Ling Yun and the others were so shocked by the scene in front of them that they were speechless. They walked around the white bones and walked towards the inside of the house. This should be the main hall of the house.
Through the sunlight shining in from the door and the roof, you can see that the main hall is three feet square and more than one foot high. There is a screen in the center of the hall, the upper half of which is dilapidated. Below the screen is a square table, somewhat similar to the Eight Immortals table. There are high wooden chairs on both sides of the square table. On the chair on the right is a white skeleton sitting on his chest. There is a long sword stuck in it, his left hand is raised in front of his chest, his right elbow is propped on the square table, his head is tilted back and tilted to one side.
Ling Yun and Li Haoyang came forward and took a closer look. There were no other scars on the bones. It must have been the sharp sword in the chest that killed the owner of the bones during his lifetime. They looked around and saw four skeletons lying scattered in the hall, each holding a long sword in their hands.
Ling Yun was about to walk behind the screen when Li Haoyang suddenly stopped him: "Ling Yun, did you find anything wrong?" Ling Yun was stunned for a moment, then looked at the bones on the ground, thinking thoughtfully, Mengyao felt a little He said fearfully: "Brother Yun, Brother Yang, let's leave this place quickly, it's so scary!" Li Haoyang approached Mengyao, put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Don't be afraid, Sister Yao, Brother Yang is here, let's Let’s take a look at the situation here first!”
Ling Yun thought for a moment and seemed to remember something. He turned his head and looked at the bones lying at the door. The swords in the hands of other bones were all rusty, and some were even so rusted that there were only some residues left, but this one There was no trace of rust on the knife on the back of the white bones, and the long sword stuck in the chest of the white bones sitting on them. There was just a layer of dust covering them, making the two swords look dim.
Ling Yun leaned down, pulled out the big knife from the white skeleton, gently wiped off the dust on the knife with his sleeve, and looked at it carefully. This broadsword is more than six feet long, and the blade is still extremely sharp. The back of the blade is thick, and there are three copper rings near the handle. The entire blade is steady and heavy, and it weighs twenty or thirty kilograms in the hand.
Although Ling Yun is just a farm boy, only seventeen or eighteen years old, he has followed Li Haoyang and his son in hunting for many years, and has used many types of knives to dissect prey. After a little comparison, he can tell that this knife must be a rare treasure. , Ling Yun handed the big sword to Li Haoyang and said, "Brother Yang, look at this sword!"
Li Haoyang took the sword and looked at it carefully. While looking at it, he said, "What a great sword!" Ling Yun turned around and pulled out the long sword of the sitting skeleton. The moment the long sword was drawn out, there was only a "clang" sound, and the sword body actually made a sound like a dragon's roar, which was particularly harsh.
Ling Yun held the sword. The sword was more than five feet long, and the hilt was nearly six feet long. The sword was covered with a layer of dust. He rubbed the blade of the sword against his shirt and wiped off the dust on the sword. He accidentally cut the corner of his clothes. The sword looked as sharp as the big knife. Ling Yun looked at the sword with love beyond words. How had this seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy seen such a sword before? Although the big sword was also a rare sword, Ling Yun had a special liking for this sword. Ling Yun held the hilt and waved it, and then said to Li Haoyang and Mengyao: "Brother Yang, Mengyao, look, this is awesome. What a great sword!”
Li Haoyang held the knife in his hand and stepped forward to take a look. Mengyao also stepped forward to watch. Ling Yun said: "Brother Yang, Sister Yao, please give way!" After saying that, he came to the door and pointed the sword to the sun. He saw that the sword reflected the sun, the cold light was restrained, and there was a faint layer of light blue on the sword. The colorful light flickers and appears, which is very beautiful.
Mengyao suddenly pressed down Ling Yun's sword-holding hand and said, "Brother Ling Yun, don't move!" After saying that, she reached out and wiped the sword body near the hilt, and saw two seal characters engraved on this position, three People looked at it for a long time and couldn't tell what words were written.
Ling Yun put down the sword and said: "Okay, okay, the three of us are illiterate, no matter what it says, just know that it is a good sword!" Li Haoyang and Mengyao thought about it and felt that it was right.
Li Haoyang looked at the knife in his hand carefully. He turned it over and wiped it several times but could not see a single word on the knife, which made him a little disappointed. However, the blade of this sword is stable and has some weight in the hand. He picked up the knife and waved it. Although such a knife might have no effect on him other than cutting meat, he, like Ling Yun, had a dream of being in the world. Holding this knife in his hand, he felt like he was here. At that time, he was like a hero walking around the world, majestic and majestic.
Mengyao saw that they were all smiling happily looking at the swords in their hands, so she said: "Brother Yun, Brother Yang, don't worry about the swords or swords. No matter how good the sword is, it's just a pig-killing knife in your hands. Take a look quickly." Just leave!" Li Haoyang and Ling Yun looked at each other, touched their heads, and giggled.
Ling Yun said: "Hey, that's not the case. As for us, although we hunt for a living in the mountains and have never walked in the rivers and lakes, we have heard many legends in the rivers and lakes. Who hasn't dreamed of being a hero! Brother Yang, are you right?" Mengyao pretended to mock: "As for you, forget it as a hero, I'm afraid you won't even be able to catch a rabbit. What do you want me to say, my brother Haoyang is burly and a bit of a hero? Looks like that. How can a man catch a wild boar with his bare hands?" After saying that, he couldn't help but look at Li Haoyang with laughter. Li Haoyang raised his hand, flexing his index and middle fingers, pretending to hit her on the head, and said: "Hey, you little girl, the movie is over, right? Brother, I kindly brought you here to play, you can still enjoy it. Keep me entertained!" Mengyao pointed at the bones on the ground and asked, "Bring me here to play? Are you just here to play in a place like this?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Li Haoyang and Ling Yun woke up from a dream. Ever since they discovered the sword, they had been immersed in joy and did not feel anything wrong with this place at all. At this moment, when Mengyao reminded him, he suddenly reacted. He suddenly felt like his whole body was hairy, and his whole body was shrouded in a terrifying aura.
The three of them looked at each other, and Ling Yun said: "Based on the situation in front of us, this should be where the gang was hundreds of years ago. And the sword and sword are left here and have never been touched, which means that hundreds of people are here." No one else has set foot there for years. If this is true, the legend Uncle Ming told about Juelong Ridge must be true, and this is where the Shenlong Gang is."
Li Haoyang said: "In my opinion, it must be true. What my father said about Juelong Ridge is a story passed down orally from generation to generation. Look at the courtyard here and the bones on the ground. You can't go wrong. It seems that there was a fierce internal fight here, everyone died here, and the gang suddenly disappeared!"
Ling Yun and Mengyao nodded in agreement. Ling Yun glanced around the hall. The furnishings were simple. There was a weapons rack on the left. The wooden structure was rotten. All kinds of weapons were scattered on the floor. They were all rusty. The ironware was worthless, but the furnishings on the right side were elusive to the three of them. It was a stone table carved from marble, with a green dragon statue placed on the stone table. The green dragon attracted their attention.
Li Haoyang took the lead and walked over and looked around the Qinglong. From the appearance, it was just a very ordinary Xuanwu sculpture, but the material was a little special. It was hard to tell what it was made of. There was a bulge in the Qinglong's mouth. Li Haoyang said to Ling Yun: "Ling Yun, look at this, does it look like a scabbard?" Ling Yun didn't pay attention to this detail at first, but after hearing what Li Haoyang said, he suddenly understood and hurriedly inserted the sword in his hand into the scabbard. Just when the sword was about to be completely inserted into it, there seemed to be a suction force, and there was a "clang" sound, and the entire sword was firmly absorbed into the scabbard. Ling Yun gently pulled the sword outward, and successfully pulled the sword out. He reached out to pull out the scabbard again, but he couldn't pull it out.
Ling Yun handed the sword to Li Haoyang's hand, rubbed his hands on his body, wiped off the sweat on his palms, and pulled it out with force. The scabbard still did not move at all. The three of them looked at the scabbard in confusion. The raised part was clearly a The entrance to the scabbard could not be pulled out. Ling Yun tried several more times, but the results were the same. While she was wondering, Mengyao seemed to have discovered something. She stretched out her hand to pull Ling Yun away, walked forward, and fiddled with the dragon horns on the Qinglong statue. "Rubbing" it became loose, Mengyao gently pulled the scabbard out and took it out.
Ling Yun was ecstatic in his heart. He reached out to take the scabbard and looked at it carefully. He saw two dragon-shaped patterns intertwined with each other carved on the scabbard. Li Haoyang handed the sword to Ling Yun and said: "Ling Yun, try it quickly!" Ling Yun took the sword, inserted the sword into the scabbard, walked around proudly with it in his hand, and asked them: "Brother Yang, Mengyao , do you think I look like a hero?" Li Haoyang and Mengyao both nodded and said, "I look very much like me!"
Ling Yun said: "Brother Yang, we took other people's swords and swords, so let's bury their bones. Although I don't know who they are, my grandfather often told me that you can't take advantage of others in vain." Li Haoyang nodded. Said: "You are right, these people have been dead here for I don't know how many years. Meeting them is fate. Let's bury them!"
So, the two men leaned their swords against the wall and began to move the bones on the ground. Mengyao just followed and watched because of fear.
Just as they were about to lift the white skeleton at the door, suddenly, there was a "ding" sound, and something fell to the ground. The two men took down the bones again. Ling Yun reached out and picked up the thing. It turned out to be an exquisite jade pendant with a grinning animal carved on it, like a wolf. The original lanyard had completely rotted away, leaving only a pierced jade pendant. There is a small patch of emerald green on the edge of the hole for the lanyard, which is intertwined with white and looks very beautiful.
Ling Yun handed the jade pendant to Mengyao and said, "Mengyao, Brother Yang and I have both obtained this sword and sword. I'll give you this jade pendant." Mengyao hurriedly took a step back, shook her head and said: "No, I don't want things from dead people!" Ling Yun said to Li Haoyang again: "Brother Yang, give it to you. This jade pendant looks great when you wear it around your waist! "Li Haoyang hurriedly waved his hand when he saw it, and said: "I'll leave it to you to wear. I'm so scared to see something on a dead person." Ling Yun said disdainfully: "Hey, the knife belongs to these dead people too, you don't mind it. , but I only dislike this jade pendant." Li Haoyang said: "The knife is not a personal item, not to mention that the knife itself is a murder weapon and can ward off evil spirits. But this jade pendant is a personal item. It is said that it will be contaminated with the breath of the dead. I don't want it. ." Ling Yun still said with a look of disdain: "Brother Yang, I don't know how many years they have been dead. I usually hunt, but I have never seen you so scared like today. Forget it, I'll keep it for myself. Let's do it." After saying that, he put the jade pendant into his arms and said to the bones on the ground: "Senior, I will collect the bones for you later and prevent you from exposing your body to the wilderness. You don't need this jade pendant anyway. Well, I’ll just charge you some interest!”
The two men continued to carry the bones and pulled them outside the courtyard wall. They simply dug a hole with their daggers and buried all the bones in the main hall together. They also took quick wood from the collapsed roof ridge and stood it on the ground. , even if these people are buried.
Li Haoyang bowed to the wooden monument and said: "Seniors, we accidentally entered the treasure land. No offense intended. Please rest in peace, seniors!" After saying that, Ling Yun and Li Haoyang each took back their swords and turned around. Returned to the place where we rested the night before.
When the two of them were digging a hole to bury these bones, they discovered that the grass and thorns outside were covered with weathered bones. Facing the almost all decayed bones in the courtyard and outside, they were really surprised. There is nothing we can do, so we can only let it go. But in any case, what made Ling Yun happy was that when collecting the bones, he found some rings, rings and other objects from them, some of which were gold and some of jade. For people like them in the mountain village, these things It's worth a lot of money, which can be considered a huge sum of money.
Ling Yun and Li Haoyang discussed finding a way to exchange these items for money after returning, build a big house for both families, and buy a new fishing boat for Mengyao's family.
While they were discussing, Li Haoyang suddenly remembered something and said to Ling Yun and Mengyao: "Have we forgotten that there seems to be a door behind the screen and a courtyard behind the door. Why don't we go over and take a look?" Ling Yun Nodding, Mengyao said hurriedly: "I don't want to go. Let's go quickly. There are dead bones everywhere here. It's scary to look at. My scalp is numb now." Li Haoyang smiled and said: "Then You just stay here alone, Ling Yun, let's go!" After saying that, he and Ling Yun walked inside one behind the other. When Mengyao saw this, she immediately panicked and hurriedly chased after him, shouting: "Oh, brother Haoyang, brother Lingyun, don't leave me here alone!"
They walked around the screen and came to the backyard. The scene in the backyard is similar to the front yard, but the area is much smaller. The weeds on the ground are also covered with weathered bones. The side rooms on both sides have collapsed, but the inner room at the back is more intact than the main hall, perhaps because of the roof tiles. The reason why the piece remains intact. Since it has not experienced rain erosion, the wooden walls show little signs of decay. The carved door panel was open, and except for the vicissitudes of time, it was almost intact hanging on the door frame. Only the threshold on the ground had been corroded by the rain, and only half of it was left.
Ling Yun and others came to the door and looked in, only to see a few bones lying on the ground, but these bones were different from those in the hall, and there were no weapons on them. On the left is a carved wooden wall with a door opening in the wall. Inside is a bedroom. Through the carvings, you can see a bed inside the house.
Several people walked into the inner room, and there were actually two skeletons, one large and one small, on the bed. From the size of the skeletons, it can be seen that the owner of the smaller skeleton was only a child of three or five years old, and the owner of the larger skeleton was The owner protected the child in his arms during his lifetime, but still failed to save his (her?) life. Both of them died under the butcher's knife, and there were marks of knife attack on both bones.
When Ling Yun and the other three saw this, they took a deep breath and thought to themselves, this is probably a massacre. Who has such hatred for them? "Ling Yun frowned, shook his head and said, "It's so miserable."
The three of them turned around and walked out of the room on the left, then looked to the right. On the right is a closed room. The door was closed, and there was an iron lock hanging on it, which was already rusty. Li Haoyang reached out and pulled it, but it couldn't be opened, so he motioned to Ling Yun and Mengyao to take a few steps back. Li Haoyang raised his knife and slashed at the lock. Unexpectedly, he just exerted a little force and heard a "dang" sound, and the lock was split into two pieces and fell to the ground.
Li Haoyang glanced at the knife in his hand. There was no trace on the blade. He thought to himself: "It is indeed a precious knife!" Ling Yun exclaimed in surprise and said: "Brother Yang, this knife can cut iron as well as mud!" Li Haoyang clicked. Nodding, he opened the door and walked in.
What came into view were two skulls of unknown animals lying on the ground, as big as a bull's head, but with a pair of antlers. Li Haoyang stepped forward and turned over the skull, unable to see the reason.
Ling Yun asked: "Brother Yang, what is this?" Li Haoyang said: "I don't know, maybe it's the skull of a deer!" Ling Yun said: "This skull looks bigger than a big buffalo. It's the best skull in the world." Is there such a big deer?" Li Haoyang said disapprovingly: "Who knows, if it is like what my father said, this is where the Shenlong Gate was originally, these strangers may have any treasures, maybe they are pets they kept in captivity. ." Ling Yun nodded and said: "Yes, that's true!" Li Haoyang said: "Let's take them outside and bury them together later!" After saying that, he ignored the skull and looked up at the secret room.
This room should be a storage room. There are several jars at the door. The cylinder lids have been eaten through by insects. The jars are filled with unknown things. They have been completely eaten by the insects and turned into a pair of black ones. powder.
There is a two-layer wooden shelf against the wall on the left side of the room. There are several wooden boxes on the top of the shelf, and three iron boxes on the bottom layer. The iron box is about two feet long, about one foot wide and high. Those wooden boxes are slightly larger, and each box has a copper lock hanging on it. Li Haoyang reached out and touched one of the copper locks. Unexpectedly, the wooden frame collapsed suddenly. Several wooden boxes and the three iron boxes crashed, mixed with the sound of metal collision, and fell heavily to the ground, smashing several holes in the ground. A deep dent.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Haoyang hurriedly took a few steps back, staying away from the fallen boxes. Thanks to his agility, he was able to avoid being injured by the box. At the same time, Ling Yun grabbed Mengyao's arm and pulled her back. Fortunately, he was safe.
Li Haoyang approached the iron boxes, raised his sword, and slashed at the copper lock. The lock was split into two pieces without any surprise. Li Haoyang put down the knife, opened the lock, and opened the iron box. Ling Yun and Mengyao also came over to take a look.
When they saw what was in the box, their eyes almost dropped. I saw that the iron box was filled with gold bars as thick as three fingers, stacked criss-cross. This box probably weighed hundreds of kilograms.
Mengyao reached out and picked up one, thinking that she underestimated the weight of the gold bar and almost missed it. She put a corner of the gold bar into her mouth and bit it, easily making two teeth marks. It turned out to be real gold! Mengyao put the gold bar back to its place, picked up another one and bit it, it was still real.
Li Haoyang pointed to another iron box and said to Ling Yun: "Ling Yun, try it with your sword." Ling Yun was already eager to try. He pulled out the sword in his hand and slashed at the copper lock. Ling Yun was much thinner than Li Haoyang, and he did not use all his strength with this sword. The copper lock was actually split in half by the sword blade. And there was no trace left on the sword blade either.
Li Haoyang said "Good sword", straightened the box with both hands, opened the lock, and opened the second iron box. As expected, like the first iron box, it also contained a box full of gold bars.
