Chapter 5 chapter Five

When he said this, he glanced at Yuan Zhenxia, ​​hesitated for a moment, and said, "This gentleman...seems like an oriental man. When I saw him, he happened to be next to the marble coffin. Looking carefully at the statue on the marble." The oriental man had an ordinary figure, dark complexion, and a strange gloomy light in his eyes. Baine came to the side of the man, but the man did not turn his head.Bain introduced himself first, but the man just said "hmm" and said very bluntly: "Although you are the curator, I am sure that you must not know the origin of this sarcophagus, you must!"

Bain heard it, although he was very unhappy, but since what the man said was true, he couldn't get angry, so he could only say: "Yes, its origin is unknown. If you can provide correct information, the museum welcomes you!" The man laughed presumptuously, and while smiling, he turned around, and only then did the curator see his appearance clearly.This person has very sharp eyes, and there is nothing special about his appearance, but he has a very special charm and expression, which makes the curator feel very familiar——he didn't hesitate for long, and he knew the characteristics of this person, and Earl Amp approached: gloomy.

The man stared at the curator, pressed his hand on the sarcophagus, and tapped his fingers lightly.He sneered: "Although Anpu is eager to get it, I'm afraid of the same thing, I don't know its origin!" Bain was taken aback suddenly, and laughed dryly a few times, his face naturally extremely ugly. He also lowered his voice: "Sir, what is the purpose of your coming to this museum?" The man was even more impolite, and pointed at Bain's nose: "Tell you, you can tell An Pu, don't think about those pair of sarcophagi! Otherwise, he will become a zombie!"

Bane was furious: "Who are you?" The man showed a very conceited expression: "Go ask An Pu, he will naturally know who I am." The man was not only rude, but also very arrogant.Bain really wanted to fight back with words, but the man had an unstoppable aura that made Bain open his mouth wide and couldn't make a sound, he could only stand there and listen to his lesson. And the man's words and deeds are also quite strange.He turned around again, stretched out his hand and patted the sarcophagus twice, and said to himself: "Actually, I also want to see what you are--you are so beautiful that everyone who sees it fascinated?"

The few words that man said seemed to be speaking to the corpse in the sarcophagus, and it sounded chilling and gloomy.Bain once heard Earl Amp say that there are two sarcophagi, a man and a woman, and this sarcophagus in the museum contains a woman. That person said so, it seems that he really knows the origin of this sarcophagus.Bane held back his breath, and wanted to ask that man for advice—as an archaeologist, he naturally had professional curiosity. But before he could open his mouth, the man suddenly sighed again, a big sigh, and said in a tone like reciting a poem: "There is nothing in the world, and mediocrity. Alas! All the great disasters are caused by the foolish actions of ignorant people." cause!"

When he said this, he raised his head and stared at Bain with very gloomy eyes.This made Bain involuntarily take a step back. The man said again: "You'd better contact An Pu as soon as possible and tell him to stop doing anything wrong!" When Bain wanted to say something, the man ignored him, walked out with his head held high.Bain followed him for a while, and wanted to speak several times, but finally because he couldn't stand the man's arrogance, he couldn't bear the tone, so instead of asking the man for advice, he stopped and looked at the man out of the museum.

Bain stopped when he said this to Yuan Zhenxia. Yuan Zhenxia half-closed his eyes, and seemed to be resting on his own, but of course he was very attentive, listening to Bain's narration.At the same time, he was also thinking, who is the person in Bain's mouth? The first thing Yuan Zhenxia thought of was the eagle——Luo Kai, the Asian eagle.Because as soon as Bain arrived, he said that Shui Hong had introduced him, and Shui Hong and Ying had the same relationship as brother and sister. But he immediately denied this idea, because in Bain's narration, adjectives such as "ghostly" and "gloomy" were repeatedly mentioned, which shows that they are the characteristics of that person.

Then it wouldn't be the Asian Eagle. The Asian Eagle, open and close, is a tough hero. It has nothing to do with an adjective like "ghostly". Therefore, although Yuan Zhenxia was sure that that person must not be an idler, he couldn't remember his exact identity for a while.Anyway, Bain said that everything has to be "started from the beginning", it seems that this person will still have a chance to appear, just wait for Bain to talk slowly. When Bain stopped to drink, Yuan Zhenxia opened his eyes wide. He saw Bain licking his lips with a terrified expression, even the muscles on his face were trembling involuntarily.It seems that what happened next must be amazing.

Yuan Zhenxia raised his hands high, stretched his waist, and said inadvertently: "What happened later? Could it be that the beauty in the sarcophagus really came out?" This sentence is naturally a joke, "the beauty in the coffin" is a good name for a thrilling movie.The reason why Yuan Zhenxia said this was because he was influenced by what that person said. Who knew that such a joke made Bain's whole body shake, and even the wine in his glass splashed out! He suddenly stood up, trembling, and said: "You...you...know? How...how did you know? Was...Shui Hong told you? You Orientals...are so mysterious...unfathomable !"

Baine's expression was panicked, and because of the panic, he was already incoherent. Yuan Zhenxia understood his mentality very well, because he, that person, and Shui Hong were all from the East, so Bain, a Westerner, had such emotion! Yuan Zhenxia snorted: "Westerners are also mysterious enough, like vampire zombies, we just imagine it, and we don't know what it is!" Bane waved his hand and smiled wryly.Yuan Zhenxia raised his eyebrows and said, "Why, is there really a beautiful woman coming out of the sarcophagus?" Bain's body trembled even more, he needed to support the back of the sofa with his hands so as not to fall.He even chattered the upper and lower rows of teeth, making a "dede" sound, so that what he said next was mixed with the sound of teeth knocking.He said: "No...not the whole person... for the time being...just...one...hand! Hand, one hand!"

This time, it was Yuan Zhenxia's turn to be surprised! What's the meaning?Judging by Baine's expression, it definitely doesn't look like a joke. But what does that mean?Yuan Zhenxia still thought of it, it was a joke, probably arranged by Shui Hong. But he denied this idea again, because on the tip of Bain's nose, there were big beads of sweat oozing from the boss—there is no way in the world that someone's acting skills can be so good! Yuan Zhenxia took a gulp of his wine──after hearing Bain's words at first, his thoughts were extremely disordered.Taking a sip of wine, with a warm current flowing in his body, he had already calmed down, and thought about what Bain said again, but he still didn't understand. So, he gestured for Baine to continue.Bain also followed Yuan Zhenxia, ​​took a big sip of wine, and then wiped his mouth with the back of his hand—Bain can be said to be a fairly typical gentleman, and all his actions are in line with the standards of a gentleman.But since he came, all his behaviors have been out of etiquette, which is naturally because he is too panicked in his heart. After swallowing the wine with a "squeak", he said: "That man... After he left, I didn't contact the Earl. Because I don't understand at all, what does he mean by those words?" When he said this, he paused again and looked at Yuan Zhenxia. Yuan Zhenxia smiled wryly, because he was not sure what the man meant.He was a little impatient: "Go on!" Although Bain didn't understand what the weird oriental man said, it left a shadow in his heart and made him uncomfortable for several days. In the past few days, nothing special happened, only the earl called him: "How is the matter going?" After Bain answered, he remembered that person and asked, "Count, do you have friends from the East?" The Earl let out a strange laugh on the phone: "Of course!" Bain wanted to pass on the warning from the man, but after thinking about it, he felt that the man was very ridiculous. If he said it, he might be ridiculed by the count, so he held back and didn't say anything. And from that day on, for the sake of convenience, he put up a sign outside the showroom saying "Interior decoration, exhibition suspended".The sarcophagus has also been successfully moved to the wall and covered with thick canvas. It can be moved out only after a hole is made in the wall.Bain also contacted the heavy crane to carry out the moving work. Just the day before the wall was to be broken, the museum was open as usual, and as usual, there were people who looked at the door and sighed because the showroom was closed.However, the situation that day was a bit special—a little oriental girl came to the door of the showroom, but she couldn't get in, so she had a dispute with the management staff. The little oriental girl looks like a young girl, but her words are very mature: "Please come to your curator!" So, the curator met Shui Hong. Shui Hong talked eloquently and plausibly: "The value of a museum is for people to visit. Visitors may come from thousands of miles away—like me, but it is unreasonable to be turned away!" Bain thought it was funny, and was very surprised that an oriental girl would be so upright—he naturally didn't know the origin of the water scorpion, and he couldn't even think of breaking his head. At that time, Bain gave many reasons, but Shui Hong rejected them one by one.Bain was annoyed and funny, seeing that Shui Hong was the only one pestering her, and she had no intention of backing down, so Bain finally surrendered: "Okay, since you come from thousands of miles away, let you visit!" (There are other reasons why Shuihong came to this museum and why he insisted on visiting this showroom. It is not accidental. As the story develops, it will naturally be told in detail.) Shui Hong is delicate and beautiful, and her dress that day was noble, which is why Bain finally agreed to her request── People are always snobbish, and Bain knew that she must have something to do, so he didn't dare to offend her. Moreover, Bain thought to himself, since the sarcophagus was covered with canvas, no one would be able to see that he had a different intention, and it would not be a problem to make an exception for her to take a look. Immediately, Bane took out the bunch of keys that opened the showroom door. Shui Hong raised his eyebrows, and said, intentionally or unintentionally, "The key to the showroom is actually kept by the curator personally, so we know that the exhibits inside must be very important!" Bain didn't hear what Shui Hong said, and there was a lot of overtones, and he opened the door to let Shui Hong in, and he followed in, saying, "Look, it's being renovated, it's very messy!" Shui Hong's reaction was to smile mysteriously at Bain, which made Bain a little guilty. Moreover, as soon as Shuihong entered the showroom, he walked straight to the sarcophagus covered with canvas, which made Bain feel uncomfortable all over his body. Before Shui Hong came to the sarcophagus, he didn't reach out to uncover the canvas, and didn't look at Bain, but said in a rather heavy voice: "I recently met a strange man, and he told me about the sarcophagus. The unbelievable origin also told me that there is a very terrible thing that will happen soon!" Bain snorted: "Miss, what you said is too profound, I don't understand it!" Shui Hong turned around and looked directly at Bain, her pretty face was solemn: "This strange person once asked you to inform the Earl to stop his rampant behavior. It seems that you did not do what he said!" Hearing this sentence, Director Bain let out an "oh".He knew that "strange man", that is, the oriental man with astonishing words and extraordinary momentum. And he did not warn the earl, he just asked "do you have any friends from the East" when talking with the earl. He also remembered that the "strange man" once said that great disasters would happen.I don't know if it's false threats, or he has the ability to predict? Bain's dissatisfaction gradually increased at this time, and he sneered: "This... sir, what amazing prophecies do you have?" In order to maintain his gentlemanly demeanor, Bane wanted to say "this guy", but finally changed his words in time.He thought that his question would make it difficult for Shui Hong to answer. Unexpectedly, Shui Hong had an answer right away, and the answer made Baine dumbfounded at first, and then his anger rose sharply! Shui Hong looked directly at him, and said very seriously: "Yes, he said, if you don't stop acting rashly, the lady in the sarcophagus will come out. According to him, she is a stunning beauty, regardless of gender. , see her will be fascinated!" This was the first half of Shui Hong's answer, and it was also the part that left Bain stunned. Shui Hong's answer has a second chapter, "He said, Bain is so stubborn that he might ignore my warning and continue to behave mischievously, then it will be too late!" When Bain heard this, his anger rose sharply.Regardless of his gentlemanly demeanor, he pointed at the sarcophagus and said sharply, "So what if it's late? The woman in the sarcophagus has already come out?" At that time, Bain's voice was stern, and he thought he was extremely righteous.Because what the "strange man" said was absolutely ridiculous. Although the count's behavior was also strange, it was not so ridiculous! Who knows that Shui Hong didn't buy it at all when he reprimanded him, and nodded: "He said that..." Bain sneered, and pointed to the sarcophagus: "Then why don't you lift the canvas to see if there is a stunning beauty, eh?" According to Bain's behavior, this attitude is already extremely angry and ironic. But Shui Hong was still very serious. With a frightened and bewildered expression, she took two steps away from the sarcophagus, shaking her head: "I...don't really dare...although she is a stunning beauty, but...she has been in the sarcophagus for hundreds of years. Who knows what she has become..." Shui Hong was explaining why she didn't dare to uncover the canvas, Bain couldn't take it anymore, he shouted: "You don't dare, I'll do it!" He strode forward, pushed the water scorpion very impolitely with his left hand, pushed the water scorpion away, grabbed the canvas with his right hand, raised the back of his hand, and lifted the entire canvas covering the sarcophagus! While listening to Bain's narration, Yuan Zhenxia was thinking: who is that "strange person" that Shui Hong said? It sounds a bit like Luo Kai, the Asian Eagle.Yuan Zhenxia knew that he must have never met that "strange man", most likely because he had heard his name for a long time but had never met him. He heard Bain's narration becoming more and more tense, so he sat up straight naturally, thinking in his heart: Once the canvas is lifted, it will be like the lid of the sarcophagus, slowly rising upwards, a stunning beauty, from the sarcophagus, slowly Sit up slowly, it's really exciting, evocative and terrifying, all of it. Judging by Bain's terrified expression, it doesn't look like a disguise. Could it be that such a strange thing really happened? When Bain said this, his face turned pale, and he took another big sip of wine, but his face turned red again in a strange way. His voice was a little trembling: "As soon as I lifted the canvas, I immediately went to see the sarcophagus──" Not only Bain, but Shui Hong at the side obviously believed the strange man's words very much, so he also stared nervously at the sarcophagus. Bane swung his arms again, throwing the canvas to the ground.At this time, he had already seen clearly that the sarcophagus was just the sarcophagus, and the lid had not been opened, not to mention stunning beauties, not even an ant! He immediately looked at Shui Hong with very angry eyes, but Shui Hong's words and deeds made him even more angry. Shui Hong stretched out her hand to her own heart, and patted it lightly twice, her expression was charming and charming, very cute, which already made Baine's anger a little less.But then, Shui Hong unexpectedly said: "Fortunately, the disaster hasn't happened yet!" Bain shouted loudly: "Scaremongering! Where can there be any trouble?" Shui Hong didn't seem to hear his words at all, she still had a terrified expression, as if she was very wary, she slowly approached the sarcophagus.When he got close to the sarcophagus, he was even more cautious. He stretched out his hand and wanted to touch the sarcophagus, but he didn't dare, so he withdrew his hand all of a sudden. This situation, in the eyes of Bain, was really angry and funny, and he sneered: "Miss, you are a very good mime actor!" Shui Hong didn't even look at him, walking around the sarcophagus.When she walked to the other side of the sarcophagus, she suddenly opened her mouth wide, and there was a strange sound in her throat, her eyes were wide open, and her expression was inexplicably horrified, which made Baine startled and angry, and shouted again: " Excellent!" The horror of Shuihong was still there, and Bain couldn't help but also walked over.As soon as he came to the other side of the sarcophagus, he immediately knew that Shui Hong was not "acting"! He can't know what kind of situation he is in the extreme terror, he only has the feeling of extreme terror.That's when there were two "boom booms" from the top of the head, and the whole head exploded, but the vision was still there. His legs were sore and weak, and there was a big mallet in his heart, and he was beating hard from the inside out, and the temperature of his blood suddenly increased.He opened his mouth and wanted to scream, but the fire in his throat made him unable to make a sound! He saw a hand stretched out from the sarcophagus——stretched out through the sarcophagus, hanging limply on one side of the sarcophagus.The extent to which the hand stretches out is just to the wrist! When Bain was narrating, Yuan Zhenxia never interrupted him. When he talked about unraveling the canvas, Yuan Zhenxia thought about what would happen.But at this moment, what Bain said was even more bizarre than what he had imagined. It was so bizarre that Yuan Zhenxia couldn't imagine and accept it for a while!So, he suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute! Say what you said just now!" Bain looked at Yuan Zhenxia with a mournful face, his voice trembling: "Is this... necessary? Did I just... not understand clearly enough?" It seemed that he had already mustered up his courage to speak out about the weird and terrifying situation just now, but at this moment Yuan Zhenxia asked him to say it again, but there was nothing he could do! Seeing how pitiful Bain's situation was, Yuan Zhenxia also forgave him.Because even Yuan Zhenxia felt a chill at this moment! A hand stretched out from the side of the sarcophagus, reaching up to the wrist! As the saying goes, there is the so-called "reaching out of the coffin" (death for money), but it must not be stretched out like that! Yuan Zhenxia wanted to know the details of the situation, but it seemed that Bain would never say it again, so Yuan Zhenxia had no choice but to ask. His first question was: "A woman's hand?" Bain nodded immediately, and when he nodded, he could hear the "cracking" sound from the joints of his neck——Yuan Zhenxia is a doctor, and he knew that it was because his muscles stiffened and contracted due to his fear, so This sound comes out only when it is difficult to move the joints. Yuan Zhenxia felt that his voice was a little unnatural: "Did you not see that hand... stretching out?" Bane groaned, "No...fortunately...no!" Yuan Zhenxia smiled bitterly, because it is conceivable that if he saw the process, it would be even more terrifying. He asked again: "That hand... just hangs down, doesn't... move?" Bain covered his face with his hands and begged for mercy: "No, Doctor Yuan, in the sarcophagus is a person who has been dead for hundreds of years...how could his hands move?" At this time, Yuan Zhenxia's thoughts were very disordered, and he naturally had no time to argue with Bain, so he asked again, "What happened after that?" Bain was gasping for breath, and now he was describing the situation to Yuan Zhenxia. His health was fine, and it didn't look like his life was threatened, so he was so horrified.It can be seen that at that time, he was so horrified when he saw "a hand stretched out from the sarcophagus"! Yuan Zhenxia asked again, and Bain tremblingly said: "What else will happen? I... like... the whole body is like a puddle of mud. On the contrary, the oriental girl, although her teeth chattered in fright, But she is really brave. Looking at her, it seems that she still wants to reach out and touch—that hand. I don’t know if she touched it, but my eyes went black for a while until she came to help me. I—when I felt myself being held by a hand, I thought it was being held by that hand..." At that time, Director Bain really mistook it for being grabbed by the hand protruding from the sarcophagus!So, his horror leveled up again, he opened his mouth wide, and before he could utter a loud cry, he passed out. When he woke up leisurely again, he saw himself sitting leaning against the wall, the water boat was opposite him, and his back was leaning against the door of the showroom.It was as if she were holding the door against it, her face pale and frightened. This expression made Bain misunderstand that there was something terrible coming out of the door, and Shui Hong was trying to stop it.Bain felt that as a gentleman, he had no reason to sit idly by and should help Shui Hong.But when he wanted to stand up, he only felt sore all over, how could he stand up! Shui Hong leaned against the door, panting for breath.She saw Bain wake up, her voice was hoarse, she looked at Bain, and said, "Did you see it? What he said is true, what he said is true!" Bain couldn't understand Shui Hong's words for a while, but he nodded again and again... This was the only movement he could do. Shui Hong took a deep breath, stopped standing against the door, took a step forward, turned around, and faced the door. Bain gritted his teeth, leaned on the wall with both hands, struggled to stand up, and pointed to the door of the showroom: "This... what's going on inside!" Shui Hong didn't turn around, but took a few steps back, and came to Bain's side: "I covered the white cloth again, I don't know how it is now?" Bain wanted to say something more, but his throat twitched and he couldn't make a sound. He was even more surprised at how Shuihong, a "little girl", could regain his composure so quickly (he naturally couldn't think about Shuihong's origin anymore).At this moment, Shui Hong, although her pretty face was pale, seemed to be struggling from extreme panic, and she actually said something like this: "Have you noticed? That is really a beautiful woman's hand!" Bain groaned in despair, pointing at the water hole with his trembling hand, still speechless! If Bane's narration was very boring at the beginning, then after Shui Hong appeared, the climaxes continued.Yuan Zhenxia naturally listened very intently, and because of Bain's words, he was infected with the horrible situation in the showroom at that time. Yuan Zhenxia's thoughts were extremely chaotic. According to Bain's narration, he used his thinking and reasoning ability to quickly make several hypotheses, but none of them could be established. Because things are so weird! If the canvas is opened, the lid of the coffin is pushed open, and a beautiful woman jumps out, there is still a hypothesis.But what kind of scene is it that a hand protrudes from the side of the sarcophagus?How is this scenario assumed, how did it happen? When people are in a state of confusion, they will have some messy associations. At this time, Yuan Zhenxia suddenly thought of a story titled "The Head of a Beauty" among the most outstanding short story collections in China (probably the most outstanding in the world). There are quite similarities in several scenes. The story said that some people were chatting at night in an inn, and suddenly a beautiful head with a charming smile protruded from the wall on one side.A man raised a knife and cut off the head. The head spun around and disappeared into the ground.Everyone rushed to the other side of the wall to look, but they couldn't find the beauty's body. A human head protruding from a wall is similar to a hand protruding from a sarcophagus. Yuan Zhenxia also immediately captured the most important and incredible feature among the two things: the hands and head are solid, and the sarcophagus and wall are also solid.It takes a great force (for example, a bullet to pass through a wooden board) to pass through a solid. It is very difficult for a human body to have this kind of strength! Bain looked at Yuan Zhenxia, ​​waiting for Yuan Zhenxia's opinion.Yuan Zhenxia just shook his head slowly, expressing that he had no objection for the time being, he maintained silence for a while, and then said: "What happened afterwards?" Bain smiled wryly: "That little girl──later I found out her name was Shui Hong, she said...she was going to find that person. Because the catastrophe predicted by that person will definitely happen──" Although Shui Hong was calm at that time, his speech was unavoidably messy.After she said that, she said again: "Go find a few people quickly, you can find any one you want, go quickly! I'll go find that person!" She hastily named several people, including Dr. Yuan Zhenxia among them. Bain pointed at the door of the showroom, and Shui Hong slapped his hand down forcefully: "Leave it alone, find someone to deal with it!" He and Shui Hong left in a hurry without staying in the museum.The behavior of the two of them is not very normal, it is naturally because what happened is too horrible, they are too frightened! Bain finally finished his story. In Yuan Zhenxia's heart, he scolded "you bastard" before raising his voice and asking, "What are you looking for me for? Ask me to put that outstretched hand back?"