“Dengdengdeng……”
During his sleep, Wang Junlin faintly heard footsteps and was awakened immediately, but the strange thing was that no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn’t open his eyes.
“Boom…”
The sound of footsteps disappeared, and the sound of heavy objects rubbing against each other suddenly reappeared, like thunder exploding in his ears, Wang Junlin’s body shook, and he finally opened his eyes.
It was pitch black in front of his eyes, without a trace of light, and his body was hard and cold.
He was stunned and extremely vigilant, obviously sleeping on a soft bed at home, why did he change places when he woke up? And what happened to the sound just now?
Is this a dream? He reached out to fumble for the bedside lamp, but what he touched was a cold stone wall. Before he could express his surprise, the rumbling sound sounded again, and a bright light suddenly appeared in the darkness, which was a bit dazzling, and he raised his hand to block it.
“Ah…”
“Ah…it’s meat dumpling…”
Two horrified screams fell in Wang Junlin’s ears. He couldn’t help but tremble. He took his hand away and squinted to look outside. There were two figures.
“What are you afraid of, we have already prepared…”
Wang Junlin heard very clearly this time, it was someone talking, with an accent from Shaanxi.
He opened his mouth to say something, but before he could make a sound, an arm quickly stretched in, and then there was something in his mouth.
Wang Junlin was stunned for a moment, and took the thing out of his mouth, but two more terrified screams were heard.
“Not good, it’s a big rice dumpling, the black donkey’s hoof doesn’t work, it’s a joke.”
The footsteps went away quickly, looking at the black donkey’s hoof in his hand and the sarcophagus lying on it, Wang Junlin felt a chill in his heart.
He pinched his thigh hard, the pain was clear and real, this was not a dream.
All fear comes from the unknown. Wang Junlin’s face turned pale instantly, cold sweat appeared on his forehead, and he felt inexplicable panic in his heart.
Is it a prank? Still… He had some vague guesses, but he couldn’t believe it.
After all, he is not an ordinary person. Taking a deep breath, he slowly sat up.
“Ah…” Wang Junlin exclaimed, his expression changed drastically. As soon as he sat up, he saw a dead face.
There was a dead man sitting cross-legged under his feet, a man in his fifties, his body was not decomposed, he smelled like a corpse, and he was wearing a black gold silk Taoist robe.
Quickly climbing out of the sarcophagus, Wang Junlin has calmed down, thanks to his profession – a top mercenary.
Looking around, Wang Junlin’s face changed again.
This is a tomb, about the size of a basketball court. There are thirty-seven sarcophagi arranged in a certain order. The sarcophagus he was in just now is in the middle.
The Dahongding on the top of the tomb is covered with murals, and the surrounding stone walls are densely engraved with strange symbols, revealing a kind of mystery and weirdness.
Looking carefully at the corpse in the middle sarcophagus, it was found that the corpse was holding a blood-colored heart-shaped jade pendant in both hands, and an unknown animal skin was spread on the foot, with writing faintly on it.
Hesitating for a while, Wang Junlin brought the jade pendant and the animal skin over. He didn’t bother to take a closer look, and quickly walked out from the exit of the tomb. This kind of place is not a place to stay for a long time.
Passing through a gloomy stone road nearly 100 meters long, a newly dug hole appeared in front of Wang Junlin. He listened for a moment, and then Wang Junlin went out with a vigilant expression.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but the moment Wang Junlin got out of the hole, he faintly heard a roar from the ancient tomb behind him.
Then Wang Junlin saw the sun, it was hanging hot in the sky, a heat wave hit his face, the fear in his heart disappeared instantly, “This is summer.”
At this time, if Wang Junlin saw the scene in the ancient tomb, he would be shocked—the ‘corpse’ in the middle of the sarcophagus suddenly opened his eyes, spewed out a mouthful of hot blood with a look of resentment.
“Who is it that snatched my Dao heart and Dao scroll and made me go crazy, I will definitely not let you go…” Before the ‘corpse’ finished speaking, he spit out another mouthful of blood with a puff. Shut up, close your eyes, adjust your breath and heal your wounds.
…
Looking around, Wang Junlin’s heart sank. This is a barren mountain, and it is unlikely that there will be people within a hundred miles… He saw a colorful tiger chasing a group of wild boars.
And he was barefoot, wearing pajamas, and nothing but the blood jade pendant and the palm-sized animal skin.
Jumping off the boulder, Wang Junlin chose a direction away from the tiger and walked quickly down the mountain. At this time, he was at a loss and tragic, and needed to return to human society as soon as possible to confirm some things.
Seeing a small stream, Wang Junlin walked downstream. According to his experience, the place where the water finally converges, whether it is a lake or a river, is likely to have human life.
Not long after, Wang Junlin had a sharpened wooden spear in his hand. Every time he took a step, he would use the wooden spear to strike and fiddle with the thatch bushes in front of him. In just this moment, he managed to scare the snake once, twice to scare the poisonous centipede, and avoided the spike many times.
As time goes by, the creek gradually widens, the water flow becomes stronger, and the green grass on both sides becomes more lush.
Suddenly, a small animal jumped out from the grass. Before Wang Junlin could see what it was, he stabbed it with a wooden spear, but retracted it halfway, and quickly moved away. Because, he saw a big colorful snake, thicker than his arm, nearly two meters long, swimming towards the small animal like the wind.
In the current state, how could Wang Junlin dare to compete for food with such a snake.
Even though he was very careful and walked steadily with every step, the rugged rocky road and bushes still left Wang Junlin with three wounds on his feet. Blood oozes, and the smell of blood spreads out, which is likely to attract ferocious beasts.
Didn’t dare to delay, Wang Junlin sat on the boulder beside the stream, cleaned the wound, tore off the two sleeves of the pajamas, and tied them around his feet.
After resting for a while, drinking some stream water, and eating some wild fruits and vegetables picked along the way, Wang Junlin started on the road again.
Not long after, he saw a group of white-rumped langurs, which surprised him. Because as far as he knows, this kind of creature has been extinct on the earth for nearly half a century.
…
Time passed quickly, and before he knew it, the sun had set to the west, Wang Junlin was sweating profusely, and finally reached the foot of the mountain, the stream had also merged into a small river, but there was still no one in sight.
He was anxious to verify that absurd guess, Wang Junlin did not stop to rest, and continued to walk along the river, but luckily the road became much smoother.
After more than two hours, the creek doubled in width, but there were still no traces of people, but Wang Junlin finally found some traces of people.
Walking along the trail of people, when the sun was setting and the sky was getting dark, Wang Junlin saw a small mountain village and the crowd returning home after finishing their farm work.
He didn’t dare to approach easily, and hid behind a big tree to peek, his expression was extremely complicated.
These villagers were all dressed in knee-length sackcloth with trousers tied, and some had scarves wrapped up high. What made Wang Junlin look serious was that he saw a man in a red brocade coat with a A young man with a black gauze head and black leather Liuhe boots, with four followers, forcibly snatched a beautiful girl from the village, and broke the legs of a young man who stopped her.
“Could it be true that you have traveled to ancient times?” Wang Junlin muttered to himself with a puzzled expression on his face.
Without hesitating for long, Wang Junlin took a deep breath and walked towards the village.
There are nearly a hundred families living in the small valley, most of which are bamboo and wooden buildings. Just as we walked to the entrance of the village, a **** dog with a curly tail came out. Seeing Wang Junlin, a stranger, seemed to go crazy He barked wildly, but for some reason, he didn’t dare to rush over, and as soon as Wang Junlin approached him, the **** dog backed away in fright, which was indescribably weird.
An old man with a gray scarf on his head and white beard and hair was alarmed by the barking of a dog. He walked out of the wooden house at the village with a vigilant expression on his face. With the sound of a **** dog, the beast immediately ran away with its tail between its legs, leaving Wang Junlin far away.
“Who are you? Why are you here?” the old man asked in a strong Guanzhong dialect.
“The younger generation is called Wang Junlin, and he lived in seclusion with his master in the mountains to practice martial arts since he was a child. Dare to ask my father, where is this place? What year is it now?” Wang Junlin bowed his hands awkwardly, and said the words he had thought up before.
The old man carefully looked at Wang Junlin, especially his pajamas and the short hair on his head for a long time, and said with a sigh: “It turns out that he is a monk who died.”
Wang Junlin didn’t want to be a monk, so he immediately said: “To tell you the truth, my master is a hidden eminent monk, but I didn’t become a monk. It’s only because of my master that I didn’t wear long hair.”
The old man nodded, no longer bothering about Wang Junlin’s identity, and said: “It is now the third year of Renshou, and this place is Shetang Village, Maiji Town, Qingshui County, Tianshui County, under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou.”
“The third year of Renshou… Sui Dynasty, during the period of Sui Wendi Yang Jian, according to historical records, at this time, the people’s livelihood was prosperous, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the politics was stable, which created a prosperous situation under the rule of Kaihuang. For Yang Guang, after more than ten years, the world will be in chaos, and in just a few years, the population of the Sui Dynasty will be reduced by nearly half due to military service and war.” Wang Junlin finally understood the era he was in.
“Seeing that you don’t have much, you should settle down in the village first!” The old man remembered that there were few men in the village, and Wang Junlin was tall and tall, and had practiced martial arts, so he extended an invitation.
“Then thank you, old man.” Wang Junlin was thinking about finding a place to stay first, and the old man’s words hit his heart.
Next, the old man introduced Wang Junlin to his neighbors. The simplicity shown by the villagers moved Wang Junlin who was feeling at a loss. The old man gave Wang Junlin an uninhabited wooden house to settle down. The villagers have a pot for your house and a bowl of rice for his house. Soon the pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, bedding, clothes and shoes are all assembled.
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