Chapter 11 Paper Figures
After such a long time, the black-browed pit vipers finally emerged from the soil, revealing four or five snake heads with bright red tongues, which looked very scary under the flashlight. In fact, the horror of them is often more legendary than real. Because of the preconceived notion in my mind, no matter how scary it is, my heart would beat like thunder and my legs would go weak when I saw this thing.
The bluestone slabs above hadn't been pushed away yet, and they didn't even have time to do it. Besides being terrified, I was also a little angry. I picked up a piece of solidified rammed earth the size of a watermelon and smashed it over, hitting all the snakes' heads, sinking them deep into the mud. Even if I couldn't kill them, they wouldn't be able to crawl out for a while. I immediately turned around and pushed up a piece of bluestone above with all my strength, moving it aside, revealing a hole about a foot wide and more than fifty centimeters long, which could barely accommodate a person.
I asked Xiao Xi, who was still shaking with fear, to sit up, and then she slowly stood up and stuck her head out. At this moment, the snake that was pressed into the soil at the end of the tunnel was not dead, but came out again at this critical moment. It was covered in blood and rushed towards Xiao Xi's legs with hatred. Fortunately, the girl stuck her head out of the hole and did not notice the thrilling scene below, otherwise she would have been scared to death.
I wanted to swing the Luoyang shovel, but Xiaoxi's legs blocked it. Seeing that it was coming at me fiercely, I was determined to die. No matter what, I couldn't let this girl get poisoned. So I stretched out my hand and slapped the snake's head. It was an accident that I hit the snake's head with a slap and knocked it back to its original position.
"What happened down there?" Xiao Xi guessed that there was a snake attack, and her voice trembled.
I held her legs and lifted them up and said, "Let's get out first." With her strength, she clumsily climbed out of the cave. I breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she was no longer a burden, I wouldn't be so worried even if I was bitten to death. I picked up the Luoyang shovel, scooped up a large piece of soil, and sprinkled it on the viper that had just twisted and climbed up. Then I threw the Luoyang shovel over there, straightened my waist and climbed to the cave entrance. I pushed hard with both hands and climbed out half of my body.
Xiao Xi was lying at the edge of the cave, and with the help of the flashlight, she could see what was happening below. Her face was distorted with shock, and she stared and yelled, "Snakes, so many..."
When I heard this, I almost peed my pants. I grabbed something randomly, which seemed to be a wooden beam. I grabbed it and jumped diagonally forward, and my legs jumped out of the hole. But at the same time, my head hit something, and a ball of golden stars appeared in front of my eyes. Xiao Xi hurriedly grabbed an object from nearby, and hit it down hard, knocking down all the black-browed vipers that jumped up. I rubbed my head and turned around, shining the flashlight down, and immediately gasped.
The snakes blocking the entrance of the cave had basically drilled through two-thirds of the way, and there was a large black mass under the cave entrance, which made my scalp numb. If the exit had not been opened in time, we would have become their delicious meals. After I calmed down a little, I quickly blocked the hole with the bluestone that had been removed. The bluestone slab was three feet long and just fit across the hole so that it would not fall off. After blocking it, there was almost no gap. Even if they had the digging ability of mice, they could not dig out.
We both finally breathed a sigh of relief. We sat on the ground, disheveled and covered in mud, but at this moment we found each other indescribably beautiful. We stared at each other for a moment and couldn't help laughing. After laughing for a while, Lin Yuxi suddenly blushed and cursed coyly, "Rogue!" She hugged her towering chest with both hands. She might have remembered all the intimate scenes between us and felt shy.
I'm not ashamed anyway, after all, when a man and a woman are together, the man has more advantages. But as I was laughing, I found that what she was holding was a paper figure. This is a very common item in funerals, called paper horses in the local area. In the past, there were carriages, sedan chairs, boys and girls, and small buildings. Now it's different. With the development of the times, paper horses have also kept pace with the times. The carriages and sedan chairs have been replaced by cars, and refrigerators, color TVs, and computers have been added. The small buildings have also been replaced by villas, but the boys and girls are still the same.
This thing is not evil, but it is unlucky. I hurriedly asked her to throw it away. When she saw that she was holding a paper figure, she was also startled and threw it away in a hurry. Only then did we have time to look around. This did not look like a tomb. There was a wall on the left side of the cave entrance, and there seemed to be a table above the cave entrance. I just climbed on a beam under the table, and my head hit the tabletop. The table is made of sandalwood, which is solid and heavy. No wonder it didn't fall apart even though I almost fainted.
There was a chair on each side of the sandalwood square table, so Lin Yuxi began to show off. She said that many of the arrangements in the ancient tombs were the same as the owner's habits during his lifetime. Most of them had a front hall and a back room, with the tomb room in the middle. This must be the front hall. When the owner had nothing to do, he would come out of the coffin, sit on the chair outside, drink tea, and chat with his wife, which would not be lonely.
I turned my head and saw a pair of legs hanging down on the chair on the right. I was terrified!
Lin Yuxi became more and more excited as she talked. Anyway, she thought I was an "ancient tomb blind" who was easy to fool, and she kept talking about all sorts of things. I poked her with my elbow and shone the flashlight on the chair on the right. Under the bright light, I could clearly see that the legs were wearing bright red satin pants, embroidered brocade robes hanging down to the knees, and a pair of embroidered shoes with medium high heels on the feet. I recognize these shoes. Uncle Chen has a pair at home. They say that they are worn by the Manchus , and they are called flower pot bottom Manchu shoes.
Lin Yuxi immediately covered her mouth, her eyes widening like light bulbs.
I said to myself with a bitter face, "You little girl, tell me who is in the coffin. He is drinking tea here." But I didn't see anyone sitting on the chair on the left. I guess her husband is still sleeping, and she is sitting in the front hall alone to have fun. But when I thought of this, I almost cried. She was alone and lonely, and we two were the unlucky victims. Isn't this just a good thing for her to have fun?
I just don't know what special hobbies this old lady has, such as whips, bondage, wax dripping, etc. Just as I was daydreaming, the paper man thrown aside suddenly stood up. It was a boy, with two black eyes, a pink face and bright red lips under the light, as if he was alive.
Lin Yuxi was so shocked that she couldn't stop saying, "Then, then, then it's not her husband who came to catch her cheating, right?"
I almost fainted after hearing this. This girl has such a rich imagination. She really lacks talent to be a screenwriter. I immediately grabbed her little hand and rushed out from under the table. I burned one of the two talismans I picked up to drive away the snake, and I stuffed the other into my pants and dropped it when I was crawling through the tunnel. This paper man is obviously possessed by a ghost. Now he has nothing in his hands and can only run for his life.
Just as I was looking for the way, Lin Yuxi pulled me and said, "Look!" Her voice was trembling violently.
I looked back in the direction she was looking, and all the hair on my body stood up!
