Chapter 16 The Tomb of Prince Lian

The ant colony has always maintained a situation of encirclement, surrounding Wei Lai and the three of them in the middle, leaving a distance of a few meters, and as the three of them left, the cry of the ant colony became more and more urgent, and the distance kept was reduced again.

The huge burial chamber was very dim, even if there was the light of the flashlight, it was impossible to see it all, and following the footprints of Feng Jianguo and the others, when the wall appeared in front, the footprints disappeared.

"There is a secret door, Huo Meng hurry up and find it." Wei Lai said aloud, the three of them maintained a hugging posture, and Huo Meng searched for the mechanism on the wall.

The walls were crawling with ants, and when Wei Lai and the three approached, the ants were dispersed and fled, and the eggs in the package seemed to have a deterrent effect on the ants, like a strict hierarchy, and the human-faced ants had a coercive effect on the ant colony.

When Huo Meng pressed the bulge on the wall, the wall shook, and a stone slab in the wall slowly rose, and a narrow portal appeared, Wei Lai and the three of them were pleasantly surprised, and decisively entered the portal, and when the three of them walked into the portal, the stone slab began to fall, and the ants outside panicked, surging towards Wei Lai and the three of them.

"Run."

Wei Lai shouted, the stone slab was about to fall, and the number of ants that followed it was limited, and it was not too much of a threat to the three of them, and they took the eggs out of the tomb, and these ants could attack them regardless of the safety of the eggs.

The ant colony traveled extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it caught up with Wei Lai and the others, as Wei Lai guessed, these ants began to attack, trying to retrieve the eggs of the human-faced giant ants, because Huo Meng was carrying the eggs, the ants took the initiative to bypass the area where he was, and Wei Lai and Zhang Qiang became the targets of the ants.

There are more and more ants on Wei Lai's body, and he has to wave his body while running, throwing off the ants crawling towards his body, and the most unlucky is Zhang Qiang, because his upper clothes are eroded by insect eggs, he has been torn off and burned by Wei Lai, and Zhang Qiang, who is shirtless, was bitten by ants a few times, and his tears and snot flowed in pain.

"Oh my God, this is not an ant, it's just a carnivorous beast." Zhang Qiang grinned and wailed in pain, the bite of the ants was similar to a knife cut, it was almost painful.

"I can't do it, help me." Zhang Qiang's back was red and swollen, and the ants behind him were still increasing.

Wei Lai's situation is not very good, the ants have crawled to the neck part, and they can't escape the danger of being bitten.

"Listen, there's a sound of water ahead." Huo Meng's salute was all given to Wei Lai and Zhang Qiang, and the eggs in the package were not very heavy, and he heard some noises when he ran at the front.

Huo Meng took the flashlight and shone it, only to see a two-meter-wide underground river appear in front of him, the river was flowing slowly, and the color was a little turbid.

Wei Lai smiled happily and shouted, "Go down to the river, Zhang Qiang hurry up and go down the river." ”

Wei Lai didn't know if the ant colony was afraid of water, but the appearance of the river could wash away the ants on their bodies, which was good news for the two, as long as they swam to the other side of the river, they could stop the ants from moving forward, after all, for ants, the flowing river water was still very turbulent.

"Poof."

The river in front of them became a life-saving harbor, and the three of them all jumped into the river, and the ants on their bodies were all taken away by the river, and the ants who followed on the shore hesitated for a moment, and decisively chased after the river, and were washed away by the river as soon as they entered the water.

Seeing that the river could block the ant colony, the three of them let out cheers, and the feeling of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe was very pleasant, making the three of them celebrate, Wei Lai dived into the water excitedly, wanting to completely wash off the bad luck on his body.

At this moment, a black shadow slid under his feet, Wei Lai happened to dive into the water, and was almost hit by the black shadow, and the white face that was blistered and Wei Lai passed by, the swollen face was blurred with flesh and blood, rotting in many places, his eyes were hollow and collapsed, and his whole body was tied by ropes.

"Damn, this is the River of Sunken Corpses, swim to the other side." Wei Lai surfaced and beckoned Huo Meng and the two to hurry up, the river of sunken corpses was very unclean, not only was there corpse poison in it, but there would even be a strange incident of carrion dragging you into the water.

Wei Lai heard the village chief say in Yunwu Village that it is best not to stay in the river of sunken corpses for a long time, because the dead corpses at the bottom of the river are drowned alive, and when they are dying, they will constantly struggle due to lack of oxygen, and they will grab what they can catch around them.

When the three of them swam ashore, Wei Lai worriedly told about the strangeness of the sunken corpse river, Huo Meng looked at the river in fear, and stayed away a few meters away again, for fear that he would be dragged into the water, and Zhang Qiang's back was red and swollen, which showed the terrible bite of ants.

"Are you alright?" Wei Lai patted Zhang Qiang and said comfortingly.

Zhang Qiang shook his head and smiled bitterly, grinning painfully: "Damn, just live." ”

Wei Lai didn't expect that there would be so many strange things when he entered the ancient tomb for the first time in his life, and it was full of crises, if there were no soul suppression nails in the ancient tomb, it would be too unworth the risk.

"I can't retreat now, I can only meet Feng Jianguo first, there are more people and some care, don't say that you see Li Yutao's body when you meet, so as not to get into trouble." Wei Lai and the others rested in place for a while, and then continued to move forward.

Entering the inside of the stone gate, due to the panicked escape, the footprints of Feng Jianguo and others had been lost, and Wei Lai could only slowly grope and slowly advance towards the front.

Now the place does not belong to the tomb, more like the space excavated underground, Wei Lai thinks back to the tomb of the Qing Dynasty, still has no clue, it stands to reason that the owner who can build such a mausoleum must be very noble, but he can't find relevant information, one thing is certain, the most suspicious is the Kangxi Emperor, he has to come to Chengde every year to escape the summer, is the tomb here related to this period of history?

During the Qing Dynasty, Chengde, Hebei Province was a grassland enclosure and belonged to the royal hunting grounds, and the emperor's mausoleum was built in the Qing Dongling Tomb in Zunhua County, Hebei Province and the Qingxi Tomb in Yi County, so why did the Kangxi Emperor come to Chengde every year, even if it was to consolidate the turmoil in the north or escape the summer, but he did not have to stay here for most of the time every year.

Wei Lai shook his head, put his thoughts away completely, and continued to grope forward, nearly a hundred meters away, a huge mountain cave appeared in front of him, the cave was carved out of the mountain, and then a circular corridor was built with bluestone regularly, a pair of octagonal stone pillars were placed on the left and right of the cave entrance, two dragons were carved on the edge, the dragon soared and the clouds flipped, one dragon soared upward, the other swooped directly under the jurisdiction, and the two fought with each other, lifelike.

There are three water-absorbing beasts carved above the entrance of the cave, devouring the sun and the moon of living beings, the front is a flame archway, which is carved with exquisite patterns of foreign beasts, the flame archway in the tomb is also called the Lingxing Gate, isolating the life and death of yin and yang, the people outside the door, the scorching sun is blazing, the dead people in the door, the cold and yin penetrate the bones, the stone roars on the archway and looks at each other fiercely, swallows the fire beads.

Under the flame archway, the huge stone statue holds the stone stele, and the stele is engraved with the ancient Manchu language, Wei Lai carefully distinguished, and exclaimed: "The Shinto tablet of the prince of virtue and loyalty." ”

Huo Meng and Zhang Qiang were frightened by Wei Lai, they had experienced many strange things in the ancient tomb, and now their nerves were tense, as long as there was a little movement, they would get nervous, hearing Wei Lai shouting, Huo Meng said suspiciously: "What's wrong?" ”

Wei Lai's expression was excited, and he said excitedly: "This is the Shinto monument of Prince Lian of the Qing Dynasty, and this is the cemetery of Kangxi's eighth son, Aixin Jueluo Yinxi." ”

Huo Meng shook his head puzzled, he didn't know about these histories, but Zhang Qiang's eyes lit up, and he said loudly: "I have seen the history of Kangxi's princes fighting for power, among which there are many theories about the cemetery of the eighth elder brother, according to the research of the "Outline of the Emperor's General Chronicles", the statement of the Yang of the left mountain of Rehe Shidonggou (now Shidonggou, Shuangqiao District, Chengde City, Hebei Province) is the most credible, which is where we are now. ”

As a student of the Department of Archaeology, you need to learn ancient history, and you have a lot of knowledge of historical figures, Wei Lai added: "According to records, Prince Lian Yinxi died of illness, and folklore has it that he was poisoned by Emperor Yongzheng, because Prince Lian had a very high prestige in the court. ”

Aixin Jueluo Yinxi, is the eighth son of Emperor Kangxi, is the most powerful contender for the throne, was promoted as a candidate for the crown prince by the important ministers of the court, and later Yongzheng Emperor failed to compete for the throne, Yongzheng ascended the throne in order to stabilize people's hearts, and first named him Prince Lian, and then found various excuses to cut his prince, and finally died of illness in prison, and the bones were ordered by Yongzheng to be crushed and ashes.

Wei Lai shook his head and smiled bitterly, for the ancient struggle for the throne, it has always been the winner and the loser, and the fate of this Prince Lian is miserable enough, but to have a cemetery after death is also considered the luck of many losers, many of the sons of Emperor Kangxi died tragically, and even having a tomb after death is a luxury.

"There is a Shinto monument here, and the main burial chamber should not be far away." Wei Lai's eyes looked at the stone cave, hoping that there must be a soul suppression nail.

Huo Meng used a flashlight to shine on the stone cave and found that there were many footprints on the ground, and these footprints had stayed in front of the stone cave for a long time, so that they were very messy.

"Look, here are Feng Jianguo's footprints." Huo Meng said loudly.

Wei Lai and Zhang Qiang looked at each other, their faces showed joy, and Wei Lai said: "There are their footprints here, they must have entered the stone cave, let's hurry up and meet them, so that we can take care of each other." ”

Although they can't get along with Feng Jianguo, they are too bizarre in the cemetery, and they can also help each other when they encounter things with more people, after all, there are many people who are easy to do, so that their hearts will not be so nervous.

Wei Lai picked up the package, holding Liuli Pei in his hand to open the way, followed by Huo Meng and Zhang Qiang, the three of them moved forward cautiously, even if Feng Jianguo and the path they walked, Wei Lai is also a very good embankment, when you relax your vigilance, strange things often appear in the cemetery.

The walls of the stone cave were very rough, even a little damp, the road under his feet was relatively smooth, and there was a crisp sound when he walked up, like the sound of a horse's hooves stepping on a stone slab, Huo Meng's body trembled a little, and he followed Wei Lai's pace, for fear that some kind of monster would suddenly appear behind him or on his side.

Walking through the stone cave, a light slowly appeared in front of you, and a small burial chamber appeared in front of you, and the walls of the tomb were brightly lit, exuding a faint fragrance, which made people relax and be intoxicated.

In the central area of the tomb, Feng Jianguo and the others were like wandering spirits, shaking in the tomb in a daze, and Wei Lai's appearance did not attract their attention at all.

"Oops, you two hurry back, I'll go extinguish the lantern, the smell is getting stronger and stronger."

Wei Lai stepped forward quickly, and found that in the corner of the tomb, a girl stared at herself with wide eyes, as if she had seen something terrible.