Chapter 36: Not a coincidence

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Li Yishan's words were naturally asked by Tan Jia, I guess his original intention was not to go down, after all, we all know that the third uncle's group usually acts together with dozens of people, and we only have seven people now, if we meet the third uncle's group, the odds are really not big, it is better to ambush here. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

If it were before, I would definitely support Li Yishan's suggestion, but when I thought of the third uncle's subordinates poisoning me, I felt a little uncomfortable, although I understood that those people were controlled by Gu worms, but they still had a bad heart for the third uncle, so I didn't say anything to Biaozi, and watched Tan Jia's reaction on the side.

Tan Jia was still stubborn, shook his head, and said resolutely: "I'm afraid that there is another way to the valley below, just in case, it's better to go down and have a look." Besides, we are following behind, and the third uncle may not know about it, so it is the same if we sneak over and catch them off guard below. ”

We know that it is useless to talk too much, and it is better to give her a face, so that something unpleasant will not happen. Led by the markers, we began to descend from the rope ladder one by one. The journey was uneventful, and it only took us a few minutes to reach the valley below.

I looked around, there were no traces of artificial excavation on both sides of this valley, it should be a natural formation, and the ground was paved with large bluestones, both of which were one meter square. However, due to the age, there is a layer of moss-like plants growing on the big bluestone, and people stepping on it are like stepping on a sponge, which is a little soft.

Although our compass is out of order, there is a second function, which can be used as a shimmer flashlight, in order not to be discovered by the third uncle, Tan Jia ordered us to turn off the headlights and only use the faint light on the compass for illumination. Although the light on the compass is very weak, it can't shine far away, but we can still see clearly at a distance of less than three meters.

We moved forward cautiously, about 30 meters away, Liu Dapeng, who was walking in the front, stopped, he said to us a little strangely: "There is a dried corpse here, it is dressed as an ancient person, but his death is very strange." ”

We walked up to him and saw that the dried corpse was blackened and fell to the ground in a large shape, although it had been dead for a long time, it could still be vaguely seen that he was wearing a set of ancient costumes. I don't know much about ancient Chinese dynasty costumes, and although I know that this is an ancient costume, I can't tell that it is a product of that dynasty.

What is strange is that for some reason, the body of this dried corpse was nailed into five wooden stakes, the wooden stakes are as thick as billiard poles, two are nailed to the hands of the dry corpse, two are nailed to the feet of the dry corpse, and the last one is directly nailed to the brain of the dried corpse.

Although Biaozi is a tomb robber, after all, he is in the antique business on the surface, and he has a certain ability to distinguish antiquities, so he took a closer look at it and said: "Judging from the clothing, this is the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty, or the special clothing of the guards with knives." There is something very wrong with this man's death, and if my guess is correct, this man may have had signs of a corpse transformation before his death, and if he had to do so, he was nailed with a mahogany nail to prevent the corpse from being transformed. ”

The ancients said that peach wood is the thing of the extreme yang, has the magical effect of warding off evil spirits, whether it is a mountain spirit fox fairy, or a zombie ghost, are extremely afraid of the things made of peach wood, so those Maoshan Taoist priests use peach wood sword to drive away evil spirits. In the past, I always thought that it was nonsense, a fallacy fabricated by the ancients, but now when I see this dried corpse, my heart immediately affirms, it seems that the peach wood exorcism is indeed a thing.

Wu Jian nodded, and he said, "We have to be careful, there may be zombies here, and it is very likely that they are drought." Glancing at me and Biaozi, Wu Jian said thoughtfully: "The corpse poison on the body of the drought fish is indissolvable, just like the corpse poison in your body, it is extremely domineering. ”

As soon as Wu Jian said this, the faces of the others changed again, although the scientific research team often dealt with zombies, but they were just zombies, and they were far from drought. If you are poisoned by the zombie, if you treat it in time, there are many ways to detoxify it, but the corpse poison on the body of the drought fish is different, not only can it not be expelled, but it can't even stop it from spreading, which is simply the same as the nature of AIDS.

It's good not to mention it, but when I mention it, I feel very desperate, I and Biaozi have been poisoned by the most powerful corpse poison, according to experts, there are only four years to live at most, which is worse than AIDS patients. I sighed in my heart, I was still so young, I didn't even have a child left, and I died so strangely, it's really not worth it!

The standard is more open than me, he didn't think about me at all, but said to me a little strangely: "Lao Yang, I don't know if it's the luck of the two of us, or if it's really so coincidental, I feel that something is wrong with this thing!" ”

I didn't understand what key he thought of again, I looked at him with some expectation, pointed to the corpse on the ground and said to me: "Old Yang, do you remember the gang of official thieves we met when we were in Maoling?" ”

As soon as he said that, I groaned, why didn't I think of these things? This thing is indeed a bit strange, last time in Maoling, we found a gold medal in the thief hole where we escaped, according to the analysis of the standard and the third uncle, it was the identity card of the Ming Dynasty guard with a knife, and only the emperor could award that kind of gold medal.

At that time, we speculated that the guards had a very high official position, and there was no reason to be poor enough to rob the tomb, and even if they wanted to rob the tomb, it was impossible to rob the tomb with the emperor's imperial gold medal, so they were not afraid to leave evidence? And at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang reused torture, under his control, tomb robbery was a capital crime, and those who wanted to rob their homes and kill their heads were more likely to implicate relatives and friends, so in the early Ming Dynasty, no one dared to do tomb robbery, let alone officials.

More importantly, although the guards entered Maoling, they were indifferent to the burial goods inside, obviously they did not go to Maoling to make a fortune, but for other reasons. The third uncle said that there was a jade plate in the coffin of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which was an extremely important thing, and he entered Maoling for this jade plate, and he guessed that those guards also came for the jade plate.

What is the jade plate and what kind of secret does it have, I and Biaozi have analyzed it before, but we have never understood the essentials, I don't understand what kind of value the jade plate has, why the third uncle and the gang of official thieves see it so important?

Although Biaozi and I were very curious about the true purpose of the gang of thieves, it was just curiosity, and after that incident passed, we had begun to slowly forget about it. But now that I have seen the traces of the Ming Dynasty guards in the tomb of this headless king, it is really a bit of a coincidence that there is no book, and the curiosity in my heart is now starting to attack again.

I suddenly noticed a hint of strangeness, so I said: "The Ming Dynasty guards went to Maoling for a jade plate, and the third uncle seems to be also going for this, they obviously know the origin and use of the jade plate, and they went to Maoling for the same purpose." Now that the Ming Dynasty guards have appeared here, and the third uncle has also appeared here, this is definitely not a coincidence, there must be unknown secrets in them, what are they looking for in these ancient tombs? ”

Biaozi held his chin and thought for a while, nodded and said: "What you said is not unreasonable, it seems that Maoling has some kind of connection with here, so the Ming Dynasty guards and the third uncle will come here." ”

What happened to me and Biaozi in Maoling, everyone in the scientific research team knows that now when we hear us talk about this matter, others also think that things are unusual, Tan Jia said: "There must be a big secret hidden in this, but what is this secret?" ”

We discussed for a long time, but we still couldn't get the point, I thought, if you want to find out the truth of this matter, you can only ask the third uncle, but the third uncle is always calculating, such an important matter, even if I have a good relationship with him, he may not tell me, thinking about it, I can't help but be a little disappointed.

Tan Jia's eyes turned a few times slyly, as if he had thought of something, and said: "Don't think about it, no matter what the third uncle goes to any ancient tomb to steal, the purpose is to live forever, and this time it will definitely not be excluded." I estimate that the jade plate in the tomb of Emperor Wu may have something to do with immortality, since the jade plate was taken away by the Ming Dynasty guards, the third uncle will definitely not give up, maybe they found clues from the Ming Dynasty guards, and knew that they had been here, so they followed. ”

Tan Jia's explanation is also reasonable, it seems that women are not necessarily long haired and short-sighted, at least Tan Jia is a very smart woman, no wonder she was entrusted with important tasks by the above at a young age, which is indeed unique.

Li Yishan frowned, and he said with some doubts: "According to your analysis, the reason why that group of guards entered the ancient tomb is also because of immortality?" Is it really that coincidental? ”

Wu Jian said indifferently: "The identity of the guards with swords in front of the emperor is not trivial, and the institution is also very special, only listening to the emperor's order, they dare to take the gold medal to rob the tomb, it should be recognized by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang." ”

Tan Jia nodded and said: "Your analysis is very reasonable, Zhu Yuanzhang is the ancestor, and there are not many things that can make him pay attention, but the ancient emperors all have a common desire, hoping that they can really live long and master the great rivers and mountains forever, so they will seek the way of immortality at all costs, which is why there is a secret matter of guarding and robbing tombs." ”

I have some sarcasm in my heart, Tan Jia kept saying that the ancient emperors were greedy for life and afraid of death, but did she think about it, what is she doing now? I suddenly found that we, like those brocade guards, are pawns of those in power for the sake of desire, and looking at the dried corpse in front of me, I wonder if our fate will be the same. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow the ~ point / Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter qdread can be), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the qdread WeChat public account! )