Chapter 0237: Death Passage
"This thing is a treasure that can be met but not sought, since we let us meet, we have to bring some back. οΌΈβ
With that, Uncle Ma began to collect the shark oil from the lantern on his own, while the rest of us came to a huge stone screen in the center.
By the light of the flashlight, I found a seven-character quatrain poem engraved on the screen:
King Teng's high pavilion is near Jiangzhu, and Pei Yuming Luan sings and dances.
The painting building flies to the south of the clouds, and the bead curtain rolls up in the west mountain rain at dusk.
The shadow of Xianyuntan is long, and the stars change a few degrees of autumn.
Where is the emperor in the cabinet now? The Yangtze River outside the threshold is empty and artesian.
I scratched my head, feeling that the poem seemed a little familiar, as if I had learned it when I was in school, but I couldn't remember what it was called.
Fortunately, there is also a scholar Xiao Wei in our team, she thought for a moment and said:
"This poem seems to be a seven-character ancient poem "Tengwang Pavilion" written by the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Bo."
"Teng Wang Pavilion? I remember that I learned a "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" in middle school, which seems to be a preface written specifically for this poem. Could it be that this huge attic is the legendary Tengwang Pavilion? β
I guessed.
"! Tengwang Pavilion is a famous building located in Changnan City, Xijiang Province, was built in Tang Yonghui four years, because Tang Taizong Li Shimin's younger brother Tengwang Li Yuanying was built and named, and the North Lake Hanwu Yellow Crane Tower, South Lake Yueyang Tower and called the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River. β
Uncle Ma was attracted to our conversation at some point, and interjected angrily.
At the end, he gave me a fierce look.
"But looking at the architectural layout and decoration of this attic, it seems that it is really an imitation of the building built by King Teng's Pavilion, and to have such financial resources and manpower to imitate such a huge attic, presumably the general buried here has a high status!"
Uncle Ma didn't react at all when he saw me, so he speculated again.
In fact, I didn't react anywhere, but I knew that if I did, this old boy would definitely hold on and continue to count me.
In that case, I simply didn't hear it, so that he didn't have to use the topic to play, and maybe he would say something harsh.
It must be admitted that Uncle Ma is really well-informed and knowledgeable, and he knows these historical stories well.
After some inspection, we didn't find anything abnormal.
Passing through the central screen, there is a corridor directly opposite the upper floor.
According to Xiao Pixiu's prompt, the ghost mother and others were in this imitation Tengwang Pavilion at this time.
If nothing else, we'll be able to catch up with them in no time.
Entering the corridor leading to the second floor, the small space gradually became spacious, and finally it was able to accommodate the four of us walking side by side.
At the same time, I faintly smelled a faint smell of blood!
This does not bode well, and I quickly signaled everyone to be vigilant.
The entire corridor spiraled upwards in a zigzag shape, and the further you went, the stronger the smell of blood became.
After turning the corner, you can reach the gate on the second floor through a straight corridor.
At this time, what appeared in front of us was a death passage with countless corpses piled up.
Xiao Wei was eager to save her father, and walked forward quickly to check if there was her father in the corpse.
At this moment, the stone slab under her feet suddenly sank slightly, and then she heard a "click" sound, and two rows of gloomy holes were revealed in the stone walls on both sides of the corridor.
I felt that the situation was wrong, and subconsciously rushed to Xiao Wei.
At the same time, several sharp arrows suddenly shot out from the hole and went straight to Xiao Wei.
I threw Xiao Wei to the ground with a quick hand, feeling a gust of wind whistling by, and the sharp arrow almost grazed our scalp and flew over.
barely escaped the fate of being shot into a sieve, and then looked at the corpses that fell to the ground, with countless sharp arrows stuck in their bodies, like hedgehogs, extremely miserable.
I patted Xiao Wei, who was trembling with fright in my arms, and told her that those corpses were all living corpses created by the ghost mother, and Xiao Hongfei was not among them.
So, we fell back to the corner of the hallway, almost on our stomachs.
At the other end of the corner, the four of us sat on the floor and began to discuss how to pass through the veritable "death passage".
It seems that the ghost mother and the countess used crowd tactics, relying on the living corpses under their hands, all the way to the past.
There are only four of us at the moment, and there is no way we can use such cruelty.
I thought about it for a moment and decided to try using the Vajra amulet to see if I could make my way through this corridor to the gate at the end of the opposite side.
I motioned for everyone to stand by and slowly approached the place where Xiao Wei was attacked before, and then released the Vajra amulet, firmly covering my body, and then stepped into the "Forbidden Land of Death".
Sure enough, the arrow holes on the stone walls on both sides opened again and began to shoot sharp arrows at me.
Luckily, I have a protective shield to protect me from these sharp arrows.
After walking less than ten paces, I suddenly noticed that the number of sharp arrows I shot seemed to increase, and the further I went, the more numerous.
In the end, it rained down like arrows on my protective shield.
I was secretly frightened.
Especially when I saw countless tiny cracks on the protective cover, I couldn't support it, so I made a quick decision and hurriedly ran back before the protective cover was broken.
And the moment I stepped back into the safety zone, the protective cover on my body shattered with a click, turning into golden smoke and dissipating into nothingness.
I stood still, immediately asked Ma Jiaqian for a kettle, and poured a few sips desperately, and finally smoothed out.
I waved my hand and said helplessly:
"This trick is not easy to use now! There are so many arrows in this bow that my protective shield can't hold it up to the end. β
There was silence.
As everyone saw with their own eyes just now, the power of this trap may only be forced through by driving an armored tank car.
"Are we really going to stop there? Those captured villagers, as well as Dean Xiao, really can't be rescued? β
Ma Jiaqian deserves to be a good policeman of the people, and she couldn't help but feel sad when she saw the impassable death passage in front of her.
I saw that Xiao Wei on the side was getting more and more depressed, and seemed to be holding back tears to prevent them from flowing, so I stepped forward to comfort her.
Unexpectedly, she hugged me and buried her face in my arms trembling all over.
My body froze suddenly, and I subconsciously glanced at Ma Jiaqian beside me.
Fortunately, she also understood Xiao Wei's feelings at this time, although her face was a little ugly, it was rare that she did not get angry at me, but twisted her head to the side, pretending not to see it.
"Huh? That's not right! It stands to reason that traps and the like have their own manufacturing principles, and as long as you master their key principles, it is possible to crack them. Shaohui, you tried it just now, did you find anything special? β
Uncle Ma suddenly asked me.