We looked for the sound and saw a few strange iron pillars standing behind the debris pile. There were some wrist-thick iron chains wrapped around the iron pillars. I noticed some mottled marks on the iron chains, so I asked the big head to hold the lamp. Leaning forward, he said in surprise: "It's blood."
"What is this, Plum Blossom Village? Are you practicing kung fu?" Zhao Gu stepped forward and picked it up. It took a lot of effort to lift an iron chain. The weight was beyond our imagination.
"It doesn't look like it, but this thing must be newly built." I saw a thick layer of cement piled under the iron pillar. This thing is much newer than the house. It looks like it dug a hole and buried it with cement. Built to death.
"Look at this." At this time, Datou seemed to have discovered something. He slightly released the light of the flashlight, and we could clearly see the marks of different shades on the iron pillar.
I went up and touched it, and there were many bumps. I frowned and said, "It's hard to say. It may be big or small. There may be more than one cause. Damn it."
Datou was startled by me. I said take a snapshot of the back. It doesn't matter. We took a breath. There was a very clear handprint behind the pillar, as if someone had caught it.
I put my hand on it, it was almost an adult's palm.
Suddenly I thought of something, and I grabbed an iron pillar with my right hand. The back was also uneven. I shook my big head with a light and made another handprint. I said, "Look, is it like this?" As I said that, I stood up. In the middle of several iron pillars, two hands were holding the iron pillars. "The iron chains should have been tied to this man at that time."
"SM? The taste is strong." Big Tou clicked his tongue.
I ignored him and said, "It's a torture device. Someone was imprisoned here."
"Then there's no need for such a heavy chain. It's more than enough to trap a bear." Datou retorted.
"Can a normal person leave a fingerprint on this?"
"This guy captured a Tiga alive and raised it?" Datou exclaimed. Seeing that no one of us paid attention to him, he smiled sarcastically: "It's not humorous at all. Isn't this to liven up the atmosphere."
He coughed and looked at us one by one: "Seriously, have you ever heard of raising a corpse?"
"Stop showing off, and let it go quickly." I knew that his old habit of showing off was back again, so I urged him to speak up quickly.
He said sternly: "This thing is very evil. If you haven't heard of it, maybe you won't believe it if I tell you about it. To be honest, I haven't seen it with my own eyes. I heard it from my friends in the Taoist community. This happened in the Miao border area. , on the side of Moon Mountain, once he went to try out some ideas. There is an old saying in the northern circle, that is, you can't see the seedlings until you touch the soil, and it's not too early to see the corpses. The seedlings mentioned are the Miao territory over there, especially the black seedlings near Moon Mountain. In the territory, the locals raise Gu and practice witchcraft, and the things in the tombs there are mostly evil. If you touch the soil and knock on the coffin, you might dig something out. If you dig up the corpses of the seedlings, they will probably not survive the early Qing Dynasty, so there is such a saying talk.
Generally, no one like us northern natives would be willing to go. My friend was really short of money at that time.
At that time, there were constant disputes between the Miao and Han people, and it was too abrupt for him, a foreign Han, to enter, so in order not to be suspected, he squatted outside for a day and went in after dark. He carefully walked through the Miao village and walked into the mountains. After almost half an hour, he entered the forest. Just when he was about to take out his compass to look for the tomb, a figure suddenly appeared on the mountain road. This frightened him. The relationship between Miao and Han was too subtle at that time, and he sneaked in late at night. If he was caught, he might be killed on the spot, so he hid without thinking.
He saw that the man seemed to have something wrong with his legs and was walking with a limp and wobbling. He was anxious, thinking that the grandson would come over quickly. If he delayed any longer, it would be daybreak and he would be squatting tonight in vain.
For a few minutes, just as the man walked onto the road in front of him, an unknown insect bit him in the grass. He moved and his position was revealed. Fortunately, he was so excited that he took out the iron box of wine from his pocket and poured some wine on himself. Then he quickly threw away the bottle, pretended to be drunk, and went out holding the big tree wine.
At that time, he thought that even if he caught him, the Miao people were simple and honest, and seeing that he was a drunkard, they would not deal with him with deadly force, which would at least save his life.
He half-closed his eyes and smelled of alcohol while greeting people, and even said a few random words on purpose, but the person didn't seem to see him and continued to stagger forward. He was confused for a moment, thinking whether he had lost his soul. Symptoms, thinking that he deliberately patted the other person's shoulder, burped and asked a casual question.
But something unexpected happened that shocked him into a cold sweat. The man's body was cold and his skin was incredibly white. Just when he took a picture of the other person, the man slowly turned his face around, revealing a shriveled and aimless white face. Face him directly.
At that time, my friend only felt a cold air coming from his back to the collar of his neck, his eyes darkened, and he passed out. When he woke up, it was already the next day, and he was lying in a pavilion far away from the village.
He was so frightened that he dug out a bird's grave and bought a ticket to go back to the north that day. After he returned, he fell seriously ill immediately. Later, someone said that he had met someone who was leaving corpses in the mountains. There have been corpse keepers since ancient times. The corpses have been fed with herbs. They have become indestructible and have great strength. Some vicious corpses can even drink blood.
The old man who told him the story said that he was very lucky, and the seedling owner who was raising the corpse must have been nearby at that time. He probably let him go because he smelled of alcohol. "
He finished the story in one breath and glanced at us with his eyes, as if he was telling the story. I have finished telling it. It's up to you whether you believe it or not.
Advisor Zhao tried to ask him: "You mean, the owner of this house is raising corpses?"
Datou shrugged and said: "I think it's like, you can't just leave the corpse under the bed every day. Look, this place looks like a place where corpses are raised. The marks on the pillars, if you said it was done by people, I think you are... Acknowledge the existence of Tiga."
Zhao Gu looked at me. I was not sure. Diga was talking nonsense. It was not impossible to raise a corpse. The fingerprints on the pillars were indeed not something ordinary people could make. I didn't come to a conclusion for a while, so I said vaguely: "This is the situation now." , it's hard to say, let's study where Han Sheng can be first."
Tie, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked me: "When I was a kid, I watched Hong Kong movies, and the zombies in them all sucked in moonlight. Boss, do you think the same will happen this time?"
"ah?"
"The man we saw at the entrance of the well..." He scratched his head.
"Fuck, your thug's words are reliable. Isn't that ghost the guy you saw at the entrance of the well?" Big Head said, dimming the light in his hand and looking out the window. It was pitch black outside. He couldn't see anything, so he whispered: "Can this thing be in the house, hiding during the day, and coming out to do trouble at night? Han Sheng... maybe he met this thing. No matter how awesome he is, he can't fuck Diga." ah."
His words woke me up, and I said, "Are you saying that Han Sheng was trapped by that thing? It's not impossible."
I felt a little anxious, and I couldn't help but ask myself, was it possible that the other party's purpose from the beginning was to kill me, but Han Sheng got into trouble? Then wouldn't Han Sheng's situation be very dangerous? I suddenly regretted coming in so rashly. We were Han Sheng's last chance. If we failed, his chances of survival would be slim.
"Can the four of us beat your Tiga?" I asked Datou.
He hesitated and asked me: "Except for you, who can only add buffs, do you think the three of us can beat Han Sheng?" I shook my head, "It's tough."
"Then do you think I look like Uncle Jiu? I just clap my hands and have a mahogany sword flying back and forth."
I shook my head.
"That's alright. Han Sheng must be as bare-handed as us. You give me a bundle of explosives and you see if I can get rid of him." Big Tou said.
"Maybe we can try this." Zhao Gu found a large ball of hemp rope in the pile of debris. He said, "I've heard of that thing too. Let's take this in case there's a conflict. Let's trap it temporarily while Erye goes to rescue Han Sheng."
I thought of the Cao family's corpse trap, so I clapped my hands and said, "You can give it a try. The zongzi's joints are hard. Maybe we can deal with him."
"That's a way."
We all hit it off immediately, looking at the door from our ties. We tried to dig the rope out of the pile of debris without making any noise. Big Tou also found a root planer with an iron handle welded underneath, so he could easily pin it on his waist. Zhao Gu twisted the rope into a loop and slung it around his neck. Seeing that I was almost ready, I asked Tie Tie to get ready to leave, but I found him staring at the window attentively and tilting his head.
I patted him gently. He seemed to be startled by me. I saw something wrong with his face, so I asked him what was wrong. He hesitated and said, "Boss, someone just seemed to have entered the room next to me."
I was startled, and I also leaned on the window to look. I could vaguely see the yard through the moonlight. He whispered to the side: "I'm not sure if it's a person, because the other person came from the house on the east side and then turned in. I just I saw a shadow flashing across the ground."
I frowned and whispered: "We are in the west wing here. The next door mentioned in the tie should be the main room next to it. The east wing is probably the hallway, connected to the front yard. If we exclude Tiga wandering around in the yard , it's probably that group of people who came in. The reverse room, the wing room, the main room, Han Sheng and the others also came in from the main entrance. The most likely places where trouble is in the east are these three places. The main room is closest to us, so we will go to the main room first. Look, everyone must be careful with the next actions, I don't want to lose any of you again for Han Sheng."
After we finished dressing up, a few people gently pushed open the door to the side room and walked toward the main room against the wall. The big head wanted to pass Zhao Gu's knife and clear the way in front.
The house is very well-built, which shows that the owner was originally from a wealthy family in the town, or it was left behind by an old merchant who traveled on the Tea Horse Road. There is a cornice in front of the main house, and there are two pillars below it. Before entering the cornice, Datou stopped us. He hissed and told us not to ask, and pointed to the place in front. We could see a series of clear footprints leading from the cornice. Dongfang walked into the main room.