Merchant of the Underworld

I immediately groped in the direction pointed by Wen Jin. Because of the heavy rain, the area was full of mud, and no footprints could be seen on the ground. However, there is an obvious yellow patch in the green grassland, which is obviously the trace of corpse snail crawling.

I walked over quickly, and sure enough I found the entrance to a tomb at the foot of the mountain. The entrance was very small, only enough for one person to barely enter. Zhuang Ning followed closely and saw me bending down and said hurriedly: "Be careful, don't get anything on me!"

While talking, we looked around carefully, lest something on the ground crawl onto our bodies.

Her words made me wake up instantly like an enlightenment. Could it be that the white maggots in the black car driver's body were brought out from this tomb?

Why did the corpse snail come here?

Questions came one after another, and I felt like my brain was no longer sufficient.

I don't dare to enter the tomb rashly until the results are obtained. If the white maggots crawl into my body through some means, the consequences will be disastrous. Karma did not kill me, I died in the hands of maggots first, which makes me feel sick just thinking about it.

I asked Wen Jin and Er Hu to temporarily seal the tomb entrance with shovels, and several of them returned to the banker's house.

Uncle Zhuang has woken up and knows he is hungry. Aunt Zhuang is feeding him some rice soup in front of the hospital bed. I originally wanted to ask Uncle Zhuang for information about vaginal objects, but he was not completely conscious yet. I asked him ten questions but he only said one sentence, and he was always wrong, so I had to give up.

This time it was indeed a bit tricky to deal with the feint. The most difficult thing was that the people in the town were extremely wary of me and couldn't get the truth I wanted. This made me feel like I had no way to start.

I was wondering if I should ask Wen Jin and Er Hu? As a result, Dalong quickly rushed over with a few people, and called Wen Jin and Erhu away with a bad expression in front of me.

It seems that he is on guard. It will be even more impossible to get clues from these two people in the future...

Since I couldn't get any words out of the mouths of the living, I decided to try to find a solution from the dead. I asked Zhuang Ning to prepare some things for me and decided to sneak into the ancient tomb.

Zhuang Ning firmly objected: "My dad is fine anyway, so you better not take risks."

I smiled and comforted her and said, "Don't worry, I'm the best at this kind of thing, don't worry. Besides, the matter has already been resolved. If we delay it any longer, I'm afraid the black-clad town will not be spared."

Zhuang Ning had no choice: "Then I'll go with you!"

"No!" I shook my head and refused without thinking, "You are a girl, so you'd better not go to a place like that. The yin energy is too strong and you won't be able to bear it."

But no matter what I said, Zhuang Ning refused to let go and insisted on going to the grave with me: "I invited you back, and I have to be responsible for your safety."

Seeing that it didn't make sense, I simply nodded and agreed.

Before going out, he secretly took Aunt Zhuang to the corner to explain a few words. As I expected, Aunt Zhuang's face changed drastically, and she dragged Zhuang Ning to prevent her from going out. Zhuang Ning had no choice but to stay.

I walked alone along the muddy mountain road for a long time, and finally came to Wen Jin’s field. The reason why I want to explore this tomb is because I feel that the corpse snail has already haunted me once, and it should not come again. Besides, even if it comes again, I have a way to deal with it, but I don’t know the details of those disgusting white maggots. .

When I came to the entrance of the tomb, I used the pickaxe I brought from Zhuang Ning's house to easily pry open the stones blocking the outside. Sure enough, I saw many black corpses under the stones.

Thinking that such ghosts might be densely crawling around in the tomb, I couldn't help but feel frightened and even got goosebumps. It's not that I'm scared, I just feel disgusted!

I turned on the flash of my phone and carefully leaned in from the entrance of the tomb.

Perhaps because someone has been here before, there are traces of digging on the earth walls on both sides. Fortunately, after crawling in for a while, it became much more spacious. The entire tomb was hidden in the mountains and was surrounded by thick stone walls. Although it had gone through thousands of years and been washed away several times by mudslides, the tomb contained nothing but... Apart from the stagnant water, it is very clean.

Maybe the person living in this tomb is also a Virgo who loves cleanliness!

I took pictures of the surroundings with my mobile phone, and indeed I could see some traces of corpse snails on the wall, clinging to the stone wall motionless. The number was not as exaggerated as I imagined...

I breathed a sigh of relief and continued walking in. There are neatly arranged stone chambers in the tomb, which look like they have penetrated deep into the mountain.

As we approached the last stone room, there were piles of dead skeletons on the ground, probably all slaves buried with them. Many people's bones were separated from their limbs, and they must have been trampled by the residents of Black Clothes Town when they came in to hunt for treasure.

I sighed, I have no respect for the dead at all, no wonder they were cursed one by one!

The door of the last stone chamber was also pried open, and a gap was opened that was barely passable. The biting cold wind blew out from this gap.

When I walked to the gap, I felt an obvious fishy smell in the cool air, like some kind of spoiled seafood.

Although the smell was a bit unpleasant, it was better than the smell of corpses. I took a photo with my phone and saw that the dark stone room was empty, with neither coffin nor corpse in sight.

I can't help but wonder that most people would choose the main tomb chamber at the innermost part. Firstly, it is a symbol of status. Secondly, the ancients were most afraid of being harassed by tomb robbers after their death. The further inside, the safer it is.

But the place is empty. Was it vacated in advance or is there something else hidden?

I struggled to squeeze in along the gap. My living conditions have been very good recently, but my weight has also become tragic. It's time to start losing weight...

The shape of this tomb is very special. It is not square, but a standard octagon, which makes people think of Tai Chi Bagua at once. There were several times more corpses in the tomb than before, and the walls were so dark that it made people feel uncomfortable all over.

too disgusting!

But since this stone room is not used to hold coffins, what is it used for?

I avoided the corpse snail and studied it carefully, and found that there was a Bagua pattern carved in the center of the floor of the tomb. Because the ground was full of water, I didn't notice it at first. I squatted there with my cell phone and took a look. I saw that the two dots in the Tai Chi pattern turned out to be two hollowed-out holes. The water in the entire stone chamber seemed to be gushing out from here.

Are there any secrets hidden under this stone chamber?

Because of this discovery, I searched around the tomb carefully and finally found a hidden grid on the west wall corresponding to the Bagua. The secret grid method is very advanced and very hidden. It is said that it is very difficult to be discovered, but the corpse snails adsorbed on the wall avoid this place in a disciplined manner, making it particularly obvious!

The gap in the secret compartment was only as thick as a hair, and there was no way to open it with external force. I tried knocking it a few times, and sure enough I heard the clicking sound of the mechanism, and the secret compartment was slowly exposed like a drawer.

There are only two stone balls in the drawer.

Looking at the exquisite mechanism in front of me, I once again felt that this stone room was a bit strange. The person who designed it obviously understood the principle of the restraint of the five elements. The West belongs to water in the Bagua. This stone room is constantly filled with water and there are corpses on the walls.

But there was neither a coffin nor a body in the room, so what was it used for?

I curiously took out the two stone balls and placed them in the two dots of the Tai Chi pattern under my feet. It was exactly as I expected, the stone balls and the dots were the same size!

As the two stone balls fell into the hole, the stone chamber suddenly made a rumbling sound, and the accumulated water was drained away instantly. As the accumulated water flowed into the stone chamber below, a new mechanism was opened. After a series of clicking sounds, the Bagua pattern on the ground separated from the middle, and a pure gold water tank was revealed.

This water tank is slightly smaller than the water tanks used in ordinary rural areas. The whole body is made of gold, and the golden light shines. At first glance, it looks like an old treasure.

Fortunately, the residents who came before did not understand the mechanism and did not discover the existence of this hidden compartment. Otherwise, if such a priceless treasure was released, it would definitely cause a big mess!

The golden water tank kept sending out biting chills, making people feel like they were in an ice cellar. Could it be that the coolness I felt before came from here?

Are all the strange things that happen in Heiyi Town related to this water vat?

I finally found the crucial artifact, and I felt that I finally gained something from going to the tomb this time.

I stretched my neck and looked into the tank excitedly, and was immediately shocked by the scene in front of me!