Chapter 25 Chapter 24: The Bronze Mirror Square Formation Consistent with the Fengshui Formation

Under the illumination of the lights, what was displayed in front of us turned out to be another large square room, and it seemed empty even if people stood in it. On the four corners of the room, extremely tall wooden pillars were erected, supporting the rock formation above.The beams on all sides are also fixed with wood, and the dragons are carved on it, which looks resplendent, solemn and solemn, and it feels more like a mourning hall.The surrounding walls are carved with strange patterns, which make the whole room more solemn.And on the four corners, there is a huge bronze mirror that is two or three meters high and carved with strange dragon characters.

The four huge bronze mirrors occupy the four poles of the room, which seem to coincide with a certain Feng Shui pattern. Although they have gone through countless years, they have never been subjected to any external force, except for a little dust on the surface. Still brand new... Therefore, although it is not transparent here, the room does not look dark. Against the background of the lights, the light refracts each other, creating a mysterious atmosphere instead. "Hey, the dare-love baby is hidden here." The third fat man finally broke his big butt out of the secret passage, and laughed when he saw the situation in the room.

At this time, I saw Mr. Wang made a silent gesture, with a gloomy face, and said: "There are strange things in this room, everyone, be careful." "What's going on? Is there a problem?" I asked suspiciously. "Hey..." Elder Wang looked around and let out a sneer, "Have you ever seen such ancient bronze mirrors with dragon characters placed on all four sides of a large room? How evil is it to arrange the mirror according to the current layout? This is clearly a craft used by the old Changjiang to suppress evil, and it is also the most unclean thing... It seems that we have met our opponents this time gone."

Since the pre-Qin period, the world has believed that the bronze mirror is not only a daily necessities, but also a magic weapon with the power to exorcise evil spirits and suppress evil spirits. This point of view has been recorded in many ancient documents. Even the "Compendium of Materia Medica · Jinshibu" also said: "Ancient mirrors are like ancient swords. If there are gods, they can avoid evil and evil." Bronze mirrors are hung in front of one's own door and on the head of the bed, as a tool to ward off evil spirits, and it is a deterrent to things that are extremely yin.

But like the room in front of you, with such a huge four-faced dragon-patterned bronze mirror suppressing something, the power of this thing is probably beyond our imagination... This discovery was so astonishing, the atmosphere in the whole room suddenly became tense, and at this moment, there was an exclamation, and the third fat man shouted: "His grandma, why is there a stone coffin in here?" Everyone was shocked, and hurriedly ran over, and found that in the deepest part of the room, there was a sunken area, where a huge seamless sarcophagus was placed.This is a gray-brown sarcophagus "bound" with black chains, and the age of the coffin is unknown.The surface of the coffin was very old, even a little primitive, and was wrapped several times by a dozen black chains, completely locked, without leaving a single gap.

In folk scouring buckets, digging rivers, or salvaging corpses, these craftsmen who often deal with dead bodies and coffins have always been most afraid of encountering such things of unknown origin, but they are locked tightly by chains.Not only coffins, but also stone urns, ancient boats, and iron sedan chairs... They have a unified name in the mouths of the old Changjiang craftsmen, which is called "covering the eyes", which means that when you see such things, you have the right to treat them as Can't see, run as far as you can. When I was in the old Beijing Liulichang, craftsmen from all walks of life came from all over the world. I heard from them more than once about things locked by iron chains or bronze chains.It is said that this kind of thing was dug up twice in the Longling area of ​​Shaanxi Province, and both caused great disasters and many people died.So since I was a child, this kind of thing has always been full of ancient and mysterious colors in my mind.

The three fat men jumped over, and wondered: "This sarcophagus is so primitive, it seems that it hasn't been processed much? It's tied so tightly with iron chains, I don't know if there are any valuable funeral objects inside..." I stretched out my hand lightly to touch the coffin wall, and my palm felt icy cold. I said to the third fat man, "It stands to reason that there would be no funerary objects! After all, those who can be placed here must be from the ancient Wu clan." How could such an important person be so shabby? I reckon that not only will there be funeral objects, but they will also be of great value..."

"Ah! Then what are you waiting for, open it and have a look." I glared at the third fat man, ignored him, and turned my eyes to the crippled old Wang who kept silent. He shook his head: "To be honest, I'm not sure about the depth now, but judging from the current situation, the things in this room are probably very tight! Look at the closed chains on the stone coffin. The nine floors were raised, not only to prevent outsiders from destroying it, but more importantly, to prevent the contents of the coffin from getting out... If you don’t open it and take a look, it’s hard to guess what’s inside.”

I nodded and said, "I only know that this kind of iron chain sarcophagus, even in ancient funerals, is also a type of murderer! Only some big figures who committed serious crimes or were bewitched by evil spirits during their lifetime, because their status is too noble, It’s not possible to burn it with a fire, so it’s a bad idea. First use a secret coffin to enshrine the corpse, and then seal it completely with iron chains and copper locks to prevent the possibility of corpse change, and also to prevent outsiders Open it up and let the contents out." Seeing that no one paid attention to him, the third fat man interrupted abruptly: "I also know a little bit about these fat men, but after all, such a long time has passed. Thousands of years, let alone a zongzi, even a stone , put it in this place for so long, I guess it will turn into mud. What is there to worry about? I think you are thinking too much and worrying unnecessarily. Why don't we just pry open this coffin and have a look, If there is something valuable, you can take it out and share it, why waste it here."

I laughed and scolded: "I think you're completely out of money's eyes, kid, not to mention what's lying in the coffin, even if you took out one or two treasures. Now the wind outside is so tight, everywhere It’s a wave of attacking demons and ghosts, destroying the four old things, even if you take it out, you can’t do it, or you will be arrested and labeled as a counter-revolutionary, then the loss outweighs the gain.” The three fat men rubbed their heads, looking very proud, and said, "What do you know! As the saying goes, 'gold in troubled times, collect in prosperous times'. Now the world is too chaotic, and everything that is human or not is out to make trouble, but The chaos won't last long, according to Fat Lord, this wave of old things will pass sooner or later. Fat Lord, I'm planning for a rainy day now, do you understand the long-term consideration? Someday these things will see the light, Fatty Lord, I'll take it out again, hehe, I'm afraid even counting money will be soft."

When I heard it, I thought it made sense. I knew that although this kid was rough on the outside, he was actually smarter than a monkey in his heart.But being robbed by him like this, he suddenly felt that his face was hard to bear, and he wanted to stab him a few more times. Just as he was about to speak, he saw the dead face who had not spoken much and made a "shh" gesture at us. Dead Face signaled us to be quiet, and lowered his voice, "Listen, is there any movement in this stone coffin?" In the darkness, the atmosphere in the room immediately became tense. Everyone held their breath and listened with ears pricked up. Inside the stone coffin tightly bound by black iron chains, at some point, there was a sudden "bang bang" knocking sound, as if something was trying to break free.That kind of voice was very strange, and it was particularly harsh in this dead space.My heart sank, and I thought to myself, damn it, could it be that a dead body really happened inside?Why don't you come early, don't come late, but we didn't come out until we got to this room.Could it be that the ancient corpse in the stone coffin sensed the yang energy in the living person and wanted to come out. But immediately I calmed down, feeling a little puzzled, and always felt that something was missing.Immediately afterwards, I remembered, and yelled: "Fatty man, didn't I tell you that you can't touch this place? What the hell are you messing around with?" I saw the three fat man poking his head out from the back of the huge stone coffin, he smiled and said, "Er Ba Ye, look quickly, I found something good on this coffin, this is the best ancient jade !” As he spoke, he lifted the thing up. I took it over and took a look, and saw that it was a piece of ancient jade the size of a palm. The patina was very moist and greasy, and it felt warm in my hand.There is a red color inside the jade pendant. At first glance, it is easy to be mistaken for blood streaks in the jade pendant.There are some mysterious carvings engraved on the surface of the jade pendant. I don't know what it means. It looks like some kind of hanging ornament used to ward off evil spirits. Looking at the sarcophagus again, there is a groove where the jade pendant should have been inlaid, and the top is empty.This fat man, taking advantage of our lack of time to take care of him, actually picked out a piece of ancient jade from the coffin. But, what is the purpose of inlaying ancient jade on the ancient stone coffin?Could it be to suppress the things inside?I thought to myself, and became more and more uneasy, so I handed the ancient jade pendant to the third fat man again and scolded: "You bastard, are you poor and crazy? You even dare to snatch the things of the dead. You're causing big trouble for your mother. If you don’t put it back quickly, do you really want us to die here together?” Everyone else also changed color, and in the empty room, only the heavy panting of everyone could be heard. "This jade pendant is used to suppress corpses. If you pick it off, the contents will come out. Oops, you have caused trouble..." said the crippled old man. "Damn it, all the reactionaries are paper tigers. These days, even monsters and snakes have been defeated. Are you afraid of this place? This sarcophagus is at least thousands of years old. Even if there is something in it, it would have turned into mud long ago." That's it..." The three fat men were just admiring the ancient jade that was picked out, and didn't pay attention to the movement inside the stone coffin. It's just that before his words fell, the "bang bang" sound in the sarcophagus resounded again, and the black chain tied to the sarcophagus was shaking continuously, which was particularly ear-piercing in the empty room. "Bang bang"... "bang bang bang"... the sound of hitting the coffin lid became more and more urgent, the movement changed from slow to fast, and the frequency increased, as if something inside was crazily trying to escape. ... Four people, eight eyes, everyone's eyes were focused on the huge ancient coffin at this moment, listening to the louder and louder impact sound inside, the heart gradually sank.Could it be that there is really any living thing in this stone coffin? "Fuck! It's his grandma, what's going on? Erba Ye, you didn't lie to me, this voice came from the sarcophagus... this..." The third fat man's face was pale at this time, and he was also frightened up. "Damn, don't hurry up and put the jade pendant on me, if the stuff inside really gets out, we don't even think about getting out alive." I also didn't care about talking to him, and shouted. This fat man has always been a troublemaker, and if he can't see him for a while, he can make a big mistake for you. "Just go, Fatty, how do I know this place is so evil..." The third fat man knew that he was wronged, so he muttered in a low voice, not daring to speak out. The voice in the sarcophagus became more and more urgent, and the things inside seemed to be about to escape from it. "Hurry up, hurry up..." Fatty and I were in a hurry, and finally put the jade pendant on it again after exhausting all our efforts.Strange to say, just as the jade pendant was put on, the violent impact sound in the stone coffin stopped abruptly, and there was no more movement. "Fatty man, it's a good thing you didn't pry it off directly, otherwise it really wouldn't fit in." I said with a breath. "Who am I, fat man? I'm doing technical work. I..." The third fat man felt good about himself again, and was about to talk, but I stared at him and closed his mouth. "Huh? Where's Lame Wang?" I asked suspiciously. I just wanted to call him, but before I could open my mouth, someone covered my mouth from behind. Immediately afterwards, I heard someone whispering in my ear, "Don't talk! There is a situation! Look over there!" I was startled at first, but when I heard the voice again, I couldn't help wondering, this is the voice of a dead face!So mysterious, what tricks are you going to play? Thinking of this, I immediately poked my head out to look, and I couldn't help being taken aback for a moment.I saw that in front of the huge bronze ancient mirror on the north side of the room, there was a person squatting at some point, and I looked at it again, and I was even more puzzled. Judging by the size, that person was clearly the crippled old man!Damn, how did the old guy get there? It was just that the situation of Mr. Wang lame was a bit strange, I frowned. I didn't know what kind of plane he was doing, and I was very suspicious. When I looked carefully, I was so frightened that the hairs all over my body stood on end.He was squatting there furtively, looking at the mirror with a very strange attitude... Looking at the situation, he looked exactly like... like a big mouse with its hair shaved off. And he turned a blind eye to the rest of us, he just looked at the bronze mirror, wiped off the dust on the surface of the ancient mirror, tilted his head, and looked at the hazy shadow reflected on the mirror with a sinister expression.That kind of scene was so weird that it made people feel a chill from the bottom of their hearts for no reason. Especially Wang Laozi's gloomy expression, half a smile, not a smile, looks very evil, always makes people feel like an ugly and evil big mouse, with an indescribable evil spirit.Such a scene appeared again in such a spooky place, I just felt my scalp go numb and my breathing almost stopped. "Now, it's best not to make a sound." It was Dead Face's voice, with an inexplicable coldness in his tone. I glanced at him and nodded, but I still had a lot of doubts in my heart. "What is he doing?" I asked in a low voice. "I don't know." Dead Face's voice was erratic. I still wanted to ask, Dead Face made a silent gesture, lowered his head, and whispered in my ear: "I don't know the specific situation! But, you have to be careful, this place is weird." I was startled, could there be other unclean things in this room besides the stone coffin locked by iron chains? "Everything in the world has been refined for a long time, most of them have the ability to deceive people by pretending to be human, 'but you can't change the real shape in the mirror'..." When Dead Face said this, his voice trembled slightly. "So starting from the Western Zhou Dynasty, whenever princes and generals died violently, and it was inconvenient to burn according to the system, they would bury the bronze mirror together with the coffin!" Out of a cold sweat.Isn't this the fairy mirror in folklore?Could it be that Mr. Wang Lame is not a human at all, but a monster? The three fat guys didn't notice our conversation, and when they saw a man squatting furtively under the ancient bronze mirror in the north, motionless, they thought it was Old Wang lame who was studying something, and suddenly ran to the place in front of the bronze mirror From the back of the man, he slapped him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Master Lame, what treasure have you found? Are you hiding here and trying to hide it secretly? Come, we will share half of the meeting..." All this happened so suddenly, before I could react, the three fat guys had already patted the man on the shoulder.My heart skipped a beat, and I cursed that things were going to get worse.The old lame man who was squatting under the bronze mirror stood up suddenly, looked at the three fat men face to face, with a gloomy expression on his face, without saying a word, he raised his foot and kicked the fat man on the chest. The third fat man was also intimidated by Wang Laozi's actions, and he didn't resist for a while, and was kicked to the ground.But this kid is not a master who is willing to suffer, he reacted immediately, and suddenly turned from surprise to anger, and cursed: "Old cripple, you are so fucking crazy! Fatty, I don't show my power, I really think I am a fool!" It's a sick cat!" As he spoke, the boy rolled up his cuffs, intending to give the old guy some color. Seeing that the momentum was wrong, I exchanged glances with Dead Face, and the two hurried up to pull them away, while the third fat man was still angry.This guy was full of fat, and it took me a lot of effort to pull him away.At this time, Dead Face made a pause gesture to us, and only then did we realize that Old Cripple Wang seemed to be out of order, as if in a daze, his face was pale, and he muttered that he didn't know what he was talking about. At first I thought he was chanting a mantra. After listening to it several times, I finally heard what he was muttering clearly. It seemed that there was only one sentence over and over again: "Run, run. There are ghosts in the mirror, and ghosts in the mirror." ghost." I looked at the expression on his face, and then at the huge ancient bronze mirrors placed around the room. I don't know why, but a chilling feeling suddenly surged in my heart. At this moment, the faces of all the people around seemed to be covered with a layer of monster, which was indescribable and indescribably weird. Old Cripple Wang was obviously very frightened, his face was pale, and there was an extremely frightened "clack" sound from the back of his throat. He didn't know what he saw just now that could frighten him into such a state. I feel more and more that the entire stilted building is filled with a kind of horror atmosphere.I always feel that there is a pair of eyes looking at us in this dark and dead corner. "There is a ghost in the mirror." These are the words that Mr. Wang lamely muttered, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what he meant.Could it be that there is some mystery in these huge bronze mirrors? The scene of Mr. Wang squatting in the corner pretending to be a ghost just now is still vivid in my mind. Could it be that at that time, he found something strange in these mirrors?Or in other words, his actions just now were all unconscious actions, possessed by something unclean? I do know that in the rural areas of the Northeast, some things become spirits, which can confuse people's minds.I heard from my grandfather that in our hometown, there have been such rumors before that some old objects picked up from graveyards or river beds will capture people's souls when people are not paying attention.Could it be that our luck is so bad that we met the mirror demon this time? Thinking of this, I feel even more uneasy, but I can't stay here all the time, and I don't know if there is any danger waiting for us.But the situation is unclear, and it would be a bit unwilling to withdraw now.What's more, we have been here all the time, and no one has seen what the ghost in the mouth of Mr. Wang looks like. The third fat man said: "Er Ba Ye, little brother, I think this old cripple is crazy! Where did he come from, fat man, I'm standing here, why didn't I see it?" I waved my hand to signal him to be quiet.Now Lame Wang is obviously very scared. According to his city, it is probably not a simple thing to make this old guy scared like this.Although everyone still has some doubts in their hearts, they have to guard against it.Moreover, we won't be able to get out here for a while. The best way is to make a quick decision. It's important to find a way out first. Having made up my mind, I relaxed a little bit. I haven't seen anything all the way here, and it's too late to turn back, so I might as well rush him vigorously.Facing difficulties head on, it is not in vain to live in old age.At that time, people's beliefs were very simple. Sometimes when faced with some inevitable problems, some people even gave their lives without hesitation.That kind of feeling is difficult for contemporary people to understand. However, at that time, the kind of personal heroism that knew that there were tigers in the mountains and was inclined to travel on the mountains was indeed the most infectious.After all, what people are most afraid of in this life is the loss of faith, and once a certain goal is determined, any fear is out of the question. Dead Face bit his finger, and a drop of blood landed on the brow of Old Wang's lame man! Strange to say, the two big men, the three fat man and I, tried our best to keep him calm. With regard to his dead face, Old Lame Wang calmed down immediately, and his eyes became clear again, but his face was still a little pale. He kept panting, and it seemed that he didn't feel well before. I asked the third fat man to support him and asked what happened to this old guy?The old cripple's lips moved, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes. He opened his mouth several times, but he couldn't open his mouth no matter what.Finally, he shook his head dejectedly, pointed to the bronze mirror near the northernmost point in the room, and motioned us to see it ourselves. With doubts in my heart, without too much hesitation, I held the torch and passed.The three fat men tiptoed along behind me. In two steps, I arrived in front of the huge bronze mirror. Against the faint firelight, the ancient bronze mirror reflected a quiet light, which looked inexplicably weird. I took a few breaths of air, suppressed the uneasiness in my heart, and walked over. I looked around carefully, and to be honest, I didn't find anything weird, but I felt that there seemed to be heavy traces of dirt on the patina on the surface of the bronze mirror.How is this going?It stands to reason that these things were all used to bury the owner of the stone coffin locked with black iron chains, and they had never been buried in the ground at all. Then why are there traces of soil on these ancient bronze mirrors?Could it be that these bronze mirrors were not cast during the time of the owner of the sarcophagus, but were funerary vessels dug out from the older underground? If this is the case, then the origin of these ancient bronze mirrors is difficult to speculate. Three people become tigers, and one person says that the mirror is weird, I don't need to believe it, but if several people think that the mirror is not right, then I must treat it with caution.Now it seems that all the faults are probably caused by the strangely shaped ancient bronze mirrors in the room. Thinking of what Old Lame Wang said before, I gently wiped off the dust on the surface of the mirror, and subconsciously looked towards our shadow on the surface of the mirror. After all, after such a long time, the surface of the mirror is no longer very clear. When the light shines on it, only faint shadows of people can be reflected. At first glance, everything is normal, and there seems to be nothing strange about it. .Just the next moment, I felt a gust of cold air from the soles of my feet to my forehead. At this moment, the shadows printed on the bronze mirror by the crowd seemed to undergo some subtle changes.And this change is really creepy! According to common sense, when a person stands in front of a mirror, under the action of light, our eyes can receive image information reflected from the mirror.Therefore, the image in the mirror should also be the same as our own appearance.But what makes me feel cold sweat is that although the shadow reflected on the bronze mirror in front of me is no longer clear due to the erosion of time, but judging by my body shape, that posture, the shadow in the mirror is not me at all... Moreover, the figure in the bronze mirror is in a very strange state, as if it is still doing something.Although the movement was very slight, when I took a closer look, I realized that the shadow looked like...as if it was combing its hair.It looked like a smile but not a smile, and there was a kind of indescribable creepiness and horror. Such a scene is really chilling, I just feel cold hands and feet, and I dare not even breathe out.If I had some doubts about the words of Mr. Wang lame before, then now, I just feel that everything is so unbelievable. Fatty Three's complexion also became extremely pale. Obviously, he had seen what was happening in the mirror, and his two eyeballs were about to pop out. "Damn it, it's too evil." I cursed secretly, then turned my head to look at the dead face who had been silent all this time, "Brother, do you think there is something wrong with this?" Dead Face didn't speak, but made a very strange gesture in front of the bronze mirror. The fuzzy shadow on the mirror also followed suit, but the posture was too weird, wobbly, it was clearly a woman! Fuck me!These bronze mirrors are indeed not clean things, Old Cripple Wang is right, there are indeed ghosts in the mirrors.In such a scene, and in the current environment, anyone would feel their scalp tingle and couldn't help but gasp. The more I watched, the more frightened I became. I just felt that my heart was sinking continuously, and the whole thing was developing in an unpredictable direction.The things like toad monsters and Ksitigarbha that I encountered before are still traceable things after all, but facing this unknown thing now, it really makes people unable to arouse the will to resist. I looked at the crippled old man next to the three fat guys, his face turned pale again, obviously also remembering the unpleasant experience just now, and he didn't say a word. "This place can't stay anymore." Everything in front of us is beyond our comprehension.For such incredible things, the best way is to leave here as soon as possible.I called Dead Face, Fatty Three and the others, and told them to follow quickly, and not to worry about these bronze mirrors anymore. The four of them involuntarily quickened their pace and walked towards the second floor.It's just that the more I walked, the more frightened I felt. The entire interior of the stilted building was sealed off by countless black wood, separating each small area, leaving only some hidden passages. I don't know what to prevent.We couldn't figure out the situation at all, and it took us a long time to find the right path.