The thatch in the yard showed no signs of breaking, indicating that no one had been here for a long time.
Wu Dongfang moved forward and moved forward. After entering the house, he found that the house was very dry. There were no retaining walls in the main room. There were many coffins scattered in the house. He turned on a lighter and counted roughly, and found that there were more than a dozen coffins here. The coffin located in the northeast corner is very strange, yellow with green, it should be a copper coffin, with two thick copper chains wrapped around both ends, and the body of the coffin is covered with strange patterns.
Wu Dongfang turned around and walked out. Even the stupidest person would know what this coffin was, and the boldest person would not dare to stay here.
When he reached the door, Wu Dongfang stopped suddenly and quickly walked to the door. Someone came from the south.
Carefully looking south, I saw two people coming, wearing loose robes, less than a kilometer away from here. Judging from their body shape and the speed of movement, these two people were most likely from the Tu tribe. Male wizard.
There is no rear window here, so there is no way to escape through the rear window. If you escape through the front door, you will probably be discovered by them. To take a step back, even if they haven't discovered it, there are still footprints left by him in the yard. When the other party arrives, they will immediately find that the footprints come from the mountain and go back to the mountain. Follow the footprints and catch up quickly. he.
what to do? Wu Dongfang thought anxiously. He didn't expect that the other party would chase him here. The current situation was truly a matter of catching a turtle in a jar.
At this moment, a chirping sound came from the northeast corner. It was the sound of metal friction, and there was also the sound of copper chains being pulled.
"There are really zombies in the coffin." Wu Dongfang frowned secretly. At this time, he was not so afraid of zombies, because the Tu wizards who were about to come here were more terrifying than zombies, and being caught by them would mean death.
People who are about to drown will cling to anything they encounter. Wu Dongfang has this mentality now. He thought of releasing zombies to create chaos and take the opportunity to escape, but it requires great courage to implement this idea.
After a brief hesitation, Wu Dongfang looked up at the beams of the wooden house. The beams were more than five meters above the ground. He confidently stepped on the wall to gain strength and jumped up. The fact that the coffin showed no signs of decay meant that the zombie was not very old. Can't jump that high.
At this time, voices could be heard from the south. Wu Dongfang didn't think much and quickly ran to the northeast corner, groping in the darkness for the connecting part of the copper chain.
"It looks like a morgue there. It's very unlucky. Don't go there," someone said.
"I thought I saw a light there just now." Another person's voice said.
In the dead of night, the sound traveled farther than usual. At this time, the two of them should be dozens of meters away. The stench coming from the gap in the coffin made Wu Dongfang almost sick. He couldn't find the connecting part, so he began to try to remove the chain. The coffin was completely torn off.
"Are you dazzled? Don't pass by. He can't be faster than us." The voice came again.
"The Heavenly Master has strict orders to pursue two hundred people eastward. Let's go and have a look." Another person said.
"What two hundred, it's more than two hundred miles to Pinggu." said the wizard who didn't want to come in.
The copper chain binding the coffin body had become loose under the support of the zombies. Wu Dongfang pulled off the copper chain at one end and ran to the end of the coffin to pull the chain there. This chain became even looser. Wu Dongfang pulled off the chain. Immediately after the chain, he stepped on the coffin lid and rushed towards the north wall. He grabbed the beam from the wall and climbed up.
At the same time, the coffin lid was pushed over by the zombies inside, and a dark zombie stood up straight from the coffin. It can be seen from the gorgeous clothes on its body that have not rotted and the white hair on its head that this zombie was a An old lady from a wealthy family.
"What's the sound?" Two people in the distance heard the sound.
"Go over and take a look." Another person said.
The zombie noticed Wu Dongfang on the beam and jumped up high to try to catch him. However, it was very short and could only jump more than three meters high and could not reach Wu Dongfang.
Wu Dongfang quickly moved from the beam to the door, and a zombie jumped over. Different from the zombie killed by Fei Mu before, this zombie's limbs were very stiff and could only jump forward, and its arms could only be stretched out.
"Damn it, why is it like this?"
"What are you shouting about? You attracted it here."
Seeing the zombie jump out, Wu Dongfang lowered his head from the beam and looked out. He saw the two Tu wizards running back, with the zombie jumping behind them.
When the zombies chased the two men away, Wu Dongfang jumped down from the beam and went to the inside of the courtyard wall to look south. Soon the zombies and the two Tu wizards disappeared. He didn't dare to leave immediately, because the two Tu wizards could see further than him at night. Just because he couldn't see each other didn't mean that the other party wouldn't see him when they turned around.
After waiting patiently for five minutes, Wu Dongfang wanted to leave, but as soon as he took a step, he felt like the world was spinning and he was top-heavy. He was too tired.
In addition to being tired, he was also cold. His clothes were soaked through. If he left here, he would probably freeze to death in the mountains.
It was dangerous to stay here, and it was even more dangerous to go out. Wu Dongfang began to consider whether to stay here. Before making a decision, he followed the footprints in the snow and found the place where the two Tu wizards turned, which was still far from the door. It was fifteen to twenty meters away. If they had not deliberately observed the ground, the two of them would not have noticed the footprints he left outside the door.
Stay, Wu Dongfang made a decision.
Back at the house, Wu Dongfang kept stamping his feet and rubbing his hands. He was freezing and desperately needed warmth, but there was no door to the house and he didn't dare to light a fire until he was sure that the two of them were gone.
After counting to two thousand, that is, more than half an hour later, he lit a lighter and opened the lid of one of the coffins. The body in the coffin had already turned into bones. According to the clothes, it was a woman. Its head and The body was separated, and the cause of death was probably the head being chopped off.
Wu Dongfang picked up the coffin lid and walked over and stood it up at the door. He turned back and took away another coffin lid. This coffin also contained the bones of a woman, with the head and body separated.
He used two coffin lids to cover the door and one coffin lid to hold them up. Then he started looking for debris to make a fire. When lighting the fire, the flame of the lighter was very small. This was the only modern thing on his body, and it seemed that it was used. Not even a few times.
After lighting the fire, Wu Dongfang began to kick the coffin lids. These coffins had been parked here for at least ten years. Except for the copper coffin, the other wooden coffins were all eaten by insects.
With enough firewood, he began to bake clothes. The clothes had to be taken off to dry, and drying them while wearing them would cause prickly heat.
The two Tu wizards were undoubtedly ordered to chase him. From the conversation between the two, it can be seen that he was more than two hundred miles away from the Xia Dynasty capital at this time, and the other party had exactly circled a pursuit range of two hundred miles. He tried his best but just ran out of the danger zone.
After these two wizards left, there should be no other wizards coming. If nothing else happened, he was safe now, at least tonight. As for the zombie, he is not afraid even if he comes back. The worst he can do is jump on the beam. The zombie will not be able to see the light and will have to hide after dawn.
The clothes were torn by thorns and branches in the woods, and were seriously damaged. After checking the rolls of linen he carried with him, Wu Dongfang felt relieved. When he swam, he put the clothes on his head, so that the linen did not get wet. , but a lot of sweat soaked it, but fortunately the cinnabar did not fade and blur, otherwise he would lose everything recorded on these linen cloths, including the practice methods of the two spells unique to Master Qinglong.
After drying his clothes, roasting and eating the hedgehog, Wu Dongfang piled two meters of firewood on the west side of the fire, then lay down in the west corner and closed his eyes to sleep. This practice can extend the burning time of the fire. It can also wake him up after the fire burns to the end.
Wu Dongfang was awakened by the bonfire. He stood up, stretched his legs and walked to the door and looked out through the crack. It was already dawn.
At this time, the fire was still very strong and it was very cold outside. Wu Dongfang was not in a hurry to get on the road. Instead, he held a burning firewood in front of the coffin and tried to find some burial items. He had no money and did not want to always harm the unpalatable people. hedgehog.
These women may have been killed and buried with them. Their status during their lifetime was very low and they had no burial objects. With a trace of luck, Wu Dongfang came to the copper coffin. Unexpectedly, there was something in the copper coffin, a small round jade bib and a small jade-carved toad. It might not be a toad, but it looked like a toad anyway. There are also some scattered metal beads. These beads are not made of copper. They are a bit like an alloy of silver and gold. They are very bright. Copper is not the only metal at this time, there are other metals, but the world uses copper the most and is more recognized. .
Jade was a very valuable thing at this time, and Wu Dongfang was quite satisfied with the search. Before turning around, he found a small jade section like a wine cork in the corner of the coffin. He wanted to reach out for it, but he quickly withdrew his hand when he thought of the cork. There are some very strange funeral customs, this thing is probably a butt plug.
Taking the wooden stick, Wu Dongfang went out, but the zombie did not come back. He did not know whether it was killed by the two Tu wizards or lost by jumping around. In short, it did not come back.
This time he still chose to walk in the mountains. He had blisters on his feet and suffered a little while walking. To this world, he was a complete outsider. He had no relatives or enemies, and no stance. But now he has a stance. The kindness and kindness of the Jin tribe to him made him regard the Jin tribe as a relative. The Tu tribe's imprisonment and pursuit of him made him feel disgusted and hostile towards the Tu tribe.
With the mentality of settling in as he came, he regarded returning to the Xia Dynasty as a trip with no return. Walking around, eating and drinking was his original intention. He was just curious about spiritual practice, not that he had to learn. But now his mind has changed. If he doesn't learn magic, it's really impossible. If he doesn't know magic, he will be killed by the Tu tribe at any time.
On the road again, he still walked very fast. Along the way, he chopped two bundles of firewood and cut a pole to carry. There must be a reason for walking in the mountains that will not arouse suspicion.
In the evening, he saw a small city in the southeast. After thinking about it, he went down the mountain with firewood and walked quickly towards the city...