Chapter 22 Touched
While they were arguing, the old Zongzi in the coffin not only opened his eyes, but also gave off a weird and creepy look, and raised his head slightly, as if he was going to get up. I couldn't hold back any longer, it was no fun to see a demon corpse come out of the coffin, and if I lifted the coffin lid now, there was still hope to seal it, but if I continued playing around, I was afraid there would be no chance.
Just as I was hesitating, Lin Yuxi shouted, "Okay, stop arguing, okay? No matter what you discussed before, find a way to remedy the situation now."
The old blind man and Lei Xueting shut up immediately, glared at each other fiercely, and turned their heads away. But Lei Xueting saw that the old Zongzi was about to get up, and her face turned even paler with fear. With a clang, she threw the sharp knife on the ground and hurriedly pulled out the red rope from her bag. I thought that this method was still in line with the rules, but it was not as good as sealing the coffin.
Lei Xueting said unexpectedly: "Let's quickly lift up the coffin lid and seal it again. I didn't bring the ink line today, so I'll use the red rope instead. Then we'll quickly go up and open the exit. We still have a chance to escape."
I nodded secretly. The old woman didn't know anything, but she was pretending all the time. She would only use useful methods when something happened. I had no strength now. Lin Yuxi helped them lift the heavy coffin board and sealed the coffin mouth. She didn't bother to pick up the coffin nails. Lei Xueting directly wrapped the red rope around the outer coffin several times, then took out the yellow talisman, picked out the two kinds of corpse-suppressing and ghost-suppressing talismans and pasted them on it.
After doing all this, the coffin trembled and made a few gurgling sounds. It was obvious that the old Zongzi had sat up and was hitting the coffin lid. The old blind man was so scared that he shouted , "Run quickly to prevent hidden weapons!" While shouting, he turned around and rushed up the stairs, running faster than a rabbit. Lei Xueting didn't care about Lin Yuxi and ran after the old blind man.
I looked at their backs and completely gave up on the old blind man. He knew I couldn't run, but he didn't even pretend to help me walk. Is this the father and son who have depended on each other for more than 20 years? Hehe, I'm afraid I'm not even as good as a dog in his heart. I was disheartened and lost faith in the world.
“Hurry up!” Lin Yuxi came over and grabbed my arm and ran forward, but my feet went weak and I fell to the ground.
I shook off her hand and said with a wry smile: "Just go away, don't worry about me." Then I pushed her.
Lin Yuxi stumbled and almost fell, then turned back, pulled me up and carried me on her back without saying a word, and rushed up the stairs with gritted teeth. She was also very weak and injured, and it was very difficult for her to run alone, not to mention carrying me, who weighed more than 100 pounds, and it was very difficult to take every step on the stairs.
"Put me down, so that neither of us can escape." I wanted to struggle down, but was afraid of bringing her down with me and rolling down together.
Lin Yuxi gritted her teeth and squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth: "If you can sacrifice your life to save me, I will also sacrifice my life to save you!"
My heart was suddenly filled with warmth and I was so moved that I almost cried. I saved her without expecting anything in return. This girl was so kind. In that case, I stopped refusing and told her that it was too hard to carry me up the stairs. It would be easier and faster to put me down and pull me up. She said "oh", put me down, held my arms with her backhand, and walked up like she was pulling a cart.
It was still not easy for her, because I was weak and she had to rely on herself, but it was better than before, and the speed was definitely faster. Before we climbed halfway up the slope, the old blind man and Lei Xueting had already rushed to the top and were looking for the mechanism with flashlights. At this time, there was a sudden "swish swish... ding ding ding..." sound as dense as raindrops in the dark space below. Our flashlights fell below and we couldn't see what was going on, but we guessed that the old Zongzi must have hit the coffin to trigger the mechanism, and arrows from all directions shot out.
Fortunately, we escaped from danger, because the upper limit of the bow and arrow is not high. I heard the arrows hitting the steps below, and I knew that was the highest row. After escaping from danger, Lin Yuxi's heart and strength dispersed, and she fell on the steps with me. At this moment, we didn't care about the suspicion of men and women. I rested my head on her lower abdomen, and I couldn't move. But she reached out and touched my head, panting and giggling at the same time.
I asked her what she was laughing at, and she answered stupidly that because we were both alive, she felt that nothing could make her happier than this. I said silly girl, but she slapped me on the head and called me a stupid hooligan. Now I am not angry when I hear her call me a hooligan, even if the curse is harsh, I feel relieved.
After more than two minutes, the sound of arrows from below finally stopped. It was obvious that Lao Zongzi had deployed a lot of bows and arrows at that time, in order to shoot all the tomb robbers to death without leaving any alive. But he didn't expect that we actually got a chance to breathe before the second mechanism was activated, and escaped to the stairs to save our lives.
We looked up at the flashlight at the top, which was flickering constantly. The two people seemed to be arguing. We could only hear angry shouts, but we couldn't make out what they were saying. I smiled bitterly and said that the tomb owner was good at calculations. Even if we escaped the arrows, we would not escape from the tomb. The two old guys were wasting their efforts up there.
Lin Yuxi said, "The old zombie can't jump up anyway, so let's just chat and laugh here slowly. Waiting to starve to death in the end is not that scary."
I was about to say there must be a way out, when I suddenly heard a rustling sound from below, accompanied by the occasional "clang" sound of steel rubbing against the steps. I sat up in surprise. It was pitch black n't see anything, so I stretched my nose to sniff and suddenly smelled a strange smell, exactly the same as the corpse gas in the coffin. My head almost exploded at the time. I forgot that the demon corpse is a special species, and its limbs can bend and curl up. Maybe this thing has climbed up.
Lin Yuxi also guessed it and asked in surprise: "Is it Lao Zongzi?"
I said, "It's probably it." I stood up shakily, and Lin Yuxi grabbed my arm and ran up. I knew that no matter how fast we ran, we would never be faster than the demon corpse. It was like a cat playing with a mouse, slowly climbing up, as if it wanted to have enough fun before eating us. I quickly shouted at the top of my voice, "The demon corpse is catching up, Aunt Ting, come down quickly and use sticky rice and red rope to hold it off for a while."
After hearing the shouting, the two of them shone their flashlights downwards. Although the beam of light had dimmed a lot when it reached our side, I could still clearly see when I looked back that Old Zongzi was slowly crawling up like a turtle, only three or four meters away from us. They should have seen it, but they kept mumbling and didn't come down. It seemed that they wanted us to temporarily block Old Zongzi and use this time to open the exit.
I smiled bitterly and said to Lin Yuxi: "Now you see the true face of your Aunt Ting, right?"
Lin Yuxi gritted her teeth and said, "I will never believe her again."
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly screamed and fell backwards, knocking me down, and we both rolled down the stairs.
