Volume 3 The Silver City of the Dome Chapter 12 The Bed Crossbow
We walked to the middle of the dragon slaying platform, only to see that the long table and the pillar have been covered with a thick layer of dust, the long stone table, there seems to be something carved on it, curiosity drove me to wipe the pattern of the stone table in front of me with my hand, only to see that on this stone case, all kinds of dragon patterns are carved, I continued to expand the scope of wiping, only to see that on this stone table, the carving seems to be the scene of the ancient elephant male hunting candle dragon, and in the highest sky, a winged Dapeng bird, He was looking down at the candle dragons as sacrifices.
And in the middle, carved is the dragon slaying platform where we are now, below the dragon slaying platform, there are secret spell masters and samurai wearing various masks dancing and dancing, on the dragon slaying platform, dozens of slaves are dragging a huge candle dragon towards the stone table.
On the small platform on the stone wall around the dragon slaying platform, there were two or three samurai not far away, and in front of the samurai, there was a large thing like a bow and crossbow.
I was curious, but I saw that everyone had come to this stone case driven by curiosity.
I walked around the stone table, and I always felt that the stone table was a little strange, but I couldn't explain it specifically. The stone table has been worn for thousands of years, and the blood stains on it have long since disappeared, but it is still as strong as ever.
Looking up at the giant axe hanging in mid-air, thinking about letting go of the chain, the powerful giant axe fell from the sky, and instantly cut the dragon's head in half, and I couldn't help but shudder.
I took the flashlight, towards the stone table under the light, at this moment, the stone table under the sudden flash of a bright light, I looked, it turned out to be a metal ring, this metal ring I don't know what metal is made of, so many years, iron, copper should have been rusty, but the strange thing is that this metal ring is still as bright as ever, can not help but make people feel surprised.
I crouched down and looked at the metal ring, there was no ornamentation on the surface of the metal ring, the round metal ring was embedded in the stone table on one side, I tried to pull the metal ring, and it was still able to pull.
I hurriedly asked everyone to back off, and everyone was a little shocked and retreated.
I held my breath and carefully pulled the metal ring, and at this moment, I saw that in the darkness like the void, there was suddenly a little light like stars, and gradually these lights became more and more intense, illuminating this huge cavern as if it were day!
We were terrified and didn't know what was going to happen next.
At this time, we also saw the specific appearance of this cave, in this huge cave, far away is all artificially paved stones, and the high places around the cave wall, sure enough, you can see a large crossbow machine placed at a certain distance.
This weapon is called the bed crossbow in the Han region, and it is said that it first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in which one or several bows were mounted on a bed frame, and the bow was loaded with arrows by twisting the wheel axle at the back of the bow and waiting to be fired. Unexpectedly, this thing had been introduced to Tibet very early.
This is something we have never encountered before, in this mysterious underground, suddenly because of some unknown situation, it became bright. At that time, electric lights were rare, and often because of the unstable voltage, the lights were relatively dim and flickering, and there was no such strong light, so dazzling.
I thought of the light in the lake and the light in the temple, and the huge and strange eyes on the stone walls.
At this moment, an indescribable fragrance spread out of nowhere, making people drowsy.
At a loss, we all heard the sound of ropes underground.
I hurriedly picked up the miner's lamp and shone it underground, I had been paying attention to the situation on the roof of the cave and the surroundings just now, but I didn't expect this to be very frightened.
I saw that under this dragon slaying platform, there was a large and smooth cave that was close to the size of five or six acres of land, and there were countless small caves distributed around the big cave.
At this time, I saw that more than a dozen candle dragons crawled out of the cave, the big one was a full circle larger than the one we killed, and the length was more than twice as long, even the small one was more than ten meters long.
We have all seen the power of this candle dragon, a candle dragon has stirred up several teams of people and horses, and more than a dozen people have lost their lives. Suddenly, there were more than a dozen candle dragons in this cave, and many of them were amazingly large, and we thought about where to deal with them.
This dragon slashing platform, we didn't kill the dragon, we were eaten by the dragon first, our little manpower is not enough to stuff the teeth of these dozen dragons, and I don't know if there are dragons in this cave!
I've concluded that these dragons must have been caused by the strange scent.
Could it be that this is not only a dragon slaying platform, but also a place where the ancient Zhangxiong people hunted and killed candle dragons?
At this time, the candle dragons had already surrounded our way up, and these candle dragons roared under the steps, and they were incessant, but they were a little afraid to go up the steps easily. A few large candle dragons probing their brains seemed to be unable to stand the lure of the strange fragrance, and they were already a little irritable, ready to move, and it was estimated that it would be a matter of time before they rushed up!
Now the only way to pass is to jump off the other side of the stairs and run towards the stone wall. There was a place where the Zhangxiong had carved out steps to place the bed crossbow.
More than a thousand years have passed, and although I don't know if these bed crossbows can still be used, at least the place is high, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is easier for us to use guns to deal with candle dragons.
On Tuesday, Mao put the gun on his back, and jumped out of the stone platform first, and we followed closely towards the path on the mountain wall, and just as we reached the path, those candle dragons who were about to move had rushed up to the stone platform, thinking that the stone table was encircled, and we knew that the strange fragrance was coming from the stone table.
I saw these candle dragons coiling around the stone table, greedily inhaling the fragrance, unwilling to let go for a long time, looking from a distance, even the stone table was no longer clear, only to see the dozen candle dragons coiled on the stone table, moving back and forth, and in the distance, you can see more and more candle dragons from the dark crypt attracted by this aroma, let out a roaring sound.
Thinking that there must be some spices hidden under this stone table, when the metal ring was pulled, those bright lights lit up at the same time, and the spices in the stone table also began to emit out, so these candle dragons were attracted by this fragrance.
The stone wall in the cave is because it is in the permafrost all the year round, and there is no groundwater soaking, so how has it been destroyed for so many years, we calmed down our nervous mood, thinking that thousands of years ago, those Xiangxiong people stood on this stone wall, and they also looked nervously at the candle dragons coiled on the stone table, and I don't know what kind of mood they have.
When I came to the place where the bed was crossbowed, I saw that the crossbow string of this bed was made of thick ropes, and it was all available for looking at the mountain, hanging knives, and hooks, and it still looked so strong and durable, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed.
This bed crossbow is no different from the bed crossbow in the Central Plains, there were a few in the Tuwang Village in our mountainous area, I heard that it was prepared at the end of the Ming Dynasty in order to prevent Zhang Xianzhong's invasion of the Great Western Army, but then Zhang Xianzhong did not enter the Wuling Mountains along the Wujiang River, this thing was placed in the Tuwang Village, and I often went to see it when I was young.
When the crossbow is opened, the crossbow string is fastened to the winch with a thick rope, and the winch is shaken, the crossbow string is opened, and the arrow is installed.
In the teahouse, Liu Blind, who commented on the story, often said that Xiao Tzulin, a famous general of the Liao army, was killed by the Song army with a giant arrow hundreds of meters away.
I didn't expect that this time we would really be able to operate this year's artifact in actual combat.
In groups of three, we lifted from the chest next to the bed crossbow, a shaft made of wood thicker than an arm, made of fine fine iron.
Many years later, there was a popular book at that time called "Heavenly Sword Dragon Slaying Saber".
That is, the English version of Mr. Jin Yong's "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", there is a knife in the novel, called the Dragon Slayer Knife, which is made of part of the Xuantie heavy sword used by Dugu to seek defeat.
My son likes to read martial arts books, and then my son asks me if there are really dragons in the world, and if there is a real dragon slaying saber (dragon slaying knife)?
I told my son that the dragon slayer knife is a weapon in the novel, but there must be dragons in this world, and I have slain dragons, but my son doesn't believe it and says I'm "Liar".
I said if you don't believe it, ask your Uncle Zhou to see if you killed a lot of demon dragons in Tibet when you were in the Republic of China.
On Tuesday, Mao and Lan Meizai happened to be returning from a vacation in Monaco one day, and their son really wrote down the matter, so he went to ask Tuesday Mao.
On Tuesday, Mao was still talking about how luxurious Monaco is and how awesome the holiday villas are, when he was foaming at the mouth, when he heard his son say this, his face darkened, he took a sip of wine, and muttered: "He slaughtered JB... ”