Chapter 344 Hanging Coffin on Dragon Tiger Mountain
Wen Qingshan thought it could be solved with money, but Zhang Qingyuan waved his hand and said: "No! No! This is not a matter that can be solved with money. Those who can go to the valley to practice are all Taoists. They are all
He regards money as dung."
"Then how can we enter this valley?" Wen Qingshan asked.
Zhang Qingyuan pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said to us: "Well, let me go and inquire first. You guys wait for my news and I will give you an answer the day after tomorrow. How about it?"
Wen Qingshan nodded and said: "Okay! Then there is Brother Lao Qingyuan."
Since we still had to wait for Zhang Qingyuan's reply, we had nothing to do. The next day, Wen Qingshan took us to see the hanging coffins in Longhu Mountain.
I have heard about the hanging coffins in Longhu Mountain for a long time, but I have never seen it with my own eyes. It is said to be one of the three unique places in Longhu Mountain, so naturally I want to see it.
We rented a bamboo raft in the upper reaches of the Luxi River and went down the Luxi River. Not long after, we saw that the thousand-foot cliffs on both sides of the river were covered with natural caves, large and small, and some
There is also something vaguely visible in the cave that looks like a coffin.
Wen Qingshan introduced to us: "The hanging coffin is a very unique burial custom in ancient my country. It is distributed in many areas in southern China, and the most famous one is the Longhu Mountain hanging coffin."
Looking at the caves on the cliff, I said in surprise: "Boss Wen, you said there are coffins in all those caves?"
Wen Qingshan nodded.
"Holy crap! How did you put it up so high!?" Jianjian couldn't help but exclaimed.
Wen Qingshan said: "This is still an unsolved mystery so far. There are three major unsolved mysteries in the Longhu Mountain hanging coffin."
"What are the three unsolved mysteries?" I asked hurriedly.
Wen Qingshan replied: "First, why did the ancients adopt this burial custom? Second, who did it? Third, how was the coffin placed on this thousand-foot cliff?"
"Is there no corresponding documentation about this hanging coffin?"
Wen Qingshan shook his head: "Not as far as I know! However, I have heard of a legend."
"What kind of legend?" I asked.
Wen Qingshan looked at me and Jianjian, and said slowly: "It is said that in ancient times, there were zombies in the Longhu Mountain area!"
When I heard about zombies, I couldn't help but be shocked: "What!? Longhu Mountain is a Taoist holy land, and the founder Zhang Daoling is a ghost hunter. How could there be zombies in a place like this?"
Wen Qingshan smiled and said: "Haha, you don't know something about this. In fact, when the zombies happened, Longhu Mountain was not a Taoist holy land. Longhu Mountain originated from the Eastern Han Dynasty, but the zombies happened.
It happened during the Spring and Autumn Period 2,600 years ago."
"There were zombies more than two thousand years ago!?" I was even more shocked and asked hurriedly: "What on earth is going on?"
Wen Qingshan started telling the story to both of us.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Longhu Mountain area belonged to the territory of the Yue Kingdom. At that time, Wu and Yue fought for dominance for many years. Countless soldiers died on the battlefield. Because there were not enough coffins, most of the soldiers' bodies were wrapped in bamboo mats and hastily wrapped.
bury
.And just at the foot of Longhu Mountain, there was a valley where many soldiers were buried. However, not long after, a strange thing happened. Those hastily buried graves of soldiers were opened by someone.
And all the bodies were missing.
At first, people thought it was the work of tomb robbers, but they didn't understand why the corpses were stolen together. Not long after, a disaster struck, and the corpses of the missing soldiers appeared in groups, and all of them
Turned into zombies, zombie soldiers attacked several villages one after another, and the people who had been attacked by zombies also turned into zombies, which made people panic for a while.
At this critical moment, an accomplished man stood up. He played a bamboo flute and emitted a beautiful flute sound. The zombies seemed to be attracted by the flute sound and all followed him.
The expert led the zombie group to the Luxi River and stepped on the water, as if walking on flat ground. The zombie group followed him into the Luxi River and never climbed out again.
The expert solved the zombies and told the people that the evil energy of the earth caused by the zombie disaster leaked out, turning all the soldiers buried underground into zombies. There is only one way to prevent similar things from happening again.
That is, after a person dies, the body is placed in a high place so that it will not be disturbed by the earth's Yin energy. So the local people adopted the hanging coffin as a burial custom, and it was gradually passed down.
After listening to what Wen Qingshan said, I was a little surprised and said: "Isn't this Longhu Mountain a feng shui magical place where a tiger sits on a dragon's side? How can there be evil spirits from the earth?"
Wen Qingshan smiled and said: "Haha, I'm not very good at Feng Shui, and I don't know why. But having said that, this is just a folk legend, and you don't have to take it seriously."
As soon as he finished speaking, the river worker who was supporting the bamboo raft turned around and said: "This is not a legend, it is true!"
We were all slightly startled, and Wen Qingshan hurriedly asked: "Master, how do you say this?"
The river worker said very mysteriously: "The place where the zombies descended into the river back then was called Shenzhang Bay. The undercurrents there were turbulent, the water was unfathomable, and there were water ghosts in the water. It is said that they were transformed by the zombies that sank to the bottom of the river. If
Once your feet are grabbed by a water ghost, no matter how good your water skills are, you will definitely die."
As soon as the river worker mentioned water ghosts, I immediately felt that it was not very reliable. After all, legends about water ghosts are so common and can be found almost everywhere. Whenever someone drowns, there will be rumors that water ghosts are causing trouble.
Seeing that we didn't believe it, the river worker immediately said, "You think I'm just hearing it! I'm telling you, I saw it with my own eyes!"
"Have you ever seen a water ghost with your own eyes!?" The river worker's words surprised us all.
The river worker nodded and said: "I have only heard that there are water ghosts in Shenzhang Bay before, but I have never been there because the place is too dangerous and I rarely go there. But just about a year ago, it was also
Around the winter solstice, two tourists insisted on going to Shenjiang Bay to have a look. Originally, I didn’t want to
Because the water there was so deep that even the bamboo poles couldn’t hold it to the bottom, so we had to use oars. It’s not easy to use oars on this bamboo raft. But they offered three times the price, so I couldn’t resist the temptation, so I took them there.
"Unexpectedly, after arriving there, the two tourists actually put on diving suits and jumped into the river."
"They also put on diving suits?" Wen Qingshan was slightly startled.
"yes!"
"What did they jump into the river for?" Wen Qingshan asked.
The river worker shook his head and said: "I don't know what they are doing! Let's talk about swimming. What is there to swim in in this freezing cold weather? It doesn't look like they have any brain problems, so I thought it might be for fun.
It’s for extreme sports.”
Wen Qingshan frowned and said, "No! I think they are probably not doing extreme sports, but fishing for something in the water."
"Fishing for something?" The river worker was stunned for a while, then waved his hand and said, "I don't care if they play extreme sports or go into the water to catch something! The key to the problem is not what they do, the key is what happens after they go into the water."
"What happened after entering the water?" I asked quickly.
"After they got into the water, they asked me to park the bamboo raft on the river and wait for them. I waited for almost twenty minutes before someone finally came out. This man grabbed the bamboo raft and hurried towards it.
He looked very panicked when he climbed up. Unexpectedly, his upper body had just climbed up
Come, his body suddenly sank again, as if something was pulling him hard from below. I didn’t think much about it at the time, so I hurried over to pull him. Unexpectedly, when I walked over and took a look, I actually saw his feet.
He is being held tightly by a pair of big black hands."
"A pair of big hands? Are you sure you can see clearly?" I couldn't believe it.
The river worker seemed a little dissatisfied with my suspicion: "How come your little brother's tone of voice is exactly the same as that of the police! I saw it so clearly at that time that I will never forget it in my life. And the strength of those big hands was amazing. At that time
My hand had already grabbed the man's arm, and I thought I could pull him up, but who knew he was dragged into the water all of a sudden, and even I was almost dragged into the water with him."
"Then what happened to those two people?" Jianjian asked from the side.
"What else can I do? I'm missing! I spent several days in the police station because of this, and my rafting license was revoked for half a year. Thinking about it makes me depressed!" the river worker muttered.
The tone of his voice didn't sound like he was lying. Could it be that there really are legendary water ghosts in the river? Out of curiosity, I hurriedly said, "Master, can you take us to Shenzhang Bay to have a look?"
"What!?" Hearing this, the river worker immediately waved his hand and said, "Don't hurt me. Don't tell me that the scenic area management committee has a clear requirement not to take tourists to that place. Even if it is allowed, I won't go there even if you kill me."
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Wen Qingshan immediately said: "As long as you are willing to go, I will give you eight hundred yuan, how about it?"
Our price for renting a river worker’s bamboo raft for half a day is 100 yuan, and 800 yuan is almost equal to his income for four days.
Hegong seemed a little tempted. He was stunned for a while and then said: "This is not a matter of money. The key is..."
Before he could finish his words, Wen Qingshan took out his wallet, took out ten brand-new hundred-yuan bills, and handed them to the river worker: "Not eight hundred, let's round it up, just one thousand!"
Hegong stared at the banknotes in Wen Qingshan's hand and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. After thinking for a while, he still couldn't resist the temptation of money. He took the banknotes and said, "Okay, I'll take you there, but I
But you have to say it first, you can’t go into the water no matter what!”
Wen Qingshan smiled and said: "Haha, don't worry, master. If you go into the water in such a cold weather, wouldn't it be like seeking death? We just want to go to the legendary Shenzhang Bay to open our eyes."
After receiving the guarantee that we would not go into the water, the river worker took us to Shenjiang Bay.