Text Chapter 52: The Twelve Bronze Men
Prince Qin's infant cast gold man
Guarding the Linghu Lake is dangerous
Expectation is always good, because people always want something good.
Reality is always disappointing, because reality always hurts.
Just when the three of us were looking forward to the scene under the firelight, reality hit us hard.
Because when we step out of that almost suffocating passage, what awaits us is not a warm bed, good food, and sweet wine.
Rather, it was a giant bronze figure with a sword in hand, dressed in alien armor, each with a majestic expression and angry eyes, and a height of about three meters.
The twelve bronze figures are arranged in a figure-eight shape on the left and right sides and on both sides, with a large staircase in the middle, and the horizontal span of the staircase is at least about seven to eight meters.
And this staircase leads to the Question Pool on the ninth floor. It's just that at this time, the heart pool is constantly overflowing because of the rising water, the lake water crosses the huge drop between the eighth and ninth floors and rushes down, the lake water rushes into the burial pit not far ahead, thousands of bones and burial goods are washed by this small waterfall, some are washed to the lower floors, some are floating in the funeral pit, the layers of water mist continue to rise because of the impact, and the roaring water sound fills people's ears.
This waterfall seems to be roaring, but it is more like the roar from the mouth of these twelve bronze statues, the roar that shocks the heavens and the earth!
In the mist of the waterfall, these bronze men looked down at us who had just crawled out of the secret passage, as if they were looking at the ants of the world, their eyes contemptuous and hostile, angry and full of murder.
Although they are buried deep underneath and have been eaten away by wind and rain for thousands of years, the armor on their bodies and the blades in their hands are still shining golden and shining under the light of the fire.
"This ...... What is this? Zhang Chengyong looked up at these bronze men and said. Is this glittering gold? ”
"It shouldn't be gold, if it were gold for so many years, it would have oxidized! As for what? Maybe it should be Yuk to create a guard to protect this place! "I looked up at the bronze men.
"It's copper! These men are made of brass! Ice walked up to the feet of a bronze figure and said, "Also, these are the guards of the Guardians here!" However, it doesn't look like Yuke was forged by someone! ”
"It wasn't made by Yuk! Who made that? Zhang Chengyong asked.
"Qin Shi Huang!" Ice said coldly.
"What Qin Shi Huang? What does it have to do with Qin Shi Huang? The two of them are in Xi'an and the other in Changbai Mountain, thousands of miles apart, okay! Zhang Chengyong said loudly.
"Haven't you heard that Qin Shi Huang issued a ban on martial arts after unifying the six kingdoms and threw all the weapons of the world into the furnace?" Ice said coldly.
"How do I know about this, that old boy hasn't discussed this matter with me, and I'm not the eunuch next to him!" Zhang Chengyong glanced at ICE and said angrily.
"You! I just don't read, I don't read the newspaper, I don't know anything! I smiled and continued: "After Qin Shi Huang issued this ban on martial arts, he transported all the blades of the other five countries to Xianyang, and ordered people to throw them into a melting pot to refine twelve bronze figures, which were placed outside the palace gate of Afang Palace. And the year of Yuke's burial and the death of Qin Shi Huang, to the violent death of Qin II, and then to the succession of Prince Qin Ying, there is not much difference between this, in that era, it is the Qin State that can have such a craft! Is that right? ”
I was obviously asking Ice, and she seemed to know I was asking her, so she nodded and said, "That's right! In that era, it would take the power of the country to create such a huge bronze figure, and in that era, only Qin had this strength! Ice sighed and slowly continued: "No wonder future generations can't find these twelve bronze figures, many people think that Xiang Yu was burned by him with a fire when he burned Afang Palace." Unexpectedly, these bronze figures were secretly transported here. ”
"But why did these bronze men appear here across thousands of miles?" Zhang Chengyong asked.
"The reason why these bronze statues can be here may be because Yuke robbed the treasure protection team of Prince Qin at that time! If I'm not mistaken, when Qin's civil strife was in the country, coupled with Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's soldiers, the right-hand man Fusu was also killed at this time, and Qin Ziying found that his position was not guaranteed, so he excluded an army of 200,000 to escort a large number of treasures out of the customs to the north, that is, at that time, these treasures were robbed by the Xiongnu who were in the north at the time, and later transferred to the hands of Yuke. I said lightly.
"Tell me that this old boy has nothing to do, why are you refining these twelve bronze figures?" Zhang Chengyong said and walked under a bronze figure, looking up and down four or five times. "Is it just to show off your strength?"
"Actually, showing off his strength to the world is just one of his purposes!" Ice said: "It is recorded that one day, Qin Shi Huang encountered a great change in the sky in his dream, and there were ghosts and gods, and many people he had killed before came to him to ask for their lives, which made him frightened. After Qin Shi Huang woke up from his dream, he ordered the weapons of the whole country to be collected in Xianyang and cast into twelve bronze figures. Of course, although this is a folk rumor, since he can send people to the East China Sea to find the Immortal Pill, it is also possible to use the power of the country to cast these twelve bronze figures! ”
"Hahaha! Tell me that since this old boy dares to kill so many people, he is still afraid that they will come to ask for his life! As he spoke, Zhang Chengyong slapped his hand on the leg of a bronze figure holding a knife.
It's such a simple beat, but in exchange for a gust of wind.
The wind, the murderous wind, the deadly wind!
Wherever the wind went, a large hole nearly two meters long was cut out of the ground.
The hole in the ground was naturally not made by the wind, and it was a knife that caused this crack, a Guan knife that shone with golden light.
And this knife was in the hand of the bronze man beside Zhang Chengyong at this time.
Killing intent, the killing intent that pierced into the bone marrow filled the entire area in an instant.
The knife hung low, and the blood fell drip by drop along the blade, falling to the ground, blown away by the wind, and scattered without a trace.
The blade is cold, but the blood is hot!
The blood naturally belongs to Zhang Chengyong, but he has not become a revenant under this knife, because he can still move, breathe, and fight.
"Lao Zhang, are you okay?" I asked anxiously.
"It's okay! It's just that my arm was injured by that one just now! However, don't worry, it's just a skin injury, but fortunately, I'm hiding fast! Otherwise, he would have become a ghost under the knife at this time! Zhang Chengyong said as he ripped off a corner of his shirt and bandaged the injured position of his left arm. Tianyi, what the is going on? ”
"Didn't you just say it all! These twelve bronze figures are the guards guarding this place, and if you want to enter that pool of inquiry, of course, you must pass them first! I said.
And at this moment, suddenly there was a "cluck, cluck, cluck" sound, which was even the sound of the gears in the machine turning. Then, the other eleven bronze statues also stood in front of us with horizontal swords.
Twelve giants are like giants in the flood period, and twelve giant blades that can open the world and open the world.
They glared angrily, not only to slaughter the intruders, but also to tear the heavens and the earth apart.
The three of us didn't move, because we knew that as long as we moved, the only thing that awaited us was death.
So, we just wait, waiting for them to attack, waiting for the flaws between their cooperation.
However, after less than five rounds of battling them, I realized I was wrong.
Sure enough, the other party is twelve people of flesh and blood, then they may make mistakes.
However, they were twelve bronze figures made of pure copper. Not only are they not flesh and blood, but they also have no emotion, no distractions, and no fear.
They will only follow a pre-designed route to kill enemies.
When you punch it, his knife slashes at you as well.
There was no dodging, no hesitation, just the formidable blade.
The blood was dripping, dripping on the ground, gradually diluted by the water, slowly washed away.
Bronze people naturally don't bleed, and of course people can bleed.
At this time, I have been stabbed three times in the shoulder, Zhang Chengyong has been stabbed in the thigh and calf and back, only ice is lucky, she is petite and flexible, although she has gasped for breath and is physically exhausted, but fortunately she has not been injured.
The three of us were back to back, gasping for breath, and although these five rounds only added up to a few tens of seconds, it seemed to me like we had walked back and forth five times before the ghost gate.
Although I have never seen the Arhat formation of the eighteen bronze figures of the Shaolin Temple with my own eyes, nor have I experienced the power of the Wudang School's positive and negative swordsmanship, the sword formation of the twelve bronze figures in front of me seems to be overwhelming, but I have realized what it means to be loveless.
"Tianyi, what should I do now? Is there any way to crack it? Zhang Chengyong asked with a big gasp.
"If anything, I told you a long time ago! Now...... "I was only halfway through my words, and a bronze figure on the left slashed at the three of us.
"Not good!" After Zhang Chengyong shouted, he pushed me and ICE and jumped to the side.
However, at the moment when he just jumped out, the other two bronze figures seemed to have seen through all the actions of the three of us, and in the blink of an eye, the two bronze figures had already arrived in front of Zhang Chengyong, and raised their knives and slashed at him.
The higher the water rises, the stronger the wind blows.
The sharp blade slashed through the air, as if it was about to cut through the wind and water, the sky, and everything between heaven and earth.
However, just when the knife was about to take a fancy to Zhang Chengyong, the huge giant blade suddenly stopped in mid-air.