After Hao Wenming finished speaking, he turned to Huang Ran and said, "We need weapons that can protect ourselves." Among us, only Fatty Sun still has some weapons and equipment on him. He has a black cat for protection. Huang Ran and the other two all have weapons.
I didn't dare to go over and hand over his weapons. Unfortunately, when he was entangled in the hot spring, Fatty Sun's pistol was lost. Now he still has Wu Rendi's dagger and crossbow, but he only faced Huang Ran and his three assault rifles.
, Fatty Sun’s sword and crossbow can’t make any waves.
Seeing that Huang Ran was silent, Director Hao said again: "You can't give us guns, just give us weapons like swing sticks." After Hao Wenming finished speaking, Huang Ran was silent again, although his face was still still
He wore a smile like a trademark, but there was a hint of suspicion in this smile.
After hesitating for a while, Huang Ran asked Zhang Zhiyan to hand over a bag, which contained the equipment confiscated from us. Our guns were all in their hands, and the pockets contained spells and sticks.
Equipment. My short sword was also among them, but the scabbard of this short sword was attached to the back, and the style was a bit nondescript. When Meng Qiqi took it away from me, he didn’t pull it out to look carefully, and just threw it into his pocket.
.
Huang Ran dumped everything in his pocket on the ground. I felt nervous and secretly prayed that he would never see the difference in this short knife. I didn't get this knife easily, so I couldn't give it to him easily.
Afraid of what might happen, Huang Ran was attracted by the dagger at a glance. He picked up the dagger from the ground, but did not pull it out in a hurry. He just reached out and rubbed it slowly on the scabbard.
After Huang Ran glanced at our faces one by one, he said, "Whose knife belongs to you?" I took a deep breath, stood up and said, "Mine." Huang Ran seemed a little surprised, and he took a deep breath.
He glanced at me and said, "Who gave it to you?" "It's passed down from our ancestors." I really didn't lie, it was just passed down for half a generation.
"It's passed down from our ancestors..." Huang Ran murmured and repeated what I said, with a look of surprise on his face. His eyes began to burrow into my skin, and he kept looking at me up and down. But after a moment
, he returned to normal. Huang Ran hesitated for a moment, and finally turned the handle over, returned the dagger to me, and said, "Just put away the ancestral things. It is not easy to pass them on to you. Keep them well. If you lose them,
It's hard to explain to your ancestors." Huang Ran knew the origin of this short sword, and it seemed that he had misunderstood the relationship between Wu Rendi and me. Hearing the implicit meaning of his words, he almost asked me if my grandma's family name was the same.
Wu.
At that moment, I didn't point it out. I secretly took the dagger and put it on my back waist. Huang Ran rummaged in his pocket for a while and took out the stick inside, but after hesitating for a while, he still didn't have it.
Return it to Hao Wenming and Po Jun. Finally, take the daggers from Zhang Zhiyan and Meng Qiqi and give them to Director Hao and Po Jun.
Although the dagger is not easy to use, in this situation, it is better than empty-handed. Hao Wenming and Po Jun put away the dagger silently. Seeing the few of us ready, Huang Ran smiled and said: "We are
Can’t we keep moving forward?”
The interlude came to an end, and we continued to walk forward. Due to the unexpected incident at the hot spring, when we walked forward, we were careful. Zhang Zhiyan and Meng Qiqi walked in front with guns.
He and Hao Wenming were walking in the middle, Huang Ran held back by himself, and Fatty Sun was walking in the middle with weapons of mass destruction in his arms.
Huang Ran was right this time. This road does not have any forks, but it has nine twists and turns, almost every thirty or fifty meters. Moreover, the temperature here began to slowly drop. After walking for a while,
At first we were glad that we had not thrown away the heavy coat, and we gradually put back on the clothes we had just taken off. After adapting to the environment here, I approached Hao Wenming, took out a cigarette and handed him a cigarette.
After he lit it, he also lit a cigarette and said, "Hao Tou, what is the silk thread that dragged Ruan Liang away? It's useless even if it's chopped with a gun or a knife. If it's broken, you can still reattach it yourself."
Mentioning Ruan Liang, Hao Wenming took a long drag on his cigarette and was silent for a while before saying: "Weird silk is the product of animals or plants that have been completely demonized. It is a link between the physical body and the aura of heaven and earth. To put it simply, it is like
The umbilical cord is the same as when giving birth to a child. Because it is a product of demonization, it itself has demonic nature. There have been records of silks attacking people before. Moreover, silks do not belong to the category of souls. Most of the spells used to deal with wronged ghosts
Magical weapons have almost no effect on it. Legend has it that the ropes used to bind fairy ropes in myths and stories are made of special silk. But the silk has been extinct for a long time. I didn’t expect to see it again here, and there are six or seven of them at a time.
so much."
Having said this, Hao Wenming paused, glanced at Po Jun next to him, sighed softly, and then continued: "I'm not telling you, our polling bureau also has a treacherous thread. An old man from the past
The director used it to connect the magic weapon. If it hadn't been for 1975..." Hao Wenming was halfway through his words. He felt he had lost his words and immediately closed his mouth, swallowing the rest of the words back into his stomach.
That incident in 1975 seems to have become a taboo topic in the polling bureau. But there is no need for Hao Wenming to say what follows. Strictly speaking, I know better than he does about what he just recalled. It turns out that Pu Da had big hands back then.
The thin threads tied to the sword are weird threads. Thinking about it carefully, Po Jun's real name is also Pu. Is it possible that he has something to do with Pu?
Since Hao Wenming didn't want to continue this matter, I just changed the topic: "What about the hot spring just now? Hao Tou, I seem to have heard you and Huang Ran talk about Yingquan. What is that big pool of fluorescent water?"
Hao Wenming just finished taking the last puff of his cigarette, and after throwing away the cigarette butt, he said: "I'm not telling you, if that puddle of fluorescent water was seen by Ouyang, the acid guy on the left, he would have snot bubbles popping out of his nose. Keep it simple.
Let's talk, Yingquan is a demon spring. The reason why the hot spring water has turned into blue fluorescent water is because there is a completely demonized corpse soaking at the bottom of the hot spring. If it is dug out, it should be able to enter the bureau.
It's four floors underground. Is that so? Huang Ran..." Hao Wenming suddenly turned back to Huang Ran and said.
Huang Ran chuckled and said: "Theoretically, it should be so. I have kept all the information about Yingquan in Taipei. I can't remember the details. I must read it carefully when I go back. Director Hao, you are still awesome.
There is no information about Yingquan in the polling bureau. You just saw it so many years ago and can still remember it now." After hearing this, Director Hao was speechless and just glanced at Huang Ran silently.
He turned his head back and continued walking forward.
Fatty Sun seemed to have just understood. He patted me on the shoulder and said, "Lazi, that means that the hot spring water just now is the corpse water of monsters? Let me tell you, why did it smell like rotting corpses just now? Fortunately, just now
When the hot spring erupted, no water splashed into my mouth." While he was talking nonsense, he suddenly blinked at me and moved his hand downward. Although the movement was very small, I could still feel his presence.
Instantly I put a very small thing into my pocket.
I pretended to be fine and said a few words to Fatty Sun. I looked at Huang Ran from the corner of my eye. His attention was still on Hao Wenming, and he didn't notice Fatty Sun's little move. I took advantage of his absence.
I didn't care, I took a look in my pocket, and there was nothing in my pocket. This made me very surprised. Fatty Sun had clearly put something in my pocket just now, and he also hinted to me that there couldn't be nothing.
ah.
My hand turned around carefully in my pocket, and finally I touched a small ball of thread-like thing in the gap. I had just touched this ball of thread, but I misunderstood that it was really thread, so I didn't pay attention at the time.
I touched it carefully with my hand, and the feeling was the silk thread that dragged Ruan Liang away just now. I understand, the silk threads on Fatty Sun and Ruan Liang were bitten off by black cats, and most likely it was Fatty Sun who took advantage of them.
It was just chaotic and intercepted secretly.
This treacherous thread is a good thing. In order not to attract Huang Ran's attention, I took out my hand and pretended that nothing happened. The treacherous thread was hidden between my fingers. Just when I was thinking about how to use this treacherous thread.
At that moment, Meng Qiqi and Zhang Zhiyan, who were walking at the front, suddenly stopped. Each of them shone a flashlight on the ground more than thirty meters in front of them, where a waxed human corpse lay there.
Although the air here is not too humid, it is not dry enough to allow the corpse to wax. Since I have dealt with such wax corpses and mummies too many times before, the results were not very pleasant. Looking at such a corpse
Corpse, I always have a premonition in my heart that he will jump up from the ground and rush towards us.
The clothes on this wax corpse have been integrated with the body, and the whole body is shining with oil. However, it can still be seen that he is wearing an old-fashioned blouse, with an antique-like trousers pinned to his belt.
pistol.
Meng Qiqi was the first to walk over and stood beside the wax corpse. After a rough inspection, she made a gesture to Huang Ran.
When Huang Ran walked over, Hao Wenming had already rushed to the wax corpse in front of him. Meng Qiqi wanted to stop him, but Huang Ran stopped him with a look. Huang Ran stood aside and watched Hao Wenming treat the wax corpse.
Checked carefully.
Director Hao knelt directly on the ground and inspected the entire surface of the wax corpse, especially the palms and soles of the hands, the top of the head and the seven orifices. He inspected it even more carefully, staring at the wax corpse face to face. It was about fifteen years later.
Minutes later, Hao Wenming turned his attention away from the wax corpse. Director Hao first glanced at Huang Ran behind him, then stood up and dusted his knees. He was not in a hurry to speak and stood as if nothing happened.
He stepped aside and gave the wax corpse to Huang Ran.
Hao Wenming's move was a bit unexpected by Huang Ran. He pointed at the wax corpse and said to Hao Wenming: "Director Hao, don't you say something?" Hao Wenming glanced at him and said, "You still need me?"
Tell me? Isn’t it Ruan Liulang’s experience? This wax corpse has been lying here for at least a hundred years. Ruan Liulang couldn’t have seen it when he came in last time, right?”
Huang Ran smiled and did not immediately answer Hao Wenming. He turned around and squatted on the ground, looked at the wax corpse from top to bottom, patted its shoulder, turned back to Hao Wenming and said: "Come on
, Director Hao, let’s get to know each other, this is Luo Simen, Yuan Shikai’s chief staff member when he was the Prime Minister of the Cabinet in the late Qing Dynasty.”
When Huang Ran said that the wax corpse was Luo Simen, Hao Wenming shook his head: "No way, he can't be Luo Simen. Back then, Luo Siye was sent by Wang Jingwei to attack Tianjin because he instigated Yuan Shikai to restore the monarchy.
He was assassinated. His body was blown into several pieces by explosives and is still buried in Tianjin. It is impossible for him to appear here."
Huang Ran did not refute Hao Wenming. He waited until he finished speaking before Huang Ran said slowly: "Director Hao, I did not say that he is Luo Simen. This is what Ruan Liulang's experience says." At this point,
, Huang Ran paused, the smile on his face faded a little, and he changed his tone and said to Hao Wenming, "As for the incident of Luo Simen being assassinated, I have a version. Do you want to listen to it?"
Two sentences?”
Hao Wenming stared at Huang Ran in silence for a while, then said: "It's up to you to say it or not, but it's up to me to believe it or not." Fatty Sun followed him: "Old Huang, if you want to say it, just say it quickly, don't say it halfway.
It would be boring to leave half of it and another button for us to guess." Huang Ran chuckled and ignored Fatty Sun. He looked back at the wax corpse lying on the ground and said, "Luo Simen was a warlock. Back then,
When Yuan Shikai became the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, he relied on him to avoid multiple assassinations by the Revolutionary Party. In the most outrageous time, the assassin sent by the Revolutionary Party fell asleep inexplicably while ambushing Yuan Shikai. Falling asleep was not included.
, this assassin also had nightmares, and was possessed by nightmares. The pistol went off and hit himself on the foot. His whereabouts were exposed like this, and he was caught on the spot by Yuan Shikai's guards. Director Hao, to borrow your words, I am not saying that, like this
Will someone assassinate you?"
There was no expression on Hao Wenming's face. He glanced at the wax corpse a few times, turned to Huang Ran and said, "Is this your version? It's not much different from what I know. Isn't there something new?"
Huang Ran smiled slightly, looked at Hao Wenming, then at Fatty Sun, and then said: "Let me finish telling the whole story. I will get to the point after a few more words. Later, Yuan Shikai became the president, and Luo Simen
He has been lobbying President Yuan to restore the monarchy. He was put on the assassination list of the Revolutionary Party. His assassination was personally presided over by Wang Jingwei. However, Luo Simen discovered it just before the attack. Director Hao, this is not you.
version?"
Huang Ran smiled at Hao Wenming, and before Director Hao could speak, he continued: "Luo Simen knew that someone was going to assassinate him, and it happened to be when he had a falling out with Yuan Shikai. At that time, President Yuan and the Revolutionary Party were still in their honeymoon period,
Naturally, they could not tolerate a staff member who made a high-profile request to restore the imperial system. Moreover, Luo Simen was also discouraged by Yuan Shikai, so he simply found a scapegoat and cast a spell to confuse the assassin who came to assassinate him. This caused the illusion that Luo Simen was killed. He himself
Then it was hidden in the deep mountains and old forests. Director Hao, this version was accidentally discovered when I was sorting out the old files of the Religious Committee. If you look at it according to this version, it makes sense that Luo Simen is lying here.
"
When Huang Ran was talking, Hao Wenming kept staring at the wax corpse on the ground. After Huang Ran finished speaking, Director Hao said: "What did Ruan Liulang say in his experience? Why did he believe that this wax corpse was Fourth Master Luo? I’m not telling you, I just didn’t find anything that could prove the wax corpse’s identity.”
Huang Ran looked at the wax corpse and said: "Why do we need to prove that he is not Luo Simen? Ruan Liulang said he is Luo Simen, so we just believe it. No matter how famous Luo Simen is, there are still nearly a hundred people dead now. There is no need to make up another lie for him." Hao Wenming was speechless after hearing Huang Ran's words. However, Fatty Sun saw something wrong: "Old Huang, it's not me who said that this wax corpse is here. What does this mean? Do you want us to burn incense and paper or something?"
Huang Ran glanced at Fatty Sun, smiled, shook his head and said, "It's just a mark. If you see him, the Demon Tomb is not far away." After Huang Ran finished speaking, Fatty Sun's eyes widened and he said, "You guys put him It’s so weird to say that it’s just a road sign? This place is still one stop away from the Demon Tomb, is that what you mean?”
Huang Ran replied: "It's okay if you understand it this way. Luo Simen was indeed a figure during his lifetime, but no matter who he was, he died with a virtuous character. Being a road sign can be regarded as benefiting future generations..." Huang Ran's words have not yet been heard. After saying that, suddenly, a sigh came from the wax corpse's mouth: "Hey..."
This sighing sound startled us, and even the faces of Hao Wenming and Huang Ran changed color. Everyone's eyes were focused on the wax corpse. Hao Wenming looked again After a long time, the wax corpse said to the wax corpse: "Fourth Master, is that you?"
Hao Wenming said this with absolutely no confidence, and Huang Ran, who was beside the wax corpse, took five or six steps back and kept a distance of four or five meters from the wax corpse. After confirming that it was temporarily safe, he looked at it with a look of shock. This wax corpse is called Luo Simen. Not to mention the two of them, even Fatty Sun and I can see that there is no soul in the wax corpse at all. It is just an empty skin bag of wax flesh. If this wax corpse It makes sense that the body was charged by evil spirits. At least we have a solution. But looking at the reactions of Hao Wenming and Huang Ran, I'm afraid they can't explain the current situation.
After that sigh, nothing unusual happened. Hao Wenming stayed in front of the wax corpse. After another five minutes or so, he still didn't wait for Fourth Master Luo's response. If it hadn't been for all of us clearly just now When I heard that sigh, I thought what just happened was an auditory hallucination.
Director Hao made a move. He reached out and felt in the pocket of his shriveled coat. Then he remembered that all his equipment was in Huang Ran's hands. Hao Wenming was very stubborn and did not ask Huang Ran for his equipment back. He just turned around and glared at him. After that, Director Hao turned his attention to Luo Simen again. He bit his index finger, took a mouthful of blood in his mouth, and then sprayed the blood mixed with saliva on the wax corpse. Seeing that Luo Simen had no reaction on his face, Hao Wenming dropped blood on the ground in front of the wax corpse.