Let us say that there is a place in the south of Wuzhong called Chaoluowo. The two big rivers in this county, Huanxiang and Jiyun, pass through this place. Because Wujing is very close to the sea and the sea water rises and falls along the river, it reaches here, so it is named Chaoluowo.
The military supplies of the Xingzhou Zuotun Guard established by the imperial court and the nearby guard posts were all transported here through the Huanxiang River. Because the Huanxiang River turns a corner here, when the river flows here, it meets the rising sea water, causing siltation of the river. Floods occur nine times in ten years, often affecting the transportation of military supplies. Therefore, the imperial court ordered Yutian to dredge the river. Qiaozhi County conducted an on-site survey and decided to straighten the river bend. The project involved an ancient well on the shore, which was unknown how many years ago. It was the excavation of this ancient well that caused great shock to the construction workers and local people, and several lives were lost or injured.
This ancient well often produces strings of bubbles. The water in the well is sweet and the nearby villagers like to drink the water from this well. In midsummer, the wells are still cool. When villagers encounter perishable food in summer, they use baskets to tie the food to the wells for preservation.
Now that the project needs to dig out the ancient well, the villagers are reluctant to part with it, and there is no way around it even with government orders. Local people have legends that there is a devil's palace hidden under this well. Once the devil is angered, the water will flood to the top and submerge the surrounding villages. Anyone with a little knowledge knows this is nonsense, so no one cares. The project went on schedule. When we dug close to the water, we found that the stratum was filled with peat.
Peat is a plant in the past. It is soaked in water and carbonized to form black mud. The foreman asked people to use cloth bags to pick up bags of black mud and pile it on the shore. Because peat can replace fertilizer, nearby villagers came to pack the dried peat. . Some old people burned incense on their heads at the construction site to pray that the devil would not be angry.
A migrant dredger dug up a hard object. The foreman hurriedly asked what it was. The dredger checked and reported that it was wood. The surrounding villagers hurriedly shouted that they had encountered the Demon King's Palace, and everyone retreated in fright. The foreman said angrily: "That's a well plate, keep digging!"
One log after another was tied to a rope and pulled ashore. Some migrant workers reported that lime was dug underneath. The foreman shouted: "That's for disinfection of wells. It's the same for all wells. Keep digging."
With a "dang" sound, a villager dug something hard again and hurriedly reported that it was a stone. The foreman ordered to continue digging, and the workers peeled off the lime, revealing a large stone. After wiping it clean with grass, I found that there were patterns engraved on it. The pattern is of a woman, surrounded by figures with swords, ugly appearance, and some talismans. It was almost noon, and when the cook called for dinner, everyone threw away their tools and crowded into the work shed to eat.
The foreman had a small meal and went to the village to drink. After the migrant workers finished eating, several people gathered around and discussed privately. The few migrant workers who touched the stone said mysteriously: "I noticed it when we were digging. This is not an ordinary stone slab, it should be a sarcophagus! Let's take advantage of the leader's absence. , quietly opened the sarcophagus, there must be treasure inside!" So several migrant workers went up to clean it while the foreman was away, and it turned out to be a sarcophagus. Several people tried their best to lift the coffin lid, but it did not move.
Several migrant workers brought crowbars and sledgehammers and beat them repeatedly. Suddenly, there was a "chi" sound, and a crack was opened in the coffin lid. A migrant worker's hand was covered, and his skin was torn open and a stream of blood spurted into the coffin.
With a "bang" sound, the coffin lid exploded from the inside and split into several pieces. Several migrant workers were killed on the spot, a puff of smoke came out of the coffin, and a zombie stood up! It was covered with white fur, a pair of fangs sticking out of its mouth, long nails like a pair of claws, and two white eyes looking around. Some of the migrant workers around were so frightened that they climbed up, and some were so frightened that they didn't even know how to run away. They were trembling and their bodies were like chaff.
Step by step, the zombie approached the nearby migrant workers. One of the more mature migrant workers shouted: "Don't be afraid, everyone, she is just a dead corpse, a woman! She can't play with men when she is alive, and it doesn't matter if she dies. Amazing! We all surrounded her, she looked forward, and those behind us took action!"
Several brave migrant workers picked up their tools and surrounded the zombie from a distance. A migrant worker standing behind the zombie suddenly slashed at the zombie with a steel shovel. Just listen to the "dang" sound, and the steel shovel makes a sharp sound like hitting a steel instrument. As soon as the zombie turned around, he grabbed the migrant worker, raised his hand, and suddenly threw him to the shore.
When everyone saw this scene, they were so frightened that they threw away their tools and ran away, crawling to the shore. The zombie caught up from behind and grabbed a migrant worker. The migrant worker was frightened and fainted. The zombie watched for a while and did not bite the migrant worker. Instead, he threw the migrant worker to the shore with a strange smile.
Then I listened carefully and seemed to hear something. Jumped to the shore, rushed into the cattail grass, and disappeared.
But he said that the foreman walked towards the construction site after drinking and was shocked when he saw a migrant worker being thrown ashore from a distance. I ran over in a hurry, but before I got there I heard a sudden sound, and another migrant worker was thrown ashore. This one didn't fall hard. He got up and ran quickly, shouting: "Run! The devil is coming!" Then, a zombie jumped out of it, rushed towards the cattails outside, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The foreman was also frightened and hurried back to the village to report to the supervisor. The supervisor immediately ran back to the county government office to report.
That night everyone closed their doors tightly, for fear that zombies would come to the door.
When the Wuzhong County Government Office heard the news, they immediately rushed to the scene. After Wu Zhi San Jue surveyed the scene, he heard the young man carrying the sword say: "Judging from the scene described by the witnesses, this is a white zombie. Although it is very old, it shouldn't be very powerful, but it is very difficult."
The warrior young man said impatiently: "What's so troublesome? If I cut off her head, wouldn't justice be fulfilled? I don't believe what she can do without her head!"
The young man carrying the sword said: "There is an inscription on this coffin, which was left by the person who surrendered this monster. It said that although this thing is white zombie, it is too old to be processed, so it was sealed in the stone coffin and buried under the water. . Those who dig it out in the future must not open the coffin lid if they are unable to handle it. Now that the Huanxiang River has changed its course and has become a bank, the migrant workers opened it hastily without knowing the seal characters on it, leaving us with a huge problem. If I Cut off her head with a sword, and the corpse poison will spurt out from her cavity, and the residents here will suffer."
Qiao Zhixian tentatively asked: "Is this thing afraid of fire? Can it be beaten to death and then refined with fire?" The young man with the sword replied: "If it is refined with fire, the corpse poison will fly into the air with the smoke and scatter around. The villagers will suffer even more!" The short young man glared and said, "The talisman that originally sealed this sarcophagus can no longer be seen. Do you know this kind of talisman? Why not make another coffin lid and engrave the talisman on it, and then we can seal it to Put it in the coffin and leave it to the capable people in the future." The young man carrying the sword frowned and said, "That's not possible. We can't silence the people by keeping this scourge. Once it is detected by the enemy in the future and used to harm the people, The situation is even worse! Besides, in the next few hundred years, who else do you think will be considered capable besides the three of us?"
The warrior young man said: "Let's just release the mud puller, drag that thing into the water, and drown it to death!" The young man with the sword shook his head and said: "This thing doesn't breathe at all, and it won't be drowned to death. It's just heavy, so if you drag it down, it won't come back up again." not coming."
After pondering for a long time, the young man with the sword asked the young warrior: "Can your whip cripple her without causing her to bleed? For example, break her hands and feet without damaging the skin and preventing the corpse energy from leaking?" He curled his lips and thought for a while and said: "This can be done!" The four people discussed it all night but could not find a complete solution. They finally formed a unified opinion, that is, surrender first! After dawn, the young man with the sword behind his back asked his pack of wolves to start tracking. The warrior young man followed the wolf spirit and chased him. It didn't take long before he saw the young man coming back carrying the zombie. The zombie's neck and limb joints were broken, and it was screaming strangely with its mouth wide open.
The young man with the sword behind his back circled around the zombie and finally walked towards an open space. He took off the sword on his back and threw it into the air. He saw the sword spinning in circles in the air, gradually forming eight swords and starting to draw a strange shape in the air. No one knew what it meant. After a while, a young young man with a wide robe and long sleeves appeared on the scene. Qiao Yu was about to ask, but he saw the young man carrying a sword stepped forward and called daddy! Qiao Zhixian and the other officers felt as if they were five miles away from the clouds. They thought to themselves: "How come the master's father and son are almost the same age!"
I saw the young man with the sword behind him saying something to the young man, and the young man said loudly: "Simple." After saying that, the young man glanced at the zombie, and then saw that the zombie disappeared out of thin air! The young man said something to the young man carrying the sword, and then disappeared. The county magistrate Qiao, all the government officials, and the villagers who were watching all opened their eyes in surprise.
I saw the three masters turning around, waving to Magistrate Qiao and saying, "With your merits completed, mount your horse and return to the Yamen!"
The four of them got on their horses. Magistrate Qiao asked the three of them many questions along the way, but the answers amazed him.