In the silent darkness, there was a slight cough from a man. Immediately, a flickering flame lit up.
This is a simple copper lamp. The shape is not complicated. The upper lamp panel is recessed, containing lamp oil and burning wicks. The main part of the lower lamp post is a human servant, with both hands raised to drag the lamp panel. The servant's back and There is a connected handle between the lower lampstands. The handle is polished and looks like it is often used.
The weak light slowly illuminated the surroundings. This was a closed secret room. There were small ventilation openings around the upper part of the secret room. You could see that the flames of the copper lamps were gently swayed by the subtle air flow.
The lamp was placed on a stone table. There was a simple stone bed next to the stone table. There was a man sitting cross-legged on the bed, with long beard and hanging hair. His face could be seen in the light of the fire.
Living in a secret room for a long time has made this person's skin a little too white, but his ears are extremely sharp. At this time, he was listening to something with his eyes closed.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes. The copper lamp beside him seemed to be frightened. The flame flickered a few times and was about to go out...
Immediately afterwards, the flames suddenly jumped up, and the color became as bright red as blood. At this time, the man's eyes actually oozed a little blood! If anyone looked closely at his eyes, they would be scared to shit.
The two eyes of this man are actually red!
Beside a wall outside the secret room, a group of people held torches and carefully got in through the holes in the wall. Broken bricks and soil were scattered on the ground under their feet.
The leader whispered: "Everyone, please be quick. This is a fire cave. I've decided on this pot."
The terms "zhiguo" and "dongzi" here are both slang in the industry.
In the past, among the tomb robbers in Shanxi and other places, they most liked to use "branch pot" to represent 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".
Tomb robbers borrowed this word to mean teaming up to rob a tomb. If they find a large tomb somewhere and there are too few people to eat it, the tomb robbers will form gangs to cooperate. Correspondingly, if "the pot cannot be lifted up", it means that the tomb robber failed and returned empty-handed, which is also called "empty".
The Huodongzi here refers to an ancient wooden coffin tomb that is well preserved and has not been stolen. It is named because unknown flammable gas will be emitted from the tomb.
The corresponding water caves are ancient tombs that are not well sealed, filled with water, or have been robbed and damaged. The funerary objects in Shuidongzi are poorly preserved, and the stolen antiquities are generally not of very good quality.
This group should be a small gang of thieves, led by a middle-aged man in a long braided mandarin jacket, with a long knife on his waist, one eye covered with black cloth, and a long scar slanting from his forehead. After wearing it, he was probably blind, and there was a sinister look between his brows.
A few people walked cautiously in the tomb passage. A thin man with buck teeth raised a torch and illuminated the tomb wall. He said in a trembling voice: "Second Master, this mural is so tight that I feel a little uncomfortable looking at it." .”
"You're a worthless thing, how many murals can eat you up?"
Another tall, thin man cursed angrily. It seems that the tall and thin man also has some status and status among this group of people.
The second master ignored the two men and raised the walking lantern in his hand to illuminate the tomb passage in front of him. This kind of lamp shines farther than ordinary torches, and its shape looks very similar to ordinary lanterns. The difference is that its lamp mouth is opened on the side wall in front, and there are several copper lanterns inside. Mirrors use the reflection of light on the mirror surface to concentrate the light, which is somewhat similar to today's flashlights.
Bronze mirrors have been used to ward off evil spirits since ancient times. It is said that this kind of lamp can illuminate the ghosts of the deceased.
There were no flashlights at that time, so this kind of lamp became a common lighting tool for tomb robbers.
"Look at your feet, there is such a long tomb passage, there is no chance of any dark guy, I have already revealed all my tricks, I finally encountered a fire hole, don't tell me here."
"Master, this mural is really scary!"
After walking for less than a quarter of an hour, the buck teeth spoke tremblingly again.
The tall and thin man turned around and kicked him in the butt.
"Look at you, you look like a loser, you coward!"
The second master looked up and looked around. The walls on both sides, including the top of the tomb passage, were covered with murals. In the murals were various animals and many people wearing strange costumes.
What is puzzling is that the eyes of people and animals are painted red, and they are walking forward as if they have lost their souls.
"These things are specially painted on the walls by the princes and princes to scare people. There is nothing to be afraid of."
The dark corridor was deathly silent, with a faint hint of green smoke filling the air. Under the unique damp darkness of the ancient tomb, the group in the distance did not notice it at all.
After a long time, they stopped.
"No, why is this tomb passage so long?" The second master turned around and called, "Awu, how long have you been walking?"
A deep voice came from behind the crowd:
"Second Master, it's almost two hours."
The man named Awu was a very tall man with very strong muscles. If an ordinary person was hit by him, he would probably break three to five bones.
The man who was called Second Master felt something bad. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a trembling voice say:
“Grandpa…Grandpa…Grandpa…wall…murals!”
The tall and thin man on the side raised his hand and slapped the buck-toothed man in his mouth.
"Mural mural, you are M tall!"
The second master raised his walking lantern and illuminated the murals around him. He couldn't help but feel his scalp numb, and a chill spread down his spine and throughout his body.
The original people and animals have long since disappeared, replaced by the broken limbs and bodies of people and animals!
The scattered corpses were twisted and entangled, and streams of blood spread from the pile of corpses. The heads with distorted faces were opening their bloody mouths, and their two ghost eyes stared at everyone present.
The bright red color shines directly into people's souls under the light of torches, making him feel a sense of fear from the bottom of his heart, which is the fear of facing death!
The people behind them also noticed the changes in the mural, and the team instantly became a little panicked.
This second master was not an ordinary person. He quickly calmed down and pulled out a long knife from his waist. "Don't panic, Ah Wu, let's see if there are enough people!"
Ah Wu looked around, "Second Master, eight people."
"Eight people!" The second master was shocked. He came out with nine people this time, and two stayed outside to guard the entrance of the thief's cave. Only seven came down. How could there be eight people?
The two people outside have received their orders and will never follow them. Even if there is an emergency, they will notify themselves secretly, so...
Where did this eighth person come from!
They have been walking under the tomb for almost two hours. When did this person start following them?
Thinking of this, the second master couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his forehead...
While thinking, he turned and looked at the back of the crowd, where a black figure was standing dangling behind.
It's the eighth person!
"Damn it, it doesn't matter if you are a human or a ghost, before you want to kill me, you should first ask me about the knife in my hand!"
This second master was really a ruthless man. He immediately became murderous and winked at the tall and thin man behind him.
The tall and lanky man understood, raised his hand, and fired three short darts at the figure behind him with a whoosh.
The dart was poisoned, and only three puffs were heard. The man behind him was instantly hit, and fell to the ground with a muffled groan.
Seeing the people behind him fall down, Er Ye felt an ominous premonition for no reason. Everything seemed a bit too simple!
He took the torch from the lanky man and walked carefully towards the eighth man.
I saw the man lying head down on the ground, motionless. Looking at the clothes and body shape, I couldn't help but shout "Oh no!"
"Quick, save people!"
After speaking, he quickly picked up the person on the ground.
At this time, the man's face turned black, his whole body was shaking, his blood-red eyes were staring hard, and he was foaming at the mouth. It was obvious at a glance that he was hopeless.
The person was brought down by the second master. The tomb passage was too dark. Only the second master in the team was leading the way with a walking lantern in his hand, and the followers behind were all lighting torches.
The lighting range of the torch was limited. The man who followed the team was probably frightened by the changes in the mural. He trembled and tried to run back, but he was killed by the poison dart.
A companion died, and fear spread in everyone's heart, not because of the dead person, but because of the extra person.
Everyone took a few steps back, looked around nervously, and soon discovered something was wrong...
There are only six of them now!
Everyone present felt uneasy, and there was a layer of white sweat on their foreheads and palms. No one moved, but looked at everyone around them vigilantly.
After a while, the second master said: "Awu, do you remember what I said to you when I first met you in the back mountain?"
"Second Master, when I first met you, I was just a little beggar at the dock." The big man named A Wu replied.
The second master pressed the knife in his hand and stared at the others with fierce eyes.
Everyone immediately understood what the second master meant. After confirming, they found that they were all their own, and the extra person just disappeared!
"Damn, this place is a bit evil..." Looking at the dead bodies on the ground, the second master spat hard,
"It's not easy to encounter a fire hole. It's impossible to just exit. That person killed our brother, and we must not forgive him!"
One person trembled and said: "Master, are you encountering a ghost..."
"Hmph, people will kill people, but ghosts will kill them! There's nothing to be afraid of!" Ah Wu said, clenching his fists.
The tall and thin man reached out and closed the eyes of the man on the ground, and sighed deeply: "Oh, I'm sorry, brother, that bastard, I will definitely cut him into pieces to avenge you!"
The light from the walking lamp cannot clearly illuminate the depths of the tomb passage. Looking from a distance, the end of the tomb passage is like a dark abyss with no bottom.
The remaining six people were walking in the tomb passage. At this time, they were more cautious than ever, always on guard against the missing eighth person.
The surrounding murals are still the kind of bloody scenes with corpses entangled in chills, and you can smell the smell of blood when you look at them.
After being highly concentrated for a long time, everyone seemed a little tired, and what was even more frightening was that they found that they seemed to never be able to get out of this tomb passage.
Counting the start, they had been walking non-stop for three hours! When the familiar mark on the tomb wall appeared again, they finally realized that they were trapped in the tomb passage.
"Second Master, what should I do!" Ah Wu grasped the torch in his hand.
The second master said nothing, he could feel the changes in everyone.
After a long period of extreme tension, coupled with the pressure caused by the closed space of the tomb passage, coupled with the fear of death, their emotions were close to collapse.
"go to hell!"
Suddenly, one of them went crazy and threw down a partner next to him, squeezing the other person's neck with both hands.
This was a man with stubble on his face, and his voice at this time was as sharp and harsh as a mad woman.
His expression became extremely ferocious, and his entire face became distorted.
"I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you, and no one of you can leave! No one can leave!"
He shouted like a madman and strangled the neck of the man beneath him with his hands, while the man beneath him resisted desperately.
Faced with the sudden scene, everyone was shocked and quickly went up to hold down the crazy companion.
I don't know where he got such strength, but he broke free from the obstruction, turned around and rushed towards the second master, grabbing the second master's neck with both hands.
Seeing this, the second master dodged sideways, turned around and swept his leg towards the scumbag man's calf. The scumbag man was thrown to the ground, and several of his teeth were broken.
Regardless of the pain, the man howled and got up and rushed towards the second master. Blood flowed from his mouth, and his expression was full of madness and ferocity.
"I'm going to kill you! Kill you!"
His voice had completely changed, and everyone present was shocked. Could it be that this man was possessed by the female ghost in the tomb?
Seeing the man rushing towards him, the second master stepped forward with his right foot and stepped on the tomb wall beside him. Then he kicked off the wall with his left foot. Taking advantage of the situation, he rotated his body in the air and clamped his legs around the bearded man's neck. He exerted force on his waist. He rolled back and put him down on the ground, grabbed one of his arms with both hands, and clamped his legs around the man's neck to hold him tightly. Seeing the situation, the other three people also came up to help, holding down his neck with all kinds of hands. legs and the other arm.
The bearded man struggled hard, but was pinned to the ground unable to move.
At this moment, the person he had pinched suddenly rushed over, reached out and pulled out the long knife from the second master's waist and stabbed the bearded man in the stomach. The white knife went in and the red knife came out, and his intestines were turned inside out. Come out!
"Jiejiejiejie..."
Under everyone's shocked gazes, the man holding the knife let out an evil laugh, raised the knife and swiped it at his neck, and blood immediately splattered everywhere, spurting out like a column.
A ferocious woman's head on the mural next to her was instantly stained with blood red. The blood slowly flowed down the wall, falling drop by drop towards the long knife on the ground, splashing with beautiful blood flowers. The woman's head in the mural, under the light of the torch, has a pair of bloody eyes staring at everyone gloomily.
Everything happened so suddenly, within a matter of seconds, that everyone had goosebumps all over their bodies. The buck-toothed man was so frightened that he peed his pants on the spot. His calves softened and he sat down on the ground. His eyes widened and he opened his mouth to say something, but no words came out.
"Live...live...live!!!"
He pointed at the mural on the wall with one finger, his mouth opened one after another, his face was livid, his whole body was shaking violently due to fear, and he couldn't help but move back, and finally he let out a hysterical scream, and his whole body was shaking. He rushed towards the depths of the tomb passage as he crawled.
Bucktooth had just rushed out more than ten meters when he heard a loud roar and the entire corridor began to tremble violently.
At this time, the walking lantern was still thrown on the ground, and the light was shining directly on the tomb passage in front.
The buck tooth stepped on some mechanism, and the huge boulder at the top of the tomb suddenly fell down. The three of them watched as the buck tooth was instantly smashed into meat cakes. The minced meat was mixed with blood and water, as if it had been trampled to pieces. Like persimmons, they were splashed everywhere, and the road in front of the tomb passage was completely blocked.
Before they could react, there was another loud noise, followed by a violent vibration, and the tomb passage behind them was blocked by falling boulders.
Seeing this, the three of them felt chilled...
It’s over, I’m afraid I’m going to end up here today! !
At this moment, the flame of the only lit lamp on the ground flickered for a few times, and then went out with a pop.
The three people groped and stood back to back. In the dark and silent tomb passage, the only sound left was the heavy breathing of the three people...
