Chapter 5: Speculation on the Ancient Tomb
The light of the miner's lamp became more and more dim.
We were running out of electricity, but the road across the bridge seemed endless.
This semi-natural and semi-artificial stone cave is extremely deep, and the stalactites of various colors on the top of the cave are thick or fine, refracting strange light under the illumination of the flashlight.
The artificially repaired ground is corroded by the water droplets dripping from the stalactites, and some potholes are protruding, which is extremely difficult to walk.
Throwing the backpack onto a large dry rock, I struggled to prop up my hands and feet, and climbed to the top of the boulder with both hands and feet.
Reaching out to drag Xia Jiujiu onto the stone, I gasped and sat on the boulder and rubbed my shoulders.
The canvas bag was so heavy that almost all the equipment was in this backpack, and it made my shoulders ache.
"Take a break! I can't walk anymore. I sat on the boulder and waved my hand to Xia Jiujiu.
Xia Jiujiu sat on the boulder, her breath was also a little panting, for some reason, I always felt that her eyes were very bright in the dark, bright like two smart elves.
"What time is it?" Xia Jiujiu rolled up his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked.
I raised my arm, the dark green fluorescence of the electronic watch lit up slightly, and I looked at the time: "It's already three o'clock in the afternoon." ”
"After all, we've been separated from Qian Nose and them for more than an hour. We've been rushing forward so non-stop, why haven't we caught up with them yet? Xia Jiujiu asked with a frown.
I sat on the stone, turned out compressed biscuits and kettle, and handed them to Xia Jiujiu.
Xia Jiujiu took the kettle and took a sip and pushed the biscuit back in front of me.
I grabbed the biscuit and chewed it mechanically as I thought, "This cave is so dim, could it be that we didn't notice the fork in the road and went with them?" ”
Xia Jiujiu nodded and said, "I've taken a closer look, this boulder is in the middle of the road, even if they keep moving forward, they should rest when they come here." But now, there is no trace of trampling on this boulder, which proves that the two of them have never been here at all. ”
Moreover, the equipment in Wang's cannon backpack is the most complete, whether it is a flare gun, battery, rope, military shovel, or rebar pipe, kettle, compressed biscuits, and smokeless stove are all necessary equipment in this tomb. Even if they abandon us, it is impossible for them to give up these equipment, and it is impossible for them to search for things in such a large dungeon without these things. I patted my backpack and said hatefully.
These two old ghosts are really not things, even if the female ghost is scared, you can't just throw the two of us down and run for your lives, right?
Xia Jiujiu didn't answer, just rubbed his eyebrows, silently switched the auxiliary light source of the miner's lamp, and sat on the boulder to rest.
No one was talking to me, and my mind was wandering again.
A large amount of mercury, hundreds of female corpses, and the monster that jumped out of the water with its mouth open under the abyss bridge, whose tomb is this mausoleum in the depths of the Great Khing'an Mountains?
Also, why do those female corpses keep bowing down to us?
What exactly is what Xia Jiujiu hit with a slingshot? Is it a female ghost or some animal?
Why did the good Wang Cannon suddenly and quietly take off his mask, is the weird smile on his face really a coincidence?
Where did you find the bronze halberd that pierced me?
Doubts stirred back and forth in my heart, and before I knew it, I actually chewed three or four compressed biscuits on these questions.
"Just now when we were looking for Wang Cannon, why did you and Boss Qian go to move that female corpse? Did you find anything? Xia Jiujiu saw that I was distracted, thinking that I had discovered something, so he couldn't help but ask.
I shook my head, and was about to answer Xia Jiujiu's question, when I suddenly felt that my mouth was extremely dry, so I took the kettle and took a sip.
"Goo Dong Goo Du~"
"Ah~" wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and said while patting off the cookie residue on his body: "Well, we found that under each female corpse, there was a same sacrificial seal. ”
Xia Jiujiu raised his head and said curiously: "Sacrificial seal? What kind of sacrificial seals? Do you know the words on it? ”
"I didn't see it all, I glanced at it in a hurry, it should be an ancient Jurchen text, and the method of pressing the sacrificial seal is very ancient, it should be made of stone slabs, but I don't understand, so much mercury, such a large-scale sacrificial activity, how come there is no record in the history books?" I frowned, feeling that this tomb was bizarre.
"The ancient Jurchen literature has such a long history, in addition to the ancient Su Shen foreign countries, what other civilization will have such a strong strength?" Xia Jiujiu poked his head and looked at the text patterns I had sketched with cookies on the stone.
I closed my eyes and tried to remember the pattern I saw a moment after the female corpse was opened.
Harpy Bird ...... The people of the great tribe are bowing down......
…… Jurchen Script...... A circle that symbolizes the sun...... A shaman wearing feathers and a fishskin coat......
My mind was a mess and the information was so confusing.
Could it be that the eagle-faced bird in the middle of the sacrificial seal really has something to do with the ancient kingdom of prudence?
Su Shen is the earliest ethnic group in Northeast China recorded in literature, and is the ancestor of the Tungusic Manchus. Su Shen is also known as Xi Shen, Su Shen is the name of the eagle, the meaning of the five divine birds.
Could it be that these female corpses are worshipping the five directions? Is it devotion **?
A clue appeared in my mind, and then it disappeared into oblivion!
Because my archaeological knowledge tells me that the ancient Sushen King City is indisputable in the area of Yingge Ridge. It's so far away from Yingge Ridge!
"Even if it is the territory of Gu Su Shen, it is basically close to the frontier. Are you hiding something from me? The more I think about it now, the more wrong it becomes. At first, you just said that in the depths of the rouge ditch of the Mohe River, you found a small gold cellar left by Japanese soldiers. Later, the golden cellar did not look for much, but went deeper and deeper into the Great Xing'an Mountains. I stared into Xia Jiujiu's dark eyes, trying to see into the depths of her heart.
Xia Jiujiu avoided my gaze and seemed to disdain to argue with me.
I was even more angry, and said emotionally, "You already know the location of this ancient tomb, right?" Not only do you know about this ancient tomb, but you even know a little about the situation under the ancient tomb? I'm not right, answer me! ”
Xia Jiujiu raised his head and looked at me calmly: "There are some things that you still don't know." ”
"I don't know what to do, but now I've been swept up in by you. Do I have to be like Wang Cannon, who doesn't know what I'm here for until I die? My voice was not small, and my eyes were sharp.
Xia Jiujiu fiddled with the gas mask, and suddenly smiled with a spring breeze on his face: "Xiaoliang, you already knew that we were prepared, right?" ”
I patted my backpack and said, "Look at these equipment, I'm just stupid, I haven't robbed a tomb once, and I know that these things are by no means the standard equipment that ordinary tomb robbers usually carry on their backs!" Moreover, Wei Cripple and Qian Nose are two veterans at first glance, if they don't have a goal, they are willing to go to this old forest to endure hardships, and I don't believe it. ”
Just when I was analyzing it, I suddenly felt something on my head, and I brushed it over, and I was shocked by the white sweat!
What the hell is it?
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