Yin Yang Tomb Raider

Chapter 159 An Arrow in the Mouth, Touching the Gold Captain
Lao Jiu leaned down half of his body, and then came out: "It is very clear that the mercury in the pool has completely vaporized, how do you feel?"

Munro looked uncomfortable, bent his body from time to time, and looked disgusted. Lao Jiu was not in a hurry to go down: "The space below is completely enclosed, and the concentration of mercury inside is very high. You can't go down now. Wait until the gas comes out and the concentration is no longer so high."

Lao Jiu was a little out of breath, and the volume had to be high enough for everyone to hear. During this period, Qin Baichuan stood beside him silently. After a quarter of an hour, we finally started to go down, using the rope, first Lao Jiu, then Tao Ran, then Qin Baichuan and Meng Luo, this arrangement naturally makes sense, no matter whether Qin Baichuan is above or below, it is always a one-to-two state.

The pool of mercury has completely dried up. Just beside the pool of mercury is an ordinary red coffin, so ordinary that the paint on the outside has peeled off. Looking at this place, it is also a square tomb. It feels the same specifications as the stone chamber above, and there is no Of any funerary objects, the only eye-catching thing is a square slightly protruding piece on the wall, and then this red coffin.

Like a beast approaching its prey, Qin Baichuan approached excitedly and skillfully opened the coffin nails. We also approached involuntarily. Qin Baichuan was about to approach, but Lao Jiu grabbed him: "Look what's in the corner?"

There was a candle in the corner of the tomb, to be exact, the southeast corner. Tao Ran asked suspiciously, "What does that candle represent?"

"I've heard that the only one who can light candles in the southeast corner is Captain Touching Jin." I said: "Send the seal of the mound, touch the golden talisman, and move mountains and mountains to find the dragon formula; Seeking the star peak; Mercury spots, raising bright objects, countless visits to the Dragon Tower Hall; Sinking coffin, bronze coffin, the characters are not hard to come near; vertical burial pits, box graves, moving around mountains and mountains; Face to face with a corpse, laughing at ghosts is better than listening to ghosts cry. Mojin Xiaowei is one of the four ancient tomb robber sects in legend."

When the captains of Mojin were working, each of them wore amulets made of pangolin claws. Whenever a large tomb was excavated, a candle was lit in the underground palace of the tomb and placed in the southeast corner.Then open the coffin to touch the gold. The most valuable things of the dead are often carried on their bodies. Some tomb owners above the princes have pearls in their mouths, gold and jade on their bodies, heart-protecting jade on their chests, and wishful jade in their hands. Even the anus is stuffed with gemstones.At this time, the hands must not damage the remains of the deceased, and lightly touch from the top of the head to the soles of the feet, and in the end one or two treasures will be left for the deceased.

During this period, if the candle in the southeast corner is extinguished, you must put back the property you have received, kowtow three times respectfully, and go back the same way.The scientific reason for doing this is to prevent the bad air in the tomb. After the candle is extinguished and exits the tomb, it will ensure that people will not be poisoned by the bad air.

The so-called crowing of the cock does not touch gold. Once you enter the tomb, you cannot touch the coffin after the crowing of the cock, because every world has its own laws. The world after the crowing of the cock belongs to Yang, and the yin of the night must be avoided at this time. This is called "Yang people go on the road, Yin people avoid, and the cock crows without touching gold." 'The world after the golden rooster crows no longer belongs to tomb robbers. If the rules are broken, the patriarch will definitely punish you. You must believe in these things, otherwise there will be a day when you can't eat and walk around. This rule must be obeyed by the disciples .

I suddenly understood: "There are candles here, so Captain Mojin once came here!"

Lao Jiu nodded: "That's right, and it must have been not long ago, do you know why?"

"Because there is a pool of mercury here, it is difficult to get in without a gas mask. When we come down, we will not only see candles, but also corpses." I said, "So, someone successfully entered and retired. The protective measures against vaporized mercury will not be very early, all this shows that there must be a way out, we are saved, old nine!"

Lao Jiu jumped up excitedly, this old boy finally got excited now, but he immediately got up "Ai yo" because of the injury on his body, at this time, Qin Baichuan suddenly opened the coffin, and saw lying inside A corpse, but male and female could not be distinguished, and he was tightly pressed against one side of the coffin, and there was an empty side beside him, and it would be enough to stuff another corpse on the other side. Shoufu judged the age, the body was wrapped in a whole piece of cloth, the belly was swollen high, and the cheeks were the same. "What's the matter? Pregnant woman?" Tao Ran was shocked: "Is it a female corpse?"

The old Jiu Lao said straightforwardly: "How is it possible? This is corpse poison. The corpse is very mildly decomposed, which means that it was drunk with mercury, but the stomach is so bulging, it may be injected with other poisons before or after death."

I also have some knowledge about corpse poison. One is the corpse fluid secreted by ordinary corpses. The corpse fluid contains poison. This is the form, before or after death, mercury and poisons have been taken for antisepsis and anti-theft. Once touched, corpse poison will be sprayed from the mouth. People who are touched by corpse poison will die in severe cases, or disfigured in mild cases , there must be a loss.

It is said that at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, there was a group of tomb robbers in Luoyang. The leader was Zhu. This man had a nickname called Zhu Qilian. Why did he have this nickname? It turned out that he encountered a strange thing when he was digging the Yongchang Mausoleum of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin. : After he pried open the coffin, he found that Zhao Kuangyin's body was still intact. He wanted to take off the jade belt tied on Zhao Kuangyin's body, but the body was too heavy to take it by force. Under the corpse's shoulders, put one head on his body, facing the corpse, pulled the corpse up, and took advantage of the momentum to untie the jade belt.Unexpectedly, the corpse sprayed a stream of black mucus on his face, which could not be washed off, and turned into a red face.

Lao Jiu smiled and said to Qin Baichuan: "Come on, you are the best at this."

Lao Jiu signaled us to stay away. Qin Baichuan stood in front of us, picked up a stone on the ground, weighed it in his hand a few times, and slammed it on the stomach of the corpse. Only the upper body of the corpse was seen. Sitting up suddenly, a stream of liquid spewed out of my mouth, and at the same time as it splashed out, I also heard a "swish", first a stream of black liquid spurted out strongly, and fell outside the coffin with a "hissing" sound , and at the same time, a puff of black smoke and a foul smell came out, and at the same time, Qin Baichuan suddenly let out a strange cry. The "whoosh" just now was a small arrow ejected from the mouth of the corpse. Qin Baichuan's reaction It was still fast, and he wore a gas mask on his face, but when he was dodging, the arrow pierced his forehead before falling to the ground. That part happened to be unblocked by the gas mask, and now there is a long bloodstain there. The blood immediately dripped down! !

I took a closer look and saw that the arrow actually shot into the wall, and the edge of the wound on Qin Baichuan's forehead immediately turned black, and Lao Jiu's complexion sank: "I really think highly of you, even the arrow in my mouth cannot be avoided. "

"What is the arrow in the mouth?" I was still in shock, Qin Baichuan squatted down in pain, covering the wound with his hands: "Save me, save me quickly, otherwise you will never know what happened back then."

Lao Jiu laughed immediately, and as soon as this mischievous smile came out, he began to make his own calculations: "Arrow in the mouth, this kind of mechanism is straightforward, the mystery is in the mouth, a thread as thin as a hair, pulling The arrows stained with venom are pierced through the teeth. Once the mouth is opened and the teeth are opened, the thread will be broken naturally, and the arrow will be fired from this. It’s wrong, the speed of the arrow in the mouth is very fast, and the head of the human body is very close to the corpse. Generally speaking, the hit rate is [-]%. Some people are lucky today, and the distance is far away, and the thread is corroded by the venom. broken."

"This arrow is smeared with blood to seal the throat." Lao Jiu said, "It is extracted from a highly poisonous plant, poison arrow wood. In ancient times, it was often painted on swords and arrows to slaughter wild animals or enemies. "

"Is there any chance of recovery?" I echoed, "Looking at his appearance, the injury is not serious."

When Qin Baichuan heard the words "blood seals the throat", his already ugly face became even uglier, "Maybe you can be saved if you suck the poison out." Lao Jiu said, "Whether the poison has spread to the whole body now or not. "

"It's none of my business, I don't smoke." I immediately took a few steps back: "I don't care whether he dies or not, Lao Jiu, I don't care about what he knows, you know."

Tao Ran and Meng Luo exchanged glances, and immediately said, "Don't count on me."

Munro smiled and shook his head: "I won't."

One of Lao Jiu's eyes narrowed, and he touched his injured half of the face again: "After all, none of you are willing to help, I'm the only one, right?"

"He is your senior brother." Tao Ran added fuel to the fire, "It depends on whether you are willing to save him."

Qin Baichuan suddenly pounced on Lao Jiu, as if he was going to cut Lao Jiu's neck, unexpectedly, his knees softened suddenly, and half of his body hung on Lao Jiu: "Junior brother, we are from the same school anyway, you must Save me, you must!"

"I will suck out the poisonous blood for you, and you tell me everything." Lao Jiu said coldly: "This deal is concluded, I will start right away, time is just tight for you."

Qin Baichuan was afraid of death and would do anything to protect himself. All the previous incidents revealed this point. The more careless Lao Jiu became, the more anxious he became. Seeing that the three of us were indifferent, Lao Jiu became firm again. Qin Baichuan finally began to panic : "Are you really going to do this?"

"Brother, you can call the sniper to warn me, am I going too far?" Lao Jiu said coldly: "You better speak quickly, time waits for no one."

Qin Baichuan's scratched wound began to swell up, perhaps because he felt the change on his forehead, Qin Baichuan kept panting, and if he wanted to blame it, he could blame this gas mask, the old model used to cover his entire face , for the convenience of carrying and lightening the weight of the new model, the upper part of the nose is completely exposed to the outside, Qin Baichuan's trick has something to do with it.

"I said..." Qin Baichuan said sadly, "I'll tell you everything!"

(End of this chapter)