The old lady smiled again and said, "Be honest? Then let's be honest. I'm from the Yellow River area, and I married into Fengmen Village. This, I can assure you is the truth."
"Old lady, I don't believe a word of what you're saying now!" Big Golden Tooth shook his head and asked her, "Grandma, are you up to something? I'm telling you, we specialize in dealing with ghosts. Even if you are a ghost, we are not afraid. Tell us the truth, or else, we can break every bone in your body."
The old lady was clearly angry. She said that she didn't believe us and didn't trust us, and she didn't want to take us into the mountains anymore.
I didn't step on the brake, but instead, I smiled and said to the old lady, "Hey hey, old lady, don't be mad. Just now, when you said you married into Fengmen Village from the Yellow River area, I believe you! And I even know exactly where your hometown is."
"Where?" The old lady looked down on me, as if she thought I was just talking nonsense.
I said directly, "Kaifeng or Luoyang!"
"Huh? Young man, you have quite a bit of knowledge at such a young age. You actually know I'm from Kaifeng?"
I scoffed, "Old Jin, you have dug quite a few graves before. There should be people in your group who are in the same line of work as the old lady."
"Her line of work?" Big Golden Tooth didn't know what I was talking about.
I gave another hint: "Living people don't enter, dead people don't come. Only the living dead can show the way!"
Big Golden Tooth suddenly exclaimed, "Are you the Yellow River Living Dead?"
"Indeed I am," the old lady nodded.
Cheng Yan was a curious person, and she quickly asked me what the Yellow River Living Dead was. Was the old lady a zombie?
I smiled and asked the old lady, "Can this be discussed?"
"The old calendar has been around for many years, and the old lady is now vegetarian. What can't be discussed?" the old lady said.
With the old lady's permission, I told Cheng Yan about the Yellow River Living Dead. “Yanyan, a zombie is a kind of living dead. However, the Yellow River Living Dead is a unique person from the area around the Yellow River. This person doesn't eat pork, beef, or mutton, only human flesh."
Human flesh is dead flesh. The Yellow River Living Dead starts eating it from a young age and continues until they are in their teens, after which their bodies lose all signs of vitality. Even ghosts and zombies can't tell that they are actually alive!
"What? Eating human flesh? Why would they do that? Are they unable to get food?"
"If they eat human flesh, it naturally serves a purpose." I explained thoroughly: Kaifeng and Luoyang are where the largest number of historical relics are unearthed, as even farming can yield antiques due to these two ancient cities. Although they have declined now, there are still a lot of treasures underground!
When talking about Luoyang, a total of one hundred and four emperors have come out, seventeen ancient capitals.
Seventeen dynasties have all made Luoyang their capital.
The underground tombs of Luoyang city, that is truly a gold mine.
However, there are too many zombies in the tombs with weak Daoist skills, unable to enter the tombs.
At that time, some people with ulterior motives in Luoyang and Kaifeng came up with a good idea, to nurture living dead people, who eat dead "meat", these people can lead the way, avoiding the defense of "Yin" spirits and zombie zombies, and breaking into the depths of the tombs.
I said: Grandma, the reason you can enter Fengmen Village and Fengmen Mountain is probably because of your identity as a Yellow River living dead person, right?
"Young man, you are really amazing, not bad, not bad, have a broad knowledge and a good memory, you're right, no mistakes, may I ask where your skills come from?"
"I." I said without changing my expression.
"Good! The Northeast has always had extraordinary people. Today, a kid like you who can see through my identity is truly exceptional. I will take you into the mountains and avenge my son."
"Since we are all in the same boat, please be open and honest with us, we are not afraid of how many disgusting things you have done, but trust is still important."
I said to the old lady.
The old lady nodded and said that we should trust each other when entering the mountain together.
The matter of the old lady's identity should have ended here, but when I was driving, the smirking of the old lady was still stuck in my mind and I couldn't get rid of it. I always felt that I should be cautious of this old lady.
On the way, because Duan Guangyi was also a former Henanese, he had some common topics with the old lady and their conversation was quite lively.
The old lady was 86 years old, but spoke very agilely, probably due to eating dead "meat".
Because of consuming a large amount of dead "meat", it covered up her living soul aura, which had a certain help in delaying aging, but of course, it was also very harmful, for example, the temper of the Yellow River living dead person was very irritable and unpredictable.
I drove in the direction of Fengmen Village all the way.
When we were close to Fengmen Village, the old lady pointed us to another road.
I asked where we were going.
The old lady said: The way to Fengmen Mountain and Fengmen Village is different. We have to go in from another small road. Moreover, you didn't originally plan to go to Fengmen Village, you just came to find the location where the coffin was unearthed, right?
It's true, we came to find the origin of the fox ghost coffin.
"Okay! Let's go." I didn't hesitate, as we had just said we should trust each other. Although I was still wary of the old lady in my heart, I had to maintain a certain appearance.
I drove and soon arrived at the foot of a mountain.
"Get off, the rest of the way will have to be on foot." The old lady pointed to the endless mountain road and said.
"Alright, let's go." The few of us got off the car, picked up the prepared supplies and backpacks, and entered the deep forest of Fengmen Mountain.
We had been walking for about half an hour, and just as we were about to walk from the sparse trees at the foot of the mountain to the lush primeval forest, suddenly, there was a coffin on the mountain road ahead!
"We can't go in." The old lady said after looking at the coffin.
I said, "Isn't it just a stone coffin? What's there to be afraid of?"
The old lady shook her head and said that the stone coffins of Fengmen Mountain had been mostly taken away by the coffin bearers like Xiaobao. Now, there was hardly any nonsense coffin in the middle of the first mountain so where was there still any nonsense coffin.
This coffin hung in the middle of the road, obviously there was some kind of evil spirit in the mountain that wouldn't let us in!
The old lady smiled bitterly and said: Since they have spoken, even if this living dead person goes into the mountain, it still can't go in!
"That's not necessarily the case." Duan Guangyi came out and asked Dahua: Lao Jin, you often enter tombs. Do you recognize that coffin?
"Recognize it? Of course I recognize it." Dahua took two steps and said: That coffin is called the Lotus Coffin, it is a coffin from the Qing Dynasty. The side of the Qing Dynasty coffin is made in the shape of a lotus, symbolizing the deceased stepping on lotus steps, ascending step by step to heaven. Also, look at the patterns on the coffin, they portray red peonies, because the people of the Qing Dynasty loved peonies the most, so much so that in 1903, the Qing Dynasty designated the peony as the country's flower!
This coffin must be from the Qing Dynasty.
"Well, it looks like a Qing Dynasty coffin. I'll go talk to it and see if it will let me go." Duan Guangyi walked towards the coffin.
It made a rustling sound as he approached it.
Only when Duan Guangyi walked right in front of the coffin, did blood still flow from the gap in the coffin, which was particularly terrifying.
Finally, Duan Guangyi knelt in front of the coffin with a single leg and whispered.
He spoke a lot of Manchu, obviously communicating with the person inside the coffin.
He chattered for a long time, then turned to sigh at me, saying he couldn't suppress the person inside the coffin!
"Can't suppress?" I thought to myself, if he can't suppress, it means there is still something to negotiate. I motioned to Fengying: Lao Feng, it's up to you!
Lao Feng was a member of the Qing royal family, and now he finally came into use.
His status as a member of the Qing royal family, if taken outside, I'm afraid that even an old lady wouldn't intimidate him, but in the many coffins and demonic Fengmen Mountain, the banner of the Qing royal family was no less than a heavy bomb.
He coughed twice, cleared his throat, put on a show, then walked over and said: As a member of the Qing royal family, from the Direct White Flag under the Dorpong Flag, descended from the Thirteen Beile Feiyangguo, I want to enter this mountain gate, I don't know if you'll allow it!
Roar!
After Fengying's grandstanding speech, the coffin began to shake even more violently, it seemed even worse than when Duan Guangyi was here!
Dahua sneered at Lao Feng: Hey, hey, royal family member? You're trying to scare us, hey, hey, trying to show off and provoke, it's obvious that they think you're just full of hot air!
"You parvenu know nothing, today I'll show you, I'll show you the heritage of our Qing royal family!"
After Fengying finished speaking, he threw a golden plaque onto the coffin.
Dong!
A golden sign actually stood up.
On the front of the sign, two large characters were written: exemption from death.
After the large characters, followed by a series of small characters, it was too far away, and I couldn't see it very clearly.
"Exemption from death gold sign?" When I saw this sign, I almost went crazy. Exemption from death gold sign, there were so many emperors in the Qing Dynasty, but only eight exemption from death gold signs!
All of them were bestowed by Nurhaci to his own dragon sons and grandsons!
The recipients of these eight exemption from death gold signs were the famous "Eight Great Iron-Capped Kings" during the founding of the Qing Dynasty!
Dorgon, Daishan, Harmon, Duoduo, Hauge, Soup, Yuetuo, and Sahalin, these eight Iron-Capped Kings had great military achievements. It is unexpected that there was a ninth exemption from death gold sign in the Qing Dynasty.
This ninth exemption from death gold sign was awarded to Nurhaci's thirteenth son, Feiyangguo.
Fengying is a descendant of Feiyangguo, and this exemption from death gold sign is inherited.
"Hmph, let me take a good look at it." Fengying cursed the coffin: Take a good look at this so-called exemption from death gold sign. Except for plotting rebellion and heinous crimes, all death penalties are exempted. But after the exemption, the title and salary are deprived, and the original title is not allowed to be restored, but only his life is spared.
Fengying's words are the meaning of the exemption from death gold sign: except for plotting rebellion, the holder of the exemption from death gold sign will be pardoned for any heinous crime and at most will be dismissed!
"Buzzing!"
The golden sign on the stone coffin kept spinning, and after spinning seven or eight times, it suddenly stopped.
Ding!
The lid of the coffin suddenly lifted up, knocked the gold sign back, and then the stone coffin flew up the mountain as if it had grown legs.
In the entire Fengmen Mountain, a loud voice kept reverberating: Please ask the descendants of the thirteenth prince to go up the mountain and open the Fengmen!
Please ask the descendants of the thirteenth prince to go up the mountain and open the Fengmen!
Please ask the descendants of the thirteenth prince to go up the mountain and open the Fengmen!
This loud voice rang three times before stopping.
Author's address: Thank you all for your support. The second chapter is offered, what kind of mystery does this old lady, the living dead of the Yellow River, have? Will be revealed tomorrow?