I looked back and found Li Poxiao covering his face and sucking in the cold air.
"Why are you hitting me?" Li Poxiao glared at Uncle Huzi.
"If I didn't hit you, you would have fallen asleep. Are you energetic now?" Uncle Huzi asked Li Poxiao.
"I feel refreshed now..." Li Poxiao said, covering his red and swollen cheeks.
"I hit you for your own good. Just now I saw you dozing off and falling asleep even while standing. My young master said that as long as you fall asleep, your life will be gone. This is the territory of the evil spirits." Uncle Huzi explained.
Seeing this scene, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
But Uncle Hu Zi's slap really worked, and Li Poxiao was not sleepy at all now.
Although Uncle Huzi and I were a little sleepy, we had not been in contact with the ghost for long, so the impact was minimal.
Guo Xiaotong was full of fear of the vertical coffin in front of her. She had already walked to me, grabbed my arm, and whispered: "Master Wu, can I be with you? I'm afraid."
I nodded and didn't refuse.
After walking around the underground palace, I found nothing except this coffin.
I think the problem should still arise inside this coffin.
Maybe the answer I've been looking for is here.
But……
After all, this is a vertical coffin, which is very dangerous. If it is opened, danger will appear and the consequences will be unpredictable.
I'm not the only one here, there's a girl too.
I can't guarantee the safety of everyone here.
Uncle Huzi saw me standing next to the coffin and lost in thought, so he came over and asked: "Master, is this where the ghost first appeared?"
I shook my head and said, "I'm not sure either. The answer may be inside this coffin, but this coffin feels very dangerous to me. Once opened, an accident might happen, so I'm hesitant to open it." it."
After hearing what I said, Uncle Huzi walked directly to the coffin, walked around in a circle, waved to me and said, "Master, come here and take a look. This coffin seems to have been opened."
After hearing this, I walked over quickly.
After taking a closer look at the coffin, I immediately found signs that the coffin had been opened.
This is a sarcophagus.
There are a few thick hemp ropes scattered behind the sarcophagus. It may have been too long and the hemp rope has rotted.
There are traces of being cut by a knife on the rope, which are very neat.
Moreover, there was a gap between the coffin board and the coffin of the sarcophagus, which had obviously been opened and then closed again.
Seeing this scene, Uncle Huzi said: "Master, do you think Gao Daming stole the picture of the lady from this coffin and sold it to Li Ji?"
If you think about it carefully, this makes sense.
Although we walked around Beicheng City for a long time, we accidentally found a place.
But I remember that this dilapidated Taoist temple was actually not far from Gao Daming's scrap collection station. It seemed to be only a dozen kilometers away.
It would not be surprising at all to say that Gao Daming knew this place.
Since Gao Daming once opened this coffin, stole the pictures of ladies in the coffin, and left here unscathed, it means that the things in the coffin are not so dangerous.
When I thought of this, I immediately decided to open the sarcophagus.
Nothing happened to Gao Daming, so nothing should happen to us either.
But for the sake of caution, I turned around and said to everyone: "Stay back, everyone. I am going to open this sarcophagus. It may be dangerous. If you feel something is wrong, just go up and don't worry about us."
"Master Wu, you should be careful," Guo Ziping reminded.
I nodded and came to the sarcophagus with Uncle Hu Zi.
Just when he was about to take action, Guo Xiaotong suddenly said: "Master Wu."
"What's wrong?" I looked back at her.
"I heard that when people open a coffin, they have to light a candle in the southeast corner. If the candle goes out, the coffin cannot be opened," Guo Xiaotong said.
"Who told you that you have read too many tomb-robbing novels?" I said helplessly.
"Yes, yes, that's what it says in the novel. It seems like a ghost blows out a lamp. When the candle goes out, he has to kowtow and leave." Guo Xiaotong said seriously.
"Little girl, don't make trouble. We are not tomb robbers. We are here to seal the ghosts. Even if there are ghosts, don't be afraid. The young master is the disciple of the Feng Shui King. Can you still be afraid of ghosts?" Uncle Hu Zi said carelessly. .
At this moment, Guo Xiaotong suddenly covered his mouth, with a look of horror on his face, and pointed behind me: "Master... behind you..."
I saw Guo Xiaotong's expression was wrong, so I jumped two steps away and pulled Uncle Hu Zi away.
Then we looked towards the sarcophagus. It didn't matter if we didn't look at it. We were shocked when we saw it.
But suddenly a snake crawled out from the gap in the sarcophagus.
This snake is colorful and has a triangular head. It looks like a poisonous snake at first glance.
After the snake crawled out of the coffin, it swam directly towards a corner of the underground palace, got into a hole, and disappeared.
However, there was more than one poisonous snake crawling out from the gap in the coffin.
We stood there quietly, watching the venomous snakes crawl out of the coffin one after another. There were nine snakes in total, and they all got into the corners of the underground palace.
Uncle Huzi was stunned by this scene. He looked at me in horror and said, "Master, why are there so many snakes in this coffin?"
I was stunned for a moment, and then said: "This is normal. Snakes are cold-blooded animals and like to stay in cool places. After the coffin was opened, there was a gap, and the snake got in and used the coffin as a snake nest. I heard the noise just now, and these snakes were frightened, so they crawled out of the coffin."
"Master Wu, you know so much." Guo Xiaotong said.
"Just some common sense." I said modestly.
"Master, do you want to open the coffin?" Uncle Huzi asked.
"Knock on the coffin and see if there are any snakes inside. If another one pops out later and gets bitten, you'll be in trouble," I said.
Uncle Hu Zi quickly walked to the coffin and struck the coffin several times with the handle of the dagger.
After waiting for a while, we found that no snake crawled out again. Uncle Hu Zi and I then signaled everyone to step back and we were about to open the coffin.
Uncle Huzi and I stood on one side of the coffin board. We both pushed hard at the same time, and the coffin slowly opened with a heart-breaking sound.
This coffin was a stone coffin and very heavy. I wondered how Gao Daming opened and closed the coffin at that time. Maybe she had a handy tool at that time.
Soon, most of the coffin was opened. I took a look inside and was immediately frightened.
