the last priest

Zha Wenbin did not dare to be careless, the three of them did not separate, and they were careful along the way. During the search during the day, there were several very special ancestral halls in the middle of the village, distributed in four directions of the village, but the gates were all locked. It was daytime, and when I looked in through the crack of the door, it turned out to be pitch black. They also shouted outside the door, but they left without getting a response.

This time, under the leadership of Zha Wenbin, the three of them went to the ancestral hall first. All ancestral halls have plaques and couplets. During the day, Cha Wenbin discovered that there was no plaque in the ancestral hall, only a couplet with mottled handwriting: Kuang Fumin Things are revealed through the ages, and Xie manages the barriers of yin and yang. 【|】

After arriving at the ancestral hall, he signaled everyone to keep quiet. Cha Wenbin put his ear against the wall and listened for a long time, but he didn't come up with any results. There were still some red paint left on the door, and a big green copper lock. It was locked, and the door knocker was also made of copper. Chaozi's headlight shone on the door. After a closer look, he let out a sigh and said in a low voice, "Look, does this door knocker look like the two we saw at the entrance of the village during the day? The face of the stone man is very similar!"

Following his fingers, sure enough, the two door knockers had a square human face, with particularly big eyes, and a copper ring biting into each mouth in the middle, and the huge copper lock was hanging on the copper ring!It seems that the village has a special worship for this face shape!

The blind man clicked his tongue: "I said, my ancestors here don't all have heads like this, square heads, big eyes, no matter how you look at them, they don't look like me or my father..."

Chaozi patted the blind man's head: "You don't understand, it's called abstract art. I've seen a little bit about the culture of Cuba and Shu. How can there be a square-headed person in this world! Come on, let's unlock this lock first." Brother Wenbin, do you think so?"

Cha Wenbin ignored the two bastards, and pinched the copper lock with his fingers. It was very heavy. The lock was of an older type, with a copper core passing through the copper ring and buckled on both sides. This kind of mechanism should be difficult. The three of them couldn't stay, and when Cha Wenbin pulled the lock up, the blind man discovered something again and shouted: "Look, why is the shape of this lock so strange? Make such a monster look!"

Zha Wenbin looked down, his heart was shocked, his eyes were fixed, this monster was none other than the Taotie he saw in his dream, "If I read correctly, this is the Taotie! One of the big beasts, someone used this thing as a lock, this ancestral hall is probably not that simple, you all have to be careful for a while! Don't move around, and don't touch anything inside."

As soon as the blind man heard that the village's ancestral hall was a haunted house, he quit immediately. Why did the Taoist come in and say that his hometown was not good, that was not good, and that the ancestral ancestral hall was not clean. Chaozi was patient and told him He explained: "It is said that Emperor Xuanyuan fought against Chiyou, Chiyou was beheaded, and his head fell to the ground and turned into gluttony. Later, gluttony became a totem and was engraved on various sacrificial vessels. It was often engraved on Dingyi in the Yin and Zhou Dynasties. Taotie, this thing has a ferocious head, piercing eyes, impressive spirit, and protruding nose bridge; the head has a pair of curved animal horns or feet, and the direction of bending seems to be random, or hooked inside like a sheep's horn, or curved like a cow's horn on the outside The giant mouth is wide open, the sharp teeth are like saws, the mouth is slightly curved and hooked inside, or the mouth is tightly locked. It is in the shape of a frontal entanglement, the body is arched, the head is on the ground or water clouds, and there are a pair of sharp claws on both sides, like dog claws or tigers. Claws, with a pair of fleshy wings on both sides, the shape is very similar to the ears, the Shan Hai Jing said that this guy is a cannibal, do you think it is a fierce beast? | Your ancestors are also strange, using this thing to guard the door, really has character!"

Cha Wenbin made a silent gesture and said in a low voice: "Open the door first, but don't destroy every plant and tree here,"

This kind of copper lock is all made of spring cards. Looking at the rusty ones, I don’t know if the springs have failed. Chaozi found a pin from his backpack, fiddled with it a few times and stuffed it into the keyhole, "Kacha " With a sound, a triumphant smile appeared on his face: "It's done!" In fact, it was not difficult for this archaeological team member who was born as a scout to unlock the lock. , Cha Wenbin tried to push the door, but it didn't move at all!Is it tied behind the back?

He motioned for the three of them to push together, and with all his strength, "Kalala, Kalala", an ancient and solemn sound of opening the door slowly came out, opening the ancestral hall that had been closed for many years, and the three of them spent a lot of time Even with all his strength, he only opened the opening that only one person could enter, and a gust of cold air rushed in. Not only did several people shudder, Chaozi turned on the spotlight and took a look inside. There was a large stone tablet in the middle of the ancestral hall. Something blocks the view, and I don't know what's inside

Cha Wenbin closed his eyes and felt for a while, but found nothing unusual. The three of them walked in cautiously, walked towards the stele, and hit the three spotlights. Only then did they see the true face: a big black stone standing on the ground. On the body of a monster with the body of a sheep and a human face, a pair of wings grew on both sides, supporting the huge black stone. The three of them recognized it at a glance, and it was in the shape of a copper lock: Taotie!

If the existence of gluttony patterns in this village made Cha Wenbin very confused, then what he saw next might be even more difficult to explain. A huge Eight Diagrams picture was engraved on this huge stone tablet!The gossip map was actually carried by this ancient beast?What kind of Tao is this?

Chaozi subconsciously pulled out the dagger in the bag, wanted to look closer, but unexpectedly felt a force pulling the knife in his hand, his dagger was made of black iron, why not, Cha Wenbin stopped him : "It turns out that this big rock should be a magnet! As soon as I entered this valley, the compass failed to work normally. Judging from the shaking, I am afraid there is more than one magnet of this size! Be careful and don’t move around.”

Chaozi rolled his eyes at the blind man, thinking who were your ancestors!It's so mysterious, it's a ferocious beast, and it's also a magnet, "Brother Wen Bin, what should we do now?"

Cha Wenbin looked at this pile of things that he had never seen or heard of, and he didn't know what to do for a while, and said for a long time: "I don't know what it means, why is the Bagua map in It appeared in the ancestral hall of this village, and there is still a glutton under it. It is not ruled out that some people in ancient times worshiped fierce beasts, but gossip has been a thing to suppress evil since ancient times. It is obvious why two contradictory things exist. Let's go inside to see Look!" After saying that, he motioned the two of them to bypass the stele, and the moment they passed, the sight of the lights shining on them shocked the three of them: rows of coffins were neatly placed in the room inside , this house has no gate, only a few pillars supporting beams, no matter how stupid people are, they already know where this place is at this moment, this is not an ancestral hall at all, but a righteous village!

Those coffins were obviously arranged according to certain specifications, the most conspicuous one was the one in the middle, a big bronze coffin!The coffin was surprisingly big, more than twice the size of the ordinary wooden coffin next to it, and there was a small bell on each of the two corners of the front coffin, engraved with a picture of thunder clouds, placed in the middle of the room, very It's eye-catching, there are seven oil lamps under the coffin, and there are traces of incense candles outside. Chaozi is an archaeologist. He naturally understands what the bronze coffin means. This thing may have a history of thousands of years.It actually appeared in such a small village in the land of Bashu, who made such a large bronze artifact?And who could build something this big?Before he had time to think about this series of questions, Cha Wenbin over there had already made a gesture to retreat.

Among the three of them, Zha Wenbin is naturally an expert on things in this unknown world, without any procrastination, the three of them retreated carefully outside the door, but fortunately there was no accident, and there was no time to do anything, Zha Wenbin asked the two of them again He closed the door together and did not heave a sigh of relief until the brass lock was locked. Only then did Chaozi realize that Cha Wenbin was already sweating profusely at this moment!

The question in Chaozi's heart, at this moment, the truth was revealed at the moment. Seeing the same inconceivable expression on the opposite Zhuo Xiong, he could only expect that Zha Wenbin would speak. Why did he let himself retreat just now?There are too many questions in this village!