Merchant of the Underworld

At first I thought it was either Li Mazi or Mr. Shu who was dishonest in sleeping, so I wanted to uncover each other. But when I was about to take action, I found that my body couldn't move at all. I could only open my eyes to see what was going on?

But I found that my eyelids seemed to be filled with lead. I couldn't open them no matter how hard I opened them. I could only vaguely see a person pressing on me. The man had a gray goatee, his body was red and green, and he was dressed like the Miao people. His face was full of wrinkles, and he had a pair of cloudy eyes, staring at me blankly.

I was stunned immediately and shouted: "What are you going to do?"

Goatee just kept sneering: "Yongle coffin is not Yongle, you should go home quickly."

I was shocked and quickly asked him if he was also looking for Yongle's coffin?

But Goatee just said like a repeater: "Go back quickly, otherwise you will all die without a burial place!"

I got scared and knew that this person might be trying to steal Yongle's coffin from us, so I immediately started struggling and tried to subdue him.

But I couldn't move at all.

And when I was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, I suddenly felt someone shaking my body violently. It took me a while to finally open my eyes, and I realized it was Li Mazi.

Li Mazi was looking at me anxiously and asked me what's wrong?

I immediately woke up a lot, sat up from my seat, and looked around confusedly, where was the figure with the goatee?

It turns out that I was suppressed by a ghost just now.

I breathed a sigh of relief and said it was okay, I just had a nightmare...

It's daylight now, and Senior Rat has already begun to exercise outside, performing "Five Animals Show". This Five-Animal Opera is said to be left by Hua Tuo. The funny movements of imitating the walking of a big bear really give people a cute feeling.

When he found out that we were awake, Senior Shu immediately threw us two packs of compressed biscuits and said that the road ahead would be difficult.

Li Mazi and I ate some compressed biscuits, drank some mineral water, and followed Senior Shu up the mountain.

I didn't expect that the Miao people's gathering place was so remote. I originally thought that climbing over this mountain would be the destination. Who would have thought that we climbed four or five mountains before finally seeing the shadow of the Miao Village.

This journey made me exhausted and paralyzed, and I could no longer walk. After all, even a soldier could not endure seven or eight hours of walking over mountains and ridges.

We ate some food and rested for a while before continuing on.

While climbing, I suddenly discovered something very strange. That was Senior Rat who was full of passion last night. He seemed to be harboring something on his mind all day long, saying nothing and not knowing what he was thinking.

So I curiously asked Senior Shu if something went wrong with the Yongle coffin?

Senior Shu glanced at me with suspicious eyes: "Boy, did you feel trapped by a ghost yesterday?"

"Yes." I said immediately: "How do you know?"

After all, Senior Shu was not in the car when the ghost pressed me.

Senior Shu hesitated for a moment, waved his hand and said it was nothing.

I knew that Senior Shu was deliberately hiding the truth from us, so I asked again and again.

In the end, Senior Shu had no choice but to take out his phone from his pocket and show me a photo.

He was still using a no-name elderly phone, and the writing on the keyboard was blurred. On the small screen, he pulled up a photo for me to see.

"Do you know this person?" Senior Rat asked.

I stared at the photo carefully. The photo shows an old man with a wrinkled face, a hooked nose, and a signature goatee...

This immediately reminds me of that goatee when a ghost comes over me!

I was immediately startled: "Senior Shu, this...couldn't this be the person who ghosted me last night?"

"Yes." Senior Shu sighed helplessly: "He is the person who made an appointment to pick us up before, and he is also the first person to discover Yongle's coffin."

I frowned: "Don't tell me he's dead."

Senior Shu said dullly: "Be mentally prepared! By the way, what did he say to you in the ghost press?"

I thought about it carefully and vaguely recalled the sentence "Yongle coffin is not Yongle", so I told Senior Shu.

After hearing this, Senior Rat became even more depressed, but he didn't say anything more. He just reiterated that he was mentally prepared and continued to move forward.

Are you mentally prepared? What kind of mental preparation? I asked Senior Rat, but Senior Rat refused to say any more and just led us on.

After descending this mountain, we entered the Miao Village.

The full name of this Miao village is: Wolong Village, which sounds like the name of a bandit's den. However, the Miao people are very enthusiastic, and we who come in from outside are treated like monkeys by them.

After Senior Rat reported his name, the attitude of the people here suddenly became much colder towards us, and the onlookers quickly dispersed.

You can tell at a glance that Senior Shu must have done something immoral in this village. Li Mazi loved gossip, so he asked casually, and Senior Shu snorted coldly, saying that these Miao people were jealous that he had married a flower from the Miao family, so they were lukewarm towards him.

I really doubt that he is bragging. With his appearance, he must have looked ugly when he was young, right? Can a flower from the Miao family be married off by him?

Senior Shu didn't care about the attitude of the Miao people at all and took us directly to a dilapidated wooden house.

The wooden house is at the outermost edge of the Miao village, but from a distance, I saw white elegiac couplets and Miao-specific sacrificial masks hanging on the gate. My heart suddenly jumped. Damn it, could that person really be dead?

No wonder Senior Mouse repeatedly told me to be mentally prepared. Now I understand what the so-called mental preparation means.

If he is dead, then the ghost pressing me last night means that I really met a ghost. Thinking about it for a moment makes my hair stand on end!

Senior Shu opened the door, and it was deserted and messy inside. There was a lot of garbage on the ground, as if no one had lived there for a whole year.

"Old Han?" Senior Shu couldn't wait to shout as soon as he entered the door.

But no one in the room answered.

Senior Shu's expression changed dramatically and he burst into the room. Li Mazi and I didn't dare to go in, so we waited at the door.

Senior Shu went in to look around, and finally walked out dejectedly, saying helplessly that his old friend was indeed dead.

I immediately became nervous: "Senior Shu, does his death have anything to do with the Yongle coffin? I think the Yongle coffin is really not a good thing, so let's forget it."

As soon as we finished speaking, the door of the courtyard was pushed open, and a young man wrapped in white cloth walked in. He glanced at us, and finally his eyes fell on Senior Shu.

His attitude was a bit unfriendly and he asked coldly: "Which one of you is the mouse?"

Senior Shu put his hands behind his back and said, "Are you my eldest nephew? In terms of seniority, you should call me uncle."

"My father is gone. Before I leave, let me give you a message. Yongle coffin is not Yongle. Avoid natural disasters but not ghost disasters. You should leave quickly! Otherwise, you may end up like my father."

After saying that, the young man turned around and left.

After hearing what the young man said, Senior Shu's face instantly turned pale green. He looked at the young man's back and immediately chased after him: "Where is your father buried? I want to see him for the last time. "

The young man took a deep breath and said: "The thirty-sixth coffin of Hanging Coffin Cliff, please leave as soon as possible after meeting! My father died in a very strange way."

"How did he die?" Senior Shu asked eagerly.

"Hmph, I'm afraid you have to ask him about this..."

With that said, the young man left in a hurry, not looking back no matter how much Senior Shu called him.