Yin Yang Tomb Raider

Chapter 50 On the river, the red dot

"Old Jiu..." I stopped him and said, "Forget it, think about it, how can a police officer who believes that black is black and white is white, let us die, just listen to her, Lao Jiu, go first."

I gave Lao Jiu a wink, and took Meng Luo's hand to leave. As soon as I walked out, the old woman came up "suddenly" and stared into our eyes. Her eyes and expression were very gloomy, which scared us. At the same time, we took a step back, and the old woman turned around silently. Taking advantage of this time, we rushed downstairs like arrows. When we saw that the backpack was still on the first floor, we picked it up and ran away. Miao Village!

All the way back to the car, we didn't look back. At this moment, there was a burst of crying and crying in front of us. We walked over and saw an old woman kneeling on the ground with a dead body lying in front of her. After just a glance, I looked at Meng Luo in amazement. This girl is the girl who went out in the middle of the night last night!

Her expression was serene, with a smile on her face, her hands were on her chest, and she was holding a small yellow wild flower tightly in her hands. Because of the force, her knuckles protruded, her limbs lay there limp, her hair Neat, with a little yellow flower stuck in my ear, the old woman kneeling next to me kept wiping her eyes, and there was someone comforting softly beside me, my heart felt like I was hit by something, and it hurt, but Meng Luo was indifferent Walking down the mountain, I couldn't hold back my breath: "The girl in the cave must die?"

"Look at her face and hands, where are the injuries?" Monroe stopped and looked at me straight.

I also looked straight at it, because his eyes, his eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, looming, and there were three red spots under the eyelids!

Munro put his hand on his eyes: "what's the matter?"

From Munro's pupils, I saw my own eyes, which were also filled with a layer of mist, and three red spots appeared under the eyelids. I immediately turned my head to look at Lao Jiu, which was the same as ours.

Lao Jiu finally understood: "Tao Ran is really playing with us."

"We've been bewitched." I said, "The old lady rushed here just to make sure, that woman is really speechless."

Behind me, the woman who died peacefully in the cave was lifted up, and she went to the village with a burst of mournful cries. When I heard that cry, I ignored the fact that I had been bewitched, and sighed. He also looks about sixteen or seventeen years old, just at the age of youth, what the hell is the falling hole, just taking the life of a young girl like this?Meng Luo lowered his head and walked down the mountain, Lao Jiu was still cursing, there is a condition for the onset of Gu poison, what is the condition?You must know that some Gu poisons attack extremely quickly, and can kill a person in a few seconds.

I touched my chin, just now in the stilted building, Tao Ran winked at me, implying that we should leave as soon as possible, does this mean that she has no intention of hurting us?Suddenly his heart was up and down, and Lao Jiu said at this moment: "Lin Tianyi, what should I do?"

"The hanging coffin is a must." I gritted my teeth and said, "Just fight."

Feeling the scorching gaze behind her head, she turned around abruptly, and saw someone hiding behind a tree, but her exposed shoes revealed her identity. In the Miao village in the deep mountains, who would wear such shoes? Trendy sneakers?
I suddenly realized that Tao Ran was Tao Ran, she was so disgusted with killing people, how could she kill us?Even if I dealt with Hua Ji last time, it was to blackmail the people who released the archaeological team. I finally made up my mind: "Let's go down the mountain."

After Tao Ran had disappeared, Meng Luo muttered, "Where are we going to find the hanging coffin?"

"I'm going to ask Lao Jiu about this." I looked back, and the crying behind me also disappeared: "Dong Shen, if there is a Dong Shen in this mountain, it will be a real god."

Lao Jiu didn't take it seriously: "If we haven't encountered it, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Those things you encountered before, have you seen them before?"

His one sentence made me dumb, and I immediately changed the subject: "Okay, it's important to find the cliff coffin. They just told us not to open the coffin. If we don't, it's fine. Maybe someone will open it for us."

From what the old woman said, it seems that no one who came before us was caught.

The burial site for hanging coffins is generally chosen on a high cliff facing a river, with the coffins ranging from a dozen to tens of meters above the water surface, and some are even hundreds of meters higher.

Other burial styles are also different, there is a pile-wood frame type, that is, one end of the coffin is placed in a natural cave or rock crevice, and the other end is placed on a wooden pile on the cliff; there is also a natural cave type, that is, a natural cave on the cliff of the Linjiang River. After a little renovation, the coffin is placed in the cave; there is a manual excavation of horizontal caves, that is, on the wall of the Linjiang River, a rectangular horizontal shell is manually excavated, and the side of the coffin is exposed; there is also a manual excavation of square caves, that is, on the Linjiang River cliff. First, a square hole is dug by hand, or a natural cave can be used to make a square hole, and the coffin is placed in it; Put the coffin on it.

Although the burial methods of these hanging coffins are different, they all have one thing in common. Linjiang River must be on the water!
If you find water, you will find the hanging coffin. This is for sure. We thought of the most convenient way, which is to climb high and look at the water. Leaving aside the mountain where the Miao Village lives, climb another high mountain peak and stand halfway up the mountain. Looking down, I saw a lake faintly, hidden in the mountains and forests, with a hint of green.

The green color reminds me of tourmaline—a dark green tourmaline. It is quiet, noble, and dignified. That's how the lake surface feels to me. "Old Jiu, look, there are cliffs on the edge of the lake, right?" I regretted that I didn't bring my binoculars, and I tried my best to widen my eyes, but I couldn't see very clearly. The only thing I can be sure of is that there is only this water surface around here.

Lao Jiu raised his toes and took a look, while Meng Luo quietly took out the compass and fixed the direction: "It's roughly southwest, and I went along here to have a look."

Southwest, we locked our target and went down the mountain to the southwest. Along the way, the three of us didn't talk much. Lao Jiu and I were used to making jokes, but now we're not in the mood either. It's all because of the redness in our eyes.

The mountains in Xiangxi are independent and support each other. The vegetation coverage of the mountains is quite high, dense and verdant. If someone walks through the mountains without attracting attention, it is luck to see a little green just now. Let's walk through In the forest, listening to all kinds of voices coming from below and around, the atmosphere became more and more strange.

"Lin Tianyi, this place is really gloomy, there seem to be voices coming from the front, back, left, and right sides." Lao Jiu began to break the silence: "You two are just talking, don't stay like this."

"Is there anything to say, let's discuss whether Tao Ran will quickly help us get rid of the Gu?" I said angrily, "What did I do to mess with the two of you and make me feel ashamed? Money Ah, the source of all evil, damn it, if it weren't for the fire, I would still be living in peace in the antique shop!"

Lao Jiu smiled: "Don't be so depressed, everyone is destined to be together, there is a reason for it, besides, you didn't get a blessing in disguise, now you can live a more comfortable life than before, not to mention making a comeback."

I stopped, pointed to the tree trunk by the side of the road and said: "Look, this is a newly drawn mark. The bark is turned over, and the mark is very deep. It is not only on this tree, but all the way here, every once in a while. , you can see the imprint."

Just use a tool to scratch the bark randomly, the bark turned up slightly, exposing the core inside, every tree here is at least a hundred years old, the bark is thick, it takes a little effort to cut it open Yes, although I was muffled, I counted them along the way, and this is already the sixth one. In this way, it is not a coincidence at all, it was deliberately done by someone.

In this dense forest, to beware of getting lost, it is the easiest way to make obvious marks on the trees. Anyone with a little experience in wild life can do it. However, this strength is not something ordinary people can do.

"That group of people already got there first?" Lao Jiu said.

Lin Tianyi suddenly said: "If you follow these marks, it's not the southwest direction, they have deviated from the route."

He pointed to the front: "We should go around this tree and go forward. This is the direction to reach the lake we just saw in a straight line. The compass will not make mistakes."

We decided to believe in Lin Tianyi, put aside those damn marks, and followed him to find the lake. About an hour later, we found the lake deep in the forest. Looking at it from a close distance, the greenness of the lake is even more impressive. People are shocked, it is as big as a football field, on the opposite cliff, there is clearly a narrow fan-shaped hole, but no coffin, across the lake, there are densely packed holes on the cliff!

Not a single blade of grass grows on the cliff, even on the top of the cliff, there are only some scattered trees. It is completely different from the dense forest just now, and suddenly gives off a sense of depression.

The hanging coffins found in various places have different burial utensils and ages.In Fujian, there are mostly boat-shaped coffins dug out of whole wood, in Sichuan, mostly rectangular coffins dug out of whole wood, and in the hanging coffins of Xiangxi, the coffins are also boat-shaped dug out of whole wood, but these caves look empty. Looking across the lake, our biggest problem now is to find that group of people, right?

"How about sitting on the tree and waiting for the rabbit?" Lao Jiu said cheerfully.

"It's not bad, but..." I looked at the openings, and thought of Tao Ran's emphasis not to open the coffin lid. If you can't see the hanging coffin, how can you open the coffin lid?I couldn't control my curiosity, so I stretched out my hand and slapped myself, calm down, I must calm down, what did the professor say?Curiosity killed the cat, I am the cat who can't hold back curiosity now, "Let's just sit back and wait."

Looking around, only the forest is the most natural protective barrier. We hid ourselves in the forest, ate some dry food and water, and waited quietly for the arrival of the group of people. After passing by, there was still no shadow of the group of guys, and Meng Luo suddenly stood up: "I'm going to pee."

(End of this chapter)