As soon as I entered the cave, I knew what the scary thing Xiao Donghu was talking about. From the moment I entered the cave, the stone walls on both sides were covered with corpses, all wrapped with strips of white cloth.**
They were standing on both sides of the cave wall, and it was hard to count how many there were.
The further you go in, the more corpses you see, and the time outside is closer, and the white cloth strips tied to the body are not weathered. Although it looks a bit creepy, it is better since you can't see inside after all.
But when we got inside, due to the relatively old age, the cloth strips on many of the corpses were weathered, but the weathering was not very clean, exposing sections of dry corpses inside, which made it even colder.
Zhang Baifa is quite courageous. He smiled while watching: "There are a lot of corpses here! It seems that all the ancestors of Qingshan Town are here."
Xiao Donghu said: "That's right! From the Yongzheng period of the Ming Dynasty to the present, the successive leaders of the Thirteen Qi Sects in Qingshan Town will definitely be placed here unless their bodies cannot be found after death, although it is a bit strange.
, but it’s good that everyone can get together after death.”
I wondered: "It has been hundreds of years since the Yongzheng period of the Ming Dynasty. Even the porcelain has been weathered and broken into pieces. Logically speaking, these corpses should have rotted into a pile of broken bones. How come they are still preserved like this?"
Intact? Except that all the water has been lost, nothing else has changed."
Xiao Donghu smiled and said: "The reason is very simple. This cave is naturally hollow, equivalent to a natural refrigerator. Last time I came in, there was still wind flowing halfway in, which means that there is an exit to the cave and the wind passes through the cave.
Like a natural air dryer, it quickly takes away the moisture in the corpse and forms a mummified form."
"In this way, the corpse will not emit a rotten smell and will not attract wild beasts on the mountain. In addition, the entrance to the cave is relatively hidden, so it is not easy for outsiders to find it. Moreover, you will not feel cold when you enter the cave.
Is that so? The cave has been ventilated for a long time, has no sunlight, and is naturally cold, so it is not suitable as a den for wild beasts. When you combine these points, it is not difficult to understand why the corpses in the cave are so well preserved."
Zhang Baifa smiled again and said: "Since they are all the past leaders of the Thirteen Strange Sects, they must have been somewhat capable during their lifetimes. After death, they naturally want to find a happy and carefree place, but the situation here is not optimistic! It is already full at the moment.
, where will people go in the future?”
I turned over my white hair, wondering whether this guy was stupid because he stayed in the mountains all year round, or whether he was born with some irresponsible nature. He could think of this at this moment.
However, Xiao Donghu was also an unfashionable guy. After hearing what Zhang Baifa said, he actually stood still, tilted his head and said: "What Brother Zhang said makes sense. Otherwise, when we go out later, we can let it go."
Fire, let’s cremate them! Haha!”
I couldn't help but said in a low voice: "There are ancestors of your two families here. If you talk nonsense here, aren't you afraid of being blamed by your ancestors?"
Xiao Donghu laughed "Haha" and said: "When a person dies, he is like a lamp going out. He breathes his last breath and passes away from the world forever. When he turns into loess, he can still nurture the mountains and forests. What else can he do besides frightening people? As for our ancestors! What else can we do?
It’s not that I don’t respect them, I just want their bodies to turn into ashes and smoke as soon as possible, rather than standing here for months and years suffering from the wind and cold.”