Anecdote of the Yellow River

Chapter 42
It is said that when making a wax corpse, all the internal organs of the martyr should be emptied, and then filled with antiseptic materials.Finally, put the sacrificial body into the hot wax oil, so that the wax oil evenly wraps the surface of the corpse, and after cooling and air-drying, the wax corpse will not rot for a thousand years, and it will always look lifelike.There is also a rumor that living people are used to make wax corpses, which can make the wax corpses more vivid.The wax corpse is a symbol of dignity, and those who want to become the wax corpse have to go through strict screening.

When I thought of the living dead people standing on both sides, I couldn't help but feel a shudder running down my spine.I suddenly felt that they were not exquisite works of art, but symbols of the evil of the feudal dynasty.Just try to think about it, in a dark underground passage, there are dead people standing on both sides, and there are so many dead people looking straight at you like that, what kind of mood would you feel?Even though I am an archaeologist, I can't help but feel a little chilly in my heart.

"Gu Meidi, what are you doing? Let's go!" I turned around and called Gu Meidi, and found that she was staring at a wax corpse in a daze, with a strange expression on her face, and she called three times in a row. Come to yourself.

"Let's go, Professor Ye has gone to the front!" I said.

After walking a few steps, I couldn't help asking her: "What happened to you just now? Why were you so dazed? I thought you were bewitched?"

In the hazy darkness, Gu Mei Di suddenly took my hand.

My heart trembled, and a strange feeling came to my heart, embarrassment, joy, and happiness, is this little girl confessing to me?Tsk tsk, she finally couldn't help it anymore, I knew that no one could resist my handsome face.

Gu Meidi leaned against me again, this ambiguous little gesture made me very happy, is she eating my tofu?Well, let her eat if she wants to, it doesn't matter if I sacrifice a little.But she is so proactive, shouldn't I also respond?
Just when I was wondering whether to put my arms around her waist or give her a kiss, Gu Meidi suddenly whispered in my ear: "Just now I saw that wax corpse smiling at me... at me... "

A chill ran up my spine, and my vest was instantly drenched in cold sweat: "What are you talking about? The wax corpse is smiling at you? Are you kidding me! I'm so brave, don't try to scare me!" I!"

Gu Meidi's tone was serious: "I swear I'm not joking!"

"Is that because your eyes are dazzled?" In any case, I don't believe that the wax corpse that has been dead for thousands of years can still grin. What a weird picture, this kind of picture will only appear in horror movies.

"I'm not dazzled! Absolutely not! I stared at that wax corpse for a long time, and I saw him slowly grinning, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised..." Gu Meidi said, his voice began to tremble uncontrollably .

I heard that Gu Meidi's tone didn't sound like she was lying, but for a while I couldn't figure it out, so I could only comfort her and say: "We are all atheists, don't be suspicious, but everything can find a reasonable and scientific answer." Explain!" After a pause, I continued, "Maybe it's because of some hallucinations after taking the drug, after all, the drug has not completely dissipated!"

"Illusion? Then why didn't I see you as Takeshi Kaneshiro!" Gu Meidi pouted and didn't continue.

"Takeshi Kaneshiro? Is Takeshi Kaneshiro as handsome as I am? Tch!" I was aggrieved in my heart, I am already old and want to pursue stars!

After walking a few steps forward, Gu Mei Di grabbed my hand again and hissed: "Wait! Did you hear anything?"

"What sound?" I pricked up my ears and listened for a while, the secret passage was very quiet, "I said Gu Meidi, don't be suspicious, okay, we..."

Before I finished speaking, Professor Ye in front of me stopped suddenly and asked us, "Did you two hear anything?"

Ok?
What did they all hear?

Why didn't I hear it?
I dug my ears vigorously. I haven’t dug my earwax for a long time. Could it be that too much earwax hinders my hearing?
Swish!Swish!
This time I heard clearly, there were bursts of strange sounds coming from both sides of the secret passage, the sound seemed to be something crawling.

Gu Meidi said: "I told you that there is something unusual in the secret way, you still don't believe it!"

"Don't be nervous!" I tried to comfort Gu Meidi, and at the same time comforted myself, "Maybe it's a mouse or something! You know, this dark underground environment is a breeding ground for mice, and it's inevitable that some mice will build their nests here!"

"Come and see this wax corpse!" Professor Ye greeted us.

Gu Meidi and I moved closer together, and I heard Professor Ye say, "Why do I feel that this wax corpse is laughing?"

The wax corpse is laughing? !
It was so cold that I couldn't help shivering.

Just now Gu Meidi told me that the wax corpses are laughing. These wax corpses have been dead for thousands of years. Is there anything weird about these wax corpses?
I looked carefully at the wax corpse in front of me, and slowly I found that the serious and cold warrior face had gradually changed. The corner of the warrior's mouth was slightly raised, and it turned into a smiling face. It seemed that he really As if smiling at us.The problem is that the face of the wax corpse is covered with a layer of oil wax, so the surface of the face is very stiff, but the corners of the mouth are smiling, which makes the smile of the wax corpse look weird and unspeakable.

I couldn't help but took a step back and rubbed my eyes to make sure that my eyes were not dazzled, and I couldn't help feeling chills in my heart.Even when I was in the underwater ancient tower, I was never so nervous as I am now. I even felt that my little heart was already attached to my chest, and it would pop out at any time.

Professor Ye took a closer look with the torch: "Well, I think I know why the wax corpse is laughing!"

"Why?" Gu Meidi and I said in unison.

Professor Ye said: "You can know it by touching it!"

Gu Meidi and I looked at each other, and curiously stretched out our hand to touch the cheek of the wax corpse. After touching it, I found that my hand was greasy, as if it had been coated with wax oil.

"What... what's going on here? The wax oil has melted?" I looked up at the wax corpse in front of me, and found two clearly visible palm prints on the face of the wax corpse. up.

Professor Ye said: "Now you understand that the wax corpse is not actually laughing, it is because the wax oil is heated and melted, causing the facial deformation of the wax corpse, giving us the illusion that the wax corpse is laughing!"

Having solved the weird secret of the wax corpse's smile, Gu Meidi and I let out a sigh of relief.It turned out that everything was due to the melting of the wax oil, and it was not some wax corpse laughing at all, it was all our fault for being too suspicious.I can't help but admire Professor Ye even more. He can always use science to explain these seemingly incredible things. It seems that we have a lot to learn from him.

We were about to leave, at this moment, the wax corpse in front of us suddenly grinned!
OMG!

We took a big step back in horror, and we came down in cold sweat.

If the wax corpse smiled because the wax melted, then why did the wax corpse open its mouth?

Just when we were still in shock, a strange rustling sound came from the wax corpse's mouth.

I boldly walked forward, the Luoyang shovel from before was still pinned to my waist, I pulled out the Luoyang shovel, and used the shovel edge to pry the open mouth of the wax corpse.Suddenly, a black shadow jumped out of the wax corpse's mouth. I was startled, and quickly flicked the shovel blade, and the black shadow fell to the ground with a bang.

We took a closer look and couldn't help but gasp. That black shadow turned out to be a black poisonous scorpion, the size of a palm, with its tail raised high, crawling up and down on the ground, like a bragging scorpion. warrior.

I flipped the shovel blade over, and slapped the shovel down, smashing the poisonous scorpion into a pie shape.

It's really strange, how could poisonous scorpions come out of the wax corpse's mouth?
I looked at the bloody meat sauce on the ground, puzzled, and the Gu Meidi next to me suddenly yelled loudly: "Look! Scorpions! There are so many scorpions!"

I looked up and saw a horrifying scene.

One after another, scorpions crawled out of the wax corpse's mouth, no, to be precise, they should have gushed out.The wax corpse's mouth has been completely opened, and those scorpions seem to be spit out from his mouth. They are endless, and soon covered the entire body of the wax corpse, and quickly approached us.

Obviously, these scorpions were stuffed into the belly of the wax corpse when making the wax corpse.What was the purpose of the ancients doing this?How did these scorpions survive in the belly of the wax corpse for more than 1000 years?
All kinds of questions hovered in our minds, but at this moment we couldn't calm down and think about these questions, because more and more scorpions had surrounded me, and two scorpions even climbed up my instep.

Gu Meidi stomped his feet desperately and screamed: "We must get out of here!"

"Go! Go back!" I waved the Luoyang shovel and swept away the scorpions under my feet.But those scorpions are like soldiers following one after another, just as one is swept away, another one immediately fills the gap, and they can't be driven away no matter how hard they are.I gritted my teeth suddenly, swung the Luoyang shovel and slapped the ground indiscriminately. After more than ten shovels in a row, the ground was covered with a layer of poisonous scorpion corpses.

After running back for less than five meters, Gu Meidi pushed me from behind: "Tuobagu, what did you stop for? Why didn't you run?"

I licked my dry lips and said harshly, "We can't run away!"

"What do you mean?" Gu Meidi was shocked.

I raised the Luoyang shovel and pointed to the way I came: "I can't go back, the secret road is full of scorpions!"

By the dim light of the fire, we found to our horror that the entire secret passage was covered with poisonous scorpions.The mouths of the wax corpses behind them all opened, spitting out scorpions continuously.Tens of thousands of poisonous scorpions were densely packed together, forming a large black mass, not only all over the ground, but also on the walls, and many even climbed onto the bluestone slab above the head.A strong stench filled the entire secret passage, and the sight in front of him made one's scalp tingle, making one feel so sick that one wanted to vomit.

Now we finally understand that the strange rustling sound we heard just now was originally made by the army of scorpions crawling. Unfortunately, we were too negligent and didn't notice it for so long, so that we are now in a dilemma.

How to do?
What should we do now?
We were anxious like ants on a hot pot, Gu Meidi told us that these are desert scorpions with highly poisonous body.This kind of scorpion likes to live in groups the most, and every time they go out in a mighty way, they are the overlords in the desert, and they can chew camels into bare skeletons.If we can't escape here in time, then in a few minutes, there will be three more white human skeletons in the secret passage, just thinking about it makes people shudder.

Countless poisonous scorpions surged in the secret passage like black tides.The road I came here was covered with layers of scorpions, and I couldn't go back.There are not many scorpions on the road ahead, and now we can only advance but not retreat, and run down the secret road.

Professor Ye held a torch in front to open the way, Gu Mei flute was in the middle, and I was carrying a Luoyang shovel in the back to intercept the scorpions.

After running for a short distance, I have come to the end of the secret passage, there is no road ahead, only a thick stone gate, like a broken dragon stone, blocking the secret passage tightly, this stone gate should be the gate of the tomb .

I saw that the tomb gate was made of blue-gray stones, and the tomb gate was also engraved with Zhenyin patterns, and there were several rows of Xixia characters on the left and right sides and on the top, and we couldn't understand what it meant.In the center of the tomb door, there is a pair of stone-carved hands. Those hands protrude from the tomb door, holding a stone-carved lamp niche in their palms. The whole shape looks ghostly.

Gu Meidi stepped forward and pushed the tomb door, and found that the tomb door was tight and seamless: "This tomb door is too heavy, it should not be opened manually, it may be controlled by some mechanism!"

I was sweating profusely from behind: "Then find out where the mechanism is, there are more and more scorpion troops, and I can't stop it!" When I said this, several scorpions had already climbed up on me. I hopped desperately, shaking the scorpions to the ground, then picked up the Luoyang shovel, and slapped them into flakes, black slime stuck to the bottom of the shovel.

Professor Ye stared at the door of the tomb, and thought for a while: "You don't need to look for it, the mechanism should be on the door of the tomb!" Then, he put the torch into the lamp niche carved in stone.

After a while, the lamp alcove lit up, and a cluster of faint blue flames rose inside, and the flames swayed like erratic ghosts.

Immediately afterwards, a dull rumbling sound came from behind the tomb door.

In our astonished eyes, the heavy tomb door in front of us was pulled upwards by some unknown force, and it was suspended in mid-air, about one and a half meters above the ground, which was enough for us to get through.

The situation was urgent, and we didn't have time to think about it, so we bent down and quickly got through.

There is also a pair of stone-carved hands behind the tomb door, holding a stone-carved lamp niche in their palms.

Professor Ye lit the lamp alcove in the same way, and the faint blue flame rose accordingly. With the rumbling sound, the door of the tomb sank rapidly. An army of moving scorpions blocked the entrance of the tomb.

Some poisonous scorpions crawled in when the tomb door was closed. I held the Luoyang shovel horizontally and guarded the tomb door, smashing all the poisonous scorpions that crawled into meat paste.There was also a poisonous scorpion crawling over the door of the tomb. I raised the Luoyang shovel and cut it in half with the sharp blade, causing the mucus to scatter in all directions.

"It's finally safe!" I took a breath, wiped the hot sweat off my face, and slid limply on the ground against the door of the tomb. Only then did I realize that my legs were hurting like cramps. How nervous.

"It's just temporarily safe!" Gu Meidi said, "We have already entered the tomb, and we don't know what terrible things will be waiting for us in the tomb!"

I glared at Gu Meidi: "Crow mouth!"

The torch in Professor Ye's hand was extinguished again, and the surroundings suddenly became dark, leaving only the lamp niche emitting a faint blue halo, which seemed even more quiet and eerie in this dead and silent tomb.

Professor Ye sighed: "We were too careless just now, and almost got caught!"

I was puzzled: "Why are there so many poisonous scorpions in the belly of the wax corpse?"

Professor Ye said: "I think this wax corpse secret passage is a deliberate trap! Before sealing the wax corpse, poisonous scorpions were put into the wax corpse's stomach. The wax oil will melt when exposed to high temperature. When the oil melts, the poisonous scorpions in the wax corpse's stomach will 'wake up', and then come out of the wax corpse's body, biting those who break into the secret passage! As for how these huge numbers of poisonous scorpions can survive in the wax corpse for thousands of years For a long time, I have no way of knowing this question, maybe it is some kind of secret technique of the ancients!"

Gu Meidi said: "In other words, if the wax oil does not melt, the poisonous scorpion inside will not crawl out? Is there some flaw in this design? How can the designer ensure that the wax oil can melt? If we If I didn't use a torch just now, but if I used a wolf-eyed flashlight or a small flashlight for lighting, wouldn't it wake up the poisonous scorpion in the wax corpse?"

Professor Ye nodded and said: "In theory, there is nothing wrong with saying this, but you have overlooked a key point, that is, when the ancient designers designed this mechanism, how could they have thought that wolf-eyed flashlights and flashlights would appear in later generations? At that time They all use torches or torches for lighting, as long as the melting point of the wax oil is low enough, it can ensure that the poisonous scorpion can break out of the body!"

Gu Meidi's cheeks flushed slightly: "Uh, that's right, it's still wise to teach you!"

I laughed at her and said, "It's not that the professor is wise, it's that you are too stupid to think of such a simple logic!"

"You..." Gu Meidi blushed, raised her fist and wanted to hit me.

"Hey, a good man uses his mouth but not his hands!" I quickly said, this little girl is a taekwondo master, I can't beat her.

"I'm not a good man!" Gu Meidi roared with wide eyes.

"Female men are also good men!" I shouted.

"Enough is enough, can you two rest for a while, save some energy, we don't know what danger is waiting for us ahead!"

(End of this chapter)