Zhou Babao unfolded the silk painting on the chest of the female corpse and looked at it, feeling a little disappointed, it was not the ancient tomb escape map that everyone was expecting, but a T-shaped silk painting.

Why is it called a T-shaped silk painting?

Because the whole picture of this silk painting is T-shaped, about ten feet long, six feet wide at the top, three feet wide at the bottom, with spike-shaped streamers at the lower four corners, bamboo sticks wrapped around the top edges, gold ribbons tied at both ends, and inscriptions engraved.

Zhou Babaoqi said: "What is this? Look at this costume pattern and workmanship, it should be some years old, but the colors of the silk paintings are still bright, the characters are lifelike, and they are absolutely extraordinary." ”

Xinyan looked at this T-shaped silk painting, nodded and said: "This silk painting is like a long-sleeved dress that wants to dance, but it is not a dress, 'like clothes but not clothes', which is somewhat similar to the 'non-clothes' that were popular in the Han Dynasty recorded in the dispatch, but according to the content of the above paintings, it should be before the Han Dynasty, or even beyond." ”

The three of them carefully looked at the content of the whole painting under the ever-bright lamp, which can be roughly divided into three parts: upper, middle and lower, divided into the scenes of heaven, earth and hell.

Zhou Babao looked up and down twice, but he didn't see any doorway, and couldn't help but say with interest: "Since it's not a map of the ancient tomb, then you can definitely sell it for a good price if you take it outside and find a good owner." ”

Li Ji glanced at him: "You fell into the money pit, don't forget, just now because you were too greedy, you put everyone in danger." ”

If it weren't for Zhou Babao's greed to take the jade bracelet without permission and provoke the corpse, he wouldn't have to suffer from it, and he couldn't help but scold: "Fatty, did you return the bracelet?"

"It's back, Senior Sister Xinyan said that the bracelet can't be moved, and the corpse charm can only calm her for a while, as long as the pair of bracelets are there, the corpse can lie down in peace. ”

Zhou Babao looked helpless and pointed to the jade jade bracelet in the four-legged square tripod, and secretly sighed that it felt so good to wear such rare treasures on his hands, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, and he had to put them back in his place before he enjoyed them, which was really unwilling!

Li Ji smiled and said, "That's the best! Anyway, we have been in the tomb for a long time, and the corpse cockroach has never chased after us, which is really strange!"

Zhou Babao patted his head: "What you said reminded me, I almost forgot that there was still that murderous black worm chasing us outside." ”

Li Ji listened to it, and frowned secretly: "The squeaking sound of corpses on the road outside is endless, and it seems to be more and more, and the noise is annoying, but it only lingers at the entrance of the cave, and it seems that he does not dare to enter this tomb?"

"Of course, the corpses of this tomb are buried in the earth, often lying underground, not rotting for thousands of years, absorbing the earth's qi, stronger than the demonic nature of the corpse cockroach, and the aura emitted makes them retreat. Listening to the squeaks of the corpse cockroaches getting louder and louder, presumably calling more companions, they are all crouching at the entrance of the cave and waiting for us to get out. ”

Xinyan said, and no longer paid attention to the two, and only buried herself in studying the T-shaped silk painting.

Li Ji was shocked, the corpse cockroach was talking more and more, in case he was waiting at the entrance of the cave in a hurry and broke in, it would be terrible. This tomb doesn't seem to have any other exit, do you want to be trapped here, facing this long-haired female corpse all day long? Moreover, they fled in a hurry in the Colosseum, and they didn't bring any dry food, and the three of them hadn't eaten for a day and a night, and they were already hungry.

Thinking about it, thinking about it, Li Ji looked around to see if there were any mechanisms or secret passages or anything like that.

Zhou Babao also seemed to think of him, and the two looked around the tomb for clues to the exit.

"Look at it," Xinyan suddenly pointed to the silk painting and exclaimed, "This silk painting is a little strange, it is neither a piece of clothing, nor a map, nor a simple portrait. ”

The tomb didn't look big, Li Ji and Zhou Babao looked around three times, but they didn't find anything at all, except for the hard stone walls and eight everlasting lamps, there was nothing else, not even rat holes or cockroach cracks, they were extremely disappointed, and their hearts were cold for most of the time.

Suddenly heard Xinyan's scream, with a vague hint of surprise, there should be something discovered.

So, the two of them hurried to Xinyan's side, only to see where her jade hand was pointing, in the middle of the painting is the god with a human head and a snake body, surrounded by a standing crane with its head up and singing, a wild goose flying over its body, a red sun painted on the upper right, there is a "golden crow" in the sun, and there are eight small suns painted below, falling on the branches of the Fuso tree.

The two of them were stunned and couldn't help but ask in unison, "Did Senior Sister find anything?"

"I didn't find it, but I just felt that this painting was not simple, and it seemed to contain some secrets, and I couldn't figure it out for a while, so I asked you to take a look at it. ”

"Go, I thought Senior Sister Xinyan had found an exit? This silk painting is nothing at all, it's just an ancient painting, and it's worth a few dollars. Zhou Babao couldn't help but sigh and sat on the ground in discouragement.

"Don't be in a hurry, listen to me before you talk about it. You see, this part of the heavenly realm ......"

The left side of the upper part of the silk painting is painted with a crescent moon, there is a toad and a jade rabbit, a woman under the moon is flying in the air, holding the crescent moon with both hands, and there are two beast-faced people riding a god galloping with a strange beast, respectively, pulling the same wooden duo with a rope to make it vibrate, and the two strange beasts are riding the divine horse "Feihuang".

A pterosaur leaps above the clouds on the left, and a dragon on the right flies between the hibiscus trees. There is a double que painted below, and a divine leopard squats on both sides of the que, and there are two people sitting in the que.

Li Ji was puzzled: "There are flying dragons, eight suns, and crescent moons in this part, and there are even divine birds, which seem to be all gods, I don't know what it means to draw them in one place?"

Xinyan said: "The upper part is the scene of the heavenly realm, and the god with the human head and snake body in the middle of the upper part is the legendary candle dragon god, and the surrounding birds are the birds and fairy birds that belong to the sky." The woman of the crescent moon should be Chang'e, the beast god should be the heavenly 'priest' or 'phoenix', the flying dragon should be the 'Ying Dragon' and the 'six dragons' driving the day chariot and the Si Yan who handles the heavenly gate. There are so many celestial gods depicted in this upper part, which should mean to welcome the soul who has ascended to heaven. ”

Zhou Babao, who was sitting on the ground, heard Xinyan's last words, felt a burst of ice on the ground, and his heart was nervous, and he asked, "Whose soul will ascend to heaven?"

Li Ji patted his head and said: "The answer should be below, you look at the middle part, it should be the human continent, but there are no mortals, only a human head with horns, shaped like a horse and scaly, spitting fire in his mouth, a fierce and abnormal fierce god, surrounded by four monsters who are looking up and roaring, leaning over and flying, one is a white-haired woman with a wrinkled face and a dry corpse, and the other is the flying beast god, King Kong and a strange branch." And the surrounding mountains and rivers are full of skeletons, which is extremely terrifying. Could it be that the gods are accepting the tens of millions of souls on the Shenzhou Continent?"

Xinyan nodded and said: "From the depiction of this silk painting, the fierce god in the middle is the founder of the primordial demon race, the ancient demon king - Emperor Li, who is evil in the mortal world, eats dragon brains, devours corpse bones, sucks the undead, goes to heaven and earth, and is omnipotent. The following is that after Emperor Lu was defeated by Nuwa and Fu Xi together, Emperor Qi split into three souls, which were combined with Ying Gou, Hou Qing, and Drought Fish respectively, and that branch was even more mysterious. ”

Zhou Babao suddenly realized: "Oh, I know, this branch should be the most legendary blood-sucking zombie ancestor general, I remember that there is a record in an ancient book of the pre-Qin period, a long time ago, Emperor Qian once asked Haotian for a huge branch of the divine tree. After the Fox was sealed, the branches of the Divine Tree came into contact with the body of the Monkey, and slowly integrated into the Monkey's body, becoming a new life form and occupying the Monkey's body, this is the Zombie King General!"

"Yes, you look at the last part, it should be the hell part, directly below the canopy there is an eight-legged monster with a copper head and iron forehead, resembling a human body and bull's hooves, four eyes and six hands, ears and sideburns like a sword halberd, and a head with horns, this should be the Demon Lord of Chiyou, he is holding the earth, stepping on two fish, until the mountain collapses and the ground cracks. Beside him is a strange owl-shaped bird, which is called 'Fei Lian', a type of phoenix that is used to lead the soul of the dead to heaven. ”

Under Xinyan's explanation, the two finally saw the meaning of the whole painting, and at this time Li Ji suddenly realized: "Is it necessary to lead Chi You's soul to heaven, which means to resurrect him?"

"Yes, this silk painting is mainly about the dispute between the demon world and the heavenly realm, the demon emperor is not willing to fail, and always thinks about the ambition of stepping on the heavenly realm and reshaping the world, and Chi You's resurrection plan is an important part of it, it seems that this is a spirit flag. ”

Li Ji scratched her head, and secretly said that the two were of the same age, but she knew everything about the Five Elements Gossip and Qimen Dunjia, and she couldn't help but admire Xinyan and asked, "What is the Soul Flag?"

"The spirit flag, that is, after death, the soul attached to the body of a person is separated from the body. After being dispersed, they become wild ghosts, and people will not be able to enjoy the sacrifices of their descendants, and they will disturb their descendants. Therefore, it is necessary to find ways to bring the separated souls back to the corpse and attach it to the burial tomb, which is called conjuring the soul in the burial system.

Spiritualism is to make a spiritualist flag, so that the spirit can identify the image of the tomb owner painted on the flag, and return by itself. Rejuvenating is to park the coffin at home for a few days before the funeral, and the spirit can also possess the body. The general practice is that the coffin is parked on the hall, and the painted spirit flag, which the ancients called Mingjing, is erected in front of the coffin. At the time of the funeral, it is held in front of the coffin, guided all the way to the burial place, and placed on the coffin after the sacrificial farewell ceremony.

If there is a multi-layer coffin, it is placed on the innermost layer of the coffin, and it is buried with it, so that the soul follows the banner and the spirit follows the coffin, and enters the tomb together.

This silk painting is a kind of spirit flag, which shows that the corpse is very likely to be the descendant of Chiyou, and this kind of underworld implies the meaning of resurrecting the ancestors. ”

After listening to Xinyan's introduction, Fang knew that this T-shaped silk painting was a spiritual object, and there was a curse attached to it, Li Ji and Zhou Babao couldn't help but take a few steps back.

At this moment, the squeaking sound of the corpse cockroaches on the corridor outside suddenly quieted down, and a strange aura wafted in from the entrance of the cave.

Zhou Babao's ears were sensitive, and he was the first to respond: "Why is it so quiet now? The corpse cockroaches at the entrance of the cave are all dumb, can they all evacuate on their own?"

A glimmer of hope rose in Li Ji's heart: "Staring at the corpse in the coffin, it's really not a taste, it's better that the corpses are scattered, and we can go out." ”

Li Ji and Zhou Babao turned their heads to look at the entrance of the cave at the same time, and they didn't see anything in the dark.

"Why don't we go and see if the cockroaches are all gone?" said Li Ji as he waved his hand and walked ahead.

At this time, Zhou Babao pulled his clothes behind Li Ji.

Li Ji felt a little puzzled, why didn't he go to the entrance of the cave to take a look? Why are you afraid? Anyway, the corpse cockroach can't enter the tomb.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but curse secretly, dead fat, coward.

He frowned, turned back and said, "What's the matter?"

Zhou Babao quietly pointed to the shadow cast by the ever-bright lamp on the opposite wall, and said softly: "Look, this is your shadow, right?"

Li Ji said angrily: "What, now you are so timid that you are even afraid of shadows?"

Zhou Babao's face turned pale, and when he heard Li Ji say this, his legs trembled even more.

Li Ji thought to himself, no, is the shadow really afraid to this extent?

He waved his hand to tell Li Ji not to speak, and then pointed to the shadows again: "This fat is me, this slender is Xinyan, do you see?

Li Ji nodded, and suddenly seemed to have discovered something.

Zhou Babao swallowed his saliva, pointed to another lonely shadow, almost cried, and asked, "Then whose shadow is it?"