Chapter 42: The Story Behind the Stone Man
"What is written?" The leather bag leaned over.
Huang Mao leaned over and looked at it for a long time, and smiled smugly at us with a long sigh of relief, "I finally know what's going on this time." This stone man is really related to the corpse coffin in the big tree on the ground, and this stone man focuses on the achievements of this general soldier behind it, it seems that this is a skilled craftsman who doesn't want this soldier to sleep here in such obscurity~"
"Oh? Yes! Let's talk about what I talked about above. "As soon as I heard this, I was intrigued.
Huang Mao cleared his voice, "It's really good with our reasoning, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the finances were tight, the people were struggling to make a living, and the long-term war and chaos didn't mention the people, and the treasury was very empty." After five years of Zhu Yuanzhang's development, the country's industries began to slowly improve, in today's words, the level of the national economy has improved, coupled with the tribute of foreign countries in Fanbang, the treasury began to be enriched. Emperor Zhu Laoba was born in poverty, and it was the first time he had seen so much money when he grew up, and Comrade Zhu Laoba, who had lost his parents and brothers since he was a child, was determined to build a 10,000-year foundation for future generations of children and grandchildren. On the one hand, he governed the dynasty and pacified the border, and on the other hand, he also left himself a ladder to withdraw, after all, this emperor has only been in this job for eight years, and he has no idea how long he can work in this profession. ”
"Is that really what it says?" I don't believe my ears a little, this is completely contrary to the official history, you must know that the Ming Dynasty, especially when Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, was a situation where all countries came to congratulate, how could such a confident and successful emperor have such a soft and timid side. But thinking about it again, character determines fate, and environment determines character, if he really does this, it is not unreasonable. It's like if you ask someone who hasn't even gone to school to listen to a symphony, it's good if he doesn't turn his face with you. Zhu Yuanzhang's self-confidence comes from the strength and wealth after the defeat of Chen Youliang, and it does not conflict with the cowardly and timid cowherd baby in his heart.
Huang Mao Guan asked for a cigarette, "Almost, meaning this." ”
Leather Bao'er urged Huang Mao to continue, and Huang Mao spat out a smoke ring, "This very valuable wealth was buried in this vast Yuntai Mountain under the guidance of a monk. Of course, in order to ensure the safety of property, outsiders cannot know, and this group of soldiers must not know either. The matter was kept secret and known only to three people: the emperor - the principal, the alchemist - the intermediary, and the chief soldier - the trustee. The 200,000-strong army emptied the entire mountain to bury the treasures of the Ming Dynasty, and this tragic general soldier was secretly executed after completing the task assigned by his superiors, and the executor was the Fang Shi. He was buried in this territory by driving stakes, and was cursed to live forever to protect the safety of this place, which is why we see such a strange way of tree burial. Speaking of this, Huang Mao paused, as if he felt sorry for the chief soldier, and then sighed, "What's even more terrifying is that the 200,000 army didn't take long to disappear mysteriously in the vast mountains. ”
"Gone?" My mouth opened wide.
"Well, it's gone."
"But the fucking 200,000 people~" Leather Bao'er felt incredible. "And then? What happened to that alchemist? What about the treasure? ”
Huang Mao rubbed his face, "Big brother, this is not a novel, there is no ending." I guess this dungeon was completed at the same time as the corpse coffin above, and I don't know how the priest carved this text later. The reason why it was retained in such an obscure way was nothing more than to give the chief soldier a chance to avenge his grievances, and that master was likely to be killed by Emperor Lao Tzu in the end. ”
After Huang Mao finished speaking, we were in a quiet state for a long time, and we didn't know exactly what kind of ecstasy after the treasure was buried here, we listened quietly to the sound of our own heartbeat, and the stone Yong, which had been sleeping underground for thousands of years, seemed to tell the desolation of history.
"Okay, cheer up, now is not the time for literature and art. We still have a lot of work to do, find the big army, find the treasure, and get out alive. Let's be sentimental and wait for us to live. ”
The silence was broken first by the bag, and a word quickly pulled us back to reality. yes, who the has time to care about the dead, maybe the next second we'll be dead.
We retreated from the squad to the outside of the pit wall, and after a few circles we found no valuable clues. Except for the person with the inscription on the back, all the remaining stone Yongs are almost the same, the same dress, the same height, but the weapons in their hands and their expressions are slightly different.
We turned our curiosity to the point that attracted us first, and the reason why we left it at the last one was that it was too far away from our position to walk over; The second is that we need to look around first to make sure that there is no danger.
It's been almost an hour since we went down to the pit, and we've gradually become accustomed to this strange and strange environment. Don't look at the thousands of people standing around, but after all, they are dead, and the assumptions that I had in my heart at the beginning are slowly disappearing.
We walked through the dense crowd and walked for about ten minutes to finally reach the center of this pit room. When we looked here at the entrance of the secret passage, we could only see a little bit that it was an open space, and when we walked here, we found that there was a square platform in the open space.
In the center of the open space of ten meters square, there is a boxy stone platform, the platform is not very high, a total of three steps, we climbed the stairs and found that there is a square bluestone slab on the top. There are two dragons on both sides of the bluestone slab, the teeth and claws are lifelike, the center of the bluestone slab is picked off with a tool, filled with light yellow translucent colloid, and the yellow hair leans down and smells, "It's wax oil." ”
I also leaned over to smell it like a yellow hair, and I can't describe the smell. The taste is very strange, there is a faint fragrance when I first smell it, this smell seems to have been smelled somewhere, and after a few puffs, there is a smell of stinky socks mixed with rotten eggs that have been put for half a month.
"Gwoon~ Your wax oil stinks so much?" I retched and asked Yellow Fur.
Huang Mao smiled playfully, "Who told you to lie on your stomach and smell it endlessly, I said it was wax oil and didn't say anything wax." Depending on your performance, corpse wax is more likely. ”
Hearing Huang Mao say this, I hurriedly jumped and ran away, although the bluestone platform is not big, but the dug up piece should be filled with corpse oil, at least a few people. I was sick at the thought of the scene where the corpse grease was slowly pouring into the platform.
"Look at your virtue, I'm just saying maybe. The corpse oil has a short storage time, especially in this not very confined space, it is easy to oxidize to black-brown, you see that this square table is still this semi-transparent light yellow for so long, and the composition should be very complicated. Anyway, I advise you to smoke less, maybe it is toxic and harmful. ”
I hurriedly spat a few mouthfuls of phlegm, and said to myself, curiosity kills cats, and I don't dare to smell things in the future.
The bag shone a flashlight inside, and hurriedly beckoned us over, "Come and see, there seems to be something else here." ”
I don't know what the composition of this wax is, there are very few impurities, and it is faintly translucent under the light of the flashlight, and we open our eyes to take a closer look, and there is really a vague black shadow inside.
"What's the matter, so mysterious?"
Leather Bao'er shook his head, "I don't know, in ancient times, in order to prevent things from oxidizing and getting damp, they would be sealed with wax. It's definitely a treasure in such an important position nowadays. ”
I heard that it was a baby, and several of us had blue light in our eyes, and Huang Mao shouted, "Dig it up, dig it up!" ”
"Huh? You see there's a little print here. I sat on the stone platform, half-leaning over to look at the wax grease, and the flashlight inadvertently shone on the edge of the stone platform and the wax oil.