Chapter Twenty-Three: The Golden Lock of the Dragon Gate
The robbery cave is long and bottomless, because the robbery cave is tilted so badly, the three of us slid directly into the ancient tomb. I asked the fat man to release the sparrow he had just caught, tied his legs with ropes, and we followed. I told them to watch the sparrow's mental state carefully, and if something was wrong we had to go back. Although this tomb has been excavated, it is still necessary to be in case of accidental air poisoning.
The tomb was pitch black, Yingzi lit us with a wolf-eye flashlight, I was in front with the fat man, and Yingzi was in the back. Yingzi grabbed my clothes tightly, for fear of getting separated in this dark ancient tomb, I comforted her and said: "Yingzi, don't be afraid, it's the first time for me and the fat man, don't think about it so messy, think about what treasures we can find, take a closer look at the things in this tomb, it's good for you." ”
Yingzi said: "Brother An, fat brother, my heart is up and down, playing the drum vigorously, since I got off the ancient tomb, I feel cold behind my back, I am scared so tight." Yingzi was frightened and called us brother.
The fat man patted Yingzi on the shoulder and said: "Big sister, since you call me brother, I will tell you honestly, there is nothing to be afraid of in this tomb, I think when I joined the Red Guards with Lao An, I haven't experienced anything, in fact, this ancient tomb is the same as people, as long as you are not afraid, it will be afraid of you, maybe this ancient tomb will spit something into your arms." After saying that, he laughed twice.
Yingzi reacted, and her mother said at the time: "Fat brother, why are you so scary, and you still spit things into people's arms, is this tomb already a sperm." ”
I saw that the fat man was getting farther and farther away, Yingzi was already scared, and I was confused, so I said: "Don't listen to the fat man's nonsense, he is blinded by money, and he has been thinking about finding a few treasures for some money, and he can eat a large table of meat dishes, the kind without a single vegetable." ”
"Hey, Lao An doesn't hurt people with such damage, although I am fat, it is caused by my never picky eater, let me tell you two, since we entered the mountain, I have lost at least three pounds." The fat man said with a serious face.
I made a few jokes with the fat man, not to mention, Yingzi didn't pay attention to the ghost, and laughed with us: "I think the fat brother is not three pounds thin, but three pounds fat, look at the fat on his body, tsk ......" and pinched the fat man.
The fat man was not angry, he held his stomach and patted it: "Big sister, I like you to call me fat brother, I will call it that way in the future, I will tell you a secret, I was much fatter than this when I was young, if it weren't for my hard work, I would have spent a long time ago." ”
The two of them were talking with relish behind me, and I didn't dare to be careless in leading the way in front, and turned an intersection, and a stone gate stood in front of us.
I touched the stone door with my hand, and it was carved with patterns, but I couldn't see what it was. Yingzi used a wolf's eye flashlight to shine on the whole body of Shimen, and I was surprised to find that the carved portrait was a strange portrait, but the portrait was just the back, with black clouds under his feet, and thousands of dense small black dots below, and there seemed to be an altar in the middle, which gave us the feeling of a ritual to worship the sky.
We've never seen this thing before, and it feels very depressing from a distance, as if behind the door is an endless abyss, and we don't dare to look at the portrait, but we can't get in if we are blocked, and the fat man is so anxious that he turns around.
I comforted them and said, "Don't worry, I'm sure that this is the Golden Lock Dragon Gate, which was made by hundreds of craftsmen with great effort, and the skills have long since disappeared. The golden lock dragon gate that can be used must not be mortal, this north was a barbarian world in ancient times, but I didn't expect there to be such exquisite craftsmanship. ”
The fat man said impatiently: "Since you have already recognized it, what do you have to say, hurry up and open it, so that you can go shopping inside, my hands have long been itchy, and I am sorry for this body if I don't take out a national treasure." ”
I waved my hand and motioned for them not to rush me to study it. How can the long-lost craft be so simple to say that it can be opened, this mechanism is hidden in the stone door, how easy it is to find it, since ancient times, there are very few such skilled craftsmen, and there are even fewer people who can break this dragon gate. Because each Golden Lock Dragon Gate has its own set of opening methods, if it is not opened too much, it is very likely to trigger the mechanism, so that the three of us cannot leave this place, I must ensure that nothing goes wrong.
But it's strange to say, the first time I met this golden lock dragon gate, I don't know if the person who dug the thief hole went in or not, how did he crack this stone gate.
I groped on the stone door again, and there was really something I didn't know where to start, there was no obvious groove on the golden lock dragon gate, and when I touched the middle of the stone door, there was an obvious bulge, why didn't I see it when I looked at the portrait just now, I hurriedly asked Yingzi to use a wolf's eye flashlight to illuminate, and then I saw clearly, it turned out that this protruding place was nothing else, it was the altar that was densely surrounded by small black dots.
This time, I took a closer look, and I originally thought that this little black dot was irregular, but I didn't expect it to be arranged in the same order according to the stars in the sky, but the Big Dipper was actually arranged in reverse.
My grandfather, who was also Ann Qishan, once told me such a story.
The Big Dipper is the controller of the starry sky, and it is also the root of all stars, as long as it is there, it will be peaceful, and it can ensure a bumper harvest in the world, so people respect and love the Big Dipper.
I don't know what year it was, the Big Dipper actually formed a line, at that time the national teacher said that it was a bad omen, named the Seven Stars Alignment, there will be a catastrophe in the world, the emperor believed it, and asked the national teacher what good strategies to solve such a solution.
The national teacher stroked his white beard and said: "If you want to avoid the next big disaster, it's not that there is no way, it's just that it hurts the sky." ”
The emperor was in a hurry, and he urged him to do so, and such a major event must not be delayed. The national teacher came up with a way to build an altar in the city and sacrifice the sky with the blood of 10,000 people, and maybe there was a glimmer of life.
The emperor is embarrassed, ten thousand blood sacrifices, how cruel it is, if it is known to the people of the world, then it is not allowed to rise up and force me, the emperor, to abdicate.
When the national teacher saw that the emperor was unconscious, he said that if this catastrophe was avoided, then the blessing would not be shallow, and it would ensure the prosperity of the royal family for a hundred years.
When the emperor heard this, he made up his mind, and that night he prepared a decree and sent it to the eunuchs around him. The next day the news spread throughout the city, and due to the rush of time, the altar was not very grandiose.
In the evening, 10,000 people gathered, and at this time the people were kept in the dark, thinking that the emperor had announced a major event to show the world, so there were many people who came.