Chapter 59: The Amazing Secret (4)
It's not so easy to tell when coincidences, lies, and truth are intertwined. It was only then that I realized that it was not the truth that was terrifying, but the elusive conspiracy.
. - Du Hao
"I don't know how much the two of you know about my country's ancient Gu arts?" Seeing that the two of us were silent, he pushed his glasses and said, "Gu art is a mysterious witchcraft inherited from the Miao people in southwest China in ancient times, and many people don't believe it. But ......"
"Boss Zhao, don't give us a lesson, I probably know what you said, tell us something we don't know."
"You two knowβ"
"Andβ" I leaned back, leaning against the stone wall behind me, and said, "Boss Zhao, your identity is archaeological, right?" Look at your tactics before...... Pretty professional. β
Boss Zhao's face turned green, and he quickly put his hand to his mouth and asked us to be quiet. "How do you see that?"
I sneered, looking at Boss Zhao's demeanor and demeanor along the way, especially like the people I had met. It's the little white face and Lan Keer, I didn't pay much attention to it before, and I didn't start to pay attention to it until I noticed Boss Zhao's movement of pushing glasses.
Boss Zhao sighed and said, "This is also a last resort, before I came, Boss Li asked me to come with them to fight, and I acted as their antique consultant." How much did those antiques destroy them as tomb robbers? How many archaeological treasures have we lost? Especially this time it is a tomb of a lost civilization, if it is found, it will be a feast for the archaeological world! β
"At that time, I wanted to sneak in first, how much could I protect, but I didn't expect that I was about to take my life now."
I hurriedly reassured Boss Zhao that we would not reach the kind of field he said. "Then Boss Zhao, you can hurry up and say something useful, we have our own news and experience, and we may be able to find doubts and escape from here."
Boss Zhao also felt that it made sense when he heard it, and his face improved. "Don't hide it, I really know something."
This kind of magic is called by different names in different places, but the most commonly heard is called "witchcraft". There are many kinds of witchcraft, and there are even some ill-intentioned people who have compiled a book on it to describe and teach future generations. The most terrifying of them all, and the most advanced, is human skin sorcery.
In the early days, people were very superstitious, and when they were sacrificial, they had to find a shaman, just like they had to submit their resumes to find a job, and even to show off their singing and dancing talents. The king hired a wizard to check whether you have the ability, in case you find a scoundrel to fill the number in it, it is a great disrespect to the gods.
This wizard is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the low-level wizard can only become a certified wizard and be responsible for solving some civil affairs. The sorcerers of the higher places are in charge of the affairs of the state and the government. And the highest of them, that is, those who can use human skin witchcraft, are the superior of the state.
"What does this have to do with what we're talking about?" I asked, but I thought that this boss was as unreliable as that little white face, and his mouth was full of emptiness.
"Of course!" Boss Zhao said, "The human skin figurines are in this coffin, and only the most advanced wizards can make this kind of witchcraft." So the owner of this coffin must be the wizard. β
I was stunned for a moment, and quickly followed Boss Zhao's train of thought before I understood. It must be that the poison in the box just now is too strong, and now my brain is a little dizzy.
"But...... This ......" Wang Ziyue stammered, with several pieces of beef jerky stuffed in her mouth, "Boss Zhao, I'm afraid this thing won't be right!" You say this coffin belongs to a wizard? How is this possible? This ......"
I understood what Wang Ziyue meant, and said for her: "According to what we just deduced, this wizard is the initiator of the construction of the six-pointed star array and the creation of the red-eyed people, so how could he get himself in it?" Does he have anything to do with the emperor's immortality? β
The craftsmen who built the king's tomb knew how to secretly dig a survival channel to save themselves, so this wizard didn't know? I think either this wizard has a crush on the king or he is a fool. There can be no third possibility.
"No, there's a third possibility." Boss Zhao pushed his glasses, and his serious face made me think that he was a professor lecturing on a university podium. "The third possibility is that this wizard's immortality formation for the king is just a superficial phenomenon, and he has other purposes."
As soon as we heard it, we had high energy ahead. Hurry up and urge Boss Zhao to hurry up, we can all hear and almost remember, no need to stop every time to let us take notes.
Boss Zhao smiled and said, "Get used to it." β
"I can only make some assumptions, archaeology is like this, after so many years, you can't completely restore every detail. The meaning and value of archaeology lies in infinitely approaching the truth. Infinitely close, but not coincident. β
Seeing our eyes, Boss Zhao sneered and returned to the topic. "Usually wizards and the like have their own gods and beliefs. The Miao people who use Gu magic believe in various gods of nature, believing that gods and ghosts also have good and evil; Wizards pretend to be ghosts in the eyes of the public, so they have to believe something, otherwise they won't go astray; Even the wizard in the novel believes in a boy who will not die. Then this wizard must have his own gods. β
Boss Zhao looked at us back and forth, as if he wanted us to think about it. At this time, Wang Ziyue suddenly shouted: "Oh! I remember, Nine-Winged Dragon? β
When Wang Ziyue shouted like this, it was like an electric current was passing through my brain, and my heart exploded. Our reasoning is like the Yangtze River, unstoppable. The brains of the three men in the chamber are still running wildly, and I doubt we can push everything out of it now.
However, the truth is not as simple as we think, and the reasoning is stuck. With that said, the conversation returned to how to escape from the situation in front of us.
In the end, I suggest that it is better to forget it now! According to the time on the table, we haven't had a good rest for a day and a half. Rest and rest, tomorrow the method will come naturally.
In order to prevent accidents while we were sleeping, I asked everyone to take turns on the night shift. Watching everyone get into their sleeping bags, some people fell asleep as soon as they touched their pillows.
I smiled wryly and walked to the stone gate, leaning against the stone wall and thinking about things. Nearly a month ago, I was still lying in the small villa at home comfortably enjoying the life of the rich second generation, how could I have thought that I would experience these things in the future: red-eyed people, Gu arts, ancient trees, and life-seeking ghosts......
If you want to count, I have to start with the letter that Boss Bi sent me, if it wasn't for the letter with a photo of my grandfather, I wouldn't have been involved at all.
I looked up and remembered my own father, who was scolding me frantically and preventing me from getting into this matter. I wish I could have listened to my father and my mother. I don't know how they're doing now, if they're worried about me.
And Grandpa, all the clues at the beginning point to one thing, which is that my grandfather used to be here and all of these places. But I've been a lot of places, and I haven't seen even a little bit of my grandfather's visit.
It was stupid at the time, and now that I think about it, all these clues are gathered together, so obviously pointing in one direction. It cannot be a coincidence, but a premeditation.
"What do you think? Big brother. Wang Ziyue's voice came from the darkness over there, "Are you sleepy?" Go back to sleep, I'll take a look. β
I shook my head, not because I didn't want to sleep, but because I couldn't sleep, this person couldn't stop. It was fine before, but as soon as I stepped back from the tense environment, my mind was confused.
I sighed and shook my head to remove those thoughts from my mind, but it was useless and I had to give up: "Xiaoyue, do you believe that there is such a thing as fate in this world?" β
"Definitely! Needless to say? β
"It's not like that, but I feel like everything about me is being designed." I say.
Wang Ziyue suddenly stopped talking, I was a little puzzled and just wanted to ask, but I heard a rustling sound on the door, which was quite sharp.
We hurriedly turned on the flashlight, and at once it shone something that sent chills down the spine, and Wang Ziyue just wanted to be pressed by me. "Don't make a noise, you'll make a noise to them." I said softly.
In the flashlight, a lot of nails stretched out strangely and inexplicably from the cracks of the stone gate, squeaking and scratching the stone door, which sounded creepy. Could it be that we are chatting here and being overheard by something outside? Impossible! We don't talk much!
Wang Ziyue and I glanced at each other, nervous and sweaty.
"It's over, something is going to happen."
I could hear it, and there were constant voices coming from all corners of the building, and there were many places here where there was a material that was painted on the stone walls so well that we couldn't tell where the accident was.
But one thing I can be sure of is that the building is starting to "live".