Volume 1: Candle Dragon in the South China Sea Chapter 40: A Hundred Birds and a Phoenix
Looking at the Fountain of Eternal Life in front of me, I suddenly felt a little like laughing, this is just the same as the ghost baby in the wine altar mentioned before, it is just a joke of ignorance and ignorance of the ancients.
"These are just some legends, not credible and unscientific, there should be a river outside this ancient tomb, it is estimated that when this ancient tomb was built, a dark river was dug from the ground to lead here." I say.
After hearing this, the fat man immediately patted me on the shoulder and said, "Xiaotian has seen the world and knows everything, if you can find a few decent artifacts in it, the four of us will immediately go out of the mountain and eat fragrant and drink spicy food." ”
The fat man's words obviously have some flattery, if I hadn't been in the antique shop for many years, I would have never heard of these rumors, but listening to the fat man's words and thinking about robbing the tomb to get the treasure, although I was a little unhappy in my heart, but robbing the tomb was the first time I did it in my life, and I suddenly felt a little unspeakable excitement in my heart.
"What has come to the point, you are still thinking about robbing the tomb, didn't we just say that finding the exit is the first, and the soul weapon is the second." As I said this, I kept looking into the tomb to see what was in the dead man's tomb.
"Come on, I don't know what you're thinking, don't say so many hypocritical things. If nothing else, let's just say that the lotus lamp holder under the Fountain of Eternal Life is more than 10 million when you take it out and sell it casually. The fat man gave a thumbs up and said with an arrogant face.
With my many years of experience in identifying antiques, coupled with what the fat man just said, that lotus lamp holder is indeed a treasure, not to mention the value of more than 10 million, it is estimated that there is a price of at least 5 million to 10 million.
After speaking, the four people were bold, and walked into the tomb to see, there is a huge circle here, there is an ear chamber on the left and right, and the two doors are tightly closed, and when they go to the fountain of eternal life, there are still a few small fish swimming with their tails, but those fish seem to stay in this dark tomb all the year round, and they are extremely dark and can't tell what kind of fish they are.
When the fat man saw this, he hurriedly ran to the Eternal Life Spring, picked up the lotus lampholder, took out a brown paper bag from his pocket, put it in, lit a cigarette, and said to us with a proud face: "See, the fat man made more than 10 million yuan in one night, and you say that the money is not fast." ”
I was also shocked when I heard this, I didn't expect it to be so easy to make money from tomb robbing, and I couldn't earn this one percent even after working hard in an antique shop for a year.
The fat man put away the antiques, hugged them tightly in his arms, saw me keep looking at the lotus lampholder, and said, "Don't worry, if this treasure is sold, I won't forget a few of you, but you have to share a little less." ”
I was a little puzzled, why I had to get a small share of the treasures that everyone took together, and asked: "Why, don't forget, you can come here because my second uncle drove you over, you can't be a man without keeping your promises." ”
"Why? Have you forgotten your fat man's more than 500,000 Land Rover? ”
I immediately understood, it turned out that the fat man still remembered the incident, and he felt a little contemptuous in his heart, scratched his head and didn't say anything more.
The four of them took a few more steps, and when they reached the center of the tomb, a marble coffin came into view, but this coffin was very strange, only about one meter.
The fat man and I looked at the sarcophagus in front of us, and suddenly felt a little strange in our hearts, and turned around and asked the fat man: "Have you encountered this kind of coffin in tomb robbery before, this coffin is so small that it is difficult to die is a child." ”
The fat man was also stunned after hearing this, scratched his head and began to look around the sarcophagus, and finally said: "I have never encountered such a small coffin for many years of tomb robbery, and it is not surprising to say that it is a child who died, but this ancient man paid attention to the fact that he could only go to the tomb after adulthood, which doesn't make sense." ”
Just when the fat man and I were puzzled, Chen Haoyue looked around, walking around the neighborhood with a miner's lamp, as if she was looking for something, I was afraid that she would get lost again, and asked, "Xiaoyue, what are you doing?" ”
Chen Haoyue's little face turned pale, and she said weirdly: "I seem to have seen that ghost baby again just now, and he was still standing not far away and snickering at me, I can use the miner's lamp to take a look but see everything, this tomb is too weird, let's quickly find an exit and leave here." ”
The ghost baby just now did bring us a lot of trouble, but one of them has been killed by me with a gun, and there is a little brother in black here, and the other one doesn't dare to follow even if he sees it, it is estimated that Chen Haoyue must have been frightened into a psychological shadow, and he was wrong.
I told everyone my analysis, and in the end everyone thought that it might be that the ancient tomb was buried underground for thousands of years, and it was in a primeval jungle, and most of the animals in the mountains came to this tomb to hibernate, and they must have been mistaken by mice, lynx, foxes, etc.
After listening to my analysis, the fat man said impatiently; "Don't study these useless things, hurry up and open the coffin to get the treasure, I really don't want to stay in this place for an extra minute."
After saying that, the fat man took out a candle from his pocket and walked to the southeast corner, lit it with a lighter.
I was taken aback and said, "Holy shit! How much do you still have in your pocket? It's a brown paper bag and a candle, do you believe in the legend of this ghost blowing the lamp? ”
The fat man finished lighting the candle, walked over to me, and said with a smile: "This is the rule handed down by the ancestors, the so-called people light candles and ghosts blow out the lamp, what I am afraid of is that the air in this tomb is thin, and the candle is extinguished, which means that there is no oxygen in the tomb, and people will be suffocated to death. ”
When the four of them were surrounding the sarcophagus and preparing to open, Chen Haoyue stood opposite me, her face was obviously a little ugly, and said, "Master, I just saw a ghost shadow hidden behind the candle you lit. ”
The fat man and I looked back sharply, and suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the candle was extinguished, and the southeast corner of the wall was dark and dead again.
The four of us were at a loss for a while, and the sudden yin wind filled the surroundings with fear and gloom, and cold sweat couldn't help but flow out of our heads.
When the fat man saw this, he quickly shone around with a miner's lamp, and when he looked up again, a flock of birds flew from nowhere, including magpies, crows, swallows, owls, and some unknown wild birds.
The little brother in black suddenly snatched the miner's lamp in the fat man's hand and shone it towards the birds, only to see that there was obviously a mural painted on the top of the tomb, which was a lifelike picture of a hundred birds and a phoenix, no wonder it attracted so many birds.
The fat man's eyes widened, staring directly at the picture of a hundred birds and a phoenix above his head, and said: "It's a pity, it's a pity, the mural is in such a good condition, if this is on the wall, the fat man, I will tear down the wall and get it out." ”
I didn't pay attention to the fat man, but the bird and the phoenix are just a folk tale, how can there be such a thing here, it is said that a long, long time ago, the phoenix was just a very inconspicuous bird, and its feathers were very ordinary, not as dazzling as the legend said. But it has an advantage: it is very industrious, and does not know how to play when it is full like other birds, but is busy from morning to night, picking up the fruits thrown by other birds one by one and storing them in the hole.
One year, there was a great drought in the forest. The birds couldn't find food, they were so hungry that they couldn't hold it anymore. At this time, the phoenix hurriedly opened the cave and took out the dried fruits and grass seeds that he had accumulated over the years and distributed them to everyone, and tide over the difficulties with everyone.
After the drought, in order to thank the phoenix for saving its life, the birds chose the most beautiful feather from their body and plucked it out to make a dazzling bird suit to the phoenix, and unanimously elected it as the king of birds.
In the future, every time the phoenix celebrates its birthday, birds from all over the world will fly to congratulate the phoenix, which is the meaning of a hundred birds towards the phoenix.
Just thinking about this, suddenly, Chen Haoyue pulled the corner of my clothes and whispered, "I saw that ghost baby again just now, and he hid behind that group of birds and smiled at me." ”
Things are getting more and more weird, everyone can no longer tolerate a little delay, the four of them walked towards the sarcophagus, trying to open the sarcophagus to take the treasure, just pushed open a little gap, at this time, a golden eagle eagle flew over, spread its two-meter-long wings and stood on the sarcophagus and shouted at us, the pair of sharp eagle eyes stared at us, as if guarding the things in the coffin.
Chen Haoyue was so frightened that she sat on the ground when she saw it, and I hurriedly helped to help her up. Seeing this, the fat man also shouted: "I saw a wolf king a few days ago, and now there is a golden eagle giant eagle, a group of beasts, who dare to block your fat master's way to get rich!" ”
When I saw it, I also sighed in my heart, it seems that if you want to take the treasure in this sarcophagus, you must first drive this golden eagle away. After the four of them discussed, the little brother in black drove away the golden eagle, and I stayed to protect Chen Haoyue and let the fat man take the treasure from this coffin by himself.
Seeing a flock of birds flying towards us at once, I looked at the little brother in black beside me, his jade flute was no longer effective, and the fat man pushed away the sarcophagus vigorously, and kept shouting: "Fuck! Why is it that every time I get hurt, it's the fat man and me, Xiaotian, you fucking come and help me! ”
For a while, I didn't know whether to help the fat man, Chen Haoyue was still holding on to the corner of my clothes, the fat man kept staring at me, and I was very embarrassed, so I had to let Chen Haoyue follow me closely and help the fat man push open the sarcophagus.
At this time, the little brother in black looked around, but the only weapon on his body, the jade flute, had become a burning stick, which had no effect at all, and he looked down and saw a lot of stones scattered on the ground, so he had to pick up the stones on the ground and hit those birds.
The eyes of the golden eagle giant eagle stared at us deadly, and the fat man and I were too afraid of the attack of the golden eagle giant eagle to use all our strength. At this moment, the golden eagle swooped down towards us, and its talons showed a sharp light, and it seemed that it was about to rush to me and the fat man.
At this time, a green brick fell from above and smashed on the head of the giant eagle impartially, the giant eagle was eager to attack us, and did not notice the attack of the little brother in black behind him, and the golden eagle was dizzy and fell to the ground in a temporary coma.
When I met the fat man, I shouted: Well done! Seeing that there was no threat of the golden eagle, he suddenly exerted all his strength, and pushed the coffin lid down hard, and in an instant, the coffin lid fell to the ground, and a violent roar suddenly sounded in the tomb, and then looked down to see that it had been broken into pieces.
At this time, a flock of birds saw that the coffin was opened, and they all turned their heads and began to attack me and the fat man, and I saw that it was not good and shouted at the fat man: "Don't fucking open the museum to take the treasure, find a place to hide first." ”
The little brother in black opened the stone door of an ear room, signaling us to go to the ear room to avoid first, the fat man ran forward with a roll, a group of birds chased the fat man desperately, and the fat man's head was already pecked by the blood, in a panic, I didn't care about the fat man pulling Chen Haoyue to the ear chamber and ran over, suddenly the fat man didn't know where to muster up the courage, and turned around and ran towards the sarcophagus, I saw that the heart scolded badly, it turned out that the fat man was still unwilling, when was it, and wanted to take the treasure from the coffin.