Chapter 42: S Signal
Looking closely, I saw that on this floor plan, there were many marks made by grandfathers, among which ten places were circled with circles, all of which were within the range of the first and second houses, and words such as hands and feet were marked on them. What caught our eye was the tenth place, located in the main house of the second house, where the letter S was written in pencil.
Tofu frowned, pointed to that place, and said, "What does S mean?" ”
Zhen Rui said lukewarmly: "There are many meanings, and the most widely used in the world are distress and danger instructions. ”
Distress? Grandpa and his gang drew a map, but they were not in the second house, so of course this sign could not be a distress signal, could it be said to represent danger?
In addition to this, there is a dotted line that extends from the S-shaped position of the second house to the third house, and finally stays in the third house, and that seat is marked with an emphasis on the five-pointed star symbol.
My heart moved, and I said, "Is there something in the third house?" Could it be the goal of Grandpa and his party at that time? Is the real secret behind this Yashan Treasure Hall hidden in it? With this map, we were able to solve a lot of problems in an instant.
One thing is for sure, this female corpse has no ill will towards us, it is leading the way, perhaps hoping that we can find one last thing to surpass the two of them. And the pair of human legs, the peeping eyes, and even the human skin did not cause us any real harm, but now that we think about it, it was they who lured us here.
Thinking of this, I looked at the two corpses on the chair and said, "Without further ado, now that I have a map, it will be much easier to do with a qiē." The crowd had no objections, and began to hurry as fast as they could, armed with their weapons. I had a very mixed feeling in my heart, because I knew that what I was looking for now was not only the thing that disappeared from the man's stomach, but also the road that might see my grandfather's bones.
This kind of complex feelings are intertwined, which makes people's hearts heavy and very uncomfortable, we have a map in hand, and the next qiē is more smooth, and we soon walked out of the first house. Where the two palaces are connected, there is a vast avenue paved with gray-white stone slabs, and out of the palace is made of wood and stone, and we stand on this avenue along a short staircase. It stands to reason that at this moment, we don't have a roof above our heads, and we should be able to see the skylight, but when we look up, we see a dense fog tangled together, completely covering the sky.
On both sides of the avenue, there is no end in sight, and we don't know what there is, but according to the records of the map, the two sides can lead to the main hall of the Gongwei, which has no real significance for our trip, so everyone has no intention of inquiring, and only continues to walk forward according to the instructions of the map.
The second palace in the far distance, in the fog from time to time, the position of the palace is relatively high, at first glance, as if it is suspended in the air, along the avenue forward, the terrain is getting higher and higher, and soon becomes a stone staircase, at a glance, I don't know how many hundreds of floors. Tofu climbed the stone steps, panting tiredly, and said: "Luxury, it's really *** luxury, building such a big palace in the deep mountains, and not living in people, is simply the highest state of **." ”
Since everyone entered the Lishan Treasure Palace, it was also a toss-up, not to mention tired, looking at the stairs that extended to the heights, I was a little worried in my heart, and said that if I climbed to the top in one breath, I would be really tired. Do the math, we entered this Yashan Treasure Palace, it is estimated that it has been five or six hours, I am afraid that it has been night outside, and I am afraid that if we don't rest and rest, I am afraid that the follow-up will be weak, in case there is really something terrible in the second palace, it is not good to suffer a loss in the body.
Although Gu Da Meinu said that her body was good, she was a woman after all, and she couldn't stand such fatigue, her face was full of sweat, she was out of breath, and she couldn't say a word. "Zhen Rui didn't have any opinions, so he saw Zhong Gong take out the food and drink, distribute it and hand it over to the master.
Tofu turned out the dry food and gnawed on it, looked at Zhen Rui and said enviously: "There are still people to eat and drink when you go out, and the life of the local tyrant is too jealous." ”
At this time, everyone was idle, and when they heard the words, Zhen Ji on the side smiled and said: "This is envious, look at your appearance that has never seen the world, the ancient emperor, that is called enviable, there are three thousand beauties in the harem, it is said that Qianlong was lucky, and there are 50,000 people in the open and in secret." ”
Tofu was stunned and said, "What? 50,000? Then he began to count with his fingers: "Three hundred and sixty-five days in a year, a leap year or something is a few more days, don't care, fifty thousand divided by three hundred and sixty-five ......" He calculated, and then exclaimed: "**, sleep one a day, you have to sleep for one hundred and thirty-six years, buddy, you must be lying to me." ”
Zhen Ji smiled and narrowed his eyes, and said: "The ancient people were precocious, and they began to create people at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and the emperor can be a palace maid, do you know why the emperor of the Qing Dynasty likes to build palaces?" ”
Not long ago, we were discussing the second house, and it was only a short time before the topic changed and it turned to this. As soon as the man mentioned these things, he was very energetic, although the tofu was a little intimidating, but he was also a serious old man, and he suddenly forgot that he was tired, and listened to the royal secrets of Ji Kan with great interest.
In fact, it is not a secret, it is said that Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, since he was attempted murdered by the palace maid, he has been on guard against the woman in the bed, and he no longer dares to play all night. Then the concubine was sent back to her palace by the eunuchs.
After the Manchurians entered the customs, they learned the culture of the Han Dynasty, and the emperors also learned from experience, thinking that they should take history as a warning, not to lose their minds by playthings, and not to indulge in women's sex, so Emperor Kangxi set up a 'respectful room', and later emperors must abide by it. There are a lot of rules in the worship room, such as not being able to play too many tricks, the emperor and the concubine have been in the bed for a long time, and the eunuchs in the worship room waiting outside are going to 'urge the bell', indicating that the time is up, the emperor You have to remember the rules of the ancestors, and you must be temperate, otherwise you will be addicted to women.
Later emperors are estimated to be very depressed, even the room has to be managed, fortunately, the rules of the room, the emperor out of the Forbidden City, into the palace does not need to abide by it, so the later emperor, the favorite thing to do is to build the palace, what the Old Summer Palace, what summer resort, there are also emperors to live in the Old Summer Palace, a year to live, there is no worship room blind mixing, there are many tricks, a night to come more than ten no problem.
So, let's not say whether 50,000 people are true or not, but it doesn't take 136 years to count.
The two of them spoke with relish, and the tofu mouth was even more slurking, and his eyes were full of envy, and finally ended the topic with a sentence of 'This is the life that men should enjoy'. Gu Da Beauty on the side hit mercilessly, and said with a smile: "You two don't dream, history is gone, if you want to experience this kind of life, go home and watch the TV series." ”
In an instant, everyone was well fed and drunk, and their legs were no longer trembling, so I greeted and signaled to get back on the road.
Everyone walked up the stone steps of no less than thousands of floors, and after about 20 minutes, they finally reached the top, and when I stood on a high place and looked back, I couldn't help but be startled. Before, we were in the first palace, and we didn't feel anything, but now we stood on a high place and looked back, but we saw that the entire treasure hall looked obscure in the thick fog, and on the top of the treasure, there was a strange beast lying on its stomach. If you look closely, it is the legendary three-headed dog guarding the sun, with three vicious heads and grinning teeth, and one of them is facing the direction where we are.
The hideous face is in the mist, and the scalp of the person who looks at it is troublesome, and I have a vague sense of foreboding in my heart, knowing that my grandfather and others will die here, and we can't be careless, so it's better to understand it early. At that moment, everyone did not delay any longer, turned around and walked towards the depths of the second house. The second palace is the highest in the whole palace, it is circular, and the structure resembles the ancient tulou in the Zhangzhou area, which is more like a place of sacrifice than a palace.
Its unique shape obviously aroused everyone's vigilance, and the team fell silent in an instant.
In the middle of the palace, several gates were opened, and we walked straight through, not bothering to find out what was in those rooms, but following the instructions of the map, towards the S-shape above. During the walk, you can occasionally find traces left by grandpa and others, including cigarette butts and some small missing objects.
The S-shape happened to be in the center of the circular building, however, the more I walked forward, the heavier the ominous feeling became, and even the sluggish Tofu felt it, and said in a low voice: "Why is this place getting darker and darker, there is a kind of eerie feeling." ”
Zhen Rui is a sniffer, he has a very keen sense of smell, and after walking for a long time, he suddenly said: "I smell the smell of dead people." "At this moment, we are still in the corridor, a straight corridor, straight to the center of the palace, even if there are a few doors occasionally, they have been opened by the previous group, on both sides of the corridor, there are layers of closed doors, those closed doors and windows, as if the next moment, a pair of hands will be pushed open from the inside.
The smell of the dead?
Where did it come from?
She stared straight into the darkness of the hallway, the direction we were heading, and it was clear that the smell was coming from the front.
My heart sank.
Gu Wenmin sensed my affection, silently held my hand, and gave me a comforting look.