After listening to my words, Jiao Ba obviously became more energetic, "Brother Yi, what happened to you again?"
"Let's talk about this when we go back. I can't explain a word or two, so what do you think? Can you still walk?" I helped Jiao Ba up, but his body was still a little shaken. It seemed that the beating was not light.
Jiao Ba grinned and said, "It's okay, a little injury, it's not a problem. What... is this? A coffin?" Jiao Ba looked at the coffin in front of him, and his face became ugly.
"What are you making such a fuss about? It's not like I've never seen him before." I prepared to help him leave here first.
Jiao Ba waved his hand to stop me, "When did this thing come here? I remember it was not placed on the bow deck of the ship?" He looked at me with a puzzled face.
I looked at him and said, "How do I know? I know this is the same as the plot in my dream."
"In a dream? What dream?" Jiao Ba didn't understand.
"Oh, okay, let's talk about it when we get back. We still have to find Shunzi?" I pulled his arm and wanted to go back quickly to see if Shunzi was back.
"Looking for Shunzi? What happened to Shunzi?" Jiao Ba asked me with a frown.
I sighed and said, "Hey~ Shunzi suddenly disappeared again. This matter is a bit complicated. Let's go back and talk about it first."
Jiao Ba stared at the coffin and said, "Wait a minute, step brother, let me take a look at the coffin first."
Jiao Ba searched around his body, "Oh, where did my flashlight go?"
I said a little anxiously, "Forget it if you can't find it, just use a lighter."
He took out a lighter from his pocket and began to look around the coffin bit by bit with the faint light of the fire.
Under the light of the lighter, the coffin looked even more eerie and weird, making people shudder when looking at it. I even felt an inexplicable flow of cold air, which made me shiver.
"This coffin has been opened." Jiao Bat said this without looking back.
"What? Has it been opened?" I hurried over to check with him.
"Brother Yi, look here, the nails all around have been removed. It's obvious that the coffin has been opened." Jiao Ba pointed at the surroundings of the coffin.
I took a closer look and found that it was indeed the case. The nails around the coffin had been lifted out. Because the lid of the coffin was relatively intact, you would never see it unless you looked carefully.
"It seems that someone has already made the first move. Who do you think did it?" I turned to look at Jiao Ba and asked.
Jiao Ba shook his head gently and said, "I don't know for sure, but I guess it's the man in black from before. Don't forget, our plan this time was just to catch him, but the plan failed.
That’s all.”
I thought carefully about everything that happened tonight. I thought of something, took a deep breath and said, "Let's open the coffin and see what else is inside."
Jiao Ba showed an unspeakable expression and said, "Brother Yi, this is not good, because there are demon insect corpses inside. Once we wake up, it will be difficult for us to get out alive."
I glared at him and said, "Don't talk nonsense. If I say open it, open it. If we don't open the coffin, how will we know if it was the man in black who did it?"
Jiao Ba rolled his eyes and said with a wicked smile, "Oh~~ I understand what you mean, Brother Yi, okay, let's open it then."
Just when the two of us were about to take action, Jiao Ba quickly said, "Wait a minute, Brother Yi, have you ever thought about what would happen if you didn't have that talisman? Then we are done, we can have this thing in an instant.
Our lives."
What Jiao Ba said is not unreasonable. The reason why I opened the coffin was firstly to see what else was inside besides the demonic insect corpses, and secondly to verify my judgment.
If there is a charm on the corpse, it proves that the coffin was opened by the man in black. If not, then we don't know who it is. However, the cost of not having a charm is also high, and life is definitely in danger.
I thought for a moment and then said, "Let's take a gamble. Life and death are uncertain. Let's take care of our destiny."
Jiao Bayi gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, if you give it a try, let's open it."
One of us occupied one side, he stood at the end and I stood at the head. After holding the coffin lid, I softly shouted, "Push"
I used all my strength to push the coffin lid. Jiao Ba was so tired that he almost shouted. This coffin lid is very heavy and dead. It is different from the coffin we salvaged from the sunken ship of the Qing Dynasty.
Almost as heavy.
The lid of the coffin was being moved away bit by bit. I looked down and could already see the arms of the corpse inside. "I can't, I can't, I can't push my brother anymore." Jiao Ba turned over and sat on the ground.
, he said while breathing heavily.
"Damn, it's not going to work just like that? You're still a tomb robber, damn it." I let go of my hand holding the coffin, turned around and cursed him.
Jiao Ba said weakly, "Brother, I am a wounded person. I just woke up from a coma. How can I have so much strength? Please allow me to rest and I will be fine soon."
I had no choice but to wait for Jiao Ba to relax and regain his strength. After a few minutes, I stepped forward and kicked his feet and said, "Hey Lao Ba, are you okay?"
Jiao Ba didn't say anything, just waved his hand to me, "If nothing happens, get up quickly and don't pretend to be dead here."
Jiao Ba reluctantly got up, and the two of us continued to push the coffin lid. After a loud bang, the coffin was finally opened. I was so tired that I almost collapsed. This damn coffin lid was like this.
What are you doing, Lao Shen?
But Jiao Ba was very energetic this time. He pulled me back several steps, staring at the coffin. When I was about to speak, he immediately interrupted me, "Don't speak yet, be patient for a while."
"
The two of us stared at the coffin for a few minutes, but nothing happened. Then Jiao Ba asked me to go over and have a look. The two of us walked to the side of the coffin. Through the moonlight outside the window, I saw
There was someone lying inside, but I couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman.
Jiao Ba lit the lighter and looked down from the top of his head. What was strange was that the head of the corpse inside was actually covered with a piece of black cloth, covering the entire face. It was not clear what it looked like. What did this mean?
?
I asked softly, "Old man, why is there a piece of cloth covering this body?"
"Shh... don't make any noise yet, look down slowly." The lighter in Jiao Ba's hand was slowly moved down his head.
Under the neck, I saw a small yellow paper with red marks on it. It was exactly the same as the charm on the female corpse in the coffin. This was enough to prove that the person who opened the coffin was the cat's eye.
Man in black, this also confirms what Jiao Ba said, this is indeed a demon insect corpse.
"Look, old man, there is a spell. It seems that the man in black did it." I was a little excited, and I didn't know why I was so excited.
Jiao Ba said "yes" and said no more. He turned his rogue eyes around and scanned every corner of the coffin. The body was covered with a quilt, but the quality of the quilt could no longer be seen. It was almost rotten.
.
Jiao Ba threw away the quilt on the body, so that the entire body was exposed in front of us. By the light of the fire, I also looked at it carefully.
The clothes this person was wearing were very gorgeous, also made of gold silk satin, and I could tell at a glance that these were typical Ming Dynasty people's clothes, and they were women's clothes. From this, we can conclude that this corpse is also a woman, and her
The clothes were not damaged in any way and were still in good condition.
The woman lies flat in the coffin, with her right hand flat on her abdomen, wearing a jade bracelet on her wrist, and her left hand placed in a fist shape under her right hand. The skin of both hands is still intact, and the complexion still looks very shiny, almost like a living person.
No difference.
Now I really start to admire the people who made the demon insect corpses. They can actually make the dead people so intact. Even with today's advanced technology, they can't achieve this effect.
The female corpse was wearing a pair of high-quality Ming Dynasty women's shoes, which were the type of women's high heels exclusive to the Ming Dynasty. However, apart from these items on her body, no other burial objects were found in the coffin.
"No way, there's nothing?" I glanced at Jiao Ba.
He reached out and rummaged around again, but still found nothing. "Well, there is indeed nothing, but this piece of black cloth is quite strange. It seems that the man in black left it on purpose." Jiao Ba was talking about the face of a female corpse.
Black cloth covering.
"Left behind? He's fucking sick, why would he leave a piece of rag behind?" I also wondered why he covered the face of the female corpse. Is it because the female corpse's long hair was against the rules?
Jiao Ba looked at me and said, "Let's take it down and take a look and see if we can find out."
After he finished speaking, my heart was beating a little. I always felt that something was right, but I couldn't put my finger on what was wrong, but I still said stubbornly, "Just take it, who is he trying to scare?"
I went up and took off the black cloth, but when I saw the face of the female corpse, I screamed in fright and almost fell to the ground, "Oh my god, how could it be her?".