As Sangui walked along, he kept thinking about what Ren Laoshuan had said to him. As long as he could bring back a funeral item, he would be considered a successful apprentice. Sangui wanted to say that he was too timid to go, but when he thought about Ren Laoshuan coming to give him something, he He gritted his teeth and agreed to the promise.
The half-moon was already overhead, and Sangui estimated that it was past midnight. In the dimness, he walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow. The mass grave was in the locust tree forest right in front of him. He often passed by there, but This was the first time that the night had passed. He was still thinking about the promise that Ren Laoshuan had made to him. As long as Sangui really became an apprentice, Ren Laoshuan would first marry his daughter Erya to him. , and also wanted to pass on his mantle to Sangui. Sangui was actually not very interested in his master's mantle. He was interested in Ren Laoshuan's daughter Erya. When Sangui thought of Erya, he couldn't help laughing. He didn’t know how Arya felt about him, but he felt that Arya was not that disliked him on a daily basis.
A large forest appeared in the distance ahead, and Sangui knew he had arrived. He took the shovel he was carrying. Ren Laoshuan said he had a good Luoyang shovel, but he kept making excuses that Sangui was not good enough. , and couldn’t show it to Sangui, so after following Ren Laoshuan for such a long time, Sangui didn’t even know what a shovel looked like.
The grave mounds were undulating and dead silent, with locust trees growing in the middle. Some of them had been growing for who knows how many years, and one person couldn't hug them. This was what the grave mound looked like when Sangui was a child. No one can tell exactly when the dead person was buried.
Under the eerie moonlight, Sangui felt his hairs stand on end, his calves trembled, and he could no longer move forward. He could only stand by a large locust tree nearby, thinking to himself, "Er Ya, you You must understand my painstaking efforts. If it weren't for you, even if I were given ten times the courage, I would not dare to run to this graveyard alone in the middle of the night.
After standing there for about five or six minutes, Sangui, who was feeling a bit cold, couldn't help but sneeze loudly. He thought that standing here all the time was not a good idea, and he had to find something to leave quickly. Sangui took the shovel and slowly moved forward while observing the surroundings cautiously. Master Ren Laoshuan said that as long as it was a dead person's belonging, it would be fine. It would be best if I didn't have to dig up even one. The graves in the fenwa are all old graves. When I was a naughty kid playing, I would pick up coffins, dead bones, or bottles and jars here. Sangui thought to himself, God bless me, so that I can also be in the fenwa today. Found something here.
Suddenly, Sangui was tripped by something and almost fell flat on his face. In the moonlight, it looked like a dug-up grave. There seemed to be a dark hole under the half-broken tombstone. Sangui did not dare to take a closer look. There was a white thing on the grave. Sangui couldn't see what it was. He poked it with a shovel but felt nothing. Sangui didn't know what it was. But having something was better than nothing. I bent down and picked it up, and then I saw that it was a package, which seemed to be wrapped in clothes. Just as I was about to take a closer look, a burst of evil laughter suddenly came, and the sound was very clear in the dead silence of the mass grave. Sangui's head was about to explode, and he turned around and ran. However, in his confusion, he did not forget to hold the package tightly in his hand, because it was the proof that he had been to the mass grave tonight.
Sangui was frightened to death, while Ren Laoshuan was drinking happily in the room. His daughter Erya might have fallen asleep, as she didn't respond no matter how he called her. Ren Laoshuan had no choice but to cook and fry a plate of eggs. As a snack, I started thinking about Sangui who went to the graveyard. Ren Laoshuan always thought that Sangui was a bit stupid. He had been following me for so long, but he didn't know what I, Ren Laoshuan, was really doing. What? Grave robbing? What the hell, you bastard, do you think there are any good graves here? I just dug up a fresh or not-so-stale zongzi and found a home for it to accompany its ghost. Generally, this is done openly, and there is no need to steal or anything, unless there is no new death and the family is in a hurry, then they have to go out and steal. However, in recent years, Ren Laoshuan has not been matching ghosts for many people, because if he sells the excavated corpses or intact bones to other places, he can make several times more money than matching ghosts locally, so Ren Laoshuan has focused on He started a corpse stealing business.
Drinking alone is really lonely, and Ren Laoshuan is not good at drinking. After drinking half a bottle, his head is a little dizzy. There was a loud knock on the door. Ren Laoshuan knew that Sangui had returned. He stood up and walked to the yard to open the door for Sangui. As soon as the door was opened, the light from the yard shone on Sangui's body, which was covered in blood.
"Master, I'm back, look."
As Sangui spoke, he showed Ren Laoshuan the things he had taken from the grave.
Ren Laoshuan was stunned for a moment. His brain, which was dizzy just now, suddenly became clear because he saw that the package that Sangui was holding was still dripping with blood.
"You idiot, are you fucking stupid? What are you holding?"
Sangui was a little confused by the scolding of Ren Laoshuan who suddenly got angry. He looked down and dropped the package and shovel on the ground in fear. His hands were stained with blood red. Under the light, the red blood was so dazzling. .
“This…this…this…”
Sangui was a little overwhelmed. Ren Laoshuan had been through a lot, so he dragged Sangui into the yard and locked the door. "Tell me clearly, Lao San, what's going on with that thing on the ground?" Ren Laoshuan pulled Sangui, pointed at the package on the ground and asked sternly.
Sangui was already frightened out of his wits, and his voice was a little timid: "This… this package is what I picked up from the mass grave."
Ren Laoshuan stopped asking Sangui. He knew that this boy was honest and timid and would not tell lies. Originally, letting Sangui go to the mass grave tonight was just a joke, mainly to train his courage. Who would have thought that This guy really found something, and it was fresh. Looking at the package, Ren Laoshuan guessed what was inside, but he was too lazy to open it to see, as he was thinking of a plan in his mind.
When Juezi climbed out of the hole, a white cat was standing on the grave and calling. The sound sounded like a woman crying. Juezi thought it was really bad luck, so he picked up a piece of dirt and The cat swiftly disappeared into the night. Juezi always thought he was an extraordinary person. He had forgotten how many graves he had dug. Juezi was just a jack of all trades. When he came across an old corpse, If there were funeral objects, they would take them. If not, they would carry the body out and sell it. It was precisely because he never returned empty-handed and because he was stubborn that he earned the nickname "Stubborn".
Juezi stood on the grave and took a few deep breaths. The heavy air below made him feel uncomfortable. He lowered his head and looked at the ground, as if looking for something, but after searching for a long time, he found nothing. He had no choice but to put a small When he turned on the flashlight, he saw bloodstains on the ground, but the package was gone.
"Damn it, which grandson dared to steal my stubborn son's package."
In the darkness of the night, the stubborn man started to curse. He had heard of the mass graves before, but this was his first time here. He had never heard of any large graves here, otherwise, with his stubborn character, he would have dug up the whole place long ago. This time, Juezi came here because he heard from someone that there was an extremely large night-shining pearl in a grave in the mass grave area. If he could get it out, it would be much better than Juezi's current practice of stealing corpses all night long. Although Juezi is bold, he is at best a low-ranking character. Although he feels good about himself, not many people in this industry take him seriously. If he really succeeds this time, then how can I, Juezi, But in the end, that person reminded Juezi that the people buried in the graves in Luanfenwa were not good people. It was one thing to be able to enter, but it was another to be able to take out the night pearl. Juezi felt that this was a disdain for him, and immediately decided to go to the mass grave and take out the night pearl.
Who would have thought that he would be in trouble right from the start? Before he left, Juezi wrapped a pig's head that had just been slaughtered. This thing could at least hold out for a while in an emergency. Juezi didn't know whether this method would work or not. He just heard it from others. When he got to the graveyard, he placed the pig's head on the grave and just kept digging. Who would have thought that the pig's head disappeared, which made him very angry.
Suddenly, Juezi felt a gust of wind coming from behind him. He quickly turned around and grabbed an arm. In the moonlight, Juezi recognized that it was Ren Laoshuan.
"I said my package was missing, and it turns out my colleague was here." In the night, the stubborn man's voice sounded strange, like a woman's.
Ren Laoshuan hid behind the locust tree and observed Juezi for a long time. Originally, Ren Laoshuan thought that there was a human head in the package picked up by Sangui. When he came here and saw Juezi, he knew that there was probably a human head in the package. Nine is a pig's head. Ren Laoshuan originally thought that if it was really a human head, then the fresh corpse should still be here, and he could bring it back and sell it to make money. Now seeing Juezi rummaging around in the grave, Ren Laoshuan was shocked. Shuan knew that his plan had to change.
"Don't look for it anymore. Is there anything else that you, Juezi, can't handle?" Ren Laoshuan deliberately flattered Juezi to test his attitude, because Ren Laoshuan knew very well that if it was just an ordinary There is no need to bring anything to ward off evil spirits when stealing corpses.
Juezi was afraid that Ren Laoshuan would know the purpose of his coming here, so he just smiled and said nothing. However, Ren Laoshuan said immediately: "I heard from someone that there is a night-shining pearl here. You, Juezi, You must have come all this way here just for this."
"Since you already know everything, do I need to tell you?"
Ren Laoshuan had heard this before, but who would have thought that this time he would take the initiative. However, he knew the rules, first come first served, but rules meant nothing to Ren Laoshuan. Lao Shuan thought that it was still uncertain who would get it.
Ren Laoshuan and Juezi went back into the underground one after another. This was a mass burial tomb. The Xuanlong Sutra had a record of the seventy-two burial methods: mass burial method. A deep hole is not suitable for burial, so one must build a deep and high foundation and construct a stone house with a door that can be opened and closed, and the coffin is placed inside, which is called a Qingtang.
The stone door was not very heavy, and it had been blown open by Juezi before. Before Juezi could even enter the Qingtang, he let Laoshuan follow him. Juezi felt very unhappy. There was still a smell of explosives in the Qingtang. Neither Juezi nor Ren Laoshuan understood the smell and the rules of lighting candles, so they each turned on their own flashlight to observe the situation in the hall.
There was a stone coffin in the center. Ren Laoshuan had seen many such coffins when he was young. Only wealthy families or people with official positions were worthy of such stone coffins. Ren Laoshuan looked around. The area of the Qing Hall is not large. The walls of the tomb usually have some pictures describing the deceased's life. But the strange thing is that there is nothing on the four walls. Only on the north wall facing the sarcophagus is there a Ren Laoshuan couldn't guess what the big red handprint meant, but his intuition told him that it was not a good sign.
He was just about to remind Juezi not to touch the sarcophagus when he heard a series of dull thumping sounds coming from inside the sarcophagus, as if the dead person in the coffin couldn't wait to get out. After a few thumps, the sound suddenly stopped. end.
Everything was quiet, the flashlight was so dim that Ren Laoshuan could hear his own heartbeat. Juezi, who was standing next to him, had left the sarcophagus and was standing far away in the corner. He was involved in tomb robbing, but at that time he followed his master around the world, and the master was the one who did the really dangerous things, so when the master died, Ren Laoshuan returned to his hometown. He had no real skills, He didn't have any other skills, so he started stealing corpses for ghost marriages. Who would have thought that today, like a ghost, he actually followed Juezi down to an ancient tomb. Ren Laoshuan, Ren Laoshuan, are you really old? Confused? Tomb robbing and corpse robbing are two different things. You can't do it if you have courage but not the skills.
Ren Laoshuan was lost in thought. After a few minutes, the sound from the sarcophagus started again, becoming louder and louder, with a hurried voice mixed in.
"Let me out. Come on, let me out."
Ren Laoshuan was sweating. The arrogance that Juezi had shown outside just now was gone. At this moment, he retreated step by step to the north side of Qingtang. He did not notice that there was a huge red handprint on the wall behind him.
"Master, please let me out, please, I am almost suffocating."
The sound in the sarcophagus became louder. At this moment, Ren Laoshuan seemed to recognize Sangui's voice. It was really strange. How could Sangui be in the sarcophagus? Ren Laoshuan held his breath and listened carefully. Yes, it was Sangui. Katsura's voice.
Ren Laoshuan hurried to the sarcophagus and used all his strength to barely push open a gap.
"Old Three, is that you?"
"Master, it's me, please get me out, I'm suffocating."
Ren Laoshuan pushed the lid of the sarcophagus hard while calling for help from Juezi who was standing at the wall. The two of them pushed the lid open with great effort. Sangui's face turned red due to lack of oxygen. If he had stopped a little longer, Sangui would probably have suffocated to death in the sarcophagus.
Ren Laoshuan shone a flashlight inside the sarcophagus. It was empty. There was nothing inside, not even the wooden coffin. He felt a little strange. Could it be that this tomb had been visited by tomb robbers in the past? But it was not possible that even the wooden coffin was stolen. Carry them all away? What puzzled Ren Laoshuan even more was why Sangui was lying in the stone coffin for no reason.
"What the hell is going on? How did you end up lying in this coffin?" Ren Laoshuan's voice sounded a little hysterical.
Sangui panted heavily, "Master, I don't know either. I was just scared. I followed you secretly since you left home. When you were talking to this person, I just I came in through the hole in the ground. Look, there is a bloody handprint of mine on the wall. Then I felt someone pulling me from behind. I couldn't stand still and fell into the sarcophagus. The lid suddenly closed. Closed. "
After listening to Sangui's words, Ren Laoshuan turned his head to look at the handprints on the wall, but he found that there was one person missing in the Qingtang. Juezi had been gone from the tomb chamber for a long time. Ren Laoshuan was shocked and hurriedly Pull Sangui up and run towards the exit.
They only felt a sudden gust of wind passing over their heads, and the lid of the sarcophagus was firmly embedded in the soil at the exit. Even if Ren Laoshuan and Sangui had wings, they could not fly out of this hall.
"Hehehehe…" A sharp woman's laughter suddenly rang out.
Ren Laoshuan and Sangui's scalps tightened with laughter. Ren Laoshuan knew that he had really encountered a fierce ghost this time. He had only heard about this thing from his master and others in his life, and he had never encountered one himself. I was so old that I met him at my doorstep.
After the laughter, there was a long period of silence. Ren Laoshuan looked at the lid of the sarcophagus with a flashlight to see if there was any way to pry it open. However, the lid was firmly embedded in the soil, and no matter how hard he tried, it would be in vain without tools.
Ren Laoshuan and Sangui just stayed there nervously, but the strange thing was that after the laughter, there was a creepy silence. What Ren Laoshuan felt most uncomfortable was this invisible fear. He couldn't see Where is the object of fear? The light of the flashlight is gradually weakening. Since it is a rechargeable device, it seems that the power inside will not last much longer.
The last ray of light from the flashlight went out, and the tomb was plunged into darkness. There was a thud next to them, and Sangui fainted. Ren Laoshuan was also sweating profusely. Suddenly, the lid of the sarcophagus was pushed down from the outside, and with a thud, There was a loud bang and a ray of light came from the hole in the ground. It seemed that it was dawn. Ren Laoshuan secretly thanked God in his heart. He saw Erya's figure.
When he came out of the tomb, it was already daylight outside. Ren Laoshuan saw that on one side of the tomb was a wooden coffin with the lid opened. Inside was a shrunken corpse. Next to it was another corpse. Judging from the body shape and clothing, Ren Laoshuan knew that That was the missing Juezi. What a fierce ghost ? The twisted nails of the mummy were deeply inserted into Juezi's chest.
At this time, Sangui and Erya also came out of the tomb. Erya saw a package behind Sangui and asked what it was. Sangui was also a little puzzled when he heard about the package. I took the package home and never took it again. Come out.
Erya helped Sangui take down the package. The three of them saw that it was an ancient woman's dress, but due to the blood stain, it was hard to tell what color it was. The individual was stunned.
In the package was the head of Juezi, with a strange smile on his face.