Chapter 18: Bats
Professor Zhang probably didn't quite understand, his brows were very strong, and he muttered to himself: "If this monster is not a symbol of imperial power, then what would it be?" Could it be that he represents theocracy? β
We were frightened by his speculation, and the standard immediately disagreed with this point of view, he said: "What bullshit theocracy, if he is a god, he will be destroyed by the three of us, I think it is a monster, the Guloulan people have a short view, and they think that this kind of monster is the existence of a god, so they offer it." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
We all walked around the three-story temple, and although there were many things that people couldn't figure out, there were no valuable clues, which made people a little disappointed. Professor Zhang took pictures of all the statues with great interest, and planned to take them back to some experts to study, maybe to find out what was going on.
Going down to the bottom, we were about to walk out of the temple, when Liu Feiyu suddenly said, "Huh? He seemed to have found something, and then shouted excitedly to us, "Come and see, why are there five small holes here?" β
We walked up to her and looked down her finger, and yes, underneath the statue of the witch, there were five small holes, arranged in a row. Professor Zhang felt that something was wrong, so he wiped off the dust next to the small hole with his sleeve, and as the dust around the small hole was cleaned up little by little, a pattern appeared in front of us.
The pattern is very strange, it looks like a closed gate with a monkey-headed man carved on it, and the five round holes open on the top of the door. The door looked like it had been carved out, but there was a gap between the two doors, giving the impression that it could actually be opened.
"What is the meaning of carving a door here? Is it the gate to hell? The mark felt that the door should be open, so he took out the dagger and inserted it into the crack of the door, and when he inserted it, he didn't expect the dagger to really be inserted. Surprised, the sign said to us, "Damn, isn't this a carving, but a door really opens on the ground?" β
We were also deeply suspicious, and our interest was aroused at once, and we took out the tools we used to pry the door, and prepared to open the underground door. But the gap in the middle of the door was as if it had been poured with molten iron, and no matter how hard we tried, it really couldn't be opened, wasting all our enthusiasm.
Wu Jian pondered for a moment, pointed to the five round holes on the top of the door and said, "Those five round holes will not appear on this door for no reason, maybe it is a mechanism to open the door, or it may be the keyhole to open the door." β
I shone a flashlight into those small holes, and found that it was very deep, in short, I didn't see the bottom, and the mark was a little unbelieving, so I took out a rope from the backpack, tied a screw to it, and put it in the round hole. The rope slid down little by little, about ten meters into the end, and the mark turned back to Wu Jian and said: "It's so deep, if it's a keyhole, how long do you say the key should be?" β
I thought it was strange, but those five round holes weren't keyholes, so why did they appear on the door? Others discussed it for a while and did not come up with a plausible explanation. I looked at the five holes, and for some reason, they were so familiar, as if I had seen them the size of them somewhere.
I looked at the mark, and the guy's eyes wandered, and as soon as he saw my gaze, he immediately turned his face to the side, as if to avoid my gaze. At that moment, I suddenly thought of the crux of the problem, so the thief smiled and said to him: "Sun Dasheng, there must be something strange under this door, if you don't go down and take a look, how can your old man be willing?" Don't hide it, take out the key that opens the door to the treasure. β
"What, he has the key?" The other people's faces were full of surprise, and their eyes were all on the mark, and it was hard to imagine how the mark had the key to open the door.
Biaozi covered his chest with both hands at once, glared at me fiercely, and then pretended to be confused and said, "Old Yang, did you fall from the sky and break your brain?" Fuck I'm not a descendant of the Guloulan, where did I get the key? β
Li Yishan looked at the mark, then at me, reacted at once, and said affirmatively to the marker: "Fat thief, do you want to make your words clear, so that you will cooperate obediently?" Besides, maybe it's really a treasure cave down there, wouldn't it be a pity if you didn't go down and take a look? β
The mark snorted heavily, knowing that this matter could not be hidden, and finally took out the five emerald night pearls, but he said: "Let's declare in advance that these five gems are my heirlooms, and they have to be returned to me when they are used up." After speaking, he winked at me and Li Yishan, and motioned for the two of us not to demolish him.
Tan Jia glanced at me, his face was full of suspicion, he looked at the mark with a sly gaze, and asked with a smile: "To be honest, do you have something to hide from us, what is going on with these five beads, since they are your family heirlooms, how can they be related to the gate in front of you?" β
Li Yishan and I glanced at each other, feeling a little weak in my heart, and the label grabbed the conversation and said: "Where did I hide it from you, didn't I just say it, these five orbs are passed down by my ancestors, because they have the effect of warding off evil spirits, so I have always carried them with me." He pretended to be excited and continued: "Haha, I really didn't expect that my family heirloom would be involved here, could it be that my ancestors are descendants of the Guloulan people?" It's such a coincidence, and it really has its own providence in the dark. β
The eyes of others were full of suspicion, but it was just doubt, as long as Li Yishan and I did not break the painting skin of the mark, it would be dead without proof, and the mark could be said whatever he wanted.
Tan Jia obviously knew that there was a problem between us, but she couldn't speak, so she had to snort coldly and said to the standard: "Since you don't want to say it, I won't force you, but you can rest assured, after the things are used up, they will definitely be returned to you, without further ado, hurry up and open this stone door!" β
Biaozi nodded with satisfaction, and carefully took out the five emerald green night pearls from the fresh-keeping bag, even in this daytime, the green light on the beads was also very dazzling, shining on the green of our faces. Compared with the five small holes on the top of the door, the size is really the same as the emerald green night pearl, it seems that the emerald green night pearl is really the key to this underground stone door.
The mark threw the night pearl into the small hole, and the night pearl immediately sank, only to see a green light shining out of the deep hole, and when the fifth lesson bead was also thrown in, suddenly the first floor of the entire temple shook, and under our surprised look, the stone door on the ground trembled, and sank violently, making a series of "click, click" sounds.
After a while, the stone door sank to the bottom, and a square secret door appeared in front of us, with a stone staircase slowly extending downward, but we did not know where it led below. There are twenty-three steps of the stone staircase, and when you reach the end, you find that there is a road more than three meters wide in front of you, which leads straight into the darkness ahead, and you can't see the end at a glance.
The four walls of this road are made of large bluestone, which looks very solid, and there are copper lamps hanging on it, and there will be one five meters away. The shape of the bronze lamp is very strange, and even Professor Zhang can't be named, but it is too old, and the oil in the copper lamp has long dried up.
"What about the stone door that sinks down?" The label looked left and right several times, but still found nothing, and scolded with a sad face: "His grandmother's, the stone gate is gone, my heirloom is gone, I don't care, you have to compensate for my loss when I go back." β
Looking at the angry appearance of the standard, everyone couldn't help it, and couldn't help laughing, but no one paid attention to him. While shouting about his family heirloom, Biaozi scolded us for being inhumane, and actually enjoyed his pain as pleasure, knowing that he would not take out the beads.
Wu Jian stretched out his hand and touched it in front of him, then turned back to us and said, "There is a wind blowing out inside, there is no need to worry about the problem of oxygen, but the yin qi inside is very heavy, I suspect that this is an underground tomb." β
Biaozi seemed to think of something, and suddenly became energetic again, and said to us: "I'll just say, those archaeologists have been looking for Guloulan for so long, why can't they even find the ancient tomb at the level of the royal tomb, it turns out that they are looking for the wrong place." It's so hidden here, and it's built under the temple, it must be the royal tomb. Hehe, don't be stunned, let's hurry up and prepare things. β
When we got to the top, we stuffed the food and necessary tools into the baggage, and after everything was ready, Tan Jia said to Liu Feiyu kindly: "Thanks to you all the way, we will get here, and now that your task is completed, it's time to take a good rest." β
Liu Feiyu is a clever girl, hearing Tan Jia say this, although the expression on her face was extremely unhappy, she still nodded, seeing her like this, Tan Jia explained: "It's not that I won't take you down, but there are too many dangerous factors in the ancient tomb, we can't let you go on an adventure, listen to my sister's words, just wait for us with Zi Butterfly on it, okay?" β
Liu Feiyu nodded and smiled: "Sister Tan, we understand your intentions, don't worry, I will never secretly follow you, besides, I still have to take care of those camels." β
Glancing at Chen Zidie, who was silent, Tan Jia turned around and said to us: "I am very worried about leaving the two girls here, I have decided, Liu Dapeng and Sun Dabiao will cancel this operation and stay to take care of the two of them." β
Liu Dapeng's face changed, his mouth moved a few times, as if he wanted to say something, but as soon as he saw Tan Jia's sharp eyes, this soldier who kept to himself lowered his head and chose to accept all the arrangements. After knowing Liu Dapeng for so long, I found that as long as it was Tan Jia's order, even if he was extremely reluctant, he would accept it silently, and I admired his spirit of obedience, which was simply a typical military model.
"What? Do you want me to guard the camel from above? Biaozi thought he had heard it wrong, and it took a while to react, and he immediately stopped doing it, shouting: "What does this mean, the feeling is to unload the mill and kill the donkey, I can tell you, such an arrangement, Biao Ye, I will never accept it, you find someone else to replace my place." β
Tan Jia said with interest: "It's difficult to do this, there's no way, then follow the old rules, vote to decide everything, and the minority obeys the majority, so it's always okay!" Turning his head to look at us, Tan Jia continued: "Raising your hand means opposition, and if you don't raise your hand, you are in favor, let's start voting now!" β
Biaozi didn't think about it, the first one raised his hand, looked left and right, and found that he was alone with his hand, so he turned his eyes to me and said: "Lao Yang, you have to support your brother at the critical moment, don't play with me anymore at this time, otherwise my brother's heart will really break!" β
Last time, I felt ashamed of the target, as his best friend, he turned against each other at a critical moment, not to mention the target, even the saint will have fire. I didn't hesitate too much, I raised my hand, and then Wu Jian and Li Yishan also raised their hands, but the others didn't react, obviously, they all accepted Tan Jia's arrangement.
Biaozi glanced at Sankra, then at Professor Zhang, and immediately said dissatisfied: "You two are so disappointed in me, hey, I still treat you as friends of life and death, I didn't expect you to treat me like this." β
Tan Jia was smug for a moment, and was about to announce the final result, but was interrupted by Sankra, he glanced at Chen Zidie, turned back to Tan Jia and said seriously: "Let me take Sun Dabiao's place, I will volunteer to stay here to take care of others." β
Tan Jia looked a little surprised, but she didn't ask much, nodded and agreed. The happiest person is the marker, he hugged Sankra, and said excitedly: "Oh, big bald head, I didn't expect me to blame you, sure enough, it's still buddy, you are the most righteous, next time you have something, as long as you say hello, buddy is on the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, and he will never say anything." β
Sankra didn't say anything, just smiled, and looked at Chen Zidie from time to time. However, Chen Zidie stared blankly at the outside of the temple, not knowing what he was thinking, and he didn't care about what we people were doing at all.
After taking the things and greeting the people left behind one by one, a group of six of us went down to the corridor. When we were outside, we were standing there and doing nothing, and we were all sweating profusely, but as soon as we got inside, we felt cold all over our bodies, and even goosebumps came out, and the sign said that it was because the yin qi was too heavy.
The road is very smooth, there is no slope, there is no place to turn, it is so straight ahead, we walked all the way over, about ten minutes of walking, there is a stone room in front. The stone chamber was half as large as a living room, and contained five large clay pots, the thickness of a water tank and the height of two people.
Five large clay pots are placed in the middle of the stone chamber, which looks like five pillars, and it is not known what such a large clay pot is used for or why it is placed here. There was nothing else in the chamber except for the five large clay pots, but on the wall opposite us, there was a corridor, the same scale as the previous one, and it was very deep inside, and I don't know how it went.
The sign circled around the five large clay pots, and said with some curiosity: "Water in the desert is more expensive than life, is such a large clay pot used to hold water?" Biaozi knocked on the big pots with his hand, and there was a crisp sound, and Biaozi said in surprise: "This clay pot is very thick, it feels like a wall." β
Professor Zhang said: "In the past, there were such large clay pots in ancient tombs, which generally contained sacrificial items, such as cow skulls, sheep skulls and other things. The people of Guloulan worship sorcerers so much, and nine times out of ten, the items contained in them are also sacrificial items. β
Li Yishan seemed to be extremely interested in the contents of the clay pots, and said: "If these five clay pots are really used for sacrifice, there must be ritual utensils in them. Ritual vessels are generally engraved with witch scripts, which are more valuable for research, should we go in and have a look? β
Biaozi is most concerned about antiques and other things, and nodded again and again at the moment and said: "He is right, those things are the most valuable for research, and they are all first-class precious cultural relics when they are brought out, since we have encountered them, we naturally can't miss them." β
Tan Jia rarely objected, but said: "Whatever you want, but hurry up, if there is nothing valuable in it, come down immediately." β
Biaozi suddenly became excited, walked in front of one of the clay pots, squatted down, turned back to Li Yishan and said, "This clay pot is too high, I'll go up to you." β
Li Yishan nodded, stepped on the shoulder of the marker, and was pushed up little by little. Li Yishan grabbed the edge of the clay pot, stretched his neck to look inside, only glanced at it, he didn't know what he saw, his face changed, he turned around and jumped off the body of the mark.
Before we could come forward to ask, Li Yishan held the clay pot with both hands, hunched his back and began to vomit, and asked inexplicably: "I said good brother, what did you see in it, why did you vomit when you came here?" Is it full of dead people? β
Li Yishan vomited for a while before he recovered, and he said, "Nonsense, if it's a rotting corpse, can I vomit like this?" I'll tell you, the jar was full of black water, half of it, and the most disgusting thing was that the black water was full of palm-sized bats, and the sour smell rushed straight out, and I almost fainted from the smell. β
Biaozi was stunned for a moment, and said: "I have only heard of using snakes and chickens to make wine, which has the effect of invigorating blood and nourishing qi, but I have never heard that people can also make wine with bats. β
Knowing that the clay pot was a disgusting bat, we all felt that our stomachs were tumbling for a while, and Tan Jia didn't want to stay longer for a moment, urging us to leave quickly. Bypassing the big clay pots, we continued to walk towards the road, and just halfway through, Wu Jian suddenly stopped, and he said, "Something is wrong, there seems to be something behind us!" (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.) )