Chapter Seventy-Three: The Mural
Nie Haoran looked up at the huge stone statue in the stone chamber with reverent eyes, his face was full of glory and pride, I think he should know very well the great achievements of his ancestors, so much so that he is still immersed in glory.
It's hard for me to believe that a person who cares so much about glory would do something treacherous and betray his siblings, I looked at Nie Haoran and asked with some uncertainty.
"You leaked the roster to the Fuso?"
"That's right! I gave it to them. ”
Nie Haoran didn't admit it in the slightest subtlety, as if he didn't think his behavior was shameful.
Yun Duruo was indignant, took out the human skin tattoo map and unfolded it in front of Nie Haoran, and said loudly.
"This is not a map, this is seventeen lives, and they are the descendants of your ancestors who fought bloodily, although they were not killed by you, but you are an out-and-out accomplice, for your own selfish desires, you have done such a unconscionable thing, can you really feel at ease?"
"I didn't kill them, I just completed our mission ahead of schedule."
Nie Haoran replied calmly.
"Mission?! Your mission is to protect the secrets of Genghis Khan's Mausoleum, not for your own selfish desires to open and keep them for yourself. ”
Nangong Yiyi's rebuttal of rhetoric.
"Nope! You still don't understand that the secret that we shoulder and inherit as the descendants of the Eighteen Red Wolves is not actually the secret of this Imperial Tomb. ”
Nie Haoran shook his head and said to us very sincerely.
"Actually, I knew for a long time what my chest tattoo meant, and if it was to find the emperor's tomb, I wouldn't have to wait until now."
"That'...... So what is your inheritance? ”
Gu Xiaoxiao asked in surprise.
"It's their life!"
Xiao Lianshan, who hadn't spoken for a long time, said coldly behind us.
Our eyes were focused on Xiao Lianshan's body in surprise, I know that in the matter of Genghis Khan's mausoleum, he has been deliberately hiding a lot of things from us, it seems that my guess is right, even if we have found this Kuangshi Emperor's mausoleum, but we have never touched the real secret.
Nie Haoran's gaze also fell on Xiao Lianshan's body, and he suddenly smiled faintly.
"Looks like you're the one who knows everything, right! You're right, what we inherit is actually our life, the blood of our ancestors, to be exact! ”
"Could it be a conspiracy?!"
Han Yu asked in surprise when he thought of something.
"Yes, our ancestors and the Ten Halls Enma once made a contract, we inherit the blood of our ancestors, and sooner or later we will honor this contract, which means that we have to pay with our lives."
Nie Haoran nodded silently, without the slightest hint of obscurity.
"I just helped them deliver on their promises ahead of time."
"So you've admitted that you're an accomplice to the Fuso?"
Nangong Yi asked seriously.
"It doesn't matter, you can say whatever you want."
Nie Haoran replied calmly.
"Come back with us and turn yourself in, although you didn't kill anyone, your crime is unforgivable."
Yun Duruo said in a cold voice.
He ...... He's not going back with us. ”
Han Yu suddenly said thoughtfully beside him.
“……”
I looked at Han Yu in surprise, not understanding what he meant.
"The eighteen red wolves and the ten enms have made a yin contract, no matter what they do, but the promise made by these eighteen people together must be ...... if they want to fulfill it."
Han Yu hesitated for a moment, looked at Nie Haoran and said in surprise.
"Eighteen people must be sacrificed with their lives, you just said that you want to fulfill your promise in advance, and you are also a descendant of eighteen red wolves, right...... Are you going to be like everyone else? ”
"If I can come here, I don't plan to leave again......"
Nie Haoran did not answer Han Yu's words directly, took a deep breath and said calmly.
"What happens if the contract is honored?"
Han Yu asked seriously.
"The result...... You don't want to know the results. ”
After Nie Haoran finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the depths of the stone room.
"Stop, you are an accomplice in seventeen murders, you can't escape."
Yun Duruo's hand had already pressed to his waist, and he said to Nie Haoran in a stern voice.
"Escape...... Hehe. ”
Nie Haoran glanced back at Yun Duruo and replied easily.
"It seems that you still don't understand, no one can go out again when you come here, I can't, you can't, it won't be long before we ...... We are all martyrs in this imperial mausoleum, you don't have to worry about me running away, but I want to see more before honoring the contract, here is just one way, I will wait for you in front, secret, haven't you always wanted to know why the Fusang people are looking for Genghis Khan's mausoleum, the secret is in this mausoleum, there is not much time left for you, let's experience it. ”
Nie Haoran spoke very smoothly, without the slightest threat and arrogance in his words, as if he was calmly telling us a story, even if the story was to be exchanged for his life, but there was no trace of panic and worry on his face, but there was still expectation and yearning.
A person who is looking forward to death, I can't understand what he is thinking at all in my eyes, but I can see that Nie Haoran is not perfunctory, he is from the bottom of his heart, and he does not care about Yun Duruo's movements at all, and after finishing speaking, he turned around and walked to the depths of the stone room, and his back gradually disappeared from our sight.
I recalled Nie Haoran's words, it is obvious that there are other secrets hidden in this magnificent imperial tomb, I can't see the ** of wealth on Nie Haoran's face, he didn't come here for any treasure like us, it seems that our previous speculation was wrong.
Nie Haoran came here to honor the Yin Deed, although he didn't say the result of the contract in the end, but I vaguely felt that it would not be a good thing, I patted Yun Duruo's hand lightly, signaling her to take it easy, since Nie Haoran dared to come, he didn't worry or even consider our existence, his fearless appearance only showed that Nie Haoran did not plan to leave here.
I was more concerned about the secrets he had just revealed, and I wondered what little-known secrets were hidden in this mausoleum, and the stone chambers reflected in the blood-red light now looked particularly strange, and the lines that had been drawn had formed a complete mural pattern all around us.
In the first mural, a baby was born, and he was worshiped by many people, and the people in these murals were supposed to be Mongolians, and the baby was holding a blood-red object in his hand, shining in all directions.
"The baby on this mural should be Genghis Khan, the legend says that when Genghis Khan was born, he was holding a blood clot in his hand, and after breaking it open, it was found that it was a blood clot in the shape of a Sulu ingot, and the Sulu ingot in Mongolia represents the meaning of the god of war, so the Mongolians have always said that Genghis Khan is a god and hero sent by the immortal heaven, and he is born with the right to live and kill."
Nangong Yi pointed to the mural and said to us.
This is the mausoleum of Genghis Khan, and it is understandable that there are murals related to him, but after seeing a few murals, we gradually hesitate, there are very detailed records of Genghis Khan in historical documents, and the murals engraved in the mausoleum should show Genghis Khan's magnificent life and spread his great achievements.
The first fresco is about Genghis Khan's origins, and the following in this order should be a historical description of his rise and expansion, but the frescoes here do not seem to record that.
From the beginning of the second mural, there are many people protecting a child on the run, and then there is a desperate army, in the mural, these troops are killing and slaughtering continuously, many unarmed people are lying in the desert, and what is even more surprising is that these massacres actually bite the crowd that fled in a hurry, the whole mural completely vividly shows a picture of hell on earth, even if we stand under the mural, we can feel the heinous tragedy.
Nangong Yi frowned and said in surprise, it is recorded in the literature that Genghis Khan did experience a lot of twists and turns in his childhood, and experienced massacres and wars, but it was only a dispute between Mongolian tribes, but the troops who attacked and slaughtered in the mural were not from the Mongolian tribes at that time in terms of clothing and weapons.
The third mural is a high-spirited young man, that should be the grown up Genghis Khan, he rode a horse and held a silver steel spear to lead a group of death-defying warriors to rush to the opposite enemy army, although the enemy is outnumbered, but from the mural to see that the warriors led by Genghis Khan, but the attack is overwhelming, those large number of well-equipped troops panicked and fled without a fight.
"Looking at the age of Genghis Khan in the mural, it is recorded in the literature that he was eighteen years old when he led the army to attack the city, which was also the only defeat in more than 60 wars that Genghis Khan experienced in his life."
Nangong Yi pointed to the mural and said.
"Could it be that this mural records the famous Battle of the Thirteen Wings in later generations?"
Gu Xiaoxiao asked curiously.
"The reason why Genghis Khan lost the Battle of the Thirteen Wings was because the enemy was too strong, but the enemy army that Genghis Khan attacked in this mural does not look like a member of the Mongol tribe."
Nangong Yi looked at the mural in surprise and said.
"Could it be that there is a discrepancy in the records in literature and history, and Genghis Khan also launched other battles?"
The third mural should be a continuation of the second one, the war has entered a white-hot stage, both sides have suffered heavy losses, the corpses in the mural are all over the field and the blood is flowing like a river, Genghis Khan's army was finally surrounded by the enemy and I am outnumbered, and in the mural, Genghis Khan held it high with one hand, and something shone in his palm, and the enemy troops who surrounded it hid their faces and fled in panic and did not dare to approach.
We don't understand what this mural wants to reflect, if it is a symbolic way to show Genghis Khan's might, it is a bit exaggerated, from the mural to see Genghis Khan and his subordinates have been in danger, but because of the shining things caused the enemy army to suddenly chaos.
I frowned and wondered for a long time, pointing to the mural and saying thoughtfully.
"These troops besieging Genghis Khan don't seem to be afraid of him, but what Genghis Khan is holding in his hands."