Chapter 7 Chapter 3 Yellow River Corpse King

The keel discovered in the ancient Yellow River trail made me feel more and more the mystery and vastness of the Yellow River. Many things that were told as stories in the past have become facts.I can only admit that there are indeed many unexplainable strange things in the ancient Yellow River Road, and this is not a so-called feudal superstition. It can only be said that this is a corner that science cannot reach.After all, the facts are there, and you can't help but believe them. At this time, I also discovered more and more the mystery of my father, and the inextricable connection between our Bai family and the Yellow River. I believe that only my father knows these things best, but my father, on the contrary Missing at this time.

I am still looking for every opportunity to inquire about my father, mostly with the river workers who dig the river, and also with local children and women, but I don’t know why, when it comes to the missing Yellow River exploration team, all the originally kind fellow villagers He looked at me nervously and hostilely, as if I had touched their core secrets and made it impossible for me to continue investigating. At this time, the work was coming to an end, and when the three of us were about to go back, a strange thing happened. It turned out that when the fellow was clearing the last bit of the river, he found a piece of black iron exposed under the river bed. He dug down and dug, but the iron was as big as an ox's head, but he hadn't dug it out yet.At this time, the whole country was making steel, and everyone smashed the iron pots to sell the iron. Iron is a treasure. At that time, the captain instructed to dig out this piece of iron as soon as possible to support the socialist modernization drive.As a result, everyone dug three meters deep around the piece of black iron. Not only could it not be dug out, but it also seemed to grow on the bottom of the river, and it could not be shaken.The captain felt that the black iron "grown" in the Yellow River was a bit evil, so he hurriedly informed us and let us go and have a look.

After hearing what he said, the monkey hurried over, and Huang Xiaoli and I also followed. A lot of people had already gathered in the river, the captain saw us coming, hurriedly dismissed everyone, let us "people from above" take a good look, what the hell is this?I looked, and a deep pit three to four meters deep had been dug out under the piece of black iron, revealing a large black iron pillar, the diameter of which was almost the size of a round table, extending straight down. This piece of black iron is so weird, it really looks like it "grows" out of the Yellow River. I was amazed there, but I found Huang Xiaoli's face was serious, biting her lip hard, as if she was struggling with something in her heart.

The monkey rushed over, first touched it with his hand, and then hit the stone pillar with a stone a few times, his face full of disbelief, and he kept muttering to himself: "No, no, it's impossible!" I asked the monkey what was wrong, and he said with a serious face, "Old Bai, there is something wrong with this piece of iron!" Seeing his serious expression, I asked him what was the matter. The monkey had an unbelievable expression on his face and said: How is it possible, how could it come out? I asked him, "What came out?" The monkey looked solemn and said, "Old Bai, this is a piece of meteorite!"

I didn't understand, so I asked him, "What is meteorite?" The monkey didn't speak. He knelt on the ground, put his ears on the ground, and asked me to hit the iron pillar with a shovel. The iron pillar made a muffled sound, which spread far underground. The pillars are at least ten meters underground!" The captain was excited, and he asked the villagers to hurry up and excavate the surrounding ten meters around this piece of black iron to see if there would be any cultural relics under it, and set a reward, saying that if everyone dug out the treasure, Kill a sheep at night to comfort everyone.

At this time, the old boatman who ran past the boat suddenly shouted: "Don't dig it, this is an anchor!" I was taken aback. The anchor was more than ten meters long, and the whole ship was no more than a thousand meters long. From ancient times to the present, who has heard of such a big ship? God, how is this possible?But the old boatman gave us an example, and told us in a firm language that there is a huge boat buried deep underneath. The cold wind blew over, and there was a burst of yellow sand on the ancient Yellow River road. I suddenly shivered. There may be an underground world hidden under the ancient Yellow River road. We unintentionally dug something belonging to the underground world. I don’t know whether it is a blessing or a curse. .

Huang Xiaoli had been watching the excavation coldly, but now she ran over and stopped everyone: "Don't dig, don't dig! This is not the ancient Yellow River road!" The captain was stunned for a moment, girl, if this is not the ancient Yellow River road, what is it? Huang Xiaoli shouted hoarsely: "This is a ghost town that was buried underground thousands of years ago, this is a ghost town!" She resolutely stood in front of the river workers and refused to leave. No one could dig another shovel. The captain also opened his mouth wide, unable to figure out what was going on, but fortunately it was getting dark, the captain waved everyone to disperse, saying that everyone should withdraw, withdraw, damn it!Order them all neatly, let's drink mutton soup tonight!

In the evening, the captain opened a few jars of homemade rice wine, tried to persuade us, and finally took my hand and kept telling me that when I go back, I must persuade the lesbian well. We are doing revolutionary work, and we can’t rely on our personal preferences. Look at the problem, think about it, if such a big piece of iron is pulled out, how many more guns and cannons can be built for the country!cough! I was so drunk, I walked back in a daze, and saw that the light in Huang Xiaoli's room was still on. I went to check, but there was no one in the room, the quilt was neatly folded, and Huang Xiaoli was gone.

This is the ancient road of the Yellow River, and the surrounding area is deserted. Where did this little girl go? I searched around, and then sat at the door waiting for her. I didn't know how long I waited, and the alcohol was so strong that I sat at the door and fell asleep. Early the next morning, I woke up and found myself lying in a small work shed, next to a monkey snoring loudly.I got up in a daze, my mouth was extremely dry, and my head was humming and hurting. I drank two spoonfuls of water before I recovered, and I always felt that something was wrong.After sitting blankly for a while, I finally remembered, yes, I fell asleep at Huang Xiaoli's door last night, who brought me back?

I shook the monkey awake and asked him how did I get back last night?Monkey said angrily, when he came back, he saw me stretched out and occupying most of the bunk, he curled up beside the bed and stayed up all night, and he still hasn't settled with me yet! The more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong, so I got up and ran to the studio. When I got there, I saw Huang Xiaoli, fully dressed, sitting in the studio writing a manuscript. I thought about it, but I still didn't ask her what happened last night, I just asked her why she didn't let the river worker continue to dig down?Huang Xiaoli's eyes dimmed, and she said after a long time that she thought of an old friend at that time, she was too excited, and couldn't control her emotions for a while.I said, "It's okay, it's okay, who hasn't been excited yet! So, you agree with them to continue digging? Huang Xiaoli looked a little unnatural, and said: Of course I agree. Besides, I have no right to stop you."

I just breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that I could finally explain to the captain. Just as I was about to tell the captain, I saw the captain jumping on the Yellow River beach and scolding his mother, saying that the ancient Yellow River road was dry up, so why would something pop out of the ground suddenly? The water is coming, it's really evil! I went to ask and found out that last night, the originally dry ancient road of the Yellow River was full of water overnight, and the huge iron anchor was also submerged in the Yellow River.My heart skipped a beat, and I suddenly thought of Huang Xiaoli's strange expression. Did she have a premonition that the Yellow River would be full overnight, so she said that? I thought about it, and felt a little nervous. The bottom of this ancient Yellow River course is dry and cracked. How could someone fill it up overnight? At this time, there was a gurgling sound from the bottom of the water, a string of bubbles popped out, and then a big splash surged up. The Yellow River was gurgling, as if something was about to come out of the water.The captain patted his thigh and said that if the iron boat was going to get out of the water, he needed someone to launch it.The water was bubbling and bubbling, and half of the Yellow River was dark. Who would dare to go down? In the end, there was only a whirring sound, and a dark object suddenly appeared from the bottom of the water. The object swirled in the water, and finally drifted slowly to the beach of the Yellow River.When everyone took a closer look, it was actually a black coffin, with edges and corners, and the whole body was black and shiny, with scarlet blood spots everywhere. At this time, the sky suddenly darkened, a layer of black clouds piled up over the Yellow River, and there was a low-pitched thunder. In the crowd, I heard someone howling at the top of their lungs: "It's not good, this is the black coffin of Empress Huang He!" The captain waved his hand resolutely, and shouted: What Huanghe empress, we are not into feudal superstition!It's all fucking gone, it's all gone! I was curious about what the Yellow River Empress was, so I asked in a low voice a familiar old river worker. He carefully looked at the captain in the distance, and then told me a story about the Yellow River Empress. He said that he was from Kaifeng, and he fled here because the Yellow River flooded his hometown and fled all the way here. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek blew up the Huayuankou Dam on the Yellow River, and dozens of county towns were all submerged. Dead people, cough!He squinted his eyes and recalled, saying that there were too many dead people, there was no time to bury them, there was water everywhere, and there was no place to bury them.what is it now?Throw it into the Yellow River!The dead were thrown into the Yellow River, which blocked the Yellow River and piled it up into a mountain.The old people often say that if there are many dead people, evil things will happen, so why not, passing by there at night, you can hear the sound of big fish eating people under the water, and some people say that they have heard people singing in the water, ahhh Yay, it can scare people to death! The incident was too violent, and the old people said that they were afraid that there was something under the water, so they brought the dirty things here!Who knew that it was the Empress Huang He who was recruited! What is the Empress of the Yellow River? Since ancient times when the Yellow River was flooded, the Yellow River King was worshiped on both sides of the bank. When the Yellow River flooded, cattle and sheep were thrown into the river to pray for the protection of the Yellow River King.In ancient times, all the boys and girls were presented to the King of the Yellow River, and the big girl was the Empress of the Yellow River. The Empress of the Yellow River must be an innocent girl with yellow flowers. She must be beautiful, young, and kind, and she must also be able to sing folk songs and ditties, so as to relieve the boredom of the Yellow River King, so that she will not be irritable and flooded.After the girl is selected, she will wrap a layer of silk on her body, soak the silk with sesame oil, and then be thrown into the surging Yellow River water on a special altar at the mouth of the Yellow River to complete the sacrifice to the King of the Yellow River. Think about it, if such a young and beautiful girl was thrown into the Yellow River for no reason, no one would feel resentful if she changed her! That's why accidents often happened to the altar that was put on the Empress of the Yellow River. People often saw naked girls playing in the water in the river, and people often heard sad folk songs in the water in the middle of the night.The doors and windows of each house were closed tightly, and even if there was a big event at night, they dared not pass by there.But no matter how we took precautions, there were still people drowning there. The dead had hideous faces, their bellies were as big as drums, and their fingernails were full of river mud. This black coffin is the coffin where the Yellow River empress is placed! He said that not long after the flood happened, just like today, one day the Yellow River gurgled and a big black coffin came ashore. The whole body of the coffin was as black as ink, and there were bright red lines vertically and horizontally on it, and tadpole-like runes were drawn with cinnabar everywhere. The red was bright red, and the black was jet black.We only found out later that this pitch-black coffin was specially used to enshrine the Empress of the Yellow River. Think about it, which normal person would use black iron to make a coffin? ! Everyone summed it up, the black coffin must have asked him, but no one was sure what the question was for a while. At this time, someone looked around, pointed at it and shouted. It turned out that the black coffin was facing the stone platform for human sacrifices on the cliff. Could it be that the sacrifices thrown into the water in ancient times were all thrown on this place? On the black coffin?What is in this black coffin? Everyone thought about the singing in the middle of the night, and the pile of corpses piled up like a mountain, and almost immediately decided: there is a ghost in this coffin! We found a local old Taoist priest and heard him tell us how to get rid of the black coffin: water is an evil thing, you just need to open the coffin, sprinkle sand mixed with cinnabar into the coffin, set it on fire, and the black coffin will be removed. It burned.But this method is most afraid of rain. Once it rains during the casting of the method, the coffin will sink into the water, and there is no way to recover it. When the rooster crowed three times the next day, all the villagers came to the river beach with hoes and sickles on their shoulders. Everyone worked together to set up the black coffin even though it was as heavy as a rock, and dragged it all the way to the river beach. As the old Taoist sang a long "opening the coffin", several laborers worked together to dig out the coffin nails, insert the crowbar into the coffin, and pried off the heavy coffin lid at once.At this time, everyone looked into the coffin, but they were all stunned by the contents of the coffin, their faces turned pale with fright, and they couldn't say a word. The black coffin was split open, and inside lay a pile of plump red female corpses side by side.Everyone took a closer look and found that these female corpses were not other people, but those girls who were thrown into the water from the stone platform.These bright red female corpses all had ruddy complexions, as if they were asleep. They were wearing calico clothes, long robes with long sleeves, and graceful green gauze, obviously women from all dynasties had them. Everyone was also a little surprised, how did Empress Huang He get into this black coffin, and what is this black coffin for? This scene was too weird. If a zombie jumped out of the coffin, or even a water monster inside, so many people would rush up with hoes and sickles, even if the Dragon King was alive, he would be hacked to death by it. But these weird female corpses were lying in the black coffin, everyone was really scared, and they all backed away at once. At this time, as long as one person runs first, everyone will probably run back madly. The old Daoist stood outside with his hands behind his back, afraid of being hit by the aura of the corpse. At this time, he was afraid of destroying the signboard. He coughed a few times and went up to knock on the coffin door with his long nails. There are more than a dozen living corpses in the coffin, it seems that this evil thing has been cultivated into a demon temple." He stopped the crowd at that time and said: "Fathers and elders, this black coffin is not the Yellow River Empress, but the Yellow River Corpse King who specializes in absorbing souls. Qi has already become a demon temple! Now you have formed a relationship with the corpse king, if you don’t cut the grass and roots, I am afraid that everyone present will not survive tonight!” These words were spoken sonorously and forcefully. For a while, everyone's legs and feet were weak, and no one dared to take half a step. They all expressed their willingness to obey the old Taoist priest's orders. At that time, the old Taoist counted his fingers and made the calculations, first let the women with yin qualities and children and the elderly go away, and then let the people whose zodiac signs are dragon, snake, and ox avoid first.I also ordered everyone to stand facing the sun and look at each other. Those with black lips or chins are not to be taken, and the bottom of the nose is "water". After the selection, there were fifty or sixty strong laborers left on the river beach. Although the corpse coffin was full of ghosts, but it was daylight and all the laborers were determined to win, they could suppress the ghost coffin. The old Taoist nodded, and ordered people to kill a black dog and seven red roosters on the river beach, first pour the black dog's blood into the coffin, and then pour seven bowls of rooster blood down the seven places in the black coffin , and then ordered someone to sprinkle a layer of dry sand mixed with cinnabar in the coffin, and finally set up dry firewood and set it on fire. The flames were blazing, the firewood crackled and exploded, and in the raging fire, everyone clearly heard the heart-piercing screams coming from the fire, as if many women were struggling desperately in the fire, everyone was terrified, although it was Under the sun, the whole body still couldn't stop a layer of cold sweat. It took three full days for the fire to burn out. Although there was a light rain in the middle, everyone continued to burn lard into the fire, and the fire was barely extinguished. After the fire was exhausted, the old Taoist led all the villagers to the river beach to have a look. He found that the dark coffin had not been burned. , everyone realized the danger of the black coffin, and thanked the old Taoist one after another. Only the old Taoist looked at the water of the Yellow River and let out a long sigh. He had already seen that although the black coffin was scorched black, one piece was missing. It was clear that the corpse king of the Yellow River fled into the Yellow River when it rained, and the corpse king entered the water. The old Taoist burned incense and set up an altar that night, and sat on the black coffin. Everyone got up the next day and found that the old Taoist had already sat on the black coffin. The old Taoist left his last words on the black coffin, saying that after his death, people would throw his naked body from the altar into the water, and that human sacrifice would be abolished from now on.In addition, the villagers are asked to split open the black coffin, saw off a gossip he drew in the black coffin, give it to the old water ghost who fished up corpses on the Yellow River, and seal it on a wooden boat, so as to ensure the safety of both sides of the Yellow River.Everyone discovered that there is a palm-sized piece of red on the black coffin, which is a gossip picture drawn by an old Taoist with his fingers. A mouthful of blood from the heart of the old Taoist priest. It is said that when the old Taoist died, his whole body was withered, with yellow skin and bones, just like a skeleton that had been dead for a long time, as if the old Taoist was sucked dry by something overnight.It was rumored that the old Taoist reached a secret agreement with the corpse king that night, and used his own blood to dissolve the corpse king's grievances. As long as the dark coffin was still floating on the Yellow River, the Yellow River corpse king would never be able to go ashore to harm the people.But the Yellow River Corpse King didn't expect that the old Taoist was willing to smear his last blood on the sunken coffin and seal it on the ghost boat. The ghost boat would never leave the Yellow River, so the Yellow River Corpse King would never be able to go ashore. The legend of the Empress of the Yellow River is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people on both sides of the Yellow River. Few people have not grown up listening to these stories. As soon as the black coffin came out, people's hearts immediately floated. Everyone wanted to run home, and no one dared to touch the black coffin. , the captain yelled: Stop the fuck!I don't believe in this evil anymore, I'm going to open this black coffin today, and whoever dares to leave will be sent to a labor reform farm tomorrow! He picked up a grabbing hook from the ground, and was about to smash it hard at the black coffin, when a person suddenly stood up from the crowd and shouted: "You must not, if you touch the Yellow River human-shaped coffin, you will die!" The man was wearing a blue shirt and a pair of black-rimmed glasses, looking like a learned man.At this moment, with an anxious expression on his face, he stopped beside the captain, desperately protecting the black coffin. I saw that the man looked like an intellectual, so I asked the captain who this man was. The team leader frowned, saying that this person was a member of the five black categories, engaged in reactionary academics, and was the subject of their key supervision. It turned out that this old man, surnamed Xie, was a professor of ancient religious culture at Henan University. When the "Cultural Revolution" destroyed the Four Olds, the Red Guards smashed many temples along the Yellow River. He was labeled as a rightist, and sent to the farm here for many years. The captain muttered and cursed a few times, and asked people to drag the old scholar away quickly, so as not to hinder him from doing serious things. Several villagers were eager to leave here, so they hurried up and dragged the old man away.The old man was still yelling to himself, absolutely do not touch this black coffin, it will kill someone! After the old man made a fuss, everyone was even more frightened. At this time, the sky was terribly cloudy, the thunder continued, the entire river was dark, and the Yellow River was also gurgling.The captain was also a little scared, but it was hard to get off the tiger, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and pick up the hook. At this time, a lightning bolt swept across the sky, and a thunderbolt struck down, splitting a big tree by the river with a whoosh, and then someone shouted Get up, "The tree is bleeding, the big tree is bleeding!" After the tree was split by lightning, it was bleeding out. I also thought it was weird. When I went over to look, I found that there was a green-scaled python with thick arms hidden in the heart of the tree. Dead, that's why the trunk bleeds. At this time, everyone was even more frightened, and they all said that it was the thunder from the sky striking the ghost, and that it was the King of the Yellow River who killed the evil snake!Just as they were talking, the heavy rain as thick as a finger began to hit their heads. Everyone was shocked by the thunder for a moment, and they each shouted "take shelter from the rain, shelter from the rain!" and ran away in all directions. Seeing that it was raining too much, I also went to the cheerleader to take shelter from the rain. The captain pretended to push a few times, and ran to the shed to shelter from the rain. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the thunder was rumbling, shaking the work shed so that mud fell straight down.I was afraid that Huang Xiaoli would be scared by herself, so I played a flashlight with the monkey, and went to her with a deep kick and a shallow kick.The shadows were faint in the heavy rain, and the thick branches of the ancient locust tree waved like giant snakes in the rain. The bright white raindrops were as big as corn kernels, and the rainwater fell down in strings like strings of beads, so thick that the light could not penetrate. Huang Xiaoli was very happy to see us. Seeing that we were all drenched, she hurriedly cooked a big pot of thick Mongolian brick tea for us.Mongolian brick tea is made by boiling a pot of water, throwing tea leaves the size of your thumb into it, scooping out the tea soup on top after boiling, and pouring it into milk to drink.The three of us talked nonsense over brick tea. Here, also say a digression.Later, I became a gold mining craftsman on the Yellow River. I went to Qinghai, Tibet, the Three Gorges, and Mohe. Most of them are brick tea, but most of them are brick tea from Tibetan areas.The brick tea in the Tibetan area is different from the Mongolian brick tea. They add pepper, green salt, and milk to the brick tea. A large piece is knocked off with an axe, and it can be drunk after boiling in a pot. It is warm and strong. I always miss the strong taste of Mongolian brick tea. Really, I went to the Hetao Plain in Inner Mongolia and drank Mongolian brick tea once, but I still couldn't drink the taste of the year. What is that smell? I can't explain it clearly, but I always remember the taste in my heart. Let’s say it was raining heavily outside at that time, the three of us were sitting around the glowing red stove, drinking brick tea, chatting happily, when we heard an urgent knock on the door from outside. In the middle of the night, in the rainy weather, who will come to visit us? The few of us were a little flustered, thinking about the strange legends of the Yellow River that we heard when we were digging the river these days, and we were also a little frightened. Could it be that the Yellow River water ghost came ashore? The monkey gave me a wink, touched a brick under the table and waited at the door, asking me to open it. I took a deep breath, opened the door abruptly, and a drenched person fell into my arms. I was startled, shouted "Oops", and called the monkey to pat him, but the monkey saw that the man looked familiar, and held up a brick to take a closer look. The glasses were none other than Professor Xie, who was escorted away that morning. I'm also a bit puzzled, wasn't Professor Xie taken away this morning, why did he come to us suddenly? The monkey kept looking under him by the candlelight, to see if there was any shadow on him, and whether there was a tail on his buttocks. Professor Xie didn't notice this. He stood up, wiped his glasses, and said, "It's too abrupt to disturb the rest of you in the middle of the night, but there is indeed a big urgent matter. I'm afraid it will be too late after tonight." gone." I saw that he was drenched in the rain and shivering all over, so I asked him to dry himself with a towel first.He said tremblingly, "I, this time, I'm bothering everyone late at night because of the Black Coffin of the Yellow River. Everyone must persuade the captain not to touch that black coffin!" I was also a little curious at the time, so I took this opportunity to ask him, what is the origin of the black coffin, and why it looks so evil. Huang Xiaoli made him a cup of thick brick tea and asked him to drink it while it was hot. Then he recovered and told us, this black coffin is not a good thing. Have you ever seen such a black sarcophagus?No, in fact, this coffin is not stone or jade, but a kind of iron. "Ah?! That coffin is an iron coffin, how could there be such iron?" The monkey was surprised. Professor Xie nodded and said, this is indeed an iron coffin from ancient times, but it is a little different, let me tell you slowly. He said that when he was studying ancient religious sacrificial culture, he had seen similar records in some ancient religious books. This thing is the sacrifice offered by the ancient barbarians to evil gods. It is said that people can communicate with gods through this thing and get gods. Inspiration.At first he thought it was barbarian witchcraft, used to confuse the tribe and the divine kingship. Later, after consulting a lot of historical materials, he discovered that the black coffin did have a magical power to enchant the mind. In terms of current science, this black coffin can emit a strange ray, which can make people hallucinate, and even control people's consciousness to a certain extent. Huang Xiaoli was surprised: "Professor Xie, you mean that this black coffin can control people's thinking?" Professor Xie nodded and said that according to ancient records, this black coffin does have such a weird ability, not only can it control people to a certain extent, but it can even control beasts.According to ancient records, in the ancient Yellow River Basin, there used to be a group of ghost cave people who lived in caves. They were good at using this black coffin to drive away things. At that time, they drove thousands of giant eagles to help out and defeated the invading enemies. I seemed to have heard of the Ghost Cave Man somewhere, but I couldn't remember it, so I asked him vaguely what this black coffin was, and how it had such magical powers as driving people away. Professor Xie said that the black coffin was made of meteorites.Although meteorites are called stones, they are actually mainly composed of nickel-iron alloys, so they are also called meteorites.The earliest iron objects used in China, such as the iron blades of some bronze swords, were made of meteoric iron. I looked at the monkey, and the monkey nodded, expressing its approval of Professor Xie's words. Professor Xie went on to say, however, the meteorite that made the black coffin was not an ordinary meteorite, this kind of meteorite was very strange, called ghost meteorite.This kind of ghost meteor can emit a strange ray, which invades the human brain, thereby controlling people's behavior, which is very terrifying. Huang Xiaoli murmured: "I didn't expect that there are ghosts in this world, and the legend of ghosts is actually true..." I asked Huang Xiaoli what was wrong, she shook her head in a dazed manner, and said that she had heard about ghosts, but it had nothing to do with this, and asked me to leave her alone and continue to listen to Professor Xie. The monkey asked: "After this Guiyun controls people, what do they do?" Professor Xie paused and said slowly, "Suicide." The few of us were taken aback. It is really unheard of that there are stones that make people commit suicide in this world. Professor Xie said that according to his analysis, this ghost meteor can emit a special electromagnetic wave, which can affect people's emotions and continuously amplify the negative emotions in people's hearts, such as depression, despair, etc., and finally make people unable to bear it and die. suicide.He gave us an example, as if Gui Yun sent an instruction to the human brain, and that instruction was to destroy the will in the human heart, make people collapse, and finally lead to suicide. A few of us were also stunned, saying that this thing is too powerful, how it looks like something in a myth! Professor Xie said that many things in myths and legends actually have some vague shadows in the world. Art is derived from reality and is higher than reality!This ghost meteor is called the Yin stone in the legend. Legend has it that there is a cloudy water at the foot of Kunlun Mountain. The cloudy water is connected to the fairyland on one side and hell on the other. The monkey's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked Professor Xie about the yin and water in Kunlun Mountains. Professor Xie shook his head and said that he also read some narratives in ancient books. It is said that there is a jade mountain opposite Kunlun Mountain. The most original image.As for Kunlun Mountain, the records in ancient books are very ethereal. According to legend, it is the place where gods live. For the letter. Huang Xiaoli also said, why does Professor Xie think this is a ghost? Professor Xie said that when meteorites come to the earth, most of them will be rubbed off in the atmosphere, and only a few meteorites can fall to the earth.Ghost meteors are very rare, and they have such weird thoughts, so the emperors of all dynasties will do everything possible to collect ghost meteors from all over the world, put them in the royal tomb, and kill grave robbers.The huge ghost meteor sarcophagus we have seen can only be found in the cloudy water of Kunlun Mountain in the legend. But the monkey was anxious, volunteered to find the captain, let us wait here for his good news. I chatted with Professor Xie there. Professor Xie is very knowledgeable.He said that since the Song Dynasty to the present, the Yellow River has migrated and changed its course more than 1,600 times, almost once a year.Strictly speaking, the Yellow River and China have long been integrated together and cannot be separated.Strictly speaking, the history of the Chinese is actually a history of struggle with the Yellow River.From the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, the capital water envoys and embankment envoys were set up to take charge of the affairs of the Yellow River.In the Western Han Dynasty, river embankments were set up; in the Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of Water was set up; in the Song Dynasty, it was the capital water supervisor; in the Ming Dynasty, it was the prime minister's river channel; committee. Both of them also felt that the Chinese people respect and love the Yellow River. The Yellow River is flooded, and people may become fish and turtles, but they are building the Yellow River King Temple everywhere. , and the Yellow River is called the mother and the source of Chinese civilization. This feeling is really complicated. While talking, the monkey rushed in with my big white turtle shell on its head. He was covered in mud and water, and he looked like a mud monkey. As soon as he came in, he threw the tortoise shell on the ground, saying that it was too bad luck.He went back and said that the captain thought he was promoting feudal superstition and almost handcuffed him.After all, the captain agreed to ask someone to push the black coffin.That Gou Ri ghost was so heavy that he called more than a dozen people in a row and pushed it into the Yellow River after great effort, hoping that that bastard would never be washed back again. Professor Xie stood up and thanked repeatedly, saying that we have sunk this black coffin into the Yellow River this time, at least to keep the place safe for decades, which is really a great merit! The monkey was also a little embarrassed by what he said, kicking the tortoise's shell there and giggling. I quickly picked up the tortoise shell and shouted: "Good monkey, my baby is being treated as an umbrella by you kid!" The monkey pouted and said, "Just this broken turtle shell can be used as an umbrella!" Professor Xie saw the tortoise shell at this time, he lifted his glasses up, carefully looked at the strange lines on the tortoise shell, and didn't say a word.We didn't know what flowers he could see on the shell, and we didn't dare to disturb him.He looked at it for a full ten minutes before he raised his head and asked me with a solemn face, "Where did you get this tortoise shell?" The monkey said: "You ask this bastard, isn't it just picked up from the Yellow River!" Professor Xie asked: "Is there anything else at that time?" The monkey thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Yes, yes, there is a big thick iron chain!" Professor Xie was stunned, and said, "Iron chains?" The monkey proudly said: "It's not just the iron chain, there are also things tied to the iron chain!" Professor Xie asked nervously, "What?" The monkey proudly said: "You must not have guessed this, let me tell you, it is a dragon!" Professor Xie's face changed drastically for a moment, and he didn't speak again. Seeing that something was wrong with Professor Xie, I hurriedly changed the subject and said, "Professor Xie, you are very knowledgeable, help me see, this white tortoise shell came out of that hole!" Professor Xie took a breath and said that he thought the white tortoise shell was a bit unusual, so it was meaningless to ask casually. I didn't think much about it at the time. At this time, the monkey saw that Professor Xie was well-informed and asked me if I had brought those jade pendants. I hurriedly appraised them for Professor Xie. The few jade pendants that Jin Zihan left me, after I returned to Zhengzhou, I also consulted several knowledgeable masters, but they couldn't tell where the jade came from, they only said it was an ancient jade, and they couldn't tell the rest.I found a piece of cloth, wrapped those pieces of jade pendants, and carried them with me, thinking that I might meet someone who could help me to see them. When the monkey said it, I quickly took it out and asked Professor Xie to help me. have a look. Professor Xie picked up the jade pendant and looked at it for a while, then said: "This is a jade pendant with simple and simple color and magnificent pattern. It should be before the Tang Dynasty. It should be the mouthpiece of the ancient royal family when they were buried... However, Huh——" He was taken aback for a moment, looked carefully at the jade pendant, and then looked at the other jade pendants, shook his head while looking at it, and kept saying strange things. Seeing that he looked wrong, I hurriedly asked him what was wrong. He stared at me for a full minute without saying a word, which made my heart shudder.I stammered and asked him: "Thanks...Professor Xie, this, is there something wrong with this jade pendant?" Professor Xie said, "Do you have all these jade pendants?" I said, "Not all of them, but a few pieces are missing." He nodded and said nothing. Seeing his serious expression, I asked him what these jade pendants are for, can you tell me about them? Professor Xie said: "This thing is not a common object. It is called a plug for seven orifices. In ancient times, some people with high status used jade to plug seven orifices, two ears, two eyes, two nostrils, and one mouth, in order to stabilize their souls. Ancient jade is relatively rare, and ordinary people can't use it, only the royal family or when burying people of equal status will use it." 我听说这玉佩是御用之物，也是暗暗得意，想着等山穷水尽时，还能将这几块玉佩换点全国粮票，估计能吃个几年。 不过谢教授却站了起来：“说，你这玉佩有问题。” 我问：“有什么问题？是不是少了？” 谢教授意味深长地说：“不是少了，是多了一个。” 我一下愣住了。 金子寒当时明明将玉佩分成了两份，我们两个各拿一份，肯定是少了才对，怎么能多了一个呢？ 谢教授看着那几块玉佩，猛然站起身来，不顾外面还在下雨，死活要走。我和猴子苦劝不住，给他雨伞他又不要，说这次还是硬请假来的，还不知道什么时候能过来还伞，还是淋雨回去吧。 最后还是猴子想了个折中的办法，让谢教授也学他，顶着大龟壳回去，到地方后把龟壳直接扔掉就行。我虽然有些不舍，但也不好说什么，便顺水推舟将这白龟壳送给谢教授，送他出了门。 谢教授走后，我和猴子也回去了。 走出很远后，我回过头去，发现黄晓丽还站在门口，一直看着我。 我也发现，黄晓丽经常会失神地望着我的背影，一看就是半天，好像在回忆着什么。有时候被我发觉后，她立刻摆出一副公事公办的样子，让我觉得很古怪。 有时候，我也会有一种错觉，她看的那个人也许并不是我。 那个晚上，我正在熟睡中，就听见外面突然传来一声尖叫，我迷迷糊糊翻了个身，外面又是一连串的尖叫声，最后就是一阵撕心裂肺的号叫声，仿佛几百人一起尖叫一样，震得整个棚子嗡嗡响。 我哪还敢再睡，小心翼翼爬起来，偷偷扒着门缝一看，当时吓得头发都竖起来了，差点就叫起来。 这时大雨早停了，惨白的月光透下来，黄河滩上一片清亮，就看见黄河上浮起了一层薄薄的白雾，白雾在河滩上弥散开来，雾气中影影绰绰，我揉了揉眼，看见远处的河滩上仿佛站了几十个人，真的有人！这些人有的光着身子，有人只穿了裤衩，一个个头发蓬乱，直勾勾地望着天空，对着月亮号叫着。 这些人竟然都是挖河的河工，他们一个个目光呆滞，表情狰狞，发出野兽一般的号叫声，让我不由打了个寒噤。 我心中突然冒出了一个古怪的想法：这些人，恐怕已经不是人了。 那些人对着天空号叫了一会儿，开始低着头走来走去，他们走路的样子也很古怪，好像手脚都僵直了，走起路来歪歪扭扭，在那原地打转，也有人四肢着地，像野兽一样在河滩上到处乱爬，让我看得心惊肉跳，生怕他们会爬到我们这里来。 这时候，我发现河滩上还站着一个人。 那个人衣冠整齐，穿着一件白衬衫，笔直站在那里，望着雾气腾腾的黄河。 看他的装束，明显不是河工，他的样子也像是清醒的。 Who is he? 我死死盯住那个人，那个人笔直站在那里，仿佛周围的一切都和他毫不相干。那些疯狂的人也很怕他，一靠近他就赶紧连滚带爬地跑开。 这时月亮终于从云层中透出来，斜斜在河滩上铺开来，那人的身形也逐渐清晰起来，头上蒙上了一层白茫茫的水汽，看不清楚他有多大年纪。 就在这时，那个人突然缓缓转过身来，朝着我这边笑了一下。 我吓了一跳，那个人在朝谁笑？ 难道他竟知道我在这里偷看他！ 我定了定神，小心朝着窗口看过去，却忍不住叫了一声，差点摔倒在地上。 那个人，那个人，那个人竟然是金子寒那个死人脸！ 我差点叫出来，这个死人脸，他怎么会突然出现在这里，还是在这样古怪的场景中？ 我几乎不敢相信，再回过头去看，那个人却已经转过身去，朝着黄河走了过去。 他走过河滩，走到河边，竟然朝着水中走去。 我死死盯着他的背影，黄河上漂浮的白雾裹住了他的身体，他向黄河深处缓缓走去。 这死人脸要干什么，难道他要投河自尽不成？ 我想都没想，随手披件衣服在身上就要出去，这时就有人突然在后面拍了我一下。 我吓了一跳，差点蹦起来，刚要忍不住大叫，嘴巴就被人捂上了，有人小声说：“别出声，外面炸营啦！” 猴子按着我坐下，小心地看着外面的情况，小声给我解释，这叫炸营。在野外扎营的军营或工地，常会出现炸营的事情，往往在深更半夜，军营或工地里几百人甚至是几千人会突然冲出营地，仰天尖叫起来，这些狂暴的人甚至会互相残杀，就像集体被恶鬼附身了一样。 我浑身的寒毛都竖起来了，忙小声问他，这炸营究竟是怎么回事。 猴子说，这炸营也叫营啸，在古代行军时多有发生。古人认为，这是军营扎错了地方，犯了忌讳，挡了阴兵的道，所以军营的士兵被路过的阴兵勾走了魂。 当然了，那些都是迷信的说法。现在普遍认为，军营和工地纪律多，地方小，压力太大，所以往往一个说梦话，或者梦游了，就容易引起大家一起跟着发疯。 我点点头，问猴子现在该怎么办，这些人这样会不会出问题？ 猴子说，没事，让他们折腾去吧，折腾够了，就回去睡觉了。 我这才坐下来，这时想起死人脸，再看看河滩，黄河上雾蒙蒙一片，哪里还能看见他的半点影子。 我也有些怅然若失，想了想，还是没和猴子说，只问他黄晓丽那边会不会有问题。 猴子说，人多的地方容易炸营，你看我们两个单独在这儿，就没事。黄晓丽肯定更没问题。现在外面的人都像喝多了耍酒疯一样，你现在出去，要是惊了他们，搞不好能把你给活撕了！ 我不敢再出去，在床上坐了大半个小时，那些人果然一个个停止了癔症，老老实实溜了回去，又回营地里接着睡觉了。 猴子拍拍我的肩膀，说，睡吧，睡吧，没事了。自己先倒下身子睡了，很快就打起鼾来。 我一躺下，那撕心裂肺的声音就在我耳边回荡，翻来覆去睡不着，总觉得外面还有声音。后来干脆打开门看了看，外面是漆黑的夜，几点星星浮在空中，工棚中静悄悄的，确实一点声音也没有了，我才关严实了门，躺下来睡着了。 第二天我早早就醒来了，先去河滩上看了看，想看看能不能见到死人脸。 河滩上空荡荡的，和平常一样，谁也想不到昨天曾发生了那样诡异的一幕。 又过了一会儿，大家也打着哈欠，扛着铁锨锄头，三三两两往河滩走。我问了几个人，他们都完全不记得昨天晚上炸营的事，更记不得昨天晚上还有人往水里走。 队长过了会儿也来了，嚷嚷着让大家报数点名，结果清点了几次人数，发现少了三个人。 我一下子慌了，想着昨天晚上炸营了，那三个人会不会跑出去没回来？ 我忙跟队长将人数逐一清点核对，发现失踪的三个人，全是昨天晚上将黑棺推入河中的其中几个人。 一个老河工想了想，顺着三人的工棚找了一圈，发现窝棚外的泥地中有三行清晰的脚印，一直往前走，最后竟然通向了黄河里。奇怪的是，那脚印只有通往黄河里的，并没有回来的。 大家一时间都愣住了。 这时有人面色惨白，嚎叫起来：“黄河大王又收人啦，黄河大王又收人啦！” 我心中突得一动，他说黄河大王“又”收人了，难道以前也有失踪过的人？ 我忙过去问他，那人吓得面如土色，连连点头，说半个月前这里来过一个黄河勘探队，帐篷就驻扎在这黄河古道上，他是伙夫，团得一手好窝头，负责给他们几个做饭。那天也跟今天一样，晚上还好好的，第二天早上就不见了人影。 我还想问他，队长却跑过来，拖了布鞋，用鞋底劈头盖脸抽了他几下，恶狠狠地说，这青天白日的，怎么竟敢当着上面的人胡咧咧！入娘的！ 队长明显对我们有些忌讳，不敢说那件事情。看来，半个月前失踪的黄河勘探队，八成就是我父亲那支。 我一时有些激动，也有些担心，像我父亲那样的黄河老手都在这里栽了跟头，这黄河古道里究竟有什么古怪呢？ 我仔细看了看黄河岸上的脚印，雨后的脚印在泥水中印得清清楚楚，确确实实是三个人的脚印，直直走进了黄河中。我看着那三行脚印，也觉得奇怪，死人脸明明也走进了黄河，怎么没有他的脚印？他突然神秘出现，会不会和这失踪的三个人有关系呢？我想了又想，还是觉得这件事情大有古怪，最后还是决定不把这件事说出去。 队长拉过几个老河工，嘀嘀咕咕商量了一会，后来跟我们扭扭捏捏地商量，说按照他们的规矩，出了这样的事情，得找捞尸人才行。 他给我们解释，人淹死在水里后，三五日后，尸体腐烂了，就浮上来了，但是黄河泥沙多，人死在水里，很快就会被泥沙卷埋在水底下，只能找捞尸人潜入水下，根据死者入水的脚印判断尸体的方向，然后在泥沙中扒出尸体。捞尸人捞尸不收钱，死者家只用请他吃顿素饭，临走前在他中指处绑上一根七寸宽一尺长的红布条。这是为了辟邪。 捞尸人很快找到了，他穿了双麻鞋，将掺了黑狗毛的麻绳绑在腰上，用朱砂描了眉毛，顺着脚印潜入了水中。他在水下扎了个猛子，很快冒出头来，湿淋淋上了岸。大家忙问他看见那三个人了没有，他理都不理，直接上岸，烧掉了那双麻鞋，光着脚往回走。 队长觉得事情蹊跷，让老河工过去问问到底是怎么了。 老河工跟上去，跟他沟通了几句，便是一脸恐惧地回来了。 队长问他：“怎么了？” 老河工没说话，只是直勾勾地看着黄河。 队长着急了，问他：“到底是怎么了，你倒是说呀！” 老河工结结巴巴地说：“他说，他说，那三个人还……还在水底下走路！” 队长一时没听懂什么意思，问道：“啥，人都死了，咋还能在水底下走咧？” 老河工哭丧着脸，说：“队长，这次可真是出大事了，他们三个变成水倒了，得请黄河水鬼才行呀！”