Volume 1: The Three Dragons' Cave Chapter 7: The Murals
Sometimes I really want to dig into this uncontrollable curiosity, and I want to stomp off these cheap hands.
When I groped for it carefully, something suddenly grabbed at my sleeve, which scared me and pushed back desperately, but there was a wall behind me, where could I rub it?
Under the shaking of my hands and feet, it seemed that something had been kicked apart, and the sound of creaking on the ground, I was ready to fight, but there was no abnormality for half a day.
Is it a delusion? The side effects of the spice haven't been removed?
I was relieved, but I felt that the thing I was grasping on my arm was still there, and I trembled and touched it with my hand, and it felt like the skeleton of one hand, hanging on my clothes. Could it be that there are dead people here, too? Why are there dead people everywhere, is this a tomb or a mass grave?
After knowing what it was, I was not so scared, and tore off the bones of my hand and threw them aside, trying to sweep away the corpse that had been kicked apart with my foot, which was always uncomfortable next to me.
Sweeping and sweeping, I felt a round thing kicked, making a metallic rolling sound on the floor tiles.
I carefully touched it, took it in my hand and touched it carefully, isn't this an old-fashioned old flashlight, this place is so dark, it is normal to have a flashlight.
Wait, this is a flashlight? How could there be a flashlight in the Ming Dynasty? This guy is recent?
I remembered that I had encountered a few modern corpses in the woods, and I heard Professor Wu say that it seemed that someone had come, and this person should be in a group with them, but I don't know what means I used to come here, and how did I die here, could it be that there is danger here?
My newly relaxed heart became nervous again, this black light blinded, and there could be danger, and even the most daring person had to be frightened.
I secretly cheered up, it's okay, it's okay, as long as I close my eyes, I can't see anything, and I can't see ghosts. But the more comforted I became, the more scared I became, and as soon as I closed my eyes, I felt like a ghost was blowing in your face, and when my eyes opened, there was nothing. In fact, it's psychological, this black and smeared.
While continuing to touch, I suddenly touched a cardboard box, about two fingers wide, a little pinched to flatten, falling out of a few toothpick-like things, I secretly happy, this is a match, when I was a child, I had to use this thing to cook rice and fire at home.
I hurriedly picked one up and skillfully touched the end of the ignition, although this thing is rarely used now, but people who are a little older have seen it.
I rubbed the side of the rubbing skin a few times, and I could see the Mars concurrently, but I couldn't click it several times in a row, could it be that the tide returned?
The match in my hand broke, and I picked up another one, but I still couldn't light it, so I was in a hurry, but when I rubbed the fourth, it finally burned, and the dark room was finally not pitch black, and with a little light, my heart seemed to light up all at once.
I couldn't see the face of the dark room clearly in the dimness, but I saw that there seemed to be a big black box in the middle, and the match in my hand burned quickly.
It doesn't work that way, there are not many matches, the fire is gone and it is dark, but I have nothing to burn on me except clothes, so I hurry to find the corpse, maybe he has brought other lighting.
Sure enough, I found a bag, this is a one-shoulder bag, and there is a red five-star embroidered on it, I can't calculate the year, it should be before the 80s people will use this kind of thing, the quality is quite good, it may be related to this dry and cold environment, there is no mold and rot.
I quickly poured out all the contents of the bag, and there were quite a few small items in it, a short hammer, a flat pryer, a rope with a three-pronged barb tied to it, a candle, and a few cigar-like things.
A candle is what I need most at the moment, so I quickly took one out and lit it. After the candles were lit, I had plenty of time to check them, most of them worked, and the rope was strong, but a little short, three or four meters.
Those are not cigar smokes, but fire folds, this thing is relatively rare, I have only seen it on TV, but I know that this is made of phosphorus at the bottom of the ignition, generally pull out the plug and blow or shake it a few times with the mouth to light it, I tried it but failed, I don't know if it is the wrong posture or the resurgence.
But it didn't matter much, I took the candle and lit it, then plugged it with a stopper, and then shook it twice when I opened it.
I bowed to the corpse and thanked him for the gift, and if he didn't reply, he said yes.
After the candle was lit, I saw the layout clearly, and the black shadow in the center turned out to be a coffin, but it was bigger than anything I had ever seen, and it was not a common wooden coffin, it was made of metal, it should be a bronze coffin, and it was engraved with various runes, which I couldn't recognize.
I have seen coffins, when the old people in the village are buried, they will send four strong men to walk around the village, signaling to take the deceased to walk around the place where they lived before their death, and go with peace of mind after death, usually painted red, some are black, and the poor people will simply polish it, those coffins are about two meters long and half a meter wide.
But this body is four meters long, with a bird's head carved on all sides, facing the coffin, and there are many oil lamps in the middle.
About the coffin, I still understand a little, the coffin is a general term, it seems that there are many names, like the old house of the coffin, the coffin plus the coffin is a complete burial ceremony, also called a coffin and a coffin, but in ancient times, only people with a certain status will be outside the coffin, and the common people only use a coffin.
The usage of the coffin is also divided into grades, like what is the heavy coffin three coffins or something, that is, layer by layer, I don't understand this ancient ritual, listen to the ghost story told by the old man, but where the coffin basically represents a very dangerous one, the corpse out of the coffin will turn into a ghost.
On the platform where the coffin was placed, the ground was also engraved with obscure runes, in addition to the ever-bright lamp, there were also many nails long with chopsticks, I counted it, it happened to be the number of seven or seven.
There should be some kind of exquisiteness in that arrangement, but I can't see it, if Professor Wu is here, he should be able to say a meridian.
I don't dare to approach rashly, if this is Guo Tong's tomb, someone has been found dead here, and I haven't found any traces of organs or anything like that, who knows what else is going on, it's better to leave early.
I slowly stepped back, and when I came in, it was dark, but now with a candle in my hand, I found that there were many words carved on the wall, and I could see many paintings, and I was puzzled by those words, and I was basically unrecognizable.
I know more or less about the changes in Chinese character civilization, after Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, the small seal was used as a common script, although I can't recognize much of the small seal, but the appearance can still be recognized.
After arriving in the Han Dynasty, the text is basically the same as the current one, let alone the Ming Dynasty, but these characters are definitely the words before the Qin Dynasty, as for whether it is the Shang Dynasty or the Xia Dynasty, I can't recognize it half-heartedly.
I can't understand the words, forget it, I can't even understand the paintings, how to describe these paintings, the paintings are very abstract, like the people who paint and the stickman circulating on the Internet, I secretly think that I haven't painted well.
I put the candle close to the one closest to me, and it was supposed to show a masked man on horseback, like a general on a march, with a man standing and waving in a splendid carriage, surrounded by many kneeling people.
Then I carved a lot of words I don't know, I feel a little strange in my heart, you Guo Tong is a Ming Dynasty person, why do you depict the words before the Qin Dynasty in your tomb? This doesn't make sense, these words and paintings should record the most brilliant and important deeds of his life, is Guo Tong a literature lover?
This is bullshit, I understand that Guo Tong in history does not know a few big characters, there is a record of Duan Ye History, when the change of seizing the door, Guo Tong was cut off an ear when he was brave and fierce, and after the incident, Guo Tong's worth soared, as long as people are rich, they always want to shape themselves more brilliantly, including now many outbreaks have made money, and they also go to prestigious schools to study what kind of education, Guo Tong is not different.
Spent money to hire a very famous gentleman to teach him to read and write, and on the first day of the teacher, he saw that Guo Tong's foundation was too poor, so he planned to start from scratch, and taught him to write his name on the first day, and after tinkering for a long time, Guo Tong confidently said that he had learned. On the second day, Mr. came to collect his homework, Guo Tong scratched his ears and cheeks for a long time, and wrote the word "enjoy", Mr. said angrily, where is Guo Zi's ear? Guo Tong's bull lost his temper and roared: Where did I get my ears? Don't you know that my ear was cut off? After saying that, he cut off his husband too, and no one dared to teach him to read and write.
Guo Tong, who doesn't know a few big characters, why did he engrave ancient characters in his tomb? I really can't figure it out, is it pretending to be B?
Okay, I don't care if you pretend to be B, but the painting doesn't quite match, this painting is obviously the emperor or something in the general who is giving the expedition to see him off, Guo Tong in history does not have this treatment, he was ordered to exterminate the Japanese invaders, although it was also a war, but the fight against the Japanese in that period was to fight bandits, and it had not progressed to the point where the two armies were at war, he was lightly armed and came to Liangzhejiang and wiped out a lot of Japanese invaders with local troops.
I was curious, and went to look at the next painting, which showed the Mask General being surrounded, and the enemy troops shooting arrows at him on all sides, and the Mask General was sitting cross-legged, and the fallen soldiers got up to continue the battle, and there were even some soldiers who came out of the ground. This is even more inconsistent with Guo Tong's life deeds.
I looked at it one by one, and the more I looked at it, the more suspicious I became, there were emperors who celebrated the achievements of the mask generals, and there were masks who killed the enemy with seals, and the paintings and carvings were very abstract, and I could understand a point or two, if I could recognize those words, I would be able to figure it out.
But I can be sure that this is not Guo Tong's life deeds, that is, this tomb is not Guo Tong's, which is even more strange, although I am a little white, but to build my own tomb on someone else's tomb, is a feng shui taboo, after a person dies, the choice of burial place, is nothing more than to shelter descendants or something, you build your own tomb in someone else's tomb, that person will not let your descendants go.
Just as I was about to look at the next painting, the candle in my hand was almost burning, and the wax oil was dripping hot on my hand, so I quickly took out one and put it on.
When the candle is lit again, a handprint on the next painting is very eye-catching, and it makes people shudder when it shines there, I take a closer look, this handprint is black, and there are some fine powders on the touch, this should be the appearance of blood after drying, who left a bloody handprint in this tomb?
This is a right hand print, very clear, the five fingers are very long, I compared it, it is a knuckle longer than my finger, it should be left by dragging blood stains on it, normal people's fingers are not so long.
And this handprint is facing the head of the coffin, I moved the candle, just in time to see a yellow paper pasted on the coffin, with red runes painted on it, just like in the zombie movie, there is a seal on the yellow paper, I can't see what it is.
I felt a chill in my heart, what the hell happened back then, what did it mean to leave a handprint after a person died? Was it left over from the fight? It's not like it, except for this handprint, there is no other trace.
Let's get out first, it's too creepy here.
I panicked all the way back, and it didn't take long to get back to the place where I had fallen, and the light from the middle candle was not very strong, but I could still see the surroundings clearly.
I fumbled for a long time and didn't find a hole in the top of my head, I jumped up and couldn't reach this height, could it be a mechanism, I fell down and closed on my own?
I took out the rope with a triangular iron hook tied to it and threw it up, the sound of the iron hook hitting the ceiling was hollow, indicating that it was indeed similar to what I guessed, and I didn't know how well the sound insulation was, if Miss Luo and they couldn't find me, I would have to die here.
I shouted a few times, but no one responded, and I don't know if it didn't get out or if they left.
I took out a short hammer and threw it repeatedly to smash the ceiling, even if the sound could not be heard, so that if they could hear it, it would be better than my shouting, for fear that they would hear it and think it was a ghost, but stay away from here.
I threw and shouted at the same time, and my voice was hoarse and there was no response, thinking to myself, could it be that they left?
I thought I couldn't put all my chips on them, if I really left or had some accident, would I have to be trapped here? We still have to find another way out.
But here I turned it all over, and I completely lost the heart to find the way from here, and carved a few words on the ground, so that if they found this, they would know where I went.
My knowledge of the ancient tomb is almost zero, but some common sense is still there, such as the material used in this tomb is the same as the floor in the courtyard outside, but the ancient tomb below is not, although it is very smooth, but it is much rougher, the same as the hemp in the ancestral hall of the old home, and the recorded text is good, the mural is good, it seems that it does not conform to this Guo Tong's tomb, I boldly speculate that this tomb should have existed very early, and was later discovered by Guo Tong, thinking that the magpie's nest dove occupied, and then sealed the original tomb below.
As for the so-called feng shui taboo, I don't want to think about this mysterious and mysterious thing first, since Guo Tong's tomb took such a big project to build, there must be other exquisiteness or knowledge, I can't figure it out, let's think about it for the time being.
If my assumption is true, then there should be more than one burial chamber below, the ancient nobles didn't like to be buried or something, you can see from the above experience, and usually in order to keep it secret and prevent it from being dug up after death, the people who were arrested to repair the ancient tomb basically became burial goods.
I have read reports before, saying that in ancient times, the most dangerous thing was not to join the army, but to repair the tomb, especially the tombs of those royal families and nobles, if you go to the army, if you are lucky and strong, there is a chance to climb up step by step, and even glorify the ancestors, and the name is passed down through the ages, and the tomb is repaired, and it will be killed after the repair.
The identity of this tomb carved in the mural is obviously noble, not to mention that one person is above and above, and it is almost the same. The tomb of such a prominent person cannot be as simple as a single burial chamber, so is there another way out below?
I don't believe that those who repair the tomb will be caught, such a big project, it is very possible to secretly dig a plank road and leave, but this kind of plank road is very hidden, I don't know if I can find it.
I thought about it and went back to the tomb below, I hadn't looked at the tomb carefully, first, I was too scared and wanted to leave early, and second, I only lit a candle, and the light was not very good.
Now I'm groping around the walls to survive, and I don't have the heart to look at the murals or anything. Sure enough, I saw the crack in the door on the wall on the other side, and I pushed it hard, but I couldn't shake it at all, it seemed that either the strength was too small, or there was a mechanism to control it, and it couldn't be opened by brute force.
TV often plays those dark rooms or something,The way to open the mechanism is to press a button and turn around,I tinkered for a long time without any movement.,The surrounding walls have been touched and nothing is abnormal.,Is it all a lie on TV?
There is no one on the wall, could it be that the organ is near the coffin?
It's a little scary to think about it, if you have a choice, I'm 10,000 unwilling to get close to the coffin, and the ghost knows if there will be another bizarre thing, just my combat power, I have to lie here every minute.
But now I have to look for the coffin, and I have searched all the surroundings, so I can only try my luck there.
I held the candle, leaned over cautiously, and said secretly: Since I am the blood of the sun, demons and monsters should be afraid of me.
I had some external injuries on my body, some were beaten by marijuana, some fell down and scratched the skin, the blood was so bloody that I didn't need to stab the knife anymore, I carefully tore open the wound and smeared some on my hands and face, and silently recited Amitabha Buddha in my mouth, regardless of whether it was spiritual or not.
Just as my feet were about to step on the stone staircase where the coffin was stored, my heart suddenly chuckled, and white sweat broke out.
I remember the first time I saw the bird-headed statues in the four directions, they were facing the coffin, and they were also facing inward, but when I look at them now, they turn 90 degrees.
It makes me break out in a cold sweat, and they move on their own? Or has someone moved them to their position? If you want to say that there are people, I don't believe it, there are only a group of us in this ancient tomb, if it is Miss Luo, I shouted so loudly for a long time just now, I already know my location, is it possible to deliberately avoid me? That doesn't make sense, does it?
It's not man-made, it's just moving by itself, but if it's moving by itself, I must have touched a certain mechanism, how can there be no sound when such four statues are so big? I don't believe that the ancients were so unfathomable in their attainments.
I was so frightened that I hurriedly stepped back, I don't know if it was because I was retreating too fast or something, the candle in my hand flashed a few times and went out, as if I seemed to see the nearest statue to me and blinked, my heart was about to rise to my throat.
I hurriedly took out the fire fold and blew it vigorously a few times, but fortunately I had lit it before, and it blew on it.
When I lit the candle again in a panic, the four statues changed their positions again, and the other three to be exact, all of them turned facing me, staring at me silently like ghosts, and I almost stopped breathing.
I have the heart to run, I might as well wait where I fall, even if I starve to death there, it is better than being scared to death.
But my feet and stomach trembled, and I didn't even seem to have the strength to stand up, but I looked at the four statues in horror.
But after looking at it like this for a long time, the statue didn't move, it seemed to be a statue, not a ghost.
When I came to my senses, I cursed myself for my, and I was almost scared to death by the statue, even if it was a statue that could turn on its own, what could it do, and it would be possible to jump out and bite me?
In annoyance, I threw out a triangle hook and smashed it demonstratively on a statue, scolding, "You came here to bite Lao Tzu." ”
The statue did not move, it seems that it is really scared of itself, maybe the ancients in the organ attainments really reached the realm of impossibility, when I was a child, I heard the story that Lu Ban made a wooden horse will run, and the wooden bird will fly, in the absence of an engine, this can only be described as a ghostly workmanship, it used to be only a story to listen to, it seems that it is not so simple.
Confirmed that this statue will rotate, let me think of a possibility, could this be the four elephant array or something, I only know that the four elephants represent the four divine beasts, it seems to be the green dragon and white tiger, the Vermilion Bird Xuanwu, and the four divine beasts represent the four directions, is it not to move the orientation of these four statues to the right position, and the door will open?
I don't know why these four statues didn't use the four divine beasts, but the monster with the bird's head and the human body, is there something particular or the status of the tomb owner is not enough, and the four divine beasts cannot be guarded.
As for moving the wrong direction, will there be a dark arrow, poisonous gas or something, I think it should not be big, plus the first time I saw the four inward, to the outward, and then to all towards me, I didn't activate the hidden weapon or anything, I think even if there is, thousands of years have passed, it is estimated that it will be moldy and expired.
But the mechanism that the statue moved should be the stone brick under my feet, except for the wall, I didn't touch anything else, and when I stepped back just now, three statues completed the movement in such a short time, which should have been caused by me accidentally stepping on the mechanism.
I forced myself to calm down, carefully analyzed the possibilities, and the more I thought about it, the more likely it became, and finally decided to give it a try, and finally stabbed myself to death.
I had a dagger in my waist, which was originally taken by Miss Luo and them in the dark room where they stored food and guns, and I had never used it, but at this time I pulled it out and squeezed it hard, thinking that if I really encountered an irresistible strange thing, I would stab myself to death.
I carefully watched the stone bricks under my feet, my eyes fixed on the statues, step by step. Sure enough, when I stepped on one of the floor tiles, the nearest statue blinked, but the position didn't change.
I stood there, carefully stepping on a brick next to me, and the other statue spun silently, and when I let go of my feet, it stood still.
I wonder why this one didn't blink? Isn't it a statue that blinks its eyes, meaning it's in the right direction?
Under this underground, I can't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest, if the yin house also pays attention to sitting north and facing south, then the statue of the blink of an eye should be facing north, and it can be determined that a direction is right, then the rest is easy to do, and look at the position where the statue is erected, it is all in the four corners, that is, as long as the statue is turned face outward.
I stepped on the brick again, and I could feel the stone brick under my feet sinking slightly, and it was difficult to notice it if I didn't feel it carefully. The statue was turning silently, and when it turned to the position I wanted, I quickly let go of my foot, and sure enough, the statue didn't move.
Determined that the two bricks could turn the statue, I didn't step on them again, but tried on the other bricks.
After several attempts in a row, I finally adjusted the orientation of the four statues, only to feel a slight vibration from the tomb, but I couldn't hear any sound, as if something was moving, and the whole tomb was shaking slightly.
When the shaking stopped, I returned to the door and found that a secret door had moved from left to right with a gap large enough for people to pass through.