There is indeed a stone beam connecting the two sides of the ditch. The stone beam is only one foot wide, but the entire stone beam is still rare. Such a slender stone beam has its own structural strength problems. The toughness of stone is not that of wood. It will probably be cut off in the middle.
"It's not possible to go down this way." Ghost Marquis said, "It seems that we can only go down with a rope."
"Master Gu is right." Huai Rujin agreed, "We have enough ropes, so we should be able to get by."
"That's great. Our rope is probably not long enough, so let's use the one you brought."
Dao Zi and Yan Sheng first drove a few spikes on the ground, and then tied the rope. At this time, Sister Meng showed off her skills, and saw that the rope became like a stick in her hand, straight across to the other side. .
"I didn't expect Sister Meng to be a master at using whips." I said in my heart.
Although the process of reaching the other side through the rope was more troublesome, it was relatively smooth. The originally unclear stone tablet finally appeared in front of us. I stepped forward and took a look. The stone tablet didn't look very old, but the writing was a little blurry, as if it had been covered up deliberately.
"Master Gu, the words on this are no longer legible."
"Refer to the key points of the inner hall method, we can only talk about erecting monuments in Longzhen Cave. The erection of a stone monument in this place just shows that we have found the right place." Lord Ghost analyzed, "When erecting a monument in the tomb, it must be a flying star. Wang, or the hexagram combined with the star, is oriented according to the general outline of the three-yuan hexagram to divide yin and yang. However, if you want to erect a monument in someone else's cave, it is difficult to achieve this orientation alone. It is really unthinkable. "
"Hey, Li Rui, what is this weird old man talking about?" Fatty Yu muttered.
"This is the key to the inner hall practice. If you don't understand, just learn it."
"The mountains and rivers are equal to the yin and the yang, and cutting out the yarns and changing the elephants equals the gold." Fatty Yu snorted coldly, "Isn't it just dividing the gold and fixing the acupoints? Don't think that you are the only ones who seek the Dragon Taibao Club. Fatty, I can touch the gold captain." Not vegetarian!”
"Oh, you kid can do it, what else can you say besides this?" I choked Fatty Yu to death with just one sentence, and he was so angry that he wanted to curse.
I looked at the unclear stone tablet and was speechless. It might have been the result of a thousand years of grievances, but it eventually disappeared into the silent inscription.
"Don't worry about this for now." Lord Guihou ordered, "First look for a bright lamp and light it."
Dao Zi searched around and said with a smile: "I'll go, good guy, Master Gu has some good shark ointment here!" This made Dao Zi extremely happy. This shark ointment is a very good thing. The completed everlasting lantern is said to last for hundreds of years.
Daozi and Yansheng quickly lit up the ever-burning lamps inside. After the lights were brightly lit, they were able to see the entire tomb. I said with emotion: "Good guy, this tomb is really big."
"It seems that the tomb was built in a hurry, and the top was not neatly repaired. It seems that the stone beam just now was not completely completed." Ghost Marquis said, "However, the scale of this tomb is indeed magnificent."
When Fatty Yu was about to speak, I clicked my tongue and said, "Huh? Fatty, look ahead -" Fatty Yu stood on tiptoes and looked in the direction of my finger. The light of the long bright light at the end seemed to flicker, but Because there are so many lights, it is difficult to distinguish them.
"Don't be suspicious. Maybe you are dazzled. How can you see clearly with so many lights?"
But I still frowned and patted him again, "Look again."
"Maybe it's the wind!" Fatty Yu said disapprovingly.
Before I finished speaking, I saw the fire flickering at the end, as if the wind had stirred the flames. "Where did the wind come from in the tomb? Oops, it looks like there is something!"
"Ah!?" Fatty Yu was about to scream, but I covered his mouth.
"Master Gu." I called Lord Gui, but it was obvious that he had already noticed. The flames in front of him vaguely illuminated an outline. Without even looking at it, Lord Ghost suddenly raised his hand and shot a sleeve arrow from his sleeve. He went straight forward and aimed at the next lamp that might be extinguished.
The moment the sleeve arrow was shot, everyone was stunned. Huai Rujin asked softly: "What is that?"
"I can't tell." I shook my head.
The Ghost Lord's sleeve arrow hit the lamp steadily, and the flame was extinguished instantly. I couldn't understand his intention. It seemed that he was deliberately destroying the rhythm of the thing. Sure enough, the blurry shadow suddenly flashed and disappeared. The sleeve arrow fell to the ground and made a crisp sound. The sound came from the long and narrow passage, which made people suddenly frightened.
Lord Gui waved his hand, "You don't have to be so nervous. With me, Master Gu, what else can happen?" Then, he winked at Daozi, who nodded and immediately started to blow out the lamp.
"What is this for? Why was the thing you just ordered destroyed again?" Fatty Yu asked in confusion.
As soon as the lamp went out, the passage suddenly became dark, and we immediately turned off the flashlights, "Don't make any noise!"
I held my breath and looked at the shadow over there. But the shadow was now lost in the darkness, making it difficult to distinguish. Even so, we can still be sure that the shadow is there, confronting us.
After waiting for a while, there was no movement from either side. Fatty Yu began to lose his composure again and said, "What the hell, let's go up and have a look! Are you afraid of him?"
"The fat man is right, no matter what it is, there is no way to waste it here." I thought to myself, "I have to sneak over and have a look, no matter who it is, just beat it to death!"
However, I'm not the only one with this mindset. As soon as I stood up, I was held down by Dao Zi and Yan Sheng on my shoulders, only to realize that they had already touched me.
In this team, for the first time, I felt that I played a small role. Although the passage is quite long, the ever-burning lantern was not extinguished even after the Ghost Marquis shot one out with a sleeve arrow. As Yansheng and the knife went away, I unconsciously had an ominous premonition in my heart.
When they were nearing the end, Daozi and the others slowed down, leaning against the wall with their backs, and quietly leaned over. But what happened next was a bit unexpected. Yan Sheng was leaning against the wall, but suddenly he stumbled and slowly slid down against the wall, and finally sat down on the ground.
There was no movement during this process, at least that's how it seemed to me and others. The knife on the side picked up Yan Sheng and ran back without saying a word. When Lord Gui saw it, he immediately concluded: "Something happened!"
Daozi ran back panting, but even so, even he didn't know what happened. He quickly put Yan Sheng next to Sister Meng and said, "Sister Meng, come on, take a look."
It seemed that Yan Sheng's face was not very good, but his consciousness was still clear, and he said feebly: "It's the sole of a straw shoe. It bit me. After that, I couldn't even move. My whole body became weak, and finally I couldn't move." .”
The sole of straw sandals is a dialect of Shandong and other places. Its scientific name is centipede. It is a kind of centipede with short, slightly flat body and brown color. It is like a centipede but slightly smaller, with slender opposite legs and large poisonous jaws. It likes to live in damp places outside houses. They rest in rotting leaves and wood during the day and come out to forage at night. They move quickly and feed mainly on insects and spiders.
Straw soles prefer to live in damp and cold places, and they mostly live outside under large rocks, in wood piles and compost piles. However, there are also straw sandals in the tomb. I once heard my grandfather mention that this is an indirect clue to judge the ancient tomb.
There is such a story in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", "There is a centipede under the gate of the three houses of the scholar Zhu Yi, several feet long. It comes out every time it is windy and rainy, and hovers on the ground as if it is white. According to the shape of the centipede, it cannot be seen during the day and cannot be seen at night. When you come out, you will gather fish when you smell it." Ancient folklore also involves this, and most of them are monsters that harm people.
"Straw shoe soles?" Lord Gui was stunned, but he didn't think much about it. He just asked Sister Meng, "Sister Meng, how are you? Is it any serious problem?"
"Master Gu, there is something wrong with the soles of these straw sandals!" Sister Meng said, "Centers are listed as one of the five poisons, but they are not very toxic and are not enough to cause temporary paralysis. This is probably a highly poisonous centipede that has been carefully refined. "
"Yes!" Lord Gui Hou clicked his tongue, nodded, and said, "I just thought of it, but are you able to cure it?"
"There is a way, but we don't have sesame oil."
"Sesame oil?" Fatty Yu said in surprise, "We are here to fight, not have a picnic, so why is there sesame oil?"
"Fat man, if you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. There is a folk legend about sesame oil restraining centipedes. It is said that in ancient times, there was a girl named Lanzi who was not yet married. On a dark and windy night, a beautiful man entered her boudoir. Two people People are destined to be together for a lifetime, and they meet each other. From then on, the man came almost every night. A few months later, Lanzi was pregnant. His mother was shocked. After her mother patiently enlightened her, Lanzi blushed and told the story. The whole story. One night, Lanzi's mother saw a straw sandal sole more than five feet long climbing to the window of the boudoir. It suddenly turned into a handsome man. "
"Haha, how come these ancient female comrades are so open-minded?" Fatty Yu laughed in an unserious manner.
"Later, Lanzi's mother worriedly asked an old monk named Zhizhi for advice. Zhizhi listened and said that her daughter was entangled by centipede spirits. Moreover, she was already pregnant with centipede seeds. If this continues, her life may not be saved. Lanzi Lanzi's mother burst into tears and cleverly advised Lanzi's mother to use sesame oil pancakes to deal with the soles of straw sandals. Sure enough, smelling the smell of sesame oil, centipedes crawled out of Lanzi's lower body one after another, stopped greedily to suck on the pancakes, and Lanzi's belly It will be small soon.”
Fatty Yu listened with great joy, but Lord Ghost became anxious, "It's a tricky thing without sesame oil. Sister Meng, besides this method, is there any other way?"
Sister Meng looked at Yan Sheng's neck. There were two small spots on it. The skin nearby had turned purple, which showed that it was bitten by the poisonous jaws of the straw sandals. Sister Meng said: "You can clean the wound first and use the herbs we brought to suppress the spread of toxicity."
At this moment, a shadow with a large poisonous jaw and long tentacles suddenly crawled out from the collar of the rock. It had countless long legs hanging down. I was startled and immediately pulled Sister Meng up and said, "Be careful. Straw shoe soles!”
The noises of several people came from all around, and Fatty Yu was also startled and cursed: "It's your uncle's fault!"
The Ghost Marquis did not dare to neglect and said: "Everyone, step back!"
