Chapter 17 Chapter Sixteen The Endless Underground River
My face immediately turned green, and I felt a rush of cold air, and the crippled old man Wang slapped me on the shoulder and shouted: "Why are you still in a daze, run away!"
He picked up a flat shovel as a weapon, and smashed several large corpses that had climbed onto the raft in a row. The three fat men also came to help, and the crippled old man Wang cursed: "You stupid fat man, are you stupid? Let's forget about other things and hurry up to support the raft."
Seeing this posture, the third fat man couldn't run away, grabbed the bamboo pole supporting the raft and pushed forward with all his strength.
The rest of them, me, Mr. Wang Lame and Dead Face, all stood behind the raft, each holding a tool, closely watching the movement under the water.Those corpses all came out of the corpses that fell into the water, and the number was very large, just like the rumored army ants, covering the sky and covering the sky, leaving only skeletons everywhere they passed.
The third fat man was also petrified this time, and with the strength of breastfeeding, the bamboo raft was rowed out for more than ten meters in one fell swoop.However, the speed of those corpses of different sizes was also very fast, covering one layer after another in the dark river, so densely packed that I got goosebumps all over my body.Damn it, the whole river is covered with green corpses. If a person falls, there probably won't even be a single bone left.
These corpses condensed together consciously, forming a huge black floating object in the river channel of the cave.Some of the stronger green corpses were about the size of a half-human head. They jumped up when they stepped on the corpses of the same kind below them. Their speed was extremely fast, and several of them climbed to the back end of the bamboo raft under our feet.
Seeing that a dead clam had climbed to the edge of the bamboo raft and was about to jump up, I held a torch in my left hand, raised the head of the shovel with my right hand, and smashed it to pieces with the shovel.Before I could breathe a sigh of relief, another bigger green corpse gnat jumped up again. I hit it again and smashed it, and immediately the third one jumped onto the bamboo raft...
When everyone was overwhelmed, the third fat man who was standing in front of the raft asked, "How is the situation now? Why are there so many bugs? Do you want me to help?"
I'm still exhausted, and I don't have time to care about him. The three fat guys are making fun of themselves, so they can only continue to support the raft in a muffled voice.At this time, I felt a pain in my left calf, and when I looked down, I saw a fist-sized corpse biting my leg.
Cursing inwardly, I quickly slapped the corpse off with a shovel, and then stomped it into mud.
Look under the bamboo raft again, as if a pot is boiling in the river, countless corpses are crawling fearlessly, scrambling to squeeze onto the bamboo raft.At this time, I heard the lame Wang shouting behind me: "kerosene, use kerosene, and a bottle of kerosene, set it on fire and burn these bastards to death."
I said, "Damn, you didn't tell me earlier, where are you?"
Old lame Wang trampled to death a large corpse, and cursed: "It's in my little brother's basket, can't your grandma's find it by yourself? Hurry up, we all have to die here if it's too late!" Regardless of the large corpses biting on his legs, he slapped to death several insects blocking the way one after another, and staggered to walk towards the dead face.At this time, they heard the three fat men howling like killing a pig.
It turned out that the speed of these corpses was very fast. Although the bamboo raft tried its best, it was still surrounded by them.
The three fat man was originally standing at the front to support the raft. He didn't have any defensive weapons in his hand, so he stomped on and crushed one of them to death. However, there were too many corpses. Soon, his back crawled It was full of worms, and the boy was also stiff and screaming in pain, but he just kept on pushing the raft forward with all his might.
Seeing this, I gritted my teeth fiercely, turned around, and frantically tore off the bugs on the third fat man.He waved the torch in his hand again, forcing back the corpses that surrounded him again.
These corpse crickets who grew up eating dead people are most afraid of open flames, and they were forced off the bamboo raft one by one screaming.But seeing more and more corpses gathering around, the energy of the torch in his hand alone cannot last for a long time.Old lame Wang yelled from behind: "Erbazi, you're not finished yet, this place will soon be surrounded by these corpses!" rushed back.
The corpses were afraid of the fire, so they didn't dare to get too close. Taking advantage of the gap in the middle, I looked down, and the basket that the dead face was carrying had been submerged in the pile of corpses.The bodies of insects were densely crawling all around, and the kerosene bottle could not be seen at all. I hurriedly swiped a few times with the shovel, but only a few insects were blown away.
I put my heart to one side and cursed inwardly, damn it, this time I tried my best.He didn't care about so much anymore, and rushed into the pile of corpses all at once.He waved the torch in his hand vigorously, temporarily expanding the circle of corpses around the bamboo raft, gritted his teeth, and took out the kerosene bottle from the bug-covered pannier.
At this time, the dead face standing at the end of the raft gestured to me and asked me to throw the kerosene bottle to him.I saw more and more corpses climbing up, and I knew I couldn't wait any longer.Gritting his teeth, he threw the kerosene bottle in his hand to him.
Dead Face took the kerosene bottle, took out a torch from nowhere, uncorked the kerosene bottle, lit it and threw it behind the bamboo raft.Hoo hoo hoo, a huge tongue of flame flickering with fiery temperature immediately spewed out.
The kerosene continued to burn in the water, forming a long high-temperature zone. The corpses were burned by the fire, and with a "swipe", they were forced back three or four feet away from the bamboo raft, giving way to a large circle.
The three fat guys supported the bamboo raft, took the opportunity to distance themselves, and just kept yelling: "You son of a bitch, Lin Erba, come and help me, I'm about to lose it." I took a closer look, He almost burst out laughing, it turned out that this kid was biting several big green corpse gnats on his buttocks, he twisted his buttocks vigorously, but he couldn't get rid of it no matter how hard he tried, it made him scream in pain.
The danger of being besieged by corpses was temporarily relieved, and the stone in my heart fell to the ground temporarily, so I hurried to the back of the three fat people.The bamboo raft under my feet swayed, and before I could stand still, I passed up the torch in my hand, and it hit the third fat man's buttocks directly.The third fat man let out a scream, and cursed: "You son of a bitch, Lin Erba, you want to avenge my own private revenge, you want to roast my ass, right?"
I scolded: "Fuck your big aunt, which is more important, your butt or your life? Anyway, there is a lot of flesh on your butt, and it will grow back sooner or later."
At this time, there was another rustling and crawling sound from under the bamboo raft. I turned my head and saw that the airbags under the bamboo raft were already covered with corpses of different sizes, each screaming ferociously. , a large piece of green, I don't know where it came from again.Looking at the distance again, on the dark water surface, countless corpses gathered like a tide.
I asked Old Lame Wang, "Do you still have kerosene bottles?"
Looking at the group of corpses gradually gathering up in the distance, he trampled to death a bug that had climbed up the raft, and couldn't help but smile wryly: "Where is there such a thing?" The big green crocodile jumped onto the bamboo raft, waved a pair of green pincers, and screamed "squeak" at us.
The three fat men stabbed the big corpse gnat to death with a bamboo pole backhand, and shouted: "Damn, hurry up and find a way, we can't all get into the stomachs of these bugs together!"
The lame Wang looked around and cursed: "Fuck! We can last for a while now, there are too many corpses here, if we gather around again, we will die!" I looked down, more and more The corpses scrambled to climb up the bamboo raft, knowing that if they waited any longer, they would definitely end up dead without a place to die, so they shouted: "Don't worry about it so much, if you can delay it for a while, let's leave here first."
The three fatty cursed: "How can it be so easy? We just don't have time now, these bugs are following too closely."
At this moment, Dead Face, who had been silent all this time, suddenly came over. He looked around, handed me the torch, and said: "There are too many corpses here, I still have a way to last a little longer. On the count of three, I'll force these bugs back, and you guys hurry up and keep the raft away from this area, the farther the better, don't waste a moment!"
Just as he was speaking, he took the machete from the hand of the crippled old man Wang, and slashed his left arm with the tip of the knife, making a big gash about an inch long, and blood overflowed all at once.His blood was very strange, much thicker than ordinary people, it was a kind of thick vermilion that was almost black.He squatted halfway on the bamboo raft, blood trickled out slowly, and dripped into the dark river along his fingertips, one drop, two drops, three drops... With a "crash", the blood seemed to stain the river red, the blood When it spread, the large and small corpses, which were still frantically bustling, seemed to smell some kind of deadly natural enemy, and slammed around madly, desperately trying to stay away from our bamboo raft.In the blink of an eye, it rushed towards the rear like an ebb tide, and quickly disappeared on both sides of the bank, leaving no shadow on the water surface.
The third fat man and I opened our mouths wide and were stunned. Only the lame Wang narrowed his eyes, with a strange expression on his face, as if he had expected all this.At this time, I heard Dead Face panting and saying: "Go, my blood can only hold these corpses for a while, there are too many of them, and they will come back soon, if you don't go, you really can't go. "
Hearing the voice of Dead Face, I was startled, subconsciously glanced at him, and found that his face was extremely pale, and his voice was full of exhaustion and tiredness, as if he had suffered a serious illness for no reason.
I wondered in my heart, could it be that the act of bloodletting just now had such a big impact on his whole body?
But thinking of the horrifying scene just now, those corpses were so afraid of the blood on the dead face, everything seemed to have some kind of explanation.However, since the parties are unwilling to respond, I am embarrassed to do further research.Immediately, he wanted to ask him if he had any questions, but Dead Face just waved his hand slightly, sat cross-legged on the bamboo raft, and stopped talking.
I made a fool of myself and didn't care. I walked to the front of the bamboo raft and became vigilant about the movement around me.
Under the hard work of the three fat men, the bamboo raft rowed forward quickly!
Soon they were far away from the original area, and everyone was still a little worried, and turned forward several corners in a row before gradually getting relieved.
In the current water area, the rock walls on both sides have become a huge narrow and long funnel. Although the river channel is not as wide as before, the water flow has become very gentle, almost flowing forward in a line, extending to the darkness unknown end.
The third fat man and I were both terribly tired, now that the danger was lifted, we all fell down from exhaustion.Fortunately, the speed of the water flow is not slow, so we simply gave up the artificial power and relied solely on the driving force of the underground river water itself to let the bamboo raft move forward by itself.
"It was so fucking dangerous just now, it almost turned into a bug poop." Up to now, I still have lingering fears.
"Oh, it's good to be able to come out alive. There are too many corpses in this corpse cave, and they eat dead corpses for a living all the year round, so they are extremely sensitive to the yang energy of the human body. Once they find a living person entering, they will attack them in groups. "Old lame Wang sighed, and said, "But this time we can get out of the corpse hole alive, thanks to my little brother, if he didn't force those corpses back in the end, our group would definitely die in it."
The three fat people nodded repeatedly, and said, "Hey, I also feel that this little brother is not simple. Just a few drops of blood have driven back so many insects, and the effect is more effective than any insecticide. I don't know what it is." What is it?"
I also looked back at the dead man's face, his eyes were still covered with the black cloth, sitting cross-legged on the side of the raft, motionless, as if he didn't hear us talking about him at all.I looked at Old Lame Wang again, and asked, "This little brother is someone you recruited all the time, don't you know his details?"
Old Lame Wang laughed twice and shook his head: "I really don't know about it. For this trip, I asked my old friends from the past to find someone to 'connect the son' in the ghost market. When other craftsmen heard this The second time I ventured into Gunlong Bazi, I avoided him. Only this little brother dared to take over the business, so I invited him. To be honest, I tried him a few times along the way, but what? I didn’t find out, I only know that his surname is Chen, and his ancestors made a living by collecting corpses, and also made a living by panning rivers and touching gold.”
When I heard it, I immediately felt that Dead Face was becoming more and more mysterious. "Lianlianzi" is actually a kind of jargon, just like the current contractor who has a project in his hand and comes to find a mason to do it by himself. Unbelievable and weird things, at this time, similar tricks will be used to find capable people and strangers to solve the problem.
The so-called ghost market, also known as "ghost market", is a place where stalls start trading in the early hours of the night. It appeared in the late Qing Dynasty. It is said that a large part of the antique treasures traded came from underground tombs, or There are other places that cannot be seen, but ancient tombs have been places closely related to ghosts and ghosts since ancient times, so they are called "ghost markets".
The old "ghost market" was in an open space without lighting. There was a mixed crowd of mermaids and dragons visiting the "ghost market", including gold thieves, sand collectors, Feng Shui masters, craftsmen who fished corpses, and all kinds of thieves who wanted to make a fortune. The generation has everything that one expects to find.They either carried lanterns, or struck flint, and the light was faint, illuminating the erratic and dim shadows of people coming and going, like ghostly ghosts in the dark, and they traded in the dark and dispersed in the morning, like ghosts.This is the best place for the many craftsmen who make a living in the old Yangtze River to "connect the sons"!Although many such occasions were banned after liberation, there will still be some gatherings exclusively for the old Yangtze River craftsmen secretly, and outsiders will not know it at all.
And because this industry itself has many taboos and taboos, there has always been a saying that "the road is open to the sky, each side goes to one side", which means that the two parties in the tandem are not allowed to ask or investigate the identity of the other party during the transaction process. , in order to avoid their own risks.Since this little brother with the surname Chen is a master of strings that the old cripple found from the ghost market, it is not easy to find out the details of the other party.Even if I asked more questions, it was meaningless, so I glanced at the surrounding environment and asked the third fat man, "Where are you now?"
"It seems that there is another section of river ahead."
Under the background of the faint light of the torch, we were surprised to find that as the bamboo raft continued to advance, the cave in front of it became bigger again. After passing through a relatively narrow pass, everything in front of us suddenly opened up, and we saw a breathtaking scenery. An unbelievable sight.
The whole river is like a huge gourd shape, passing through the narrowest and longest area in the middle, and there is a very huge natural cave in front of you.On both sides are exposed rock plank roads, which are very old and wide enough for two carriages to travel side by side.
However, it seems that this place has been deserted for a long time, with mottled green moss spreading and covered with dust, on both sides are huge stone animal mouths, the whole body is pitch black, and there seems to be faint traces of dark red blood all over it superior.
A pitch-black river flowed straight, soaking the rocks on both sides, and there were still some puddles, black, and it hadn't dried up after so long.
What really makes us feel creepy is that on the shoals on both sides of the river, there are densely packed wet corpses of people.Viscous black water flowed on the shoal, and these wet corpses criss-crossed one by one. The water mist on their bodies was steaming, and human organs such as heads, arms, and thighs could be vaguely seen, all of which were waxed and glued together, forming huge corpses. body parts.There are also brightly colored fragments of ancient clothes that have not been completely corrupted in the middle, and the surface is also covered with a thick layer of corpse wax, which seems to be placed here artificially.
The three fatty stood at the front of the bamboo raft, looked inside, and shouted in fright: "His grandma's, why are there so many corpses!"
The dead face on the side couldn't help frowning when he saw the scene in front of him. Seeing the change in his expression, I knew something bad must have happened.This person has always been so calm that it is not human-like. To make him show such an expression, he must have encountered some difficult troubles.
I don't know how many years these wet corpses have been in this cave, and many corpses have decayed.As soon as the bamboo raft approached, there was a disgusting stench.
That scene was as disgusting as it could be.
We stopped the bamboo raft and dared not go there easily. We have always entered such ancient tombs, rivers and swamps, and what we fear most is seeing this place of corpses.Especially in the old Yangtze River Basin, the most taboo thing about ancient corpses in the water is to pile them up together, and over time, they will accumulate a strong corpse aura.From the looks of it right now, this should be the most dangerous section of the entire river. If you don't make preparations and proceed rashly, you may attract some unclean things.
Although the third fat man has always been extremely daring, but suddenly saw so many wet corpses glued together into pieces of corpse wax, he didn't dare to break in easily. Said: "Damn, this is too disgusting. It seems that this Guwu clan is not a good thing. Putting such a sinister thing here is obviously trying to scare us latecomers away."
I felt the same way and nodded.Just looking at the scene on both sides of the river beach, I still felt a stomach-churning discomfort, so I turned my head and stopped looking, and asked, "Is there any reason why there are so many corpses?"
The third fat man chuckled: "Er Ba Ye, you don't understand now, you see these wet corpses are piled up one by one with oily fat, obviously they were buried alive collectively. According to Feng Shui, this place is called Yin acupoint. It sounds absurd, but it’s actually just to frighten people, it’s useless.”
When I heard him describe these wax corpses as fat meat, the glistening pieces of meat that I used to covet in the past overlapped with the corpses in front of me, I immediately felt a churning in my stomach, and I almost spit out bile.Hearing that he was showing off again, he scolded: "Don't talk nonsense to me, grandma, and don't even look at what time it is. If you don't know, just shut up obediently, kid, so as not to disturb the morale of the army. Everyone follow You are out of luck!"
The third fat man was scolded by me, so he wanted to defend himself, but the cripple Wang looked in and said, "This is a corpse cave, which is a knowledge of Feng Shui. So many wax corpses were buried here to calm down the demons here. Qi, it is regarded as a buried corpse, I have traveled so many places, and this is the first time I have seen such a situation. Be careful, everyone, this cave is not clean, it must be weird!"
The third fat man said in a low voice: "Cut, all fools know that this place is not clean, so you don't need to say it."
The old cripple ignored him, just gave him a hard look, and then continued: "I've heard people say that this kind of place is the most terrifying, dangerous and taboo arrangement in funeral feng shui, and it's easy to attract people. Some 'dirty stuff'."
When talking about "dirty things", he deliberately emphasized his tone: "If this is the case, then this section of the waterway is probably the most dangerous area in the river. As for what will happen to me, I can't say. Maybe it will The raft was overturned by something in the water halfway, drowned by the water ghosts in this river, maybe you will encounter ghosts hitting the wall, just in this corpse cave, you will keep wandering in a circle, unable to get out."
The third fat man couldn't help turning pale when he heard the old cripple say so seriously: "Well, hehe, it shouldn't be so."
"It's hard to say, I have never experienced this kind of situation. The old Changjiang craftsman who has been around for a lifetime, the most taboo is to encounter this kind of situation. The ancient corpses in the water are all very evil. They can drag people into the water Here, drowning to death, in short, this place is not peaceful, everyone should be careful."
While talking, the old cripple greeted everyone to equip the weapons in their hands: "It depends on our luck this time. If we are really unlucky and encounter something unclean, we can only drag our necks hard." Come on. After all, those who do our business originally want to snatch things from the ancients, and they have to take care of themselves if anything happens."
The three fat men were skeptical, but they still held the knife tightly.I said to Mr. Wang lame: "Don't be so wicked, old man. Since the third fat man and I have come with you, we have already thought about the possible ending. To be honest, I have never seen it since I lived so long. What kind of ghost does it look like? Now that I have such a good opportunity, it’s a pity that I don’t know it.” Of course, when I said these words, I still trembled in my heart, just to give myself courage, and the words in my mouth were hardened. a lot of.
The lame old man Wang glanced at me, smiled fiercely, and patted me on the shoulder: "Good boy, you're right, you didn't embarrass us old men. Even if you encounter something, you can talk to him shirtless. Just do your mother's work." Then, he turned his head to look at the dead face, and said, "Little brother, you should also be careful, the next journey may not be smooth."
Dead Face didn't speak, just nodded slightly.After discussing the countermeasures, they decided to move on. The three fat men supported the bamboo poles and pushed the bamboo raft forward. The three of us, the old lame man and Dead Face, stood around the raft and watched the surrounding environment closely.
On the rock walls on both sides of the cave, there are spots of green moss, and occasionally you can see hanging chains, stone tablets and the like.Probably because of the passage of time, many wax corpses on the river beach depressions have slipped into the water, and each of the dead corpses just floated like dry wood, exuding a disgusting stench, and swelled as if they were inflated.In this dark and dead corpse cave, suddenly seeing these things is really frightening.
"Most of these corpses fell from the bank of the dark river, and they all floated on the river. Be careful not to touch these things."
"Damn, what's that!" The three fat man suddenly yelled with sharp eyes, pointing to the rock wall plank road on one side, everyone was shocked and turned their heads away.On the edge of the rock wall plank road, there is a huge sarcophagus, which is more than three feet long, half of it goes deep into the cave wall, and half of it hangs in mid-air.
"Why is there such a big ancient coffin..." The old cripple gasped.
Everyone present felt horrified. Anything could happen in this corpse cave. This sarcophagus must have been left here for thousands of years, but the size of this coffin is really astonishing.
"Could it be a super big zongzi?" asked the third fat man, "Master lame, what kind of zongzi can grow to be three or four meters long?"
"Don't talk nonsense, everyone pay attention to the water, if you see something, immediately notify the others, don't make any claims, lest you cause something unclean." Old Wang lame said with a gloomy face, While speaking, he scanned his surroundings vigilantly.
While I was talking, the bamboo raft had already traveled more than ten meters away. I was about to speak, but the shoulder was suddenly patted by the third fat man. I was startled, and saw him put his finger on his lips and made a silent gesture.I looked in the direction he was pointing, and with just one glance, a layer of white sweat appeared on my body.
At the northeast corner of the plank road in the cave, on the side of the huge sarcophagus, at some point, a "person" appeared.
The torch was almost burnt to the end, and the faint light of the fire was blown by the dark wind, making the dark corners of the cave flickering, and the water of the dark river shimmering.
Everyone saw that under the light of the fire, a huge pale and stiff human face appeared on the side of the sarcophagus. His body was hidden in the corner of the shadow of the sarcophagus, and he couldn't see it clearly.
Old Lame Wang and Dead Face obviously also noticed the "person" in the distance, and they all changed their expressions.Everyone was cautiously guarding, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense. The area of the corpse cave is very wide, and the light of the torch in my hand alone cannot illuminate such a long distance.In the dark shadows, that huge and rigid human face appeared more and more blurred and sinister.
When we discovered the sarcophagus just now, we carefully scanned the environment around the sarcophagus. Although the light was dim at that time, we could see clearly. There was absolutely nothing beside the sarcophagus, and there could be no such huge human face.
The corpse cave fell into dead silence immediately, and it was so deserted that even an embroidery needle could be heard when it fell on the ground. The third fat man moved a few steps and whispered in my ear: "Hey, I said Er Ba Ye, I Look at the thing on the opposite side, I'm afraid it's not a 'person', you'd better be careful, don't get too close."
I nodded slightly, but my heart was actually very nervous, and I held the shovel head tightly in my hand, and my palm was full of sweat.At this time, I don't know whether it's fear or some other feeling. In short, my heart is hairy, and cold sweat has soaked my entire back.To be honest, the current atmosphere of quiet confrontation is really tormenting, and it is even more tense and frightening than directly pulling out a zongzi to fight each other.
The bamboo raft continued to move forward along the current, and just when the sarcophagus and the pale face on the opposite side were about to enter the range of the torches in our hands, the torch I held in my hand made a slight pop and annihilated into a wisp of white. The smoke was completely extinguished.
As the torch burned to the end and was extinguished, the dull pale face in the shadow on the side of the sarcophagus also disappeared into the darkness and dead silence.
"Damn, why did the torch go out at this time?" I trembled in my heart, and my back began to break out in cold sweat. At this time, if that human face took the opportunity to make trouble, several of us might all die here.
"Hey, we didn't encounter the legendary ghost blowing the lantern! Otherwise, why don't we turn it off sooner or later, but we just waited until this time to turn off the light." The third fat man also started to feel hairy, and his calves were shaking.
It was pitch black and dead silent all around, only the heavy breathing of the crowd could be heard.My palms were also cold for a while, but I still tried to say calmly, "You fucking fat man, don't disturb the morale of the army at this time. The torch is out of oil, this is a natural physical phenomenon, don't scare yourself, everything On to the devil."
At this moment, I suddenly heard a "click" sound behind me, and the third fat man and I were so frightened that we thought something happened, so we turned our heads quickly, only to find that the crippled old man shook his head and signaled We're fine.It turned out to be this old guy, who was too busy watching the movement in the direction of the sarcophagus, and accidentally bumped into the bamboo pole.
"Damn, it's really his grandma's bad luck. How did you say that? Yes, ghosts can't scare people to death, but people can scare people to death!" The third fat man couldn't help complaining.
No wonder he was in a panic. In the current gloomy environment, any slight movement would be magnified infinitely. The sudden extinguishing of the torch had frightened everyone, but now it happened again. No wonder the fat man was a little annoyed.
I waved at the three fattys, indicating that it was not time for him to speak, and asked the rest of the people to monitor the surroundings secretly. I squatted down and rummaged around for a while, and finally found the torch, and lit another spare one. torches.Only then did several people breathe a sigh of relief. At this moment, the bamboo raft was just driving to the northeast corner. This time, the huge stone coffin and the "person" also entered our sight range at the same time.
This time I finally saw it clearly. It turned out that the person who had been hiding in the dark side of the sarcophagus was not a person at all, but a face, a huge pale human face, but it was just a huge stone face.
I poked forward with the torch in my hand, finally felt relieved, and cursed: "Damn, I have a stone face after doing this for a long time, almost scared me so much that my heart almost jumped out."
Seeing that there was no other movement around, the three fatty also hissed: "I'm ashamed, ashamed, I frightened myself this time. But, if you want me to say that all the people from the Guwu family are really fucking good." Sick, you said it’s fine, what are you doing carving a head on a coffin, is it scary?”
The old cripple told us to stop the bamboo raft. Everyone was three or four meters away from the huge sarcophagus. They all held their breath and observed carefully.The entire stone coffin is surprisingly large, three or four feet long, and the whole body is hewn from huge limestone. Face.
It was an extremely long human face, like the face of a horse or a donkey, the length of the entire human face was nearly twice as long as that of an ordinary person.The decorations on the entire stone coffin were described in detail. The nose, eyes, eyebrows, and mouth are no different from ordinary people, but the face is dull, without any expression, which looks very strange.
Looking at this huge stone face from a distance through the darkness, the flames were flickering and indistinct, and everyone didn't see anything special about this stone-carved human face.However, I always feel that the face on the stone coffin is always covered with a layer of yin, a layer of very strange feeling.
I don't know if this is my psychological effect, or the reverie of the previous horror experience.
After all, the human faces on the stone coffins are far more real and touchable than the ghosts and zongzi we imagined. We are always mentally prepared for those things, but we would never expect to see them. Suddenly saw this kind of thing.
The third fat man said to me: "Hey, I said Er Ba Ye, what the hell is this? I think this craft has been around for a long time, but I have never heard of it. Who would draw a person on a coffin for nothing?" Playing with your head, isn't this fucking intentional to attract some unclean things?"
I glanced at the fat man, signaled him to keep silent, and said, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't know, and be careful that trouble comes out of your mouth. This place is full of weirdness. First of all, this stone coffin is unusual in size. I'm afraid it's the inside. It's not a simple thing. Let's try to stay away from it as much as possible, so as not to cause unnecessary disasters."
The lame Wang who had been standing behind us coughed dryly and said, "I think the face picture on the stone coffin looks like a person from Lutou Mountain in Western Hubei during the Western Zhou Dynasty." He squinted his eyes, Said in a very positive tone, "That's right, it is Lutou Mountain Man, one of the mountain gods of the minority culture in western Hubei, look at the coiled dragon decorations around here, only the highest-level priests can enjoy it. The person lying in this sarcophagus is definitely a big shot in the ancient Wu clan..."
I heard him say so evil, and I can't deny it.Although Fatty Three and I grew up in the Liulichang area of old Beijing, we have seen many people doing antique business, but they are all superficial things. As for the totem decorations of these ethnic minorities, There are really not many contacts, and I have never seen this so-called Lutou mountain people.
Several people discussed for a while, fearing that there might be other accidents in the sarcophagus, they didn't dare to stay for long, so they hurriedly left on the raft.Not far away, there was another dark fork in the road, deserted and eerie.
"Is this place really fucking around?"
"Never mind the others, keep going along the river, only this waterway is the right one.".
"Then you have to look carefully. There are black holes like this everywhere in this place. If we really go wrong, then we will have fun watching it!"
While discussing carefully with the three fat guys, I paid close attention to the movement on the surrounding river.The bamboo raft traveled no more than 20 to 30 meters, and we entered another water area. For some reason, a faint mist rose in the entire corpse cave, which made our already blurred vision even more difficult to see. true.
"Don't let anything happen again!" A bad premonition surged in the hearts of several people.
"Well, there are several people on the plank road over there, both men and women..." The three fat man suddenly opened his mouth wide, his face was pale, and he made a "clack" sound from his throat, as if he was frightened by something .
Walking in front of the fingers of the third fat man, Chen Jianguo, old cripple Wang gasped, "How is it possible? How could there be living people in this place?"
And Dead Face also stopped, looking through the black cloth belt, it seemed to confront the "people" on the plank road in the thick fog.
我竭力地睁大眼睛，即便是凭借手中火把的光亮，隔着那么厚的浓雾，也只能依稀地看见那几个栈道上的人影，似乎都穿着很古老的服饰，一个个死气沉沉的，没有活人的气息，站在那里让人头皮发麻。
一路上，死人脸都是冷静得可怕，能够让他露出这般凝重的表情，就肯定有什么巨大的危险即将来临。眼见着死人脸与那几个栈道上的人影这般对峙，我和三胖子都心想大事不妙了，难道这几个“人”真是粽子不成？那种令人心里发毛的感觉越发地浓烈起来，气氛越来越紧张，几个人额头上都冒出了冷汗。
水洞中，不知道从哪里吹来一阵阴风，灌进了我的脖颈处，让我忍不住打了个哆嗦。死人脸和栈道上的那几个人影仍旧是一动不动，只有系在眼前的黑色布条哗哗地刮动。
三胖子更发毛了，拍了拍我的肩膀，像是自言自语道：“他娘的，真是人倒霉连喝口水都塞牙缝，好不容易过了尸洞，这几尊大神又他奶奶的从哪里跑出来的？”
王老跛子默不作声，思虑了良久，越过了死人脸，压低声音说道：“不要看他们了，赶快走。”
我和三胖子连大气都不敢乱喘，听了老跛子的话，就硬撑着头皮，赶忙撑着竹筏子沿着河道继续向前行驶，不敢再回头看上一眼。
即便是这样，我们也忍不住头上冒冷汗，虽然间隔着厚厚的黑暗，但还是能够感觉到那几个人影在黑暗中死死地盯着我们，那种不似活人的目光让我们心头发寒。只有死人脸还直挺挺地站在那里，和这几个黑影对峙，显得神秘莫测。
一直行驶出了很远，那种千钧一发的压抑气氛才稍微有些缓解，三胖子小声的问道：“喂，小哥，那是什么玩意儿？”
“死人。”死人脸看都不看他一眼，只是冷冰冰地说出两个字。
“靠，真的不是活人？可是，明明觉得这些黑影在看着我们啊。”我心中越发地古怪起来，觉得很是诡异和不解。
“对对对，我也觉得那几个玩意儿是活的，妈的，咱们莫非真的是遇到千年大粽子了？”三胖子显然也不相信死人脸的解释，暗自腹诽道。
“是啊，怎么有种毛骨悚然的感觉。”我越发觉得不对劲，忍不住回头看了一眼。
只是这一眼，就让我的头皮都快要炸开了，脸色刷的一下变得惨白，整个人如坠冰窟，浑身冰凉不能动弹。因为就在我转脸的这一刹那，借着手中火把的光亮，我猛地看到，就在不远处栈道的黑暗中，探出来一张巨大的狰狞的大长脸。
曾听人说过，人与动物之间最大的差别在于，人对于不存在的东西会自我联想地产生恐惧。这种恐惧不知道从何而来，却深深镌刻在每个人的灵魂深处。
而就在当时，那一瞬间近乎于陷入绝望般的极度恐惧，直到很多年以后，依旧令我印象深刻，久久不能忘怀。
那是一张奇长无比的人脸，就像是驴脸一般，整个人脸的长度要比普通人要长了近一倍。五官分明，与常人无异，只是面无表情，脸色极度苍白。就这么冷漠地看着我，没有任何表情。说实话，虽然那一刻来得太过突然，我没有完全看清楚它的模样，但我敢发誓，那从栈道黑暗中探出来的巨大人脸，无论是神态还是样子，都和我们进入尸洞后看到的那口巨大的石头棺椁上，浮雕着的石头驴头山人脸一模一样，始终笼罩着一种妖邪气息，说不出来的怪诞和狰狞。
在黑漆漆的山洞中，火把微弱光亮的映衬下，如此突然的情形下，一张巨大怪诞的人脸就这么出现在我的面前，那种惊吓的程度，实在是有些令人毛骨悚然。出于本能，我的身上也感到了一阵无法遏制的寒意，我近乎于条件反射地惊呼了一声，整个人猛地向后一缩，脚下一个踉跄，差点摔进了水里。幸亏站在我旁边的三胖子眼疾手快，一把拉住了我的身子，才避免了整个人坠入河道中的结局。
但饶是如此，我还是忍不住脸色苍白，肌体僵硬得动弹不得，喉咙深处咯咯咯地发不出一点声音，好半天，才勉强回过神来。
“我再说一遍，不要回头，也不要朝两边看！”站在最后的死人脸一声低喝，抓住我的一条手臂，将我整个人的身体掉转了过来。
几人一路戒备着前行，脚下的竹筏子顺着河道向前流淌，过程有惊无险，倒也还算是顺利，我们度过了栈道的那一片区域，每个人都是一身的冷汗。
这种经历实在是惊险刺激，老长江遍布在洞窟、地下、沼泽陆地内四通八达的水道，交错纵横，浑浊的长江水底，不知道隐藏了多少不为人知的可怕秘密。让人不由自主地战栗。
“二八爷，刚才是怎么了？难道被吓破了胆子，不至于啊。嘿嘿，说说，到底出了什么事情，怎么差点就掉到暗河中了……”经过了之前的一幕幕，就连三胖子都不镇定了。
于是我便把我之前所看到的一切和他们讲了一下，几个人都是将信将疑的神情，只有死人脸还是冷冰冰的样子，默不作声。三胖子说，会不会是由于雾气的影响，我眼睛产生了某种幻觉？又或者干脆就是我心理负担太大，看错了。
对于这个问题，直到现在我也无法回答。当时的情形，实在是太过惊心动魄了，那种近乎于惊魂一瞥的场景，到现在还能够让我感受到一丝的后怕。在那一片漆黑的迷雾的深处，那古老斑驳的栈道中，到底隐藏着什么样不干净的玩意儿？怕是谁也无法知道了。
只是那一刹那的记忆，也就永久地停留在我的脑海深处。即便是到了现在，在面对着空旷漆黑的房间或者走道时，我偶尔也会想起当时的片段，那种心惊肉跳的感觉，便会再次涌上心头。
当然，这些不过都是后话，而在当时，听我把刚才的遭遇说得这般离奇和诡异，三胖子他们虽说表面上并不是完全相信，但心里仍难免有了某种忌讳和警惕。
毕竟，在闯入这片死寂了上千年的老长江暗河下的古老尸洞后，众人就进入一片和平日里截然不同的世界。各种匪夷所思到不可置信的事件层出不穷，冤魂般纠缠在我们身边，想要活下去，就只有克服内心最深处的恐惧，不断地前进。
雾气渐渐散去，身后的那口巨大的石头棺椁在黑暗的掩映下，连最后的一丝轮廓都消失在一片阴影当中，彻底地没了踪迹。
“这个地方尸气淤积了千年，有很多不干净的东西，大家尽量不要向后看。”死人脸再次开口，他手握着那柄从不离身的黑色铁钎，站在竹筏子边上，向着黑黢黢的长江暗河的河道内俯视。
众人虽然都认为已经暂时脱离了危险，但是死人脸既然这么说了，大家也不敢自找麻烦，一个个都只顾着向前看，无论身后有什么动静，都不回头。
“这小哥……到底是什么来历？这手段，这道行，简直是神乎其技啊……他能够肆无忌惮的在尸洞里活动，我们却连回个头都不敢。”三胖子压低声音对我说道，显得很是羡慕。
我深有同感地点了点头，和三胖子两个人老老实实地半坐在竹筏子的前端，随着暗河水流的流淌，两旁的岩壁不断闪过，一幅幅布满了尘埃的古老壁画满是岁月的痕迹。岩壁黑黢黢的间隙中，偶尔有一口棺椁伸出半截，看样子都十分古老。
“这地方真他娘的越来越邪性了，怎么有这么多棺材？莫非咱们是闯进了什么集体墓地了？”三胖子有些不安地说道。
我们站在竹筏子上，向空洞的山腹中巡视。一条古老的暗河静静地流淌，沿着山腹一直延伸到黑暗的尽头，如同一条永无止尽的无底洞，一眼望不到尽头。
“咦，那是什么？是不是什么宝贝啊……”三胖子突然惊呼道，他指向紧邻洞壁旁边的河滩洼地，在不断燃烧的火光的映衬下，果真有一片片类似于蒲扇大小的发光体。
死人脸和王老跛子都围了过来，隔着三四米远的距离，随着竹筏子的逐渐临近，众人终于看清楚那些蒲扇状的东西是什么玩意儿了，一个个不由得目瞪口呆。
“靠，这是什么玩意？鱼鳞吗？只是这，这他妈……也太大了吧！”三胖子眼尖，最先看清楚那东西的模样，不由得倒吸了一口凉气。
剩下三个人也觉得这尸洞里的一切，都超脱了我们平日里所能理解的范围，谁能够想到，在老长江遍布山腹的暗河河道中，竟然有这么多稀奇古怪的事情发生。
那竟然是五六片青色的鳞片，像是鱼类或者蛇类的鳞片，只是却大得出奇，足有特大号的蒲扇那么大，青幽幽的，在火把光亮的照射下，闪烁着钢铁金属般的质感，看得人瞠目结舌。
所有人都张大了嘴巴，不敢相信自己的眼睛，谁也不会想到，那会是一片片亮闪闪的鱼鳞，那些鱼鳞每片都有蒲扇大小，你想想，那褪下这些青色鳞片的大鱼，到底能长到多么大？
“狗日的，这是成了精的长江龙王的鳞片吗？怎么那么大个！”
三胖子嘿嘿一笑，叫道：“他娘的，这可是好东西，拿到外面比古董要有价值多了，我先给它一勺烩了。”正说着，这小子就想撑着筏子过去，把那些蒲扇般巨大的青色鳞片拿过来。
毫无疑问，这些青幽幽的鳞片一定是某种巨型生物体表褪下来的，无论是什么东西，大鱼或者巨蛇都好，绝对是世间罕见的稀罕物。这样一枚鳞片拿到外面去，怕是比那些明清时代的古董都要抢手，价值更是不可估量，就算是交给国家，也算是我们作贡献了，也难怪三胖子这小子动了心。
死人脸皱起了眉头，这个时候，竟然主动开口了，道：“等下！这里很不对劲。”
“不对劲？有什么不对劲的？小哥，你别疑神疑鬼了，哪里有这么多的古怪，等胖爷我先把那几片鳞片拿到手再说。嘿嘿，到时候吃香的喝辣的，你放心，有福同享有难同当，我是不会独吞的……”三胖子看着对面那几片闪烁着青幽幽光泽的巨大鳞片，双眼都快放光了。
一边说着，三胖子就准备跃到对岸，准备把那几片蒲扇大小的鱼鳞拿到手，可就在这时，死人脸突然大叫一声“不好”，一把将三胖子给拽了回来，随之，竹筏子前面的暗河水哗啦一声大响，水花四溅。
在那一瞬间，所有人都无比惊悚地看到，在漆黑的河道水中，有一条人形的黑影闪过，浑身的肌肤都是僵硬的，并不像是“人”。