Ghost Blowing Lantern II

Seeing that the mountain scorpion had been forced out of the coffin, the partridge sentry pulled out another German-made rooster and tried to kill it with one shot. However, he saw three roosters fighting fiercely with the giant scorpion and blocked the shot. From this perspective, this tomb robbery is inseparable from the angry Qing chicken's defense against the poisonous zombies. Naturally, we can't easily hurt its life, so we have to calm down and watch the fight.

At this moment, I saw a sudden bulge on the back of the mountain scorpion, which actually made the back shell almost transparent. The mountain scorpion seemed to be going crazy and rushed around. Suddenly, there was a muffled sound like a piece of silk, and the scorpion's back split in the middle. When it opened, a wisp of white gas emerged from it, shaped like mercury, directly pressing against the "Jade Rabbit".

The "Moshan Armor-Dividing Technique" used by Taoist Banshan Taoist when robbing tombs may seem mysterious and unpredictable in the eyes of the world, but its key points are all about "controlling life". This time when they robbed Pingshan tombs, it was precisely because of the many medicinal herbs in the mountain. Due to the poisonous mirage and insect miasma, I specially found the "Angry Qing Chicken" from the nearby Jinfeng Village. The hundreds of poisons that have been hidden in the mountain are no match for it, but the night is getting thick, and the rooster's ferocity will first diminish. Halfway through, I couldn't bear the mountain scorpion emerging from the coffin.

Partridge Whistle and others stood more than ten steps away to watch the battle. They saw the mountain scorpion with a broad belly and thick back. A cloud of white mist emerged from the gap, gathering straight up and down. Although the three roosters also had red eyes, they were startled when they saw the sudden movement of the mountain scorpion. Not knowing whether it was true or not, they immediately Split up and run away to avoid.

The Partridge Whistle saw the strange white mist coming out of the scorpion's back, and quickly waved to make Red Girl and Dong Manzi take a few steps back. At this time, the mountain breeze blew gently, and the white mist melted away, and he saw that the mountain scorpion was cracked from the back. , like opening a big black mouth, and a small white scorpion crawled out of it, broke free from the mother scorpion's back, and ran away in all directions.

The mountain scorpion with its back completely broken lay on the ground like a broken armor bag. It could no longer move. It had been dead for a long time. Nu Qingji saw many small red and white scorpions crawling out from the back of the female scorpion. This is a natural enemy with mutually incompatible physical properties. How could he let it go? He immediately fluttered his wings and pounced on the little scorpions, tearing them apart and swallowing them one by one. The other two roosters also stepped forward one after another and killed dozens of little scorpions in an instant. The scorpions were swept away like a whirlwind, not even a single one escaped, and all were buried in the chicken's belly.

Dongmanzi saw this, slapped his head with his hand, and whistled to the partridge: "It turns out that the mountain scorpion got into the coffin to use the yin energy to give birth..." The local poisons in Pingshan are all very poisonous, and The mountain scorpions are full of Chinese medicinal properties all year round, so they like to hide in dark and remote places. Especially when the mother mountain scorpion is giving birth, it likes to dig into coffins and grave soil.

There is a folk proverb circulating near Laoxiong Ridge: "A scorpion has no mother since he was a child." The local mountain scorpions only give birth once in their lives, and they all give birth from behind. When the young scorpions are born, it is the time when the old scorpions die, so there are no scorpions in Xiangxi Village. Orphans of relatives are called "scorpion children" by the mountain people.

The reason why a female scorpion burrows into a coffin with a corpse is because the gloomy corpse energy can temporarily relieve the pain of death due to a split back. Most local mountain people know that the baby scorpions born by a female scorpion have always been " The number "thirty to six", no more, no less, is exactly the number of dominoes in a pair of dominoes. Therefore, some people also call mountain scorpions "dominoes".

Partridge Whistle had never been to Lao Xiong Ridge, a place with fierce caves before. Although he was well-informed, there were still things he didn’t know about. He didn’t understand the strange habits of the local mountain scorpions. After listening to the cave guide’s talk about the root seedlings, Only then did he learn that there were many rare medicinal stones in Pingshan, and the poisons hidden in the mountain were also in strange shapes, so how could he care about them? As long as he knew the way to survive and defeat them, and brought a few roosters into the mountain, there would be no protection against them.

The partridge whistle saw three roosters snatching up dozens of small scorpions. After they were full, they looked even more depressed. He ordered the caveman to catch them back to the bamboo basket, while he and the red girl went forward to check the things in the coffin. .

The two men walked to the coffin carrying swords and guns. They first looked at the old ape pressing at the bottom of the coffin. At the bottom of the purple gold coffin, there were eight statues of strange beasts carrying the coffin. They were all thick and scaly, half-human and half-animal. The strange thing not only shows that the body in the coffin has a high status, but also serves as a moisture-proof function in the tomb. It makes the purple gold coffin slightly higher than the ground. If rainwater seeps into the tomb, even if it is difficult to drain it all for a while, it will not soak the coffin.

The white-haired old ape was hit by the coffin. Fortunately, there was a structure at the bottom of the coffin for a strange beast to carry the coffin. There was still a gap from the ground. Moreover, there were many fallen leaves in the dense forest that were beaten down by the rain, covering the ground. It was so thick, and the white ape had strong muscles and bones, that it survived a natural disaster, but its injuries were serious.

The Partridge Whistle leaned down and took a light at the bottom of the coffin with a lantern. He saw blood flowing from the mouth and nose of the white-haired ape, lying motionless underneath, as if he was dead.

The partridge whistle thought to himself, "This old monkey's head was still moving just now, why is it not moving now?" He raised his foot and kicked the exposed arm of the ape. As expected, the old ape at the bottom of the coffin shrank his arms to dodge, and opened his two arms. His eyes were wandering around, and he was baring his teeth in an intimidating gesture at the partridge whistle. His eyes were not only half frightened, but also half vicious.

The Partridge Whistle saw the cunning look on the ape's face and knew that it was definitely not a kind creature. Everything in the world comes and goes naturally. As time goes by, its original coat color will fade away, turning from gray to white, and then from white to silver. , to this extent, it is no longer a permanent thing. It is either a fairy or a demon, and it can understand people's hearts.

I heard from the cave barbarians that the monkeys near the White Ape Cave in Pingshan often intercepted lone guests passing by and snatched food, which had killed many people. Even clothing and goods were not spared. You and I fought over each other to get into the monkey cave. , also dressed up, imitating the appearance of living people and showing off in the mountains. Most of them were led by this gray ape to commit evil deeds.

The Partridge Whistle estimated that the guy and the old Li from the ancient Li Monument were the same thing, and he had already had murderous intentions in his heart. He immediately wanted to shoot the old ape and cancel the name of White Ape Cave, but the red girl said to Dongmanzi He was not serious about the monkeys harming people, and he had never seen a group of monkeys do harm to people. Moreover, the old ape was seriously injured and would not survive for a few days if he were released, so he advised Partridge Whistle to be merciful. Considering that the white ape has only one breath left, let him live for a few more days. There are so many brothers who died today, and we must seek some blessings for them.

When Partridge Whistle heard what she said, he couldn't refute, so he had no choice but to suppress his murderous intention. Anyway, the old ape only had half a life left, so he had the right to keep it alive for a while. He was quick with his gun, and it would be easy to kill this ape without any effort. , now that the big thing is going on, it is more important to open the coffin to retrieve the treasure, so he put away his gun and stood up, letting the white ape gnash his teeth at the bottom of the coffin, and no longer paid attention to it.

The three of them immediately stood on the side of the purple gold coffin and leaned forward to look at the situation inside the coffin under the moonlight. At this time, the shadow of the moon fell, and a cold and dim light spread inside the coffin. They saw that the dead monkeys and zombies were still stacked together in the coffin. Still using the "centipede hanging mountain ladder" to pull the body of the bald-tailed monkey, he took it out of the coffin and threw it under the tree in the distance.

In this way, the scene of the ancient corpse lying flat in the coffin can be clearly seen. Although the Yuan Dynasty zombie has been dead for nearly seven hundred years, and even the purple embroidered brocade robe he was wearing has begun to deteriorate, the appearance of the ancient corpse has not changed. Only the skin all over his body was purple and stiff, and his messy hair was half-covering his head and face. He was tall and tall. Although he had been dead for hundreds of years, his handsome and awe-inspiring murderous aura had not yet dissipated.

There were not only Mongols in the army of the Yuan Dynasty, but also people from the Mobei countries in the Western Regions and even Korea and Han Yi. This general's hair, color and appearance all had strong characteristics of the Western Regions, but his mouth was tightly closed and he looked like he was two-faced. The cheeks are slightly bulging, but not sunken or shriveled. It is expected that there is a precious treasure in the mouth.

The Partridge Whistle was hoping that the zombie would have a pearl in its mouth, but he also knew that there were always three kinds of beauty-preserving substances in the mouths of the corpses of princes and nobles. One was the beauty-preserving powder, which was made of mercury. The main raw material is the antiseptic medicine; the second one is jade, which can generate cold. The cool and moist jade is made into the shape of a human tongue, and is put into the mouth of the deceased when he enters the body. The cool jade can refresh the nine orifices and prevent the corpse from decaying. The most valuable ones are the moonlight pearls produced on the seabed, or other types of pearls. As for the method of containing copper coins, it was rarely used by ancient nobles.

Looking at the zombie in the purple-gold nanmu coffin, it has always been exposed to the night wind, but the shrinkage and collapse of the skin and flesh are not obvious. There must be special embalming methods in the corpse, but when Partridge Whistle came closer to take a look, he was immediately surprised and suspicious. Maybe, it turns out that the nostrils and ears of zombies are filled with pure gold powder. There has never been such a thing in the world that gold is used to restore the appearance. How could there be gold in the bodies of zombies in the Yuan Dynasty? Pressing the corpse's ear with the muzzle of the gun, a piece of gold powder immediately fell off, and a lot of dirty blood poured out from the ear hole. The blood flowed into the coffin, and the smell was terrible.

Partridge Whistle was confused and couldn't figure out any clues. Now he had to pry open the body's mouth to take a closer look. When he was about to put the body into the coffin and unwrap it, he suddenly heard a soft sound behind the tree. He quickly looked up and saw a tree. The trunk of the crooked neck swayed slightly, and the leaves fell one after another, as if it was being pushed hard by someone. But the tree body was as thick as an arm, how could it be shaken with ordinary strength?

The partridge whistle scolded: "Noisy, could it be that the thieves and monkeys are back again?" As he said this, he took the German-made twenty-gun in his hand, turned the gun in his hand with a "swish", and the nose of the aircraft turned. He had opened it and pointed the gun at the white ape under the coffin. He thought that if the monkeys were disturbing him, it would be difficult to open the corpse and dig out the pearls and jade. He might as well shoot the half-dead old white ape to get a clean result.

Seeing that the partridge whistle was about to kill the white ape, the caveman jumped up more than a foot high on the spot and shouted: "It's such a big thing that we forgot about it, Mr. Mo! The hour has passed long ago, but what day is it now?"

Partridge Whistle and Miss Hong saw that Dongmanzi's expression changed drastically. He didn't know what he had eaten to frighten him, and he seemed to be dead. They didn't understand what he meant, so they both asked: "What day is it?"

Dongmanzi had already picked up the chicken coop, held it in his arms and shook it vigorously. He had also remembered the date and time: "The two good teachers learned that when midnight comes, the mountain scorpion will meet the stranger when it comes. Two people see each other, and after just getting rid of a female, there must be an even more vicious male scorpion hiding nearby." Among mountain scorpions, male scorpions are the most vicious. Although they are smaller in size than female scorpions, their venom is fierce. It was extremely difficult to deal with. It was late at night and the three roosters had just eaten their fill of scorpions. They were all mentally exhausted and refused to wake up no matter how hard they shook the bamboo basket.

Dongmanzi was frightened and panicked, with a layer of sweat on his forehead. The partridge whistle held him down and said, "Why are you panicking? It's just another mountain scorpion. How big a storm can it cause?"

At this time, Miss Hong suddenly pointed to the bottom of the tree whistle shaking in the distance and shouted in a low voice: "Look, there is something on the tree!" The Partridge Whistle and the Cave Manzi were about to pass after hearing the sound, and they could see clearly under the moonlight. A dark mountain scorpion hangs on the tree around its neck. This scorpion hangs upside down on the tree, like a dark old pipa. If it moves slightly, the hard shell of the limbs on its body will make a sound like the friction of iron leaves. It is extremely fierce, no less powerful than the six-winged centipede hiding in the Dan Palace.

Dongmanzi was surprised and said: "My Lord, he is the Black Pipa Spirit among the scorpions in the mountains of Xiangxi..." Before he could finish his words, the Black Pipa hanging upside down on the tree had stretched out its jaws and teeth and revealed a pair of bloody claws, and emerged from the crooked neck of the old tree. Suddenly came down.

Scorpions are unusual in nature. They are all extremely anxious and anxious. Some people can do decisive things such as suicide, but not everyone can do it. But when it comes to poisonous insects, only mountain scorpions can commit suicide. If Catch a scorpion and put it in a glass bottle, and shine it with a convex fire mirror in the sun. The scorpion is in pain and cannot escape in the bottle, so it will turn its tail upside down and sting itself to death. Sex is evident.

When the black pipa came down from the tree, he felt that there were dead scorpions and roosters near the coffin, which triggered a madness. His whole body was filled with resentment, and he circled at the bottom of the tree like a gust of black wind, twisting his neck. The tree was immediately uprooted by it and fell into the bushes with a crash. The mountain scorpion, which was shaped like a black lute, hid deep in the grass and trees. The grass was stirred, and it was approaching the purple golden coffin quickly and uncontrollably.

The call of the partridge whistle came very quickly. He raised the twenty-ring mirror box gun in his hand and swept it with a long shot. The long grass cut by the bullet rain fell down with a "swish", but the forest was dense and overgrown with weeds. He couldn't see clearly whether he hit the black pipa. In an instant, the twenty rounds of bullets in the magazine were gone. The partridge whistle stared at the trace of the mountain scorpion stirring the grass. He quickly changed the magazine in his hand. At the same time, they shouted to Dongmanzi and Miss Hong to quickly open the cage and let the chickens go. There were too many obstacles in the dense forest, and it would be difficult to shoot the target from a little distance. The only way to get the roosters to fight was to surround them.

In fact, Red Girl and Dongmanzi didn't have to listen to the order. They had already thrown the three sleeping roosters in the bamboo basket outside. However, the roosters were full and it was dark. Even though the sworn enemy was right in front of them, they were completely Unable to muster up the energy to pounce on him and fight with all his strength, Dongmanzi was so anxious that he was helpless. He watched the black pipa getting closer and closer in the grass, but he couldn't care much. He picked up the three half-asleep roosters one by one, and voila. He aimed at the mountain scorpion from mid-air. (To be continued. If you want to know what happened, please log in. There are more chapters. Support the author and genuine reading!)