The Earth Sword is a tool commonly used by the heads of the Bashu area. According to the micro-record of Jinshiyu, the Chen family began to use it in large quantities during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty. It is difficult to say when it first appeared. It may be traced back to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. At that time, wars were constantly chaotic, and only by relying on the heads to exchange for some money could one survive. Therefore, when the world was not good, the heads became popular, and the world was relatively restrained in peace.

The dividing earth sword consists of a sword head, a sword body and a sword hilt. The dividing earth sword has been improved in all dynasties throughout the Qing Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, the sword head of the dividing earth sword was composed of an iron piece made of a pointed leaf-shaped iron piece, which was firmly inserted at the head of the bamboo pole, and the other end was fixed with an iron chain about three meters long in the bamboo pole. The bamboo pole is the sword body and the iron chain is the hilt of the sword.

When using it, insert the tip-shaped iron sword head into the soil with force, then press the entire bamboo pole into the soil, hold it on the bamboo pole, feel the pressure changes transmitted from the soil, and feel the change of pressure from the soil. The tomb soil is different from ordinary natural soil in the feel. Then pull the iron chain at the back of the bamboo pole, pull out the dividing sword, put it under the nose and smell the smell, or use the tip of the tongue to taste the earth, and then determine whether there is a tomb below. In the past, there was a senior from the Chen family who divided the earth sword with one hand to make it superb. After inserting it into the soil, the gender of the owner can be judged by smelling the earth and combining the growth of trees near the sealed soil.

The tombs in Shu County are similar to those in southern Hunan. The depth of the burial will not be particularly deep. Basically, if you can dig three meters underground, there will be a tomb. Therefore, the bamboo pole of the dividing sword will not be too long. As the times develop, the bamboo pole will gradually be replaced by a metal pole with a spiral interface, and it is no problem to delay it to more than ten meters underground. There are many sarcophagus in Shu County tombs. In addition to quickly exploring the tomb when the leader of the dividing sword, the sword head can be inserted into the gap of the coffin board when opening the coffin. Using the lever principle, it is easier to push the coffin board open.

"Chen Peng, find out if there is any cavity on the ground!" I said anxiously. If there is no coffin or urn in the tomb of the Jin Dynasty, there is a high probability that there will be a half-layer tomb chamber under the ground of the tomb chamber. This half-layer space is filled with coffins and treasures. Some people with low-level leaders always complain that they have no gain when they go to the tomb tomb, because they don't know that wealth is only one foot away from them.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!" Chen Peng did not answer, and smashed the Earth Sword hard on the ground. The purple-black and turbid corpse oil splashed everywhere. The iron chain at the end of the Earth Sword kept shaking. Chen Pengxu narrowed his eyes and felt the tremor from his hand carefully.

"Tang Tian, ​​there is really, come on, let's get it away!" Chen Peng wiped his hand covered in corpse oil on his forehead, and the sweat mixed with the smelly and turbid corpse oil slid down his face.

The corpse oil had already exceeded my knees, and it became more and more difficult to breathe. Chen Peng half-kneeled in the corpse oil, holding the end of the sword of the earth-dividing sword in one hand, and constantly stirring the corpse oil with the other hand, guiding the tip of the sword to stand between the blue bricks on the ground. I held the hilt of the sword in both hands, and under Chen Peng's command, I exerted force together.

Two "clicks" sounds, the tip of the dividing earth sword completely penetrated into the gap between the blue bricks.

"Push hard!" Chen Peng and I gritted their teeth, pressed their heads against the metal pole, held the shaft with both hands, pushed forward, and let out a hoarse roar in their mouths.

"Clang!" A sound of friction between bricks and bricks sounded, and the corpse oil on the soles of our feet seemed to have found an outlet, gathering under our feet, forming a small vortex that leaked downwards.

A blue brick that was exactly the size of a person was lifted up, and the woman's shrill scream was more real and direct, rather than coming from the tomb wall.

"Let's go!" Chen Peng turned off the flashlight, stretched his hands at the entrance of the hole, and jumped straight down.

I half-squatted down and splashed corpse oil on my body with my hands until the strong stench smell made my eyes unable to open. The experience of the leader, you may meet the owner of the big manor below. The breath of living people is too heavy and it is easy to be discovered. The enemy is dark and I am too dangerous. Applying corpse oil on my body can play a certain hidden role.

"Huh!" I breathed, turned off the flashlight, and followed Chen Peng to jump from the entrance of the cave.

With a "pop!", my back was held back by a ball of rotten and soft thing. As I struggled to sit up, there was a slight cracking sound under me from time to time.

I quickly glanced around. The space on the lower half of the tomb was completely different from what I imagined. This place was a huge forest. White mist filled the dark forest, and the sky was emitting a light red light in the distance, which looked hazy through the mist.

I was sitting in a bird's nest tied on thick branches, with several broken gray eggshells sticking under my body. Looking closely, black and green mold spots intertwined on the surface of the eggshell. The dark green egg paste as I stood up, pulling up sticky thin filaments, emitting a pungent smell.

Carefully climb out of the bird's nest, and I don't know what kind of monster the owner of this egg is. After so many years of experience watching TV, it is best not to let the egg laying birds see you in their nest, otherwise they may be retaliated by the birds.

I slowly climbed along the trunk to the ground, and I became more and more frightened. The red light spread through the white mist on the top of the canopy, like a touch of blood in the darkness. Under the canopy, the light was extremely dim, and I could only blur the shadows of the trunk. The trunk was about ten meters high, and close to the ground, there were dense bushes growing. The black shadows of the branches were in the floating white mist, appearing from time to time, looking like a primeval forest.

"Chen Peng! Where are you? Can you hear it?" I shouted in a low voice.

The ground of the forest is very humid, and the sound is blocked by the trees layer by layer, and it disappears if it doesn't reach too far. The soil under your feet is soft, and the air is filled with the smell of erosion of grass leaves. Every step, the rustling sound of leaves being stepped into the soil echoes.

Chen Peng didn't know where he went, so he didn't respond for a long time.

I took out a dagger from my pocket, cut a small hole in the trunk, put the blade under my nose and smelled it. It was the smell of cypress trees.

Looking around, cypress trees form a forest in the vast sea of ​​fog.

I suddenly became nervous inside and I had goose bumps on my body. If it were other tree species, there was nothing worth paying attention to, but the cypress trees were different, especially those growing under the tombs of the Jin Dynasty were even more special.

Cypress trees are a symbol of the court palace in the ghost world. The micro-records of gold, stone and jade record show that cypress trees are extremely yin energy, and can contain ghosts and hide yin. Therefore, cypress trees grow around many large tombs or places where the sun cannot shine for many years in valleys. Cypress trees can serve as homes for some lonely ghosts. In memory, a ancestor in the Tang family commented with a red pen next to the cypress trees, "If you see a group of cypress trees, you must have entered the ghost world, retreat quickly, retreat quickly!" Similarly, many ancient classics also believed that cypress trees have a certain connection with the ghost palace in the underworld, as mentioned in the "Book of Han: Dongfang Shuo" mentioned, "cypress is the court of ghosts, and ghosts and gods are still dark, so cypress trees are the court palace."

"This endless cypress forest is located below the Jin Dynasty tomb. Is it really an underworld?" I slowly groped and advanced towards the direction of the red light in the sky, thinking.

"Swishy!"

"Swishy!"

Walking on the soft ground, the leaves rustling sounds.

However, as I walked, there were rustling sounds on the surrounding bushes.

I stood in the dark cypress forest, listening carefully to the movement, and the rustling sound was gathering quickly with me as the center.

A black shadow, a white shadow, alternated among the dark bushes in the distance, approaching me from far to near.
Chapter completed!