monster detective

Chapter 320 The Secret of the General's Tomb

Xiao Gongxun looked at Le Tian's surprised expression, and he shook his head. Years of archaeological experience still allowed him to maintain the calmness he should have.

"There is a huge copper coffin in that tomb. I have been doing archaeology for so many years, and this is the first time I have seen such a huge copper coffin. This copper coffin alone can be called a national treasure. There are some pictures of gold and iron horses engraved on it, which is very spectacular. We tried hard to open the copper coffin...

Xiao Gongxun suddenly fell silent, he seemed to be very entangled, with a strange expression on his face.

"The copper coffin was opened, and a man was lying inside... This man was very well preserved. There was also a wooden coffin inside the copper coffin, and his coffin exuded a fresh fruit tree fragrance! This man was wearing a mask , the golden mask..." Xiao Gongxun said slowly.

"What does the mask look like?" Letian asked strangely.

Just a mask can make Xiao Gongxun frightened like this?
Xiao Gongxun thought for a while, and took out his mobile phone from his pocket.

"I secretly photographed this, you can take a look, but it must be kept absolutely secret from the outside world." He warned.

Le Tian glanced at it, and there was a horizontal photo in the phone, a tall man lying in a copper coffin, Le Tian turned to the next one, this one is some engravings on the copper coffin.

"This is a general's grave!" Lotte said.

"That's right, but according to my research, this general has existed for a very long time, even dating back to the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms..." Xiao Gongxun nodded.

Le Tian continued to look down, the pattern on the copper coffin...

Lotte is looking more and more wrong.

After seeing the fourth one, he let out a long breath.

"Uncle, don't you know this kind of engraving?" He looked at Xiao Gongxun.

Xiao Gongxun shook his head.

"This kind of engraved pattern is more similar to the dark cloud pattern of the Warring States Period, but... I still understand the dark cloud pattern. Although this one is more similar, it is definitely not! Do you know it?" He looked at Le Tian.

The two actually chatted about the knowledge of tombs in the middle of the night, and both of them gradually lost their sleepiness. Xiao Gongxun even made a pot of tea for Letian.

"I know! This kind of pattern... is called the dead body curse! It can be seen occasionally in our exorcism business." Le Tian said.

He took a sip of tea.

"Determine the corpse?" Xiao Gongxun was taken aback.

Lotte nodded.

"This thing is mostly used when the deceased shows signs of corpse change before being buried! We are all cremated now, so this kind of corpse pattern has almost disappeared. In the past, the probability of using this thing was quite high, but it's just that It is of high specification, and the corpse curse is engraved on the copper coffin... This is the first time I have seen it." He said slowly.

"What kind of opinion do you have?" Xiao Gongxun asked curiously.

"I suspect that something abnormal happened to the general when he died, so the person in charge of the burial made a copper coffin engraved with a curse to suppress him. This will make people feel that the general's burial rules are very strict. High, and it won't let people find out the strange shape of the general's body!" Letian analyzed.

Xiao Gongxun nodded and fell into deep thought. He even took out a small notebook and wrote down what Le Tian had just said.

Letian continued to look at the photos on the phone. The following one is a photo of a mask on a complete corpse. Letian looked carefully. The style of this mask...

The mask looks like a bull's head, but there is no golden horn, and the position of the mouth is made into the shape of a snail's spiral pattern. The whole mask looks really weird and ugly.

Le Tian turned back again, and there was nothing behind.

"Is it gone? You can only see the mask, not the face of the corpse." He asked strangely.

"Yes, I took a photo..." Xiao Gongxun replied.

Letian returned the phone to him, Xiao Gongxun looked at it, and he pointed to a completely blank photo.

"Isn't this just...Look! When I saw this face, I was almost terrified. It was exactly the same as my face! This was taken secretly by me. Although it is a bit unclear, it can be seen It can be distinguished that several of my colleagues seem to have been frightened! I don’t know if they were frightened by my face.”

Xiao Gongxun chattered endlessly. He kept holding his mobile phone and showed Le Tian the photo with nothing in it.

Le Tian was speechless, he carefully looked into Xiao Gongxun's eyes.

"Uncle... don't move!" he said.

Xiao Gongxun was taken aback for a moment, he looked at Le Tian strangely.

Le Tian put his head in front of Xiao Gongxun, fixed Xiao Gongxun's face, and looked at his pupils carefully.

"What's the matter? Is there something strange about my eyes?" Xiao Gongxun was puzzled by Lotte's strange appearance.

Lotte nodded.

He forcibly opened Xiao Gongxun's eyelids. Under the eyelids, the whites of the eyes were covered with red bloodshot eyes, which looked abnormally permeable.

"Uncle, how long have you been up?" Letian asked.

Xiao Gongxun thought for a while, "It's been a few days...Because of the heavy work tasks, everyone works day and night. I haven't closed my eyes for more than two days."

Lotte nodded.

"Uncle, do you want to sleep?" he asked.

Xiao Gongxun blinked and shook his head.

"It's strange to say that I don't feel sleepy at all...Look at me now, I'm very energetic."

Le Tian smacked his lips, showing a cautious look on his face.

"Uncle...you've been poisoned," he said.

Xiao Gongxun was taken aback. He said that he was poisoned inexplicably?

"Poisoned? I don't feel any discomfort."

"You don't feel any discomfort, that's the sign of poisoning!" Le Tian replied.

Xiao Gongxun looked directly at Lotte.

"You mean..." He took a breath.

That's right... No one can stay so energetic without sleeping for a few days, wouldn't that make him a god?He had only now discovered this extremely common anomaly.

"That's right! Uncle...you have reached a very dangerous point now, you are exhausting your future energy, every minute you open your eyes now, your future life will be lost by one hour..." Le Tian slowly Said.

Xiao Gongxun blinked, and he suddenly picked up the mirror and looked into his eyes carefully.

"If you delay for a while, the situation will become more serious. Every minute you are awake, your life span will be reduced by ten hours. In the end... your energy consumption is getting bigger and bigger. Every minute you are awake, your lifespan will be reduced by ten hours. Your lifespan will be reduced by one day...until you die!" Le Tian said in a deep voice.

Xiao Gongxun took a breath.

"Really?"

"Really, you planted a strange corpse poison! What did you see?" Le Tian pointed to the photo on Xiao Gongxun's phone.

"Myself." Xiao Gongxun replied.

"Do you know what I saw?" Lotte asked.

"What?" Xiao Gongxun signaled something was wrong.

"I saw it was a blank photo with nothing..." Lotte replied.

(End of this chapter)