Merchant of the Underworld

Senior Shu was stunned for a long time, and then said to himself: "I'm afraid that Yongle coffin is really not a good thing."

Li Mazi suddenly became anxious, and he would try his best to fight for Chu Chu's good things. Now that Senior Shu said this, Li Mazi felt naturally uncomfortable: "Senior, you mean to say that it is a bit difficult to get the Yongle coffin, right? The more difficult it is, the more we have to tackle it head on!"

Senior Shu shook his head: "Didn't you listen to what my eldest nephew just said? Yongle's coffin is not Yongle, and it avoids natural disasters but not ghost disasters. Why did he say it was a ghost disaster instead of a man-made disaster?"

Even if Senior Mouse didn't say anything, I really didn't notice this. I asked Senior Mouse in confusion, how big is the difference between ghost disasters and man-made disasters?

Senior Shu smiled bitterly: "The difference is huge. One is man-made and the other is ghost-made. How big a difference do you think there is?"

I still don't understand.

Senior Rat said: "Forget it, let's go see the body of my old friend first! Everything will be known by then."

After saying that, Senior Shu took us to the coffin cliff.

Li Mazi was uneasy and asked Senior Shu, wouldn't the coffin be harmful to the deceased? We've gone through all the trouble to get here, but don't bring something ominous back.

Senior Shu was annoyed by Li Mazi's questions, and in the end he simply ignored Li Mazi.

Following the rugged mountain road, we quickly found the coffin cliff.

This was the first time I saw the so-called coffin cliff. The moment I saw this thing, I was stunned.

A steep mountain cliff was densely covered with coffins. It seems that there must be at least a thousand of them, one next to another, I guess there should be from the Ming Dynasty to modern times.

Even in broad daylight, the place is still so ghostly that one can't help but feel chills all over. Li Mazi was also a little scared and kept scratching his scalp.

We both looked at Senior Mouse at the same time, while Senior Mouse stared at the coffin cliff cautiously and carefully, seeming to be mumbling something in his mouth. I immediately put my ear to it and heard him counting.

Could it be that he was counting the number of hanging coffins?

But soon, Senior Shu told me that he was looking for the location of his old friend’s coffin. Now that it is locked, let us go over and take a look, while he stays where he is and directs us on his mobile phone.

I was startled by Senior Shu and quickly asked him if he wasn’t going? Senior Mouse said that he wanted to go too, but it was easy to get lost up there and there was no way to find his old friend's coffin, so he could only direct it from below.

There is an old custom in our hometown, which is not to walk on the head of the dead, especially the grave, otherwise it is easy to offend the other party.

But now Senior Rat actually asks us to go up the coffin cliff. This is equivalent to stepping on thousands of corpses up the mountain. In terms of probability, we can also provoke a lot of unclean things.

And the environment here is so gloomy, there must be countless dirty things wandering around, looking for trouble. If Li Mazi and I slip and fall, we will lose more than we gain.

Li Mazi also asked Senior Shu anxiously if there was a second possibility, that is, we would give the command from below and Senior Shu would go up to look for it.

Senior Shu said angrily: "If you still want to get the Yongle coffin, just go up there! If you don't want it, pull it down. I don't have time to waste time with you here."

In the end, it was really helpless, and Li Mazi had no choice but to follow me up the mountain.

There is a narrow path leading directly to the mountain. The stairs are paved with stones and are very steep. In many places, the inclination angle reaches 45 degrees. If you are not careful, you may fall to pieces.

There are big trees on both sides of the path that block the sky and the sun, resulting in a serious lack of light. Occasionally, a draft blows down from the mountain, and the coldness goes directly into the bone marrow.

When we reached the halfway point of the mountain, we were so tired that we were out of breath. I suggested that I want to rest where I was, but Li Mazi let me rest by myself, and he continued to climb the cliff to explore the way.

Li Mazi worked really hard for Chu Chu, not even willing to rest.

I had no choice but to grit my teeth and climb up with Li Mazi. When I reached the top of the mountain, I felt my legs feel weak for the first time, really like noodles.

Li Mazi was also embarrassed. In our current situation, stepping on the cliff to find a hanging coffin was basically the same as seeking death. We simply rested where we were. After we had gained enough strength, we dialed Senior Shu. On the phone, under the command of Senior Shu, he climbed down the cliff little by little.

We communicated with Senior Shu on the phone, and it didn’t take long to lock in a coffin. That coffin is still new, it should be the friend of Senior Rat who died just now, right?

We stepped on the coffin and rocks and climbed over little by little. I regret that I did not take safety measures. If I am not careful, I may fall directly and my body will be completely destroyed.

It is really unimaginable how much effort the local Miao people put in to carry the coffin here.

Fortunately, we came to the coffin quickly. As soon as I settled in front of the coffin, a gust of wind blew up from below. The wind was very strong. I immediately hugged the coffin to prevent it from falling.

And the strong wind was actually mixed with a fishy smell, which made people feel dizzy!

After the strong wind passed, I began to look at the coffin carefully. To secure a coffin to a cliff, two things need to happen. The first thing is to drive two wooden stakes into the rock wall and use the wooden stakes to support the coffin.

In addition, a corpse rope must be tied to the coffin.

In the past, corpse ropes were made with a large number of cowhide bands twisted into a ball and painted with a layer of tung oil on the outside. This kind of cowhide band is strong and tough and will not loosen after hundreds of years of wind and rain. It will only become tighter and tighter as the water evaporates.

Nowadays, steel bars are basically used instead. This hanging coffin is naturally also made of steel bars.

Almost all the weight of the coffin rested on the steel bars. We followed what Senior Mouse said and loosened the fixed ends of the steel bars. Then we untied the steel bars and then opened the coffin!

It is extremely unlucky to see a dead body in such a dangerous place. If you are not careful, you may be haunted by ghosts.

But now we have no choice but to use the hammer and crowbar prepared in advance to remove the nails from the coffin, and then open the lid of the coffin.

As soon as the lid of the coffin was opened, a musty smell hit our nostrils, which was unpleasant. Before I could look inside the coffin, I suddenly saw a black shadow flying out of it. It quickly crawled away along the rock wall, got into a nearby cave, and disappeared.

I was still in shock, staring at the cave in stunned silence.

What on earth was that thing that came out of the coffin just now? You must know that this coffin is completely sealed. It is impossible for something so big to get in, unless that thing was put in beforehand when sealing the coffin.

But the Miao people shouldn’t do this, right?

Who would shut a dead body together with other living creatures?

Li Mazi asked me tremblingly if I could see what it was? I hesitated and asked if it could be a monkey?

Li Mazi couldn't make up his mind, saying that it looked like a baby, after all, the thing didn't have hair on it.

Senior Mouse waited impatiently below and kept scolding us on the phone, asking us not to waste time and quickly take a look inside the coffin.

I had no choice but to look into the coffin.

And when I saw it, I was dumbfounded again.

I saw that the coffin was densely packed with insects, snakes, rats, and ants, filling the bottom of the coffin. The corpse was pressed under these insects and snakes, with only a bone-white arm exposed.

So many things gathered in one coffin, and they all get along so well. When we opened the coffin, they started crawling around on the body in a panic.

And looking at the corpse, where is there any skin left? The snakes, insects, rats, and ants had eaten them all, and the uneaten parts had also been decomposed by the rotting fluid and scattered messily aside.

I was so frightened that my legs became weak. Is this the person who just died? It looked like a corpse that had been there for decades.

It wasn't until Senior Rat yelled at us on the phone and asked us what was going on inside that I finally came to my senses and quickly said that the situation was not good.

Senior Shu said to take a few photos, then close the coffin and come down quickly.

I didn't want to stay here any longer, so I immediately took a few photos of the inside of the coffin, then closed the lid of the coffin, fixed it with steel bars again, and then climbed down the rock wall.

Unexpectedly, when we were going down the mountain, Senior Shu suddenly called us again and warned us not to mess up.

I'm still wondering, what's wrong with us?

Senior Shu mysteriously asked me to turn off the speakerphone, and I did so. Then Senior Shu asked cautiously: "Look at Li Mazi's back now. Is there something extra on his back?"

I was stunned for a moment and looked towards Li Mazi subconsciously.

There isn't much on Li Mazi's back.

Senior Mouse immediately said: "I want you to see his shadow, not his back!"

I immediately looked towards Li Mazi's back, and when I saw it, I was dumbfounded.

As expected, there was something extra on the back of Li Mazi's figure. The thing was blurry, even blurrier than Li Mazi's figure. I couldn't tell what shape it was because it was too faint and blurry.

I tremblingly told Senior Shu that I saw a vague shadow, what on earth was it?

"An evil thing nourished by Yongle's coffin." Senior Shu said, "Now, you have to do as I say without disturbing Li Mazi."

I immediately nodded and said yes.

"Go to the nearest coffin, pull out a coffin nail, smear your own blood on it, and then nail the shadow to the ground." Senior Rat said.

"Huh? That shadow can be nailed." I asked in surprise.

"It should be possible." Senior Mouse said a little uncertainly.

I couldn't laugh or cry and said no, this is a matter of life and death.

In the end, Senior Shu also hesitated. After thinking about it, he said that he should take action himself!

After that, Senior Shu hung up the phone.

Although Senior Shu is old, he is still very good at climbing mountains. In less than half an hour, he appeared in front of us, which made me dumbfounded.

Senior Shu smiled and said he took a shortcut to get here. After finishing speaking, he walked around to Li Mazi and looked at Li Mazi up and down.

When I asked Li Mazi to stand still just now, Li Mazi realized that something was wrong with him, but he never dared to ask more questions.

Now that Senior Shu was just watching without taking action, Li Mazi became even more worried and asked Senior Shu what happened to him.

Senior Shu said: "Just stand still and don't move. I'll tell you later that it's okay. You two will move forward as hard as you can and wait for me in the Miao village. Remember, if someone calls you on the way, don't answer. Don’t stop either! Don’t be caught by the sunset either. Once you are caught by the sunset, you are completely doomed, remember?”