Chapter 191: The Elephant Tomb (II)

After a long while, Jimo continued.

At that time, in addition to the six famous guides, there were thirty-seven people in their group, all of whom were tall and bold. Of course, Li Wei can't agree with this, the art may not be high, and the courage may not be big, but the tens of millions of tusks in the dream make these people very bold.

Going south, the six guides finally hesitated, they had never been to this mountain range, but they had heard of its name, what is the Kachin or what kind of ridge, translated into the official language of the Tang Dynasty, called the mountain where the devil lives.

Hearing this, Li Wei remembered a mountain range, which was very similar to what Jimo said, that is, the famous Savage Mountain. The territory of Northern Burma, in fact, has always belonged to China, and then the British forcibly rented tribute, and when they retreated, they gave it to Burma, I don't know why, when the national border was divided, China did not ask for it back, probably for this reason, or for other reasons, and then came out a bold, very poor group of Han Chinese, homeless children. The other is the abundance of jadeite. The reason why it is famous is that during the Anti-Japanese War, when more than 200,000 Kuomintang troops retreated, only 70,000 people came out through the Savage Mountain, and 150,000 people died in a foreign land for the complex terrain and poison of the Savage Mountain.

Because he wanted to escape, the map of the Tang Dynasty was seen in great detail. Now the map is not very standard, but there are many areas in the vast part of the country, and you can see that there are many areas on the border of what is later Northern Burma. They followed the wild elephants all the way south, and it was likely that they would reach this mountain range full of death.

But after more than 1,000 years, the landform has changed greatly, so it may not be a savage mountain. And because there are very few openings, there are many places in the south of Nanzhao, all of which are in a primitive state, and they are tropical rainforest climates, complex terrain, lush tall trees that do not see the light of day, and poisons, which are all places where people should not be approached by the people now.

There is no way to confirm it, so I can only listen to what he has to say.

At this time, in August, there are strong winds and heavy rains from time to time, and this line of work is even harder. But fortunately, the elephant slowed down, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then the elephant came to a Xiao river, and stood for a long time before crossing the river. In fact, many rivers in the south can not swim to cross, some rivers have undercurrents, seemingly calm river surface, but after people go down, they are immediately sucked into the bottom of the river, and it may appear several miles away from the river, or dozens of miles away from the river.

This is not very rare in the Central Plains, it refers to the upper reaches of rivers, such as the current Jinchuan, Nuoyi River, Yak River, Lancang River, Nu River, Lishui, Zang River and tributaries, there are many areas with such a situation, not to mention underground rivers. Therefore, it was later said in the commentary that geese can sink, not really sinking, but sucking. Of course, not every segment is the case, so you need a guide, and that's why you need it.

But a few of the guides I invited may have been to this area, but they didn't reach this Demon King Mountain Range. I don't know about this section of the river, but in fact, several guides have followed here and have already begun to retreat. It's just that the three of them have a rich "silver reward", so they reluctantly continue to lead the way.

There were many "strange people" in the group, and when they saw the elephant crossing over, they were about safe. So he set up a raft and prepared to swim across. However, after the first row of rafts was lowered, before they reached the center of the river, a whirlpool sucked in, and the two guides on it and the four people who followed them, along with the supplies, sucked into the river together. I can't see anyone anymore. A guide standing on the riverbank said in horror what Da He Ba, so fast that Jimo did not understand.

It took a while to settle down, and then explained that it was a ghost river. There is a dark whirlpool, but sometimes there is not, for elephants, some tribes are worshipped, saying that elephants are psychic, so they know when there is a dark whirlpool and when there is not, but human beings do not have this ability anymore. When Li Wei heard this, he was silent, this explanation is also incorrect, animals are less intelligent than humans, but they have innate intuition, but they are beyond the reach of humans. It was probably the elephant who also had this intuition. However, this time is the "age of ghosts and gods", not the "age of science", and the explanation is not clear, so I will not say it directly.

Jimo continued, there were more than 30 people in their line, as well as supplies, and more than a dozen Nanzhao's dwarf horses, this ghost whirlpool, I don't know when there will be and when there will be none, and I don't dare to cross. So he turned downstream and found an open place to cross. This time it was all right, but the nightmare began to come.

After crossing the Xiao River and returning to the original place, the elephant was gone, but the ground was very wet because of the tall trees that blocked the sun, and the elephant was gone, and the footprints remained. The group continued to follow the footprints. But gradually I went deeper into the dense forest again, the light was not very good, the animals were infested with a lot, and the footprints were unrecognizable, and finally I began to sleepy.

It was getting dark, and everyone had to set up camp. In fact, when I got here, the environment was extremely harsh, and poisonous substances swam on the ground from time to time, and even the mosquitoes flying in the sky were the size of xiao flies. If it weren't for a few guides, a group of people would have gone here without returning.

When the night came, black clouds began to rise in the sky. At first, they thought it was going to rain, so they moved their tents to higher ground. After a while, black clouds pressed over, and from time to time there were thunder and lightning, and they all thought it was going to rain. But a man with good eyesight suddenly screamed, you see.

A flash of lightning lit up, and in the middle of the black clouds, there were suddenly countless armies fighting, and the battlefield was shifting to their side. There were a lot of them in the group, that is, six of them had an accident, and there were more than 30 people, and they were armed. But this is a large-scale army fight, and if you get involved, there will be no return.

One of the guides suddenly said in horror again that they were not human beings fighting, but demons in hell, and look at their shadows. It wasn't very far away, and lightning lit up the earth from time to time, and it was very ethereal to see them. It's not like a human warrior.

Li Wei also knows something about this, it is still a mirage, but it is a very rare mirage. The mirage is mainly to refract the distant scenery through the clouds, reflect a virtual shadow, and go to other places. But this kind of mirage does not reflect distant scenes, but things from the past, such as a battlefield a thousand years ago, or an event five hundred years ago. The principle could not be explained until he wore it. Therefore, some scientists say that it is a xiao-type space-time black, for example, a plane suddenly disappears, but it can appear in another place twenty years later, and the people on the plane disappear or all die. Or the electromagnetic adsorption of clouds is only hypothetical, but neither is a reasonable scientific explanation.

It may be that the battlefield here before, or the battlefield elsewhere, was refracted through lightning or other reasons. In particular, the population here is almost extinct, and the environment is very primitive, and there are many similar and incredible events. But still not said.

In this situation, the group was frightened. Regardless of the weather, he began to pack his bags and run away. This escape, and he lost his direction. People are accustomed to running faster to lower places, so they run into a ravine. The lower and lower they ran, they felt that the "devil's army" was farther away, and the group stopped. The strangeness of the ravine was revealed, and there were many tall "mushrooms" growing in the ravine, half a man tall, and there was a rancid smell in the ravine. These mushrooms are very fresh, of course, the fresher the mushroom poison, the stronger the poison, I know that I can't eat it, or I am amazed by the strange scene in front of me. However, some strange noises were heard again. One of the old guides, immediately shouted, flee.

For some reason, they fled to the end of the ravine, and after a while the noise was loud, and they fled as fast as they could, but the sound still chased after them. By the light of the torches, I finally saw the source of the sound, which turned out to be a dense colony of ants. It was only a moment before they caught up, a few horses and a few people who were left behind, let them catch up, the ant colony over, and then the centaurs were gone, only a pile of bones remained. At this moment, another Xiao River appeared in front of me. Under the terror, regardless of whether there is an undercurrent, they pounced one by one, but the killing has just begun. The river was calm, but as soon as the people went down, countless crocodiles came out of the river.

By the time the group had fled to the other side of the river, only sixteen people remained, including three guides, all of whom were killed. At this time, the three of Jimo had no intention of looking for the elephant tomb. With such a harsh environment, it is no wonder that no one has known where the elephant tomb is for thousands of years. When such thoughts arise, they prepare to leave.

But God seemed to be playing a joke on them, and after running all night, there were only two horses left, and a small amount of supplies, and the elephant tomb was not seen, but there were some buildings along the bottom of several tall hills. Everyone felt very strange together, and walked over to ask. But there was no one in the building, but I saw a lot of white bones, and some buildings because of their age, the whole house immediately collapsed when they were pushed by hand. When I walked to the middle, I saw some stone buildings, which were still very strong, and some stone carvings, with elephants, and a kind of birdman with wings. It's about the totem of this Unknown vanishing tribe. However, the old guide, who was lucky enough to survive, said that this birdman was the totem of some of the tribes in Ailao who rebelled against Liu Maung back then. Why there are elephants, I don't understand.

Then the door of the largest stone chamber was opened, and Jimo said, "Your Highness, what do you see your subjects?" ”

"What do you see?"

"Countless gold, silver, precious stones, emerald desire."

Emerald is jadeite, but in the Tang Dynasty, although jadeite is rare, most of the southern tribes pay tribute, but it is not expensive. At the same time, Nanzhao and the country of Bi also have the west of the country of Ganzhifu, Mola, etc., when they come to pay tribute, in addition to bringing jadeite, there are various gems, ivory, and some other special products, and the East Palace also divides some.

Speaking of this, Jimo also took out a few gems, about jadeite is worthless, only brought a few green rubies out, and a statue made of gold, a fierce-looking person, wearing a strange costume, holding a big snake, looking very terrifying.

Li Wei took a look, and Jiao returned him. Jimo continued, the room full of gems, as well as the utensils and statues made of gold and silver, all attracted everyone's eyes. They have come for all their hardships, and it is for their wealth that they have come. There is no elephant tomb to be found, and the same is true of the gold and silver. So he put the silver and gold in his pocket. In addition to these, there are many frescoes, but no one notices them anymore. At that moment, the old guide shouted that the belongings should not be touched. But it was too late, and there was another noise outside.

Hearing the sound, everyone was scared, so Jimo let one person go out to see, but immediately came back and said in a panic, there are many snakes. If you hear that a snake has a headache, it may not be very big, but as long as some snakes are bitten by it, people may be killed immediately. So they ran out to see it together, but this time it wasn't a poisonous snake, but a bucket-thick python.

"Is there such a place in the world?" Bi'er asked in surprise.

Li Wei didn't make a sound, the later Savage Mountains were so powerful, and it was possible that the Savage Mountains were not destroyed at this time. But why did all this gold and silver appear in that mountain range? Could it really be that some tribes in the Eastern Han Dynasty were unwilling to submit to the Han Dynasty? Or was it the original tribe, for various reasons, suddenly moved, or did not move, and suffered a catastrophe, and these possessions remained? Of course, in this era, it may only be a mystery that he went there himself. However, the tribes of the south are very fond of gold and silverware.

Jimo continued to say, seeing this situation, everyone had to flee for their lives again. Fortunately, it was daytime. But these pythons seemed to have an enmity with them, and chased after them desperately. They didn't know how far they had gone, and a great mountain stopped in front of them. It's just that there is a mountain dong under the mountain. In fact, even the mountain is also very dangerous, but the python is constantly chasing behind, and the three followers who ran slowly became the snack of the python again, and they were swallowed, and they shouted bitterly. Along with the old guide, he was swallowed because he was a little older. Everyone had to go into the mountains.

Strange to say, when they got to the mountain, the python stopped coming in. But he refused to leave at the entrance of Dongkou. Everyone had to go into the mountains to see if there was a way out. But I saw another shocking scene. When it came to the dong belly, a very large dong belly, there were countless elephant corpses in it, and some elephant corpses were very large, twice as large as ordinary elephants. Xiao Creek, which flows down from nowhere, divides into several streams, slowly flows to the corner of Dong, and flows down into the underground undercurrent.

Finally went around to the elephant tomb, the object tomb, Li Wei didn't know much, could it be that these big elephants were mammoths, but he didn't know what era the mammoths came from, and whether the remains could be kept to this day.

The elephant that led the way was also inside, already dead. But it didn't die for long, so it didn't decay. But strangely, the elephant is clearly dead, and its eyes are closed peacefully, but the whole body is moving. encountered so many thrilling things that even ivory everyone dared not touch it. Unexpectedly, the mutation was reborn. The elephant's skin suddenly bloomed, and many huge leeches crawled out of the elephant's belly, and this is the reason why the elephant rouced. It turned out that a leech had gotten in. Not only from the belly of the elephant, but also from the stream climbed up countless huge leeches, and everyone understood why even pythons did not dare to get in, it was because they were afraid of these leeches. Everyone had to run for their lives again, running to the depths of the mountain, there was an endless road, and there was a xiaodong mouth leading to the mountainside. Don't dare to stay any longer, a kind of flight north. I got lost again, and after a few days, two people were killed, and one couldn't bear the pressure and committed suicide by jumping off a cliff, but he actually escaped by luck. At this time, there were only thirteen people left. However, just when they thought they were safe, the three of them began to vomit and diarrhea again. It's not bile water that spits, but leeches. Hearing this, even Li Wei felt disgusted.

Feeling miserable, Jimo finished speaking, stopped for a long time, and then said: "In the end, only the six of us came back." ”

After this legendary and tragic story was finished, Li Wei asked: "You saw the lonely and told this story again, what do you mean?" ”

Jimo said: "Originally, we had no hope for this elephant tomb. But I heard that the imperial court asked the prince Zuowei to lead Liang Jishou as the governor of Yaozhou Province and run the southwest. If the imperial court mobilizes a large army and goes to that mountain, it is possible. Although it is dangerous, with a large army, it may not be impossible. In that mountain range, there are countless gold, silver, and precious stones, which are all secondary, and in the main cave, there are many ivory tusks, piled up like mountains, and the subjects do not know that there are tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands. ”

"Even if the imperial court sends a large army, it is only a few people in the southwest, and there will not be many. Besides, from Yaozhou to the place you mentioned, it spans the barbarian tribes in the southwest, and it is so dangerous......"

"Your Highness, the subjects are not successful, one is underestimated, and the other is that there are few people. If you are well prepared, you can do it, for example, ant colonies are afraid of fire, so you can have more sulfur. Another example is leeches, who are afraid of salt brine, as long as they prepare some salt brine. Another example is crocodiles, there are many soldiers, and they are also afraid of bows and arrows, and the same is true for pythons. There are some sacrifices, but the harvest is very rich. ”

It seems that there is some truth in saying that, besides, the imperial court is indeed poor now, and with this wealth, the treasury can be replenished. After Jimo finished speaking, a pair of eyes, regardless of the rudeness, stared at Li Wei.