.

Under the shadow of the moon, I could see that behind the forest was the mountain that had broken off from the front of Pingshan. It was sleeping darkly on the ground, like a huge sleeping monster. The mountain had cracked numerous large and small gaps, and many rocks had already broken through. The collapse exposed the interior of the mountain, but Partridge Whistle and others were at the far end and could not see clearly what was going on in the rocks.

In front of the rock, there are scattered broken tiles and various artifacts, including gold, silver, copper and jade. It is thought that the tomb was severely impacted, and the masonry and stone objects inside have fallen apart. There is also an unusually tall purple gold coffin. Leaning there, the purple gold coffin is so luxurious and beautiful, surrounded by a jade box covered with pearls. The so-called pearl curtain is a pearl tent, and the body of the coffin is covered with flawless jade.

But this purple gold coffin has been broken into pieces, and the pearls and jade are broken into pieces and scattered all over the ground. In the coffin is a lacquered coffin with golden nanmu. The lid of the coffin has been blown open, leaving only a "seven-star board", half-covered on the ground. On the coffin, this board is made of fir. It is measured to the size of the coffin and placed inside the coffin lid. There are seven round holes as big as copper coins cut out on the board, and a groove is carved to connect the seven holes. Known as the "Seven Star Board", this custom has been around since the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

The seven-star board half covered the inside of the coffin, and nothing could be seen in the pitch black darkness. I don’t know what happened to Yuan Jiang’s corpse. There were only countless wailing sounds floating around in the forest. At this moment, in the forest, there was night mist between the trees. The moonlight was flowing, and the moonlight was blocked by the light clouds in the sky. Everything was hazy. The three Partridge Whistlers were crouching in the tree whistle. Although they heard crying from all directions, they could not identify where the wailing sound came from, so they had to make up their minds. With the idea of ​​"not moving like a mountain and watching the changes", he lowered the muzzle of the mirror box with the open nose of the machine, widened his eyes like a nighthawk, and watched the movement under the tree attentively.

While she was watching with her breath, Miss Hong suddenly tugged at Partridge Whistle's sleeve, raised her hand and pointed at the purple gold coffin, indicating that from her angle, she could see something very unusual at the bottom of the coffin, Partridge Whistle The whistle moved slightly on the branch of the tree, changed the angle, opened his eyes, and suddenly felt a shiver in his heart: "What is that?"

It turned out that there was a white human arm pressed under the purple gold coffin. The arm was thick and long, with five fingers and claws several inches long. It was white and furry, and most of it was exposed from the bottom of the coffin, motionless.

Zombies appear mutated and suddenly grow corpse hair. They have always been said to be "evil", which is also a synonym for "zombie". It is also known as "black evil, white evil" and "hair-covered evil". However, in the Republic of China, During this period, scientific concepts were far more advanced than in the feudal era. Even the partridge whistle knew that the reason why corpses turned into hair was due to mold.

The coffin has been sealed for thousands of years. As long as the air inside does not flow, the thousand-year-old corpse will still look like a "new person" after the coffin is opened. However, after being exposed to the air, the thousand-year-old zombie will definitely change in an instant. Its changes are related to the material of the coffin. It depends on the visible objects hidden on the corpse. If the coffin is covered with moisture-proof corpse ashes or mercury, the corpse must be mummified and will not become moldy.

If the thousand-year-old corpses containing pearls and jade that blocked the nine orifices are properly preserved, they will often be "wet corpses" when the coffin is opened. That is, the water contained inside the corpse is still locked firmly, and the hair and nails of the ancient corpse are even It can continue to grow in the coffin for hundreds of years. When it comes into contact with flowing air, it loses moisture quickly. If it is suddenly touched by electricity or living things, it will become more mildewed and gray-white corpse hair will quickly grow. This is often the reason for stiffness.

For Partridge Shao, the mountain-moving leader who specializes in robbing ancient tombs, the phenomena of corpse transformation and corpse-shaking, and even horrifying situations such as walking into zombies and attacking people, are all his own business. He has seen countless things, so why should he do anything about it? strange? But looking at the purple gold coffin inlaid with beads and jade, there was a zombie pressed under it. I couldn't help but feel it was extremely strange. The collapse of Pingshan Mountain surrounded the tomb chamber, and the coffin fell out from it. It happened to be facing up. Could it be that the coffin with the coffin inside it was actually inside? It was so weak that the ancient corpse inside was exposed from the bottom of the coffin? Or was it that there were already zombies hiding in the forest, but they were smashed by the purple gold coffin and crushed underneath?

The tomb was hidden in the mountain and hung in mid-air. Then the mountain collapsed and the ground cracked, and the coffin fell from the tomb into the dense forest. I am afraid that no tomb robber has ever encountered such a situation. Of course, Partridge Whistle has no such experience. There was a strong demonic atmosphere, and he was unwilling to act rashly until he understood the situation clearly.

The guide Dongmanzi saw Partridge Whistle and Red Girl staring at the side of the purple golden coffin in the tree. He didn't know what they were looking at. He immediately used his hands and feet to climb the tree branch and moved over. He rubbed his eyes and took a closer look. Look, I saw a zombie covered in white hair at the bottom of the coffin, and I suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

There is a saying: "How can a child with a yellow mouth dare to listen to the roar of thunder and lightning? How can a sick woodcutter hear the roar of tigers and dragons?" People in remote mountains and fields are the most superstitious. The fear of ghosts, foxes and zombies is deeply rooted in their bones. He was so horrified that his whole body trembled as he climbed up the tree, only more so than the wooden and clay sculptures.

Miss Hong saw that Dong Manzi was so frightened that his limbs were disabled and he might accidentally fall off the tree at any time, so she hurriedly grabbed him by the waist. At this time, she heard the mournful cries gradually coming from the forest. There were numerous figures in the trees, making the branches and leaves rustle.

Partridge Whistle knew in his heart that this was the "right idea". He waved his hands gently to Miss Hong and Dongmanzi, saying: "Don't make any more noise to scare others. Just stay lurking and see what's in the woods first." Don't worry about it anymore." Before he put his hand down, groups of black shadows were already jumping under the tree.

At this moment, the night fog had thinned, and the moon had half peeked out from the clouds. I saw a group of monkeys appearing in the woods. There were about a hundred monkeys, old and young, and even the newly born baby monkeys were killed by their mothers. The monkeys hugged him, and the group of monkeys came running and crying. When they were more than ten steps away from the purple golden coffin, they stopped one after another. They seemed to be very afraid of the broken coffin. They didn't dare to take even half a step closer and just surrounded They were scratching their heads and covering their faces, crying and jumping up and down, refusing to have any peace for a moment.

Partridge Whistle and Miss Hong felt shocked when they saw this large group of monkeys, all looking like people in mourning. Partridge Whistle thought: "Could it be that the coffin smashed an old white-haired ape to death?" With this idea, they then thought Looking at the arms under the purple gold coffin, they are indeed unusually long, just like ape arms. It seems that a white ape in the forest suddenly encountered a sudden disaster and died miserably under the coffin.

It is said that all kinds of creatures in the world have a certain destiny. If they live for a long time, they will be destroyed by heaven and earth. Only if they can avoid all kinds of tribulations of heaven and earth can they escape the suffering of reincarnation of the five elements and achieve immortality in the state of wandering Taixu. Even if the ape takes one step forward or misses the next step, he will not be hit by the purple gold coffin falling from the sky. If there is no destiny, how can he suffer such a violent death?

Partridge Whistle was not sure of his own inference for a while, so he had to continue to peek at the movements of the monkeys. The monkeys were surrounding, wailing loudly, as if they intended to go over to lift up the coffin and take out the body of the white ape underneath to see what happened, but It seemed to be extremely afraid of something, and it took half a step forward with a noise, and then flew back with a strange "Hey!" as if its butt was on fire.

The three of them could see clearly in the tree, and they didn't know why the monkeys were so afraid of the purple gold coffin. Could it be that the monkeys also knew that the "zongzi" in the coffin was powerful? As the saying goes, "Chenzhou's rice dumplings are Liuzhou's ghosts." Among the most famous local products of Chenzhou in western Hunan, apart from the cinnabar known as "Chenzhou sand" and Chenzhou Miao ware, the most famous are zombies. Well, the custom of walking zombies and delivering corpses has a long history, and the legend of corpse transformation is also the most common, so it is not surprising to see any corpses mutated in Pingshan Mountain in western Hunan. I am afraid that even the monkeys in the mountains know that ancient corpses cannot be easily touched.

The cave barbarians were just afraid of fox ghosts walking around, but were not surprised when they saw the monkeys, because groups of wild monkeys often appear in the Mengdong River Basin, and there is also the famous White Ape Cave in Laoxiong Ridge. These monkeys travel to the mountains to do business. One of the biggest enemies of human beings, monkeys all know that passers-by carry drinks and dry food on their bodies. They will hit people with stones in the deep mountains and old forests, and then snatch the food. Therefore, local guides for traveling merchants will sing "Monkey Songs" ”, which can disperse the harassment of monkeys.

The partridge whistle is good at ventriloquism, and can also sing "monkey songs and monkey praises" to drive away monkeys. However, at this time, a group of monkeys gathered around the purple golden coffin, jumping and howling. Their behavior was extremely abnormal. I didn't understand what was happening. Before the incident, the partridge whistle hinted that the other two companions were peeping at the top of the tree and should not alarm the monkeys.

At this time, hundreds of monkeys were seen circling around anxiously. There seemed to be some wise people among them. After a few circles, they squatted on the ground, picked up stones and threw them at the coffin. The rest of the monkeys also followed suit. Countless stones fell like raindrops, hitting the purple gold coffin with loud crackling sounds. However, there was a dead silence inside the coffin, and there was no movement at all.

The Partridge Whistle secretly thought: "What a cunning hozen, they actually know how to throw stones to ask for direction. I wonder what they are going to do? I'll take a closer look." He also thought: "The coffin was hit by rocks and there was no movement. Look at it. These monkeys are coming..."

As soon as I had this idea, I saw a few bold and quick monkeys jumping out of the monkey group. One of them seemed a little timid. When he came out, he wanted to back off, but was chased away by a male monkey in the monkey group, scratching and biting him. When they came out, five or six monkeys cautiously approached the purple gold coffin, which was heavy with yin. They scratched their cheeks and screamed, appearing panicked and anxious. They wanted to move the coffin away immediately, but they were afraid that there was something in the coffin. The scary thing suddenly appeared. He took three steps forward and two steps back. Finally, he had the courage to get close to him. He still looked around vigilantly. If there was the slightest sign of trouble, he would immediately escape like a gust of wind.

At this moment, the arm of the white ape that was pressed under the huge coffin moved suddenly. It was unclear whether it was a dead body or a recovery. It was so frightened that the hair and tails of several nearby monkeys stood up and they jumped up high on the spot. He jumped back to the monkey group, and the other monkeys were also frightened and immediately fled away.

After a while, the escaped monkeys looked over again from a distance, chattering and making a commotion, and then they gathered again and gathered in front of the purple golden coffin again. The Partridge Whistle looked aside and secretly helped this group The monkeys were anxious, but the monkeys gradually calmed down from the panic, and found that the white ape under the coffin seemed to be still alive, and they were all jumping up and down in the bushes, looking happy.

At that moment, several monkeys crawled over with their tails raised, tentatively touching the coffin with their paws. They wanted to move the heavy purple gold coffin, but they didn't know where to start. They jumped forward and back in a hurry. One of them was The large bald-tailed old monkey seemed to be the most courageous among the monkeys. It tested several times and saw that there was nothing abnormal in the coffin, so it jumped onto the seven-star board and tried to move the board away.

At this moment, a burst of black gas suddenly emerged from the coffin, and an ancient corpse sat up on the ground. This zombie was tall and burly, with a face as bloody as beef liver. There was no crown on its head, and its hair was scattered all over. The splendid purple robe with sinister patterns and a jade and gold belt around the waist gave him the appearance of a noble and powerful man. The corpse was lifted up as fast as lightning. Before the bald-tailed monkey could react, he screamed and was dragged into the coffin by the zombies. Inside, he sank into the dark coffin. The coffin was so deep and big that the scene inside could no longer be seen from the tree. Only the screams of the bald-tailed monkey inside the coffin were suddenly cut off. There was no movement.

(To be continued. If you want to know what happened, please log in. There are more chapters. Support the author and genuine reading!)