Dreaming back to the Tang Dynasty, I was working as a detective in Chang'an

Fatty and I walked upstream along this underground river. Under the light of torches, we found that the water in this underground river was not too deep, just below the ankle. No wonder the giant salamander can survive here for a long time. After about less than a cup of tea, I suddenly discovered that there were two more secret doors on the tunnel wall.

The shape of the secret door looks very unique, in the shape of lotus petals, bright red in color, with strange characters engraved in the middle. These are ancient characters that I can't understand. There are also paintings on both sides that look like erotic pictures, and something like The practice picture shows several pairs of naked men doing shameful things with men in various postures. It turns out that the Tang Dynasty also loved homosexuals? Looking further up, there is a pattern of a man flying into the sky wearing a gauze robe. Look at this scene, he must have finally become an immortal by combining with a man. There was something strange about this door that made me blush and my heart beat faster. So I asked the fat man to come up and take a look. The fat man held up the torch, looked at it carefully for a while, and said:

"I seem to have seen such a character somewhere. Judging from the shape, it should be a kind of spell. Look at the other doors."

We came to the second door and found that this door was different. It was also in the shape of petals, but the painting was more weird and terrifying. Various criminal methods are painted on it, such as cutting off the nose, burning, cutting with knives, frying, disembowelment, hanging, etc. The faces of the people are full of painful and horrifying expressions, as if they have entered the Abi Hell, which makes people shudder.

These two doors are so weird and terrifying, constantly stimulating our senses, making our adrenaline surge and our blood boiling. I want to see what is inside these doors. I asked the fat man: "Go in and take a look?"

The fat man nodded, also looking excited. So, we returned to the first door with the erotic picture and found that the door could be opened.

I held the torch and gently pushed the door open. I found that the depth of the door was limited, about seven or eight square meters. There was a mural hanging on the wall in front: the hair was down, soft and long, and there was a smile on the face. From the white veil, it can be seen from the delicate eyebrows that she must be a very beautiful woman. Those eyes can really capture the soul. If you look at her eyes carefully, you will have the urge to hug her. She was wearing a red gauze dress, which was very thin and vaguely revealed her body, but it was not that of a woman, but that of a man. Sitting cross-legged on the red lotus seat, he has a kind of enchanting charm. I feel like I will fall in love with him in the next second and even die for him.

Below the portrait is a long table with an incense burner placed on the table and a jade bowl. The bowl is filled with dark brown condensation, which I feel looks like human or animal blood. When I held the torch and wanted to get closer to him and take a closer look, I found that the white gauze on the man's face had disappeared at some point. You would never imagine that under those charming eyes, there were dense bones and skulls, and the mouth was full of bones. There are fangs in it, like a Rakshasa in hell.

I was frightened, and I felt that the air around me suddenly became extremely cold, and the torch in my hand became much dimmer, and it was about to go out. It feels like the evil ghost in this painting is coming to life and will stretch out its claws to catch us.

This is too weird. How can a picture of a beautiful man suddenly turn into an evil ghost? When I was stunned, the fat man said:

"No, leave quickly!" As he said that, the fat man pulled me and quickly backed away from the room.

When I walked out, a gust of cool wind blew, and I suddenly became sober. I asked:

"Did you see that painting just now? Why did he suddenly change from a beautiful man to a devil?" The fat man said in a deep voice:

"There may be a special powder on the surface of that painting. When you hold a torch and get closer, the heat of the torch dissolves the powder, causing the veil on the face to fade away, revealing the original appearance of the painting. I'm afraid the powder may be poisonous. , so I quickly pulled you out."

"Brother Zheng is indeed well-informed. I really owe you this time."

"It's okay. My family has been a widower since my grandfather's generation. I have experienced some things with my grandfather since I was a child. I have heard about this kind of flower work from my grandfather, and I have seen it today!"

We rested outside for a while and planned to open the second door.

When we arrived at the second door, fortunately, this door could be opened easily. After opening the door, I found that it was much deeper than the first room. I couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and I couldn't guess where it was going. The further we walked in, the worse the air quality became. The flames of the torch in our hands suddenly turned from red to blue, and the light also flickered on and off. I held the torch in one hand and held the flame in the other, afraid that it would go out.

There was nothing else in the house, it was empty. I walked around and suddenly found a wooden board covering the ground in the southwest corner. We gently opened the board and found that there was a hole underneath.

I held up the handle and took a look. There was a wooden ladder along the cave wall that led down to the bottom floor. The staircase was very narrow and could only accommodate one person. As I walked down the ladder slowly, the torch in my hand suddenly went out. .

I walked down the ladder step by step in the dark. I didn’t know how many steps I walked until I felt like my feet could touch the ground. After I stood firm, I took out the torch from my bag and planned to light the torch again to see what was going on below.

This room was full of stench. The moment I lit the fire, I was scared out of my mind! There was a face facing me. This face had no flesh and had become like dried beef. The fibers were clearly visible. The eyes were just deep holes. The mouth was open, and maggots were going in and out of the mouth. ! It was indescribably weird and disgusting. I had never seen such a dead body. I swore that I would never eat beef jerky again in my life.

I was really frightened and was a little stunned. I stood there and didn't dare to move. The fat man came down with a torch at this time. Why was I so frightened? It turned out that this mummy was hanging upside down, and his face was right in front of my face, face to face.

The fat man was much calmer than me. He held a torch and illuminated the surrounding area. I went there. It would have been better if I didn't illuminate it. But when I did, it scared the hell out of me. There was not just one mummy in this room, but eight. They were all naked, both male and female. The men had their genitals cut off, and the women had their bellies disemboweled. They were tied to their ankles and hung upside down in the room. Their deaths were extremely miserable. How could such torture exist in the world? The cruelty of these executioners is beyond description. . It was the first time I saw such a strange corpse. My stomach was churning, and I tried not to vomit it out.

The fat man seemed very calm. He looked at the mummies carefully and said, "It's very strange about the mummies here. The women were bled first before being tortured, and they were executed alive. The male corpses were not bled, and were directly After they were hanged, their penises were cut off. You see, their faces were distorted, indicating that they had been extremely cruelly tortured during their lifetime. They were coated with antiseptic powder, and under the influence of the medicine, the corpses would quickly lose moisture, like For dried bacon, their death times are different, some are far away and some are near."

"The murderers who were killed today are so cruel. What heinous crime did they commit? To be treated like this, the murderer must be found and chopped up!"

The fat man looked solemn, smashed his fist on the wall, and said, "This was done by people from the Red Lotus Sect!"

"Red Lotus Sect? What the hell?"

The fat man said: "This is an extremely terrifying legend. Hundreds of years ago, there was a very evil church in Chang'an City. The leader looked like a god, but he was a man. He had practiced Taoism for hundreds of years. He only loved men. , hates women. In order to keep his appearance forever, he will capture some girls and drink their blood to nourish his beauty. Legend has it that he is hundreds of years old and is still as beautiful as the girls. Then I don’t know what happened. One night, This sect disappeared, as if it had never appeared. Before you came to the Yamen, there had been many cases of missing girls. I still have no clue. Maybe it is related to the Red Lotus Sect. It seems that they have made a comeback. . Legend has it that this church only accepts men, and they are beautiful men. As long as they join the Red Lotus Sect, they will have endless money and endless glory, so the church is growing day by day. However, the canon is very strict and does not allow Men who join the association are not allowed to associate with women, let alone have romantic relationships. If they violate the rules of the church, they will be executed together with the women."

I said, "How do you know this is the work of the Red Lotus Sect and not another sect?"

The fat man felt a little tired. He sat in the corner and said, "Look if they are wearing a lotus-shaped armor on their little finger. This is the logo of their organization. Everyone who joins will cut off a piece of it first." The little finger is given to the leader as a gift for initiation, and then the lotus armor will be worn for life."

At this time, I was no longer afraid. I came to the man's corpse and looked at his hands. It was true that the little finger on his left hand was missing a section, and the fingers were wearing armor like lotus petals.

I yelled angrily: "Don't the government just care about it? Let them do whatever they want?"

The fat man said: "This church is very secretive, and its whereabouts are erratic. It only appeared in recent years, and it is very strange. The people sent there suddenly died suddenly or tragically. After several years of investigation, they could not find out, and in the end nothing happened. Yes. I have been investigating secretly for the past few years, but I didn’t expect that this haunted house is haunted. By accident, we accidentally discovered the place where they secretly execute people."

The fat man and I both felt that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, so we quickly returned the same way we came. We planned to investigate the Red Lotus Sect secretly first so as not to alert others, and then we would catch them all once we found his lair.