Chapter 18 Coffin Array
Master Liang was also confused when he told me. He probably had heard a lot of things about Zongzi before, and nodded to us and said, "Okay, listen to the two guys. Let's just take a break and walk forward."
I saw that the torches burned very quickly. The flames couldn't last much time. I was anxious. If the torches were extinguished in such a place, it would be very difficult to find a way to make lighting. In the worst case, we had to walk in the coffin. So we didn't let the rest of the day, and squatted a few times and urged them to get on the road.
We walked along the path, and there were rows of coffins on both sides, and the bottom of the cave was mud, which surprised me. It was not very solid to walk on it. Thinking of these black things, maybe they were mixed with dead people and rotten coffins, I felt a chill of my feet.
After walking for a while, the flames of the torch decreased, and the range of light gradually shrank. We accelerated our pace and started jogging forward. When we ran, I began to feel strange. Looking at the cliff, the distance here was only more than 200 meters. The worst foot strength must have arrived within five minutes. Why did we walk for nearly a moment but still didn't see the shadow of the pit? Is it dark here and there was a fork in the intersection?
We ran forward with a cigarette, but it was still the same. We could only see the coffin in front and behind. No matter how far we were, it was dark. I couldn't help but curse. I miscalculated and didn't expect that the view here was limited by the coffin. It seemed the same everywhere. I don't know which corner I ran to.
At this time, Master Liang was really unable to do it. He grabbed me and gasped and said, "Little Angkor, don't... run away, it's useless, we may be hit."
We ran for a long time and felt dizzy, but we didn't see the destination. We were already wondering. When Master Liang suddenly said this, Lao Yang stopped and asked him, "Master, what are you going to be a hit? What's the point?"
Master Liang rubbed his chest while pointing to the ground, and said to us: "Two... brothers, do you think this coffin looks familiar?"
I raised the torch when I heard this, and sure enough, I saw a coffin next to it with a hole on it, as if it was the one that Lao Yang crushed when he climbed down the cliff. I felt something was wrong in my heart. I turned around and saw the cliff next to me.
Lao Yang looked around and complained: "Lao Wu, why did you lead the way? Isn't this the place we came down just now?"
I said to him, "I don't know either. The place looks the same everywhere. He didn't pay attention to it even though he kept walking. I don't know if he entered the fork and went around it."
Master Liang came over angrily and waved his hand at us and said, "No, you didn't pay attention. I've recorded it clearly. This path has always been straight, without turning or fork. This is not simple. If I'm not wrong, we might have fooled something."
I cared a lot about Master Liang's words, so I asked him, "Will we go over and walk all the way to the other end of the cave? Look, there are many coffins with holes here. Maybe it's a coincidence?"
Master Liang shook his head: "There is a compass on the watch below. I am used to counting the Feng Shui direction position whenever I go to a place. I have noticed it when I came down just now. Now we are indeed back to the starting point."
Lao Yang knew that something was wrong at this time and said, "That's bad. Could it be that he had encountered a dirty thing and was confusing our eyes?"
I smiled bitterly in my heart, and there were thousands of coffins around. Thousands of corpses gathered their energy. No one believed that there was no dirt. Master Liang shook his head again: "I don't think so. In the custom of burying the Miaodong, coffins that can enter the cave will die naturally. Anyone who dies of illness or murder, etc., who dies of illness, etc., can only be buried in the unnatural death.
Outside, if there are ghosts here, there will definitely be no harm.
I knew this man was a little knowledgeable, so I asked him, "Master Liang, you should have more knowledge than us in this regard. What's going on? Our torch can't last long. When the fire is extinguished, it will really make you feel that every day shouldn't be effective. You have to think of a solution quickly."
Master Liang said, "Looking at the bottom, the reason why we walked into a circle is that there is a problem with the arrangement of coffins here. These thousands of coffins are intertwined, and some strange gates may be used in the meantime. The entire cave has become a maze. Do you know that Zhuge Liang's Eight Formation Diagram can trap more than 100,000 troops with a few piles of stones. The thousands of coffins here trap the three of us. Isn't that a piece of cake?"
Zhuge Liang drove troops to seize the rocks and set up a stone formation on the Yufupu beach near the mountains and rivers to block Lu Xun's story. Lao Yang and I both knew it, but the novel description is exaggerated after all. I don't believe that a few piles of stones can have such a great effect. If this is true, why do you have to build so many tanks and cannons?
Lao Yang didn't believe it and said to him: "Master, don't fool the Guangdong boss and mess with us. You are trapped here and there. I have heard from the storytelling that this eight formation map is not what you said at all. Besides, we looked at it on the cliff. The arrangement of the coffins here is clear at a glance, and we didn't find any special arrangements. How can we get stuck around after we get down? Could it be that the coffins here can still run away by themselves?"
Master Liang said, "This is different. You can look at it from above. In just a little time, can you write down all the veins between the coffins? After that, it is pitch black. As long as each coffin is slightly offset, it may lead us to the pre-designed road and walk backwards unknowingly. The two guys are also experienced people, and I won't talk about the great truth. We cannot underestimate the minds of the ancients."
I think what Master Liang said makes sense, but I can't believe it all. No matter what, there must be something strange here. It may not be a simple matter to walk to that open space, so I asked them what their ideas were.
Master Liang sighed: "I'm not bragging. I'm not going to be a prank. I'm not going to be a problem with this mere coffin formation. If nothing unexpected happens, I'm afraid that our torch will not last at that time. Besides, I think we have more important things to decide first at this time."
I knew what he meant, and suddenly felt a headache. The main problem at the moment was not the problem of breaking this array, but how to face our situation. Not leaving is not a solution, and not going on. This time I can be lucky to return to my original place, and it is not certain that I will go back to my original place again. When the torch is extinguished, there will be no village in front and no shop behind. It would be strange if I don’t die of sleep.
In fact, the easiest way to break the formation is to climb over the coffins next to it, but no one mentioned this suggestion, everyone knows the reason.
After a few minutes of stalemate, the flames on the torch blew up a few times and gradually became weaker. Lao Yang looked at the torch and suddenly said, "Damn it, I have an idea. Why don't we burn all the coffins here with a torch, and give him a fire to the camp for 18 miles, and it will be cleaned after it is burned."
When I heard that this man was stupid and smart, I wanted to come up with such ideas and cursed: "Doesn't this mean you're self-immolation? Even if you don't burn it to death, you'll be smoked to death. Forget it, let me see this, I'll walk forward first, you're watching the direction of my torch, once my movements deviate, you'll stop me, and we know where the problem is?"
Lao Yang said, "No, if the torch is extinguished halfway through, your condition will be worse if you are alone. Who will save you at that time? We will never be able to get separated at this time."
I was also anxious. As soon as Lao Yang said that, I calmed down immediately. It was dark and the formation was so complicated. It would be a big deal if I got separated. Besides, this matter was not caused by me. Lao Yang had walked once before, and he should have gone to the thunder. I asked Lao Yang and said, "Lao Yang, haven't you walked once before? How did you get out of that time?"
Lao Yang scratched his head and said, "I don't know. I was so confused when I came out. I walked all the way and walked here without thinking. It was quite smooth and I didn't encounter the coffin formation. So I don't think this is what you said, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get out last time, and I still have the life to come back?"
Master Liang said, "It doesn't make sense. This coffin array mainly confuses our eyes and visually mistakenly reverses our sense of direction. If we don't rely on our eyes and rely on our own sense of direction, we might be able to walk over. The last time you were lost, it may be the key to when you can get out smoothly."
Lao Yang laughed: "Take it down, you can pull it out. According to you, if you encounter such a thing in the future, we just need to lead the way crazy and lead the way, then no matter what formation is."
Master Liang saw that he didn't believe it, and Buwann was a little unhappy and sneered: "Don't say it, it's not impossible."
Lao Yang said, "Okay, I'll ask you for this difficult job. I'll knock you crazy with a brick later. You have to work harder and bring us in. I'll book you a suite in the mental hospital, so I'll guarantee that I can't treat you badly."
When I heard Lao Yang's words were too immoral, I hurriedly tried to smooth things over, and said, "When will you still have the intention to joke? Let me think of a way to go. If you can't think of it, we have to climb back to the cliff as soon as possible."
Master Liang thought for a while and asked Lao Yang: "How long did you leave that time?"
Lao Yang said, "It's been three years ago, and I can't remember it. I can't even finish half a cigarette."
Master Liang thought about it and said to us: "Two guys, to put it this way, the gap is not far from us in a straight line, and this matter is not difficult to deal with. I think my analysis is correct. If you break this array, you can't get out if you want to, but if you don't want to go out. If you want to believe me, let's try it. Didn't Grandpa Deng say that practice is the only criterion for testing the truth."
I asked him, "How to try this? Is it really like Lao Yang said that he knocked someone crazy?"
Lao Yang said to Master Liang: "I think it through, I'll knock you if I want to knock you."
Chapter completed!