Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Whose Royal Tomb?

Suddenly there was the sound of puffing footsteps in the gloomy corridor. The sound was very strange. Although it was coherent, it was extremely monotonous. jumping. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, I held my breath, feeling the blood vessels in my whole body slowly constricting, and I stood still like a log.Suddenly, the weird voice suddenly stopped behind me, and then, I seemed to be controlled by an invisible force, and I turned my head involuntarily, but saw an old man staring at me.He was dressed in a strange way—wearing a golden Mongolian robe, a leather hat with two horns, and a ring of iron on the brim.And his face could tell that he was not a living person at a glance, with a faint blue light.

The old man was standing less than three meters away from me. It was strange that his clothes were fluttering lightly in the tomb where the air was about to freeze.Facing this kind of scene, I subconsciously pulled out my dagger. At this moment, the old man slowly raised his hand and made a gesture of summoning. The movement was very strange, one by one, like a slow motion in a movie.I was at a loss for a while, and I was about to call out to Old Man Qiao, but I saw this man's mouth opening and closing. Although he didn't make any sound, I seemed to sense his meaning—come on!go, follow me...

His movement lasted for about a few seconds, and then the whole figure gradually became blurred and faded, like ink dripping into water, and finally melted into the air.Who is he?What exactly is going on?I feel fear like never before. "Old...Old Qiao, someone came in just now, did you see it?" I yelled and ran towards old man Qiao, and suddenly stopped my feet, because I was frightened by old man Qiao's ferocious face. "What's it called, reporting a funeral?" I saw the old man Qiao approaching him with a murderous look on his face, holding up a big knife that was shining with white light, and slashing his head and face...

"Ah!" I actually forgot to dodge, I only felt a prickly pain on my cheeks, and then, I breathed a heart-piercing coolness through my nose. "What were you doing just now? You're poisoned, take a few mouthfuls of life-saving powder." I was at his mercy numbly, and after I sneezed, I came back to my senses and saw that what old man Joe was holding in his hand was just a dust whisk and a medicine bottle, and then I realized that what I saw just now was all an illusion. "Did you move those two things?" Seeing that I was still in shock, Old Man Qiao took a sip of the medicine himself, and slowly approached the wolf and white deer in the center of the bedroom, but immediately backed away, covered his nose and said, "It's 'Sudden Black Grass', a trick commonly used by shamans. It is a kind of poison, it can stimulate the brain nerves, and make people have horrible hallucinations. In the end, they either frighten themselves to death, or go crazy to kill people. Fortunately, I discovered it early..."

Old man Qiao's explanation is unquestionable. The two "brothers" lying on the ground may have been tricked, but I still have a little doubt. The scene just now is too real. I have never seen that kind of dress. It may be out of thin air! "Let's leave quickly! You can't stay in this kind of place for long." Old man Joe calmed down and pushed me out.At this moment, there was another sound from the tunnel, this time it was definitely not a hallucination, nor was it a monotonous rattling sound, but it seemed that thousands of troops were approaching... "It's the folks who have come!"

"I don't think so. Since Baishi Mountain is a 'forbidden area', why would the villagers rush in like this? I'm afraid..." The old man Qiao stopped suddenly, which made me even more concerned, and I couldn't help asking, "What is it?" "I'm afraid it's the mummified corpses that were buried. I met them in the death tomb last time. Their corpses were handled by shamans. They are very difficult to deal with." "Don't scare me, this road is empty, where is the mummified corpse?" "They are all lying under the ground of the main hall! I was afraid to scare you, so I didn't say anything. According to the funeral customs of Mongolian emperors, those laborers who were silenced were buried in the main hall."

As Old Man Qiao explained, he tremblingly held the evil spirit badge in his hand, facing the entrance of the bedroom with the side engraved with the word "avoid".At this time, the sound was very close, and we both looked at each other, both of whom had a premonition of doom. "Are they coming for us? There is no way out here." I yelled anxiously. "Nonsense, we can only force our way in, get ready." Old man Qiao gritted his teeth, hung his badge on his chest, and rushed out with his whisk.His behavior aroused my stubborn temper, and I immediately followed up with the dagger tightly.

As soon as they stepped into the corridor, the two were so frightened by the oncoming momentum that they almost collapsed.It was a group of black mummified corpses, crowded shoulder to shoulder in the corridor, I don't know how many there were, all of them were dressed in tattered coarse Hanfu, mixed with various colors.Under the light of the flashlight, it can be seen that most of them have incomplete limbs, some have broken arms and some have missing legs, and some have no heads at all... When I was studying in the Gongnong Middle School, fighting and gang fights were almost commonplace, and I was never afraid, but at that time, I was facing living people who knew pain, which was very different from this group of corpses.I was dumbfounded at this sight, but I heard old man Qiao shouting, "Look, they are greasy, they have been borrowed by the thousand-year-old meat cheese."

"Then can these two magic tools come in handy?" I couldn't help but cheer up. After all, I have dealt with this evil thing before, and it is better to deal with it than some unfamiliar shaman witchcraft. While speaking, a corpse had already rushed in front of me. I bit the bullet and struck with my sword, not wanting him to fall forward like a dead tree, and what was even more unexpected was that blood spattered out of him.However, I soon realized that something was wrong. Not only was the blood colorless, but it also flowed back, seeping into the corpse, and he staggered to his feet again.

"Old Joe, these things won't kill you." "Can the dead still die? Don't talk nonsense, move quickly, and charge forward when you fall down." Old man Qiao hid behind me at some point, and dared to use me as a meat shield. He kept pushing my back, While beating the fallen corpses with a whisk, delaying the time for them to get up. The two of them rushed out of the corridor with this energy. However, more corpses greeted us in the main hall. They swayed and filled the space densely, and corpses emerged one after another from the messy sand under their feet. ... "The one behind is chasing you, hurry up!" Old man Qiao turned around and put his back against my back, and the two hurriedly blocked each other.

I don't know how many times I hacked, suddenly, a man wearing the costume of the Republic of China and wearing glasses appeared in front of him.Isn't this the dear friend who died in the bedroom?What are you mixing in again?I picked it fiercely, but I didn't expect this guy to be particularly difficult, so I quickly got up again, which was much faster than other corpses. "Old Joe, this is not the way! I can't stand it anymore." "Are you still a virgin?" Old man Qiao grabbed my wrist and put away the flashlight. I was stunned for a moment and was about to ask why when my finger suddenly hurt. He sucked my blood and sprayed it on the corpse vigorously. , Those corpses that touched it fell down one after another, oozing sticky liquid, and the liquid did not flow back, but slowly disappeared into the soil. Seeing that it worked, the old man Qiao bit my other finger, saying that his fingers were connected to his heart. The pain can be imagined, and I couldn't help shouting, "Old Joe, don't you know other ways? No! The blood of a black rooster is human blood, if you suck it dry, I will still die." "Stop talking nonsense, take advantage of this vacancy and run for your life!" Old man Qiao rushed forward, grabbing my wrist with one hand. In this situation, I finally realized the artistic conception of killing a "bloody" road. When I was about to rush out of the main hall, I suddenly heard a wolf howl. Although it was very vague, I did hear it, and it was a desolate howl.I subconsciously looked up at the dome of the main hall and at the painting of the wolf in the center. At this time, I felt that its eyes were full of sorrow, as if facing a relative who was about to say goodbye... The two of them came to the front hall, fortunately there was no change here, the ground was still full of shocking bones, they were rejoicing, when suddenly a black shadow flew out from the robbery hole, and rushed towards them with a "whoosh", before I had time to react , I felt my arm sink, and there was another burst of heart-piercing pain. not good!It was the dead dog from Uncle Li's house. It bit my hand tightly and pulled it down desperately.I instinctively swung the dagger and chopped it in two, but the dead dog just didn't let go, and its head was still hanging on my arm.Old man Qiao hurried over and tore off the dog's head forcefully, and a lot of blood came out. "Why isn't this guy afraid of blood?" "Do you think they are still conscious? They are all manipulated by Rouzhi, the purpose is to make your blood drain quickly." Old man Qiao said eccentrically. After this delay, the corpses behind caught up again. They staggered with mechanical steps and slowly surrounded them.Old man Qiao saw it, and grabbed my hand again. I knew what he was going to do, and I thought that I must bring a bucket of blood with him next time... "Get ready, let's rush out in one go." "Old Qiao, can I use boy urine instead?" Just as I was about to discuss it with him, my arm was in severe pain again, and then, a fog of blood appeared in front of me, and old man Qiao dragged me into the robbery cave. ... When he suddenly returned to the sunlight, he couldn't open his eyes for a moment. Old man Qiao simply sat down on the spot, covering his forehead with his hands, and stared at the gloomy cave entrance. "They don't seem to be chasing them out." I said with lingering fear. "Of course, the thousand-year-old meat mushroom becomes a dry product when it encounters sunlight. Now it's broad daylight, how dare it come out. I'm trying to make my eyes adapt as soon as possible, so you should follow suit!" Old man Qiao was gasping for breath while he was talking. When I raised my hand, my whole arm felt hot and painful, and cold sweat immediately gushed out like spring water. "You said, if I was bitten by this dead dog, would I turn into a mummy?" "It's okay, go back and get some medicine, and it will be fine for a few days." Old man Qiao seemed to have adjusted his sight, and took out a handkerchief to help me wrap the wound. At this time, the wind was clear and the birds were singing in the valley. I took a deep breath, and it really felt like a world away. "Old Qiao, our Geng family must know that there is a mountain here, why didn't anyone go in and take a look?" In fact, this question has always troubled me. The old guy is a fellow, maybe he knows the reason. "Absolutely won't go in." Old man Qiao lay down on the pile of rubble, looked at the blue sky blankly, and said slowly: "Even if it is full of 'heavenly goods', I believe your Geng family will not make such an idea. Of course , I'm not saying how noble the people in 'Sanqin Milonglou' are, but just based on intuition, the migration of the Geng family to Dabagou is definitely not for no reason, and it must have a great relationship with this tomb, maybe it's somewhere call……" "Origin, summon?" I babbled blankly.At this time, there was a faint noise from the mountain depression, and we both looked over at the same time, and saw Li Ye and a group of villagers standing on the opposite slope, holding hoes and sticks, doing a lot of work It's just that everyone's face is full of timidity, pushing and shoving just not daring to approach. Old man Qiao reacted very quickly, snatched the dagger from my hand immediately, wrapped it together with the whisk in a yellow cloth, and stuffed it into his arms indiscriminately. "Go, frighten them back, don't make things worse." ... "Why are you here? Are you injured?" Master Li asked in surprise when he saw it was me. Life and death, come here to pick stones, no, the mountain god got angry, killed two dogs to warn him, and made you suffer..." "Master Li, this is Master Qiao. I specially invited an expert to investigate the ditch." Master Li's chattering was unbearable, so I pulled him aside and whispered, "We just went to the ditch, Joe. Experts said that the one in the pit is an ancient corpse, which has no research value and has been buried." "Hello, Mr. Li!" Old man Qiao leaned over and pretended to say, "We also rushed here after hearing the news. There is an unknown beast in this cave. Look, Tianhua was bitten by it. But Don't be afraid, it doesn't dare to come out in broad daylight, so you ask a few people to seal up the hole, and I'll take Tianhua back to bandage it first." I stared blankly at old man Qiao, not understanding why he made up such a lie, but thinking about it, this is the only way to get rid of Master Li's entanglement. "It turned out to be a divine beast! No wonder the ancestors said..." Master Li was still so difficult, talking endlessly, old man Qiao was already impatient, and he winked at me frequently, signaling to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible. Just as Master Li was frothing, the crowd of onlookers turned their heads to the top of the slope, and saw a few people rushing towards the winding mountain road. "It's the village chief and the others." There was a commotion from the crowd, and the old man Qiao leaned close to my ear, frowning and said, "Let's slip away before it's too late! If we didn't touch anything, it would be wrong to stick two magical artifacts on it!" Originally, I was going to wait to watch the excitement, but after hearing what old man Qiao said, I realized that my identity is not what it used to be. The village chief is not as easy to deal with as Mr. Li. purpose will be revealed. It is said that being a thief has a guilty conscience. At this time, the more I thought about it, the more scared I became. I secretly gestured to Old Man Qiao and pointed to another path leading to the village in the mountains.Old man Qiao understood, and while everyone was watching, he moved forward calmly. I was about to follow up, but suddenly my wrist tightened, and Master Li insisted on grabbing me. "Tianhua! The village head is here. You know this best. Let's talk about it later. As soon as I open my mouth, he will say that I am superstitious. Maybe there will be a criticism meeting." "Okay, okay, let go first!" I was so painful that I almost shed tears, thinking that I really have to watch out for this chatter, otherwise he will stab someone, yes!I had to bluff him first, so I said with a sullen face: "Mr. Li, wait a minute, just say a few words, and just pretend that you don't know everything. This crime of 'confusing people' is not a small crime. jug." Master Li was stunned, and then he was stunned. At this moment, I turned my head to look at the hillside, and saw old man Qiao turning over the top of the hill and disappearing without a trace.The old guy runs really fast. I have to learn this "walking first" skill. At this time, several village cadres had already run down the slope, and the crowd of onlookers quickly made way for a passage.The village chief panted with his hips folded, and did not speak, but scanned everyone present with majestic eyes.My heart beat faster, and I quietly hid behind Master Li, using his body to cover the wound on my arm, while my mind was busy weaving the words to deal with it.Unexpectedly, Mr. Li stepped forward, and he rushed to say: "Village chief, didn't you go to a meeting? You came back so soon, just in time, something happened to Xiao Lizi, and his two dogs were eaten by wild animals. Look, it's in that cave. This is troublesome! Our village... ..." The chatterer began to let go of the chatter, opening and closing his mouth extremely quickly, and he had already thrown my reminder out of the blue. "Is there anyone else in there?" It seemed that the village head couldn't stand the chatter, so he interrupted Master Li. "No, everyone has just arrived, and we are discussing what to do!" I hurriedly answered, accentuating my accent a bit. Fortunately, the village chief didn't care. He cleared his throat and said loudly to the crowd: "Fellow folks! The elders of our village have been advising you not to get close to Baishi Mountain. This is not superstition, not some ghosts and ghosts. I once invited experts to look at it. They detected poisonous gas in the rock layer, and now that there is such a big hole, for the safety of our villagers, I decided to blow up the hole, please leave as soon as possible.” "What, poisonous gas?" Master Li wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the village head again. "Uncle Li, as an elder, you should first consider the safety of the villagers instead of scaring people with alarmist words." When the village chief got to this point, Mr. Li began to panic, knowing that it would be extremely unwise to speak again, so he ran up the slope in a hurry, at a speed no slower than that of old man Qiao, and everyone dispersed with a "hula" , I took the opportunity to squeeze into the running crowd. Turning around the mountain depression, seeing Baishi Mountain gradually disappearing behind, everyone involuntarily slowed down, looked back one by one, and then talked about it.Suddenly, there was a "squeak", and a line of green smoke rushed from Baishi Mountain to the sky, and soon faded away, just like the fireworks played when I was a child. At this moment, everyone rushed to run again. Fortunately, they are used to walking on mountain roads. Although they were embarrassed, they didn't step on each other.I covered my wound with one hand, and consciously fell behind. The damn thing is, at this moment, Mr. Li still didn't forget to chatter. He deliberately squeezed beside me, and asked with a puzzled face while running, "Tianhua, what's going on? What’s going on! Is it poisonous gas or a beast in that hole?” "Uh...it's a beast that can spit out poisonous gas." I thought for a while, and gave an answer that even I thought was funny, but Master Li seemed very satisfied, nodded and ran to the front. ... Back in the village, I saw Tianbao standing at the door of my house from a distance, and old man Qiao shrank behind the wooden door. The two stretched their necks and looked towards the intersection. They quickly recognized me in the crowd, and they both breathed a sigh of relief. "Brother Tianhua, oops! Are you injured?" Tianbao greeted me, seeing my blood-stained arm, he was stunned. "It was bitten by a dog." I gave old man Joe a white look. "Come in and talk about it!" Old man Qiao pushed us both into the back room, and turned to close the wooden door.As soon as I stood firmly, I couldn't wait to ask: "What's the situation, is there anyone going in?" "Probably not! Everyone has been driven back, I don't know." "You didn't pester us, did you?" "Almost, luckily I pulled it apart." "Hehe! That's good. I told you that you are a smart person..." Qiao old man just said halfway, suddenly there was a muffled "boom", and then the whole room shook, and a lot of dust fell. "What's going on?" Old man Qiao and Tianbao called out at the same time. "They're sealing the hole, blowing up the entrance and sealing it off." The old man Qiao swept the sand off his body, rubbed his nose and said, "This is the best way. The thousand-year-old meat cheese is a monster. There is no difference between life and death. It is intangible... I just hope it can be recovered as soon as possible." Cultivate to become an immortal, and go back to the Tai Sui star." Tianbao was stunned by the side all the time. The conversation between me and old man Qiao made him puzzled. He wanted to ask but didn't dare, his eyes wandered here and there.I looked at it, and thought it was better not to let this stunned young man know too much, so as not to be tongue-tied. Seeing that "chicken head" on the ground was still thumping, I had an idea. "Tianbao, everyone is hungry, take this chicken back and kill it, cook it in a pot and eat it." Tianbao happily left with the chicken in his hand. Seeing that my arm was still dripping blood, old man Qiao twisted up the big backpack on the ground, took out a pack of medicine from it, and said wretchedly, "You're lucky. It is the life-saving powder secret made by Xiangtumen, it calms the nerves and relieves all poisons in the serum, otherwise, you will have to take injections for at least a month." "It's not you who bit it, you're still acting good now." At the moment when these "life-saving powders" were sprinkled, there was an unforgettable pain from the wound. I screamed and almost fainted. Fortunately, the duration was not long, and then gradually became paralyzed, and the blood really It stopped. I staggered and sat on the kang bed, panting heavily, feeling like my whole body was about to collapse, I didn't even have the strength to wipe off my sweat, and let it drip like rain. "This matter is getting serious, we must leave Dabagou immediately." Old man Qiao took out the disgusting "callous dog" from the military bag, stroked it a few times, and then gently put it on the kang bed, and then started to pack the luggage. The mangy dog ​​lay down beside me listlessly, curled up into a ball with its head buried, and looked more and more like a pile of shit.Suddenly, as if it had been pricked by a needle, it raised its head abruptly. The pair of thief eyes exposed outside the mask stared at my crotch, with an expression as wretched as old man Joe.What's the meaning?Don't think that you can play hooligans just because you saved me, and watch me kick you away. Following its line of sight, I lowered my head to look, and then I suddenly realized that the wolf fur stuffed in the trouser pocket earlier bulged out after sitting like this, and it was precisely this thing that the ugly guy was staring at.Could it be that there is something peculiar about this wolf fur with a map drawn on it?Or does it smell the "sudden black grass"? My thoughts and nerves were concentrated on this small piece of wolf skin. Where is the map depicted on it?What do those Mongolian characters mean?I wanted to take it out and ask Old Man Qiao for advice, but in the end I held back my hand, because I had a faint feeling in my heart that this might have something to do with the wolf curse in the family house, and I didn't want outsiders to get involved.To be honest, ever since I saw the portrait of the wolf and the wolf head on the map in the main hall of the royal mausoleum, I have had a weird feeling, as if it was a long-lost friend, and when the old man Joe, in order to resist the siege of corpses, put When my blood spurted out, the wolf howl was so clear, I was sure I heard it, it was so shrill and shocking. "Old Qiao, why are there wolves and deer in the bedroom? What's the significance?" I asked tentatively. "Hehe! The cultural customs of this nomadic people are very complicated. Only my girl would know about them. But as far as I know, these two animals are the totems of the Mongolians, just like the dragons of our Han people. They are a kind of worship." The old man Qiao buried his head in packing his big backpack, and said with emotion: "The history of those nomadic tribes in the north alone is very chaotic, such as Huns, Donghu, Turks, Xianbei, Rouran, Khitan, Jurchen, Tatars, Oach... There is me in you, and you in me, and experts have not even been able to sort out these relationships, let alone funeral culture." "Then...is this mountain mausoleum belonged to Genghis Khan?" I subconsciously stood up. "Judging from various appearances, it is likely to be the tomb where he was buried, but we haven't touched anything, and there is no physical evidence, so who can be sure? The answer is left to archaeologists to speak!" Old man Qiao spoke slowly, with a wretched smile on his face all the time. After a while of silence, the old man Qiao finished packing, clapped his hands and put the "Called Dog" back into the military bag on his chest. At this time, Tianbao came in with the boiled chicken soup, and the three of them sat around and devoured it for a while. After drinking the last drop of soup, old man Qiao licked his lips and said, "Come on, let's go to the station now to catch the afternoon train." "So urgent?" Tianbao looked at me and said sadly: "Brother, last time I told you about going to Shanxi to dig coal, my friend and his father agreed, and he will leave in a few days. I don't know when we can meet again ?” "Why don't you just go out to earn money! It's not going to the battlefield. Don't think too much, and write more letters to your mother. Remember, only write about happy things. No matter how hard or tired you are outside, you can't mention it. Do you understand?" "Oh!" Tianbao replied foolishly, I shook my head, looking at his appearance, it's strange that I can understand. In the afternoon, we got on the train back to Beijing. This first experience of tomb robbery came to an end. Let me sum up the results—touched Li Zhi’s tomb; A kind of evil thing... And the most profound experience is-digging graves is by no means an easy and fun thing. As for who owns the royal tomb, this is beyond the question, because Tianbao sent me a letter shortly afterwards, which mentioned that a new military camp was built in the mountain behind Dabagou, which belonged to a brigade of the Second Artillery Corps. The regiment, with a radius of tens of miles, is set as a forbidden area, including Baishi Mountain, and outsiders are not allowed to enter or leave. I told old man Joe the news, and he said with a smile, "I expected it a long time ago. The Dragon's Cave Mountain is a natural place for warfare. Whether it is intentional or unintentional, it will become a military fortress sooner or later." ".