The bright moon sits on the ground

The person who persistently pursued the way of longevity and chose Nie Qiu as the high priest-the current Holy One.

In another two years,? He will die due to old age, frailty and sickness, and the new emperor who ascended the throne,? That is, the current prince, doesn't believe in these things at all.

After deducing the cause and effect, we can understand that this tunnel should have been opened by the craftsmen who built the imperial mausoleum at that time.

After the imperial tomb was completed, the emperor's cronies closed the huge tomb door, and the craftsmen who built the imperial tomb for the emperor were trapped inside. There was no water or food, and they could only starve to death. This would also prevent them from The site selection and internal structure of the imperial mausoleum were leaked.

Therefore, on the way to build the imperial mausoleum, there will be craftsmen risking their lives to secretly leave a way for themselves.

This tunnel was left over from that time.

And the Tan family accidentally discovered this tunnel that could bypass the tomb guards and directly lead to the interior of the imperial tomb.

It is precisely because of the seriousness of the consequences that the second head of the Tan family can't hide his panic, and his youngest son, who is Tan Rongchong's cousin, changed his usual calmness, showing An expression of panic and fear.

Xie Mu narrowed his eyes, and said: "Who would have thought that this emperor would choose his tomb thousands of miles away from the imperial city? However, because it is him, it makes sense That's what it should be."

He paused, with a painful expression on his face, and continued talking after a while.

When the Erdang found out that this was the imperial tomb, he made a decisive decision and asked the people not to take anything away.

It has only been four or five years since he became the second head of the family, so the complicated task of supervising the digging of the lake was pushed to him. Can send someone to invite the elders over.

If he had killed all the servants present at that time, there would be no need to do such outrageous things later on.

After the group climbed out of the cave, they patted the dirt on their bodies.

The Qin family was not far from this place, and the youngest son of the second head of the family quickly invited the elder over.

Although the Qin family elders were old, their voice was very powerful, and they ordered the other workers to go home in an orderly manner.

Just as the second leader and the elder were talking in a low voice, Xie Mu frowned and suddenly felt restless.

He put his hands on his chest, a little puzzled.

The servants behind were led aside by the disciples of the Tan family who followed the elder, but one showed a panicked expression. It was the person who stepped on the trap at that time. He was in a hurry, as if to catch him what.

With a snap, a delicate box fell from his body and rolled to the ground.

The moment it hit the ground, the latch of the box was released, and the contents inside turned out.

Although some people had already left under orders, most of the people stayed where they were, wanting to see what happened, and even attracted the elders of the Qin family to come.

With sharp eyes, I happened to see the thing that fell out of the box.

An exclamation sounded, almost subconsciously, and everyone's eyes were drawn to it.

One was not too big or too small, about the size of a grown man's palm.

There are two bright rubies inlaid in the pupils of the eyes. The slender body is carved with lifelike fish scales. There are two antlers protruding upwards on the top of the head. The head is like a camel, the eyes are like a rabbit, the ears are like a cow, the neck is like a snake, and the abdomen It looks like a mirage, its claws are like eagles, its palms are like tigers, it has beards beside its mouth, pearls under its chin, and reverse scales under its throat—the most eye-catching thing is its five claws that vacuously step on auspicious clouds.

Five-clawed golden dragon!

There is probably no one in the world who doesn't know what this symbol represents.

The elder's face changed suddenly, and a sternness flashed in his eyes.

Xie Mu was originally standing not far from the elder, but at this moment he was also shocked by the change, and only then did he realize that it turned out to be the emperor's tomb.

However, a creepy rustling sound immediately attracted his attention.

He slowly turned his head to the side, and saw the elder turned his palm over, his five fingers naturally hanging down to the ground, countless Gu worms writhed and fell from his cuffs, fell to the ground, and then quickly stared at the nearest person, instantly It devours people in no time.

"Tan Hong, do it." His voice was hoarse and low, as if it came from an abyss.

The second head, Qin Hong, pursed his lips without any hesitation, and the Gu worms on his body came out in full force.

When the first scream came out, it was already too late - the disciples of the Qin family started their hands one after another, dragging all the people present back, and forcefully dragged them into the cage made of Gu insects.

There is no way Xie Mu can escape.

He was standing close to him, and the child was not running fast, so he was swallowed up by a black mass in an instant.

Countless disgusting Gu worms squirmed, covered him, penetrated into his seven orifices, and squeezed into the flesh and blood along the tunnel. Xie Mu breathed hurriedly, trying to escape from the shackles, but he couldn't get rid of these entanglements at all. Human Gu worms crawled across his delicate and smooth skin with feet and without feet, and the rustling sounds together with the screams rang in his ears, making him feel sick to his stomach.

While struggling, the square mirror fell out of his arms and fell to the ground.

In the gap between the worm shadows, Xie Mu could barely see the hexagrams displayed on the smooth mirror.

Great evil.

The mechanism in the imperial mausoleum has not been activated, so naturally there is no danger.

He had already calculated that nothing would threaten him...

But why didn't he think of unpredictable people's hearts?

When Xie Mu said this, his face was already wrinkled, and the wind around him gradually became icy cold.He retched a few times in extreme pain, as if there were bugs still lingering in his body, but he was a spirit body after all, so naturally there was nothing in his body.

Nie Qiu raised his hand, and the copper bell in his sleeve swayed slightly, making a melodious and clear ringing.

Xie Mu felt that his emotions gradually stabilized with the sound of the copper bell, so he glanced at him, but didn't say anything.

He lowered his eyes, remembering.

When the last breath was stuck in the damaged throat, the swarms of Gu worms receded like a tide.

After death, only an empty shell remains.

Xie Mu heard himself choked up, but nothing flowed from his dry eye sockets.

The voices of the elder and the second head were sometimes far and near, and he seemed to be wandering between the dwelling place of the living and the dwelling place of the dead.

"Qin Hong, what's the use of your womanly benevolence—" This is the elder's voice, old and powerful, but at this moment it seems to have shed its hard shell, revealing helplessness and pain, "If there is someone among them If anyone spreads the news and the emperor blames it, not only will they suffer, but the Qin family will also be ransacked and beheaded, and the nine clans will be punished!"

"I see, Elder."

This is Qin Hong's voice, low and weak.

The elder sighed slowly, "You should clean up these messes! Don't tell anyone else about this, you know?"

Qin Hong responded, his voice seemed far away.

"After explaining everything, within three months, I want you to apologize with death." The elder said coldly.

Xie Mu struggled to break away from the heavy and broken body, emerged from the corpse, and opened his eyes to look at them.

He saw no expression on the elder's old face. After he finished speaking, he patted Tan Hong with his head down, and turned around to walk towards the disciples of the Tan family and Tan Hong's youngest son who had gathered together at some point.Xie Mu looked down and saw that his corpse had been stacked with other corpses, just blocking the entrance of the tunnel, covering up the secrets underneath.

On the corpse, there was a thick layer of soil, covering all the flesh and blood.

Xie Mu looked up and saw that the crescent moon was rising in the sky, it turned out that one or two hours had passed since then.

"Let's do it." The elder said to the disciples of the Tan family, and after he finished speaking, he sighed again, "Death is just a matter of a moment."

"What's the harm in sacrificing these things for the sake of the Tan family in a hundred years?"

Xie Mu sat on the soil where countless corpses and secrets were buried deep. The ground has been repaired to a smooth level, and no other flaws can be seen. There is only a hole left, revealing the corpses inside and those terrified faces.

After the elder finished speaking, Xie Muyao looked over, and saw that they had resolutely recruited the Gu worms to bite back at him.

Pieces of flesh fell off, blood spurted out, and was sucked away by the Gu worms, leaving only pale bones.

With a bang, the bones fell to the ground.

Dry bones to ashes.

The Gu worm faded away again.

Seeing the tears in Tan Hong's eyes, Xie Mu stepped forward step by step and put the skeletons into the hole.

He took off his blood-stained coat, threw it in, and then used the bloody shovel to shovel back the mound bit by bit, burying everything underneath.He shoveled silently for an hour, his palm was bloody, but he didn't seem to notice it, and finally threw the shovel in his hand into it, and then used the bloody palm to scatter the last handful of soil into it , iron with the palm of your hand.

Tan Hong took a deep breath, knelt on the ground, and looked up at the sky.

And Xie Mu didn't want to see these at all.

Long before Tan Hong filled in the hole, he had resorted to some tricks to take out his own body.

However, it is not realistic to hand it over to his parents, and it may make them even more sad.

It's better to let them think that they just disappeared, at least they still have something to think about.

Originally there was a separation between humans and ghosts, so Xie Mu hid his body, fearing that the smell of the corpse would cause others to find out, so he had to scrape off the flesh and blood, leaving only the skeleton of a child.

A few years later, at the foot of the falling mountain beside Lingyan Lake, he saw mother Tan's red eyes from crying, and father Tan silently holding his favorite tiger puppet, together with those clothes, his favorite books, etc. , all his favorite things were thrown into the fire - Xie Mu saw that they held a babbling baby in their hands.

Xie Mu stood there, in a trance, as if several reincarnations had been separated from them.

It's clearly within reach, but it can't be touched, and it can't be touched.

Burned out, only a pile of ashes remained.

Turned to ashes, what a fool.

Unfortunately, he thought, he won't get anything.

However, Xie Mu was also reluctant to leave this place, so he moved his skeleton over, took advantage of the dark moon and high winds, buried it in the place where the flames had burned out, and stayed there.

Time flies, fleeting.

Many people who died at that time turned into ghosts and ghosts because of their resentment, and others went to the underworld to reincarnate early because they couldn't wait any longer. The only one who was conscious was Xie Mu.

It was originally the crime of the Qin family, and was harmed by their Gu insects, so the ghosts and ghosts at the bottom of the lake also turned into water corpses, but it was different from the usual ones, not a single Gu insect fell out after being smashed into mud. Become water and gather together into body, so back and forth, never tired.

Xie Mu watched coldly, didn't want to take care of it, and didn't have the ability to do it.

He didn't kill people, and his spiritual body gradually weakened. Fortunately, the square mirror was left, which barely guarded his soul, and because he was the so-called "Buddha reincarnated, the blue bird was reincarnated", which made the soul condense and would not dissipate.

When people from the Bu family came, Xie Mu hid far away. For ten years, no one had noticed his existence.

Xie Mu originally thought that he would continue to wander the world alone like this until the water corpses in the lake broke out and the Qin family was completely destroyed.

however--

"Smelly brat, what are you doing here?"

A very unscrupulous and mid-spirited voice suddenly sounded from behind.

Xie Mu lazily turned his head under the moonlight, only to find that the old man who said that was staring at him closely.

Rao Xie Mu was also taken aback, and pointed at himself suspiciously.

"Is there anyone else here besides you?" The old man simply lifted his robe and sat on the ground.

Xie Mu found it strange that he used to be a celestial physicist, so the spirit body after death is naturally more special than normal ones. He even hid from the Bu family, but he didn't find this old man who could see the spirit body.

He looked up and down, only to find that the old man was wearing tattered Taoist uniform.

weirdo.

Seeing his appearance, Xie Mu suddenly relaxed and opened his mouth to speak to a living person for the first time in decades.

"What a stinky brat, I've been in this world for decades."

The old man said "oh" very disinterestedly, and stopped talking. He took a branch and wrote something on the ground.

Xie Mu waited for a while, seeing that he really had no intention of speaking, he couldn't help but glance at what he drew.

Amulet of exorcism and blessing.Xie Mu understood in an instant.

However, this talisman is not the kind used to exorcise ghosts, it seems that it is not intended to get rid of him.

He nodded at the old man lying on the ground from a distance, and asked, "What are you drawing this for?"

With the breeze blowing, the old man raised his head and glanced at him, "There are always living dead people appearing on the commercial road from Qingchang Town to Xiayan City. There are countless casualties in the town and village, and the people are miserable. I am thinking about whether I can draw Make a better spell."

This was heard a little bit, but I didn't expect that it was not a rumor, but it was true.

Xie Mu glanced at him thoughtfully, and after a while, suddenly smiled, and pointed to the field where the bones were buried deep.

"In this world, my bone is the best protection against evil spirits. You see, the willow trees around here are extremely lush, and the surrounding residents have never been disturbed by evil spirits..." He said, "Old Taoist priest, if you are brave, Just go and dig out my bones, of course, keep the skull for me."

The old Taoist followed his line of sight and found that the willow trees nearby were indeed more luxuriant. After counting, there were no grieving spirits around.

Xie Mu said: "In exchange, old Taoist priest, you have to—"

As he spoke, it was rare to remember when he was still alive.

Buried in the backyard of his house, the jar exudes a mellow aroma.

In my vague impression, my parents always said with a smile that he was still young and told him to drink it when he grew up.

Therefore, the young celestial aficionado who died early paused, and raised his voice and said, "You have to bring me wine!"