Seeing that Qinglan was fine, Su Zhe calmed down.

Su Zhe stepped forward and saw that Qinglan was using the oil lamp to look at the patterns on the wall. Su Zhe walked over and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Qing Lan was startled, and turned her head to see that it was Su Zhe who breathed a sigh of relief.

"How you walk silently, it really scares me. ”

"I walked in from the tunnel calling your name, didn't you hear me?"

Qinglan shook her head, "My attention is all on the paintings on the wall, and I didn't hear any voices coming in. ”

Su Zhe turned his head to look outside the tunnel, it was a turning point, and in this small space with poor air circulation, it was not strange not to hear it. However, Su Zhe noticed that the place where they were was was about ten square meters in size, and it was two meters high, and it was not connected to the tunnel outside at all.

In addition to these, in addition to the stone steps, there is also a stone table, which seems to be used to put things. Looking at the wall with Qing Lan's gaze, there were many pictures on it, some of which were pictures of ladies and women, with colors on them, and a few of them were blue-faced fangs, with terrifying faces, like fierce gods.

Su Zhe looked at it for a long time and found that those hideous-looking pictures were a bit the same as some characters from ancient mythology. Su Zhe has read a lot of books like "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", some of which are interspersed with paintings. At that time, people painted some mythological characters with a somewhat fierce and vicious face.

Regardless of whether it is a guardian god or not, if it belongs to the underworld, it is all blue-faced fangs.

There are a few looks like that in front of me.

"What is this?"

Qing Lan retracted her gaze and asked, "Do you recognize which dynasty the picture of the ladies painted on it belongs to?"

"Tang Dynasty. ”

Su Zhe replied without thinking.

The reason why he remembered it so clearly was entirely because of the incident in the previous "Lady of the Kingdom of Qiu". Although it was not Zhang Xuan's original handiwork, I was deeply impressed by the clothing and style of the women in the painting.

However, Su Zhe didn't pay attention to the picture on the wall at the moment, and the tattered old man standing next to Qinglan made him curious.

His eyes were fixed on the wall, his pale hair, dry as if it hadn't been washed in months. The skin is pale and feels like it hasn't been sunburned in a long time.

"Sister Qinglan, who is that?" Su Zhe pulled Qinglan aside and asked in a low voice.

"Tell me about it. Qinglan turned around and said, "This is Professor Xu Lang, an archaeologist. After a pause, he saw the old man turn his head and said, "Professor Xu Lang, this is Su Zhe." ”

Su Zhe was even more puzzled, no matter how he looked at this old man, he looked like a homeless man, how could he be an archaeologist. Qinglan said that since the discovery of the ancient tomb here for more than ten years, after a group of archaeologists dug up all the things here, almost no one came, how could there be an old man here.

Qinglan sensed Su Zhe's doubts and explained, "Professor Xu Lang participated in the inspection of the ancient tomb outside, and after that, he would come here every year. Since we rarely come here, even he doesn't know here. ”

"Since Professor Xu Lang participated in the archaeological work of the ancient tomb more than ten years ago, he has gone back to check a lot of relevant information on this ancient tomb. In some documents, there is an ancient tomb next to this ancient tomb. At that time, the two tombs were buried together, and the one outside was a fake tomb, and the real one has not yet been discovered. ”

"True and false tombs?"

"Not a real or false tomb to be exact. Old man Xu Lang turned around and said, "The tomb outside is also real, but the person buried is not the one we think." Depending on the size of the tomb, many people think that it is the main tomb, but in fact, the main tomb is here. ”

Just now, Su Zhe suspected that this would be a cemetery, but it was not connected to the one outside.

However, he had a question in his heart: "Professor Xu, you said that this ancient tomb is with the outside." But you must have entered this secret passage when you came here more than ten years ago, why didn't you find it at that time?"

Xu Lang shook his head, "Don't say it's more than ten years ago, even if I came here in the past few years, I didn't find out." This time I discovered this place was a month ago, when I heard a rumble from above. I went in along the secret passage, and finally found a hole in the side of the secret passage. I dug up the dirt and found this tomb. ”

Hearing Xu Lang say this, Su Zhe figured out why, when he came in, he saw that the soil in the cave was different from the secret passage, although it was also stained with moisture, but it was relatively new.

"Alas-" Xu Lang sighed, "Actually, it was too late to find out, and when I came in, there was nothing left here, only a few paintings on the walls." It was our negligence at the beginning, and the tomb robbers had already patronized it. It's just that at that time we focused all our attention on the tomb outside and ignored it. ”

Su Zhe didn't speak, in fact, everyone knew in their hearts that saying this was just a comfort for themselves. Tombs that were visited by tomb robbers were not discovered at the time, and only later did they know that they had been looted long ago.

Su Zhe focused his attention on the painting on the wall, and when the ability was turned on, the pupils of his eyes slowly widened, and the pores on his body opened slightly. There are nine paintings on the walls, three of which are of a fierce mythological figure with a blue face and fangs, and the other six are pictures of ladies.

Several women walked side by side, their backs walking on a wide, sunny meadow. There were no chariots or horses, and six people walked side by side. It's just that these six women are all smiling happily, which is even more beautiful than the picture of "The Lady of the Kingdom of Qiu".

From the nine paintings, the ancient spirit is continuously absorbed. Previously, a hosta from the Tang Dynasty made Su Zhe absorb it too quickly in an instant, causing tears in his eyes, and this time it was even worse. Originally, it was in the ancient tomb underground, and the breath inside has been in a state of balance for thousands of years.

There was not much interference from the outside world, and at this moment, Su Zhe's ability echoed, and it instantly poured into his eyes, and his eyes were completely overwhelmed.

When the last drop of ancient qi entered his eyes, Su Zhe hurriedly closed his eyes. I don't know if I absorbed too much at once, Su Zhe had a lot of pictures in his mind at the moment. However, these pictures are some ancient scenes, and he seems to see the women in the painting playing. Immediately after that, the scene shifts to the burial scene.

In a row, many people were crying sadly. The sound of gongs and trumpets sounded all the way.

With a "boom", Su Zhe saw a sarcophagus put down. There are monks who practice the ritual and sit around the sarcophagus and recite the scriptures. There were some young women, they were crying. Standing in front of them was a row of officers and soldiers with weapons, and the girls tried to struggle out, but they were ruthlessly carried back.

Until the scriptures were recited, the monk left.

The officer and soldier Wen pushed the girl forward, and a stone gate slowly fell. A girl wanted to climb out and push it back. Until the stone door closed, there was a mournful cry from inside.

Immediately after that, the picture turned again, and several people were carrying oil lamps and flashlights, and there were constantly people digging for something.

Scenes flew through my mind, composing pieces of history.

After being completely digested, Su Zhe seemed to have passed several lifetimes.

Qinglan sensed that something was wrong with Su Zhe, and walked up to him and asked with concern, "What's wrong, is it that the air is not circulating, and it is difficult to breathe." ”

Su Zhe shook his head, took a deep breath and said, "When this cemetery was buried, there were maids accompanying the burial, and they were locked up alive and starved to death. ”

Qing Lan and Xu Lang were stunned, stared at Su Zhe and asked seriously, "How do you know?"

Su Zhe couldn't tell them, just after absorbing the nine paintings on the wall just now, he wanted to see the picture from the ancient aura on them. These memories that have remained here for thousands of years are like the ghosts of the handmaidens who were locked up in it at that time.

Su Zhe paced back and forth in the cemetery of more than ten square meters, touched his chin and said for a long time: "This is indeed the main tomb, and this main tomb is bigger than the outside. However, this is also an illusion, and the tomb of the real owner has not yet been discovered. ”

Xu Lang's eyes suddenly widened and he hurriedly asked, "Young man, what you said is true?"

Su Zhe didn't answer, but continued: "The owner of this cemetery has a noble status, and he uses a living person to accompany the burial. At that time, the burial utensils were sarcophagus, and from the fact that all the burial companions were women, it was guessed that it might be a woman. ”

Su Zhe raised his head and searched around, if the picture that appeared in his mind just now was true, there should be a stone gate here. And as far as the picture just appeared, the real cemetery is three times larger.

But where is the stone gate?

"Sister Qinglan, look for it, there should be a stone gate here. If you can find the stone gate, you will probably find the real entrance to the ancient tomb. Turning his head and seeing the surprised expressions of the two people, Su Zhe explained, "Think about it, if this is an ancient tomb, at least there will be a coffin." Even if my guess is that the sarcophagus is wrong, then there should be a wooden coffin. But if you look at it, there is no decaying wood at all, and there is no sign of burial. ”

A word woke up the people in Chu.

Professor Xu Lang found this place a month ago, and he thought about it at the time, but the nine paintings on the wall attracted him later, and the problem was ignored.

"There are pits dug in the ground, indicating that the tomb robbers were the first to discover this place. They also thought about the coffin, but I think when they were about to dig the coffin, someone found the tomb in front of them, so they thought it was a fake tomb. ”

Su Zhe searched back and forth in the direction of the wall, and the memory stone gate in his mind was slowly going down, it should be at the other end of this side.

But it's all around with dirt, and it doesn't look like there's a stone gate.

Qinglan saw that Su Zhe was seriously looking for the door, and when she saw that the oil lamp in her hand was about to go out, she walked up to him and said, "Why don't we go out first, the oil lamp is about to burn out, we have been here for so long, the air is getting thinner and thinner, let's go out and rest for a while before coming in." ”