death row

Chapter 40

I saw on the tombstone that it said "the tomb of my beloved daughter Xue Yinfei. Father Xue Changshan and mother Ding Guilan." The date shows that the child was born in 02 and died in 11 years.

I was shaking like chaff, could there really be ghosts in this world?Then will the two grandchildren I killed haunt me forever?
"You can be sure that you are not blind?" Gou Changqing frowned.

"Absolutely not. Although my eyes can't compare with the third's, it's definitely 1.5." I said confidently.

"Otherwise, let's go back to Huanglong Village and ask if there is a Xue family in their village," Lu Yufan said.

"If this child is from Huanglong Village, why was he buried on the mountain after he died? There is a cemetery in their village. Didn't you see it?" I said.

"Yeah, it's meaningless to go back and ask, maybe she's not from Huanglong Village at all."

"That's right, this kid is not from Huanglong Village." A forest ranger in a crumpled brown suit, blue cloth trousers and black rubber shoes came from the depths of the forest as he spoke.

"Do you know this kid?" I said.

"Of course I know them. Their family is from Siping Village in the north of Huanglong Mountain." The man showed his big yellow teeth and said. I don't know why, but I seem to smell an extremely strong stench.

"I don't think the child is very old, is he sick?"

Hearing this question, the ranger frowned and shook his head and said: "This child, including everyone buried in the cemetery, is from Siping Village. Speaking of which, the people in this village are too miserable. One day at the end of December two years ago, four children were buried in a place at the foot of the mountain. A bomb left by the Japanese army was dug out in the soil layer, and the child didn't know what it was, so he unintentionally touched the fuse and detonated the bomb."

"This child was killed by a bomb? It's too tragic." I felt a pain in my heart when I heard it. This little devil who committed crimes has been defeated for so many years, and his mother's ghost still lingers.

"Yes, but there is no way, this is life." The ranger sighed.

I didn't tell him about the haunting, there's no need for it, and it won't solve anything if you tell him.

"The four of you are here for that zombie?" the forest guard suddenly asked.

"Yes, you are a forest ranger. Are you still in the mountains at this time, aren't you afraid?" Gou Changqing asked.

"There is nothing to be afraid of. People who are not familiar with this mountain will be dangerous if they rush into it. People like us who live in the mountains all the year round know where to go and where not to go, but..." He seemed to want to Stop talking.

"Just say it."

"If you are willing to listen to my persuasion, walk along this mountain road, and if you see a stone engraved with the words "Xuantian Water Cave", you should go back, and don't go any further. , the old dragon is making trouble there, if you meet that thing and say an unlucky word, your bones will be broken."

I really understand what the "old dragon" is in his mouth, because grave robbers also commonly use these two words.

The "Old Dragon" is a huge python. Because cold-blooded animals have a long life span, as long as the environment allows it, its body will continue to grow. The "Old Dragon's Nest" is actually the nest of a super giant python. If there is an Old Dragon's Nest near the grave, Tomb robbers must be kept at a respectful distance, because the giant python has spirituality when it grows to a certain extent.

In a certain mountain in Guizhou, a forklift driver killed a 16-meter-long python by shoveling it to death. The driver chewed his tongue and spurted blood to death shortly thereafter.

After saying this, the ranger smiled stiffly and said goodbye to us and left.

"The village party secretary said that there are old snake spirits in the woods. Could it be true?" Lu Yufan said.

"It doesn't matter whether it's true or not, we have to go in and have a look, and we can't give up the mission just because of his words." Gou Changqing said.

"It's not ridiculous, what should we do if we really encounter a snake spirit? The most taboo thing for grave robbers is to kill old living things, and they will be punished by heaven." I said with lingering fear.Although I succeeded in "dissuading" a bunch of snakes before, they were just small snakes, and I was not sure about controlling a super giant python.

"Don't worry, everyone. If there really is a snake spirit in there, I'm sure I'll find it right away. If not, we'll go deeper. If there's one, we'll evacuate." Xiao Liuzi said.

Seeing his serious expression, he didn't look like he was joking, so I said, "Are you sure? Don't be blindly confident and put us all in."

"Don't worry, don't forget that my master is a tomb robber, and he doesn't have any tricks to find snakes and drive them away?"

Skilled tomb robbers do know a lot of ancient secrets, because the cemetery is a place where strange things happen frequently. Without these as a guarantee, some large tombs are really difficult to get. Of course, a third-rate tomb robber like me must not understand these.

With his guarantee, we continued to move forward, and soon saw a huge dark blue stone lying across the mountain road not far away, with four huge characters "Xuantian Water Cave" engraved on the surface of the stone.

We walked forward cautiously with guns in hand. After half an hour, we arrived at the entrance of Xuantian Water Cave. From a close distance, the stone was even bigger, about four or five meters high. It could almost be regarded as a small mountain, and the surface had been chiseled. , very flat, which shows the effort of the engraver.

"Who do you think carved these four characters? It took a lot of effort." I admired.

"Be extra careful." Gou Changqing urged.

The yellow fruit forest here is more lush. There is a huge oak tree in the center of the territory. Some green leaves and pink stamens still grow on the dense branches. Some dandelion-like flying catkins float around the tree. It looks like a fairyland. In the distance, there seems to be a cave covered by a water curtain, just like a water curtain cave, and the sound of the gurgling stream flowing is clearly transmitted to our ears.

Just looking at the scenery, this is a very beautiful area, I said to Xiaoliuzi: "Hurry up, hook that old snake out and let's have a look."

Xiao Liuzi looked around carefully, pinched his fingers and said: "If there is really a giant python hidden here, the lair must be in the east."

I was puzzled and said, "There are four directions, south, east, north, and west. Why do you say that the snake's nest is in the east?"

Xiaoliuzi didn't answer my question, but took out a wooden gourd from the package, then poured some white powder into the grass, mixed with withered grass and ignited, a thick white smoke rose immediately, looked up and looked around, Pointing to the oak tree, he said, "Where is the leeward vent? Only in the leeward place can the giant snake be unable to catch the human body odor molecules. It is the safest hiding place." After that, he led us to hide behind the oak tree.

I don't understand Little Six's behavior at all. Of course, I know in my heart that this is the gap between top tomb robbers and third-rate tomb robbers.

After a while, I saw mice coming out of the mud and grass from behind the stone, and they filed out one by one to form a circle around the white smoke. Lifting his head and inhaling the white smoke greedily, it's not the smoke that circulates in the lungs from his mouth, he looks like an old smoker.

We were all amazed when we saw it, and we only heard Xiaoliuzi say: "This is a mixture of dried crab shells and raw lacquer. Rats like to smell the smell after being ignited. If there are really old snakes here, they will definitely be attracted by rats." out."

I said: "You haven't answered the question yet, how can you judge that the snake's nest is in the east?"

"The water moves from east to west, and the terrain is naturally high in the east and low in the west. Living things must take high ground to make their holes. Don't you understand this truth?" I asked with a fever on my face.

Lu Yufan suddenly said, "Keep your voice down, I think something is going to happen."

Sure enough, those busy "smoking" mice turned their heads neatly to the east, and after a while, they filed forward and walked forward in a "neat" line. Looking in the direction of the mice, I could clearly see Behind a stone next to the dirt road, a giant boa constrictor covered with black background and gold spots lay motionless, with a big mouth, and the mice lined up neatly and got into its mouth without hesitation.

The snake's head is as thick as an adult's thigh, and its body is as thick as a stone pillar. Its head is at least ten meters away from the nest, and part of its body has not come out of the cave. This shows that this giant python How big is it, and the pattern of gold spots on the black background is not common for ordinary snakes. It seems that this must be an old snake spirit.

(End of this chapter)