The Witch of Xiangxi

Chapter 62 The Underground Cave

Xia Xiangxi always felt that Ma Po must know where her grandfather was, but she deliberately didn't tell her.

After waiting for a whole day without seeing grandpa come back, Xia Xiangxi couldn't sit still, and went out to find grandpa regardless of the getting late.

Only then did Ma Po speak, and said, "Your grandfather told you to wait for him at home when he went out. He will be back tomorrow at the most." She said nothing to block Xia Xiangxi from going out.

Xia Xiangxi guessed right at this moment that Ma Po knew where her grandfather was going, but what she didn't guess was that the first reason why grandpa went out behind her back was because Ma Po heard her talking with He Xuan.The second reason, which is the bottom line reason why Grandpa and Ma Po concealed her, is that what Grandpa is going to do is actually related to Xia Xiangxi.

Grandpa went to the grave that He Xuan and the others had just dug.

He Xuan was very willing to follow his grandfather to visit.Before going through the matter of Huanhuan, he also regarded the ghost talk as nonsense.Now he is convinced.One of the purposes of his trip this time was also to get Grandpa out.That tomb was really weird, it hadn't been excavated yet, and the hair that came from nowhere had already cost them one person. He had always been worried that there was a very powerful zombie hidden in that tomb.Grandpa is gone, so he can help them a lot.

That night, it was Grandpa who called He Xuan into the room. Hearing what He Xuan said about the tomb, and seeing the photo in the pocket watch that seemed to be Xia Xiangxi, Grandpa was even more determined to go to the tomb. I've been there for a while.

That place is not far from Sanwanggou.The local people call it Jiguanshi.Probably there was a raw stone that looked like a cockscomb, but He Xuan had never seen such a stone when he got there.A place name is a landmark, or the name is called out in confusion, and it is used separately.

At first, everyone didn't pay attention when they entered there, they just thought that the valley where the tomb was found was no different from other places.After measuring with an altimeter, it was discovered that the valley was lower than the average valley.The gap has widened to several hundred meters, which is almost comparable to the altitude of coastal areas.

Grandpa frowned the first time he stepped here.He said to He Xuan: "The yin energy here is too heavy, and it must be a yin evil!"

He Xuan didn't notice anything else, the temperature here was much colder than other places, but he did feel it.It is humid and hot in other places, but here it seems that it is a late season. Wearing long-sleeved clothes makes my bones ache from the cold.No, everyone has put on the sweaters that are ready to be pressed at the bottom of the box!

In addition, it is easy to get confused in this valley. The surrounding mountains are too high, and they look like the same mountain walls. It’s okay in the morning, but after nine o’clock in the sun, it’s easy to see until the evening. Those who are dizzy and can't tell the north from the south have to use the compass to organize each word into the wrong direction of the whole article.

The excavation has been progressing very slowly. In addition to the terrible poisonous gas, the diamond-hard soil layer is also a major problem hindering the progress of the excavation.

After Grandpa entered the valley, he walked around and took a look at the feng shui here.The old man's complexion was not very good all the time, and he was chanting some old sayings that He Xuan didn't understand at all.Ordinary people can't talk to the old man, he only cares about the Feng Shui here.

There is an archaeological expert named Zhong Ming, in his 50s, who is the central figure among the archaeologists in this area, and everyone respectfully calls him Professor Zhong.When he heard his grandfather talking about Feng Shui, he stopped what he was doing and chatted with his grandfather.

Professor Zhong has seen a lot of ancient tombs all over the country, and knows a lot about ancient tombs. He knows that the tombs of various royal tombs, even the tombs of ancient eunuchs and merchants are also particular.Regarding this, he didn’t see where geomantic omen was playing a role. At first he objected to the excavation of this tomb, thinking that even if it was dug, it would be useless, since there are tombs that are the wild burial places of mountain villagers, and it would not be useful to unearth them. Cultural relics have no historical value worth studying.The main thing was the weird woman's hair, which aroused his curiosity, thinking that there might be some ancient creatures here?If it is discovered, the value of the research is no worse than the discovery of the tomb.

Seeing that his grandfather and Professor Zhong were having a good chat, He Xuan stopped accompanying him and went to the tent area to help him set up a tent. Grandpa will also live here at night.

After he finished setting up the tent, he went to look for his grandfather. Both grandfather and Professor Zhong were gone.When I asked others, it was when the big guys were resting. Grandpa and Professor Zhong went to the side of the grave to talk.He Xuan immediately thought of that weird hair, and was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.After asking everyone to search elsewhere, but they couldn't find Grandpa and Professor Zhong, He Xuan figured it out, thinking that Grandpa and Professor Zhong probably fell into that grave.

Regardless of other people's obstruction, he put on a gas mask, took a flashlight, and was dragged into the grave with a rope.Two young soldiers followed, one named Xiao Zhao and the other Xiao Xie.

After entering the tomb, He Xuan realized that everyone had misunderstood that this was not a tomb, but a cave.The faint cold wind came from nowhere, mixed with the stench of fresh blood.He Xuan's heart sank, feeling that if Grandpa and Professor Zhong had fallen from above, the fall would have cost them half their lives.

But he and the two soldiers took photos with flashlights, and there were no figures of Grandpa and Professor Zhong around, and no blood was seen.I only saw the bottomless depth of the cave.

He Xuan was in the front, followed by two little soldiers, and they walked slowly into the cave.

Because of the wind, it proves that this is a living cave, so there is no need to worry about insufficient oxygen and suffocation.

After walking for a while, He Xuan set the direction with a compass, and then looked at the data displayed on the electronic altimeter. The altitude here is already a negative number.The so-called "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers", the two young soldiers did not feel afraid, but joked, saying that if they continue to go down, will they reach the center of the earth?

Xiao Xie said: "If you go to the center of the earth, do you think you can pick up diamonds?"

Xiao Zhao laughed and said, "Let's pull it down! This is not South Africa, and it might be real if we picked up coal balls!"

After speaking, the two of them giggled and laughed, echoing in the cave, the sound was so loud that it hurt people's ears.Even so, He Xuan didn't stop the two of them from talking and laughing, because he had long heard the almost distorted laughter, how fake it was, and it was clearly a pretending to be bold.

After walking for a while, the space of the cave became larger. In addition, looking at the data from the altimeter, it also showed that they were not going down now. The terrain of the cave slowed down and became almost parallel.This time they were almost at the end of the cave.

At this moment, a black shadow seemed to flash past them.Xiao Zhao and Xiao Xie couldn't help but exclaimed "Who", and what came back was their echo.

After that, I heard rustling, steel clashing, that was General Zhao Xiaoxie pulling out the sheath with his dagger.

He Xuan's nerves also tensed up, and he freed his right hand to hold the handle of the dagger, but he didn't pull it out, because he knew that a sharp weapon could defend himself, but it was meant to hurt the target.If it is a ghost or a zombie, the dagger is equivalent to scrap iron, and it is useless.

The only thing that made him lucky was that they didn't find the shadow of Grandpa and Professor Zhong here, or Grandpa and the others went to other places and left the valley, but everyone didn't see it.Because the front has reached the end of the cave.

The space here is larger, as if it has been artificially leveled, and the gravel cracks on the ground have been filled.He Xuan sniffed harder, and there was still a smell in the air, an indescribable aroma, and a stench of burnt protein, similar to the smell of burnt human hair.

Nothing to discover, no treasures or tombs here.There is nothing, just a long stone slab the size of a single bed in the center, on which it looks like a person is sleeping, covered with a black quilt.He Xuan saw that the stone looked strange, and was thinking of walking over to have a closer look, at this moment, Xiao Zhao suddenly cried out, saying that there was a snake entangled his feet, and Xiao Xie jumped to the ground in fright. On the other hand, he didn't know if he didn't stand firmly when his feet fell, or if there was nothing entangled, he fell all of a sudden.

In a hurry, He Xuan shone a flashlight at the feet of the two people. He didn't see a snake, but he saw hair that was more terrifying than a snake.It was the hair, a lot of hair was wrapped around Xiao Zhao and Xiao Xie's feet like snakes.

Xiao Zhao and Xiao Xie also saw it clearly, and each used their daggers to cut at the hair that appeared out of nowhere and entangled them. The situation encountered when the companion of the mummy.Fear instantly magnified infinitely.The bravery of Xiao Zhao and Xiao Xie was blown away like a gust of wind, and this hair became their terrible nightmare. Xiao Xie, who was a little younger, was so frightened that he cried aloud, his eyes widened while chopping those hairs , shouting "Don't, don't touch me, I don't want to die here..."

He Xuan hurriedly shouted: "Don't use a dagger, use a lighter!"

But he forgot the old saying "one hundred secrets one sparse." Neither he nor the two little soldiers liked to smoke, and there was no lighter on them.In addition, while he was trying to save Xiao Zhao and Xiao Xie, his legs were also entangled by hair.

Like wires, the strands of hair tightly bound his legs, and at the same time he felt the pain of his legs being pricked by needles. When he pulled up his trousers and shone them with a flashlight, he saw those The hair stuck into the flesh of his leg like a leech, and the fresh blood on his body was continuously being sucked by those hair.

(End of this chapter)