That half-human, half-corpse thing was so weird and hadn't been seen in years, but for some reason, how did it suddenly appear recently?

After Xuan Heng's repeated recollections and deliberations, it can almost be concluded that there is indeed the tomb of the monarch next to it. And that weird, half-human, half-corpse thing, is it really from the tomb of the king?

Although I don't dare to make a conclusion, according to the current indications, the space next to it is very likely to be the tomb of the monarch. Since there were so many tombs in the Spring and Autumn Period, all of which were connected to the space below the crater, it means that at that time, some people already knew the mysterious energy of this space.

And Xuan Heng specifically explained that the monarch was the first to build a tomb near the crater, and the subsequent tombs were all emulated by later generations, because they knew that the monarch had a high degree of Taoist attainment, and the reason why he went to great lengths to build the tomb here showed that this was a treasure of feng shui for the tomb, so they rushed to follow suit.

Of course, these are all Xuan Heng's inferences out of thin air, in order to find out, the military general wants to penetrate from the water inlet on the stone wall and against the current to the space next door.

It's a bit risky, but it's the most effective way to get things straight.

Xuanheng and the others also found that the reason why their previous withdrawal and deployment were clearly grasped by the other party was actually because of the kind of glowing "stone", because that kind of "stone" was not a stone at all, but a living creature that could glow, but it looked like a stone.

This is another heavy discovery of the general, and this discovery is also very unexpected.

When the martial general stabbed a few times, and before he completely lost consciousness, he suddenly felt that the glowing stone in his hand was squirming very much, and before the martial artist fainted, he saw with his own eyes that the glowing "stone" actually stretched out two tentacles, therefore, Xuanheng They deduced that the reason why those glowing stones appeared there may be that the other party used it for lighting.

In addition, figuring out the situation in the next space was also very important for Xuanheng's safety, so the military general did not delay any longer, and immediately came to the dark river again and drilled through the water inlet hole.

After a short time inside, the military general returned safely, and told about the other space, the incredible mystery and magic.

It turned out that the inlet hole was not long, only seven or eight feet, and when he passed through the inlet hole, he found himself in a wonderful river, the bottom of the river was full of the kind of "stones" that would glow, a thick layer, illuminating the crystal clear river water, and once the body "touched" that kind of stone, the stone would slowly squirm, which made the military general very worried, because in such a bright river, he was afraid of being discovered.

When he looked around nervously, he was a little relieved, the light around was very dim, except for these glowing stones at the bottom of the river, there was no light on it, and there was no figure in sight, although because of the dark light, the generals could not see too far, but from the sense of emptiness, the generals vaguely felt that this space should be very large, even bigger than theirs, the more so, the more the generals felt, as if in the emptiness and darkness, there was something mysterious hidden, looking at him.

And the military general's dark river is not big, less than an acre, just when the military general hesitated to go ashore, something unexpected happened: he suddenly heard a burst of dog barking, which made the military general surprised, he never expected that in this mysterious space, there were dogs!

Sure enough, a dog ran out of the darkness in the distance, and ran all the way to the dark river, where it stood and barked at the general.

Through the light emitted by the "stones" at the bottom of the pool, the military general could vaguely see the appearance of the dog.

At first glance, there was nothing special about the dog, but when he looked closely, the military general was stunned - the dog's skin was already mutilated, and almost half of the flesh on the skull was rotten, and the military general could still vaguely see that in the exposed skull, there seemed to be something like maggots wriggling inside.

This is not the strangest thing, the strangest thing is that from the socket of one of the dog's eyes, the head of a snake actually sticks out, that is, inside the skull of that dog, there is actually a parasitic snake, which is incredible!

A dog, whose body is rotting and mutilated, and whose skull contains not only maggots but also snakes, is still alive! The generals simply couldn't believe their eyes.

For a moment, he forgot both his fear and what to do next, just staring at the dog blankly, standing there stunned, his mind completely stagnant.

In addition, the military general also saw that the dog had a yellow belt tied around its neck, compared to the "broken" dog, the yellow belt looked very new, as if it had just been hung up.

For some reason, the dog barked at the general for a while, then suddenly stopped, as if someone had stopped it, and turned around and ran into the darkness behind, and soon disappeared again.

At this time, the military general came to his senses, and in the invisible darkness, he seemed to hear someone talking, so the military general did not dare to stay any longer, and immediately got into the water outlet hole again, and floated back down the river.

After the military general said this, Xuan Heng and Zhu Leting felt more and more that the space next to them was mysterious, which made them even more worried, especially for the dog, which was a bit similar to the half-human, half-corpse monster they saw - the body was partially decomposed, but the general movement was still normal, what was going on?

Their own experiences, although they are also extremely peculiar, can be explained, but they are completely incomprehensible to the things they encounter in front of them.

In the end, it was Xuan Heng, with his understanding of the tomb of the monarch, that he could barely sort out some clues.

Xuan Heng believes that the dog that the military general saw should be the burial object of the monarch, because according to the funeral customs of the kingdom at that time, when the monarch is buried, there must be a live dog in the funeral goods, because they believe that the dog is one of the most divine animals, and can sniff out the traces of the soul, so when the soul is separated from the human body, in order to avoid getting lost, a dog is needed to guide it.

Moreover, this dog is not an ordinary dog, but is called the most "divine" dog, this kind of dog is golden, without a single stray hair, and has a "tiger tooth and leopard tail", that is, this dog is very special just by its appearance - the teeth are very similar to those of a tiger, and the tail is very similar to that of a leopard.

Moreover, the average dog likes to eat human feces, almost for all dogs, human feces are more delicious than meat, anyone who understands the temperament of dogs, knows this, but this kind of dog will not eat a mouthful of even if it starves to death;

Not only do they not eat, they don't even eat raw meat, they only eat cooked meat, and they only eat specially cooked beef, which is extremely delicate and extremely difficult to feed.

Therefore, this kind of dog is called "the nobility of dogs", because of this characteristic, this kind of dog has become a symbol of aristocratic status at that time, but this kind of dog is not only extremely rare in number, but also extremely difficult to feed, fertility is also very low, not only can only give birth to one per litter, and to be pregnant for twelve months to be born, and the average dog, only about two months.

Paradoxically, in some ways, this dog has a strong vitality.

It is recorded in the history books that in the Spring and Autumn Period, when a prince and nobleman died, in his tomb, he buried such a live dog, and five years later, his wife also died.

When the people opened the tomb of the prince and buried his wife's coffin, they found that the dog was still intact, and lay in the tomb as if he had just fallen asleep, like a frog and a snake dormant, and as soon as the tomb was opened, and the fresh air came in, the dog actually woke up, and barked at the people who suddenly appeared, although the sound was a little weak, so that all the people at that time were stunned, and immediately kowtowed to the dog, shouting "divine dog".

After this incident, the value of this dog has increased greatly, and even a dog of this kind can be exchanged for several cities, which is really valuable.

But in addition to these, this kind of dog also has an incredible characteristic - even if the body is divided in half, each of its bodies can live for about five to seven days, at that time, there was a nobleman, and he actually made this kind of dog a real thing, he cut this kind of dog into four pieces at once, but what he didn't expect was that each body lived for about three days, and then gradually died.

But then a mysterious coincidence happened.

This nobleman fought with his neighbors, was captured by his neighbors after the defeat, and then was torn apart by a chariot and died, and when he died, his body was also broken into four parts, and the soldiers who executed the punishment of chariot splitting at that time were also shocked, because they had torn countless people, but they had never seen anyone break into four.

People say that it must have been this nobleman who suffered retribution for mutilating the "divine dog", otherwise, there would never have been such a coincidence, and since then, the status of this dog has improved a lot, and it has become more mysterious.

In addition, when this dog is buried, under the neck, will hang a belt made of gold leaf, it is said that the human soul likes to attach to the gold belt the most, because gold is the least perishable among all kinds of metals, and it will not rust, even if it is buried in the soil for thousands of years, take it out and wipe off the ashes on it, it can still be as clean as new.

When the military general saw the strap under the dog's neck, it should be that kind of gold leaf belt.

"That belt hook, was it deliberately torn off by Xuanheng's seniors? Did he mention this in the manuscript? Xiao Lei listened to the madman Liu and his cousin talk so much, but he still didn't mention the matter of the belt hook, so he couldn't help asking.

Uncle Cousin, Crazy Man Liu, and Old Man Yuan all shook their heads again and again, which was very unexpected to us - could it be that the belt hook was not at all what we guessed, was deliberately ripped off by Xuan Heng in order to leave us clues?

Crazy Six and his cousin also said that it may be that we are thinking too much, and that belt hook may actually be torn off by Xuan Heng unintentionally, so he didn't know it at all, so he didn't mention it in the manuscript.

This was really unexpected.

However, what the madman Liu and his cousin said, we seem to be basically sure that the space next to it should be the tomb of the monarch, and the person who assassinated Xuanheng must also be the person in the tomb of the monarch, and those people in the Spring and Autumn Period also "lived" with the help of the energy of the space below-although perhaps in a sense, they are no longer "people" in the usual sense, but after all, they have traveled through nearly three thousand years and can still appear in front of the world.

But who knows, when we say this conclusion, the three people who have read Xuanheng's manuscript shake their heads again and again, which makes us feel extremely surprised, isn't that true?

Because from what Xuan Heng himself said, it is natural to draw this conclusion, what is the reason why Xuan Heng actually denied this conclusion?

Seeing our surprised expressions, my cousin smiled slightly, and explained: "No wonder you think like this, if we hadn't read Xuan Heng's manuscript, we would have thought like this, in addition, not only us, but even Zhu Leting's entourage also had similar thoughts to us, they all felt that the person who came out of the water inlet hole and assassinated them should be the Spring and Autumn Period, the monarch's subordinates, and maybe even the monarch himself."

But Xuan Heng denied this speculation.

Why not? Because Xuan Heng inadvertently discovered one of the most important pieces of information, and with this information alone, we can overturn our kind of conclusion.