Volume 2 Sand Sea Dragon's Lair Chapter 153 Destruction Notes
When Ma Daocheng and Ma Daoxian brothers talked about the past events that happened in the Celestial Elephant Kingdom, Chen Xiaopang was not present.
So when Bai Yang said this, Chen Xiaopang looked dazed, but Ding Lingling was happy and said, "Yes! We thought about it at that time, will it be ......?"
She originally wanted to say, "Could this living person be Qin Shi Huang's alchemist", but then she thought that with Chu Changjiang in front of her, she shouldn't mention the matter of "immortal medicine" and "alchemist".
So she stopped urgently and didn't say anything more.
Fortunately, Chu Changjiang didn't notice the conversation between them, but Chen Xiaopang couldn't help but ask, "Could it be anything?"
Ding Lingling thought for a moment and said, "Little Fat Brother remembers that on the big stone tablet in the Crescent Spring Crystal Palace, there was a mention of a great Celestial Elephant Country Master before......? He is the same as the Biyou Goddess we saw in Miao Village before! This also explains why this green jade statue is the appearance of a Han scholar, because it is very likely that this stone statue is the appearance of this great master of the Celestial Elephant Kingdom! The Celestial Elephant Kingdom uses common Chinese characters, and these antique artifacts are very close to the Han utensils, and it is very likely that they are also influenced by this Han master!"
Chen Xiaopang didn't know that Bai Yang and Tie Niu had eaten immortal medicine, but he had heard a lot about immortal medicine and alchemists.
After all, the stories of the five alchemists have been passed down from generation to generation in the inverted dou world, and even several inverted dou sects have been established as a result.
Although he did not personally participate in the matter of the Biyou Goddess of Miao Village before, as one of the backbones of the tomb search team, he also had a detailed understanding of it.
It's just that he still can't believe that there really is an immortal medicine in this world, and there will be something that will happen because he has lived for thousands of years because of taking the immortal medicine.
So listening to Ding Lingling's hidden head and tail, Chen Xiaopang was stunned for a while before he said: "You mean, this archmage is also from the Qin Dynasty ......, like the Biyou Goddess?"
He also realized that there were some things that should not be said in front of Chu Changjiang, so he also said it vaguely.
Ding Lingling naturally understood what he hadn't said, so she nodded and said, "I know you haven't believed it all along, but we really met, and we can't believe it!"
Chen Xiaopang smiled bitterly and didn't say anything more.
Chu Changjiang turned around at this time and said, "You can't believe in anything?"
"We're saying that we encountered some very strange things in a big tomb in Xiangxi before, and it is possible that we will encounter them in the Celestial Elephant Kingdom this time!" Bai Yang replied.
Chu Changjiang let out an "oh", and was about to ask what strange things were, but Tie Niu became clever at this time and shouted: "There is a lock on this wooden box, can I unscrew the lock and see what is inside?"
"Don't twist it, let me see if I can open it!" Chen Xiaopang said, and immediately walked over to Tie Niu Hongxing.
Bai Yang and Ding Lingling also walked over there, and Chu Changjiang naturally didn't want to chase after him anymore.
Chen Xiaopang is very interested in ancient iron locks, he turned the lock over to look at the keyhole, and then took out a special slender tool from his pocket and inserted it into the keyhole and played with it a few times.
It's just that the desert climate is very dry, and the lock doesn't seem to have the slightest rust on the surface.
"I didn't expect Brother Chubby to have this ability!"
Tie Niu admired it from the bottom of his heart, and together with Hongxing, he took down the statue and the incense burner from the wooden box and put them on the ground.
Chen Xiaopang smiled slightly, still carefully opening the lid of the wooden box.
I saw half a box of clothes neatly stacked in the wooden box, and although the color of the clothes had lasted for thousands of years, it was still bright and colorful, and there was no damage in the slightest.
There are some gold and jade ornaments scattered on the clothes, including hairpins worn by women, and jade pendants and jade rings.
Chen Xiaopang couldn't help but tremble with his hands, and Ding Lingling was also full of ecstasy.
Bai Yang could roughly understand why the two of them were so excited, but Tie Niu was a little strange, and couldn't help but look at Chen Xiaopang, and then at Ding Lingling, and said, "Why are you two so happy? Is it because of these gold and jade jewelry? But I think...... These gold and jade ornaments aren't surprising, are they?"
"Are you stupid!" Hong Xing couldn't help but glare at him, "What they are happy about is not these gold and jade jewelry, but this half box of clothes!"
"But why? These clothes are ordinary, and ...... It's been thousands of years, and I'm afraid that it will rot if I pull it lightly!"
"It's because it's rotten after a thousand years, so it's precious!" Hongxing patiently explained to him, "For example, gold and silver must be more valuable than porcelain bowls and vases, right? But if it is an antique of the same era, such as gold and silver in the Tang Dynasty, compared with the porcelain bowls and vases of the Tang Dynasty, which one do you think is more valuable?"
Tie Niu thought about it for a while, and then said: "It should be that the porcelain bowl and porcelain vase are more valuable! Because the porcelain bowl and porcelain vase are easy to break, and no matter how long the gold and silver are long, they are still gold and silver!"
When he said this, he suddenly understood, and said, "I see! Silk cloth and the like are too perishable and more difficult to preserve than porcelain, so this box of clothes is far more precious than these gold and jade ornaments!"
"That's good!" Chen Xiaopang nodded again and again with a happy face, "If you want to preserve silk fabrics, the temperature and humidity must be just right! Over the years, we have excavated and unearthed many ancient cultural relics, but there are very few well-preserved cloth clothes! This is of great significance for us to study the customs and habits of that era and the development of the textile industry at that time! Therefore, this half box of clothes was just a very ordinary home-cooked clothing in ancient times, but it has been preserved until now, and its value is no less than that bronze tripod that symbolizes the identity of the owner of the castle! ”
"Only this dry desert climate, coupled with the fact that the bottom of this cellar is not particularly hot, can this half box of clothes be preserved intact!" Ding Lingling said.
"But why are all the clothes on those corpses rotting to ashes?" Iron Bull asked another stupid question.
Several people didn't answer, and Hongxing laughed out loud.
Tie Niu understood after a little thought, and said with a smile: "I know! The clothes worn on the human body will rot along with the human body!"
Hong Xing glanced at him, and asked Chen Xiaopang again: "Since these clothes are so precious, then we can't shake them off and take a look!"
"Of course not!" Chen Xiaopang immediately replied, "These clothes seem to be intact on the surface, but after all, it has been a thousand years, and it is likely that they will fall apart if they move, so they must be sorted out slowly with professional technology after they go back!"
"Then we're going to pack it up and take it back, but it's going to be difficult!" said Iron Bull.
"Just leave this to me and Lingling!" replied Chen Xiaopang.
Poplar, however, was attracted by a small piece of dark yellow that peeked out from the corner of the box, which felt like an old book placed vertically along the corner.
Then he stretched out his hand and said, "This seems to be a book, I don't know if I can take it out and read it!"
Chen Xiaopang carefully pinched the thing with his fingers and said, "It really looks like a book, it should be bound with parchment!"
He seemed to be afraid that pulling out the book would hurt the half of the box of clothes, so he raised his head to look at Ding Lingling.
Ding Lingling said: "Let's take out the book and take a look, since this place is the territory of the Celestial Elephant Kingdom, maybe in this book, there is a description of the Celestial Elephant Kingdom!"
"Then I'll hold down the clothes gently, and you can pull them out slowly!" Chen Xiaopang said.
Ding Lingling nodded, and when Chen Xiaopang gently protected her clothes with her hand, Ding Lingling reached out and pinched the exposed part of the book, and gently pulled it out.
The book wasn't actually thick, and the parchment was much thicker than modern paper, so the whole book was only a few pages.
Ding Lingling opened it and said, "It is also written in Chinese characters, and it is the earliest Qin Li!"
After she said this, she fell silent and read the book carefully.
The others all looked at her face, and saw that her brow quickly furrowed, and the more wrinkled it became, and the tighter and tighter it became, and at last she even looked a little uneasy.
However, the book was only a few pages, and Ding Lingling quickly finished reading it, raised her head, and let out a long sigh.
"What's written in this book?" asked Chen Xiaopang.
"The first two pages are indeed about the affairs of the Celestial Elephant Kingdom, and several major accidents that occurred in the Celestial Elephant Kingdom are described. But the next few pages are...... It must have been written after the disaster and these people hid in the cellar!"
"What do you say? Did you say what happened, why did they hide in the cellar and not get out until they died?" Poplar blurted out.
Ding Lingling pondered and didn't answer yet, Chu Changjiang probably realized that the members of the grave search team still had something to hide from him, so he simply said, "Miss Ding, can you show me this book?"
He directly opened his mouth and made a request, how could Ding Lingling say no, he could only hand the book to Chu Changjiang.
Chu Changjiang also read it quickly, and he couldn't help but be shocked.
"What the hell is written in the book? Why do you all look at your faces like this? Why don't you let me read the book too?" said Hongxing.
"Let's read the books one by one, it's enough to waste time, let's talk about Lingling!" Chen Xiaopang said.
"Yes, Miss Ding, I can't fully understand these classical Chinese, so ...... You can help explain!" Chu Changjiang also said.
Ding Lingling took a breath, and finally spoke cautiously and slowly.
The book mentions...... This place is called Yunlang City, and it is indeed a subject country of the Celestial Elephant Kingdom, and the major events described in it are basically some daily trivial matters. For example, the king of the celestial phenomena once came to inspect Yunlang City, and for example, the lord of Yunlang City, that is, the owner of this castle, married the daughter of the king of the celestial phenomena, and so on. But it was mentioned eight days ago...... This ancient book, which can be called a note, does not mention the dynasty year name or the like, it is estimated that in this small country in the Western Regions, there was no very clear dynasty and year name at that time, so this eight days ago refers to eight days before the disaster!"
(See Chapter 154 of "Ancient Mushroom Cloud")