Hanging Coffin

  I turned around with Hei Shu to look at the little monkey, full of confusion. I cursed and said, "Damn it, can't you kid be quieter? This place is scary enough to kill people..."

  This place originally had a cold atmosphere, and with the darkness that made it impossible to see one's fingers, it was eerie and strange. If Xiao Shou Hua called out a few more times, I'm afraid my soul would have been scared away. After all, this is where the dead live.

  "Hei Shu took a deep breath and said in surprise: 'Hanging coffin...'"

  I followed the thin monkey's line of sight upwards, and my eyes widened. There were two coffins, identical in shape and size, with carvings on the edges that I had never seen before. They were extremely strange, like dragons without corners, with long beards and hair entwined around each other, revealing sharp fangs as if they were about to bite into each other's bodies. These dragons didn't evoke a sense of majesty like those on TV, but rather looked like a group of monsters devouring each other. I felt a chill run down my spine immediately.

  I was shocked speechless, as if surrounded by boundless astonishment.

  "That's not a dragon, it looks like a snake, but not quite, I think that's a dog head."

  Hanging coffin burial is a special way of handling the remains of the dead, mainly distributed in the ancient southern minority areas of our country.

  I stood still, sizing up the two coffins, and weighed it in my heart. The coffin looked like it was made of stone, at least several thousand pounds heavy, how did it hang there? Inlaid on the stone wall?

  "What do you think it is?" I asked Hei Shu in surprise.

  The thing carved on that coffin looks like it has the body of a snake and dragon, round and smooth, and also doesn't have feet. If I hadn't seen its body, I would have thought it was a dog's.

  Indeed, those few heads looked exactly like dogs, except that the whiskers around their mouths were thicker and more luxuriant, followed by their bodies.

  "This damn thing, it can't be a hybrid of three animals, or else it wouldn't look so strange, it's simply a monster." Xiao Shou Hou looked at it while walking away, his mouth still revealing a few threads of excitement, it seems that this kid likes these things.

  "Hei Shu shook his head and said, 'Who knows? Hanging coffins have existed since ancient times, especially in the southern regions where this burial method is more popular. There's nothing strange about it. The carvings on the coffin don't necessarily reveal the identity of the tomb owner.'"

  "That big coffin, carving some images on it must have a meaning, otherwise, why bother? It's made of stone, not wood." Little Skinny Monkey stopped in his tracks and said to us.

  That strange image, I always feel that the picture is very eerie, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem to be just a simple coffin, does it? What about the person lying inside?

  "Damn it, you're not thinking of going up there, are you?"

  I was so shocked that my hands were shaking, looking at the small monkey's two hands grasping a stone, and its feet also started to find a stable foothold, it seemed to want to climb up and take a look.

  It's at least thirty meters away from the coffin, how can I get up there? The surrounding area is all smooth stone walls, no fixed footholds, how can I climb? And I don't have gecko functions.

  When buying tools, I didn't buy a climbing rope. How can I climb with such high difficulty?

  The thin monkey heard what I said, turned its head to look at me, and threw a white eye at me, saying, "Don't you want to know who is buried upstairs?"

  "I want to know, but it's like this, and I haven't even climbed up yet, what's the point of thinking about it?" I glanced at him and then looked around at my surroundings, estimating how to climb up.

  This coffin is so heavy, it's a wonder how they got it up there. Now, the only question is, how did they get it up there?

  As long as we find a way to get up, we can go up. However, thinking is one thing, and the hanging coffins have been an enigma since ancient times, and they remain an enigma to this day.

  It's impossible from the smooth stone wall, and there were no cranes in ancient times, but it was still put up.

  "I thought I was as stupid as you, so stupid that there's no cure. Even someone with eyes wouldn't think I'd climb up empty-handed." Xiao Shou Hou chuckled, and I really wanted to give him a big slap in the face to make him proud.

  "Hey, hold the bag for me, and I'll remind you later." The little monkey put down the backpack, took out a bundle of ropes from inside, and with swift movements, he grasped the hook on the rope in his hand. He ran several meters away, swinging his arm in large circles, faster and faster until the rope was invisible. Before long, I heard a "ding" sound, and the little monkey stopped moving, panting and smiling at me as if to show off intentionally.

  I didn't expect this kid to bring a rope and his agility is almost as good as that acrobat's.

  Maybe his father asked him to learn acrobatics?

  I gazed at the rope, the hook on one end was securely hooked onto a rock above. The small monkey pulled hard on the rope in its hand, measured it carefully, and then leaned against the stone wall with satisfaction, tying the rope around its waist. It grasped the rocks on the stone wall with its hands and stepped on them with its feet.

  "I'm a professional outdoor sports enthusiast, this is nothing to me." Little Skinny Monkey said while climbing and boasting at the same time.

  I sighed. Children from wealthy families are just different. As soon as they have some free time, they're definitely organizing outdoor activities. Unlike me, I can only stay at home and help Grandpa with chores.

  The black uncle beside him also had some sharp lights in his eyes, as if there were some great treasures in those two coffins.

  "Be careful!" I shouted as Little Skinny Monkey was already four or five meters off the ground.

  "Don't worry, I often do this kind of thing. I've walked along cliffs and steep walls countless times." The little monkey said with a pleased expression, judging from the speed at which he climbed up, this kid was so skilled, if he didn't often climb these deadly places, how could he be so calm?

  At this moment, Xiaoshou's hand grasping the stone wall suddenly cracked open, and he fell straight down.

  "I told you to be careful, you little scamp. If you fall down, you'll either die or become a cripple." I was left staring with my mouth agape, my heart racing with every beat.

  If it falls down, the thin monkey will definitely break its arm. Fortunately, there is a rope, otherwise, it will definitely die.

  "Haha, mistake after mistake, what's your hurry?"

  The little monkey climbed up again, this time more steadily than before, until it landed on the edge of the cliff and found a relatively stable foothold, at which point I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

  "Damn it, all for nothing." Xiao Shou's tone was quite bad, as if he had seen something that made him very unhappy.

  "What does it mean?" I asked nervously.

  Then, Xiao Shou Hou stuck out his body and made a gesture towards the bottom. I didn't understand or comprehend what it meant at all.

  "You're telling me..." I was so anxious that I was like an ant on a hot pot, almost jumping up.

  "The coffin had been opened by someone else... even the burial objects were taken away." Xiaoshou's face was twisted in disgust, looking as if he had eaten feces.

  "The corpses all seemed to have been rummaged through, making them look like ***, after crawling for half a day, not even a single copper coin was found." Xiao Shou Hou was still muttering to himself, in a very bad mood.

  "Was it that old man who did it?" Xiao Shou Hou turned around and leaned forward to look into the coffin.

  Someone took a step ahead of us. From the place we entered, there were no footprints at all. All the way here, nothing about humans was seen. Could it be that they walked on a different route?

  However, the method of finding the stream was proposed by Qi Xie, but Qi Xie has not appeared until now, where did he go? And how did he know there would be a passage here. It's clear that the place we entered and the one Old Man Zhou entered are different.

  So, being one-upped here is also normal.

  I looked up and saw a huge shadow behind the thin monkey, making a gesture as if it was about to pounce. Its eyes were wide open, trying to warn him, but he was suddenly covered by a fluffy thing and dragged away.

  I struggled with all my might, but found that the other party's strength was too great. I used all my strength to struggle, but in its eyes, it was like a cotton ball being dragged away by something. I looked at Hei Shu who was on one side of the stone wall, looking seriously at the stone wall as if he was looking for something. As for me being dragged away by the thing, he didn't seem to know anything about it.