Chapter 79: Cellar
It wasn't very deep down there, probably only about two meters high, and the ground wasn't brick or stone, it was dirt, but that still broke my whole frame. I lay on the ground groaning, unable to get up for a while. If the old Zongzi jumped down at this time, I would have no choice but to surrender.
"Hey, it looks like Brother Yu." Xiaopang called out in the dark.
Then I heard Lin Yuxi say: "I knew it was him when I heard the clapping sound just now. Alas, I thought you could take on the responsibility of the studio, it seems that I expected too much from you."
I was so angry that I almost died. I said angrily, "Why didn't you catch it when you knew it was me?"
At this time, the two of them ran over to me. Xiao Pang helped me stand up slowly. This girl was reasonable: "What if the one that fell just now was an old zongzi?"
Xiaopang shamelessly echoed: "Yeah, if we catch the old zongzi, do we still have to live?"
I gritted my teeth and said, "If I die, neither of you will survive."
"That's true. The problem is that we know you won't die from falling. Didn't we both fall down like this just now? There is a saying that we should share the hard times and the happiness..." The little fat boy was nagging to me in a long-winded manner. Suddenly, there was a thud, and the old zongzi seemed to jump into the inner room, but he didn't fall down. He stood at the edge of the cave. The little fat boy was so scared that he immediately shut his mouth.
Lin Yuxi grabbed my arm and said, "Use your chain luck charm quickly."
Oh my god, that's a luck chain talisman, I don't know what to say. I said with a smile: "Girl, the luck chain talisman is used to deal with demons and ghosts, it has no effect on zombies. You and Xiaopang quickly hold this red rope and stand on both sides. When the old zongzi jumps down, you two can pull it up and trip it." Then I took out a longer red rope and handed it to Lin Yuxi.
My flashlight was broken, but Lin Yuxi had another one in her bag. I took it out and turned it on, shining it upwards. I saw Lao Zongzi standing on the edge of the cave, leaning down to smell the smell. Lin Yuxi shrank his head in fear, and quickly pulled the red rope to run away. I told them to hold their breath, and asked Lin Yuxi to throw the flashlight over to me, and I turned around to check the terrain.
This seemed to be a cellar, with the same area as the inner room above, but the four walls were made of earth and looked very simple. Not far behind him, near the north wall, there was a large square wooden box, a bit like a coffin, but it was not painted and the mouth of the box was covered with a quilt. In front of the big box, against the wall, there was a square table with two half-burned white candles, an incense burner and a tablet.
My heart moved. It looked like a coffin. But this was the old house of the Lu family. The cellar was obviously built by them. Because when building a house, you must lay a foundation. If there is a grave hidden underneath, how could it not be discovered? But if the Lu family built it on purpose, it doesn't make sense. Who would build a grave in their own home? And after the old man died, he was buried in the graveyard. Then who is the person in this coffin?
I was so absorbed in thinking about this that I forgot about Lao Zongzi for a moment . It was only when Lin Yuxi screamed that I came back to my senses. At the same time, I heard a thump. Lao Zongzi had already jumped down and landed behind the red rope that Lin Yuxi and Xiao Pang were pulling horizontally. I quickly winked at Lin Yuxi, and she quickly held her breath. Lao Zongzi sniffed at her, then turned his head back and aimed at me.
I quickly grabbed a handful of glutinous rice, scattered it on the ground, and took out a masonry awl. This was the last one, and if I failed, I would die.
The old Zongzi sniffed my scent and jumped up. I immediately shouted, "Pull the rope!"
Lin Yuxi and Xiaopang pulled up the red rope at the same time, just tripping its feet. The red rope was pulled back, and the old zongzi fell face down heavily on the ground. I rushed forward and stabbed it in the back. I clearly heard the sound of "crack" of bone marrow breaking, and the mason's awl was inserted into the bone marrow. The old zongzi was in pain, and his limbs stretched out, opened his mouth and made a strange cry, and his blood-red eyes were bigger than before, like two big oranges!
Before it lost its ability to move due to the pain , I put another talisman on its forehead. Even if it would be soaked by the corpse fluid and lose its effect later, at least it could calm it down for the moment. Then I took out the red rope and quickly wrapped it around its neck and legs for dozens of times. When it started to struggle and twist again, I put another talisman on it.
There was sticky rice under its body, so under the restraint of the red rope, mason's cone and sticky rice, it completely lost its temper. After the old zongzi was suppressed, the corpse fluid stopped oozing out. I took the risk of peeling off the two soaked talismans and wiping the corpse fluid on its forehead with a tissue. The old zongzi began to twist again. I was quite skillful, so after wiping its forehead clean, I pasted a clean corpse-suppressing talisman on it, and it became quiet again.
It was such a close call, this was the last corpse-suppressing talisman I had.
I gasped and wiped the corpse fluid off my hands with a tissue. I looked back at Lin Yuxi and Xiaopang. They were pale and too scared to speak. I sat down on the ground and asked Xiaopang where he had gone before and how he found himself here again. Xiaopang listened to my question and finally came to his senses and told me about his experience.
After the old man's grave collapsed, he was almost scared to death. After running out of the cornfield with Lin Yuxi and running east for a distance, he saw that the old Zongzi was not chasing fast, and he calmed down a little. He thought that he was a man after all, and he had to find a way to get Lin Yuxi out of danger first. So he came up with an idea to lead the old Zongzi away. He turned around and bypassed the old Zongzi, threw a clod of earth at it, and then ran west for a long distance in one breath. At that time, because he was scared, he didn't dare to look back at all, and finally found that the old Zongzi didn't chase him.
The boy thought to himself that it was bad, that the old zongzi must be chasing Lin Yuxi, and he quickly turned around and ran back. When he ran outside the village, it started to drizzle, and then he saw a black shadow rushing out from the fork in the back mountain. He thought it was me, and was about to scream, but suddenly he found that the black shadow was gone in a flash, and he couldn't see where it ran. He immediately thought it might be the old zongzi, and his legs became weak with fear, and he quickly hid in the cornfield, not daring to even fart.
He hid there for half the night, and the rain kept falling. He couldn't stand the cold any longer, so he bravely went into the village to find a place to take shelter. He had the same idea as me, and he also thought of the Lu family's old house, so he came straight here. But he never expected that after entering the village, the old Zongzi would follow him quietly. If he hadn't met us by chance, he would probably have been walking on the road to the underworld.
After listening to this, Lin Yuxi was completely relaxed and teased Xiaopang: "Were you scared to pee at that time?"
But I was in no mood to listen to her jokes. I wondered if the black shadow disappeared in an instant. Could it be a blue-eyed fox? Zombies can only walk in hops. The old man is a "shadow corpse". He is not particularly powerful among zombies. He definitely does not have the speed that Xiao Pang described. Unless it is a blue-eyed fox, once this thing is unearthed, it will be a demon that defies the heavens!
How could Xiao Pang lose face in front of a woman? He licked his face and said, "How is it possible? I said my legs were weak because I was tired. How could an old zongzi like this scare me? If I didn't have a little courage, would I dare to lead the old zongzi away? It must be afraid of me that's why it didn't follow me, otherwise I would have sent it away..."
Just as I said this, there was a rustling sound outside. Because I have been practicing talisman qi for many years, my ears and eyes are much smarter than ordinary people. I heard the movement outside in advance. I quickly said hush to the two of them and turned off the flashlight.
