The grimace Taoist priest had no time to explain the meaning of this sarcophagus to He Siniang and He Siniang. At this time, he was in the center of the hall and could already catch a glimpse of the layout of the entire hall. Unexpectedly, it was not just the entrance, but also every wall in the hall. Skeletons were vaguely visible on the stone screen wall. Looking at the sarcophagus in the center from five directions, the three of them stood in it and felt as if they were being stared at by ten eyes at the same time. The protagonist also changed from the cinnabar sarcophagus to himself.
The grim-faced Taoist priest looked at the cinnabar sarcophagus, and then at the bones on the surrounding stone screens. A huge sense of doubt rose from the bottom of his heart. The layout of the coffins and burials in the hall was beyond his knowledge. As the old saying goes: Tomb Go to bed and sleep for peace of mind. As a place where the tomb owner places his physical body, shouldn’t the tomb play a role in stabilizing the physical body and detaching the soul? But why is there a weird and sinister atmosphere here?
While the grim-faced Taoist priest was lost in thought, Luo Laoqi had already climbed onto the coffin bed and began to study how to open the coffin. The half-human-tall cinnabar stone coffin looked even more coquettish and beautiful when he got closer. Luo Laoqi couldn't help but reach out and touch it. But as soon as his hand touched the sarcophagus, he pulled it back with a swish, and said in his mouth: "It's so cold! Grandma's seems to have just been... frozen."
"Be careful." He Siniang warned from the side. At the same time, she carefully touched the sarcophagus with her hand. She found that the body of the coffin was indeed as cold as ice, so she said, "It's really cold. Even this sarcophagus is cold." It’s not so cold if it’s made of stone, right?”
"That's Yin Qi. Cinnabar stone is a rare thing that absorbs Yin. It was made into a coffin and placed in a tomb. After absorbing the Yin Qi for thousands of years, it will naturally become like this." The Taoist Priest with a grimace came back to his senses and jumped on the topic as he spoke. Standing on the coffin bed, he continued: "Pindao previously speculated with you that this stone tower was laid out by Zhao Buxiang in accordance with the Nine Good Deeds of Tantra. Now looking at the style of painting in the temple, I am afraid that my guess is wrong. We have to prepare for the worst. Just in case the coffin you open next is... a Jiyin ghost coffin."
In order to prevent He Siniang and Luo Laoqi from underestimating the current situation, the Taoist Ghostface simply explained to them that the so-called nine good deeds of Tantric Buddhism, although they also require killing people and taking bones, are more inclined to "bury", and basically do not Such a strange sacrificial formation and a sinister coffin appeared in the tomb, so the Taoist priest with a grimace suspected that Zhao Jiuxiang might have gone astray and chose two other burial systems.
The "Nine Tribulations" method is the most unfriendly to the owner of the tomb. There are nine tribulations in the Jiuzhuan Pagoda, allowing the owner of the tomb to practice through the layers after dismembering the corpse, so as to achieve the goal of finally overcoming the tribulations and becoming a Buddha. These nine tribulations There is no fixed number, it will be determined according to the birth and numerology of the tomb owner. It may be a five-element kalpa such as water and fire, or it may be a yin-yang kalpa such as ghosts. In short, if you want to become a Buddha, you must suffer first, and if you can't live, you will die. There are three types The most pious but difficult method of burial.
"Doing the nine evils" is much simpler and more crude. It is basically the opposite of doing the nine good deeds. You think that my good deeds are not enough, but I think that my evil deeds are too single. Maybe I can succeed if I do all the evil things in the world. He kills Buddha, so in addition to the tomb owner, there will also be eight evil people or eight kinds of evil deeds in the tomb. Generally, this kind of tomb will be extremely dangerous, because you can't think of what evil things a wicked person has not done. All these are gathered into the tomb, which is simply a disaster for the tomb robbers. However, from the perspective of the Taoist priest with a grimace, there is no difference between the two. One is evil and the other is evil. Slapping the mouth will hurt both sides.
The grim-faced Taoist priest made it clear, but the three of them also knew that they had to go down to the tomb no matter what. Qin Nachuan's book "Shaping the Tomb" has written about it at the beginning - this sect swims under the loess, accompanied by spirits. , strange beasts appear in front of the eyes, but the omens of misfortune do not bother to retreat, and the pearls and silver do not know to be exhausted. Even if there are dozens of strange families, only a few people will end up well. These simple sentences actually illustrate the nature of the people in the Mushroom Gate. The three grim-faced Taoist priests all came here for what they wanted. How could they give up if they could not achieve their goals? They gathered around the sarcophagus to weigh the pros and cons, and finally decided He started to open the coffin and vowed to destroy the Nine Turns Pagoda.
The grimace Taoist priest was cautious by nature. Before preparing to open the coffin, he asked the three of them to go over the layout of the hall. Except for the coffin bed in the middle and the five stone screens, there was nothing else in the entire hall. Behind the screen in the southeast, there is a stone staircase going down, which should be the path leading to the next level.
Seeing that there were ways to advance and retreat, the grim-faced Taoist priest called everyone to the coffin and said solemnly: "This is the first time that the three of us have worked together to open the coffin since this time. We all know the division of labor. The next step is to raise the coffin to make a fortune. If the soup is clear or turbid, we will know it when we lift the pot (in ancient times, soup was used to refer to the condition of the coffin. Clear and turbid means that there is no danger, fat and meat means that there is a lot of goods, and a lack of water means that there is no goods)."
After saying that, the three of them followed the predetermined positions, with one person standing at each end of the coffin. He Siniang was in the middle to provide support. This cinnabar sarcophagus used the riveting method, which was only stuck by grooves, and then wax oil was densely applied to the seams of the coffin. There is no soul-tightening nail on the coffin lid. In ancient tombs, sarcophagi are rarely sealed with soul-tightening nails. Firstly, the nails under the stone are easy to crack. Secondly, the weight of the sarcophagus itself is not light. Even if there are some in the coffin, "Things" will not break out of the coffin.
The grimace Taoist priest and Luo Laoqi used tools to carefully remove the wax oil from the coffin seams. Then Luo Laoqi at the head of the coffin took a crowbar and pressed the coffin lid hard twice. After seeing that the coffin lid was loose, Luo Laoqi Qi inserted the crowbar again to pry the coffin lid. At this time, the grimace Taoist priest also went around to the coffin to give Luo Laoqi a hand. As the two men shouted, the coffin lid opened. He Siniang hurriedly saw this. Holding another crowbar tightly, insert it from one side of the gap to the other, so that the crowbar lies in the middle of the coffin lid and the coffin body. After the three of them finished what they were doing, they immediately stepped back half a step and looked quietly into the coffin. .
After waiting for a moment and seeing nothing strange in the coffin, the Taoist priest with a grimace held a torch and began to look into the coffin. The gap was gloomy, with only a faint dark green sheen. The Taoist priest with a grimace waved his hand to Luo Laoqi, and the two of them worked together to lower the coffin lid. After pushing it, a three-foot-wide slit was revealed this time, and the situation inside the coffin was clearly visible in the firelight.
Each side of the inner side of the sarcophagus is covered with black paint, making the small space even more depressing. There are two white bones standing at the front and rear ends. Judging from the size and posture of the skeletons, they should be two children in their early childhood, kneeling. Standing at both ends of the sarcophagus, apart from the bones of two children, there was only one other object left in the coffin. That object was placed in the middle of the sarcophagus. It seemed to be made of bronze, about two feet high, and had three legs underneath. , the upper part is a bowl-shaped object with a lid on it. The whole thing looks like a tripod but not a tripod, very much like some kind of cooking vessel.
Luo Laoqi couldn't help but wonder when he saw the object: "Is Zhao Laoer burying his rice bowl?"
