Chapter 1: The Ghost Press

Quiet, quiet as if time had stopped. Quiet, quiet as if the world does not exist zài. Quiet, quiet as if he wasn't alive.

It turns out that quiet is such a terrible word. I walked alone in the boundless pit, walking aimlessly like a walking corpse. The surroundings are quiet and cautious, and the words "silence is golden" are as worthless as shit for me walking alone in the pit now.

I walked aimlessly in the dim and treacherous pit, and I almost forgot why I was here. Why am I the only one left? However, I didn't dare to think about it, and I emptied my brain, for fear of recalling those memories that broke my heart, so I chose a cowardly escape, hiding in the humble world of my own heart, fantasizing about success, and fantasizing about a smooth progress!

The dark pit began to fill the pit with a clear mist again, and the stomach had been roaring repeatedly for a long time, and it was another day of nonsensical waste in the pit, and there was still no end in sight. Exhausted, growing like a virus, his throat parched like a dry well, in a foggy pit, all his senses were in a mess. His head began to ache sharply again, his eyes began to glow, and he secretly prayed in his heart that the current situation of his body was not the remnants of Gu poison lurking in his body, and he wanted to take the opportunity to rebel.

Resentment keeps rising in my heart, and I'm alone again! Once again, he was abandoned by the ruthless isolation of fate.

Feet, keep stepping forward, keep moving mechanically, only an obsession remains, pulling my legs to keep moving forward. However, I slowly felt that my legs became weak, as if I might go limp and fall to my knees at any moment, so that I could not stand up again. Just when I was on the verge of collapse and despair, in a trance, I seemed to see not far ahead, there was a wall of earth flickering in the mist, and I couldn't help but say: Is it finally at the end of the deep pit that I can go up to the ground?

I was very excited about the so-called emperor's hard work, but my footsteps could not speed forward, and the earth wall not far away gradually blurred in front of me. I struggled to reach out my hands to the front, trying to touch the realism of the dirt wall and grasp the seemingly non-existent straw in front of me. As a result, in the end, it was dark in front of him, and all the qiē beside him disappeared into the dark world.

I don't know how long I wandered helplessly in the dark, the consciousness of the body began to gradually return, and I heard some rustling sounds in my ears, as if there was a group of imps whispering to discuss vicious deeds, and my heart suddenly swelled with an indescribable boredom, wanting to drive away the whispering imps. However, it was as if the body was embedded in the wall, and it was impossible to move. But my mind was constantly waking up, and my heart said: What is wrong with me? Why can't you move like being pressed by a ghost? So, I tried to roll my eyelids hard, and slowly my eyes could open a slit, as if suddenly, I saw a vague white shadow floating around, far and near, and I couldn't help but be surprised and said: What is that?

It was a ghost, and I saw a pale and withered face, so clear that I could see the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, and then I saw that she had no lips, revealing blood-red gums in her mouth, cold and white teeth, and a long tongue hanging down her chest.

Seeing this extremely terrifying face, I was so frightened that I wanted to ask her, "Who are you and why are you pestering me?" However, my mouth struggled to squirm for a long time, but as a result, I could not pronounce even half of the simplest sound. I wanted to search my mind for the memory of this face, but I couldn't see her nose and eyes, because above her face, there was just a gray blurry swirl.

I asked her with some desolation in my heart, "Did I kill you?" But when she heard my heart, she saw her throw out her arms and stretch out her long nails, and she pounced on me viciously, and said to me in a terrible voice, "Yes, you killed me." A shrill ghost scream pierced my eardrums and hit my brain, and an indescribable sadness came over my heart, tears sliding quietly down the corners of my eyes.

"Wake up, wake up." "Why are you still crying?" "I don't know, I guess I dreamed that you died." "When do you still have the heart to make such a joke, if my lover can't wake up, what's the point of my life?"

In the midst of my confusion, I vaguely heard someone bickering in my ear, the voice was very familiar, and thanks to this bickering voice, I was able to drive away the evil spirits that pounced on me in time. Slowly, my body's perception returned, and I could feel someone pouring water into my mouth, sweet and delicious, watering my throat, which was as dry as a desert, and I couldn't help but swallow it in a big gulp, and my eyes opened in an instant.

The moment I opened my eyes, I saw Master and Bearded Law, with Captain Locke and Henry behind them, all around me. And I was lying on a tarpaulin spread on a stone slab, because I was so tightly surrounded that I couldn't see where I was now. I stared at the people in front of me, slowly opened my mouth and asked, "Am I dreaming?" ”

Seeing me speak, the expressions of the people around me softened, and then they said with a sigh of relief, "You're finally awake." ”

I put my palms on the ground and took the opportunity to sit up. At this time, Luo Dabeard, who was squatting on the ground, stood up, twisted the lid of the kettle in his hand, and said to me happily: "Virtuous nephew, you have finally woken up, if you don't wake up again, your master will have to die in a hurry." ”

I just heard the conversation between Master and Luo Dabeard in a semi-conscious state, and knowing that Master was very worried about me, I looked at Master and said very gratefully, "Master, the unfilial disciple has worried you again. ”

The Master didn't get angry, but comforted me uncharacteristically and said, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

I asked him, "What's wrong with me?" How did it end up here? I remember I passed out in the pit, how did you find me? ”

Master replied, "You passed out at the end of the pit, and then we miraculously met you. After that, you were also unconscious, and your mouth was full of nonsense, and we carried you all the way here. ”

Luo Dabeard, who was standing next to the master, interjected and said, "It's really amazing to be able to find your virtuous nephew." We've been looking for you since we got apart, but we've never found you. Later, as we walked, suddenly in the dense fog ahead, a woman's figure appeared, who seemed to be the female translator Sophia. We happily called her, but she ignored her and kept scurrying ahead. So, we had to speed up the pace to catch up with her back, and as a result, in the end, her figure suddenly disappeared, and then we found you unconscious on the ground, do you say magical? After saying these words, Luo Dabeard paused, and then asked me: "Sophia her", and he didn't ask. I knew the meaning of these words, and shook my head very sadly, and my heart continued to pour out bursts of sourness, and pain came to my heart one after another. I thought to myself: Maybe Master, they met Sophia's ghost, and she even helped me after she died. This love debt was unrelieved to bear on me.

When Master and Bearded Luo saw my very sad expression, they both patted me on the shoulder as a sign of comfort. Captain Locke didn't see Sophia with me, so he probably guessed why, and he patted me on the shoulder as a sign of comfort.

For Sophia, I have infinite guilt in my heart, but I can only force my tears down. Now, it is not the time to settle accounts after the autumn, and even if you want to mourn, you must wait until this task is completed. The search and rescue team still has to move forward, looking for Yue'er waiting for rescue, and the golden seven days of the initial rescue are only the last day, we can't continue to waste time, and I can't drag everyone back. Thinking of this, I stood up with my weak body. As a result, when I looked over the shoulders of the crowd, I was completely stunned by what I saw.

I couldn't help but exclaim: It's so magnificent, it's beyond imagination; It's so majestic, so majestic that it shows the insignificance of human beings.

Where I am now, under my feet is a Shinto road paved with huge stone slabs, and on both sides of the Shinto, there are all kinds of Rui birds and beasts, civil officials and military generals, and stone statues of the chief stone pillars, all of which are about one zhang high. And the Shinto at the foot extends to the Que Tower in the distance, and the red bricks and blue tiles of the Que Tower are reflected. The cemetery here has a double gate inside and outside, going out on all sides, and outside the city is a wide city god. (Dry: A dry moat.) In ancient times, people took soil nearby when building the city wall, and after the city wall was repaired, a large ditch was dug under the city wall, so it was filled with water, and it became a moat that could defend against foreign enemies. )

Behind me is a mountain peak, the whole of which is hewn into a mausoleum, ("tomb", in ancient times, after a person died, he dug a pit in the ground and put the coffin in, and then covered it with earth, level with the ground, and those who did not plant trees called the tomb. "Tomb", which is later than the tomb, is to build a mound on top of it, which is still used today, but "tomb" and "tomb" are collectively referred to as tombs. The "mound" is higher than the tomb, and it is said in the "Sayings": "The mound, the high grave also." "It is the residence of nobles and other people of status after death." "Mausoleum", which is a higher earth mountain, is the name of the royal family. The bucket-shaped mausoleum mountain, tall and majestic, the instrument is magnificent, it is magnificent! It is only in the emperor's tomb that you can see such a large-scale tomb scene.

The first time I saw the majesty of the Imperial Mausoleum, I was so excited that now that I was in front of the Mausoleum, I wondered if I should go back to see it. Because I was carried in when I was unconscious, I missed the opportunity to see the cemetery up close, and if I don't take this opportunity to watch it now, I will never have such an opportunity to see the emperor's cemetery up close in the future.

As a result, just as I was hesitant and didn't know how to speak, the rest of the search and rescue team had already begun to pack up and start walking back, and I immediately followed without hesitation. When I saw my heavy backpack on Master's shoulder, I immediately snatched it and put it on my back, and then asked him, "Master, why did we go back again?" ”

The master said to me as he walked, "Before you woke up, we had already searched the Lingshan carefully, and we didn't find an entrance to go down, so we had to turn around and search in the cemetery again to see if there was an entrance to the underground palace." ”

After listening to the master, I let out an "oh", and my heart was indeed happy, and I was worried that I couldn't find a reason, and as a result, the opportunity was delivered to the door by itself. Now it's good, you can take a good look at this majestic and solemn cemetery.

The five of us searched for the entrance on the left side of Shinto, a few steps after a few stops. The stone pavement under his feet was paved neatly, and he stepped on it vigorously without hearing the sound of hollowness, so there should be no traps. The stone statue standing next to the Shinto Road is lifelike, the two of them can only wrap their arms around it, although the stone statue has been beaten by wind and rain for many years, the surface is not too much corrosion damage, and it is still firmly established on both sides, standing unshakable. The stone men and stone beasts on both sides of the Shinto Road seemed to grow on the ground, and there was no way to move for half a minute, and everyone walked around on both sides of the Shinto for a few laps, but did not find any entrances that could go down.

I am not surprised at all by this result, the underground tomb must not be directly below the Mausoleum Mountain, and the hollow land will definitely not be able to bear the weight of the Mausoleum Mountain, it will be too easy to be crushed. The reason for searching around here is purely for the sake of insurance and not to miss any possibilities. I thought to myself: the tomb will never be built under the gate, because the tomb attaches the most importance to feng shui, and such a layout will cause the dragon vein to lose the qi along the door, especially the emperor's mausoleum, which is a lot of exquisiteness, so the emperor's tomb of the past dynasties will be dug up and stolen, completely because there are traces to follow. If they are like Genghis Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, dig a pit in the steppe, and then fill in the soil after burial, and let the horse's hooves trample on the top, it won't be long before the top of the cemetery will be covered with faint grass, and there will be no clues to be found on the vast steppe like the sea.

The cemetery was carefully searched by everyone, but there was no passage to go down. Insiders who know the doorway know that the tomb cannot be built directly below the cemetery. So, the search and rescue team stepped out of the cemetery where nothing was found, jumped into the trench one after another, and began to search.

The dry moat is more than three zhang wide and about one zhang deep, and the soil under its feet has a layer of ash attached to it, which has not been washed away by wind and rain for many years, so it can be seen that a large number of things have been piled up and burned here. Even in ancient times, there would be no war near the mausoleum, so the only way to produce the ashes in this city god was through sacrifice. When worshipping the dead, it is necessary to burn a large number of sacrifices, because this is the imperial tomb, so the types and quantities of sacrifices are more varied, so the ashes are naturally very large.

However, I looked down at the color of the ashes in this city god, and said to myself, "The ashes here are really strange." The general ashes are black, gray and white, with three colors. And the ashes in this trench, in the sunlight, glowed with a faint turquoise light, which could not help but arouse my curiosity.

And curiosity is the most important thing for tomb robbers. And my exuberant curiosity, sooner or later, will kill myself in a strange and well-organized tomb!