Chapter 8 Chapter Seven Life and Death

Earth is dangerous, and everyone has something to protect their lives.Money comes easily and goes quickly for this pedestrian, and they have to buy some weird things. In the past, these life-saving things were famous knives and swords from which kiln. The famous objects in ancient legends can cut gold and jade, blow hair and hair, and are the best self-defense weapons.There are also people who have taken many unique instruments made by sects, and the gold-touching talismans handed down from the industry, including the rare earth dragon teeth, are of course rare things that cannot be found. In recent years, there are fewer and fewer of these gadgets, and it is even more difficult to find suitable ones.However, when a kiln is discovered sometimes, time waits for no one, and most people in the soil industry are also keen on modern technology.

For example, in large-scale soil operations, some have smuggled guns from Vietnam and Myanmar to protect their own safety.There are even more lazy characters who directly put on explosives. Although this is also a way of "breaking everything with one force", it is an extremely despised behavior for authentic Tuxing people. In addition, some famous tombs are close to the city and the surroundings are prosperous. Using explosives will cause trouble more easily. I believe that if this is not taken into account, with Tsui Hark's financial resources, he will hire a few professional blasting teams to blast the entire cemetery. Come on, it's not too difficult.

Although Guo Laosi can be regarded as an old-school figure, he also has his own good guy in his hand, which is the black rubber short stick he is waving in his hand now. This stick is a multi-purpose electric baton, not for police and security self-defense. It is unknown who came back from war-torn and extremely chaotic Iraq.Transformer equipment is installed inside, which can be charged with civilian electricity to become a high voltage of 40,000 volts, causing fatal electric shocks to the opponent more than ten times in a row. The empty space in the middle of the stick can be filled with compressed hydrogen.When the power is weak or needed, pressing the button will cause the electric spark to react with the compressed hydrogen, and a high-temperature flame with a heat of about 1000 degrees Celsius will be ejected.

All in all, the electric batons used by the Chinese police are nothing compared to this electric baton, they are not at the same level at all. At that time, the seller's asking price was also a lion's mouth, and he directly asked for 30,000 US dollars. At first, Mr. Guo got up and wanted to leave, but after seeing the seller's electricity breakdown of a layer of 1.5-inch steel plate, he obediently took out 30,000 US dollars. Put it in your backpack like a baby. This electric baton is Guo Laosi's secret, except for the first time he tried it, he never used it himself.Not long after he got the electric baton, he discovered a small-scale tomb of the princes of the Warring States Period.After easily entering the tomb, he encountered a white-haired rice dumpling that had just turned into a dead body.Guo Laosi only used one electric shock, and the rice dumpling smelled burnt, and fell to the ground as black as a roasted pig, and the white hair all over his body was also burned to ashes by the high temperature.

At this time, Guo Laosi was in his hand, and I had the world.He suddenly gained courage, rejuvenated, and vowed to avenge himself for shoveling flesh. When the stick touched the zongzi, Boss Guo yelled: "Fall down!" As he said that, he pressed the electric shock button, and the flickering blue electric sparks pulled out a flickering arc on the zongzi, and the zongzi's body immediately fell. It smelled of roasted meat.When the electric spark touched the slime, it seemed to become extremely excited. It followed the slime all the way, flashing rapidly in the air, and flashed into the well.

Taking advantage of this momentum, everyone saw that these corpses were not zongzi at all, and they would not advance and attack by themselves.It’s just that their appearance was so shocking that everyone didn’t have time to observe carefully. After a flash of electric arc, behind them was an inconspicuous “rope” of mucus that was only about the thickness of a finger. They were like marionettes on the stage. , it was originally the monster at the bottom of the well that manipulated the attack. Several people gasped at the same time, and thought of a problem. The monster at the bottom of the well is definitely not the earth dragon, because if the earth dragon could attack like this, it would have attacked Guo Laosi just now. Judging from the situation of manipulating the corpse, this Things should have their own intelligence.Compared to powerful creatures without intelligence, such intelligent creatures should be more terrifying.

Guo Laosi's palms were sweating. It may be that the electric rod shocked the monster at the bottom of the well. The corpse remained motionless for so long and did not attack again.Still, no one dared to take the risk of taking a step forward. Everyone knows this is the calm before the storm. With a strange "croak" that shook the sky, a huge black shadow suddenly jumped out of the bottom of the well, dragging several corpses and flying towards the sky at the same time.When the object fell, several people could see it clearly. It turned out to be a big blood-red toad. This toad can be called the ancestor of the toad.The big rainforest toads of the Amazon are grandchildren by comparison.Its body shone with red light. Its body was about three meters wide, and its front and rear legs were about five meters each. The muscles on its body were bulging, and it looked much stronger than those bodybuilders who often saw it.There was a layer of green mucus from the corpse flowing around the red toad's mouth, and its belly was constantly rising and falling. Compared with the imaginary monster, it looked much more ridiculous and comical.

The toad opened its mouth and sprayed out a cloud of mucus, but the mucus was not green but transparent. The mucus was accurately sprayed on Guo Lao Si who was standing in front of the toad, and Guo Lao Si was immediately poured all over his head and face. The body seemed to be trapped in glue, unable to move, and looked like a large jelly. Guo Laosi felt a chill in his heart. Fortunately, he didn't have the burning sensation of the green slime on his body. He struggled hard twice, but he didn't expect the more he moved, the stickier he would become. He reluctantly stretched out the electric wand in his hand, and just wanted to press the button, only to realize that his body was also covered with mucus. I was afraid that the toad would not be shocked, so he had to be familiar with the electric wand first, and immediately switched the button. flames come.The flames sprayed out more than ten meters, touched the toad, and immediately a small explosion occurred due to the high-temperature hydrogen inside. After a burst of crackling, the mucus on the toad's body seemed to be much less, and the toad yelled twice in pain, but obviously There was no fundamental damage.

"Damn it, where is such a big toad raised in this damn place!" Facing Chang Sheng's complaints, Liu Ji snorted and said, "Toad? Please, this is Zhu clam. The green slime on it is Poison of poison. I read in the book that this thing usually lives in underground waters and dominates. But how did it get into this well and become the suppressant of the barrier well?" "No matter how big a toad is, it's still a toad. What's the difference?" Chang Sheng muttered, but his heart was still a little hairy. The toad didn't seem to feel anything after being burned by the fire, and it didn't look like it was in serious trouble.With such a huge body, if the electric fire is ineffective, the bullets are even less likely to cause fatal damage to it.Although he has confidence in his fists and feet, he also knows that if he goes up to fight hand-to-hand, even if he is stained with the mucus from the toad's body, it will be enough for him to drink a pot.

"No matter how big a toad is, it's still a toad" Although it was a complaint, it moved Liu Ji's heart.There are not many natural enemies of this red clam, so it can grow to such a large size, there must be a vast underground water area under the water that can provide it with room to grow.According to its character, it should never appear in this small well.The only possibility is that something suppressed it in the waters, making it have to stick around the small well, not daring to leave. The natural enemy that the toad fears most is the snake. The earth dragon used to have the body of a snake. It must be his ancestors who used the earth dragon to enter the well to defeat the Zhu clam. However, there may be some restrictions on the earth dragon. The flamboyant toad has long been the excrement of the earth dragon.

Thinking of this, Liu Ji's mind flashed.Looking at the current situation, although Guo Laosi's electric baton attack was not fatal, it made Zhu Ha somewhat scrupulous.It's better, while the toad is still a little afraid of Guo Laosi's electric baton, hurry up and think of a countermeasure.He walked quickly to Chang Sheng's side, told his plan, and stared closely at Chang Sheng, lest he would not be willing to be brave. After hearing Liu Ji finished speaking, Chang Sheng was quite refreshed. He took out the guts from his pocket and said, "Anyway, this is the last try. If it doesn't work, I guess we can just stare blankly and go back. Maybe Tsui Hark is like this." The wealthy people who can organize a small army to come here and bring more conventional heavy weapons may not be unable to go in." Getting the guts, Liu Ji ran all the way, and returned to the well after entering the cave, not caring to catch his breath. He quickly pierced the gallbladder with the tip of the shovel in his bag and threw it down the well.As soon as this thing was pierced, it dried up quickly like a deflated rubber ball. At this moment, there was only the sound of water splashing in the galloping well, but there was no earth dragon coming up. The ground trembled suddenly, as if something had been snapped. Liu Ji loosened his clenched hands, knowing that in all likelihood, it was the chain that locked the "Black Dragon" in the legend. I think this earth dragon was locked here 400 years ago. During these 400 years in the groundwater, I don’t know how many living things it has eaten and how much strength it has grown. The iron chain that was difficult to break off before may not be impossible to break free now. Coupled with the cold underground water, it has a corrosive effect on the iron chain.This roar has done great damage to the earth dragon, making it understand that it is at the critical moment of life and death.Combining these factors together, the earth dragon became very beastly, broke the iron chain, and had to go back to the waters to avoid the damage caused by this roar. This way, it is true that the dragon returns to the sea, and the tiger goes to the deep mountains.As soon as the earth dragon entered the water, the part of its body that was touched by the gallbladder was still corroding. Under the pain, it remembered to go farther to avoid this deadly enemy. When Liu Ji ran back, I also felt the ground trembling slightly. "Didn't you blow up this place?" Liu Ji ran closer, only to find that several people were entangled with Toad again.Although Guo Lao Si couldn't move, the electric baton in his hand was a solid line of defense. The toad was also cunning, but he didn't dare to move forward, but just pulled the corpses and kept attacking these people, making them resist for a long time , Even Chang Sheng's physical strength is superb, and he is gradually struggling. Liu Ji yelled, telling Guo Laosi to attack him with an electric baton continuously.Although the electric rod was small in size, Guo Laosi fired three flames in a row, which seemed to be enough.Seeing Guo Laosi's crazy attack, the toad cringed a little, and began to retreat. Although the continuous fire once or twice did not cause any harm to it, but after drying its mucus for the third time, it caused severe pain to the skin. .Now that the toad has some wisdom, it can be seen that Guo Lao Si is desperate, and he doesn't know how many times the little black stick can emit flames. into the well. "Let's go!" Liu Ji grabbed Guo Laosi's electric rod and asked him, "Is there still fire?" Guo Laosi smiled wryly. The electric rod does not have much hydrogen left, and it can emit heat at 200 degrees Celsius at most. About a foot long flame.Hearing what he said, Liu Ji immediately pointed at Guo Laosi and pressed the button, Chang Sheng's face changed, but the flames had already rushed towards Guo Laosi fiercely!He only felt the heat wave hit his face, but after only one blow, there was no fire on Guo Laosi's body, but the mucus was dried up eighty-nine times. Several people followed Liu Ji and ran out for about 500 meters, when they heard the screams in the well, and the toad shot up into the sky, but the dozens of corpses did not follow.The toad was covered in blood, and only half of one hind leg was left. Then the mouth of the well burst open, and the huge head of the earth dragon rushed out. When the letter rolled, it rolled the toad into its stomach like an insect. Chang Sheng still had the heart to look back, and shouted: "Okay, this can be regarded as the way of using the other, and it's still being given to the other!" This voice seemed to startle the earth dragon, and it swayed its body, trying to get out completely.It collapsed in a moment, and when I turned around, the huge snake head was already a hundred meters away from Liu Ji and the others. As long as I opened my mouth to inhale, I am afraid that everyone would die. Several people simply gave up, Liu Ji closed his eyes, sighed and said: "Man is not as good as God." The time was so long, and each of them thought a lot in a flash. Xu Hark looked up to the sky and sighed deeply. Unexpectedly, the fate of my Xu family is like this. No matter how many calculations, it cannot be changed. Suddenly, Chang Sheng let out a slight "Huh". Several people felt that something was wrong. According to the suction force of the earth dragon, the head came out of the well. It was really unrestrained. As long as they opened their mouths to inhale, they might lose their bones.But now, there is no suction at all. After closing their eyes and waiting to die for a few minutes, they didn't feel the suction force and the cold letter and teeth of the earth dragon. Several people opened their eyes one after another.On the ground in front of him, only a huge gray skeleton remained of the entire earth dragon.This roar of courage broke out completely, allowing several people to escape from death. It turned out that this gallbladder was indeed the natural nemesis of the earth dragon, such a gigantic earth dragon, after such a short period of time, was completely melted and corroded, and died instantly. There is an openness in front of me.Whether it is the experienced Guo Laosi or Chang Sheng who knows nothing about tomb robbers, they all know that what awaits them next is a smooth journey.As Liu Ji said before, no matter whose cemetery it is, if there are two monsters blocking the way, other organs will never be used again. If there are any, it will be after entering the main tomb. The main tomb is right in front of you, with flying eaves and brackets, majestic and majestic, it looks magnificent, about fifteen or six meters high.Guo Laosi wiped the sweat from his brow, "Let's go, sir, what are you doing here, use this as a telegraph pole?" After a lot of hardships and dangers, I finally reached the final destination.Not only Tsui Hark, but everyone else was overjoyed.Guo Lao Si stepped in front of the gate of the main tomb, and suddenly stood still, motionless. Chang Sheng rubbed his hands, and said in a low voice: "The old guy saw all the treasures everywhere, and he was stunned!" Tsui Hark and Liu Ji quickly stepped into the hall, and they also froze there.Not only that, if anyone else came and entered the cemetery, they would probably have the same expression as them.Not only does this magnificent temple-style building have no gates, but when you walk in, you find that what you see inside does not match the outside at all. Standing in the tomb, it feels cramped, like a wooden box that looks huge on the surface, but the walls are so thick that there is only a small space left for the box.This cemetery is like this. I am afraid that if more than a dozen people come, they will stand densely, and people will be crowded and crowded. Near the back wall is a high platform, the width of which is exactly equal to the tomb chamber.On that table, there was a crystal clear coffin, made of unknown material, it looked clear, like glass or crystal, but nothing inside the coffin could be seen.A few people held their breath, everyone knew it was a treasure. But even Guo Lao Si, who is the least visible weapon, became cautious at this time.Since ancient times, half of those who travel a hundred miles are ninety.Although the experts who designed tombs in ancient times didn't know what psychology was, they were usually superb in the application of psychology. They were often able to catch people's slack period after hardships and dangers, and then use the designed mechanism to deliver a fatal blow. Judging from this huge coffin, it should be a matter of course to match any precious objects such as gold, silver jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings in the tomb.But the blame lies in this tomb, and there are no other funeral objects.Guo Laosi secretly speculated that there might be some valuable items in the coffin. A few people looked at me and I looked at you, but Tsui Hark couldn't bear it anymore, and stood up first and said, "I'll go over and have a look first, before you end up." Liu Ji felt sad, feeling a little sympathetic. The word "fate" is the most difficult to figure out.Regardless of whether you are rich or honorable or poor, you will not be able to escape your doomed fate.Thinking about it, Tsui Hark was also forced by family secrets to come here. It seems that the situation is calm at the moment, who knows what kind of risk this trip will bring? "Be careful!" After saying a word, Liu Ji remembered the grievances between Tsui Hark and his family.Tsui Hark glanced at him, and continued to walk forward silently. The hearts of the remaining few people were in their throats. Tsui Hark raised his legs forward, and his feet landed on the ground, making a "click click" sound.The sound echoed in the tomb. Seeing that he was getting closer to the coffin, his inner emotions became more and more excited. Thinking of the Xu family, since Xu Da's death, a vicious curse has haunted them. The patriarchs of all generations have worked hard and painstakingly to break the curse and see what's going on in this cemetery.However, for hundreds of years, there are many outstanding people in several generations of the family, and various methods have been thought of, but they all ended up dying and not dying well. Fortunately, by God's blessing, my father died not long ago, and under my own arrangement and design, my hard work was not in vain.Seeing that what generations of people have failed to achieve is about to be realized today, he feels joy and sadness in his heart, which can be described as mixed. Tsui Hark, who approached the coffin step by step, walked about five meters away from the coffin. He only needed two or three steps to immediately reveal all the secrets of this weird tomb. The tomb was very quiet, everyone's heartbeats could be heard clearly, and their breathing became heavy one after another. What Liu Ji thought in his heart was that if the secret of this tomb was revealed, the intention of his ancestor Liu Bowen would definitely be known to everyone. Could this be the end of the fate left by this mysterious ancestor to future generations? Guo Laosi was thoughtful, wondering if Tsui Hark would go back on his word, and how much of it would be given to him.Furthermore, thinking about it carefully, from Tsui Hark's words, Chang Sheng's profession is a policeman.This kid has always been stubborn, if he has the goods, will he make a fuss and have to hand them over to the country?You know, fighting for money is originally a crime. Chang Sheng's rough voice suddenly rang out, "Xu, what are you going to do? How do you imitate a child and turn around?" Tsui Hark's situation is really wrong, and it looks weird.He turned a blind eye to the distance of three or four steps, but stopped and stood there with blank eyes, looking around. After thinking for a long time, Tsui Hark's brows were furrowed, and he turned around in a circle. It seemed that his steps were not small, and he would jump and jump from time to time, but his whole body was like iron filings attracted by a magnet, unable to get out from left to right. that circle. Chang Sheng was in a hurry, so he was about to go over and ask Tsui Hark what the hell he was doing.Liu Ji held him down from behind with little strength, but Chang Sheng knew something was wrong, so he stopped. On Xu Ke's side, his head was gradually covered with sweat, but he walked tirelessly faster and faster, screaming angrily and waving his hands, as if he was fighting some invisible monster. Guo Laosi lost his voice and said: "It's troublesome, I didn't expect to encounter the most annoying formation here." Chang Sheng shook his head, "Array? Is it Li, Zhuge Liang's eight-array map?" Guo Lao Si looked at Liu Ji without saying a word.Although Guo Laosi is a leader in the gold-money industry and knows a thing or two about ordinary formations, the current situation is completely different from those formations. Those formations can be seen in the tomb itself. Some weirdness, such as using stones as formations, or using tools as formations, pays attention to the need for realistic things, around the eyes of the formations, in order to borrow the power of heaven and earth or magnetic fields to create obstacles Or the effect of confusing people. Even if there is such a physical formation, it is rare in the kiln that Guo Laosi has entered.Even if you have the power to dominate the world, those who know the formation are usually experts from outside the world, and they may not be willing to take action for your tomb. Today, the main tomb is empty, and there are no utensils in formation at all.Except for that huge coffin, there are no other items.This kind of intangible and insubstantial thing is illusory and incomprehensible.To break the formation, the general method is to find the formation eye, and then find a way to destroy the formation eye. The problem now is that it is difficult to know what the formation is made of. Liu Bowen is a peerless master. Since he arranged the tomb here, he probably also set up the formation.Guo Laosi thought that if it was someone else, there might be problems, but Liu Ji's family background must have a clue to solve it. "It's a formation!" Liu Ji nodded in approval, walked forward cautiously, and looked up, down, left, and right in the tomb. Liu Ji felt bitter in his heart, knowing that the hopes of the few people were pinned on him.If this formation is not broken, Tsui Hark will be trapped in it and it will be difficult to rescue.And that big secret has been buried for hundreds of years, and it could have seen the light of day today.Now this formation has blocked hope. After watching for a long time, Liu Ji had a thoughtful look on his face, but he was actually very embarrassed inside.At the beginning, when he was learning the art of geomantic omen, his grandfather actually taught him the method of formation. The so-called array is the ability to use foreign artifacts or other objects to communicate with the sky, the earth, and the magnetic field to generate strange power.For adults, this content is also esoteric and extremely boring.Liu Ji, a teenage child, even learned it with the idea of ​​looking around and prevaricating. After a few years of persecution, Liu Zhong found out that Liu Ji had only learned superficially, so he scolded Liu Ji, but seeing that he really didn't have the interest and talent in this field, he had to leave a lot of ancient scrolls behind and let him do it himself. Comprehend, how much you learn counts. Liu Ji was victorious in the struggle, and he was secretly happy about it back then.In his opinion, grandpa is unnecessary.Now war is the era of hot weapons, even if you put on such a ghostly formation with great proficiency, you will inevitably be bombarded by others, and Liu Ji has always held that "a good man should not be a soldier, and a good iron will not fight." Nail" thinking, thinking that even if there is a war, it has nothing to do with me. Now it seems that if you have more art, you will not be overwhelmed, and you will hate less when you use the book.If I had learned a thorough formation at the beginning, why are I pretending to think here now? Leave here, not reconciled.Liu Ji had no choice but to bite the bullet and use what he had learned to calculate Yin-Yang and Five Elements.However, I really know in my heart that the possibility of counting on myself to break this position is as slim as counting on the Chinese men's football team to win the World Cup. It can make God cry aloud. In the place in front of me, the ground is smooth and there are no foreign objects. It is really worth pondering what to rely on to form a formation.If the formation is not broken, this coffin is a five-meter moat, so far away.Liu Ji was annoyed in his heart, thinking that the descendants of the Xu family were also stupid, even if my ancestors had someone take the pattern for you to build according to the same, but you should at least leave a pattern, maybe there is a clue, so that future generations can find a The way to crack it. Unable to find any clues, Liu Ji bowed his head in silence, pretending to think of a way, thinking about how to deal with the situation, but he couldn't do it, so he could only leave and call his grandfather to let him come over.But even though grandpa can break the situation, I'm afraid that when he comes, this Xu person will die as well.Besides, knowing that I stole graves to dig graves, if this is not my destiny, that old-fashioned old man, at least he will be disabled if he is not beaten to death. He was thinking wildly, while Guo Laosi and Chang Sheng thought he had found a solution, and no one dared to urge him.Liu Ji finally made up his mind and planned to say that he couldn't break the situation and discuss it first. With a deep sigh in his heart, he raised his head and accidentally found an image vaguely engraved on the ground in front of Tsui Hark.Looking carefully, there is a pattern on the front, back, left and right of Tsui Hark's body. Patting his head with his hand, Liu Ji suddenly remembered where he had seen this pattern before, only to realize that the engraved monster with the head of a tiger and the body of a dragon was particularly ferocious.When Liu Ji first arrived at the house, he found the monster carvings on the roof eaves when he entered the house. This strange guy appeared in these two places, I don't know what is the connection. Seeming to have caught something, Liu Ji simply sat down cross-legged, put his head close to the monster and looked at it.Thinking about the layout of the yard, he could probably tell that this was a four-element formation, and the beasts of the four-element formation should be the Eastern Azure Dragon, the Western White Tiger, the Northern Xuanwu and the Southern Suzaku. I don't know what this monster is, but it replaced the four spirit formation, and it must be different from the four elephant formation when it breaks. The one closest to Liu Ji should be the Xuanwu position in the north, with the strongest protection, and I don't want others to destroy it.The more Liu Ji thought about it, the more he felt a headache, blaming his ancestors for insisting on leaving such puzzles to make it difficult for others, but now it can be regarded as "harming others" and finally "harming himself". wrong!Liu Ji suddenly patted his thigh, Tsui Hark said, this blueprint was designed by my ancestors, why is it so similar to the formation in their yard?Moreover, Tsui Hark has lived in the yard for so long, and he has not discovered the secrets in the yard.It can be inferred from this that when the courtyard was built, the layout should also have been made by one person.In this way, the formation in the cemetery was actually designed according to the formation in the yard, and it should be to facilitate the entry and exit of the descendants of the Xu family. Let me tell you, my ancestor shouldn't be a bad person.Liu Ji had an idea in his mind and confirmed his inference.But the situation is the same, why is Tsui Hark trapped in the courtyard while the entrances and exits are normal?Could it be that he is lying? He looked up at Tsui Hark, and saw that he was turning quickly, with sweat already on his head.Liu Ji, who was tempting, suddenly called out his name, but Tsui Hark had never heard of him so close.Liu Ji scratched his head, with his attainments, he really couldn't figure out why. Seeing him lower his head again, Chang Sheng, who had been waiting for a long time, could no longer bear his temper, walked over with big strides, and saw the pattern Liu Ji was watching at a glance. "Isn't this something on the roof of the yard?" Chang Sheng asked strangely, "Why are there four here, but only three there?" Before he finished speaking, Liu Ji clapped his hands and applauded. After he reminded him, Liu Ji remembered In the courtyard, there are three statues of these beasts, and there is no statue at the position of the door, that is to say, the formation of the door is left.Changing here, the key lies in the furthest northern beast, as long as its portrait can be erased, it can turn a living formation into a dead formation. gives a stark comparison.However, no one from the Xu family has come to this cemetery for so many years, Liu Bowen's hard work was in vain. Liu Ji, who was so excited that he was almost crazy, wiped the portrait with his hands, only to find that the portrait was carved on the stone, and then polished and blurred, deliberately making it difficult to find. He pointed to the portrait and said to Chang Sheng: "Quickly, take your shovel and polish this painting!" The stone of the portrait was shoveled over, and when two sides touched it, sparks flew in all directions, and most of the painting was destroyed in just three or five strokes. As soon as the suppressing beast was gone, the formation immediately lost its effect.Tsui Hark's eyes lit up, and he walked straight to the coffin.Guo Laosi was unwilling to be left behind, fearing that the few people in front would rob him of the prize, so he strode over. Tsui Hark stepped onto the high platform, and as soon as he stepped on the ground, he heard a "crack bang bang" sound, and Guo Laosi yelled: "No, everyone get down!" The whole hall vibrated, as if the moment of an earthquake Suddenly, countless hidden compartments opened on the thick wall. There was a crossbow shining with cold light in this dark cell. When the mechanism was activated, although several people got down quickly, the crossbow shot through the scalp and took away a piece of scalp on Chang Sheng's head. It took a few minutes for those crossbow arrows to stop.Looking at the surrounding walls, there are arrow tails all over, and the arrow body shot into the thick stone wall, more than half of it disappeared. Mr. Guo looked at the arrows blankly. If he had reacted a little later, the entire group would have been turned into hedgehogs.Judging by the power of this crossbow, it should be no problem for each of them to penetrate a person's body. Chang Sheng wiped off his cold sweat, covered his head with his hands, and the blood flowed down between his fingers, "Damn, I thought it was such a powerful thing, it turned out to be like this. I saw it on TV a lot." !” As soon as he was out of danger, he became proud again. After the words fell, Tsui Hark said tremblingly, "It's over, it's over." The wall full of arrow tails made a "creaking" sound and moved closer to the middle. The arrow shaft, which was still some distance away from the bodies of several people, slowly approached Chang Sheng's body standing on the far side.It can be seen from here that the walls of the entire hall are closing together. At this speed, even if they want to escape, they can at most escape to the door, and they will be squeezed into meat sauce. After leaving the tiger's lair and encountering the dragon pond again, Guo Laosi glared at Chang Sheng and cursed: "Grandson, you belong to the crow in the end. In a word, we are all stuck here!" "Go up!" Liu Ji suddenly pushed Guo Laosi, he looked around calmly, and found that only on the high platform where the coffin was placed, the wall did not squeeze over. After being reminded by him like this, everyone was like flies in a glass bottle that finally saw the light and found the exit, and ran to the high platform at the fastest speed. Heaving a sigh of relief, Chang Sheng complained: "Oh! This job is really not done by humans. There are more dangers one after another than when I was a soldier in the first half of my life." Guo Laosi was in a good mood when he escaped from birth, and he didn't let Chang Sheng get up again, saying: "That is, if it weren't for this coincidence, this matter would not have happened to you, a bear-like guy." Chang Sheng ruthlessly After taking a deep breath, he turned to look at Liu Ji.He found that Liu Ji's face was still ashen, knowing that Liu Ji must have discovered something, so he hurried over to ask what's wrong. The distance between the walls became smaller and smaller, and some arrow shafts intersected.It won't take long before the wall will close and there will be no way out. "Hurry up and find out if there are any secret passages on the other walls above this platform, otherwise, even if we are not shot to death by crossbow arrows, we will starve to death on this high platform." As soon as these words came out, several people split up and got busy.Guo Laosi knocked on the ground with a shovel, and Chang Sheng followed suit, but he checked the walls around, and the sound of knocking on places with passages must be different from that on solid places.Only Tsui Hark didn't check other places, but pushed the lid of the coffin with both hands. The walls finally collided.During the collision, the pressure generated by the seemingly slow collision caused those arrow shafts to break off and fly towards the high platform in all directions.These crossbow arrows are quite insidiously designed. Not only do they happen to be stuck on the wall after a volley, but they also hollow out the middle of the arrow shaft. This collision splits the arrow shaft by the force of the collision. The momentum caused these much shorter crossbow arrows to shoot at the position of the high platform again. After people escaped, they were in a happy mood, relaxed in spirit, or found that the road was blocked and anxious to find a way out. Fortunately, there was a sound of breaking through the air when the crossbow bolt collided and flew. With the lesson of the last continuous shooting, several people were alerted and rolled on the spot one after another, rolling to the back of the coffin.The unknown material used in this coffin was obviously very hard, even the crossbow arrows that shot through the wall made a rush of impact sound and fell down one after another, but the coffin body was not damaged at all. Even so, Chang Sheng and Tsui Hark were also wounded and shot with arrows, one on the left arm and one on the shoulder.Because Liu Ji discovered it early, he fell to the ground in advance and rolled behind the coffin, so he was unharmed.At this time, Guo Laosi also showed his years of experience in earthwork. While rolling, he used one hand to play with the fortification shovel like a flower. Although his hand was numb from the shock, he did not suffer any injuries. . Liu Ji couldn't hear the movement, so he stood up and looked at the arrows all over the place, feeling a little relieved. From this design point of view, if there is no way to leave on the high platform, there is no need to waste so many short arrows, just let the incoming people live It was a matter of starving to death. Although the arrow rain is coming fiercely, fortunately, everyone only suffered minor injuries. The hope of leaving here is obviously much greater. Liu Ji couldn't help smiling at the thought of being able to get out of this stone box that was airtight on all sides.Suddenly, the lights on the high platform were all extinguished, and the surrounding area became dark.Guo Laosi yelled at everyone "Don't move", took out a bright flashlight from his bag and turned it on. The moment the light flashed, Liu Ji suddenly felt a strong wind blowing at his hand, causing severe pain in his fingertips. When Chang Sheng also turned on the flashlight , the light on the high platform lit up, and only then did he see a strange arrow sticking out of his finger. Unlike ordinary crossbow arrows, this arrow is not in the shape of a triangular cone, but has a thin blade-like thing on the shaft of about an inch. The blade of this thing is only two or three millimeters wide. Passing by, a small opening was cut. Chang Sheng murmured: "You're not lucky, you only met such a toy-like thing, it's not like me, it's pierced on the arm, and I dare not pull out the arrow shaft, so I can only bandage it and apply medicine, and I'll figure out a way when I get out. Seeing that he was jealous about this, Liu Ji thought it was funny, but Guo Laosi came over and grabbed his hand. Liu Ji looked at his wound and thought that there should be nothing serious.But in just a moment, it seemed that there was something heavy falling down under the skin of his wound, where the thing went, the skin and muscle were separated immediately.The pain was like skin peeling, Liu Ji couldn't help but yelled, and then hugged his injured hand. The heavy object reached the root of the finger, and the muscles and skin on one of Liu Ji's fingers were completely separated, which looked as terrifying as wearing a human skin finger cot.And he felt that after the thing reached the palm of his hand, it seemed that he had separated dozens of objects of the same size. Although the volume had changed, the feeling of falling still existed, but the speed had slowed down. 照这个速度，大概不要半个小时，自己整条手臂甚至身体都要皮肉脱离。常盛走过来一把攥住他的手，用力地按压。但他用力之处，那东西就如水一样散开，在其他地方又重新聚合，显然这个方法抵挡不住它的侵袭。 刘季看了看郭老四，指望他能知道这是什么东西。郭老四跺了跺脚，“谁想到这高台上还有随弩阴箭。”刘季忍不住疼痛，强咬牙关坚持着不叫出声来。听了郭老四的话，刘季从来没有大变过的脸色也变了，这随弩阴箭他在野史上看过记载，起源于军中，朝代不明。起先是用来对付敌方的无敌大将，当年唐朝白马银枪的罗成就是死于此箭之下。 这阴箭虽然体积轻小，但正是如此才更不容易被人发现。往往在战场之上的箭矢如雨，都可以被那些有名的将军凭着自己的武艺拨打抵挡。只要等到救兵来临，那弩箭就失去了作用。而阴箭就是在箭雨中趁乱发出，或者在箭停后敌人疏忽的刹那发出，射中敌人。为了弥补杀伤力的不足，有的往往还在箭头上涂抹上各种剧毒。 看自己身上的状况，刘季知道那小箭上必然有什么毒药无疑，几个人没人懂得药石，看来自己活活要受这剥皮之苦至死啊。 想到这里，不由得悲从中来，自己年轻无辜，千里迢迢地从浙江到北京，落了个这样的下场，竟受如此酷刑而死，也不算善终啊！ 失去了希望的支撑，刘季再也无力支持，只能靠在棺材上坐下，把那伤手垂了下来。鲜血顺着手上的伤口流淌下来，打湿了整个地面。不过，这一来也算是有了变化，那些散开的东西随着他的手下垂，重新向手指方向坠了过来。不一会儿，从那个手指的伤口里，滴落了一滴银白色的圆球，圆球一落地，就软软地滚落在了血液里，明晃晃的十分耀眼。 剩余那些，都堆积在了手指尖的皮肤与肌肉之间，把皮肤撑得胀了起来。刘季连忙用牙齿咬破指尖的皮肤，连连把那些圆球滴落到了地上。圆球挨到了土地，逐渐沉没在了血液之里，一会儿时间，就再也找不到它们的踪迹。 举着自己皮肤囊肿、只剩余点点肌肉挂在上面的手指，对着鲜血淋漓的手掌，笑得有些诡秘的刘季，看起来像个刚刚从地狱里爬出来的恶鬼腐尸一样。 “水银。”刘季笑了一下，原来是水银，剩下的三人也恍然。俗话说，水银泻地，无孔不入。水银比重很大，古代有酷刑之一是剥皮，行刑的时候就是在犯人头皮上开一小口，取半碗水银过来，灌入头顶伤口之中，借着水银的比重和渗透能力，只需要不到半个时辰，那张人皮就完整地从人的肌肉上脱落。 这个时候刽子手过来，在脚上手上各割两刀，分了人皮拿到官府去验。 剥皮的刑法因为过于血腥，所以历朝历代使用得不多，唯独在明朝，却几乎成了惩罚犯人的寻常事。不过虽然正史有所记载，可是所记载的执行数量和实际数量却有很大的出入。 洪武年间，明律贪污一两白银者即处剥皮之刑，可是正史记载，洪武年间剥皮刑例总共不过二百来人。但是实际上，明初的贪污之风甚烈，朱皇帝定的贪污指标门槛又低，受到这个刑罚死的，怕是成千上万，只是秘密进行罢了。 伤兵满营，郭老四被尸体黏液腐蚀了手，常盛和徐克又中了劲弩，刘季的左手也差点被水银废了，现在几个人的战斗力只剩当初的一半不到。摆在他们面前的只有两个选择，一是先寻找退路，二是先打开棺材。 几个人争论不休，最后还是郭老四说了自己的意见。在土行里，有很多死地出生墓，指的就是被困之后，那活路往往在死地之中。棺是至死之物，不如打开棺材，看看能不能真的从里面找出可以走出去的活路来。 商量过后，几个人站起来，用双手和肩膀抬起棺材来。徐克喊着号子，一、二、三，三声数完，众人一起用力推着那棺材盖子。可这棺材盖子似乎有万斤之重，又似铜浇铁铸的一般，纹丝不动。 又试了几次，几个人精疲力竭，只好先坐下休息。唯独郭老四一个人拿着手电，围着棺材转了起来。他用手指摸着棺材盖与棺身的缝隙，仔细地走了几个来回，然后颓然地坐下说：“不成，这棺材是假的，棺材盖和棺身是一个整体，我想，我们找错了墓地，这次恐怕见不到真神了。”