Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve

Lian Xing put on deerskin gloves and asked Da Kui to find some water to wipe off the mucus on the head and face of the burly man, and then untied the clothes on the burly man. Frightened and frightened, fainted and did not wake up. Lian Xing took out his dagger, and lightly touched the middle of the burly man with the tip of the dagger, the burly man exclaimed "Ouch" and opened his eyes under the pain. The burly man looked at the two young men in front of him, almost suspicious of being in a dream, and murmured: "Am I not dead yet?" Lian Xing smiled and said, "Of course you are not dead."

The burly man looked at the two of them, and suddenly remembered that they might be the targets that people like himself wanted to capture. He never thought that they would save him with kindness in return, and he couldn't help but regret it. Lian Xing looked at the burly man with weak limbs and was still slumped on the ground, thinking in his heart, remembering that Tie Pobei, the head of Xiling Village, once said that only the fruit of blood citrus can cure people who have been poisoned by the scent of blood citrus .Immediately, he walked to the blood citrus tree and reached out to pick a bright red fruit.

The fruit of the blood citrus was placed in the palm, and it seemed that there was juice flowing slowly inside.Lian Xing's heart moved, and he thought: Could the juice in the blood citrus be able to detoxify the poison of this strange fragrance? Holding the blood citrus fruit in his hand, he turned around, walked up to the burly man, and said in a deep voice: "Brother, I have heard of a method to detoxify this incense, I wonder if you would like to try it?" one time?" The burly man nodded, and said, "Little brother, just tell me quickly, brother's life is already earned."

Lian Xing nodded and said, "That's good. If that's the case, just open your mouth." The burly man opened his mouth as he said, and Lian Xing squeezed the blood citrus fruit, and a thick juice with a strange fragrance slowly flowed into the burly man's open mouth. The fragrance is strong and flows around in the dark night. After a while, the burly man felt his strength slowly recovering, and couldn't help but exulted, "Little brother, it seems that this detoxification method is very effective." Lian Xing nodded and said in his heart: It seems that Xielingzhai Tiezhai Master's method is really effective. Only the fruit of blood citrus can cure the poison of the strange fragrance of blood citrus.

Lian Xing then took two more blood citrus fruits and squeezed them into the mouths of "Third Brother" and Jackson respectively.After the two ate the fruit of the blood citrus, they waited for a while before recovering. "Third brother" felt ashamed and regretful when he saw that the person who detoxified him was actually the person he wanted to capture.For a while, his face was shocked, and he was speechless. Lian Xing said in a deep voice: "Both brothers," he pointed at Jackson and said, "I'll keep this one and help you get rid of the other brothers' poison. Let's go down to the cave to catch the monster and get rid of it for the local people. Harmful."

"Third brother" and the burly man nodded, and said: "It's so hard for you two, you should be careful! We are waiting for the good news here." Lian Xing cupped his hands, and went to the soil bag with Da Kui alone. Looking down, I saw a big pit with a radius of Zhang Xu in the middle of the dirt bag.The big mouth monster "I'm hungry" climbed up from this big pit just now.On the soil wall on one side of the pit, there is still a trace of blood winding down, which must be the trace left when the big-mouthed monster "I'm hungry" got into the hole just now.

Lian Xing and Da Kui looked at each other, and Lian Xing said: "Da Kui, you wait here, I'll go down and have a look first. If there's nothing wrong, it's not too late to call you down." Da Kui shook his head. Like a rattle. Lian Xingqi asked: "What?" Da Kui pouted and said: "Every time there is a dangerous place, you are the first to go down. This time I will change with you. I will go down first to have a look, and then you go down." The words were decisive. Lian Xing was secretly amused, and thought: When did this kid become more courageous?He asked in his mouth, "Do you really want to go down first?"

Da Kui nodded firmly.Lian Xing said: "Okay, I'll wait for you here!" After finishing speaking, he took out a rope from his backpack.Lian Xing tied one end of the rope around Da Kui's waist, and said to Da Kui: "Da Kui, after you go down, if you reach the bottom of the cave, just pull the rope twice to signal, then I will know that you are safe and sound, and then I will Go down and meet you. If there is any accident on the way, you can pull it three times, and I will pull you up from above. Remember?" Da Kui nodded and said: "I remember." Then, without waiting for Lian Xing to give any instructions, he grabbed the rope and slipped down with a "whoosh".In a blink of an eye, Da Kui's entire body disappeared into the dark burrow.

Lian Xing held one end of the long rope in his hand, and seeing the long rope slowly being sent into the cave, he couldn't help but feel worried for Da Kui.Da Kui has always acted recklessly and often does things without thinking, which is also the reason for his repeated mistakes. Lian Xing stood beside the soil bag, nervously waiting for Da Kui quietly. In the courtyard, all the corpse chasers had been fed blood citrus juice by the "Third Brother", the burly man, Jackson and others, and they all woke up one by one, but their physical strength was still a little weak. For the sake of safety, the burly man called everyone to help each other, walked out of the courtyard slowly, and waited outside the gate.In the huge courtyard, only Lian Xing, Jackson, "Third Brother" and the burly man were left.

At this time, after such a toss, it was midnight and four o'clock, and the strange fragrance from the fruit of the blood citrus tree had gradually weakened. Jackson, "Third Brother" and the burly man walked up to Lian Xing and looked at Lian Xing with concern. The burly man said in a deep voice, "Is there no news from that little brother?" Lian Xing was about to nod, when he suddenly saw the long rope in his hand tremble twice.Lian Xing's heart moved, it seemed that Da Kui had reached the bottom of the cave.He turned his head and said to the other three people: "The three of you stay here for a while, I'll go down and have a look first."

Jackson said, "Master, I'll go with you." Lian Xing shook his head and said: "You have not regained your physical strength now, so let's take a rest here first." Lian Xing said in his heart: Jackson has not recovered his physical strength now, if he goes down rashly, not only will he not be able to help himself, but he will divert his energy to take care of him.Wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss? The burly man and "Third Brother" looked at each other, knowing that they couldn't help the young man, so they said, "If that's the case, you must be careful, little brother, we'll wait for the good news here." Lian Xing nodded, and wrapped the end of the long rope around the thick blood orange tree trunk three times repeatedly, tied a knot, and after making sure everything was safe, grabbed the long rope and jumped into the hole. Jackson, "Third Brother" and the burly man stared intently at the hole, secretly worried about Lian Xing and Da Kui. Lian Xing held the long rope in his hand and jumped down the hole.The cave was pitch black, and Lian Xing opened his eyes wide, looking around.It took a while to get used to the darkness in the cave.Lian Xing held the long rope with both hands, and slipped to the bottom of the cave with a "chiliu". The hole is about ten feet deep, and there is a slope to the south of the bottom of the hole.Lian Xing raised his head and looked down the slope, only to see a faint light flickering at the end of the slope. Lian Xing stared at it, and it turned out that Da Kui lit a torch and was standing there waiting for him. Lian Xing let go of the long rope in his hand, and slid straight down the slope.When he came to Da Kui, he saw his expression was tense, Lian Xing asked strangely, "Da Kui, what's wrong?" Da Kui lowered his voice and said: "Lian Xing, look!" He stretched out his hand and pointed to the pitch-black place more than ten feet away in front of him. Lian Xing looked in the direction of Da Kui's finger, and saw a black mass in the corner of the wall more than ten feet away.Lian Xing took a few steps forward, looked intently, and felt a sudden shock in his heart—that black mass turned out to be the big-mouthed monster "I'm hungry". I saw "I'm hungry" curled up, laying motionless on the ground, there was a pool of blood under his body, his whole head was gone, as if it had been eaten by something, and the blood in his cavity was still gurgling out. What about the "I'm hungry" head? Lian Xing felt a chill in his heart, and looked around.There was a dead silence all around, but there seemed to be a greater danger hidden in this dead silence. Lian Xing frowned, turned around and asked Da Kui, "Did you see this monster here as soon as you came?" Da Kui nodded, and said: "When I got down, I saw a black shadow fly away, and then I saw this monster lying in a pool of blood, motionless." Lian Xing was startled, and said in a deep voice, "What does that black shadow look like?" When Da Kui thought of that black shadow, he still had lingering fears in his heart, and said slowly: "The black shadow is similar in appearance to this monster, but it is bigger than this monster." Lian Xing's heart was shocked—could there be a monster bigger than "I'm hungry" in this cave? Da Kui saw that Lian Xing's expression was shocked, which was unprecedented, he couldn't help but panic, and hurriedly asked: "Lian Xing, what is this place?" Lian Xing said slowly: "This is the imperial mausoleum of Shi Jingtang, the ruler of the Later Jin Dynasty." Da Kui was stunned, and said: "What, you said this is an imperial tomb?" Lian Xing nodded slowly. Da Kui said happily: "Then we are not developed?" Lian Xing said in a deep voice: "There are organs everywhere in this imperial mausoleum, and there are monsters with big mouths watching. It is not easy for us to kill the monsters and get out alive. Don't talk about being developed or not." Da Kui chuckled, and said, "Lian Xing, you have been moving the red luan recently, so there must be something auspicious about you!" Lian Xing glared at Da Kui, and said, "Don't talk nonsense, what is Hongluan Xingdong?" Da Kui stuck out his tongue, knowing that he must have used this idiom wrong, he smiled and said: "It's either that the red luan is moving, or the lucky star is shining. In short, following you will always be smooth sailing and have a bright future." Lian Xing heard the nondescript words from Da Kui, so he couldn't help laughing and said: "Don't be silly, let's go forward and see what artifacts are in this imperial tomb." Turning around, he told Da Kui: "Remember, Don't stay too far away from me. Otherwise, if something happens, I won't be able to save you." Da Kui said with a hippie smile: "Naturally, I can't bear to be far away from you!" Lian Xing glared at Da Kui, but said nothing.He lit a torch, and Da Kui walked forward cautiously. Tens of feet away, two tall stone gates blocked the two of them.There is no decoration on the stone gate, only a column of strange characters are engraved on the left side. Da Kui walked up to Shimen, stared at it for a long time, turned his head and asked, "Lian Xing, what is written on it?" Lian Xing couldn't help laughing. He thought Da Kui suddenly became more knowledgeable and could recognize these characters, but he still didn't know them.When Da Kui saw Lian Xing's smile, he couldn't help but blushed slightly. Lian Xingdao: "These words are—the coffin of Wang Tang of the later Jin Dynasty was buried in Tianfu, but there were no cloth, high vessels, so that the officials were buried and served, but no gold and jade. , Lian Xing read it all at once, and couldn't help taking a few breaths. Da Kui was confused when he heard this, frowned and said, "What does this mean?" Lian Xing said slowly: "The meaning of this sentence is that, to the virtuous doctors of later generations, although I am buried as the king of Jin, I can swear to heaven that there are no gorgeous clothes, precious jewelry, gold and jade in the tomb. , only my coffin and bones were buried, and when you see this inscription, you must also feel sad for me, so there is no need for you to move my tomb." Da Kui was taken aback after hearing this, and then couldn't help laughing.Lian Xing also smiled slightly, did not expect Shi Jingtang to carve such a paragraph of words on the stone gate of the imperial mausoleum, could it be that there is no silver three hundred taels here? Da Kui kept laughing until his stomach cramped a little before he stopped, and said to Lian Xing: "Lian Xing, do you think this Shi Jingtang is as stupid as an ox to come up with such a method, thinking that engraving a paragraph on the stone gate can block others Come here to fight for gold? Isn't this ridiculous?" Lian Xing laughed and said, "It's not only funny, it's the biggest joke in the world." Da Kui hehe said: "I think I'm stupid enough, this Shi Jingtang is almost three points stupider than me." Lian Xing blinked and said, "Master Li, how stupid are you?" Da Kui blushed and said, "Don't make fun of me, don't I know how much I weigh myself?" Lian Xing said with a chuckle: "Shi Jingtang was a well-known traitor in history. For his own gain, he led Khitan soldiers to slaughter our Han people. Then he bowed to Khitan, recognized Khitan leader Yelu Deguang as his father, and ceded Yanyun Sixteen prefectures and Khitan. The embarrassment of the son emperor, which shames future generations, is a thousand-year hatred of my Chinese sons and daughters. Let’s not mention such a traitor who humiliates the country.” Da Kui said: "Such a traitor, we must empty out his imperial mausoleum, and then burn it to the ground. Otherwise, I am sorry for this traitor." Lian Xing also thought so. When Da Kui thought of the treasures in Emperor Shi Jingtang's mausoleum, he couldn't help but get excited, and repeatedly urged Lian Xing to open the two huge stone gates. Lian Xing looked around and saw a smear of blood under the stone gate, and couldn't help but feel agitated.