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When Partridge Whistle heard this unusual noise in the middle of the night, he knew it was something unusual. He was secretly wondering, so he mustered up all his energy, held his breath and walked forward for dozens of steps.

Miss Hong and others hurried up, and a dense cluster of old trees appeared in front of their eyes, and the sounds of ghosts, cries and howls came from among them.

At this time, the shadows of the moon in the forest were sparse, and the ghostly atmosphere was threatening.

When Rong Baoxiao saw this scene, he was already frightened. He also knew that he could not say anything at this time, and even made gestures to signal Partridge Whistle and Miss Hong not to take another half step forward.

Is there anyone else in the dense forest in the middle of the night? It must be the evil ghost in the Pingshan Ancient Tomb who saw that the tomb was destroyed, and his ghost is lingering nearby. Even if we eat the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard, we can't go any further.

How could he pay attention to the partridge whistle? He saw that the shadows of the trees were thick and covered the moonlight, and it might not be safe to walk through the forest, so he grabbed Rong Baoxiaoyi's collar, pointed to the treetops of Miss Hong and others, and immediately

Take Rongbao Xiaoye to climb an old tree.

The branches are so thick that even the branches can bear a lot of weight.

Among these five people, Rong Baoxiaoye was also a local aborigine who was accustomed to climbing countless mountains. Red Girl, Partridge Xian and Hua Ling, and the old foreigner were even more agile.

The shape is low.

The five of them were hidden among the branches and leaves of the forest, quietly peeping under the trees under the hazy moonlight from a high place.

Under the shadow of the moon, behind the forest was the mountain that had broken off from the front of Pingshan. It was sleeping darkly on the ground, like a huge sleeping monster. The mountain had been cracked with countless large and small gaps, and many rocks had been broken out of it.

collapse.

The inside of the mountain was also exposed, but Partridge Whistle and the others were too far away to see clearly what was going on in the rocks.

In front of the rock, there are scattered broken tiles and various artifacts, including gold, silver, copper and jade.

It is thought that the tomb was severely impacted, and all the masonry and stone utensils inside had fallen apart.

There is also an unusually tall purple gold coffin leaning on the ground.

Through the moonlight, you can also see the luxury of the purple and gold coffin.

It is surrounded by a jade box covered with pearls. The so-called pearl curtain is a pearl tent, and the body of the coffin is covered with flawless jade.

But the purple and gold coffin had been broken into pieces, and the pearls and jade were broken into pieces and scattered all over the ground.

Inside the coffin is a lacquered coffin made of golden nanmu. The lid of the coffin has been blown open, leaving only a seven-star board half-covered on top of the coffin.

The seven-star board is made of fir wood, measured to the size of the coffin, and placed inside the coffin lid. Seven round holes as big as copper coins are drilled on the board, and a groove is carved to connect the seven holes, so it is called:

The seven-star board has been around since the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

The seven-star board half covered the inside of the coffin, which was so dark that nothing could be seen. The five of them didn't know what happened to the Yuan General's corpse. Only countless mournful cries floated around in the forest.

In the forest at this moment, night mist flows between the trees, and the moonlight is blocked by the light clouds in the sky. Everything is hazy. The five Partridge Whistlers are crouching in the tree whistle. Although they can hear crying from all directions, they cannot identify the wailing.

Where did it come from? I had no choice but to make up my mind to "stay still and watch the changes".

The partridge whistle lowered the muzzle of the mirror box of the opened machine nose, the old foreigner raised his bow and nocked an arrow, and the red girl also touched the location of her throwing knife with one hand.

Several people stood on the tree with their eyes widened like nighthawks, intently watching what was going on under the tree.

While several people were watching attentively, Miss Hong suddenly tugged at Partridge Whistle's sleeve, raised her hand and pointed at the purple gold coffin, indicating that from her angle, she could see something very unusual at the bottom of the coffin.

The partridge whistle moved slightly on the branch of the tree, looked at it from a different angle, and suddenly felt a shiver in his heart: What is that?

It turned out that there was actually a white human arm pressed under the purple gold coffin. The arm was thick and long, with five fingers and claws several inches long, and white fur. Most of it was exposed from the bottom of the coffin. It was motionless, as if it were a corpse.

Become a zombie.

Zombies appear mutated and suddenly grow corpse hair, which has always been said to be: evil

It is also a synonym for Xingzhi.

There is a saying among the people: "Black is evil, white is evil, and hair is evil".

But during the Republic of China, scientific concepts were much more advanced than in the feudal era. Even the Partridge Whistle knew that the reason why corpses turned into hair was due to mold.

The coffin has been sealed for thousands of years. As long as the air inside does not flow, the thousand-year-old corpse will still look like a "new person" after the coffin is opened. However, after being exposed to the air, the thousand-year-old zombie will definitely change in an instant. The change will be related to the material of the coffin.

It depends on the visible objects hidden on the body. If the coffin is covered with moisture-proof corpse ashes or mercury, the body must be mummified and will not become moldy.

If the thousand-year-old corpses containing pearls and jade that blocked the nine orifices are properly preserved, they will often be "wet corpses" when the coffin is opened, that is, the water contained inside the corpse is still locked firmly, and the hair and nails of the ancient corpse are even

It can continue to grow in the coffin for hundreds of years.

When it comes into contact with the flowing air from the outside, it loses moisture quickly. If it is suddenly touched by electricity or living things, it will become more mildewed and gray-white corpse hair will quickly grow. This is often the reason why zombies and zombies appear.

For Partridge Shao, the mountain-moving leader who specializes in robbing ancient tombs, the phenomena of corpse transformation and deception, as well as zombie attacks on people, are all his own business. He has seen countless things, so why should he do anything about it?

strange?

But looking at the purple gold coffin inlaid with beads and jade, there was actually a zombie pressed under it. I couldn't help but feel it was extremely strange. The collapse of Pingshan Mountain surrounded the tomb chamber, and the coffin fell out from it, right side up.

He secretly thought: Could it be that the coffin and the coffin were so weak that the ancient corpse inside was exposed from the bottom of the coffin? Or was there a zombie hidden in the forest, but it was smashed and crushed by the purple gold coffin?

Underneath?

The tomb of the general of the Yuan Dynasty was originally hidden in the top of the mountain, hanging in the air. Suddenly, the mountain collapsed and the ground cracked, and the coffin fell from the tomb into the dense forest. I am afraid that no tomb robber has ever encountered such a situation. Of course, Partridge Whistle

I have no such experience.

There was a strong demonic atmosphere in the forest now, and he was unwilling to act rashly until he understood the situation.

Rong Baoxiao is young and although timid, he is at the age of curiosity.

Although the scene in the forest was perceptive, he saw Partridge Whistle and Red Girl staring closely at the side of the purple golden coffin in the tree. He didn't know what they were looking at.

His curiosity aroused, and he immediately used his hands and feet to climb over the branch of the tree. He rubbed his eyes and took a closer look. He saw a zombie covered in white hair lying on the bottom of the coffin. He suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

There is a saying: 'How can a child with a yellow mouth dare to hear the roar of thunder, and a sick woodcutter can hear the roar of tigers and dragons?'

People in these remote mountains are the most superstitious, and their fear of ghosts, foxes and zombies is deep in their bones.

He was so horrified at the first sight that he climbed on the tree and trembled all over his body, only more so than the wooden and clay sculptures.

Miss Hong saw Rong Baoxiaoye by the side and was so frightened by the situation that his limbs were disabled and he might accidentally fall down the tree at any time. She hurriedly grabbed him by the waist and rewarded him with two walnuts angrily.

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But at this moment, the five people heard the mournful cries in the forest and gradually gathered together. There was a chaos of people in the trees, and the branches and leaves made a squeaking sound.

Partridge Whistle knew in his heart that this was the 'rightful master', so he waved his hands gently to Miss Hong, Hua Ling, Lao Yangren and Rong Baoxiaoye, and said softly: "Don't make any more noise to alert others, just do it."

Stay lurking, let's see what's going on in the woods first, and then take care of it."

Before he put down his hand, groups of black shadows were already jumping out from under the tree.

By this time, the night fog had thinned, and the moon was halfway out from the clouds.

With the help of the moonlight, the five people saw clearly that a group of monkeys appeared in the woods.

There are about a hundred monkeys in the group, including young and old. Even the newly born baby monkeys were brought in by the mother monkey.

The group of monkeys came running and crying, and when they were more than ten steps away from the purple golden coffin, they stopped one after another. They seemed to be very afraid of the broken coffin. They did not dare to take even half a step closer, and they only gathered around and scratched their heads and covered their heads.

He was crying and jumping up and down, refusing to have any peace for a moment.

Partridge Whistle and Red Girl were shocked when they saw this large group of monkeys, as if they were mourning in the world.

When the partridge whistle saw this, his heart moved: Could it be that the coffin smashed an old white-haired ape to death?

With this idea in mind, Partridge Whistle looked at the arms under the purple gold coffin, and found that they were indeed different from ordinary people, just like ape arms.

It seems that a white ape in the forest suddenly encountered a sudden disaster and died miserably under the coffin.

The Partridge Whistle remembered that he had read the Taoist classics, which said: All kinds of creatures in the world have a certain fate. As time goes by, they will be destroyed by heaven and earth. Only if they can avoid all kinds of tribulations from heaven and earth can they escape.

The suffering of reincarnation of the five elements leads to the immortality of a wandering mind.

This is also the Taoist method of pursuing immortality.

He is as strong as the monkey in Journey to the West, and he also specially learned the method of avoiding the three disasters.

At that moment, whether the white ape took a step forward or missed a step, he would not be hit by the purple gold coffin falling from the sky. How could he have suffered such a violent death if there was no destiny?

Partridge Whistle was not sure of his own inference for a while, so he had to continue to peek at the movements of the monkeys. The monkeys were surrounding, wailing loudly, as if they intended to go over to lift up the coffin and take out the body of the white ape underneath to see what happened, but

He seemed to be extremely afraid of something, taking a half-step forward with a loud noise, and then flew back with a weird scream of "Hey!" as if his butt was on fire.

The five people could see clearly from the tree, but they didn't know why the monkeys were so afraid of the purple gold coffin. Could it be that the monkeys also knew that the "zongzi" in the coffin was powerful?

As the saying goes: Zongzi in Chenzhou, ghosts in Liuzhou

Among the most famous local products of Chenzhou in western Hunan, apart from cinnabar known as "Chenzhou sand" and Chenzhou seedling utensils, zombies are the most famous.

The custom of walking zombies and delivering corpses has a long history, and the legend of corpse transformation is also the most common. Therefore, it is not surprising to see corpses mutated in Pingshan Mountain in western Hunan. I am afraid that even the monkeys in the mountains know that ancient corpses cannot be touched easily.

Rong Baoxiao was just afraid of fox ghosts, but he was not surprised when he saw the monkeys, because groups of wild monkeys often appeared in the Mengdong River Basin, and there was also the famous White Ape Cave in Laoxiong Ridge. These monkeys traveled deep into the mountains.

One of the greatest enemies of merchants.

The monkeys all know that passers-by carry drinks and dry food with them, so they hit people with stones in the deep mountains and old forests, and then snatch the food. Therefore, local guides for traveling merchants will sing "monkey songs" to disperse the harassment of the monkeys.

The partridge whistle is good at ventriloquism, and can also sing monkey songs and monkey praises to drive away monkeys.

However, at this time, a group of monkeys gathered around the purple golden coffin, jumping and crying, and their behavior was extremely abnormal. Before they could understand what was happening, the partridge whistle signaled that everyone was peeping at the top of the tree and not to disturb the monkeys.

At this time, the five people saw the hundreds of monkeys circling around anxiously. There seemed to be some wise people among them. After circling a few times, they squatted on the ground, picked up stones and threw them at the coffin. The rest of the monkeys also followed suit.
To be continued...