Chapter 45: Feather Ascension to Immortality
"Elysium, Feather Ascension"? Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and the red-faced scholar asked, "Team Wu, what does this 'Elysium, Feather Ascension Immortal' mean?" ”
Wu Honghai said: "Speaking of these ancient texts on the gold medal, I must first mention an ancient book I have read. I once read a wild history of the Song Dynasty, and I don't know who wrote it, this ancient book is incomplete, it is full of wild history legends of the past dynasties, and also records some anecdotes, there is an article on the painting of these ancient texts, and made a brief introduction. The article introduces that these ancient texts come from an ancient mysterious sect, and the legend is the meaning of 'Elysium, feathering and ascending to immortals', that is, this is the land of immortals, where the masters feather become immortals and ascend to heaven and attain the Tao. ”
When Li Wanfa and the others heard this, they all opened their mouths in surprise, this place is extremely heavy in yin and full of evil energy, how can it be the fairyland where immortals ascend to heaven?
Lao Jiu said: "Could it be that we are stealing the tomb of the immortals?!" "Everyone thought: Could it be that there are immortals buried in the ground, and after ascending to immortals, they will come out of this ancient ruins? It's no wonder that no one has ever seen such a strange tomb, and there is a strange and mysterious aura everywhere. And Lao Jiu found many precious treasures in the tomb, which also proved that this is not an ordinary tomb.
The archaeological team and the masked villagers were stunned, they didn't expect to find this fairyland today. The fifth child scolded: "I see where this is the fairy land, I will take his mother!" This is the Demon Land! "Everyone also thinks so, this place is gloomy, just now two villagers died tragically and turned into bloody corpses, where is it like a place to cultivate and become immortals? What kind of immortal are you cultivating here?!
The red-faced scholar said: "Feathering and ascending to immortals is a superstitious idea of the ancients about immortality, and if you become an immortal, you can live forever, and it can be said that the latter is the focus of feathering and ascending to immortals." Therefore, the ancients often carried out various superstitious activities before and after death, and built temples or tombs on a large scale, hoping that they could become immortals and ascend to heaven. Such places are not uncommon. Many princes and generals in the past dynasties want to live forever, or become immortals after death, and always be powerful and blessed in the heads of the people, which also shows their absurdity, luxury, cruelty, and feudal superstition thoughts, but this is just their dream. At this moment, the masked villagers also forgot about their relationship with the archaeological team, and they all quietly listened to the red-faced scholars, hoping to learn more about this ancient tomb from the mouths of these literati.
The second brother said lightly: "Immortality is just a fool's dream, it must be impossible, the demonic aura here is too heavy, I'm afraid there are thousands of years of monsters to blame." Otherwise, what kind of demon will build a tomb on the eye of the earth? ”
The peasant bandit boss said, "What does the second brother mean? ”
The second brother glared at the triangular eyes and said, "It doesn't matter if he is a cultivator and an immortal, or a monster, there must be rare treasures in this tomb." What is the ambush of demons and monsters and institutions, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger, we have to take the tomb of this fairy Lao'er today. He suddenly turned his head to Wu Hongxin and said, "However, these friends want to help us." ”
Wu Honghai was stunned, and out of the instinct of an archaeologist, he explained the meaning of the gold medal. Of course, he and the archaeological team also want to know the age information of this ancient ruin, the identity of the builder and so on, but this is all due to their work needs and the scholar's love for the profession. Wu Honghai asked righteously: "How can I help you?" ”
The second brother sneered and said: "You are all experts and scholars of the country, and you know much more about this ancient tomb than those of us farmers who have not read books. ”
The peasant bandit boss nodded, and thought to himself: his group of people are not bad at robbing tombs, but they don't know how to really archaeology at all, and if they encounter an ambush that needs to be outwitted and cannot be toughened, they will definitely suffer. This group of archaeologists have professional knowledge, they know this ancient tomb, and by taking them into the tomb, they can save a lot of trouble. The peasant boss made a gesture, and the masked villagers lowered their guns, and the threat to the archaeological team seemed to be gone. The boss took a few steps forward and said to Li Wanfa: "Brother, wasn't it the eldest brother just now, and he treated the brothers of the archaeological team badly. I think that we are actually all fellow travelers, and we all want to go into this ancient tomb to have a good look, but you are officials, we are bandits, and the names are different. I just did that out of desperation. Since you also want to go into the tomb to investigate the identity of the tomb owner and what dynasty, we might as well go together. Brother, what do you think? ”
After listening to what the peasant bandit boss said, the archaeological team immediately understood his intentions, this group of bandits wanted to use the power of the archaeological team to rob the tomb, if the archaeological team was deceived by the peasant bandit boss's rhetoric, wouldn't they have done something to help the gang abuse? Wu Honghai sneered and said, "Hmph! Don't be delusional. ”
The second brother said lightly: "Master, you can think about this matter, we can discuss, it is mutually beneficial to us, don't you want to go into this ancient tomb to study?" ”
Li Wanfa said to the peasant bandit boss: "Do you have to make mistakes again and again? Now that the cultural relics you have obtained are worth a fortune and are enough to enjoy a lifetime, why take risks again and again, and take them if they are not good? ”
"Hmph, no one in the world hates a lot of money!" The peasant boss said: "Since we have found the tomb of this fairy, we must take a good look at what treasures are in the tomb of the fairy Lao'er." He continued, "Brother, I know that you are working hard in this business, and you want to take some credit for your work." We said in advance that all the gold, silver and jewelry found in the tomb belong to us, and those bottles and cans, ancient monuments, ancient books and paintings and the like will be given to you, how about it?! I know you like to find those things so you can go back and do your errands. Of course, if you brothers take a fancy to a certain treasure, as long as you say a word, you can take it, and then I will give the brothers some gold to take away, so that the brothers can make a small fortune and don't have to live a hard life! We all share weal and sorrow and prosperity together! Of course, brothers, don't be afraid of the accusations, it can be said that we forced you to do it with guns, and just put all the charges on us! ”
The archaeological team members did not have a selfish desire to join the bandits and privately hide the precious cultural relics in the ancient ruins, but felt that the conditions given by the bandits were not unacceptable. The archaeological team members all know that for archaeology, the value and significance of written materials such as documents and ancient books in ancient monuments are much greater than gold, silver and jewelry, and now the bandits have taken the initiative to promise to leave these important cultural relics to the archaeological team, which has to be said to be a choice to endure humiliation for the archaeological team. The reality of bandits robbing the tomb can not be changed, if you agree to their conditions to visit the tomb together, you can rescue some cultural relics, and understand the information of this ancient site, tactfully protect the monuments, reduce losses, this is not impossible, otherwise the bandits will burn the precious written materials in the tomb, and the archaeological team can only watch, helpless.