"What's wrong with you?" Lin Xiaoyu asked with concern, "If you have anything to say, please tell me slowly."
I glanced at her and felt that my throat was very dry and I almost had no saliva left. I turned around and asked Soldier’s mother, “It’s just human heads, right?”
The soldier's mother looked at me blankly, not understanding why I suddenly became impatient, but she nodded and said, "Isn't that right? I heard them say that this is the first time they have seen this kind of thing."
Lin Xiaoyu communicated with me: "It should be a burial pit." But I shook my head, "It's not that simple. The ancients usually sacrificed slaves and animals, but never sacrificed so many children. A skeleton the size of a fist is a fetus. ah!"
"So what do you think this is going on?"
"Do you know about pocket skeletons?" I looked at Lin Xiaoyu expectantly, expecting to find the answer from her. Lin Xiaoyu thought carefully for a long time before shaking her head, "What is that?"
I sighed, "Most princes' tombs have sacrificial pits, and it's not unusual to bury them alive. Later, they probably thought it was too bloody, so they started to use servants instead. But there are also some people who don't know what they are doing and say no. Human sacrifice is an offense to the ancestral gods, so it’s so crazy to come up with something like a pocket skeleton!”
"But what exactly is this pocket skeleton?"
"I only know that it is a kind of witchcraft. It is said that a pregnant woman is thrown into a corpse refining pool to be refined into a blood corpse or forbidden woman. At this time, the child in her belly is gestated in the belly of the blood corpse. When the sacrifice is held, those The wizard would cut the fetuses out of their bellies and chop off their heads.”
"Too cruel!"
"But they think that this is just to demonstrate justice and to be blessed by God." I said coldly, "They say that this is to slay demons and kill evildoers, and they will not be criticized at all. , but feel at ease.”
"Since ancient times, the emperor's family has done everything possible to enjoy the glory and wealth in the underworld. They have no sympathy for these, let alone any compassion."
"Who came up with such a vicious plan?"
I shook my head, "Anyway, he won't be a good person."
"Then what are your plans?" Lin Xiaoyu seemed to see what was on my mind, "Don't you want to go and take a look?"
"Since you have come and gone, you must go. Besides, this is why we came here. I'm afraid that we will not be prepared when we come. It will not be easy to go in so rashly."
Lin Xiaoyu was also in trouble, "Yes, it is quite dangerous to fight like this. How about we go back and prepare?"
"Oh, what are you two preparing for when you go back?" Dabing's mother came over and said with a smile: "I heard that Dabing said that you two are archaeologists. Do you want to go and visit the ancient tomb? I have tools at home, you can do whatever you want. Look, the men in our village have been there a lot, and although it’s very evil inside, luckily there’s nothing going on outside, and there’s no movement when everyone passes by.”
I asked, "So where do people go often?"
"No, not only people in our village, but also tourists and treasure hunters like you two have been there, but they just didn't catch anything. They came here to take advantage of the excitement and then returned disappointed. You two might as well give it a try. Our family We are discussing developing this into a tourism project.”
"Yes, yes, bundled management?"
"Hahaha, we were just joking. It's not up to the government to make the decision. Besides, we can't afford to lose lives if it causes trouble."
I hurriedly packed some things from Da Bing’s house: a bundle of safety ropes for climbing, which his mother said was picked up from under the cliff of the back mountain, a mason’s knife, two flashlights, and a Bag of dry food and two water bottles. The soldier originally wanted to lead me and charge a fee for leading the way, but I refused, saying that he didn't have enough money. In fact, I was afraid that he would be in danger.
We walked in the direction pointed by the soldier through the dense forest to the east of the village, and then walked straight along the mountain road to the top of the mountain. There was a bifurcated road halfway up the mountain, and we could follow the path to the valley of the back mountain.
The scorching sun in the dense forest is like being filtered through a sieve, shooting down needle-like rays from the tops of the trees. The dense trees blocked most of the sunlight, and it was much cooler inside the forest than outside. A squirrel scuttled from the high treetop to the ground, picked up a pine cone and hid in the tree hole, staring at us curiously with its two eyes.
We walked in the dense forest for nearly two hours before we saw a fork in the road on a low cliff. "It's probably the front."
"Let's rest for a while and eat something quickly while it's still dark." I handed Lin Xiaoyu a kettle, "There's not much water, so save it."
"I know!" After saying that, she raised her head and drank. When she finished drinking, she noticed something was wrong with my expression. She quickly felt strange and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
I carefully put down my backpack and said extremely quietly, "Don't move!"
I tried my best to gesture with my hands to signal Lin Xiaoyu not to move, and then pointed at Lin Xiaoyu's back. I could hardly hear the words, and said with my mouth: "There is a snake!"
Lin Xiaoyu also panicked and subconsciously wanted to run. I tried my best to stop him, "Don't move, don't move, don't move!" Lin Xiaoyu slowly put down the steps she was about to take, and nervously glanced at the movement behind her. Staring into her eyes, he slowly shook his head and made a calming gesture with his hands, "Trust me, it will be fine!"
It was a green snake with bamboo leaves, its body was emerald green, and it spit out a red letter. I took out a Swiss Army knife from my waist and tried to attract the snake's attention.
My action worked as expected. Zhuyeqing suddenly retracted his body and coiled himself on the branch to gain momentum. I took the opportunity to push Lin Xiaoyu away, and at the same time, the snake on the branch shot down like an arrow piercing the sky. If I didn't pay attention or was slow for a second, I would be doomed.
Lin Xiaoyu stood aside and looked at me nervously. She was naturally worried that I would be attacked by a snake. The snake on the treetop disappeared, and she became more and more nervous. She sat up hurriedly, "Li Rui, how are you?"
I suddenly yelled, "Don't come here!" I took a few steps back and almost fell down. A fast green shadow suddenly approached me. Lin Xiaoyu's face turned pale, and her heart almost rose to her throat. I didn't dare to hesitate and feinted to the right. As expected, the bamboo leaf green changed its direction. Taking this opportunity, I pressed seven inches up to it.
"I see you dare to bite me!"
"It's so dangerous. It really scared me. I didn't expect you to be able to catch snakes."
"There is no way your shoes won't get wet when you often walk along the river. It's always good to have more skills at your disposal."
"Eating snake meal tonight!"
"I don't want it, I want to eat you!"
"I eat what I want. I risked my life to catch it. It's a pity to waste it."
The bonfire at one end of the forest illuminated the entire space so brightly that no snakes, insects, rats, or ants dared to approach. I roasted the green bamboo leaves I caught just now on a branch, and said with a smile, "It's so fragrant. Do you want to take a bite?"
"Okay, you'd better spare me." Lin Xiaoyu smiled, munching on dry food, "Li Rui, judging from the astrology of this place, doesn't this place look like a place with ancient tombs?" She said from time to time. Looking up at the night sky that had appeared above them, they felt a little worried.
"Can you still read the stars?" I chuckled.
"No, I was just guessing."
"Then you are right. From the perspective of Tianxing Feng Shui, this does not seem like an excellent place for an ancient tomb. But think about it, what kind of person would have a pocket skeleton to be buried in? It is definitely not an ordinary place. It can even be said that the person who lives in this imperial house is a pervert who is proficient in Feng Shui and understands Yili!"
"What you mean is that he is spreading suspicion just to prevent people from discovering him."
"That's basically what happened. If you think about it, the village was built on top of the ancient tomb for hundreds of years. It means that the people here didn't even know that this was an ancient tomb. If it weren't for the mudslide, this ancient tomb might never have existed. Never seen the light of day.”
"What you say makes sense!" Lin Xiaoyu nodded thoughtfully, "Compared to that, it must be densely packed with agencies and extremely dangerous."
I drew a map on the ground and drew a circle in one of the places. "Look at this place. It has mountains to the south and water to the north. The black tiger star in the northwest is facing here. The feng shui is inherently bad. Most people think that if you go further Walk five or six miles north, which is what the villagers call the back mountain. The layout of that place is much better than here, and there should be holes." I smiled mysteriously, looking very proud, "But, that place In fact, it is a false cave, just to confuse us. Look, there is a mountain col to the west of this branch road. If you don’t go down and take a look, you won’t be able to imagine that there is actually a cave below! "
"How did you know?"
"Hey, you don't understand this. Many tomb robbers were familiar with Lao Ji in the past. I also heard them talk about it when they told stories. This kind of tomb is very dangerous and most people will escape death."
"So scary." Lin Xiaoyu said in surprise.
"So, go to the mountain col below the fork road to find the real dragon." I said with a smile, "The owner of this tomb must be at least the person who designed this ancient tomb. He must be well versed in finding dragons and digging holes, so he came up with this secret. Strategy, and I guess the tomb in Houshan is either empty or full of traps."
"But this mountain col is very deep. How can we get down without equipment?" Lin Xiaoyu wondered, "It's definitely not possible to rely on this rope alone."
I was also in trouble. I regretted that I had been too complacent just now. Now I was at a loss and was very embarrassed. "How about we try to find a way? There may be some wild roads taken by mountain people. I'm afraid it won't be safe after dark!"
"I have no choice but to give it a try!"
The mountain col below the fork road can basically be said to be a canyon. The mountain wall looks like a slope. Some people in the mountain plant some tea trees on it. But I dare not look down when walking on it. The slope is about 70 degrees. You can feel the sound of the earth sliding down under your feet from above.
