Chapter 15: Frescoes and Stone Pillars
Zhang Xuqiu looked at the iron coffin that fell in mid-air, and said with some reluctance: "You go down the secret passage, I am behind." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Qiao Anxin said: "It's really not good to fight here at this time, since this is a secret passage, I don't know what mechanism is underneath it, and the mechanism in this secret passage should be much more advanced than the snake wine, fire starter, and crossbow in front." ”
He glanced at Zhang Xuqiu, and said secretly, this Zhang Xu Qiu is cunning and cunning, and Jin Mercury is his brother, and this first hole in the ground must be dangerous. Luo Beixi snorted coldly and said, "I'll go down first, and you will follow behind." ”
Qiao An said, "Brother Luo, I'll go down first." ”
Jin Mercury didn't care about the two of them, and walked down the square hole under the iron coffin, which had stone steps to go down, and when Joan saw it, he shouted to stop, but Jin Mercury had already gone down, so he took this powerful flashlight and went down, shining light on Jin Mercury.
Luo Beixi followed closely behind Qiao An, Zhang Xuqiu was at the end, this Zhang Xu Qiu was really a sinister old Jianghu.
Jin Mercury's skills are also quite agile, walking down the last staircase of the secret passage, reflecting the strong light of Joan's flashlight and looking around, this secret passage is not spacious, there are some murals painted on both sides of the secret passage, Joan looked carefully, and found that these murals are the scene of the official fighting with the local snake.
There is only one picture in the painting, which is a man with green eyes in a forest, with nine snake heads behind him, and the official is aiming at the man with a bow and arrow, and the bow and arrow are wrapped around the snake.
Zhang Xuqiu said: "The murals here are really wonderful. ”
Qiao An said: "Don't you have a certificate to take the exam, can you see what dynasty this painting is?" ”
Zhang Xuqiu smiled and said, "Are you testing me?" ”
Joan said, "But I can't see it. ”
Zhang Xuqiu pointed to one of the paintings and said, "Look at this mural." ”
Joan looked and saw that the official was strangled by a big snake. Behind the official, however, stood several monks, all of whom were brightly colored and wore golden robes. Keep your hands together. As if chanting, the official of the mural was wearing a Tang costume, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding.
Zhang Xuqiu said: "This is indeed an ancient tomb of the Tang Dynasty. ”
Joan said, "It's obvious, isn't it?" However, these monks should be the high monks who got it, and they couldn't subdue the giant snake, so they invited the high monks. ”
Jin Mercury said: "Have a few monks broken the formation of the big snake? ”
Zhang Xuqiu smiled: "You are looking backwards." ”
A few people looked at the mural as they walked, and the mural behind it showed several eminent monks sitting in front of a red coffin, sitting there as if chanting sutras. There are also a few skilled craftsmen who are making stones, as well as bows and crossbows.
Joan said, "These are the murals of that official against the serpent. ”
Zhang Xuqiu said: "For so many years, the big snake has not been subdued. ”
Jin Mercury said: "Look at this painting, this person who is like a Taoist priest seems to be very good. ”
A few people looked in the direction of Jin Mercury, and saw a person who looked like a Taoist priest, holding floating dust in one hand and a sword in the other, pointing at a giant snake, whose eyes radiated green light.
Behind it is a mural of an iron coffin wrapped around a rope, and this mural is particularly weird, there is a black hole below, and several ghost heads poke out of the black hole, looking up at the iron coffin.
This portrait is very weird, and after Xu Qiu finished reading this painting, a bean-sized sweat broke out on his head.
Qiao An said, "What does this mean?" ”
At this time, the four of them suddenly became quiet, this secret passage is not too long, and there is an upward staircase in front of it.
The four of them looked at each other, and there seemed to be a sound of walking on the top of the tunnel, and there seemed to be the sound of iron chains hanging on the ground, the sound was harsh, Zhang Xuqiu said: "This is the ghost gate?" ”
Jin Mercury said: "You are so cowardly, and you are still fighting. As he spoke, he took a sip of realgar wine and strengthened his courage.
Walking towards the steps, Joan said, "Be careful, the sound is weird. ”
Qiao An looked up, only to see that there was also a spacious corridor above, Jin Mercury took the lead and walked up, Qiao An followed, but at the moment they just went up, they were frightened, the sound of the chain actually came from the four pillars, just at the exit where they came up, there were four stone pillars, and on the stone pillars were carved four snakes, the snakes had their heads facing down, and their mouths were grown, and at the bottom of the stone pillars, there were four people dressed in blue cloth tied with iron chains, these people were bald, their eyes bulged outward, their mouths were wide open, and their skin and flesh were not rotten. Joan was dumbfounded.
Jin Mercury said: "Why are these people dressed up like this? ”
Joan said, "These four are the evil ghosts in the painting, but they don't look like them." As she spoke, Joan took a powerful flashlight and shone it into the distance, behind the four pillars was a patterned corridor, on which were carved lifelike pictures, and the walls of the tomb were carved with many snake patterns.
Jin Mercury said: "We really fell into the snake's nest, how can we all snakes." ”
Joan said: "The owner of this tomb fought with the snakes, and then sealed the snakes with his own tomb so that they would no longer plague the people nearby. Although he invited a senior monk and Taoist leader, he couldn't subdue the big snake outside. ”
Zhang Xuqiu smiled: "The owner of this tomb really thinks a lot, first, to suppress the big snake, and secondly, the mechanism to prevent us from falling into the fight is also very professional." ”
Joan smiled: "We should go our separate ways when we get out of this tomb, so now it's you you and we are us." ”
Zhang Xuqiu laughed and said, "But with you now, I'm afraid you can't do without me." ”
While the two were talking, they heard the rattling of the chains of the stone pillar. Golden Mercury had already seen a lot of strange things at this time, so he didn't pay attention to this strange thing, so he looked at the chain sideways, and saw that one of the people tied to the pillar suddenly had a red tongue sticking out of his wide open mouth. The tongue swirled around outside, then retracted again.
But the man didn't move, Jin Mercury swallowed a mouthful of foam and said, "Is that person dead or alive, how can there be a tongue coming out of his mouth." ”
Qiao An and Zhang Xuqiu were arguing, and looking around at the surrounding environment, they didn't look carefully at the person locked on the pillar, Qiao An said: "Little gold, don't be scary. ”
Xiao Jinzi said, "I don't believe you take a closer look. ”
Joan shone a flashlight on one of them, and the blue clothes suddenly became bulging, as if there was air in them, and then became flattened again, and Joan was also startled.
Even though Zhang Xuqiu had robbed countless tombs and had a wide range of knowledge, he had never seen this situation, so he said: "Xiao Qiao, your father is well-informed, has he ever seen such a thing?" ”
Qiao An shook his head and said, "How can this thing still move, it's not a living person." As he spoke, he looked at it again.
At this moment, I saw that one of the arms bound by the chain suddenly thickened, and the chain shook for a moment, and then became dry again.
Joan said, "What the hell is this. ”
Jin Mercury said: "Do you say this is the few things on the mural we looked at just now?" ”
As he spoke, the man's eyes suddenly gurgled and then shrank inside.
Joan jumped up in fright and said, "What the fuck is this?"
Zhang Xuqiu patted Qiao An from behind, took out a yellow charm in his jacket, and said, "Maybe it works, I feel that this thing is a zongzi." ”
Qiao An looked at the charm and said, "Do you know this person who chases corpses in Xiangxi?" ”
Zhang Xuqiu smiled and said, "This set of unique skills has become extinct in this world, and no one has ever learned it again." I just got two talismans like the old man in that place for self-defense. ”
As he spoke, he took a charm and walked into a dried corpse, he bit it on his hand fiercely, and Jin Mercury shouted in pain when he saw it: "You old Zhang, you are really not afraid of pain." ”
He smeared the blood into the charm and pressed it to the forehead of a dried corpse.
At this time, the four of them did not speak, looking at this dried corpse.
But the dried corpse didn't seem to be bound by this charm, I saw that one side of his temple suddenly bulged high, and then retracted, and then suddenly shot out of the mouth of the dried corpse some liquid of the same color as water, the liquid was splashing towards Qiao An, Luo Beixi's eyes were quick, and he pulled Qiao An aside and said, "What is this, how can there be a hidden weapon." ”
As they spoke, they only felt that the bodies of the four dried corpses were bulging, as if they were inflated balloons.
Zhang Xuqiu looked down at the puddle of water, he didn't dare to dip his fingers, so he took out the seven-star blade on his waist, and he drew a picture on the puddle of water on the ground, only to see that the water on the ground seemed to be bubbling white.
Zhang Xuqiu said: "This water is poisonous. ”
At this moment, one of the dried corpses stuck out its red tongue again.
Jin Mercury said: "Anyway, these four things look seeping, but they can't move, why are we entangled in these, we can go over." ”
Zhang Xuqiu said: "You look too simple, these four may be the same as the guards guarding the backyard of the deep palace, how can you go over easily, if you don't believe it, you can try it." ”
Jin Mercury took a sip of realgar wine and said, "Try it." ”
With that, he strode forward.