Jiangxi Lei Gong Mountain is majestic and straight, majestic and magnificent, the momentum is overwhelming, the priest tomb is found at the northern foot of Lei Gong Mountain, when we arrived, the ancient tomb has only left a pothole, next to it is to clean up the ruins and broken walls. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The archaeologists were busy in the rescue restoration of the ancient tomb site, Du also gave us a new identity, enough for us to enter and exit unimpeded, the person in charge told us that the collapse of the priest's tomb is a catastrophic loss for archaeological research, and now the restoration work can no longer restore the original appearance of the ancient tomb.

"Wen Ru is an old fox, there is no important discovery, he will definitely not act rashly, this time he dared to hold Zhiqiu hostage, it can be seen that in the priest's tomb, Wen Ru must have found something, so he dared to make a desperate bet." Ye Jiuqing said in a low voice.

I also thought the same way, the collapse caused the ancient tomb to be completely destroyed, and I could not find any clues in it, so I proposed to the person in charge of archaeology that I wanted to see the photos taken after the discovery of the ancient tomb, hoping to make a breakthrough.

"That's all there is to know." The person in charge said bitterly. "The day before the landslide, a fire broke out in the archaeological institute, and all the first-hand research materials about the ancient tomb were burned, but fortunately there were no casualties, and it was to make up for the losses caused by the fire, so the ancient tomb will be re-investigated."

We don't have to guess to know that it was not a fire at all, but a man-made arson, and Wen Ru wanted to eliminate all the information and clues about the ancient tomb.

"Zhiqiu, Ye Zhiqiu also went in at that time?" Ye Jiuqing asked in a gloomy voice.

"You know Xiao Ye." The person in charge sighed heavily. "There was no Xiaoye among the people who originally arranged to enter the ancient tomb, she insisted on going in, what a good seedling, just like that......"

I pursed my lips and couldn't speak, Ye Zhiqiu could have been safe, but I asked her to come back here, and it was because of me that she insisted on entering the ancient tomb, because Ye Zhiqiu knew that the temple was the Twin Cities of the Demon Kingdom, and finding that place was of great significance to us.

Ye Jiuqing patted me on the shoulder, he should have seen my remorse: "Life and death are in the sky, you don't have to blame yourself too much, besides, Zhiqiu is just missing, if you think about it in a good place, since she disappeared from here, we will start to find it from here." ”

I nodded, and the others went down to the ancient tomb ruins, the collapsed masonry has been cleaned up, and now only the outline of the ancient tomb remains, for the tomb exploration, I believe that everyone here is not as good as Ye Jiuqing, he has been carefully exploring the ruins for a long time.

"What do you think?" Ye Jiuqing turned around and asked me.

"Sitting in the north and facing south, the central axis pattern, the characteristics of the tombs in the Central Plains, it is impossible to have other passages around from the ruins." I blurted out.

"I think the same way, then it's even more strange, how could Zhiqiu and Wen Ru disappear for no reason in an ancient tomb with no secret passage?" Ye Jiuqing nodded and said.

"Is there still a possibility?" Tian Ji thought about it and said. "The surnamed Wen did not hesitate to kill Li Xinyang to impostor in order to hide from the world, although there are the names of Zhiqiu and Wen Ru on the entry and exit registration, will he enter or not, Wen Ru quietly brought Zhiqiu out."

"Don't really say it, there is this possibility, if this is the case, everything can be explained, why there were seventeen people who went in, and only fifteen corpses were cleaned out, because before the collapse, there were only fifteen people in the ancient tomb." Xue Xinrou said.

Ye Jiuqing and I glanced at each other, and it was estimated that he also thought of the same thing, after all, this was the only reasonable explanation.

"It still doesn't make sense, if Wen Ru wants to hold Zhiqiu hostage, he has many opportunities to attack, why do he have to enter the ancient tomb?" The palace lord pondered for a long time and shook his head and said. "It's all missing anyway, so why bother."

"There are important things in the ancient tomb, so Wen Ru must destroy them." I nodded thoughtfully, glancing at the cleaned up masonry not far from the ancient tomb ruins.

These ruins and broken walls were excavated after the collapse of the ancient tomb, and in order to find the cultural relics left by the ancient tomb, there are many archaeologists who are sorting out and classifying.

We walked over, the ancient tomb was seriously damaged, and the things that were cleaned up could not be restored, and some of the stone walls could still be vaguely seen traces of color, presumably the murals mentioned by Zhiqiu, because the collapse caused the murals to quickly fade, and now only mottled color blocks remain.

There are also some stones with red blood stains on them, which should be left by archaeologists who were crushed to death when the ancient tomb collapsed, and we have searched for a long time in these remaining ruins, but we have not found anything.

"It is indeed a catastrophic damage, but it is a pity that this ancient tomb, even if it is cleaned up, no valuable archaeological research can be found." Xue Xinrou stood up and shook her head in disappointment.

Staying until the evening, the person in charge told us that the only thing we can do now is to find a way to restore the original appearance of the ancient tomb on the ancient tomb site, and find the architectural characteristics of the Qin Dynasty in the tomb of the Miao priest, which is a unique major discovery in the history of archaeology, but unfortunately it has not been able to completely retain the original appearance of the ancient tomb, which is an unprecedented loss to the study of Miao Xinjiang religious culture.

"Director, when cleaning up the ruins, we found this kind of stone, at first we thought it was the construction material of the tomb, but the stones found one after another, after piecing together, found that it was a huge stone slab, but I don't know what it was used for." An archaeologist came with a stone.

Ye Jiuqing glanced at it unintentionally, and suddenly looked shocked: "Where is the patchwork slate?" ”

The person in charge looked at Ye Jiuqing, probably didn't understand why he would react so much to a stone, and while taking us there, he explained that when he was cleaning up the ruins of the ancient tomb, he found this kind of stone, and he didn't pay attention to it at first, but gradually found that this kind of stone was different from the building materials of the tomb, and it was not even clear until now, the location of these stones in the ancient tomb of the priest.

Ye Jiuqing was silent until he saw the broken stone slab made of countless broken stones, scratched his sparse hair, and looked up at me.

"Do you know what this thing is for?" The person in charge asked.

"I don't know." Ye Jiuqing shook his head.

After the person in charge left, I frowned and muttered: "This doesn't make sense, when the ancient tomb collapsed, Ye Zhiqiu and Wen Ru were still in the ancient tomb." ”

"Huh? Why? Tian Ji was taken aback.

"This stone is called the Falling Dragon Stone." Ye Jiuqing pointed to the stone slab next to him and said.

I nodded, and continued to tell them that the ancient tombs of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, especially the tombs of Wang Sun Guizhou, would use a method of breaking the net in order to prevent theft.

In the process of building the ancient tomb, all the pillars of the entire ancient tomb are not fixed, and under the rammed earth layer on the top of the tomb, there is a boulder as big as the tomb pattern, this boulder is supported by the stone pillar in the tomb, once someone enters the ancient tomb to move the coffin, the mechanism will be triggered, and the stone pillar will break immediately, directly causing the boulder to fall down and destroy the tomb, so it is called the falling dragon stone.

"It turned out to be an anti-theft mechanism, so why don't archaeologists know that this is a falling dragon stone?" Gong Jue asked.

"Where is the real tomb can be found by archaeology, the tomb robbers go in, but where the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are tombs, the first thing to look for is the Falling Dragon Stone Mechanism, as long as the mechanism is not found, no one dares to enter the gold and silver mountains inside." Ye Jiuqing replied with a solemn face. "Once the mechanism of the falling dragon stone is broken, the boulder hanging on the tomb is no different from the sealing stone, so archaeologists think it is the top of the tomb."

"Even if this is the Falling Dragon Stone, what does that have to do with Zhiqiu's disappearance?" Tian Ji asked.

"Why are you so stupid, can you trigger the Falling Dragon Stone Mechanism outside the ancient tomb?" Xue Xinrou glanced at Tian Ji.

Ye Jiuqing nodded and said, Wen Ru first set fire to the first-hand discoveries and materials about the ancient tomb in the archaeological institute, and the rest was to destroy the ancient tomb.

But to activate the Falling Dragon Stone, it must be in the ancient tomb, so when the ancient tomb collapsed, Wen Ru and Ye Zhiqiu were still in the ancient tomb at that time.

"This ancient tomb is not big, not to mention that it has been cleaned up for two years, and you and Uncle Ye have also personally visited the tomb to make sure that there are no secret passages around the tomb, since Zhiqiu and the surname Wen are in the tomb, what about the two of them?" The field chicken is still confused.

"The falling dragon stone is used for anti-theft, not for self-destruction, you must know that the original burial system pays great attention to the preservation of the body, no one wants to be smashed by the stone after they die, and they don't want to be in the wilderness." I don't rush to say.

"Yes, the Falling Dragon Stone is used to prevent theft, mainly to eradicate tomb robbers, and at the same time, at the cost of destroying the tomb, use the collapsed ruins to build a new tomb." Ye Jiuqing said.

"In this way, even if the mechanism of the Falling Dragon Stone is triggered, the coffin in the tomb will not be damaged." Gong Jue suddenly realized, and remembered something halfway through speaking.

The palace lord hurriedly turned around and walked in front of the director of the archaeological institute, and asked if the priest's coffin had been found when cleaning the ancient tomb ruins.

"It's also strange to say, before the collapse of the ancient tomb, the coffin was still in the main tomb, at that time, considering the immaturity of technology, worried that there would be irreparable losses if the coffin was opened rashly, so the coffin has not been moved, but after the collapse, the ruins were in a mess, we cleaned up for two years, and no fragments of the coffin were found." The person in charge shook his head.

Hearing this, a smile slowly appeared on the corner of Gong Jue's mouth, and after the person in charge left, Gong Jue lowered his voice and said, "There is still a dark room in the ancient tomb ruins!" ”

Ye Jiuqing smiled and nodded without saying a word, Xue Xinrou didn't understand for a long time: "Didn't Uncle Ye say that there are no secret passages around the ancient tomb?" ”

"There is indeed no one around, but the archaeological team has not found the priest's coffin so far, indicating that the coffin has been resealed after the Falling Dragon Stone mechanism was activated." I pointed to the ground and looked around to see that there was no one else. "The dark room is not around the ancient tomb, but under the ancient tomb, since Wen Ru can know the falling dragon stone, he must know the dark room where the coffin is kept, before the ancient tomb collapses, he should have hijacked Zhiqiu and hid in the dark room, so there are no two of them in the corpses cleaned up."