Chapter 23: Infants
Leaving the burial pit, we went straight to the tomb group behind, and walked to one of the wooden towers, we stopped, looked carefully, and found that as described in the information, the wooden towers were made of square giant trees, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, like a cone, with a height of six meters. On the periphery of the wooden tower www.biquge.info is a circle formed by seven giant trees, one circle after another, spreading out in all directions in a radial shape.
As early as a long time ago, some people speculated about the meaning of the Sun Tomb, but there is too little information left by Gu Loulan, so there is no way to find out the origin of the Sun Tomb. Some scholars believe that perhaps the Loulan people worship the power of the sun, and the reason why their tombs are also built in the shape of the sun, perhaps in their opinion, the sun is a magical and beautiful place, and they cannot go there during their lifetime, and the soul after death may be able to reach the real sun through the sun tomb.
But what is going on is never conclusive, everything is just speculation. We looked at several wooden pagodas in a row, and found that both the appearance and the scale are exactly the same, obviously the identity of the bitter lord here is the same dignity, but it is difficult to say whether it is the tomb of the kings of the past dynasties.
At this time, the expression in Biaozi's eyes was complicated, and he didn't know what he was thinking, but after a while, he said slowly: "Let's open a few wooden towers and take a look, maybe there will be epitaphs and other things left inside, if that's the case, all the mysteries should be solved." ”
Li Yishan said: "Fat thief, didn't you say that if the corpse is buried in the place where the yin qi gathers, it will definitely become a zombie?" In that case, why should we take such a risk, have you forgotten how powerful that monster is under the haunted house? If it weren't for Brother Yang's child's blood, we would all be hung up that time. ”
Tan Jia added: "The most worrying thing is not this, but that there are so many wooden towers here, if we destroy other wooden towers during the battle, have you thought about what the consequences will be at that time?" Seeing that the mark was silent, she continued: "When the time comes, I am afraid that dozens or even hundreds of zombies will surround us, even if we plug in our wings, we will not be able to escape." ”
Biaozi smiled bitterly: "Lao Yang and I came here for a different purpose than you, you are here to find the secret of immortality, and we are here to find a way to break the corpse poison, this is my last chance for Lao Yang and me, if we miss this time, we will fall into a place of no return, so we have no choice at all." ”
My heart moved, it turned out that Biaozi had always wanted to find the king-level mausoleum, not only for the treasures in the ancient tomb, but more importantly, to find a way to break the corpse poison and get rid of the corpse poison on the body. When he didn't say that, I almost forgot about the purpose of going here, and I couldn't help but feel ashamed when I thought about it.
In fact, what the label said is very right, we were poisoned by the corpse in the nest of the water monkey, and the underwater nest is implicated here, we have to find a way to break the corpse poison, it is nothing more than to come to the ancient Loulan site to find clues. But time has passed, the old site of Guloulan has become a ruin, we can't find a clue at all, in this case, maybe the choice of the mark is correct, now our only way, is to get the answer we want from the tomb.
According to the Chinese tomb system, there will be epitaphs and the like in ordinary tombs, but of course, I am talking about large tombs, not lonely tombs on barren mountains. But now we are facing these two biggest problems, first, will the tomb customs of the ancient Loulan people be different from the tomb culture of the Central Plains, and there will be no narrative epitaphs or silk books in it at all.
The second question builds on the first question, and it is also Tan Jia's biggest concern, that is, how to deal with the zombies inside. It's not as simple as dealing with one or two zombies, it's a hundred, just a few of us, let alone dealing with those zombies, I'm afraid it's a problem to get out.
Tan Jia pondered for a long time, but remained silent, and seemed to be unable to make up her mind. Wu Jian and Professor Zhang looked to the side, as if what we were discussing had nothing to do with them at all. Li Yishan was even more bastard, looking at Tan Jia for a while, and then at me and Biaozi, with a look of good show on his face, it is estimated that he would like us to fight with Tan Jia.
The atmosphere of such a dead silence was stalemate, a cigarette was smoked, and still no one spoke, the standard couldn't help it, and turned to Professor Zhang and said: "Old Zhang, you have also been poisoned by the corpse on your mother's body, but don't want to stay out of it, now you are talking, whether this wooden tower should be opened." I can tell you, don't play a side game, your decision is related to the life and death of the three of us in the future, oh! By the way, there is also Lao Cai. Four lives, you can do it yourself. ”
Although Professor Zhang has not said anything, but I have been paying attention to his expression for a long time, when I heard the sign propose to open the wooden tower, I remember very clearly, his expression is a little unnatural, one moment seems to be very excited, and the other seems to be very lonely, I don't know what kind of calculation is in my heart.
Asked by the label by name, Professor Zhang knew that he could no longer escape, sighed, and said to us: "Now that the back road is sealed, there is no other way out in this cave, and if the wooden tower cannot be opened, it has no practical significance, even if we find the secret method to crack the corpse poison and find the elixir, can we change the situation in front of us?" ”
I thought it was strange before, Biaozi and I suggested opening the wooden tower, as Professor Zhang, who was also poisoned by corpses, it was a good and harmless thing, but why did he keep silent? Now when I heard his explanation, I realized that my vision was too short-sighted, and the current problem had nothing to do with corpse poison at all, but how to find a way out, otherwise everything would be in vain.
Biaozi said disapprerovingly: "Haha, it turns out that you are worried about this problem, then I tell you, you don't need to take this matter to heart at all, if my prediction is right, within two days, someone will definitely come down to save us." ”
Except for Wu Jian's piece of wood, everyone else was obviously taken aback, and Professor Zhang couldn't help asking, "What do you mean by that, kid?" It seemed that something suddenly came to mind, and he exclaimed, "Could it be that you have secretly gathered a group of men and horses and have been following us all along?" ”
Biaozi shook his head and smiled mysteriously: "Wrong, wrong, if I had so much ability, would I still fall to this point today?" Don't guess, you'll understand. Okay, now it's time for us to discuss whether to open the wooden tower or not. Lao Zhang, don't talk about it anymore now. ”
Looking at the unfathomable appearance of the standard, I couldn't help but tremble, and suddenly found that I felt as if I had met him for the first time, and became a little strange, which made me very uncomfortable, and I felt betrayed.
Seeing that Biaozi was so sure, Professor Zhang didn't ask much, was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "Since you kid is so sure, I naturally don't have any opinions." Although others were still skeptical of the target, they saw that Professor Zhang had expressed his position, and now there was no better way, so they had to agree.
"It's no problem to work, but after tossing for so long, I'm already hungry, why don't you eat something first to replenish your strength?" Li Yishan suddenly became active again, staring at the mark and smiling ill-willedly: "Fat thief, I know that you have hidden a few bottles of Erguotou, and at this time, don't you take them out, do you want to give them to Lord Yama as a gift?" ”
Biaozi was slightly moved, and said in a little surprise: "Damn, I hid it so secretly, and I never took it out, how did you kid find out?" ”
Li Yishan smiled proudly: "Haha, last night when it was convenient for you to go out, I had already turned over your backpack, what you have in it, of course I know, don't be verbose, take it out quickly." ”
We sat on the floor, took out things like eight-treasure porridge and canned food, and waited for the labeled second pot. Biaozi's face was full of painful expressions, and he tinkered in the backpack for a long time before he took out a bottle of Erguotou, Li Yishan immediately protested, he said: "Fat thief, aren't you so stingy, I obviously remember that there are three bottles of Erguotou in your baggage, how can you only take out one bottle now?" You're the grandma's almost catching up with a penny iron. ”
Biaozi glared at Li Yishan fiercely, and then turned around and took out the remaining two bottles of Erguotou, and was afraid that he would suffer a loss, so he poured himself more than half a bottle first, raised his head and drank it all in one go, but he stunned us, and said in his heart This kid turned out to be a wine barrel, no wonder he will bring wine with him anytime and anywhere.
Among the six people, only Tan Jia didn't drink, and Wu Jian only drank a small glass, and the rest of the wine was divided between the four of us. The two pots brought by the standard are in large bottles, and one bottle has a weight of two catties, and after calculation, we drank an average of one catty per person. The alcohol content of Erguotou is 65 degrees, which is considered a high degree of liquor, and the four of us drank so much that our faces were naturally red and a little drunk.
The mark burped, touched his bulging belly and said, "Okay, I have eaten what I should eat, and I have drunk what I should drink, I said should we start work now?" ”
Li Yishan had the worst amount of alcohol, and he was already seven points drunk at the moment, and with the strength of the wine, he said arrogantly: "Start work...... Definitely going to get started. After he finished speaking, he staggered to his feet and walked towards one of the wooden towers, but after only a few steps, he fell to the ground, and he couldn't help but curse: "Good manner, why did it start to earthquake again?" ”
"I'm drunk like this, how can I start work?" Tan Jia looked at her watch and said to us: "It's ten o'clock in the evening, let's all sleep, and the matter of opening the wooden tower will be talked about tomorrow." ”
Li Yishan had already stood up from the ground at this moment, and when he heard Tan Jia say that he was drunk, he shook his head and said vaguely: "I'm not drunk, you are drunk, little girl, it's none of your business here." ”
"You're ......!" Tan Jia gritted his teeth angrily, and really wanted to step forward and slap Li Yishan, but then he held back the anger in his heart, and just said coldly: "I don't want to deal with a drunk, you can do whatever you like, it's not me who suffers anyway." ”
Li Yishan staggered to the wooden tower, looked at it here, looked at it there, but didn't know how to start, because the wooden tower was sealed very well, and there was not even a gap.
"This kid seems to be really drunk, so let's leave him alone." After carefully looking at the wooden tower in front of him, the sign said: "If you want to open the wooden tower, you can only climb to the spire and remove the wood on it all the way in order, but those woods are too huge, and we will definitely not be able to move them." I have a good idea, but it's a bit risky, I wonder if you should think about it? ”
Professor Zhang said: "You kid has a lot of ideas, if you have any ideas, if you don't say it, how do we know if we can do it?" ”
The sign pointed to a giant tree on the ground and said: "We will work together to carry a giant tree, and according to the method of soldiers attacking the city gate in ancient times, we will knock the wooden tower in front of us into a gap, which is the most time-saving and labor-saving." But what I'm most worried about is that if I am hit by a giant tree so hard, there is a chance that the entire wooden tower will collapse and damage the contents inside. ”
Professor Zhang thought for a while, and said helplessly: "Your worries are not unreasonable, but there is no better way at the moment, so you can only try your luck." ”
patted Li Yishan on the shoulder, and said, "Drunken Ghost Li, it's time to start, come with me." ”
We chose from seven circles outside the wooden tower and chose a giant circular tree that was three meters long and almost half a meter in diameter. The six of us took our positions, picked up the log, and with a hard suffice, put it on our shoulders.
This log weighs at least 500 catties, and it feels heavy on the shoulders. The mark said at the front: "Hold on to me, if you fall, you have to break your legs, and ah, when you charge later, everyone's pace must be consistent, so that there can be impact." ”
Shouting the slogan "One, two, three," we shouted and rushed towards the wooden tower in front of us. Rushing out ten meters away, the log hit the wooden tower, only to hear the "bang!" in front of it! There was a loud bang, and the log on our shoulders paused for a moment, then jerked back, almost falling off our shoulders.
The mark shouted in front of him: "Don't fucking panic, you must not let go at this juncture, if you let go, something will happen." Then he shouted again, and on the count of three, we threw the log off our shoulders at the same time. The log was so strong that it made a dull noise when it fell to the ground, and smashed a stone into the ground with a few cracks.
We breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat beads on our foreheads, and turned our heads to see that luck seemed to be good, the wooden tower was half a meter high from the ground, and a hole the size of a water tank was knocked out by a log, and there was no problem for people to enter from there. However, the entire wooden tower has been knocked out of shape, and I don't know if it will collapse later.
It was dark inside the gap, and we walked over with curiosity, and at the same time turned on the flashlight and shone into the gap, and saw a large stone bed in the center of the wooden tower, on which lay a monster with the head of a snake. The monster wore a square gold hat studded with jewels on its head, a broad robe with intersecting red and black lines, and a scimitar and jade pendant around its waist; Its hands rested on its lower abdomen, and it held a bronze chest in its palm, about the size of a brick.
Judging from the skin on the monster's face, its corpse should be fairly well preserved, but this is not surprising, because this is a place where Yin Qi gathers, and as long as Yin Qi does not disperse, the corpse will never decay.
Underneath the stone bed, there are five clay pots with circles of patterns on them, about the size of a bucket. One of the clay pots was destroyed when we knocked it in with a log, and a black liquid was leaking from it, giving off a sour smell.
There was nothing else in the whole tower, but we were not disappointed, but ecstatic, for our purpose was not for the gold and silver jewels, but for narrative objects such as epitaphs, and there was no doubt that the bronze box that the monster was holding contained something like a silk book.
Biaozi was about to go into the wooden tower and take out the bronze box, but at this moment, the clay pot that we broke let out "Gollum! The strange sound came. When we turned our heads, we saw a black thing rolling out of the clay pot, looking like a hairless dead mouse, but the size of the mouse didn't seem to be that big, and I couldn't tell what it was.
Biaozi originally wanted to go in and get the bronze box, but when he saw such a disgusting thing suddenly rolling out of the clay pot, he began to hesitate. I knew that he was most afraid of seeing these disgusting things, so he said, "If it doesn't work, let me go, don't force yourself too much." ”
Biaozi has never been reckless in this kind of thing, nodded and said: "Then be careful yourself, the corpse of that monster may not be able to cheat the corpse at any time, you go back quickly." I nodded, indicating that I would do as he was told, and turned around and slumped into the tower.
The air quality inside the wooden tower was very poor, and the sour smell of the strange liquid made me feel a tightness in my chest. Knowing that the monster might trick the corpse at any time, I didn't dare to be careless, so I held the submachine gun tightly in my hand and walked towards the stone bed.
But only a few steps away, suddenly the dead mouse in front of me moved, and jumped up from the ground, and now I was closer, and I realized that it was not a dead mouse at all, but a baby, and he even had a long umbilical cord dragging on his navel. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. (To be continued.) )