Chapter 19: The Palace

The next day, everyone's injuries were almost healed, but they were scabbed, and they didn't affect their movements, but they couldn't make any big moves. We packed our equipment and luggage, and under the leadership of Tofu, we took advantage of the blue sky and white day to go all the way to the place where Tofu said that there was a ghost market.

The further you go, the denser the surrounding poplar forests become, blocking the sun tightly, and the forests are very stuffy due to the hot climate in the desert, mixed with the unique smell of the forest, forming a strange smell.

The place where Tofu said was a bit far away, he was running all the way, stopping for about forty minutes to come back, and then we walked over for twice as long, but we avoided the hanging corpse forest that Tofu said.

Suddenly, we were taken to the exposed boulder that Tofu said, I squatted down and looked, only to see that inside the C-shaped boulder, there was indeed a carved beast shape, although the lines have been blurred, but the general outline is still there, it looks simple and clumsy.

Soon, we found that there were ancient ruins below, the iron drill was about six meters deep, and the vibration could clearly sense that there was a hard object below, and the circular cross was arranged around the object, and the outline of the hard object could be determined, and soon we concluded that there was a treasure top below, that is, the top of the building, and the treasure top was an arch with strong compression resistance, and it has not collapsed so far, so that the interior of the building is likely to remain intact.

This was really good news for us, and everyone was in high spirits, and immediately planned an area, and after positioning it with an iron drill, they began to dig straight down the hole. Due to the soft soil, it was inevitable to use materials to reinforce it, which made our progress relatively slow, until at dawn a relatively solid robbery hole was opened, and below the robbery hole, the brown roof was exposed.

At this moment, the sky will be dark, and Tofu urged Zhen Rui to say: "Hurry up, let's go down early, otherwise what can we do if the ghost market appears again?" ”

I said, "Don't worry, ghost markets are not common, do you think they appear every night like setting up a stall?" "Everyone gathered around the entrance of the thief's cave, tied a rope to the big tree next to it, and Zhen Rui went down the rope, and at this moment he was looking at the top of the treasure with his hand, and listened for a while, he told us that there must be a large space below, and we were lucky.

Immediately after, it didn't take long for a hole to be easily made by Zhen Rui on the top of the treasure. This treasure is very thick, buried under the sand for thousands of years and has not been destroyed, it can be seen that its craftsmanship is superb, just make a hole, in fact, it is a pity, it can be seen that the world hates tomb robbers, in fact, there is no wrong. If it weren't for myself, I really wouldn't want to do these missing things.

After breaking through the hole, he climbed up along the rope and instructed us, "There is bad luck in the lower reaches of the cave, wait for it to be breathable, and then go down in five hours." Immediately after that, we ate and drank in the same place, recuperating.

As the minutes passed, the surroundings gradually fell into darkness, and everyone lit a bonfire, except for Zhong Gong and Jack-of-all-trades, who were arranged to stay alone for two and a half hours, the rest of them rested in place to recover their bodies consumed during the day.

Tofu estimated that it had left a deep shadow in the ghost market that day, so when he saw that it was going to get dark, he looked very nervous, and he came to my side and wanted to paste it. I was not angry and said, "Looking at you like this, I guess I won't be able to sleep, so if I can't sleep, I'll go and change with Zhong Gong." ”

Tofu will find trouble for himself, muttered and scolded me, then covered his ears with his hands, slept with his eyes closed, and looked ready to run away at any time. In his words, the reason why he fell in love with Ouyang Xuan at first sight was because the girl had a bad temper, but the biggest advantage was not to deceive, not to pretend, before Tofu estimated that he was fooled and scared by Qiqi on the opposite side of the antique city, so he was desperate for Ouyang Xuan.

This kid has no heart and no lungs, he figured out the reason, and knew that Ouyang Xuan and Zhen Rui would be a couple sooner or later, so he immediately felt like a good person, he should eat, drink, although I was very pleased that the tofu could afford to take and put it down, but I couldn't help but wonder if this kid was heartless, and not long ago he told me that she would not marry, and it was only a few days, and the whole person was a stranger.

The corpse fairy is now conscious, and it has not been so close to people in the past two days, and when it saw that everyone was asleep, it swayed around the camp, walking east and west, with a blank expression, like a puppet, which looked very funny.

I originally thought that since the corpse fairy had already listened to the instructions, after I went back, I would have to go to the tomb of the Earth Ghost King again and unload the Earth Ghost King into eight pieces. But according to what happened to Tofu a few days ago and my temptation in the past two days, the corpse fairy has not yet reached the point of complete obedience, but I have not found a pattern for its obedience.

What kind of commands will it listen to?

Why doesn't it work?

Is it related to the environment, or is it related to the consciousness of the corpse fairy?

Perhaps, I should have a little more time left?

I couldn't figure out these questions for a while, and after thinking about it, I fell asleep too. It was calm, and after five hours, the know-it-all woke us up and signaled that we were ready to act. In fact, five hours was not enough to completely dissipate the bad luck below, so everyone put on gas masks, put on gloves, carried their equipment, and went down the rope to the bottom of the treasure roof.

It was pitch black below, and the environment beneath the top of the treasure was exposed to our view under several searchlights. It's a large space, and it's definitely not an ordinary residential residence, but rather a royal palace. It is more than ten meters high, and when it reaches the ground, the soles of the feet are impressively laid with floor tiles, and there are large pillars standing around it, on which are carved all kinds of strange beasts, which are very different from the style of the ancient Central Plains.

Other than that, the place was covered with dust and empty, and the place of one of the curved walls had collapsed, and a lot of yellow sand poured in.

As soon as the lights turned, I realized that this was supposed to be a great hall for some important event, for at the top there was a throne of golden yellow and inlaid with precious stones, which was placed in an upright position. I can almost imagine that there must have been a person of great standing who sat on it.

Who will sit on it?

All eyes were focused on the only thing in the hall, which was so large that I could tell at a glance that its golden appearance was not plated, but real gold. This is a golden throne, combined with the unique shape and the gems on it, it is absolutely priceless and rare in the world. ’

Tofu swallowed his saliva and said, "Get rich." He had the audacity to touch the throne, and then tried to move it, but the throne was too heavy to move.

Zhang Wen said: "Don't move, let me take a look." He leaned close to the golden chair and took a closer look. From time to time, he also used a magnifying glass to observe, and Xu Yu said to us: "You see, in the place of this handle, there is a human face, this human face is a fish's eye and feather face, which is somewhat similar to the modern noodles, and our search direction is not wrong, this place has a deep connection with ancient shamanism." And there is a primitive pattern of an eagle and wolf on the back of this throne, which is a symbol of royal power and divine power in Monti, and I think this place is the ruins of a certain royal palace, and it is likely that it is the Yao Fang we are looking for. ”

Zhang Wen is familiar with the history of Fang Guo, and he is very authoritative in this regard, so there should be no mistake in what he said. When Tofu heard this, he said happily: "How do you say that, did we take shit luck and find Yaofang's palace all of a sudden." Hey, how much is this throne worth now? “

Zhang Wen shook his head and said, "Priceless treasure, but worthless." ”

Tofu was surprised and said, "What do you mean?" The difference between these two words is 108,000 miles, right? Will you use idioms, won't I teach you......" I was defeated by the stupidity of tofu, and couldn't help but slap him on the back of the head, and said: "If you don't understand, shut up, this thing is a treasure of the ancient Fang country, it is a treasure of the Xia and Shang period, more precious than bronze goods, who dares to move it in general?" Besides, the size of this thing is also here, can we get it out with just a few of us? ”

Zhang Wen nodded and said, "Yes, it's this consciousness, this thing is a treasure that is unparalleled in the world, but we can't eat it, so we can't earn a dime on it." Tofu was not convinced and said; It's too cold to say that it's worthless, can I pick two gems down? ”

I said, "Don't be a big dealer, such a good thing, you really want to do it, it turns out that your kid is more suitable for fighting than me." Tofu retracted his hand and muttered that mutilation is beauty, didn't Venus have a broken arm.

At this time, Zhang Wen said: "Speaking of picking gems, you can really pick them, haven't you noticed that the biggest gem on this throne has been taken away." He pointed to a diamond-shaped sigil at the top of the throne. I actually found that mark before, because it is relatively large, it is difficult to ignore it, but I thought it was just a pattern, but now when I look closely, I find that there are traces of inlays inside.

Tofu gasped, stretched out his hand to compare it with the diamond, and said, "Good ...... It's the size of my palm, and how big is the gem that was originally embedded in it. Hiss...... Which bastard actually took it off before we did. ”

Zhang Wen frowned, the magnifying glass in his hand directed towards the throne, and said: "There are many traces of slashing on it, you may not be able to see it after a long time, and you see, this hall must have played a very important role in the past, and it stands to reason that there should be a lot of things, but now there is nothing, so I estimate that this Yao Fang may have been destroyed in the war, and the things were looted in the war." This throne may be too heavy, or because it symbolizes divine power, and people in ancient times were taboo, so it has been retained to this day. ”