Chapter 61: The Tomb of the Ghost King

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Li You carefully observed the river in front of him, and with the help of the surrounding references, he roughly calculated the distance from the position under his feet to the other side of the river. The result of the calculation is between forty and sixty kilometers. This is still the distance between straight lines, and it is tortuous to walk, and it is impossible to reach it without walking more than twice the distance.

But the most important thing Li Youxia lacks now is time, more than 100 kilometers of mountain roads, he can walk slowly in a few days.

Also because of Li Qi by his side, Li You was not worried about any danger. The fierce beasts in the forest basically did not dare to approach Li Qi's hundred meters. Li You saw along the way that the place they passed through was full of rumors, and the beasts fled in a hurry. From pheasants and hares, to finches and partridges, to giant pythons and leopards, they all came out of hidden places and fled into the distance. Li You even saw a wild bear with the cub panicking, and almost planted in the cliff.

In this way, although the danger has been reduced a lot, it cannot be said to be a completely good thing for Li You. Because it was difficult for him to hunt game, he could only eat all the way to find wild fruits and the food in Qin Yi's backpack. However, Li You didn't know when he would leave this deep mountain, and he had to save on the food.

Li Qi seemed to be familiar with this area. Although there are basically no roads in the vast mountains, Li Qi can always take Li You and Qin Yi to find the small ditches that have been washed out by the mountain torrents. These ditches are not deep, but they are not completely covered by shrubs, like a series of paths, and walking along them saves not only time, but also strength. In this way, Li You found that he could go to Jiufeng Chaolong's side in a shorter time.

And after talking with Li Qi all the way, Li You also knew that the Ghost King Tomb and the Nine Phoenix Dynasty Dragon Tomb were not far away, and they were built next to each other. However, the age of the ghost king's tomb was built slightly later than the dragon tomb of the Jiufeng Dynasty, which should be built in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the era of Mu Tianzi.

The tomb of the ghost king was also built by the Zhou royal family. But it is impossible to determine who is buried inside. The Ghost King's Tomb is not the original title of this mausoleum, but from the mouth of a mysterious person who fooled Li Qi and the ghost general. It's just that Li Qi doesn't know what the original name of the Ghost King's Tomb was.

Li You was very curious about the identity of the owner of the Ghost King's Tomb. Although the Ghost King Tomb is likely to be built by the Zhou royal family to cover the Dragon Tomb of the Jiufeng Dynasty, the identity of the owner of the tomb who can be buried here cannot be too low. You must know that the Zhou Dynasty was an era that emphasized the ritual system, and the hierarchy was extremely strict. The person who can mix in to cover for King Wen of Zhou must not be too low, at least the status of the princes and kings, or an important figure in the royal family.

And the age when the tomb of the ghost king was built is the era of King Mu of Zhou. King Mu of Zhou's surname is full of Ji's name. He was the fifth king of the Western Zhou Dynasty. It is an extremely mythical king in ancient times, and there is a "Biography of Mu Tianzi", which contains a lot of myths and legends about King Mu of Zhou.

During the reign of King Mu of Zhou, he conquered the dog Rong several times, formulated punishments, and traveled around the world, and defeated the legendary king Xu Yan in the Huai River Valley, and consolidated the position of the Zhou Dynasty as the suzerain of the world. But also because King Mu of Zhou went out to hunt and conquer for many years and was not in the center, it also led to the gradual reduction of the control of the Zhou royal family over the princes.

Li You had no intention of evaluating the gains and losses of King Zhou Mu's life. But the tomb of the ghost king may be from the hand of Mu Tianzi, by understanding Mu Tianzi's life experience, we can roughly deduce who the owner of the tomb of the ghost king is. It's not very precise, though.

In the era of King Mu of Zhou, the major princes and kings have been quite powerful, coupled with the influence of the ritual system, the tombs of the princes and kings have their own specifications, and it is impossible for the princes to be handed over to the Zhou royal family to accompany the burial after their deaths, which can basically be ruled out as the tombs of the princes who were enshrined in the Zhou royal family.

Li You's mind went to the famous ministers around King Zhou Mu at that time. But Li You unexpectedly found that he didn't know any of the famous ministers in the era of King Mu of Zhou. There are only two people in my memory: the Father and the Yanshi.

However, the father was only the chauffeur of King Mu of Zhou, and it is said that he was able to build a treasure chariot that traveled thousands of miles in a day and 800 at night, and was driven by eight divine horses. And Yanshi is a strange person that King Mu met on the way to the west, and according to today's eyes, he should be an engineer who is ahead of his time. He was able to create talking and dancing dolls, and he was also proficient in other techniques, and his skills made King Zhou Mu very magical.

But Li You knew that no matter whether it was a father or a Yanshi, no matter how outstanding their craftsmanship was, in the society at that time, their status was not high, and it was impossible to become one of the tomb owners. The skills of the two of them, as engineers who built the tomb of the ghost king, seem to be okay.

Suddenly, Li You's eyes lit up. In the era of King Mu of Zhou, it was also the period of the conquest of Pinnai, King Mu of Zhou conquered the dog Rong and captured the kings of the five tribes of the dog Rong; Of course, this was not King Zhou's most beneficial victory. His greatest glory was to defeat the king of Xu Yan, who had thirty-six subject states and had united with the Nine Empires of Zhou many times, the state of Xu.

King Xu Yan was the best foil for King Mu of Zhou in the era of King Mu. It is said that this person was born as a ball of meat, and when he grew up, he had no bones on his body, and his body was soft, and he was the thirty-first king of the Xu Kingdom. After succeeding to the throne, he reorganized the power of the country and usurped the throne, and King Mu was forced to recognize him as the leader of the eastern princes because of his great power. In the end, he united the state of Chu and defeated it.

After the defeat, the whereabouts of King Xu Yan are unknown, and he disappeared into the long river of history. But in Li You's opinion, as the main opponent of King Zhou Mu at that time, and at the same time a character with various magical legends, he was fully qualified to become the owner of the Ghost King's Tomb. It is possible that after being killed by King Mu, he buried it next to the tomb of the Nine Phoenix Dynasty. One is to cover the tomb of the Zhou royal family, and the other may also contain whipping and warnings to the princes of the world.

"Could it be that the tomb of the ghost king is the burial place of King Xu Yan?" Li You muttered to himself. But he knew very well that his conjecture was not reliable, and could only be regarded as an intuition.

Li You took a deep breath, and there was a faint regret in his heart. His purpose was not the Tomb of the Ghost King, so he was unable to verify his hypothesis. He was not one of those scholars of history, and he was not really interested in such puzzles. Unless there were artifacts such as yin and yang talismans in the burial goods in the tomb of the ghost king, or treasures comparable to the value of Shi Dakai's treasure, Li You would definitely not be willing to take the risk.

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