Under the Black Cloud Village, the long-lost sun began to shine, and the earth began to show vitality.
A black cloak slowly emerged from the side of the hillside, and then a face covered with black gauze was revealed. Almost at the same time, a bunch of black buns stood out from the side, and Shen Yi's face slowly emerged.
"It seems that they have already arrived, why did they wait until now to start going to the tomb?" Xu Hao looked at the crowd in front of his grandfather's tomb down the slope, not angry, but seemed to be looking forward to it.
"They are waiting for the auspicious time to lay down." Ming Xiang said, stroking his thin beard.
Xu Hao nodded. He knew that going to the tomb was a taboo matter. They must have calculated the time, so they arrived at night, but they waited until now to prepare to go to the tomb. There is no need to be surprised that there are so many of them, there must be some people who know the magic of yin and yang.
Huizhong and others first performed a simple ritual in front of Xu Shouhui's tomb, lit a burner of incense at the southeast corner of the tombstone, then slowly dug up the soil behind the tombstone, carefully dug out the sealing soil with a shovel, and saw what was inside. An ordinary wooden coffin lay there. Although this wooden coffin is not luxurious, it is made of fine wood and painted with black paint. It has been buried in the soil for decades. Although it has some discoloration, it is still intact.
Wang Yisi and others were about to step forward to open the coffin. Huizhong stopped in a hurry, walked forward slowly, knocked on the coffin, and said, "No need to open it, it can't be opened."
"Why can't it be opened?"
Huizhong said nothing and turned towards the tombstone.
Seeing this, Li Rufeng also stepped forward, knocked on the coffin, and said, "What the master said is true. This is a solid coffin. It is actually a whole piece of wood with no openings."
After hearing this, everyone felt strange and wondered what was strange about Xu Shouhui's tomb.
"Li Shaoxia, General Chen, come on, move around and take a look." Huizhong pointed at the tombstone.
Under Huizhong's command, everyone slowly moved the tombstone, and saw a huge bluestone slab appeared below. They moved the slab away, and saw that a cave entrance with a width of one person appeared below, and a cold wind blew from the entrance of the cave, which made people feel uncomfortable. I couldn't help but shudder.
Huizhong opened the fire folder, lit a small torch and looked inside. There was nothing strange, so he squatted down and jumped into the hole.
After a while, I heard Huizhong shouting below: "Everyone, come down."
Everyone obeyed and jumped into the cave entrance one by one. It turns out that the entrance to the cave is a steep slope made of rammed earth. After entering, you slide directly to the bottom of the slope. Inside is a wider tomb passage, all made of blue bricks.
After all, he was the leader of the rebel army who died violently. Compared with the tombs of emperors and nobles, Xu Shouhui's tomb can be said to be very simple.
Everyone went down the tomb passage, lit three candles in the southeast corner, and then walked deeper into the tomb passage while lighting the oil lamps on both sides of the tomb passage. Along the way, except for a group of bats that suddenly flew by, there were no hidden weapons that everyone was worried about. There were just many side roads, and there was no map of the tomb passage. We could only take one step at a time and slowly explore forward.
Hui Zhong led the way, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart whether Brother Ji Bu and the other five were following. No matter whether they saw the marks on the ground or not, as long as they followed Xu Hao and the others, they would be fine.
After walking for about half an hour, a stone wall appeared in front of everyone. It seemed that this was either the entrance to the tomb or a dead end.
Everyone looked around, not knowing who had touched the mechanism. The boulder suddenly cracked open, and there were several loud rumbling sounds, and a giant blue and white python as thick as a bucket sprang out. It opened its bloody mouth and spit out information.
Along with the giant python, countless white rats came out. For a moment, they squeaked and scurried around, and everyone screamed and hid in a hurry. There was a lot of confusion.
The giant python heard the sound, danced its body, and moved forward with all its strength. Seeing that its bloody mouth had grown to a big size, it seemed to be grabbed by something, and fell to the ground with a snap.
A closer look revealed that the tail of the giant python was tied to a huge iron pillar. Some of the iron ropes that tied the giant python had already been buckled into the body of the giant python. There were lumps of bloody things and bursts of... The fishy wind makes people feel nauseous.
In fact, the chains were not locked, but were entangled together and could be untied. Unfortunately, the giant python did not have human wisdom.
"This road is dead, let's change the road." Wang Yisi was superstitious about ghosts and gods and was unwilling to move forward when he saw this.
"No, I think this road is exactly what we are looking for. Otherwise, why would the designer put a giant python here to block intruders?" Feng Yanlang did not believe these things.
Li Rufeng nodded, feeling that what Feng Yanlang said was reasonable.
"Hmph, it's just a snake, what's there to be afraid of?" Tie Lian seemed to be concerned about Feng Yanlang's words. As he spoke, he drew his sword and stepped forward to kill the python. In his opinion, the giant python was not scary.
The giant python moved upon hearing the sound, shrank back, and then suddenly launched its head, sending the poisonous letter straight into Tie Lian.
Tie Lian raised his sword and pulled it diagonally.
The giant python took back the poisonous letter, turned its head, and hit Tie Lian.
Tie Lian hurriedly blocked with his sword, but was knocked into the wall with his sword.
Li Rufeng was about to step forward, but he saw Wang Yisi had already picked up the ghost head sword and slashed at him. "Hehe... You beast, you are interesting. Let's see how the third master cuts you into pieces." Now that someone has taken action, Wang Yisi is no longer afraid and wants to play with the big snake.
Seeing another strong man coming, the giant python ignored Tie Lian and hit the roof of the cave, causing a lot of sand and gravel to fall down.
Wang Yisi hesitated for a moment, turned over, and wanted to sit on the head of the giant python. Unexpectedly, the giant python rolled up and quickly entangled Wang Yisi in the center.
Chen Quanzhong was shocked. It seemed that this giant python was not a good person. He aimed at the python three inches away and stabbed it with his spear.
After all, the giant python was not a human being. It was still pressing Wang Yisi hard, unaware of the coming danger.
When the tip of Chen Quanzhong's spear was about to hit, the giant python felt something strange and hurriedly twisted its body. Although it avoided being stabbed by three inches, it still inevitably received a shot.
He roared in severe pain and threw Wang Yisi away with all his strength. His whole body shrank back and circled back.
Tie Lian wanted to avenge the collision, and raised his sword to stab him. Suddenly, he saw the giant python lowered its head, closed its mouth tightly, then turned to look at its tail, and a few crystal clear drops flowed from the corners of its eyes. s things.
Tie Lian's heart softened and he stood there staring at the giant python motionless.
Wang Yisi finally regained his breath. He was holding back his anger. He picked up the ghost head knife and was about to come over to relieve his anger, but he heard "Stop."
Li Rufeng stepped forward, held down the two swords and said, "Let me try it."
"Brother, do you know what it's saying?" Fang Lingyan knew Li Rufeng very well after all.
"Not sure, but maybe it's trying to tell us something."
"Be careful, you have seen how powerful this giant python is."
"Well, don't worry." Li Rufeng turned around and smiled, tentatively walking forward while gently stretching out his hands and spreading his fingers, revealing his empty palms.
Slowly, the python seemed to understand that Li Rufeng had no ill intentions and became less angry and irritable. The atmosphere in the tomb passage gradually became gentler.
Li Rufeng's left hand still showed its blankness, and he said: "Who locked you here? Do you need us to help you untie the iron rope?"
The giant python squirmed, its head moved up and down slightly, and its eyes stared at Li Rufeng.
Li Rufeng slowly stretched out his right hand and pointed at its tail and said, "Don't move. I'll help you untie the iron rope and free you, okay?"
The giant python moved its head again, then glanced at everyone, and slowly wriggled its body like a crawler.
"You...you mean you know the way?" Because of his previous life experience, Li Rufeng has a relatively good understanding of the habits of some animals, and sometimes he can even talk to horses, dogs and other animals.
After obtaining the consent of the giant python, Li Rufeng slowly walked towards the iron pillar and tried his best to help it untie the iron chain.
The smell inside was very unpleasant, so Li Rufeng tore off a piece of clothing, covered his mouth and nose, and after about a cup of tea, he finally untied the iron rope.
After the giant python escaped from the trap, it suddenly felt relaxed. It moved its tail, bowed its head up and down towards Li Rufeng, and scurried forward, as if it was receiving amnesty.
