117. Mask
When the slate rose about two inches, it stopped, and I looked from afar, and saw that the size and thickness were about the same as the one at the end, but when I turned my eyes to look, I found that the slate was gone.
"Sheng Shiyao, look at the back!" I reminded him in surprise, and after turning his head to look at it, he explained in a shallow voice: "It's a coupling mechanism, and when this place is raised, the last piece will automatically be lowered." I listened to his ordinary tone, and there was no nervousness, so I walked up, and saw that after the originally smooth stone slab was raised, small inscriptions also appeared, obviously this was another section of Huang Xingyuan's secret technique.
Looking closer, I finally understood how these engravings came about, it is the surface of the slate concave into words, the principle is equivalent to movable type printing, the surface of the slate is a template, the word is concave, but it is different from movable type printing is that it can automatically concave and convex, obviously this has a subtle machine scraping.
The next situation was even more breathtaking, I saw Sheng Shiyao press it somewhere on the flat ground in front of the next stone coffin, and the words of the stone slab depression in front of him were all flattened, and then the whole stone slab slowly descended, and another stone slab rose again. This time, because I was standing close, I could clearly see the hollow characters on the smooth stone slab, which was truly a spectacle.
Zhou Tong exclaimed on the side: "Wonderful, wonderful!" If this was all designed by Zhuang Yu, then his wisdom would be truly terrifying. There are a total of ten stone coffins, each with such an engraved stone slab in front of it, each time one is raised, and the one next to it will be sunk, all at the same time. And I was surprised that many of the contents of these ten paragraphs of Huang Xingyuan's secret techniques overlapped with my grandmother's manuscript, but some of them were different, and there was also a way out in the semantics of the text.
Is this the reason why Zhuang Yu ordered Yang Wenhao to track down the whereabouts of his grandmother Huang Xingyuan's secret technique? It turned out that he also had some fragments in his hands. It's really strange, why are so many remnants of secret art left out? No, the origin of Huang Xingyuan's secret art is a wizard, that is, Sheng Shiyao's previous life, Wu Wang Yao, and the secret art on Zhuang Yu's side should be the most primitive form. Can it be understood that Zhuang Yu has actually been peeking at Wu Wang Yao's secret techniques, and wants to get all of them through various channels, but obviously all he gets are scattered paragraphs.
Thinking about it this way, Sheng Shiyao's abilities are actually Huang Xingyuan, but I don't know if he, who has the memory of a wizard, also remembers all this secret art? The occasion is wrong, I can't ask, so I can only hold it back in my heart for the time being.
Zhou Tong and Liuzi didn't like to study these techniques, and after looking at a few stone slabs, they stood next to them boredly and whispered. After I identified Huang Xingyuan's secret, I also felt a lack of interest, this thing can't be said to be good or bad, in short, it's quite evil. Sheng Shiyao straightened up and glanced at the rest of the stone coffins, and after a little hesitation, he called Zhou Tong and Liuzi to open them to investigate, and the two of them immediately came to their senses.
After humming and pushing away the heavy stone coffin, Sheng Shiyao asked them not to open the coffin and continued to push away the next one, while he fixed his eyes on the gold medal in front of the coffin. I know that he wants to study the identity of the people in these stone coffins, but looking at the gorgeous coffins, you can roughly guess that it should be the kings of Dian in the past dynasties, but the Dian Kingdom has a history of more than 500 years, and it stands to reason that there cannot be ten kings of Dian.
When Zhou Tong and Liuzi pushed it away together, Jian Ningyi, who had been silent, exclaimed again, because the gold medal hanging in front of the ninth stone coffin was in brand new condition, and it was obviously not an old thing, the most important thing was that the inscription on it was clear and pure modern Chinese characters, and the word was recognized at a glance: 聿.
Jian Ningyi just learned from me that Zhuang Yu was the king of Dian in his previous life, and after seeing this sign, he couldn't help but take my hand and ask: "Cheng Xiao, could this be ......?"
I can't answer this question, it stands to reason that Zhuang Yu's name is written, and it should be the king of Dian. At this time, Sheng Shiyao also walked over, and after drifting over the words on the gold medal, his eyes turned to the last one. Zhou Tong and Liuzi immediately understood to push the stone coffin cover, and when the coffin inside was presented in front of me, this time it was my turn to be stunned, the sign hanging in front of this coffin was the same as the previous one, and it was also a gold medal in brand new condition, with only one word engraved on it: Yao.
Zhou Tong, who was standing behind the stone coffin, looked at our faces and asked inexplicably, "What's wrong?" He walked around to the front and took a closer look, "Hey, Brother Yao, the words engraved on this gold medal seem to be Yao in your name." ”
No one said anything, and then he realized that the atmosphere was not right, and looked at us suspiciously.
I tugged at Sheng Shiyao's clothes and asked softly, "Do you want to open it?" "Actually, I also want to ask: if you open the coffin, which one should be opened first? Zhuang Yu's or this Wu Wang Yao's? I feel that this is no longer a bronze figurine, because Zhuang Yu said that he is the last Dian king to disappear in history, including Wu Wang Yao, there is no history to verify, and no one knows where their mausoleum was built. But Zhuang Yu has memories of his previous life, he must know the location of his tomb, and it is likely that he will take out the coffin of Dian Wang Yu in his previous life and transport it to this Dian Island, where it will be arranged with the ancestral bronze figurines. So in these last two coffins, they may be their real bodies in their previous lives.
In the end, Sheng Shiyao raised his hand and pointed to the body with the word "Yu" written on it, and the coffin was pushed open little by little, thinking that there would be an ebony coffin inside like before, but he found that it was empty. It seems to smell a trace of strange fragrance wafting, but I can see that the rest of the people have no different color, and when I smell it carefully, it is gone, but it is my own illusion.
Feeling that Jian Ning's palms were already wet with sweat, knowing that she was extremely nervous, she breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the empty coffin. I quickly felt this feeling, and my heart beat violently as I watched the three of them go to push the last coffin.
If I could have foreseen the future as Ying Ning, then I would have shouted at them at this moment. But I have Ying Ning's soul, but I don't have Ying Ning's memory, nor her ability, I only have a half-tone dream warning ability, and that ability is repeated from time to time, just like the six-vein divine sword of the middle section of the Heavenly Dragon Babu, sometimes it fails and sometimes it works, so I can only watch the situation develop in the worst direction, but there is nothing I can do.
When the coffin with the gold medal "Yao" was pushed open, it was different from the previous one of Dian Wangyu, it was not empty, but it was not a coffin, but a red sandalwood box placed in the middle of the coffin. I was also slightly relieved, there was no way that a box of this size could fit an ancient corpse. To be honest, I have a fear of wizards.
But I'm curious, what's in the box? Obviously, Zhou Tong and Liuzi were also interested in the contents of the box, but Zhou Tong asked Sheng Shiyao eagerly: "Brother Yao, can you open it?" After waiting for Sheng Shiyao to stretch out his fingers and touch it around, and nodded, Zhou Tong walked to the middle of the box, took out a filament from his pocket, and inserted it into the lock hole.
This is the first time I have seen Zhou Tonglu's lock-picking skills, I can't help but be surprised, he sensed my gaze, looked up at me and smiled at me and said, "Little sister, don't worship me too much." The tense atmosphere suddenly subsided, and Liuzi couldn't help but complain: "Okay, Lao Zhou, don't show off, open the box quickly." ”
Zhou Tong wiped the sweat first, and then said while opening the box: "You haven't heard the truth that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." "I was speechless to them, when was this, and I still had the mind to fight there.
When the lid was lifted, we all gathered to take a look, and then I was stunned, and I instinctively looked up to see Sheng Shiyao, and the box contained the silver mask that I had seen twice in the painting. Whether it was the original one I don't know, but reflexively watched his reaction.
I saw that his expression froze instantly, staring at the mask in a daze, and secretly said that he remembered the past? Zhou Tong and Liuzi didn't notice anything unusual, they attached it to study it, Zhou Tong reached in and wanted to pick it up, but he felt that his eyes flashed, the mask had reached Sheng Shiyao's hand, he stared at it, and his eyes were gloomy.
The next second, I was amazed to see that he actually put that mask on his face!
The space seemed to stand still, everyone looked at Sheng Shiyao in amazement, but I was shocked in my heart. Whether this mask is the original one or not, it should also be the size of the face of Martial Wang Yao in the previous life, and Sheng Shiyao, who is attached to Zhuang Yu's body, also fits seamlessly. Could it be that Zhuang Yu's face just matched the size of the silver mask? Looking at Sheng Shiyao like this, I inexplicably have a feeling like a wizard reborn standing in front of me.
The smell of what I had thought was an illusion was heard again, and phantoms began to appear in front of my eyes, all of them were faces with silver masks. I only heard a pop sound in my ears, I turned my head slowly, and saw Jian Ning fall to the ground, and the next moment Zhou Tong and Liuzi also fell to the ground softly, Zhou Tong exclaimed: "Brother Yao, something is wrong." ”
But Sheng Shiyao didn't move, as if he hadn't heard it. Zhou Tong turned his eyes to me and asked suspiciously, "Little sister, why are you okay?" This is exactly what I wondered, why they all fell down one by one, but I could still stand, and hesitated to ask, "Do you smell a strange smell?" Zhou Tong's face showed confusion, "Is there one?" He sniffed again, "There's no smell." The six sons next to him also shook his head and said, "I didn't smell anything." ”
How so? The fragrance was so strong, it was all wafting throughout the space, and it was not as faint as before, how could they not smell it? And strangely, after I turned my head to look at Zhou Tong, the phantom was gone, and when I turned my eyes back to look at Sheng Shiyao, as soon as my eyes touched the mask, the phantom rose again. What's the problem? Be...... The silver mask?
After realizing this, I hurriedly shouted: "Sheng Shiyao, quickly take off that mask!" ”
The person who stood still finally raised his head slowly, but I was shocked in place, his eyes!
Sheng Shiyao's eyes turned dark red again...... There are only two words that come to mind: demonization! This hidden crisis has always existed, but I always thought that he was not his body now, and he could avoid this incident, who would have thought that he would suddenly become demonized after wearing that mask.