They put the things on the ground into sacks and were about to leave. I suddenly said: "Hey, wait a minute!"
The middle-aged man looked me over and asked, "Boy, who are you? Get out of my way."
"My eldest brother's accent must be from Shanxi. I just had the opportunity to open my eyes, so I wanted to find out secretly." As I said that, I leaned closer to his ear mysteriously, "Where did you get it?" Pot?"
When the man heard this, he trembled all over, stared at me fiercely, became alert, and asked tentatively: "Why...you ask me?"
In the past, among the Tufuzi, "supporting the pot" was a common cut, that is, tomb robbing. The original meaning of "zhuguo" is to support the stove. In the early days, when people went out to make a living, they would build a temporary triangular table for cooking, put the pot on it, and then light a fire to cook, so it was called "zhuguo". Later, "supporting the pot" evolved into the beginning of starting a family and living together. It was very vivid for tomb robbers to use it as a gang to rob the tomb. Correspondingly, if "the pot cannot be lifted up", it means that the tomb robbery failed and returned empty-handed, which is also called "empty".
"It seems that some of the big brothers are working in the Shaoxing area. I guess nine of the ten underground caves are empty, right?" My original intention was to get close to them, but I didn't expect that I also mentioned their sadness. The man sighed with emotion: "Don't mention it, our brothers have been out of business for almost half a year, it's not easy to open it."
"But this thing of yours is a thief. No one dares to accept it if you are so blatant. It will be the same even if you ask elsewhere."
The man trusted me very much and said eagerly: "Brother, do you have any idea?"
"We are all people in the world, and we should help each other. Let me recommend someone to you. This person is still very popular in this generation. He is the boss of Yue Qingtang, and he is known as Professor Mu. You will know as soon as you ask."
Those few people were about to thank me when suddenly a man came out. Before I saw him, I heard his voice: "What kind of blind thing dares to come to my house and run wild!"
I turned around and saw Lao Qi coming out angrily. I was secretly happy and said with a smile, "It's me!"
Lao Qi originally thought that those migrant workers were here to cause trouble. His eyes were stern and he didn't even look at them. But when he heard the voice in his ears, he felt that it was very familiar. He turned his head in surprise and couldn't help laughing: "Oh, Li Rui!"
"Li Rui, you didn't even say a word when you came! So I can go and greet you."
I waved my hand and said with a smile: "Haha, don't act like me here, just pretending."
"Look at what you said, bro, I really miss you!"
"Miss me?" I smiled coldly, "In all these days, I haven't seen you come to see me."
"Oh brother, you have wronged me. I don't have the shame to go to you. I've always felt sorry for what happened last time..."
"Ouch, are you still feeling sorry for yourself? You almost killed me in that incident last time!"
At this time, Lao Qi's face darkened slightly and he pulled my sleeves. I immediately realized something was wrong, "What's wrong?"
"Shhhh!" Lao Qi whispered in my ear: "Yan Yunshu didn't come to see you again later?"
"No?" I asked confused, "What happened? They came to trouble you again later?"
Lao Qi clicked his tongue and said, "That's not right. Lao Mu called me a few days ago and beat me up again. How could they not take action against you?"
"Oh?" I suddenly became interested and asked, "What did Lao Mu say to you?"
"He, he said..." Lao Qi said slowly, "This is not the place to talk. Go in and talk."
So, Lao Qi pretended that nothing was wrong and said with a smile: "Honey, Li Rui is here today, and he has to be well taken care of. Why don't you work hard and buy some vegetables, and we can eat meat together in the evening?"
"Virtue!" Lao Qi's wife smiled and went out.
Lao Qi took me into the back hall, made another cup of fragrant tea, and said, "Lao Mu went to the southwest a month ago."
"Where did you get the news?" I asked.
"Coincidentally, I have a business partner in the southwest. He saw him in a village and gave me the news!" Lao Qi said.
"Really?" I was startled at first, "What happened next?"
"What happened later was even more strange. My friend said that there was a young girl traveling with him. I sent him a photo and took a look. Who do you think she was?"
As he said that, Lao Qi took out his mobile phone. I just glanced at it and said in shock: "This...Lin Xiaoyu?"
"Yes, it's Miss Lin."
"What's going on? Why is Lao Mu taking Lin Xiaoyu to the southwest?" I was confused.
"After this happened, I was also confused, but I didn't expect that just a few days later, Lao Mu's phone call came, telling me not to reveal his whereabouts."
"It looks like this matter has become complicated again!" I stared at the photo and let out a long sigh.
I called Lao Ji when I went out and asked him if he knew Lao Mu's whereabouts. Unexpectedly, Lao Ji said that he knew and knew everything about Lin Xiaoyu and Mu Yunhe being together. Now I got really angry and asked him why he didn't tell me. If Lao Qi hadn't told me, I would still be in the dark. Lao Ji just said that he didn't know anything about it yet and would wait until there was progress to make progress, then hung up the phone.
"There must be something wrong here!" I have lost trust in Lao Ji. He must be hiding something from me. "As soon as Mu Yunhe and the others finished emptying the Yinshan Tomb, they set their sights on the southwest. Could it be that they got some secrets there? ?”
"Lao Qi, tell me the whole thing again from beginning to end." I said to Lao Qi when I returned to the house.
Seeing that I was so interested, Lao Qi said, "My friend arrived earlier than Lao Mu and the others. The cause of the matter was that a month ago, a group of tomb robbers dug up an ancient tomb in the Kangchuan area, and brought something from it. Come out with a 'salted fish'."
"Salted fish?" I asked in surprise.
The so-called "salted fish" is a name for the corpse. The "salted fish" in the mouth of tomb robbers refers to the uncorroded corpse in the tomb. From ancient times to the present, extending the shelf life of food has always been an important challenge for human reproduction. In order to preserve fish for a long time, they are pickled with salt. High-salinity rouge products are not easy to spoil. The tomb robbers referred to the corpse as "salted fish", which is related to the ancient northern people's corpse embalming custom.
Historically, salting was used to dispose of corpses. In the tenth century AD, people from the Liao Kingdom had to be transported back to their hometown for burial no matter how far away they were after their death. The Liao Kingdom was in the northeastern region, and was mainly composed of Khitan people. They lived by herding, hunting, and fishing, and they liked to pickle salted fish and meat. In order to prevent the corpse from decaying, they were inspired by pickling, and they also treated the corpse in the same way: first open the belly, remove the internal organs, drain the water, and then marinate it thoroughly with spiced salt to make "salty" corpse". This is what is recorded in the book "The Facts of the Imperial Court" by Wenwen Jian of the Song Dynasty: "In his wealthy family, if someone died, he would cut open the stomach with a knife, take out his intestines and stomach, and then sew them with fragrant medicine, salt and vitriol." , and stabbed the skin with a sharp reed tube, draining the ointment and blood until all is gone..."
"If it was just a salted fish, the incident would not have alarmed Lao Mu. The strange thing is that that night, the salted fish fell to the ground and became stiff, and more than a dozen people were killed. Fortunately, the local troops arrived in time and burned the body, otherwise The consequences would be disastrous.”
"How could such a thing happen? Are these guys going to resell ancient corpses or what?"
"The key lies here. As far as I know, these people are serious red-topped natives. It's hard to figure out how to make them like this ancient tomb. In their hands, it's so easy They fell to the ground and froze, and ended up dying unexpectedly, which is simply unbelievable."
"The red-topped country master?" I was also a little surprised, "Why did this red-topped country man get involved again?"
"This is unknown, and after the zombies killed people, no traces were found." Lao Qi sighed.
"What happened next?"
"About a week later, there was news that zombies were tracked in a canyon outside Panlong County."
I didn't take it seriously at first. Looking at Lao Qi's surprised and expectant eyes, I felt a little confused and asked, "What's wrong with you? Keep talking. What are you looking at me for?"
"Aren't you surprised?" Lao Qi asked, "The locals have been searching for a full week. This canyon is nearly a hundred kilometers away from the accident site. There are mountains and canyons along the way. This zombie is full of food. Run so far?!”
"Oh, my God, it's so far away!" I was horrified after hearing this. "Yes, is it full of food? Can zombies still recognize the road?"
"Hey, don't tell me, I'll leave it to you." Lao Qi said with a smile: "When I heard the news, I also doubted whether the zombie knew the way! Later, they actually found it in the canyon. An ancient tomb.”
"Ancient tomb?" I was stunned, "You mean this ancient tomb is this zombie's lair?"
"No, no."
"Then what's going on?" I became more and more confused.
"You are stupid. This zombie turned into a zombie because the salted fish fell to the ground and moisture entered the body. How could the salted fish's lair be in the ancient tomb? It can only be said that the salted fish was born before he died. It is inextricably linked with this ancient tomb, and even after death, I still miss it and travel across mountains and ridges to come back.”
"Holy crap, why does it sound like a beautiful love story to me, a horror movie version of Butterfly Lovers?"
"Don't interrupt!"
"But I don't understand, what does this have to do with Lao Mu?" I held my chin with my left hand and thought.
"I'm going to ask you now. You guys who went to Yinshan together must know more than I do." Lao Qi looked at me with a half-smile and said, "My friend went there for the yellow corns. At first glance, When I got to Lao Mu, I felt that he came with the same purpose, but who knew that Lao Mu had been living in seclusion since he got there, which aroused his suspicion, and then he leaked the news to me. "
"Wait a minute, are you saying that Lao Mu hasn't taken any action since he got there?"
"Not bad." Lao Qi nodded and said, "When I heard from my friend, Lao Mu was uncharacteristically strange this time. He seemed to be on vacation, especially with a beautiful girl by his side."
Although I couldn't tell what kind of medicine was sold in Lao Mu's gourd, I believed that there must be a conspiracy that I didn't know about. "I didn't expect that this stiff salted fish would actually become the leader, and he would secretly lead the way." Two things tied together."
