Chapter 26: Longevity and Immortality 5

  Wen Baiyu suddenly understood what it means to tie oneself up in a cocoon, what it means to bring about one's own doom, what it means to lift a rock only to drop it on one's own foot, and what it means that silence is golden...

  You almost slapped yourself in the face! You're so mouthy! You're so mouthy!

  Wen Baiyu thought to herself that she had actually bitten his tongue, was it because she was too excited just now? Although her kissing skills were zero, but it shouldn't be so bad, right?!

  Alas...

  Wen Baiyu suddenly squatted down and sat at the feet of Wan Kuang Jing Hou, holding his head in both hands. Now he felt a little like crying, and tears of heartache flowed down...

  Wan Xi Jing Hou saw him suddenly squat down, with a painful face, and said: "What's wrong?"

  Wen Baiyu weakly waved her hand and said: "Nothing, I just want to be quiet... don't ask me who Quiet is..."

  Wan Gui Jing Hou: "......"

  This time, it was Wan Qi Jing Hou's turn to be speechless, because the all-knowing Wan Qi Jing Hou really didn't know who Jing Jing was...

  The end of the tomb passage leads to a stone chamber that looks like a side room. The carvings and paintings are very delicate.

  Entering the stone chamber, the first thing that comes into view is a wooden frame inlaid with jade, forming a screen. The jade screen appears to be natural, without any carving marks, and right in the middle of the screen, there is a majestic picture of a phoenix spreading its wings.

  Wen Baiyu sighed and walked over to take a look. "For several thousand years, this wood won't rot, it's really too magical."

  Wen Baiyu dodged behind the screen and let out a frightened "ah", then quickly hid behind Wan Jijinghou.

  He patted Wan Kuang Jing Hou's shoulder and leaned over to take a look before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

  Behind the screen was a coffin, with four maids standing on either side of it. The four maids were also carved out of jade and looked lifelike, as if they were alive.

  Four maidservants, two holding golden trays and two carrying golden basins, seemed to be waiting on the person in the coffin at any moment...

  Wen Baiyu's eyes widened as she looked into the golden plate and saw what was inside. She couldn't help but tremble with fear, exclaiming: "H-how is it a dagger?!"

  In the golden tray, there were not only knives, but also scissors. The knives came in all shapes and sizes, making Wen Bai's feathers stand on end with fright.

  There was actually ** in the golden water basin. Wan Qi Jing Hou walked over, and Wen Bai Yu pulled him, saying: "Don't grope around blindly, be careful not to burn your hand!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou first used his hand to fan the air and smell it, then stretched out his hand to touch the golden basin, and after carefully looking at it, said: "It's water."

  Wen Baiyu said: "This is absurd, you say wood doesn't rot, that's fine, but this bowl of water, left for two thousand years, must have evaporated dry, how can there still be some?"

  Wan Kuang said: "These knives and water don't seem like things from two thousand years ago."

  Wen Baiyu took a look and said: "That's right, this knife is a bit like a surgical knife. How could there be such advanced things in ancient times?"

  Wen Baiyu finished speaking and suddenly shuddered, then grabbed Wan Qi Jinghou's arm and said: "You... have you heard any sound?"

  He finished speaking, and Wan Qi Jing Hou immediately raised his hand to press on his lips, signaling him to be silent. Wen Bai Yu hastily closed his mouth and didn't dare speak again.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou listened for two seconds and said: "It's a cry."

  Wen Baiyu covered her mouth with her hand and lowered her voice, saying: "Crying? Don't scare me, although I'm easily frightened..."

  He pointed at the coffin and said, "It's coming from inside the coffin."

  Wen Baiyu let out a "hiss" and took in a reverse breath, his legs going soft as he almost fell to the ground. The person inside the coffin was crying!

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "I'll go take a look."

  Wen Baiyu wanted to pull him back, but Wan Jingshou had already taken the lead and walked ahead. Wen Baiyu gritted his teeth and followed suit.

  As they got closer, they indeed heard a faint cry coming from inside the coffin, like the wailing of a child, accompanied by gasping sounds.

  Wen Baiyu found that the coffin lid was not tightly closed!

  "Is it going to be a resurrection or something? The coffin lid isn't sealed..."

  Wan Ji Jing Hou shook his head, stretched out his hand to touch a small gap on the coffin board, the gap was very small, if Wan Ji Jing Hou hadn't reached out to touch it, Wen Bai Yu would have overlooked it.

  Wan Qi Jinghou said: "It's a sealed tomb, but someone pried open the lid. Look at this mark, it's new."

  He finished speaking and then stretched out his hand to gently push the coffin lid.

  "Ah..."

  Wen Baiyu took a step back, shouting in a voice that was not quite right. The lid of the coffin creaked open, revealing a dark-skinned man lying inside, wearing armor and with a knife at his waist. His eyes were closed, and his face was well-preserved, without any wrinkles or signs of decay.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou took a look and said: "It's the attire of a Western Han dynasty jailer."

  Wen Baiyu swallowed hard and said: "It's a man... but why can I hear the sound of a child crying?"

  Wan Qi Jinghou took a step back and looked at the side of the coffin, saying: "The depth and height of the coffin are problematic, there may be a hidden layer inside, and someone is under him."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is there a child under him? This... whose normal child will crawl into the coffin and cry, is it another blood pupil?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said: "You listen... there is a breathing sound."

  Wen Baiyu heard him say "you listen", was so scared that he said: "I'm now so scared that I can't hear anything..."

  Wen Baiyu thought, could it be that the person who wanted to eat the child's heart had brought the child to the grave and hidden him in the coffin?

  Wen Baiyu said: "How did you get the child up here?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou did not speak immediately, but stretched out his hand and pushed the entire coffin board open. Wen Bai Yu was startled when he saw the whole appearance of this Western Han dynasty prison officer, who looked very ferocious, and more importantly, he was a dead man!

  It was strange that on the armor of this male corpse, a yellow paper was actually stuck, with curved and twisted characters, Wen Baiyu couldn't understand anything.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Someone opened the coffin and sealed the zongzi with a special technique, not allowing him to become a zombie."

  Wen Baiyu listened and made sure that the zongzi wouldn't come back to life, then said: "Let's move it and see if there are any kids underneath... I'll lend a hand."

  "Don't move."

  Wen Baiyu was about to reach out when he was pressed down by Wan Kuangjinghou.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "There is blood gas on your hands, the zongzi will see the blood gas and immediately resurrect, and the yellow talisman can't calm it down. You step back, I'll do it."

  Wen Baiyu stood at the back, watching as Wan Jinhong inserted both hands into the coffin. He thought to himself that he had bloodstains on his own hands, but did Wan Jinhong not have any? They were all living people, weren't they just the same?

  Wan Xi Jing Hou stretched out his hands and immediately lifted the male corpse, just as Wen Bai Yu saw him lift it up. As soon as he was lifted out of the coffin for a moment, the male corpse's eyes suddenly opened wide!

  "Hmm..."

  Wen Baiyu took a deep breath of cool air and sat down on the ground with a thud, trembling as he said: "He...he...he opened his eyes..."

  "Heh heh...... Heh heh......"

  The Western Han dynasty's jiao wei made a sound in his throat, but remained stiff all over, with both hands placed on his chest, not moving at all, like a giant ice stick.

  Wan Kuang didn't show any fear at all and put the male corpse on the ground.

  Wen Baiyu saw the male corpse still staring with his eyes wide open, his eye sockets almost bursting, and he stared at them, hastily getting up from the ground, circling around the male corpse to hide behind Wan Jinhou.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Didn't you say it wouldn't resurrect?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "He has a yellow token on his body and will not become a zombie."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Are you all wide-eyed?! Doesn't this count as resurrection?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou did not speak, but instead looked into the coffin. As expected, at the bottom of the coffin was a square hole about 20 cm deep, and inside lay a child!

  The child was about one year old, crying with a red face, gasping for breath, and Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "Really have children!?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded, and Wen Bai Yu hastily reached in to pick up the child. The child kicked its small legs in Wen Bai Yu's arms, opened its big eyes wide, and let out a wail of pitiful crying.

  Wen Baiyu was suddenly flustered, he didn't even have a girlfriend, let alone get married and have kids. He had no experience taking care of children, especially one as young as this, and whenever the child cried, Wen Baiyu felt like crying too!

  Wen Baiyu's hands stiffened as she said, "What to do? Is he scared silly or something? He's been crying nonstop, how are we supposed to coax him?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou stood to one side, his hands clasped together in front of his chest, without any intention of coming over to offer a helping hand. He said indifferently, "You must be hungry, after all, you've been in the tomb for so long."

  As soon as Wan Xi Jing Hou finished speaking, the little kid stopped crying and stared at Wen Bai Yu with wide eyes that shone brightly, looking pure and innocent to the point of being adorable.

  Then the child pouted, spat out a bubble, stretched out his little hand, pointed at the warm white feather, and made "ah" sounds twice, saying: "Ma... ma... mama..."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu said: "This child must be starving silly, can't even tell male from female."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou then took off his backpack, pulled out a bottle of water from inside and tossed it to Wen Bai Yu, saying: "Give him some water to drink."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly rolled her eyes and said: "Drink? You make it sound easy, this little kid doesn't even have a pacifier, how are you going to get him to drink without choking?"

  Wen Baiyu was playing with the kids, then accidentally caught a glimpse of the zongzi on the ground staring back at her, and she felt a chill run down her spine, almost dropping the kid.

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'That... let's put the original owner back first.'"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou had no doubts and moved the zongzi back into the tomb, re-covering it with the lid.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Stole the child and put it in the grave, and also made so many knives, really want to eat the child's heart?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "The yuan Shen of a young child is the most sufficient, eating children's hearts has been a heretical practice since ancient times, this is not surprising."

  Wen Baiyu said: "How can you put a child in a coffin and hold a funeral ceremony?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said: "It's for freshness."

  Wen Baiyu shook his sleeves and thought Wan Zhaohou was telling a cold joke again.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said, "The coffin in this tomb must have some special features. The male corpse from 2,000 years ago hasn't rotted, which means it has a preservative effect. Finding ninety-nine infants isn't something that can be done overnight, and we also need to take care of the children. If we put them in this coffin, they won't need to eat or drink, making things much more convenient."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly understood and said: "So that's it, utterly ruthless and crazy."

  Wen Baiyu hugged the child, took out her mobile phone and glanced at it, saying: "It's almost three o'clock! We have to hurry up, that old man said before dawn, otherwise we won't make it in time, there are still so many children."

  At the other end of the stone room, there was a tomb passage leading out. Wan Qi Jing Hou walked in front, and Wen Bai Yu carried the child behind him. The child kept crying, with great energy, his face red from crying, as if Wen Bai Yu was abusing children!

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help it anymore, stopped in her tracks and said: "You hold him for a while! My arm is about to break off."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou also stopped, but just turned his head to look at Wen Bai Yu, and didn't move or take the child.

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu really didn't know what kind of temperament he had, but Wan Jingshou actually used the beauty trick on him! And to think that under those slightly narrow and long eyes with a mole at the corner, Wen Baiyu's heart started to flutter and float, always feeling dizzy.

  The child looked at Wan Kuang Jing Hou and then clapped his hands. With a muffled "ah" in his mouth, he said: "Dad, dad!"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu silently cursed in her heart, "Don't shout randomly, kid. Be careful or you might get kidnapped again..."

  The little kid kept calling "dad" but suddenly stopped, big eyes staring into the darkness of the tomb path.

  The back of her neck felt a chill as she heard that children's eyes could see things that ordinary people couldn't.

  At this time, Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly said: "Someone."

  Wen Baiyu immediately saw a white shadow, like a ghost, stretching out from the tomb path and flashing by...