Dead bodies were the most common thing to Chenpi Ah Si. Not to mention the dried corpses and rice dumplings that came out of the tomb, even the number of people he had killed was probably too many to count. He turned over and saw that it was a corpse. He felt relieved and thought to himself, how could such an unlucky person die here? He was already a dried squid and still wanted to scare people.
Although he thought so, Chenpi A Si still had the iron bullet in his hand. He had trained himself to hit the iron bullet with his bare hands since he was a child. He never missed a shot, and he could throw the iron bullet so fast that ordinary people might be blinded before they even saw the movement of his hands.
Judging from the Miao people's attire, they must have been dead for at least two or three years, if not ten years. Their clothes are basically tattered, and thanks to the large amount of ferns and creeping vines that wrapped them, the characteristics of Miao people's clothing were preserved. But after being exposed to the sun and rain, how come the body didn't rot completely, and instead looked a little dehydrated?
The corpse's belly was still throbbing, and Chenpi Ah Si felt something was wrong the more he looked at it. People like him had their own special way of doing things. If it were me, I would have thrown the brick and run away. But Chenpi Ah Si believed in striking first and gaining the upper hand since he was a child. As he thought about it, he had already shot out three iron bullets in a row, all hitting the corpse's belly. He thought to himself, no matter what you are, I'll beat you to death first.
The iron bullet was so powerful that it almost broke the corpse in two. As soon as the lower half fell off, Chenpi A Si saw a mass of yellow unknown mucus inside, wrapped in a large number of eggs. Many of the eggs had already hatched, and piles of white worms were wriggling inside. There were also some things hanging around that he was very familiar with - beehives. Then a large number of wasps crawled out from the gaps in the corpse.
Chenpi Ah Si cursed and thought to himself that it was bad luck. It turned out that wasps had built a nest in the corpse. Wasps are highly venomous and very ferocious. This time he was in trouble.
As a layer of black fog rose up and the wasps began to gather, Chenpi Ah Si was quick-witted. He took out the folding shovel of the People's Liberation Army from his bag, scooped up a handful of wet mud from the ground, and slapped it on the broken part of the body to seal all the wasps that were pouring out, then turned around and ran.
The wasps that had already rushed out swarmed over him, and he slapped them with his clothes while running around aimlessly. Fortunately, he was very fast with his shovel, so he only paid the price of a few bags. When he stopped panting and slapped off the remaining wasps on his body, he didn't know where he had run to.
Chenpi Ah Si pulled out the bee sting from his body, and he grimaced in pain. He was still wondering how a wasp could make a nest inside a human body. This kind of poisonous wasp usually lives underground, like ants. In the deep rain forest of Guangxi, you can sometimes see a nest that looks like a hill. Others thought it was an ant nest and turned it over to look for ants, but before they could figure out what was going on, it was wrapped up like a bee ball.
In places like Guangxi and Yunnan, not many people know much about insects. Chenpi Ah Si could only blame himself for his bad luck. While treating the sting, he looked around. After climbing over a hill, he suddenly froze.
He saw a huge stone tower, lying at the foot of the hill in front of him. The tower was probably hexagonal (unrecognizable), majestic, with dense eaves and wide beams. He scraped away the moss and entangled plants with a knife. The relief stone carvings on the tower were very beautiful, but it was obvious that the tower had been burned, and all parts had black burn marks, probably because of a fire.
The tower, its top and its finials had all cracked and fallen to the ground, breaking into many sections. Because the tower was too heavy, a large part of it was pressed into the soil of the rainforest, and countless trees were crushed under the tower.
Chenpi Ah Si was experienced and knew that a pagoda is generally composed of an underground palace, a pagoda base, a pagoda body, a pagoda top and a pagoda finial. The pagoda finial on the top should have a Sumeru pedestal, an upturned lotus, a covered bowl, a pagoda wheel and a jewel. There are also cases where a canopy, a halo, an upturned moon and a jewel are added on top of the pagoda wheel. In short, there should be a bead-shaped object on top of the pagoda, which is quite valuable.
He walked along the tower to the side of the pagoda. When the pagoda fell, it may have knocked down a huge "spruce" tree on the way, and the pagoda broke in mid-air. The pagoda was inserted into the ground upside down, and the Xumi pedestal was shattered. Chenpi Ah Si looked at the extent of the damage and determined that the gem must have become a "treasure cake" and was scrapped.
He returned to the base of the pagoda and found half of the broken wall still there. He climbed in and found a pile of rocks inside. There must be an underground palace underneath. Unfortunately, not only had this place been sealed off when the pagoda was built, but it was also covered with a large amount of rubble and broken bricks from the collapse. It would take him half a year to dig into the underground palace with just a folding shovel.
Chenpi Ah Si looked at the compass. It was evening when he came down. The sky was already very dark. Now the moon was up. He didn't have a torch. He had walked so far without a torch and didn't know how to get back. It seemed that he should pretend to be lost and wait for the Miao people to rescue him. Thinking of this, he first used broken branches and dead leaves to burn a large bonfire at the base of the tower to attract other people's attention. At the same time, he climbed to the highest point of the tower base to see what the surroundings looked like.
According to what he saw from the "Wofo Ridge" and what he saw now, the area he was in should be the area where the trees grew very messily. The ground should be a little lower than the surrounding area. That was because when the "miscellaneous fill soil" was backfilled into the underground palace, due to the special climate of Guangxi, the soil layer had too much moisture and was not solid. As the moisture seeped down, many bubbles formed in the soil. Once a large earthquake occurred, the mud layer collapsed like a foaming steamed bun.
In this way, Chenpi Ah Si judged two things. First, the underground palace was large, but not deep, and it would definitely be dug out in less than 20 minutes. Second, the soil should be relatively soft and would not consume too much physical strength.
At this time, he was in a dilemma, whether to enter the underground palace now or come back later. Now it seems that it is not too difficult to come back again. However, Chenpi A Si, like all tomb robbers, could not resist his curiosity even though he knew there was something underneath.
Finally he gritted his teeth and said, "Fuck it, who cares? I'm going to take the stuff down there. If those temple barbarians find their way here later, I'll kill them all and throw them into the underground palace, and no one will know."
Chenpi Ah Si unpacked the folding shovel. He didn't bring the Luoyang shovel, so he had no way to locate it. Besides, the pagoda was a rare thing. There was no coffin inside, and there was no coffin inside. He followed his intuition and started digging a hole close to the pagoda base.
Soon he dug to the roof of the underground palace, which was not made of stone, but a wooden roof made by cutting a whole trunk of bent wood into squares. He was overjoyed and used a jigsaw to cut off a corner. The fallen wood fell into the underground palace, and soon there was a sound of it falling to the ground. He hurriedly used his flashlight to shine inside.
The Jing'er Palace is symmetrical from top to bottom, which means there should be as many underground palaces as there are towers on top, so the underground palace is extremely deep. Looking down from above, there is no floor between each layer, and the bottom is pitch black.
When I shone the flashlight over there, I saw something like a white mist, but I couldn't really tell what it was.
Chenpi Ah Si remembered what the Miao people said, that there was a monster under the tower, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried. But this worry was fleeting, and now his head was hot. He felt that the air in the underground palace was fine, so he put his feet on the top of the curved wooden palace, and fell headfirst into the underground palace with a golden hook, putting all his strength on his feet.
After pouring it in, he adjusted his movements and took a photo of the other side of the curved wooden roof of the underground palace. This underground palace is functional and does not shy away from setting up mechanisms or making many decorations like an ancient tomb. After Chenpi Ah Si took a round, he found that there were a lot of scriptures on the other side of the curved wooden roof, on the ceiling.
The scripture was carved on a curved wood, and the inside was sealed with red lacquer. It was in Sanskrit. Chenpi Ah Si didn't know many Chinese characters, so of course he couldn't understand what the scripture was.
But he instinctively felt that this should be something that could suppress demons or monsters, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, could there really be something sealed underneath?
Looking down, he could see more clearly that each layer had a circle of protruding extensions, and from top to bottom, each layer looked a bit like a staircase. On each layer, there was a circle of life-size colorful sculptures of Arhats in monk robes, with radiant colors and very delicate. All the statues faced downward, overlooking the bottom of the underground palace. The entire underground palace had a total of more than a dozen floors, filled with Arhats in various poses, more than a hundred of them.
The nearest Arhat statue was not far from him. Chenpi A Si was hanging upside down, and when he saw the expressions of the Arhat statues, he suddenly felt a chill. It turned out that all the Arhat statues had their eyes rolled up, and their expressions had an indescribable eerie look, which was different from those he usually saw.
After a closer look, he realized that it was the eye sockets because the colors were too realistic and the flashlight reflected too strongly, creating an illusion. However, when his flashlight swept over them, the Arhats instantly became extremely ferocious, as if their expressions had changed, and they looked extremely terrifying. I really doubt whether this was their consideration when they designed it.
So Chenpi A'si felt very uncomfortable looking at these Arhats, but he didn't understand what he was afraid of, and couldn't help but have the idea of retreating.
He continued to flick the flashlight across the ground, hoping to see something other than the Arhat statue. At this moment, his hand suddenly froze, and the flashlight stopped at one spot.
On a protrusion about six or seven floors away from him, he saw a strange Arhat statue. This Arhat statue was different from the others. Instead of looking down, he raised his head and faced Chenpi Ah Si, staring straight into his eyes. When the flashlight shone on it, a hideous white face flashed. If it wasn't motionless, one would almost think he had encountered a ghost.
Chenpi A Si was so frightened that his whole body went cold and he couldn't move for a moment. He felt his legs going weak and he began to slide down.
Speaking of ghosts, Chenpi A Si was not really afraid of them. He had killed so many people, which was a heinous crime, so why didn't any of them come to take revenge? However, people of their generation were more or less superstitious. Chenpi A Si believed that he had survived all these years because of the blessing of his ancestors.
(People always have to have some faith. People from the Outer Eight Sects worship Guan Gong. Tomb robbers from the northern faction worship Zhong Kui. The southern faction generally does not believe in this. However, there is a saying in Changsha that they worshipped the "Yellow King" for a period of time.)
(What is Huang Wang? Huang Wang is Huang Chao, the one in "The City is Full of Golden Armor". Why do we worship him? I heard from the elders that there are several reasons. First, he can be said to be the champion of killing. There is a folk saying: Huang Chao killed eight million people, and those who counted were doomed to die. What does it mean? It means that he had a target for killing people, and he would not have completed the task if he did not kill eight million. There is also a folk legend that I don't know whether it is a note novel or a Chinese-style folk legend that Huang Chao is the reincarnation of Maudgalyayana Arhat. This lord released eight million hungry ghosts from hell to save his mother, so the Buddha asked him to reincarnate and kill them one by one. In other words, he went back to recruit migrant workers for the Buddha.)
He was not afraid of the statue's face facing upwards, but he felt something was wrong when the face was facing him. Could it be that the builders at that time had calculated that he would dig a hole from this position and put such a thing here to scare him?