Chapter 306: Deformed Corpse

The cave entrance became a chimney, and dark gray poisonous miasma kept coming out of it.

At first, there was nothing unusual about the vines and trees at the cave entrance.

After a while, you will find that these vines and trees have a kind of iron blue color, just like people who are poisoned, gradually withering and dying.

Not long after, the entire cave entrance has become a dead place, and even the soil may contain some poison!

Those deadly nematodes that drilled out during the corpse decay gradually stopped drilling out, and it seems that they have died out, leaving only a large pool of corpses on the ground, like countless black hairs. Occasionally, there are still one or two worms that are not completely dead and will wriggle a few times.

Zhang Xinya was terrified and couldn't help touching her stomach. These things really made people connect to themselves, and they couldn't help but wonder, could there be so many worms in her stomach? Just like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, as long as they die and encounter a suitable burial environment, they will break out of the body...

Just thinking about this kind of thing makes the living change color, but it is impossible to control it. Even the ritual officials don't know why some special burial environments can keep people's bodies from decaying for thousands of years, and some even have objects such as the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys as fresh as when they just died.

"How long do you think we have to wait?"

Zhang Xinya was tickled by the corpse sitting cross-legged in the tomb passage that Lao Bai mentioned, and couldn't help squatting beside me to ask.

I looked at her and couldn't help laughing.

It seems that she couldn't suppress her curiosity.

Whether it is a tomb or a funerary object, these things related to the dead have no value in themselves. They are all old objects from the past. Can they be more refined than the products of the industrial age? The value is the story behind these objects. The more novel and eye-opening the story behind an old object and an ancient tomb is, the higher the value. As the old saying goes, antiques are valuable in prosperous times and gold is valuable in troubled times. This is true. Only when people are well fed and well-fed can they have the mind to trace back to the past and ask where their roots are. This is probably a kind of spiritual enjoyment.

So, apart from those rough people who spend a lot of money to move old things home to show off, those who really like to study these things can actually be regarded as high-end players in the world. Horse racing and dog fighting can no longer satisfy their spiritual needs, and they have begun to play with the word "civilization".

Most of the people who can mix in this industry, except for asking for some money to make a living, can be regarded as such high-end players.

Undoubtedly, there is a huge story behind this ancient tomb, a highly developed unknown civilization not recorded in history, and it is somewhat related to the legendary fat beauty in Middle-earth. We have struggled all the way and are still confused. Now that the tomb door has been broken open, Lao Bai said that he saw the real owner. This is almost the answer floating in front of us, but it is blocked outside the door by the poisonous miasma. Who wouldn't be anxious?

I thought about it and said to Zhang Xinya: "The Suntou Tomb is a small and exquisite tomb, with the best workmanship and materials. In fact, the interior of the tomb itself is not very big, and it is not on the same level as the large tombs we have encountered in the past. In my opinion, the scale of this tomb is at most similar to that of a courtyard, which is also the specification of the tombs of most kings and nobles. It is not an underground palace. Even if it is well sealed, it will not take long to disperse all the poisonous miasma. Just hold it in and wait patiently!"

Zhang Xinya smacked her lips, sighed, and had to sit down next to her and wait patiently.

As I expected, the moment the tomb door was opened, the situation was fierce, but it was not long. After we hid out, it was only an hour or so, and the cave entrance was no longer a smoky appearance.

However, to be on the safe side, we waited for half an hour longer, and then Brother Yaozi took me and carefully moved towards the cave entrance. We looked inside for a while and saw that the cave looked gray, like the cities outside that were shrouded in smog. Brother Yaozi looked for a while and said with regret that in fact, in this situation, the best way is to catch a living thing, tie it with a rope and throw it in to explore the way. Unfortunately, there is nothing in this bird place except for the living corpses. Where can we find such a living thing?

The two of us wandered around the cave entrance for a while and felt that the poisonous miasma was not fatal, so we waved to others.

In the cave, the corpses of the nematodes were densely packed on the ground.

These things die in the light, and like the corpses of the host, they decay very quickly. However, in the short time we waited outside, they had already rotted into soup, and the air was filled with a pungent stench.

We have been wandering around this cave for so many times that we are already familiar with it. Seeing that there is no poisonous miasma blocking the way, we soon found the entrance of the tomb.

As I said, this tomb is not big, and the tomb passage is not deep, only about 20 to 30 meters. Now that the poisonous miasma has dissipated, standing at the door and shining the flashlight inside, the situation in the tomb passage can be seen immediately.

At the end of the tomb passage, there is another tomb door, and behind the door should be the tomb chamber.

Fortunately, this tomb door does not look as crazy as the outer door. It is just a simple iron door, just like the double-opening courtyard door at home, with a chain hanging on it. It looks quite heavy, with rust in some places and shiny in some places.

In front of the tomb door, there is indeed a corpse sitting cross-legged, emaciated.

"This tomb door is interesting!"

Lao Bai smiled and said, "Some places are brand new, but some places are rusty and rotten, just like a patient with alopecia areata."

"Before we broke it open, this door was not rotten!"

Brother Yaozi said, "This tomb is so well sealed that I suspect it is a vacuum. The things inside are brand new. After we opened the tomb door, everything immediately rotted. If you don't believe me, go and see now. Those intact places are rusting at a speed visible to the naked eye. This kind of scene is not common."

Lao Bai shook his head and claimed that if he was not with everyone, he would not want to walk half a step alone.

I just took a look at the tomb door and didn't look at it again. As long as it is a locked tomb door, there is nothing that cannot be broken. It is not a problem. My eyes have been on the dead man sitting cross-legged in front of the door.

Is he... really Guo Xun?

Why is he in the tomb but not in the coffin? It's so weird. Even if he was a human sacrifice, he should be buried in a small coffin next to the tomb owner. This is really confusing.

As we approached, the face of the corpse jumped into our eyes.

Brother Yaozi was right. The seal here is very good. Everything decayed the moment we opened the tomb door, including the clothes on the corpse. Judging from the style, it is obviously the most standard round-necked robe in the Tang Dynasty. Now, under the rapid decay, it has lost its color and turned into a black plastic-like thing that is tight on the body, more fitting than a tights, so that the body shape of the corpse is completely outlined, and the skin and flesh on the body look like cracked mud. At first glance, I thought it was a clay man with countless wormholes on it.

All these characteristics tell me that this is indeed a man from the Tang Dynasty, and it must be Guo Xun!

"Is this still a person?"

Zhang Xinya stared at the corpse for a long time and couldn't help saying: "Look at his arms, they are so long, just like a gibbon, and his right hand is twice as long as his left hand. And that face, don't you find that his cheekbones on the right side of his face are very, very big?!"

Out of respect for the dead, Zhang Xinya racked her brains to find some words that didn't sound so harsh, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn't think of anything, and her face was red: "This... is simply a crooked melon and cracked date, like a deformed child. Could it be that Guo Xun is a deformed child?"

"It shouldn't be!"

I thought about it and said: "When he crossed the sea and returned to the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains, he was regarded as a banished immortal. This shows that his appearance should be very good. How could he be a crooked melon and cracked date? Judging from this corpse, this is a monster, but apart from Guo Xun, who else in the Tang Dynasty would come here?

You say... did something happen to him later that made him so deformed?"

Before I could finish, my master seemed to have discovered something. He pushed Lao Bai and said in a low voice, "Quick, open his mouth. The corpse will tell us the answer!!"