Ah Jiu and I went up, and when I opened the artemisia grass, I saw a stone statue wrapped in artemisia grass more than one person high, and the stone statue stood on a one-square-meter stone platform, which was about half a meter high, and it was covered with moss.

Only the lower half of the body remained, but the upper half of the body was missing. Looking at the height of the lower body of this stone statue, the whole stone statue should be about the size of an ordinary person, if the upper body is still there, it will be higher than Artemisia grass, and we will definitely be able to see it.

The stone statue is very ordinary, but the strange thing is that the feet of the stone statue are a pair of tiger claws, the carving of the tiger claws is very fine, each toe is clearly distinguished, under the pair of tiger claws, stepping on two stone carved human heads, the carving is more fine, the face of the human head is very hideous, the eyes are protruding, and if you look closely, you can also find some blood red, I think these stone carvings should be painted after completion, I don't know when it is something, after a long period of erosion, the color almost all falls off, but one thing can be determined, the age of the birth of this statue, It must be ancient.

"Has anyone ever lived in this valley?" I wonder a little that it makes some sense that cultural relics suddenly appear in such a desolate area.

"Not really." Ah Jiu said: "You see this stone statue has tiger claws, and this valley is also called Bale Gul (Bale, Mongolian for Tiger), I think this should be people to remind others that there are tigers here, so such a stone statue was erected here." ”

I shook my head, your reasoning is a bit far-fetched, if someone in order to remind others that there is a tiger in the ditch, wouldn't it be simpler to carve words or paint on the stone, such as "three bowls are not posted" or something, there is no need to carve a stone statue to make it so grand, right? Besides, if it is a warning, it should be placed on the periphery of the Baler Gully, which is the center of the Baler Gully, and by the time others see this stone statue, they will have died a long time ago. Have you ever seen someone put a warning sign saying "there is a danger of electricity" in a high-voltage electrical box?

Ah Jiu was choked by what I said, and he also wondered. At this time, the knife suddenly pointed to the opposite side of the rocky beach and said, "There is still one over there." ”

We followed the knife's gaze, only to see a tall black shadow standing in the bushes opposite the rocky beach about a hundred meters away from this stone statue.

The knife didn't speak, and walked straight towards the black shadow.

I hurriedly said, "Hey, you have a bit of an organizational concept, okay?" Lean"

Ah Jiu interrupted me with a wave of his hand and said, "Follow the knife, he has his own measure. ”

I wanted to be angry, but I couldn't help but be curious, so I scolded and followed.

The closer I got to the dark shadow, the clearer I could see, and after bypassing a few large trees that were sloping east and west, the tall figure finally appeared in front of me.

This is a complete stone statue, from the lower body of the stone statue can be seen, this stone statue is the same as the previous one, the head of the stone statue is very large, the eyes are round and glaring ahead, although it looks like a human head, but the corners of the mouth are open, revealing two oddly long canine teeth, the hands of the stone statue are also tiger claws, each tiger claw is holding a human head, the strange thing is that the stone statue of such a monster, but the upper body is exposed, and there is a pair of plump adult women's ** hanging on the chest.

"Female!" Ah Jiu opened his mouth wide: "What is this person who is not human, tiger is not tiger, man is not man, woman is not woman?" Knife, have you ever seen a statue like this? ”

Xiaodao shook his head, looked at the stone statue silently for a long time, and suddenly took a breath and said, "This is the totem of the Queen Mother of the West!" ”

"Shenma?" I looked at the statue in disbelief: "You say the Queen Mother worships this? It's outrageous, right? People are the gods of the Three Realms of Motherhood, why are their values so distorted? ”

"You're talking about the Queen Mother after being cultured by Taoists." Ah Jiu said: "In many legends of the Queen Mother of the West, it is said that the Queen Mother of the West is the image of a monster. ”

I suddenly remembered the description of the Queen Mother of the West in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and secretly fought a cold war, but at the same time overturned Ah Jiu's words: "The ancient books say that the Queen Mother of the West was born in the Western Wilderness, that is, west of Qinghai in Gansu today, here is the northeast border, a difference of 108,000 miles, how can the totem of the Queen Mother of the West appear here?" ”

Xiaodao suddenly looked at me and said, "Little Guan Ye, do you still remember the part of Guo Gong's ciphertext that Elder Yang showed you?" ”

I nodded, and immediately understood the meaning of the knife, and hurriedly said: "Are you saying that it is true that Emperor Mu Tuoba Yilu visited the Western Queen Mother Country?" ”

"That's not what I said." The knife pointed at the stone statue and said, "Otherwise, how can this stone statue be explained?" This was once the area where the ancestors of the Xianbei people lived, but now there is a totem sculpture of the Queen Mother of the West on their territory, what does that prove? Two peoples who have no intersection at all, but found the totem sculpture of another nation in the hometown of one nation, which can only show that Tuoba Yilu really visited the country of the Western Queen Mother and brought the totem culture of the Western Queen Mother here. ”

Ah Jiu said: "I guess there is another possibility. Xianbei Tuoba is said to be the son of the Yellow Emperor, and when the Yellow Emperor fought Chiyou, the Queen Mother of the West once gave the Yellow Emperor a strange book to defeat Chiyou, so it seems that the Yellow Emperor's family is related to the Queen Mother of the West, and it is not impossible for his son to bring the totem of the Queen Mother of the West here. ”

These logically make sense, but they are also too far-fetched, and besides, studying these is the business of other experts and scholars, so we don't need to bother with it.

"It's necessary!" After the knife finished speaking, he quickly lifted Yang Lao over and put it under the stone statue, then dug out the socks in Yang Lao's mouth and said, "Say what you know, word for word, otherwise, you should know my methods." ”

Old Yang spit out several mouthfuls, turned his head and saw the stone statue, his face suddenly changed, he took a few steps back, looked at us with trembling corners of his mouth, looked at the stone statue again, and said vaguely: "Could it be that what is said in the ciphertext is true?" ”

Ah Jiu hurriedly asked, "What do you know?" ”

Yang Lao took a long time before he came to his senses, looked around the three of us coldly and said, "Old man, I am also an old man in the industry, you pick my tesustrings, stuff socks in my mouth, and still expect Lao Tzu to cooperate with you?" ”

Ah Jiu's face darkened, and he whistled and called Gege over. Gege looked up at Yang Lao, his eyes were fierce and generous, and he bared his teeth and let out a whining roar.

Yang Lao sneered and said, "The old man is not afraid of death, but he is still afraid of a dog?" ”

I looked at Yang Lao's firm eyes, and said in my heart that it is true that this old thing was born in tomb robbery and carried so many big cases, so he must not be afraid of death.

At this time, Ah Jiu smiled, and then scolded: "Old mongrel, you don't want to say yes, right?" Okay, then you don't fuck talking. When he tore off his socks, a foul stench hit my nose and made me dizzy.

I hurriedly covered my nose and shouted, "I wipe it, you haven't washed your feet for a few years?" ”

Xiaodao stretched out his hand to stop Ah Jiu, and then said to Yang Lao: "The place we want to go is also the place you want to go in your dreams, only if you cooperate with us, you can get your wish, right?" ”

Yang Lao smiled: "Yes, but please also know that the ciphertext is only understood by Lao Tzu, although you are a master in the industry, but the tomb of Emperor Mu is not a Han tomb, and he has seen the Queen Mother of the West, absorbed the culture of the Queen Mother of the West, and was awarded the thaumaturgical Qimen Dunjia by the Queen Mother, his tomb can be called the tomb of a god, without the old man me, you will definitely not be able to enter, so it is you who have to cooperate, not me." ”

I secretly scolded this old fox, it's really hard to deal with.

"Okay, what do you want?" The knife said solemnly.

Old Yang's eyes narrowed, and he originally wanted to pinch his beard, but his tendons were broken, and he couldn't use his strength, and suddenly the light in his eyes flashed, and he said in a voice: "You can choose other treasures, old man, I only need that bottle of elixir and jade dew." ”

I didn't react at the time, but suddenly I saw Ah Jiu smiling forward and backward, I couldn't breathe, and scolded intermittently: "Qiongqiong Jelly Yulu, Qiong, your sister!" You're confused, aren't you? Do you really think there is an elixir of immortality? ”

I also think it's funny, if it was in ancient times, everyone would believe it, but this is the 21st century with advanced technology, I can't imagine that this old guy is afraid of death to such a point, and I can't help but say: "Old man, if you don't live enough, I don't blame you, but you won't be stupid to this point, right?" The Mother Country of the West has been confirmed to be an ancient tribal alliance, since it is not a legend, then the legend about what peach, the elixir of immortality must be false, if it is true, then the Mother Country of the West Queen Country does not dominate the universe now? ”

Yang Lao snorted and said, "Don't say it so absolutely, Xi"

Ah Jiuyi patted Yang Lao on the shoulder, interrupted his words, and said: "Old guy, you are also a master of Chinese studies, and you can't think that Emperor Mu has obtained immortal medicine because of the two totem statues of the Queen Mother of the West." There are too many possibilities for these two statues here, and it is recorded in history that the West Queen Mother tribe had a large-scale eastward migration, and the Taoists also have the West Queen Mother and the East Mugong Fusang Emperor intermarried, which proves that the West Queen Mother tribe and the Central Plains had a great ethnic fusion, and it is not impossible for their tribal culture to be transmitted here. ”

Yang Lao closed his eyes and said: "I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you, the Tao is different and doesn't conspire with each other, the old man doesn't believe in science, he only believes in what is recorded in the dragon scale boy and tiger ciphertext." ”

Ah Jiu still wanted to squeeze him again, but the knife hurriedly interrupted Ah Jiu and said, "Okay, old man, we will only take the Ming utensils in the tomb, your elixir and jade dew, we promise not to look at it." ”

Yang Lao glanced at us, and said angrily: "Fight down, there is no one who is not ruthless, you say so, wait until you see Qiong Jelly Yulu, you are greedy and want to take it for yourself, my old man broke his tendons again, isn't that too much of a loss?" ”

This is called villain Dezhi, dog's day, I really want to use a line from Chen Meijia in "Love Apartment", I sprayed him to death with a sip of salt soda!

Xiaodao was still very calm, quietly looked at Yang Lao and asked, "What conditions do you have, just put it forward, let's discuss." ”

I hurriedly said, "What's there to discuss?" Daddy is still waiting for us at the destination, what are you wasting time with him? ”

Ah Jiu pulled me and said in a low voice, "Are you in a hurry?" This is what Guan Ye explained before he came over, we must let the old bastard cooperate with us, because only he has deciphered the content of the ciphertext, he must know some things in the ancient tomb, which will benefit us and do no harm. ”

Yang Lao squinted and smiled: "Yes, this is called cooperation." I only have two conditions, first, to find the elixir and jade dew, it must belong to me; Second, after you come out, help me kill all the men in black. ”

Ah Jiu and I were both stunned, and at the same time blurted out, "Kill the man in black?" Aren't you all in this group? ”