Ghost Blowing Lantern II

Shirley Yang poured the liquor on my shoulder again, and I suddenly felt sweat on my forehead in pain. I was about to scream, but the moment I opened my mouth, I suddenly discovered that there was an extra "person" at the end of the wooden beam. I swallowed the "pain" that came to my lips. I quickly raised my "wolf eyes" and looked behind Professor Sun. Shirley Yang knew something was wrong, so she also took off the "gold steel umbrella" on her back. down.

The place where the black beam hangs after falling into the deep stream is between two cliffs covered with wet ancient vines. The space is extremely narrow. A vague line of white light can be seen upwards, which is no less than a thousand feet high, while downwards there is a vast darkness. The light smoke and mist, listening to the sound of rushing water, seem to be still hundreds of meters deep below the feet. This area does not touch the sky or the ground. After people's eyes adapt, they feel that the surrounding light is dark or not. , whether it is bright or not, from where I am, I can just see an old man with a long beard sitting behind the ancient vines on the cliff, but I can only see his shape and cannot see clearly until close up.

When Professor Sun saw us staring at him intently, he quickly looked back and saw someone who seemed to be hiding in the crevice of the cliff. He was startled and hurriedly covered the wound on his head and backed away.

The fat man at the other end of the wooden beam noticed this situation and pulled out the "Lianzhu Kuaisi" to fire. I quickly raised my hand to stop him: "Don't do it, it seems to be just a dead man. I don't know if it's a group seal." Chief, wait until I go over and take a look."

This time, everyone no longer dared to gather together on the black beam, and spread out among themselves to try to make the force on the wooden beam even. I wrapped the wound, touched the black donkey's hoof in the bag, and walked sideways around Professor Sun. The engineer shovel pushed aside the vines in front of the wall and saw a hanging coffin hidden in the rock crevice. The coffin was made of ancient pine wood, and the pine bark was like layers of dragon scale waves.

The lid of the hanging coffin was opened, and the corpse in the coffin sat up. The eye sockets were sunken, and the skin and flesh were dry and waxy. However, the ancient corpse's handsome appearance remained. There was a bun on its hair, with a bunch of thorns as a crown, and it was wearing a large He is wearing a gray robe, holding a long-handled ancient bronze sword with ancient patterns in his arms, his eyebrows and beard are all white, and his long beard is slightly fluttering.

The old man in the coffin may have been dead for thousands of years, but in the "Coffin Gorge", a good place where wind and energy are stored, he is still as lifelike as a living person, and his clothes and appearance are still immortal.

I held up the "Wolf Eye" and took a few photos of the ancient corpse sitting upright in the coffin. I had never seen a "Zongzi" with the spirit of immortality before, and I was surprised and confused by what I saw. I heard Master Sun Jiu behind me say, "This hanging coffin tomb is unusual. I'm afraid it's the burial place of an ancient hermit!"

Although I saw the ancient corpse's immortal bones, I was a little skeptical of Professor Sun's words. With my "Jin Xiaowei" eyesight, it was difficult to immediately identify the identity of the ancient corpse, and how could he assert that it was " "Ancient Hermit"? It was simply subjective conjecture stemming from "lack of knowledge, superstition, and wishful thinking." So I asked him how he could see it?

Sun Jiuye said with a sullen face: "When have you ever seen me talk nonsense? Don't you know this is obvious - pine bark is used as a coffin and thorn canes are used as a crown. This is the burial system of reclusive people in ancient times. It is clearly recorded in history books. Yeah, it’s definitely not wrong.”

The hanging coffins in cliff burials in Bashu were all built by the ancients, and most of them have a history of thousands of years. According to local records of the past dynasties, in addition to Cubans, there are also many hermits who seek immortality and seek Taoism. The reason for hanging coffins is Duzhi was buried on the cliff of a deep gorge after his death, with ancient pine as a coffin. The burial objects were very simple, with only some "bamboo slips, tortoise shells, and copper swords", most of which even ancient tomb robbers looked down upon. Simple "Ming Qi", in the gorge area not far from Wushan, there are place names such as "Bingshu Gorge, Baojian Gorge", which are named after the Mingqi found in the hanging coffin, but the so-called "Bingshu Gap, Baojian" What exactly is it? Now there is no way to verify it.

We once saw a large number of densely packed hanging coffins in the "Coffin Gorge", all of which were of the rock pile type, that is, several holes were drilled into the cliff, wooden piles were inserted, and the coffins were placed horizontally on them. The "hermit" hanging coffin below Silk Swallow Cave is hidden in a rock crevice, making use of the natural narrow cave on the cliff. It is difficult for people to stand in it. The head of the ancient corpse sitting up in the coffin has almost touched the top. on the rocks.

Professor Sun saw that the hanging coffin tomb was completely natural, and he was even more convinced of his own judgment. Even if this ancient corpse was not a secluded person, he was probably a scholar who was familiar with the river map and Luoshu and understood the mysteries of heaven and earth. Unfortunately, this tomb has been destroyed. The theft had been carried out, otherwise how could the body in the coffin sit up on its own? It must have been pulled up from the coffin by a tomb robber with a noose.

But the fat man was impatient to listen to what Professor Sun said about "hermits". He lay on one end of the wooden beam and kept asking me: "Old Hu, are there any visible objects in the coffin? Can we take some small souvenirs back?"

I took a flashlight and pushed aside the ancient vines, then leaned half of my body into the tomb in the crack of the rock. I looked up, down, left and right. In addition to "a corpse, a coffin, and a sword", there were also some pottery fragments, rock fragments, etc. There are several simple patterns of the Big Dipper carved on the wall. It can be seen that the owner of the tomb was probably proficient in "astronomy, metaphysics" and other strange arts during his lifetime.

I took a closer look at the pine coffin. The lid of the coffin was uncovered and badly damaged, and the ancient corpse sitting in the coffin had a rope hanging from its neck. Sure enough, it had been visited by tomb robbers. All these things were revealed. Sun Jiuye guessed everything. After I saw it clearly, I had to admire his eyesight. He turned to the people on the wooden beam and said: "The coffin has obviously been stolen a long time ago, and I think the technique of inversion is very good." Professional, it should be done by experts." After saying that, I tried to pull out the ancient bronze sword held in the arms of the ancient corpse. The sword was motionless in the sheath, as if the deceased still knew that after thousands of years, he still refused. Send away the bronze sword that was buried with you.

I came into Coffin Gorge for a reason. I was not interested in the ancient bronze sword. I was just curious why the thief who stole the hanging coffin didn't take away the bronze sword? Did they steal something more important in the first place? I was suspicious for a while, and wanted to test whether the ancient corpse was stiff and dry, so as to have a detailed understanding of the Feng Shui Dragon Qi in the Coffin Gorge. I immediately put on my gloves and wanted to gently put the corpse of the immortal wind back down. In the coffin, unexpectedly, it fell over as soon as it was touched, and the body was not stiff at all.

Sun Jiuye asked in confusion: "Hu Bayi, what are you doing with that ancient corpse? Just look at it, don't move it, there won't be any funerary objects that you like in the hanging coffin, go back and put this If you find out and report it, you have done a lot of credit."

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