Chapter Forty-Eight: The Mysterious Mural

When everyone entered the secret passage, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and the fat man and Feng Ling looked at each other and smiled. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

"Grandma's, I almost confessed here today!" The fat man sat on the ground and gasped.

"It turns out that this fat gentleman is also a master! You Chinese people are really unfathomable! Tom exclaimed when he saw the fat man's performance.

"That's right, it's not like you foreigners will make a fool of yourself!" At this time, the fat man completely forgot that he and Feng Ling and the others were still Alice's captives.

"Dare to scold Mr. Tom, you are looking for death!" Tom didn't say anything, and the big bald head on the side looked very excited.

"Yo! You just can't change eating! Start licking your new master's feet so soon! The fat man looked at the big bald head with disdain.

"You!" Although the big bald head was angry, he was speechless for a while.

"! If it weren't for the sake of money and life, I wouldn't bother to pay attention to these foreigners! The big bald head could only scold in his heart, in fact, the big bald head didn't want to die for Alice and the others, it was completely a last resort in this situation, plus Wang Bao had just died, now is the time for him to establish his prestige in front of his subordinates, this is a rare opportunity for him, once this expedition is successful, he will gain fame and fortune! Not only can you get treasures, but you can also take the place of the king leopard.

"That's it! Mr. Fat is also a great achievement this time, let's not care about it for the time being! But I still advise you to be honest! Tom looked at the fat man contemptuously, Tom knew that Alice still kept the fat man and others, one was because he was afraid of Zhu Qi, and the other was that the fat man and the others still had some use value, and when the thing was done, one would definitely not stay, so just let them live for a few more days.

"Oh! Is it...... "The fat man was about to say something but was interrupted by Feng Ling, Feng Ling knew the fat man's temper, and the temper was completely endless as soon as he came up, and now he and the fat man and others were still in Alice's hands, Feng Ling knew that Alice and these people were ruthless, and more things were better than less, so as to avoid extraneous branches.

When the fat man saw Feng Ling reminding him to stop talking, he stopped pestering Tom.

"Tom! Send someone in first! Alice said to Tom.

“OK!” Tom looked at the big bald head, and the big bald head naturally understood what Tom meant, so he led people to the secret passage first, and when the big bald head and others found out that it was indeed a secret passage below, they hurriedly came up to inform Alice and the others, and everyone followed into the secret passage.

The floor of the secret passage is made of bluestone slabs, and the walls are hewn rock walls, which are very smooth, and there are some murals densely carved on them, basically some pictures of hunting and kneeling to the king, and after walking for a while, the content of the murals on the wall has changed, and the murals have appeared Buddha statues, temples, stupas, etc.

It seems that the Dayue clan has really introduced Buddhism at that time, Feng Ling continued to look at it carefully, and the next few murals in a row are an old man with a crown on his head leading everyone to kneel in front of the Buddha reverently, and there are some incomprehensible words engraved next to the pattern.

"Zhu Qi, come and see these words!" Feng Ling said to Zhu Qi, because Feng Ling remembered that when he was in Gujing, Zhu Qi understood the ancient text of the Yue Clan.

Zhu Qi saw Feng Ling beckoning him over, so he walked over to Feng Ling and looked at the words on the wall carefully.

"Immortality?" Zhu Qi muttered softly.

"Immortality?" Feng Ling was puzzled, this mural is obviously painted with the content of kneeling Buddhism, how can it have anything to do with immortality.

"The meaning of this text is that the old king of the Yue clan sincerely bowed down to the Buddha in order to pray for immortality!" Zhu Qi explained.

"King Yue's introduction of Buddhism won't be for the sake of immortality!" Feng Ling was even more confused.

"This old guy is thinking too much!" The fat man said disdainfully when he heard Feng Ling's words, it is no wonder, I usually hear that most of the people who cultivate the Tao and become immortals are immortal, or they have escaped into the Buddha Gate to cultivate and become a Buddha, and they have an immortal golden body.

Feng Ling and Zhu Qi ignored the fat man, but continued to look down, and the next mural is that the king of the Yue clan received a messenger in the main hall, and this messenger was dressed as a Han person, and I saw that this Han man was saying something to the king on the throne, and the king had an angry and disdainful expression.

The next mural is still on the main hall, and the Han man is still talking about something, but at this time he has an extra parchment scroll in his hand, and the king of the Yue clan sitting on the throne at this time is smiling and looking very happy, and his eyes are firmly fixed on the parchment scroll in the hand of the Han man.

"The Han envoy to the Otsuki clan?" The fat man wondered.

"The most famous one in history is Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions, and this Zhang Qian has been to the Dayue clan at that time! Could it be that this Han man is Zhang Qian? Feng Ling touched his chin and said.

"It's very likely!" An Qi and Wang Qing on the side nodded in approval.

"At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Zhang Qian to send an envoy to the countries of the Western Regions, just to let them join forces with the Han Dynasty to attack the Xiongnu! The geographical location of the Da Yue clan at that time was the best choice to be able to fight the Xiongnu with the Han Dynasty, and I think this mural should be Zhang Qian trying to convince the king of the Yue clan! Because at that time, the Xiongnu were also the sworn enemies of the Dayue clan! But how can immortality be mentioned here? Angel muttered to herself.

"Immortality is one of Zhang Qian's bargaining chips for negotiation and cooperation!" Zhu Qi said lightly.

"Chips?" was reminded by Zhu Qi like this, but it can be connected with the content of the mural.

"Look at the next picture!" Zhu Qi began to take a serious look at the next mural.

The next mural shows the king of the Yue clan taking the parchment scroll in the hand of the Han man with a smile on his face, and the Han man's expression is also very happy at this time, as if the two sides have reached an agreement.

Along the way, Alice saw that Feng Ling and the others had been carefully studying the contents of the murals, so she signaled the others not to disturb, because she believed that these murals must have hidden very important clues, and Tom had been following Feng Ling and the others to listen to the conversations of Feng Ling and the others.

"Look! Is this the Crescent Spring? Feng Ling said, pointing to the next mural.

"Yes! This is the Crescent Spring! The fat man affirmed.

I saw a crescent-shaped spring on the mural appear in the vast desert, and there are some plants growing on the edge of the crescent spring, and the king of the moon clan led the crowd to stand by the crescent spring, but it can be seen from the mural that the crescent spring at that time was much larger than the current crescent spring, and it looked like a small lake in the desert.

"Look! There's also a huge fish in the crescent moon! Gao Jin looked at the mural and said.

Indeed, as Gao Jin said, there is indeed a big fish in the crescent spring on this mural, most of the fish body is exposed to the water, and the big fish is densely followed by a group of small fish.

"Big fish! Ironback! Giant Ironback! I see, that giant ironback fish was imprisoned by the king of the Yue Clan! As soon as Feng Ling said this, the fat man and the others remembered the giant ironback fish imprisoned in the waterhole, and it was reasonable to say according to the content of the mural, and sure enough, when they saw the next mural, there was still a crescent moon spring inside, but the crescent moon spring at this time was indeed empty.

"No wonder the ironback fish mysteriously disappears! It turned out that he was caught by this old guy! If the ironback fish is captivity at that time! That's been captivity for at least 2,000 years! Poor big fish! The fat man pouted and said.

"It's just that why does the king of the Moon Clan imprison the giant ironback fish?" Feng Ling said softly.

The next mural is that a city appears out of thin air near the Crescent Spring.

"City! Could it be that the king of the Yue clan later built a new city near the crescent moon spring! Feng Ling looked at the mural and said to the fat man.

"No wonder there is another Zhaowu City in addition to Linze, there is another city here, it is estimated that the king of the Yue clan has built another city here in order to find the secret of immortality!" The fat man guessed.

According to the fat man's statement, it makes sense, otherwise how could another city appear near the crescent moon spring.

"That's a lot of money! Could it be that the ancient city we were in before was the city in this mural! Gao Jin said on the side.

"It's not impossible!" Zhu Qi continued.

The next mural depicts a giant ironback fish imprisoned in a waterhole, and the king of the Yue clan ordered a knife to make several cuts on the ironback fish, and then took out the blood from the ironback fish and put it into something similar to an alchemy furnace.

"Wouldn't it be good to boil live fish directly, what are you doing with fish blood!" The fat man looked at the mural and said disdainfully.

"Could it be that this is alchemy!" Feng Ling muttered.

"That's right! Legend has it that the blood of the ironback fish has the effect of prolonging life and immortality! Zhu Qi on the side spoke again.

"Do you believe it?" Feng Ling asked rhetorically.

"However, the elixir refined with fish blood obviously did not achieve the effect expected by King Yue! Look at the next mural! Zhu Qi replied.

Sure enough, as Zhu Qi said, in the next mural, the king of the Yue clan was so angry in front of the Han people that he directly overturned the alchemy furnace, and the Han people kept pointing to the sheepskin scroll and talking about something, as if he was explaining something.

Then the content on the next mural is to recognize that everyone is very surprised, because this mural appeared on the head of a fish body, this human head fish body is on the calligraphy and painting in the hands of the Han people, only to see the Han people holding a parchment roll and a mermaid portrait in both hands to say something to the king of the Yue family, the king of the Yue family at this time The expression of the king of the moon at this time is not as angry as before, but a little skeptical.

When they saw the portrait of the mermaid, in addition to Feng Ling, Fat Man and Zhu Qi were very excited, Alice and Tom's eyes were even more shining, because the purpose of their visit to Huaxia this time was to find the legendary mermaid, which was also what the person behind had been looking for at all costs for decades, but the excitement was excited, Alice and Tom did not show it on their faces, but continued to look at the mural carefully and listen to the analysis of Feng Ling and others.

The next mural shows the king of the Yue clan gathering his army, and then the king points to the portrait of a mermaid in the hand of the Han and says something.

"This king is supposed to send someone to find the merfolk!" Angel spoke at this point.

"I think so too! It's just that there are no mermaids in this world! These people also want to live forever and want to go crazy! Wang Qing continued.

The next mural shows a scene of war, and the army from unknown places has captured the castle in the painting, and the captured castle is not the same as the castle by the crescent moon.

"This should be recorded that the Huns attacked the Yueshi, the Yueshi was defeated, and the Zhaowu City in Linze was captured, there is such a record in history!" Angel said, looking at the mural.

Feng Ling and the others also nodded, agreeing with Anqi's statement.

The next mural shows the king of the Yue clan kneeling on the ground very reverently, and in front of him stands a statue of a mermaid.

"Didn't you say that after the Great Moon Clan was defeated by the Xiongnu, the King of the Yue Clan was killed? Why is he not dead in this mural? Didn't he die then? Angel was puzzled when she saw the mural.

"Indeed it is! There are quirks! And how do I think that the king of the Yue clan kneeling in front of the mermaid statue is repentance! ”

"Repentance? Could it be that he has offended the mermaids? Ha ha! I think he's frustrated because he didn't find the merfolk! The fat man teased.

Although the fat man was ridiculing him, everyone felt that there was still some truth.

"Did the King of the Moon Clan find the mermaid or not! It's too early to tell! Zhu Qi said lightly.

"If the content of the painting is true! So where would this mermaid statue be? Alice, who had not spoken, finally couldn't help but ask, because the purpose of her trip was a mermaid, and now she finally had some clues, so naturally she would not let go.

It's a question that everyone wants to know.

"I can't tell where it is from the painting alone, let's look at the next mural first!" Feng Ling said.

However, the mural came to an abrupt end here, and it was not that there were no murals left, but that the remaining murals were artificially damaged, and it was no longer possible to see the contents of the murals at all.

"Grandma's, at the critical moment, the mural was destroyed!" The fat man yelled.

Seeing that they couldn't see the content of the next mural, everyone was very disappointed, and the clue was broken here.