Chapter 19: The Underground Palace
Wu Jian never joked, as long as the things that came out of his mouth were always wrong, and because of this, we became nervous. But I'm very strange www.biquge.info we looked very carefully when we came, the corridor was empty, there wasn't even a cockroach, how could there be something after us now?
I chuckled in my heart, I remember that Wu Jian once said that the yin qi in this ancient tomb is very heavy, and there may be ghosts and other things, and such a strange thing has something to do with those yin spirits. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this possibility was very high, and not only was my heart a little weak, but I couldn't help it, and I looked back sharply.
I glanced at it by the light of the flashlight, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, although the corridor behind it was very dark and gloomy, but it was empty, and there was nothing else at all. I thought to myself that Wu Jian might be too nervous, and it was not impossible to make a mistake in judgment.
The others also looked back, looked at it for a while, and said, "I said buddy, in this environment, don't be surprised, it will scare people to death." ”
Wu Jian was also a little surprised, and shook his head with some confusion and said, "Maybe I heard it wrong." After he finished speaking, he continued to lead the way in front, with a thoughtful look, and probably couldn't understand why he heard it wrong!
Although there is nothing to follow, but as soon as this matter is troubled, we all have an extra mind, and our ears are always aware of the movements around us. After walking for less than a few minutes, Wu Jian stopped again, his brows were very serious, and his face was not very good-looking, he said: "Don't go, I'm sure there is something following us behind, everyone be careful." ”
We looked back again suspiciously, it was still the same, the corridor was empty, not to mention things that could move, even a stone could not be seen, not only did we wonder more and more whether Wu Jian was nervous.
We were in a state of panic when suddenly we heard "Squeak! The sound sounded similar to the cry of a mouse, but what made us furry was that we couldn't see half of the living creatures in the corridor behind us, and we didn't know where the sound came from.
After staring at the Yongdao for a while, my heart was getting more and more afraid, and suddenly my eyes inadvertently looked at the top of the Yongdao, at that moment, I couldn't help but shiver, and shouted: "It's bats, a lot of bats, all hanging on the top of the Yongdao." ”
Those bats were at least the size of a rice bowl, and their bodies were covered with black hair, and when the flashlight shone through them, their eyes glowed red, and they looked very weird. But the most terrifying thing is their number, at a glance, they are all densely packed with red eyes, and I don't know how so many bats survive in this enclosed space.
Even though Biaozi was bold, he couldn't help but gasp when he saw so many bats, and he stepped back and said to us: "Don't be nervous, these things can't be seen by their eyes, and they attack their prey entirely by hearing, as long as we don't make too much movement, we probably won't alarm them." ”
We didn't dare to reply at all for fear of alarming those bats, so we nodded subconsciously, turned around slowly, and began to creep forward, hoping to leave here immediately. But after only walking more than ten meters away, there was a commotion behind him, and the sound of countless wings fluttering sounded in the empty corridor.
Biaozi's face changed dramatically at the moment, and he exclaimed: "Oh no! was discovered, and if you don't want to die, run fast for Lao Tzu and find a place to hide. ”
Thinking of a large group of bats catching up behind me, my throat itched, and I felt like there were countless caterpillars crawling inside, and goosebumps came out of my body. After the slogan shouted, I subconsciously threw off my arms and rushed forward desperately, the speed was so fast that even I felt incredible, and I only heard "Huhu!" in my ears. The sound of the wind.
I only ran for a few seconds, and suddenly there was a scream behind me, and when I looked back, I saw the mark lying on the ground and rolling over the wheel, and his body was full of those horrible bats, almost covering his whole body.
It was a terrifying scene, and it was scary to think about, and because the mark was at the back, the attention of those bats was attracted to him, and there were no bats chasing after us again.
Seeing the mark crying and rubbing on the ground, I felt a pain in my heart, feeling like those bats were biting on myself, I couldn't care much anymore, I yelled and bold, and rushed towards the mark.
The distance of more than ten meters was in a blink of an eye, and I screamed for the mark to hold on, and at the same time photographed the bats on his body, but the number of those bats was too much, and not only did I not save the marker, but I also suffered. In a matter of seconds, I was covered in bats, and it felt like dozens of needles had been inserted into my body at the same time, and it hurt terribly everywhere.
The pain was unbearable, and I screamed as I slapped the bats off my body, but the bats were so vicious that the more I moved, the harder they bitten, and they couldn't get it off me. And as the number of bats increased, I felt like I had suddenly gained dozens of pounds of weight, and my body's mobility suddenly decreased.
A chill suddenly welled up in my heart, and I said, am I going to die here, in the mouths of a group of bats? Maybe I felt unwilling, at that moment, I felt a fire burning in my heart, and suddenly I felt an inexhaustible strength in my body. I yelled, and with a sharp lift of my hands up, and as soon as I moved my feet, I swooped forward.
In the blur, I felt a hand grab my arm and pull me forward so hard that I felt my whole body lean forward and almost fall to the ground. The next moment, I smelled a burning smell, and then the bats on my body receded like a tide, and my whole body suddenly relaxed.
I endured the severe pain all over my body, and when I opened my eyes, I saw Wu Jian holding a piece of burning clothes in his hand, which was being pumped towards the body of the marker. The bats seemed to be very afraid of the flames, and when they sensed the approaching heat, they immediately flew away from the marker's body and retreated into the corridor behind.
The piece of clothing was about to burn out soon, so Professor Zhang took off his coat and threw it to Wu Jian. Wu Jian caught the coat in the air, set it on fire, turned back to us and said, "You guys go quickly, I'll block it for a while, don't worry, I'll be fine." ”
At this juncture, it would be a waste of time to say superfluous words, Li Yishan was not verbose, he quickly stepped forward to hold the shoulders of the marker, and walked towards the front with him. Professor Zhang held me tightly behind.
Tan Jia seemed to be a little relieved of Wu Jian, and said: "Don't risk yourself, if you can't do it, you can retreat." Seeing Wu Jian nodded, she left with confidence.
After running for more than ten minutes, we finally came to the end of the road, and there was a bend in front of us, and we turned to see that there was a stone staircase below, which seemed to lead deep underground. We had no way out, and we didn't care if there was a mechanism or something below, so we immediately ran down the stone staircase.
The staircase was not very long, and we soon came to the end, only to be surprised to find that in front of us was a huge underground cave, which had an area of at least 2,000 square meters. The cave is seventeen or eighteen meters high, and the top is full of upside-down stone pillars, but not stalactites.
In front of us there is an artificially constructed channel, about five meters wide, which is very long, leading to the depths of the cave. The canal was used to drain the water, but now it is dry, there is no water at all, and a stone bridge about three meters wide has been erected on top of it, which leads to the opposite side of the canal.
But what surprised us the most was that at the end of the stone bridge, there was actually a magnificent stone palace, which stood there like the legendary heavenly palace. The scene was so shocking that we excitedly stepped on the stone bridge, and when we got to the opposite side, the palace was more than 30 meters long and seven or eight meters high, with a hall-like hall in the middle, and many small rooms on both sides.
We stared blankly at everything in front of us, and we didn't understand that in such an underground cave, who would go to such great lengths to build a palace, and build it in such a secret place, this is really a bit inexplicable.
There is a stone paved square at the front of the palace, with a length of more than ten meters, the width is equal to that of the palace, and there are many stone statues on both sides of the square, all of which are monsters with human heads and snake bodies, which look very weird.
At this time, Wu Jian was annoyed back, he seemed to have just gone through a vicious battle, and there were many more wounds on his body, it is estimated that after we left, Wu Jian and those bats had a fight again. Wu Jian didn't tell us about bats, nor did he care about the injuries on his body, and his attention was all focused on the stone palace in front of him.
Although Biaozi was covered with wounds all over his body, he looked miserable, but after resting for a while, his spirit returned. Looking at the magnificent palace, there was a greedy look in Biaozi's eyes, if it weren't for Tan Jia and these people, it was estimated that he would rush in as soon as possible to find out.
Li Yishan stared at the stone sculptures in the square for a long time, then turned around and said to us with some fear: "These statues are very strange, some have snake tails, some have bull heads, and some have the form of insects on their lower bodies, in short, they are all a combination of people and other animals, there are so many monster statues here, is this palace the lair of monsters?" ”
If I had done it before, I might have objected to Li Yishan's opinion at the first time, thinking that it was impossible, but since I saw the monster with the head of the snake body, I can be sure that since there is a monster with the head of a snake, then the monster with the head of the bull head and the body will naturally exist, so Li Yishan's speculation is not unreasonable.
Biaozi looked at the surrounding environment, and said to Li Yishan with a smile: "What are you kid panicking about, you know that no one has set foot here for many years, even if there are really monsters living here, it was a thousand years ago." Besides, we had a gun with us, and even if that monster did survive until now, we could still kill him. ”
Tan Jia was still a little worried, so she said: "You forgot the monster under the haunted house, it should have lived for at least a thousand years, so there are no absolutes in everything, everyone should be careful." ”
Biaozi pursed his mouth and said: "Even if it really lives to the present, what if it still doesn't die?" Okay, let's discuss that there are various uses for this bird, and instead of guessing here, it is better to go in and find out. With that, he picked up his submachine gun and headed for the stone palace.
There is a stone corridor outside the palace, and at a distance of five meters, there is a large stone pillar towering, the stone pillar is very thick, and there is no gap on it, it should be made of a whole stone. The stone pillar is carved with some patterns such as birds and beasts, although the technique is coarse, not fine, but the image is very realistic.
Through the stone pillar, we walked into the hall, and found that the space inside was very large, on the left and right sides of the hall, there were many bronzes, there were copper tripods, there were also copper beasts, and there were many bronze mirrors, flashlights illuminated the past, reflecting golden light.
Professor Zhang went up to look at it for a while and said to us: "Such a large piece of bronze is rare in the world, and if you sum it up, these things are all national treasure-level cultural relics with great historical value." ”
Biaozi shook his head and said, "Such a large guy, no matter how valuable it is, it's not easy to sell!" Seeing that everyone was staring at him, he knew that he was speechless, and immediately changed his words and said: "I don't mean anything else, I just think this thing is too big, even if I get it out, it's troublesome." ”
Walking along the bronzes, in the innermost center of the main hall, there is a staircase made of white marble, on which is a large seat, which feels like it can be used as a bed. The color of the seat was strange, it was blood red, and it was inlaid with all kinds of gemstones, and it was shining in various colors.
Professor Zhang exclaimed in admiration: "Judging from the scale here, this must be the underground palace of King Guloulan, and this hall is likely to be the meeting hall of the king and his courtiers." ”
Biaozi's eyes turned green when he saw it, and he said excitedly: "So, that big chair is the king's throne?" I've sat on everything in my life, but I've never sat on a dragon chair, and I'm having a good time today. He said this, but he took out the dagger, only afraid that sitting on the dragon chair was fake, and stealing those orbs was real.
Professor Zhang's temperament was afraid that he would destroy the throne, so he persuaded again and again: "The greatest value of that throne is that it is complete, if you die and break it, the value will be greatly reduced, you must not come nonsense." ”
Biaozi put away the dagger and said with a dry smile: "I'm joking, how can I not know the truth you said, don't worry, I just go up and sit, I really don't have any other thoughts." ”
Biaozi walked up the white marble stairs step by step, and finally sat on the throne as he wished, he cleared his throat and said to a few of us: "Everyone, Aiqing, if there is nothing else, let's retreat." ”
Looking at the bear-like appearance of the label, several of us couldn't help laughing, and Li Yishan said: "Fat man, if you are really the emperor, you must be a faint monarch who eats and drinks nonsense, otherwise how can you have such a good figure?" ”
Biaozi wanted to say a few words, but the moment he turned his head, the whole person was stunned all of a sudden, his eyes staring at the throne under his buttocks, with a shocked expression. After a while, the mark came back to his senses and said, "Damn, I'll just say that the color of this chair is weird, it turns out to be made of a whole piece of bloodstone, my grandma, just this texture, just this head, it's all rare treasures." If you can get it back, it's just broken pieces and sold, it's all priceless! ”
Professor Zhang was also stunned, a little incredulous, went up to look at it for a while, and after making sure that he didn't look dazzled, he said in amazement: "Sure enough, it's the best bloodstone, such a big piece of bloodstone, I'm afraid it's the best in the world." ”
When I saw that they were so magical, I wanted to go over and see the strangeness, but when I got to it, my eyes were attracted by something else, and I was stunned.
What caught my attention was a relief on the wall behind the throne, with a mural of three people, a man and two women, sitting in front of a fire, all of whom had the same characteristic, namely the tail of a snake on the lower half of their bodies. This picture is too familiar to me, the jade plate that the third uncle left out in the tomb of the headless king is engraved with such a strange pattern.
Seeing that I looked at the back of the throne blankly, the mark said curiously: "I said Lao Yang, what is there to look at on the wall behind it, is there a gold brick on it?" After he finished speaking, he went to see it himself, and at first glance, it was the same as my expression at the time, and the whole person was completely stunned.
Biaozi said in surprise: "Damn, why is there such a pattern here, is it possible that Sichuan Heizhugou is also involved here?" He seemed to be in disbelief, and his head kept shaking.
The fact that the two of us were so surprised naturally aroused the minds of the others, and when they saw the pattern on the wall, they were also surprised. Professor Zhang said strangely: "This must not be a simple coincidence, but I really can't understand how these two places that are not related to each other have such a strange pattern?" ”
Li Yishan seemed to think of something all of a sudden, and exclaimed: "Do you think there is such a possibility, maybe the ancient Yi people and the Loulan people have the same religious beliefs, and they worship that kind of monster with a human head and a snake body, so the same pattern will appear in these two places." ”
Biao Zi nodded and said, "The possibility you said is very high, but the only thing that people can't figure out is what connection there will be between the ancient Yi people and Gu Loulan?" Could it be that they were of the same origin many years ago, so they have a common religion? ”
Wu Jian pondered for a moment and said, "If you want to find out whether Gu Loulan and Heizhugou are connected, the most important thing is to find out who the three people on the relief are, otherwise everything will be impossible to find." (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.) )