Chapter 21 Chapter 20 Vampire Moth

After the village head threw the first stone, the people continued to roll down many stones along the stone path thrown by the village head, until no more arrows were shot from the cave, and everyone set foot on the road of tomb robbery with confidence. . Stepping on the arrow poles all over the ground, everyone quickly passed the first step of entering the tomb, and saw a stone door on the left side at the end of the stone path.Compared with the underground tomb, this stone gate is relatively simple. It is a stone gate that can be pushed and pulled to both sides, and the stone gate can be closed arbitrarily by pushing and pulling.

It seems that the owner of the tomb did not mean to completely close the tomb, but only set up this door in form, which has something in common with hanging coffin tombs.Hanging coffin burial requires the coffin to be exposed to the air, as close to the sky as possible.But this is also different from a simple hanging coffin. After all, this kind of hanging coffin has built its own cliff cave. When the stone door was pushed open, a sharp knife about 20 centimeters in length suddenly stood on the ground of the 30-meter-long corridor in the cave.These sharp knives are all black, long and narrow and sharp, with bright black at the tip. They have survived thousands of years without damage, and the knives are densely packed and cannot be touched. It is frightening and intimidating, filling the entire corridor with a sense of gloom. Qi.

If the arrow formation just now was easy to break, then the knife formation at this time is difficult to break.Now we can't use stones, and we can't fly over, we can only "look at the knife and sigh".Everyone looks at me and I look at you, but they can't come up with any plan for a while.Wu Zheng walked to the front of the knives array, and he lit the front with a flashlight, saying: "These sharp knives are located in a mess, and it is difficult to find where to set foot." Lord Dou said, "I know this too, but what should I do?" Wu Zheng said: "This sharp knife formation looks ordinary, but it actually hides a mystery. Metal Yin, among the five elements, gold and water are both dominant Yin, so in the tomb, there are the most such mechanisms. Looking at the knife formation, its meaning is This road is reserved for the dead, and the living must stop. The ghost of the dead is relatively light, and it is said that it is only a few pounds, and this kind of force will not activate the mechanism. But the living is different, even if it is a child, It also weighs 50 kilograms, so as long as someone steps on it, sharp knives will immediately pour out. These sharp knives are so narrow and long, and have blades on many sides. Once they are pierced into a person's ankle, the pain will be unbearable, they will not be able to stand stably, and they will fall into the blade. Therefore, if we want to get through this sharp knife formation, we must make ourselves as light as ghosts."

Lord Dou said: "Aren't you talking nonsense, how could we be as light as ghosts?" Wu Zheng said: "It is impossible for the tomb to sense that we are ghosts, but it is possible to keep our feet off the ground. Compared with the previous cave, the wall is only one meter wide. Everyone only needs to hold hands and Just put your feet on the wall. Let's throw the guy across the graveway and put all fours on the wall to make sure it's safe." When everyone heard it, they all thought it was a good idea.However, although this method is good, not everyone can walk through it. If someone loses strength and falls to the ground, it will be miserable.I said: "This is not good. We should take off our clothes, put them in several backpacks, and then throw the backpacks in the middle of the grave. The backpacks must be thick so that they will not be pierced by knives. Anyone who is tired can step on the bag with his foot, even if there is a knife, it will not cause serious injury to everyone." After hearing this, everyone thought this was an excellent method, and they all agreed.

At that moment, everyone began to take off their coats one after another and put them into three backpacks, including equipment such as ropes in the bags themselves, and even some small bags were put into large bags.After installing these things, Wu Zheng threw them at different locations on the cave floor, but let alone, the gradients of these 4 locations were really arranged just right, with an average distance of 7 meters, which was very even. After throwing down the backpacks, everyone started walking across the wall.However, it was Wu Zheng's idea that he should go first, but everyone couldn't help admiring him when they saw his quick steps and vigorous skills.And people like Shu Shan, Yan Yuwei and me who have never crossed the wall tried it on the nearby wall first, and then started to move forward after making sure they were proficient.Those who entered the cave this time were all masters. Regardless of their tomb-robbing skills, they were all in decent physical fitness, so no one took a break in the middle.Because everyone knows that even if there are a few backpacks on the ground, there is no guarantee that you can rest easy. Once you are pierced by a sharp knife, your life will be over. Even the village chief, who is known for his timidity and weakness, persisted to the opposite side.Fortunately, all of this was safe and sound, everyone reached the opposite side smoothly, and everyone was thankful that there were no traps on the wall, otherwise it would be difficult to fly even with wings inserted.

After leaving this section of the passage, everyone saw that in front of them was a section of man-made straight tomb passage. The tomb passage was about 3 meters wide and 3 meters high. It looked magnificent and the project was huge.The people walked in again, and saw a tomb at the end of the front. When they entered the room, they saw that the inside was very huge. The tomb was about 7 meters long and 4 meters wide.However, there is water seepage on the walls of the cave, which makes the walls mottled. Cannon said, "This should be the largest tomb." I asked, "Why?" Cannon said: "Look, this tomb is located at the end of the cave. There is a way forward and a way back. It is at the core. It should be the main tomb."

I asked, "But didn't we just enter the tomb?" Cannon looked at the wall and said, "I guess we entered the back door of the tomb, maybe not the front door." Shu Shan said angrily, "Uncle Master, what proof do you have?" Da Pao looked at Shu Shan and said, "Do you know the Tomb of King Chu at Lion Mountain in Xuzhou?" "Of course I know about the King Chu's Mausoleum on Lion Mountain in Xuzhou, but does it have anything to do with this tomb?" I replied. Da Pao said: "It's not related, but do you know where the coffin of the Chu King's Mausoleum on Lion Mountain is?" When we drove to the main tomb, we found that the main tomb was broken and water leaked, which caused the air in the tomb to be too humid to store the coffin, so the coffin was placed in a side room.”

I was taken aback. I didn’t expect such a thing to happen. I just heard Cannon say, “Look at this tomb again. It’s huge, about 30 square meters. Is it comparable to ordinary tombs? So I guess this must be the main tomb. But because of the rupture of the mountain, the coffin here was placed in another room." When everyone heard Da Pao say this, they all felt very reasonable, and couldn't help but look at Da Pao with admiration.Tang Yong once said before that Da Pao is Chen Daohe's most capable disciple, but his tomb-robbing skills are mediocre. It seems that the rumors are not true!

At that moment, everyone left the tomb and walked forward along the tomb passage. In front of it is an open tomb passage, and there are many tombs on both sides of the tomb passage.Everyone walked to the front of the tomb, and saw that there were three tomb doors on the left and right sides, with an average of one every 7 meters. Since Cannon believes that the most rear tomb should be an abandoned tomb, then the real main tomb should be in the remaining tombs. All we have to do is to search for the tombs one by one. The first burial chamber we went to was the one on the left after passing the abandoned burial chamber.This tomb is not very wide, but it is very narrow and long.Surprisingly, there is no coffin or other funerary objects in this tomb, just some bamboo rafts piled high.These bamboo rafts vary in size and are all made of big bamboo. Although they are not exquisite, they are somewhat unique.

Seeing these bamboo rafts, everyone couldn't help being amazed and expressed their puzzlement, especially amateur history buffs like Fourth Uncle, who was born in fishing and farming, showed his doubts about these bamboo rafts.For Lord Dou, these things were worthless funeral objects, and he even suspected that someone deliberately piled up these bamboo rafts here in an attempt to use this place as a warehouse for his family. In fact, these things are indeed the funeral objects of the tomb owner.During the Spring and Autumn Period, when feudal lords competed for hegemony, all countries developed their own agriculture and handicrafts. However, it was a little difficult for Yue to develop agriculture.More than 2,000 years ago, both Yue and Wu were swampy countries, and even a big country like Chu relied on boats, so boats were particularly important.

Yue is a country that can only travel by boats. Once there are no ships, it will be weaker than other countries, whether it is production or war. Therefore, it is not surprising that there are bamboo rafts in the tomb of King Yue. Pay attention to. After the death of King Goujian of Yue, the State of Yue gradually declined and was finally destroyed by the State of Chu.One of the more important reasons why Chu was destroyed by Qin was that although Chu was large, most of it was swamps, and there was not much land that could be used for planting.As the country of Ze, the south has always been considered a barbarian and remote area. After the development of the Han Dynasty and the development of the Tang Dynasty, it finally became the economic center of the country in the Song Dynasty.This kind of development lasted for more than 1,500 years, but it caused a historic southward shift of my country's economy. Thinking of this, I briefly explained the situation to everyone, and only then did everyone understand the meaning of these bamboo rafts. After leaving this tomb, everyone went to the opposite tomb.This tomb is slightly larger than the one where the bamboo rafts are piled up. It not only occupies a wide area, but also has a relatively high ceiling.It's just that there is no coffin in this tomb, nor is it full of bamboo rafts like the tomb just now, but empty. For a while, everyone couldn't figure out what the purpose of this tomb was. Lord Dou said: "This tomb is so spacious, there should be a few more coffins, we can't waste such a large space." "Not necessarily, look at that position, there seems to be a person hanging there." Wu Zheng said. "More than just one?" Shu Shan exclaimed, "It's overwhelming." After Wu Zheng and Shu Shan said that, everyone couldn't help being dumbfounded. It turned out that the top floor of this tomb was covered with corpses, but these corpses were neither like dry corpses nor wet corpses, but scarecrows.The sackcloth worn by these "scarecrows" has long been broken due to weathering, and the face is riddled with dense spots. None of us have ever seen so many corpses, and if all of these corpses had undergone a deadly transformation, none of us would be able to escape. While everyone was discussing these corpses fiercely, we heard some skin cracking sounds, which were like the sounds made by silkworm chrysalis breaking cocoons and soybeans drying out.Although the sound is not loud, it sounds very scary. But the strange thing is that no one ran out at that time, the reason is very simple, everyone can't be the first to show cowardice in front of everyone. In fact, people often suffer because of face! "Hey, brother, where did the moth come from on your arm?" Yan Yuwei said to Da Pao. Da Pao looked at his arm, flicked his finger, and said with a smile, "It's okay, Junior Sister." Unexpectedly, at this time, Huo Zihao also pointed to Shu Shan's clothes and said, "Shanshan, why do you have more moths on your body than your uncle's?" Shu Shan looked at her body, yelled "Ah", then took off her clothes, and kept throwing them over.At the same time, my fourth uncle and I also found that our bodies were covered with moths. Wu Zhengdao: "I understand." Master Dou flicked off the moth on his arm, and said anxiously: "What do you understand?" Wu Zheng said: "These are blood-sucking moths, which specialize in sucking human blood. Everyone has some wounds on their bodies, so the moths aim at the wounds. According to legend, an ancient burial method in local tombs is called living figurines. Living figurines are human figurines made of living people. It requires planting chrysalis on living people. This kind of chrysalis parasitizes in the body for a long time. Once it encounters or smells blood, it will be resurrected and become a moth. Human blood. At the beginning, the people who invented this kind of burial usually used cows or horses as figurines, but with the development of burials, some people began to use living people." "Don't just focus on the introduction, we are not scientists. But what should we do now?" Lord Dou said. Wu Zheng said: "All we can do is quickly find a closed tomb!" When everyone heard this, they all felt that this was a good idea, so they rushed to the opposite room where the bamboo rafts were piled up. That was the only tomb with a certain shelter, and only that tomb could save everyone's lives. As soon as everyone left the tomb, they heard the sound of heavy objects falling. If I guessed correctly, it must be because of the rupture of a certain corpse, the falling sound of the body falling down. The buzzing behind me became louder and louder, like bees. I saw more and more moths covering the wound on my arm, and I felt the pain of mosquito bites on my body, but I didn't care to use my hands To catch up, you can only rush to the opposite side at a speed of 100 meters. After the crowd rushed to the opposite side, they frantically carried bamboo rafts to block the door of the tomb. The narrow door of the tomb was quickly blocked by bamboo rafts of various sizes.But the hungry moth is very brave, as long as there is a narrow gap, it can find a space to slip through.For a time, the bamboo raft at the gate of the tomb was covered with moths, and many tenacious moths passed through layers of bamboo rafts and finally got into the tomb. At the same time, when everyone entered the tomb, there were still some moths lying on their bodies.Although everyone kept waving their hands to drive them away, it was difficult to drive them away in the end. Seeing that the remnants of evil still exist, Wu Zheng took out a bottle from his arms and said, "This is a kind of herbal medicine that I carefully prepared. It can effectively prevent mosquito bites. You should apply it to the surface of the skin, especially the damaged skin. , should have some effect on resisting this moth." Hearing what Wu Zheng said, everyone stretched out their hands one after another, but after Wu Zheng opened the lid, a foul smell of pine oil greeted them.The smell is very irritating, making people dizzy, but they can't save their lives, so everyone still smeared these potions on their bodies. However, Wu Zheng's herbal medicine is very effective. Although the taste is very strong, it is very effective in repelling moths. It's just that we don't know how long the efficacy of this herb can last. Although it can effectively repel moths, it cannot withstand the loss of efficacy over time.Once this worry arose, it immediately spread among the crowd.Because Wu Zheng only had one bottle in his hand, after painting everyone's skin, the bottle was empty, as if it had never been filled with anything. At this moment, the exhausted village head showed a radiant expression again, and he told everyone that he had a good way to drive away these moths.Everyone asked him what he could do, and he said to use fire. The village chief said: "Look, besides sucking blood, these moths also like flashlights very much. Why don't we light a bonfire, and those moths will definitely get into the bonfire." The words of the village chief gave everyone an important revelation. According to the introduction of Entomology, moths belong to the order Lepidoptera in the order Insecta. body" statement. After what the village head said, everyone couldn't help cheering up, saying that the village head gave everyone a good idea. At that moment, under the command of the village chief, Wu Zheng, Jiang Qiankun, I and I each piled up a pile of bamboo rafts on the ground.After the bamboo rafts were piled up, Huo Zihao took out a few candles from a bag. It turned out that after everyone crossed the knife array, the fourth uncle felt that it was a pity to throw the things in the bag in the aisle, so when he passed the aisle, he lifted all the packages from the knife array and threw them over.In these bags, there is a handful of candles. These candles were originally used to test whether the air has oxygen, but they are now used to light bamboo rafts. But lighting the bamboo was not an easy task, Huo Zihao painted five or six candles on the bamboo raft, and the bamboo raft started to burn. Due to the joy of moths, many moths rushed to the bamboo rafts after they were burned.Everyone saw moths jumping into the flame, so they walked into the depths of the room.The space deep inside the cave is narrow, not as loose as the small door of the tomb.Everyone wanted to go further inside, but they were afraid that the inside would be a dead end, and there would be no way out, so they dared not go any further. In order not to attract moths, everyone turned off their flashlights. At this time, the village chief once again showed his leadership demeanor, and he stood in front of everyone in high spirits and explained the grand occasion: "With our continuous efforts, the three piles of fires have finally been built. The bugs have gradually disappeared, they are actively undergoing transformation, and have fled to the sea of ​​fire. Summarizing the work at this stage, everyone's efforts are effective, but we can't relax. At present, the tasks we face are still arduous. Moths are still tenaciously alive around us, these moths are powerful enemies we face, they continue to launch crazy attacks on the people, and they are representatives of hostile forces." Everyone listened to the village chief chattering non-stop, as if he hadn't seen him all night, as much as now.But considering the effectiveness of his proposed measures, the crowd didn't intend to stop him, but just opened their eyes wide, staring at the tomb door that didn't know how long it could last. In fact, what the village chief said is right, the tasks we face are still very arduous.Attracted by the flames, the moths slammed into the rafts even more frantically.As the weight of the moths exceeded the weight of the bamboo raft more and more, the bamboo raft made a shaking sound as it was about to capsize. Unfortunately, although we realized that this was caused by the bad idea of ​​the village chief, we had no way to stop this fact from happening, because more and more moths clung to the bamboo raft. Finally, these bamboo rafts were overwhelmed by powerful moths. With a bang, moths flooded into the tomb in large numbers. They covered the sky like dark clouds, blocking sight.Seeing this situation, everyone was terrified and couldn't help taking a few steps back. After these moths swarmed into the tomb, most of them threw themselves into the fire, but a small number still found us because they couldn't find the fire.Although it is a small part, for us, there are many, and they have surrounded our whole body.Those who were not injured were fine, and those who were injured soon became the objects of the collective "close contact" of moths.A large number of moths lay on us and began to suck human blood. Many people screamed in pain, so there was a scene of flapping moths at each other. Seeing this, Wu Zheng slapped the moths and shouted, "Come on, don't let these moths bite you for more than 30 seconds, otherwise these moths will lay their eggs on your body." Hearing what Wu Zheng said, everyone couldn't help panicking. Once they ovulate, the egg worms might parasitize on their bodies, making themselves a living figurine. At the same time, the moths that fell into the fire quickly covered the surface of the fire, dimming the light, which led to more moths landing on people.After many moths sucked human blood, their bodies began to emit a dark red light, which made people feel horrified.