Warber asked me how I felt, and I shook my head and said it was fine, just a headache and I was weak and tired.

Hua Bo nodded, took out a cloth full of red dates, and distributed them to everyone.

Junko asked curiously, "What kind of jujube is this?" It's so beautiful, it seems to be shiny. ”

Hua Bo said: "This is not a date, this thing has some origins." I walked around in this big hole yesterday, and found that the hole at the top of the cave shot a beam of sunlight, and a small tree grew in the place where the sun shone, and this thing was the fruit of the small tree, I didn't know what it was, so I took some and tasted it, the taste was sour, and I felt very refreshing after eating, non-toxic, and had the function of collecting essence and replenishing blood and nourishing vitality. Only then did I remember that it had been recorded in ancient books, and according to legend, as early as the early Warring States period, there was a popular folk tonic in Zhao Di, which was shaped like a jujube, and was called ' Dogwood's energy after eating, the local people paid tribute to the king of Zhao, the king of Zhao did not pay attention to it at first, and then the kidney deficiency and back pain, the imperial doctor gave the king of Zhao to take this thing, I did not expect that within a few days, the king of Zhao will recover as before, when he learned that it is the effect of this medicine, he was very happy, and rewarded the people who offered the medicine, and planted this thing in his own garden, and then his pet Ji gave birth to a leak, when he was in danger, the imperial doctor also used this thing to save the pet Ji. Now I have also picked some of the seeds of this dogwood, and when I return to the Central Plains, I will scatter them all over the country for the benefit of the people. Everyone eat this dogwood quickly to replenish blood and vitality. ”

Everyone listened to Hua Bo talk about this thing amazingly, and they didn't know whether it was true or not, everyone grabbed a large handful and stuffed it into their mouths, and they didn't know if it was a psychological effect or that this dogwood really had a miraculous effect, and after eating, they really felt a lot more energetic.

Monk Zhiguang said: "The little monk and the junior brother Zhijing just went to the other end of the cave to explore, and found that it was open, there was a big hole dug by the ancestors, I don't know what place it was, there were marks at the entrance of the cave, but I couldn't understand it. ”

Junko looked around and sighed, "Could it be that this is also carved out by the ancestors?" ”

Zhiguang said: "This should be a natural karst cave, the cave wall and road are irregular, the hole that the little monk saw is completely different, the cave wall and road are extremely smooth." ”

I took out the compass and identified it, the hole that Zhiguang said should be the direction of the ancient Qiang Tuoguo.

The next day, I felt that my strength had fully recovered, and everyone else was in good spirits, so I set out to head deeper into the cave.

Sure enough, as Zhiguang said, there is a cave with extremely obvious artificial traces on the other side of this big cave, although it is much smaller than the karst cave we are in now, but it is also three or four zhang high, and it is more than enough to run three or four carriages side by side, and the cave is pitch black, and I can't see what is inside, the cave wall and the tunnel are not only smooth, but it is like being polished, and it is very smooth. The stream flowing into the cave beneath our feet seemed to have a few words carved into the stone wall at the entrance of the cave, but it was not clear at all.

Hua Bo stared at these words for a long time, and only said that they seemed to be somewhat similar to the words in the Taisu Ancient Scroll, but he couldn't make out what they meant. It is indeed a bit strange to have to dig such a wide stone passage into the stone, and how can there be such a place in such a remote place?

Da Zhuang lit a torch and probed into the cave, nothing abnormal, I walked a few steps into the cave, breathing smoothly, Shunzi also quickly chased up, and walked a few feet away, I felt something wrong, so I grabbed Shunzi and made a silent gesture to him, Shunzi stared at me with wide eyes, and didn't dare to move, quiet, deathly quiet, nothing, I asked him in a low voice: "Did you hear any sound just now." ”

Shunzi shuddered, looked around, and said in a trembling voice: "No, no, Brother Yang Zi, what did you hear?" ”

"A woman's voice, she seems to be crying, crying."

Shunzi hugged me, "Yang, Brother Yang, don't scare me!" ”

I reassured him, "Oh, maybe I misheard." Worried that he was afraid, I added: "I have some dizziness and tinnitus, most of which is due to a lack of qi and blood, it seems that the body has not fully recovered, and the auditory hallucinations are also normal, no obstacles." ”

Junko didn't know if he understood it or not, Mu Ne nodded, he held the torch in his hand, the flame was tilted outward, it seemed that the hole was ventilated, and the stone walls on both sides were still smooth and flat, without any abnormalities.

I turned around and waved my hand outside the cave, and everyone lit a fire to penetrate the fish, keeping a distance from each other just in case, and slowly walked forward with half a pillar of incense. Suddenly, a large black coffin appeared in the stream, this coffin was extremely unusual, although it was floating on the water, but the stream flowed to the depths of the cave, this coffin did not move at all, the huge black coffin was placed in an extremely correct position, and it should have never been moved.

This is indeed too unreasonable, although the ancients chose the acupoint to pay attention to a Tibetan wind and water, the five elements are not lacking, but for the coffin, the most concerned is waterproof, there is water in the tomb is taboo, the coffin of their ancestors is eroded by water, rotten, the corpse can not be preserved, the ancestors are not at peace, that is to harm the descendants, how can there be a coffin in the water?

Junko stepped forward, poked into the coffin with the torch in his hand, stared at it without blinking, and sighed: "There is no rope hanging, strange, it is really floating." As he spoke, he reached for the lid of the coffin.

"Don't move!" Da Zhuang and I shouted in unison, and Junzi quickly retracted his hand and said in a panic: "Huh? What's wrong? ”

Hua Bo said: "It's better not to disturb the ancestors. ”

I leaned down, pulled out a carved arrow to the water, but did not see the bottom, and then flicked up, the arrow touched the bottom of the coffin, and I knew the mystery, so I said: "Look, this coffin draft is not deep, at most only three inches, if such a heavy coffin floats on the water, it should be at least a foot deep, it is estimated that there is a stone pier at the bottom, and the coffin is placed on the top of the stone pier, if you don't look carefully, it is like floating on the water." ”

Da Zhuang scratched his head and puzzled: "Although there is a stone pier erected, but the bottom of this coffin is also next to the water, if it goes on like this, the coffin will be soaked in two days, you said that in such a big place here, where is the coffin not good, but it is left in this water?" ”

I can't answer this question, so I can only avoid the important and say lightly: "This coffin is made of gloomy wood, even if it passes millions of years, it will not rot, and it is cut out of a whole piece of wood, and it has excellent airtightness. ”

Junko asked, "What is gloomy wood?" ”

I explained: "This kind of wood legend is that the ancient mythical beast Candle Dragon was defeated by Kunpeng, and in a fit of anger knocked down Shu Mountain, and the trees on the mountain sank into the Kunlun Abyss, buried under the water silt for tens of thousands of years, not rotten, jet black, not floating with water, so it is called 'gloomy wood'." ”

Shunzi said with a look of admiration: "Brother Yang Zi, you are really knowledgeable." ”

In fact, I know so much, I still saw it from an ancient book at home not long ago, and this time it can be regarded as learning and selling.

Hua Bo added: "The ancestors of ancient times were extremely worshipful of water, there is water to have life, King Yu turned the world into Kyushu, Kyushu is along the Yellow River to live, perhaps the placement of this coffin is also secretly in line with this." In addition, the natural cave we just passed through can absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, and it is full of wind and water, and it is also a treasure. ”

What Hua Bo said is quite reasonable, according to this inference, this place should be the ancient Qiang Tuoguo cemetery, the Han people pay attention to the soil for peace, and the Qiang people just have different concepts. Besides, if you can use a gloomy wooden coffin, and those buried here must be unusual people in the coffin? Could it be......

"Hey...... There seems to be words engraved on the lid of the coffin, but it is not clear to read. Da Zhuang screamed abruptly, pointing to the lid of the coffin with his hand.

When I looked closely, there were a few lines of hieroglyphs faintly on the lid of the coffin, and because of the age, I am afraid that even if I knew these words, I would not be able to distinguish them.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, making people's hearts hairy......

My heart was raised, and everyone else looked around, but I didn't find anything abnormal, but this place was unlucky, so naturally I couldn't stay for a long time, so everyone settled down and continued to move forward.

Only out of a dozen zhang and then there is a coffin with a unique appearance, the ancient text on the coffin is still unrecognizable, and then go forward, the more you walk, the more frightened, every dozen zhang, there will be a pair of such gloomy wooden coffins, which are placed in the center of the stream.

Da Zhuang said humbly: "Will we bump into the ghost and hit the wall again, how can we all see it like the same coffin." ”

Junko couldn't stand the fright, "Why don't we go back." ”

I said, "This cave is straight and straight, there are no turns and no forks, where did the ghost hit the wall?" ”

Hua Bo observed very patiently and carefully, and said: "Although these wooden coffins look similar, the wear and tear are not the same as the ancient characters on them, and they are not the same. ”

Even so, we walked in the cave for more than two hours without end, and we were about to collapse, and by the last gloomy coffin, Warber said that if he was not mistaken, it was the one hundred and eighteenth.

Look at this coffin is very different from the previous one, it is inlaid with a lion pattern made of pure gold, the corners are also wrapped in pure gold, and there is a two-foot-high stone tablet on the coffin, which is not like an ordinary stone tablet, slightly clear, it is carved from a whole piece of jade, so it seems that this last coffin is obviously much more gorgeous than others.

I hurriedly put the torch in front of the stele to get together, the age of this stele is not too old, the inscription on it is very clear, and it is not an ancient character, but a Chinese character that we can all understand, it is written: The edict said that Gaiwen Zhou Feng 800 is to get Kyushu I am not virtuous by the blessing of the temple to unify the four seas Naxi Regions Wen Qiang Tuo sent in Yanhuang De Shoulder Yao Shun Heaven and earth inspired Tigaro to be the king of Qiang Tuo to calm the hearts of the people in the first month of the second year of Taichu.