Section 3: Lishan Mound

Let's say that Yang Ling went all the way to the west, but he arrived in Lintong in three days.

He eased the reins on his horse, took out the map from his bosom and looked at it for a moment, and then saw a few peasants walking on the road, so he dismounted and inquired. One of them replied, "You're looking for Lishan?" No, isn't this it?" I saw his hand pointing to the northwest, and sure enough, there were three peaks that were slightly undulating, and there were quite clouds and mist among them. Yang Ling thanked him and got on his horse and left. Along the Lishan Mountain to the north foot around, about more than ten miles, all the way twisting and turning, only to see the layers of mountains, the mountain ring lush. The mountain was steep, and it was becoming more and more difficult for the horses to climb, so Yang Ling tied it to the big tree on the side of the mountain. He had no intention of enjoying the scenery, so he used his light skills to search around.

The map was yellowed, but the signs were still clear, but they were too simple. Thanks to Situ Zhen and Gongsun Ye's more annotations, Yang Ling followed the illustration and found a stone slab on a hidden mountain road. The edge of the board was overgrown with weeds, and the dirt on the right side was quite fresh, apparently recently turned over. Yang Ling picked up the stone slab, and the ground exposed the hole. Yang Ling and the others in the cave dispersed, leaned over to look, and saw that there seemed to be a staircase at the bottom of the cave. He knew that the air underground was scarce, so he didn't dare to light the fire, so he had to go down in the dark.

There were more than 1,000 steps, and with limited eyesight, Yang Ling walked for half an hour before he found a corridor about three feet wide on the left and right. He secretly said in his heart: "Touching this material, I'm afraid it's a rock-bellied stone." This mountainside is loess, but the mountain is a solid rock, so strange. After walking for more than an hour, the rocks gradually turned into dirt, and the air became thinner and colder, which made Yang Ling's internal strength profound, and he also felt that it was difficult to breathe.

"But I don't know how far it is, and if I continue like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to withstand it. Yang Ling sighed, leaned his head against the wall, closed his eyes, and rested for a while. Breathing in and out, exhaling and breathing, the tired body and mind calmed down, and I actually heard some sounds that seemed to be there and nothing.

"Wait, there seems to be a sound behind this wall!" Yang Ling was startled, and then listened to it again, and then there was no sound again. "Didn't I hear it wrong? Or did I hallucinate after walking for a long time?"

"Situ Zhen didn't indicate this situation, could it be that I got lost?" He didn't know that Situ Zhen and the others were carrying a night pearl for lighting when they were exploring the treasure, and Yang Ling was just groping all the way to the right side of the road, how to identify the fork in the road on the map? This underground is a maze, and the map is simple, Situ Zhen did not mark the mileage, although Yang Ling has enough experience, but he has never gone deep underground, and he doesn't know what equipment to bring.

Yang Ling took out the fish intestine short sword: "I can't take care of it!" Thinking about it, he stuck to the wall. Only to hear the sound of "poof", the head of the sword has penetrated the wall. "The fish intestine is only one foot and five inches, listening to the sound of the sword body entering the earth, this wall is probably only one foot. He stabbed the wall a few more times, and the sound of the water became clearer. Yang Ling used his internal strength, his elbows were pushed to the side, the wall was dented, and the mud was peeled off one after another, and the mud and dust choked him twice. Yang Ling held his breath, stabbed more than twenty swords into the wall, and then slammed it again, and the mud wall collapsed, and the wall was a hole in the future!

Every successful person has a beginning. Only by having the courage to start can you find your way to success.

Yang Ling stepped into the mud hole, sighed, and as soon as he took a step, he kicked something, hitting his toes painfully. The thing slammed into the ground and made a "ding-off" sound. Yang Ling Yiqi: "This voice sounds like an iron tool, and it is very heavy. Feeling that he had entered this cave again, his breathing was much smoother, and he said secretly: "There must be a vent here, looking at this situation, could it be that this is the place where the treasure is hidden?" Thinking of this, he took out the fire knife flint from his bosom and lit up the fire fold.

The firelight illuminated the entire stone cave, which made Yang Ling gasp. It turned out that there was a skeleton sitting beside him, and what he had just kicked was nothing else, but it was an iron axe, but the wood at the end of the axe had long since rotted, and there were still hand bones attached to half of the arm bones held on it. Yang Ling leaned over and touched it lightly, and said in his heart: "This short axe is only afraid of forty or fifty catties, this person must be a martial arts senior, how can ordinary people use such a heavy axe." Could it be that this stone path was actually cut out by this man with a sharp axe!?" He carefully observed the skeleton, but could not find anything that could prove its identity, and his heart rose sharply: "This person is most likely trapped in this place, unwilling to die like this, and struggles to dig a tunnel, and dies with all his strength. He shook his head: "Even if you break through the wall, you still have to enter the labyrinth, you are tired and hungry, and most of you still can't escape for your life." ”

Yang Ling suddenly felt sad about himself again, even if he once had an admirable background, even if he was once accepted as a closed disciple by a famous teacher, but in the end, these beautiful things always had to pass by him. He sighed, "I'm afraid that I won't be able to escape from this labyrinth today." ”

There is no such thing as a hopeless situation, only a person who is desperate for a situation. A desperate person, even if he is not in a desperate situation, is like a rotten wood and a walking corpse, and a person who is trying to survive will never sit back and wait for death even if he is in a desperate situation.

So Yang Ling, is he a person who is desperate for his situation?

He walked a few miles along the road until he came to a small cave through which a stream of groundwater flowed to the left of the cave. The sound of flowing water passed through the road, and the cave was closed, and the sound spread was small, and it was actually heard by Yang Ling.

Yang Ling held the fire fold and looked at the roof of the cave, the roof of the cave was covered with stalactites, and there were black and hard granite blocks all around. "The structure here is completely different from the previous Yongdao, and the successive changes of mountain and stone structures show that these Yongdao labyrinths are all artificially excavated. He couldn't help but wonder: "Fan Leng is just a reckless hero, how can he invite so many skilled craftsmen to build this labyrinth? Could it be that his treasure house is just a magpie's nest dove?"

There are still some dark mosses that do not like light on the surface of the grotto, and there are fish swimming in the underground river, which seem to be catfish, and there is a path in front of the grotto and on the left side. Yang Ling didn't have time to take a closer look, so he chose one of his own and walked in, because his fire was about to run out.

He had taken a few steps, and the sound of footsteps came from afar, and he stopped abruptly, and the footsteps stopped. Yang Ling hesitated slightly, blew out the fire, and slowed down his steps, but the footsteps seemed to be tacitly synchronized. Yang Ling took out the fish intestine sword and knocked it twice on the stone wall, and the sound of percussion echoed back. He was about to laugh at himself for being too suspicious, when he heard a sweet voice say, "Sister, is that you?"

"This voice is so familiar, it's her !?" Yang Ling shouted in his heart, it was no one else, but Dengfeng Waterfall encountered, the green-clothed girl named Hanmei.

Yang Ling blew the fire fold, and the light on the opposite side also lit up, and he responded: "The girl misunderstood, under Yang Ling." ”

"Ah, it was you. By the way, my sister and I are separated, have you seen her?" She didn't seem to treat Yang Ling as an outsider at all, and she didn't care that she was alone now.

Yang Ling didn't dare to be so reassuring, he walked out and replied: "I came from the lower wall, and I entered this place by mistake, and I didn't meet Sister Ling on the way. But how did the girl get here?"

Han Mei walked out from the other end of the stone road, only to see that she had changed into a pink dress and a hanging bun, with a veil on her face, and a night pearl in her hand, shining.

"The treasure map? We came in on the treasure map. She didn't even doubt Yang Ling's statement that she had stumbled by mistake, and her voice was clear and bright, but Yang Ling was shocked. "You...... You have a treasure map!?" "Yes, my dad got it by accident when he was walking in the rivers and lakes. I was curious, so I begged for it from my father, but my sister couldn't resist me, so she had to secretly accompany me to this place to explore. She said, putting her hands on her waist, although she was slightly taller than Luo Cailing, she was smaller and more slender than the woman in white, but she looked more shy and cute.

Yang Ling saw that she was carrying a small cloth bag on her shoulder, which was expected to be a tool for stealing treasures. He coughed dryly and asked, "I don't know what Ling Zun is called?" Han Mei sneered: "My father's name is too big and his reputation is not good, so I can't tell you now, so as not to frighten you." But you'll find out in a few days. Seeing that Yang Ling was slightly disappointed, she seemed to be overjoyed, and smiled: "You don't have to keep calling me girl, I have a name, you can call me Xuehan, my sister's name is Qingling, that **** is not good to you, don't mind." ”

Yang Ling smiled slightly, and repeated in his heart: "Qingling and Xuehan are really two beautiful and beautiful good names. Xue Han saw that he was still holding a fire fold in his hand, so he walked to him and said, "Put out the fire, I have a night pearl, let's go together." "She walked with dignity and grace, and was not inferior to her sister.

Yang Ling leaned against her shoulder, smelling a faint fragrance, like plum blossoms and orchids, and her heart rippled slightly. He nodded and extinguished the fire, and asked, "I am thinking about it, this labyrinth is so big that it doesn't seem to be covered by a hidden map, so I have a reluctant request, I want to borrow the girl's treasure map to take a look, it only takes a moment, I don't know if it's possible?"

Xue Han smiled: "I'm okay, but you have to find my sister first, because the picture is in her hands." They chatted as they walked, Xue Han remembered very well, and when he came back, he looked at the map countless times, so he depicted the map, Yang Ling listened, and suddenly said: "Wait, listen to you say this, your picture also has a main room?"

Xue Han repeated: "My?" Yang Ling was slightly embarrassed: "It's not a secret, there is also a picture in the lower hand, the description above is not exactly the same as the girl's picture, but the location of the line, the treasure main room are quite similar to the girl's picture." ”

Xue Han bit her lip and said, "You mean, in fact, our picture should be the same picture?" she said, her face suddenly turned red, but the relationship was too dark, and Yang Ling didn't pay attention to it. Yang Ling bowed his head and said, "Moreover, I'm afraid this is not a treasure house, but an ancient tomb!"

Xue Han groaned: "'Lishan is desperate and lucky, and the calyx is coming. There is no candle in the ground, and there is gold in the world. The Dinghu dragon goes far, and the silver sea goose flies deep. Long live Penglai Day, long hanging old feather forest. "This is the northern foot of Lishan Mountain, do you think it will be the legendary Mausoleum of the First Emperor!?" her small mouth opened slightly, and the breath she exhaled just blew her veil up, Yang Ling saw that her cherry lips were pink, her teeth were like rhinoceros, and her face was as white as snow.

Yang Ling didn't dare to take a closer look, so he hurriedly turned his head and said, "I'm just afraid." Moreover, this map is half a claw, and the two main chambers drawn on it should only be the two ear chambers of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor. He said in his heart: "No wonder Situ Zhen couldn't find half of the treasure, and most of those Yongdao were only excavated by tomb robbers." ”

"By the way, how did you and Sister Ling get separated?" Yang Ling suddenly asked. Xue Han shook his head: "I don't know very well, it seems that I ran into something, and when I look back, my sister is gone." Yang Ling said: "The terrain here is single, but the structure is complex, I hope she won't encounter any danger." He took out the map and corroborated it with Xue Han's description.

The stone path was dark, and the sound of dripping water could be heard from time to time. "Isn't this just under the Wei water, how can the river not pour in? It can be seen that the design of this place is wonderful, it is simply incredible. Yang Ling said with emotion. As they walked, Xue Han pointed to his map and suddenly said, "Hey, if you look at it from here, there should be a compartment in the middle of the ear chamber on my side." Yang Ling said: "What you said is very true, I'm afraid that there is a room in the room, so we might as well go back to the stone room where you have been first." ”

When they arrived at the stone room, the two of them made a fire and made a pearl in the night, and groped for the stone wall. According to the treasure hunter in the picture, there should be a stone on these stone walls that can be moved. Yang Ling looked at the map and said.

"Found it. Yang Ling followed the sound and saw Xue Han's slender palm nudging, and the stone really sank. The surrounding stones suddenly "karao" sounded, and a stone door suddenly opened.

Yang and Xue were about to move, when suddenly a cold air accompanied by a foul smell came to their faces, Xue Han screamed, and retreated behind Yang Ling, who was also frightened. It turned out that there was a small pavilion in this ear chamber, and this small pavilion looked like a miniature version of the main chamber. Although the pavilion is not large, there are at least more than 100 corpses in it, the bottom layer is already white bones, and the top layer of the body is still quite fresh. The eyes of the top head had fallen out, and a few maggots were wriggling in their sockets, as if they were gnawing on the dead corpse's still dry brains!

Xue Han closed her eyes tightly and didn't dare to look, even if she didn't speak, Yang Ling could hear her heart: "Let's go quickly!" Yang Ling patted her body lightly and said, "Don't be afraid, you stand here, I'll go up and take a look." Xue Han shook his head, but slowly let go of his grip and turned around. Yang Ling took out the fish intestines and poked into the grotto, only to feel that the cold was abnormal. He looked through the corpse, then looked up at the top of the pavilion, and saw no end in the darkness. "I am afraid that this man was thrown here from the height of the attic after he died. Xue Han listened, turned back silently, but didn't dare to answer.

Yang Ling sighed, and was about to open the corpse's pocket, and when he checked the identity of this person, the corpse sat up suddenly, and grabbed his wrist with a stiff and cold hand! This situation frightened Xue Han screamed again, although Yang Ling was shocked, he still flipped his wrist, and the fish intestine sword slashed back, cutting off the hand of the "corpse", and then retreated sharply. The "corpse" had no intention of suffering, stood up with his severed hand in support of his body, and walked slowly towards Yang and Xue, the two insects in his eye sockets were still beating.

"How can this be? Could it be that there are really zombies in this world!?" Xue Han was so frightened that he grabbed Yang Ling's arm tightly and retreated, Yang Ling held the fire fold in his left hand, and stood still with a sword in his right hand, and the zombie pounced on Yang Ling's left side, which was a Wudang long fist!

Xue Han obviously saw it: "This zombie can actually do martial arts!?" Yang Ling didn't answer, kicked away with his left foot, and immediately inserted the sword in his right hand into the zombie's heart.

Xue Han clapped his hands and praised: "Yang Gongzi is so handsome." Before she finished speaking, she saw Yang Ling being punched in the right shoulder by the zombie, and hurriedly stepped forward to support her. The two of them were surprised, the zombie had fish intestines stuck in its chest, as if it was nothing, it moved freely, and pounced on Xue Han's body.

"Be careful!" Yang Ling pushed her away, and then kicked the zombie with both feet on the top of the Baihui acupoint, and the zombie fell to the ground with a "flutter". Yang Ling prevented him from getting up to attack again, picked up Xue Han and retreated three or four steps in a row, but the zombie was still crawling on the ground and never moved again.

"It's... It... Is it really 'dead'?" Xue Han asked in a trembling voice. Yang Ling wasn't sure, he took the Night Pearl from Xue Han's hand and slowly approached, but saw that the zombie had a hole in the back of his head, and a maggot came out, trembling a few times before moving. The worm had two eyes on the top, scarlet, more than an inch long, a fat belly, and a brown back that seemed to have small wings.

"Huh, is this ......" Xue Han seemed to recognize the terrible worm, she leaned forward and looked at it carefully for a while, and said, "This is the larva of the worm." According to the records in "Erya Shi Worm", the dragonfly is also called the grasshopper, which is a kind of bed bug, likes the dark, loves to eat carrion, and the larvae often parasitize the brains of birds and beasts, and feed on the brains. She frowned and pondered, "This is a legendary creature, and I have never seen it, but I didn't want it to appear in this ancient tomb." And ......"

Seeing that she didn't continue, Yang Ling unconsciously asked, "And what?"

Xue Han bit her lip and said slowly: "Moreover, listen to my father, after these larvae break their eggs, they will immediately suck up the host's brain, and then they can control the host, whether it is life or death." ”

"I see. Yang Ling pulled out the fish intestines from the corpse: "What now?" "Close the stone door first, I'm afraid that another zombie will run out later." Xue Han had palpitations, and walked up to the side of the stone gate and pressed it, but the stone door didn't close, "Oops! This mechanism can only be used once, and you can't pull it out if you sink in!" She was looking back at Yang Ling, but when she saw him looking frightened, she shouted: "Miss Han, come here!"

[1] From Tang Dufu's "Lishan".

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