Chapter 12: Moving the Dead
After death, people are buried in the coffin and buried in the soil. If they have the opportunity to dig the soil and open the coffin, no matter how long they die, as long as they are buried near Pingshan, the body in the coffin will disappear. The coffin is fully sealed.
It was not damaged, and no one had touched it before, but there were only some porcelain bottles and bamboo chopsticks left in the coffin. The fierce clothes worn by the dead were also placed as they were, and the buttons were not unbuttoned, but the corpse could not be seen at all.
There is a legend among the locals that before the Yuan soldiers came, Pingshan was a forbidden place to refine elixirs for the emperor. In addition to the strange terrain here and a natural cave world, another important reason is that Chenzhou, western Hunan, is rich in cinnabar, which is extracted from it.
Mercury is an indispensable raw material for alchemy. It can be used to refine everything from prolonging life to longevity and erectile dysfunction, so the mountain is full of medicine and energy all year round.
Over time, the medicinal energy that can dissolve corpses and bones is obtained in the rocks and soil of Pingshan. The corpses buried in the mountains are only left with misty corpses. They move with the flow of the earth's veins, and the traces are uncertain, so they are called the corpse movement.
The ancient corpse of the Yuan Dynasty general in the belly of the mountain died of the evil magic of the cave man. The zombies were unable to rot. They also obtained the medicinal power of the elixir in the tomb and refined them into essence.
It is said that since the ancient tomb cracked, people have seen zombies with helmets and armors appearing in the mountains every few decades. It is said that they have seen it with their own eyes, not a false statement. The custom of corpses driving in western Hunan is prevalent, and it is a disaster for zombies.
It is particularly believed in the theory, so Feng Chuan Ping Mountain buried a corpse king. Those who entered the mountain to rob the tombs and collect herbs were all harmed by zombies and ghost soldiers. So everyone was afraid of talking about it. Who would dare to enter the ancient leopard after eating the bear heart and leopard dared to enter the mountain belly.
Cemetery Palace?
Chen Jianzi sneered when he heard this. He was very knowledgeable, so how could he be fooled by the words of these natives? I have heard of the name of the land of moving the corpse, but it was just the legend of Wu Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. How could there be really in the world?
The land of moving the corpse? The Yuan tomb has always been buried deep in the Dateng. There are many Western Regions' skills to prevent theft. The burial objects are not as luxurious as the nobles of the Central Plains. They have always been not the first choice for everyone tomb robbers.
But the commander of the Yuan army buried in this Pingshan was in front of the death formation. When he wiped out the Miao people of the 72 caves, the items he captured must be heavy. In addition, the rare treasures offered by royal families in Pingshan, the underground palace and the underworld
The richness of the hidden treasures is probably no worse than the imperial tomb. However, the situation of this ancient tomb is unique, and there are fewer people, but they cannot move. Moreover, it is located in a remote place and isolate the news. Therefore, there are fewer people who know about it in modern times, otherwise it would have been long since.
We should lead the crowd to fight back, so how can we wait to get the present? Now the opportunity has come, and it seems that it is the opportunity for the thieves in the Xiling Mountain to achieve great things.
Chen Qizi thought that his group of people were foreign and was not familiar with local customs. It was difficult to accomplish without a guide. He could not kill anyone to silence him. However, he had to make the guide feel at ease first. Otherwise, he would let the man say something and incite the morale to the downturn, which is quite a bit
, and said to the mature girl: "It's not Chen who boasted that people from Xiangyin know that I, the shopkeeper Chen, is the best at catching ghosts and corpses, and is also generous in nature and willing to support good people. Now I plan to lead a group of subordinates
Eliminate the harm for the people and remove the zombies in the Boiling Mountain. If you are willing to help, you will definitely benefit you." As he said that, he gave the guide ten dollars.
The Miao guide saw that the shopkeeper Chen was generous, and that Marshal Luo could kill people with a glare. If he didn't come from the scene, he would be on the spot. The two ancestors had a red face and a black face, and no one could afford to offend them.
In this situation where both soft and hard work are used, I want to escape but can't escape. In order to protect my own life, I have to obey my words. Even if I go up the knife mountain and go down the oil pan, I have to follow it. I dare not say no, and I pass through this piece now.
The burial pit that the bandits hollowed out led the thieves back to Laoxiongling Yizhuang.
After repeatedly stepping on the plate and touching the game, Chen Xiaozi knew it. He could only wait for the mute Kunlun Mole to arrive with the engineering camp to start. Luo Laowai was very anxious and kept asking Chen Xiaozi about the treasures in the underground palace.
Can the car be loaded with a bucket? Are the Yuan soldiers and generals buried in the ancient tombs of the Yuan Dynasty all Mongolian soldiers?
Chen said that he had not visited these days and learned a lot of information. Although this ancient tomb has cracked since the Qing Dynasty, the terrain is dangerous, and the two are also full of poisonous insects inside, so it is difficult for a small group of tomb robbers to succeed.
Ninety-nine percent of the underground palace may be that treasures are piled up like mountains, and those who are worried about the serious erosion of the wind and rain.
In addition, not all the soldiers and generals of the Yuan Dynasty were Mongols. When the Yuan army swept the northern Western Regions, the army went south and the eight-nation coalition that entered Beijing in the year of Gengzi. They were all coalition forces of the Western Regions, including Han troops who surrendered and turned against each other. Therefore,
The burial customs must be completely the same at the end. They built the blessed land of Pingshan into a tomb, which was also an attempt to suppress the dragon energy of the Southern Dynasty. Pingshan has been a royal forbidden area since ancient times, and there have been many mechanisms to prevent medicine from being stolen. After they were sealed into the tomb chamber, these
Most of the Ji Kuo was kept, and later went to the mountain to rob the tomb, but it was necessary to guard against this section.
It was dusk as he spoke. At dusk, the mute brought three teams of people and horses to come. Although the hundreds of thieves under Chen Xiaozi were pieced together temporarily, most of them were familiar with each other. Although they were mixed, they were not messy.
Well-practice. But Luo Laowai's troops were basically a group of mobs. The soldiers who were selected into the engineering soldiers' dig camp were either smoking big smokers, or prostitutes, or playing sieves. They were almost
Everyone is a guy who wants money and lives, and only they dare to rob tombs and dig tombs without any hesitation.
Luo Laowai was a thorn in the eyes of several nearby warlords, and he was thorny in the flesh. This time he left Laogu and went deep into the hinterland of Xiangxi to rob the tomb. He did not dare to make any statement at all. It was a completely secret operation. He was mainly worried that other warlords would come to attack and other tomb robbers.
After all, the reputation is not good, and once it is spread, it will become the target of public criticism, so I dare not lead a large army. Every time I robbed the tomb, I would take a pistol company with me, and I would rob the tomb in Laoxiongling, western Hunan, so I must quickly hide my secrets and finish it
Retreat quickly. The night is long and dreams are too long. It is best not to last more than three or five days. This is not like being in your own territory. You can block the mountain in the name of exercises. You can do whatever you want.
Seeing that the people were all ready, the person would be very moved. It should not be delayed. It must act as soon as possible. At that moment, everyone ordered the red silk soaked in cinnabar to tie their left arm first so that the three teams of people could recognize each other, and then around the charity village.
Set up camp and rest until midnight to separate. A team of nearly a thousand people led mules and horses under the guidance of the guide, took many baggage, and drove to Pingshan in a mighty way through the moonlight. In order to block the news, everyone encountered along the way
The people above did not ask about the Yi Han, and they captured them all, and acted as porters to follow the army. The next day, just at dawn, the engineers' camp arrived at the gate at the entrance of Pingshan Mountain.
The thieves did not dig the grave gate at the mountain pass, but wanted to save trouble, so they cut directly from the cliff on the top of the mountain into the ancient cemetery palace. The mountain road was tortuous and steep, and the horses could no longer reach the mountain, so they had to use the supplies they needed.
It was picked by the porter, and the long line of people winded up the mountain along the ancient bluestone road. Looking back from the head, it was like a yellow dragon climbing an ancient bottle and squirming upwards.
That morning, the clouds in Pingshan were very thick. Looking up at the high place, it seemed to be in the clouds. When it reached the high place, the clouds were under your feet again. The engineers of the Jiuzi Camp also knew that this was going up the mountain to rob the tomb. If it was a war, everyone would inevitably retreat.
The incident of fighting is equivalent to digging gold from the mound of soil. How beautiful it is. I haven't paid any salary in recent months. At this time, I saw that there was finally an ancient tomb to be dug. Everyone was ready to rush to cheer up and rush to the top.
Following the superior up the mountain, although the mountain road was difficult and dangerous, there was no complaint.
In fact, the hundreds of people in the engineering camp mainly acted as coolies in the fight, and the ones who really worked were the subordinates of Chen Xiaozi. Each of the hundreds of thieves carried a big bamboo basket.
It is a unique secret weapon for the thieves in the mountains - the centipede hanging mountain ladder. This thing is a bamboo ladder combined by section. When the thieves in the mountains and thieves fight, they cannot do without this when they go up the mountain and down the stream when encountering difficulties and obstacles.
Parts of equipment.
When the centipede hung on the mountain ladder is a bamboo tube as thick as a forearm, the material is the most tough bamboo. After soaking it in a oil pan dozens of times, it will be curved into a bow shape and will not break.
There are buckles on both sides of the bamboo tube, and there are two round holes as thick as bamboo body. When used, one of the middle is connected vertically, which is a long bamboo pole, and then inserted horizontally on both sides.
The bamboo tube that people pedaled was equipped with claws hanging from the mountain. From a distance, it looked like a bamboo centipede.
When the cliffs cannot be climbed, one person takes turns to use two centipedes to hang a mountain ladder, hooking them in the cracks of pine stones, and you can quickly climb the dangerous cliff. And it is called "Hangshan", so Yejing is not only used to climb mountains.
"Shan" and "Dou" are both synonyms for ancient tombs. Mountain refers to mountain tombs. Because the holes robbers or holes damaged by explosives are narrow, it is difficult for tomb robbers to carry large equipment into the mountains. The centipede hanging from the mountain can be split and assembled.
stairs, divided into groups
People can enter and exit freely by carrying it on their bodies, and it is not limited by the terrain. Some ancient tombs are hanging coffins. In order to prevent water seepage in the underground palace, the coffins are hung high in the tomb chamber by iron rings, and with bamboo ladders as supplements,
A lot of effort was saved during the fight. The prototype of this centipede hanging on the mountain ladder evolved from the tools used by the Red Eyebrow Army in the Han Dynasty to attack the city. After dozens of generations of hard work and repeated modifications and improvements, it became what it is today.
style.
Chen Xiaozi led his men to the top of the mountain and saw that there was still colorful fog rising in the rift, but he was much weaker by noon. The poisonous pythons and insects in the mountains all like yin by nature, so they must not be dormant at this time.
Just as he could do it, he used his hand to ask the porter to pour bags of lime into the deep ravine. The lime bag fell into the bottom of the valley and broke, and the lime inside splattered and boiled. No matter what evil poison it had, it could not bear it.
This violent choke, even if you are lucky enough to die, you will definitely escape from afar.
But in a hurry, the engineering camp only prepared more than 200 bags of lime. When it was thrown away, it was blown away by the mountain wind. The rest of the attempt to fill the valley was really a drop in the bucket, which seemed far from enough.
Everyone saw that there was not enough lime on the top of the mountain, and they were so anxious that they stomped their feet. However, they should have achieved success this time. The lime was still very effective when it was scattered. The poisonous mirage in the depths gradually disappeared, leaving only the only thing left.
The empty white clouds and mist were foggy. Chen planned to send three or two skillfully to explore first, so he asked everyone: "Who is willing to go?"
Two strong men immediately came out of the group of thieves, one was a live monkey and the other was a jumping in the ground. They were both good at climbing mountains and forests. The two were determined to find an opportunity to show off their skills in front of the thief leader, and at this moment they expressed their willingness to go down and explore.
After all, Blind Chen praised him with courage and ordered them to go down the cliff.
The two of them leaned over to take the order, held a piece of five poison pill cake in their mouths, held a pigeon cage for testing poison, and had a box cannon and a waist knife on their waists. The black gauze covered their mouths and noses, and dragged two centipedes to hang a mountain ladder.
Seeing them shaking through the clouds and fog, they disappeared in an instant. The rest of the people were looking down on the cliff on the top of the mountain, sweating for them. Whether they were dead or alive, it depends on the fate of these two people.
It's right.
Blind Chen appeared calm on the surface, but now the good and bad are unpredictable. He was secretly uneasy in his heart. Luo Laowai even took out his pocket watch to see the time impatiently. But after waiting for a long time, everyone's necks hurt. He shouted loudly on it.
But they were always quiet in the rift, and there was no movement, only the ominous clouds and mist gathered and became thicker and thicker.
Chapter completed!