Chapter 55: A Bizarre Inscription

It was not only Wu Zhongyuan who was excited, Wang Xinran was even more excited than him, and walked quickly to the edge of the soil pit dug by the excavator and looked down, "It's a stone slab, there is really a dungeon down here!"

Wu Zhongyuan followed, shouting at the excavator driver, "Extinguish the fire, throw the sledgehammer to me." ”

Excavators often drop chains, so each car is equipped with a large hammer on the chain, and the driver turns off the engine and takes the hammer down.

Wu Zhongyuan took the hammer, jumped into the dirt pit, and hit the stone slab with a hammer.

Seeing that the slate was intact, the driver said, "The slate is very thick and cannot be broken." ”

"Dig up the soil. Wu Zhongyuan returned the hammer to the driver and pulled Wang to retreat to a safe area.

The driver didn't know why, but Wang Xinran understood and knew that Wu Zhongyuan's move was to determine whether there was space under the slates, and the sound from tapping on the slabs showed that there was indeed space under the slates, and there was a lot of space.

"Now can you tell me what's down there?" Wang Xinran was a little impatient.

"The dungeon. Wu Zhongyuan said casually.

Wang Xinran was naturally dissatisfied with such an answer, and continued to ask, "What's in the underground palace?"

"I'm not so sure. Wu Zhongyuan said.

"You're not going to be bored. Wang Xinran was dissatisfied, since Wu Zhongyuan knew that there was a dungeon here, he must also know what was in the dungeon.

Wang Xinran said that if it is not interesting, it is not interesting, but Wu Zhongyuan did not answer or explain.

Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan was determined not to say anything, although Wang Xinran was dissatisfied, he was helpless, so he had to change the topic, "Who said in advance, no matter what is inside, you can only use it, you can't take it away, and you can't destroy it." ”

"Yes. Wu Zhongyuan nodded in agreement, and it was not difficult to find through this sentence that in Wang Xinran's opinion, there should be some kind of mysterious device hidden in the underground palace that could create wormholes, and she would never have thought that there would be people in the underground palace.

Everyone has a curiosity, and the excavator driver probably wants to see what will end up digging up, and the two excavators are working at full speed, digging through the earth on top of the slabs at an alarming speed.

"You don't have to go far away," Wu Zhongyuan shouted at the driver, "and if it's not the entrance, it's used to pile dirt." ”

Wu Zhongyuan's method is good, the excavated soil does not have to be moved, and he digs forward to find it.

The two excavators were digging head-on, seeing that the distance between the two excavators was getting closer and closer, Wu Zhongyuan was worried that the slate would not be able to bear such a large weight, so he transferred one to find the boundary of the slate, and the other continued to excavate.

If it weren't for the "coincidence" of the legal popularization education, the villagers would have come to see the excitement, but at this time they could only obediently stay in the square to listen to the propaganda of the popularization of law, and no one would be allowed to go, and the auxiliary police would accompany them to the toilet.

Half an hour later, one of the excavators found the southern boundary of the slate, while the other also dug up the slate overburden and drove over to join the excavator to clear the slate border.

Soon, a thick stone pillar appeared on the south side, and after five minutes, another stone pillar appeared, and when you dig to the left and right, there are no stone pillars.

"Dig north between the two stone pillars. "Wu Zhongyuan personally commanded,

A few shovels go down, the stone door is exposed, after digging up the soil and stones piled up in front of the stone gate, the stone door is completely revealed, the two doors are open, about five meters high, the width of the two doors is also about five meters, the stone door is chiseled by bluestone, there is no ornamentation on it.

Such a stone door is not big, but it is not small either, there should have been a bronze pull ring on the stone door, but it has been too long, and the pull ring has long been decayed, and only the round hole that fixes the pull ring remains.

"How do you open it?" Wang happily looked at the stone door.

"I have a way. Wu Zhongyuan turned around and walked towards one of the excavators, most of the excavators have wire ropes, tied with iron drills, inserted from the round hole where the stone door was originally fixed with copper rings, and the iron drills are pinned horizontally from the inside of the stone gate, and the excavator can pull the stone door open from the outside.

But these two excavators did not have wire ropes, seeing this situation, Wang Xinran said on the side, "There is a nylon rope for trailers on the car, can it be used?"

"It should work," Wu Zhongyuan said, "you go down and get it quickly." ”

Wang happily agreed, turned around and walked towards the edge of the pit, but after walking a few steps and remembering something, he turned back to Wu Zhongyuan and said, "Don't move until I come back." ”

"Don't worry, let's go. Wu Zhongyuan urged.

Wang happily turned around and went.

As soon as Wang Xinran left, the driver came over and tried to find out what was in it, but Wu Zhongyuan naturally wouldn't tell them the truth, only said that it was an archaeological excavation.

Perfunctory driver, Wu Zhongyuan approached the stone gate, the diameter of the round hole fixing the copper ring on the stone door was about seven or eight centimeters, but it was too dark in the underground palace, looking inside from the round hole, it was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.

Inhale and smell, there is a strong damp and mildew in the dungeon.

"Little brother, I have a flashlight in my car. A driver said.

"Bring it. Wu Zhongyuan said.

Soon, the driver brought a flashlight, but this guy's flashlight is rechargeable, quite big, and the light is bright enough, but when it shines, it will block the round hole, and still nothing can be seen.

"You go over there, and look inside. Wu Zhongyuan pointed to the left door.

The driver took the flashlight to shine inside, Wu Zhongyuan looked inside from the round hole here, and by the light of the flashlight, the things in the underground palace revealed the tip of the iceberg, and the first thing to see was the tripod, which did not appear to be green, indicating that the tripod was stony, three-legged, very large, at least three meters high.

The direct light of the flashlight is like a leopard in a tube, and only a limited part of it can be seen, so Wu Zhongyuan asked the driver to move the flashlight within the visual range to expand the irradiation range as much as possible.

After reading one side, I switched positions with the driver and observed the other side.

After reading on both sides, the situation in the underground palace also understands a rough idea, the underground palace is very large, there are many stone tripods in it, densely packed, at least dozens of them, these stone tripods surround a sarcophagus, all the stone tripods have a tube at the bottom of the sarcophagus connected to the sarcophagus, these tubes should be a special metal melting, but some have been decayed and broken.

In addition to these stone tripods and the sarcophagus, there is also a large stone statue on the north side of the underground palace, which is a mighty bear standing upright and roaring.

"Little brother, can you open my eyes?" the driver in charge of the lighting discussed.

Wu Zhongyuan wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he reached out and took the flashlight, and the driver would definitely see these things after the stone door was opened, and it didn't matter if he gave him a favor.

The driver ran to the other side, and just wanted to peek in, but the light suddenly disappeared, and he turned back in confusion, only to find Wu Zhongyuan walking towards the other driver with a flashlight.

"What are you stepping on?" Wu Zhongyuan asked the driver, who was squatting on a piece of bluestone and smoking, looking at the shape of the bluestone, it should be a stone tablet.

"A slate," the driver nodded, "grabbed from the doorway, probably fell from above." ”

Wu Zhongyuan walked quickly and pulled the driver down from the stele, he still distinguishes between the stele and the slate, this is a stele.

The stele is not big, only about one meter, no more than fifty centimeters wide, a flashlight shines, it is found that there seem to be words on the stele, squatting to wipe off part of the clay on it, and a few words appear.

These words are located in the middle of the stone tablet, and if you look closely, they are the words "if you can".

At first, Wu Zhongyuan didn't react, and only after being stunned did he realize that the three characters were arranged horizontally, and the word 'if' was a modern character, while 'can' was an ancient character.

I was puzzled, and then I wiped away some of the dirt, and saw a few other words, "On April 15", which are also a mixture of modern and ancient characters.

The soil was very wet, and it was not easy to clean up if it stuck to the stone tablet, so Wu Zhongyuan asked the driver, "Do you have any water?" ”

One of the drivers came over with half a bottle of mineral water, "I have half a bottle here." ”

Wu Zhongyuan took the mineral water, sprinkled it on the stone tablet and cleaned it, and there was a text that said, 'If you can get to the second location before sunset on April 15, you can save the little wizard.' ’

After reading this sentence, Wu Zhongyuan gasped, who wrote the inscription on this stone stele? Why did he mix simplified Chinese characters with ancient characters? Why did this person know about the existence of the little wizard?

Shocked, he continued to shower, but the water was gone.

"Is antifreeze OK?" the driver asked.

"Okay, get it. Wu Zhongyuan urged.

Soon, the driver brought a bucket of antifreeze, and Wu Zhongyuan turned off the flashlight and washed the stone stele.

"Why did you turn off the flashlight?" asked one of the drivers, confused.

Wu Zhongyuan did not answer, and continued to clean the stele, only one side of the stele has words, which is a modern writing habit, from left to right, horizontal writing, and the exact is horizontal chiseling.

At this moment, Wang Xinran came back, brought back the rope, and saw Wu Zhongyuan cleaning the stele, so he came over curiously, "What are you doing?"

"I found a stone tablet, there seem to be words on it," Wu Zhongyuan waved his hand, "I'll wash and see what is written on it, you find an iron chisel to tie it, stuff it into the round hole on the stone door, and pull the stone door open." ”

Wang Xinran didn't think much about it, called the driver, and went to the toolbox on the car to rummage through the iron drill.

Wu Zhongyuan eagerly cleaned the stone stele, and all the words on it appeared, "Those stone tripods are used to store potions, which are used to maintain the basic physical consumption of the great wizard, the potion has long been exhausted, and the great wizard is dead." Both drivers are pretending to be sent from above, once you enter the dungeon, they will trap you inside, and there are ambushes around, don't enter the dungeon, leave as soon as possible. Beware of the one in yellow, he may shoot at you, just follow the route you have observed, and get out of trouble and hurry to the next place as fast as possible, if you can get to the second location before sunset on April 15, you can save the little wizard, and if you can come back a year earlier, the situation will not be so bad. Anything I do here has the potential to affect myself, so I don't dare to pass on too much information to you, you can only rely on yourself. In addition, the king likes you, she didn't mean to deceive you, don't humiliate her, if she is still with you when she leaves, don't be embarrassed, you must hug her. Also, stay away from Zhao, she is a good person, don't kill her. ”

That's all there is to the text, and there's a note below, "You know who I am." ”

Wu Zhongyuan has been in shock and stunned, as he said, he does know who left these words, it is none other than himself, who has returned to ancient times.

These words were not carved by him himself, they should have been written down by him, carved by craftsmen and placed in front of the great wizard's underground palace, the authenticity of which does not need to be doubted, because he always habitually wrote the "by" in the middle of the yellow characters as "Tian", and the "soil" in the week as "Shi", these two words are all on the stone tablet, and they are all wrong.

"Hey," the king happily called out to him from the front of the underground palace, "it's fixed, let's start?"

The situation is urgent, and there is not much time left for Wu Zhongyuan to think, so he can only try his best to delay the time, "The door has a positive and negative, insert it wrong, change the round hole on the left." ”

After shouting, he went to one of the excavators and got a hammer down, and smashed it at the stele, this thing can't be left, otherwise it will be translated.

"What are you doing?" Wang Xinran shouted in confusion.

"There could be something in there. Wu Zhongyuan shouted.

Although Wu Zhongyuan's explanation was far-fetched, it was also reliable, and the three of them did not suspect it, and changed the position of the fixed iron drill.

After smashing the stele beyond recognition, Wu Zhongyuan threw down the hammer and grabbed his backpack.

"Alright, shall we begin?" Wang Xinran asked again.

"Okay, be careful. Wu Zhongyuan said.

"Why are you going?" asked Wang Xinran.

"Peeing, urgency to urinate when you are nervous. Wu Zhongyuan said casually.

"I'm also in a hurry, let's go with me. The driver in yellow followed.

Seeing that the development of things was the same as what was told on the stone tablet, where did Wu Zhongyuan dare to delay, perform light work, and run away......