Ring of Seven [Online Version]

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Liu Fei quickly reached into the mouth of the corpse and pulled out a piece of it. Everyone saw that it was a piece of amber. This amber was very special. , and then transformed into a resinous fossil, an organic mineraloid.Most are yellow or red.But this piece of amber is actually a kind of jet black.Like translucent agate.In the middle of the amber there is a worm with a very strange shape. It is said that it is strange because the appearance of this worm looks very similar to a very small flute, and the six maroon spots on it are like those on the flute. holes, while the body presents a bone-like off-white color.

Lin Xu had never seen such a bug. He looked at the other two companions. Cuiniang shrank her head and shook her head, but Liu Fei's eyes were a little straight. Cuiniang pushed him and asked him if he had seen such a thing?

Liu Fei stammered: "Yes, I haven't seen it before, but I heard from my master that he has seen similar black amber. It is called 'Meng Posaliva' jade. This thing is very valuable. You have heard of it thousands of times. People's pits? It means that whenever there was a great war in ancient times, people would be killed, so this kind of jade-like thing would appear in the place where the corpses were. It is very hostile, and it is said that it can attract ghosts. Some Taoist priests in Maoshan used it to raise ghosts. But I've never seen any bugs in 'Meng Po's saliva'."

Cuiniang snorted and said: "It's been a long time, and you don't know. Then why is the corpse kept in mouth? As a funeral? Is it actually a piece of jade?"

Liu Fei touched his head and asked, "What is Yuqi?"

Cuiniang said with a serious face, "It's the stuff in the dead man's mouth!"

Liu Fei looked at her very suspiciously, and Lin Xu added weakly: "Jade 琀 is actually the jade used by the dead. It was most commonly used in the Han Dynasty, and most of them were jade cicadas. Because the biggest special gift of cicadas is the rebirth of butterflies, so the ancients also hoped that The dead can die and be reborn, or hope that their souls can ascend to the heavens. In fact, it is a magic weapon to protect the corpse."

Cuiniang asked in surprise, "How do you know so much?"

Lin Xu replied shyly: "My father is an expert in jade collection, and he has friendship with the shopkeepers of several antique shops. Therefore, I have also heard and seen a little bit, and know the way."

Liu Fei sneered and said: "That's too weird. The things in his mouth are all good omens. If he puts such a hostile 'Meng Po saliva' in his mouth, how can he go to heaven? And that This kind of thing can easily be transformed into a dead body."

Lin Xu pressed his temple, he looked at the black amber in his hand, and felt very strange in his heart, he had a feeling that the bug was still alive.Touching that kind of thing makes people feel very uncomfortable, and it feels like something has slipped into their hands.

Liu Fei flipped through the corpse's clothes again, and said, "That's right, this man must be wearing a shroud. Could it be that he knows he won't live long? So he put it on himself?"

Suddenly Liu Fei said: "Hey, look, this guy is also a tomb robber. That shovel can't be used to grow crops."

Lin Xu looked at the corpse and said, "Since he is a tomb robber, maybe he can explain why he wore that attire. I guess this attire is used by tomb robbers to avoid the so-called evil. But why did he die here? And Dying so painfully, he felt like he wanted to escape, but he didn't."

Cuiniang was not idle, and began to search the surroundings. She walked to the side and greeted the two of them, "Liu Fei! Look!"

Liu Fei strode forward, and Cui Niang pointed to a painting on the wall and said, "Look! This...is this that..."

When Liu Fei saw Lin Xu coming, he immediately made a gesture, and Cuiniang stopped talking. Seeing that the two of them seemed to be hiding something from him, Lin Xu was really upset, and he clenched his fists at Liu Fei and said, "Brother Liu, Does this corpse have anything to do with us?"

Liu Fei glanced coldly and said: "It is related, but now is not the time to tell you. When the purpose is reached, as long as I still have life, I will tell you from beginning to end. Don't ask anything now. , just follow us. Cui Niang, come and see, who owns this picture?"

Cuiniang stared intently at the wall that Liu Fei was pointing at, on which some criss-cross patterns were carved with a knife, Cuiniang covered her mouth in surprise, she stared and said, "This! This is not..."

Liu Fei said to himself: "There is such a thing here... Could it be that this corpse is also..."

Lin Xu asked: "What's going on? What do these patterns represent?"

Cui Niang hesitated to speak, and looked at Lin Xu innocently and helplessly. Lin Xu suddenly felt as if he had made a big mistake, and shook his head helplessly to give up asking. Is there anything else that can be found on him?"

Liu Fei snorted coldly: "They're all dead zombies, what else can we find out?"

Lin Xu had his own opinion. He said: "When I was studying in Japan, I learned a set of Western autopsy methods. They used the first crime scene and the second crime scene. The changes in the corpse can be more or less detected through a set of logical calculations."

When Liu Fei heard that he had been to Japan, a cold and fierce light flashed in his eyes immediately. He said coldly, "If you don't want to die, you'd better stop mentioning devils in front of me, or be careful and I will be rude to you."

Cuiniang interrupted Liu Fei's warning and said, "Don't say that, Brother Lin is a good man, he took good care of me and Brother Huzi along the way. Don't be ignorant of good people, since Brother Lin has a way, let him do it. have a look."

Liu Fei snorted dissatisfied, turned his head and leaned against the desk and stopped talking, Lin Xu rolled up his sleeves, he checked the corpse first, the corpse had become a mummy, but unexpectedly its nails were stretched out It was very long, the eyeballs of the corpse were completely gray-white, and the body was curled like a shrimp. Lin Xu tried to pull the corpse's hands away, but no matter how hard he tried, the corpse would not move.But looking at the expression of the corpse, Lin Xu judged from experience that the corpse died of suffocation.He looked as if he had been strangled by something.Lin Xu probed the corpse, and suddenly he found that the neck of the corpse was very soft. It felt like touching the neck of a living person. He tore off the collar of the shroud. The shroud was very difficult to tear off. , Tore off more than half of the clothes, and everyone found that the corpse was covered with uncorrupted skin from the head down. If they only looked at the body, they would think it was the body of a living person or a person who had just died.Such a mummy head and hands and feet, but the body is so elastic.Lin Xu suddenly thought of the piece of 'Meng Po's saliva' in his hand, and he said: "This piece of amber! Does it have a strong antiseptic effect? ​​It's so strange!"

Liu Fei frowned and nodded, "Maybe it's true, but how could it prevent the body from decomposing? This head has become a mummy."

Lin Xu shook his head, he really didn't know about this.He has been thinking about what Cui Niang and the group have provoked.He used to think it was a warlord leader, but later he found out that the things chasing them were probably not human beings.They seem to be running away from a certain kind of demon, and Lin Xu can more or less conclude from their conversation that it has a lot to do with the ancient tomb where they took refuge.

He turned his attention back to the things around the corpse. There were scrolls everywhere, and the corpse fell among these scrolls. He picked up the one closest to him, but as soon as he touched it, those fragile scrolls became Ashes, as if unwilling to let him see the secret inside.Lin Xu smelled a very pleasant fragrance, like the scent of old sandalwood after being burned. Lin Xu said: "These scrolls are so fragrant."

When Lin Xu smelled the fragrance, he immediately felt that his heavy body was much lighter. He was pleasantly surprised to find out: "There is something old in this scroll. There is the aroma of cinnamon sticks in this smell."

Cuiniang said: "These things have a history of at least 100 years. How can they still preserve the medicinal fragrance?"

Lin Xu said: "It's not impossible. In the past, the scriptures left by alchemists are called wordless heavenly books. The so-called people who are destined to get them are actually not wordless, but the substance in this book is the alchemist. The secret recipe left behind."

Cuiniang stared at Lin Xu with puzzled eyes, Lin Xu smiled and said, "Hehe, this is also a theory, in fact it's not so mysterious."

Liu Fei, who remained silent all the time, said, "It would be great if Gazi was here. He is still a doctor's apprentice after all, and he knows a lot of prescriptions."

When Cuiniang heard Liu Fei talking about Gazi, her eyes could not help avoiding and fearing.Lin Xu interrupted and asked, "Who are you talking about?"

Liu Fei's eyes began to wander, and Cui Niang sighed: "The first little brother to die, it's too miserable..."

Liu Fei was afraid that Cui Niang would slip up again, so he narrated plainly: "Ga Zi's life is not strong enough, he had an accident when he came out, he used to be a doctor's apprentice. He was the youngest, I didn't expect to die the fastest."

Lin Xu touched his forehead and said, "Then who replaced him?"

Cuiniang looked at Liu Fei, and Liu Fei frowned and said, "It's a beggar, she is the goddaughter of Master Kui Liu."

Lin Xu continued to ask: "Then who are the seven of you?"

Liu Fei stroked his hair and said, "Me, Cuiniang, Brother Hu, Gazi, Master Kui Liu, Blind Mao, and Feng Luxi, who sings a little song."

Lin Xu continued: "Then I replaced Brother Hu who died, and Beggar replaced Gazi?"

Liu Fei nodded and said: "That's right, if I die, then you must find someone to replace me, otherwise I will turn into a dead body and follow you until you are all dead."

Lin Xu looked at Cuiniang, Cuiniang bit her lip and tilted her head to one side, Lin Xu thought that this was the meaning of Cuiniang's eyes.But he is still skeptical about these things, he just wants to find out what they are hiding.

Lin Xu continued to look down at the corpse, but when he was distracted listening to Liu Fei Cuiniang's words, the corpse disappeared.Lin Xu's brain suddenly felt as if it had exploded. He pointed at the corpse on the ground for a long time, but he didn't finish his sentence.The other two had opened their eyes wide and shouted.Lin Xu asked loudly: "Corpse, where is the corpse!"

Liu Fei approached Lin Xu in horror: "How would I know! Didn't you say that you want an autopsy! An autopsy can wipe out the experience of the corpse? You are so fucking taught by devils!"

Lin Xu couldn't hear Liu Fei's harsh words, he twitched his eyes, wondering what scientific laws could explain it.In the end, Cui Niang pointed at the door and said, "Look! This corpse! It...how did it move?"

The corpse, which was originally in a bowed posture, now bent its limbs like a gecko, lying on the door not far away.And crawling out at a very, very slow pace.It was as if a turtle was dragging him under its corpse.

Liu Fei said to himself: "He wants to climb out by himself?"

Lin Xu also didn't care about Ruya, he scolded: "Bastard, how could the corpse crawl away?"

Cuiniang said: "Could it be! Did you cheat the corpse?"

Liu Fei had already escaped from the flying knife hidden in his waist, and he said, "Cui Niang! Brother Hu's guy is still like you?"

Cuiniang laughed dryly, "Yes, at the door!"

Liu Fei frowned and said, "You said why didn't this zombie come after us? Why did he run outside?"

Lin Xu couldn't find a clue for a moment, he suddenly thought of something and said, "Could it be that piece of amber?"

Liu Fei said, "What do you mean?"

Lin Xu said, "Brother Liu, didn't you say that piece of amber is evil? Would it be afraid of this thing?"

Liu Fei said: "You mean to say that the reason why it stays here obediently is because of the amber, and we pulled it out of the corpse's mouth, so he cheated on the corpse?"

Lin Xu wasn't sure, but he thought this was the best explanation, otherwise what else could it be.The three were silent at the same time, Liu Fei said: "He didn't attack us, it should be dawn now, and nothing can be found here! It's not suitable to stay here for a long time, let's go!"

The three of them looked at each other for a moment, and Cui Niang stammered: "Then... that corpse is blocking..."

With a flash in Liu Fei's eyes, he took two darts and directly nailed the corpse's hand to the ground.Lin Xu was horrified. He didn't know that besides the small flying knife, there were actually two exaggerated long-bladed daggers hidden behind him.The most important thing was that the ground was made of stone slabs, and the corpse was firmly nailed to the ground now, even if it tricked the corpse to get up, he couldn't stand up.With this kind of skill and accuracy, it's not hard to imagine that if he wants to kill someone, it's like picking something out of a pocket.

The corpse was firmly nailed to the ground, its limbs writhed like convulsions, and its gray-black nails kept hitting the ground.After struggling for a while, the corpse stopped struggling and lay motionless on the ground.

Liu Fei didn't care about Lin Xu's surprised eyes, he waved his hand and said, "Let's go."

Cuiniang glanced at Lin Xu, implying that he should hurry up and follow. Lin Xu pinched the "Meng Po salivation" in his hand, and after thinking for a moment, he still put it in his pocket.And he didn't know why he did it.It's just that he feels that he must carry this thing with him.He followed behind Cuiniang, suddenly he found that Cuiniang didn't know what was going on, and suddenly looked down at the corpse.Then there was another extremely sinister smile. The pale face and ferocious expression were exactly the same as when they left the deserted village. Lin Xu stopped in his tracks. He couldn't help but glanced down at the corpse. He suddenly realized that it was A mummy, but at this moment, many milky white blisters appeared on the naked body of the corpse, and it began to show signs of corruption. He found that many white maggots drilled out of the milky white blisters.A mummy began to decompose in a grotesque manner.However, the original gray eyeballs of the corpse suddenly rolled down two black eyeballs, and the eyeballs were staring at Lin Xu. Lin Xu found that the pupils of the corpse that was about to rot did not dilate. Lin Xu looked at it in fear. Looking at the corpse, he thought to himself: "Could it be that the brain of this corpse is not completely dead? That's too bizarre!"

He was stunned and couldn't move, when Cui Niang called him, he woke up like a dream, and found that Cui Niang had restored her original pretty face, that cold and strange face seemed to be just an illusion.But Lin Xu has always had a feeling that the so-called "seven people" always feel that there is something wrong with people... they don't seem to be human beings.Lin Xu immediately interrupted this thought, he quickly caught up with the two people, at this time he heard the sound of someone sobbing in a low voice behind him.

Sure enough, when they walked out of the secret room, the sky had turned white.A night of heavy rain made the fog thicker in the morning.In the humid and cold air, there was a vague smell of gunpowder smoke, which reminded the three of Lin Xu that they were not completely far away from the battle line. Living in this world, sometimes survival is the biggest luxury. As for how to live, it is impossible to think about it at all. The problem.

The three of them hurried forward in such a dense fog, without talking to each other.Liu Fei became the pioneer to replace Lin Xu, Cuiniang walked in the middle, Lin Xu was at the bottom, and he had a gun in his hand.In fact, it should be more suitable to be a pioneer, and you can shoot before you find a situation.But Liu Fei said that: "Do you think your gun is faster or my dart?" The moment he finished speaking, he shot down a flying pigeon.After speaking, he grabbed the flying pigeon and threw it to Lin Xu, saying, "Go roast it."

Since then, Lin Xu has never said anything about firearms.It was the first time that a cold weapon defeated a hot weapon.

Lin Xu found that they had gradually entered Anhui.The mountains have also become significantly higher and steeper. Huizhou is known as Wanshan and Wanshui. In the old saying, Wannai means beautiful and graceful.Therefore, the scenery in Anhui is famous all over the world for its handsomeness and beauty.Anhui is a large inland province near the Jinjiang River in the east. It straddles the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and is divided into southern Anhui and northern Anhui with the river as the boundary.It connects Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the east, Hubei and Henan in the west, Jiangxi in the south, and Shandong in the north.So to the east of Anhui is Nanjing.And Nanjing has always been known as the mountain containing the kingly spirit and the earth walking dragon god.It is a geomantic treasure land where emperors and nobles of all dynasties built mausoleums and tombs.But everyone forgets that Anhui is actually a treasure land with excellent geomantic omen.

At the age of 16, Zhu Yuanzhang had not yet become a rebel or a monk. His father died of the plague. When he buried his father, there was heavy rain and mountain torrents. Finally, his body was washed to one place, so he buried his father on the spot and became a monk. The emperor Zhu Yuanzhang felt sorry for his late father, so he wanted to move the tomb.Another emperor's mausoleum was built.At that time, his military adviser Liu Ji said that this place is the treasure cave of Emperor Xinglongwang, the vein of dragon and phoenix, and the place of sky burial.Such geomantic treasures cannot be moved and moved casually. The mound of earth should be raised on the original tomb to build an imperial mausoleum temple.

Lin Xu just followed along in a wild way of thinking, and occasionally heard a few gunshots, but the sound was very far away.Liu Fei's foot strength is very good, and he almost trots all the way forward. Sometimes he will run a long distance first, and then call Cui Niang to go after making sure that there is no danger.

For some reason, Lin Xu always felt that Liu Fei had a faint hostility towards him, but Lin Xu didn't want to have any brotherhood with a thief.For him, he only needs to fulfill his promise, and then he has to devote himself to the resistance against Japan.

Finally they came to the place they said, most of them were mountains and forests in front of them, and this place was just a small village under the col.Liu Fei pointed to the front and said, "Cui Niang is our destination here?"

Cuiniang looked at the front and frowned slightly and said: "Yes...but Brother Huzi said that we have to wait for the seven of us to meet up here, and you will know the next thing after we meet up. Now I tell you that you don't understand either. .”

Looking at the desolate wild forest, Liu Fei sighed and said, "Find a place to settle down first, and then wait slowly. I hope it's not zombies."

When the three of them came to the village, there were still people here, but there were more than a dozen old and weak women and children. The men either joined the army or were killed.In short, there are only those who can't escape and can't fight, and they are not far from that deserted village.

All three of them were wearing shrouds, and the villagers thought they had encountered a ghost, and none of them was willing to take them in.However, there are many dilapidated houses here that no one lives in. They are said to be dilapidated houses, but they are actually empty shells that have been robbed.The three of them entered the room dejectedly. As soon as they sat down on their buttocks, they felt empty in their stomachs and their heads were muddled.

Liu Fei said, "I'll go outside to see if I can catch some more birds to eat. You guys clean up first."

Lin Xu stopped Liu Fei and said, "I'll go with you."

Liu Fei gave Lin Xu another very contemptuous look.But he didn't speak, Lin Xu pointed a gun at Cui Niang and said a few words, and then left the village with Liu Fei.

There were no wild animals or birds in winter, and they wandered around for several times without even seeing a mole.In addition, Lin Xu already had some colds, and he could not stop coughing after walking a few steps.Liu Fei stopped and said, "If you keep coughing like this, the rabbit won't be caught, and the devil will be attracted by you."

Lin Xu shook his hand and said, "No, here is too far away from the battle line, and large armored vehicles cannot drive in. It has no strategic significance, and the Japanese will not come here without incident."

Liu Fei stopped talking. He squatted down and rummaged through the grass for a while, grabbed a handful of khaki-colored grass and said, "Fry it and drink it. It would be better if there is ginger."

Lin Xu took the herbal medicine and sniffed it with his nose. Although his nose was a little stuffy, he still felt a very pungent smell.After Liu Fei finished speaking, he stopped talking to Lin Xu and continued looking for something to eat.

Finally, they found something like a rabbit's nest in the corner of the grass, and then they spent at least two hours waiting for the rabbit, and finally caught a rabbit.This rabbit is not big, but it is also their only food.Liu Fei tied up the rabbit's legs, sighed and said, "Just this, it's better than going hungry without food, don't you think so?"

Lin Xu felt a little aggrieved when Liu Fei started to vent his anger on himself again. He sneered and said, "I'm not a master."

Liu Fei rolled his eyes and said, "Come on, aren't you a master? Look at my hands. In order to become a Buddha master, when I was apprenticed to a teacher, I used to fish copper coins from the oil pan. I was only six years old at that time, and I was a big fart." My child, my heart still beats when I hear the sound of frying oil."

Lin Xu knew that Liu Fei was a hard-working person, and no one wanted to be born a thief, after all, it was not honorable at all.Lin Xu said gently: "I know that China is very difficult now, but since we are Chinese, we can't escape. We don't have to be traitors, right? Then I would rather die. Believe me, China will get better."

When Liu Fei heard this, he remained silent again. He held the rabbit in his hand and looked at the clouds in the sky, and said, "Do you think... will China really get better?"

Lin Xu nodded affirmatively, he never doubted it.Liu Fei lowered his head and laughed. Lin Xu found that he was very shy and delicate when he laughed. He asked with a smile, "Do people call you Feiyan on Liushang?"

Liu Fei nodded arrogantly, and Lin Xu continued to ask, "Then how old are you?"

Liu Fei touched his head in embarrassment. He didn't want others to talk about his age, because it would make him appear unreliable.He rolled Lin Xu's eyes and said, "What do you care?"

Lin Xu smiled instead of anger: "I am older than you, so I will treat you as my younger brother in the future. After this matter is over, you can come with me. Join the army together, and when the country is in crisis, you will definitely be able to make a difference with your ability." .”

There was a look of excitement in Liu Fei's eyes, but it soon dimmed, and he whispered: "Then we all have to survive, hey, Lin Xu, you are a good person, why did you get dragged into it? I... hey!"

Lin Xu told Liu Fei about his encounter with Huzi and Cuiniang and what happened afterwards.

Suddenly Liu Fei seemed to have heard something terrible, and the rabbit in his hand fell to the ground, struggling desperately to escape.Liu Fei's eyes were full of terror, completely different from his past appearance.

Lin Xu asked anxiously, "What's going on?"

Liu Fei's face was very pale. He picked up the rabbit on the ground in a panic and said, "It's okay, it's nothing. Let's go back."

Lin Xu's habit is not to force others, which is why Cui Niang keeps so many things from him, and they still lead him by the nose when there are so many things that he can't understand.However, Liu Fei's previous actions made him feel that there was something strange about the things he described.These strange things are not known to all seven people.

Liu Fei and Lin Xu returned to the dilapidated house, Cuiniang was boiling water, it seemed that she wanted to stay here for a long time.

Liu Fei's eyes were a little weird, but he quickly regained his composure. He threw the rabbit to Cuiniang and said, "I'll rest first, call me if there's any situation." stack to sleep.

Cuiniang smiled cheerfully and said to Lin Xu: "Brother Lin, you should also take a break. I found a bag of corn at the stove. Although it was a little moldy, I picked out the ones that weren't moldy. I can fix them later. Come out for a meal."

Lin Xu wanted to say something, but before he could speak, he felt a tightness in his chest, and then began to cough violently.He thought of the herbal medicine Liu Fei gave him, so he said to Cuiniang, "I'll make a medicine first, and you drink some too, we both have a cold."

After Cui Niang nodded in agreement, she went to pack the rabbit meat.And Lin Xu found a broken earthen pot to decoct medicine to drink.After drinking the medicine, he leaned against Liu Fei and looked at the door.

Lin Xu turned his head inadvertently, and found that Liu Fei was looking at him with eyes of extreme fear, and when Liu Fei found that Lin Xu had noticed him, his face showed a rare confusion.Finally, he lowered his head to avoid Yu Lin Xu's eyes.Literally closed my eyes.