Plum Village is located at the foot of an unknown mountain. Plum trees are planted around and everywhere in the village. Some plum trees are old and vigorous, with tangled roots and are at least several hundred years old.
But now is not the season for plum blossoms to bloom. The branches of plum blossoms are lush and leafy, which is a different kind of scenery.
At night, Plum Village was quiet, with not even a single house with a light on. After all, it was after midnight, and there was not much nightlife in the wilds of this mountain village. The villagers went to bed early.
Ning Tao flew from the beginning of the village to the end of the village with his gun, and soon saw a man standing under a plum tree.
To be precise, it was a corpse, the corpse of an old man. It looked like he had died of some illness. The scars left by the surgery were clearly visible on his neck. Even the threads had not been removed, and there was blood, water, and pus oozing out from the seams. , very few people.
As expected, Ma Mian had been waiting for a long time.
Ning Tao lowered the meat gun, and a family of four got off the meat gun. The three wives were polite and performed an ancient woman's blessing ceremony in front of the horse. Jiang Hao originally didn't want to perform the Wanfu ceremony, but when she saw Qing Zhui and Bai Jing saluting Ma Mian, she could only follow the example and perform the Wanfu ceremony.
The head tiger of the Ning family cannot lose his etiquette.
Ma Mian smiled and said: "Oh, don't be polite to the three brothers and sisters. They are all family members, so being so polite will go unnoticed."
The three tigers of the Ning family just smiled. Although they didn't say it out loud, their eyes seemed to say, Guicai and you are one family.
Ning Tao got straight to the point: "Brother Ma, where is Concubine Mei's grave you mentioned? Take me there."
"Okay, come with me." Ma Mian turned around and led the way.
Ning Tao led his three wives and followed Ma Mian.
A mountain path came to an end, and a group of five people came to a plum forest. This plum forest is even older. There are hundreds of plum trees that are thousands of years old everywhere. Some trunks are half rotten, but they are still alive and well.
After walking forward for a while, Ma Mian stopped in front of a mound.
The mound was covered with weeds, and there were several clusters of wild chrysanthemums in full bloom.
Ma Mian pointed to the mound and said: "This is it. Concubine Mei is buried in this mound. The eunuch who buried her did not erect a monument for Concubine Mei because he was worried about upsetting Concubine Yang. This is so dirty. This move actually protected Mei Fei’s tomb. No tomb robbers have come here to dig the tomb in more than a thousand years, and the funerary objects in the tomb are still well preserved.”
The corpse of Concubine Mei, the funerary objects of that era, and the plum trees here are actually coordinates that intervene in the past time and space.
Ning Tao said: "It won't be too late, I'll go down right away."
Ma Mian said: "Don't worry, let's talk after we enter the tomb first."
"Brother Ma, do you mean in the grave?" Ning Tao asked.
Ma Mian said: "If you want to accurately intervene in the time and space of Yinxu you want to go to, the best place can only be in the tomb. Although there are plum trees planted here, it can be regarded as next to Mei Fei's tomb. , but there is no shelter here, even if there is any breath and energy left behind, it has long been scattered by the wind. "
Of course Ning Tao understood what Ma Mian said, and he also made a decision: "Then let's dig the grave."
But before the three tigers of the Ning family started digging the grave, a man crawled out from behind the mound. He had messy silver-white hair and dirty linen clothes. The wrinkles on his face were like the bark of a thousand-year-old tree. Wrinkled.
Isn't this old woman Meng Jiaorong who runs the ghost shop
Meng Jiaorong got up from the ground, reached out and patted the mud on her body, and then said: "Senior, the tunnel has been dug, you can go down."
Ma Mian nodded slightly: "I understand, you can go back."
Meng Jiaorong walked slowly out of the forest. When she passed by Ning Tao, she said in a hoarse voice: "Young man, your life span is much shorter. Come to my shop anytime." I’ll serve you a bowl of noodle soup, hehehe.”
Ning Tao just smiled indifferently and did not answer. This old woman has poisonous eyes, she can even see such things. But when I think about it, this old woman runs a ghost shop, she comes into contact with ghosts, and she wants to send the ghosts of this world down, so it is normal for her to develop a golden eye in this regard.
The three tigers of the Ning family all looked at Meng Jiaorong with displeasure. How could what this bad old woman just said escape the ears of the three of them? However, this bad old woman just told the truth without any excessive words. She also helped dig a tunnel here. Although the three of them were unhappy, it was hard to say anything to her.
"Let's go down," Ning Tao said.
After going around the mound, the tunnel dug by Meng Jiaorong was exposed to everyone. It was not a wide tunnel, but more like a dog hole dug by a dog. It could barely accommodate an adult, but that was only for slim people. If it was a fatter person, then No need to think about it.
Ma Mian glanced at the tunnel and cursed: "You damn old lady is lazy. I asked her to dig a big hole, but she actually dug a dog hole for me."
Ning Tao didn't think it was a big deal: "It only needs to be used once. It's good to be able to go down. Let's go down."
"You're right, I'll go down first." Ma Mian lay on the ground, then climbed into the tunnel with his hands on his hands.
Ning Tao said: "You three just stay outside. You don't have to follow us down to avoid getting your clothes dirty."
"How can that be done? We are worried. Besides, you still need me to open the Time Tower." Qing Zhui said.
Jiang Hao said: "Let's go down and have a look. After you leave, we will come up and then guard here."
"I'll go down and take a look first." Bai Jing didn't wait for Ning Tao to make any comment. He bent his legs and knelt on the ground. He raised his buttocks and stuck his head into the tunnel.
This posture is so mature and attractive.
Ning Tao was too lazy to say anything. They could go down and have a look if they wanted. How can they rest assured about such a thing? However, even in such an environment and at such a moment, seeing Bai Jing kneeling in front of him with her butt stuck out, he really wanted to wave to her.
However, the slap did not fall after all, but if Ma Mian was not here, it would not be certain. If the slap is not enough, he may do something that will kill someone.
Bai Jing climbed down, and Ning Tao followed her into the tunnel. Qing Zhui was third, Jiang Hao was last, and the family of four climbed into the tunnel one after another.
Although Concubine Mei was a concubine who was relegated to the cold palace, she was a woman who was favored by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty after all. The scale of the tomb was also built according to the scale of the concubine. The tomb was at least thirty or forty square meters, and there were many funerary objects inside. Porcelain, lacquerware, bronzeware, etc. were arranged in two rows. Because the tomb is located on higher ground and there is no stagnant water, these antiquities are well preserved. Especially the lacquerware, although there are signs of decomposition, the colors still look bright and the patterns are vivid, which has extremely high archaeological value.
There is a stone coffin placed in the tomb chamber. The gap between the coffin lid and the coffin box is made of Sanhe earth, making it airtight.
Ma Mian said: "Brother Ning, open the coffin."
Ning Tao said: "We are here to disturb others, and we are looking at their coffins... Isn't that a bit unreasonable?"
Ma Mian said: "Those who do great things do not stick to trivial matters. The nodes of the Yinxu are as numerous as the stars in the sky. If there is a slight mistake, you will not be able to touch Lin Qinghua. You lie down in this coffin and come into contact with Mei Fei's ghost energy. , it is the safest way to intervene in the Yinxu from this coffin.”
Ning Tao smiled bitterly: "Okay then, let's open the coffin."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qing Zhui and Bai Jing had already arrived in front of the sarcophagus. Each of them took out a dragon claw, dug a finger into the Sanhe soil, and then walked quickly. When the sisters met, the sarcophagus had been emptied of its three-component soil.
Jiang Hao reached out and pushed, and the lid of the sarcophagus suddenly opened.
There was a corpse of her godfather lying in the sarcophagus. Only the characteristics of her clothes and hair could tell that she was a woman.
The moment the coffin lid was opened, a gloomy wind suddenly emerged from the mouth of the shriveled corpse. There was no sound in the quiet tomb, but it gave people a strange feeling that something was sobbing and crying.
In such a situation, even the grave robbers in the world would probably be scared to death, but none of the five people in the tomb were afraid of ghosts.
"Go back!" Ma Mian said sternly: "Otherwise I will take you down to cramp and peel your skin, up the mountain of knives and under the oil pan!"
Strangely, that wisp of breeze seemed to understand Ma Mian's words and fluttered back into the sarcophagus.
Ning Tao asked curiously: "Brother Ma, could that wisp of evil wind just now be the ghost of Concubine Mei?"
Ma Mian said: "Whose ghost is it if it's not Mei Fei's ghost? The sarcophagus is sealed with triple soil and is airtight. It is hidden inside. I'm afraid it will take thousands of years for it to be consumed bit by bit."
"Aren't you the one who specializes in catching ghosts who are fooling around?" Bai Jing said, "But why didn't you catch her?"
Ma Mian smiled sadly: "We usually don't arrest those who died unjustly, leaving the ghost to find justice on his own. Isn't it said in the world that there will be retribution for doing bad things? Most of the unjust ghosts have no power. To take revenge, it’s okay to stay around the person who killed them and inhale some of the bad luck. When these things accumulate to a certain extent, retribution will come.”
"So that's it." Bai Jing said.
Ma Mian said again: "But this is only one of the reasons. The real reason is that as the number of people increases, more and more people die. The ghosts are limited, so how can they be caught?"
"If you don't catch him, no one will care?" Qing Zhui also asked curiously.
"Who cares? I have never even seen the face of the Ghost King." Ramian said with a smile: "If my sister is really interested, I can open a back door and take you to see it."
Qing Zhui shook his head repeatedly: "Brother Ma, you have already said that even ghosts can contaminate bad luck. The underworld is full of ghosts, and it is still a world of the dead. I don't know how much bad luck there is. I don't want to get all bad luck out of curiosity. , affects my conduct.”
Ma Mian said: "That's what my brothers and sisters said. Let's talk about going to the underworld in the future. Anyway, I'm here. When you come in the future, I will definitely arrange everything for you."
The three tigers of the Ning family all looked at Ma Mian with strange eyes, who would go to the underworld to establish relations
The atmosphere became a little awkward for a while.
Ma Mian chuckled and said, "Excuse my clumsiness, um...Brother Ning, get into the coffin. You go down first. I'm coming from the underworld to find you and give you a hand."
Ning Tao said: "Thank you, Brother Ma."
He climbed into the coffin, and then released the Time-Restraining Tower, the Tree Building Board, the Cloud Ore, and the elixir-level Xunzu Pill from the Big Sun Gourd. He didn't dare to take a small bite, but stretched out his tongue to lick it. .
boom!
A flood of allergic reactions to elixirs swept across the country.
Qing Zhui walked over and activated the time-suppressing tower: "Brother Ning, be careful in everything. You must remember that we are still here waiting for you."
Ning Tao had no time to nod, and his eyes fell into darkness...